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this article is a start. would like to all see one that really digs into how to tag photos (suggestions for popular tags like 'colorful' / 'panoramic') and groups to share your photos. this is another way to bring in additional comments and flow to your photos. this article is a start, but we need the missing manual for flickr. - Jeff Sandquist

Jeff, missing manual for Flickr is a great idea. Wonder if someone's written something like that. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

I like Flickr, but I wish there was a way to embed an automatically list of Collections or Sets on my own site. I want to give visitors to my site a quick overview of all the different types of picture I'm taking, so that they can delve in if they have an interest. Maybe if they provided an RSS feed for Sets and Collections something could be done. Anyone else feel the same? - Andrew Shuttleworth from FriendFeed MT Plugin

If I can herd cats into smaller groups, it'll help - Louis Gray

:) Back page ------> - Shawn Farner

Shawn, almost everybody is there right now. Now, I go over the ground like a magnet getting black sand and pull you up. :-) - Louis Gray

About half way through the new FF curve (Decided the do the revisit Facebook thing today instead) but definitely a dramatic improvement now that there's lots more people here. Wait, does that say Techie?? - Charlie Anzman

I suppose this is inevitable and an almost must-do for folks with too many follows. Even though I only subscribe to about 90+ folks here, I can feel the noise creeping in at times too, and have wondered if I should use the lists more proactively. But like cleaning up an inbox, it would take time to do it.. Well, at least I have one list right now - a list of all my colleagues. And, I think you have a good process there in sorting your follows. - Winston Teo

Avdi, the idea is as it says, to take the high traffic out and better reveal those who need more attention. Anybody here will say I treat A-List and Z-List the same... - Louis Gray

I'm updating my lists as a I go along. I'm basically on the main feed, and my lists Awesome Pix and Enterprise 2.0 a lot. Will continue to refine these over time. - Hutch Carpenter

بسيار مفيد براي تمام كاربران فرندفيد - mhmazidi

Slippy, you need to recruit your real-world friends into FriendFeed. - Ernie Oporto

i love the lists, give me access to much more info quicker - MG Siegler

Louis, excellent post as I happily find each time I read your blog! :) This list concept is really a great feature of FF and I am glad you're liking it. I need to fine tune mine some more... but it really does help deliver the best content to me and I am incredibly grateful for the filtering this provides...very neat! Thanks! - Susan Beebe

"At work and at home, I file all my e-mail. For example, I have top level folders for "Personal", "Family", "Commerce", and "Blog", and thinking of people on FriendFeed the same way isn't that much of a stretch." I never thought about it quite that way before. Nice post. Thanks - Roberto Bonini

Organizing my lists now - Caleb Elston

I am thrilled that FF offered the list functionality, but as a result, I've found myself looking at my "favorites" list 95% of the time and the other lists 5% of the time, so it's almost the equivalent to unsubscribing from most of my list. Then again, maybe that's not a bad thing. It avoids hurt feelings, it gives me an out, and I feel less drowned. - Adam Lasnik

Must read piece for first time FFers - Charlie Anzman

I'm sure it's a necessity for ppl with a huge # of subs; I'd rather not think about it cuz I know I'm "back page" material. Ah well. ;\ - Kimberly J

Kim, the "Back Page" is just a good way to sort. If I put you next to Scoble, maybe I miss it. - Louis Gray

I still have yet to organize my lists.. - Kyle Lacy

How many servers are you guys running? The search page keeps crashing under load I assume. - Jim McCusker

the layout is all screwed up now - the right side content is filling up the page and squishing the left side users list... - Steve Isaacs

+1 Louis. I agree - Kyle Lacy

Your FF Badge is rather long on the width side - Outsanity

@Louis Gray: That's a great idea thank you. - FFholic.com

@Jim McCusker: We are working on that problem. Thank you. - FFholic.com

The lists of "most-liked items by person X" are very incomplete (but I love the feature!). Is this due to API limits? See some data on my account at http://friendfeed.com/e.... I have 8+ items with 50+ likes, but FFholic only listed 2 of them. - Mitchell Tsai

Cyndy reports problems with search http://friendfeed.com/e... - Mitchell Tsai

The problem is resolved. Thank you for letting us know. - FFholic.com

Thanks FFholic for the quick response! P.S. I'm writing a blog article on FFholic http://mitchelltsaitn.blogspot.com/2008... Anything you'd like me to mention? - Mitchell Tsai

How can you forget watching video like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Chiara

