jueves, 16 de junio de 2011

Aardvark y sus preguntas.

Aardvark es uno de los servicios de Google más interesantes que he usado últimamente, verán es una desviación del concepto de las "Wiki" el que me llamó mucho la atención hace tiempo.

Todo el concepto de la página trata de hacer una pregunta y que una persona te la responda, lo que significa que sí en algún momento nos encontramos con que no sabemos, o queremos una recomendación para ir a comer a algún restaurant nuevo, podríamos tipear una pregunta sencilla cómo "qué restaurant en Mérida es bueno para comer una hamburguesa?" y el sistema automáticamente nos buscara una persona residenciada en Mérida que nos responda.

Una de las mejores funciones que le encontré es que puedes agregar un pequeño Bot a tu Gtalk (básicamente agregas la dirección de correo de Aardvark a tus contactos) y puedes hacer preguntas en cualquier momento desde tu celular fácilmente, por lo que sí en algún momento por mala suerte te encuentras en la situación de que le borras el disco duro a un pana, podrías preguntar rápidamente que programa puede revertir todo lo que hiciste al disco duro de tu amigo. Eso sí, de la misma forma que tu puedes preguntar, el Bot de vez en cuando te fastidiará para que contestes una pregunta según tus temas de experticia (aunque puedes configurar esto a tu gusto, puedes incluso decirle al bot que no te escriba cuando tu estado en Gtalk está cómo "ausente" o "No Disponible".

Cuando descubrí la página, no dude en subscribirme y empezar a probarla, lo que más me sorprendió era lo rápido que conseguía respuestas que me satisfacían en muchos casos. No mentiré el servicio no es perfecto, no creo que Google le haya hecho la publicidad masiva que suele hacerle a todos sus servicios, por lo que la comunidad es un tanto pequeña todavía, o al menos muchas personas no le dan importancia.

Aún así, uso el servicio frecuentemente, e intento contestar el mayor número de preguntas posible, de hecho, contesté tantas que me dieron acceso a ciertas funciones "avanzadas" que son más ciertas funciones de "desarrollo" que le van agregando al sitio.

Pero a lo que quería mostrarles, cuando elegí los temas sobre los cuales quería que me mandaran preguntas porque me siento en capacidad de contestar siempre puse entre ellos "teléfonos con Android" y a raíz de ello, suelo tener muchas preguntas sobre usuarios nuevos los cuales no entienden su teléfono cómo todos nosotros cuando no estamos acostumbrados a un sistema.

Ese tipo de preguntas suelen ir bien siempre, y la gran mayoría de las veces las personas terminan dándome las gracias por las recomendaciones o soluciones que les doy, sin embargo, nunca falta la gorda estúpida, histérica, que se cree que está muy buena, y nadie la corteja porque ella es muy "High Maintenance" que quiere escuchar lo que ella quiere escuchar y no adaptarse a su situación.

Lo que van a leer en este momento, es mi encuentro con una persona, que daño su teléfono Sidekick y es atn bruta, pero tan bruta, que no podía ni crearse una cuenta en Gmail para usar su teléfono Android. Intenté ser lo más educado posible, y cambiar su opinión sobre los teléfonos Android, sin embargo, hay ciertas personas tan obtusas que no importa lo que hagas siempre te harán perder la paciencia.

He aquí la conversación (sí está en inglés, me dio fastidio traducirla, así que bueno, siempre pueden usar el Traductor de Google)

2:34 PM
aardvark-g201:
You there? I have a question about *QWERTY* that I think you might be able to answer.
(Type 'sure', 'pass', or 'busy'.)

me: Sure

aardvark-g201: (From Alice M./F/KansasCity,US)
What phone company sells non-android non-touch screen phones with a qwerty keyboard!?
Tmobile sucks dick now, they're tryna screw me over!
(Type 'pass' to skip, 'refer' to forward, or 'more' for options.)

2:36 PM
me: I have no idea, the only phones that would match would be old htcs and Palms... Maybe you should reconsider buying an Android Phone, they are the future.

aardvark-g201: Great -- I've sent that to Alice. Thanks for the fast answer!
(Type 'Alice:' followed by a message to add something, or 'more' for options.)
(Tip: type 'add' to add *QWERTY* to the list of topics you like answering questions about.)

2:37 PM
(From Alice)
no i bought one i fucking NEED to bring it back its complete SHIT it powers down so easy is N O T H I N G like my sidekick lx fucking NOTHING
(Type 'Alice:' to reply, 'block Alice' to stop hearing from her, or 'more' for options.)
(From Alice)
its a fucking step backwards if you ask me!
(Type 'Alice:' to reply, 'block Alice' to stop hearing from her, or 'more' for options.)

