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@igorthetroll I blocked you over on FriendFeed. I don't like talking with someone who is a troll. See ya.
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What's in a name? I don't think Igor is a real Troll ;)
- Pierre-Philippe Martin
from twhirl
A lot is in a name. I want to only see people who use their real names so I know where they are coming from.
- Robert Scoble
wait, you don't know Igor Thetro II... son of *the* Igor Thetro ??
- Alan Cheslow
oh, come one Scoble, my name is Marcus Debonaventure -- what's in a name ?
- General Kafka
I have to agree with Kafka. Why is the name important? What he does and what he writes count more.
- Morton Fox
Morton: I don't like him and I don't like someone who calls himself a troll. Especially since I've found over and over again that the name fit. I want to subscribe and see smart people. Not anonymous jerks. If you go jerky on me I WILL block you.
- Robert Scoble
The fact is, this is Robert's Twitter and FF and he can ban people if they look at him cross-eyed if it bugs him. He doesn't really have to justify that.
- Dana Franks
from twhirl
Think it's more that he looks like a troll....
- Rich
If someone harasses me or makes nasty comments, etc. I *might* block them but I would only resort to this if that person went out of their way to be a royal jerk and purposefully make my life miserable, oppress me, slander my name, say terrible things about me, my friends, etc, etc. In that rare case, I would see that they were stalking me and trying to harm my online identity and experience = EPIC FAIL = BLOCK
- Susan Beebe
Susan: there are so many distribution channels for anonymous jerks that I don't feel that I need to put up with that here.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: So true! and I bet they exist in ALL channels available to them...nice. Being able to be selective via a BLOCK feature is therefore essential for folks who are in the limelight like you are!
- Susan Beebe
More important than a real name is consistent identity... if you're "beezlecruft" on every service and your blog, then you're a recognizable persona. This is a good thing. On the downside, you make people around you feel like an idiot by writing things like: "Here's the thing, beezlecruft..."
- Roger Benningfield
There's probably an interesting post in here somewhere on why it's necessary to announce who you're blocking. I do the same thing sometimes and always catch flack for it. Unfortunately, I've been up too many hours to properly defend myself intelligently as to why I do it, so we'll see if I'm interested in this topic tomorrow enough to post on it.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
@Roger: For years, I posted anonymously on the 'Net as simply "rizzn." Up until about 2 or 3 years ago, I was the only Rizzn in Google. When I wanted to go a bit more mainstream, I wound up merging the nick with my real name, partly so that there wasn't an identity split, partly for the SEO value, and partly so that folks wouldn't have to feel silly and call me Rizzn.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
one of the advantages of having the #24 most common male first name and the #16 most common last name. I can *roll with my real name...
- Jay Martin
"My name is Diego Montoya. You killed my father, not I must kill you." My favorite introduction. I like my name, Micah. Why not use it? Plus most people dont pronounce it right, so I know if you know me.
- Micah Baldwin
"My name is Inigo Montoya... you killed my father... prepare to die!"? Very good line :P
- Chinkerfly
from twhirl
isn't the issue one of transparency, if the handle says "troll" & their actions are trollish, they're a troll, block makes sense
- mike "glemak" dunn
Cains..That's awesome. That's like having the name McLovin. :)
- Hao Chen
from fftogo
er... isn't the whole point of all these SM tools the ability to create your own conversation and experience? To be honest, I blocked "the troll" a few days ago. His comments to me and others were making me uncomfortable. Done, and done. It's not personal, it;'s just the way I choose to shape my social media experience.
- Sue Murphy
I'm with Robert on this one. That guy was the reason why I was looking for a way to block someone's comments from my feed.
- Dewald Pretorius
oops, sorry, I have been using my handle for like ever. Anyways, I'm the ONLY person on the web who uses puckman as a handle ;)
- Gerard van Schip
as I've used my handle for years, I've kept at it; and as I may post things which might be negative about my current employer, I want to make it harder for the HR(non tech savvy) types to find it......add-on to that, my names are not common, google and find me alone + a bunch of dead people with my names
- clarke thomas
I only use a handle because I have quite a common name. I'm not tryin' to hide behind anything!
