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- Abbas Haider Ali
Pro-Clean of Tysons Corner (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"These guys are awesome!! Great work and attention to detail. And very reasonable prices - $20 handwashes, $90 hand waxing. They have a whole menu of options if you stop by. ++recommend!!"
- Abbas Haider Ali
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"LA Fitness Signature Club? I don't think so. I joined the gym switching over from Lifetime Fitness in Rockville (which by the way is an awesome club). Made the switch because this gym was closer,…"
- Abbas Haider Ali
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"Small place, great friendly staff and delicious eats. Oh, and you get that for a $10 lunch. I had the chicken panini and it was one of the best I've ever had."
- Abbas Haider Ali
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- Abbas Haider Ali
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- Abbas Haider Ali
Just was talking to http://www.friendfeed.com/garin and we came to the conclusion that if you are going to comment on a friendfeed item you should either be first or last. Why? They always are visible. So, here's your chance! :-)
Roshan Ramachandran, Amit Nangare, Jeff P. Henderson and 61 other people liked this
zaloom!
- Kevin Johnson
If we are really cool we'll get on this list http://friendfeed.com/search...
- Robert Scoble
Kevin is first, who will be last? I just want to be the penultimate commenter!
- Robert Scoble
first and last words are all that matter on the FF.
- rob friedman
Okay. Everyone stop NOW!
- Kevin Sablan
great. now FF is going to be filled up with those annoying ass people that comment "FIRST!" on everything.
- Enrique Gutierrez
ok
- Shawn Snodgrass
Aw crap, I could sit here all night waiting to be last, so may as well comment now.
- Sharon McPherson
8th!
- rob friedman
Any worthy FF thread will engage interested parties enough to read most of the comments.
- iTad
Do I get bonus points if I end up being the thread killer?
- Kevin Johnson
Kevin you could always delete your 1st comment. :)
- rob friedman
Kevin! Yes, and we're having a great time watching this. It will get old fast, but for now it's really fun!
- Robert Scoble
Dang it I am 5 min too late. So I guess it is like posting on a blog post, you always want to be first.
- Jeff
Hey Enrique.. that would suck. Oh... LAST! Oh Jeff... Last.
- Ted Bradford II
That's why these threads just go on and on and on... people just want to have the last word. ;-P
- Chris Heath
Chris: I don't want the last word. I want the penultimate word. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Nope, I like the riffng of the conversation. Jump in anywhere. Enjoy the free flow of ideas and worry not about being seen by the scanners. Those who take the time to expand the thread have such a richer experience.
- michael sean wright
if i wasn't so tired i'd play that out Chris (as my last post was truly in jest). Late here in East TN. Gonna go tip a few cows and call it a day.
- Ted Bradford II
Ted: so was mine ... didn't you catch the winky tongue? (i'm on cape fear so i'm soon to bed as well)
- Chris Heath
Good point, unless you're actually using the RT chat aspect of FriendFeed, I guess...
- Andy Werner
I actually come back 5 days later to make comments so I can have the last word. Everyone has already forgotten what the conversation is about by then.
- Jeff
Chris- I did, but needed a segue into a cow tipping joke... cause I've never done so before. I do know this, tomorrow I will use the word 'penultimate' and dazzle family and friends. Hope alls quiet on the Cape bro. These storms have been a biotch. Annnnnnd Jeff just trumped us all. Tell him what he's won Enrique... nite all.
- Ted Bradford II
Second to last is always visible on my screen. :)
- Bwana ☠
Clever way to get the most commented upon comment on FF ever....
- Barak B
Ted, if you haven't dozed off- i'll have you know that the coastal winds tend to keep a lot of the storm systems at bay- if you're close enough to the water - a mile or 5 inland can make a big difference some days - and spot t/storms can be localized around here big time - for instance yesterday it rained (for a short period) at my house while i was at work 5 miles away getting no rain - only knew cuz the ground was wet when i went home for lunch... ok - it's really time for sleep now - g'nite FriendFeed
- Chris Heath
so in other words, last is not least?
- Julie Bovee Hill
Barak: check out this idea for a long thread (still nowhere near the longest on friendfeed, but the idea.. ) http://friendfeed.com/ajbatac...
- Chris Heath
Chris: Yes, that is a good one too. This is better though and I predict with end up with more comments.
- Barak B
Yay! I am last as of now :)
- Amit Nangare
lets see how long this lasts for! :)
- Paul Kinlan
Another one of these? From Scoble this time? Wow. BTW, last post.
- Chris Charabaruk
I will be the penultimate commenter!
- Garin Kilpatrick
That way I can be the ultimate one.
- Chris Charabaruk
Nope.
- Barak B
friendfeed should allow for "liking" comments so top comments can be the ones shown, no matter the chronology. And allow the users to watch comments by likes, threaded or chronologically.
- Charbax
A blatant attempt at gaming the FriendFeed statistics for no real useful purpose... Oooh, can I be last, Please Please!!!
- Peter Kelley
No, Peter, you may not be last. That's my position.
- Chris Charabaruk
Last Post!!!
- Richard Hurt
well, the last comment is always changing, isn't this like having your 5 nanoseconds of glory?
- Liviu Lica
This thread is now closed.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
No, NOW it's closed.
- Chris Charabaruk
Or is it? :)
- Liviu Lica
Perhaps now...
- Garin Kilpatrick
I would give it another 2 hrs or so.
- Jeff
thats me! :)
- Roshan Ramachandran
based on what you say, it easier to simply click like :-)
- Orli Yakuel
:)
- Michael Fidler
"Comment on a friendfeed item"? which one? ;)
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Are trying to go for the longest comment thread again?
- Amit Morson
Amit: no, most times one post gets hidden.
- Robert Scoble
In a different timezone you can have the advantage :)
- Rene de Vries
Okay, people, nothing to see here. Just walk on. This is the last comment. It's all clear now.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
What if you write backwards? Does that help?
- Kieran Daly
Okay, people, nothing to see here. Just walk on. This is the last comment. It's all clear now. says Ruud van Wijngaarden
- Julian Edward
It would be nice if we could pick the number of comments shown at the top and bottom, I'd like to see the first 3 and last 3 for example.
- Kol Tregaskes
I usually read all the comments of something I'm interested in. I don't just read the top and bottom ones so I don't care where I come in. I comment on what I want to because I want to say something. It's nice if the original poster reads/responds to it, but not absolutely necessary. Most of the time the most fun/interaction comes from other commenters.
- Molly
:) says Michael Fidler
- Julian Edward
Sounds like an online auction...Is there any deadline? Then I'll prepare my winning speech 17,3 sec beforehand.
- Zack Brandit
I'm not falling for your postbait, Scoble! Oh wait...crap.
- caj
Cow tipping - That's Funny
- Brent - Yes I am
Good point.
- Jack Boyle
I feel sorry for the cows. And the grass. I am weakhearted I guess.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
I guess I misunderstood. You were talking about that fat waittress in Crazy Mick's Breakaway Cafe, weren't you?
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Fine, I'm in
- Don Bonaddio
am I last yet ?
- Julian Edward
Nope
- Jérôme
no
- mjc
Yeah, you were last. Congrats.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
In ur timezone, stealin ur commentz, kthxbye :)
- Peter Kelley
ok, I'll hold on to last place for visablity!
- PaulJohnson
I was going to add something witty, but i got nothing. sorry....
- Mike Nencetti
No problem. Participating is more important than winning, we say in the Netherlands.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
It's the long-tail of real-time
- zeroinfluencer
Excellent point David ;)
- Don Bonaddio
Being last has one drawback. It makes you a thread-killer. I'm not sure some of us like being that. Sometimes I'd rather see the discussion keep going.
- George Hall (Australia)
Do like the suggestion made earlier that there should be bonus points for being the thread-killer...
- George Hall (Australia)
but who wants to be last?
- mcvictor
Ok Robert, please close this thread now. ;)
- Meryn Stol
I disagree, and I'll tell you why below...
- FFing Enigma
We already did this thread, I'll post the link right after Tina's rebuttal
- Rahsheen the Dream
You don't really believe that Robert. Content is key! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
But if I post last, I'm first in the thread on Twhirl! Double win! ;-)
- Julie Barrett
from twhirl
amazing
- David Gross
from email
Always happy to be last .... but it probably won't last :)
- Charlie Anzman
llllllaaaaasssssstttttt
- mjc
You'd be right Charlie :P
- Jay
And there is nothing I hate more than reading that first comment that childishly claims "First!" and nothing more. "Last!" (until the next comment comes along)
- Jim Espinoza
By the way, I'm the last commenter in a very participated thread recently started by Robert Scoble, but that didn't gain me almost any new follower. I'm fine with this though, as I'd find silly being advantaged for being the last commenter ;-)
- Opensource Obscure
Agreed :)
- Fabian De Simone
How do I stick my comment to the bottom so that it will always be last? :)
- Jeff Sayre
How long can this go on?
- Tom Landini
Last! ...for now
- Scott
So this if why Scoble goes nuts over realtime feeds - he can be the first to comment.
- Tom Landini
Well, every comment gets to be last for at least a couple of seconds. Or fractions of a second with RT.
- Kevin (barely visible)
If you want to understand the power of last you need to read this thread http://friendfeed.com/mikenay...
- WoH: Minding her Steves
"There is no final solution. There is no last word.” ~ Carlos Fuentes
- Sharon McPherson
First is way better, because the last post can always change :)
- Tim McDougall
Easy to be first, harder to be last. Kind of like trying to win a silent auction, you always have to go back
- Lorraine Ball
but what if it took me a while to find the discussion, and i still want to be last? ;-)
- Courtney Engle
Firs...Last.
- Rob
@Rob - in yo' face!
- JoEllen
The one who will comment after me is so stupid I would'nt like to be him :P
- stanjourdan
Yoink!
- Zach Lytwyn
112 comments - but there can never be last comment, can there? Unless there is a FF limit on the number of comments - Paul, is there a limit?
- WoH: Minding her Steves
The current last comment is the next penultimate comment.
- Brian Sullivan
Not everyone is on here to market themselves to infinity. Why people, other than people who actually make money off of exposure, insist on wanting the most friends on ff/fb/ms/tt is beyond me. Not everyone is a Scobilite! Yes I did just make that word up... where do I copyright it? lol
- Jason Williams
Didn't someone blog about tinyurl's dominance a while back - about how they have too much power. Might have been Gillmor or Winer
- Bwana ☠
Winer. I don't think they have too much power
- Steve Gillmor
I'm going for last.
- Derek Markham
I've got last:-)
- Francine Hardaway
instahide
- Edward Zwart
How can we compete against Robert
- Peter Meng
Peter: why compete? Just come in last! :-)
- Robert Scoble
ok
- Kevin Johnson
Just checking. I heard this thread was closed, so I wondered if commenting still works.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
For the love; Robert please kill this tread so I will stop getting email. ;)
- Jeff
wow that's pretty rad :-)
- Patphelan
@Jeff, it's not spam if you opt in ;-)
- Kevin Johnson
wonder what the value of posting on page length increments are... as people page down your comment is visible ;)
- offbeatmammal
Jeff: do you still get email if you hide a thread? I bet you do. That sucks. Now I know why I don't turn on email notifications.
- Robert Scoble
There is no last. - Mobius Loop
- Robert Couture
to infinity and beyond
- Jonathan Grimes
Kevin: i did not say it was spam. I put the smiley face indicating my partial joking nature. but only partial.
- Jeff
Robert: I could not figure out how to disable comments for particular post. It is really not a big issue since I have gmail, but I do think this post may never die.
- Jeff
@Jeff - same here - noworries
- Kevin Johnson
- Rob
This. Will. Never. End.
- Michael Forian
Pay me $10 and I'll delete this thread. (Future friendfeed monetization technique). Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
Your comment is always the last! look at mine :)
- Luis Benavides
Welcome to the neverending thread :)
- Garin Kilpatrick
Garin: I'll delete it before it ends. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert: That would be a shame. You'd be up $10 at least though :)
- Garin Kilpatrick
The last shall be last
- Peter Meng
There can be only one.
- Kevin Johnson
I seem to be last on many of Steve Gillmor's posts @techcrunchit, the kiss of death to many a conversation. I should be so lucky here.
- Aron Michalski
from fftogo
A good way to stop? - Scoble puts in his penultimate comment Kevin Johnson says zaloom!
