Comments for That John Martin http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm Not the other one. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:05:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on And then there was Crowd Science by Dave Coleman http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2008/06/08/and-then-there-was-crowd-science/#comment-167 Dave Coleman Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:01:42 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=72#comment-167 <p>Hey John,</p> <p>My name is Dave Coleman and I am the Director of Marketing and Community for a company called Spreed. We recently release our first product called Spreed:News for the iPhone and are looking to gather some customer feedback. I was recommended CrowdScience by a number of colleagues and friends and came to your site to sign up. Is there any chance you can toss my an invitation code as I would love to have a survey ready for a campaign we are starting on Wednesday. Let me know at dave@spreedinc.com or via twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/davecoleman ... I started following you today (twitter terminology sounds too creepy for my liking).</p> <p>Hope all is well</p> <p>Dave Coleman</p> Hey John,

My name is Dave Coleman and I am the Director of Marketing and Community for a company called Spreed. We recently release our first product called Spreed:News for the iPhone and are looking to gather some customer feedback. I was recommended CrowdScience by a number of colleagues and friends and came to your site to sign up. Is there any chance you can toss my an invitation code as I would love to have a survey ready for a campaign we are starting on Wednesday. Let me know at dave@spreedinc.com or via twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/davecoleman … I started following you today (twitter terminology sounds too creepy for my liking).

Hope all is well

Dave Coleman

]]> Comment on The value of adding independent datasets by Ben http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2008/03/28/the-value-of-adding-independent-datasets/#comment-164 Ben Tue, 20 May 2008 05:59:12 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2008/03/28/the-value-of-adding-independent-datasets/#comment-164 <p>Have you read Schneier's article on this?</p> <p>http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/anonymity_and_t_2.html</p> <p>"Arvind Narayanan and Vitaly Shmatikov, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, de-anonymized some of the Netflix data by comparing rankings and timestamps with public information in the Internet Movie Database, or IMDb.</p> <p>Their research (.pdf) illustrates some inherent security problems with anonymous data, but first it's important to explain what they did and did not do.</p> <p>They did not reverse the anonymity of the entire Netflix dataset. What they did was reverse the anonymity of the Netflix dataset for those sampled users who also entered some movie rankings, under their own names, in the IMDb. (While IMDb's records are public, crawling the site to get them is against the IMDb's terms of service, so the researchers used a representative few to prove their algorithm.)</p> <p>The point of the research was to demonstrate how little information is required to de-anonymize information in the Netflix dataset."</p> Have you read Schneier’s article on this?

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/anonymity_and_t_2.html

“Arvind Narayanan and Vitaly Shmatikov, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, de-anonymized some of the Netflix data by comparing rankings and timestamps with public information in the Internet Movie Database, or IMDb.

Their research (.pdf) illustrates some inherent security problems with anonymous data, but first it’s important to explain what they did and did not do.

They did not reverse the anonymity of the entire Netflix dataset. What they did was reverse the anonymity of the Netflix dataset for those sampled users who also entered some movie rankings, under their own names, in the IMDb. (While IMDb’s records are public, crawling the site to get them is against the IMDb’s terms of service, so the researchers used a representative few to prove their algorithm.)

The point of the research was to demonstrate how little information is required to de-anonymize information in the Netflix dataset.”

]]> Comment on Stellar support by Fog Creek by John Martin’s Blog » Blog Archive » Beanstalk rocks http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2008/03/25/stellar-support-by-fog-creek/#comment-145 John Martin’s Blog » Blog Archive » Beanstalk rocks Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:48:05 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2008/03/25/stellar-support-by-fog-creek/#comment-145 <p>[...] publicly thanked the folks at Fog Creek for kindly switching our account subdomain for us (due to a company rename), so when the Beanstalk [...]</p> […] publicly thanked the folks at Fog Creek for kindly switching our account subdomain for us (due to a company rename), so when the Beanstalk […]

]]> Comment on Good witch/bad witch by Sam http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2007/06/24/sciences-sense-of-humor/#comment-118 Sam Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:47:29 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2007/06/24/sciences-sense-of-humor/#comment-118 <p>Cheers, mate. And yes, I'm in the process of reading Hitchens' book. I'm watching a theist bloke cower at the microphone. Good fun.</p> Cheers, mate. And yes, I’m in the process of reading Hitchens’ book. I’m watching a theist bloke cower at the microphone. Good fun.