- Sue Murphy
@scottbourne, I agree - people need to use their real identity online, otherwise what's the point?
- Rich
I had to block igorthetroll too! He was calling me bad names and commenting on everything I said with weird, nasty comments. What a boring life to be "that guy."
- Alana Taylor
A good handle when backed by a real person with a consistent personality should be nothing to be ashamed of. Handles are easier to remember. It's part of the personal brand.
- Chinkerfly
from twhirl
Chinkerfly, it's not about being easier or just as good. It's a principled matter. If you don't want to back what you say and what you do with your identity, you aren't playing the same game as a lot of us are. Speaking for myself and others like me, we're interested in using social media as a supplement to our real-world business, personal, and social relationships, not as a replacement or an alternative.
- Mark Trapp
for the sake of scoble, i've changed my comment name to the name I go by.
- clarke thomas
Just want to point to the fact that nicknames are soooo web 1.0... :-)
- Orli Yakuel
@Orli Yakuel This is oh so true! ^^
- Dan H. Racek
Igor the Troll is just annoying. I'm sure he has good intentions and all, but I can only take so much.
- Ben Parr
I don't see the value behind the whole "real name" push - this happens to be my real name, but how do you know that? What's the real difference between a handle and a real-seeming name that might not be real?
- David Worrell
You're straw-manning the issue, David. It's not just about the name: it's about a verifiable identity. If you can't be tied to an identity offline, you might as well use a nickname as it has the same effect on how people perceive you.
- Mark Trapp
This is so unfair, it's like blocking Loic Le Meur for being too much of a meur.
- Andy Roberts
Take a look (some quick and dirty content analysis): Igor the Troll, Noah David Simon, Israel, Mossad: http://snipurl.com/2iquj | http://snipurl.com/2iqv5 | http://snipurl.com/2iqve
- Sean McBride
So what are you trying to say, Sean?
- George Hall (Australia)
Not sure I like your inference, Sean.
- George Hall (Australia)
I am who I say I am. I'm not hard to find. I say what I mean. I don't need to hide. If some of the sites I use would allow me to change my original name (gmail/google, flickr among others) to my real name, I would. Be yourself, life's better that way.
- Robert Kenney
FFFFOUND! | My Blog - http://ffffound.com/image...
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*Smooch*
- Susan Beebe
quite the tongue
- Melissa Maskevich
Thinking about writing a book called, "The Complete Guide to Writer's Block" - but I'm sure you see the irony.
Alana Taylor liked this
That's really funny
- Alana Taylor
invisible race car - http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008...
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Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Gooooooo!
- AJ Kohn
people, didn't you watch my video - these cat things are banned
- Allen Stern
that looks totally real! ha ha
- Sarah Perez
@Allen: LOLCats banned? Never!
- AJ Kohn
@Abby: Yikes, even the previews looked bizarre and bad. There's a pretty good techno/rave song with the theme weaved in though ;) [edit] Perhaps the movie was FOR cats!
- AJ Kohn
@wholefoods have you considered an ad campaign around "Better-looking people shop at Whole Foods"?
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Yeah, I never shop there...or go on a date...
- Kamath (नमः)
from twhirl
Because some vegans often look gaunt. ;)
- l0ckergn0me
I had the idea of a t-shirt for threadless that says "ugly people just aren't that like-able". Feels the same to me...
- Tim Wright
Whole Foods has a twitter? Very nice.
- Aaron Myers
from Alert Thingy
Wow, as a Whole Foods addict I have to say, I approve this message! (shooter McGavins in the mirror!)
- Adam Turetzky
Where Would FailWhale Shop?
- Andrew Feinberg
The rich do look better on average.
- Christian Burns
as my friend Larry calls it "WholePaycheck" but yeah on average people probably do look better when they don't live on a diet of bleached flour and corn syrup...
