“Skipped out to see the new Batman movie this afternoon. So-so ho-hum. I like movies with real plots. The Joker played by Heath Ledger was pretty fantastic. The makeup was great. The story -- feh.”
I agree. I guess it's probably hard for them to satisfy the basic Batman villain-superhero model but I wish there was a more original plot. Some of the lines and acting were sub-par too and the end seemed a bit rushed (probably because the movie was a little too long). - Brandon Titus
Major plot problems. Note to self: reconsider going to movies where the screenplay is written by the director and his brother (note: exception if both are named Cohen). - Mark Interrante
I guess its a personal thing since i loved it! - James Cooper
Dave do you see yourself as Batman or the Joker? - Igor The Troll
batman is more complex than villian + superhero. i can't wait to see ledger. btw, think about this. you don't cast a batman, you cast a bruce wayne. bale locked in that role in American Psycho. - Andrew Feinberg
what were you expecting? its an action hero movie... not shakespeare - ben rogers via twhirl
Action heroes do not have a parable? Shoot kill and come back to life? Sounds like mental masturbation! - Igor The Troll
Heath's performance as the Joker was outstanding. Action sequences were very good. Movie itself was pretty good but I think already a little over-rated. Is much "darker" than the previous one, not as much fun. Not a movie for kids either. - Barak Begleiter
Ledger was good. The fiilm cheated on action sequences. At a certain point one stops caring. Looong. - tom matrullo
Dave did the Comcast truck follow you when you went to see the movie, or you went incognito dressed up as Scoble? lol - Igor The Troll
I love Ledger's performance and liked the movie a lot. A bit long but never boring. - Brett Nordquist
What a great loss for us, in losing a great actor like Heath Ledger. The best portrayed Batman villian ever. I can just watch frames with Heath and come away satisfied for the money I payed, the rest is just bonus. - Shivanand Velmurugan
Just saw you on Leo's live show. :) Anyway, I do want one eventually, but the only thing that catches my eye is the 3G. After watching others play with the new 2.0 version, it looks like the majority of the stuff I wanted to do is in the software update. For now I think I'm going to stick with my current iPhone, and use the new firmware. - Dennis Jackson
Yep. Been wanting a smart phone for a few years now. Wanted to get the first generation phone, but was trapped in a contract. - Justin Korn
Not right away. I don't really do much that would make use of the GPS and I'm not clear if the apps I'll be using will benefit greatly from 3G. - nicerobot
Yes... because last year... I waited 3 HOURS to get an iPhone. 8GB was sold out. So I got a 4GB. I can has more memory? Yes. I will has. ( LOLcat grammar breaking through ) Watching twitlive.tv and waiting until launch time! - Gary Bacon II
Not sure it's worth the upgrade. Too bad ATT has to sour the deal. - Jeremy Ross
the iphone is a great first "smart" phone, but i'm holding out until at least the blackberry thunder releases so i can make an informed comparison. - Cee Bee
Na, ver-1.0 still has it's merits. Don't see any compelling reason to upgrade from ver1.0 - captainsniz
No. 3G would be nice, but I mostly use my 1.0 version on WiFi and the 2.0 software is all I'm interested in. - Adam Turetzky
I will be, but not until the start of August as my Verizon contract is not out till August 5th. I've just graduated from college and still working on a full time job. I already have the money saved up the pull for the entire two years contract plus a good amount more. Yeah it might not be the wisest least expensive choice. It is going to be my one have fun thing until I get a job. Gotta have some fun things in life. Being a gadget nerd this fulfills it. - Dean Clark
Seriously, they even have instructional videos and docs on how to turn your 2g iPhone into a Wi-Fi iPod touch LOL - Mona N
I am not, I ordered a new Blackberry 7100i today instead. I already have two phones on two carriers, I dont need a third phone on a third carrier otherwise I would consider it. That and I dont have the money. Luckily the new Blackberry is for work so I dont have to pay for it. - pcnerd37
had 2 blackberries, and only email works right - iphone means seamless syncing to leopard, and that's why i'm paying extra for the early upgrade. - Eric Marden
