James D Kirk - Latest Comments

Re: Pie Crust Protector vs. Pie Shields

James D Kirk — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:15:50 -0000

Interesting concept. Wish I'd seen that episode.

Re: Pie Crust Protector vs. Pie Shields

ggreggorw — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:59:07 -0000

you can also use some dry/uncooked beans to prevent your crust from burning - saw it on goodeats

Re: What Does Holding a Camera Still for 2:48 Gets You?

ggreggorw — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:56:14 -0000

If there is any "change" to be made there, Beyonce _will_ end up with it all (or at least her lawyers will)

Re: Got Wave Invites? Right Here, Right Now!

James D Kirk — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:56:27 -0000

Wow, no interested Wave Invite takers? I guess it's easier to get in than I thought! No biggie. I'll honor the offer if/when anyone leaves comments requesting one. Ciao'

Re: How Can You Help Get Someone Hired?

James D Kirk — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:59:12 -0000

Pledged my 4 Voice invites to Adria Richards (see her contest here: http://bit.ly/7iQWmq), however I have oodles of Google Wave invites that I'd love to give to anyone that needs them.

I won't demand that you sign up for the FREE Vidli.com beta invite, but if you do, I'd greatly appreciate it and see that you got a beer or wine or coffee or tea purchased for you by me the next time we meet! I think I have about 20 +/- Wave invites, so find my email address (hint you can find it when you learn all ABOUT me ;) ) Send me your address and I'll pop it into the Wave invite system.

And if you feel inclined to help me get a great gig working with Vidli.com as their new Social Media guy, hit http://HIRE.JamesDKirk.com and you'll be taken right over to their FREE beta invite sign up form. Don't worry, no commitments on your part.

Thanks in advance for your support. Much appreciated.

Re: An 11th Online Video Prediction Added to Unleash Video’s 10

James D Kirk — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:47:06 -0000

Well...this is the 2nd attempt to post a reply to your comment. The first just spun forever! Which is strange because I only chose to share with twitter, which has clearly worked in the past. And my response to Jeremy's comment went through faster than I could shake a mouse click at! Go figure!!

Re: An 11th Online Video Prediction Added to Unleash Video’s 10

Jeremy Campbell — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:45:04 -0000

I agree, it is an interesting ecosystem and value chain that has a long way to go. I think we will see all of these little guys make big differences in the future, the long-tail partners if you will. Bring on 2010!

Re: An 11th Online Video Prediction Added to Unleash Video’s 10

James D Kirk — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:38:45 -0000

Right on, Jeremy. Just looking out for the little guy! If I were a bit more creative I'd probably do more along the lines of video creation. It is actually one of my goals for the upcoming year. Either way, being able to share revenues just seems to makes sense, even when the content is enhancing your own online properties (as with embeds). Will be interesting to see how the model works itself out in the upcoming year.

Appreciate your comment!

Re: An 11th Online Video Prediction Added to Unleash Video’s 10

Jeremy Campbell — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:32:39 -0000

Thanks for the analysis James, I really enjoyed it.

I love #11, I agree that syndication individuals should get compensations considering blogs and embedding sites are the largest sources of views for online videos. I believe that Revver does this but I haven't been keeping up with them so they may not now.

Re: An 11th Online Video Prediction Added to Unleash Video’s 10

adriarichards — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:40:52 -0000

Check your settings. It's an option to tweet your reply. Also if you're
authenticated via your Twitter account vs the @disqus login.

Don't...switch...just...yet

Re: An 11th Online Video Prediction Added to Unleash Video’s 10

James D Kirk — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:30:40 -0000

Thanks for stopping by and commenting on the post, Adria. Knowing you're a busy and in demand introvert, it means a lot to hear from you here!

Wondering why my posted reply to your comment showed up on twitter but not on my own darned site! What's up with that @disqus? Seriously considering changing to Intense Debate!

Re: An 11th Online Video Prediction Added to Unleash Video’s 10

adriarichards — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:15:26 -0000

haha! I like #10

"A little scared about small businesses getting into video promotions of their wares. Have you seen some small business websites? Yikes!"

It's the same with Twitter. There are many small business owners who don't run their companies in a way that will create profit and success. Many have been lucky to stay in business due to lack of competition, a few large accounts or luck.

