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MG Siegler

Remember when I made this? Can't wait for this functionality to come to FriendFeed. Hot Dog Stand here I come!

June 30 - Comment - Like - Share

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MY EYES ARE BLEEDING - Eric Eldon

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woah - tell me you're still not using this...its quite possibly the ugliest thing ive ever seen. - Zee.

That's like an outfit from The Fifth Element - Jay Cuthrell

Now I'm craving Hot Dogs - Jesse Stay

i call it eggplant orange juice with blood. - MG Siegler

for healthy vampires - Eric Eldon

I feel bad for your monitor that has to serve that up...haha - Mike Bracco

MG, maybe we should save you the trouble and make one that looks like this for you. We'll call it parislemon. - Dan Hsiao

i think that may cause a FF revolt. or vomiting. - MG Siegler

Absolutely love the color scheme! :) - Jonathan Hardesty

lol it's festive. My Gmail is bright green and orange. LOVE - BEX

ya lets myspace up this bitch! - sean percival

Paul -- hey you listenin'? hhaha! don't ya love those colors! LOL (Dan - good idea!, do it!! haha) - Susan Beebe

Oh My GATO!! - Zulema (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ❤

No - Jorge Escobar

Looks like a box of Crayola's just threw up. : ) - Mike Doeff

Cool - Andrew

It looks like I designed it. That's not a good thing. - Ethan

I would go out of my mind by the end of the day. LOL - Drew Lucas

Painful. - Anne Bouey

*sheepish laughter* heh, that's just, er, wow. - Rick Cogley

This is a beautiful work of art. Bravo! Encore! - Sarah Lane

i aim to please. - MG Siegler

Just looking at that might give you colon cancer. - Gary C

Or keep you away from gmail long enough to be productive on the task at hand. - Mitch

B to the U to the M to the P http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Jay Cuthrell

FriendFeed has themes now. http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Robert MacEwan

much harder to ugly this up, but i tried http://friendfeed.com/parisle... - MG Siegler

looks like helvetica to me... :) - Jim: Noisemaker

did u build it yet? lol - Phillip Grady Jr

literally brilliant way to push people to use gmail... ;) - Marc Mulhern

its ugly as sin but it is a point. I would love to have a bit of text control and layout control and colour control. - workingbike feed

Hello my dear Nice to meet you online my name is miss Gift i saw your profile today and pick interest in you. please i will like you to contact me at (gift.johnson20@yahoo.com) to tell you more about me and give you my photo's hoping to hear from you you'rs Gift (gift.johnson20@yahoo.com) - gift

Die Spammer, Die! - Rick Cogley

1998 all over again. - Will Higgins™

Kevin Murray to Kevin's feed, Robert Scoble

The Circle of Life (revised)

May 14 - Comment - Like - Share

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Hah! - Robert Scoble

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Win. - T-Bone Tsali, FF Cherokee

HEY! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK, BUB! - John Craft

woops in my haste i dissed flickr. sorry flickr. - Kevin Murray

My wife would agree! - Brian Bufalo

Agree, John.. it hits a little too close to home ;-) - Holly Rae

true - sure takes a lot of time if you let it - Mark Conrau

Man it looks like we're sliding down a social-negativity cone - Ymag

So true these days ! - Mike Schmidt

Where's the bathroom? :) - frankiecarl

And the fridge? ;) - Stanislas Jourdan

Friendfeed is the center of life! - Ashish

Revised again: Fridge & Toilet Added: ;) http://i.friendfeed.com/0680b4e... - Kevin Murray

Facebook should rather be in a different universe altogether - sofarsoShawn

I agree with sofarsoshawn. take facebook out and its darn close. :) - timepilot

And Twitter would be in the lowest circle of hell ~ but yes,very close; though yes I just tweeted this - sofarsoShawn

@frankiecarl & stanislas - you can tweet FROM the bathroom or standing in front of the fridge... :-) - Rick Cogley

LOL - TheHenry

You mean, my life is normal? - Michele Lorito-Chase

exactly - Val Vladescu from IM

And where is this t-shirt? - Louis Gray

Agreed...I want this shirt! - Carlton Hackett

Brilliant - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Nice.... - Danny Bonthuis

Where do I join? - Christopher Harley

Good one! - Gianluigi Cuccureddu

Why no life? - Kristo Magno

why no arrow at least from flickr into friendfeed? - ian kennedy

Ian Kennedy, May be flickr is lazy,so it leaves that work to RSS and facebook Or one can say same about FF? - Ashish

T-Shirt Waiting To Happen! :) - The Pageman

T-Shirt & Travel Mug (in case we actually leave the house) Did it @ Cafe Press: Please note 1) I'm not an artist so I hope you like the organic nature of it. 2) I'm not looking to make any $ on this, any proceeds will be donated to my favorite charity http://guardsmen.org Here is the link: http://www.cafepress.com/kevinmu... - Kevin Murray

Patrick

At the ripe old age of 104, Ivy Bean is the worlds oldest Twitterer. - http://thenextweb.com/2009...

