Comments for blog.sojoodi.com http://blog.sojoodi.com Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Privacy concerns and issues with Scribd and social networks (Facebook in particular) by sean http://blog.sojoodi.com/2011/01/18/privacy-concerns-and-issues-with-scribd-and-social-networks-facebook-in-particular/comment-page-1/#comment-7411 sean Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:01:29 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=35#comment-7411 Thanks for the info-case study. Sorry things like this happen the world isn't lollypops+licorish! Thanks for the info-case study. Sorry things like this happen the world isn’t lollypops+licorish!

]]> Comment on Privacy concerns and issues with Scribd and social networks (Facebook in particular) by Sahand http://blog.sojoodi.com/2011/01/18/privacy-concerns-and-issues-with-scribd-and-social-networks-facebook-in-particular/comment-page-1/#comment-7409 Sahand Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:27:05 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=35#comment-7409 @Mark, I respectfully disagree (most of my info on Facebook is not visible unless you are my friend). But I guess my point is that some people (including me) think that Facebook can be a private area. We set it up to be private, but every now and again, Facebook decides to introduce a "new feature" which will expose our data to anyone who's smart enough to write a Cookie sniffing piece of Javascript. @Mark, I respectfully disagree (most of my info on Facebook is not visible unless you are my friend). But I guess my point is that some people (including me) think that Facebook can be a private area. We set it up to be private, but every now and again, Facebook decides to introduce a “new feature” which will expose our data to anyone who’s smart enough to write a Cookie sniffing piece of Javascript.

]]> Comment on Privacy concerns and issues with Scribd and social networks (Facebook in particular) by Mark http://blog.sojoodi.com/2011/01/18/privacy-concerns-and-issues-with-scribd-and-social-networks-facebook-in-particular/comment-page-1/#comment-7408 Mark Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:59:22 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=35#comment-7408 Dude. If you haven't figured it out by now.... Everything you put on Facebook is public for the WHOLE WORLD TO SEE (and use at they wish) Get over it. Dude. If you haven’t figured it out by now…. Everything you put on Facebook is public for the WHOLE WORLD TO SEE (and use at they wish) Get over it.

]]> Comment on Privacy concerns and issues with Scribd and social networks (Facebook in particular) by Sahand http://blog.sojoodi.com/2011/01/18/privacy-concerns-and-issues-with-scribd-and-social-networks-facebook-in-particular/comment-page-1/#comment-7407 Sahand Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:28:28 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=35#comment-7407 Came across this on ZDNet today: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/facebook-instant-personalization-launches-how-to-disable-it-and-why/8006 Came across this on ZDNet today: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/facebook-instant-personalization-launches-how-to-disable-it-and-why/8006

]]> Comment on Renting movies on iTunes – How Blockbuster and Rogers Video will survive for the time being by sunny http://blog.sojoodi.com/2010/12/23/renting-movies-on-itunes-how-blockbuster-and-rogers-video-will-survive-for-the-time-being/comment-page-1/#comment-7405 sunny Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:44:51 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=32#comment-7405 check out airplay dude. check out airplay dude.

]]> Comment on Privacy concerns and issues with Scribd and social networks (Facebook in particular) by Sahand http://blog.sojoodi.com/2011/01/18/privacy-concerns-and-issues-with-scribd-and-social-networks-facebook-in-particular/comment-page-1/#comment-7404 Sahand Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:23:21 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=35#comment-7404 @bcp, thanks for the comment I agree. Along with more stringent laws and standards, I believe we should also do a better job at educating the public about what information is being sent back and forth on the wire very publicly. I came across a very well written, but somewhat technical description of the problem: http://33bits.org/2010/09/28/instant-personalization-privacy-flaws/ @bcp, thanks for the comment I agree.

