The Public Access Weekly: I want to believe
Yes, we did accidentally rickroll y'all this week in the Trent Reznor/Juno post. Our (hilarious, unintentional but not really regrettable) bad. Thanks to the attentive commenters who alerted us to the error. Also, for those of you keeping track of geek holidays, tomorrow is World UFO Day! Break out the martian antenna headbands and watch the X-Files.
Last week I put up the Q&A contest post -- wherein you can get details on how to enter to become our next Q&A guest star -- and so far I have received a total of zero entries or emails. What gives? No one wants to be a Q&A interviewee? Or perhaps no one is digging the contest? Let me know in the comments; I'm genuinely curious.
Last week I also mentioned that I would be sending out special topic suggestions to frequent contributors (and a gentle reminder to those of you who have never, ever logged into your Public Access accounts). Although this was our last week of first year anniversary celebration posts, I'm still going to send out those topic suggestions! It's taken me a wee bit longer than expected to pull everything together but keep an eye on your Public Access account next week -- you might see an exclusive invite to write on a particular theme.
In other community happenings, a few folks in the comments have been complaining about harassment and negative interactions with other commenters. Please, please -- if you are experiencing harassment or are finding harassing comments, flag them. We have a flag feature specifically to alert staff to issues in the comments, and while we do our best to make sure that everyone is adhering to the community guidelines, we simply cannot be everywhere at once. We rely on you to let us know when there's a problem brewing, so if you see something, flag it!
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It's official! Google introduced Android Nougat this week on Snapchat, disappointing all those Nutella and Nerds fans out there. (But hey, you can still hold out hope that the next variant will be Oreo right?)
Our second-look review of the PlayStation 4 is up -- and our score of 86 is right in-line with the user reviews of 8.6. Read on to find out how we feel about the controllers battery life, UI and offerings like PlayStation Now and PS Vue.
As a Community Editor, I found Nicole Lee's article on the difference between forums and social networks (and how they serve their users) really interesting. And I'm inclined to agree with her, that social networks are more about broadcasting yourself out to online followers while forums are more centered around an idea of community.
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Personally, I've been ignoring the hell out of the "Upgrade to Windows 10" pop up boxes but others are finding the process a lot more confusing (or invasive enough to sue over). How do you feel about Microsoft's attempts to get folks to upgrade? Have you upgraded yet? If so, how are you feeling about Windows 10?
Although I only recently opted to start paying for Spotify, I've long known that if Evernote ever went to a subscription model or paid version I would shell out for it entirely willingly. So when the company rolled out some new service tiers this week, I took it in stride. However, a lot of folks in the comments here are saying they'll be jumping ship to OneNote. Will you stop using Evernote due to this price change? What would you use instead? And if you're willing to shell out for the service, tell us why.
In which Zach Hines discusses diving into the wormhole that is retro consoles, complete with details on CRT resolutions, pixels and interlacing. Have you ever hooked a 'retro' gaming console to a more modern television? Any tips for those who are attempting to do the same? And, bonus question, tell us why you keep older devices or gadgets.