- Julian Edward
Yes, you should be so lucky :p
- Jesse Newhart
I'm going to change my FriendFeed ID to "145 more comments"
- Mark Traphagen
Getting a piece of the pie... :)
- Jan Ole Peek
I've often found myself to have the last comment. It hasn't benefited me yet that I've noticed...let's try that again.
- Mike Lewis
first is forever....last is a very transient honor indeed.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
and being both is probably meaningless, but I'm still going to claim it
- Kevin Johnson
Do others ever get more than 2 comments on their posts? :)
- Cameron
Doing it!! www.radarla.com
- Drew Lucas
So, if you are last and then someone comes behind you, should you re-comment to be last again?
- T.S. Elliott
Probably so T.S. but it won't last long ;)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Sorry Rob:-)
- Michael Fidler
1
- Robert Kenney
2
- Robert Kenney
This is the Seinfeld of FF....the post and comments about nothing. I wonder what the record is for the most comments on FF?
- Jeff
As a fine-art platform, as a painting, do you think anyone would be interested in a full-screen image feed animated by Judith Supine? http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- stephen harlow
He who comments last...
- Abbas Haider Ali
comments as:
- Kevin Johnson
Tag- Im it
- Ryan Gerritsen
not anymore you're not ;)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
zaloom!
- Kevin Johnson
for one moment I could imagine that every comment was Kevin Johnson and his "zaloom!"
- WoH: Minding her Steves
ANd so I do and then another and another :) Fun huh.
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
not really... but hey... whatever
- Chris Heath
So to comment or to like a FriendFeed item is to promote it.. and to promote the promoter. Great great great!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
173rd!!
- Mark Traphagen
Controlled noise...
- Joe Dawson
Indeed it is official :) But not for long let me bask in it's glory for a moment hahaha.
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
It was fun while it lasted.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
It's over now - no need to post any more comments
- Julian Edward
Okay, Thanks. It was taking too much of my time anyway.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Nicholas: Except this thread is far more epic :)
- Garin Kilpatrick
back again...to claim last place!
- Zach Lytwyn
Good for you Zach!
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Cannot. Let. This. End.
- Robert Couture
Have. To.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
hit hit hit
- Hans Mestrum
Kol: Cool idea, it would be neat to be able to choose how many of the first and last comments were visible.
- Garin Kilpatrick
Last
- Michael Fidler
I like most anything distilled...information, bait...(distilled bait...is that like the worm at the bottom of the mezcal?)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
The difference would be that in this case the worm will stay on the bottom. No matter what.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
I reckon it'll be Ruud van Wijngaarden
- Julian Edward
I am not quite sure about that. But willing to accept it. (Wait! You just called me a worm? The most underrated but valuable animal on the planet, that brings us fertile ground and eats dead stuff? It is a nice compliment, but might be a bit much).
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
No, No! - I didn't mean you worm. Although as you say they are useful beings. I do hope you'lll be in heroic position of last commenter! This is a case of the last shall be second. (Kevin Johnson being first of course). Scoble is penultimate we would hope. I'm aiming for 5th to last!
- Julian Edward
Yesterday somebody asked: 'if you pass the number two in a race, which place are you in?' and I answered wrong. Passing the last one in this race will be hard...
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
The last comment shall be mine! :)
- Garin Kilpatrick
Woot, last comment. ;)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
mine
- Michael Fidler
NOPE
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Mmmm. I always hoped I would be last.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
from email
Mmmm. I always hoped I would be last.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
from email
I think it is hard to be first and even harder to be last.. just look at this thread.. http://ff.im/1hqgl
- David Gross
Last comment?
- Jeff P. Henderson
you mean Twitter Gar1n? You were talking on TWITTER WEREN'T YOU! LIAR "friendfeeed Garin" pfttttt still the same bi-polar
- sofarsoShawn <right here>
Interesting comment, SFSS, very interesting indeed. So interesting, in fact, that I think that nothing further needs to be added to this thread. Ever.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
אתם כל כך מלא חרא, אבל זו בעיה שלך, לא שלי :-)
- David Gross
from email
actually i don't know how not to be the last commenter :)
- İ. Emre Kutlu
Me too..
- David Gross
from email
If only I could puncture the depths of Scoble's scratch-the-surface brain fart, techno-vangelizing, then I'd actually care WHOLE HEARTEDLY about this meaningfully retarded thread.
- sofarsoShawn <right here>
The only way this thread can be made even more ridiculous and anachronistic is to move it to identi.ca.. Myspace would work, too.
- Tal Shafik
Interesting ;)
- Alex
And since you can't guarantee being last unless you are the originator of the thread or can convince the originator to end comments (but since Robert is AWOL that is unlikely) -- you better be first. ;-)
- Brian Sullivan
Stuff
- Jonathan Hardesty
Okay, admittedly being the last IS visible...but who REALLY wants to be the thread-killer?
- George Hall (Australia)
apparently, some people http://friendfeed.com/ajbatac... http://friendfeed.com/silas21... http://friendfeed.com/mikenay... (notice 2000+ comments!)
- Chris Heath
I think I remember commenting on one of those threads...and it's STILL going????
- George Hall (Australia)
Hey, this one's from May... it's about to hit its own anniversary!
- Chris Heath
I'm surprised this only has a little over 200 comments.
- Jason Williams
201
- David Gross
213 ? Original Zlaloom! + 212 more comments including this one. The last one.
- Julian Edward
don't be so sure about that... there's lots of people who like to be thread killers or last... just wait and watch
- Chris Heath
yes - that's very true
- Julian Edward
Sage words Robert - Sage words indeed!
- PaulJohnson
See??? I told you!
- Chris Heath
yep - you were right
- Julian Edward
It doesn't seem to work in the long term.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Physics WIN - http://twitpic.com/508qo
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Ibrahim Ozturkcan, Vezquex, Michael Markman and 301 other people liked this
awesome
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
I want to do that on my exercise balls.
- Anika
How many tries (and broken bones) did that take?
- Johnny
Homygorsh
- Martha
I just don't know how you figure out you can do that.
- caj
I'm sure if I tried it I would be in traction right now.
- Kevin (barely visible)
Really Awsome!
- Pierotaglia
süper :)
- Göksel Şirin
O_o
- Bluesun 2600
THAT IS CRAZY AWESOME!
- Chieze Okoye
wow. gotta reshare that!
- Nicķ
very cool...perfect landing too
- Jeffrey Marsh
Are you serious? No way!
- Andrew Trinh
I seriously just bought one of these today. but I'm with pea♥ fierce as a woozle. no attempts for me.
- Nathalie
wow that is sweet
- (jeff)isageek
Dude!
- BEX
Usually stomping on balls makes me uncomfortable, but this is pretty awesome.
- Phronk
I expect this move to be all the rage in Rhythmic Gymnastics in the next Olympics.
- Jeanine W.
Very impressive :0
- Adval
boy, if you messed that up it could really put a damper on your day. Some doof needs to try it and put up their fail-flip on youtube. Absolutely amazing, though.
- Rick Cogley
totally awesome!!! wow! how fun!
- Susan Beebe
Was waiting for the neck snapping moment....was pleasantly surprised
- Toby Graham
If I taught Physics, I'd show this to my students for open discussion
- Bwana ☠
wow
- Gökmen Karasu
wtf :))
- Batu
Thought he was going to munch it, clearly, he's not human.
- Will Higgins™
How many times did he try that until he got it right?
- Louis Gray
Not sure how many - but my guess would be that this guy is a competitive gymnast (based on the body and the setting) - things like this often come easy (when you have trained for a dozen years to develop muscle, balance and body awareness),
- Brian Sullivan
holy wow
- Mattb4rd
easy? If you're Jesus maybe.
- Mattb4rd
I would love to see the out takes on this
- Josh Haley
I really would like to try it
- delbo
Otherwise known as the orthopedist's full employment act.
- Tom Landini
win
- Jeremiah Owyang
ZZZOMG! That is such a PHYSICS WIN. A new way to use an exercise ball!
- Sean
It was amazing when he did it once, but how does he do it non-stop over and over? I lost count already.
- Josh Haley
yeah and how does he teleport back to where he started?
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
bah to science, +many for physical fitness, :O
- chaz2b
hogeeee! fugeee! fugaaa!
- Ken Okabe
WOW! Even I am impressed.
- Shawn Whitmire
I can't get enough of this. Of course it should carry the "don't try this at home disclaimer". I'm sure they could run a whole episode of Amerca's Funniest Home Videos of people trying to do this.
- Mark Krynsky
Awesome !
- DAL
wow
- orionstarr
Is it possible that there are some hidden cables here? His form seems too perfect as his feet swing around at the end.
- Brian Sloane
nope. no cables
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
Youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Andrew C (✓)
nice.
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
I'd like to see the blooper reel
- Abbas Haider Ali
i wanna try, it's awesome!
- tibetsong
I am going to try this next time I go to the gym wish me luck heha.
- Jason
Next time I 'm at the gym, I'm gonna give this a try! :)
- burdr
burdr, did you try it out?? 8^)
- Chieze Okoye
The sequel: http://friendfeed.com/nathanc...
- Nathan Chase
This thread was discussed on the FFundercats (http://www.ffundercats.com/2009...)
- Josh Haley
BTW no longer on YouTube. Bummer.
- Jill Hurst-Wahl
Bump.
- Kol Tregaskes
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Outsanity, Joe "The Enforcer" Pierce and John Flynn liked this
The Amish Gangster was the best!
- John Flynn
I'd vote for White and Nerdy
- Abbas Haider Ali
What is your number one favorite iPhone app?
Garin Kilpatrick, Jeff P. Henderson, xero and 6 other people liked this
Midomi and or Shazam...oh, and Facebook. Can't live w/out Facebook!
- Mona Nomura
Mmm... CameraBag.
- ronin
I'm on Tweetie alot but sadly my huge time suck recently is Stoneloops of Jurassica...totally killing me.
- Carey Lumeng
iPod - if you meant SDK apps then the close second favorite is OmniFocus.
- Sparky, lurking
I'm with Glen. MLB At Bat is the best and most used on my phone.
- Marty
Right now, AP Mobile is probably the one I use the most. But "Fluid" is my current favorite.
- Stephen Mack
Safari
- Rodfather
Remember the Milk or Evernote
- Brett Kelly
The new TweetDeck
- Roberto
Another thumbs up for Remember the Milk (Bob T. Monkey rules)
- Robert Hafer
Things, from Cultured Code, synced with Things on my Mac.
- Johnny Chadda
from BuddyFeed
Tweetie
- Peter Cattell
Tie between Tweetdeck and Salesforce
- Abbas Haider Ali
Back to my car. Shud I replace my prius with a new prius or do you recommend a different car. Thx in advance. http://ff.im/3rDN9 - http://ericstandlee.crusaderx.com/post...
If you can get your hands on one, I'd get the electric Mini
- Abbas Haider Ali
HUGE NEWS! It's a GIRL! Misha Ava Vaynerchuk came into the world at 937am at 8 lbs and 5 ounces. Lizzie and Misha are doing great! OMG!
Mauricio, Daniel Kenney, Craig Eddy and 5 other people liked this
congrats to all. that's excellent!
- Jerry Chacon
Congrats to the Vaynerchuk family.
- Bryan R. Adams
from PeopleBrowsr
Congrats!! Welcome to the world little Vaynerchuk :)
- Charley M
Wow congrats Gary! BTW girls rock :) speaking as a dad of one!
- Peter du Toit (S.Africa)
Congrats on the new baby girl! I remember the day my daughter was born, like it was yesterday. She is now 4 years old and I don't think I've ever laughed this much in my life. She is pure comedy! Enjoy your time with your daughter, they grow up too fast.
- Josh Landsberg
Congratulations to Lizzie, Gary, and Misha! Hope she looks nothing like her father :)
- Daniel Kenney
Congratulations!
- Abbas Haider Ali
What I’ve Learned Raising a Daughter (Thus Far) | The Art of Manliness: http://artofmanliness.com/2009... - For the Dad's of little girls.
Brett Kelly and Koka Sexton liked this
Great post. I don't have any kids and still found it to be touching. Going to crush a can on my head now to get back to normal.
- Abbas Haider Ali
Tweeting Too Hard - http://tweetingtoohard.com/
Get insight into and vote for hilariously self absorbed tweets / twitterers. Could spend hours on this site.
- Abbas Haider Ali
Anyone have any suggestions for the future of TweetDeck? Anything that could be added or changed? http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/ Thanks! :)
Alex Schleber, Laura Norvig, Kol Tregaskes and 2 other people liked this
Support for Facebook Chat, Google Talk, and Gmail inbox notification would do it for me
- LANjackal
Stop eating up so much of my RAM
- Shawn Hickman
Multiple Twitter accounts??? I have 2.
