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Gillmor Gang, recording live today 1pm PST participate at http://www.building43.com/realtim...
Nir Ben Yona, Aron Michalski, Ankush Narula and 8 other people liked this
So I was trying to list what companies you guys talk about: Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter
- Vezquex
Is there anything else? ;-)
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Gray, our studio cat is already complaining. He knows a show is about to happen and HE's NOT HAPPY.
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Where is the Gillmor Gang chat?
- Doug Ellis
this is the Gillmor Gang chat... but show hasn't started yet
- Tina Chase Gillmor
I have a new Google+ feature (suggested user list, just turned on) to discuss.
- Robert Scoble
Tina - can you post here as the show begins?
- Ankush Narula
from iPhone
show has begun
- Christopher Harris
You are in color for us
- Doug Ellis
Doug: well that's good.
- Robert Scoble
Metallica doesn't suit Steve
- Francine Hardaway
I bet he said no
- Francine Hardaway
Yes!
- Francine Hardaway
I thought you couldn't have a brand on + yet
- Francine Hardaway
where can I find this list?
- Christopher Harris
THen I must be on the SUL
- Francine Hardaway
I post Madonna's tweets
- Francine Hardaway
hi kids
- Aron Michalski
Hi Aronski
- Francine Hardaway
What a de-motivator distribution seems to be
- Francine Hardaway
Yay - discussion of the Google+ default list - YAY!
- Allen Stern
hey Aron
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Hi Tina!
- Aron Michalski
I figured it would take 3-6 months for a default list - but they did it even sooner! The problem is that celebs have no desire to interact with normals. Twitter allows them to spread the message with just talking to, here they want you to talk with - that won't work. But what the freak do I know, I don't have 100,000 followers so my thoughts are useless apparently.
- Allen Stern
You are right, Allen
- Francine Hardaway
G+ over-weighting, very astute
- cliveb
Allen: they needed to change their suggestions. Telling me to follow Mark Zuckerberg, who has never posted, is funny but really bad for new users to the service.
- Robert Scoble
hm, Kevin Rose's google plus page is result 2 for 'kevin' now (in an incognito window)
- Kevin Marks
G+ integration with Google Apps
- Ankush Narula
i find google+ a hassle to set-up let alone engage with.
- Gregg
Robert - why in the heck do you think Cashmore and Zee fought to keep his account on google+ - because they needs it for the seo juice.
- Allen Stern
Twiiter still go to communications medium for mois....
- Gregg
G+ for Apps = Chatter
- Ankush Narula
My corp doesn't use Salesforce - we are using G+ though for internal sharing...
- Max Headroom
I saw the ManyMoon team this week - smart bunch
- Kevin Marks
I reall haven't been able to get into Google+ - not sure shy
- Tina Chase Gillmor
http://bit.ly/pn4zc8 is the Schmidt /benioff interview
- Kevin Marks
0.2c Developer community: SFDC attracts older developers, GOOG younger. Late middle still MSFT, Energetic Devs doing consumer web startups
- cliveb
considering how much scoble loves google+, it's odd that this chat is still on ff
- Allen Stern
Tina: because finding people interesting to you is VERY difficult on Google+.
- Robert Scoble
Apple is a business disruptor - not a business partner. Salesforce, Google, etc don't have the same latitude.
- Ankush Narula
Allen: that's because it's hard to embed Google+ in web pages.
- Robert Scoble
and yet - my first time back in months on ff and i can see how much better this still is than google+.
- Allen Stern
tahnks scoble
- Allen Stern
Exactly, Kevin nailed it
- cliveb
yea FriendFeed!
- Gregg
taking over san francisco maybe...
- Kevin Marks
it was a non-story!
- Max Headroom
supposedly it was a fake story
- Ankush Narula
the lost iPhone never turned up. The police say it never happened.
- Michael Markman
Just trying to feed the iPhone 5 vacuum
- Max Headroom
What, no world domination Kevin?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
i saw an apple 6 demo unit left on a table in the whole foods near me
- Allen Stern
My Droid just updated to Gingerbread, finally. Maybe that Motorola purchase has legs
- Kevin Marks
Gingerbread? is it a food theme or a fairytail one?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
all the UX changed...
- Kevin Marks
oh and btw - i predict 60 days and google+ will have aggregation too.
- Allen Stern
fun fact; the bit of Moto that makes set top boxes was once an independent company called General Instruments. Donald Rumsfeld was CEO at one point.
- Michael Markman
Kevin - self mute if you can. its better that way if you control
- Tina Chase Gillmor
As long as Android app revenues are lower than iOS app revenues - Android vs iOS comparisons are moot. iOS hardware profits are the bulk of smartphone profits.
- Ankush Narula
I am now, Tina, sorry
- Kevin Marks
the crane is getting further away
- Kevin Marks
Gingerbread, mango, what's up with all the sweet food names? I guess those big Apple cats aren't interested in desserts.
- Alex de Soto
tina, in either case, who is the fox? :)
- Hilary Talbot
no problem Kevin
- Tina Chase Gillmor
coming up: Amazon's Android tablets.
- Michael Markman
"the crane is getting further away" - trademark this!
- cliveb
ah, Markman in da' house. Hello Sir
- Tina Chase Gillmor
i saw box.net in the inc 500
- Allen Stern
Hey, Tina. Hi.
- Michael Markman
Foursquare is delivering new features every 3-4 weeks
- Ankush Narula
foursquare has been on a roll recently
- Kevin Marks
i use foursquare for every check in - what features have they added?
- John Taschek
don't get me wrong either - i like foursquare and use it -- and box too.
- John Taschek
Most recently they added Lists
- Ankush Narula
I'm catching hydration today
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Here's more: http://iphone.iusethis.com/app...
- Ankush Narula
Mike Aynrandington
- Ankush Narula
4sq points to using a platform for building momentum faster
- cliveb
Better late than never! Heya all.
- Nir Ben Yona
Hope Arrington invests in Seattle (funding compared to Bay Area sucks)
- cliveb
it was first and quickly being taken over by hackernews, betabeat etc
- Dan Rockwell
minute they got bought by AOL they became a mockery
- Dan Rockwell
the big question is what does calanis think? HA
- Dan Rockwell
don't most of the celebrity posters on HuffPo have similar conflicts?
- Kevin Marks
Listening in the background while babysitting Parker, 9 mos.Just gave him first popsicle. Now needs a bath
- Francine Hardaway
The Arrington VC story reminds me of FOX News giving activists/politicians a platform
- Ankush Narula
btw I seem to be unblocked by Dave Winer. I've started following him again on Twitter
- Tina Chase Gillmor
It's cuz he's buddies with your hubby :-)
- Ankush Narula
or wants to be
- Ankush Narula
the value prop is fading, its had its time
- Dan Rockwell
I'm still blocked - after a year :-\
- Ankush Narula
who's got a good source or blog post to recap this discussion about arrington & tech crunch issue.
- Gregg
ahhh... well, Winer has had Steve blocked for years. Not sure about their "buddy" status
- Tina Chase Gillmor
heh - didn't realize that
- Ankush Narula
shame to see mike no longer part of Disrupt, i take thats no longer his baby now
- Dan Rockwell
Did anyone catch a glimse of Steve's GG mug?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
have a happy weekend
- Ankush Narula
a "bad" word? Are there any "bad" wordsreally?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
behind the media editorial curtain.. nice, ok so its a sham, got it, next
- Dan Rockwell
interesting that a salesforce employee who writes at tc was able to be the editor on a contributed post to tc.
- Allen Stern
some of us like it, Steve! :D
- Jerome Hughes
oh, Steve Gillmor made TC switch to Facebook comments?
- Vezquex
Major old journalism v new journalism rant
- Francine Hardaway
They're lucky Arrington didn't leave completely. They probably became part of his fund to keep him.
- Francine Hardaway
Almost every founder I know who sells his company leaves after a year
- Francine Hardaway
Arrington invests in Enterprise Web, not more Consumer Web, plz
- cliveb
+1 Francine.
- Nir Ben Yona
+ tinagillmor Are we selling those mugs to support the podcast?
- Francine Hardaway
meta-journalist
- Michael Markman
Grumpelstiltskins:-)
- Francine Hardaway
Does Robert need more Rackspace background?
- Francine Hardaway
Amazon pad?
- Max Headroom
2 amazon tabs... 7 inch and 10 inch (Android)
- Michael Markman
Mickeleh, you getting one?
- Francine Hardaway
dunno.
- Michael Markman
I predicted this, kinda http://epeus.blogspot.com/2011...
- Kevin Marks
the new Nook beats Kindle in features: touch scfreen, more contrast. ... but I'm locked in: all my books are from Amazon.
- Michael Markman
Francine - no not for support. They are available for fans just for fun!
- Tina Chase Gillmor
It's already not interesting to listen to.
