Tuesday, Sep 2, 2008
The NFL season (National Football League or American football) is about to start. The first game will be played this Thursday. That means that if you are participating in the TV.com NFL Picks Contest, you need to post all of your Week 1 picks by Wednesday afternoon.
If you have been debating whether to join the contest, you should make up your mind by this evening to be safe. To join, indicate your interest, either as a comment on this blog post or on the 2008 TV.com NFL Picks Contest thread on the Sports forum. (I would provide a hyperlink but I'm typing this on my BlackJack II smart phone. It's not easy to add hyperlinks using my phone. EDIT: I added the hyperlink manually. It doesn't seem to be working properly though. I'll fix it later.)
You could probably join later on but you would be significantly handicapped in trying to win. Each correct pick earns 1 point. If you miss a week, you could fall behind by 12 or 13 points or more. It's unlikely that you would be able to catch up in subsequent weeks.
If you decide to join the contest, I'll send you a PM with the sign-up info at Yahoo Sports. We're using Yahoo Sports this year because the scoring and the leader board are automated. We still have about 25 slots available. (If more than 50 people sign up, I could always start up another Yahoo league and combine the scores on the thread at the Sports forum.)
***
All atwitter over... Twitter
As I stated, I'm posting this with my smart phone. I've posted a couple other blog entries using my phone before. I can type up lengthy posts without any problems. The only limitation is that it's more difficult to add hyperlinks and photos but I'll set that up one of these days.
Given that we can add regular blog posts with smart phones, I'm not sure why "microblog" sites like Twitter are such a big deal. The novelty is that you can add blog posts with your cell phone or smart phone while you're on the go. Each post is limited to something like 150 words so Twitter posts tend not to be that deep or substantial. I've looked at a few of the Twitter blogs and I can't understand the appeal. Maybe you have to be a techie in the Silicon Valley area to get it.
Meanwhile, I'll stick with my blog here, which I can edit using either my computer or my smart phone. By the way, TV.com is based in San Francisco. So does that mean TV.com is a Silicon Valley-insider website too?
--------------------
If you have been debating whether to join the contest, you should make up your mind by this evening to be safe. To join, indicate your interest, either as a comment on this blog post or on the 2008 TV.com NFL Picks Contest thread on the Sports forum. (I would provide a hyperlink but I'm typing this on my BlackJack II smart phone. It's not easy to add hyperlinks using my phone. EDIT: I added the hyperlink manually. It doesn't seem to be working properly though. I'll fix it later.)
You could probably join later on but you would be significantly handicapped in trying to win. Each correct pick earns 1 point. If you miss a week, you could fall behind by 12 or 13 points or more. It's unlikely that you would be able to catch up in subsequent weeks.
If you decide to join the contest, I'll send you a PM with the sign-up info at Yahoo Sports. We're using Yahoo Sports this year because the scoring and the leader board are automated. We still have about 25 slots available. (If more than 50 people sign up, I could always start up another Yahoo league and combine the scores on the thread at the Sports forum.)
***
All atwitter over... Twitter
As I stated, I'm posting this with my smart phone. I've posted a couple other blog entries using my phone before. I can type up lengthy posts without any problems. The only limitation is that it's more difficult to add hyperlinks and photos but I'll set that up one of these days.
Given that we can add regular blog posts with smart phones, I'm not sure why "microblog" sites like Twitter are such a big deal. The novelty is that you can add blog posts with your cell phone or smart phone while you're on the go. Each post is limited to something like 150 words so Twitter posts tend not to be that deep or substantial. I've looked at a few of the Twitter blogs and I can't understand the appeal. Maybe you have to be a techie in the Silicon Valley area to get it.
Meanwhile, I'll stick with my blog here, which I can edit using either my computer or my smart phone. By the way, TV.com is based in San Francisco. So does that mean TV.com is a Silicon Valley-insider website too?
--------------------
Comments
Page
1
« prev
|
next »
Posted Sep 2, 2008 4:10 pm PT
Got in my picks last night. With no help whatsoever (this will be obvious in due time I'm sure)
Posted Sep 3, 2008 6:05 am PT
Cubby, it's OK for your wife to help you. 
Posted Sep 3, 2008 11:56 am PT
honestly, i don't use any of the technology mentioned above espically when i can just one of the million computers at school. every time i hear "san fransico", i think if jefferson airplane and starship. which has nothing to do with anything. 
Posted Sep 3, 2008 12:44 pm PT
I guess I can understand the usefulness of blogging through a phone, but given the additional difficulties in the areas you mentioned e.g. posting links, I just would have thought that it would still tend to be simpler and easier to just use a regular old computer...thoughts?
Posted Sep 7, 2008 10:27 am PT
Page
1
« prev
|
next »
Friends
My Friends
IndianaMom