- Roberto Bonini
sync between multiple comps.
- Sasha Kovaliov
TweetDeck already does Facebook chat, multi-account support is nearly ready to go and there is a sync solution being developed already. 3 ticks off the list for you :)
- Richard Barley
Conversation view, just like TwitterFon in iPhone.
- yezi
+1 for conversation view. My favorite thing of Twitterfon
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
more skinability
- Wes Hoogenboom
Better group creation, atm it's pretty awful and I've not bothered with that feature. See Tweetvisor to see how it should be done. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Agree better group creations, skinability,
- Kim Landwehr
when placing people in groups - deleting names of people who i've unfollowed. why are they still in there?
- Cee Bee
horizontal scroll
- Cee Bee
improved response from the send button
- Cee Bee
more than 10 columns
- Cee Bee
+1 for group mgmt and conversations.
- Abbas Haider Ali
I know what puppy breath is, but what does cat breath smell like? Do cats breathe out of their noses? #DumbQuestionsINeedAnswersTo
Kol Tregaskes, Jemm, Janet and 4 other people liked this
As Ralphie Wiggum from the Simpsons would say: "my cat's breath smells like cat food." And they do breathe through their noses, although occasionally they will open their mouths slightly if they're really keen on smelling something. They don't pant like dogs do.
- invariant
I agree with invariant. My kitties breath tends to smell a bit like tuna fish, which is about what their food smells like. But you don't smell it that often as they do mostly breath through their noses. When they are smelling something very intently they tend to open their mouths a bunch. We call it sniffy mouth, but logically I assume they do it to breath through their mouths while really investigating the smell of something.
- Rachel Lea Fox
My experience with cats is that their breath doesn't normally smell the same way or with the same strength as dogs/puppies. One interesting thing is that a cat has a "second nose": http://amos.indiana.edu/library.... Oh, and they do breathe in and out of their noses like other similar mammals.
- Absentee
I thinks So
- Amir
"my cat's breath smells like cat food" quote quote! who has it??
- anna sauce
I stand corrected. Awesome info James.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Usually my cats will try to get onto my lap if I'm eating something really tasty and they will try to smell it with fervor. Dave, my one cat, will sometimes try to pet my face with his and that's where I'll notice the "cat breath." It doesn't smell all that great. :P
- Jonathan Hardesty
What does cat breath smell like? With my cat... you're better off not knowing.
- Mark H
Most cats breath smells just like thier asses. But its hell getting them to use a breath mint in either end ;)
- Tony C (Unrated)
from fftogo
Cat breath can be sweet or horrid. My 15 y/o cat has nasty breath and loves to give me nose kisses. My younger two have no smell. I think it relates to their food and tooth/gum status.
- Janet
I have one cat who tends to have have tooth problems, her breath stinks. All the others either have no scent or have a baby breath smell to them. They hold their mouths open for a couple moments if there's a smell they're trying to decipher, helps them learn it better.
- Alisha Vargas
++1 Anna (aka Ralph Wiggum) :-)
- dkb
Our cats don't smell at all and they poop rainbows!
- Jemm
Looks like jemms cats know how to type ;)
- Tony C (Unrated)
from IM
@EEM: No, we don't! And they are really smart, too!
- Jemm
thanks dkb - it's from the SImpsons'
- anna sauce
+1 for all the ralph wiggum from simpsons references. A whole thread of those would be hilarious.
- Abbas Haider Ali
Social Media Comments by Disqus: Public Release Today! - http://mashable.com/2009...
berkay liked this
Must've missed this when it first came out. Another reason to promote Disqus for our corporate blog =)
- Abbas Haider Ali
The business card of the future | Marketing.fm - Didnt realise google offered free business cards. Do they deliver international:) ? - http://www.marketing.fm/2009...
"Recently Google offered free cards promoting your Google Profile in conjunction with iPrint to produce the follow business cards: ericfriedman-on-google Anything else is just second best."
- ben barren
from Bookmarklet
No international shipping and it was for the first 25,000 people only - not sure they are still offering it so I linked to the TC article
- Eric
Just got my Google profile biz cards today as well!
- Abbas Haider Ali
Evohosting | UK Web Hosting & Web Design Tips » facebook icon - http://www.evohosting.co.uk/blog...
Collection of free social media icons in different designs: circles, squares, hearts, handrawn and more
- Abbas Haider Ali
So Apple (finally!) responded directly to Microsoft's Laptop Hunters commercials. This is getting good! http://movies.apple.com/media...
Cem Ozkaynak, Paul Stamatiou, Brian Milby and 55 other people liked this
oh snap
- Jay
can Apple really advertise "no crashes"? Microsoft's ads are leading too but damn
- Richard Lawler
She's cute
- Rodfather
Richard, the only things that ever crash on my Mac are Microsoft's office products.
- David Eedle
and my pc never crashes, we can all play this game. crashes and lockups happen all the time, on all different platforms. I just want to know who will have my refund when a kernel panic happens. If they said "less" it would be one thing, but they didn't.
- Richard Lawler
Yeah, I've managed to lock up my Mac Pro a few times. Not very often, but it's possible.
- Tom Harrison
I agree with Richard. I really honestly just don't understand the Mac vs. PC debate anymore. They're essentially the same thing now, you just get things done a little differently.
- Tyler Hayes
I'm a Megan
- Johnny
Tyler: it's not a Mac vs PC thing anymore it's Mac vs Windows (which can be reduced to Mac vs PC) but at it's core, it's apple vs microsoft ... plus the mac is a Personal Computer, but since Microsoft has given PCs a bad name they tried to brand the Mac as not a PC as to not muddle their brand's image.
- Chris Heath
Great commercial - it's that simple!
- Medical Alarm Concepts
That was great
- Abbas Haider Ali
I love it. I'm a PC ... but I want a Mac.
- Angela Schelden
the posted link is never working for me...Nevermind, found it on youtube.
- JoEllen
Dear Apple, I have a PC that also does not crash, doesn't have viruses, and is not a headache to deal with. It's called, Linux. Thank you, and I am a PC running Linux.
- Wizetux
Dear Apple, I have a PC that also does not crash (as long as I keep it free of dustbunnies), doesn't have viruses and is not a headache to deal with...It's called Windows XP. I'm a PC.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
This is funny, but continuing the same campaign isn't a big enough response. They need to come up with a campaign that resonates as well as the Laptop Hunters series.
- Stephen Mack
I'm a PC. I like having that $1300 in my bank account instead of Apple's.
- Piaw Na
this is a pretty good response to the MS ads
- Jamie
MS cant compete with hardware or commercials. Apple always ups them.
- wowfreeze.blogspot.com
What if... your unemployed and broke best friend accidentally drops your brand new Mac Book Pro 17" destroying the LCD and breaking it to pieces?
cysko, Steven Perez, AJ Kohn and 8 other people liked this
How would you react? What would you do?
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
Get a new friend.
- Graham English
They owe you, but obviously you got give them some slack time to pay it off. Have them pay you $100/mo.
- coldbrew
Wow. Um. Well, if they are unemployed and broke, they obviously can't afford to outright pay for the replacement. I would say they owe you bigtime and need to figure out how to make it up to you. I know it sounds heartless to hold someone responsible when they're in a crunch like that, but them's the breaks. They should have been more careful with other peoples' things, you know?
- SOMEBODY!
I'd seriously be looking to kick some ass...then again I'd probably kick my own ass for not having accident protection on the laptop.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Your friend owes you, no matter his/her situation. I'd work out a payment fee.
- Anika
Look at cashing in on homeowner's or renter's insurance.
- Eric - 100% Choice Cuts
I'd take the L for letting them use it....but I'd never let them use it.
- Richard Lawler
I'd take it as a sign you should have bought a PC. And check with your homeowners insurance, it's possible it's covered.
- ComicList
Replace it. And, if they were using it as part of their solution to the unemployed problem because they didn't have one, buy them a laptop of their own.
- J Wynia
If brand new and purchased with CC...any possible no questions asked replacement?
- Janet
the whiskey is on me
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
get your homeowners insurance to pay for it??
- BEX
I'll wait for some things to help myself go over it, then find techniques to have it back by keeping constant contact with that "unemployed" friend. But I think I'd be really mad against that person, and if it's not my best of all-time friends, maybe that person would get fired temporarily for that move.
- Zu from AOD
Did this really happen?? :(
- Yolanda
Yolanda, no. It's just a what if question. ;)
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
I would probably scream out in pain and tell her that she owes me big time (joking around). Even though it's expensive, it's just a materialistic thing and she didn't do it on purpose. I'm not going to lose a friendship over an item.
- Shevonne
make ur friend sit on the corner with you collecting spare change for replacement.
- MicahBear78
Oh whew... I would die in/of mortification if I were the one that dropped it.
- Yolanda
@Yolanda I know! I would pay for it. Someone actually did that. She broke my Mac. I told her not to worry about it after crying for a bit, but she bought me a replacement Mac.
- Shevonne
Uh, I ask him to place his hands across my chopping board and cut off his hands with my meat cleaver. Other than that, I'd be fine.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Slow and painful death by disembowelling is out of the question?
- Chris Charabaruk
Put that friend on the corner to make some money(LOL)
- YoYo_P
Now why would you be letting someone else touch your computer? That's like letting them use your toothbrush.
- April
+++April.
- Anika
Claim on my house insurance, same as what I would do if any friend did i (broke or not)t, they're my friend and shit happens, it's only a computer after all - friendships are worth more...
- Andy Davies
I'd make him serve as my butler for a reasonable amount of time.
- Andy Roth
Your friend definitely owes you but what you in this case depends on your situation. If the cost of replacing the laptop isn't going to hurt you financially, just let it go. Your friend will appreciate your reaction and will pay you back in some way whenever possible.
- Abbas Haider Ali
shit happens I guess
- viki saigal
viki, i guess im gonna shit if that happens
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
He'd be getting the same treatment?
- Mo Kargas
well. that happened to me. it took me months before i had a spot left to view to fix the screen. then a few months later i was able to replace the touch pad. all at http://www.littlelaptopshop.com/. they do work for the mac store. and fairly priced.
- carolynn kutz
are you serious carolynn? that sucks :(
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
Yep. And, WOW was partially responsible.
- carolynn kutz
I am going to kick my own ass for letting it happen, but realize that any fool could drop a computer. Provided that the friend in question doesn't have a history of breaking things, there's really not much to be done. I'm sure my friend feels like a schmuck for doing it, why rub salt in the wounds.(I'm presuming that since it's a Mac, I can afford to replace it, otherwise WTF was I...
more...
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
cookies! - http://ysabel.tumblr.com/post...
Andre P. Siregar, Vik Duggal, timepilot and 24 other people liked this
+1 CW :)
- (jeff)isageek
will eating these make me an ass-munch?
- Josh Haley
i wouldnt want the thong ones. less icing
- (jeff)isageek
I like big cookies, I cannot lie.
- Kevin Shaum
sweet
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
LOL!!
- Dwayne Woodstock
+1 Kevin Shaum for "I like big cookies, I cannot lie"
- Abbas Haider Ali
+100 to kevin for that line :)
- (jeff)isageek
LOL
- YoYo_P
are these low-carb asses? I'm on atkins ;)
- Don Bonaddio
Test Your ISP for Traffic Shaping with ShaperProbe - The goal of DiffProbe is to detect if an ISP is classifying certain kinds of traffic as "low priority", providing different levels of service for them. DiffProbe actively (and non-intrusively) probes the network path and tries to diagnose the nature and extent of traffic discrimination. The... - http://filesharefreak.com/2009...
Kol Tregaskes, Reed Porter, rich phelps and 4 other people liked this
It would be great to have traffic shaping/diff serv policies testing like this integrated with speedtest.net
- Abbas Haider Ali
Some of you need followers to get people to engage on your thoughts. Beg for followers here and explain WHY we should follow:
Ac0n (former Franc), Kathleen Capps, GeekDads.TV and 119 other people liked this
I'm @scobleizer and you should follow me if you want tons of interesting tech news. I watch thousands of friendfeeders and Twitterers and am always looking for the most interesting stuff before @techmeme gets it. (UPDATE: I AM FOLLOWING EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD)
- Robert Scoble
That's an example of what I'd like you to do. I will follow anyone who answers on this thread.