- Michael Markman
and audible
- Max Headroom
I use Audible exclusively and I sold my Kindle
- Francine Hardaway
Francine - forgotten how to read?
- Max Headroom
Yes, but I'm a great listener Max
- Francine Hardaway
it's the new iOS that's the story. together with iCloud.
- Michael Markman
boy that guys talks fast! ;-)
- Tina Chase Gillmor
bizarre noises galore
- Brian Sullivan
+Francine the lady who made my Rackspace logo is also the one who designed the Twitter Fail Whale. Fun little fact.
- Robert Scoble
isn't that 4 screens? TV, desktop or laptop, tablet, and phone
- Vezquex
bingo... amazon will drive volume on the amazon tablet... attracting apps, selling media. Exactly
- Michael Markman
they're demolishing the set behind me
- Kevin Marks
Why that bloody crane has to beep so much...
- Kevin Marks
Good contribution under duress Mark!
- Max Headroom
ah come on...i want some after show
- Dale Lature
Vezquex: the October stuff won't mention Macs or laptops. I don't think. ;-)
- Robert Scoble
Fun fact, indeed
- Francine Hardaway
top half / bottom half - like the strategy opening
- cliveb
oh, ok
- Vezquex
good show people. thanks to ALLLLLLL!
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Hours away from my friend's wedding at 4, I get spotted wearing a tux. Don't tell anybody or show them these pictures.
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Here in West Hollywood, my best friend of 18 years and his boyfriend are getting married. So yes, I get to be a groomsman at a gay wedding - prop 8 or not. Should be awesome.
- Louis Gray
Your secret is safe on the Internet
- Kevin L
and you appear to be about 30 feet tall
- Allen Stern
Sharp
- Johnny
Have fun! Nice tie/waistcoat
- anna sauce
I invited Derrick to the bachelor's party last night, but he couldn't come, because he had a date. :)
- Louis Gray
You guys are in charge. Make sure not to look at or show anyone these photos.
- Louis Gray
Nice tie! I won't tell anyone :)
- bev
PS... I think that's a bag of awesomesauce tied up with a HELL YEAH bow :)
- Johnny
Doesn't one normally wear a bow tie with a tux?
- Oniony
You are teh hawtness, sir!
- Ladyepiphanybug
Oniony- you can wear a few diff. kind of ties.
- anna sauce
cool Louis!
- metalerik
A force to be reckoned with!
- Micah
I do know the two grooms! Congrats you crazy two, and have fun Louis. Give them my best.
- Derrick
Swanky! Nice, Louis, very nice!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I hear there are other pictures ;-)
- Jesse Stay
Sharp
- Wayne Sutton
from iPhone
It was a fantastic ceremony. One of the best weddings I have ever seen. It was traditional Jewish themed, so I am wearing a yarmulke to match the vest and tie. Lots of great friends from my teenage years.
- Louis Gray
from iPhone
Louis, I own a yarmulke as well - my wife brought it for me when she visited Israel
- Jesse Stay
Lookin' sharp, Louis!
- Ayşe E.
Spiffy, Mr. Gray.
- imabonehead
"Don't tell anybody," he tells everybody. ;)
- Dennis Jernberg
Can't wait to see the pics.
- Derrick
I won't breathe a word, Louis.
- WoH: Minding her Botts
hi Louis, wish you can have a look at this: http://reader2twitter.appspot.com
- kang
You need a tie with a FriendFeed logo or something
- Outsanity
:D good one, Sean!
- WoH: Minding her Botts
Awesome.
- jan geronimo
Gay wedding with a tie,fun
- Steve Chou
LOL 'Swanky' Great pic, you do look 30 feet tall!
- Harold Cabezas
who is that guy? He almost looks scared about the tux!
- Chris Myles
With the suit on, Louis looks like he works for a federal agency. :P
- imabonehead
@imabonehead, u r right, it reminds me of agent mulder of x files
- TrafficBug
Sending an "atta-girl" Mrs. Gray's way
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
hi nice to meet u...
- Nylissk Letnomorg Elo
THIS
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Hmmm
- WoH: Minding her Botts
Hmmm
- Louis Gray
+ a million for the whole thread. Looks like you're picking up some admirers here, Louis! Nylissk, we gotta warn you, you're ging after a married man with many admirers. You want a piece of this guy, you're gonna have to get in line - like filing a lien on a house with five mortgages and a line of credit, with outstanding remodeling bills. ;-)
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
Hey, who is this guy from the past. Has he come to warn us about the future?
- Eric
Matthew and Sarah: Pod People (Write your own caption time)
Just Katie, Navid Ht, MisterQ and 54 other people liked this
Love.
- Tiddy Bott
from Android
Dun-dun-DUN! ORLY?
- Louis Gray
Friends, Romans, Countryman ... lend me your ears?
- Thomas Power
We come in peace!
- SteVe C
All your goldfish crackers are belong to us!
- vicster
Sarah is thinking, "I hope Matthew didn't fall asleep next to Jerry Garcia and a dog."
- Laura Norvig
Audrey got bashful when I showed her this picture and she said quietly, "Matthew! Hi, Matthew."
- Rochelle
I AM CORNHOLIO! I need TP for my bunghole!
- Jeff P. Henderson
"hey matthew I own you!" <- get it? he is wearing youtube, she is wearing google, and google owns youtube.
- Allen Stern
She thinks: "He fell for it. I told him that red is for power, blue is for babies. I have him under my thumb."
- Liza + = ?
*DEAD*
- Derrick
love
- HAPPY VALZ DAY
What Matthew and Sarah got me for my birthday - bacon popcorn and an Android plushie. For the first one, I partially blame @Mona.
Mike Nayyar, imabonehead, WoH: Minding her Botts and 13 other people liked this
i have never seen baconpop before!
- Allen Stern
Everybody calls you Bacon Poppa, don't they?
- Yolanda
They may, Yolanda.
- Louis Gray
Baconpop...want!
- Tamara J.
We started the training young ;)
- Mona Nomura
from iPhone
its wow
- Joel nditsi
Congratulations, Louis Gray and Glen Campbell, you've unlocked the FFFoodie badge on Friendfeed!
Bruce Lewis, Stephen Mack, JCunwired and 6 other people liked this
Cues Heard it Through the Grapevine.
- SAM
The image here rather looks like a poop.
- İlter Kalkancı
how does one get this particular badge?
- Allen Stern
Raisins are dried grapes.
- I like big Botts
Matthew and Sarah: Running In Circles on a Warm Spring Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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running in circles is the upgraded version of carpeted hallway racing
- Allen Stern
Here’s How To Get a 20GB Amazon Cloud Drive for $0.69 - http://www.centernetworks.com/20gb-am...
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thank you Louis, you are a gentleman and a scholar
- Allen Stern
Well, I purchased Trouty Mouth and my account still hasn't gotten upgraded. Maybe Amazon got wise to it?
- chrisofspades
it worked for me. maybe you clicked on the link to buy the song instead of the album?
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
it took awhile but my account has upgraded now. sweet.
- chrisofspades
Yeah, my account hasn't upgraded yet either. Went for Beethoven.
- Melanie Reed
Here’s How To Get a 20GB Amazon Cloud Drive for $0.69 - http://www.centernetworks.com/20gb-am...
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thank you Jesse you are a fine human being
- Allen Stern
Yuck. Better way if you don't like Glee: Buy any of the 69 cent albums from here: http://amzn.to/hdckhm
- Otto
A Stealth Downsizing, as Shoppers Pay More for Less Food - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2011...
Katy S, Melanie Reed, Steven Perez and 7 other people liked this
"Chips are disappearing from bags, candy from boxes and vegetables from cans. As an expected increase in the cost of raw materials looms for late summer, consumers are beginning to encounter shrinking food packages. With unemployment still high, companies in recent months have tried to camouflage price increases by selling their products in tiny and tinier packages. So far, the changes are most visible at the grocery store, where shoppers are paying the same amount, but getting less."
- John (bird whisperer)
from Bookmarklet
I've noticed this!
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
yup.
- Joe The Sausage
I read a story recently about how some people are stocking up on items they know will shrink.
- rowlikeagirl
I love how tropicana did it - they have my favorite OJ but they are crap for scamming us. They kept the carton the same size, just removed 5 oz of juice - in my testing, consumers had no idea. Shame on them.
- Allen Stern
Ha. I just posted about a billboard I saw where Coke was touting a 99c 16oz bottle. That used to be the cost of a 20oz bottle. Also of note: World's Finest chocolate bars are still $1, but they're half the height they used to be when I was a kid and 1/4 of an inch shorter. Also noticed that candy bars in the store are now $1.25. When Snickers hit 50c, I stopped buying them. That's too much for crappy candy.
- Anika
Anika - I also think Coke changed their 2 liter bottles to get them ready for a shrinkage to something like 1.75l - just watch... the new bottle can shrink without you noticing it as much as the old one.
