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Nathan Eckenrode commented on a blog post on Disqus
6 hours ago - Link
"dear members of the MPAA and RIAA; this is a news story about piracy and not about decline sales for a dying business model, please note the difference. thanks." - Nathan Eckenrode
+1 Nathan - Brent Newhall
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Eric Rice posted a link
yesterday at 1:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Uh, hrmm. - Eric Rice via Bookmarklet
BTW _ These behaviours are especially easy to spot in video content, where it is difficult to conceal insincerity. The histrionic relies on superficial charm and emotional effusiveness to contrive connections. In females it's all about flirtation/seductiveness and over familiarity premature/unwarranted intimacy. I have worked with teens with personality disorders and narcissistic behaviours - an increasingly large group these days. It's very sad. - melmcbride
Freud once said he couldn't cure narcissists because their sense of self was so grandiose and deluded that they couldn't admit that they had a problem.They refuse to take the road of self actualisation. Part of it is that they have little concept of an authentic self so all emotion and interest in others is a performance. - melmcbride
Speaking as someone with two clinically-diagnosed narcissists in my immediate family, I concur with melmcbride's comments. However, narcissists can be cured (it happened to one of my family members). - Brent Newhall
Brent: that's good to know. And you must also know how difficult it is to deal with. I see very obvious histrionics being enabled online. I find they are very easy to spot - usually rapid cycling between emotionality, haughtiness and childlike behaviours (a great show, unfortunately). - melmcbride
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Chris Nixon posted a link
Fail Child | Random Good Stuff
23 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
I love videos like this. You can keep your LOLcats; kids getting knocked over and bears getting shot of of trees wins every time. - Chris Nixon via Bookmarklet
Haha...and in animated gif to boot! - cmiper
lol (literally) - Marco
i think the second time was a dive - at least that's the way an nhl ref would call it ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
This gif just doesn't get old. - Jordan Hofker
I'm sure that young boy was kinda traumatixed by this .. that dog is almost as tall as the boy is ... this really shouldn't have been recorded unless the parents of that child knew that the boy wasn't in any danger - JohnBfromMemphis via twhirl
I'm going to need someone to stop me from laughing. I'm in a loop. @.@ hahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!! - Bwana McCall
Traumatized? Because he *fell down*? If so, the boy has serious issues. - Brent Newhall
Bwana: Infinate loop? - Roberto Bonini
Bad dog!! ha, ha! - Susan Beebe
Wow FF makes animated gifs cool again. - Steve Isaacs
Now I wish I'd filmed @Cyndy being dragged by my parent's dogs... - Jason Carreira
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l0ckergn0me posted a link
CNN Special Reports - Black in America
23 hours ago - via Reshare - Link
Mona N's friend is apparently a part of this. - l0ckergn0me
I thought you weren't supposed to use "black" to refer to an ethnicity anymore...? - Brent Newhall
@brent says who? - Jamie
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Steve Spalding posted a message
24 hours ago - Link
Admitting that you can't do something is very hard for a lot of people. - John
Harder still is having the wisdom to find people who are "better than you." - Steve Spalding
There's the flip side. Most people are so engrossed with themselves, they don't provide any opportunity for others to ask for help. In other words, making ourselves approachable is as important as being able to ask for help. - nicerobot
The most successful people I know all have one thing in common: they've surrounded themselves with successful people, i.e.: the "others" that you allude to. - Kevin C. Tofel
That's absolutely right. I've never met a really successful individual who was afraid to hire, work with etc . . . people who are better than they are. @nicerobot I completely agree, almost as hard as asking for help is being the type of person who can be asked. - Steve Spalding
