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Comment on OpenID & You! by coresite.org/

coresite.org/ — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:41:03 +0000

Ta-da! This is me using my very own OpenID to post.

Neat, eh!?

Comment on Why You Should Love QR Code, A Tale of Stickers, Bits & Freight Trains by Ben

Ben — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:15:56 +0000

Thanks for the comment! You’re absolutely right about the advertising crowd being slow to adopt it. I think most NA advertising companies still think loud music and terrible TV ads are the way to go. I’m generalizing, of course, but considering the power this little box can give them you’d think they’d be all over it.

Granted our cell phones have taken some time to adopt this — but that’s inversely proportional to the lack of QR being used. Hope as we see more and more, users will learn to see and use QRs — and the users will need some hefty training I bet. I hate to say it but the average cell user simply won’t care that much (if only they knew!).

I’ll be sure to add your link as a resource for the next article I write on QR (probably about the use in urban art; I’m a few days behind but such is life). Your summary entry is most excellent, and quite telling for how quickly QR is going to come in to our lives. Thanks for dropping by!

Comment on Why You Should Love QR Code, A Tale of Stickers, Bits & Freight Trains by dave tribbett

dave tribbett — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:04:17 +0000

Good post, Here is a post I developed as part of a series titled The Internet of Things. It is surprising that QR codes have taken this long to reach America and be adopted by the advertising crowd. Apparently, they don’t know a good thing when they see it.

Comment on Images… in MY QR Code? It’s more likely than you think. by Aron Rinehardt

Aron Rinehardt — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:28:22 +0000

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Comment on Images… in MY QR Code? It’s more likely than you think. by Tweets that mention Images… in MY QR Code? It’s more likely than you think. « Ben's Notes -- Topsy.com

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:27:41 +0000

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Comment on of torchlight, a slightly more coherent review by Ben

Ben — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:28:07 +0000

Agreed on all points. The MMO market is very fickle. I’m definitely skeptical over its implementation in terms of size and expansiveness – WoW survived from having a pretty damned big world out of the box. Given time to market, I can’t see how a Torchlight MMO would last when D3 may be in the air. The co-op aspect is probably the biggest goof. DLC in a few months time perhaps?

That said the sheer value for dollar element aspect pwns for TL. There is definitely a new bar set now. It really is a stunningly beautiful engine. Hopefully Runic will listen to the masses!

Co-op is now a deal breaker for many!

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Comment on of torchlight, a slightly more coherent review by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:38:38 +0000

I tried it out and it is a great game – my only major complaint is that there is no Co-Op. To me the diablo based games were about competing with your friends to see who could get the best gear or basically show off to the other person. As a single player game I fear I will grow stale of it too quickly.

I think the dev’s shot themselves in the foot by not offering basic co-op, the D2 community would have been all over this game if they had and it would have given them some mindshare to lean over to the Torchlight MMO that will come out in a 18 months or so – without it Torchlight is going to slowly fade from peoples minds, and be completely erased once D3 comes out and then the MMO will have a harder time getting an audience.