Strategy is sorely overlooked and making "a few videos" is not the magic ingredient. Evaluate your business from how you deal with prospects to how you deliver your product and then...make some videos :)

Re: Early Christmas Taco Dinner

James D Kirk — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:53:26 -0000

Aw, thanks! That's sweet. Mom got them at some outlet sale a while back. We loaded them up and had a great feast! Really appreciate your taking the time to comment!

Re: Early Christmas Taco Dinner

Ann Kroeker — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:51:07 -0000

Love your set-up with those bowls!!

Re: reBlog from boldlygoing.com: Boldly Going

James D Kirk — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:57 -0000

Rock on MissTillyTilly (I have an adorable niece named Tilly!) Thanks for stopping by. I'll be checking out Zemanta on this blog and my (slightly more) professional online presence, http://BoldlyGoing.com. So far, I like the tool. Really need to use it more to get an overall feel for it.

Thanks again so much for the comment! JDK.

Re: reBlog from boldlygoing.com: Boldly Going

Tilly McLain — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:15:33 -0000

Heya!

Perfect use of the reBlog feature! Thanks for the coverage! We are very excited to give bloggers a new way to gain exposure to their posts, and take the hassle out of researching for content.

Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, concerns, ideas or feedback for the team! We are very excited to hear your thoughts!

xoxo
Tilly McLain
community manager, Zemanta

Re: reBlog from boldlygoing.com: Boldly Going

James D Kirk — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:43:41 -0000

So, Zemanta is an interesting service. Provides images and article links that you can insert into your post. Seems to be a lot of ways to customize, and if you know HTML at all, you can manipulate that code as well. Will continue playing with it to see if it adds appreciated content to my posts.

Re: Quick test of Twitter Tools

James D Kirk — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:34:42 -0000

I suppose I don't really need to worry about it since the post title actually does get published to my twitter stream roundabout via Friend Feed. Strange that it doesn't work though.

Re: Another test of the WP BB app

James D Kirk — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:09:10 -0000

So, I went ahead and processed that image. If you happened to see it before, you might have been scared. Very scared!

My take away is that there are certain post types that might be a good use of the WP BB application. One thing that might help is to set the Storm to take smaller pictures, at least ones that will not break your WordPress theme. Also, I believe the Storm photo application allows for rotating pictures, so that might allow for them to be uploaded into the new post without being all sideways!

It's all a journey!

Re: Another test of the WP BB app

James D Kirk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:26:20 -0000

Yikes! Guess I need to see about the auto cropping (and whether or not rotating can be done on the Storm; I think it should be able to do that).

But all in all, a success!

Yay! Woo Hoo!

Who needs a laptop now?

;) LOL

Re: test

James D Kirk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:22:07 -0000

Love this Internet thing! Thanks for the pointers Raananbarcohen. I'm going to check it out right now. Will post back if things look rosier for me!

Hmmm, doesn't seem that the latest version of the application has that listing for "Compatibility mode" So, not sure how to turn that off.

Bummer! Any other thoughts?

Re: test

raananbarcohen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:59:23 -0000

Hi James --

Have you checked out the compatibility setting ? From the FAQ: http://blackberry.wordpress...

Q: The app does not seem to work properly on the Storm. The screen orientation is odd, and scrolling does not work properly. How do I resolve these issues ?
A: You need to run the app with Compatibility mode OFF. Go to option-> Advanced options-> Application -> WordPress to change this setting.

Re: Now reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”

James D Kirk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:47:01 -0000

I'm nearing the completion of the section of the book where the author describes an amazing, nearly self sufficient "pastoral farm". I really want to be a farmer now!

Okay, maybe I don't want to work as hard as they do! The respect you gain for these amazing folks is immense. Read this book! If you're interested, I'll let you borrow my copy when I'm done. Just drop a message and let me know.

Re: Now reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”

James D Kirk — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:47:00 -0000

Just wanted to post a quick update during a break in baking my roast and ratatouille. This book is simply mind blowing. Even though I've just taken to eating beef and pork again, after 26 years, what I've read thus far has made me completely realize there is such a thing as over doing it. And when you over do the meat eating thing, you really are contributing heavily to the downfall of our environment. This is saying nothing of course about all the corn we eat, drink, and likely wear! I heartily recommend this book for those who are interested in learning more about the real food chain in our modern world.

Re: Considering “Becoming a Chef”

James D Kirk — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:38:09 -0000

Have finally finished "Becoming a Chef". Very glad I got the insight and inspiration this book has to offer anyone interested or considering getting into the culinary industry.