- Allen Stern
Oh yes, the soda bottles are definitely shrinking. The most annoying thing about all this shrinkage, is that it's messing with decades old recipes. Where my recipes call for 16oz cans of something and I have a 14oz can, you can tell the difference in the outcome.
- Anika
Here’s How To Get a 20GB Amazon Cloud Drive for $0.69 http://www.centernetworks.com/20gb-am... via @centernetworks
thank you fine person
- Allen Stern
Braden rocking the hand-me-down Profy onesie! He says hi to FriendFeed too.
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profy!
- Allen Stern
Hi, Braden!
- Anne Bouey
Goo goo ga ga
- The Real sofarsoShawn
What a cutie :)
- comix aka martha
That right there ain't no cupcake. That's a peanut butter cup from Jelly Belly HQ. (Dollar and Biz card included for size comparisons)
Tamara J., DB Botts - Just DB Botts, Morton Fox and 8 other people liked this
Let the noms begin.
- Louis Gray
nomnomnom.
- Anne Bouey
Want me to save you a piece, Anne?
- Louis Gray
I see you left your calling card. #m6sForever!
- Micah
That's like posting the USA Today picture to prove the date. It's me. :)
- Louis Gray
Louis, you need some Parker/Zuckerberg inspired business cards. ;)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Once I am worth a billion, I promise you, Jimminy.
- Louis Gray
Louis, lol, you're always thinkin'.
- Micah
Yes, please, Louis.
- Anne Bouey
that's one hot business card!
- Allen Stern
Is it in CloudContacts, Allen?
- Louis Gray
You will note that while the cupcake of peanut butter and the dollar are in focus, the data on the biz card is blurry as if that was done on purpose! :-P
- Allen Stern
And now, a story about branded soup aimed at kids.
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Sunday night, I went shopping with my two children, at Safeway.
- Stephen Mack
"What do you want for dinner?" I asked.
- Stephen Mack
"Soup!" said my eldest, who is five.
- Stephen Mack
We made our way to the soup aisle.
- Stephen Mack
There were many choices.
- Stephen Mack
"What kind of soup?" I asked.
- Stephen Mack
"That kind!" my children said, pointing to the chicken noodle soup that had cars and princess shapes.
- Stephen Mack
"Hmm," I said to myself.
- Stephen Mack
I recalled that my wife told me that these soups were disgusting and very salty.
- Stephen Mack
So I looked at the label closely.
- Stephen Mack
"Healthy kids," said the label.
- Stephen Mack
"Reduced sodium," said the label.
- Stephen Mack
I did a quick online search.
- Stephen Mack
This press release and blog post about it came up: http://www.fooducate.com/blog...
- Stephen Mack
"Cars soup!" said Sammy.
- Stephen Mack
"Princess soup!" said Sophie.
- Stephen Mack
"All right," said I.
- Stephen Mack
The next night, I was making dinner.
- Stephen Mack
"We want our soups!" said my children.
- Stephen Mack
"Very well," I said.
- Stephen Mack
I prepared the soup.
- Stephen Mack
I served the soup.
- Stephen Mack
They had a few bites.
- Stephen Mack
I also served some other food, including meatballs, broccoli, and bread.
- Stephen Mack
They ate that, but not really the soup.
- Stephen Mack
"Eat your soup or you don't get any dessert," I said.
- Stephen Mack
(I should probably not do that. But I repeat everything my parents ever did, unwittingly or not.)
- Stephen Mack
They grudgingly ate some more soup.
- Stephen Mack
"Two more bites," I said.
- Stephen Mack
They each had a bite. They ate very slowly.
- Stephen Mack
"Now one more!" I said.
- Stephen Mack
They asked if they could eat broccoli instead.
- Stephen Mack
"Certainly!" I said.
- Stephen Mack
They ate their broccoli without complaint.
- Stephen Mack
I gave them dessert.
- Stephen Mack
They were happy.
- Stephen Mack
"Why didn't you eat your soup?" I asked.
- Stephen Mack
"We did!" they said.
- Stephen Mack
"But not very much," I said.
- Stephen Mack
"Can we have more dessert?" they said.
- Stephen Mack
I told them yes and that I would finish their soup.
- Stephen Mack
I took a bite of cars soup.
- Stephen Mack
It was incredibly salty.
- Stephen Mack
"Grr," I said.
- Stephen Mack
I was upset.
- Stephen Mack
Here I was, buying soup despite being worried about sodium content because the label and the press release told me it was less sodium.
- Stephen Mack
But I could TASTE how much salt there was.
- Stephen Mack
I wrote an angry e-mail to the Campbell's Soup company.
- Stephen Mack
They wrote me back.
- Stephen Mack
"We are sorry you did not find the soup to your satisfaction," they wrote.
- Stephen Mack
"Enclosed please find a coupon which you can use to try a different variety of soup which may be more to your liking," they wrote.
- Stephen Mack
"We do want to make sure that you prepared your soup according to directions," they wrote.
- Stephen Mack
Of course I did! I thought. What kind of moron doesn't know how to prepare soup?
- Stephen Mack
You just put it in a pot and heat it.
- Stephen Mack
"As this is a condensed soup," they wrote, "it is important that you do add a cup of water during preparation," they wrote.
- Stephen Mack
I am apparently the kind of moron who doesn't know how to prepare soup.
- Stephen Mack
THE END.
- Stephen Mack
Priceless
- Jorge Escobar
It does say "condensed soup" on the can. No idea that that existed.
- Jorge Escobar
:) Brilliant.
- Anika
*applause*
- Rochelle
[Standing O]
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
hahaha, nice
- Chieze Okoye
and even with the directions on the can. Although, from the letter, it sounds like you are not the first to mis-prepare the soup
- Wizetux
It's true, Wizetux. And I've even bought this type of soup before, and should have known it needed water. But it's been too long since I've done so -- normally my wife shops, but she's out of town. The bright side is that now my kids probably will never ask for this type of soup ever again, and given that it's probably still too salty even when prepared correctly (plus short on actual chicken), that's probably a good thing.
- Stephen Mack
I see Stephen remains off the caffeine kick. With proper caffeine, this would not have occurred!
- Louis Gray
With proper caffeine, I would have made the soup from scratch!
- Stephen Mack
I nearly made the same mistake a few nights ago :D
- Shannon - GlassMistress
With proper caffeine, coffee for supper would have sufficed.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Coffee's not just for dinner anymore.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Davis: Crunchy treat!
- Stephen Mack
A cautionary tale!
- Melly Botts
hah you just made my day so funny :)
- Allen Stern
oh dear...
- Joe The Sausage
(Monique, I'm sorry I stole your schtick!)
- Stephen Mack
It's cool, I think Robert Scoble stole it from Socrates.
- Stephen Mack
I lol'd Stephen. See, I am the opposite kind of moron. I'm the kind of moron that added water to Campbell's Chunky Soup more than once, because the concept of non-condensed canned soup was so foreign to me.
- Curdy G
LolCurtz, during my bachelor days I would have done the same thing as you with the Chunky. (I remember having to go a neighbor's house once to borrow milk to add to a clam chowder can.) But honestly this is the first time I bought canned soup in years. I guess I'm out of practice. I blame the faded gold color they use on the red label for the word "condensed." Or maybe I'm just dense.
- Stephen Mack
All that said, most soups are still very high in sodium; but Campbell's soups (even the ones that aren't "low sodium") are generally considerably lower in sodium than a lot of other brands' "low-sodium" varieties. Pick up a can of Campbell's Chunky or "Select" soup and compare the nutritional information to a can of similar Progresso soup. The difference is astounding.
- Curdy G
I just thought about this story while I was sitting at my desk and laughed so loud! Good thing I'm working at home today!!
- Georgia
Aww, thanks Georgia!
- Stephen Mack
I buy these: http://www.amazon.com/gp... Microwavable, no need to add water, and just enough soup for me to not get oversouped. Plenty of chicken too.
- Otto
What kind of a moron... ;-)
- Brian Johns
canned soup is loaded with sodium... I don't personally think you should feed it to kids. but Hey I prepare my own dog food: lol little steamed rice, boiled organic chicken, low fat cottage cheese ... real food is better fuel for your body.
- Julie Parker
As opposed to what? Fake food? I'm pretty sure your body processes chemicals in the same way regardless of what form they are in. It's all molecules.
- Otto
I went on a licorice binge tonight http://picplz.com/user...
I don't think you'll find "licorice" anywhere on the ingredients list for those. :-p
- Spidra Webster
Approved! I have purchased both of those recently.
- Louis Gray
I also have a 5 pound tub of red vines, and a box of Good N Plentys. :)
- Louis Gray
I'd like to thank Johnny Worthington for the Aussie contribution that is green apple licorice.
