"To share files on friendfeed.com, simply click the "Files" link underneath the post box and select which files you want to include. You can also share files by including them as attachments on emails sent to share@friendfeed.com."
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
We have a rolling 24-hour limit for the number and size of files you can upload, but you probably shouldn't hit it unless you are sharing really big stuff.
- Bret Taylor
Are the files public when accessed via direct link? Or do they require authentication?
- Mark Trapp
Any other files that don't work with it?
- Kol Tregaskes
What's the file attachment size limit?
- imabonehead
Kol: i assume you can attach video? it just won't play in-line? or did i misinterpret that?
- Frankie Warren
@imabonehead, from Bret's comment above: "We have a rolling 24-hour limit for the number and size of files you can upload, but you probably shouldn't hit it unless you are sharing really big stuff."
- Dan Hsiao
I tried it with both a txt and a rar file but neither seemed to work (the message was posted without a file attached). [Update: works now for me]
- Philipp Lenssen
Gonna give a big W00T!! to this before I even read the whole thing...
- FFing Enigma
Now all I need is a number where I can call and leave a VM that gets changed into an audio file, and I can get rid of drop.io for good! Yeah, we're never happy are we? Sorry....
- FFing Enigma
All we need now is a calendaring system and support for source code.
- imabonehead
mp3 sharing works in FriendFeed? Just when I'm thinking to share some 'musiclets' from time to time via Tumblr! mhh.. interesting, really!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
this is awesome, i was literally just trying to do this last night on one of our team feeds and had to post links to published google docs instead. going to try it out now. it's like they read my mind.
- Mike Elliott
Kol...we use Drop.io all the time here at my office. This would be great as it is supremely simpler. But approved file types and sizes needs to be understood.
- JA Castillo
Mitch, that would be an option, but I can only imagine the opportunity for the wrong voice file to go to the wronge feed...
- FFing Enigma
And Akiva is right...where do we start donating?!
- JA Castillo
If we had basic HTML support for first comments on FF, it could almost be used for mail (at least for forwarding and reading mail to and on it).
- Kol Tregaskes
JA, a list of supported file types, limits and sizes is needed... please. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This will go a long way in convincing some of my Yahoo Groups to move to FF. Although we must have a list of file types supported, retention times and also if there is a max number of d/l's.
- Gil Francisco III
Gil, I'm seriously considering moving my Y!Groups list members from there to FF.
- Kol Tregaskes
This is one of those features that people don't complain about even though they didn't ask the community prior to launching ;)
- Frankie Warren
Dare I ask about Boobies.jpg.virus.exe? - Oops Casey says they are virus scanned
- Richard Walker
Jannifer: RIAA and MPAA, specifically. Say someone shares a copyrighted song or something...RIAA gets cranky.
- Jordan Hofker
Am I the only person that thinks this is an incredibly bad idea?
- Jason Nunnelley
How about .zip s that are password-protected? Reject I hope... (edit) .zip not supported at all, I gather, good!
- Richard Walker
yeah search by filetype absolutely! filetype:pdf, filetype:mp3, filetype:zip, filetype:doc etc.
- Nathan Chase
Christoper: (via Bret) "Unfortunately we only can play back MP3s at this point. The iPhone voice memos are in M4A (AAC), so we really want to support them, but it is a bit more difficult with Flash and our media setup at the moment."
- Ross Miller
NICE!!! Been waiting for this... thanks FriendFeed team!
- AJ Batac :)
Cool! FF is becoming more of a platform of choice for me. Thanks guys :)
- Dilip Dand
I'm not sure that I'm going to use that feature (I rarely share docs over the internet that weren't created in Zoho or GDocs, anyway), but still it looks pretty neato.
- Miss Elle
Bret, do you have any restrictions to protect against music filesharers etc so you do not become an RIAA target?
- travispuk
@ Travis: I was just wondering the same.
- Brian Chang
Bret Taylor, a friend of mine uploaded 1 mp3 and it disappeared. Now he can't upload any mp3 file, seeing a [The "" file type is not supported]. Broken message?
- Jason Nunnelley
I haven't tested this but, how exactly are you determining audio file types, just using the file extension. If so there is a work around with a simple file rename, an example would be if you change an .mp3 to a .pdf and let people rename it once it becomes local on their machine. EDIT: This workaround would also allow video to be transferred.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Maybe I don't know enough, but doesn't this kind of open the door to slipping malicious code to unsuspecting users?