May 15 from TheNextWeb.com - Comment - Like - Share

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We need to get her over to FriendFeed too ;) - Nicholas James

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It would be too fast for her. - Lokei Atikus™®

Twitter has officially jumped the shark. - Brad Williamson

Brad, I don't see how that reference applies at all here. - Tyler Hayes

Twitter has not jumped the shark. It is not dead. It is simply popular, however quickly it's on its way to jumping the shark. - Matthew Allen Horton

This looks encouraging for the people of half her age to join the web bandwagon. - Ashish

This is wonderful! PS: Why are there always some people who have to make stupid comments? - Verena Fuchs

Not only is this a testament as to the popularity of the Twitter social networking service, but it also disproves the old stereotype that the elderly doesn't understand today's technology. - Thomas Ward

Exactly so, Thomas! well said. - Melanie Reed

It wouldn't be too fast for her. There are assistive technologies (puff and sip) and new ones coming that can keep up. - Melanie Reed

Just use pause, like I do. Live streaming is too much like watching TV, which immediately turns me off. - Ernie Oporto

I hope some more people "follow" her and enjoy the internet. It does not replace the joy of social life but she can enjoy having the feeling of being connected. - Ashish

Way to go, Ivy!! - Robert Couture

Why wouldn't you link to the original article? http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol... And she's 103, and the oldest Twitterer in UK, not the world. - Mark Trapp

Twitter is waaay past jumping the shark - Annika from Nambu

I wouldn't even bother trying to explain Twitter to my parents. - Donald Forth

Oh, my... Remember the news: http://edition.cnn.com/2008... - Alp

Longevity isn't for wimps. However, if you make it to 100+, you too can enjoy an exciting rewarding future as a media-prop for some random future technology. Of course, you'll suck, because you're old; for we all know that http://alloldpeoplesuck.blogspot.com/ -- #Sardonic-Hyperbole-With-A-Message - michael silverton

Apparently this is a scam. techcrunch article has more: http://tr.im/lz2B - Angus Burton

Scam is bullshit. She's on there and still tweeting. Whether she's on Twitter because of a newspaper or because someone but a gun to her head, ages still on there, 104 years old and still Tweeting. Ahh, there, I feel better :) - Zee.

oh and she just tweeter twice in the last 45 mins - Zee.

Ivy is so sweet! A living testament that social media demographics are constantly evolving! - Anna Barcelos

adam

Hip Cities Attract Young, Educated & Will Continue to Thrive - http://online.wsj.com/article...

May 17 from Digg - Comment - Like - Share

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David Cook

I'm gonna be a daady!!! I'm gonna be a daaady!!! =D

May 15 - Comment - Like - Share

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I hope you’re ready to see more baby pics in about 7 months. =D - David Cook

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Congratulations! - Anika

I never get tired of baby pics. :) - Jandy

aaw! congratulations!!! - D. Eda Goze

Congrats! - Gunny Say RELAX ™

Congratulations ;) - Alejandro

Congratulations!!! - joey

Congrats! - RAPatton

Congrats!! - Mo Kargas

Congratulations! - Paul from twhirl

Babies are awesome, and daddies are awesomer. Congrats! - Sally: QA queen

Congrats! - Monique

congratulations! - Jim: Noisemaker

Congratulations!! :D - Penny

Yay! Congrats, David! - LB.

Congrats :) - Rodfather

Congrats! - Kate

Congrats! - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

congratulations :) - Alexis Hope

congrats! - AJ Batac

And now at least one more person on the internets knows how babby is formed. - Alex Scoble

Congrats! - Alex Scoble

Wow - congrats! - WorldofHiglet

Congratulations! - Kreg Steppe

Personally, I think babies are more awesome than mommies/daddies, but excited, involved daddies are pretty cool/cute. - MiniMage, reborn

Congrats! - Shevonne

YAY!!! - Helen is taking charge

Thank you everyone!!! I couldn't be more excited! My cheeks hurt from smiling so much today. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat too. It was so awesome!!! He/She is due on December 8th. Thank you all for the love and support! =) - David Cook

Congratulations! - Arlan Koizumi

Omg, congrats David!!!!! That's wonderful! - Carmen

another ffunderbaby on the way! that's awesome! - Trish Haley

David, that's wonderful news!!!! Congrats. :) - Derrick

Congratulations! - ♥patricia♥

congrats! - (jeff)isageek

Congrats David!!!!! - Charlie Anzman

Congratulations~! - yagami

YAY! Congrats! - Josh Haley

OMG Congrats David!!!!! And as a side note, if FF turns into the magic baby bringing social media site, I might have to cut back a little ;-) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Wow, congrats! - Michelle Martinez

How exciting for you and the mommy! - Anne Bouey

Congratulations - LPH™ and his dog P™

Congratulations!!!!! - Martha

Congratulations! / 恭喜你！/ おめでとうございます！！！！! Enhorabuena ! - "Renchin"

me too. awesome huh? - Ryan

Yay! Where do I send the LG onesie? - Louis Gray

I'll never forget this wooshing sound. Totally awesome. Congratulations!! - Dawn

I remember the excitement looking at an image like this. Can't help but smile. - Ruud van Wijngaarden

Congratulations! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Congrats! Socool! - Andrew

Yahooooo! Congrats! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Congrats! - Pete Delucchi

wow! - A.T.