- Robert Scoble
Well because we cannot compete with Scobleizer...and we are desperate for a following to launch our own blogs. :-)
- Tarun Chachra
Ken: the problem is that on friendfeed and Twitter you need some seed followers.
- Robert Scoble
I'm not sure about begging but it's difficult, especially when you're overwhelmed by inspiration about what you're working, to feel like you're not connecting with enough people. Then again, I don't want a bunch of robo-followers, but people who I can engage and engage with me. Twitter is weird.
- Remote Revolution
@Chris, you should follow Mike Nayyar then: http://beta.friendfeed.com/mikenay...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
A friend of mine joined Twitter a month ago and he already has more Followers then I gathered in two years!! Please Help! thank-you very much @moon http://twitter.com/moon
- paul mooney
Hmm, I thought who you followed was more important....
- Scott Breakall
I guess getting on with some friends on Twitter is most important. They already know people. This adds to better quality content as opposed to just random following people which most of the time creates noise. I however love it that @scobleizer creates is great in creating a stage for interesting people :)
- Michiel Sikkes
I personally don't need THAT much but I desperately need FOLLOWERS for XDBE project, to spread the idea behind it! To bring the Internet to the next level together! Global Social Graphing http://xdbe.com/faq/
- Elmira Gazizova
If you don't follow me my gf will lock me in the basement without food and water.
- rob
Only follow me if you like tech AND religion . A dangerous combination!
- Dan Walters
begging is annoying. I guess you have to engage by following and slowly build an audience. A lot of my followers ( though not much ) has been by engaging on other tweets etc . Good use of hashtags doesnt hurt either
- Kashif Khan
I rarely have anything to say myself that doesn't require engaging in conversations with others, so I don't want ANY followers. I follow those who I believe I may want to engage in conversation with, or those whom I desire to know more about.
- Larry
@jpelegrin. When I do say something on Twitter, it's usually very insightful. O.K., not really, but I need some peeps. This is embarrassing!
- Jeremy Pelegrin
i ain't going to beg, but i will make a note that those interested in computers, programming, science, and humor might find FriendFeed just a little bit more enjoyable if you follow me.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Breakall: It's a moving target. Whatever serves the purpose of the conversation at hand. For the real story: most ppl care, including Scoble.
- coldbrew
you should follow @unmarketing cause I sang about Scoble http://www.ReTweetMeVideo.com
- Scott Stratten
Hmm, you should follow me if you'd like to keep a pulse on grassroots tech organizing going on locally to nationally, and because I'm looking for more #scifi fans to chat with. (@deannecuellar)
- DeAnne Cuellar
Quite simply this is all an exchange of ideas, thoughts and information. I want to follow and be followed by those whom I can learn from, as well as to receive input/advice/insight from.
- Ted Bradford II
I'm actually culling what few followers I do have to get to a conversation that makes sense for our "marketing" business. Um, yea, guess that's not a "pitch".
- Glen Group
Ken: this is my way of finding interesting new people to follow who I might otherwise not know about. Also, anyone who answers here IS engaging.
- Robert Scoble
you should only follow me if you like Star Wars, baby photos, web design, gadgets, random weirdness, memes, and music that makes you nod your head to the beat
- Nathan Chase
@coldbrew You're exactly right, they do care. Just a little reminder of advice that's come before when OTHERS were trying to ratchet up the follower numbers. /cold brew coffee rawks
- Scott Breakall
I try to be interesting, but really we are starting 2 new businesses here and I could use as many followers as possible. And I follow back.
- Audrey
@Wordful: [I'm not above begging, so please oh please follow me.] Follow me because I'm someone who can help you understand and implement an editorial strategy on your blog. I'm also a no-BS deep thinker who doesn't like to conform.
- Charles
You can follow me - @michiels on twitter - if you're interested on how a European internet startup works and what differences there are with for example SV startups. Also how Dutch schools combine entrepreneurship and studying.
- Michiel Sikkes
if the follow isn't two-way, well it's not much of a conversation is it?
- Sean O'Brien
@Alexander, sounds like chicken and egg problem. Do the followers come before the comments and content or after? :)
- Paul Wade
The problem here on FF is that the majority of potential subscribers are in the USA so the site is most active when I'm in bed here in the UK! I think the key to getting subscribers is to engage with others' content and make sure you share interesting things yourself. That way you become a 'valued' member of the community. You have to put some 'work' in though.
- Martin Bryant
I'm an average, non-techy person.
- Just Katie
so are we begging you? watch for awhile and see if you like :) @rveep
- reed price
Thomas Hawk follows me and since you don't you obviously are behind the times :)
- Kevin Kuphal
Nathan: I "AND" the list, and followed.
- Larry
Getting that starting mass is an absolute nightmare. I think i hace about 9 followers and all but 4 of those are spammers. I haven't been that prolific so far but i'm trying and will hopefully trigger some interesting thoughts in your head
- Jamie Vidamour
Rather than begging for followers, I'd like to tell you all how I've learned to use Twitter to engage like minded aviation related folks in a time when my industry (business aviation) is under fire from all sides. Twitter has allowed me to build meaningful relationships with those that write about and/or care about the future of our industry. Follow @BizAv if you're interested in joining the conversation or check out http://tinyurl.com/GJetTwitter for other business aviation related Twitters.
- Mike Mikolay
I've actually noticed I've had a few more followers lately than I've had before. Hopefully they're getting some interesting tidbits from me.
- Paul Wade
@Chris - right, it was a little tounge-in-cheek, but that's the majority of subject matter you'll see crawl across my feed
- Nathan Chase
audrey, i personally believe in quality over quantity. one needs numbers of course to get the message out (when you aren't giving of course. i.e., signal to noise) but I find no benefit in having 5000 followers if 4000 of them have nothing in common with me/my business/my interests etc.
- Ted Bradford II
I don't beg for followers. If you want to follow there is a 98% chance I will follow back. I like to think I bring interesting news to the table.
- John Flynn
The whole idea of "followers" plays to our inherent need of not being alone or feeling important. Gaining followers is like gaining money. You find the excitement of gaining followers and once you are loaded with "followers" so what? It doesn't make you happier, doesn't make you more successful. What's 25 thousand followers if your conversation on twitter is about how many beers you are drinking on happy hour? I find that people who are very zealous about gaining followers have EMPTY conversations.
- Bo Lora
You should follow @jeremybogdan for thoughts on the latest gaming and tech/social media news, in addition to updates on the gaming podcast I run and daily observations. I think that wraps things up in a nice package, but honestly, I enjoy the conversations most. Really more "followers" would just make it possible to carry on conversation and meet people I might have never been able to talk to/meet otherwise.
- Jack Bogdan
Beg for followers, Robert? :(
- Mona Nomura
Every so often, the world changes, sometimes quickly,sometimes very slowly but sometimes unnoticeably fast. Change is constant and constantly changing. There is no timetable and you cannot predict or trend the unknown but you can change with it as quickly as it evolves. That's what my blog is about..its located at http://newnewstory.blogspot.com
- Iggy Kin
Ok...so I'm here and I absolutely want people to follow me, but why should I have to beg to be followed? I'm doing great work, just like the interview I did with you Robert, and have other cool guests slated to join me. Begging makes me feel dirty somehow. I'd rather have followers slowly work their way into my life than to have them show up en masse one day simply because I begged here. I'm with my pard. Ken. Begging? DO NOT LIKE.
- Sheryl
Mona: I'm looking for new people to follow and there's a lot of newbies here, so figured I'd help.
- Robert Scoble
I'll do it! I provide a weekly podcast for IT pros which provides interviews, views, and tech tips. You can listen to it here even. I also post self amusing thoughts and comments that are only funny and witty to me. Follow me and have a richer life :) If you are interesting I'll find you here too.
- Eric - 100% Choice Cuts
After helping @scobleizer find a bike, Google thinks I pose "a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers": http://bit.ly/177PTK #TrueStory
- JR
I'm John Wright and I'm building web applications under the name Wright Labs (@wrightlabs). You should follow me if you want to be the first to know about new apps I've built or updates to existing ones.
- John Wright
Read 'Beg for followers' as 'Market yourself'.
- Kiran Patchigolla
Sheryl: sometimes you have to promote yourself. I used the word "beg" to get a conversation going.
- Robert Scoble
Kiran: right.
- Robert Scoble
If I'm followed by those who follow in huge numbers(e.g. @scobleizer), I'd like to be included in one of their "special" friend list or filter. It sucks to have your voice drowned out by the masses. I guess there's always DM. But that works only if the recipient is following you. OK, just follow me already :)
- Edmund Tay
I've already tried to get my current high profile followers engaged in a conversation here: http://friendfeed.com/shaynor... with my GAME which was actually going to provide a fun way for me to gather some usage data to elaborate on a point for further discussion here.....NO COMMENTS from my FF peeps!!!!!
- shayne catrett
also this can relate to the fresh blood tech bloggers discussion a while back
- Kashif Khan
I am @harscoat and this is a test ;) on the Scoble power!! - I am on friendfeed thanks to him to be honest and thanks to friendfeed & Brett Taylor feed I discovered SANTIGOLD (Lights Out in particular) and in the end this feed/twitter thing and collaboration led to value for my ears :) so this feed thing works for me
- Harscoat
Follow me because I'm just too awesome! :P But, in all seriousness if people think I'm interesting then they should follow me. I'm not going to beg for followers. They have to decide on their own if they want to follow me or not.
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
I get followers when they see me post on topics they search for; I get the most interaction that way too. So maybe if one wants more followers, one should talk about stuff people care about :-) Other than that sometimes folks I actually know comment on my tweets.
- Emil Sit
Robert - promoting and begging strike me differently. VERY differently. Promoting myself is easy. I think I'm a fabulous podcaster, fabulous interviewer. I Would LIKE to interview YOU again and want you to let me know when you have something really cool to talk to about, ie Building 43. That's self promotion. Are you buying it? :)
- Sheryl
PLEASE follow me. My mom is the only one commenting on my stuff and it's making me look like a dweeb.
- Christina Henderson
Sheryl: I was already following you! :-)
- Robert Scoble
@chrisquick LOL, that made me laugh.
- Paul Wade
lol Christina. On another note, do not follow me, I cannot handle the responsibility.
- Christian Collins
Wow this feed has just started and already produced a wide variety of comments. Desperate for followers or power of FriendFeed ;-)
- Michiel Sikkes
Me @smohkim.. why? just to get a bit more than just regular tech news
- Sardar Mohkim Khan
I'm pretty new to FF, so I'm not sure my content is worth following. But I'm trying to learn socmedia while working on video game news at gamingangels.com. So, yeah. :)
- Elizabeth Parmeter
Yes Robert didn't mean beg literally, follow his example which is his first comment. He's really asking a for a concise answer to the question "Why should we follow you?"
- John Wright
I want people who are worth following back. I really could use some interesting thought provoking input.
- Mary Wehrle
Speaking of follower numbers, what's the minimum to shoot for before decent engagement can start to happen?
- Edmund Tay
Edmund: four.
- Robert Scoble
Robert you make me LAUGH! WTG! And to all my NEW followers, thanks :-)
- Sheryl
I follow back on Twitter @nencetti - to get followers I follow people and wait. (i guess that is sorta begging) to lose followers i tweet too much. I am starting to use FriendFeed, it grows on you, like a fungus...
- Mike Nencetti
Ha, funny Christina! I just jumped into the follow-a-thon here. I want everyone here to follow me because I want to learn from you and hope I share some knowledge to enlighten you some day :-)
- Jason Cronkhite
Robert: Is that based on the assumption that all 4 followers share a common interest in what you have to say or share?
- Edmund Tay
Edmund: yeah. But all you really need is one with other followers who also like what you have to say. The second I post a comment or "like" one of your items it gets shown to thousands of people.
- Robert Scoble
Please, please, please. Why? Because I'm begging.
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
I do hope we can get you along to a #tuttle the next time your in London. In the mean time feel free to follow me @robocallaghan
- Robert O'Callaghan
Robert: I'll be in London in early July!
- Robert Scoble
Willem: you link to cool applications. You should have both begged and explained that.
- Robert Scoble
Wow, that is fast!
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Take a look at my current FF homepage and if any of the entries engage you on an emotional or intellectual level, then follow!
- Sam Grover
i am begging for followers here for two reasons. 1) my money was wasted in trying to get 19,000 followers in five days and the free snuggie 2) If I get each of my followers to donate one dime to me, i can easily afford the big green hands like scoble has, then EVERYONE would follow me.
