Comments on: Geni.com http://erikras.com/2008/04/01/genicom/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simon http://erikras.com/2008/04/01/genicom/#comment-2212 simon Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:46:38 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=575#comment-2212 I joined a mailing list a while back for my family tree, but removed myself shortly afterwards. Plenty of people have the same name as me, but that doesn't necessarily make them interesting to me. Besides, I have no need to reconstruct my family's history - we attended a meeting back in the UK when I was a kid and found records proving that our family had been living in the same area of Devon for over 600 years. Once I found that out, I kind of lost interest. P.S. So glad my captcha was "dirtypony". I joined a mailing list a while back for my family tree, but removed myself shortly afterwards. Plenty of people have the same name as me, but that doesn’t necessarily make them interesting to me. Besides, I have no need to reconstruct my family’s history – we attended a meeting back in the UK when I was a kid and found records proving that our family had been living in the same area of Devon for over 600 years. Once I found that out, I kind of lost interest.
P.S. So glad my captcha was “dirtypony”.

]]> By: Erik R. http://erikras.com/2008/04/01/genicom/#comment-2211 Erik R. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:23:38 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=575#comment-2211 Rasmus is a really common name in Scandinavia. Rasmus Rasmussen is the equivalent of Tom Thomson or John Johnson in the US. Statistically there's gotta be a bunch of them. Rasmus is a really common name in Scandinavia. Rasmus Rasmussen is the equivalent of Tom Thomson or John Johnson in the US. Statistically there’s gotta be a bunch of them.

]]> By: Alan http://erikras.com/2008/04/01/genicom/#comment-2210 Alan Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:17:54 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=575#comment-2210 <blockquote>...(there were 100 Rasmus Rasmussens already in the database, none of them “mine”)...</blockquote> What?! 100 Rasmus Rasmussens? Get out of town.

…(there were 100 Rasmus Rasmussens already in the database, none of them “mine”)…

What?! 100 Rasmus Rasmussens? Get out of town.

]]> By: Erik R. http://erikras.com/2008/04/01/genicom/#comment-2209 Erik R. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:36:01 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=575#comment-2209 Yes, that sort of AI data mining would be invaluable. At the moment, as far as I know, you still have to sift through pages and pages of search results (there were 100 Rasmus Rasmussens already in the database, none of them "mine") to see if someone has already entered a node in your tree. Yes, that sort of AI data mining would be invaluable. At the moment, as far as I know, you still have to sift through pages and pages of search results (there were 100 Rasmus Rasmussens already in the database, none of them “mine”) to see if someone has already entered a node in your tree.

]]> By: Lance http://erikras.com/2008/04/01/genicom/#comment-2208 Lance Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:33:05 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=575#comment-2208 And my anti-spam word is now "balls". Heh. (I've wanted to participate in the spam word levity in the past, but found the humor much too sophisticated for me to match or even hope to follow. Thanks for bringing things down to my level!) And my anti-spam word is now “balls”. Heh.

(I’ve wanted to participate in the spam word levity in the past, but found the humor much too sophisticated for me to match or even hope to follow. Thanks for bringing things down to my level!)

]]> By: Lance http://erikras.com/2008/04/01/genicom/#comment-2207 Lance Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:31:17 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/?p=575#comment-2207 I've been using Geni for a while, and though it's been months since I've been back to futzing with my family tree, I do find the birthday reminder emails invaluable. One thing I wished they had (and maybe they do by now) is the ability to recognize similarities between sections of my chart and sections of others and say "hey, looks like you're related to moondiva3751! Wow, somehow I managed to express a desire for a feature and at the same create a screen name for a person I'd almost certainly not want to contact. I’ve been using Geni for a while, and though it’s been months since I’ve been back to futzing with my family tree, I do find the birthday reminder emails invaluable. One thing I wished they had (and maybe they do by now) is the ability to recognize similarities between sections of my chart and sections of others and say “hey, looks like you’re related to moondiva3751!

Wow, somehow I managed to express a desire for a feature and at the same create a screen name for a person I’d almost certainly not want to contact.

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