Comments on Finally getting around to FlockTypePad2006-08-13T16:21:54ZEwan McIntoshhttps://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/08/finally_getting/comments/atom.xml/John commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834a8680d53ef2006-08-15T19:57:15Z2007-04-28T06:57:19ZJohnhttp://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/pivot/johnjohnston.phpYou would have to say IE is the best blogger David, could you do that?<p>You would have to say IE is the best blogger David, could you do that?</p>David Muir commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834a865b153ef2006-08-15T19:24:05Z2007-04-28T06:56:55ZDavid Muirhttp://edcomp.blogspot.com/How cool is that? You blog about a piece of software and the "Community Ambassador" leaves a comment on your...<p>How cool is that? You blog about a piece of software and the "<i>Community Ambassador</i>" leaves a comment on your blog! Brilliant. I wonder... if I blog about Internet Explorer, do you think Bill might drop by my blog? :-)</p>Will Pate commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834dd3fc269e22006-08-14T17:39:07Z2007-04-28T06:30:13ZWill Patehttp://www.flock.comHey Ewan, glad to hear you're enjoying Flock! Looking forward to hearing more as you experiment further, please feel free...<p>Hey Ewan, glad to hear you're enjoying Flock! Looking forward to hearing more as you experiment further, please feel free to email me if you have any questions, etc.</p>
<p>I did some work in the edublogging space with weblogs@upei and weblogs@BCIT projects, I heard a lot of need for a single piece of software that educators could get their students using to start experimenting with different parts of the social web.</p>
<p>For keeping Flock up to date on school computers, we do have an auto-update feature that we inherited from Firefox. But it's a little more complicated in a school environment where students and their computers may not have permission to download and execute the update. Perhaps IT could give some insight?</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>Will Pate<br />
Community Ambassador, Flock</p>David Muir commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834a7b75953ef2006-08-14T08:57:26Z2007-04-28T06:22:02ZDavid Muirhttp://edcomp.blogspot.com/I tried Flock, but as far as I could see, most of the stuff I wanted to do I could...<p>I tried Flock, but as far as I could see, most of the stuff I wanted to do I could already do in Firefox. The strong links with Flickr were interesting, but I preferred working in Flickr itself. Firefox's built-in RSS seems just as good, I use a plug in to create blog entries in Firefox that I find more flexible than Flock's way of doing things and I didn't like the way Flock did bookmarks. </p>
<p>Maybe it was a case of better the devil you know... maybe I just didn't spend long enough with Flock... but I'm still using Firefox. I always meant to do a follow up post on what I liked and didn't like and why I went back to Firefox... Maybe I'll have a go at it soon. :-)</p>Jedd commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834a7b5b653ef2006-08-14T07:55:33Z2007-04-28T06:21:45ZJeddhttp://www.core-ed.net/jeddI've been using Flock for 4 or 5 months now Ewan, and don't see myself returning to Firefox/Safari. All the...<p>I've been using Flock for 4 or 5 months now Ewan, and don't see myself returning to Firefox/Safari. All the features you mention work for me except the blogging tool - buts thats only because I like more formating than I can get from within Flock. RSS is great - users dont need to know about RSS/aggregators/feeds - just click the button to subscribe, just as it should be. And the snippets tool across the bottom is very cool, too. </p>Ewan McIntosh commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834a7b2f453ef2006-08-14T06:29:00Z2007-04-28T06:21:15ZEwan McIntoshhttp://edu.blogs.comDoddle: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/doddle An easy thing.<p>Doddle:<br />
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/doddle</p>
<p>An easy thing.</p>Frank commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834a79ef753ef2006-08-13T23:37:03Z2007-04-28T06:17:12ZFrankhttp://insegno.blogspot.comWhat do 'doddle' and 'doddle blah' mean?<p>What do 'doddle' and 'doddle blah' mean?</p>Ewan McIntosh commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834dce5c069e22006-08-13T16:40:29Z2007-04-28T06:13:02ZEwan McIntoshhttp://edu.blogs.comGood to hear from you. One of the possible hurdles we'll have is keeping Flock up-to-date on school computers -...<p>Good to hear from you. One of the possible hurdles we'll have is keeping Flock up-to-date on school computers - no IT support worker enjoys reinstalling or updating software on each classroom machine. Maybe we'll have to take a basic (non-beta) version when it comes out and then stick with it for a while before making a more major upgrade. Who knows? Something to get to the bottom of.</p>
<p>Looking forward to working with you at MGS in a few weeks.</p>Ollie Bray commented on 'Finally getting around to Flock'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200d834dce58369e22006-08-13T16:30:07Z2007-04-28T06:13:00ZOllie Brayhttp://www.exc-el.org.uk/olliebrayI've been using Flock since before the summer. It seems to work great on my PC and Mac and I...<p>I've been using Flock since before the summer. It seems to work great on my PC and Mac and I would definitely recommend it as my preferred browser. See you soon. Ollie</p>