yes. yes. yes. and i will suffer windows mobile no longer. - Bob DeAmbra via twhirl
Of course. Paid someone to wait in line for me on iPhone 1 launch day and (the girlfriend still makes fun of me for it) I've loved almost every minute with it since. The unloved minutes are the ones being pissed about AT&T "service" and dropped calls. I love the iPhone dearly though, and wouldn't think of using anything else. It's an actual bona-fide new computing platform. An insanely great one. There's no way I wouldn't want to be right with it as it changes the industry again. - Steve Isaacs
Nope. I can't support a closed system. Besides, I willingly PAID to leave AT&T a few years ago! - Oliver Ortega Chua
It's not available on T-Mobile, so I'm waiting for BB Bold. - Jimmy Gleason
yes. I've held out for 2nd generation so it's time. - Tsega D
It is time indeed, keeping my BB Pearl and getting my 1st iPhone. - Nicholas Kreidberg
No. Can't justify the cost - don't use the phone that much. - Wilson Afonso
People don't give the iPhone enough credit. It revolutionalized the cell phone industry in the US and reached a market that extends beyond business users (BB) and IM/texters (Sidekick) imho - Mona N
i'm a maybe. I don't really want to pay more than i am already but I like shiny new tech gadgets as much as anyone. - Doug Brooks
Maybe, my Mom has the "first edition" iPhone and i like it. I'm not sure if the 3G technology is available in Buffalo. From what I've seen on twitlive it looks interesting. - Molly
i'm running 2.0 on the edge - and loving it. no plans to upgrade to the 3g. the location aware apps are good enough for my needs. however this all may change, if and only if, att gives a huge employee discount on the phone. we'll see. - Cole Orton
Yep. Using the old "wife needs a cellphone" ploy to upgrade. - Dylan Parker
I am not, I am really happy with the 2.0 software. I am going to try to wait because I dont need 3G or GPS that badly. - Rajiv Doshi
No - Data plans too expensive down under and I'm still not convinced about the openness of the platform. - Peter Kelley
Yep, at the Domain Apple store in Austin, TX! - Seth
Yes, at the Third Street Promenade because I want the GPS for loopt and i also would like the 3g for using MLB At Bat on the go. - Andrew Fielding
Yes, primarily because of the FAST data and the GPS is a nice add-on for me - Grant
FAST data? are you kidding me? If you want speed, get a real phone - Paul Moss via Alert Thingy
If only. Being a musician doesn't pay enough.....yet! - Joe Storm
I'm VERY happy with the new T-Mobile Blackberry Pearl 8120! I'd still like to play with a 3G iPhone but I LOVE my Blackberry! - Jeff Garlick
nope, not until it can surpass what i already have on my modded Tilt. i just hope the 3G net doesn't come to a screeching halt with the influx of new iPhones. - Jericho
nope, too expensive (here in belgium) and still isn't a decent smartphone - chris demeyere
Not yet. $15/mo extra on top of my current $95/mo bill is outrageous! - Justin Bradshaw
Not as long as my bum points downwards. Can't stand them, never have, never will. Also, being in the UK and being restricted to using the O2 network doesn't hold any favours either. Considering the size of the UK, 3G coverage is rubbish unless you are 2ft away from a basestation. - Chris Wright
I'm amazed that, seeing that the lightning apparently traveled from one arm to another, it didn't go through her heart. Insanely lucky, I'd say. - Daniel Bruce
Slacker.com is OK from the web but the small software app rocks. - Brett Nordquist
In love w/@pandora. Still need to try last.fm. - James via Alert Thingy
bt.etree.org is by far the best, the live music archive at archive.org is great, last.fm, pandora when I can be bothered to setup a proxy (Canadian) - Ross McKillop
Thanks all !! After checking UI / Spread on Music and quality, I scrobbled on Last.fm. BTW I am more of a CD /Bose Systems type of person, so online stuff is lik 'new' 2 me :)- - Peter Dawson
I thought what if he has a terrible month in June and I didn't do something to help, how would I feel then. All right I'm an ATM. I guess there are worse things. - Dave Winer
You have a problem with FISA? How about Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Protection Act of 2007 - Igor The Troll
I understood why people supported him a few months ago - but now that his true nature is showing (a Chicago politician who will sacrifice any position to win votes) I think all that's left is "anybody but McCain"... the same election we have been having for decades. - Soulhuntre
