My wife asks me that daily. What have your virtual friends done for you in your real life. Its a good question. What was your answer. <planning to take furious notes>
- Mukund
Beau: if only that were the truth! I think it got me more spam on that topic, though. Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
As two people are married ;-), who cares, as long as the mistress is happy :-)
- Richard A.
Mukund: I got a couple of bottles of wine and chocolate for speaking at a dinner tonight. Of course I turned that over to her. :-)
- Robert Scoble
What is this real world Maryam is talking about anyway?
- Todd Hoff
It depends on the tone of how she queried this one... Was she saying it in a tone that made it seem like she was excited and going to offer you something?... Or was she really asking what does that get you, as in... Why is this good? Guessing the latter, I think that it just shows that people want to know as much as possible about being online and what's at the cutting edge of technology all the time. Simply, your status on Twitter is important for your job, salary, and all companies you share info about.
- Colleen
You get smarter as a result of conversations with your followers. This leads to the question, what do you get in the real world as a result of being smarter?
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Edwin im curious, how do you equate many followers to karma ?
- atul abraham
from twhirl
@ Bruce You are assuming all conversations are smart.
- Phil Boiarski
Phil, not exactly, but you're right that there's an assumption in there. It's like assuming that you'll get a more nutritious diet from a store with 1000 more choices. You probably will, but it depends what those extra choices are and which of them you eat. I think Robert generally does a good job choosing what morsels to digest.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
In television contract negotiations, viewership matters, just sayin'.
- Jim Posner
*smack!* Seriously though, way to keep it real.
- Kevin Fox
I hope this dies down quickly, I have a feeling I'm going to be reading all kinds of annoying conspiracy theories related to this for some time
- Rick Bucich
from twhirl
You think friendfeed and twitter take your attention away from the work you are supposed to be doing? They are only the beginning. Soon we will just stop doing work altogether. Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
i like time wasting alphas - dadads at mac.com
- planetMitch
Has ff search been spotty for you? Not working for me :(
- Dana Fosburgh
Oh boy. I'm already in rehab for my FF addiction. ;-) Can't wait to get me some new digital crack though ;-)
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Troy: actually, my job is to do videos for http://www.fastcompany.tv -- this isn't helping that mission out. Dana, yes, ff search is bad. They are working on it (I asked yesterday, they said it would be up "soon.")
- Robert Scoble
...but I didn't say I didn't want to look at it. And try it a bit. You know, just to see...worldofhiglet at gmail dot com
- WorldofHiglet
somehow, this sounds more like hype than anything else. can I please see for myself? dossy@panoptic.com
- Dossy Shiobara
I'll wait for @Scobleizer to descend from on high with what @god has wrought us.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
can i get some of that action? dimensionmedia at gmail.com :)
- David Bisset (sn)
I am in for some link cocaine mbazzoni at gmail
- Michael Bazzoni
If this is Gist I'm so mad :P. Seems like they only have like 50 people in their alpha. I would love to get in on it, bjtitus@gmail.com
- Brandon Titus
Robert, you typed "I am alpha testing something" and it almost came out, Freudian as it may be: "alpha-tester male" or maybe "alpha-male tester". And it's working for you :)
- Micah Wittman
Robert Scoble is the best spam bot ever: people give him their email addresses willingly! ;-)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Brandon: Gist.com actually helps you be more productive. This is a total attention-stealing thing. Probably won't be public for a few more weeks.
- Robert Scoble
Ah. I figured it would be weird for you to say that Gist was stealing attention away but it is the only unreleased project I had heard in relation to @god, I think. I'm eager to find out what it is anyway (even though I definitely don't need any help wasting time).
