Comments for Blankenblog http://www.jeffblankenburg.com Windows Phone and my musings on the world around us. Sat, 12 May 2012 16:07:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Windows Phone Business Cards by den http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/02/10/windows-phone-business-cards/#comment-5122 den Sat, 12 May 2012 16:07:21 +0000 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/02/10/windows-phone-business-cards/#comment-5122 hey, i think this guy got the idea from you http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/05/iphone-unlock-screen-business-cards/ also on redmondpie.com hey, i think this guy got the idea from you
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/05/iphone-unlock-screen-business-cards/
also on redmondpie.com

]]> Comment on Be A Creator, Not a Consumer by Bienvenida | ArielMartinezBlog http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/01/03/be-a-creator-not-a-consumer/#comment-5117 Bienvenida | ArielMartinezBlog Fri, 11 May 2012 21:51:24 +0000 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/01/03/be-a-creator-not-a-consumer/#comment-5117 [...] blog inspirado en el articulo “be a creator, not a consumer” que leí en el blog de Jeff Blankenburg, Jeff instaba a ser creador de algo, a aportar con algo, y claro y lógico, existe algo mas bello [...] [...] blog inspirado en el articulo “be a creator, not a consumer” que leí en el blog de Jeff Blankenburg, Jeff instaba a ser creador de algo, a aportar con algo, y claro y lógico, existe algo mas bello [...]

]]> Comment on The One Where I Stopped Using Amazon by Brian http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/03/08/the-one-where-i-stopped-using-amazon/#comment-5098 Brian Wed, 09 May 2012 15:40:25 +0000 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/03/08/the-one-where-i-stopped-using-amazon/#comment-5098 Off topic a bit, but I can't get over how people still use fax. "In 2012, we still have companies that only accept fax or snail mail? This smells of scam every time I encounter it. Consumer Protection should specifically eliminate business practices that explicitly make it harder for the consumer." This reminds me about how hard it was for me to create an apple developer account. Had to fax documents in to apple and 3 days later they call me back saying this is not the document, blah blah. So I had to fax and repeat this process for 2 months to get an apple developer account. To top it off, I don't have a fax machine so I had to go find someones to use for this whole process. I am still bitter. Amazon should use a different service for this. One that does not use fax and letters. I bet it would not be hard to find some service other then TRS that can preform this service for amazon a lower cost if they were a bit more automated. Off topic a bit, but I can’t get over how people still use fax.

“In 2012, we still have companies that only accept fax or snail mail? This smells of scam every time I encounter it. Consumer Protection should specifically eliminate business practices that explicitly make it harder for the consumer.”

This reminds me about how hard it was for me to create an apple developer account. Had to fax documents in to apple and 3 days later they call me back saying this is not the document, blah blah. So I had to fax and repeat this process for 2 months to get an apple developer account. To top it off, I don’t have a fax machine so I had to go find someones to use for this whole process. I am still bitter.

Amazon should use a different service for this. One that does not use fax and letters. I bet it would not be hard to find some service other then TRS that can preform this service for amazon a lower cost if they were a bit more automated.

]]> Comment on Mouse Without Borders by Jon Kruger http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/05/08/mouse-without-borders/#comment-5094 Jon Kruger Wed, 09 May 2012 02:46:37 +0000 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/05/08/mouse-without-borders/#comment-5094 +1 for Synergy, which enabled me to have this as my work setup: http://jonkruger.com/blog/2008/07/29/dontcha-wish-your-development-environment-was-hot-like-mine/ +1 for Synergy, which enabled me to have this as my work setup:
http://jonkruger.com/blog/2008/07/29/dontcha-wish-your-development-environment-was-hot-like-mine/

