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Say Hello To The Buzz Button. Google Didn’t Make It, So We Did. - http://techcrunch.com/2010...
I'm pretty sure this shares something in Google Reader... not just Google Buzz?
- Aaron Myers
Email is saved! Inbox2 rocks. Here is why: - http://ourdoings.com/roberts...
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Waseem Sadiq, CTO (left) and Khuram Hussain are showing me how you can send emails and messages to Twitter, Facebook, and others. It is in private beta now, will launch later this year. http://www.inbox2.com Does all sorts of useful stuff like forwarding, copying, etc. "It is really hard to build a good email client," says Sadiq. They nailed it, must try it.
- Robert Scoble
Can we get an invite code? :)
- Aaron Myers
Invite Code please! ?
- Jigar Mehta
Yeah Robert, ask them to let you post some invite codes to FriendFeed!
- Ben Kessler
Get us all hyped up and no codes? C'mon Robert, score some codes for us.
- Jim Graham
Robert, score a code, for a Pie ala mode...:)
- Fred Tabsharani
Codes, or it didn't happen!
- David Lloyd
Invite code :) please
- Susan Beebe
Well now we're all interested. So invite codes would be awesome. Please.
- Vlad Bobleanta
sounds awesome - yes, codes!
- Karma Martell
another request for some codes...
- Paul
Very cool. I can imagine this being something to tie me over until Google Wave is released. I presume the transition to Google Wave from Inbox2 will be a ease?
- Vinko
me want codes now, give um me code
- David Lloyd
Yep yep, give us some codes please.
- Bhavishya Kanjhan
I think I can see you from here :)
- Richard Walker
Just go to their site, they will send you the codes in an email.
- Elizabeth Good
sometime next year maybe!
- David Lloyd
Robert, thx for the plug! Everybody that wants an invite just leave your email address on the website (www.inbox2.com), will take a few weeks before you get one tho, due to the infrastructure we're setting up to serve u all :-)
- Waseem Sadiq
'a few weeks'!! we'll have all forgotten about it by then! -- you've got our interest now (it's about 20 people, how much infrastructure would be required?)
- Paul
Hehe that is true, but if I let you guys in now I might end up spoiling the zen like email experience once its good enough. I'll tell you what, if you are willing to try out the product and tell us how we can improve it, or blog about it, Í will get you an invite (waseem at inbox2 dot com)
- Waseem Sadiq
we are btw also on twitter @inbox2 @waseemsadiq and our blog http://blog.inbox2.com (shameless self promotion)
- Waseem Sadiq
Eh, looks like an AIR app.
- Akiva
What a tease! I have already requested for an invite and now waiting...thanks Robert.
- Rahul Mirakhur
Yeah, ditto -- and after they asked us to email them so they could add us to the beta list...
- Paul
You guys allready seen this? http://www.inbox2.com/account...
- Waseem Sadiq
Robert, was this post sent directly from your phone? How do you do that?
- Skyler Call
Hey, it'd be nice if you invite me to try Inbox2. The 'Request Invite' feature is not working.
- Dnyanesh
500+ free Topify invites - http://www.topify.com/invite...
Brandon Titus, Brian Moore, Ouriel Ohayon and 4 other people liked this
You might not need it but I think it's still the best way to manage followers by email. See http://crave.cnet.co.uk/softwar... and http://www.louisgray.com/live....
- LouCypher
from Bookmarklet
thanks Lou, trying it out
- anna sauce
thanks!
- 我是真砂！
Seems like a great service BUT I don't want to change my e-mail address to anything because then the company /could/ change my password and hi-jack my account.
- Aaron Myers
@Aaron: You're right about this, though.
- LouCypher
I'm really enjoying this, takes about 3 clicks away from managing my followers
- anna sauce
awesome - looking forward to trying it out - thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Looks good, I'll give it a try. Thank you!
- Frank Kammerdiener
To those who afraid to change email address - we understand you and wish we had a workaround for this. Meanwhile, if you have a Gmail account you can setup a filter to forward the Twitter notifications to us. Please note that this only works with Gmail.
- arik
Great idea, I'll set that up now!
- Aaron Myers
I adore it
- anna sauce
Someone out there listening, please follow me at @amyers so I can make sure this works. :)
- Aaron Myers
谢谢您，我拿到了invite code
- 黑莓极至
Feedly is changing the way I read news on the Web. - http://www.feedly.com
"Sedat", thomas elton, Nicolai Butzki and 49 other people liked this
what do you like better about feedly then friendfeed or others? just curious. I'm trying to cut back, not add more tools, great s they might be. i'm exploding!
- washwords
Can I like this 3x. Thanks for a GREAT recommendation, Bwana. My new fave Firefox extension.
- Leo Laporte
Wow, even the screensaver function is cool...I might be leaning to feedly and away from greader...
- Anthony Farrior
Revisited based on a few 'endorsements' here on FF. Wow. Easy, fast, just cool.
- Charlie Anzman
What are the implications of "no thanks"? Same as "Mark as read"?
- Andrew Smith
@cecily if you get a chance, go to the feedly dashboard (through dashboard link at the top right of the screen) and click on the star next to the sources you like the most and see if the what's new page looks any better. The other option is to click on the "cover" icon on the top left on the nav bar and see if that view is more diggestable. If you have specific ideas on how to make the interface more appealing let us know!
- Edwin Khodabakchian
@andrew no thanks = mark the article as read + let the feedly recommendation engine know that you did not like this recommendation. This metadata is then used with other criteria to unfluence future recommendations.
- Edwin Khodabakchian
@Edwin, thanks, good to know.
- Andrew Smith
@Bwana Where is Feedly video, I love Bwana TV more than Scobleizer TV : ))
- Erhan Erdoğan
Hmm... have speed dial already loaded upon feedly install and cannot find feedly anywhere
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
Mati likes it! :):)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
I'm in love!
- Angel Smith
I installed and uninstalled all in 1 minute.
- Aaron Myers
Erhan, thanks :) I need to learn how to utilize it properly before I screencast it...it's coming soon though, I love this thing
- Bwana ☠
Looks promising, but I'm always suspicious of extensions that don't come from Mozilla addons site...
- João Almeida
What do you guys say to the folks who say Feedly crapped all over their Google Reader (adding feeds to it)?
- David Risley
It's in this thread David: http://friendfeed.com/e... We asked for a bigger warning since the one there is easily missed, the Feedly guys chime in as to why they did it that way. It doesn't "crap" all over your feed, it does create new folders, but they are easily removed. They are working on an undo procedure as well.
- Bwana ☠
@Bwana waiting impatiently : )
- Erhan Erdoğan
Oh my lord. I just checked my Google Reader, it's has 2348279384723 new feeds. Thanks Freedly.
- Aaron Myers
want to see converstaion integrated to feedly. then it really rocks. someone out there should get ff and disqus into feedly in an api way.
- kosmar
I was sort of suprised that some were vehement about the "crap". I woke up and still am enthralled.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
I love it!!! The only feature I'd add is the ability to customize how my emailed items look...
- Kenneth LeFebvre
@David Risley fixed. feedly has now a better msg and automated-undo http://edwink.devhd.com/2008...
- Edwin Khodabakchian
I'm really liking Feedly as well. We'll see how it goes
- Shey
iGoogle has been my home page for well over a year and what I have found is that via widgets its generally there for me to either click on gmail or to go into google reader - the other widgets are generally worth an odd glance but thats about it - I've put feedly as my home page and will see how this works out - but first impressions is a clean easy to use interface even if you have a few hundred feeds to juggle..
- Jican
Feedly is awesome: I had a few hiccups after installation, but I re-installed, and it has been a real help in 2 ways: 1) motivated me to clean up my feeds and sort them into a major category 2)motivates me daily to actually skim through and read the content that is closest to my current interests. well done!
- Terri MacMillan
LOVE Feedly.
- Fleagle
I want it for chrome. Any chance?
- Erfun
Not dissing Feedly, but didn't experience anything that made me want to give up Google Reader when I tried Feedly a few months ago. Anyone care to explain why I should try again?
- Chris Stevenson
I don't work for them, so I don't see a reason to convince you. Some people like it, some don't.
- Fleagle
Hi Chris: feedly tries to provide a magazine like summary of your google reader. Some users only care about productivity and find the magazine like interface a step backward. Some users like it and use it in concert with their google reader. Some people prefer using the magazine like interface only.
- Edwin Khodabakchian
Whoohoo! I'm using Google Wave now! I'm egordin atsign wavesandbox.com over there if you have it - wave on over. Can't hand out invites tho
Add me! amyers@wavesandbox.com
- Aaron Myers
This new 100-flavor Coca-Cola fountain is amazing, I can't wait to try it out, http://www.fastcompany.com/blog...
If you're in the Atlanta area or in California and want to try out this new machine, let me know. I can tell you some places that have them!
- Aaron Myers
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gdalziel at gmail
- Glenn Slaven
thanks
- Glenn Slaven
You're welcome.
- Chuck
jesi [dot] nieves [at] gmail [dot] com
- Jesi
jigar dot me at gmail thanks chuck.