I recently asked someone I look up to for help and was disappointed in their response. they liked my work and what I showed them. When I asked someone else that I didn't really expect to have any great advice, he pointed out every flaw in my design, explained what was wrong with it, and a couple possible ways to go about fixing it... help can come from the most surprising places and people. - Kyle A Koch
Good quote. Very true - Cody Heitschmidt
i have half of that down. i know my limitations :) - Chris Harris
Not claiming to be one of the "most clever people in the world" but I have never understood people's desire to suppress the ability of people around them to grow - the way I see it the better the people I am surrounded by become, the better I will become. - Marco
It's exactly the test I use with FF and all that. I love following interesting people because I think I always end up with the better part of the bargain. - Steve Spalding
Closely related to the idea that good leaders delegate. - Cecily Walker
This involves self discipline and humility. Two qualities that entirely absent in those who are driven around by their impulses. - melmcbride
Thats ture. - DSaad69
totally true. - Liz Burr
@Cecily agreed that good managers delegate - Shey
@Shey Definitely. Sure you can learn anything in the world if you wanted to (and there are bunches of stuff that you should), but especially if you are managing a project you need to be able to know where your real strengths lay. - Steve Spalding
This is also the sign of a good manager. - Mark Krynsky
And what about those other people that help the clever people making up for their limitations? - benedikt
An earlier commentator brought that up, and I think that's equally as important. I think people underestimate the benefits of helping others. You never know when the five minutes you take out of your day to do something good for someone else will turn into something great for you. Even if it doesn't, you probably still "gain" more than the cost in time. - Steve Spalding
I think anyone that tries to suppress the ability of those around them to grow, is usually insecure in their own achievement levels. If I need help I'll ask, but the responses can be a sort of "protectionism." The person you've asked for help doesn't want to help as they feel it somehow reduces their own value by sharing knowledge with you. - Ian May
That's also a good point. We're all guilty of it, especially in situations we don't feel "control over." The old saying is pretty dead on, knowledge is power and sharing that knowledge can be pretty painful. At the end of the day though, I think you gain a lot more than you lose. I always learn something from getting the perspective of others. - Steve Spalding
A true sign of arrogance is blaming someone else for your ignorance - Bwana McCall
Also, what is a limitation, and what is simply an underutilized skill? How can you tell if you're inherently bad at something, or just not good at it yet? - Brent Newhall
There's the art. My test is whether I have an intuition for how it could be done if I just had the skill set. A good example is that I know how to write and as an extension I know how to arrange podcasts (even though my audio editing skills aren't that great). Video, on the other hand, is an entirely different animal and when I'm dealing with it I defer to the wisdom of others when I can. - Steve Spalding
In the VC world, we often say "A people hire A people, B people hire C people, and..." A major part of this "ranking" (which I tried to fight for many years) is that many people (i.e. the supposed B and C people) are afraid to hire people better than them - for fear of (1) losing control (2) employee learning stuff & jumping ship (3) employee stealing stuff. It's sad. I tried for ages to fight the mentality of "rating" people, but it's so much a reality. It's HARD to find open-minded people. - Mitchell Tsai
Very good wisdom Mitchell - Shey
Shey: Funny thing is receptionists in Internet companies are usually much better than CEOs at predicting whether companies will succeed or fail. Why? Receptionists have often worked 20-30+ companies, whereas the "Internet" CEO has only seen 1-3 companies before starting one. Also, very sad, something is missing in our college/MBA/MS/PhD education in entrepreneurship, team-building, etc... It's a very good education to have been in Google, Microsoft, or some company that has seen int/ext scaling issues. - Mitchell Tsai
I agree on the MBA/MS etc . . . portion. It's so rare that anyone focuses on the mechanics of team building and leadership. It seems to run counter to the way most academic programs are taught. - Steve Spalding
Socrates will suggest that philosophy consists entirely of a sincere admission of ignorance, and that whatever wisdom he has, comes from his knowledge that he knows nothing. - Peter Dawson
