Comments for Random Acts of Chooch http://chooch.us A place for my stuff Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Will people use Siri? I don’t think so by Chooch http://chooch.us/2011/10/09/will-people-use-siri-i-dont-think-so/#comment-229 Chooch Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:24:24 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=281#comment-229 You may be right. I see a difference between having a conversation in public and interacting with a device, though. Somehow the device seems more private to me. We'll see. You may be right. I see a difference between having a conversation in public and interacting with a device, though. Somehow the device seems more private to me. We’ll see.

]]> Comment on Will people use Siri? I don’t think so by Chooch http://chooch.us/2011/10/09/will-people-use-siri-i-dont-think-so/#comment-228 Chooch Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:22:31 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=281#comment-228 True, but isn't that already an issue? I heard somebody say (I think on the <a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/podcast" rel="nofollow">Sound on Sound podcast</a>) that it may break out in a fight if person A thinks that person B is given them an order, not realizing that person B is dictating to a phone. True, but isn’t that already an issue? I heard somebody say (I think on the Sound on Sound podcast) that it may break out in a fight if person A thinks that person B is given them an order, not realizing that person B is dictating to a phone.

]]> Comment on Will people use Siri? I don’t think so by Orion http://chooch.us/2011/10/09/will-people-use-siri-i-dont-think-so/#comment-225 Orion Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:16:04 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=281#comment-225 Your points seem valid but frankly I think you're on the wrong side of this crystal ball, my friend. Mind you I haven't interacted with Siri and unless someone gives me an iPhone 4S, I'm not likely to for at least another year but from the short video demo I think background noise won't be as much an issue. Even if so there's always the use of a wired or Bluetooth headset. Your second point flies in the face of reality. Only polite individuals refrain from having public conversations on their cell phones. Only difference between now and say 10 years ago is the lack of that extra annoying Motorola Push-to-Talk audible chirp. People are having loud cell phone conversations on metro, on line at grocery stores, fine and not so fine restaurants, even at the movie theatre so it's not even a small leap to making use of a feature like Siri. Someday in the near future you can be sure to find yourself at a party, renfest, restaurant, wherever and find yourself surrounded by people in one form or another doing: {SEND TO TWITTER/FACEBOOK/FOURSQUARE/GOOGLE+}: I'm here having a fun with so and so. I can't wait *shiver* Your points seem valid but frankly I think you’re on the wrong side of this crystal ball, my friend.

Mind you I haven’t interacted with Siri and unless someone gives me an iPhone 4S, I’m not likely to for at least another year but from the short video demo I think background noise won’t be as much an issue. Even if so there’s always the use of a wired or Bluetooth headset.

Your second point flies in the face of reality. Only polite individuals refrain from having public conversations on their cell phones. Only difference between now and say 10 years ago is the lack of that extra annoying Motorola Push-to-Talk audible chirp. People are having loud cell phone conversations on metro, on line at grocery stores, fine and not so fine restaurants, even at the movie theatre so it’s not even a small leap to making use of a feature like Siri.

Someday in the near future you can be sure to find yourself at a party, renfest, restaurant, wherever and find yourself surrounded by people in one form or another doing:
{SEND TO TWITTER/FACEBOOK/FOURSQUARE/GOOGLE+}: I’m here having a fun with so and so.

I can’t wait *shiver*

]]> Comment on Will people use Siri? I don’t think so by Nobilis Reed http://chooch.us/2011/10/09/will-people-use-siri-i-dont-think-so/#comment-224 Nobilis Reed Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:11:18 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=281#comment-224 If someone on the train starts talking to their phone they're going to get a lot of dirty looks. If someone on the train starts talking to their phone they’re going to get a lot of dirty looks.

]]> Comment on Moving My Recording Studio Completely To Linux by David Sobkowiak http://chooch.us/2011/06/30/moving-my-recording-studio-completely-to-linux/#comment-213 David Sobkowiak Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:42:54 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=268#comment-213 Thanks for the update and the walk through Chooch. I started playing around with am Ubuntu Studio setup last year on a laptop, which then died shortly thereafter. I've just installed Lucid on this machine and I'm eager to dive back in to possibly convert my production environment over to Linux. I'm a Windows and sometime Mac guy, so this is a big step for me. I like what I see, but I don't always know what I'm seeing. David Thanks for the update and the walk through Chooch. I started playing around with am Ubuntu Studio setup last year on a laptop, which then died shortly thereafter. I’ve just installed Lucid on this machine and I’m eager to dive back in to possibly convert my production environment over to Linux. I’m a Windows and sometime Mac guy, so this is a big step for me. I like what I see, but I don’t always know what I’m seeing.