Congrats. More proof that friendfeeders do, um, well, nevermind! Miniscobleizer 3.0 is due end of September. Most excited! - Robert Scoble

Congratulations David! Get some sleep while you can. ;-) - Larry Kless

CONGRATS!! :) *passionate caps on with big thumbs up*, yeah and keep us updated - daaaady :))) - Ronald

Congratulations! - Verena Fuchs

Congrats - parazitt

Congratulations - ipek aral kişioğlu

Congratulations, David!! :) - Mona Nomura

congratulations! - Bren - Mostly Irish

Congrats! - Rob H. from BuddyFeed

Congratulations David. That is awesome! - Keith - @tsudo

Congrats It is The toughest job you will love. enjoy - Corey Brown

Congratulations! - Selda Dölekoğlu (Dinemiz)

Congrats, David! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

congrats,girl or boy? - Amir

Congrats, is this the 1st one..it's gonna be awesome dude.... - Mostafa Lameei

David, I am a father of 2 years old boy I can easily tell you that being a father will be nonpareil experience. Congratulations! - Jacque

Congrats !!! - Nir Ben Yona

Congratulations - Pete Gilbert

Congratulations - Tony

Congratulations :) - Picolo

congratulations! - Carole Hicks

Wow! Conga-rats!! :-D - Lisa L. Seifert

Congratulations! - endiaferon

Congratulations! The baby looks like you : ). - John A. Taylor

Congratulations too~~~~I think you will be a good daddy~ - ybs

Congratz! - Nia

Congratulations! :) - Dr. Apps from twhirl

Congrats!! - Manny Hernandez

congrats to you my friend. big things! - Cee Bee

congrats dude! - imabonehead

Congratulations! - casey wright

Congratulations! - Steven Perez

Congratulations! - Göksel Şirin

cool - Dan Krivolavek from twhirl

...woo-hoo! Congratulations!! - JA Castillo

Congrats David :D - Praveen Vasudev

@Larry Kless, that's what everyone keeps telling me. :) - David Cook

@Ryan, congrats to you as well! It *is* awesome! - David Cook

auguri! - Andrea | amnesiak1978

@Robert, it will be interesting to see the differences between our pics since they are only going to be 3 months apart. Congrats again! - David Cook

@Dawn, I was making that wooshing sound all day. lol - David Cook

@Amir, we don't know yet. I'll keep you all updated when we find out though. - David Cook

Congrats! - Justin Korn

@Mostafa Lameei, yes this will be the first one. I have a lot of close people with kids to go to for advice though. I'm ready for him or her. ;) - David Cook

Congratulations sir! - Evan Travers

Congrats! - Aaron Hood

Congrats !!! - MohammadReza

Congrats! Being a daddy is the best - Patrick Jordan

Congratulations! Love these pics... they're the best! - Kelly Williams

Start catching up on your sleep now! - Dan Parsons

Congrats to you - Annika from Nambu

Congratulations1 - Julie Barrett from twhirl

Congratulations!!! You'll be an awesome dad... - Iris

Congrats David!!! - Nicholas James

Congrats!! Be prepared for the great moments ahead! - harupong

awesome! congrats man - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Definitely Congratulations! - John E Murray III

Cool, Congrats. You have some fun coming for many years now. - aerobroken

congrats! - Thomas Hawk

Congratulations! I'm sure fatherhood has a lot in store for you. Best of luck. - Robbie Spencer from twhirl

Grats man! - WRider

Congrats David, I promise I won't comment on the current machine settings used, okay I will...person has the gain way too high for the posterior portion of the image. I am soooo anal about these things. Give me their number, I will make certain your next pics are better. - Janet

Great for you and the momma! All the best ~ it's such an exciting time!!!! - Lori

Congratulation! - Jimbooo™

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!! WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!!!!! :-D - Anna Haro

hehe, congrats! - Peter Efland

:-) - Mitchell Tsai

Congrats :) - Maryam Ardakani

Congratulations!!! - Garin Kilpatrick

Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!! - Annika from Nambu

AmyVernon

Sexy mascot can stay if curves covered - http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS...

May 16 from Digg - Comment - Like - Share

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adam

Firefox adopts multi-processes from Chrome, IE8 - http://www.tgdaily.com/content...

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Robert Scoble

Trend for 2010: intimacy parties where there's no Twitter, no Flickr, no blogging, no friendfeeding. I wanna do one in NYC next Thursday. Anyone else in?

May 14 - Comment - Like - Share

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Wouldn't that be a year too early? Wait, never mind. Early Adopter... =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

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I'm getting my 2010 Prius in a couple of weeks, so we are already in the 2010 Web. - Robert Scoble

My husband, the late adopter, would love your party, Robert... ;-) - Victoria Plautia

Can we make out? - Leo Laporte

I think you need another name for this kind of party. If you tell people that you are having an intimacy party, they are going to think you are a swinger or something. - Andrew

Social Media Unplugged? - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

lol leo - Andrew VanderVeen

Leo: if we made out we'd certainly test the system! - Robert Scoble

I can just see the news headlines already: "The Future Is Now! Blogger extraordinaire Scoble rebrands 20th century regular 'party' as 'intimacy party'" - Tyler Hayes

yeah, Robert, the branding on that is a little hinky. The first image I had of an "intimacy party" did not include twitter and friendfeed friends. - Karoli

How incredibly retro of you, Robert. Will you be reviving your AOL account, as well? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

Karoli: yesterday I told a bunch of PR people that watching Twitter all day made me crave intimacy. They all thought I was talking about sex. I told them I wasn't talking about sexual intimacy. Watching 90,000 Twitterers makes me want to have a deep conversation about something. - Robert Scoble

MVB: AOL never had intimacy. - Robert Scoble

I would love to check out a party like this. I wonder if Dallas is ready for one. - Ha3rvey (not a sweetie) from fftogo

i would be happy to attend - but how will i know where it is if we can't share the details online? carrier pigeon? - Allen Stern