I loved when Clint Eastwood said that line, "A man's got to know his limitations." - Sandra Williams
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Steve Spalding posted a link
23 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, usually beginning in early adulthood." Thanks to Eric Rice for the share. - Steve Spalding via Bookmarklet
See also: emo, bloggers ;) - xero
Boy, have I seen a lot of those people online. - Brent Newhall
I think it was written for the blogosphere. - Steve Spalding
In my line of work, as a cabbie, I see an endless parade of these behaviors. Most distinctly this is the typical stripper personality in the female form and the serial-dater of strippers in the male form. - Christopher Harley
I agree. Honestly, I wonder how many normal celebrities suffer from a touch of HPD. Especially those who are "famous for being famous" - Steve Spalding
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Nick O'Neill posted an entry on All Facebook
23 hours ago - Link
Interesting point about the extended API features Id love to see them give access to messages, and give write access to the profile fields - via StumbleRead - Adam Loving
So, how do you pronounce that? Ffffffffone? - Brent Newhall
this is another theory I was thinking of this morning - could be possible - Jesse Stay
But in reality the big announcement will be mobile. They've already announced a new iPhone platform - look at the latest description for their mobile session. - Jesse Stay via twhirl
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Marco posted a link
Blame @jason Fleming for getting me into a retro tv mood
yesterday at 6:23 am - Link
Mask was awesome! - fbrunel
M.A.S.K. had one of the best 80's cartoon theme songs ever, though I recall the show being mediocre. Ditto for C.O.P.S. (which was cool for being quasi-techno with no lyrics). - Brent Newhall
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Monday at 8:08 am - Link
What's the best thing the web has ever done for you? - Steve Spalding
Gave me my profession and virtually limitless access to knowledge. - xero
I think that second part is incredibly important. We have a way of finding out anything about just about everything now. - Steve Spalding
Very inspiring post Steve, definitely a great result of your thoughts. - Svetlana Gladkova
Thanks Lana, the more I look into it -- the more incredibly interesting projects I am finding that aren't on the radar. I'll try to bring a few more to the table in the coming weeks. - Steve Spalding
Absolutely! Even if internet is full of purely money-making projects, there are also some worthy for caring about people. BTW, have you read Cyndy's latest post on Grassroots fundraising with social media at http://www.profy.com/2008/07/2...? You might find this one interesting - Svetlana Gladkova via twhirl
Thanks for the send, I just shared it. I came across another interesting one that the University of California Berkeley is doing. They're using ChipIn to raise money for research projects / social causes. Really great stuff. http://howtosplitanatom.com/ti... - Steve Spalding
The best thing it's done for me is connect me closer to my friends. - Brent Newhall
I am going to have to agree with you there, it has made communicating with your extended network so much easier. - Steve Spalding
"What's the best thing the web has ever done for you?" Introduced me to the woman who is now my wife & best friend. - Joshua M. Neff
I wish we heard more stories like this, wonderful Joshua. - Steve Spalding
Given me a wife, a living, and endless new experiences - Ian May
Brilliant, Ian or Joshua (or anyone else for that matter) if you ever want to write a guest post for HTSAA about your web experiences please, please send me an email at sbspalding [ a t ] g mail dot com - Steve Spalding
Steve, there's also this story involving my dad & the internet: http://www.goblin-cartoons.com... - Joshua M. Neff
I met Paula thanks to the web - that was the best thing it did for me! - Marcos Marado
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l0ckergn0me posted an entry on Lockergnome
Monday at 1:13 am - Link
Japan has a VERY big problem with guys secretly taking upskirt photos of girls, yes. Way more than over here. Also remember that the large majority of high school girls in Japan wear very short skirts as their school uniforms, so there are a lot of targets. - Brent Newhall
this would certainly keep people from taking candid photos in public, but shouldn't one have the ability to take pictures silently as well? - Kyle A Koch