- Darren Daz Cox
Curse Of Being an Early Adopter and Tech Blogger » David Risley - http://www.davidrisley.com/2008...
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You hit the nail on the head and it bears repeating. "We" are not our audience. I actually wrote that out and have it hanging above my monitor so I don't forget it... I still do, of course, but when the mainstreamers start asking more questions, I refer to my mantra.
- Kevin C. Tofel
That's so bang on. I struggle everyday to explain the merits of a service like FriendFeed to my offline friends.
- Toby Graham
Plurk Set To Release API But Remains the Underdog in the Race Against Twitter - http://mashable.com/2008...
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Which feed reader are you using?
Kol Tregaskes, Susan Beebe, Mike Reynolds and 6 other people liked this
Google Reader is the major reader I'm currently using. I also use Firefox Live Bookmark feature to read a small amount of feeds.
- Jansen Lu
I was a FeedReader user for a long time..just converted (about a month ago) to Google Reader now that they made significant changes to the interface. You can't beat the "share" feature! :-)
- Tom
Google Reader purely due to its interaction with services like FF
- Colin Walker
Google Reader. Couldn't live without it and it's sweet, sweet iPhone interface. :) share/share w/ note is pure gravy.
- felix
I'm going between endo on the desktop and Profy on the web.
- Cyndy
Google Reader
- Corvida
Google Reader
- Mark Trapp
Google Reader, its the best right now.
- Kyle Weller
Google Reader and Shyftr and Assetbar
- Louis Gray
Google Reader, Google Reader, Google Reader.... seems the Google Product win its rivals by thousands miles!
- Jansen Lu
Reader of all time: Google Reader!
- Business Blogger【ツ】™
Google Reader
- Charlie Anzman
Google Reader and FeedDemon
- Frederic
hey. Folks, why Google Reader is the choice for you?
- Jansen Lu
Google Reader is my favourite all the time. I also use the default Feeds Sidebar at Flock for quick tracking. LinkedIn user Q&A (faster answer, better impression), comment feeds of my site, important keyword tracking at Twitter
- ClubEddy - clubeddy.com
Google Reader
- Alana Taylor
Google Reader, nothing else compares
- Randy
Greader
- Anthony Farrior
Google Reader
- Ming
Google Reader
- Yu-Jie Lin
Google reader for me
- Jeff Majka
Google Reader
- Mike Reynolds
Google Reader
- OnDemand Beat
Bloglines
- Chris Nuttall
Google reader
- Dan Nimtz
Google reader, and alert thingy as friendfeed reader
- Socrates Lee
Google reader.
- Rich
Google Reader
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Google Reader
- Susan Beebe
Can anyone familiar with Bloglines tell me why Google Reader is better?
- Chris Nuttall
Liferea at home (on Ubuntu)
- Kevin L
@Chris Bloglines is fine, but Greader is better in sharing info.
- Jansen Lu
Google Reader -- Their iPhone beta interface works amazingly
- Harry Sachz
I used to use Omea Reader (offline) up until a week ago but I'm trying Google Reader out and liking it... a lot! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
2 Birds, 1 Whale: A Story About Twitter - http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archive...
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Scoble has a productivity problem - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
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I'd love to know how you think I should answer Bob Bly's letter in this post.
- Robert Scoble
there is productivity and then there is productivity. It depends on where you are standing, and how you define it. I always had a bad conscience when checking out Twitter, Flickr or Facebook. But not anymore. I have gathered so much knowledge about social networks. I thought I was being procrastinating, but I was being productive all the time. Now when considering something I say, to scoble or not to scoble :-)
- Baard @ Pixum
i don't get this discussion. Scoble does all the stuff he does cause it's his job. It's like asking a dude who reviews books if all that book reading is a time waster.
- Stan Schroeder
from twhirl
Stan: I was doing it long before it was my job. I've been playing with new things ever since I helped unbox an Apple II in my Jr. High in 1977.
- Robert Scoble
we are doing all of these stuff because we like to do.