- Fleagle
this is the best thing I know this morning when I open my eyes, well done!
- K.D.
Fleagle: It is possible that someone would do that but FriendFeed is fairly well self monitored. It is still a small group of people in comparison to other networks.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Glad for this feature, though perhaps close partnership with Box.net or similar could keep FF storage costs better contained? Not criticizing, just hoping Core Team doesn't get distracted by extending (and babysitting) commodity services. Keep up the great work!
- michael silverton
Hmmm @Ryo, good catch, posting directly from Android to FF your voice messages, would be cool!
- Özkan Altuner
Can we tell the lawyers that they "won" and give them all the money? Then start over with a new set of I.P. laws and a new currency? Pretty please?
- Richard Walker
This is great. I'll try this instead of posting to Ipernity.
- Rick Cogley
Seems like a good step in the right direction indeed the concerns are founded based on previous experiences but it is a good start.
- Ubuntu101
Is it possible to set it up as part of the feed like a podcast?
- Ubuntu101
Excellento - inline playing of mp3 files at last - this will be dangerous. But is there are limit??
- Chris Loft
embedding mp3's is just fine when it works .. I've been trying to get a podcast rss feed I have setup imported for the past 8 hours straight only to find out that each time it's not importing squat.
- John Blanton
from twhirl
I take that back it worked once but everything in the description tags showed up twice.
- John Blanton
from twhirl
:( Apparently not *.pdn files (Paint.Net)
- Vezquex
Can us folks with Symbian OS-based devices have some Adaptive Multi-Rate codec/AMR file love, too? I believe that some Samsung and NEC phones also use that audio file format...
- Tyson Key
Oh, and Google Earth KML files, and Ogg Vorbis files aren't supported right now either, for what it's worth. Still, it's a nice idea, so far.
- Tyson Key
Tried to share an .hta file with Micah yesterday....couldn't attach it. Tried to zip it and still couldn't attach it. Ended up tossing it in my dropbox and posting the link. :-(
- April
I wish i could work some place that fostered creativity...
- iTad
i don't understand why more companies aren't creative in office space. google, pixar, etc. all the top companies know that old 50's cubes are out and new "open" "inviting" areas are in.
- Chris Harris
But but but, that's what FF is for! ;)
- Mona Nomura
.....why are there like 8 jars of peanut butter and like... ONE jar of jelly? BIZARRE
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Perhaps there are more varieties of Peanut Butter (Creamy, Chunky, Organic, etc), but everyone only likes Strawberry jelly.
- Justin Korn
JK: but only one jar? I would fight people to get to it everyday... Dude, this is in Emeryville. We should SO go check it out
- Mona Nomura
It wouldn't be that hard for Facebook. They're tiny compared to Google's massive campus. They don't even need a cafeteria. They could just hook up a deal with the restaurant that's next to them on the bottom floor or any of the other eateries around them.
- Louie
Mona: I'd be totally down to go check it out!
- Justin Korn
@Louis: but it's the THOUGHT that counts dude. @JK: I wonder if there're any FFers who work at Pixar... hmmmmmm
- Mona Nomura
i've seen this. pretty cool stuff. it actually makes one want to work productively
- Cee Bee
Mona: I bet there is, but if not, someone out there (Robert Scoble, Louis Gray, etc.) has got to know someone...
- Justin Korn
great pics. But that facility looks much more blah than I imagined Pixar to be
- Aspi
from twhirl
Got a buddy who works there and went on a tour... amazing place. They even have family oriented events in their quad area. Their movie theater gets special advance screenings of all the major blockbusters. Sadly, I'm still waiting for my invite... ;)
- Jericho
I worked next to the Pixar compound for 3 years. They have a lunch room, yet they kicked out one lunch spot and are still trying to get Semifreddi's to move. I like the movies, but it would have been nice (given their lunch room and roving cake cart) that they'd preserve lunch spots for the rest of us.
- AJ Kohn
Very good article. I do our companies newsletter and I'm making half of these mistakes, ugh. Atleast now this weeks newsletter won't be hurt by these!
- Bartek Ciszkowski
@Bartek, hey that's great! Glad to hear it helped.
- anna sauce
Yeah, this is VERY useful on the side of the fridge. I had it up in my old place and used it often.
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
I need to put this on my fridge; I am terrible at knowing when stuff goes bad
- Aaron Krug
FOR THE LAST TIME! Mayonnaise = MIRACLE WHIP! THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME THING!