Eau contraire Robert, AOL popularized the term "a/s/l" - the ULTIMATE form of intimacy. - Tyler Hayes

I blame Linda Stone for this. She invited me to one of her dinners. Eight people. No blogging. All hand selected. And she made sure we kept the conversation on something deep and intimate. - Robert Scoble

LOL, I give it 20 minutes before you're all shaking, bored and call the whole thing off and run for your iPhones and Blackberry's and Netbooks! Especially after the only two 7 minute conversation bursts where no one can cite any facts without Google and everything mentioned screams fodder for a tweet or blog post or streaming video or live picture. :) - Adam Turetzky

Tyler: I'm not talking about sexual intimacy. - Robert Scoble

Haha true. I may (small chance) be in the city next weekend. I'll meetup if I am. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

Adam: I don't agree. You should have seen the geeks after TechCrunch's StarTrek showing. First of all, it kept me off of friendfeed for two hours. Second of all, we enjoyed talking about it afterward. - Robert Scoble

Quik ? - Eric Logan

MVB: I'll be in New York Thursday. Eric: Qik, you mean? Nope, not allowed. - Robert Scoble

Well then Robert, I look forward to the results and my hypotheses proved wrong. :) - Adam Turetzky

I guess Leo is serious about making this an intimacy party... - David van Sunder from Nambu

David: I'd make out with Leo and I'm straight. Just don't tell my wife, OK? She gets jealous. - Robert Scoble

Like the idea. Would appreciate learning more about someone than the minute slice they reveal on socnets. Especially since I've found it increasingly difficult to raise people using that antiquated device called the "phone." At least for voice. Seems like no one wants to have a conversation unless they can pause a few minutes to Google the best bons mots. (edit: I did not Google "bons mots.") - Sue Radd

Christopher: friendfeed is the best place for setting these up, isn't it? - Robert Scoble

If I was in NYC I'd be in, unfortunately I'm not. - Andrew VanderVeen

Iim in ! - Rich White

Linda Stone's parties told me something else. We have to limit each table to four people. Any more guarantees a lack of intimacy and depth. - Robert Scoble

so, is that just like a party...? - David Vyorst

Yeah, sounds pretty much like a good old fashioned dinner party, David. I'm having one of those tomorrow. Everything that's old is new again I suppose... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

David: not really. I'm specifically going to invite people to sit at a specific table with three other specific people. That's what Linda Stone did and it created magic. - Robert Scoble

Would definitely like to see how this goes. if only i were in NYC....good luck to all attending it...To the organizer(s): Please post pics of any party games u carry out...esp ones that involve drinking. - Freddie Benjamin

Robert, that's a traditional dinner party, where everyone has assigned seating. Name cards if possible. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Tina: a dinner party is EXACTLY what we're talking about. Except limited to four people and assigned seating and a rule of no recording/broadcasting what happens. - Robert Scoble

Linda Stone does this at her house in Seattle and it creates magic. - Robert Scoble

Robert: Can you post/twit/ff afterwards? - Clifford Kennedy

Clifford: no. - Robert Scoble

Clifford: other than in general terms. When I went to one of Linda Stone's dinners, for instance, I was sitting next to an author and a tech researcher and a politician. It's a conversation that I'll remember the rest of my life, but can't be shared. - Robert Scoble

This is definitely a sign of the apocalypse. - Paul from twhirl

The fact that this is getting engagement tells me that my trend prediction has some fuel behind it. - Robert Scoble

Robert: I’m definitely intrigued. - Clifford Kennedy

based on what you do Robert and what you and I think the rest of us are passionate about, lets hope this doesn't catch on except in the realm of some type of rich person underground fetish thing. LOL :) I'd much rather see us push for 100MB fiber for everyone and have a virtual dinner party via iChat or Skype without dropouts or latency problems and in HD. :) - Adam Turetzky from IM

Adam: the older I get the more I realize that the reason we have all this technology is so we can find other people we want to meet around the world. I remember in the 1980s when the Internet was first being understood that people would say "you'll never travel anymore." Oh, yeah? Why did I do 120,000 miles on United last year? High def Skype will just make you want to meet that person on the other side even more. - Robert Scoble

Im in for that. Maybe not next Thursday. BUt isn't it like a tweet up? - kenneth glenn

Kenneth: no. A Tweetup is chaotic and not intimate. - Robert Scoble

It should be called an "analog party". - dthree

Do you think it would be possible to replicate the level playing field on sees in social media? I gauge "interestingness" based on words alone. Not your job, not your status, not your level of education and not your dough. - Sue Radd

Sue: the thing is, the more I get around the world, there is some correlation between education, status, dough, AND your words/interestingness. It's unfortunate in some cases, but true. - Robert Scoble

Sue: on the other hand, just because you have education, status, dough, that doesn't mean you are interesting, just that out of 1,000 people it makes it more likely. I have found some interesting people without any of the three, but it's tougher, that's for sure. - Robert Scoble

sure, you know where to find me!! - Bryan Thatcher

...but if someone doesn't Tweet, FF, or blog it, how do we know it ever happened? <wink> - .LAG liked that

LAG: the disruption in the force! :-) - Robert Scoble

I highly agree you don't need all three but the desire to learn and gain all those in some way is important. If you have all three, you tend to struggle outside the box. Maybe I'll unplug next Thursday in CT just to support the concept. Technology is a great tool but sometimes it's just noise and complicates things. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Yet another type of party I won't be attending...LOL - Rahsheen is aWeSoMe ™