Steve, kinda agree with you, especially since I took a flight from DC to CA that very morning and spent the day trying to track down a cousin who worked in the complex. But you also need to ask a simple question. How could a country that had the entire world behind it at the time manage to get the world against it so quickly. - Deepak Singh

@Chiara you can't. But people don't talk about 9/11 like we used to. Some of that is healthy, but I worry people think it won't happen again because it's been so many years w/o an attack on US soil. I think about it every time I get on a plane (which is often). And often when I commute into Manhattan - at least in passing. - Steve Rubel

I wonder how much of it is due to certain organizations, on both sides of the political spectrum, using it for purely partisan political gain. Maybe the images has been so associated with things removed from the events of the actual day people just block it. I will never forget, I just sometimes want to be able to choose how I remember... - Johnny

John - I agree with you. The act was horrible, inconceivable. In a way, whenever anyone in politics who invokes it for any reason other than to humbly respect history, from Rudy to Bush to anyone, I kinda wish they wouldn't. - Phil Glockner

Memory fades and softens with time. Eventually Mel Brooks will make a comedy about 911. The big question is "exactly what are we supposed to remember about that day?" The horrible way that we all felt? The damage that it did to all of us as a nation? The way that we came together for a brief moment in history only to be separated again by the politicians that used it to sow fear and as a reason to start a war we couldn't afford? The problem is that recent history has muddied what 911 means for all of us. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

@John Worthington: At times 9/11 has become to political. 9/11 wasn't a Republican event and it wasn't a Democrat event. It was an American tragedy that effected the world. Politicians may disagree on how to fight the war on terror but it should be understood, in my own opinion, that most of the politicians want to eliminate the threats over advancing their own career. At least I hope so. - ChiliMac

Steve, those jerks are sitting on US soil running our country... FYI: the US government. - Michael Forian

I don't think there was a lot of hand wringing about invoking Pearl Harbor during WWII. No matter how much you want to depoliticize this event, the people who did this were motivated politically in the classical sense, not the bullshit sanctimonious partisan way. To down play it for political gain is even worse, somehow more cynical. - Oldengrey (Jay)

Steve, it may be a good time for us to help build a UGC type of site to remember the attacks. I have photos somewhere; we should all share it on a single site (or dispersed among many) to remember. - Tamar Weinberg

+1 Michael Forian - Adam Turetzky

@Tamar somehow I thought several existed. I don't have photos from that day. Pre-cameraphone. - Steve Rubel

Steve, I don't think the majority of people will ever forget, even if they didn't lose anyone themselves. Frankly, I hate to see it used to justify some truly un-American attitudes and actions. - Ha3rvey (heavy duty)

Steve, I don't think anyone alive then will ever forget. - Ramona Bates

My memories are vivid as it was my son's 4th birthday. It's actually the only birthday of his that I remember in such great, and sad, detail. Ironically, it's also my finacee's birthday, so between Barb and Tyler, I'm sure to never forget. I did take the kids to Ground Zero two years ago... I think it's important that they see this tragedy at various times in their lives. - Kevin C. Tofel

+1 Harvey - Marci Maleski

I sure as hell don't know anyone who was around on that day who's anywhere near forgetting. I don't think "remembering" means "being angry, fearful, vindictive and irrational", though, which is how I think I'm being told to feel a lot of the time. - Nathan Rein

I lost a friend in one the planes. She was returning from dropping her beautiful twin daughters at college. I am still sick and angry. - Oldengrey (Jay)

oh, and, I don't know what a UGC type site is, but if you haven't seen it, look at http://911digitalarchive.org - Nathan Rein

how could I forget being taken in by the federales as a terrorist for being a Jew in Mexico after 911... my family were evicted from their co-op by panicked leftists in NYC and arson in my building that was blamed on me because of the Anti-semitism that erupted in the city... those that survived the event experienced some bizarre drama. thank g-d it ended up ok and almost comical from my end. still listening to freaks online talk about conspiracies still... almost laughable. I knew people in the building - NoahDavidSimon

I tried to turn my experience into a comic book. it is on my blog http://simonstudiotheatre.blogspot.com/2007... that was the experience that changed me. before I was only interested in sex drugs and rock n roll... I got a job after all that. - NoahDavidSimon

The no. 1 factor in who gets your vote? Do you perceive one party as better at national security than the others? I have not forgotten 9/11 at all, and that's all the more reason why I'm voting for Obama. The Republican Party under the Bush Admin., supposedly the party that would protect us from future incidents, has done an abysmal job, squandering our human and financial resources in a totally immoral, misguided war that takes away our military, focus, treasure and other resources from protecting us. - Cathryn Hrudicka

