I am listening to The Current on CBC, and I am imagining what it would be like to be a publisher, a site which takes pride in good writing and reporting.
For the longest time, I recall seeing reports on Global TV which were non-news : new tech products, car reviews, product trends etc. The majority of the entries on this site have demonstrated a preference for some brands over others. The expressions were genuine. Given I am not a reviewer, I did not have access to a plethora of products or did I ever claim to have a background in journalism to give a degree of credibility of my posts.
If advertising were to be part of this website as a legitimate post, I would have to doubt any integrity that I ever had.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Don't text me!
I understand that some people hate e-mail as it just piles up. However, I equally find texting a pain.
If it is something important, that needs to be done right away, fair enough, use a phone and call me. However do not expect that your message will be considered important if you text. It can equally be ignored like e-mail.
What are my rules for e-mail? Should I equally apply them to texting? Generally, I don't immediately answer my e-mails. I usually wait a day, and often wait a couple weeks before getting back to somebody for correspondence. As for business e-mails, that is a completely different matter. With regard to texting, I have a work colleague who has texted me on my days off for work related questions. Should I leave my work provided cell phone in the office? My line of work is not time critical, there is no reason to contact me outside of my work hours.
If it is something important, that needs to be done right away, fair enough, use a phone and call me. However do not expect that your message will be considered important if you text. It can equally be ignored like e-mail.
What are my rules for e-mail? Should I equally apply them to texting? Generally, I don't immediately answer my e-mails. I usually wait a day, and often wait a couple weeks before getting back to somebody for correspondence. As for business e-mails, that is a completely different matter. With regard to texting, I have a work colleague who has texted me on my days off for work related questions. Should I leave my work provided cell phone in the office? My line of work is not time critical, there is no reason to contact me outside of my work hours.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Why Steam's poor service encourages a return to piracy
No longer being a student, I finally had some money to spend on entertainment. The advent of digital downloads and the reasonable pricing, made the choice rather obvious. Why wait a couple weeks to receive a DVD when you can download the software?
It may be a straight forward question if you have a high speed connection with unlimited bandwidth, but less so if you are using the only telecommunication service available which has a cap and is very slow.
I don't mind not having a fast connection for most things. I prefer to read something rather than watch a video, I don't like to send or receive high definition image files. However, a connection is necessary for Steam. With regard to my title, I think I may continue to buy games on Steam, but will have to find a new way to get the games as the client is useless : backup and restore fails.
A few months ago, I purchased some titles which exceed 15GB. Given my connection wouldn't allow me to download the files at home, I went to the public library to update my library on my laptop. The latter is low powered and not my gaming machine. Nevertheless, I made a backup of the games that I downloaded through the Steam client and then tried to restore the games on my gaming desktop.
The restore function restored 6.5 GB out of 16 GB for one game, and 6.9GB out of 16.2GB out of the other. I wasted time trying to contact Steam Support, looking around on forums etc, but to no avail.
Thinking about the ease one can have in downloading pirated copies, I wonder if Steam is shooting itself in the foot not properly supporting their products.
It may be a straight forward question if you have a high speed connection with unlimited bandwidth, but less so if you are using the only telecommunication service available which has a cap and is very slow.
I don't mind not having a fast connection for most things. I prefer to read something rather than watch a video, I don't like to send or receive high definition image files. However, a connection is necessary for Steam. With regard to my title, I think I may continue to buy games on Steam, but will have to find a new way to get the games as the client is useless : backup and restore fails.
A few months ago, I purchased some titles which exceed 15GB. Given my connection wouldn't allow me to download the files at home, I went to the public library to update my library on my laptop. The latter is low powered and not my gaming machine. Nevertheless, I made a backup of the games that I downloaded through the Steam client and then tried to restore the games on my gaming desktop.
The restore function restored 6.5 GB out of 16 GB for one game, and 6.9GB out of 16.2GB out of the other. I wasted time trying to contact Steam Support, looking around on forums etc, but to no avail.
Thinking about the ease one can have in downloading pirated copies, I wonder if Steam is shooting itself in the foot not properly supporting their products.
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