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Which font would you pick? ;) - Brynn M Evans

Welcome! :) Come join the FF Beginners Group: http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - Rochelle

Hi Serge! - Brynn M Evans

And you're twittering? - Jim Norris

I saw that earlier today, too. Good thing I got on the freeway right before the patrol car got past me so all that was behind me. - April Buchheit

Jim: Haha, my boyfriend was driving! We caught it on video -- I'll post that later! - Brynn M Evans

You must be really excited by the ice cream man! It shows up in your feed 6 times! - Brynn M Evans

hahha... hurray for pingfm blasting out and friendfeed aggregating it all back in - James Walker from IM

Impressive. Cool visual data too. - Nathan Ketsdever

Thanks! I'm curious: how did you come across this? - Brynn M Evans

I've tried it on Chris' too and it's weird! Chris says you get used to it though. - Brynn M Evans

This must be Iceland! - Brynn M Evans

This is a good tip. I set it up and got my first twiMailer notice today! Whoohoo! - Brynn M Evans

Chris and Brynn, it's already available in a Digest format on SocialToo. With Twitter's slow API it's a little buggy lately for users with over 2,000 followers, but I'm trying to find ways around that until they fix it. Also, you don't have to forward e-mail anywhere (although you can for more immediate results) - we do all the tracking behind the scenes, and even track those that stop following you like Qwitter and others. - Jesse Stay

Oooh awesome! - Brynn M Evans

That sounds kind of weird. - Ed H. Chi

I obviously don't eat bacon, but I've been there once when my friends got the "bacon"-themed prix fixe. Bacon ice cream was the last dish. I think they were a little bacon-ed out by then, too! - Brynn M Evans

This is a decent overview of social search problems... - Ed H. Chi

Thanks! It would be great to talk to you more about it sometime. - Brynn M Evans

Very nice article. Enjoy reading it! Your discussion about the issue of "scale and scope" reminds me of my mortgage shopping experiences. - Koozda

Shouldn't this be a scientific question, not a court decision? - Ed H. Chi

Yes, I'd agree with you there. - Brynn M Evans

I'm so jealous! Wish I could be there with you :) - Brynn M Evans

Turns out that the voodoo is voodoo: http://www.scn.ucla.edu/pdf.... - Elliot Berkman

Ooh, the debate is getting heated! - Brynn M Evans

The formatting's not turning out so well. - Jim Norris

Ugh, thanks Jim. This keeps happening! I may just turn off those updates for now. - Brynn M Evans

Yeah, this is a server bug. Kind of why I suggested turning off Ma.gnolia for now... ;) - Chris Messina

so. friggin. awesome. - dave mcclure from Bookmarklet

LOL. Too hilarious. - Brynn M Evans

LOLLLLLLL - Adriana

I'm no expert on these things, but it seems like the "winners" who withdraw more than they invested are not to be blamed. It's unlikely they were in on the scheme, so it seems sort of unfair to make them return the money (from up to 6 years ago!). - Brynn M Evans

Depart Auckland 7:30pm 1/9 --> Arrive SFO 10:30am 1/9 | Depart SFO 1:00pm 1/9 --> Arrive Sacramento 1:44pm 1/9 | Pick up car --> Drive back to SF & Check-in to Holiday Inn --> Shuttle to Airport 7:00am 1/10 | Depart SFO 9:01am 1/10 --> Arrive Lihue 2:44pm 1/10 | Beach in Poipu! - Ross Miller

Ross, did you get to travel elsewhere? We were in NZ almost 2 years ago now. It was wonderful, but we didn't go to Auckland other than the airport for the exact reason that we were told is was very much like a US city. We drove around the southern island, took the ferry to Wellington and then flew from there to Rotorua and then drove around the upper part of the Northern Island till we again reached the Auckland airport and then flew home. It was almost a 3 week trip and it was fabulous. - Rachel Lea Fox

Cool! I think I might just get one of those... - Brynn M Evans

how was it? I always mean to go there. - Rowan

It's good! Always kinda funky food, but interesting stuff :) - Brynn M Evans

I'm installing it right now! - Brynn M Evans

Try turning the mouse upside down and rolling the scroll wheel all over the place rapidly. You might also wet your fingertip lightly (run it under the faucet for a sec) and then do the same thing. That usually happens when dust builds up. - Chris Messina

Do yourself a favour, buy a new mouse. The mighty mouse is one of Apple's worst products. My scroll wheel stopped working completely, and is extremely difficult to clean properly. - Paul Grav

I love it! - Brynn M Evans

The title says that two died; the article says that three died. Facts can be tricky things. - Brynn M Evans

Wow, that was REALLY good! - Brynn M Evans

"I absolutely agree, Sanjay. That would be a really interesting study, and one that I really maybe ought to do! I would imagine that the people you interact with matter too: old, old friends vs. complete strangers; superiors vs. subordinates; people you converse with daily vs. people you converse with rarely (who are all nevertheless "friends"). The other question I'd like to explore is what "cognitive tasks" such interactions might facilitate. In Ybarra et al.'s study, the topic discussed in the social condition had nothing to do with the tasks they later performed. At the same time, the tasks they later performed were not very ecologically-valid. Does the effect hold when your task is writing a paper, preparing a presentation, performing data analyses, programming, etc? Almost too many factors to do a real experimental study on..." - Brynn M Evans

"There's a lot still to be studied about how people make use of online social spaces to for question-answering or problem solving. I'm hoping to explore some of them in my dissertation, though, so stay tuned! Your book sounds interesting---especially the part about the value of small talk for relationships. In my current study, I'm looking at how people solve a problem using their social network, and most people have this little "social dance" at the beginning and end of their conversation. I find it really interesting because the question being asked is often pretty basic, like: "are you good at math?" And I'm seeing this between people who haven't spoken in a long time as well as with people who have spoken recently." - Brynn M Evans

Can you even imagine not being able to use email to communicate with your staff (let alone friends and family)? And coming from someone who has been so deeply embedded in these technologies...I would feel like both of my legs had been severed. - Brynn M Evans

"Sounds suspicious—unless you know that even if one of these fake forms results in a nonexistent person actually being registered, now under the Help America Vote Act of 2002, “any voter who has not previously voted in a federal election” must provide identification in order to actually cast a ballot. This will make it tough for Mickey Mouse, even if registered, to vote, no matter how big, round, or black his ears. Likewise, members of the Duck family (Donald, Daisy, Huey, Dewey, and Louie) who turn up at the polling place will have a hard time getting into the voting booth. (Uncle Scrooge might be able to bribe his way in, but he’s voting Republican anyway.)" - Brynn M Evans from Bookmarklet

An Obama future seems poor. Literally. - David Risley

I'd say consider yourself lucky if you make enough to get taxed, then :) - Brynn M Evans