- Jigar Mehta
Thomas1384 [at] hotmail [dot] com - THX Chuck
- Tom
I want an invites email: leozhucn@gmail.com
- Leigh
Thanks Chuck
- Jesi
Got the invite, Thanks Chuck. In case if Chuck runs out of invite, I have got 20, add your email here and I will keep an eye.
- Jigar Mehta
leozhucn, sent you one just now.
- Jigar Mehta
digideth at gmail dot com THANK YOU Chuck (a fellow MU Fan! MIZ!) or Jigar!
- Brian Moore
Brian, sent an invite.
- Jigar Mehta
Apostol, sent you one too.
- Jigar Mehta
Just use the invite code: TECHCRUNCH
- Aaron Myers
A student drops out of school every 26 seconds in America.
This is a very sad statistic, but if they only knew the percentage of people that make more money later in life by finishing school and getting a college education, maybe they wouldn't?
- Aaron Myers
Google voice opening to public sometime soon...and it rocks, I've been using it for years
Buddy liked this
Great service, I use it all the time. Do you use it as your main number or do you just use it for select people?
- Aaron Myers
I use it for screening primarily so most contacts have my real #, but I'll transfer my real # to Voice when that is avail
- Cameron Johnson
Yeah, I use it to screen people as well. I use it on all kinds of forms because I hate telemarketers. I always fear that Google would end the Google Voice platform and I would have to move my number back to my phone carrier and/or give everyone a new number.
- Aaron Myers
Dell's new Z: I am throwing away my Mac when this comes out: - http://ourdoings.com/roberts...
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Darren Rollett, Robert J Taylor, Vezquex and 123 other people liked this
I can't tell you how I got this photo and I can't tell you why I am dumping my Mac when this comes out but this is the first Dell that has me slobbering in a very long time.
- Robert Scoble
Really??
- Gerry Realtyman Bourgeois
Hey, T'row it ober here!
- Gary Etie
Still Windoze-infected, right?
- Bill L
Can you give us more details on the configuration and the size factor?
- Amit Nangare
Instead of throwing your Mac away, can I have it?
- Victor Ganata
The Dell Z looks awesome
- johnny2009
I'll buy your Mac....uh, you take checks, right?
- Mike Lewis
problem with Dell computers, is they still run Windows. Unless you want to deal with Linux
- Andrew Lombardi
I agree with John
- Mike Brewer
Er, okay. Does it run OS X?
- Grant Goodale
well good luck with that! :-)
- teymur madjderey
Didn't you say something similar about the Nokia N97 a few months ago?
- Beau Giles
You've got to tell me more than that for me to believe why you might throw your Mac away??
- Aaron Myers
Really - with the build quality they are renown for!!
- Ian Lewis
If it runs windows 7 then at least there is some reason for this madness. Anything else and you've completely lost your mind!
- Devlin Dunsmore
Amit: I can't explain why, sorry, but this will get a lot of attention and Apple will have to react to it. Why do you think Apple has been attacking Windows 7?
- Robert Scoble
Yes, it looks sleek, but it's still a Dell.
- Bob Young
Dude! You're getting a Dell!
- Andrew Lombardi
From the keyboard, it looks like a 15.4" or 17" widescreen that's super thin. (keyboard is chiklet-style)
- Eugene Hsu
You can't throw out your mac! You'll eventually be crawling back.
- Matt Ruiz
Yes, I got excited by the Palm Pre but I don't think I said the Pre would get me to throw away my iPhone. Of course we don't know what Apple will do but this will make Apple guys at least raise their eyebrows.
- Robert Scoble
Throwing away your Mac is a bad idea.
- Louis Gray
May I suggest to sell The Original Scoble MacBook Pro on ebay and hand the money in for charity?
- Ralf Rottmann
NokiaN97 does widescreen videos with new Qik, by the way. iPhone doesn't.
- Robert Scoble
Don't throw your Mac away!! Keep it as 'backup', you might need it ... ;) ;)
- Ronald
Asgod: believe me Engadget will be all over this.
- Robert Scoble
This was rolled out to selected laptop users 4-5 months ago, wasn't it? Lots of drooling, if I recall. But you should keep your Mac as a backup. And so far as "I can't tell you how I got this photo ..." is concerned, what's with the name tag on the fellow doing the Vana White?
- Bob Young
Louis: I will give away my Mac instead of throwing it away.
- Robert Scoble
i will take it robert :)
- Allen Stern
Robert, how about donating it to JHTC (for auctioning) to help us launch our charitable arm?
- Bill L
Looks kind of clunky, seams don't match, build quality doesn't look near the Mac so there must be something that's not obvious.
- PXLated
I will fight Allen for it Robert
- Jesse Stay
BTW, that looks like the NYSE - sounds like you met a Dell rep on the floor?
- Jesse Stay
Ya, in the pics with the black and gape-looking seams
- PXLated
I'm a Mac and nothing Dell does could change that
- Dean Kakridas
Hmmm..."throw away"...does that mean Dell's going eco-friendly like Apple?
- Jesse Stay
Um, if you're going to throw it away I'll take your Mac!!
- Mona Nomura
Looks real thin though
- PXLated
Mona you have to fight Allen and I for it first
- Jesse Stay
I'm thinking full solid state, very fast
- Jesse Stay
Nooo... I wanted a Dell 15' with nice reso but no HD. Not avaliable in Europe. I had to buy a MacBook Pro. Received today. Nice but I loved my Latitude.
- Jérôme
BTW, nice tattoo's Robert! When did you get those?
- Dean Kakridas
And with that very light and low on heat
- Jesse Stay
so what's the specs on it ? intel T9900, DDR3?
- Khaled A
over at notebookreview there is a huge thread about it already http://bit.ly/pp83N
- Ronald
touch screen? that doesn't seem mac-trash-worthy. flips around like a tablet, with touch screen? nah. super battery with built in wimax or 4G connectivity? maybe.
- Chip Ramsey
Dean, per the nametag that's @rockmanusa, Robert's producer/photographer
- Jesse Stay
WOW!
- hollyrae
I'm intrigued by the google map you have attached with it ... battery park city?! Sounds quite interesting indeed, but I won't be interested, unless it can polish my shoes, feed the cats, and wash itself every 3 hours :) Ohh I wouldn't mind if it has a proper multi-touch trackpad.
- Shivanand Velmurugan
^^ :D ^^
- Ronald
found a page with more pictures http://www.pclaunches.com/noteboo...
- Khaled A
PXlated: I think I beat Engadget with a photo. It is an early prototype.
- Robert Scoble
mona vs. jesse vs. me = steel cage match for robert's laptop
- Allen Stern
at photos: make,make plz !!!
- Ronald
Allen: count me in if you want to upgrade to a steel cage, ladder match
- Shivanand Velmurugan
I know, I was kidding :)
- Dean Kakridas
from email
i need a mac so i can make an iphone app for cc - unless someone wants to make one for me :)
- Allen Stern
Allen: CC? Creative Commons?
- Shivanand Velmurugan
Robert the suspense is killing me!!!!!
- Chris Henderson
Other pics still don't turn me on - But, I like my Mac/OSX, have gotten great support at the Apple stores, there's more than just the box.
- PXLated
cc = cloudcontacts my startup
- Allen Stern
Asgod: I broke all sorts of rules to get this photo. Photography is expressly not allowed where I am. It is geek heaven though.
- Robert Scoble
robert - you might want to crop out the person's name who is in the photo :)
- Allen Stern
Robert: So how did we get a photograph then?! (good ol' don't give a crap about the rulez eh? :) ) A lot of hype, it better be seriously good :)\
- Shivanand Velmurugan
it was leaked a few days earlier on another site though :>
- Khaled A
Good luck with that. Whatever helps you get the job done efficiently is OK w/me.
- barl0w
Allen I'm in - we'll do it when I'm out there in July. I warn you - I don't play by the rules though.
- Jesse Stay
"Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead" (Pulp Fiction)
- Andrew Eglinton
jesse - i will use all the social networks against you! i think mona's finisher is the fail whale
- Allen Stern
Allen, careful, I know the "Twitter Game"
- Jesse Stay
Allen & Jesse: Blood, gore .. is what we are looking for (throw in the ladder, and ustream it! ) :)
- Shivanand Velmurugan
And what about the Techcrunch Crunchpad?
- Francine Hardaway
to be the twitter you gotta beat the twitter
- Allen Stern
intel U9300 1.2GHz? that's not a very powerful cpu... what's your mac, scoble? an iBook?
- Khaled A
but a 2 pounds 16" notebook? that's interesting ...
- Khaled A
holly plant the Dell seed! thanks for the heads up.game changer?
- Jeff Marmins
that's according the specs posted by Brian Hill: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpos...
- Khaled A
Who's the bigger sucker here ... Scoble ... or those sucked in by this post
- Don Strickland
are you serious? c'mon, it's a PC! The main component of any computer is not the hardware, it's SOFTWARE.
- Konstantin
Don: it does a few things your Mac doesn't.
- Robert Scoble
Konstantin: really? Why don't you use a Mac Classic then and why do all Mac fans slobbering when new hardware comes out? Finally you should try Windows 7 on your Mac. You might be surprised. I am running Windows 7 on my Mac.
- Robert Scoble
Francine: I am buying Crunchpads for a different reason.
- Robert Scoble
Can I just point out did a search for "scoble 'Palm Pre' 'throw away'" to see what you said back at CES... and Google already has the comments on this thread indexed?