those silly Japanese guys. just silly... :-) - Chris Harris
My BlackBerry has a shutter sound that you can't turn off it is very annoying and even if you put the phone in silent, it still goes off. It's not like I'm trying to take bad pictures, but it's just Stupid that I have to hear the loud "click" everytime. - Zach Flauaus
man i should see if i can make an camera app w/o a shutter sound. sell it for a dollar and be rich - Chris Harris
Mmm... there's already all the tools you need depending on the device. They'll circumvent it anyways. My UT Starcom 6700 PPC have a forced shutter sound, but other apps lets you customize that aspect. - Elijah Bailey
damn the authorities trying to spoil the fun! - Jamie
Kyle: If one had the ability to silence the shutter, all the perverts would silence it, thus defeating the purpose, right? - Brent Newhall
well i can continue to be a perv. i still have iphone 1.0 - Chris Harris
Brent, that is very much the case. But even as a female I don't know where to look while climbing up states since I can see everything IN MY FACE. I can't even begin to imagine what it's like being a male =| - Mona N via fftogo
how would this help? they can buy a US one - Noah David Simon
wow, i often find myself wanting to take photos silently, in a lecture or concert. This would be a deal-breaker for me. - nathan
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loren feldman posted a message
Sunday at 7:07 am - Link
There's a lot more to life than tech. I spend half my time these days blogging about the Mets. - Rob Safuto
Move where, Loren? - Barry de la Rosa
Yeah, it's time. I tried to make these morons interesting for a minute. I failed. - loren feldman
See ya. - David Risley
Politics? - charlestm via twhirl
laters! - Nathan Eckenrode
Thing is, we had all these great new apps and services that were supposed to facilitate all this great, killer new content. But then, instead of getting that great new content, the apps and services themselves became the destination. Thousands of experts in how to communicate in 140 characters and tell others how great it is. Where did the end product, the entertainment and content go? I am with you Loren. - Eban Crawford via Alert Thingy
Just don't cross the streams and you should be ok. - martinmedia
With you as well, Loren. Most people seem to be using Twitter and FriendFeed to talk about Twitter and FriendFeed. Everything is completely self-referential and self-contained. - Alexander Carlill
I almost recommended that you move into politics, but then I realised your outspokenness wouldn't really work in that sphere. - Alexander Carlill
Then why announce it? Just move on. - Vince DeGeorge
I see you have never been to a no-kill cat shelter. Thems some sacred pussies en mass. - Boo
Vince: I think he announced it because it was worth saying. People around here need a wake-up call. - Alexander Carlill
All the great apps & services are supposed to facilitate "conversation" except that people spew the same vapid rubblish online as off. Plus all the great apps & services allow things like "blocking", etc. which means people don't even have to pretend they "tolerate" you like they do offline. Social media has decomposed into separate non-communicating echo chambers. Real conversation (ie. opposing views) is rarely even possible. - William, CPU Media
Super well said, Alexander: "Most people seem to be using Twiter and FriendFeed to talk about Twitter and FreindFeed." - Frank Roche
The economy is in the tank. These days, people care about making real money, and vaporware is going to go Poof! soon. Technology that makes companies more productive, saves money, or helps people concentrate on the critical few instead of the distracting many, is where it's at. - Frank Roche
Once you saw people calling themselves "social media consultants" and "social media experts" you knew the whole thing had to end at some point. Enough trying to understand the damn thing, just use it. People like Scoble and even Chris Brogan spend so much time trying to "understand" social media that they never really think of what makes it somewhat fun: people doing stuff. Stop understanding it and just use the stuff! - Vincent Ferrari
Vince, you're a business guy, you know that. Those in the echo chamber never figured that out. Most of those dudes are like people who are new to walkie-talkies: What are you doing? I dunno, what are you doing? I'm talking to you. So, what are you doing? - Frank Roche
