Comments on: Bottled Water Costs

By: The Frugal Geek

The Frugal Geek — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:52:00 +0000

Thanks, Ryan.

By: neonguru

neonguru — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:04:00 +0000

Sure, but I can decrypt all of those passwords by entering a single password which is stored somewhere, probably encrypted, in the cloud. If someone gets a hold of that one password…………………………………

By: Decimus Strans

Decimus Strans — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:54:00 +0000

You’re actually not putting your passwords in the cloud, you are actually putting a hash of them in the cloud. All the data is encrypted from your computer (and I tested it) and sent to their servers encrypted.

Although, I do understand your fear of putting your passwords in the cloud.

By: Christopher DeMero

Christopher DeMero — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:26:00 +0000

If you worried about your Google account, you can always use the two step verification method.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:45:00 +0000

I use KeePass and DropBox to do the same thing. Syncs with my Android phone as well. Even though the KeePass archive is in the “cloud” on DropBox, I control the access to the archive.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:14:00 +0000

In addition to VIP events, the Palms is building out the “Klout Klub” which “”will allow high-ranking influencers to experience Palms’ impressive set of amenities in hopes that these influencers will want to communicate their positive experience to their followers.”

Virgin America has also offered free flights to those with high Klout scores.

More information here: http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=146189

By: Mike Kujawski

Mike Kujawski — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:09:00 +0000

Patience people, patience. As Joe mentioned, the folks at Klout are obviously working hard to improve their algorithm and process. Like EVERY analytic tool out there, it’s only a tool. A tool that relies on data. The fact that the data is not perfect is not the tool’s fault. And even with perfectly accurate data, you still need a data analyst to put it in context. At present time, most people blindly take the numbers at face value and jump to conclusions. That’s the bigger problem here.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:43:00 +0000

I think Klout has a ton of potential but I feel like too many are using it as a catch-all silver bullet. There needs to be a “Klout U” on what it is and isn’t.

No measuring system is going to ever be perfect when we’re talking about “influence.” What is influence? On what topics? There’s a lot of stuff at play here. But it helps to have a guide.

That said, I’m very nervous that there’s agencies who are basing their hiring decisions (I’ve heard of other cases, as well) on personal Klout scores. I know a lot of good strategists who aren’t Twitterati; people who have put together solid stuff but they’re not the “cool kids” personally. For gosh sakes, the person in question has a score of 73! That’s pretty high, and if that’s not enough, what is?

The challenges of navigating a brand and an organization are quite different than being popular or influential on a personal account. There’s a lot more to the story, a lot more moving parts. I’ve seen a lot of popular people fail spectacularly when they get to implementing within the constructs of an organization.

One of the things Klout does very well and why it’s been adopted so fast, as I was having a discussion with a corporate colleague, is make C-Suites and execs happy – they’re data, number driven. A number is something they can understand, regardless of what’s contained within it.. So they lean on it.

By: Lucretia M Pruitt

Lucretia M Pruitt — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:48:00 +0000

Um, Shelly? I’m the first person to admit that I’ve had my own issues with Klout – but I followed both of your links above and the first one links strictly to @2morrowknights twitter feed, but not to anything indicating that he has said anything like what you quoted he had ‘on Tuesday’, while the second one links to a PR announcement about Peter Shankman’s NYC party – but nothing indicating that “Hotels and clubs in Las Vegas” have admitted any such thing.
Could you please actually link the sources or your information? Those allegations hold some pretty heavy weight if not just rumors.
Thanks!

By: Kk+

Kk+ — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:00:00 +0000

Klout score is a good relative measure of influence but a shitty absolute measure of influence. It’s one of many factors used to determined WTF is goin on out there on the internets.