Comments for Tim Murtaugh http://timmurtaugh.com Web Developer & Bon Vivant-in-Training Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The Power and Confusion of the Permalink by Daniel Groves http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Daniel Groves Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:35:20 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-73 I have got to agree with you here, this is a growing problem. It is, as a result, something I always try avoid screwing up on my sites by using properly structured permalinks. Nice articles ;) I have got to agree with you here, this is a growing problem. It is, as a result, something I always try avoid screwing up on my sites by using properly structured permalinks.

Nice articles ;)

]]> Comment on The Power and Confusion of the Permalink by Tim Murtaugh http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Tim Murtaugh Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:44:26 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-72 You're right — bothering with "human readable" URLs isn't all that compelling, given how many URLs are compressed (and therefore obfuscated) via URL shorteners. You’re right — bothering with “human readable” URLs isn’t all that compelling, given how many URLs are compressed (and therefore obfuscated) via URL shorteners.

]]> Comment on The Power and Confusion of the Permalink by Joe Clark http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Joe Clark Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:40:03 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-71 Well, it seems you’re actually advocating that we put in time and effort to make already unreadable, overlong, unwieldy URLs marginally less so. I do agree with the <code>#comments</code> example, certainly, but really: Why not provide the shortest Amazon URL, and why link to anything at all that breaks up a single article into pageview-inflating chunks? Well, it seems you’re actually advocating that we put in time and effort to make already unreadable, overlong, unwieldy URLs marginally less so. I do agree with the #comments example, certainly, but really: Why not provide the shortest Amazon URL, and why link to anything at all that breaks up a single article into pageview-inflating chunks?

]]> Comment on The Power and Confusion of the Permalink by riddle http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-69 riddle Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:16:07 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-69 Don’t forget about "utm" crap appended to every link being tracked by Feedburner and/or Google Analytics. Usually it goes like this: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/gowalla-adobe-chipotle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 I can’t stand when people give me links like this. Don’t forget about “utm” crap appended to every link being tracked by Feedburner and/or Google Analytics. Usually it goes like this:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/gowalla-adobe-chipotle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

I can’t stand when people give me links like this.

]]> Comment on Expectations of Food and Comfort by Vas Kottas http://timmurtaugh.com/expectations-of-food-and-comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Vas Kottas Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:05:12 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=148#comment-66 This reminds me of an anecdote I read somewhere about Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA. The main hall's walls are beautifully curved concrete structures, but they've been clad in wood to give a perception of acoustical 'warmth' even though installing wood against a hard surface like that doesn't really change the acoustics. (if I remember right the hall's acoustics are not rated very highly - not necessarily the fault of the materials; good acoustics are incredibly hard and presumably Gehry's aesthetics added complexity to a difficult problem) This reminds me of an anecdote I read somewhere about Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA.

The main hall’s walls are beautifully curved concrete structures, but they’ve been clad in wood to give a perception of acoustical ‘warmth’ even though installing wood against a hard surface like that doesn’t really change the acoustics.

(if I remember right the hall’s acoustics are not rated very highly – not necessarily the fault of the materials; good acoustics are incredibly hard and presumably Gehry’s aesthetics added complexity to a difficult problem)

]]> Comment on Micro-Blogging vs. The Real Thing by Vas Kottas http://timmurtaugh.com/micro-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Vas Kottas Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:49:58 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=139#comment-65 Welcome back, Tim. Looking forward to hearing your longer-than-140-char thoughts, especially those that go beyond links (says I w/ 140 char) Welcome back, Tim. Looking forward to hearing your longer-than-140-char thoughts, especially those that go beyond links (says I w/ 140 char)

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