Technology As Innovator

Jul 30

Tai Tran’s Choices (and dilemma) of Media

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Service vs. Service	I choose:	Why?	But…
Self-hosted WordPress vs. WordPress.com	Self-hosted WordPress	Branding & Plugins
Facebook vs. MySpace	Facebook	Facebook is more organized
del.icio.us vs. diigo	diigo	Web high-lighting	My community is on del.icio.us
Twitter vs. Plurk	Plurk	Timeline GUI	My community is on Twitter
Digg vs. reddit vs. Mixx	Mixx	Less hostile toward content creators
Yahoo! Mail vs. Gmail vs. Hotmail	Yahoo! Mail	yahoo.com is easier to remember for my connections	I really want to use Gmail
Yahoo! Messenger vs. Windows Live Messenger vs. Gtalk	Windows Live Messenger	Twice the maximum number of friends one account can add compared to that of Y!M	yahoo.com is easier to remember for my connections

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To disable the annoying beep in VMWare:

1. Open preferences file

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\VMware\preferences.ini

Insert

mks.noBeep = “TRUE”

2. Open the virtual machine’s .vmx file with Notepad

Insert
mks.noBeep = “TRUE”

Good luck

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I admit that what kept me on Facebook for so long is its ability to host photos. I’m really happy how Photos and Photo upload work in Facebook.

The only thing I don’t like about it is that it auto-resizes photos to 604px width.

I don’t use MySpace, unfortunately.

The third most popular social networking site is Orkut, and I have some friends there.

I’ll just make a comparison on my most frequently used feature: Photo sharing.

Service	Quantity Limit	Capacity Limit	Resize	Allowed formats	Tagging
Facebook	Unlimited albums 60 photos per album	None	Width 604px	JPG, PNG, GIF	Yes, with better usability
Orkut	10,000 photos 100 photos per album	None	Width 800px	JPG, PNG, GIF	Yes