Comments on: PulpFiction Gets an 8/10 at Ars http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: What I Write Is What I See http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars#comment-16931 What I Write Is What I See Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:04:57 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars/#comment-16931 <strong>PulpFiction and attention management</strong> PulpFiction was awarded an 8 out of 10 rating by Ars Technica. Here's what I think, Don and Erik*. As much as I agree with you both on the "I need to manage my news articles" vs. "I need to manage my feeds" point, I think it would help enourmously if y... PulpFiction and attention management

PulpFiction was awarded an 8 out of 10 rating by Ars Technica. Here's what I think, Don and Erik*. As much as I agree with you both on the "I need to manage my news articles" vs. "I need to manage my feeds" point, I think it would help enourmously if y...

]]> By: Graham Parks http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars#comment-16930 Graham Parks Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:50:11 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars/#comment-16930 Yeah, I got the feeling the guy had just skimmed the other app's websites so he could write a gushing review of NetNewsWire. It would have made a lot more sense if the format of the article acknowledged NNW's dominant position (eg "Should I keep using NNW, or something else?"). Otherwise it's just a bit pointless. Yeah, I got the feeling the guy had just skimmed the other app's websites so he could write a gushing review of NetNewsWire. It would have made a lot more sense if the format of the article acknowledged NNW's dominant position (eg "Should I keep using NNW, or something else?"). Otherwise it's just a bit pointless.

]]> By: Rory http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars#comment-16929 Rory Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:19:27 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars/#comment-16929 I felt he gave PulpFiction a pretty poor review too - along with my RSS reader NewsMac Pro. The tone is just unnecessarily negative throughout. The little 'oh but it's actually quite good' phrases feel like they've been dropped in as an afterthought to try and add some balance to the reivews. The other reviews seem to be much more neutral, or gushing in praise. It's clear the guy has a very specific way of doing things and anything that falls outside that way is bad or weird, which is what you might expect to see in a VersionTracker comment but not on Ars. I felt he gave PulpFiction a pretty poor review too - along with my RSS reader NewsMac Pro. The tone is just unnecessarily negative throughout. The little 'oh but it's actually quite good' phrases feel like they've been dropped in as an afterthought to try and add some balance to the reivews. The other reviews seem to be much more neutral, or gushing in praise. It's clear the guy has a very specific way of doing things and anything that falls outside that way is bad or weird, which is what you might expect to see in a VersionTracker comment but not on Ars.

]]> By: dg http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars#comment-16928 dg Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:27:06 +0000 http://nslog.com/2005/09/22/pulpfiction_gets_an_810_at_ars/#comment-16928 I'm mighty happy with the app too. Thanks for reviewing the review. I'm extra happy with the new company's customer service as well. My iBook crashed and when I restarted, the pulpfiction database was corrupted. I sent off the error message as asked, but didn't expect any reply. Instead, I just found an old export of my subscriptions, and dealt with having lost 50 for being stupid and not having one more up to date. But then I got an e-mail from them offering assistance, and even suggesting I send the corrupt file and they'd take a crack at repairs. So I sent it, and within a couple hours, got back a new OPML export of my subscriptions so everything is back! Too cool. I'm mighty happy with the app too. Thanks for reviewing the review.

I'm extra happy with the new company's customer service as well. My iBook crashed and when I restarted, the pulpfiction database was corrupted. I sent off the error message as asked, but didn't expect any reply.

Instead, I just found an old export of my subscriptions, and dealt with having lost 50 for being stupid and not having one more up to date.

But then I got an e-mail from them offering assistance, and even suggesting I send the corrupt file and they'd take a crack at repairs.

So I sent it, and within a couple hours, got back a new OPML export of my subscriptions so everything is back!

Too cool.

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