Comments for For Your Reading Pleasure

Comment on educational versus “real” games by Jayne Bingler

Jayne Bingler — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:22:17 +0000

Here, here! I second all of that!

Comment on Google knols a lot. Get it? by Linda Bustos

Linda Bustos — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:11:32 +0000

@Christopher
They probably don’t want to purchase the database of data, or maybe our Canadian government doesn’t want to participate in the verification program by sharing our credit card and telephone data (yay!)

Although I recall I was able to verify a Google Business Center account (for Google maps ads) just fine??

Comment on Cuil – another search engine by Linda Bustos

Linda Bustos — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:09:25 +0000

Interesting, but it’s not very user friendly. It ain’t no Google killer but it’s fun to see images with results.

Comment on Google knols a lot. Get it? by Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:49:38 +0000

I just checked out the form to verify identity by phone and it only has a dropdown for USA. And they state in their “Name Verification FAQ” that verification is only available to US accounts: http://knol.google.com/k/-/name-verification-faq/

I think they should be a little more upfront about it (front page?), but I don’t get why it’s limited to the US.

Comment on Google knols a lot. Get it? by Lianne

Lianne — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:35:13 +0000

Wow. Hopefully it’s something that will be fixed soon. Strange that it wouldn’t even work via a phone number. I’ve had issues buying things with a Canadian credit card.

Anyone else experiencing issues?

Quick! Start up a Canadian counterpart! Knoul.ca?

Did you email them?

Comment on Google knols a lot. Get it? by Linda Bustos

Linda Bustos — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:24:49 +0000

I was playing around with Knol last night, I figured get in at ground level or you miss your chance.

Well, if you’re canadian, you can’t become a “verified” author (can’t verify through Credit card or phone number)

and both my articles have been deleted since last night. Very disappointing. Did they think I was spamming?

Comment on Dr. Horrible – the horrifying math by Jeffrey McManus

Jeffrey McManus — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:22 +0000

Thanks for the link! I too am a believer that Math is Hard(tm) which is why I rely upon a bunch of spreadsheets and other computer accouterments to keep my life in order.

Comment on Tag – we’re all it! by Jayne Bingler

Jayne Bingler — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:17:38 +0000

Brilliant blog!

Comment on Why television execs can never ask “where do people find the time?” by Karen Best

Karen Best — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:03:07 +0000

The Clay Shirky blog entry is well-crafted and compelling in my view. It could be used for that “internal sell” to executives who need education on social media and its implications in today’s marketing world.