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Re: The LG V20 is Verizon’s best phone of 2016

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Re: The LG Watch Urbane is a beautiful smartwatch

Aaron Traffas — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 18:32:43 -0000

I didn't comment on battery life because I didn't really test it. I'm farming now, so I only wore the Urbane when I'd get home and have something non-farm to do in the evenings. My ZenWatch battery lasts most, if not all, of the day and I didn't notice the Urbane battery behaving noticeably differently. If anything, it seemed to last longer than my ZenWatch. Android Wear won't ever last as long as Pebble, obviously, but they all seem to get a day's worth of use.

Re: The LG Watch Urbane is a beautiful smartwatch

Stuart Bain — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:40:27 -0000

What did you experience in the way of battery life? I still have my Pebble Steel with 4 to 5 days of battery life per charge, but I would like to eventually move up to an Android Wear device. The LG Watch Urbane is one of my top picks at the moment.

Re: Podcasting hardware

Aaron Traffas — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 07:33:38 -0000

I only use it with Windows. It's been a few years since I've used Linux outside of a VM.

Re: Podcasting hardware

Frank Falcon — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 05:43:12 -0000

This was a great read, thank you for sharing. Did you ever happen to use that mackie mixer with a linux distro, or winX only?

Re: Fourth Wave auction software

Aaron Traffas — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:19:10 -0000

I doubt it. Auction Flex and WaveBid are pretty dominant in the space, and it would be a hard sell.

Re: Fourth Wave auction software

Chris — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:43:55 -0000

Is there any interest in a next gen clone of fourth wave auction software?

Re: Auction Podcast Episode 22 – Stop with the QR codes

Lee Creech — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:03:32 -0000

i happen to quite enjoy them on the back's of city buses. There's nothing i love more than running out into traffic to try to snap a photo of something that by design is moving around in traffic 24 hours a day and makes stops for 30 seconds or less.

Re: The folly of the artificial bidding window

Aaron Traffas — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:05:54 -0000

That's a great point. In that particular instance, the lot remains undefined until the survey is completed so the bidding definitions can be determined. I think we should hurry with the survey so that we could start the bidding sooner than later.

Re: The folly of the artificial bidding window

Ryan George — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:02:50 -0000

I've not really thought about this before, but it makes sense. The only exception I could see is for multi-parcel real estate auctions, where the auction is booked, the advertising has started in general, the attributes and maybe even exterior boundaries are known, but "we're waiting on the survey" to determine individual tract boundaries and sizes.

Re: The folly of the artificial bidding window

Rich Ranft — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:39:47 -0000

Aaron..I agree completely

Re: ShowMyPC provides free and easy remote support and collaboration

Bruce — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 01:31:00 -0000

Use free Aeroadmin and stop torture yourself.

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Re: Batchgeo maps your data

Jason Stevens — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:12:29 -0000

Another great new mapping service with filtering is easymapmaker.com
You can map your data, search, filter, group, and do all kinds of other great things for many devices. It's really fast and easy.

Re: CrashPlan is the perfect backup solution

Steve Edwards — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:32:21 -0000

We've been using CrashPlan but lately have found it too slow. It simpyl isn't keeping up with our family photos and stuff. The speeds were great, but they've dropped hugely. Support told me they have "infrastructure issues". This doesn't bode well for a backup service.

Re: CrashPlan is the perfect backup solution

Ryan George — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:41:55 -0000

This is good content. When I get settled into my new office in the new year, I will be looking to get CrashPlan in place.

Re: Wavebid software for inventory and marketing management

Russ — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:06:38 -0000

Dntiff,

I completely understand where you are coming from. I feel the same way about many products offered online. The reason we do not post the price is because it varies based on the client. When I was an auctioneer, the commission rate we charged for a $1M/year client was very different than the rate for a $1k/year client. We didn't post our prices online because we didn't want to scare the big guy or be unrealistic for the smaller ones. Same idea here. The largest single user on Wavebid will export over 1,500 auctions this year. Our smallest user only 1 or 2. Since we don't charge a percent of sales they are paying very different rates.

Thanks,
-Russ Hilk
Wavebid

Re: Wavebid software for inventory and marketing management

Dntiff — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:53:47 -0000

I'm always leery of software & web services that don't see fit to include their price, but want you to contact them first. It appears that they feel the need to convince you how valuable their product is before telling you how much it costs.

Re: Google Docs vs. Dropbox

Rowena Thurston — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:44:55 -0000

This means that you don’t have to worry about your recipients having
Microsoft Office or not – anyone with browser can access the documents.

Re: CrashPlan is the perfect backup solution

Florine Willett — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:20:46 -0000

However, the wonder of Carbonite is that they separate their software from their service.

Re: Wavebid software for inventory and marketing management

Sarah Sonke - AuctionFirst — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:21:54 -0000

Excellent - I'm going to check it out because I need something like this yesterday. Thanks Aaron for bringing it to my attention

Re: CrashPlan is the perfect backup solution

Jacob Starr — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:35:26 -0000

We have been using CrashPlan for several months now for our system backups. I like how I can distribute the backups to several different computers, as well as manage them at home. We don't have a RAID storage solution, so this is how I overcame that cost. By Backing up to several different locations, (including an off site computer and HD), We were able to create a redundancy without the use of a Drobo. I haven't Yet found a more user friendly viable solution to backing up, it's ease of use is great.

Re: GPS apps Waze and Google Maps obsolesce stand-alone devices

Joe — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:34:11 -0000

What type of plug charger are you using? Good info update as I am due for a phone upgrade and am thinking something in the Droid family to replace my droid x.

Nice job on the article to update the those of us who need updating. What's a GPS device?

Re: QR codes kill kittens

Aaron Traffas — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:37:35 -0000

That's one of the few appropriate uses of QR codes I can imagine. A real estate sign would also be a good use. So long as there is text that explains exactly where the QR code leads or what it does, and as long as it goes deep within a site to a specific item rendered in a mobile way, it sounds right to me.

Re: QR codes kill kittens

Russ — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:46:57 -0000

Aaron,

What are your thoughts on a QR code on a printed buyers guide
or lot tag for an auction. If a buyer
was interested in bidding on an item, the current price, wanted a complete
description or video the bidder could quickly go to that item without having to
navigate a website from their mobile device.
For many of my regular machinery buyers this would be appealing, curious
on your thoughts.

Re: Legalized gambling with penny auctions

Aaron Traffas — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:40:51 -0000

I haven't seen a "bid-to-buy option" and am unfamiliar with it. However, it's not an auction if it has a fixed price. I also think that it's not an auction when the purchase isn't based on the total price paid by an individual and, instead, relies on the last action made by a particular person. The only thing I can come up with that is similar to that model is a slot machine.