- Mark Krynsky
never heard of either of them but they look tasty
- Allen Stern
Allen, I read your old post on SXSW tonight http://www.centernetworks.com/enjoyin... (good stuff) as I was researching to write mine http://krynsky.com/im-stil...
- Mark Krynsky
I’m Still Pro SXSW Amidst all the Haters - http://krynsky.com/im-stil...
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btw last year did change things as you note - i've come for over 5 years and frankly if I wasn't living here now, I would not be attending this year. I think this year will be very hard as they have expanded to so many non-walkable locations. Most conferences put a cap on attendance, they don't do that here.
- Allen Stern
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Waiting for the Skype call, I'm joining from Geneva, Switzerland.
- Robert Scoble
It's a Twitter Facebook World. Twitter and Facebook seemed to be mentioned everywhere I go, whatever I see on TV, radio, etc.
- Stephen Pickering
It's like Twitter/FB are mentioned as much as "internet" was mentioned 10 years ago
- Stephen Pickering
Stephen: certainly true in Switzerland and Germany.
- Robert Scoble
Switzerland and Germany, I don't recognize these words, where are these? East bay? I only know silicon valley sorry :(
- Michael Breslin
Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Really? Wow. That's amazing. It's great though
- Stephen Pickering
Yep, snowing like crazy here in Little Rock, Ark which is not usual
- Stephen Pickering
Anybody on a Verizon iPhone?
- Alex de Soto
It's weird, Scoble's connection seems better than ever. Feel like he's right here in my room. hehehehehheh
- Stephen Pickering
Stephen: who knows, maybe I am?
- Robert Scoble
Robert: heheheheheheheheh
- Stephen Pickering
Today's drinking game word..... hiybbprqag
- Jerry Schuman
Mubarak has been our stooge for 30 years
- Stephen Pickering
We were drinking a 1924 Cognac earlier, hope you all can't tell too much. :-)
- Robert Scoble
hi robert/ are you ever coming home?
- Francine Hardaway
I leave for home in a few hours.
- Robert Scoble
Here we go, Google vs Microsoft.
- Robert Scoble
Ahhh...Google used Danny Sullivan to break news?
- Francine Hardaway
Big G set a honeypot trap. The Vole took the bait.
- cliveb
News organixations sure have changed
- Francine Hardaway
Francine: why wouldn't they? Danny is the most credible person on Google and has a large reach.
- Robert Scoble
Bing copies Google. Google copies Apple. Microsoft copies everybody?
- Alex de Soto
What is Bing?
- Matt Terenzio
Microsoft invented "embrace and extend." This is what they are doing here.
- Robert Scoble
It's just the bearhug, Steve.
- Matt Terenzio
in scholarly circles its plagiarism and bad form [but fun to reveal]
- cliveb
The interesting thing is that the awareness of Bing is raised. It had kind of fallen off the map until this story came out.
- John Taschek
Exactly John. This will boost Bing 5-10 points
- Stephen Pickering
I would comment but I was just denied for a press pass from google i/o so i guess my view doesn't count :-P
- Allen Stern
"Poet's don't burrow. They steal."
- Stephen Pickering
Danny's givin me heartattacks in the control room. I keep losing him!
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Or "Great artists don't borrow. They steal."
- Stephen Pickering
But Facebook is still internally driven, not external. It's vulnerable in that respect. #gillmorgang
- Alex Williams
"Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal" - attributed to Picasso.
- Alex de Soto
Google doesn't have the finesse to do social or anything that is customer facing. How is Facebook their competitor? They can't do it. They never will be able to do it, even if Facebook didn't exist.
- Stephen Pickering
Matt Cutts is pretty high up in Google
- Francine Hardaway
Picasso's "Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal" possibly from T.S. Eliot's "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different."
- Jerome Hughes
Allen: i/o tix go like hot cakes
- cliveb
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki... (Misattributed)
- Jerome Hughes
It seems that this actually helped Google. Now we are focused on Google vs. Microsoft instead of Google vs. Facebook. Google can win a Microsoft argument, but not a Facebook one.
- Robert Scoble
I forget not to tweak the camera while Steve's on camera
- Tina Chase Gillmor
"Feed your strengths. Starve your weaknesses." Google shouldn't waste their energy on something that's not their DNA like social.
- Stephen Pickering
hmm
- Allen Stern
Really enjoying the discussion. Do wish I could click and pay a dollar or two to watch rather than have ads popping up.
- mark spofforth
@Tina ~ that's when we get to a bit of you (your hand & arm)
- Jerome Hughes
@dbfarber has spoken a lot about SMS. Interestingly SMS usage is increasing rapidly globally: SMS is still king of mobile messaging with more than 6.1 trillion messages sent in 2010. Despite the popularity of mobile email, IM and MMS, SMS is predicted to exceed 10 trillion in 2013.
- John Taschek
Jerome...right. I try to avoid cameras as much as possible!
- Tina Chase Gillmor
It's a fight over search. Bing has been steadily climbing as a source for visitors to our landing pages. Yahoo! and AOL have dropped substantially.
- Alex de Soto
Search is boring. It's last decades war. It's still important, just like trains are important. But its not glamorous anymore. Twitter & FB are where the attention is
- Stephen Pickering
Stephen: I agree. I think it's a ploy to get people to pay attention to search again.
- Robert Scoble
After dust settles. Big G - hoist by own petard.
- cliveb
had my phone ring at 1pm on the dot. just hung up. I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about...so I'll pick up the rerun.
- Karoli
Yeah, but Revenue is not the same thing as attention and glamor
- Stephen Pickering
IBM just had its best quarter in the companies history
- Stephen Pickering
Karoli: Google vs. Microsoft and all the fun stuff that has gone on between the two this week.
- Robert Scoble
Tinker, tailor, solider, spy - John le Carré
- cliveb
Of course they were talking abou it. You do get pissed when people copy you.
- Francine Hardaway
Gmail is as good as anything else
- Francine Hardaway
Search is not top of mind. Data? That's different.
- Alex Williams
Mubarek didn't drop dead, didn't leave, and everything has moved behind the curtain
- Francine Hardaway
Francine: are you talking about Egypt or Google?
- Robert Scoble
Robert: HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH
- Stephen Pickering
Francine - that's demonstrative of the strength of its stack, which optimizes the use of data.
- Alex Williams
both
- Francine Hardaway
The conversation should be about data. Much more interesting topic.
- Alex Williams
That was a great point by Danny
- Stephen Pickering
Alex: agreed.
- Robert Scoble
Google is having big problems
- Francine Hardaway
Francine: yup, and it's getting clearer and clearer.
- Robert Scoble
Aaron Rodgers. Isn't he a Cal guy?
- Stephen Pickering
One more chapter in the Communications Revolution
- Stephen Pickering
If you look at this from a data perspective, the conversation about Google and Microsoft turns to more fundamental matters about efficiencies and creativity at the top of the stack. That's where applications flourish.
- Alex Williams
Let's not get overblown about Google's problems. Microsoft's problems are sharper pointed. They have cost issues with their online services that Google does not.
- Alex Williams
So is the platform iOS or is it Facebook/Twitter?
- Stephen Pickering
Neither
- Francine Hardaway
@alex - good point re Microsoft and its problems. Its executive departures, and more. Google's potential misdirection re SEO therefore redirects the conversation from Microsoft problems to Google's problems.
- John Taschek
platform going forward is iOS and Android. Not quite sold on Chrome OS
- greg hines
Greg: I'm getting more sold on it. I'm really already using Chrome OS anyway. I just call it OSX. :-)
- Robert Scoble
If FB opens an East Seattle office, Microsoft wont have any web engineers left (many streamed over to big G in Kirkland)
- cliveb
Google is a modern data company. They keep that in mind and Microsoft has to choose its alternatives. That means sacrificing the desktop and they are as likely to do that as any mongo enterprise shop giving up its once golden eggs.
- Alex Williams
please give up an MP3 of the show, can't "watch" TV during the day ... audio or notta.
- john
Watch on sat 10am pacific on Techcrunch streaming video with full audio
- Steve Gillmor
John, I made a copy of todays ep that you can right click and download from my server. I might keep doing it as long as Steve and TC don't mind. Here's todays: http://friendfeed.com/stephen...
- Stephen Pickering
Interesting. Temperatures were in the 70s last week, and now the weather forecast is calling for anywhere between 1 & 5+ inches of snow
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Layers. T-shirt and parka.
- Kevin Johnson
That would irritate me.
- Derrick
Agreed, Derrick. It's pretty frustrating. I'm kind of happy that they're calling for snow, but these wildly variant temperatures are always annoying this time of year. It's almost guaranteed that most of my family and friends will be sick on-and-off for the next month or so because of the drastic temperature changes.