- Ted Bradford II
You're already following me Robert - please, only follow me if you want good content. That's the secret to gaining quality followers. I do like to follow others with good content though.
- Jesse Stay
I started with this social networking thing because I miss discussions with fellow scientist when I was one. Not all conversations here are so "eggheaded" but engaging. With more followers I could start more conversations.
- Robert Hafer
samgrover anyone who puts Upcoming.org geeky events in here is good enough for me (like you do).
- Robert Scoble
I see this as a community service thread - no problemo rs :)
- mike "glemak" dunn
i lack focus. my links lack focus. i am the hybrid vigour in your friendlist.
- dromologue
No begging. Look at my feed and subscribe if you like it. It's a mixed bag of tech, marketing, politics, business, food and humor. http://beta.friendfeed.com/ajkohn
- AJ Kohn
Jesse: actually I've gotten quite a few good quality followers by doing crappy content. It's true. The stuff I think is good quality content often doesn't get people to follow, even the smart ones. Of course I learned that by using your tool! :-)
- Robert Scoble
dromologue: you linked to treehugger.com. You can't be half bad.
- Robert Scoble
i am in the same boat. I would love to have followers but i don't have time to focus in on one topic.
- Zach Scott
You should follow me because I enjoy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches http://preview.tinyurl.com/dxvejm
- Jon
Jon: my brother will probably enjoy talking to you then!
- Robert Scoble
I probably wont ever beat you or @techmeme. I'm a pretty nice guy though. Plus, I promise to only post a few pictures of cats a month- none of which with be tagged with Obama!
- metalerik
You SHOULDN'T follow me (@supermoose37) because I don't want you to. Anyone currently following me, should stop right now. Follow me, and you'll regret it.
- Marcus Beagley
I can't imagine being interesting enough to follow.
- Peter Kruit
metalerik: I liked the Google Mars images you had up.
- Robert Scoble
Ooos, I forgot to beg and give a reason why I'm begging. So here goes: Follow me because I try to post and share items that I think will be of interest to some if not all of my followers. That and I will also follow you back :)
- Edmund Tay
Probably shouldn't follow me ... [ http://bit.ly/a8eqT ]
- Craig Brownell
Peter: you are running the iPhone 3.0 beta. That makes you interesting, didn't you know?
- Robert Scoble
Usually I'll browse the other FF'ers shares and discussions to get a feel for that person's share/insights. I tend to follow people who have an equal number of interesting ORIGINAL items/posts rather than just retweets/reshares. I admit, I'm one of those people who doesn't get a lot of Likes *sad* or Comments
- Glenn Batuyong
PBJ is pretty compelling, and dromlogue's hybrid vigor comment cracked me up. This thread is making me laugh, and keeping me busy!
- Kathy Fitch
I like pictures and stylish things and these you will find in my feed. I usually follow back and I comment too (I know!), especially if I don't have to be serious about it.
- Mark H
Follow @frodeste for tweets on tech, crm, project management and life :)
- Frode Stenstrøm
FF and others have given me the opportunity to engage with people from all over the world from my quaint little town
- DJ Stevie Steve
Follow @keithbarrett - I've been in IT for 30 yrs and am just as excited by the possibilities today. I've been involved in all aspects of applying technology to business from software coding to infrastructure design/support. Past employers include DEC, IBM, Red Hat & Disney. Living though the computer->Internet->Social Media changes helps me see a bigger picture of how we got here & where we might go. Like @scobleizer I read TONs of news regularly and share the more interesting bits when he's late :)
- Keith Barrett
Robert: Ideally I like to do at least one of those a week :)
- Sam Grover
Steve: what little town? Update: looks like it's Billings Montana, right? Love that town!
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Good point.
- Peter Kruit
Lyons CO
- DJ Stevie Steve
And for those that don't get it - Robert is creating significant content about the people he is engaging. This makes you more than a number or a bio. I should have said follow me because I'm not an SEO or marketer :)
- Keith Barrett
Well, boo. Why isn't the pop out page working for me?
- Kathy Fitch
Ah, there it went. Better!
- Kathy Fitch
Kathy: friendfeed is behaving a little slowly for me right now. I think they might be pushing out new code.
- Robert Scoble
Must be it, Robert--I like the fast and furious view best!
- Kathy Fitch
great exercise bro! and illustrates why i am selective about who I follow and who is allowed to follow.
- Ted Bradford II
please follow me, please please please
- Adrian
Makes sense for me to comment here, so that I can get Robert's attention when I need it in future. Plus I follow him anyway.
- Ashish Rangole
Adrian: I'm already following you. :-)
- Robert Scoble
I'm @thepuck. You should follow me for a mix of tech news, stuff on coding, social media, and writing, plus whatever fun stuff catches my fancy. I sift through tons of content each day and share and publicize the best of it (IMHO). I also have lots of awesome friends who you can meet through me. Thanks for the opportunity, Robert!
- Neal "thePuck" Jansons
You should follow me if you want to live a truly boring life vicariously thru me. :D Serious;y, I am the worlds most boring tech enthusiast.
- Gunnybear ™
Robert: What are you favorite filters these days? :/
- Christian Collins
OK, on a more serious note, you should follow me (@supermoose37) if you are a fan of either "Transformers" OR "Doctor Who"
- Marcus Beagley
Christian: I have a filter that shows me all items with one like. That's my most used one.
- Robert Scoble
I won't beg for followers but if you are interested in social media, security technology, networking technology, politics, or economics I'm sure we would have alot to share together. I'm on twitter as @tsudo but prefer conversations on Friendfeed.
- Keith - @tsudo
Robert: Sounds like a fire hose!
- Christian Collins
Marcus--How about VR-5? Anyone remember that one?
- Kathy Fitch
Christian: it's not that bad, actually. I am building more and more filters, though, on companies in tech industry and terms I see get popular here.
- Robert Scoble
You should follow me because I know where the main cable is for the whole internet and have a saw. I also adore tech, don't own an iphone but would like a Segway. Hopefully enough said :)
- tech pops
If you don't follow me, how else are you going to know which Air Force 1's I like the best? This knowledge could come in handy in the future, you never know.
- Richard Lawler
"I also have lots of awesome friends who you can meet through me." - Gee I'd like to be able to say that someday! Can I meet some? :-)
- Keith Barrett
Kathy: Sorry, the only thing I watched with VR in the title was "VR Troopers"
- Marcus Beagley
Okey doke--now following tech pops, strictly for self-preservation, dontcha know.
- Kathy Fitch
I'm kuckoo for Co-co Puffs and have a few screws loose, so sort of like that box of chocolates: you just never know what you're gonna get tweet-wise (@tweric) or ff-wise. But, man, do I spell good.
- Eric Matas
Sigh, it's hell being old. I also loved that short-lived horror dealie, "The Others" I have a tendency only to watch tv that all others apparently (and oh so wrongly) hate.
- Kathy Fitch
DeAnne: I'm following, though for the #nptech, alas not for the scifi!
- Eric Johnson
Follow me because I just came back to FF from a social media vacation, and I have just had time to read some really good (dead wood) media I want to put to good use in future comments and posts:)
- ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ
Robert, point well taken - I guess I'm still trying to figure out why I have gotten the followers I have then. I don't think I've ever begged for followers. Maybe my content is crappy? ;-) I guess most of my audience is probably SocialToo users, which may have something to do with it.
- Jesse Stay
Now I'm wishing it wouldn't default to top of page after every follow. How spoiled am I?
- Kathy Fitch
Follow me for tech info related to graphics, web programming, browsers, iPhones, and natural language processing. And, maybe I'll fill you in on my next big project :-)
- Charles Ying
Charles: your page is the most interesting I've seen yet (to me).
- Robert Scoble
Follow me for site feedback ideas (and thoughts about UI in general), programing advice (to come), an introduction to the game of Go (to come, in a separate feed), (re)shares of interesting and/or depressing political blog articles (note: I brand myself "moderate socialist" policitally, though I'm assuredly not opposed to meritocracy), and random philosophical musings.
- Karl Knechtel
Well, my knee-jerk reaction to "beg" lingo notwithstanding (you'd think my knee would learn to behave after all this time), this is a fun follow party. I'll be back later to see who I missed. (Because, here, you *can* come back later, which is awfully nice.)
- Kathy Fitch
Oh yeah also, you should follow me because I'm an application developer and ultimately I want to build what YOU want and what YOU will use. (and I need your feedback to do that :) )
- John Wright
Robert: thanks!
- Charles Ying
I'm IT hitman working in The Bahamas. I tend to follow Foreign Policy/Defense Blogs and dabble in political satire.
- Arawak
Frank: What areas of Tech do you tend to talk about most? Do you photograph Architecture too? You need some feeds into your FF my friend.
- Paul Wade
Though I don't post a lot of native FF entries, I like likes and comments as a way of filtering stuff. I'll share with you; you share with me. And I love FF's real time features, particularly when combined with live video.
- Tom Landini
I have a hard time begging for anything :-)
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
weedmonk: Wait, you're a hitman?
- Paul Wade
Ah, I'm a mom, so I'm used to the wide-eyed beg. Dogs and kids--there's some real smarts there that we could all learn from. Besides, this whole thread made me laugh out loud right at my keyboard more than I have in a long while.
- Kathy Fitch
beg is an odd thing. Yes - I want followers - not for the sense of feeling oddly popular - but like @scobleizer I like being able to search through massive amounts of data that users create, and without followers, i'm limited.
- Courtney Engle
<--cracking up. This couldn't possibly have been a less subjugating experience for anyone. The "beg" term got hackles up, but also grabbed perfect gobs of attention, so there you go. It's a fun and funny thing, and my bberry, for one, is all abuzz about it! (Humming a Temptations tune and smiling, here.)
- Kathy Fitch
Wow, amazed at the semantics debate over "beg". Report just in... all net oriented sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek/parody must come with obligatory semi-colon parenthesis to indicate jest (even if to a minor degree). ;-) Would much appreciate the follow Robert, I always enjoy your posts. As a consultant I work on finding simple solutions to complex problems... my tweets are all over the place.
- SAM
Rutger: I find that the best quality you can get is to stick to under 200 people you're following. I do that with Friendfeed's lists.
- Robert Scoble
Back so soon :-) The London #tuttle is on a friday at the moment 10-12 at the ica in London.
- Robert O'Callaghan
Because I only joined Ff because of Scobelizer, therefore he should have to watch me flounder around trying to do something unique.
- Gregg Le Blanc
I talk about library stuff, volunteer and service stuff, social media stuff, and Drupal as a versatile platform. If you're interested in any of that, you'll be interested in me. I also like food and kids.
- Laura Norvig
I am sort of feeling like Oliver asking for more gruel, May I please have more followers sir, I promise if your not educated at least you will be entertained and amused.
- Kim Landwehr
Well, sure, but I'm thinking back to the days when the listserv was a main mode of discussion. The subscribers were a kind of built in audience that posters to the lists didn't really have to fight for (though list founders had some work to do)--the challenge (and the fun) was in engaging people *despite* not having a handpicked audience. Some self-selection because of list themes, of course, but the audience was there, and anyone could join. Some of the best discussions actually flowed from difference.
- Kathy Fitch
Because I want to become more involved and participate as a connector.
- Trish Ridgway
just need followers
- Bill Majkowski
Bill: followers are overrated. But I'm following you now.
- Robert Scoble
Are you testing whether there's a limit to the number of comments in FF? ;)
- Janek Mann
I'm trying to straddle journalism, tech and sports all at once (can you straddle three things, by the way?). Looking for ideas and feedback ... @jondenunzio
- Jon DeNunzio
I have nothing for you to read of any importance just random thoughts.LOl just wanted to throw my two cents in for what it is worth.
- stan fogo
Follow me if you like games and insights about game studies. I'm a game designer studying how to use game design to improve the experience of web applications. @kurai
- Federico [Kurai]
Not sure there are any limits on number of comments in a thread. Ffundercats used Friendfeed as live chat while recording an episode and got over 1500 http://beta.friendfeed.com/ffunder...
- Tom Landini
I drink http://friendfeed.com/public for dinner.
- Steve and 3 other people
Best advice to those perusing this thread who are new to FriendFeed? Follow these folks: http://ffholic.com/Users...
- Nathan Chase
Oh, and today's my birthday, so follow me!
- Steve and 3 other people
Someone should follow because of an affinity for either the subject matter, interests, or attitude someone else shows in other comments. I don't see it as a need, so much as a desire for company, interested in similar pursuits but different viewpoints and perspectives to contribute. I have been in tech for 30 plus years, yet have published my poems & fiction for just as long. I always have an articulate opinion and love to chat. I don't have as much time as I'd like 2 come to FF to engage with others.
