Comments on: Crowdvine versus SWIFT http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/13/crowdvine-versus-swift/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Walter Underwood http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/13/crowdvine-versus-swift/comment-page-1/#comment-225115 Walter Underwood Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:03:30 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1501#comment-225115 It has been a couple of years since I helped spec a conference, but Wi-Fi can be insanely expensive. One hotel was charging us $1500 per conference room, as I remember. Even with that, there is not guarantee that it works or that the hotel has a decent pipe to the outside world. You almost need to contract with a separate provider to get predictable service. It has been a couple of years since I helped spec a conference, but Wi-Fi can be insanely expensive. One hotel was charging us $1500 per conference room, as I remember.

Even with that, there is not guarantee that it works or that the hotel has a decent pipe to the outside world. You almost need to contract with a separate provider to get predictable service.

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/13/crowdvine-versus-swift/comment-page-1/#comment-222063 joshua m. neff Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:19:44 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1501#comment-222063 It doesn't at all. Hmmmmm. It doesn’t at all. Hmmmmm.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/13/crowdvine-versus-swift/comment-page-1/#comment-221981 K.G. Schneider Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:29:33 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1501#comment-221981 Plus, Neff, as someone pointed out off-blog, how does that jive with Dick Kaser's earlier statement on my blog that he "made Jane take the set-up fee (a very few thousand dollars) out of her quite-limited program planning budget to pay for the test" ? Plus, Neff, as someone pointed out off-blog, how does that jive with Dick Kaser’s earlier statement on my blog that he “made Jane take the set-up fee (a very few thousand dollars) out of her quite-limited program planning budget to pay for the test” ?

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/13/crowdvine-versus-swift/comment-page-1/#comment-221713 K.G. Schneider Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:36:54 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1501#comment-221713 If that is the case, I'd like to say "then they got their money's worth," but are they really happy with the outcome? If that is the case, I’d like to say “then they got their money’s worth,” but are they really happy with the outcome?

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/04/13/crowdvine-versus-swift/comment-page-1/#comment-221700 joshua m. neff Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:17:45 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1501#comment-221700 One small but (I think) important piece of information that was revealed after you had to leave the SWIFT session: ITI didn't actually <i>purchase</i> SWIFT. No ITI money was spent on SWIFT. One small but (I think) important piece of information that was revealed after you had to leave the SWIFT session: ITI didn’t actually purchase SWIFT. No ITI money was spent on SWIFT.

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