- Curdy G
That would suck, Alan
- Curdy G
i think here it will be 80 all week - blah :( i want snow
- Allen Stern
If you wanted snow, you shouldn't have moved to Texas, Allen. ;)
- Curdy G
Gillmor Gang, recording live today 1pm PDT participate at http://www.building43.com/realtim...
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Starting shortly.
- Robert Scoble
Song for del.icio.us 'Don't Kill It, Carol' by Manfred Mann's Earth Band http://amzn.to/hzKW7Z
- Kevin Marks
I saw you tweet that, Kevin, that's hilarious
- Stephen Pickering
Best comment on del.icio.us is on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item...
- Matt M (inactive)
"Hello, hackers, look at your bookmarking service, now back to me, now back at your bookmarks, now back to me. Sadly, your bookmarking service is not me, but if he didn't keep shutting off his service, then he could be like me. Look down, back up, where are you? You don't have any bookmarks."
- Matt M (inactive)
Yahoo! should have realized that their name was busted and started building the good brands they had: flickr, delicious, etc. Seems like they are driving the ship down and pulling as much cash as they can before they crash.
- Matt M (inactive)
Has there ever been a female guest on the Gillmor Gang?
- Andrew Hazlett
Laura Fitton has been on before, but otherwise, not that I recall
- Kevin Marks
Word Lens is app of the week - I remember the original demo hack for that
- Kevin Marks
Dell Streak is pretty horrible. The Samsung is unfortunately the best so far.
- Matt M (inactive)
The problem with the Android tablets is the monthly fee. Not to mention the fact that Apple really screwed the OEMs with their pricing.
- coldbrew
They run ARM AFAIK: ARM Cortex A8
- Matt M (inactive)
coldbrew, are you saying that the OEMs are intentionally selling at a loss?
- Tinfoil 2.0
Android has been slow to scale up because the software needs to be improved at that scale. Even the Dell Streak at 5" isn't that great. The Samsung is even more of a stretch
- Matt M (inactive)
What do you expect Google to do, stand by and do nothing while apple locks up the market and threatens their business strategy?
- Stephen Pickering
LogEx: No. That Apple really put pressure on the other OEMs with their pricing being so low.
- coldbrew
Shouldn't Arrington be privy to the cap table since he's an investor in Seesmic?
- coldbrew
What do you guys think about the Cr-48 ChromeOS laptop? Should it have been a touch tablet instead?
- Matt M (inactive)
Re: HTML5 for apps - we're doing mobile apps and HTML5 is nowhere near native at this point. It's getting close on the iPhone, but it's got a long way to go.
- Matt M (inactive)
a lot of the content apps on iPad are actually wrappers around HTML5 - as we saw at the ChromeOS launch
- Kevin Marks
You still need native code to shim lots of stuff that doesn't work well in HTML5 though: camera access, tabbed UIs, etc. It's much easier if you're building something like a newspaper app though - where you don't need to represent your app using as much standard UI as we have to do with gri.pe.
- Matt M (inactive)
yes, true
- Kevin Marks
http://www.boingboing.net/2010... phone ordering drinks in pubs
- Kevin Marks
the thing that eats the battery for me is using the navigation...
- Kevin Marks
Navigation with screen on eats battery on Android. It's getting better with the latest maps build tho. My N1 loses 25% of battery after 30-60 mins of navigation with screen on. With screen off (just using the voice part), it's 10% or less. I try to plug it into the car while navigating because the interface is amazing.
- Matt M (inactive)
Droid 2 has a keyboard that is actually usable, unlike the Droid 1
- Kevin Marks
If Verizon gets the iPhone, that is going to be the death of AT&T. I don't think it'll kill Android tho
- Matt M (inactive)
Maybe Steve Gillmor will put me on the Gillmor Gang. I have every tech toy those guys have
- Francine Hardaway
ChromeOS laptops shipped...
- Matt M (inactive)
Also: HTML5 scrolling support sucks, except at the top-level document.
- Matt M (inactive)
Google Labs has a beta of BodyBrowser. It lets you look at a 3-dimentional 6 layered v iew of the body
- Francine Hardaway
ChromeOS does do wifi geolocation though.
- Matt M (inactive)
Angry Birds makes more money on the Android Platform and ads than the iOs platform
- Stephen Pickering
Radio's going away bc the content is so horrible
- Stephen Pickering
I admit it - I use my.yahoo.
- John Taschek
Yahoo haven't shut down Pipes yet have they?..;). I'm a Greader fanatic, but we are far and few between.
- Phil Ashman
sorry robert, there is no way that for normal internet people, that "likes" or twitter "favorites" have replaced bookmarks - i don't even think I have ever went to facebook to look at the things i've liked.
- Allen Stern
and to steve - tell me the difference with "facebook = cloud" but "delicious /= cloud" ?
- Allen Stern
@stephen - AM is where the best radio content lives! It's like GG all day long.
- John Taschek
That is cool, Kevin, what does the percentage points mean? .007% is the top?
- Stephen Pickering
percent of books that use the word i think
- Kevin Marks
Yeah, John, but doesn't it seem like they have 15 minutes of commercials for every 5 minutes of content?
- Stephen Pickering
Oh, IC, thanks, Kevin. How can we not love google with things like this? Who else puts out this kind of cool info? heheheh
- Stephen Pickering
allen stern...disagree...there are TONS of Facebook users out there "liking"things, and Facebook has quite a few"normal" users
- Dale Lature
I've been playing around with the Google Chrome Tweetdeck extension. It's actually pretty good for a first crack.
- Phil Ashman
@kevin - change Internet to "Web" and the dates from 2008 to 2010 to show real curve: http://bit.ly/eLNvaN
- John Taschek
@stephen - true. commercials are annoying but they're not bad late evening.
- John Taschek
dale im not saying people aren't using the like button - i am saying people aren't using it as a bookmark service
- Allen Stern
They were mentioning the word "radio" in 1550?
- Stephen Pickering
nice john
- Kevin Marks
I always thought Diigo knocked knocked the socks off of Del.icio.us and so never got sucked in there.
- Phil Ashman
allen, I do.
- Dale Lature
Phil - Diigo should be going bigtime as a replacement for Delicious but I haven't heard anything from them or seen anything from them
- Allen Stern
using it a lot more than I did with the bookmarking systems
- Dale Lature
@stephen - well I screwed that up Stephen - unless HG Wells got into my head
- John Taschek
How about Evernote as a capture and bookmarking tool? I haven't looked back since leaving Delicious 2 years ago
- Jeff Grosse
@John hahahhaahahha
- Stephen Pickering
I have a tumblr but it seems its geared to re sharing and not original content
- Stephen Pickering
I'm waiting for my diaspora alpha
- Stephen Pickering
Whatever happened to that Microsoft Lifecam?
- John Taschek
go to http://www.facebook.com/about... and it will invite you to new messages
- Kevin Marks
everytime i see robert's bedroom, he seems to have more monitors :)
- Allen Stern
...an antisocial app
- Phil Ashman
talk about angry birds making more money on Android
- Stephen Pickering
If you use invite code "scobleizer" on memolane you should get in.
- Robert Scoble
Nice, thanks for the code, Robert.
- Ian McGee
Marriage of the Analog and Digital worlds
- Stephen Pickering
"...people will be doing strange things with sensors" -- Kevin Marks. ;-) Safe bet...
- Ian McGee
I got in, interesting...
- Kevin Marks
mike's post about seesmic and salesforce
- Kevin Marks
One bet for 2011: HP open-sources WebOS
- Matt M (inactive)
check out http://tummelvision.tv for my other show... thta has a podcast that works now
- Kevin Marks
ty for comment about audio rss; Listen while in my car is the usual way I get to hear the show.
- Ian McGee
hi
- Cevat Ahmet
that's what they want. for you to stop thinking about it. :D
- Karoli
if Apple delivers me a better "shopping " environment and also delivers a butt-load of eyeballs I might think that a 30% premium is well worth it because I may get to make it up in volume
- Tina Chase Gillmor
test
- Steve Gillmor
Once this post shows up in Bing and Google when you search for louisakivacristojimminymoniquemicahkfoxanikahaggis then we know that Bing and Google are copying their search results from FriendFeed.
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Only cause it's missing a Derrick.
- Derrick
Dang, I should have made it louisakivacristojimminymoniquemicahkfoxanikahaggisderrick.
- Stephen Mack
I am first!
- Louis Gray
Maybe I was thinking of a different Louis.
- Stephen Mack
The fourteenth?
- Derrick
JIMMINY, that's IT! You proved Google is copying from FriendFeed!
- Stephen Mack
Derrick: Mais oui. Le FriendFeed, c'est toi.
- Stephen Mack
Bing is not on the ball: http://www.bing.com/search... -- but evidently Bing also agrees that Louis is first.
- Stephen Mack
i just busted out laughing - thread of the day!
- Allen Stern
Maybe I was thinking of a different haggis?