2:39 PM
me: Nah, give it a chance, what android phone did you buy, and what is your budget. There's no need to be rude, i'm trying to help you...

aardvark-g201: Please type:
'followup' - if that's for Alice,
'new' - if that's a new question,
'cancel' - if you want me to ignore that.

me: Followup

aardvark-g201: (I've sent that along to Alice -- she's offline, so I emailed it.)
12 minutes

2:51 PM
aardvark-g201:
(From Alice)
samsung galaxy S, you didnt give me an answer which is why i am rude! you shouldn't answer someones question if you dont know! all android phones suck because to get in the android market you need a google account and i HATE google i HATE touch screens most of all i hate facebook which is pre-loaded into this phone! yet no myspace? wtf is up with that, i cant download anything thats not in the market itself, my old phone would let me buy and download from the market and from various other places AND it had more battery power!
(Type 'Alice:' followed by a message to reply, or 'more' for options.)

8 minutes
3:00 PM
me: Indeed your old phone had all that, sadly today there is no smartphone that has a lot of battery power because of the processors used and the huge touch screens. Try a blackberry Bold 2 or an pre-android HTC... Those are the only phones you might find with fisical keyboard... You can download apps outside the Google market as well from your android, you just have to check the option... But a blackberry might like you, i use one as a work phone and im quite satisfied with it... Ps. You can uninstall FB too and install the MySpace app if you like...

aardvark-g201: Please type:
'followup' - if that's for Alice,
'new' - if that's a new question,
'cancel' - if you want me to ignore that.

me: Followup

aardvark-g201: OK, I'll send that to Alice.
(Type 'Alice:' followed by a message to add something, or 'more' for options.)

17 minutes
3:17 PM
aardvark-g201:
(From Alice)
i cant i tried i dont have a qr scanner i went to a download site for downloading the myspace app and they didnt even let me download it i even tried the email thing where they email me,and then it just turned out to be a link to the android market~ its making me cry so much about it i miss my old phone so much it had everything my new phone has except a fucking touch screen which i thought it didn't have! and i can't even download anything someone told me to download an apk file but i cant even find where to put it!
(Type 'Alice:' followed by a message to reply, or 'more' for options.)

10 minutes
3:28 PM
me: Ok if you need a qr scanner try looking on the market for "Barcode scanner" i use that app on my samsung galaxy s and my tab as well. If you already looked for the myspace app into the market and it is not there, do this: go into settings then into applications and check the "unknow sources" box. That way when you download and .apk (from your mobile) it will install as it were from the market, if you downloaded the .apk from your PC just put it wherever you want and then use the "my files" app to find it and install it.

aardvark-g201: Please type:
'followup' - if that's for Alice,
'new' - if that's a new question,
'cancel' - if you want me to ignore that.

me: Followup

aardvark-g201: OK, I'll send that to Alice.
(Type 'Alice:' followed by a message to add something, or 'more' for options.)

5 minutes
3:34 PM
me: Alice: whatever you need about android or Blackberry I can help you, just don't freak out that easly. Check your phone for an app called "social hub" it connects to a lot of social networks and lets you update and check your status from it... Just hit the menu key and then select accounts and sync, it will take to the sync screen there you should select myspace and check all the options you wanna sync. This is different from the official myspace app but it has come to me very useful...

aardvark-g201: (I've sent that along to Alice.)
(Tip: type 'share' to send a copy of this conversation to friends.)

3:37 PM
me: Alice: there is also an app called "MySpace connect" in the market, is rated 5 stars and has very good reviews, maybe you can find that useful...
aardvark-g201: (I've sent that along to Alice.)

3:39 PM
(From Alice)
i can't get on the fucking market i have no fucking google account so fuck off if there's no alternative way your not helping at all! you didn't listen to ANYTHING i just said!
(Type 'Alice:' to reply, 'block Alice' to stop hearing from her, or 'more' for options.)

3:40 PM
(From Alice)
this is why i'm fucking trying to return it and go to a different fucking place someone said at&t but i fucking checked there was no fucking non-touch screen phones an no fucking non-android phones with qwerty keyboard
(Type 'Alice:' to reply, 'block Alice' to stop hearing from her, or 'more' for options.)

5 minutes
3:45 PM
me: Alice: ok, then you have some options here then: the first one; get a Blackberry but you'll need a PC to install apps if you don't want to have a blackberry account neither. Second one; get an old HTC or a Palm. THIRD: STOP BEING SUCH A WHINING BITCH, CREAT A FUCKING GOOGLE ACCOUNT (NEWSFLASH SWEETY IS PRETTY EASY TO DO FROM YOUR SAMSUNG GALAXY FUCKING S) AND GO INTO THE MARKET AND EMBRACE THE FUTURE.

aardvark-g201: (I've sent that along to Alice.)

aardvark-g201: Alice has blocked all your responses.

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