- Brandon Titus
Attention stealing drug? More than ff? Put me back on the time stealing slide again. drug hook-up to humanavatar@gmail.com, please. (Edited so @god can find my email address)
- Robert Miller
Robert - I love shiny, new things - 1webdeveloper@gmail.com if ya can send that along to @god, I'd be most grateful
- Renee Hendricks
This is probably unintentionally turning into an invite request thread :P
- Brandon Titus
Brandon: @god has been notified and will be here shortly. :-)
- Robert Scoble
@god has left the building (a god has to eat), but he is watching from afar
- Jesse Andrews
We are still working on the product - we've tried to keep it simple, but have many ideas of how to improve it once we get a more than a handful of users on the service (clikball dev)
- Jesse Andrews
this all sounds very interesting... if I could get on the beta list that would be great... jmccartan AT hotmail DOT com
- John
Robert I can't absorb anymore loss of productivity! Don't tease me!! You know I am a giant lollipop for this stuff :)
- Susan Beebe
created a clikball room - come on in
- Jesse Andrews
@god blessed me with an invite. You'll all love it. Way better than Twitter. Three invitations isn't nearly enough unless you've already sent invites to Fruchter and LouisGray and LizStrauss so I can share with DerekSemmler and Susan Beebe and who else am I forgetting?
- Internet Strategist
Tobert It's okay if soon we stop doing work altogether. Soon there will be no money to pay us for the work anyway.
- Michael Markman
Looks like FF is the new simplest way to get testers to jump on you. I love how many are gmail users. Do you still want more users? jaemik at gmail dot com
- Jaemi Kehoe
well &^*# i didnt realize there was the possibility of getting in on free web crack - assuming you all havent bogarted all of it mees too please: marco dot nunez at gmail dot com (why do i feel like if i do get an invite i am going to log in and see a picture of all of you pointing and laughing at me?)
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I'll take some of what you're dealing, @god :) lindsay at donaghe dot com Thanks much.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Oh, GAH! I hate the peer pressure! sure, include me in... mark at latviangoatporn dot com.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Hey, if I don't waste at least half my day, I'm lost. jcunwired at gmail, should you and/or god deem me worthy enough.
- jcunwired
that's quite an email you have there mark
- Jesse Andrews
Please send an invite to chacha102@gmail.com
- Tyler (Chacha)
"latviangoatporn dot com" Proof there's a domain for everything and everyone. So which is cooler, this @god thing Scoble is on about or getting an latviangoatporn dot com email address?
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Mark, that's a story that you MUST someday tell.
- jcunwired
Internet Strategist - send me one. I'll get it to Mike and Louis. jesse@staynalive.com
- Jesse Stay
@Jack, since I own the URL, setting up the email address is easy. Many of my friends have one, even my cat... I have several aliases as well, including "god@..."
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Sent you one Jesse and I already invited Louis and Mike. Nation, Lindsay, Chris - you should have invites too. Metalerik it doesn't like your email address; I wonder if someone else sent you one? Yes - I see you're already in. Smart system knew you didn't need one. Lindsay REALLY wanted in - she was there instants after I sent it!
- Internet Strategist
Jesse, did you get it or did your email bounce? Did you want one Robert? I figure you do so already sent it - but I may need you to invite someone for me because I just used my last invite this round.
- Internet Strategist
Ok, I'm intrigued! Can I get in? kevin [at] whalen [dot] otherinbox [dot] com.
- Kevin Whalen
++++++++++++++++Wow+++++++++++++++I just got home and see a ton of new people got added. I have some invites too. Thanks @god! I will try to keep up, but have a ton of things to do.
- Robert Scoble
Oh, and I told you all it was addictive. Sorry at the loss of productivity that's coming soon. DID EVERYONE ABOVE THIS LINE GET AN INVITE?
- Robert Scoble
I'm still waiting for my invite, Robert! monamail@gmail.com ;)
- Mona Nomura
Count me in! graham at grahamenglish dot com
- Graham English
not unless it went into spam - who would it have been from?
- WorldofHiglet
WorldofHiglet: what's your email, I'll get you one.
- Robert Scoble
I'm interested: greg at gannicott dot co dot uk - cheers Robert!
- Greg Gannicott
anyone who wants an invite that doesn't want to add their email to this list can enter it on clikball.com and we will send one out soonish ;)
- Jesse Andrews
Gah... I hate being lonely... *gets down on knees* john.worthington.aac [at ] gmail.com *slinks into corner*
- Johnny Worthington
Me too! mail at nicolaquinn dot com
- Nicola Quinn
Internet Strategist, Robert, I still haven't gotten mine. Try jessestay@gmail.com - the other should work though.
