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Slam
Boot
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 13
[OT] Staying on top of the endgame ideas for keeping up to date So I've been stressing out about the endgame.
My worry is that the final reward will be something very wonderful and very limited (like tickets to an early show like The Dark Knight had with their ARG), and that many of us will see the update once it is too late to receive said reward.
I'm curious to how the people here without smart phones stay updated? If there is nothing simple that I am unaware of (which there very easily could be) then I have a suggestion:
I will create and update a list of users' cell phone numbers. each user will be responsible for texting the two or three users ahead of them (two or three to prevent getting screwed because the person before you is at work or something) and letting them know the pertinent information.
Just an idea I had. Please let me know your ideas or methods for staying up to date.
Thanks!
Sam
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:45 am
Broklynite
Entrenched
Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Posts: 784
I have a smartphone, but I dunno how people stay updated with it. I subscribe to the RSS feed and check it throughout the day. Sometimes I mis the beginning of the puzzle. Sometimes, it just tells me that there have been 200 posts since I last checked on people just chatting. ::shrugs::
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:38 am
Gazbot
Decorated
Joined: 18 Nov 2010 Posts: 268 Location: Santa Clara, CA
I have flynn lives set to my home page so it's the first thing I see in the morning, and then I hit up facebook several times a day. I work form home and so have access to my computer all day. Also Twitter occasionally helps, but I don't check it as much.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:47 am
MasterLuke
Decorated
Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Posts: 180
i'm on all day at work
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:02 am
Waterborn2o2p
Unfettered
Joined: 21 Feb 2010 Posts: 403 Location: Boston, MA
shhh, I keep an eye on things from work as well, but don't tell anyone.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:53 am
velocity
Decorated
Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 150
Twitter sends me updates, you don't even need a smartphone for it to send you texts, you just have to follow OperationTron for updates from them whenever they releases them. I also pop in here after I finish breakfast and after dinner just to make sure I'm up to date.
I'm also going to switch my homepage to FL, that is a brilliant idea Gazbot.
My question is whether or not there is a way to set up a twitter that all of us can post to so if one of us notices something they could tweet something like "Check FL" or something and then we'd all know.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:37 pm
OU812
Boot
Joined: 15 Nov 2010 Posts: 33 Location: Silver Spring, MD
velocity wrote:
Twitter sends me updates, you don't even need a smartphone for it to send you texts, you just have to follow OperationTron for updates from them whenever they releases them. I also pop in here after I finish breakfast and after dinner just to make sure I'm up to date.
I'm also going to switch my homepage to FL, that is a brilliant idea Gazbot.
My question is whether or not there is a way to set up a twitter that all of us can post to so if one of us notices something they could tweet something like "Check FL" or something and then we'd all know.
I was thinking something similar, but I'm not sure how it would work.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:42 pm
KevinG472
Decorated
Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 244
I am following Flynn Lives & Operation Tron on twitter, pop into FL.COM a couple times a day, and check into here frequently throughout the day (mainly updating the poster thread). Bad thing is I can't help out much at work, especially when puzzles are flash based. Flash isn't updated on my work computer and I'm not going to ask IT to update it so I can...ummmm.... yeah work LOL
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:59 pm
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
I'll be doing my best to keep @wikibruce updated for the remaining events, but I'd wager you have a great chance of being almost immediately informed if you track the #flynnlives hash tag. Heck if there's a big final event, expect a live feed akin to the Encom press conference event =).
But, probably the best way would be to subscribe to the "flynnlives"'s twitter RSS feed and check it every few minutes for new tweets in your reader (no need even for a twitter account).
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:10 pm
madopal
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Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 527 Location: Chicago, IL
UF also has the ability to be checked as a feed for updates. I check the FL for topics as well as certain threads. Because, honestly, the first thing most of us think to do is post here, so it's pretty much the guaranteed ground zero for any activity unless you stumble upon a FL update yourself.
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:41 pm
rodneyfaile
Boot
Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 22 Location: Charleston, SC
It's "Tron Tuesday"
What's up?
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:03 pm
Christien
Unfettered
Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 419 Location: Montreal, Canada
I think the Tron Tuesday prize was the video about the vehicles.
His is a link to it via UGO:
http://www.ugo.com/movies/tron-legacy-vehicles-video
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:10 pm
eolith
Unfettered
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 623
madopal wrote:
UF also has the ability to be checked as a feed for updates. I check the FL for topics as well as certain threads. Because, honestly, the first thing most of us think to do is post here, so it's pretty much the guaranteed ground zero for any activity unless you stumble upon a FL update yourself.
the only problem with that is there are lots of posts that aren't actual updates, so it's not that reliable. I just added a flynnlives column on my tweetdeck on my android phone (thanks for the suggestion, bruce, makes me wonder about myself sometimes), and my friend stinji does a good job texting me with updates.
That being said, any chance of an unfiction twitter feed?
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:16 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 4266 Location: Where the cheese is free.
unfiction's last 2 twitter updates were in May and July.
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:35 pm
eolith
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Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 623
should have looked, but lack of mention here made me think it didn't exist. Followed anyhow.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:45 pm
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