- Michael Forian
I am SO with you, Aaron. I just go by sight / smell. Worst case scenario - I get the runs. Boo Hoo. be back later ppl, I'm actually working today, wow.
- Mona Nomura
Fantastic colors... You find the best stuff Mona!
- Mitchell Tsai
um michael, no, they're not really... they taste different. maybe it's just the flavoring. check the ingredients. mayonnaise is eggy, miracle whip is sweeter
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Michael Forian: BITE YOUR TONGUE! Miracle Whip has that zesty thing going on. Nasty. :-| REAL MAYO = deliciousness and all things good.
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
Aaron, I have another list on my fridge already of when things go bad. I found that years ago. not as fancy as this, and it's for all foods, not just sauces.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Good to know that special sauce lasts 2 months...
- John Ford
Mayo is NOT EQUAL TO MIRACLE WHIP!!! (I gather caps are needed to join that particular discussion). Miracle Whip has a lot more sugar in it. And, sorry, it is vomitus. Love the chart, Mona. Where oh where do you find this stuff?
- Laura Norvig
Careful with that syntax, Laura! I believe you meant to yell, "MIRACLE WHIP IS NOT EQUAL TO MAYO!" ;-)
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
Nice--that's a pretty funny chart. Now that's creativity!
- Dave Saunders
from twhirl
I protest! Vegimite lasts longer than 2 months1
- Glenn Slaven
Keep 'em comin' Mona ... my nightly upper. This is GREAT!
- Charlie Anzman
Charlie - are you on Seesmic, too? @Ceci: Cool Whip?
- Mona Nomura
Mona - I have a Seesmic account and it's on this week's to do list! (Maybe I'll comb my hair this time .... maybe :)
- Charlie Anzman
Cool! 8 months for honey? Don't they last forever? :D
- Ron
Of course it does, Ron. Just ask the archaeologists who find it...
- FFing Enigma
Rochelle: Here's a larger color version [Robert Anton Wilson, MIT - 8/1/06] http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo... which was produced from the BW version (much more boring) http://backtable.org/~blade... It appeared in a mock calendar diary for 1997 and was produced by Potlatch (the paper company) under the title "365 Ben Days." The concept and design was by Dana Arnett, Ken Fox, Fletcher Martin and John Naresky of VSA Partners, Chicago.
- Mitchell Tsai
Well, the right most one is kinda creepy. Middle one = Good. Photoshop?
- Yuvi
Look at the size of that pizza slice!! :O
- Mladen Srdić
Mona really, where is that pizza from?
- Anna Haro
So when does the next issue of Sexy Librarians Of The Internet hit the newsstands? :P
- Johnny
Middle one = photobooth from a mega ultra ginormous Mac. It's on my Facebook, YO! @Mladen: I ate two!! :) Anna: From some random pizza place in NYC. :)
- Mona Nomura
This is just a test. This is an oil painting that I did of myself 5 years ago. This easy new way to share stuff might get me making more art again finally :) totally diggin it.
i made a things to do before I die list quite recently..now I need to find the damn thing. Sky diving is definitely up there though & I believe I wrote that I wanted to land on my land.
- Zee.
Use Evernote for your Bucket Lists.
- Ernie Oporto
Ohhh, I am ALL about this list!!!!! :D
- Anna Haro
You can do these after kids too, most of them with them.
- RAPatton
..... 99. Get an epidural, 100. PUSH!
- David Knight
What might be a good idea is the new thing called email mine is jason@sisilili.com if you are interested in doing some of this list I were for one hope to be in position to have a go at it before the year 2050, the only thing about this list would mean that we would have to escape Friendfeed and I do love FF but its not on the list and it means going outside and doing something. Thank...
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- Jason
Actually, a significant number of these I didn't do until AFTER I had kids. And a lot of these, I would never do - before OR after kids. ;)
- Nathaniel Payne
Some of these, I had no desire to do before I had kids. Now, even less. Still a good list overall, though.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
did most of em, gonna do a few more despite having a new kid now
- adolfo foronda
Am curiously attracted to such lists, maybe because they remind me to keep pushing forward with some of these/similar items with a "carpe diem" attitude, maybe because they offer affirmation when I nod my head "done" for so many of the items. Here's another fun list from 4 guys that roadtripped on a bus along the US West Coast last year and caused a bit of a media stir of support in their pursuits (and encouraged others to pursue their dreams/wishes): http://www.theburiedlife.com/list...
