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can someone explain why so many are putting a period (.) before a @so-and-so ? like ".@moo hi cow" ? thanks
Mira, Tom Markiewicz, iTbay and 21 other people liked this
how now brown cow?
- Yolanda
I think it's because of Twitter's rule change that only allows the person addressed to see replies that start with @ (later changed to allow people who follow both users to see the message).
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
yea john - some others replied on twitter - it seems if you do ".@moo" instead of "@moo" then everyone can see it
- Allen Stern
oh great email voyerism
- Weird Shanghai
Allen, is http://www.centernetworks.com/ a bit like TechCrunch in style?
- Mark
See this is why I don't like the argument that FriendFeed is harder to use than Twitter. It just has less exposure.
- Ryan Massie
very cool. thanks Dave
- Sam Levin
John, When did Twitter change the rule and then change it again? It passed me by...
- david
.@centernetworks is .@ontosomething
- Louis Gray
Awhile ago, if you wanted to, you could put Twitter in "promiscuous" mode. It was an option you could check off and they warned against doing this due the "volume" of tweets you might see in your feed (your friends replying to people you're not friends with). Twitter claims only 2% of users ever turned this on and it was causing too much data overhead for them so they took the option...
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- Adam Turetzky
Since Twitter lists all @yourTwitterusername mentions on the side, I've been putting the person's name in the body of the tweet so that they and others will see it. I'm assuming that has the same result. Anybody have an argument for using the .@ vs just burying it in the tweet?
- Cathleen Rittereiser
Wow, if only twitter would add metadata, work around wouldn't be required. So now, you're down ANOTHER character in your message. 140 just keeps seeming like less and less.
- Andy Bakun
Cathleen, your solution produces the same result, and I've seen others do it, and I think creates a more "literarily" pretty result compared to the .@
- Adam Turetzky
.@ = fix replies
- rob friedman
I think ~ makes more sense than @, in general, but I'm old school internet.
- Andy Bakun
people are also using exclamation i've seen i.e. !@centernetworks but i prefer to put the name in the body of the comment. overall though, if you're using a client and not the twitter site proper, you'll still see all the @s
- Lynne d Johnson
This is interesting.
- Kol Tregaskes
One more reason to use Friendfeed, it will show you the @replies. For people who don't have a FF account you create an imaginary friend.
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
A few of my friends are using the jerkcity reply addressing format. "T @username Reply here". It's an extra character but it makes me laugh every time I see it. (Jerkcity itself is rude, crass, offensive, and NSFW, so look this up at your own peril.)
- Richard Soderberg
This is not quite correct. 1. Use the reply function to generate the "@username" (instead of typing it in) and and only that user and those that follow you and them will see it.2. If you type in the "@username" then everyone will see it.
- Dave
I'm not sure why . is needed in the middle of the tweet when I'm going to see the tweet anyway if I'm following the twitterer. . at the beginning lets everyone see it (instead of just the person being replied to).
- Char James-Tanny
gothca! That's really handy (and really clever). But I was under the impression, that like Dave said — public vs. private reply was a function of you pressing that 'reply' button, not beginning the tweet with an @name.
- Joey Baker
at this point, I'm considering importing all of my twitter follows that don't have ff accounts as imaginary friends and using ff as my main twitter interface. I've already done so with my personal contacts on Twitter. It would be useful to have a tool that allowed us to do this en masse.
- Bill Kinney
The Office S5E08 "NO GOD. PLEASE NO.. NO" - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Brian Carter, Paul Reynolds and mike "glemak" dunn liked this
I love how much he hates Toby.
- Paul Reynolds
i hate toby too - just have no idea why ;)
- mike "glemak" dunn
A new version of Google Chrome is out: http://groups.google.com/group... . Sounds like rolls up all data-sending features into one easy-to-manage spot.
Nicholas James, Brian Carter, Masha and 7 other people liked this
Updated now. Thanks for telling me. Glad to see those features from the latest Chromium finally come over to Chrome.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Quite honestly, losing Pandora would suck. I've taken it for granted all these years.
Pandora Radio, mjc, Betsy Weber and 13 other people liked this
Agreed, Pandora is my fave, half stuff on my ipod is from discovering it on pandora.
- Brian Carter
Grooveshark, Jeremiah :)
- Mona Nomura
Grooveshark is not FTW. Doesn't work on my work network, where it would get most of the use.