- Ken Sheppardson
Jeff: I think this Dell will help Microsoft poke Apple in the eye again.
- Robert Scoble
I saw the specs, and it just doesn't *seem* that spectacular. Maybe it makes waffles and prints money...
- Carlton Prest
Ken: Google is getting faster, huh?
- Robert Scoble
so what will they call this new class of notebooks? under powered under 10" are netbooks. U9300 based 16" would be called .. hmm wafflebook
- Khaled A
Robert: Yeah, it's not Track, but I suspect it's certainly getting close enough for 80%+ of the population.
- Ken Sheppardson
Carlton: they have kept a few things secret.
- Robert Scoble
... the 80%+ who haven't used Track, that is ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
As I expected. Do you have any idea as to when they'll officially announce this?
- Carlton Prest
Carlton by when Microsoft ships Windows 7.
- Robert Scoble
facial recognition - that's a strange rumor.
- Chip Ramsey
I should expect Dell middle east to make a crappy keyboard print: http://twitpic.com/6o2rc redundancy fails
- Khaled A
finally: it is a Dell...
- Ronald
Nice, thanks for the heads up Robert. Don't mind the fanboy's calling you a heretic. ;)
- Arawak
Has me curious. I'm not going to be so bold as to claim in an Apple "fanboish" way that nothing can possibly beat Apple.
- Angus Burton
19 hours of battery is impressive if true
- Brian Hill
"I can't tell you how I got this photo" -- Perhaps by standing next to Rocky as he held one on the NYSE floor yesterday? :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
100+ comments later... mission completed. You won't throw or give away your Mac for a Dell w/ Win 7
- Jonathan Brown
You'll hurt your shoulder carrying that thing around, but man, what a great screen!!
- RobinDotNet
Looks like picture was taken at the New York Stock Exchange. Maybe it's a multi-touch screen?
- Steve de Mena
Steve: all I can say is it has stuff Apple doesn't yet do.
- Robert Scoble
Robin: I have a bag with wheels for my Mac so my shoulder is OK. The photo was taken tonight.
- Robert Scoble
Microsoft Bing: We did not find any results for "tell you why I am dumping my Mac when this comes out but this is the first Dell" ~ giggle
- Don Strickland
must have a oled display
- Jim Posner
I'm guessing it loads the Building43 site 10% faster, or it has Building43 bookmarked out of the box.
- Steve Wright
Im guessing touchscreen
- Kashif Khan
I'm glad you have a wheelie bag, now you can buy it with impunity and wheel it through airports all over the world, feeling happy about your awesome laptop. :-) (How much does it weigh?)
- RobinDotNet
@Robert "Steve: all I can say is it has stuff Apple doesn't yet do...." TBH, there has been a lot of things the Macbook line hasn't been up to par feature wise for a long time. This isn't nothing new. My 1yr old XPS has eSATA, "F/W", "ExpressCard", 10in1 MMC, Biometrics, HDMI, Blu Ray, 4USB and integrated 3G all of which would be 'show stoppers' if Apple announced them. So its all relative.
- Arawak
Only two factory stickers, not bad!
- Onar Vikingstad
"has stuff Apple doesn't yet do" ... hmmm ... when placed on a Microsoft Surface it transforms into a puck for Microsoft Surface Hockey, played by waving your hands at the built-in Natal controllers.
- Don Strickland
@Christopher...touche. ;)
- Arawak
Say it ain't so! Looks way cool.
- michelle lamar
Will it run Pro Tools. It seems as if I need to use it for digital editing of raw audio.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Mathew: I would imagine it would, but I don't have it to try that, so will have to wait to tell you definitively.
- Robert Scoble
Thanks, Robert. Being out of the music & video biz since '97 has me playing catch up. The KDHX studios where I will be working are a mac house.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Since it looks like a shell.. I will assume its the touchscreen with MS Surface on Windows 7 :)
- Tim Hoeck
When does this come out Robert?
- Amit Nangare
looks like old black macbook to me! nothing new at least not in image! whats so special?
- matjeka
To back Robert up, I got to try this bad boy right after him. And I can agree, this will make me switch too (after 25 solid years of Mac OS) Holy crap, Dell must have a secret time machine in the basement if 1/2 of these "special" features are true. WOW WOW WOW, and price...WOW!!!
- sean andersen
Robert, Honestly I am not really impressed by the picture, as some mentioned before it most likely is not Mac OS X, is it? And what about battery life, does it match the MBP 17 inch battery life time?
- Peter Simoons
I don't believe you :) Let's revisit this thread when it comes out and see if you follow through
- Bwana ☠
So this is going to bring beleaguered Dell out of the doldrums? Apple did that, but I'll not hold my breath because of Dell's basic build-em-cheap philosophy.
- Rick Cogley
there's claims it is sporting a Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD, Series 4 for video.. if so, that's one giant missed opportunity!
- alphaxion
touch screen would be great, there is a big need in netbooks because of the improvement of usable input area
- Mike Chelen
ok, I'm also intrigued. I can't figure out what is so special about this new notebook.
- timepilot
Robert: Can have your Mac when you're done with it? :)
- John Fox
Hmmm ... I am thinking Dell beat Crunchpad to market with a touchscreen running Win7... If so, Yay for Dell, way to go!!! I will definitely want a Z if so!! *Looks around for @RichardatDELL* :)
- Susan Beebe
The way things are going my mom will never get her new computer. I keep telling her something better is just around the corner.
- ChiliMac
^^ so true!
- Ronald
that thing looks massive. but I bet you don't actually switch to it when the time comes.
- felix
Yeah, do want to know what makes it so compelling over the Mac.
- Karma Martell
I have a MacBook Pro, and wouldn't drop it for anything.
- Geoff Peterson
Surely the OS is what's key? The hardware must be good but it can't make up for any deficiencies in the OS.
- Mayuresh Walke
Isn't this just another one of the Adamo line?
- JA Castillo
JA: nope.
- Robert Scoble
I'm assuming it's windows 7 multi touch and gestural support. The surface code that's now part of windows 7...
- mikepk
mikepk: there are more features than that that Apple doesn't yet have. Gotta wait, though, I promised not to leak.
- Robert Scoble
Dont throw it away! Im sure there are plenty of people that would love to have your old mac!
- James Hague
If it doesn't run OS X it's pointless.
- Peter Kruit
Peter: it runs it, but you can't buy OSX legally for use on non Apple computers. I totally disagree with your thesis, though. I'm running Windows 7 right now on my Mac and it works VERY NICELY.
- Robert Scoble
I'm sure Windows 7 is working nicely, but Windows just doesn't compare to OS X. Mind you, I've only been using OS X for a year now. Before that I was a Windows/DOS user.
- Peter Kruit
Peter: again, I totally disagree. It's clear you haven't tried Windows 7 out on your Mac yet. There are many things in it that are nicer than Apple has. Especially the toolbar and especially Google Chrome.
- Robert Scoble
I have tried Windows 7. It's the same registry and DLL hell that it's always been.
- Peter Kruit
Agree with Scoble... Win7 has many things nicer than OSX.
- Adnan
Peter: I haven't had a problem with DLL hell and the registry for years. I guess you still trying to run VB 2.0 apps? ;-)
- Robert Scoble
1. Never put anything into the registery unless it will affect another part of the system. 2. DLL hell ended in Win98. WinXP/2000 added a way to solve all DLL problems with no rebooting, but the coders have been lazy/ignorant (see #1).
- xero
hehe ;)
- Peter Kruit
I'm a poor geek on a fixed income and the only thing I ever wanted in the whole wide world is a Macbook Pro. :)
- JCunwired
Still a Dell though ;)
- Peter Kruit
Yes, case in point- and that's a deal breaker for just about any Mac user.
- Dean Kakridas
from email
I switched to Macs 3 years ago but I have to say Windows 7 will make me rethink that decision. It is much more than a "Vista Service Pack".
- Steve de Mena
My husband has a Dell laptop and it's really nice, so I am definitely gonna check the Z out...
- Susan Beebe
Peter: It is possible to install MAC OSX on your Dell thanks to the OSx86 Project: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki... Although it may not be entirely legal this is still going to happen and Apple should roll with it and embrace the hacker culture. If this Dell can run Boot Camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...), and give users the option of running either Mac or Vista that would be awesome!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Garin: that's possibly the ultimate manifestation of "lipstick on a pig"!
- Dean Kakridas
from email
Dean: No way, Sarah Palin is the ultimate lipstick pig and Mac OSX on a Dell is cool!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Garin: that she is and might be the ultimate candidate for a Dell actually.
- Dean Kakridas
from email
Is there some new synchronization feature using Microsoft's Mesh technology or something? Win7 is suppose to have some Mesh tech built-in.
- Jeff Weber
Dean: Haha! Jeff: Mesh is probably windows only syncing, but I have not investigated. I use http://www.getdropbox.com/ for syncing my files between my PC and Mac, and it works great!
- Garin Kilpatrick
interesting! Windows 7 indeed rocks... and yes - i own macs and pcs
- andy brudtkuhl
Jason: it doesn't have Vista. Thanks for playing.
- Robert Scoble
any idea if this is a joint effort with the alienware talent they acquired?