Funny how this feels like such a strange concept these days. - Mike Doeff

Scobleizer...i like it: Social Media Unplugged™... they used to call them "retreats" or "off-sites." - .LAG liked that

...I call it 'boys night out'! - .LAG liked that

Look at LAG trying to gank my phrase ;-) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

...I trademarked that shii Tina! but you get points for using the term "gank." sweet! - .LAG liked that

hey, NYC unplugged, boys night out? sounds good to me. i'm in! - Bob Sokol

Bob: boys and girls night out. - Robert Scoble

Fair enough. Either way, you've certainly found a lot of interest in this... - Bob Sokol

Well, enjoy these in the next few years while you still can. It will be difficult when you have to remove your networked retinal implants... - Christopher A Carr

I'll take to you around rural Texas, where this is still pretty much the norm. :) - Mike Chapman

i'm in!!! just say the name and place - Rob

So how does one find out about one of these parties, a piece of paper stapled to an electric pole? - Jeff Sher

Jeff: friendfeed of course! - Robert Scoble

I'm in, as long as you pay for my accommodation and travel fees :P - MλTT

Where in NY? I could be in. - C. K. Sample III

Pretty sure if I tried this I would go into a comma, shock, or have convulsions. - Bob Blunk

I'm staying at the Kitano Hotel (66 Park Ave., at 38th Street). Want to meet there? - Robert Scoble

We welcome you in Istanbul with great pleasure - Jacque

You should give all your cellphones, etc to one person and make them the designated twitterer/friendfeeder reporter. - Nick

interesting idea - (jeff)isageek

That could work. Bogarts is a good bar that's right there. Or Mexican over on 3rd... The Sun office is right by there, so I have spent some time in that neighborhood :) - Bob Sokol from email

Remember the rules of Cuddle Party. http://www.cuddleparty.com/rules... - l.m.orchard from twhirl

You, stay off of FriendFeed or Twitter for a night? Hell, I'll pay to see that! Count me in! - Thomas Ward

I think offline time for IRL social gatherings is vital to really sustaining relationships. If we were in NYC, we'd be there in a heartbeat. - Ken Camp

+1 Thomas. Scoble wants to unplug? OMG. But seriously, I call that "time with my girlfriend", no need to develop a fancy name for it.... - Steve Lynch from twhirl

Intimacy party? Sounds like a good old fashion dinner party is called for. I'll cook. Who's coming to dinner? I'll feed you. Kindly bring some wine. - Arleen Boyd

Heh, ya, this isn't exactly a trend so much as "normal behavior engaged in by millions around the world for thousands of years". - Jason Wehmhoener

Arleen, it's a bit of a "drive" to your house. Raincheck? :D - CAJ, somewhere else

+2 Jason & Arleen. Seems awkward to make up a new name for what has always been known as "a party" or "a dinner". Maybe something´s wrong with your social circles if you blog or tweet when you´re "partying" ? - Thomas Bøhm

I agree, though 'intimacy parties' is a little risque of a name ;) But the need to find appropriate boundaries and to connect without tech is a clear need. When I did the 'soul tech' workshops, it hit a national nerve that within weeks got the workshops on the today show: http://www.sparksocialmedia.com/video... - Leif Hansen

OK, I'm in, but if I see keys in a bowl, I'm leaving. ;) - John Craft

I won't mind that but there will be lot of discussions about parties on twitter and friendfeed following the parties. - Ashish

You mean like "actual" IN REAL LIFE social networking...blasphemy! I'll watch it on ScobleTV - sofarsoShawn

Gonna have to turn off cell phones. - Barry Biddlecomb from twhirl

Barry, that's not going to happen. I bet they all have an anxiety attacks if they thought their cellphones would off for more then an hour. Most people put their cellphones on vibrate in the movies the same will happen here. - Paul from twhirl

Wondering how the "no tech" dinner went last night. Did it happen and if so did everyone survive? - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Found: the very interesting conversation I was looking for... now to figure out how to save this thread so I don't lose it... - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Robert Scoble

In the next hour or so I will pass 37,000 subscribers. friendfeed's growth is accelerating. It is about time to look for a new shiny object. The celebrities will be here soon.

May 14 - Comment - Like - Share

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lol - Capn' One Eye - adrift

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I think 1,000 have followed me this week alone. It's amazing to watch the early adopters catch on to what Louis Gray showed me more than a year ago. - Robert Scoble

lol....well that proves Robert is the one and only cutting-edge celebrity we all gotta follow! 37k subs on ff is gr8. and i gotta work like a dog to reach even 1k. - Freddie Benjamin

ugh :) - Stefanie Hahn

oh please don't say that. oh no. I just got here. - Rick Fisher

Rick: you're safe for another month or maybe two. :-) - Robert Scoble

Shhhhh! - Jeff Betts

I wish I had time to figure out friend feed! I'm computer savvy and this one has me stumped! Send me a basic video please! I've got some of the basics down, but the community aspect and how to communicate has me stumped...other than when you send me here from twitter. - Hummie

Ryan: I have high resolution screens and I type fast. :-) - Robert Scoble

Isn't that just like a man? Gets your heart all a flutter and then he moves on. - Sharon McPherson

Hummie: I showed Jimmy Wales friendfeed on Saturday night: http://www.ustream.tv/recorde... -- that might help you (after the first couple of minutes). - Robert Scoble

No one mention friendfeed to the 'normals'. - Ryan Whitwam

Have you studied how much conversation celebrities actually have? They might find FF needing more personal maintenance than they want to. - Yann Ropars

