1. Queued is Adobe AIR App I’ve been using lately that has brought the Netflix browsing experience straight to my desktop because quite honestly I’ve never been enticed with the one offered on the actual site. At times the site seems to convoluted to navigate where my only interest lies in viewing, adding and organizing my queue and nothing else. The application models itself along the same concept of the actual site where you can quickly perform all the functions I described and more. There’s also the capability to launch instant Watch It Now along with offline access that subsequently syncs your information back to Netflix when you regain online connectivity. Why install an app that emulates the online experience? Because it’s about finding what works for you and not conceding with default settings that don’t add anything to a service you use recurrently. Tweetie gives me what Twitter website doesn’t. Case and point.

    Queued is Adobe AIR App I’ve been using lately that has brought the Netflix browsing experience straight to my desktop because quite honestly I’ve never been enticed with the one offered on the actual site. At times the site seems to convoluted to navigate where my only interest lies in viewing, adding and organizing my queue and nothing else.

    The application models itself along the same concept of the actual site where you can quickly perform all the functions I described and more. There’s also the capability to launch instant Watch It Now along with offline access that subsequently syncs your information back to Netflix when you regain online connectivity.

    Why install an app that emulates the online experience? Because it’s about finding what works for you and not conceding with default settings that don’t add anything to a service you use recurrently. Tweetie gives me what Twitter website doesn’t. Case and point.

    2 years ago  /  Notes

  2. Why I don't Allow Comments →

    Alex Payne’s reasoning behind comments on his blog:

    The main reason I don’t allow comments is that I want to inspire debate. I think people do their best writing when they’re forced to defend their ideas on their own turf. It’s one thing to leave a comment on someone else’s blog, but quite another to put your argument in front of your own readers. It forces a level of consideration that, without fail, results in a higher quality exchange of ideas.
    There’s numerous blogs that I subscribe to and read religiously and while not all of them provide a path for commenting, that’s not always a path that I instinctively seek to find in order to express my opinion on the topic at hand.

    Too much commenting on a blog encourages a “me too” type of system that doesn’t necessarily resemble a real conversation flow and it tends to takes away from the subject especially when most of them are composed of disconnected thoughts and opinions. Instead, I feel more comfortable linking that same topic to my “own turf “, where I have the freedom to express my opinion.

    This is not to say I don’t comment myself on blogs but they are few and far between.

    2 years ago  /  13 notes

  3. MagMyPic | Magazine Covers with your Photo! →

    Upload any picture to create your own cover! Choose from 18 different magazines - more added all the time!

    3 years ago  /  Notes