"I'm glad to see him back on the Sixers. And it at least SEEMS like the way things have gone for him last couple years has been humbling for him... I'm curious to see how this works out. So far fans in Philly seem to like the idea"
- Adam Sherk
"I'm glad to see him back on the Sixers. And it at least SEEMS like the way things have gone for him last couple years has been humbling for him... I'm curious to see how this works out. So far fans in Philly seem to like the idea"
- Adam Sherk
The Istanbul-based Spielbergs and Lucases may not have the fiscal resources of their namesakes in Hollywood, or even the razzle-dazzle song-and-dance showmanship of their Indian brethren in Bollywood. But the Turkish film industry has mastered one gold-plated truth about entertaining the masses: if you rip-off an American classic, you can just sit back and watch whatever the Turkish equivalent of the dollar is, roll in.
- Adam Sherk
Can't wait to see this one...clicking on Amazon NOW (thanks for the reminder) Congrats Tamar!
- mark ivey
O'Reilly sent me a review copy a week or so ago. Terrific read thus far. She is the first of the "social media" authors I've read (and that's almost all of them) who actually knew and mentioned that "social media marketing" has its roots in "social media optimization", a term coined by Rohit Bhargava. If I remember, Jason Falls had a lot of good things to say about the book as well.
- Gregg Morris
Boss and I have been plagued by work issues this week. Turns out all of them can be traced in one way or another to the server that died. I hate you Server2. I'm glad your hard drive transplant didn't happen this week: maybe by next week your processor will give out and we'll just have to replace you altogether... I want my cookie now.
bummer! hope things get resolved without too much more hassle
- Adam Sherk
Thank you for the virtual cookie, WoH. I plan on running past the cookie place on the way home, though: virtual just isn't going to cut it today. However, I've got 45 minutes or less until the weekend starts, so that's something!
- FFing Enigma
"Well, let's see, you have 4 Meg available" ... Dear babby jebus do I remember those days. Now I want a cookie and a beer!
- FFing Enigma
Ok, I have 5,061 subscribers. Seems crazy high for the engagement I see on my stream. Let's see how many of you actually exist around these parts: Comment plz! (Remember when I got called out a few months ago for not participating enough on FF? It worked!)
but I'm not a subscriber :) You can't really know, because as people comment this entry, all their followers get the "friend of a friend" item in their feed. Go figure who among those participants are subscribed to you.
- Jérôme
I have to admit, it's pretty fun to watch you guys comment in real-time. Good thing I have nothing else to do all day. Matthew DeV- yeah, I know, not a perfect system. I guess my point is that FF sub numbers are misleading, there are a lot of DOA accounts!!
- Sarah Lane
Loved you on AOTS1000. How was the Chalula?
- GMar
Could this be another "True or Poo"? ;) j/k How's it going Sarah?
- John Blanton
I feel Marty thinks TWiF is getting to be a real pain in the butt. Maybe you could all convince Leo to move it to San Fran? I'm sure he'd get even better guests/hosts to move to a 24/7 format...?
- Jude
Hello Sarah. I think yours was the first feed I subscribed to when I joined FF.
- Thomas
just so we're clear on this... i'm not commenting because you asked... i'm commenting because i want to
- Chris Heath
Matthew DeV- I'll pass along! Jude- hmm, I'll think about that one. Chris H- FINE! BE THAT WAY!
- Sarah Lane
Well I'm not hanging on every word, but I enjoy your stuff.
- Chris Menning
I am alive and well, how are you doing?
- Gary Oswald
Thanks Sarah. You have a standing invitation to be on our show and just chat about whatever happens on FriendFeed, tech, etc. DM me if you are interested and we will make it happen. (also we have a room/group on FF http://friendfeed.com/ffunder... )
- Josh Haley
FFundercats: Diggnation minus the cult of personality?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Hurrah! Nice to see you posting here, even if it isn't for anything interesting.
- Kenton
Hullo there...you are still in my main feed... :)
- JA Castillo
John W- oh, I'm sure they exist somewhere, just wondering if it's here, too. ;) Chris M- casual enjoyment is enough for me! Kenton- oh please, this is riveting stuff! (I'm subscribing left and right due to this conversation, so thanks for speaking up and helping me find you!)
- Sarah Lane
Mike N- it counts for a sub from me! Although the first thing I saw was a post about your laptop, your mom, and porn. Let's see how this relationship goes. :)
- Sarah Lane
Yet another try at creating the longest thread on FF? ;)
- Holger Eilhard
I'm listening, but I don't know what to say.
- Donald Forth
Well, this is certainly a nice hefty thread... but I think I've made the point that clearly the large majority of my followers aren't actually paying attention (for example, my BFF Kim Kardashian). :)
- Sarah Lane
She is just jealous that you get to hang with Martin on Fridays.
- Eric Geller
made the best of day.... who the hell are you?
- NoahDavidSimon
Sarah Lane is the wife of Leo Laporte of Twit Live. Her son is Kevin Rose of Digg fame. And she is only 30.
- Mark
...and I'm supposed to know that? how can her son be of Digg if she is 30?