Don't ask me about shiny new stuff. My web development is in a 50-year-old language and its most exciting features relate to a 10-year-old data format. - Bruce Lewis

Ryan Whitwam: too late. Google is indexing friendfeed posts higher than Tweets. - Robert Scoble

for the love of all that is geek, no one RT this to K-utcher or O-prah. - Alachia

Hopefully, friendfeed will have implemented real-time filters before Oprah comes here, also to filter massive amounts of comments coming in by "likes" and algorithms on the "likes" so selections among 1000s of chatters are filtered in real-time to the front for each user while the rest of the conversations are hidden in a personalized way based on their own likes and friends - Charbax

Alachia: Kutcher came to a TechCrunch party last year. He's the real deal. Oprah? Um, no. - Robert Scoble

Why would a real geek play the numbers game then? - Alachia

Someone should create a Techmeme for celebrities... a tool that search and aggregate social media sphere txt and rich media into one stream... - Yann Ropars

Thanks..I'm watching the link now...I see Friend Feed has changed since I was here last. - Hummie

Anyway, I know you weren't totally serious posting this. But I do think you could more fully explore the toys you're already playing with. Spend some time on that Site Integration page. You know which one I mean. - Bruce Lewis

Look for the next shiny object. We'll be here when you get back. :) - Louis Gray

Louis: if you haven't found a new shiny object yet, it's safe to stay here for a couple more months. :-) - Robert Scoble

:) who will be the King ff FF, Ashton? or do we graduate to more distinguished folks? sanjaya perhaps - Samer Forzley

There is nothing shinier than FF. - Diego Barros

Okay, see...I cannot figure out where the search is that you are referring to! - Hummie

At least you can "hide" the celebrities in FF. Ooo look, something shiny over there! - Brian

+1 Louis :-D - Bruce Lewis

Hummie: The search bar is at the top of the page. Search for a term you're interested in, and on the resulting page you'll notice a red bar at the top with a link "click here to save". Click the link and you can customize and save that search. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Oh geez...HOW did I miss that search box...if it were a bug, it would have bit me! Thanks...going to test the save a search now. If I can figure this place out, I'll be sure to do a video on how to use it on my blog...cause that's what I do...and people expect me to do! - Hummie

Okay, someone tell me how I make a post on Friendfeed without having one import from another application (twitter, Flickr, etc). - Hummie

=) It takes a bit of time to get everything (especially now with so many options). There's a group specifically for cool searches you can save, give me a moment and I'll get you a link. Also, there's a FF for Beginners group that might be helpful. Again, just a moment and I'll have you a link. As for how to post: see the text box underneath the search box? Post there. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I think you could co-exist if you really wanted to but then again I totally understand why you're already thinking about leaving FF. - John Blanton from twhirl

I think you could co-exist if you really wanted to but then again I totally understand why you're already thinking about leaving FF. If you left where would you go? - John Blanton from twhirl

FF for Beginners group http://friendfeed.com/friendf... FF Saved Searches group http://friendfeed.com/ffss And Hammie, we're usually a pretty friendly bunch. Let us know if you have any questions =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Thanks for your help, Tina. I think the new interface since I was here last is a big improvement. It's easier to figure out than it was before. - Hummie

No problem, Hummie =) The new interface is intriguing: people who were really active on FF before started out disliking it (but most have grown accustomed to it). People who didn't connect with FF before really seem to like it. Not sure what that says about the differences in the two user types... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I can recommend to open the users reg. to other sites as well ,for example it can be great to let other sites to get for their users an automatic registration here in FF - Johni Fisher

Johni, FF has pretty much implemented exactly that. People can log in with their Twitter, Facebook, or Google IDs now. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Yes thats right but lets say that we have an online newspaper that would like to create users here to his users and to have activity ....in my opinion with this pos we can get here much more than just the tech users - Johni Fisher

I am enjoying friendfeed rightnow since it is safe from undue publicity. - Ashish

Ashish: that will only last a few more weeks, given the growth rate here. - Robert Scoble

will this result in more maintanence time = offline time? - Ashish

:-)) u r wrong Robert as long that you control the info that u can get u will keep the fun - Johni Fisher

I suspect the "early adopters" - "celebrities" timeline is an oversimplification. It's quite possible that a year from now, Twitter will have moved from its "Oprah" stage to a post-Oprah stage, which is more accurately reflected by the timeline "early adopters" - "celebrities" - "everybody else." Think of cell phones as an example. There was a period when celebrities and yuppies... more... - John E. Bredehoft

they are already here, I noticed P Diddy and a Khardasian in my friendfeed followers the other day. - Christi

John: sorry, Twitter won't get "everyone else." They already are on facebook. - Robert Scoble

its past my bedtime.. I will have to read about it tomorrow.. g'nite :o) - David Gross

I've passed two kidney stones, but 37,000 friendfreed subscribers? That sounds really painful. - Ranger Craig

Plurk. The celebrities will never use Plurk. Of course, there are good reasons for that. - Ken Wallich

I'll keep an eye on the list of suggested users. As long as you are on top, I think this is still a safe Geekdome...(how many users does FF claim?) - Antonella Stellacci

NO!!!! AGHH!!!! - Kim Landwehr

Kim: I passed 37,000 a while ago. The growth here is headed up and I got there a LOT faster than I did on Twitter. - Robert Scoble

