Comments for Random Thoughts by Kevin Dixie

Comment on Ryanair – How NOT to go about customer service? by iya

iya — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:17:59 +0000

iam travelling with my 2 sons ages 7 and 9 , but allong online check in process , i wrongly put the last 2 nos. ex 89 to my eldest and 90 for my youngest ..pls help me im flying tom..

Comment on Ryanair – How NOT to go about customer service? by Alan

Alan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:02:14 +0000

Hi all,
just wanted to say , never got the flight in the end.
Five days late,r they rang me and said my flight was not confirmed. But i must say they were very polite and friendly.
Just a pity it took five days to contact me .

Comment on Ryanair – How NOT to go about customer service? by Alan

Alan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:10:11 +0000

Hi everybody,
I´m writing from Germany,and hopefully someone can help me. My flight bookings were confirmed 2 day ago.
It then said an e mail travel intinerary would be sent to my e mail address . This was 2 day ago and i still have´nt heard anything. Can anyone tell me how long it normally takes ?
After reading all these letters , there is a little panic creeping inside me. Thank you .

Comment on Ryanair – How NOT to go about customer service? by Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:35:49 +0000

I am trying to combine a reservation number with mine to be the accompanying adult to travel with my daughters friend who is under 16. Any ideas on how you can travel with somebody else child on Ryanair?

Comment on Ryanair – How NOT to go about customer service? by Jean

Jean — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:10:18 +0000

I just booked with ryan air for two flights to Reus, all went through OK, until the confirmation came through and it has my husband down as Doctor, will we get through alright on this error, does the title print on the boarding card? I tried to contact Ryan air but none of the 7 options covered this, held on for ages and didn’t get an answer, don’t know if it is better just to chance it,can someone advise please.

Comment on Uninstall Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 by techgeekandmore

techgeekandmore — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:32:14 +0000

If you still need to remove IE8 – From my blog (TechGeekandMore) I have posted step by step instructions because MS did not make it easy to remove.
http://techgeekandmore.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/uninstalling-internet-explorer-8/

Comment on Ryanair – How NOT to go about customer service? by Shawn Olson

Shawn Olson — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:17:12 +0000

Rita, I had the same thing happened. Have you figured anything out? My credit card company is being unhelpful, Ryanair’s service sucks. What to do?
Shawn

Comment on Ryanair – How NOT to go about customer service? by Rita

Rita — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:32:57 +0000

Oh gosh… it’s not just me who’s unsatisfied…
Tryed to buy a voucher for £50, got ’session locked, try again in 3min’, tryed again- the same problem. After that tryed from another computer and it was successful! However…after two days I got 3 email from ryanair, that I bought 3 vouchers £50 each! Checked debit card- £165 charged! For god sake… As all of you was told to FAX to Dublin. send 3faxes, no answer…

Comment on Why Twitter can kill Facebook by Malik

Malik — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:26:12 +0000

I tried the twitter app http://tinyurl.com/yvc9sl in FB and… put it this way, I had to remove it because it just did not go together. Thanks for your post. You really have thoroughly explained the fundamental reason what the two SHOULD NOT mix!

@mrich1911

Comment on Why Twitter can kill Facebook by kyussmondo

kyussmondo — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:05:24 +0000

Hmmm. I am going to go against the grain and disagree. I think Twitter is way too messy at the moment. I have 100+ followers and following about 150 and at busy times when you don’t have the time to keep an eye on Twitter someone could say something really great but you leave it just a couple of hours and it is lost with in a sea of sometimes useless and sometimes brilliant posts. There are also well known bloggers such as Leo Laporte even saying they are fed up with Twitter, Merlin Mann has quit Twitter for a bit because it is unproductive and takes up his time. Like most things on the web, things get old real quickly.

What I do find it good for is finding answers to problems, for example I asked what a good app for Twitter on the iPhone was and within minutes I had replies. I am also on a forum and it has made members in the forum closer. It is a great way of networking and building up contacts for business purposes for people you don’t know. However, going back to what I said above. Is it a good way for building business or is it more of a hinderance? Most the people with big following built their businesses before Twitter such as Kevin Rose. Then all the Digg fans jumped on the bandwagon.

For people I am close to and know in real life, I just don’t think you can beat Facebook. Some of the status updates are funny but mostly I ignore them. What I mainly do is write on peoples walls, look at friends photos and videos and put up my own stuff. I think Facebook is successful because of these things and it helps bring “existing” friends together and brings parts of the individual services such as Twitter and Flickr together. Most of us here are probably pretty techy and embrace new services regularly, but most people are probably going to ask the question “what is the point when Facebook statuses essentially do the same thing”? I agree that the apps are stupid, but some people still use them. I am going to go against the grain again and say that I like the new Facebook! *shock* It makes a whole lot more sense and I don’t miss the days of having to scroll all the way down a profile full off pointless apps just to write something on the wall.

I might have to eat my words yet, but I don’t think Twitter will kill Facebook and never make the mainstream. Whether Facebook kills itself or another service comes along is another question.