I pegged Obama as soon as he denounced his Reverend. I call him the False Prophet. - Igor The Troll
Today he denounces his Reverend, tomorrow he will denounce Israel. - Igor The Troll
Soulhuntre: really? When I was touring Congress last week several congresspeople told me that McCain used to be a much more centrist candidate than he is now (even Republicans were saying that). He's turned toward the right to win over religious folks. And if you can't see a difference between Obama and McCain, I don't think you are looking very hard. - Robert Scoble
Obama is like the Wizard of Oz. An amazing performance as long as you ignore the real man behind the curtain. - Michael Tefft
I am glad people beginning to see through he Obama gauze! I is all a staler facade! - Igor The Troll
Wasn't the man behind the curtain an accomplished engineer responsible for the success of Oz? The only reason for the curtain and the light show was because people didn't listen to him without it. - Kevin Fox
Well done Dave. Better to contribute to the decentralization of money/power influence. - AJ Kohn
Obama just gave $2,300 to Hillary and his wife too (another $2,300) to help w/ her debt. - Pokai
Yes,you will find obama hiding behind the curtain in the oval office if/when we get attacked again. - Carroll Sturm
It's good that Hillary's made it clear that all future contributions to her campaign are to pay off the campaign's debts other than her personal loan. She's acknowledged that she's not going to get that money back. - Kevin Fox
No Kevin, the point is Obama presents himself as much more than he is, Everyone seems to think he is the second coming instead of a junior senator in his first term. - Michael Tefft
@Michael: What about Obama's policies do you disagree? You have a perception issue which is subjective and an experience issue which can be debated by going back to past Presidents - so which positions do you disagree? - AJ Kohn
Michael is right. Obama is a PR *image* and most of his supporters are in love with the image he has created and know very little about the substance. Obama is a knee-jerk reaction to Bush. - David Risley
I think people make their own judgments on how to perceive him. You may perceive him as unqualified because most of his experience is not at the federal level, but I believe your metaphor is disingenuous because it implies, without substantiation, that he's trying to deceive people. - Kevin Fox
Having worked for a Dem Fundraising Company in Chicago for 3 years, I am surprised they aren't trying to call you for more. - Michelle Trent
I agree with David Risley. Obama supporters are more about hate Bush than anything else. They would support almost anyone over another 4 years of Republican leadership. If you doubt my point about the hate Bush attitude look no further than San Francisco's childish and boorish effort to name a waste treatment plant after the President. - Michael Tefft
Trolls? Already? Brilliant. Will no one rid FriendFeed of this troublesome beast? - John Craft
No, Kevin, he has been caught trying to deceive people. Have you forgotten the Rev. Wright issue. I didn't know he was saying all those things. Just like President Clinton said "I never had sex with that woman." - Michael Tefft
Obama must of wore ear plugs every Sunday for 20 years. - Carroll Sturm
Tell me again why anyone with a brain _shouldn't_ hate Bush? The man is the worst president since Harding. I feel sorry for his successor. Bush has destabilized the economy, made the world a much more dangerous and divided place, and his imprudent tax cuts for the richest Americans have created the largest national deficit ever. It's not about ideology - it's about competence. - Leo Laporte
John, I am not only a Troll but a Jew and Israeli. Be careful or I will eat you alive. lol Oh Robert is a such a Potz. He is trying to measure who will be the best candidate for US president based on their technological prowess. I guess the qualities for dealing with Iran and North Korea is the ability to use iPhone! LMAO. - Igor The Troll
For all the Obama alarmists: How could such a bad person have made it so far in the process? Seems impossible with all the media coverage - Grant
@ Igor I am a Jew too and I feel Obama has NOTHING against Jews - Grant