- Casey
I went skydiving a couple week ago. It's fun, but I wasn't overly impressed.
- xero
It's not a big adrenaline rush like you'd think. It's more like swimming than falling, plus on a tandem you're strapped to an experienced instructor. The only adrenaline rush you'd get really is fear/nervousness if you have any. I'd recommend going, some people fall in love with it. I'll get licensed one day, but I'm not in a big hurry. Paragliding might be more my speed, since the landing approach was the most fun, second was the freefall part.
- xero
xero, have u bunjee jumped? How does that compare?
- Zee.
You know, a lot of those things in your list you can just as easily do after having kids. They're not high risk, nor massively time consuming. Some you can even share the learning experience with your family.
- xero
xero, agreed no doubt...it's not my list though btw, I just shared it.
- Zee.
I haven't bungee jumped, it's on my list though. It's supposed to feel more like falling and be a bit more of a rush. You generally don't have time to hit terminal velocity and there are objects close enough for you to recognize you're actually falling.
- xero
My high school freshmen English teacher had us write a letter to ourselves, and he would mail it ten years later. That was ten years ago. Can't wait to read what I wrote. He was my favorite teacher.
We're doing something kind of like it. We're writing letters to be be read again at the end of the year in English this year. Not quite as exciting.
- Jake (aka Jawee)
from twhirl
@Anna, did you get to achieve any of your childhood dreams, overcome your greatest fear?
- Hao Chen
@possible248 I like the way you think. :)
- Hao Chen
@Hao--I'm doing both those things right now...it's an interesting time! :O & :D
- Anna Haro
This is why I keep a hand-written journal. :-) And I actually do go back and re-read them. Used to be every year, but now it's more novel-length.
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
we're doing something like that here on FF, and with our blogs (if you have one)... the main reason i blog is to see how my own thinking evolves over time. sounds like a really cool English teacher, btw!
- .LAG liked that
I found a letter I wrote to my parents in the early 70's. I have not read it yet.
- Russellreno
jeez... i think I'd be a little afraid to read it
- Nathan Rein
I've looked up old Usenet posts that I wrote in the early 1980s. In fact, I'll be using one in a presentation that I'll be giving later this week. While the presentation focuses on law enforcement use of the Internet and other technologies, I threw a few general slides in there. The first shows the header for a Usenet post I wrote in 1982 about the then-new "Call of the West" album. The second shows the current Wall of Voodoo MySpace page. Just goes to show there is nothing new under the sun.
- Ontario Emperor
in 1982 i was posting on local BBS's with a Vic-20
- Nathan Rein
"Early stage venture firm Y Combinator, which has funded over a 102 young startups, has “open sourced” the legal documents that they provide to their startups to use as they seek additional funding. The documents were created with their law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati"
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Paul Graham is doing a terrific job. FEw days ago, for thr first time, they published a document showing what kind of startup ideas they particularly look for, and now this!!! Cool.
- Hayk
No problem Benjamin, you and Paul opened up a lot of possibilities
- Bwana ☠
APIs are powerful things; FriendFeed (and RSSmeme) both have them and I want more people to understand that it isn't complicated to use them.
- Benjamin Golub
good read though I closed my blog......via feedalizr
- bvs
A lot of folks including myself are intimidated when they hear "API"
- Shey
I never thought the RSS mechanism would work differently with the API. Ignorance I guess. I have some experience working with Twitter and Jaiku APIs and I don't think they did this. I could be wrong.
- Bwana ☠
I just wish there was a general solution to allow everyone to use this great plug-in. I tried having a go to get it to work on my Tumblr blog but it wasn't having any :¬( Good solid HTML widget to add to my CSS is what's needed ;¬D
- CannonGod
Pat Hawks already had a proof of concept for Blogger, I thought?
- Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ
I'm working on a php script that merges Friendfeed likes and comments with Disqus comments. Still in early stages, but let me know if anyone would like to take a look (twitter klecu or comment on my blog http://klecu.com/article...)
- Kevin L
When I blogged this (May 28), no Blogger solution existed.
- Bwana ☠
I just went through the process of adding friendfeed to my own site (holgr.com) last week and also found your site. It's a good starting point! Unfortunately the "default" options are pretty scarce and not really flexible. Fortunately - however - the API is so simple that you can create a nice embed yourself using the documentation.
- Holger Eilhard
the last photo in the series offers some contrast. another great 'big picture' post.