- Stephen Mack
I was thinking of a different Cristo.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
You mispelt the crickets name.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Reverse sting op!
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Jimminy, I was thinking of you.
- Stephen Mack
;)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Ha ha...
- Wulfmansworld
On Google, the Friendfeed search is the first result: http://www.google.com/search... Bing has 3 results, but none of them are even Stephen's! http://www.bing.com/search...
- Kevin Fox
All smiles. You couldn't ask for better kids. We're spoiled.
Marissa, AJ Batac :), Nakachi and 16 other people liked this
You could certainly ask... Won't find it though :)
- Johnny
Johnny, it would be our pleasure to host Georgia, BTW. :)
- Louis Gray
I could imagine the creche at a FriendFeed conference
- Johnny
I think there would be fights over who gets to do the child-minding at a FF conference creche :o)
- Melly Botts
Of course they are happy - Monday is the big verizon iphone day! now they can finally make calls to the other little friends!
- Allen Stern
Dear Kids...
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and rewinding
- AJ Batac :)
and the tape being caught by the machine
- AJ Batac :)
My son knows how to put a waffle in there, though.
- Michelle M
I am guessing there are many kids today that will never use a DVD or CD let alone a VHS tape, audio cassette or vinyl record. This graphic is already an anachronism.
- Brian Sullivan
*dead* @ Michelle.
- Derrick
Be kind...
- Eric
I feel lucky to have known laserdisc.
- Julian
Beta? U-Matic?
- Eric
My kids know that feeling. We had such a large collection of VHS tapes (especially Disney movies), that we still use the VCR quite a bit.
- Curdy G
I still remember compact audio and VHS cassettes & recorders. Horrible things they were, too.
- Tyson Key
Actually the PS3 disc mechanism feels and sounds exactly the same to me...
- Aykın Çakaloz
hahahh
- !lker yoldas. )°(
optical disc stuff will be around for awhile yet. perhaps another 10-15 years at least.
- Joe The Sausage
Dear twenty-somethings: You will never know the satisfying "clunk" of locking down a top-loading VCR.
- Slippy
or 1" reels of RTR video tape!
- Joe The Sausage
8-track, anyone?
- .LAG liked that
Oh yeah, the 8-track had quite a satisfying feel - like ramming a hundred-round magazine into the stock.
- Slippy
@Slippy ...yup, locked and loaded
- .LAG liked that
Recently introduced my niece to an old cassette Walkman. She was fascinated by such ancient tech.
- Steven Perez
i need to buy a new turntable before they all finally disappear. LPs and 45s are still being manufactured. in greater quantities than 10 years ago, in fact.
- Joe The Sausage
too bad the SL-1200 is a thing of the past.
- Joe The Sausage
What about the Sincliar , Commodore64 and cartridge loading s/w ?? these are truely extinct now !
- Peter Dawson
Yeah, but there was no real satisfying feel associated with using them. Saying "You kids will never know what it feels like to spend half an hour blowing on a cartridge and cleaning the edge connector with an eraser and wiggling it just so until the damn thing finally works, or know how it feels to try and type on a keyboard that isn't even as comfortable to use as a calculator" just doesn't carry the same sense of nostalgia :-)
- Slippy
remember when you would forget to rewind the vhs tape when you returned it to blockbuster and they charged like 50 cent for the rewinding fee
- Allen Stern
And here Blockbuster thought stuff like that would never come back to bite them.
- Micah
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- Semih Masat™
5x Time shifting with FFWD key with noisy frame lines was also precious. And patching the broken tape film was a great repair trick to save precious German pr0nz.
- Acharad Sami
...by the time today's kids are looking back at their nostalgia -- "remember when you had to logon to Netflix to stream movies to your Xbox?" -- their kids will be downloading games, music, movies, and probably entire encyclopedias into the chips implanted in their brains...
- .LAG liked that
Sad.
- Nathan Chase
I used to take my VHS cassettes apart to fix snagged tape. I kind of miss doing that... buffing the scratches out of a DVD doesn't feel the same.
- Penguin
I'm going to try to get a table at The French Laundry. I'm gonna rock that reservation line like a hurricane. Wish me luck! \m/
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If anybody has any helpful tips, I'd love to hear them. I have a feeling I'm going to need all the help I can get.
- April Buchheit
Update: After, literally, a couple of hundred redials using two phones (my mobile phone and my landline), I was able to get through and secure a 9:15pm reservation. Huzzah!!
- April Buchheit
i do my laundry at the place down the block - never needed a reservation - i guess things are different out west!
- Allen Stern
You're going to be staying up there right? For a 9:15pm seating, you'll probably be there until almost 1am. I'm also super impressed you got a reservation so quickly, I don't even want to admit how many times I called when getting the reservation for Kevin and Rachel.
- Georgia
Also, enjoy! It's an amazing meal and experience :)
- Georgia
The reservation line calls out to you: "Here I am. Rock me like a hurricane"
- Brian Johns
Glad you got a reservation. Dinner will last a minimum of 3 hours. Enjoy
- amelia arapoff
I love the concept of the show Undercover Boss, but there are 2 things about it that really bother me:
1) With all of the really nice things they always do for the handful of employees that appear on the show; how are the rest of the hard-working employees that get nothing out of the deal supposed to feel?
- Curdy G
2) In most situations, the fact that the CEOs go undercover and actually think they can do the jobs that their employees do on a daily basis is really kind of offensive.
- Curdy G
it's the same story every week - i don't watch it anymore
- Allen Stern
That's the point. It's not about the CEOs. This show is set up to 'teach those bad mean CEOs what us working class people do'. CEOs don't watch this show.
- Johnny
+100 Allen. Another thing that's naff about the whole concept of course is that they rarely seem to commit to doing this continually. It's just for the cameras. Also that guy a couple of weeks ago who cried at the drop of a hat was really cringeworthy to watch.
- Patrick Jordan
I agree with you guys; but I have seen a handful of really good episodes. There have been a few CEOs that seemed to actually learn some lessons and, more importantly, discovered some major issues with the way their company functions.
- Curdy G
SXSW Baby! What's Going to be This Year's Killer App at SXSW Interactive? http://www.sxswbaby.com/index... /cc @hashable @belugapods @yobongo
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I agree: Beluga. I'd leave that as a comment on the site, but they want me to sign up to their own commenting system. Barbaric.
- DGentry
you never know - it just might come from nowhere :)
- Allen Stern
I suspect it can't come from nowhere: there just isn't enough word-of-mouth networking at an event like SXSW for something to spontaneously appear and spread across the whole conference. It has to have been laying groundwork for a while beforehand, so that a reasonable number of participants go into the conference enthused and word can spread from multiple beachheads.
- DGentry
i just hope sxsw isn't a bust this year - i wouldn't be going at all if i didn't move here last summer - last year was a bust in my opinion
- Allen Stern
Alright, new Twitter meme. Who has the lowest Linkedin profile #? I'll start with 4420. http://www.linkedin.com/profile... #linkedin
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To find yours, go to Linkedin.com, choose profile and hit View Profile.
- Louis Gray
31690026!
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
46,453,738
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
49072764. :(
- Rochelle
6428386
- ha3rvey ($10 HUGS!!!)
4,448,607. I think Louis spoiled the fun a bit. He would have had (is that correct English??) the better laugh if he would have disclosed last.
- Meryn Stol
3731734
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
somehow i bet this leads to "linkedintop.com" <-- who has the most connections - find out here!
- Allen Stern
509113
- Laura Norvig
5565482!
- Alemsah Ozturk
18357184
- Kevin L
433801
- David Lounsbury
22671412
- etesien
Allen, you are trouble indeed.
- Louis Gray
Not on linkedin
- Johnny
What do I win?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Mom of 9 did you work at Linked In or something? That's impressive.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
10067013
- Shevonne
nah. just foolin. I just joined it very recently and never use it.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
11217773
- tiziana
Is this some kind of ploy to get a whole bunch of FFers linked in together or sumthin'? I'M ON TO YOU, LOUIS GRAY. 2820773
- Stephen Mack
4564098
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
104185 - but i am not tweeting it
- Iphigenie
Is just the bit in the id? Within the url? if so: 16,476,622
- SAM
9,157,363
- peamageddon
33188231
- Mark J Subtly Severe
damn, looks like i am #2 so far. the most depressing position ;)
- Iphigenie
is this the number in the url? if so I'm 10,750,954
- Que Sarah Sarah
*connects with Louis*
- Rollin' in the LB
Wow, would you look at that - 1015838
- Kenton
I would have loved it if m9m had bested Louis.
