MSN Spam: “I cant upload my pics to msn for some reason!”

I have been getting random messages to my hotmail’s messenger whilst on Adium X. Then Chen Kee says he got such messages from my account. So I did the following:

1. Change password on my hotmail account.
2. Change my privacy level to in Adium X to ‘Allow only contacts on my contact list’ (In Adium X, Privacy Settings is “cmd-option P”)

Thanks to Cormac Moylan’s 16 Aug 2008 post of the same title.

Scheduling site – Doodle still rules the nest

Kevin Lim highlighted a new scheduling website this morning: whenisgood.net.

I took it for a spin to compare it to Doodle and found that whenisgood

• Does not need registration – same as doodle
• Email notification also same
• The setup page for the Scheduler look messy – not good
• But it is easier to setup with many hourly options (I usually limit to a few with some pre-made phone calls)
• Attendees need to click to see choice highlighted – ok
• Scheduler can unclick names (listed by least options) to see if there is a date match – useful for very large meetings – good
• But I cannot see individual choices easily – bad

So I prefer doodle still:

• I can eyeball everyone’s choice on list easily, make a phone call to have one person succumb to persuasion
• I find it easier to setup!
• I have an account that keeps track of schedules I posted.

Does whenisgood have a niche? It looks like it could be useful for use for very large meetings in an office used to very specifically timed meetings blocks. And for offering many, many choices for a large number of people to chose from.

I’ll keep it in mind for a future meeting though to see if that uncovers more.