- eric mortensen
Awesome shots. In the crazy world of internet, I first saw these pictures from the Czech republic at widelec.org before finally seeing the Boston.com website.
- Mitchell Tsai
In theory I'll agree with but in practice social media is where I consume a lot of my information. When marketing is done right it's just information and I can take it or leave it, but if it's not coming through the channels I use I'm never going to see it/get it. Do I want to see social media overrun with bad marketing and PR gimmicks? No I want to see marketing people get better.
- Michelle Jones
It's going to happen, because there's no way to escape from them. They'll infiltrate your friend networks just like they infiltrated your inbox, and the race of "who can shout their message loudest" will begin again. How many times today have you spread a marketing message without realizing it? Friend requests will become the new spam. How many people have been followed by a spammer on twitter?
- Mr. Gunn
Someone called "TheBioinformatician" with a blank profile linking only to a blank blog subscribed to my feed today. How many of you added him just based on his name and the fact that he's following you?
- Mr. Gunn
Thank God it's always more or less the same people rising to the top and we all know them all too well...
- Matthias Schwenk
Vincent, I don't think that's the kind of marketing Gina's talking about. Marketing your own skills and experiences is, as you point out, what's supposed to happen. Marketing of products and services that are not your own, but rather those of a company that you're being compensated to promote is what gets in the way of the kind of marketing that's supposed to happen. There is a clear, bright line that separates the two kinds of marketing that advertisers fail to respect.
- Mr. Gunn
In fact, exposing as many people as possible to "message X" is considered by them to be marketing of their skills and experiences. That's why the two can never peacefully co-exist.
- Mr. Gunn
Mr. Gunn, I don't follow anyone who doesn't update material themselves, or contribute meaningfully to friendfeed
- Deepak Singh
So we're singing the same tune, then. Thanks to you both.
- Mr. Gunn
would conversational marketing be a better term. At least that might imply some effort to connect with us not just blast us
- Mark Scrimshire
I don't know if it would be better. The way I see it, social networks were designed primarily for the purpose of getting away from marketing. Would we need social networks if we could trust that any email entering our inbox came from someone we know and want to talk to, and if web searches weren't cluttered with irrelevance? OK, so they help with aggregation of activity, too, but that's only one of their functions. Filtering out marketing is certainly another.
- Mr. Gunn
Awesome, I love deli.ci.ous, this is great news!!
- Susan Beebe
I deleted my del.icio.us cookies and relaunched Firefox and was able to see the new site. However, like Chris said, attempting to log in brings me to a 403 Forbidden Yahoo page. :(
- Nathaniel Payne
My favorite bit is I went to 'about Delicious' in my toolbar menu and it took me to a page that said 'about has no bookmarks yet'
- Shawna Benson
And the del.icio.us feeds into friendfeed are working...
- Atul Arora
Why is delicious holding out on accepting a yahoo login? Flickr was switched over almost immediately.
- Phil Glockner
I like it. It looks clear and cool. And very un-yahooy.
- Benedikt Koehler
Phil, that's why I'm not joining delicious as of yet
- Outsanity
I just signed in successfully too!! woo hoo!
- Susan Beebe
@J. Phil maybe the delicious user DB and yahoo user DB isn't set up to talk to each other as easy as flickr was. they have to link both together, they won't make you sign up twice hopefully.
- Chris Harris
I don't have to re.mem.ber where all the periods go. WIN!
- Hao Chen
they took their time, but first impressions are that it looks great and works perfectly.
- Iain Baker
"We’re in the middle of launching the new Delicious! Please check back soon..."
- Philipp Lenssen
This, my friends, is how a revision is done. It maintains the same feel, the same text-centric vibe, with a nice web 2.0 sheen on it. It's beautiful work!
- Justin Whitaker
Just started playing with it. In 2 minutes of usage I don't see any new functionality, though the visual design is a lot crisper. Pleasant.
- Kevin Fox
I love the fact that they kept it clean and simple, well done Delicious.
- Steve Spalding
Seems just a facelift release, can't see functional enhancements. Still can't remove tag by 1 click, delete and remove tag quickly, tag and delete on multiple bookmarks. They still doesn't provide the better way to manage even just 100+ bookmarks. Anyone can tell what actually enhanced?
- Baron M.
I like more the old Delicious'colors.But new freatures are good.
- Igor Poltavskiy
I can't believe so many people go wild over the new design. There is just so incredibly much wrong with it. Here are just a few of the complaints: http://support.delicious.com/forum...
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