I'm struck by the number of knee-jerk postings, and slagging of Obama. The current President has been so incompetent, and generally set us back in the rest of the world's eyes. Obama represents a new generation, and by definition, he has to be a politician first to get elected. It's just that I do believe in his values and his hope for a better future. Change does begin with one person. - Henry Burger
So Leo, if someone doesn't hate Bush they don't have a brain? Did you sign the petition to name the sewage plant after Bush? - Michael Tefft
I haven't donated anything to anybody. I count on my tax dollars to fund the election - Michael VanDervort via twhirl
You may want to save the $100, if Obama gets elected you may very well need it-- that is unless you can take advantage of the inevitable new social programs ;-) - Mark Nassal via twhirl
@Grt of merit as one calling him a secretant - There is also no real evidence to support the claim that Obama has anything against Jews. That claim has about the same amount of merit as one saying that he is a secret muslim. - Patrick via twhirl
Oops, major drag mishap at the begining there, ignore the first line of that comment ; ) - Patrick via twhirl
Of course all the knee-jerk postings are only from those who don't think Obama would be the best choice for President? I guess we should all just fall down before Obama and start worshiping. Is that knee-jerk enough for you. It is hard to spell out in a few words why I don't like Obama, so call me a knee-jerker. BTW it is not about Bush, it is about that other guy that never seems to get mentioned, McCain. Remember him? - Michael Tefft
Look guys, I do not know if it makes sense, but I believe in God and I pray to God. When Obama denounced his Reverend that is an insult to God. He did not need to denounce him, he could have said, "I do not agree with him." Then the Dems pass FISA under Obama. That is another slap to freedom. I respect all people and religions, I just do not trust Obama.Oh and Dave sorry for not spelling g-d. - Igor The Troll
Good article. I read it before. People with opinions see what he is about. - Igor The Troll
First off, I applaude anyone who backs his politics with his wallet. However, I have to sayBush's tax cuts turned around the econ and pulled us put of the Clinton resesion. The tax cuts were NOT for the rich, I do payroll for a small business and people making less than $25,000/yr got a real reduction that made a difference in there lives. I guess that's why Dems hate small business, we know the economic truth. - Robert Hafer via fftogo
Look Bush is not the issue here. He got us in Iraq, that was a mistake. What do we do next? - Igor The Troll
Does anyone remember what the PIN number is for Winer? I need $100 ;-) - Karim
Obama clearly has a Charisma of 18 and everyone just failed their saving throw vs. Charm. - Akiva Moskovitz
the clinton recession? we had the largest budget surplus in years that 43 squandered - Sean
Sean, you as have many others have been lied to about the phantom surplus. The "predicted surplus" was a projection based on the false assumption that the economy would continue to grow at the pre-increase rate, which, of course, it didn't because of the tax increase. The so-called surplus never materialized. The economy was bad the day 43 took office, do you really think he wrecked in his swearing in ceremony? Every time the tax rate has been reduced, the revenue to the government increases. - Robert Hafer
Just reading through these comments, it's easy to see why politics is so devisive in this country. Each person sees through their own rose colored glasses. - Henry Burger
All I see amongst these same anti-Obama comments are rehashings of old rightist propaganda that weren't true 8 years, or 4 years ago and or now - aka this phantom surplus of Clinton that indeed existed and was squandered by the following administration. And as for Obama changing his position? Helllo!! McCain's done that so many times over the last two years. He cuddled up to Bob Jones University, suddenly believes we should be in Iraq for years in spite of the cost he knows our military in lives. Shame... - Matt Mendelow
I'm always amused at how people often take an 'If you're not with me, you're against me' stance when it comes to this stuff. They like to lacquer on assumption-fueled accusations and, worse, play a kind of equivalency game through which they excuse the wrongs of one side by pointing out the wrongs of another even if there is no connection between the two. Can't people just deal with the fact that sometimes people are not going to agree with you and are sometimes going to have good reasons not to? - Akiva Moskovitz