]]> Comment on TextDrive++ by Davo http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2007/03/15/textdrive/#comment-111 Davo Mon, 07 May 2007 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2007/03/15/textdrive/#comment-111 <p>I don't know where all this hype about TextDrive is coming from, but my experience has been hell. Since day one I have had nothing but trouble with them. My email has never worked. The fastest I have gotten a response from tech support is 3 days, and that was just a response to let me know someone was assigned to my ticket. I would have to say TextDrive is an F.</p> I don’t know where all this hype about TextDrive is coming from, but my experience has been hell. Since day one I have had nothing but trouble with them. My email has never worked. The fastest I have gotten a response from tech support is 3 days, and that was just a response to let me know someone was assigned to my ticket. I would have to say TextDrive is an F.

]]> Comment on Invisible underscores in Terminal.app by Rhys Paddock http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2007/03/16/invisible-underscores-in-terminalapp/#comment-109 Rhys Paddock Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:39:08 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2007/03/16/invisible-underscores-in-terminalapp/#comment-109 <p><em>applauds</em></p> applauds

]]> Comment on Gmail Spam by Michael Ellis http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2006/01/17/gmail-spam/#comment-19 Michael Ellis Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2006/01/17/gmail-spam/#comment-19 <p>I've been having the same problem for several months now. The stock spam that gets through is plain text with good grammatical structure and little or no funny spelling or odd characters. Its content doesn't resemble any of my normal incoming or outgoing correspondence. I get 5 to 10 of these every day and many are duplicates. I zealously report them all as spam, but so far Gmail hasn't learned to spot them. I wrote a complaint to Gmail a couple of months ago. They didn't even acknowledge it.</p> I’ve been having the same problem for several months now. The stock spam that gets through is plain text with good grammatical structure and little or no funny spelling or odd characters. Its content doesn’t resemble any of my normal incoming or outgoing correspondence. I get 5 to 10 of these every day and many are duplicates. I zealously report them all as spam, but so far Gmail hasn’t learned to spot them. I wrote a complaint to Gmail a couple of months ago. They didn’t even acknowledge it.

]]> Comment on I’m With Lessig by Brian Dear http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2006/01/16/im-with-lessig/#comment-18 Brian Dear Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:27:57 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=29#comment-18 <p>My point is it's NOT what is presented to the user that matters. It's that Google is making full copies of millions of books without permission. I don't care about the snippets. I care about the copies Google's making so that it CAN make snippets.</p> My point is it’s NOT what is presented to the user that matters. It’s that Google is making full copies of millions of books without permission. I don’t care about the snippets. I care about the copies Google’s making so that it CAN make snippets.

]]> Comment on Safari JavaScript Oddities by imran http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2005/08/21/safari-javascript-oddities/#comment-16 imran Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:44:27 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=25#comment-16 <p>Hi</p> <p>I did like your blog postings and comments but i have soem problem if some1 could help me out.</p> <p>Does anyone know how to pass html table data from parent to a child form html table ? Or may be you could let me know any URL related to this topic.</p> <p>Any kind of help is highly appericiated.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Imran Hashmi <a href="http://www.visionstudio.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.visionstudio.co.uk</a></p> Hi

I did like your blog postings and comments but i have soem problem if some1 could help me out.

Does anyone know how to pass html table data from parent to a child form html table ? Or may be you could let me know any URL related to this topic.