But aren't most of your FF subscribers also Twitter followers? Add that you're the first face new FF see when they join :) - Antonella Stellacci

Seriously, though not sure celebrities will want to be on Friendfeed, unless there interested in good conversation, its not a megaphone like Twitter is, which is all the a lot of celebrities want. - Kim Landwehr

Antonella: most of my Twitter followers were readers of my blog, too. So? That's how I separate out the real people from the bots. The bots stick with what I did yesterday. The real people follow me to the new shiny object when I find one. - Robert Scoble

Kim: celebrities go where the people are. Just wait. - Robert Scoble

I fear that this friend feed, twitter followers race is becoming too much for the slightly more tech savvy but still average user to keep up with. Someone looking for a place to connect on multiple topics but doesn't have a blog, start -up or celebrity status (of any kind) to warrant any following other than sheer wit to compete with. I work in hi-tech and love love LOVE all things web... more... - Cyndi Brigham

Robert, they go where the most people go. It'll be a LONG time before they show up here. - Kyle Sellers

Kyle: wrong. The celebrities are already starting to show up here. - Robert Scoble

Cyndi: do you know of a group like this on Twitter: http://friendfeed.com/persian... - Robert Scoble

Filter them out. - John

The celebs won't know what to do on ff - Dennis Jackson

Agreed, but I guess that the migration from readers of a blog to Twitter users was slower than Twitter-> Friendfeed which might explain the different timeframe. The next shiny is more than welcome... - Antonella Stellacci

Thanks Robert, based on this, I think that for what I'm looking for, Friend Feed may be more the route than Twitter...The link you sent was amazing. I don't know that I'd find that on Twitter. Appreciate the response! - Cyndi Brigham

my friend feed has exploded this week, I think it's a much better listening device - Jessica Wilzig Gottlieb

James: Kim Kardashian: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Robert Scoble

James: Gavin Newsom, who is running for California Governor: http://friendfeed.com/GavinNe... - Robert Scoble

Jimmy Fallon was rumored to be on here, but I can't find him. - Robert Scoble

Do you think in a year or so, FriendFeed could take over the space from Twitter, and that Twitter will be sort of the "Myspace" or do you think they will both thrive together, sort of need each other? - Stephen Pickering

Stephen: I don't see friendfeed taking over from Twitter in next year. I see friendfeed going in a different direction. The money is in search, so friendfeed needs to be a massively better search engine. We're seeing the groundwork for that now, but it'll take a year to make it obvious to everyone. - Robert Scoble

so abandon ship on Twitter everyone. - Brad Jackson

re Jimmy Fallon: this one? http://friendfeed.com/jimmyfa... ( couldn't find thru search but just writing the vanity URL with the name) - Antonella Stellacci

Antonella: heh, I didn't think of just typing in the URL. Yeah, that looks like him. Mostly a clone of his Tweets though. - Robert Scoble

FriendFeed WAY more useful no? It's not even close.... - j sven

That makes me too late... I didn't like how Friend Feed was before. Now I don't like how Twitter is and I'm falling in luv/lust with FriendFeed. .. but if the celebs invade, and the "like-ables" like you leave... oh whoa... where shall I go? - Arleen Boyd

Arleen: don't worry, we'll have plenty of time to figure that out. We've already been sending Louis Gray on scouting trips to make sure we have somewhere to go. :-) - Robert Scoble

08:00 BST you made it! 37,045 subscribers. Congrats :) - Anita Hunt

More shiny objects Robert? at least stay until this one gets tarnished ;-) - Rachel Clarke

Rachel: actually, wait until we get skinning here. Then it'll seem brand new for quite a while. I'm not leaving, just having some fun! - Robert Scoble

Hummie I'm with you on this. When I first came here I very quickly walked away again, I just couldn't figure it out. I had to get help from my son. There's a lesson there for all of us by the way. And it's possible this "Oh Christ now what do I do?" initial impression is keeping the RiffRaff out. Unlike that other service over there ----> which is real easy to understand. - Gilbert Harding

we're already here, you just haven't noticed us yet! - Randulo Randulos

Is there a list of the most subscribed to people on friendfeed? I'm guessing RObert has to be the most subscribed t0, non-friendfeed employee? - Jim Connolly

Jim: yes, it's at http://www.ffholic.com/Users... - Robert Scoble

Thanks Robert! - Jim Connolly

Gah, I DO NOT want that to happen! I finally got rid of twitter (except for using it with friendfeed) and don't want to have to find something else. Maybe I should start my own social network... *ponders that thought for a second* Nah, too much work. - MλTT

Robert - I knew you would be top of the pile! I'm in 350th place apparently - w00t!! - Jim Connolly

Matt: (that really did make me laugh out loud!!) - Jim Connolly

I'm not sure the celebs with come to friendfeed. At least not in the same way they have with twitter. Twitter is a broadcast medium to most celebs. They want to tell the world what they are doing and build their brand. They have no interest in what their followers are doing. FF appears to be more of a community where discussion and sharing can take place. (i know you know this but just wanted to add my 2cents) - Jamie Vidamour

@Jamie Apparently not everyone got that memo ;-) http://friendfeed.com/iamdiddy & http://friendfeed.com/kimkard... - Gordon Saunders

I think FriendFeed is 'just' complex enough to scare the crap out of the celebs. Look at the trouble Oprah had with something as easy to use as Twitter! That said, pretty soon most celebs will have social media companies doing this for them. - Jim Connolly

