Comments on: Introducing…The World Memory Project http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=introducing-the-world-memory-project The official blog of Ancestry.com Thu, 23 May 2013 03:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jeff http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53108 Jeff Fri, 13 May 2011 01:57:18 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53108 I love a good Mac vs PC debate. I'm a PC guy, always have been and probably always will be, mainly because I can't afford a Mac. But the operating system has always been superior to Windows (although 7 is closing the gap). To say "Mac users make up an extremely large segment of the computing world" is not quite accurate, depending on how you define your terms. Mac users make up approximately 15% of the computing world. But that still amounts to millions. I believe the number of volunteer keyers is somewhere around 75,000. Add 15% and that's over 11,000 additional keyers Ancestry could utilize. But they're more concerned with iPhone apps and tweetbook or whatever you call all that juvenile crap and TV shows. I live just down the road from a major university. I could run over to Starbucks right now and pick up a handful of freshman computer students who could have this whole system re-written by Monday morning. With all the cash Ancestry is sitting on from their ridiculous subscription fees, there is absolutely no reason they can't do this. End of rant. Have a nice day! I love a good Mac vs PC debate.
I’m a PC guy, always have been and probably always will be, mainly because I can’t afford a Mac.
But the operating system has always been superior to Windows (although 7 is closing the gap).
To say “Mac users make up an extremely large segment of the computing world” is not quite accurate, depending on how you define your terms. Mac users make up approximately 15% of the computing world. But that still amounts to millions.
I believe the number of volunteer keyers is somewhere around 75,000. Add 15% and that’s over 11,000 additional keyers Ancestry could utilize.
But they’re more concerned with iPhone apps and tweetbook or whatever you call all that juvenile crap and TV shows.
I live just down the road from a major university. I could run over to Starbucks right now and pick up a handful of freshman computer students who could have this whole system re-written by Monday morning. With all the cash Ancestry is sitting on from their ridiculous subscription fees, there is absolutely no reason they can’t do this.

End of rant.
Have a nice day!

]]> By: NFL Shop http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53107 NFL Shop Fri, 13 May 2011 01:04:58 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53107 Thank you for sharing! Thank you for sharing!

]]> By: melanie http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53106 melanie Thu, 12 May 2011 20:16:42 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53106 After reading all the negative comments, may I suggest that this may not be right spot for them. This is supposed to be a blog about keying information the Nazi tried to hide from the world. I do not know if any relatives from the Jewish sides of my family were hurt by these Monsters, since my direct line family came here centuries ago. But I am proud and humbled to be a "Keyer" on this project. I can understand why Mac users would be frustrated. Inundate Ancestry.com with your concerns, "the squeaky wheel gets the grease", someone said. Good luck to you! After reading all the negative comments, may I suggest that this may not be right spot for them. This is supposed to be a blog about keying information the Nazi tried to hide from the world. I do not know if any relatives from the Jewish sides of my family were hurt by these Monsters, since my direct line family came here centuries ago. But I am proud and humbled to be a “Keyer” on this project. I can understand why Mac users would be frustrated. Inundate Ancestry.com with your concerns, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”, someone said. Good luck to you!

]]> By: Amanda http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53090 Amanda Mon, 09 May 2011 21:01:27 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53090 I have no familial connection with the Holocaust, but feel the need to 'pay it forward' for all those other volunteers that had no family connections to me, but helped me anyway. I'm happy to do what I can. I have no familial connection with the Holocaust, but feel the need to ‘pay it forward’ for all those other volunteers that had no family connections to me, but helped me anyway.
I’m happy to do what I can.

]]> By: KelleyB http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53085 KelleyB Mon, 09 May 2011 01:40:35 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53085 To "BCarol", I apologize for offending you with the "ridiculous" comment. When I originally read your comment I thought that it was an official reply from Ancestry. I thought that "use a library" was all that they were offering for a solution and it really got all over me. I have never been happier with my computing life than the day I said goodbye to my last PC. I am so glad and grateful to have my Mac and don't ever want to deal with the hassles of a PC again. But in this day of platform-independent applications it really makes no sense that Ancestry hasn't caught up. At the very least, I completely agree with Teri Pettit in that they should be honest in their advertising. To “BCarol”, I apologize for offending you with the “ridiculous” comment. When I originally read your comment I thought that it was an official reply from Ancestry. I thought that “use a library” was all that they were offering for a solution and it really got all over me.
I have never been happier with my computing life than the day I said goodbye to my last PC. I am so glad and grateful to have my Mac and don’t ever want to deal with the hassles of a PC again. But in this day of platform-independent applications it really makes no sense that Ancestry hasn’t caught up. At the very least, I completely agree with Teri Pettit in that they should be honest in their advertising.