- ahmet bulent
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- Stan Schroeder
from twhirl
damn twhirl. Anyway, @Scoble: then it was your hobby. Same thing. A guy who's not interested in all this stuff should simply pick and choose what he likes and forget about the rest
- Stan Schroeder
from twhirl
Totally agree to the meaning of goals and motivation. That's why people are different and everyone is unique.
- Carsten R
from Alert Thingy
Stan: I think it goes deeper than that. People who aren't looking to learn new things bug me for some reason. It's like they are celebrating their ignorance and their willingness to stay ignorant. I had a father-in-law who loved telling me he never touched a computer and never would. I found that fascinating.
- Robert Scoble
Its not his (scobles) job unless he wants it to be his job. I think in Bobs case he might be unproductive if he was engaging in all those activities that Scoble spends his time on. It all depends on what you want to get out of your day/life? It all depends on who you are and what you do. I thin what bob is asking might apply to him or people who are not directly ingrained in creating technology.
- Akshay Dodeja
I'll give you a simple analogy. Let's imagine that you're a car fanatic. You tweak your car every day, and it goes faster. You get to work at least 10 minutes faster each day, however, all the tweaking you do takes many hours of your time. A regular guy just sits in his car and drives, and goes to the mechanic when something goes wrong. Who's right and who's wrong here? No one, I say.
- Stan Schroeder
from twhirl
I've been answering this question a lot lately. Why is twitter better than my message board? Why not just use email? Who has time for that stuff? In my opinion, the fact that they are asking is just another sign that it is becoming more accepted. When my 85 year old grandmother knows what Facebook is, and why my 65 year old mom living in BFE knows what MySpace is, that is the definition of mainstream.
- Robert Peterson
Btw, the nickname i sometimes use, "frantic" comes from my frantic desire to learn everything there is to know about a topic (i get this 2 times per week at least). So I get where you're coming from. But, not everyone is like that.
- Stan Schroeder
from twhirl
Stan: I understand that, but that's not what I'm talking about. I drive a car and don't care about tinkering with it, taking it apart, and all that, but I'm not going to celebrate my ignorance of it. If someone says "hey, here's a way to get more enjoyment out of your car" I'll at least listen and see if it interests me. Even if it doesn't, I'm not going to celebrate the fact that I'm ignorant. Like "I'll never see why we need Hybrid cars, my Hummer works just fine."
- Robert Scoble
Good analogy, Stan. Although if you are tweaking your car, most likely you enjoy doing that. Even though you are loosing "productivity time" while tweaking you are expanding your knowledge. That knowledge has a worth to you as a car tweaker and would be worth nothing to another person. As you said tho no one is right or wrong. Just depends on how you look at it :)
- Akshay Dodeja
Stan, you're analogy is great.
- Timothy Neilen
@Scoble: Well, some people just go through life without knowing anything about anything. Don't think you can change that, either (;.
- Stan Schroeder
from twhirl
This is very normal for those who did not discover the potential of social networks, or whether the same technology. I live here and in Latin America is very common that everyone do the same question as Bob, but you have to have a lot of patience to explain the possibilities that the experience provides. The examples you gave were very good to try to explain to Bob and the list can continue.
- Cesar Sanchez
Stan: a more accurate analogy is I come over with my new car that has GPS and a navigation system and you run on and on about how you'll never own a car with a GPS or a navigation system. I just don't like hanging around people like that. I guess we have Amish who still drive around in horse and carriage for a reason, though, but I won't choose to hang around with them, sorry if that makes me a jerk. I just don't like people who celebrate remaining in the past.
- Robert Scoble
@Scoble: those same people who run on and on about not trying new things will buy those same things when they read it in the newspapers. Capitalism: replacing innovative thinking since 19th century.
- Stan Schroeder
from twhirl
I don't think I can improve on the original post (at all) but I follow these things to pursue my ambitions. It's that simple. And my ambitions (video game design) require that I stay current with the times. I just happen to have a blast doing it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find out what Flickr is.