- Trey Philips
Jason: let's talk after you see it. You might still be a Mac fan but you will at least pause after you see the secret stuff this does.
- Robert Scoble
Jason: You are right on. And furthermore, many have not even really "tried". Nothing out there that claims to even compete with Apple products have put close to the level of time, resource, and dollar investment in design and software that Apple has. Anyone who has been in the tech industry for the past 10 years now knows that there's Apple and then a bunch of pretenders and bad imitators.
- Dean Kakridas
from email
That's like saying I am throwing away my Mercedes for the new Chrysler. You still get Dell support and service which has forced me to find new vendors. Wish windows server products ran on os x server. Then we could go all mac hardware.
- Dan Douglass
from Nambu
You're joking, right?
- Steve Council
I've never had a single problem with Dell support. Apple's on the other hand is useless. 10 working day repair time for a machine, compared to next business from Dell. Had to repair a failing disk ourselves because Apple wouldn't replace it, if tech tools said it was bad, 'tech tools isn't any good', and when disk utility said it was bad, 'tech tools is more accurate'. Wouldn't put anything important on Apple hardware or support.
- Russ
Is this the laptop you saw? http://content.dell.com/us...
- Robert
No, Robert, it's this - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
- Ken Sheppardson
But I am the Z-man.. this is my brand... http://www.zoliblog.com/2007... I'll fight for it unless Dell wants to corrupt me by sending a Z-thingie :-)
- Zoli Erdos
I'll throw my Mac out for this ... when it's running OS X. C'mon Dell & Jobs! Stop competing and own the whole market! :)
- Robert J Taylor
I've been dreaming of a laptop that wirelessly charges for years. Although they need to get it like WiFi so it don't have to sit on a "dock"...
- Jon
Flickr Photo Download: Turner Field - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Great picture of Turner Field at sunset.
- Aaron Myers
from Bookmarklet
If you feel like sharing, what's your Facebook username?? (an actual link pls so we can add away)
Andrey, eric, Jason and 89 other people liked this
i'm http://facebook.com/zee.me (determined to still get 'zee' somehow....so if anyone can help, please let me know)
- Zee.
facebook.com/chinaboy
- ybs
facebook.com/metageoff
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
facebook.com/snyce
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
facebook.com/ugura
- Ugur Aydogdu (jnbn)
facebook.com/john.deisher
- John Deisher
Tylergillies
- Tyler Gillies
Mark, Wilheim. Erick and ?apak understand how links work - awesome :P
- Zee.
http://facebook.com/amy.beer - yes, that's really my last name
- Amy℠
joeybean.
- joey
With and without the dot is the same. Both resolve the same.
- Rolf Schewe
http://www.facebook.com/giovy, of course... ;)
- Giovy
http://facebook.com/niron1 [still looking for the culprit that got "niron" reserved].
- Nir Ben Yona
http://www.facebook.com/curtisa... - It's pretty empty there, though.
- caj needs a haircut
Ken you're pretty modest for a stanford alum :-)
- Brian Hendrickson
htttp://www.facebook.com/photoshop
- Can PAÇACI
http://facebook.com/jaredws... -- just include a note that you're from FriendFeed and you're golden. :)
- Jared Smith
I'm assuming everyone who posted their link here would like to connect on Facebook? (I'm not a facebook fan, but was just wondering if FriendFeeders want to befriend on Facebook too).
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I have a FriendFeed list on Facebook for connection purposes. http://www.facebook.com/johnebr...
- John E. Bredehoft
Because of the limitations to add friends here is also my email: bauwil@gmail.com (4 invite modus).
- Wilhelm Bauer
http://facebook.com/chrisof..., as it is just about everywhere
- chrisofspades
www.facebook.com/davidward
- David Ward
http://facebook.com/mikechelen forgot to do proper MikeChelen capitalization >_<
- Mike Chelen
some random guy has appleinc - http://www.facebook.com/applein...
- Mike Bracco
I was saddled with http://www.facebook.com/JDPierc... because everything else was taken..well not true. /LordAlfredHayesJr was in fact available, but I went with something slightly truer.
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
http://www.facebook.com/kinlan - thank my parents for an unpopular surname :)
- Paul Kinlan
/monanomura
- Mona Nomura
http://facebook.com/tamihania - as usually :)
- Hanna Wiszniewska
Wow, huge thread. I am http://www.facebook.com/fruetel - Nice to meet you :)
- Thomas Frütel
http://www.facebook.com/martin... - now I think about it I should have tried for just 'Martin'.
- Martin Bryant
http://facebook.com/legaria w00t just registerd. Legaria not acommon last name! ;)
- Friendfeed's Francisco
I got /KeithBennett.me
- Keith Bennett
from BuddyFeed
where is this feature?
- Ahmad Rashad
Ahmad, facebook.com/username
- Alejandro
http://facebook.com/carlton... And I accept ALL friend requests...and love to get them! lol
- Carlton Hackett
You may have to add some eeeeeee's
- Charlie Anzman
facebook.com/timTech
- tim kerrick
http://www.facebook.com/shira... - I wanted just shiraabel, but my wonderful loving husband thought he would surprise me - opps!
- shira
Interface is broken on my side, idiots broke facebook. They're as annoying as twitter managment.
- Richard A.
http://www.facebook.com/yant... bummed with the 5letter min as would have liked just Yant oh well
- Yant
is there some way to import friendfeed friends to facebook?
- Mike Chelen
christian.dewald http://www.facebook.com/christi...
- Christian (Simply X)
nice to meet you, zee, i'm http://www.facebook.com/victorg...
- diego morelli
ok, now I'm http://www.facebook.com/lizunlo... , so what? ctrl+w.
- Lizunlong
http://facebook.com/ercument that's my first name.
- Ercu
http://www.facebook.com/stijnme... just what I wanted :-)
- Stijn Mertens
It's weird cuz I have jeremy.campbell, but jeremycampbell also seems to work? Is the dot between names optional?
- Jeremy Campbell
from twhirl
@jeremy, dots are discarded. try jer.em.y.camp.bell, that should go to the same username without dots, jeremycampbell.
- Ercu
Thanks for the info @Eric and @Ercu, great to hear.
- Jeremy Campbell
from twhirl
I just stuck with /waltruppar, but my Pug Marley is: http//facebook.com/FreelanceG33k I really wish pages didn't need 1000+ fans b4 being able to snag a name. Maybe they will wave this in the future after things calm down and allow pages in place prior to 31-May to get a name....
- JR
Walt: The 1000 user limit will be lifted on June 28, then we get another free-for-all
- Ken Sheppardson
Couldn't get ruip (damm 5 letter min! :), so got http://www.facebook.com/ruipe
- Rui Pereira
boring but works: facebook.com/richardgoodwin . If I'd have known how easy it was to grab them I would have tried for something more original
- Richard Goodwin
from twhirl
http://www.facebook.com/fernand... Open to connections.
- Fernando Bergamaschi
http://facebook.com/mikael.su - Co-founder of http://IslamCrunch.com/ [Blog based on Islam, Spirituality, Tech & other cool stuff] and co-founder of http://www.MQu.be/ [Web design & development firm]
- Mikael Pittam
http://www.facebook.com/thomken... - Thom Kennon
- Thom Kennon
http://facebook.com/chrisloft - hehe beat six other friends I know on fb called chrisloft
- Chris Loft
I just used my full name, which I also use for my Twitter account: http://facebook.com/garinki...
- Garin Kilpatrick
I DON'T HAVE ONE!!!!!! "tamar" was unavailable but there's no page pointing to it! And um, we DID have someone check in at 12:01:01 AM! I am royally angry. btw, zee, gonna be really hard to get "zee" given the 5 char minimum - get to know someone working at FB and you may get lucky. (I've been trying to get tamar@gmail.com but the minimum character count is 6 and my Google contacts couldn't help..)
- Tamar Weinberg
mmm contacts :-) i hope you both get what you like
- Majento
http://facebook.com/audacio... (I missed deadline by just ONE hour ... all the other Simon Youngs must have got in first)
- Simon Young
from twhirl
http://facebook.com/betashop -- jason goldberg
- Jason Goldberg
http://facebook.com/micah (at present I'm not seeking to add contacts on FB, but I will add you to a List here on FF if you contact me by posting a "Public DM" to http://friendfeed.com/dm2 )
- Micah
اینو پخشش کنید بچه ها http://docs.google.com/View...
- شوخی
http://facebook.com/cobatra I tried to get coba but it need 5 character
- Cobatra✔ ♘
http://www.facebook.com/john... - Let me know your from FF..
- John Serra
Vijay aka scanman - http://www.facebook.com/vijaysa...
- Vijay
wins1 haha, that was the best i could do.
- Wins Fern
http://www.facebook.com/jamesnj... This comment<http://friendfeed.com/the-nex...>was posted in reply to Zee. <http://friendfeed.com/zee> on FriendFeed. To comment, reply above this message. Unsubscribe <https://friendfeed.com/account...> from FriendFeed email.
- James Slater
from email
It seems like I have http://facebook.com/zulemao... AND http://facebook.com/zulema... when I signed up? I clicked on the one with the "." between my first & last name when I registered so who knows. Anyways, my FB is private, family & real life friends :)
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
http://www.facebook.com/paulawi... and my dad got wirth.