<The celebrities will be here soon> Yup . - JimmyJet

"That said, pretty soon most celebs will have social media companies doing this for them" Jim that sounds like a promising business plan. - Gilbert Harding

My fear exactly. In fact I wonder if following the latest social network trend will itself become the mainstream media's new news trend. I do believe tech and celebs can live in harmony on the same broadcast platform, but it depends greatly on the management of that platform. Twitter management handled this badly. Recommendations should be based on content, not the number of followers... more... - Keith Barrett

Do you have ghosts like Guy Kawasaki ? How you manage to control all of the streams! 90K+ on twitter, 30K+ from FF.. Amazing.. Really.. I jelaous. - Jacque

Jacque: I do all my own social media work. No ghosts. I just do what I can! - Robert Scoble

I wonder what the next new shiny object will be, any guesses or predictions? - Sally Church

"Next new shiny object"...which is? - Luciano

Luciano: Louis Gray hasn't figured that out yet, so we have at least six months. - Robert Scoble

I understand having many subscribers but how do you make sense of the flood of all those you subscribe to? - Steve Levin

Steve Levin: liberal use of the hide feature and many, many lists and groups...I assume. - Bob Blunk

Steve - I'm pretty sure Robert did a video a while ago - showing what his feed looked like and how he handled it. - Jim Connolly

we have some shiny tin cans and some wire... so ... - Pretty Monkey Studio

Steve: I posted about virtual omniscience of Robert Scoble here: http://messel.typepad.com/my_webl... there's a video of Robert describing it there - Mark Essel

Actually, Pretty Monkey Studio just gave me a great idea: Create my own social network made out of strings and tin cans that spans across the whole world so that everyone can be connected by voice, rather than text... Wait! That may have a few problems *thinks about the repercussions of creating a social network where people put a tin can to their ear while millions of voices are piped (strung?) in to it* - MλTT

matt: its easy.. you will have a tin can for each person you are connected to. the others get a lid. and for group chats you just need more people that are sitting next to you in the treehouse :) - Pretty Monkey Studio

Pretty Monkey: Dibs on that idea! I'm developing a prototype and getting a patent tomorrow :P - MλTT

just come over to our treehouse and we'll hook you up :D we even have pink tin cans !! - Pretty Monkey Studio

Nooooo!!! It's MY idea, Pretty Monkey! If this kicks off, you aren't getting any of the profits :P - MλTT

sry we already have the patent ;) but you could try triangle shaped yellow tin cans for your prototype. Banana shapes are taken too - Pretty Monkey Studio

Not fair :'( Robert, can you make Pretty Monkey Studio hand over the patent? - MλTT

Matt: sure, but I charge $400 an hour for playing a lawyer and this will take at least 40 hours of my work and you're still not guaranteed that Pretty Monkey Studio will hand it over. Want to proceed? ;-) - Robert Scoble

I wonder what that point is. When did it start on Twitter? - Lester Greenberg

Robert: Hmmm, put a decimal point after the 4 and I'm in. - MλTT

I took several months off from friendfeed to concentrate on my facebook presence. Now that I'm back I can't believe all the changes and growth here. 2008 was the year of facebook, 2009 is the year of twitter, could 2010 be the year of friendfeed? - Jonathan.Rivera

pfff you guys are only after money. just come over to the treehouse, you'll get a tin can fro free, we can play some blackjack and spin the bottle and have a good time without patents, twithits or the likes and you can explain friendfeed to us :D - Pretty Monkey Studio

Well, when you're saving to buy your first iPhone, money has a big impact on your actions. - MλTT

you're a social media creature Scoble :) - Ahmet Alp Balkan

Nooooooooo, say it isn't so.... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

So are companies going to take a stand and disallow celebrities to join services and ruin them or should they change the terms to the we won't reject people based on sex, race, or fame. - Eric Fisher

Eric: friendfeed doesn't need to do that. They just need to make sure that we remain in control of our viewport and that they minimize the kinds of games humans like to play (collecting followers and gaming systems to see if we can move up a list, etc). - Robert Scoble

Robert, do you think the next "shiny object" will be a mobile one? Not a device, but a mobile service. Something that works great on all platforms, iPhone, Android, Win, Nokia, etc. - Mike Lewis

I knew it was always just about the latest shiny object! Now I have proof... - Andrew Deal

Mike... I hope robert says yes.... that is what I always am pushing @cellecast. ... we got 80% more to develop though, and need community help. - Andrew Deal

What do you think the effect will be on Friendfeed?? - 77Agency

Mike: if something works great on all mobile platforms it isn't actually great. You've got to optimize for each one, at least in today's world. - Robert Scoble

Just wait til oprah gets here. :) - Sami Jones from Nambu

My guess is that Oprah will be #1 on Twitter in a month or two. She has over a million followers in 28 days without really trying. Aplusk may have more but he also has tweeted more than 40x as much. Look out Scoble, Ashton will probably run here once Oprah takes his Twitter crown. - Garin Kilpatrick

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Fugly - BeeLing

Mmm, nope. - Rochelle

I hope not - Alex Scrivener

mmm.. interesting.. - David Gross

I certainly hope not :) - Brett Kelly

Uh...does anyone else get the feeling the designer was objecting to the treatment of women in Islam with this line (or just this one piece)? Maybe it's just me. - Jim Mitchem

a lot of fugly stuff - BEX

God I hope not. - Fake Elmo

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hope not! - Bibi

Not unless the future will be like a Tarsem Singh directed movie. - Brad Jackson