- Avery Tingle
Bob is sadly very typical in my limited experience. It's like some people are proud of being and remaining ignorant. They have no curiousity and are stuck in their old ways. I'm a scientist; I love finding new things and simply cannot fathom why other people aren't equally fascinated.
- Sally Church
Robert, i think you are being untypically nasty to good old BOB BLY. by the end of your long blog post you might of well called him a beer drinking TV watching ignorant slob. he says: -------"Can you help an old guy from the old school understand what he’s missing? - P.S. Your column is well written and there are obviously a legion of people who get all this stuff. I’d like to see if I could become one of them or at least understand what all the fuss is about."------- i don't think you answered him...
- djp
Your post says it all. Thanks. My experience as someone coming from the non-tech world is that I need to defend the amount of time I spend in social networking on a daily basis. As an artist, I see this is THE new medium, not sure how it will manifest new work but very sure this is it. And that excites me and keeps me listening, talking when I think I have something to contribute, but present most days. Some of my friends don't get it and most don't participate. Oh well. More will be revealed. ;-)
- Mary Anne Davis
djp72: fair enough. So, put yourself into my shoes. How would you answer it?
- Robert Scoble
i think you took it too personally when BOB BLY says "I don’t have any of it — for that matter, I don’t own a Blackberry, iPod, wireless laptop, or even a cell phone — and I get along fine without them."------- your rant doesn't actually prove your point, if i put myself in Bob's beer stained shoes for a second, i'm sure he's sitting there going "i was right.... this is all about nothing...."
- djp
djp72: again. One more time. Answer the damn question then. How would you answer it? Stop attacking me and answer the question!
- Robert Scoble
one last point Robert, imagine if Bob was your uncle, or old high school mate, or someone you knew, i'm sure you wouldn't end up being all sarcastic and calling him ignorant. i'm sure you'd take your time and explain and answer his questions... sorry for the long comment out of the blue, it just struck me as a tad sooky.....
- djp
djp72: again with the attack. Actually, when people get all Luddite on me I usually just walk away because I've learned long ago that you'll never convince someone to join you by fighting with them. They usually come around and if they don't, well, there's that photo on my blog to remind you what happens eventually. I really wish you'd answer the question yourself.
- Robert Scoble
Mary Ann: Well said, that sums up my experience with my biotech peers too - they just don't get it and I spend a lot of time explaining it to them, to little avail. You have to wait for them to get it and the penny to drop.
- Sally Church
The letter was a bit weird coming from a guy who has as a url www.bly.com. A 3 letter .com url? sounds as though he is extremely wealthy or way ahead of the game to me!
- Geoff
Mr. Bob points are perfectly valid, but the question is if Robert is the right person he should address them to. ;-)
- Peter
It's not all about quantifiably productive experiences for everyone, in fact personal progress seems to come when people just do their thing, find their groove..... and if Bob prefers to find his groove without engaging with the Twitters and Flickrs of the world then I say - good luck, enjoy your free time (probably alot of it spent waiting for the post)....if on the otherhand like me...
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- Mia Walczak
Scoble, you write a blog that is read by thousands. You answered your own question! How would WE respond to Bob? HA! That is the very thing: that you can engage hundreds into a conversation about this topic. The idea that anyone has access to this discussion is revolutionary. If you wrote out your blog posts and sent it by mail... where would be the fun in that? Who would be able to read it? Who would be able to comment?
- Alana Taylor
You get excited about the internet because you understand it's potential for COMMUNICATION. Phones, cameras, pictures, blogs, micro-blogs... these are all means for bringing people together. The World Wide Talk Show is what I recall you telling me. A man who doesn't use these tools must not be very interested in communication at all. The irony lies in the fact that he used the internet to ask you why the internet is special. I think he also answered HIS own question: COMMUNICATION.
- Alana Taylor
Really good post Robert, and really interesting question originally from Bob. I get excited about the things that I write about because through some of them, we see glimpses of the future - and, it's fair to say, in some of them I see glimpses of future failures too. The thing is that without playing with this stuff, it's much harder to understand its implications.