- Jesse Stay
But then again, God knows my e-mail address. :-)
- Jesse Stay
Hah! While you're down there say a prayer for me.
- jcunwired
@Jesse I entered it on the site, thank you, but when you say soonish, what ballparkish are you thinking?
- Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct
+++++++++++++++I've caught up to here, gotta go to sleep. +++++++++++++
- Robert Scoble
Screw the waffling. If I don't care for it, it's not like I'll be forced to use it. Regret nothing except what you never did! chris@coldacid.net
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
The first one I sent you went through but I got an email bounce message. Double-checked your email address. I'm out of invites. Anyone else needing one should hit up those I sent them to as each of them will have three invitations. Catch them quick.
- Internet Strategist
I got Robert's. So am I under embargo by accepting the invite? ;-)
- Jesse Stay
As I understand it, during a depression/recession when you see a line, you don't ask questions... you just get in it: godinvite@kshep.net
- Ken Sheppardson
I got three invites out and I am now empty. Perhaps a silly question, but is there a FF room for this? I have questions. :)
- Robert Miller
anyone still has an invite? freaking cporiosity! :) please send it to blog AT markingegno DOT biz -- thanks
- Markingegno - Donato
from fftogo
Ok, me too please -- puneet.thapliyal@gmail.com
- Puneet Thapliyal
I'm interested in link-cocaine. Please email me at tchiseen@gmail.com
- Will Higgins™
I've got a few invites, email me if you want them.
- Will Higgins™
I would appreciate an invite if any are still available @ rfiling at gmail - thanks
- Richard Filing
So, uh, hm, intrigued. Here it is 3:40 am going through links from my twitter contacts, reading Friendfeed, and other various things... sure, I could use another time-suck! erewhon@flatland.org
- Steven Byrnes
Wow...send me to daboslab AT gmail DOT com :P
- Dario Salvelli
Robert, I am now convinced that you meant the end of January, not the end of 2009. :)
- Robert Miller
I still haven't received the invitation, anybody has one left? Email me: blog AT markingegno DOT biz
- Markingegno - Donato
@ Robert - I was above the first line, but have not received an invite yet. If it's still possible, email is: jordanpw at gmail.com
- Patrick Jordan
If you have a clikball account, i'm "dimensionmedia". feel free to follow me and i'm looking for interesting ones to follow as well. wondering how this is better than twitter + delicious.
- David Bisset (sn)
So, any more invites? Or are ppl already too distracted? :) erewhon@flatland.org
- Steven Byrnes
I'm 5th after Robert's last "+++" line and haven't seen one, so I think we missed the boat :-(
- Ken Sheppardson
me too, if anyone's got one -- nathanrein at googlemail -- thank you!
- Nathan Rein
I have 2 invites left to Clikball, if you want one dm ur email 2 @alexbrehm
- Alex Brehm
If I haven't already missed the boat, I've got some time on my hands: dont.talk at me com (yes, that's really my address!)
- Grey Drane
from BuddyFeed
ok got one. thx a.brehm! btw, you know what's weird... it's showing an avatar for me. i didn't set one up. w0rd. where did that come from? magick? :) (EDIT: ah, I know where it's coming from now...)
- Steven Byrnes
If there are any invites are left, Robert, rpa4email at gmail.com please.
- Robert Couture
Could I get one at godinvite@kshep.net? Thanks!
- Ken Sheppardson
Good Lord. I've been trying to be patient and not jump on the bandwagon with this, but it keeps popping onto my front page every couple of hours! My curiosity is starting to get the better of me.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I've got two invites left - email rfiling@gmail.com
- Richard Filing
Installed FF plugin on Macbook, but the notification window won't launch. Thinks I'm not logged in.
- Kevin Whalen
@Richard, if those invites haven't been claimed yet, I'd love one nathan dot rein at gmail. Thanks.
- Nathan Rein
Thanks, Richard! I have three now if anyone needs.
- Nathan Rein