David

]]> Comment on Moving My Recording Studio Completely To Linux by Chooch http://chooch.us/2011/06/30/moving-my-recording-studio-completely-to-linux/#comment-205 Chooch Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:11:49 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=268#comment-205 You might consider throwing on an <a href="http://ubuntustudio.org" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Studio</a> live CD just for kicks. No install or any other mucking about. I just updated the post with results from upgrading my primary workstation to KXStudio and I couldn't be happier. Good luck on your endeavor. I'm eager to hear how you make out! You might consider throwing on an Ubuntu Studio live CD just for kicks. No install or any other mucking about. I just updated the post with results from upgrading my primary workstation to KXStudio and I couldn’t be happier.

Good luck on your endeavor. I’m eager to hear how you make out!

]]> Comment on Moving My Recording Studio Completely To Linux by Mark Smith, aka @SmittyHalibut http://chooch.us/2011/06/30/moving-my-recording-studio-completely-to-linux/#comment-204 Mark Smith, aka @SmittyHalibut Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:56 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=268#comment-204 Thanks for this, Chooch. I know Dan Sawyer has been using Ardour for quite a while, and I've been considering trying it out. I'm a Linux admin by day, but I usually just want my stuff to work at home, so I don't run Linux on my desktop there. I've recently upgraded my system at home to a 120GB SSD plus a 2TB HDD, and left about 25GB on the SSD for a Linux distro (to put /home on the HDD); I think it might be time to play with this. I have an FP10 for my audio I/O, so I'm hoping things work well and easily. Good luck with your new studio! :-D -Mark, aka @SmittyHalibut Thanks for this, Chooch. I know Dan Sawyer has been using Ardour for quite a while, and I’ve been considering trying it out. I’m a Linux admin by day, but I usually just want my stuff to work at home, so I don’t run Linux on my desktop there. I’ve recently upgraded my system at home to a 120GB SSD plus a 2TB HDD, and left about 25GB on the SSD for a Linux distro (to put /home on the HDD); I think it might be time to play with this.

I have an FP10 for my audio I/O, so I’m hoping things work well and easily.

Good luck with your new studio! :-D

-Mark, aka @SmittyHalibut

]]> Comment on Short Story Released by Chooch http://chooch.us/2010/11/09/short-story-released/#comment-180 Chooch Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:25:55 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=212#comment-180 Thank you! I am outlining a story for Tee and Pip's next anthology, "Tales from the Ministry" and plugging away at my first novel "Corsa". The novel has had many sidetracks however, the largest of which is the band with Phil Rossi <a href="http://ditchedbykate.com" rel="nofollow">Ditched by Kate</a>. We are finalizing our first EP release and the website. These are just about sorted though, so then it's full speed ahead on the novel! {c} Thank you! I am outlining a story for Tee and Pip’s next anthology, “Tales from the Ministry” and plugging away at my first novel “Corsa”.

The novel has had many sidetracks however, the largest of which is the band with Phil Rossi Ditched by Kate. We are finalizing our first EP release and the website. These are just about sorted though, so then it’s full speed ahead on the novel!

{c}

]]> Comment on Short Story Released by Nomad Scry http://chooch.us/2010/11/09/short-story-released/#comment-179 Nomad Scry Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:58:30 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=212#comment-179 Nicely done! I thought you'd gone off the rails halfway through but I was happily mistaken. =) So... what's next? Nicely done! I thought you’d gone off the rails halfway through but I was happily mistaken. =)

So… what’s next?

]]> Comment on Apps I Can’t Live Without by chooch http://chooch.us/2010/09/22/apps-i-cant-live-without/#comment-60 chooch Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:50:48 +0000 http://chooch.us/?p=186#comment-60 Ooh- thanks for reminding me to further update the post! Google just reduced their return policy to 15 minutes!! Kind of sucks, but most apps have lite or trial versions. Google says that the reduction is because they've found that most refunds occurred in the first few minutes. Conspiracy and rumor says it's because kids were buying games, beating them in a night and then refunding them *shrug* Ooh- thanks for reminding me to further update the post! Google just reduced their return policy to 15 minutes!! Kind of sucks, but most apps have lite or trial versions. Google says that the reduction is because they’ve found that most refunds occurred in the first few minutes. Conspiracy and rumor says it’s because kids were buying games, beating them in a night and then refunding them *shrug*

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