@Cathryn I am not sure who has the better policy here. McCain is trying to distance himself from Bush in some ways but not others. What I keep thinking is: who will ensure this never happens again. I don't have an answer yet and it keeps me undecided. - Steve Rubel

it's one thing to "not forget" 9/11 - that's important. it's entirely something else to "overload" the meaning "9/11" for political gain. let's just pass up the chance to rattle sabers, make the citizenry fearful, and offend others around the world. pearl harbor is not a day to hate japan or convince people to vote a certain way. let's be sure to remember the vitcims, the heroes, and the families of 9/11 and give them the respect and admiration they deserve. - MikeAmundsen

Still amazes me how fast all those flags came down. Even in an event like this. It's like the country was united for a week. Sad. - Charlie Anzman

I think the truth is that no one can make sure it never happens again anymore than anyone can stop hurricanes. Our security system is very reactive and not very good at stopping "innovative" attacks. Plus it's often so hard to know what the good intelligence is, so it's likely that attackers will eventually fall through the cracks of our anti-terrorist system again. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

9/11 will always hold a special place in my heart and prayers - I worked at the WTC for CSFB when I was in finance and then later in life, 9/11/2001 was supposed to be one of the happiest days in my life - little did i know 2 hrs after the happiness, the worst sadness would follow. - Allen Stern

the "flags came down", Charlie? Where was this? The flags are still up in the small town in Pennsylvania where i live. - Nathan Rein

I never do. That day had an impact on me - i was supposed to fly, we couldn't find friends in the city, etc. I don't think i'll ever forget. - Patricia

Nathan - I too live in a small town in PA at the moment (most of the time). The last time I made a distinction between rural and urban America, the whole conversation went crazy. Yes, the flags fly here too ... and no I don't expect them on the cars like they were. Let's just say ... on my two recent trips to NYC, it felt GREAT to see the city so alive. It took a few years to happen ... but it really did feel great! - Charlie Anzman

Haven't forgotten. Still pissed we diverted attention away from the terrorists. - AJ Kohn

we have successfully kept our country free of a terrorist attack since. I guess 911 was a wake up call... not only for me, but for a whole mind set of pacifism that failed us. - NoahDavidSimon

Regarding future attacks, I'd suggest reading this recent report from August 15,2008 regarding Al Qaeda. The last pages give a chilling warning regarding the potential reconstitution of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. http://tinyurl.com/5u94po - Jim McCusker

so you buy the bush/mccain fud. that's disappointing - rob zand

I just wanted to say I loved reading these comments. I am happy to know that a lot of the folks on FF are smart, independent and still very patriotic. .. I wrote more but I deleted it, that's all I want to say. Just, thanks. - Phil Glockner

I'll never forget it. Wife was working a few blocks away from Pentagon, daughter was in daycare a few miles away. Watched smoke arising as I was stuck in traffic on Chain Bridge trying to get to her. I visited Shanksville last summer, some pics on flickr, http://is.gd/2kXe. - Larry Huffman

Never forget. Never forget the speed with which our leaders moved to restrict personal liberty and increase surveillance. - Mr. Gunn

@gregorylent which is why it's become my number one news source (and yours, too, I gather?) - Gaby K. Slezák

great stuff - Chris Selland

@gabybenkwitz i do sleep but i am an early riser, sometimes i catch my west coast friends still up on twitter when i get up in the morning - Fred Wilson

Doesn't excite me much. At least now. - David Risley

very interesting. - Lindsay

I kept hearing about a gBrowser from AlbinoBlackSheep.com - Outsanity

Please, please, not ANOTHER browser to test sites against :( OK, it's Webkit, but that V8 is damn new :( OMG - Claudio Cicali

Yuvi - How could it NOT be a big deal? This is Google we're talking about here. - Steve Isaacs

@Steve - in the same way Picasa isn't? I mean, if it were a brand new rendering engine, from the ground up, I'll fight to be the first to say WOW. Webkit derivative? Meh. - Yuvi

By itself perhaps not going to add drmatically to what is already in the market, but imagine if Google puts not only Gears and Webkit, but also plugs into the browser some/most of its other online tools such as text editors, calendars, reader, translator, etc. All in one - all open source. Wouldnt that be cool? - Hayk

IMHO, Chrome will have to be sufficiently different and better than IE, FF, and whatever else to gain traction. Otherwise, why would any mainstream user bother to change? - Mark Dykeman

If google did't really and did it well then say bye to Microsoft - Ahmed Ramy Zaky from twhirl

@Ahmed - Absolutely! If we get a better Browser than IE Microsoft is doomed! </sarcasm> - Yuvi