- Alex Scoble
Hm, it works well for me. Or imeem, perhaps? The only minus is, unless you upload a licensed mp3 flagged by the site, you can only hear 30 second snippets lol.
- Mona Nomura
The firewall here at work only allows HTTP traffic over port 80. Anything else gets blocked.
- Alex Scoble
Pandora works using only HTTP over port 80. Grooveshark does not. Fail.
- Alex Scoble
Have you tried Grooveshark lite? I love Pandora but I'm really starting to love this... listen.grooveshark.com
- David Ward
Yes, I tried Grooveshark lite. It doesn't work here at work. The firewall blocks all non HTTP traffic and all non port 80 HTTP.
- Alex Scoble
I thought Grooveshark lite is HTTP traffic, it plays in the browser, not a separate player.
- David Ward
Pandora represents about 80% of the new music that I discover (and then buy) so it would really suck to lose it.
- Abbas Haider Ali
It most likely is going over HTTP, but almost surely is not using port 80. Probably some random port like 8080 or something else.
- Alex Scoble
Abbas, perhaps that's Pandora's business flaw, they didn't truly tie Listening to Buying
- Jeremiah Owyang
Try last.fm
- Arjun
I am right there with ya buddy, I'd be heartbroken to lose all my customized stations. Especially my Frank Sinatra station. You just can't get that music anymore...
- Shannon
try this service! http://hypem.com/ you can thank me later friends!
- orionstarr
I'm with @Arjun - I stopped using Pandora once I found Last.fm
- Christopher Butler
Yeah @christopher, was on Pandora, then found last.fm, moved there, found my friends there, Am happy!! :)
- Arjun
+1 Grooveshark.com
- Anthony K. Valley ©
A belated question: why are many of you finding last.fm > pandora. What am I missin'?
- Adam Lasnik
Aggregation: Swurl Aggregates Your Online Activity in a Calendar - http://lifehacker.com/397777...
Kevin Singarayar, Kerstin Probiesch, Baard @ Pixum and 14 other people liked this
Great. Now I can see just how boring I really am on the average day.
- l0ckergn0me
It makes me remember the style of Tumblr archive page. http://log.ninhnv.com/archive
- Ninh Nguyen
The Calendar view is pretty and creative, but not very easy to read.
- Jansen Lu
Oh crap, more evidence that my online life is an absolute time suck! now it's all displayed out for me in a nice graphical calendar format... genius! let me kiss the fool who created this ...augh!
- Susan Beebe
I'm actually growing to like the calendar view. here is mine: http://eng1ne.swurl.com/timelin...
- Phil G
That is freakin cool, calendar view is a cool way to look back at your online life several years ago... or even a few month ago, I dig it.
- Brian Carter
30boxes is in trouble...
- Harry Chen
Why said "30boxes is in trouble"?
- Daisy Zhao
I liked this for an alternative way to present aggregation when it first came out but then forgot all about it!. Calendar thing is a very nice idea
- David Miller
Swurl is very neat.
- Kol Tregaskes
let's try this again, graphic for friendfeed room
Brian Carter and rab liked this
Thanks for the logo!
- Robert Scoble
Baby Sloth - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Bibi, Nia, Jack Lhasa and 31 other people liked this
o hai!
- imabonehead
it doesn't even look real. :-)
- Corie
Cutiful!!
- Jason
Squee!
- Ladybug Heather
wow
- adolfo foronda
i just wanna cuddle with it!!!
- Corie
Line-o-Coke (Do it yourself cocaine kit) (585x452) [personal.telefonica.terra.es] - http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web...
![Line-o-Coke (Do it yourself cocaine kit) (585x452) [personal.telefonica.terra.es]](http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/alexb/fotos/peques/eljuego.jpg# "Line-o-Coke (Do it yourself cocaine kit) (585x452) [personal.telefonica.terra.es]") |
Mark Krynsky and Brian Carter liked this
Poor photoshop job (but still cute) 44+ links at TinEye (well-travelled)
- Mitchell Tsai
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Aurora over Kvaløya in Tromsø, Norway (1000×665) [Martin Eliassen, Photo.net] - http://gallery.photo.net/photo...
