Comments for Alchemy of Change by Gideon Rosenblatt http://www.alchemyofchange.net Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Place is a Tag: How Our Phones Should Work by Andrew Groom http://www.alchemyofchange.net/place-is-a-tag/#comment-5256 Andrew Groom Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:02:00 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=920#comment-5256 Thanks, Gideon. Mobile is one area that Placerama really needs to work on! Thanks, Gideon. Mobile is one area that Placerama really needs to work on!

]]> Comment on Place-Based Networks: A New Kind of Social Network by 7 stories to read this weekend — Tech News and Analysis http://www.alchemyofchange.net/place-based-networks/#comment-5254 7 stories to read this weekend — Tech News and Analysis Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:02:19 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=1171#comment-5254 [...] It is time to move on from the social internet and instead dream of what Gideon Rosenbaltt calls place-based networks. [...] [...] It is time to move on from the social internet and instead dream of what Gideon Rosenbaltt calls place-based networks. [...]

]]> Comment on Place is a Tag: How Our Phones Should Work by Gideon Rosenblatt http://www.alchemyofchange.net/place-is-a-tag/#comment-5253 Gideon Rosenblatt Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=920#comment-5253 Nice service, Andrew, and glad that you are being sensitive to the issues around privacy, identity, etc. The struggle with all these approaches is building a critical mass of listings and users in very decentralized locations. That's why I think that the key will be when Android and iPhone (and Windows Phone) build in better support for place tagging. It's coming, and having just switched from an iPhone to an Android phone this week, I am seeing that Google is way, way out front on this stuff from Apple.  Nice service, Andrew, and glad that you are being sensitive to the issues around privacy, identity, etc. The struggle with all these approaches is building a critical mass of listings and users in very decentralized locations. That’s why I think that the key will be when Android and iPhone (and Windows Phone) build in better support for place tagging. It’s coming, and having just switched from an iPhone to an Android phone this week, I am seeing that Google is way, way out front on this stuff from Apple. 

]]> Comment on Place is a Tag: How Our Phones Should Work by Andrew Groom http://www.alchemyofchange.net/place-is-a-tag/#comment-5252 Andrew Groom Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:32:00 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=920#comment-5252 Yes, I completely agree, people are indeed losing their sense of place as society becomes simply a collection of (locally) disconnected online consumers. As the world shrinks in the coming years, rediscovering what's happening around you will become increasingly important. My site http://placerama.com/ is all about building stronger local communities but in a way that protects the location privacy of individuals (see our privacy policy at http://placerama.com/privacy-policy/) Yes, I completely agree, people are indeed losing their sense of place as society becomes simply a collection of (locally) disconnected online consumers. As the world shrinks in the coming years, rediscovering what’s happening around you will become increasingly important. My site http://placerama.com/ is all about building stronger local communities but in a way that protects the location privacy of individuals (see our privacy policy at http://placerama.com/privacy-policy/)

]]> Comment on The Sole of a Business by Sophia Katt http://www.alchemyofchange.net/the-sole-of-a-business/#comment-5251 Sophia Katt Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=1229#comment-5251 It's a nice story.  Lots of small business owners do this.  During the storm days the veterinarian/owner of the B'way Vet Hospital slept in the hospital three days running to make sure there was service on the Hill for emergency pet problems as the roads to the night emergency clinic in Lake City weren't navigable. It’s a nice story.  Lots of small business owners do this.  During the storm days the veterinarian/owner of the B’way Vet Hospital slept in the hospital three days running to make sure there was service on the Hill for emergency pet problems as the roads to the night emergency clinic in Lake City weren’t navigable.

]]> Comment on The Sole of a Business by Gideon Rosenblatt http://www.alchemyofchange.net/the-sole-of-a-business/#comment-5250 Gideon Rosenblatt Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:25:15 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=1229#comment-5250 Thanks <span class="proflinkWrapper"><span class="proflinkPrefix">+</span><a href="https://plus.google.com/106900922423647966777" class="proflink" oid="106900922423647966777">Michael Ricard</a></span>. Agreed. And thanks for sharing this. Thanks +Michael Ricard. Agreed. And thanks for sharing this.

]]> Comment on The Sole of a Business by Gideon Rosenblatt http://www.alchemyofchange.net/the-sole-of-a-business/#comment-5249 Gideon Rosenblatt Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:42 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=1229#comment-5249 Thanks <span class="proflinkWrapper"><span class="proflinkPrefix">+</span><a href="https://plus.google.com/100807029253466370478" class="proflink" oid="100807029253466370478">Rod Dunne</a></span> - yeah there was somebody from Seattle who posted that she'd worked with him (but the comment's gone now). I'm sure there are a ton of people. I'm actually going to take the post from my website, print it out, and then print out all these comments from folks here and bring them to him. He's not a big Google+ - or computer guy.<br /><br />P.S. - and thanks for sharing this. Thanks +Rod Dunne – yeah there was somebody from Seattle who posted that she'd worked with him (but the comment's gone now). I'm sure there are a ton of people. I'm actually going to take the post from my website, print it out, and then print out all these comments from folks here and bring them to him. He's not a big Google+ – or computer guy.

P.S. – and thanks for sharing this.

]]> Comment on The Sole of a Business by Gideon Rosenblatt http://www.alchemyofchange.net/the-sole-of-a-business/#comment-5248 Gideon Rosenblatt Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:21:05 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=1229#comment-5248 <span class="proflinkWrapper"><span class="proflinkPrefix">+</span><a href="https://plus.google.com/109066739735765388979" class="proflink" oid="109066739735765388979">Michael Ow</a></span> - sounds like you know where I'm coming from. It really does make you feel like an idiot when your shoe is flapping like that. There is something quite comical about it. So in addition to looking like some tragic clown, you're chuckling to yourself, as mother's pull their children just a <i>little bit</i> closer to their side as they walk by you. ;-) +Michael Ow – sounds like you know where I'm coming from. It really does make you feel like an idiot when your shoe is flapping like that. There is something quite comical about it. So in addition to looking like some tragic clown, you're chuckling to yourself, as mother's pull their children just a little bit closer to their side as they walk by you. ;-)

]]> Comment on The Sole of a Business by Michelle Holliday http://www.alchemyofchange.net/the-sole-of-a-business/#comment-5247 Michelle Holliday Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=1229#comment-5247 Wonderful story!   Wonderful story!  

]]> Comment on The Sole of a Business by Michael Ricard http://www.alchemyofchange.net/the-sole-of-a-business/#comment-5246 Michael Ricard Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:15:37 +0000 http://www.alchemyofchange.net/?p=1229#comment-5246 These are the kind of brand stories that are worth reading and sharing - big retailers take a lesson from Mr Lee. Great share, <span class="proflinkWrapper"><span class="proflinkPrefix">+</span><a href="https://plus.google.com/105103058358743760661" class="proflink" oid="105103058358743760661">Gideon Rosenblatt</a></span>. These are the kind of brand stories that are worth reading and sharing – big retailers take a lesson from Mr Lee. Great share, +Gideon Rosenblatt.

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