- Ian Betteridge
Geoff - Maybe Bob is ahead of the game. Maybe this was his tactic to get his name out and to be talked about. ;) heh.
- Alana Taylor
Robert Scoble is a scout and explorer and he likes telling people what he finds. You need that kind of person in order to introduct and create change. Some people have a natural inclination to do that.
- Mark Dykeman
I think you missed Bob's point here, Robert. He's not attacking your choices, but rather wanting to find out what could be in it for him. The alternative to not engaging in all the social stuff does not have to be getting a beer in front of the TV, it could just as well be writing a book. When I read the question I immediately thought of Don Knuth who is rarely (if ever) online, yet manages to write books and software that will have a long lasting impact.
- Niklas Morberg
Niklas: no, sorry, you aren't a very careful reader. When someone says "It seems to me that all these things — Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Flickr — are a thundering bore and an utter waste of time" that does NOT mean that the writer is wanting to find out what could be in it for him. It means he's already considered whether or not these things could be useful for him and has decided no. And, further, he's decided to denigrate those people who chose to use their time that way.
- Robert Scoble
Robert Pirsig wrote a book about this wormhole called "Zen in the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence"... changed my life
- Peter
if you do it for a living and it puts food on the table and you enjoy it who cares, it's about finding balance to enjoy your personal life too
- Jason
A little historical context here: In late 2004 Bob Bly famously wrote a newsletter dissing the potential of blogging as a marketing & communications tool, mocking it, some would say. Great link bait and blog fodder. He then, surprise surprise, started a blog himself. Talk about built-in attention & controversy. Funny thing, he maintains that blog pretty actively to this day. I'd say he's planning to get on Facebook, Twitter etc. in about 2 weeks & just wants to make sure people are paying attention ;)
- Elisa Camahort Page
Scoble: Did you know the Amish are way ahead-of-the-loop on solar panels. Almost every Amish house has a solar panel. It helps that they are frugal with power.
- Mitchell Tsai
Geez, Robert, what a long winded way to answer a simple question! :-) The short answer is, "It's simply human to want to 1) know more, and 2) be known more." AWARENESS is the key. Without it, there would be no UNDERSTANDING. First comes self-awareness, which is what makes us human. Then comes awareness of others, which is what the web and social software enable in a very efficient way...
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- Lawrence Liu
I'd say: "Bob, 5 billion years have working to make this neat little box. Wanna peak inside?"
- phil baumann
Thanks for the great article. Already added the MarsPhoenix Twitter feed and other related RSS feeds.
- Bill Bittner
Not everyone wants to keep in touch with the latest technology. Some folks just want to sit on a stoop and watch traffic. I don't understand that but I respect their choice.
- Morton Fox
I posted my comment to your blog, but here's a snippet: It all boils down to this: We must *master* our productivity tools (technology included) in order to maximize production of our quality work in a time manner. So how do you use technology to accomplish this? Are you an advanced user that has figured out how to organize, sort, filter and glean the best data from all your tools? The person who is best capable of using each tool with mastery, will achieve the highest productivity ratio.
- Susan Beebe
Great post Robert whether Bly is real or not - people often miss that this is NOT about technology but about connections and learning and PEOPLE. Alas, the problem today for folks like you and I who just freakin love learning new stufff is that well -we have SO many opportunities from so many people thanks to the tech! Well said Lawrence!!
- deb schultz
http://bly.com/blog/?p=333 that's the link to Bob's blog post about this very letter he sent you Robert.
- James Dasher
Great post Scoble...keep going after the interesting conversations!
- Mack D. Male
I *just* had a chance to read the actual article. I don't know Bly, but I couldn't disagree with him more. Your response was dead on. I think Bly has missed the point that these are just tools. I also think his response is like writing in to Car & Driver and telling them they have too many articles about automobiles.