Unfortunate use of money. The gift that will keep on taking, especially if elected. - Jim Bednarz
That's disappointing and I'd feel like I was getting used as well. - Brett Nordquist
Hmm political capital is the most expensive capital - you'll still vote for him, right? And the entire approach was transparent to you & the rest of us ... (Maybe this is the 50 percent of advertising they talk about?) - Scott Moskowitz
I commented on Dare's blog on this: http://www.25hoursaday.com/web.... Between the blog, Reddit and FF, I'm not sure where to put a comment. Welcome to Web 2.0. - Joe Beda
What's cool (IMHO) is how passionate employees are about defending their respective companies. I have no doubt that the resulting conversation and its impact are among the healthiest ways to grow as a company. - Dimitri Glazkov
I'm still seeing a ton of brain drain out of Microsoft. Had some more smart people I used to know when I worked there telling me they have had enough and are going to leave soon. - Robert Scoble
Robert, anecdotes (like statistics) can be used to justify any argument. :) - Dare Obasanjo
Well -- anecdotes are all we have here. Outside of the various HR departments (and they aren't talking) there is no real hard data here. "Recently I’ve been bumping into more and more people..." All I can talk about is my experiences as I've worked at both companies. - Joe Beda
Dare blames terminal "startup-itis" for the devaluation of experience and process at Google. But it looks like an over-attention to consumer products may also play a part. Helps explain their slow progress with enterprise penetration. - Sprague D
Sprague: oh, please. Enterprises just don't change directions very fast. Heck, go look at a counter at Hertz Rental Car. They are still using a DOS app. Microsoft's #1 problem isn't Google: it's getting Enterprises to adopt its new stuff. - Robert Scoble
Dare: well, I wish you'd focus on making my wife's blog faster. She's always complaining about how slow it is, and just now it forced me to enter a Passport password just to get in and see her blog. Damn, I wish she'd change to Wordpress. - Robert Scoble
Robert, I work in an enterprise (a big one) and Microsoft has little problem getting the ear of IT and Ops managers to pitch new solutions. They have a track record. On the other hand, we met last week with an account manager from Google to discuss their solutions to some of our challenges and their solution to every problem was... search (the enterprise search appliance). Not credible. - Sprague D
Sprague: yeah, that would get me to kick that guy from Google out of my office too. Amazingly lame. - Robert Scoble
Robert, I'm sure there are people working on improving the performance of Spaces in their next major release. SinceI don't work on our Web properties I can't help you there. However I'll be sure to mention that Robert Scoble keeps nagging me about Spaces perf everytime he encounters me in comments across the internet to the Spaces devs when I'm in the office on Monday. I'm sure this will push it to the top of their priority lists. ;) - Dare Obasanjo
Funny. this seems to be a frequent topic these days. I had similar conversations with folks last night at the @garyvee drinkup. Still deep divide between Orange and Blue badges at MSFT. My bro in-law works in the Office group. Horror stories. Political BS, people being forced out of orgs. That was reason I left back in 1999. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg via NoiseRiver
Dare: Wrt you not working on web properties -- I think this is the source of some of the disconnect. Developing services is *very* different from developing client apps and platforms. Those difference permeate every part of the company and imply various strengths and weaknesses. (Enterprise is a great example) When working on web properties, thinking in terms of "next big release" is very rare. Most often, the changes are much more incremental. - Joe Beda
Joe, I haven't worked on client apps or platforms in three years. I work on Web platforms that support Web and client apps. So my perspective is primarily from a Web perspective. I have no idea what goes on in Office, Windows, DevDiv, etc these days. - Dare Obasanjo