Ha, totally on the money. Those that can, use. Those that can't, teach, er, understand I mean. - Eban Crawford
I had a run in with Jacob's set of idiots and start ups(canot see what FW sees in them completely F'ed up)..lets just say all sheep go banaa before slaughter.... - Fred Grott
Social media has become the 10am Sunday call from your mother. "Hi... What are you doing..." "Nothing..." Silence for 50 minutes. "Okay, I'll talk to you tomorrow." I enjoy this stuff, but I'm actually connecting with people. You can always tell the ones who care by how many people they follow, if you ask me. You can't effectively care about or build a relationship with thousands of followers. Oh, and it doesn't mean you're suddenly popular, either. - Vincent Ferrari
Its when people Start tweeting about their previous tweets that twitter has failed in its design. I think I use twitter more as an outlet for boredom, and dampening it, more than anything nowadays. - Jason Cazier
Catch-22: These services need an influx of non-technical people in order to diversify their content. But those people aren't going to be attracted to the services in the first place unless they're diverse. - Alexander Carlill
Another thing: it's a bit frustrating that in order to get any value out of things like Twitter and FriendFeed I need to find new people to follow, because my existing friends just don't use them. - Alexander Carlill
I wrote a blog post about this a couple of weeks ago. I think the trick is giving friends an 'in' to things like FF. I'm going to tell all my friends to follow me on here when I'm on holiday in Japan. - Martin Bryant
The tech rebels are far from the VC centers I think..stop inhaling the VC shit and things come back to normal :) - Fred Grott
A view from the cheap seats: These services first attracted me because I was interested in the ideas from people in this medium even more than the conversations in the communities. I would say the last few months, the scales have tipped for me. I'm far more interested in the virtual neighborhoods I've visited and the people I've "met" and their ideas. I'm not going to disrespect the medium- how else would I know such excellent people like Frank, Vince, Jecklin for instance- but I'm deathly tired of the navel-gazing, tempest in a teacup that social media has revealed itself to be. As for content, the virtual world is no different than the literal one. It's what you make it. - Donna Mugavero
It's all bullshit, nothing really comes of this shit, I mean I met some nice people and stuff, but ultimately its all just noise. Most people are just interested in getting noticed, they are desperate to feel that they matter, meaning traffic. - loren feldman
Loren, are you going to keep the videos going on other topics? They're pretty amusing. - Alexander Carlill
Alex - I will, just not a lot of tech anymore. Im going to talk about other things I find interesting. I'm also going to do more long form stuff. - loren feldman
All of these toys have value beyond the self and it will be made apparent as soon as they are used within the context of learning and teaching. The forest for the trees. Where do people learn and teach? From there application and meaningful learning begins. A school. It would work. Do you think developers would work together with their devices to create a new institution? Charter schools are legal in all states. It would provide all that is sought and more. Or are people to engaged with their navels to see? - Boo
Loren: Well, good luck with that. Just keep up the humour, you're good at it. - Alexander Carlill
So, um, people are self-centered? People are interested in getting attention? There are jerks on the internet? Yes. But I don't think they ruin the experience; you have to block, ignore, or otherwise shield yourself from them. - Brent Newhall
I'm jazzed to see what evolves, especially with the long-form videos. - Donna Mugavero
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RAPatton posted a link
Male lust is blind, research suggests - Telegraph
Sunday at 8:10 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Men have long been accused of judging women on looks alone, but even the plainest Jane can get their hormones raging, a study has found. Research involving a group of male students found that their levels of the hormone testosterone increased to the same extent whether they were talking to a young woman they found attractive – or to one they didn't fancy much at all. After 300 seconds alone in the same room as a woman they had never met before, and in some cases did not find particularly attractive, the men's testosterone levels of the hormone had shot up by an average of around eight per cent." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet
