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Nyndesigns: social media done wrong

I really don’t like pointing the finger, but this company just approaches social media in such a horrible style, that I want you all to see how NOT to do it. First of all, they advertise with social media services. Now, the funny thing is, that they have a facebook link at top and left of their site, with different like amounts, confusing the user? Hell yeah. Second, you can’t “find” them on facebook, because their page-name only directs to nyndesigns.com

On twitter, a couple of messages (often the same) sprouts up by multiple people. What could be going on here, is that a bot with some random people-stock pictures is tweeting all their pre-defined news messages over and over again, none of them responds when you tweet at them, neither the @nyndesigns account. I assume these are blind bot accounts, because they tweet the same messages over and over again, trying to over-over-advertise for the posts and services of nyndesigns.com

The funny thing is, that Nyndesigns advertists with a message like:

Professional web consultation services @nyndesigns Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Which does not add up with their behaviour on social media at all.

ground rules they are breaking:

  1. Be available for questions and correspondence
  2. Don’t repeat yourself
  3. Be authentic

Below you see the confusing different amounts of likes on their facebook page:

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Here’s a potential list of Nyndesigns potential fake twitter accounts:

  • https://twitter.com/#!/denahall8
  • https://twitter.com/#!/katherinejtaylo
  • https://twitter.com/#!/EliseBynum
  • https://twitter.com/#!/katherinejtaylo
  • https://twitter.com/#!/AllieHofer
  • https://twitter.com/#!/DavidRCastillo
  • https://twitter.com/#!/SarahCWoo
  • https://twitter.com/#!/haroldiglesia14
  • https://twitter.com/#!/calvinscholl12
  • https://twitter.com/#!/JuanMckeon
  • https://twitter.com/#!/edithccole
  • https://twitter.com/#!/sarahgraha
  • https://twitter.com/#!/NathanEGrable
  • https://twitter.com/#!/kathleenbryan14
  • https://twitter.com/#!/williamallen12
  • https://twitter.com/#!/lorikthomas
  • https://twitter.com/#!/johnnymoylan12
  • https://twitter.com/#!/ryanuryan
  • https://twitter.com/#!/charlesboard12

and many more, able to be found on: https://twitter.com/#!/search/@nyndesigns

UPDATE: I just filed a spam report on twitter.com about this matter, including the information above.

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full magic lantern throttle

I’ve today pulled myself together and went to the magic lantern wiki, an alternative firmware for Canon DSLRs to improve their HD-video functionality. I thought, okay, no matter how hard this is, I will script, debug and bite my way through the process of patching this. Turns out, you just have to download an archive, unpack it on your SD-card, put it into the camera and hit the upgrade firmware button in the camera menu. Easy going. Looking forward to explore and test all the additional functionality like adjusting the audio levels, zebra lines, manual ISO and white balance settings.

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Apart from that I’ve taken a couple of long exposure pictures the last nights:

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I have a dream (transb.in)

I have a dream about yet another web project and I’m now going to present what it’s going to be.

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What will transb.in be?

It will be an online interface for easily translating texts and adding annotations. EDIT: The website will not auto-translate anything, the users will be able to translate texts.

Why is it called transb.in?

Basically, because there are many “pastebins” for code out there like pastebin.com, but this one is going to show texts side by side, in their original language and the one they are translated to.

Who needs this?

First of all, I do. I think it’s much more pleasant if the texts you are trying to understand in a foreign language appear side by side (original/translation) so you can pick up some of the twists in the authors original version. Thinking from poems or songs, over speeches to any kind of written material, people may not be able to understand without a translation.

Second of all, it may be a help for anybody who translates texts, for wikis, documentations, tutorials or different material.

Why will this be better?

It will be better, because the method of displaying texts is much more natural for people who want to compare the translation to the content of the untouched text. Also annotations within the texts (like in MS Office or Open/Libre Office) will aid the user in understanding the meaning a lot better than only the interpretation of the primary translator.

On top of that, users will have the option of translating the text into another language and make it accessible for even more people, adding to the list of available languages, like on Wikipedia/Wikiquote, etc.

 When will this go live?

When it’s done.

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Travel ALL the world

I had a very funny little conversation yesterday evening and it went something like this:
Ieva:

Let’s go to Australia, like… tomorrow! I want to live like this!

(Thereby meaning being free to travel spontainiously)

Me:

Yes, me too! Why do you think I picked a job where I can work anywhere? I could work, sitting on a fucking kangaroo!

(Thereby not insulting the bouncy little fellas)

What I want to say with this is, that I am very happy about, that my profession is rarely requiring physical presence. Photography does, but the main part of my daily life, coding, does not. This is great and I have worked on coding projects in plains, trains, cars and several flats, houses, bars and on boats

My optimal working conditions are almost everywhere I can bring headphones and can gain internet access, the bigger the bandwidth the better, but 3G or EDGE has also served well already.

Bottom line: Since I can work a lot of places on this planet, I would like to do that more. Keep travelling, visit cities and countries and still be reachable for my clients.

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Happy new year ;)

So for this post, I’m just stealing a couple of pictures from Mikkels instagram stream and tell you what my new years eve was like.

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Mikkel was making a lot of food

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Like this caviar, rucola salad, shrimps and oisters

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or this deer with potatoes and mushroom sauce

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not to forget the caramel cone with vanilla daim and marshmellow cholocate icecream.
Afterwards we had Latvia’s national champaign, irish whiskey and cigars.

The pictures are all instagrammed by Mikkel, the chef himself. He has done an amazing job and we all suited up for this occasion.

Thanks to Mikkel, Adina and Ieva for a very nice evening icon smile Happy new year ;)

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