![Aurora over Kvaløya in Tromsø, Norway (1000×665) [Martin Eliassen, Photo.net]](http://gallery.photo.net/photo/5612491-lg.jpg "Aurora over Kvaløya in Tromsø, Norway (1000×665) [Martin Eliassen, Photo.net]") |
Kol Tregaskes, rampantheart, Mathew A. Koeneker and 20 other people liked this
I'll never be able to see one in my life, unless I take a vacation to the north... :(
- Ron
Ron: I've never seen one in real-life yet either.
- Mitchell Tsai
This is one thing that it's on my top 3 things to see.... someday :)
- Juan Pablo González
this is where I grew up. Older people used to say, don't wave at the Northern Lights with a handkerchief, because then it would come and get you. I never did, of course, and that is why I am still around :)
- Baard @ Pixum
Wow Baard. What a cute superstition... :-)
- Mitchell Tsai
YouTube - The Ultimate Zidane HeadButt Video - http://in.youtube.com/watch...
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Toby Graham, Arthur Guy, Kol Tregaskes and 12 other people liked this
MC Hammer is when I began crying with laughter!
- Johnny Worthington
The kitten!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaahahahahahhahaa!!!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
The kitten was my favorite segment, too. :-)
- Kevin Barrow
Zidane FTMFW!
- Mo Kargas
Turn FriendFeed Into Your Social Headquarters - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag...
Jordan Willms, Mo Kargas, George The Writer and 2 other people liked this
I'm gonna try this...
- George The Writer
very interesting... going to give it a whirl. anyone out there try this already? how's it working for you?
- Joseph
call center salesman goes insane (REAL RECORDING) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Derek Coward, mike "glemak" dunn, Grant Gochnauer and Brian Carter liked this
sweet
- mike "glemak" dunn
I've easily watched this 20 times. The last little baby girl picture with the pigtails gets me every time!
- Paul Reynolds
If you have ever answered phones for a living, sales or tech support, you know that you have wanted to do something like this at least once in your life. The more random and innocent the caller, the better.
- Derek Coward
Amen Derek. Paul, if you liked that, watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- James Morgan
James, if I've seen this one 20 times, I've seen that one 30- LOVE IT! I'm pretty sure it's a viral done by Monster.com or somebody. I've been meaning to follow up to see if it was ever looked into.
- Paul Reynolds
Getting back in the game - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com - http://www.pjstar.com/sports...
tsiakhyie, Brian Carter and Ryne Nelson liked this
the YG shaun livingston, just cleared for contact, still working on a comeback
- Richard Lawler
just thinking of the video of him blowing out his knee makes me cringe. i hope he makes it back.
- Rodfather
Livingston is looking more and more like ET every day. :-)
- Ryne Nelson
I have never seen that video and don't want to. I used to go to the ABCD camp in Teaneck and I saw him dominate for two years by just passing. No points, all assists...and the crowds went wild. This is at the same time that Sebastian, Darius Washington, and that Arizona point guard from Philly were also having great camps.
- Bryan R. Adams
10 Things other Point Guards do better than Deron Williams - http://digg.com/basketb...
Brian Carter liked this
"Someone instantly voted this down. Thumbs up because you're a big fan!"
- Ryne Nelson
Why Twitter Is the Only Thing in the World That Can Save the World from the Top 10 Causes of Destroyed Worlds - http://www.inquisitr.com/2605...
MVB (Curmudgeon of FF), Roberto Bonini, Rahul Das and Brian Carter liked this
Forgot the Death Star.
- Roberto Bonini
"Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it." ~Dee Hock
Brian Carter liked this
Very true, very cool. Have you read @gapingvoid's creativity tips?
- Brian Carter
IRONY ALERT: Social Media Introverts? - http://mashable.com/2008...
Loup Dargent, pearl, FallStreet and 5 other people liked this
Nothing ironic about that at all. A lot of the things that make introverts uncomfortable-- large crowds, constant conversation, a requirement to act before thinking, more-- are all removed or attenuated on the 'net.
- Andy DeSoto
Besides, you can actually spend most of your time behind of your computer without even having to give calls to people - email is perfectly enough int he majority of the cases.
- Svetlana Gladkova
I completely agree -- my profile, iirc, is INFJ. I've never considered myself to be particularly extroverted. If I meet online friends IRL, I do appear to be more "extroverted" than in normal scenarios. But that's because there is usually a lot of common ground to kick things off.
