Comments for Greg Maletic's Blog http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com Thoughts on amusement parks, video games, movies... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:46:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on I Say iTunes Store Rankings are Rigged by Greg Maletic http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/itunes-store-ratings-are-rigged/#comment-17143 Greg Maletic Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:44:52 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-17143 Interesting. Indeed, there are many people who are 1) using Twitter, and 2) watching Fool's Gold; two audiences that I wouldn't have thought overlapped in any way. But there are a couple things that aren't accounted for here: 1) I didn't see many references to people watching Fool's Gold on their iPod, iPhone, or AppleTV, which is the audience I was referring to. (I got the impression that a significant number of these people were watching on DVD.) 2) You can type in the names of other DVDs released in a recent timeframe ("Chaos Theory", for one) and find lots of references to that, too. That movie is not in Apple's Top 10, yet there's still plenty of Twitter activity around it. This last reason makes me think that what we see on Summize is primarily anecdotal evidence. That doesn't mean it's wrong, mind you...just that I'm not sure it's persuasive proof that Fool's Gold deserves a #1 spot on iTunes. But I'll keep an eye on the situation... Interesting. Indeed, there are many people who are 1) using Twitter, and 2) watching Fool’s Gold; two audiences that I wouldn’t have thought overlapped in any way. But there are a couple things that aren’t accounted for here:

1) I didn’t see many references to people watching Fool’s Gold on their iPod, iPhone, or AppleTV, which is the audience I was referring to. (I got the impression that a significant number of these people were watching on DVD.)

2) You can type in the names of other DVDs released in a recent timeframe (”Chaos Theory”, for one) and find lots of references to that, too. That movie is not in Apple’s Top 10, yet there’s still plenty of Twitter activity around it.

This last reason makes me think that what we see on Summize is primarily anecdotal evidence. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong, mind you…just that I’m not sure it’s persuasive proof that Fool’s Gold deserves a #1 spot on iTunes.

But I’ll keep an eye on the situation…

]]> Comment on Disney’s Biggest Theme Park Mistakes by TheYeti http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/disneys-biggest-theme-park-mistakes/#comment-17142 TheYeti Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:20:43 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-17142 I think Disney has tried to repeat their success with Pirates and Haunted Mansion, but it's hard when the talented people who created those attractions are no longer with us. I think their biggest mistake was canceling Marc Davis' Western River Expedition. That would've been the true successor to Pirates and Haunted Mansion. It still could be built, too. The people who put together California Adventure seriously missed out on not including WRE in the park. I think Disney has tried to repeat their success with Pirates and Haunted Mansion, but it’s hard when the talented people who created those attractions are no longer with us. I think their biggest mistake was canceling Marc Davis’ Western River Expedition. That would’ve been the true successor to Pirates and Haunted Mansion.

It still could be built, too. The people who put together California Adventure seriously missed out on not including WRE in the park.

]]> Comment on Revisionism by Disney’s Biggest Theme Park Mistakes « Greg Maletic’s Blog http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/revisionism-2/#comment-17131 Disney’s Biggest Theme Park Mistakes « Greg Maletic’s Blog Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:37:55 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/revisionism-2/#comment-17131 [...] *relevant: a word that should never be used to justify modifications to a Disney park. See Revisionism. [...] [...] *relevant: a word that should never be used to justify modifications to a Disney park. See Revisionism. [...]

]]> Comment on Disney Returns To Its Roots by Disney’s Biggest Theme Park Mistakes « Greg Maletic’s Blog http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2002/01/24/disney-returns-to-its-roots/#comment-17129 Disney’s Biggest Theme Park Mistakes « Greg Maletic’s Blog Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:39:30 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2006/01/24/disney-returns-to-its-roots/#comment-17129 [...] lucky that this park wasn’t built. I wrote about it in an earlier column about California Adventure, which I’ll quote here: Disney executives should thank their lucky [...] [...] lucky that this park wasn’t built. I wrote about it in an earlier column about California Adventure, which I’ll quote here: Disney executives should thank their lucky [...]

]]> Comment on I Say iTunes Store Rankings are Rigged by hltr http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/itunes-store-ratings-are-rigged/#comment-17119 hltr Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:03:57 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/?p=112#comment-17119 Greg, take a look at this: http://summize.com/search?q=%22fool%27s+gold%22 Greg, take a look at this:

http://summize.com/search?q=%22fool%27s+gold%22

]]> Comment on Apple’s Worst Product by rohit http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/apples-worst-product/#comment-17103 rohit Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:53:07 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/apples-worst-product/#comment-17103 THink Different THink Different

]]> Comment on Space Mountain imagery follow-up by Tim http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/space-mountain-imagery-follow-up/#comment-17100 Tim Fri, 30 May 2008 14:50:34 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-17100 HI! Thanks for the shout-out to my blog! Your blog is slick, I like it! I love your Space Mt. Poster, great work! HI! Thanks for the shout-out to my blog! Your blog is slick, I like it! I love your Space Mt. Poster, great work!

]]> Comment on Space Mountain Attraction Poster by Space Mountain imagery follow-up « Greg Maletic’s Blog http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/space-mountain-attraction-poster/#comment-17096 Space Mountain imagery follow-up « Greg Maletic’s Blog Wed, 28 May 2008 19:34:37 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-17096 [...] Mountain imagery follow-up Following-up on my earlier Space Mountain poster—created specifically to address the lack of high-quality Mountain-related imagery flowing out of [...] [...] Mountain imagery follow-up Following-up on my earlier Space Mountain poster—created specifically to address the lack of high-quality Mountain-related imagery flowing out of [...]

]]> Comment on The Meaning of Disneyland by Revisionism « Greg Maletic’s Blog http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2005/10/14/the-meaning-of-disneyland/#comment-17051 Revisionism « Greg Maletic’s Blog Sun, 04 May 2008 00:37:08 +0000 http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/the-meaning-of-disneyland/#comment-17051 [...] that’s the big question: -does- Disneyland have its own story to tell? As I discussed in a previous column, I don’t know that it does anymore. The story used to be the story of America, filtered through [...] [...] that’s the big question: -does- Disneyland have its own story to tell? As I discussed in a previous column, I don’t know that it does anymore. The story used to be the story of America, filtered through [...]

]]> Comment on Kindle Reader for iPhone? by mike http://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/kindle-reader-for-iphone/#comment-17050 mike Sat, 03 May 2008 04:30:42 +0000 http://keycaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/kindle-reader-for-iphone/#comment-17050 Hey, just saw this - didn't tell you that I saw a kindle the other day. It's really cool. Cool enough to actually spend money on one? I don't think so. but I could see apple building a larger, paperback book-sized version of the iphone to cover the same territory, then use the itunes store to sell books. that would pretty much kill the kindle. (oh and the epaper display is really cool. Although it has a definite retro-vibe with its monocrome-ness.) Hey, just saw this - didn’t tell you that I saw a kindle the other day. It’s really cool. Cool enough to actually spend money on one? I don’t think so. but I could see apple building a larger, paperback book-sized version of the iphone to cover the same territory, then use the itunes store to sell books. that would pretty much kill the kindle. (oh and the epaper display is really cool. Although it has a definite retro-vibe with its monocrome-ness.)

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