- Paula W
You can place a period anyone in your username and it won't make a difference (just like how Gmail does it).
- Andrew Trinh
http://www.facebook.com/mitchel... I was off-line and missed out on snagging my name "mitchell.tsai". One of my other 15 dopplegangers got it...
- Mitchell Tsai
Hardeep Singh Dang, Susan Beebe, anna sauce and 2 other people liked this
would like one! forinec[AT]googlemail.com
- forinec
kenobi@kenobius.ru Thanks!
- Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ
ml.browneyes at gmail.com pls. thanx! :-)
- browneyes
Got it! Thx!
- forinec
Forinec, Kenobi, u should get your invite shortly.
- Wins Fern
Browneyes, can you provide alternate email, pls?
- Wins Fern
LouCypher, u hv one.
- Wins Fern
Wins, thanks :)
- LouCypher
wow, I`d really appreciate one! folone@gmail.com
- ..кстати
OK, now I have 6 invites
- LouCypher
d0tski at gmail, please!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Invite sent to d0tski
- LouCypher
Awesome, thanks, LouCypher!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
I want one plz, saberioon [at]gmail[dot]com
- Mehdi saberioon
Please ? raspeball /at/ gmail // com
- ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ
Would love one,zhoujingwei [at] gmail [dot]com
- Steve Chou
Tjgillies@gmail.com
- Tyler Gillies
If there's any more going, I'd love one! ninthart1 at mac dot com - Thanks!
- Brad Brooks
me! banane-at-gmail
- anna sauce
thanks for invite!
- Tyler Gillies
Invite sent to Thomas, Steve, Tyler, and Anna. "An error occured, please contact support" when I tried to invite Mehdi and Brad. I don't know why.
- LouCypher
I have none left.
- LouCypher
areyoulookon@gmail.com
- kang
zhangkaich@gmail.com thank you very much
- zhangkai/张楷
from twhirl
susan.beebe{@}gmailDOTcom - THANKS!!!!!!!
- Susan Beebe
@Wins oops, sorry. can u send browneyes at punkass.com ? if u still have an invite.
- browneyes
:(( i want it plz
- Mehdi saberioon
I'm probably too late. But if anyone has one to spare, I'd appreciate it at mansibhatia [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks!
- Mansi Bhatia
LouCypher would you send to doganli@doganli.com
- Sinan D
@Mansi Bhatia- It shows an error, I can try to send to an alternate email ID.
- Wins Fern
@Sinan: check your mail, pls.
- Wins Fern
probably everyone in this thread can send invites FYI
- Tyler Gillies
from email
Anyone has one more? Appreciate one. v9y dot tech @ gmail.
- Vinay | विनय
Would love to grab an invite bjtitus [at] gmail
- Brandon Titus
I don't suppose there are any more are there? theinfamousj at gmail
- Miss Elle
amyers@gmail.com
- Aaron Myers
if everyone that received an invite gets their own invites, and would like to share, I'd love one, and will share mine with others here. shaun76 at gmail dot com
- shaun mclane
Huh. Weird. Could you try sending it to brijesh.mansi@gmail.com? Thanks.
- Mansi Bhatia
Thanks Wins
- Sinan D
@Aaron, check ur mail. If received acknowledge, pls.
- Wins Fern
I'm probably the only one who hasn't received an invite yet :((
- Mansi Bhatia
@Mansi Bhatia, pls check your mail (brijesh.mansi). Sorry, for the delay. Pls acknowledge?
- Wins Fern
Got it! Thanks a bunch, Wins! :-)
- Mansi Bhatia
any chance there are any more of these floating about? marco[dot]nunez[at]gmail[dot]com if so thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
you rule wins - thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Me too please. rojajimmy@gmail.com
- Hardeep Singh Dang
Each of the new accounts will get 10 invites. Thats a lot of invites floating around.
- Wins Fern
great stuff. So I will wait for some1 to let me in too. Share the love ppl. :) rojajimmy@gmail.com
- Hardeep Singh Dang
If anyone is feeling generous, I'd love an invite, too. : ) invite@eeditor.oib.com
- eEditor
Would like to get an invite if possible: c.mark.briggs at gmail dot com.
- Mark Briggs
if the people getting invites feel generous with their 10 invites, I'd love one - shaun76 at gmail.com
- shaun mclane
if poss, one would be welcome here! rich.bradshaw at that gmail thing.
- Rich
I'd like one too please. bhavishya.kanjhan at gmail dot com
- Bhavishya Kanjhan
Me please bemick at gmail dot com
- Brian
Love one! invites AT squealingrat.com
- Squealing Rat
bryan at consultfab dot com
- Bryan R. Adams
is there anyway you can send me an invite to Inbox2 ? mziguir.hicham@gmail.com. thanks in advance man
- Hicham
pjdzins at gmail dot com! please get me one if possible :D
- Prashant Jain
have any more inbox2 invites? PLZ
- Robert Walraven
Im looking for invites to Spotify http://www.spotify.com/ anyone can Help me?
Added myself to the list. Hope I can get it.
- Aaron Myers
Go to http://quilovnic.blogspot.com, search spotify anf let me a comment with your mail. I send you an invitation
- Jonathan
Does the FriendFeed API allow you to shorten FriendFeed pages into ff.im for applications like TweetDeck, etc?
Kol Tregaskes, Micah and Hans-Juergen Koch liked this
You mean shorten the urls to posts? Sure, press "Share," copy short ff.im-url in the middle line at bottom.
- ianf ⌘
I don't mean for me to manually do it, I'd like to see a feature where you post a FriendFeed link in TweetDeck or DestroyTwitter and it will automatically convert the link to ff.im
- Aaron Myers
TweetDeck and DestroyTwitter apps not under FF's control, are they?
- ianf ⌘
No, but like with Flickr and Digg, links can be shortened using the API and/or public tools. Didn't know of FriendFeed made that available.
- Aaron Myers
FF makes ff.im (="FF I am" ;-)) shorturls available through Share dialog, but not as far as I can see, through its API. Nor is there a way to submit granular-anchor-FF url to it and receive a shortened one in return (i.e. I could not refer to your comment above the ff.im way, while I CAN refer to it with this laboriously-extracted tinyurl <http://tinyurl.com/qlcwch>). So, are you just assuming FF API can be used for that, or do you KNOW IT for sure?
- ianf ⌘
ianf, how did you manufacture THAT tinyurl? über-cool!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
It's very laborious, involves looking under the hood for a specific comment, extracting its id-string, tacking it manually onto the permalink, and submitting to tinyurl. Could have been achieved much easier if FFeeders thought of it, and subscribers cared about it/ kept requesting it. Here's my once-suggestion: <http://ff.im/2uBFP> and also read this <http://friendfeed.com/search...>
- ianf ⌘
I see I though that was a good idea. ;-) I still think it is. The self-referencing search in fun. I almost commented on this while I was commenting on it. But yes, the hashanchors on comments would be AWESOME.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I also have managed to self-reference the very comment the link appeared in, but it involves two-step saving and editing of it. Better FF would preindex "last+1 comment," so it could be extracted from page's source before comment was posted (this would create some confusion if two or more people commented the same thread at once, but I'd still be willing to live with the...
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- ianf ⌘
iPrint is giving away 10,000 sets of 25 Google profile business cards totally free. Have a little fun and show off your profile. https://www.google.com/account...
Russellreno, metalerik, bcultral and 18 other people liked this
US only
- AJ Batac :)
Link is broken.
- Anika
You should have completed a profile
- AJ Batac :)
Like this: http://www.google.com/profile...
- AJ Batac :)
yay for pea and free (it rhymes!) :)
- AJ Batac :)
this doesn't work? I'm confused.
- Aaron Myers
Try to complete your profile.
- AJ Batac :)
My profile is complete. I am so lost and I don't even want the cards. LOL
- Anika
bummer :-(
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Yeah for iPrint!
- Dave Hodson
Anika, same problem awhile ago with another friend. I asked him to logout. Then login back to Google.com not Gmail.com hit account
- AJ Batac :)
Yeah, even if I search for my profile it says it doesn't exist. Even though I'm *looking* at it.
- Anika
Yeah somewhat buggy
- AJ Batac :)
Aaaaaaaand... signed up.
- Brad Williamson
It feels good to be an early adopter eh?
- AJ Batac :)
Only for US addresses :( I want mines
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
Find a friend. I just did that.
- AJ Batac :)
Uff, I need a friend in the US...
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
Odd, I couldn't get the cards under my 'faboo mama' account, but couldn't via my biz account and that profile is nowhere near complete.
- Anika
Have to agree to make your profile searchable. As soon as I agreed to that, the offer popped up.
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
Worked for me, cool!
- Sally Church
Not me Chris. I have friends ;)
- AJ Batac :)
sweet. thanks AJ.
- chrisofspades
Worked for me. Kinda gimmicky, but we'll see.
- Mr. Gunn
Ughh.. I did it but now I have a freakin add on my profile. I knew there had to be a catch. Not cool. Or was the add there already? I notice the add is only there when I'm logged in.
- Bill Rawlinson
Weeee! Mine are in the mail.
