TOT. Cool or what?

[The Medway Handyman]

So, despite being an old(ish) fart - I have QR tags on my van and a
Medway Handyman Facebook Page!

Apparently, getting 'likes' is a good thing, so feel free!


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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

[Mike Barnes]

The Medway Handyman <davi...@blueyonder.co.uk>:

>So, despite being an old(ish) fart - I have QR tags on my van

I don't quite see the point of those. I find it better to just take a
photo, which is easier, more reliable, less risky[1], and gives you much
more information.


[1] Watch out for some chancer pasting a malware URL over your QR code.

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Mike Barnes

[Tim Lamb]

In message <g1xLMsKz...@g52lk5g23lkgk3lk345g.invalid>, Mike Barnes
<mikeba...@gmail.com> writes

There's an idea. I wonder if it could be adapted for those idiot
*munzee* caches?
>

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Tim Lamb

[Dave Liquorice]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:33:23 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

>> So, despite being an old(ish) fart - I have QR tags on my van
>
> I don't quite see the point of those. I find it better to just take a
> photo, which is easier, more reliable, less risky[1], and gives you much
> more information.

And do any phone support QR tags without downloading an app? Now an
NFC tag is a differnt matter, my phone supports NFC "out of the box".

And NFC tags can be set to "read only".

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Cheers
Dave.

[Brian Gaff]

I don't get it really, what is the point of Facebook?

To generate advertising revenue for the owners and mine data fore selling I
assume much like Google.

Brian

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"The Medway Handyman" <davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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[Dave Liquorice]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:19:29 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

> I don't get it really, what is the point of Facebook?
>
> To generate advertising revenue for the owners and mine data fore
> selling I assume much like Google.

Yep.

And for the unwary give a nice resource for potential employers on
what a person is *really* like, not what they have on their CV or
introductory letter. B-) Or for the authorities to use in evidence
etc.

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Cheers
Dave.

[SteveW]

On 19/06/2013 09:19, Brian Gaff wrote:
> I don't get it really, what is the point of Facebook?
>
> To generate advertising revenue for the owners and mine data fore selling I
> assume much like Google.
>
> Brian

It is pretty good for getting in touch with and keeping in touch with
various friends who you have lost touch with or who have emigrated.

I'd never think of using it to look up a company though.

SteveW

[The Medway Handyman]

On 18/06/2013 23:33, Mike Barnes wrote:
> The Medway Handyman <davi...@blueyonder.co.uk>:
>> So, despite being an old(ish) fart - I have QR tags on my van
>
> I don't quite see the point of those. I find it better to just take a
> photo, which is easier, more reliable, less risky[1], and gives you much
> more information.

Neither do I to be honest, but part of my market live & breath via
smartphone and would be highly impressed that I have them :-)

[mark]

"The Medway Handyman" <davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:tJ3wt.48602$ja6....@fx18.am4...

> So, despite being an old(ish) fart - I have QR tags on my van and a Medway
> Handyman Facebook Page!
>
> Apparently, getting 'likes' is a good thing, so feel free!

A lot of companies use Twitter, I have used it to make contact and found it
a lot quicker to get a reply than by 'Contact Us'.
It is a lot less confusing than FB., well for me anyway.

My impression is that Twitter is more for grown-ups and Facebook for
teenagers.


mark

[Tim+]

I wouldn't necessarily agree with that but I think companies are very aware
of the speed with which bad press can "go viral" on Twitter and
consequently spend more time and effort of responding to problems that way
than they do responding to more private communications.

Tim

[mark]

"Tim+" <timdow...@nospampleaseyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2023852702393415454.214686timdo...@news.eternal-september.org...

Example:
I have recently been researching shower cubicles and found a pivot door
cubicle on bathempire.com. Same photo used for all sizes of cubicle. I
needed to establish if the door of the size I wanted would clonk on to a
nearby towel radiator. Door doesn't pivot from the edge, so not a matter of
width=radius.

I asked via twitter if they had a technical drawing so that I could
establish the door swing measurements. Answer in minutes: got a drawing for
you let us have your email address.
Eventually got email, thank you very much for contacting us via
twitter....drg attached. Scrolling down the email was their internal
messages including: 'got a customer asking awkward questions on Twitter...'
'...I'll come up and see you..'
Twitter gets them jumping around!

Incidentally found same cubicle with same photo, on Amazon considerably
cheaper, and ordered it.


mark

[mark]

"Tim Streater" <timst...@greenbee.net> wrote in message
news:timstreater-43F6...@news.individual.net...
> In article <RJKdnfb8Mu7eTl_M...@brightview.co.uk>,

> "mark" <ma...@reepham2003.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> "The Medway Handyman" <davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:tJ3wt.48602$ja6....@fx18.am4...
>> > So, despite being an old(ish) fart - I have QR tags on my van and a
>> > Medway Handyman Facebook Page!
>> >
>> > Apparently, getting 'likes' is a good thing, so feel free!
>>
>> A lot of companies use Twitter, I have used it to make contact and found
>> it a lot quicker to get a reply than by 'Contact Us'.
>> It is a lot less confusing than FB., well for me anyway.
>

> How do they organise themselves? Do they follow no-one and just wait for
> the odd tweet to come in? Otherwise I could see it being a pain, having to
> wade through a lot of stuff and risking missing one that needs attention.
>

They don't get that many tweets.
Have a look yourself if this lets you without having sign in:

https://twitter.com/Victoriaplumb
https://twitter.com/toppstiles
https://twitter.com/Wickes

mark

[The Natural Philosopher]

My impression is that Twitter is more for grown-ups and Facebook for
teenagers. mark

No: facebook is for teenagers, and twitter is for teenagers who got
older, but never grew up at all.


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[charles]

In article <kpuur4$ddj$2...@news.albasani.net>,

The Natural Philosopher <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> My impression is that Twitter is more for grown-ups and Facebook for
> teenagers. mark
> No: facebook is for teenagers, and twitter is for teenagers who got
> older, but never grew up at all.

Facebook is for the older people so they can discover what their children
are doing.

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From KT24

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[Tim+]

charles <cha...@charleshope.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <kpuur4$ddj$2...@news.albasani.net>,
> The Natural Philosopher <t...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> My impression is that Twitter is more for grown-ups and Facebook for
>> teenagers. mark
>> No: facebook is for teenagers, and twitter is for teenagers who got
>> older, but never grew up at all.
>
>
> Facebook is for the older people so they can discover what their children
> are doing.

Kids are too savvy these days to share everything on FB, or at least, mine
are. I just see what they want me to see. ;-)

Tim

[ARW]

SteveW wrote:
> On 19/06/2013 09:19, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> I don't get it really, what is the point of Facebook?
>>
>> To generate advertising revenue for the owners and mine data fore
>> selling I assume much like Google.
>>
>> Brian
>
> It is pretty good for getting in touch with and keeping in touch with
> various friends who you have lost touch with or who have emigrated.

Facebook is good for receiving private messages from stalkers without anyone
knowing..

Far better than the good old days when she put messages in the "personal
section" of the Barnsley Chronicle for everyone to read.


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Adam