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Comment on Nat Friedman & the Personal Cloud: “Personal data warehouse” by Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:20:18 +0000

I’m not sure how it’s Freudian–it was entirely intentional. Nat now works in Munich and works mainly from Nuremberg (as I understand it). I think his efforts are more closely aligned with the SUSE part of Novell than any other. And to be sure, I think that there is something to being affiliated with SUSE (an innovation engine) as opposed to Novell (which is less associated with innovation and more with the acquisition of technology, among other things). So, I chose those words because I think they acknowledge Nat’s recent work more accurately than him merely being “with Novell.”

Comment on Nat Friedman & the Personal Cloud: “Personal data warehouse” by Kennon

Kennon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:05:37 +0000

I find it oddly Fruedian that you describe Nat as “intrepid technologist with SUSE Linux” Instead of Novell…

Comment on Barack Obama by Mark

Mark — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:56 +0000

Your Obama review is the probably the most down-to-earth I’ve heard from anyone on either side of the aisle. I’m disappointed in the scare tactics employed by political parties to sway the public opinion. While both of the major parties participate in it, you’re right that conservatives have been a little worse lately. They got booted out of office this last election and are fighting to be heard. However, some of them are resorting to the tactics of a five year old. I hope the Republican party can find itself again.

As for President Obama, I can’t say I’m sad that many of his campaign positions have taken a backseat.

Thanks for the fairly objective review.

Comment on My Next Gig in the Cloud: This Time It’s Personal… by Nat Friedman & the Personal Cloud: “Personal data warehouse” « Reverend Ted’s Blog

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:19:39 +0000

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Comment on Barack Obama by Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:16:46 +0000

He’s done about as well as I had expected him to do at this point, barring the unexpected (and undeserved) Nobel. Considering what he inherited–two wars, a world and US economy both in massive crisis, and world opinion of the US in tatters after 7 years of heavy-handed unilateralism–I’m satisfied with his performance. While some have groused about how some of his campaign positions have taken a backseat, I believe that some issues–such as ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell–are more easy to contort into divisive lightning rods than other issues of extreme importance–such as universal health care.
What I am entirely disappointed by is the lack of ethics from the Republican opposition. They have repeatedly stonewalled attempts for bilateral dialog, while degrading the public dialog through hyperbolic & dishonest media tactics (such as “Death Panels”). Such behavior is unacceptable, and I long to see the principles of Conservatism restored from the wreckage that Lee Atwater and his intellectual progeny (Karl Rove, Glenn Beck, Limbaugh) have made of them. Atwater’s brand of public discourse, whether waged by liberals or conservatives, lowers everybody’s expectations of our representatives.

Comment on Barack Obama by Mark

Mark — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:09 +0000

That was then, this is now. I am interested to hear what you think about him now? As an Obama supporter, has he lived up to your expectations?

Comment on More Cloudy Thoughts: Protecting Your Lifestream by Jason Falls

Jason Falls — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:36:15 +0000

Hey Ted. Checked with Rob. We do have the non-self-hosted backup solutions on the list to do. I’m sorry it’s not yet available. We’ll be sure to let you know when it is, however. Thanks for the suggestions and feedback!

Comment on More Cloudy Thoughts: Protecting Your Lifestream by Jason Falls

Jason Falls — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:23:26 +0000

Ah … great point. I’ll ask Rob to confirm and see if we can’t fix that.

Comment on More Cloudy Thoughts: Protecting Your Lifestream by Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:21:44 +0000

Jason:
Indeed I saw that you backup WordPress, but didn’t I see that Backupify requires a plugin (“Install WP plugin first”)? I don’t want to host my own WordPress instance. So does WordPress.com run that plugin?
Thanks,
Ted

Comment on More Cloudy Thoughts: Protecting Your Lifestream by Jason Falls

Jason Falls — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:04:23 +0000

Hey Ted. Thanks for participating. Just wanted to make sure you do know we back up WordPress! In fact, I have eight different installs I back up daily on Backupify.

Thanks again for the feedback and for throwing your post in the mix for our giveaway. Very much appreciate it!