- ha3rvey (business time)
Defining a choice not to use (or more properly) _venerate_ networking tools as "ignorant" is part of the problem. You assume that everything happening in the world is happening in these environments. It is not. And if you really are sitting on a couch watching TV when you're not on Twitter, you ARE missing out. When I was off Twitter yesterday, I was eating ice cream with 5-year-old nieces reading them a story. and being wrestled to the ground by them. I hope your son can look forward to such memories.
- Shelly Brisbin
It's the same old story over and over again. Some will fight against new technology (tools), kicking and screaming all the way. Others will adopt and improve. At some point the tools that make it will have been subsumed into mainstream and we'll laugh about the early resistance. Telephone, yes, and railroad... come to mind. Is social networkiing here to stay? Who knows? But why condemn it without trying it out?
- Alex von Halem
Two things that have really stuck with me from this article over the past couple of days: "Whenever I am faced with a productivity problem I ask myself “what do I want to get out of life?”" which is damned good advice. It might seem selfish but I now think that you can't ask yourself this enough. Too many people go through life doing things they don't want to do just because they ask themselves the wrong questions. Start asking this one.
- william douglas watson
The second thing which I find infinitely for powerful than the first: "The real thing I’ve been doing for more than eight years now is to try to arrange my life so that I have an interesting conversation every day with someone interesting." What an awesome life you have made Scoble. The fact that you have come to a point in your life that this is a feasible goal is just awesome. Wow. Thanks for the inspiration.
- william douglas watson
I think my answer to Bob Bly would be this: 'I was a copywriter. Then, while following Robert Scoble's Microsoft blog, I found out about tablet pcs. And have since become a visual facilitator, earning approximately twenty times more per gig than I ever did as a copywriter. Social media is the most powerful learning tool I've ever dealt with.' (Thanks for turning me onto tablet pcs, Robert.)
- Roy Blumenthal
To me it seems that Bob Bly just wants to hold on to the wistful memory of how things were...freeze time, so to speak. And no matter what you tell him and how you do it, it's not going to make an iota of a difference. What for him is waste of time, is for you a dive into worlds unknown. What for you is old school and ignorance, is for him blissful existence in a world as tangible as the cup of coffee (or tea) he holds. And never the twain shall meet.
- Mansi Bhatia
Great discussion. I started to comment, but it got too long, so it wound up here: http://philcrissman.com/2008...
- Phil Crissman
FriendFeed + Google Reader Are One - http://louisgray.com/graphic...
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It is a beautiful thing.
- Louis Gray
mmm...tasty 2.0-ness
- Jacob Nahin
nice mockup
- Duncan Riley
from twhirl
What? How? Who? When? Photoshop?
- Matt Hooper
Not a mockup. :-)
- Louis Gray
Give up the goods, pimp! I gots to have that sweet setup. Share :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Greasemonkey?
- Tanath
Not greasemonkey
- Louis Gray
dont be a tease, if it's not a mockup, share!!!! :-)
- Duncan Riley
LOL... nice screenshot. ;)
- Matt Shaulis
So Matt, care to tell them how this works?
- Louis Gray
Que es?
- Hutch Carpenter
Three hairs from a wild boar mixed with a frog's eye and some dragon blood. Mixed in a cauldron... brought to the highest peak of the widest mountain... oh wait.. it's not all the magical at all, is it?
- Matt Shaulis
I'm confused. What do you want, Michael? It's Google Reader with the Friendfeed header. I took this as a snarky commentary to the amount of Google Readerness on Friendfeed. I'm missing a joke, aren't I? I do that all time time. Damn.
- Mark Trapp
As a sidenote: what a pain in the ass it is to add people's shared feeds to your google reader account. Why do I have to have a gmail account and add people from there?
- Mark Trapp
Mark, it's not a joke. It's a bookmarklet that puts Google Reader into FriendFeed. More details soon.
- Louis Gray
1) Google Domain or 2) a theme for google reader ? (DOH!! Louis gave the answer while I was typing)
- martin english
Louis, thanks for the clarification. I'm not getting it; anxiously awaiting deets.
- Mark Trapp
excellent mashup! I can haz copy of UR kode?