- Phil Boiarski
My views are different than everyone else’s, that is the only good reason to follow anyone at all.
- John D Reasor
Another good reason to follow me: I don't use Facebook. How 'bout that?
- Steve and 3 other people
Hi, i'm a french student in management. I'm mostly interested in IT, media, newspaper crisis and other stuffs (sometimes in french :s). I intend to be more and more active on FF in the future, so one day to another, you might have to follow me. Why wait ? :P
- stanjourdan
Interesting. I'm not sure that I'm a high contributor. I follow to feed on information. In doing so, I find people to engage.
- Valley
OK, I'm throwing my hat in. I've started contributing by linking all my accounts, and finally having a reason to use the share feature of Google Reader. It's awesome to add my voice to the conversation. But after a while, when none of my posts get any likes or comments, it can feel like you have to be super popular to get in on this. I'm a relatively new user, but it would be nice to have a few more followers at least.
- Matthew
beg? seriously? I'd rather not engage people If it requires begging. Well I see you used "beg" to spur engagement.. But I still don't like the word even if it resulted in the desired effect. I guess I'm just not that desirous of conversation simply for the sake of it but rather to expand my thought processes and to alleviate my biases
- Bill Rawlinson
Cuz I'm the last and newest person to post a comment here. Bananers.
- Harry Wolff
I tell it as it is. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This reminds me of back when torrents first came out and I'd post stuff to see if anyone would download it. We're throwing stuff at the wall and seeing if any sticks. Friendfeed is a useful addiction.
- Matthew
LOL! Amazing how many people take offense to the words "beg" and "need" -I "need" more people to engage my thoughts. (What a great way of putting that) It would be nice if more people would see the things I post and comment on so that I would get out more from this little (but expanding) corner of FriendFeed. I have plenty to say, but only a handful of active people to critique it. Tech, SM, Dogs, humor. #funhashtags. Please help Robert, Louis and Jesse take a break from me ;) Introduce me to your friends!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I don't want more followers, I want more engagement from existing followers. More subscribers is great and all - but if they're not going to engage, it doesn't excite me at all.
- Anthony Citrano
Nice idea! I'm not one to beg, but seeing as I could do with some more engaging followers, this is a bit of an experiment. Follow @daveinthecloud for predominantly tech, Apple and science-based updates.
- Dave
I use FriendFeed more to read interesting things I wouldn't normally see. I'm not always around and I don't always participate. Does that make me a bad person? (@elroy)
- nsnadell
Fun post! Lots of cool people to follow. Marketing and tech geek who happens to make wine in her basement. @bsmntbootlegger
- Karrie Sullivan
An impressive list of comments already. And I have found a few interesting people to follow here already. I guess it is all about "give and take".
- Mike Hellers
lol! I was making wine in my backpack on my bike trip this summer :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Follow me. Help make media history by reaching the first 10 million follows. ... Well I guess that won't work anymore.
- Keith Barrett
There is a lot of talk in the comments about "audience", "SEO" & the "need" for followers, this all appears very $ orientated to me, maybe someone "influential" should start a conversation along the lines of "how can I make you happy on friendfeed"?
- William
if you are a geek into getting stories related to social media, geeky stories, pics, videos, tech related stuff, like bacon or lego or star wars. you will probably like my stuff. check it out....and hope to see you soon!
- (jeff)isageek
Unless you like NSFW stuff and LOLCats stuff, really nothing to see with following me. :P
- Christian (Simply X)
Praise @Scoble for once again "starting" a conversation
- William
For me, the whole tech deal has always been a love of the game issue. It's like writing, that way, and teaching, too. Interesting how perspectives differ. I just thought of this as fun, and as an opportunity to learn and connect. Also, my inner English prof always thinks of "audience" as a matter of rhetoric first. A thing like this, for instance http://tinyurl.com/cxkzpo is its own reward: great chance to meet people, and it made me *really* hungry.
- Kathy Fitch
Lindsey - surely meeting more serial killers is not the answer. ;-)
- Brian Sullivan
See, there? Lindsey not only spells her name correctly, but also likes horror! Lindsey, I spent quite a few years teaching horror film! (The *best* students in those classes, oh my gosh--such an interesting mix.)
- Kathy Fitch
Dying (editorial aside: ah, that's strictly metaphorical) laughing, here.
- Kathy Fitch
I just subscribed to everyone in this thread that I wasn't already subscribed to. Why? I love participation. People commenting here participate.
- Thomas Hawk
Good plan Thomas I think I will do the same.
- Brian Sullivan
Hi. I'm Simon, i post a mashup of stuff from all sorts or genres. Photo's, art, tech, videos, games. I'm a bit of a 'i like everything' kind of guy. I try to get in on lots on convo's, and i never really leave FF, sometimes i just sit here idle and watch the world pass me by :)
- Simon Wicks
"That's an example of what I'd like you to do. I will follow anyone who answers on this thread" is that a promise robert ? :)
- goutham
that are some interesting question to address here...will people be more likely to get into friendfeed if more people follow them? or are people more keen on just sharing their thoughts and feelings with a select few? should there be a way to algorithmically increase the visibility of a post ? is that "fair" ?
- goutham
You should follow Pax Stereo Tv (www.paxstereo.tv) because we represent something NEW and DIFFERENT! While we lack the full sophistication of a traditional network, our "NeoUrban Internet Television" network is at least original and edgy, and we are streaming live Monday through Thursday every week! All this with only 3 full time staff! We represent YOU, the new breed! We are not perfect, but we keep it coming, and we are getting better. Peace. - Mario Hemsley CEO
- Pax Stereo Tv
Initiatives to free the world economy in ways that benefit the poor @openworld
- Mark Frazier
Scott: I had to add each one of my 14,377 subscriptions by hand, so so do you. Sorry, there isn't a way to "follow all" here. Which is a good thing, in my view.
- Robert Scoble
goutham: I am following everyone who has participated with a comment in this thread. Scott: you can see if you are following someone already by looking at the little icon to the left of their comment. If you are already following them, it'll be bluish. If you aren't, it'll be white.
- Robert Scoble
always be closing mario ;)
- mike "glemak" dunn
Scott: I have this thread running in a popup Window. Here's how to do that. First, open this item up into its own Window by clicking here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... Then click the time stamp (it says "5 hours ago" right now) and then it'll open up its own little Window. That makes it "live" and like a chat room. Scroll to the bottom and watch new items pop in.
- Robert Scoble
I follow smart, funny people, and I post/pass along all kinds of stuff. I never know what I'll come across next, anything from the effects of cancer treatment on IQ scores, to vintage cocktails, to news on weird fiction writers, to updates on the latest and greatest zombie games, to random questions and ideas that occur to me in the wee hours. I'm always looking for posts that have me saying, "Hmmmm, that's interesting...and here's why..."
- Heather
I'm not sure begging for followers is in our self interest, Robert. I find that the people who hawk themselves loudest aren't the people I make the best connection with. And it's that connection that matters whether it's a personal or professional.
- Susan Reynolds
Not sure if I need any followers, but I think people follow me because I'm so freakin awesome. Oh, you haven't heard of me? Find me on The Google. :)
- Rahsheen the Dream
Oooooo.. Choose me. Choose me. Choose me. Oh wait. You already follow me. But anyone else is welcome to read my nonsense about whatever is on my mind. Lately - dissertation, teaching chemistry, thinking about some technology, and just fun family items (mainly my dog)
- LPH™ and his dog P™
i vote for LPH!
- michael sean wright
Susan: that's fair. But in friendfeed you can put people into lists. So you can subscribe to all the "beggers" and put them into "begged for follow" list. That way it won't mess up your other followers.
- Robert Scoble
LOL nicefishfilms ..
- LPH™ and his dog P™
nicefishfilms: I'm already following LPH. Weird, I've met both him and you in real life, too!
- Robert Scoble
I'd rather people follow me because I said something or posted something interesting.
- caj
Rahsheen: if you are on "the Google" then you MUST be awesome! I'm on "the Google" too. Search for "Robert." :-)
- Robert Scoble
Yep - I'm being followed - (looking behind me) - wait - why are you always in front of me then Robert?
- LPH™ and his dog P™
Alan: you must have posted something interesting, because I'm following you. Either that or I thought you were that country singer! :-)
- Robert Scoble
LPH: you actually passed chemistry on the first try. I did not. ;-)
- Robert Scoble
Any interest in visiting Alaska? Find out why you should plan a trip to Fairbanks @insidealaska
- Inside Alaska
Robert: You're the first to mention it, actually. I wondered if the same thing was happening on Twitter. ;)
- caj
Inside Alaska: that's always been one of my life-long dreams. Interesting, I'm noticing more marketers setting up shop in friendfeed. Next come the celebrities! Alan: heh, probably!
- Robert Scoble
this thread is officially to long to follow on an iphone
- mike "glemak" dunn
mike: it's too long to follow on a 24-inch Apple display, too! :-)
- Robert Scoble
We are always striving to be the best. @abounding
- Abounding Media
Follow me for posts about social media, the publishing industry, online communities, funny pictures, and my coffee addiction. Oh, and babies. I run a baby site and have a baby so...expect some babies. I also enjoy swearing so there may be some of that.
- Kate
Follow me (@abbashaiderali) if you like a mix of tech, finance, cars, random, and personal content. Variety keeps me interested & you're cut from the same cloth, we'll get along just fine :)
- Abbas Haider Ali
I promote the issues that are important to those I follow. But follow me because I took the time to read through ALL of these responses... :) @rbucich
- Rick Bucich
I dunno about begging but new followers are always nice
- Angela P.
I will have to say, I found several new people this way, so thanks Robert. I know I need to get better at finding more people myself, a la the FFundercats podcast Louis Gray discussion.
- Eric - 100% Choice Cuts
I don't want 'followers' - vanity is my least favourite sin. I want stimulating conversations & interesting stuff to read/watch/etc.
- Ahsan Ali
I'm @ryandadey and I love the internet and would like to be more engaged with people who feel the same. I like to share through FriendFeed and Twitter interesting tech, science and environment articles from Google Reader, as well some of my own thoughts. It would be more fun if I knew people were seeing my stream!
- Ryan Dadey
I'm just this guy whose life has been revolutionized by the social web. I'm no "guru" or "expert," but because I live here so much, many people and even companies and organizations have asked me to guide them into this landscape, a responsibility that both scares and energizes me. Because of that, I seek to share, give, and help anywhere possible. Trying to make tons of connections; if you want to be one, thanks!
- Mark Traphagen
You should follow me so you can point out where I could use some help on things, because I'm an interesting person, and because you like a bit of the crazy in the folks you follow. I'm Chris Charabaruk and I approve this beg for readers. http://beta.friendfeed.com/coldaci... http://coldacid.net http://twitter.com/coldacid
- Chris Charabaruk
Beg, droool, beg :)
- Susan Beebe
Martin Bryant is right - now that the US is asleep, this thread has died down. Onward Europe, Middle-east, Asia ! :)
- Ahsan Ali
Thanks for the offer to follow us commenters Robert. I subscribe to all friendfeeders who leave comments as well. It's a great way to get to the heart of who's really participating in the trenches here on FF. BTW about me.. I started writing and acting when I was seven. I'm a musician/singer/songwriter and freelance writer/journo. I help others use the web to build an audience for their passion.
- Jesse Newhart
hmm, so it is quiet when the US are offline! Too bad, I'd love some more people to follow, be followed and have conversations with from the rest of the sphere. Widen the horizon.
- Iphigenie
nice idea - unfortunately friendfeed gets unreadable with so much comments. btw: i'm friendfeeding mainly about technology, consulting, personal productivity, gtd...
- Alexander Benker
You should follow me because I tend to find interesting programming articles on the topics of: Django, Python, key-value stores, and more.
- Eric Florenzano
I don't care if people follow me or not. I've been writing online (Usenet) since 1989, before the web, but Google's index only seems to go back to 1992. Most of my stuff isn't even on my blog, it's in email lists and discussion threads such as http://tinyurl.com/df5kc2 and http://tinyurl.com/3gfqzj (better than anything I've written here). A sample will give you some idea: "By what...
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- Victor Panlilio
I like talking to people and having conversations. It's no fun being on the social web if I'm not engaging anybody, and I need followers and people to follow to do that.