]]> By: Andy Hatchett http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53084 Andy Hatchett Sat, 07 May 2011 19:29:04 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53084 Aaron Re:# 11 Or else what??? Kindly take your big ego and your small intellect and go somewhere else- ANYWHERE else! Aaron Re:# 11

Or else what???

Kindly take your big ego and your small intellect and go somewhere else- ANYWHERE else!

]]> By: Aaron http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53083 Aaron Sat, 07 May 2011 18:45:34 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53083 you all will pay if i get charged 299 dollars for a 14 day free trial i swear you better not charge me or else you all will pay if i get charged 299 dollars for a 14 day free trial i swear you better not charge me or else

]]> By: BCarol http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53080 BCarol Fri, 06 May 2011 11:35:48 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53080 "The suggestion to use library computers is ridiculous." Good lord; I don't work for ancestry and I am not connected to them in any way except as a long time subscriber. Please, if this wouldn't be an option for you, that's fine. But please rein in your insults. I actually prefaced my comments in saying that I too am a Mac fan so as not to add insult to injury. Think of it this way - the technology is geared toward PCs. That's a fact whether you are happy about it or not. It is the reason that I switched to using a PC for my genealogy research and record keeping. The same reason I learned to knit right handed even though I am left handed. When you are researching it doesn't help to add an additional frustration to your methods. It's obvious from all the comments above that I made a wise choice to switch. I get the feeling that this is just another venue for you to air your Mac complaints. It's like complaining that your CD won't play in your 8 track player. Sometimes you have to give in and go to Plan B for best results. And unfortunately for Mac users, as I found out, using a PC is the preferred platform. So, as for ridiculous and other perjoratives, my suggestion for library computers was just that. A suggestion. In good faith I thought that some might want to do this and would like an idea on how to do it. Obviously it's just a cluster complaint fest that I stepped into. Mea culpa. “The suggestion to use library computers is ridiculous.”

Good lord; I don’t work for ancestry and I am not connected to them in any way except as a long time subscriber.

Please, if this wouldn’t be an option for you, that’s fine. But please rein in your insults. I actually prefaced my comments in saying that I too am a Mac fan so as not to add insult to injury.

Think of it this way – the technology is geared toward PCs. That’s a fact whether you are happy about it or not. It is the reason that I switched to using a PC for my genealogy research and record keeping. The same reason I learned to knit right handed even though I am left handed. When you are researching it doesn’t help to add an additional frustration to your methods. It’s obvious from all the comments above that I made a wise choice to switch. I get the feeling that this is just another venue for you to air your Mac complaints.

It’s like complaining that your CD won’t play in your 8 track player. Sometimes you have to give in and go to Plan B for best results. And unfortunately for Mac users, as I found out, using a PC is the preferred platform.

So, as for ridiculous and other perjoratives, my suggestion for library computers was just that. A suggestion. In good faith I thought that some might want to do this and would like an idea on how to do it. Obviously it’s just a cluster complaint fest that I stepped into. Mea culpa.

]]> By: Teri Pettit http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53079 Teri Pettit Thu, 05 May 2011 18:49:43 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53079 The ideal solution would seem to be to implement a web-based input system, so that anybody with a browser can contribute. Ancestry obviously already has a lot of programmers of web apps. The ideal solution would seem to be to implement a web-based input system, so that anybody with a browser can contribute. Ancestry obviously already has a lot of programmers of web apps.

]]> By: Patty Mitchell http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2011/05/03/introducing-the-world-memory-project/#comment-53078 Patty Mitchell Thu, 05 May 2011 16:05:34 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=5827#comment-53078 It is incredibly disappointing that Mac users can't access this program. It doesn't make sense and really puts a large negative black mark across what looks like a very positive project. It is incredibly disappointing that Mac users can’t access this program. It doesn’t make sense and really puts a large negative black mark across what looks like a very positive project.

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