Any kind of help is highly appericiated.

Thanks

Imran Hashmi
http://www.visionstudio.co.uk

]]> Comment on The Temporary Expert by Josh Bancroft http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2005/08/21/the-temporary-expert/#comment-17 Josh Bancroft Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:33:32 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=27#comment-17 <p>Great insight. I had forgotten about this conversation. I blogged it internally here at Intel - let's see if it starts any interesting discussion. :-)</p> Great insight. I had forgotten about this conversation. I blogged it internally here at Intel - let’s see if it starts any interesting discussion. :-)

]]> Comment on The Micro Persuasion Podcast is Here by Steve Rubel http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2005/07/03/the-micro-persuasion-podcast-is-here/#comment-15 Steve Rubel Mon, 04 Jul 2005 05:28:25 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=22#comment-15 <p>Glad you enjoyed it. Wish I couldhave joined you for dinner.</p> Glad you enjoyed it. Wish I couldhave joined you for dinner.

]]> Comment on Some Thoughts on an Outliner by Olas http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2005/04/28/some-thoughts-on-an-outliner/#comment-14 Olas Wed, 18 May 2005 19:49:49 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=13#comment-14 <p>I have used Inspiration for this in the past. <a href="http://www.inspiration.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.inspiration.com</a></p> <p>This tool seems faster easier and neater.</p> I have used Inspiration for this in the past. http://www.inspiration.com

This tool seems faster easier and neater.

]]> Comment on Switching to del.icio.us by Olas http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2005/04/24/switching-to-delicious/#comment-5 Olas Wed, 18 May 2005 19:39:26 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=11#comment-5 <p>I totally agree the funding made the decision for me. Simpy is nice, but not nearly the user-base, especially considering the funding.</p> I totally agree the funding made the decision for me. Simpy is nice, but not nearly the user-base, especially considering the funding.

]]> Comment on Some Thoughts on an Outliner by VeerChand Bothra http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2005/04/28/some-thoughts-on-an-outliner/#comment-13 VeerChand Bothra Mon, 09 May 2005 11:05:11 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=13#comment-13 <p>I have been using JOE <a href="http://outliner.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://outliner.sourceforge.net/</a> for more than a year now and it does its job well. Its the only cross-platform GPL outliner as far as I know - all the funky stuff is for the Mac guys.</p> <p>The thing with outliners and the opml format in general is that it is evolving. Thus you have to build your own style to work with an outliner in order to gain benefits. But once you find the style that suits you - theres no imagining an organized life without them. Simplicity is the central idea of an outliner - and it should not be forgotten when designing more complex features.</p> I have been using JOE http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ for more than a year now and it does its job well. Its the only cross-platform GPL outliner as far as I know - all the funky stuff is for the Mac guys.

The thing with outliners and the opml format in general is that it is evolving. Thus you have to build your own style to work with an outliner in order to gain benefits. But once you find the style that suits you - theres no imagining an organized life without them. Simplicity is the central idea of an outliner - and it should not be forgotten when designing more complex features.

]]> Comment on Switching to del.icio.us by Otis http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/2005/04/24/switching-to-delicious/#comment-4 Otis Mon, 02 May 2005 20:01:33 +0000 http://www.lonepixel.com/johnm/?p=11#comment-4 <p>Hm, you should take a look at Simpy: 1) people always point out its prettier UI compared to delicious, 2) Simpy has private links (as well as notes), and a few other features delicious lacks, like multiple inboxes and inbox filters (called Topics/Topic Filters in Simpy). Simpy is at <a href="http://simpy.com" rel="nofollow">http://simpy.com</a> .</p> Hm, you should take a look at Simpy: 1) people always point out its prettier UI compared to delicious, 2) Simpy has private links (as well as notes), and a few other features delicious lacks, like multiple inboxes and inbox filters (called Topics/Topic Filters in Simpy).
Simpy is at http://simpy.com .

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