- Jonathan Hardesty
I tend to follow the people that interact with me on my imported items, if I am not already following you I apologies. Just drop me a DM and I will happily subscribe to your feed :)
- Joe Dawson
That's a tough one, Joe -- you can only DM folks who have subscribed to you...
- Eric Johnson
I don't give a crap about the other comments here - I need to make sure I have the Scobles following me. I mean, I think they are already. But still. Gotta cover my bases. As to WHY anyone should follow me: I like to think I take a humorous outlook on things, and can make you giggle at least once per day. Snark is my tool. Also, I'm earnest and naive, and I'll treat you with the respect you expect and deserve from the Internet. Also, cats flushing toilets: http://bit.ly/2Lx2w
- Mike Nayyar
A retail designer by day (mainly customer experiences for consumer electronics shoppers) and a geek by night. If you want to brainstorm about how you'd like to shop and find cool new products, I'd love to hear from you.
- Jason Goldberg
Hi, @cantor there, i'm an It Systems Specialist and a student (Computer Engineering in Pisa). I think you can follow me because i have ideas and opinions and i want to express them, i like to find & share and I'll do the best in "extreme multitasking mode" :P.
- CantorJF
follow me because scoble told me to beg =P
- Zafarali
@robbell You should follow me because you lack the motivation to follow more inspiring individuals :)
- Rob Bell
Over 280 comments. Advantage of FriendFeed. Nice. Follow me for some interesting stuff online and offline. Geeky and non-geeky
- Kannan
I am @alexisbellido and you should follow me to find more about teleworking, the Web and online businesses. I recently started using social media to support good causes and make your opinion matter. Currently supporting fight against hemophilia
- Alexis Bellido
@Vincent: Well said. Truth is like gravity: you can pretend it doesn't exist, but you can't ultimately escape from it.
- Victor Panlilio
cool self help group here! social media anonymous! :D
- Dieter Schwarz
Great idea Robert :)
- Zee.
Nearing 300 comments, the Scoble Effect indeed. Is that FF comment raffle over by the way?
- Arawak
For me at least, it's not as important that you follow me as it is that I follow you. You are very likely not to be interested in the stuff in my feed (and that's ok with me, please don't follow me unless you really find my crap, interesting), but you might like me commenting in your threads, which is where I get the most enjoyment from friendfeed..in the conversations on other people's posts. I am not that good of a conversation starter, but I am very good at jumping in when someone else does the starting.
- April
Follow me because I find unique interesting content before most people, I read allot and am subscribed to allot of popular and interesting feeds not many people know about!
- Kyle Weller
Most of my feed activity revolves around various creative, social, and mobile technologies. Usually my own ideas and experiences with my own projects, and not so much link sharing. I like to think of myself as a quality over quantity kind of guy, so I won't overload your stream. I plan on hiking the Appalachian Trail next year and documenting it on the web as I go, so that should be interesting. I'm 5'9'' and I weigh... wait... what is this for again?
- Daniel Sims
I often hear I am hard to follow. Maybe it's the Dutch. Maybe my wandering spirit.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Ruud: That's why I don't twitter in Dutch. In fact we should just all talk English ;)
- Peter Kruit
Well I already follow the green guy (Scobelizer) on Twitter and FriendFeed and he follows me. But since I'm just an average guy, working in the Nonprofit field, I've found it a bit difficult to acquire followers on FriendFeed (not nearly as difficult on Twitter). So if anyone is interested in following someone who shares an eclectic mix of thoughts and interests, please feel free.
- John A. Taylor
It does feel good to have activity on your feed. Makes me feel like someone is listening to me.
- Christian Burns
I'm just getting started with friendfeed and already find the discussions great. I'm looking forward to being able to contribute some of my own thoughts to the conversations. After all, there are a lot of great things happening based off the idea of a person and the energy of a group.
- John Spyers
I'd love to connect with more marketers here on FriendFeed - not just social media types, but business and marketing strategy peoples... Small business owners would be great, too.
- Dennis O'Neil
I like art, music, 3D, electric guitar, analgog synths, puppets, making stuff, my family, metaplace. I blog about artsy process and put up sweet flickr images.
- sergiooo
I have 9 followers, one is Robert, but virtually no discussion. I'm one of the few people on FF that works with the government, works in a non-IT startup, and will recommend great economics and sustainability items.
- Chris Stevenson
I just don't buy it yet. There is still way too much noise, and I'm not one of those guys with the time to go through posts with 300 (mostly uninteresting) comments. I have to filter extensively to get just a simdgeon of the interesting articles I pull off of GReader with Feedly and comments from the blogs themselves. Friendfeed would be great with Real Life connections, but they are all on Facebook. Friendfeed has a major uphill battle ahead of them, despite their superior interface and technology.
- Phil Ashman
FF is a good twitter client though..;)...
- Phil Ashman
Great thread! Found some goodies in here (and some crazies)
- Daniel Morgan
Hey, I'm in. You go, Robert!
- John Gerstner
Because no matter who you are, it takes followers to get followers. You have to start somewhere...
- GeekDads.TV
You hungry?
- Myrna
What's your tipping criteria? Do you always tip 15%? http://beta.friendfeed.com/monasfe...
Michael McKean, Mike Reynolds, Live4Emma (L4S) and 3 other people liked this
usually 10...it's 15% in the US huh?
- Zee.
Always 20%+ unless really bad service.
- David Z
20% minimum.
- Kevin Gamble
Always 20% unless really bad service. I vote with my feet not my tips. Voting with tips is very poor form (same as stealing) in the US.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
10% in the UK. I did it on 10% in NYC when i was there too, was i wrong?!
- Simon Wicks
20%
- Kevin Bondelli
Yes, Simon...10% in NYC would be considered a slap in the face. :)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
15-100% depending on a variety of factors, but usually over 20%.
- Michael McKean
20% or better because I used to be in the biz...
- Charles Alden
Usually 20%. My rule of thumb is getting the total bill to end in .00, so it's not an even amount.
- Louis Gray
I'm 20%-ish unless service is horrible. You have to EARN MY LOVE.
- Derrick
20-30% normally. Whatever I feel is right on great occassions.
- The Amber
usually 20-ish%
- holly #ravingfangirl
I always tip at least 15%, usually more like 20%. Whatever comes out even in the near-20% range.
- Jandy
10%, in the UK. As a student, if I had a problem with the service I don't feel bad making it less. Most waiters/waitresses act surprised that I tip at all (presumably because I look like a student).
- Jalada
almost always 20% or more, I really like not having to wash (i.e. throw away) my own dishes
- Richard Lawler
20% sometimes more if the service warrants it
- Jeffrey Marsh
Alex, Oh dear, just means i have to go back some time i tip more at the same places. I can do that, i need a holiday.
- Simon Wicks
15%-20% is my base...you can go up or down from there....
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Tipping's virtually unknown 'round here - unless service is bloody exceptional. Of course, hospitality staff are earning WAY more than 5 bucks an hour...
- Rob Kramer
am i the only one tipping 10-15%? i also ensure amount is rounded to .00
- kartik vaithyanathan
14.5% to 30%
- Mike Reynolds
I'm normally in the 20% ballpark, have tipped up to 200% and even down to 0% once, but that's a long story
- Abbas Haider Ali
18% if service is good.
- scherbi: bottom dweller
Usually a little more than 20%. I've only deviated 3 times: Once when cursed at (10%), once had my food taken away and never brought back, but still got charged (0%), and once when they added 18% on to the bill and did not give a space to add more. Sometimes I do more like 30% for breakfast stuff because the cost is so low for the food, yet the server is working as hard as if I went for lunch or dinner.
- Gypsy
look at the tax amount and double that. the tax rate here is 8.25%
- MicahBear78
When I do go out by myself and the service is great, I tip what I'm able to. $2-6 bucks and then change from bill when paid in cash #$
- rob friedman
I usually tip 15% for lunch and 20 for dinner. And like Louis Gray I always try to round up the total to the nearest .00.
- ronin
20% always, great grandfather owned a food business and my mother always talked about cheap tippers.
- Janet
Gratuity at .15 automatically added here in The Bahamas. I leave cash tips nonetheless.
- Arawak
What is on your CTRL+V?
Iván Abrego, Dani Martínez, John E. Bredehoft and 22 other people liked this
chmod 400 file - Read by owner chmod 040 file - Read by group chmod 004 file - Read by world chmod 200 file - Write by owner chmod 020 file - Write by group chmod 002 file - Write by world chmod 100 file - execute by owner chmod 010 file - execute by group chmod 001 file - execute by world
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
Nothing, unusually.
- David Young
nothing at the moment...
- Justin Korn
Neva gonna get it (looking up En Vogue song ;) to listen to it )
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
A woman opening her mouth wide open and the caption says... "Invisible President"
- vijay
Desktop A has XP & Win7 --> Surprised because I thought I pressed Ctrl-X
- Anika
Empty.
- Numan Çebi
46187
- Micah
nothing
- chaz2b
(B153*C153*C198)
- nsnadell
Congratulations. Your photo has been saved by the deleteme uncensored group. Feel free to join <a href="http://flickr.com/groups...">the Lightbox</a> and submit your photo there. You may also join <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups...">dmu gallery.</a>, but read the rules before posting there.
- Thomas Hawk
<OptionsView ShowFilterHeaders="False" />
- ronin
Billy Bob is absolutely positively in the right here! He IS NOT an actor!!!! He's probably not a musician either but I haven't bothered to listen.
- ChiliMac
You mean cmd-v? ;)
- Peter Kruit
nodeMap, termMap
- Jayesh
Twitterer
- vimoh
Canton AS 25 SC
- Marco Willemse
Charlene thinks that enterprise Twitter-like tools will displace a lot of email. “It supplements the natural communication already going on, like IM, which many enterprises have already adopted.”
- Daniel J. Pritchett
208.67.220.220 ...that's what was in my clipboard. It's the second IP for OpenDNS
- Glenn Batuyong
code that was entirely too long to post here. from the friendfeed service icons script.
- chrisofspades
A cool link I just found on FriendFeed that I wanted to share with a co-worker. http://arstechnica.com/gaming...
- Mitch
Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you
- nouhad
FrienfFeed üzerinden takip ettiğim Numan Arda Çebi geçenlerde ye
- Barış ALTUN
СПСР
- Victory through semantics
Napoleonsbaan Noord 4
- Jorg Jansen
"This is just between you and me, but isn't FriendFeed's AJ Batac the coolest guy ever??"
- Jemm
Jemm, YES.
- Rochelle
**BLUSH**
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
lblCount.Text = String.Format("{0} - {1} entries", cboType.SelectedItem.Text, dt.Rows.Count);
- andy brudtkuhl
*caught me* http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Josh Haley
WTS Ded Mini Gwen 35k
- Sarah Peterman
The Conficker worm has begun to update the machines it has infected with a new set of instructions to spread to other machines, security experts say.
- Hiding in Two Corners
shanselmanFYI #aspnetmvc We're getting a LOT of nice tutorials up http://www.asp.net/mvc/
- Paul Whitaker
Something illegal.
- Rochelle
The Conficker worm is finally doing something--updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday.
- Shey
annoying facebook flair
- Eric - 100% Choice Cuts
git://github.com/rails/acts_as_list.git
- Bryce Roney
Mogulus
- Brad Butner
from twhirl
Bridges of Madison County
- Morton Fox
Quick 5 2009 (It's the name of a bike I am interested in purchasing).
- Michael Forian
I'm on my iPhone, you insensitive clod!
- Brome
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, and just for that one moment I could be you... You'd know what a drag it is to see you.
- Parth Awasthi
import jsonpickle
- Yuvi
Nothing. As of now!!
- Praveen Vasudev
But it was just John Lennon.
- edythe
@oneplustwo
- Nick in Manila
What you wanted to use it for? -- honest answer
- abhishek manocha
http://cli.gs/SnDYEU (Link to discussion of the new Diggbar that I posted here)
- Mark Traphagen
iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu iouiouoiu
- Alp
empty :(
- atanas
A password!
- Jérôme
Поэзия и проза Древнего Востока — literally, «Poetry & prose of the Ancient East»
- эш
Meryle Streep
- Jamie
Hadag Nahash
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
dark GTK theme
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/service..." bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=18328570001&playerId=271557392&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/service...&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj"...
more...
