Comments on: FT Alphaville’s predictive powers http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/ft-alphavilles-predictive-powers/ A slice of lime in the soda Wed, 22 May 2013 01:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: GregHao http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/ft-alphavilles-predictive-powers/comment-page-1/#comment-17007 GregHao Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:28:45 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4837#comment-17007 It's amusing how different people behave differently, I actually subscribe to the dead tree version of the FT and am happy paying for it while I get my FT online access through my work and if they didn't pay for it I doubt that I would do it out of my own pockets. Also, maybe this is some more confusion on my part but Paul & Stacy will not be a part of the FT Tilt project and have left FT altogether? It’s amusing how different people behave differently, I actually subscribe to the dead tree version of the FT and am happy paying for it while I get my FT online access through my work and if they didn’t pay for it I doubt that I would do it out of my own pockets.

Also, maybe this is some more confusion on my part but Paul & Stacy will not be a part of the FT Tilt project and have left FT altogether?

]]> By: FelixSalmon http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/ft-alphavilles-predictive-powers/comment-page-1/#comment-17002 FelixSalmon Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:54:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4837#comment-17002 Yes, Paul has left Alphaville, along with Stacy. But no, I'm not at all sure that Alphaville is now headed for paywall obscurity. I sincerely hope it isn't. Yes, Paul has left Alphaville, along with Stacy. But no, I’m not at all sure that Alphaville is now headed for paywall obscurity. I sincerely hope it isn’t.

]]> By: BigBadBank http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/ft-alphavilles-predictive-powers/comment-page-1/#comment-16995 BigBadBank Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:27:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4837#comment-16995 Felix - Do you actually have any evidence that Paul Murphy is leaving Alphaville other than the pre-existence of something called FT Tilt? And are you sure that Alphaville is heading for paywall obscurity? Stacy Marie Ishmael has assured me that this is not the case, although I must admit that I was not completely convinced. Personally I don't see the problem with paying for online newspapers - I'm a subscriber to FT.com and it is cheaper and more useful than buying the wooden version every day. Felix – Do you actually have any evidence that Paul Murphy is leaving Alphaville other than the pre-existence of something called FT Tilt? And are you sure that Alphaville is heading for paywall obscurity? Stacy Marie Ishmael has assured me that this is not the case, although I must admit that I was not completely convinced.

Personally I don’t see the problem with paying for online newspapers – I’m a subscriber to FT.com and it is cheaper and more useful than buying the wooden version every day.

]]> By: GregHao http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/07/22/ft-alphavilles-predictive-powers/comment-page-1/#comment-16981 GregHao Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:30:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=4837#comment-16981 Felix, it is indeed incredibly disappointing (and annoying), how FT seems to grasp onto his PayWall/truncate policies. However, for you and your other readers who might use Google Reader, the excellent google reader full feed chrome extension (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ngjdkiihbphbiaeaaghhlacjnoekdcfe) allows one to read FT Alphaville within google reader. Of course, that'll probably be non-functional once Alphaville goes behind the paywall as you seem to semi imply with the departure of Paul Murphy. Felix, it is indeed incredibly disappointing (and annoying), how FT seems to grasp onto his PayWall/truncate policies. However, for you and your other readers who might use Google Reader, the excellent google reader full feed chrome extension (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/de tail/ngjdkiihbphbiaeaaghhlacjnoekdcfe) allows one to read FT Alphaville within google reader. Of course, that’ll probably be non-functional once Alphaville goes behind the paywall as you seem to semi imply with the departure of Paul Murphy.

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