- Christen
mine already shipped! :)
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
Mine arrived today!!! Nice flat pack, three cards wide. The card stock and printing are better than I expected, though naturally there's an upsell to get 250 more for $19.95. :-)
- Kevin Fox
Hate that US Only :D
- Alp
haha google failed with permalinks :)
- Alp
No link? No like!
- Outsanity
Not working for me either :(
- Robyn Hawk
Mine finally shipped today.
- Aaron Myers
mine just came in the mail. sweet.
- chrisofspades
from IM
According to my friend. Mine hasn't arrived yet. ***Jealous***
- AJ Batac :)
I still haven't been able to get it show up. Does anyone have tips?
- metalerik
I received mine today. Turlock, California.
- Russellreno
I wonder what's taking so long, I still haven't gotten mine!
- Aaron Myers
Someone please explain the KFC coupon thing to me?
Penguin, Roberto Bonini and Scoble, Alex Scoble liked this
to print it you have to install a program (coupons.com uses the same thing, iirc)
- holly #ravingfangirl
The people behind me at dinner were talking about this, I'm not too sure how it works either.
- Aaron Myers
I am intrigued.....
- Mary Carmen
that sounds about right. thanks for the link!
- Mary Carmen
Tweet at work without getting caught: http://www.elliottkember.com/spreadt... Make Twitter look like Excel! (RT @robbiewolfe) Too funny!
Matthew Sauer, Aaron Myers and David Slater liked this
This is pretty funny!
- Aaron Myers
TweetDeck Has a Fierce Rival in Seesmic Desktop - http://mashable.com/2009...
Thomas Power, Daniel Rowley, Kevin Mohr and 10 other people liked this
TweetDeck has two wins for me: filter and post to both Twitter & FB at the same time. Seesmic Desktop doesn't seem to have either.
- Craig Eddy
FF does that. :-)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
5 minutes into my Seesmic Desktop's maiden voyage--seems pretty cool so far....
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
There's also http://apps.facebook.com/twitter...
- Hiro Asari
I like the app but feel it lacks polish and feels a bit clunky in areas. I also think the the interface elements are not as economic as TweetDeck and with the requirement of no less than three columns open at a time, efficiency is paramount. I check Facebook only every few hours so the feature set for FB do not interests me and I actually prefer the UI in the FB feed to 3rd party apps. It's close but my vote is still in the TweetDeck corner.
- JP Holecka - Jaypiddy
But why oh why to these app have to be built on Adobe Air? Still looking for the killer native OS X app.
- JP Holecka - Jaypiddy
I like DestroyTwitter alot better than I ever liked Seesmic or Tweetdeck.
- Aaron Myers
Seesmic is a great desktop app for Twitter
- Ryan Gerritsen
from Nambu
Using TweetDeck, and don't feel the need to switch to anything else.....
- Mike Shields
Upgraded to Seismic today -- it supports Hebrew. (Most people don't care but I do)
- Rebecca Rachmany
Trying it out now I really love Tweetdeck but the thought of managing multi accounts is attractive.
- Deano @ Byron New Media
The ones who complain the most about friendfeed beta are the ones who follow the most. Me? I just ride the wave and use the features. :-)
Sharon Hurley Hall, Joe Dawson, Jim Connolly and 18 other people liked this
i like it
- sean percival
Ride the wave. I like that. Good way of putting it.
- vimoh
if you use the pause button and filters, i don't see the problem. really, why slow down information? it just takes some getting used to, but give em time...
- MG Siegler
Hit pause and relax. :-)
- Robert Scoble
It looks like it
- Peter Urban
The pause icon is too small... I want a keyboard shortcut (space bar). And now! :)
- Jérôme
It looks like it's a massive improvement. I always found the old interface very confusing.
- Peter Urban
Aesthetics matter and this beta is literally rough around the edges.
- Andrew Smith
I'll try building up groups later.. maybe that makes "riding the wave" more beginner friendly :)
- Daniel van Moll
My initial reaction to the new real-time stream, besides it being a little too fast, is that it has very little value as a conversational tool. It's a little chaotic. I do like that we can toggle between standard and real-time.
- Phil Essing
@Phil: Consider the main page stream as a flow of information.. All discussions you jumped into are listed within "my discussions" anyway.
- Daniel van Moll
Bring on the noise.
- Louis Gray
It seems to be the trend these days. Whenever some site comes out with new features people have to complain first, test later.
- Heidi Cool
@Daniel: Definitely. The stream is basically a real-time Twitter, with the added element of being able to see what your followers' friends are saying.
- Phil Essing
@Paul Buchheit: Please build a new Chromium derivative browser around FriendFeed. Also pls add SocialMedian-style "replize". Thanks!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
connecting to friendfeed for the first time from iPhone any plans for ff to release their own app? any recs for apps avail now?
- roger byrne
@roger byrne: FF has an iPhone optimized version at http://friendfeed.com/iphone/ Navigate to the page with your iPhone and create a springboard icon (bookmark).
- Phil Essing
The UI is completely different, but I love the live feed, it's neat.
- Aaron Myers
Looks like they really took your "FriendFeed is too complex for most" post to heart.. question is, will it be too late to matter (I doubt they're getting mentions off of CNCBC, CNN, etc. anytime soon)? BTW I wrote a riff on your post back then: http://businessmindhacks.com/post...
- Alex Schleber
BTW, do you think they will introduce comment threading? I could really see that helping (wish Twitter had a feature to expand convos on the fly in the Web interface the way that Search.twitter.com already allows)
- Alex Schleber
@Phil Essing Thanks for the reply will check it out had a go using MotherFeed on the iphone but wasnt impressed! Cheers!
- roger byrne
FF Zen Moment With Scoble ;)
- Leslie Poston
Google Chrome Fail :/
Venkk Sastry, Varun Mahajan, TranceMist and 9 other people liked this
Why would you want the Google Toolbar for Chrome? It's basically built in.
- Aaron Myers
Thousands of people are constantly posting that they either have invites or want invites for Chi.mp . It is taking up the entire group page! For the sake of others, please use this thread to ask for, or advertise your invites. Thank-you! :)
Kol Tregaskes, imxiaolong, Steve Lynch and 33 other people liked this
It's all ego, man. People are going to ignore this thread, I guarantee it. LOL
- Anika
Don't be such a wanker. Take a valium and post again in an hour. ;-P
- Mathew A. Koeneker
fucking great banner man
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
It is funny and they are a bit out of hand but it does mean that the service is growing in popularity.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
let's bump this thread to top
- LouCypher
please, send me an invite - arriy88@gmail.com thanks you
- yapee
admin@bytee.com 我希望得到一个 谢谢
- jinguo
Awesome banner. It will get buried eventually, though :)
- Rah-PM 2012
Sent one to @yapee and @jinguo
- Ryan Selvy
Yeah, this banner is awesome
- Andrew
I wish who could give me an invite : tony.liu.ht+ff@gmail.com
- Tony
Do people actually LIKE Chi.mp? I've tried it and it's pretty meh.
- thepete
I am still out to lunch on the service as to a full fledged yay or nay.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
[Done] thank you baby. (requesting chi.mp invitation.)
- Addax
me too if anyone still has one: gmail metalerik.
- metalerik
please send me an chi.mp invite to cybergui @ cybergui.com thanks !!!
- cybergui
thank you James. can't wait to check it out.
- metalerik
Send one to @nfan12
- nfan12
292850886@qq.com
- Ken
I'd like a chi.mp invite,yapeev@gmail.com.thanks
- yapee
beau@liening.us
- Beau Liening
who can so kindly give me a chi.mp invite code 292850886@qq.com
- Ken
bumped due to people never learn
- LouCypher
i think the picture still wont help people to take note.
- Simon Wicks
send one to @shakeel
- Shakeel Mahate
I'd like one, amyers@gmail.com
- Aaron Myers
I need one,thank you! shanshuise@gmail.com
- 是地中云
please send me an invite: reg.meraly@gmail.com - Thanks!
- Brad Meraly
defconoii+chi.mp@gmail.com if anyone got one, much appreciated!
- Kyle Weller
Hello. Could you send one to fly2angels@yahoo.com.br please? thanks =D
- Cindy Dalfovo
need one, please. Can anyone send it to gueriza[at]yahoo.com please? Ta.
- gueriza
It is great.Could you send one to jupe@sina.com.please?
- 低俗小说
Please let me know if anyone gets one. Thanks!
- Rosemarie Pena
please~~~~~~~~~~~~Can you send me one invite to chi.mp's beta? Thank you very much~very very much!!!谢谢谢谢！！！！ my email is :jong986@163.com
- tony
please send me one, kevin_xiong@163.com, thanks
- Kevin Xiong
can u give me one please?please chrisleung.lkw[at]gmail[dot]com thanks
- chrisleung
my dear friends,give me one please? kongdaren@gmail.com thank you very mach
- kongdaren
pls sned me the beta code for chi.mp. lh8848@gmail.com thanks
- away
can you give me 1 chi.mp invites?my girl friend like it,but i...so give wo 1?thank you! my email:kai0754@hotmail.com
- mancrazy
please send me BETA code for chi.mp, ytemail@gmail.com, thanks
- yangtao
I'm interested in chi.mp, can anyone give me a chi.mp invite? Thank you, my email: keith.cn@gmail.com
- keith
I'm starting to think I should just make an open source clone of chi.mp so you guys would quit acting like idiots.
