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evolver replied on January 08, 2009 20:35 to the question "Random characters removed again!" in Ping.fm:

Also, this was the last part of my tweet, so technically it was "food+art..." (and apparently Twitter strips "..." at the end of posts since I noticed that part did get sent to other sites like Plurk).

evolver replied on January 08, 2009 19:48 to the question "Random characters removed again!" in Ping.fm:

I used PingFire. Could that have affected it?

evolver asked a question in Ping.fm on January 08, 2009 19:12:

Random characters removed again!

Yet again I've had characters removed from a post. This time, "food+art" became "food art" and I don't understand why. It is a royal pain having to delete status all over the place and then manually repost. Please stop doing this!

evolver replied on January 08, 2009 06:13 to the problem "URL shortening doesn't work" in Ping.fm:

http://twitter.com/carl/status/110030...:
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evolver reported a problem in Ping.fm on January 07, 2009 18:32:

URL shortening doesn't work

I thought this service was supposed to always shorten URLs. Yet one of my posts yesterday sent the entire URL to every service. I'm thankful the post was exactly 140 characters but was expecting URL trimming as always. What gives?

evolver reported a problem in Schwenk Consulting on December 29, 2008 18:54:

Unicode support

I love your product, but how about offering unicode support? I just had Joyeux Noël turned into Joyeux Nol which then posted and reposted to dozens of places. I think I've finally deleted the last traces of it, but what a pain spreading a simple holiday message! Ping.fm supports unicode fine, so the issue has to be with the plugin. Hope you get it resolved quickly; and you may wish to post a disclaimer in the box so that people will know not to use it for that purpose.

evolver replied on December 14, 2008 05:36 to the question "how do I edit/delete a reply plurk?" in Plurk:

This is an essential function that should have been included from the beginning. I am no longer likely to reply to plurks based on my experience that if you make a typo or accidentally hit enter too quickly, you're stuck with something that has your name yet cannot be removed. This is unacceptable.

evolver asked a question in Brightkite on November 24, 2008 21:40:

Create a notification radius between 200 and 2k

I would like to see a nearby notification radius (and option to view People Near Me) that's somewhere between 200 and 2000. As it currently stands, 200 is just too limited; if someone checks in literally across the street from me, BK considers that > 200 since I'm in a building that occupies an entire block (with one street address around the corner). I've been in other densely-populated areas with similar problems, where I've been shocked that no notifications are provided when someone checks in next door. So I finally switched to 2000, but it's just too broad. I want to know if someone is checking in nearby, not across town or in a different 'hood. Can there be some type of in-between offering?

Thanks as always for a fantastic service!

evolver replied on November 10, 2008 00:51 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

You did a limited version of it but not with the option to assign public and private status to different placemarks at the same address. This still doesn't seem to work for mixed use developments which can be several blocks in size yet all share the same address.

evolver replied on October 25, 2008 08:02 to the idea "BlackBerry Application for Ping.fm" in Ping.fm:

The lack of an app (and no SMS support) is keeping me from using the service. Twitterberry and the Twitter mobile site limit you to 140 characters, whereas m.ping.fm is slow to load and doesn't seem to have ANY limit!

evolver started following the idea "BlackBerry Application for Ping.fm" in Ping.fm.

evolver replied on September 05, 2008 21:39 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Although I can see how this new system works for many, it still doesn't work for me or anyone dealing with a mixed-use development with one street address. In my case I live in a large building with retail and restaurants on the ground level. I'd like to be able to check in publicly to a restaurant or gallery but not my actual residence. If we had actual private placemarks, this would work fine. Unfortunately, the setting of one (my residence) overrides another (a store) because we share the same address. I really hope this will be resolved in the future. This would seem a potential hassle for many folks. Thanks for taking the concept this far.

I would still really, really love to be able to toggle the Twitter feed easily *without* having to go into private mode. I don't actually care whether anyone knows where I live; I just don't want it pushed to Twitter every time I return home and dutifully check in. I also may go somewhere like a grocery store where I'd like to check in publicly but don't think the Twitterverse would care. In a perfect BK world, activity at certain placemarks could also be designated as being fed (or not) to Twitter (and perhaps future services), independent of privacy settings.

evolver asked a question in Dopplr on August 14, 2008 23:08:

No trips exist

The system shows me as having NO trips, yet when I go to the FB app it says I have multiple trips planned. There is no way for me to view or edit my trips on your site; it tells me at the top that I am out of town; and if I view the map it does show three cities, but it still says I have no trips. This is a great concept, but this type of experience will have few people returning or actually using the site.

evolver replied on June 27, 2008 20:43 to the question "Post editing" in Brightkite:

Actually this would also be solved if there were private placemarks, since I'd never need to switch modes again.

evolver replied on June 27, 2008 16:58 to the question "Post editing" in Brightkite:

I'd at least like to make entries public if they are accidentally private. It's frustrating that clicking on the padlock will not allow the action to be reversed. Thanks!

evolver replied on June 21, 2008 17:58 to the question "what are my options for a mac client?" in Twitter:

It seems that the TwitterFox icon is red much of the time. Is this just a Twitter issue? I'm pretty satisfied otherwise but would try TwitBin or something else if it were more reliable.

evolver replied on June 14, 2008 05:03 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

I have a slightly different variation of this. While I don't mind anyone knowing my home address (since I live in a large building that shares the same street address with retail and restaurants), I'd prefer not to have it pushed to Twitter every time I religiously check back in for the night. It's more of a redundancy thing that anything else. I like to let people know when I'm out somewhere, but it's boring and almost depressing generated a tweet that I'm home. I'd feel the same way if a "Home" placemark showed up instead. The same would be true if I went to an office every day; I don't think it would be newsworthy that I'm at work. So while I like the option to have public/private placemarks, I'd also love to choose whether to feed Twitter (and other services that may be offered in the future) based on each placemark.

evolver replied on June 13, 2008 05:46 to the discussion "BrightKite to update Facebook & MySpace status?" in Brightkite:

Just send your status to Twitter and then use the Twitter app to feed FB. That's what many of us do and it works fairly well (Twitter is never a failsafe though).

evolver replied on June 13, 2008 04:11 to the idea "Text Message, SMS, updates from Mobiles to Ping" in Ping.fm:

This is indeed a real bummer. I thought originally Ping would be able to pickup my tweets and distribute them to other sites, but it looks like it only works if you originate from Ping. This doesn't really accomplish my needs. SMS is much simpler (quick to compose, no need for a subject, etc) and more importantly most devices count the characters as you type so there's no risk of going over 140. If you introduce this option or offer a service that polls other sites (particularly Twitter) and spreads the status, I'd be all over it.