]]> Comment on Mouse Without Borders by Matt Casto http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/05/08/mouse-without-borders/#comment-5091 Matt Casto Tue, 08 May 2012 17:59:02 +0000 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/05/08/mouse-without-borders/#comment-5091 I used another application called Synergy for this a while back - http://synergy-foss.org/ A few years ago I was on site with a client where I wanted to use my personal laptop as a second monitor but I couldn't connect it to the client's network and no open wifi was available. The work machine my client gave me was a laptop on a docking station, so its wifi card wasn't in use. I created an ad-hoc network between my client's laptop and my personal laptop, and ran Synergy using that network connection. Worked great, but I'm not sure what their IT dept. would have thought if they'd found out. :-D I used another application called Synergy for this a while back – http://synergy-foss.org/

A few years ago I was on site with a client where I wanted to use my personal laptop as a second monitor but I couldn’t connect it to the client’s network and no open wifi was available. The work machine my client gave me was a laptop on a docking station, so its wifi card wasn’t in use. I created an ad-hoc network between my client’s laptop and my personal laptop, and ran Synergy using that network connection. Worked great, but I’m not sure what their IT dept. would have thought if they’d found out. :-D

]]> Comment on Mouse Without Borders by Jason Karns http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/05/08/mouse-without-borders/#comment-5090 Jason Karns Tue, 08 May 2012 13:55:38 +0000 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2012/05/08/mouse-without-borders/#comment-5090 I wish I could love Mouse Without Borders. I've tried it numerous times with various machines and I always have to revert to the extremely complicated, user-unfriendly Synergy. MWB has a terrible time with many corporate machines due to its interactions with the firewall (according to the error messages). In my experience, it does just fine with any home user system or any system that uses Windows' built-in firewall. Throw it on a machine that is using McAfee and you'll get nothing but errors. So much potential, though. I wish I could love Mouse Without Borders. I’ve tried it numerous times with various machines and I always have to revert to the extremely complicated, user-unfriendly Synergy. MWB has a terrible time with many corporate machines due to its interactions with the firewall (according to the error messages). In my experience, it does just fine with any home user system or any system that uses Windows’ built-in firewall. Throw it on a machine that is using McAfee and you’ll get nothing but errors. So much potential, though.

]]> Comment on 31 Days of Mango | Day #26: Background File Transfer by Mike http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2011/11/26/31-days-of-mango-day-26-background-file-transfer/#comment-5088 Mike Tue, 08 May 2012 10:16:27 +0000 http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2011/11/26/31-days-of-mango-day-26-background-file-transfer/#comment-5088 Can I use BackgroundFileTransfer to transfer files from phone to PC? Can I use BackgroundFileTransfer to transfer files from phone to PC?

]]> Comment on 31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #6: Application Bar by Vishal http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2010/10/06/31-days-of-windows-phone-day-6-application-bar/#comment-5051 Vishal Thu, 03 May 2012 10:24:37 +0000 /post/31-Days-of-Windows-Phone-7c-Day-6-Application-Bar.aspx#comment-5051 its easy to learn windows phone7 here its easy to learn windows phone7 here

]]> Comment on 31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #25: Talking To External APIs by TechnoTalkative http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2010/10/25/31-days-of-windows-phone-day-25-talking-to-external-apis/#comment-5042 TechnoTalkative Wed, 02 May 2012 07:48:20 +0000 /post/31-Days-of-Windows-Phone-7c-Day-25-Talking-To-External-APIs.aspx#comment-5042 Can you please suggest me a best article or e-book for learning XML Parsing? Thanx a lot for your time and suggestions. Can you please suggest me a best article or e-book for learning XML Parsing?

Thanx a lot for your time and suggestions.

]]> Comment on 31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #25: Talking To External APIs by TechnoTalkative http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/2010/10/25/31-days-of-windows-phone-day-25-talking-to-external-apis/#comment-5041 TechnoTalkative Wed, 02 May 2012 07:42:47 +0000 /post/31-Days-of-Windows-Phone-7c-Day-25-Talking-To-External-APIs.aspx#comment-5041 Thanx for source code. I can check and test it by running application. thanx a lot for sharing your knowledge and time. Thanx for source code. I can check and test it by running application. thanx a lot for sharing your knowledge and time.

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