Along with more stringent laws and standards, I believe we should also do a better job at educating the public about what information is being sent back and forth on the wire very publicly. I came across a very well written, but somewhat technical description of the problem: http://33bits.org/2010/09/28/instant-personalization-privacy-flaws/

]]> Comment on Privacy concerns and issues with Scribd and social networks (Facebook in particular) by bcp http://blog.sojoodi.com/2011/01/18/privacy-concerns-and-issues-with-scribd-and-social-networks-facebook-in-particular/comment-page-1/#comment-7403 bcp Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:04:33 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=35#comment-7403 It is impossible to put this genie back in the bottle. Nothing in my view will ever change until we strengthen privacy laws and laws that force businesses to clearly show line by line what information they collect and share and most importantly why they collect and share it and how they do this. An 8pt font EULA and a line that says to "enhance" the services we provide to you is not enough. It is impossible to put this genie back in the bottle. Nothing in my view will ever change until we strengthen privacy laws and laws that force businesses to clearly show line by line what information they collect and share and most importantly why they collect and share it and how they do this. An 8pt font EULA and a line that says to “enhance” the services we provide to you is not enough.

]]> Comment on Renting movies on iTunes – How Blockbuster and Rogers Video will survive for the time being by Sahand http://blog.sojoodi.com/2010/12/23/renting-movies-on-itunes-how-blockbuster-and-rogers-video-will-survive-for-the-time-being/comment-page-1/#comment-7402 Sahand Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:33:41 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=32#comment-7402 Hey Evan, thanks for the notes. Good to know you can start watching while it's still downloading. Though considering my particularly the slow connection to iTunes servers it made more sense to just wait a day instead of killing the mood in the middle of the movie :) I agree, I think Netflix for mobile is still a one/couple of years away. Maybe once we have widespread 4G in North America. Hey Evan, thanks for the notes. Good to know you can start watching while it’s still downloading. Though considering my particularly the slow connection to iTunes servers it made more sense to just wait a day instead of killing the mood in the middle of the movie :)
I agree, I think Netflix for mobile is still a one/couple of years away. Maybe once we have widespread 4G in North America.

]]> Comment on Renting movies on iTunes – How Blockbuster and Rogers Video will survive for the time being by Evan Jones http://blog.sojoodi.com/2010/12/23/renting-movies-on-itunes-how-blockbuster-and-rogers-video-will-survive-for-the-time-being/comment-page-1/#comment-7401 Evan Jones Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:21:01 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/?p=32#comment-7401 A few notes: * It isn't obvious from the user interface, but you can start watching before the movie is fully downloaded. In your case, the download was too slow for this to be really helpful, but you could have started watching at the 2 hour mark, and it would have finished downloading while you watched. * The 24-48 hour limit only applies once you start watching. You can download and keep the video for (I think) up to 2 weeks or a month or something. Your point still stands: You need to plan in advance with iTunes. However, I still really appreciate that I can use it to watch movies on the bus, which I can't do with Netflix streaming. A few notes:

* It isn’t obvious from the user interface, but you can start watching before the movie is fully downloaded. In your case, the download was too slow for this to be really helpful, but you could have started watching at the 2 hour mark, and it would have finished downloading while you watched.

* The 24-48 hour limit only applies once you start watching. You can download and keep the video for (I think) up to 2 weeks or a month or something.

Your point still stands: You need to plan in advance with iTunes. However, I still really appreciate that I can use it to watch movies on the bus, which I can’t do with Netflix streaming.

]]> Comment on My GMAT Experience! by olesyak http://blog.sojoodi.com/2007/12/19/my-gmat-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 olesyak Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:20:01 +0000 http://blog.sojoodi.com/2007/12/19/my-gmat-experience/#comment-1982 Hi Sahand, thank you for the review and for putting this together, the timing formula is very helpful :) Could you please email me the study notes and the time spreadsheet and any other info that you found helpful. Also, did you create a study schedule organizer for yourself ( like a spreadsheet) that you followed? could you email it as well? How did it go with admissions? Thanks! Hi Sahand,
thank you for the review and for putting this together, the timing formula is very helpful :)
Could you please email me the study notes and the time spreadsheet and any other info that you found helpful. Also, did you create a study schedule organizer for yourself ( like a spreadsheet) that you followed? could you email it as well?
How did it go with admissions?
Thanks!

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