- Vezquex
please invite me arpit123@gmail.com Thanks :)
- Arpit Kumar
Please invite me to asa_ua(at)live.ru
- Sergey Agarkov
Please invite me to taobao5168@gmail.com
- xinranus
please send me BETA code for chi.mp, my email:smallyouth@foxmail.com, thanks
- smallyouth
please send me BETA code for chi.mp, my email:lorin.zhang@live.com, thanks
- lorin
cool glade I found this thread other than posting a new topic and annoying people lol, if you got a spare id like to check it out, send me one at defconoii at gmail dot com
- Kyle Weller
I think its better if people who notice the chi.mp invite requests/offers, just post this tiny url link in a comment, will hopefully lead them all to this one! http://tinyurl.com/FFchimp
- md.
me too please, mhclaxton@yahoo.com
- Mike
please give me one chi.mp beta code,Email:mercygun@gmail.com,thanks!
- wuson
“I want a chi.mp invite ,who can give me one ? Thanks!! My email: lan.donzhang@gmail.com”
- imxiaolong
Trying out the new Facebook. Tastes good.
Aaron Myers and Bwana ☠ liked this
Dude... I want to try :(
- Bwana ☠
I like the new facebook.
- Gregory Cohen
I'm with Bwana... I'm waiting to try.
- Aaron Myers
OMG OMG OMG
- Allen Stern
lol
- Bwana ☠
@answers What are the best applications for the Blackberry Curve 8900?
Email, GMAIL, Facebook, Google Maps
- Aaron deMello
@Aaron - yeah, everything you said.
- Aaron Myers
I vote the new Gmail as one of the best, tightest mobile apps. So well done. I love iPhone but its hard to beat how shrewd Blackberry apps can be with your data usage.
- Aaron deMello
This box here front and center just makes me want to type stuff. Like Twitter. Well played Facebook.
I'm glad you have the new homepage, I've yet to see it.
- Aaron Myers
http://twitpic.com/203eg - Yea, one of my clients is running a WINNT 4 server, haha.
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JR and Allen Stern liked this
aah the good ole days
- Allen Stern
They're running a DOS based program written in FoxPro. Old. Skool.
- Aaron Myers
wow
yeah, that's what I said.
- Aaron Myers
10 Invites for Likaholix. leave your email please.
erillar@gmail.com
- Eril
Sent ya. Enjoy.
- Hardeep Singh Dang
SharkyD(at)web.de
- SharkyD
Sent.
- Hardeep Singh Dang
I'd like to try Ryan [at[ Selvy [dot] name
- Ryan Selvy
I'll give it a try - azuckers (at) gmu.edu
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
from twhirl
myroyceoii@gmail.com thanks
- yapee
292850886@qq.com
- Ken
amyers@gmail.com - thanks!
- Aaron Myers
garish1111@gmail.com thanks
- garish friendfeed
Here is Why Facebook is not as Cool as FriendFeed and Why it Totally Makes My Head Hurt Sometimes - http://flickr.com/photos...
Jorg Jansen, Craig Deakin, Mitchell Tsai and 258 other people liked this
No. Way.
- Tinfoil 2.0
-nuff said....or not said. I don't want any more snowballs thrown at me...PLEASE!
- Jennifer Windrum
and you people complain about a little chapstick and lips every now and again. sheesh. I'd much rather see chapstick and lips any day of the week over getting a "crush jason alexmi" request or getting *two* sammy is sexy requests in the same day!
- Thomas Hawk
=O
- Shevonne
You know you can turn that off right?
- Eric P
hahahahhaa
- Shevonne
horrible
- andy brudtkuhl
OUCCCCH (E.T. Voice)
- sean percival
no doubt. i'm always blocking apps. i don't want play around with hatchlings or pieces of flair or get involved in any dang food fights.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
wow
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
That right there is the biggest reason I can't stand Facebook and I would dump it in a heartbeat if it didn't mean that all of my family and distant friends would instantly have a shitfit.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Also - Facebook = "Real life Friends". If you only friend people you're actually friends with it's actually a terrific application for keeping in touch. If you try to treat it like a Friendfeed/Twitter/MySpace then you wind up with a load of crap and its utility takes a nose dive.
- Eric P
PREACH!!
- Derrick
thankfully i've avoided this kind of garbage
- chrisofspades
I didn't add them. They are invitations.
- Thomas Hawk
Totally agree with you. couldn't have said it better.
- Karoli
@Haggis: Agreed. And I too block pretty much every app invite I get. The irritating part is when someone gets all uppity with me because I didn't return their snowball or superpoke them back. I'm like...srsly? You send me that ridiculous crap and then have the nerve to get mad at ME for not participating?
- Hookuh Tinypants
I am blocking most apps, because things can get outta hand ...
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
@Amanda: I tell/have told all my friends that they can send those requests, but that I categorically deny all of them. It's surprising how that already decreases the number of requests.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
I do get tired of all that crap. My bro sent me a video to watch on Farcebook a few days ago, but to see it I would have to download yet another silly wall. I don't need more than one, nor do I need to install multiple calendars so you can see when my birthday is. Go to my profile.
- Ian May
For every app invite i block, i seem to get twice as many the following day. Its better now their not all over people profiles pages when they do get added though.
- Simon Wicks
Thomas - I think you're really gettign confused between Facebook and these leeches trying to suck off the Facebook platform. Just ignore them and these requests would never appear. Or better yet - DEfriend anyone who would be so stupid as to include you on a list of requests. JUST DUMP THEM - and everything will be fine.
- Marc Canter
But seriously...you really should accept my Pirates vs. Ninjas request.
- Adam
You're just waaaay too popular, Tom ;-)
- Dave Fortheloss
Yep. I put a moratorium on adding apps and made that abundantly clear, but I still get all the cr@p.
- Julie Barrett
from twhirl
this is just one example of the silliness and boring nature of facebook. Frankly it's just not engaging. There's so much wrong with it and this is just the start. FriendFeed is a far superior platform for probably 100 different reasons.
- Thomas Hawk
I have found that blocking invites from certain users and applications is very helpful.
- Adam
@Thomas I agree with you 100%. I think FB is near unusable.. You're right it's not engaging - it's more of a distraction and there's very little value proposition for me to connect with people. I get the same with email/IM/flickr.. FF is far superior in my estimation
- andy brudtkuhl
that's just crazy! insane! crazy?...insane?
- .LAG liked that
Holy crap and I cry when I see 3 of them on my bar.
- Anika
Just looked at this and confirmed that I have no interest in joining Facebook.
- TranceMist
I'm not a fan of the tons of virtual goods and apps either, but I've got tons of friends who would qualify as "normal people" and cannot imagine living without FB. It's a rich way for them to keep in touch with people. I like FF a bunch but I also recognize the bandwagon effect that exists with FB.
- Cecyl Hobbs
*Brain cramp*
- Shey
HOLY FRAKKIN' FRAK
- Josh Haley
Sweet baby Jesus
- Rah-PM 2012
I've just been blocking all Facebook apps.
- Morton Fox
INSANE Bro!
- Francis Aldana
@Morton Fox: I do the same. Problem is that you have to opt out of each crappy app that anyone you know has managed to dig up. If you don't log in often and deal with these head-on, the simple act of opting out can be daunting.
- Keith McCammon
It's striking how many people hate Facebook who nevertheless for various reasons feel unable to abandon it -- not so much a virus as a fungus. It's depressing to think that due to network lock-in my daughter may be stuck on it for years to come.
- Tim Ostler
something will come along to replace it. it's the inevitability of things.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
I don't get why people who don't like apps don't block them all, or why people who do like them feel the need to send invites to everyone, let alone whine that you haven't accepted. Most apps I use have a button that shows your friends with the app, and I only send to those.
- Lix
@Keith IIRC there's a greasemonkey script that lets you block them all at once.
- Lix
Yep. Stuff like that's why I get the heebie jeebies about 5-10 mins after logging into Facebook.
- Susan A. Kitchens
Ahhhhhh, the voice of reason! I'm so glad I'm not alone.
- Rob Fahrni
RT yourself from June 2008?
- ThePicMan
Sweet baby jesus on a stick!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Jebus Herschel Krustovsky! That's ridiculous!
- Abbas Haider Ali
You should make that your Twitter background. :)
- Pete D
This post is what made me finally deactivate my Facebook account. I've had enough.
- Rochelle
HUGE LOL
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
aw man, what happened to the flickr image?
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
yep, I just IGNORE these types of apps/notifications- I have SO many sent to me and I would literally need to quite my job to attend to them full-time. It's insane. I think 95% of them are a waste of time imho... there are always going to be those people who love to do the spamming but it doesn't mean you need to pay attention to them :) One part of FB that I also do not love.
- Deanna Belle Govoni
This is one of the big reasons why I try and limit friends to people I know in person, and a few others who I can trust to not act like invite-wielding idiots.
- Chris Charabaruk
that's crazy!
- K.D.
Why would you blame facebook for you having idiot friends?