- Spidra Webster
are we sure these numbers are incremental? i now feel OLD
- Iphigenie
I put off signing up on Linked In for years because once I left the consulting world I had little desire to "connect" with most of my old consulting contacts. A few years ago I finally signed up but I still don't really participate in a significant way. #burningbridges
- Mark J Subtly Severe
18852059
- Laurelaura
9635
- Thomas Power
236348
- AJ Batac :)
You broke it; it says, "Your LinkedIn Network Will Be Back Soon We’ve notified our operations staff that you are having a problem reaching LinkedIn. We’ll get you reconnected soon. You can leave this window open and we’ll automatically take you back to your LinkedIn home page in a few minutes. We apologize for the interruption. Error Id:129618921706077"
- I like big Botts
ok, better now - 5,694,316
- I like big Botts
2938898 - am I seeing it correct or someone has actually "8" ;)
- burkay
11866737 - So, who has the highest then ?;-)
- joergkurtwegner
39,356,183
- Elizabeth Brown
1,797,170
- Peter Dawson
3,596,325
- Jill O'Neill
15,583,377
- The Ghost of Library Past
3,517,297 ....
- Amani
27.429,455
- Alex Scrivener
Total linkedin users 13,777,300 Can I post that I welcome new connections?
- Bryan Daly
I'm debating whether I should change the oil in our jeep myself or take it somewhere to let them do it. Walmart will do it for $20, and I'm thinking that might end up cheaper than doing it on my own. Especially given that I have no idea what to do with the used oil.
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Oh, and I've never changed oil in a car, but it doesn't look that hard.
- Rah-PM 2012
It depends on the car. Usually requires getting under the car to drain the oil pan, which can make quite a mess if you're not careful.
- Kevin L
It's not. And I highly advise you NOT to let Wally World mess with anything on your car.
- Bubba Botts
Yeah, take it to a oil change/tire place at least.
- Spencer
I used to change the oil on my first car. I ended up going to paying someone else because they had a way to legally (and responsibly) dispose of the oil.
- Spidra Webster
Find one of those coupons for Jiffy Lube. I agree, do NOT go to Walmart. On a really busy day, they drained the oil and didn't replace it and nearly ruined my engine.
- Trish R
Jiffy Lube's not much better than Walmart. Lots of horror stories from friends and family using Jiffy. I hate to say it, but I'd taking it to an auto shop. Cheap oil changes are great until they lead to thousand of dollars in repairs.
- Cheryl
Jiffy Lube will take your used oil. Change it yourself.
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
Pretty much any auto parts store will take your used oil.
- Bubba Botts
I didn't know that about Jiffy Lube. Ours is locally owned and is pretty reliable.
- Trish R
It's more about the individual employees at local places as Trish said. There are good Jiffy Lubes out there and bad ones, just like any other chain. I'd ask a neighbor.
- SteVe C
I've never had a problem with Walmart except that it takes them forever. I have waited there for 3 hours for a simple oil change.
- Michelle M
Its an easy process, and as stated above most auto parts chains will accept used oil. A small investment of ramps (not necessary for your Jeep), oil filter wrench and drain pain is all you need. I do all of our vehicles and save a tremendous amount of money across the four of them - and I know its done right. I've had shops put in regular oil when I insist on synthetic, strip the thread off drain screws, forget to put the oil filler cap back on. Screw dat!
- JCunwired
what JC said
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
Yep, most of those places routinely strip the drain screws. Better to find a reputable maintenance shop and use them even if it costs you a few quid more.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
If you want to change it yourself, the store where you bought the oil will take the old oil back from you for recycling. They have to; it's the law (in most states). Just put the old oil back into the cans the new oil was in and return it to them.
- Otto
Thus far, I've only trusted myself to change lightbulbs and wipers.
- Morton Fox
Changing oil is easy. 1. Run car for 10 minutes (you want warm oil, not hot oil). 2. Jack up car. 3. Put secure jack stands or blocks under the car (nobody likes a car falling on them). 4. Remove oil drain plug and drain oil into oil pan. 5. Put plug back in after it drains. 6. Replace oil filter (coat the filter's rubber seal with fresh oil before putting the new filter in). 7. Refill engine with new oil via the oil filler cap on the top of the engine.
- Otto
I just did this myself for the first time a month ago. Toughest parts for me were finding the oil filter, and having the right socket to fit the plug. Oh... and I now know how to be neater next time. I've found that Wal-Mart prices oil quite competitively compared to the major auto parts stores -- esp. synthetic.
- Julian
I take mine to a Jiffy Lube-like place called Pit Pros. They always do a great job.
- Paulette
I'll have to see if father-in-law has the tools I need. If not, it's still going to be cheaper to take it to someone. Definitely something I'll invest in when I can, though.
- Rah-PM 2012
i am about ready for my 1st oil change in my new hyundai - i will be doing it at the dealer $28 with the coupon - i always do the oil changes at the dealer so if there are warranty issues they can never say "well you had quicky doing the oil change and that screwed up the engine bla bla" - once it's off warranty, that's a different story
- Allen Stern
I heard on the Clark Howard show awhile back that usually it is cheaper or at least about the same cost to have it done rather than to do it yourself. Probably a good idea to find someone local or even check with the dealer. Our dealer is always running specials and sending coupons for basic maintenance. Last oil change was 19.95 so not bad.
- adf
I've been getting my oil changes on my new Mazda at the dealer for the same reasons as Allen Stern. Believe it or not they're cheaper than Walmart. Once the warranty is out I'll likely do it my self or take it somewhere.
- DB Botts - Just DB Botts
This is a Kia Sportage. I don't think there is a dealer to go to, is there? Does Kia still exist? LOL.
- Rah-PM 2012
If you've never used @my6sense before - ever - & want early access to something new... & you can keep a secret, email me. louis@my6sense.com
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This specifically is for new users... with some exceptions. :) Email me and maybe?
- Louis Gray
What is my6sense?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
exactly Alex - Louis what is my6sense?
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
http://www.my6sense.com/ helps if I like look this up on my own - not sure - sounds creepy but it might be totally cool - but I'll have to pass thanks though! r/d
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
Oh, I stopped using RSS feeds when I joined friendfeed.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
The first billion dollar app few know about
- Thomas Power
Alex, who said this was RSS related?
- Louis Gray
but... but... GAH!
- DGentry
does this new function work on a windows phone 6.5 ? :)
- Allen Stern
Allen, who said this was for mobile devices? (Aka... no.)
- Louis Gray
oh i know i know its for myspace!
- Allen Stern
I'm sure its for microwave ovens, picking out the most relevant leftovers based on your interests and tastes.
- DGentry
Another somewhat quiet Saturday evening... with the twins on YouTube and iPad. Sarah driving.
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idiot question from me - does youtube have a filter for "Safe" videos? i mean we wouldn't want Sarah accidentally clicking on the gilmor gang for example.
- Allen Stern
Allen, YouTube has a lot of work to do to be perfect there. We listen well and censor as we go.
- Louis Gray
I feel like that sort of thing would be in the settings of the iPad, no?
- Mike Nayyar
Mike, there are filters for ratings on iTunes and you can disable YouTube outright, but nothing in terms of video content.
- Louis Gray
interesting Louis
- Allen Stern
Gillmor Gang, recording live today 2:30pm PST participate at http://www.building43.com/realtim...
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Ready!
- Kathleen Hassinger
recalling @pkedrosky predicted Eric Schmidt's exit (not 100%)
- cliveb
We're on! :-) Welcome to the post-Schmidt world.
- Robert Scoble
inDinero wins best enterprisey
- cliveb
it's comforting to know some things never change. We're still arguing over Pandora?
- Karoli
Robert, Jeremiah would love your ticket to the Crunchies
- Francine Hardaway
Hi Karoli:-)
- Francine Hardaway
I have gotten really good at dancing to Poker Face
- Francine Hardaway
What's Scrabble, grandpa
- Francine Hardaway
hi to Francine
- Allen Stern
rpts Gabby Giffords scrolling iPad
- cliveb
Stock appreciation is taxed at a lower rate than salary so a $1 salary is really a much better deal.
- Todd Hoff
Canaletto? I like his paintings
- Kevin Marks
Ken Auletta http://www.newyorker.com/online...
- Ankush Narula
Cute, Kevin. But very few Americans get Renaissance painting references
- Francine Hardaway
observing a one way train from Redmond to Google Campus
- cliveb
Your friends are content.
- Todd Hoff
I like contented friends, Todd.
- Kevin Marks
Then don't search them :-)
- Todd Hoff
such a gentle tone on the Gillmor Gang today. Are we setting the example for calmer discussion? :D
- Karoli
Karoli: it's so boring, huh? That's cause we're all tired. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Oracle positioning to grab Android to combat SAPs Sybase mobile?
- cliveb
Robert, I figured you all were taking to heart the call for more polite discourse. The filibuster is dead, right? :D
- Karoli
It's a statement to the public - exactly - it's putting a young face on the company also
- Ankush Narula
Hi francine!