yeah never judge a book by it's cover ..the plain Jane's ALWAYS are hotter then the ones with makeup and sexy outfits - Peter Dawson
The hottest chick is the one locked in a room with me *nodself* - Michael W. May via twhirl
@Peter - will keep that in mind. - Yuvi
Men <rolls eyes> - Michelle Miller
ahem... effect sounds familiar :) - silpol
[Like] for Michelle's comment. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert
Hey, we'll take control of our natural biologies on the same day that you lot take control of yours! - Akiva Moskovitz
The rise in the male hormone may also be the reason why men are more likely to tell women exaggerated stories about their job, career, education and earnings, the researchers believe. -- Yes. Very amusing too. - Irma Vermaat
Ahem. "Shot up" by only eight percent? - Brent Newhall
Why roll your eyes, Michelle? Isn't good that all of you can raise our hormone levels, which equalizes the playing field, letting us see past biology to your true inner beauty - RAPatton
Patrick spoke for Men all over, when he said: "There is NO connection between my dick and my brain!" (Coupling Season 2, Ep 4; The Melty Man Cometh). - Parth Awasthi
rap... "true inner beauty"? hee. [rolls eyes] - edythe
+1 Parth for Coupling quote!! :) (esp coupling quote with full details! :) ) - edythe
three hundred seconds, huh? That's -- um -- five minutes, am I right? I wonder what happens to the testosterone levels after, say, thirty minutes. Or ten years. - nathan
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l0ckergn0me posted an entry on Chris Pirillo
Saturday at 7:17 pm - Link
Metallica's version of Blitzkrieg. - Paul Grave
Beastie Boys - Sabotage - Colby Olson
SE's default ringtone. :) - Rahul Das
'Heimdalsgate As A Promethean Curse' by Of Montreal - Martin Bryant
The themesong to "Phantasm", an old horror movie. - Neal Jansons via twhirl
The 'Old Phone' ring; one of the defaults from the iPhone. - Akiva Moskovitz
"Goodbye Jimmy Dean" by Boyswonder. - Iain Baker
The ringtone used in 24. - Alexander Carlill
Alexander, I used to use that when I had an 8520. It's a great ring. - Akiva Moskovitz
Yeah. Simple but effective, and sometimes people get the reference. - Alexander Carlill
Intro to "Can't Stop" - RHCP - embee
REM's "South Central Rain" - Todd
A acid techno ringtone from one my producer on the buzzworkers team - Ben Borges via fftogo
Akiva, that's my default, too! But my husband gets the Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" - Cyndy
In the Dark - Tiesto - FaceySpacey
Super Mario Bros - Super Jungle Brothers (Overclocked Remix) http://www.last.fm/music/Chris... I also use Flat Beat http://www.bwana.org/media/rin... - Bwana McCall
Always set to vibrate. I know, boring. - Sergio Cruz
Hey Chris! I want your ringtone made by Geoff with my name in it...any chance we could work that out? :) - iJohn via feedalizr
Plastic Fantastic Machine's "Theme of Luxury." It's Shibuya-Kei music, but everyone mistakes it for the theme music from The Jetsons. - Juan Aguilar via twhirl
It used to be "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch." Yes, my son's name is Kyle but then it created a problem in work meetings so I changed it to something less offensive: "Schizophrenic Psycho" by PUddle of Mudd. - Trish Robinson
The default iPhone ring. Though often I just leave it in vibrate mode. - Steve Rubel
The Wallace and Gromit theme - Jack Carlson
One of the loud annoying default BlackBerry rings that sounds like a phone. I have customs set up for the right people. Thinking about setting the ringer to Tantric's "The One" (the version recorded with Todd Whitener before he left the band). The default serious business ringtone is getting old. - Jared (W.) Smith
sex and the city theme song... - Goktug Gedik
Foo Fighters - Best of you... Whenever someone calls, the first thing I hear is: 'I got another confession to make...' - SocialTechArts
I'm always switching between *Sunrise* by Simply Red http://www.last.fm/music/Simpl... or *Du What U Du (Trentemoller Remix)* by Yoshimoto http://www.last.fm/music/Yoshi... - zoblue
Ringtone? My phone's always on vibrate. - Cathy Brooks via twhirl
Mark Ronson's "Oh My God" feat Lily Allen - Haggis
Marimba, iPhone. Sometimes I use Shempi by Ratatat. - Dennis Jackson
Dennis, my wife uses that one and I have my phone set to that ring when she calls since I associate it with her so much. - Akiva Moskovitz
One of the guys at work ha