- Richard Lawler
Who ever said Facebook is cool? It's a rambling mess suitable only for people with lots of spare time and nothing else to do with it.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
shit like that is what makes me hate FB. they need an option saying "please auto ignore all invites from everyone". i used to have a greasemonkey script which did it, but the bloody things are getting smarter
- Terry O'Fee
Richard: Who said I have idiot friends? Intelligence has nothing to do with people trying to share their fave FB apps with everyone else, especially before Facebook put in limitations to keep apps from spamming their users' friends.
- Chris Charabaruk
Thing is, once burned, twice shy. So only people I can trust to not send me lots of invites get to be friended to me on Facebook.
- Chris Charabaruk
it's just some people. i know great people who forward every single email online. there's one person, ive given her an old yahoo email adress so i dont hurt her feelings :P
- Terry O'Fee
Smart people catch on to spamming apps quickly, they recognize when they've been spammed, instead of signing up and passing them along, or continuing to request you join (insert game of the week.) If your friends can't figure out what's annoying to you, how can you expect Facebook to?
- Richard Lawler
immediately block app requests as they come in! according to the picture there were not so many apps involved here, but blocking them from the beginning on spares you more invitations..
- Johannan Edelman
I thought my FaceBook was bad when requests piled up, but you definitely win! I don't feel quite so irritated about it, now ;o)
- Seth Greenblatt
Yeah, that's one thing I hate about FB, those cutesy apps. I almost never participate in that...
- Rick Cogley
Try Facebuprofen.
- david beckwith
Just say no to 99.9% of all facebook apps and your problems are solved... :)
- JR
ha ha
- Saravanan
Aman: Sad to see I'm not the only one who suffers so.
- Chris Charabaruk
WOAH! You know, I think it is funny, I removed ALL my apps the other day, AND told all my friends that I removed my apps, and they are STILL sending me app invites. If you keep up on it, it's fine. If you don't, it looks like this... /sigh
- Danielle Closs
Holy Facebook Crap Batman!
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
Some apps are good but most are just spam. Good apps are hard to find but there are a few nice ones out there, I like the ff app and the twitter app. I also use the slayers app and the compare people app. I'm a little shallow.
- Wesley Robin Guerrero
I hate the updates that I don't need. A large number of apps are useless.
- Palak Mathur
Urgh! So true!
- Vera
I just ignore pretty much everything that's not a message or a new friend request.
- Vicarbott
NADD
- bifurcafe
DELETE BUTTTTTOOOONNNNN!!!!!
- Susan Beebe
Mine looks almost as bad as that and I only have 8 friends (real life friends & family)
- April
Use http://www.ignoreall.com/ Cleans up everything in a jiffy.
- jho
I like FF for commenting on stories and seeing a discussion. I like FB for smaller discussions. FF bigest minus for me is the lack of a notification if someone specifically responds to me.
- ChiliMac
That's a big list... I'm getting tired of hitting the ignore as well.
- Gary Gifford Jr
I'd be a rich man if if I got a penny for everytime I click ignore. I'm just not making that much use out Facebook nowadays! That's why I decided to give FriendFeed a test trial.
- Vincent Nguyen
This is why they made the block function, I've blocked over 500 applications and I don't get many requests anymore. I promise, it works.
- Aaron Myers
It looks like facebook just threw up on your screen, IGNORE ALL!! And back away slooowly...
- Peter To
I don't get it. I have 600+ friends on FB (not crazy huge, but not an insubstantial number). About once a week, I do a combo of ignore-app's and ignore-all-apps from a few friends, and voila! In about 1-2 minutes, I'm all set. 1-2 minutes a week. How many friends do you have on FB, Thomas? And how many years has it been since you've cleared things out? While I think FB shares some of the blame, is this situation any different than not cleaning *anything else* out once in a while?
- Adam Lasnik
You know what is lame? Eight-day delays on hulu. A delay wouldn't bother me that much, but an eight-day delay is just STUPID. I'd seriously be interested in the network reasoning on this, if anyone has any clues.
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Two things: exclusivity with other providers and encore replays of the episode. They could have a contract with iTunes, for example, that gives them the exclusive electronic distribution rights for a week, or they could be interested in playing the episode again later in the week. In both cases, they don't want Hulu to cannibalize those opportunities.
- Mark Trapp
I'd assume things like that. But my question is, wouldn't they rather you watch it on TV than through any of the electronic outlets? Or are they now getting more ad/purchase revenue through iTunes/hulu than on TV? Because if I miss an episode and have to wait eight days to watch it on hulu, then I miss the next episode on TV. And now I'm no longer watching it on TV at all for the rest of the season, I'm watching on hulu. Is this good for the network? Why not put it on hulu six days late instead of eight?
- Jandy
Well, iTunes is set income and return from the consumer: a consumer pays $1.99 for the episode, and that's that. With advertising, it's hard to determine if the advertiser really got their money's worth on an individual basis. With Hulu, there are studies showing that people sit through more ads online than they do when watching TV. TV is still king, because that's what advertisers...
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- Mark Trapp
What they're banking on with a long delay is that the true watchers of the show (the non casual viewers) will do what they need to do to watch the episode in a timely manner, either by watching it on TV, or by using the preferred distribution channel for that week. Either that, or that they will wait until the DVD comes out and shell out the cash. Casual viewers are like StumbleUpon or...
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- Mark Trapp
I'm pretty committed to my shows, but I'm also committed to not spending money for network TV. If inconvenienced badly by delays that keep me from getting back to the show on TV (my preferred viewing method), I'm much more likely to torrent the show than buy it from iTunes, etc. I feel like waiting for hulu when it's available immediately on torrent sites is already bending over backwards to try to do the right thing. Are there any statistics for whether an eight-day delay results in increased piracy?
- Jandy
I don't know about that specifically, but I do know there have been studies that have shown piracy to have gone down when legal means to digitally retrieve the content are available, even if there's a cost or DRM associated with it (like iTunes).
- Mark Trapp
One of my favorite shows on USA Network doesn't wait 8 days, they're up there like the next day. It's only NBC, FOX, etc that do that.
- Aaron Myers
Thanks for all the insights, Mark. I still think a shorter delay would be better for everyone, but you've given me some things to think about. For a personal perspective, I definitely pirate far less now that there are legal ways to get digital media. I don't do DRM, but I'd much prefer to use legal means when possible. I don't even mind paying for it, except for things that are initially free on TV.
- Jandy
Aaron, Sci-fi does it with Battlestar Galactica, too. Threw me in a tizzy at the end of the half-season. And Fox/NBC, etc don't do it with everything. I watched last week's Fringe in plenty of time for yesterday's episode, and Hell's Kitchen from last Thursday is up. The show in question this time is House.
- Jandy
My House season pass on iTunes comes in at midnight the day after it airs, so it might be an exclusivity contract coming into play. You have to think it as there's no such thing as a free lunch: when you watch a show on TV, it's not free: you pay for it by viewing ads. With Hulu or iTunes or any other distribution method, the value for those methods needs to offset the hit TV might take. The problem is in the calculus, and it's a very difficult problem for content providers to solve.
- Mark Trapp
But that's my point, Mark. I missed the episode, so I want to watch it before the next one airs. My preference at this point would be to watch ONE episode on hulu with limited ads, then the rest of the season on TV and watch the more-expensive TV ads. But I'm forced to watch the rest of the season on hulu with limited ads, and not see ANY more TV ads for that show at all. I'm accepting...
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- Jandy
Jandy, right, but the presumption is that if you really wanted to stay active in watching the show on a weekly basis, you'd spend the $1.99 and buy it from Amazon or iTunes. The people who wouldn't spend the money are probably people who wouldn't mind waiting. From Amazon or iTunes's side, a 6 day exclusivity is just as good as no exclusivity: the value in it for them is that they are the only places to get the show, so people have to come to them.
- Mark Trapp
what are you waiting to watch? most of that stuff is on the network's website the next day
- Richard Lawler
Richard, you are right: for some reason, networks find that to be infinitely valuable to have that on their site, even if they're delaying it to Hulu or other channels. ABC is notorious for keeping its content on its site. FOX, however, is an 8 day delay (just like Hulu). The other network I notice that doesn't play that game is CBS: they will not air full episodes of the Big Bang Theory on their site due to fears it might destroy the syndication market for the show.
- Mark Trapp
Heh. I guess I could just watch it there and shut up. But I can't stream shows from Fox.com through my Xbox to my TV, and I can do that with hulu. Plus I have far less technical issues with hulu than with the network sites, so I've just about stopped going to them. (Hence, if I miss an ABC show, I either torrent it immediately or just wait and get the DVDs from Netflix.)
- Jandy
that's definitely very true @mark and Jandy, it sucks that the content is out there, you just can't get at it the way you want, when you want. still, we're getting there. Imagine just a couple years ago when half the networks didn't offer streaming at all and there was no hulu.
- Richard Lawler
@Richard, oh, I remember a couple of years ago. There was a year or so there that I torrented everything. Literally. I resist that now, since there are legal options, but a lot of the time it would still be more convenient and certainly easier to use the way I want to (streaming an .avi file to my TV is easier than streaming hulu and it hiccups less).
- Jandy
shoot, I'll still sneakernet a downloaded avi on usb stick over to my xbox and watch it just like it was regular tv. I think the pressure is there though, you look at the stuff shown at CES, now that media streaming is getting put directly into displays the ways to get your video over the network should improve for everyone.
- Richard Lawler
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