Comments on: Android Tablets and Genealogy http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/ Genealogy and Life Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 John Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:12:55 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1519 Eastman deletes anything that shows he has been wrong. He also deletes and then reposts as 'new' again. For example A New Computer Revolution is Rising Around Us http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/03/a_new_computer_.html deted and reposted as a 'new' blog post: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/01/a-new-computer-revolution-is-rising-around-us.html He does this all the time, always deleting all the comments! Eastman deletes anything that shows he has been wrong.
He also deletes and then reposts as ‘new’ again.
For example A New Computer Revolution is Rising Around Us
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/03/a_new_computer_.html
deted and reposted as a ‘new’ blog post:
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/01/a-new-computer-revolution-is-rising-around-us.html
He does this all the time, always deleting all the comments!

]]> By: Susan Petersen http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Susan Petersen Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:12 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1503 Thank you for an enlightened post. I get tired of the Applefanatics thinking ipads are the only game in town. I'll put my Kindle Fire up against an ipad for genealogy any day. Thank you for an enlightened post. I get tired of the Applefanatics thinking ipads are the only game in town. I’ll put my Kindle Fire up against an ipad for genealogy any day.

]]> By: Banai Lynn Feldstein http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Banai Lynn Feldstein Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:02:14 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1501 That sounds a little harsh. Dick is a tech guy. He's admitted to someone I know that he's not a genealogist, so it's just odd that he has a newsletter/blog for genealogists. He is kind of oblivious about social networking too. He has admitted to not using them, just posting links to his blog. A bunch of genealogists on Twitter got hacked once and he was one. I tried to explain it to him and he couldn't even understand what I was telling him. Emails were traded for a few days and he never understood how to even look at his own timeline. I haven't witnessed him deleting posts, just not posting comments. I wouldn't say he's a disgrace, but a lot of people listen to him and maybe he should take that into account more. Unfortunately, he's not the only person involved in genealogy who comes off as arrogant. That sounds a little harsh. Dick is a tech guy. He’s admitted to someone I know that he’s not a genealogist, so it’s just odd that he has a newsletter/blog for genealogists.

He is kind of oblivious about social networking too. He has admitted to not using them, just posting links to his blog. A bunch of genealogists on Twitter got hacked once and he was one. I tried to explain it to him and he couldn’t even understand what I was telling him. Emails were traded for a few days and he never understood how to even look at his own timeline.

I haven’t witnessed him deleting posts, just not posting comments. I wouldn’t say he’s a disgrace, but a lot of people listen to him and maybe he should take that into account more. Unfortunately, he’s not the only person involved in genealogy who comes off as arrogant.

]]> By: Gerard Morgan http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Gerard Morgan Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:23:55 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1499 Dick likes to present himself as a 'technology expert', but he is just a low-level support guy who switches tapes at night. I'm not kidding here, HE SAID SO HIMSELF in another discussion about erroneous claims he made, WHICH HE LATER DELETED, because so many readers pointed out so many errors. He makes a lot of errors, and isn't mature enough to admit them. He has even DELETED ENTIRE BLOG POSTS to hide the errors he makes! Dick Eastman is a disgrace to the genealogy blogging community. Dick likes to present himself as a ‘technology expert’, but he is just a low-level support guy who switches tapes at night. I’m not kidding here, HE SAID SO HIMSELF in another discussion about erroneous claims he made, WHICH HE LATER DELETED, because so many readers pointed out so many errors.
He makes a lot of errors, and isn’t mature enough to admit them. He has even DELETED ENTIRE BLOG POSTS to hide the errors he makes! Dick Eastman is a disgrace to the genealogy blogging community.

]]> By: Nan http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Nan Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:26:12 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1497 You are correct about Dick not liking to be critisized and not approving comments. A few months back I critisized something Dick blogged about and he corresponded with me by e-mail a couple times but never posted the comments on the blog. He comes off pretty arogant in my mind. You are correct about Dick not liking to be critisized and not approving comments.

A few months back I critisized something Dick blogged about and he corresponded with me by e-mail a couple times but never posted the comments on the blog.

He comes off pretty arogant in my mind.

]]> By: Caroline Gurney http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 Caroline Gurney Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:25:49 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1494 Before the Ancestry app for Android was available I used Family Bee, which is an excellent app. It also stores your data on your Android davice. Before the Ancestry app for Android was available I used Family Bee, which is an excellent app. It also stores your data on your Android davice.

]]> By: Banai Lynn Feldstein http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 Banai Lynn Feldstein Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:08:23 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1493 Thanks Caroline. Another app, ezGed, also reads your GEDCOM file and stores the data on the Android. That one is brand new, so it's not perfect yet, but it's a great start. I also left a comment pretty early on and Dick hasn't posted it. I guess he's moderating for more than spam. I think all of us Android defenders might have overwhelmed him a bit with our responses. Thanks Caroline. Another app, ezGed, also reads your GEDCOM file and stores the data on the Android. That one is brand new, so it’s not perfect yet, but it’s a great start.

I also left a comment pretty early on and Dick hasn’t posted it. I guess he’s moderating for more than spam. I think all of us Android defenders might have overwhelmed him a bit with our responses.

]]> By: Caroline Gurney http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 Caroline Gurney Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:47:53 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1492 Excellent, comprehensive post and thanks for the shout out, Banai. I have the greatest respect for Dick, who is an extremely nice man as well as a great genealogist, but I'm afraid he has a blind spot about this. In the comments on Dick's blogpost, a reader called Jeb pointed out that the Ancestry app runs on the Kindle Fire. Dick replied, "The Kindle Fire (and the Nook) do not yet have any genealogy apps that will STORE THE DATABASE IN THE DEVICE and allow quick and instantaneous access to the locally-stored data." I have just checked the Ancestry app on my Android device and, contrary to what Dick says, the database is stored locally on the device and is quickly and instantaneously accessible without an internet connection. I've left a comment which has not yet appeared on his blog. Excellent, comprehensive post and thanks for the shout out, Banai. I have the greatest respect for Dick, who is an extremely nice man as well as a great genealogist, but I’m afraid he has a blind spot about this. In the comments on Dick’s blogpost, a reader called Jeb pointed out that the Ancestry app runs on the Kindle Fire. Dick replied, “The Kindle Fire (and the Nook) do not yet have any genealogy apps that will STORE THE DATABASE IN THE DEVICE and allow quick and instantaneous access to the locally-stored data.” I have just checked the Ancestry app on my Android device and, contrary to what Dick says, the database is stored locally on the device and is quickly and instantaneously accessible without an internet connection. I’ve left a comment which has not yet appeared on his blog.

]]> By: Geniaus http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 Geniaus Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:47:47 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1491 Excellent response to a biased and inaccurate article. It is a concern that the EOGN has such a large readership who may take what they read on face value without checking other sources. Excellent response to a biased and inaccurate article. It is a concern that the EOGN has such a large readership who may take what they read on face value without checking other sources.

]]> By: Celia http://idogenealogy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tablets-and-genealogy/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Celia Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:06:16 +0000 http://idogenealogy.com/blog/?p=2389#comment-1490 Great details about Android tablets/phones ... I have a wonderful Android phone and love it. Downloaded the Ancestry app for it, so I can check anything needed, when in a library etc. And, thanks for the links to Tamura Jones - so helpful. Thanks again for sharing your detailed information!!! Great details about Android tablets/phones … I have a wonderful Android phone and love it. Downloaded the Ancestry app for it, so I can check anything needed, when in a library etc. And, thanks for the links to Tamura Jones – so helpful. Thanks again for sharing your detailed information!!!

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