- Jon Price
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
- Mike Nayyar
No copy paste on my iPhone. Yet :)
- Roberto Bonini
<h3>What happened to the design?</h3> <p>To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the <a href="http://naked.dustindiaz.com" title="Web Standards Naked Day Host Website"> Annual CSS Naked Day</a> website for more information.</p>
- Zu from AOD
hehehe, it was that code taken from AJ's link from yesterday, that was the last thing in my Clipboard, else it's my clients phone and account numbers.
- Zu from AOD
SQL_MODE="NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
- Efe
Thirty-two hours: that's how many hours are missing from my paycheck.
- tehKenny
http://www.robertchu.eyemd.org/ - URL for my ophthalmologist who I had to see today because of a sleeping-with-contacts-on-flight debacle.
- Abbas Haider Ali
جريان چيه پيكولو
- Moghamer
چه جالب!!!! ما هم راه بندازيم
- Moghamer
A Monkey's good memory and his ability to adapt are two of his most prized possessions. He is intelligent and stoic, able to pick new trades up quickly and easily. Monkeys are also able to do all the work in half the time it takes someone else, but will charge you double what someone else would charge. As such, Monkeys generally take occupations in the world of finance, such as banking, stock exchange or accounting.
- AmiN007110®©
Nothing
- Iván Abrego
As of today, my CTRL+ALT+V has an array of buffers. Yankee Clipper ftw! Thank you weloveapp room, er, feed http://beta.friendfeed.com/welovea... #windows #clipboard
- Micah
1881 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139
- caj
According to the declassified memos, waterboarding was used on alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Muhammed 183 times in March 2003. Suspected al-Qaida logistics chief Abu Zubaydah was subjected to the treatment 83 times in August 2002.
- Nicķ
Time has come to ditch my 140k miles 1998 Mercury Tracer. Think I can get crowdsourcing to help my decision?
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Charlie Anzman, Bindu Reddy, Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™ and 42 other people liked this
As you likely saw, my 1998 Mercury Tracer, which I've had since 2000, is finally on its last legs. The transmission is toast, and would cost around $4k to replace. The car is maybe worth $1k. I bought it for less than $10k just out of college.
- Louis Gray
My wife has the family car for the twins (Toyota Rav-4). In theory, I just need a car for me, and most of what I do is commuting to work, errands, and occasionally driving to San Francisco and the East Bay.
- Louis Gray
Peer pressure (from work and the Valley itself) is to finally break out of the Ford/Mercury niche and move upscale to a BMW/Audi type of car... but we're not exactly flush with cash. My wife's not working, and while we have no debt, it's not like the stock market has been good.
- Louis Gray
you could get two of those tato nanos for the repair cost! http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investi...
- sean percival
I've been tempted to go the route of a used BMW, but they tend to run above $20k. There's a 2003 model with 70k miles for $16k at a nearby dealer, but that's a little old and a few too many miles. What should I do?
- Louis Gray
If I put my nose high enough in the air, I don't want to end up with a Camry/Prius type, or a basic Honda. They say to dress the way you should for the job you want not the one you have, and cars should be the same way. But I am not interested in anything over $25k...
- Louis Gray
bmw with 50K+ miles on it is probably asking for trouble. walk into the dealership, ask how much, tell them you'll pay $200 less per month. make them give you twice the value on the broken car if needed. we just did that, its a good time to haggle with these guys. :)
- sean percival
If I were you, I would probably check CarZen :) http://is.gd/prlx it's time to get something new, cheap and hip lol
- Ahmed
Nowadays, if it's a decent brand, 70k miles really isn't that much. How long do you intend to keep it?
- Jesse Stay
@Sean, I see your comment. Thanks. And @Jesse, I expect to run it into the ground, just like my current one. If I have it for 5 years, that'd be great.
- Louis Gray
Eric, what I really "prefer" is a BMW/Audi type, but being realistic, I might settle out of that. Your LinkedIn says you represent the big 3 automakers. How much access do you have outside of the USA dealerships?
- Louis Gray
It's a buyer's market.If you buy used, be patient. The perfect one will pop up. Look at a bunch of them & ask questions. By the time the right one presents itself, you'll know exactly what your looking for. I suggest buying used. Let someone else own the depreciation! If you don't rush into it too fast,you'll find one with low miles and at the right price.I'm on my 3rd one, and they're great cars.If you have money to throw away,buy a new one! I still wouldn't do it. It can go 300,000M if you take care of it
- Michael Fidler
On your third what, Michael?
- Louis Gray
My wife's 1992 Acura Integra with 123K miles is still going strong. Japanese baby!
- Hutch Carpenter
Hutch, I can in theory keep driving my car... but not for much longer. It's at 140k miles. American, baby!
- Louis Gray
Louis: we are selling our 2006 BMW 325i with 56,000 miles. Make me an offer. Well maintained and fun to drive.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, if I bought your car, people would start talking. :) (And how does the Bank of Scoble accept payments?)
- Louis Gray
That's a great offer from Robert and it's coming from your friend! I agree with Mark.
- Michael Fidler
Louis - from what I understand, Scoble's car comes with LCD's in the ceiling that show Friendfeed and Twitter in real-time
- Allen Stern
Allen, I heard that too. But I may have to change the license plate: "IMSCOBLE"
- Louis Gray
Louis, in case you're not familiar with it: http://autotrader.com
- John Craft
He wants something new shinny and cool. Don't torture him.
- Todd Hoff
I talked to Scoble. It's actually a real possibility. Blue Book on their car is in the right range. And Todd, it's not torture. The first car I ever bought was very cheap ($3k - all I had). The second I bought by dropping off the old car at a Ford dealer and saying I was leaving with something else. This would be the first time I could look around a bit, so I admit to being somewhat clueless.
- Louis Gray
buy japanese if u plan to run into the ground. as much as I like my german cars, they don't get the same lifeline as the japanese
- clarke thomas
I love my 09 Civic but if I were in the market right now for a new car I'd be getting the new Insight: http://automobiles.honda.com/insight...
- Benjamin Golub
I can't argue except having been an undergrad in LA in the early 90s everyone had to have a BMW so I had to resist the urge. When we lived in New England and the Mid West, my wife and I opted to go the Audi route due to the all wheel drive. We haven't been sorry although there's clearly less need now. I guess I'm partial to German, I've owned 4 pre-1969 VWs, a 70 BMW 2002, and 3 Audis. Sounds like the Scoble offer is a good one, but I'm clearly biased.
- Rick Bucich
Mazda RX 8 one of the more fun cars I have owned, if you want a sporty car that does not cost an arm and a leg, and performs as good as the BMW in handling (and racing not that I know this right?), might want to test drive one.
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
The "buy used" argument is generally a good one, but in today's economy isn't as good an idea as it used to be. The demand for used cars is actually up, while new cars pile up on the docks. You might actually get a better deal on a new car.
- DGentry
A friend of mine had been considering selling his 2006 E46 M3 with really low mileage. Under 20000 miles I believe. If you really want a fantastic covertible, it'd be hard to beat. I can ask him for $ if you'd like but I suspect it's going to be close to $30K if not a little more.
- Abbas Haider Ali
Excellent point Denton, but even though demand is up, unfortunately so is the supply as more people are forced to unload their expensive vehicles in favor of more practical transportation in order to make payment's on the roof over their head etc.
- Michael Fidler
Mark is right. We changed oil twice as often as factory recommended. BMW says to change oil every 15,000 miles. I always thought I would keep the car awhile. But family plans change. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert's offer is as good as anything else we are considering. I picked up my car from the shop today, so it's not dead yet, but it could "just stop" at any time, I was told.
- Louis Gray
Louis, I missed your question earlier. I’m on my third BMW right now. One piece of advice; get any used car checked out by your mechanic, without exception!
- Michael Fidler
We just bought a new Highlander. Got it for under invoice. Louis: the BMW has new tires, too.
- Robert Scoble
I just walked by a brand new BMW M3 coupe on my way back from dinner. Silver with the black carbon fiber roof. Tres nice, the flared fenders and hood bulges are nice accents without looking over the top. Way rich for my, and probably most people's blood.
- Derrick
Kyle, the Tesla is a tad expensive, and my car isn't going to wait. Could die any day. Like the idea though. Hope they don't be unsuccessful and not crash out before getting momentum.
- Louis Gray
I have a BMW 330xi (x stands for 4WD) http://www.flickr.com/photos... - great four door sedan even in Rochester NY winters! Love BMWs!! I picked it up after a 2 year lease - 18K miles, now 36K, great car ... fabulous drive!!!
- Susan Beebe
how does a 2006 325cic sound?
- Lazworld.com News Feed
@Scott, I like your last name. :) And @Laz, it sounds good, of course, but the above conversation shows we're price constrained. Do you think a 2006 325cic would come in at equal or less the price of Scoble's car?
- Louis Gray
I wouldn't forget to look at cars like the Acura TSX or TL - If I were buying a car right now it would be a Subaru Legacy GT (GT only!) but to me the AWD and turbo are top wants... Just chiming in from the midwest... gotta diversify that point of view out of the valley ;)
- Ben Hedrington
Ben? I don't follow. You're saying there are people in the midwest now?
- Louis Gray
Hey I want this, too :)I)
- Alp
Do NOT buy a used BMW - they are expensive to maintain and fix. (parts / labor) The beauty of Bimmers are only when they're brand new. The warranty is what people shell out the $$$ for. Oil changes, even wiper blades are covered. If you're looking used, go Japanese. They're the most reliable. :)
- Mona Nomura
You might try Enterprise leasing to buy used. Their cars have been driven hard but also maintained; should have most of the bugs worked out.
- Robert Hafer
the BWM cabrios jujst dont look tight to me go for a A4 personaly i think the Audi A3 Black is a nice looking car
- Maurice Walshe
This post is making me wish I was a German car mechanic.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
This post is making me wish I had money.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Did that station wagon make a trip to Wally World?
- Peter Ghosh
This post makes me happy that I'm a civic hybrid owner.
- imabonehead
Keep it, do not get rid of it. I still have my 204,000 miles Honda Civic 1993. Soon to be collection.
- Jeremy Chone
Louis! I'm here by myself, one guy + internet connection... ;) Oh and Mona++
- Ben Hedrington
I saw Scoble's car tonight. WANT. :)
- Louis Gray
Louis, did you make him an offer he couldn't refuse?
- Anne Bouey
Anne, when he and I talked Saturday, he gave me guidance. I reported back on what that guidance said would be a good price. We'll see. :)
- Louis Gray
Hope it works out for you!
- Anne Bouey
This post has reawakend my deep craving for a Bimmer. sigh.
- Leslie Poston
Louis - do it, buy Scoble's BMW. I love mine. And that car probably still has 1 more year of factory warranty, plus the new tires seal the deal dude! Go for it!
- Susan Beebe
What car did you end up getting?
- Phil Glockner
So far, I have not gotten a new car yet, Phil. I've been driving around my wife's old Honda Civic. The best option thus far is to take the ScobleMobile off his hands at the end of May. I've already seen it.
- Louis Gray
I'm sure you could do worse.. much worse :)
- Phil Glockner
Mark, I saw Robert on Friday. Things are a go. The issue with the Highlander was a bad battery. :)
- Louis Gray
See if you can get a new Accord, which is what I just got after a lot of research. The technology on it is great, and Hondas run forever. I'm a firm believer in new cars with warranties if you can. I've had BMWs, Audis, Mercedes, etc and they are very expensive to fix. And if you have kids, you don't want a car that's always in the shop.
- Francine Hardaway
get new Fiat 500 :] ... http://images.google.com/images...
- pb:
I have the exact same car in the "I Want This" pic, but a different color. GET IT!
- Roshan Vyas
I have a 92 318convertible, bought it with 175K miles on it...didn't have a lick of trouble with it while I was driving it (I left it on the west coast when I moved to NY) It's got at least 225K on it now. Expensive to repair if something does go wrong, but ifyou get the right one, they're Awesome cars. I would buy another well used beamer in a heartbeat. If you can get on under 100K miles, you'll be such a happy camper.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
San Diego is beautiful. Woke up to see aircraft carrier and destroyer from hotel.
Morton Fox liked this
I was only out there for a few hours but I got a taste of why people really like it out there. Next time I'll plan on at least a weekend!
- Abbas Haider Ali
"10 Awesome Ways to Integrate Twitter With Your Website" by @glenstansberry http://net.tutsplus.com/article... [via @likethegoddess]
Robert Kenney and Thomas Power liked this
Great list. Thanks for sharing!
- Abbas Haider Ali
AMC Mazza Gallerie - http://brightkite.com/objects...
Saw "I love you, man" It was pretty funny. 3.5 stars.
- Abbas Haider Ali
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