I liked Dion's polite reply post about getting back to tech discussions. For example, earlier this week Google rolled out OAuth support for all of its Google Data APIs, which is a good thing for OAuth and for people that want to make mashups in a secure way. - Matt Cutts
Dare, are you working on internal platforms or stuff that needs to be installed on customer's machines? That is probably the biggest difference. When you are talking about code for an internally hosted service vs. code that is shipped and supported. My mistake: client apps/platforms is probably too narrow. I think that many people underestimate the difference in software and process between running a service and shipping code. - Joe Beda
Joe, I don't work on customer facing stuff. I work on Web-based platform services which are used by Web apps (like Spaces and Hotmail) and client apps (like Messenger). - Dare Obasanjo
Will the internet have an effect on the US presidential election of 2008? - Andrew Baron
It already has had an effect by changing how much power the traditional "bundlers" have had (people who raise large amounts of money). - Robert Scoble
The internet will definitely have an effect on the outcome of the election. It has already caused the younger generations who typically have not paid much attention to politics, to become engaged & register to vote. - Jeff P. Henderson
It also makes everyone a couch strategist. There's so much information available now that before was privy only to those on the "inside" that everyone has the chance to feel like an "insider". It all goes back to Dean's campaign though. He was the first to galvanize the internet and carried his 50 State strategy over to the DNC when he took over. - jtorrey
I'm interested to know, do you apply any different criteria to the photos you publish on Zooomr as opposed to those you publish on Flickr? - Fraser Smith
Fraser, no rhyme or reason why some go on Flickr or some Zooomr. Different days different photos. Different days same photos. Sometimes I mix it up, sometimes I don't. I've uploaded more to Zooomr than Flickr, but a fair chunk of my photos are on both at this point. - Mrsth
Hmm, looks like someone forgot to log out of their wife's FF? =D - jerry
Jerry , I telling him that very thing this morning. - Mrsth via fftogo
haha, yeah I did forget to log out of mrsth's account. - Thomas Hawk
Too much fun at the Fair last night? - Mitchell Tsai
the fair was great. They have a collector's building that I always love and got some great time delayed motion shots of the rides at night as well. Only problem is that I'm about 2 months behind on my processing. - Thomas Hawk
I got totally overwhelmed when I bought a camera. 94,000 pictures in the past 2 years...and I've barely shared any. I loved your "workflow" tips. Maybe they'll help. :-) - Mitchell Tsai
I noticed my @replies were back yesterday when accessing directly from the Web GUI. Just recently fired up Twhirl again. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
ANYONE WANT TO START AN OPENSOURCE/DISTRIBUTED TWITTER WITH ME THAT WON'T KEEP FAILING? - Dino
My replies are back. Was getting used to summize and feeding my replies into FriendFeed as an imaginary friend... - Mitchell Tsai
DINO, I TOO AM A GRADUATE OF UPPERCASE UNIVERSITY. - Akiva Moskovitz
I think the little fishes get replies back first Mike... there are some thinking minds at work within the revamp and re-enable feature side of the operations now. My guess is there is a lot of staggered and controlled re-introduction of features based on your metrics and profile as it relates to loading on the system. Or, I could be full of crap and wishfully thinking. :) - Jay Cuthrell
I have to be honest and say that I am not using twitter that much - it is not as functional and they need to sort out the issues. Plus all my friends have defected to Plurk and I hate it. - Dave Gray via twhirl
I don't know. I never receive replies. :( - Chuck Adams
Replies are definatly back for me - Chacha via twhirl
So do we go straggling back then, like a cat after straying over to friendfeed? - Dave LaFontaine
@dave Not me. Twitter is dead. They can't run such a service, and friendfeed has a lot more functions. Why TWitter, when there is something that works? - Ryo
I did see the replies. But there's dozens of other services to see your replies. So who cares. And FF indeed is much richer. - Martijn Verver via twhirl
if only friendfeed could aggregate facebook minifeed content... - Kevin via twhirl