Until large corporations dump Windows, Office and software en masse, Microsoft isn't going anywhere, regardless of how good or useful Chrome is. Why? Because cloud computing puts too much stuff outside of the corporation's firewall and direct control. It's just against the grain of the culture. Let me put this another way: how much of Google's staggering array and collection of documents, generated by Google for Google, are really out in the cloud? I'm willing to bet that an awful lot of it isn't. - Mark Dykeman

Knol, Chrome. Are these signs of Google losing its 'authenticity' touch, becoming a follower (imitator) rather than a leader? - Yung-Hui Lim

Mark, you are right. Google is not cut to make corporate scale apps. It does fun stuff, free stuff. One of the top Googlers - forgot his name - who left Microsoft for Google and spent there a year, went back to Microsoft . In his blog he told how there are probs in quality and looks and style are given more thought and attention than reliability and functionality. But if Google puts a huge amount of those "useless" apps under one roof and makes a good promo, maybe Chrome will gain some ground. only some. - Hayk

I'm not all that impressed yet but I'm reserving all of my incredibly influential opinions until I mess with it myself. - Akiva

I will say that Chrome is an interesting development, if only because it gives us some ideas at what Google's management team is thinking about and where they want to do. I just think that there has to be a HUGE value in the new tool before most people will change. It would be neat if somehow Google could make a browser that didn't need to be installed on a PC, but I have no idea how you'd do that. - Mark Dykeman

I predicted Google Chrome (GBrowser) 3 years ago - http://schlerplotti.typepad.com/squirre... - Mike Reynolds

I guess nobody remembers 2005 when everyone fell all over themselves because Google was doing some kind of earth-shattering deal with Sun that was going to destroy Microsoft and end the world as we know it. If Google announced they were going to make ice cream, people would be all, OMG! Google ice cream! It's going to be the best ice cream ever! Even though it will only be available in... more... - Karim

it's definitely a a big deal for kiosk or International travel, now I'd be be able to bypass proxies/GreatFireWalls, but on the corporate side of life...it creates a hurdle...how to block? people should be working, not bypassing the corporate filtering. - clarke thomas

+1 Karim!!! - you know Google ice cream may not be that bad... I could see Ben & Jerry getting in on that action. - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge from twhirl

Tomorrow is chrome download day! Firefox is buggy! - Ron

It was pretty clear that Google was up to something once they started hiring Mozilla engineers. I mean, Google didn't hire people like Ben Goodger just to write Firefox extensions. - Paul Grav

I'm not sure it's a huge deal either. V8 seems to compare to Squirrelfish which was announced in the beginning of June. They are splitting things into separate processes which might make things more resistant when stuff crashes. I'm not sure I buy all their arguments from the comic. You might be able to see which pieces of the browser are using memory, but it will be hard to track total usage. I don't understand why they can't launch mac and linux at the same time to grab the momentum. - Charles

www.google.com/chrome remains dark at this time. - Robert Linthicum

@Robert, Google loves that strategy of building suspense. They always "leak" some information or let the online community buzz for some time - spinning all kinds of stories before launching their products. This mystical air and suspense building has to do with human psychology and it pays off well in all industries and especially when coming up with new products or services! Google always fully exploits this! - Hayk

If this means we can stop talking about Palin and about the iPhone I'm all for it! - Indio Apache from twhirl

The browser itself doesn't excite me. It seems ok, and when it is eventually released on the Mac, I'll certainly give it a try. What does excite me though, is the prospect of IE losing even more market share. - Paul Grav

I installed the IE beta today.It is interesting and a definite improvement, but I wasn't blown away by it. Fortunately, it locked up, and I had to remove it. - Michael Fidler

Paul: Exactly. - Ron

I was just looking at a couple of large multi touch monitors. If this is where monitors are going, the browser that works best in that environment will have a leg up on their competition. Side Note: I was just wondering if you are still thinking about doing a follow piece with the brilliant storytelling photographer(can't remember his name), it was mesmerizing! - Michael Fidler

Webapps that can launch "in their own streamlined window." Could this include AIR-like Twitter tools? Will Google Docs start to feel more like a real alternative to MS Office for non-power users? - Kevin Sablan

I'm wondering if this means that, once released on the Mac, Chrome will not be the sort of browser that chokes when the Flash player crashes. - Paul Grav

Wouldn't a browser also close-the-loop for Google in terms of browsing behavior metrics if they're able to get a representative market share? - Jim McCusker

I like it. Even if it is Webkit with something on top, at least I can just install it and use it. Seems extremely fast so far. - ComicList