- Karoli
any chance Larry Page does a Jerry Yang...
- cliveb
can anyone say Microsoft?
- Francine Hardaway
android vs iphone?
- Ankush Narula
expect social photo sharing from Apple soon
- Ankush Narula
who is coming to sxsw
- Allen Stern
me
- Robert Scoble
never been
- Tina Chase Gillmor
probably coming to sxw
- Kevin Marks
you guys should stream audio as well video doesn't work on low speed connections
- testbeta
did someone say Cloud companies? :-P
- Allen Stern
if google was smart they would stay away from social
- Allen Stern
allen, the problem is that they are smarter than they are sociable
- Kevin Marks
when having such a thing or even a project it is advisable that you keep basic version alive like Google has basic html for gmail
- testbeta
if facebook was smart they would stay away from search.
- Ciro Villa
Google seems more focused on Groupon lately
- Ankush Narula
Is Apple built to last....
- cliveb
testbeta: I don't think we'll do that, sorry, but it's something we should reconsider.
- Robert Scoble
kevin - they need to own the business side, the utility side - not the social (which is short term) side
- Allen Stern
Allen: the thinking in the valley is that social will take away the business side.
- Robert Scoble
Yep Robert
- Allen Stern
i am working on a low speed connection Ustream doesn't work for me, you guys should give out topics too around which talks would revove that would help us users to give realtime updates
- testbeta
great analysis of the unique skills of Jobs by Steve Gillmor
- Jeroen De Miranda
allow me to say something that i want to write a blog post - the issue with google is the same issue with blackberry
- Allen Stern
Allen: except blackberry is totally screwed. :-)
- Robert Scoble
testbeta: sorry.
- Robert Scoble
Robert - if they follow my plan they can turn it around :) but if google keeps going on this social bit, they will be drifting right behind bberry
- Allen Stern
Christopher: looks neat, no apps, I won't buy one.
- Robert Scoble
why am i listening to a commercial for a mop ... named mint?
- Laura Norvig
Christopher: I'd rather have an Android tablet.
- Robert Scoble
Christopher: yup.
- Robert Scoble
Christopher: that's why Microsoft is still in a deep hole in mobile.
- Robert Scoble
Curation vs aggregation/filtering
- Ankush Narula
Christopher: I don't see it that way, but Android is definitely the way to go if you don't like the iPad for some reason.
- Robert Scoble
whoever asked if Apple was built to last? Every device I've bought from them still works and is still in use. 8 yrs later. No other brand I own is like that in the tech space.
- Karoli
In other words, there's very little oxygen for HP/Palm or RIM's PlayBook.
- Robert Scoble
Hulu does not have mad men (oh, maybe hulu plus but i don't think so)
- Laura Norvig
HULU? UGH
- Karoli
Hulu Desktop on mac mini with Remote Buddy is pretty nice actually
- Ankush Narula
Christopher you can't, right?
- Laura Norvig
Christopher you don't. That's actually why there's a monetization strategy for app developers.
- Robert Scoble
that would be too logical
- Laura Norvig
Christopher: Rome wasn't built in a day
- Ankush Narula
I hope Jony Ive takes over from Jobs.. he designed the first Emac, the ipod, iphone, ipad.. everything thats made Apple successful.
- kevin stephenson
Christopher: I agree that they should figure out how to get rid of that link now. Android definitely is nicer on that point. But that point isn't that big a deal in my experience.
- Robert Scoble
Hulu is the only service I've seen where you can pay for the privilege of being barraged with ads. no thanks.
- Karoli
Kevin: Jony is definitely one guy I love, but I don't think he's that good on stage and that's one of the major things they need to replace if Jobs goes.
- Robert Scoble
Free Hulu is better than Hulu Plus anyways.
- Laura Norvig
Robert/Kevin: Scott Forestall seems like the best pitchman at Apple
- Ankush Narula
Scobleizer's dead right - PC era app suite license revenues are nose diving (watch upcoming financial results)
- cliveb
Christopher: if she doesn't ahve a computer they will set it up for her at the Apple store. But yeah, that hurts upgrades.
- Robert Scoble
The thing is with Android we aren't getting upgrades on the devices anyway due to carriers.
- Robert Scoble
Christopher: your 73-year-old-lady has no clue what a bootloader is.
- Robert Scoble
Bingo on the Windows / Facebook analogy. Facebook has traction. For now.
- Laura Norvig
Christopher and you could hook her iPad to your laptop too. Geesh.
- Robert Scoble
facebook's revenue is far lower than google no?
- Markus Kobler
mobile advertising will be next
- Laura Norvig
i would take a google ad over a facebook ad any day
- Allen Stern
who's going to the Crunchies today?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
I'm probably going;
- Kevin Marks
Allen: I agree with that mostly. But the newer ads are more like Facebook pages. The brands are spending money to get people to spread their advertising for them (ala the Old Spice guy).
- Robert Scoble
People don't click on ads on Facebook. But they *will* click through from a brand's fan page to some kind of exclusive offer on the brand's site.
- Laura Norvig
Laura: exactly.
- Robert Scoble
so the DoubleClick part of google should be hurting? How did they do?
- Kevin Marks
i don't want my cloudcontacts ad on facebook showing up next to fat loss pills and zoosk personal ads
- Allen Stern
Kevin -please say hello if you do. text me at the party
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Ha, for the good luck, Danny, or because you are, "that kind of cheap bastard"?
- Laura Norvig
sounds like i am listening to someone read a gilmor techcrunch post.
- Allen Stern
let's move on thank you
- Allen Stern
I love my Roku. I do not have a DVR.
- Laura Norvig
We call it the "Rock-You" box. Actually, we have two of them
- Laura Norvig
tribal buzz says Google Seattle labs working on big relational SQL db. (makes no sense but...Redmond)
- cliveb
I have a mac mini on the TV
- Kevin Marks
Me too
- Ankush Narula
I'm watching the Ustream on my TV actually
- Ankush Narula
I have an Apple TV and thinking of getting a Roku for my bedroom TV and getting rid of my DVR
- Francine Hardaway
46" head of Steve Gillmor
- Ankush Narula
That's really scary Ankush. It's scary enough seeing him one inch high. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Eric Schmidt in a Mickey Mouse suit?
- Joshua Dale
It's actually scarier when Kevin's screen comes up - he looks like Big Brother in the Mac commercial from 1984 at the moment
- Ankush Narula
perhaps it's the lighting
- Ankush Narula
the sun's shining through the window
- Kevin Marks
Ankrush - when you appearing in GQ?
- cliveb
:-)
- Ankush Narula
this isn't a great seat in the afternoon for computer use
- Kevin Marks
Agreed about Ballmer.
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
I LOVE natural light
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Zuck to Blankstein (3 secs) http://vimeo.com/18919733
- cliveb
If you lick the iPad do you get high?
- Ankush Narula
HT to Laura for Norvig's law
- Kevin Marks
Tina, look for me tonight
- Francine Hardaway
Francine - text me when you're there and we'll hang
- Tina Chase Gillmor
wait, whut? what law?
- Laura Norvig
Facebook has to penetrate China and India to grow a lot more, which seems unlikely
- Todd Hoff
Will a CDMA iPhone challenge that?
- Ankush Narula
handset share is still pwned by Nokia; plenty of growth replacing those
- Kevin Marks
Ah, I get brownie points for genetic association?
- Laura Norvig
btw, I totally agree that google is smarter than they are sociable
- Laura Norvig
and i doubt they will get to 50% social penetration!
- Laura Norvig
almost too much news in 1 week to cover
- cliveb
we trust british accents
- Laura Norvig
which is weird, as the villain is always played by a Briton...
- Kevin Marks
but you sound smart!
- Laura Norvig
Bon voyage Robert
- Francine Hardaway
no one expects Brit villain...
- cliveb
Reminds me of this bit by Eddie Izzard: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Ankush Narula
Ankush: I am your wife. (we'll let you appear on back page of GQ)
- cliveb
"Do you have a flag?"
- Kevin Marks
"Do they want tea?"
- Ankush Narula
Blast! you both know the script
- cliveb
Last villainery http://vimeo.com/18919733
- cliveb
I do know big chunks of Izzard by heart, he's the new Python thta way
- Kevin Marks
favorited +)
- cliveb
Someone I work with just made the claim that the NY subway system is safer than the PDX Max Lightrail...I said "PROVE IT!"
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Safer as in less crime.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I accept!
- Andrew C (✓)
http://www.nycsubwaynews.com/nyc-sub... - 5.6 crimes/day, 10m daily ridership for the entire system. Wikipedia suggests 5m daily ridership just for the subway.
- Andrew C (✓)
I imagine you'd be better at digging up the Portland figures.
- Andrew C (✓)
nyc subway is very, very safe
- Allen Stern
My mind = boggled
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
And I can't find good stats for Max Light Rail
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
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