- NoahDavidSimon
twif rocks, U & sargent are halarious. ive been watching since techTv days. Martin's cadillac RIP
- echostreamer
all I know is this woman has issues that people are following her... and I wasn't following her till she had issues. what a paradox! ....wait a minute... she sounds like a feminist!
- NoahDavidSimon
martins lobster tweet was hilarious and so was your calling him out. Also "who Tila Tiquilla?" was great line. been watching since techtv. follow me if you'd like on FF and Twitter @echostreamers
- echostreamer
love to listen to your on Twit network. Since I installed FF on computer, I see your streams more. usually I click on links that people post if it seems interesting to me. usually don't comment though. keep it up!
- kent williams
Hello.You've been on my favorites list for a while now. I'm just sparatic about my interaction, and often get distracted by stuff like Sims 3 and WoW when at the computer.
- Tony Miller
after looking at the bios in this thread, if every1 in this thread started a tech company together, im pretty sure it would replace google tomorow. im not sure i am even qualified to be in this conversation
- echostreamer
Ok, now I *have* to go participate in a Current TV happy hour. Boo hoo, unlucky me. Will check back later. Thx to everybody who reached out so far. It's great to have those of you not already on my radar, on my radar. :)
- Sarah Lane
I'm not in your stream, your not in my stream, and still everything is lively.
- Amit Morson
I am not a subscriber, nor do I have any idea what your normal content is like, but I can imagine that some percentage of your subscribers did so purely because your avatar is an attractive woman (and you have a females name). I'm not saying this to belittle your contributions; just sharing an observation of male behavior. -- huh, I just went and looked at your profile (I had never heard of you). I'll add your celebrity status as another reason people might follow without planning on engaging.
- Bill Rawlinson
Whew! Just catching up on all your lovely comments. Thanks everyone! Now, we're only missing about 4,600 folks. Send out the search party! Kidding, kidding.... I was just really curious as to who was actually around and paying attention. >^__^< <----- my first ASCII cat ever
- Sarah Lane
Thomas, http://friendfeed.com/sarahla... or http://friendfeed.com/sarahla... will have comment boxes at the bottom always so you don't even need to click - opening the entry/item in it's own window is the key (clicking the timestamp like josh haley said will do that) then if you want the clean embed version you just add ?embed=1 to the url, or click the timestamp again - it's that simple
- Chris Heath
The only way to follow someone is if you follow fewer than 5,061 'people'
- Terris of California
Hello from Cambridgeshire, Englandshire. Now, where do I put the stamp on this thing?
- Ben Aldhouse
Terris- no, that's the number of people subscribed to me... I can't imagine following 5,061 people! Think of the real-time scrolling! Aaaah!
- Sarah Lane
Well, it *was* the number of people subscribed to me. A few more now.. hi everyone!
- Sarah Lane
Tell us about the beginning of this FF post grandpa! Well kids, when I was a young man, Sarah Lane posted a question about having five thousand followers... (long old man story) ... and the post survives to this day, in the year 2074. Back when this thread started, the machines hadn't taken over yet...
- Dave Friedel
Hey there from the back woods of British Columbia
- Trent Shields
Mainstream news sites continue to get more exposure in Digg, but I was curious what kind of push back some of these sites might be experiencing from the userbase. So I did some checking on which news sites have been buried the most in Digg.
- Adam Sherk
High profile Twitter accounts have built large numbers of followers by being included among the recommended profiles shown to new users signing up. So the question is, how do you get on the list?
- Adam Sherk
Aren't legal judgements supposed to be based on legal precedent? Apparently not for prominent US Judge Richard Posner, whose opinions on how to save the newspaper industry are being met with slack-jawed incredulity from just about, well, everyone.
- Adam Sherk
Syndicating content creates duplicate content issues and SEO challenges. Learn how to reduce the risk of being outranked for your own content
- Adam Sherk
Social media newsrooms are best placed directly on company websites, as opposed to hosting them on a third-party website. Keeping the content on your own domain allows you to benefit from internal and inbound links pointing to the newsroom and individual releases.
- Adam Sherk
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom with headquarters in Manhattan. ProPublica's newsroom employs 32 journalists and receives financing from the Sandler Foundation and other contributions. The organization's mission is to continue the tradition of investigative journalism at a time where a lot of newspaper organizations have had to cut back on their newsroom operations. The really interesting thing here, though, is that ProPublica is giving away all of its content to other newspapers and online publishers for free under a non-commercial, no-derivatives Creative Commons license.
- Adam Sherk
I've been surprised by how many people choose to follow the main Twitter account of major news sites. Just out of curiosity I thought I'd check how many users some of these news sites are following back from their main accounts.
- Adam Sherk
Deadspin - ESPN.coms Lead Tech Guru Explains How They Were Attacked By Dancing Unicorns And Glittery Ponies - ESPN.coms pony problem - http://deadspin.com/5231702...
Keith Lam is the programming guy for ESPN.com and spent most of his final hour yesterday fighting off unicorns from ESPN.com's site. How did this awesomeness happen? He explains. Kind of.
- Adam Sherk
People stroll past colorful merchandise inside the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. The 1,200 shops here attract around 300,000 people daily.
- Adam Sherk