- Susan Beebe
That sounds quite awesome. As another sidenote: anyone know of a bookmarklet or something to add feeds directly to Google Reader?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@Rahsheen you can get that through Toluu, I'm pretty sure.
- Matt Shaulis
Rahsheen: http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008...
- Mark Trapp
nice hack!
- Wil
Your Google reader looks broken. It doesn't say (1000+) :)
- Andrew Smith
@Rahsheen: If you use Firefox, there's usually a feed icon (orange radar-type thing) in the address bar you can click. Firefox should offer to let you add it to Google Reader or iGoogle. I think there's a setting somewhere if it doesn't...
- Tanath
Ah! I did notice that today. Thanks, Tanath! I'll give that a shot.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Here's how it works. http://tinyurl.com/4ps9qs Thanks to Matt Shaulis (Sign up to him on FriendFeed and @mattshaulis on Twitter) Great guy on a strong Shyftr team.
- Louis Gray
That's actually pretty cool. Nice quick way to check your Greader account from Friendfeed. Neat!
- Mark Trapp
ok twitter survey - how many of you have actually deleted a feed from your feed reader based on poor content or a blogger you lost trust in?
Alana Taylor, Shandiz, Ryan MF and 2 other people liked this
I have - several in fact
- Steven Hodson
Continuously. More often for poor content than lack of trust.
- Michael Hocter
It'sbeen a long time
- DC Crowley
from Alert Thingy
I'm having writer'sblock at the moment.
- DC Crowley
from Alert Thingy
I'm in the habit of deleting feeds that starts to feel like aggregators. I would rather see original content in my feed reader even if it's not all that inspired.
- Daniel Norton
I deleted that Scoble guy. He is too noisy!
- Robert Scoble
Gizmodo!
- Bwana ☠
Not from a single post, it would have to be several.
- Vince DeGeorge
I actually haven't done that yet. I'm rather lackadaisical in deleting feeds that I don't read much.
- Morton Fox
I have, won't say who :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I actually did this today. If i do not like the sorts of stories they cover or how, I toss'em.
- Geoff Schultz
Actually deleted many feeds because it was info overload. Paradoxically, now it is constant twitter
- Crystal Clear
from Alert Thingy
I have, but I'm more likely to delete them for redundant content than anything
- Chuck Lawson
I have. Unfollowed a very popular blogger/tweeter because 99% of his posts were promotion for another of his endeavors. His right to post. my right not to listen.
- Michael Pardee
I have deleted feeds when theres too much noise, like Digg, Reddit, Engadget, Gizmodo or when the blog has lost my interest.
- Erik Weese
Many times!
- Rudy Amid
Most of my deletions have been because of slowdowns/cessation of content. I'm already doing a lot of manual noise avoidance in my reader; I have a "wide net" philosophy when it comes to RSS, and never really feel compelled to get it to zero. It's just one more starting point for me.
- Ryan MF
from Alert Thingy
Occasionaly, though mainly when someone is either a) too self serving or b) signal to noise is to weak.
- Greg
from Alert Thingy
Occasionaly, though mainly when someone is either a) too self serving or b) signal to noise is to weak.
- Greg
from Alert Thingy
I had .some of them had cool posts at first and then after a while ....also there are a group of blogs repeating others especially non-English blogs and obviously I'd delet them as soon as I find the original source!
- Shandiz
I really need to filter the amount of content I get on my feeds. So if the content is not amazing, I unfortunately have to unsubscribe. But also if there is just a ridiculous amount of content that is irrelevant to me, like 600+ posts a day, like Gawker, then I have to unsubscribe as well.
- Alana Taylor
The best example of this for me would be when I deleted Scripting News. Too much Wining. If Dave has someting to say that is important, I know it will be picked up on by other blogs I read and I can read it then.
- Jeff
Funnily enough, I also deleted Scripting News for the same reason. There's a lot of content out there, so I seek out the best.
- David Sim
So we all deleted Scripting News, but how long ago? That was my first delete from my first feed reader. May have been 2003?
- Cyndy
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