- Tamar Weinberg
A friend once told me your three best friends in life should be a doctor, a lawyer, and a mechanic. Too bad he was a web designer; I really liked him.
Chris Luckhardt, Andrew Trinh, Sarah Peterman and 47 other people liked this
Don't forget the mail carrier and the barber/stylist as well.
- Jason Lovett
I've got a lawyer but still missing the doctor and, most important, the mechanic. My other great friends are consultants and teachers, not useful at all since I already have an MBA and I have been a consultant for many years. But still great friends. Anyway if you have a politician that could be a great jolly :)
- Marcello Del Bono
In my opinion, it should be their secretaries.
- Trish R
Don't you mean 'mails carrier'?
- Akiva Moskovitz
HAHAHAHA. FF is entertaining today.
- Trish R
Hao, add another friend to that list - accountant.
- Dave Martin
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
What about the plumber?
- Marcello Del Bono
Not to be confused with the Sweet Potato Queens list of the 5 men you must always have in your life (and only one of them has to be heterosexual): (1) someone who can fix things; (2) someone you can dance with; (3) someone who can pay for things; (4) someone you can talk to; and (5) someone to have great sex with.
- Trish R
accountant should be first ...
- johnpiercy
How about the undertaker? He is the last one on UR mind1 LMAO
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Stephen - My uncle is a mail person and he has great stories.
- Russellreno
Trish - My future ex wife of 31 yrs gets 4 of 5 (she did try to fix people though). That is a good list.
- Russellreno
+1 hao
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Forget that. A lawyer is cheaper than a plumber these days.
- Cyndy
that's way it is great if your best friend is a plumber @cyndy
- Marcello Del Bono
I have one; working on the other two...
- Helen Sventitsky
just train yourself to be all three and befriend flaky artists and trustifarians.
- anna sauce
Trish, nice list. Here's a list of the 5 women you must always have in your life FOR THE GUYS 1) someone to have great sex with 2) someone that can cook to have great sex with 3) someone that can clean to have great sex with 4) someone that makes babies while having great sex with 5) someone younger to have great sex with.
- Hao Chen
Hilarious, Hao! Or should I say Chen- I forget how it goes- you know, isn't the first name the second one with Chinese names? Forgive my ignorance.
- Brian Carter
That list is very self centered. What about friends that you can provide something to, rather than the other way around?
- Ernie Oporto
Ernie, but that would require...giving...and stuff... :/
- Hao Chen
Hao, your list is pretty accurate, too.
- Trish R
I'd like to add "someone to clean the spyware off of your computer"
- ha3rvey (business time)
Most sys admins are the doormats of the universe, the truly great ones write their own ticket. We can not live without them. If you work in a business dependent upon physics/tech best to make friends with someone that deeply understands the applicable laws of the universe/os ;)
- Dave Martin
Vivid Gallery of High Speed Photography - http://gizmodo.com/5037677...
andy brudtkuhl, edythe, David Thomas and 44 other people liked this
From Gizmodo: "A large gallery of objects frozen in motion with a 500-nanosecond flash, a visual cacophony of exploding eggs and firecrackers captured mid-pop await those who hit the link. Oh, and there's a great shot of a Pabst Blue Ribbon eating a hollow-point bullet."
- Mark Trapp
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The egg is awesome.
- Michael W. May
what a waste of a good pabst.
- Ňicķ
i like high speed photography :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
Beer foul
- Jason Carreira
@Nick that's what I thought! Last time I had one it was 75 cents a can at the Village Idiot on W 14th St in NYC.
- Jay Martin
@Jason I despair of ever teaching you taste. I'm thinking that the bullet is the only appropriate response to a PBR.
- Cyndy
@Cyndy In case you didn't notice, that is a blue ribbon beer, which clearly means "the best." ;-)
- Kirk Kittell
Dollar PBR FTW!
- Jason Carreira
+1 Jason, and uhm Cyndy, yeah, +1 Jason.
- Pete Delucchi
The best for high speed photography capture of it blowing up, yes.
- Michael W. May
The bullet cost more than the beer. ;-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
so have more beer and fewer bullets... Seems like a good idea
- Jason Carreira
+10 Jason :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
I saw a TV show a few months ago with this kind of photography as well as video. They showed one guy slapping another guy in the face. It was amazing how the skin on the guy's face moved around.
- Rochelle
Rochelle: cool. That reminds me of an ad that was floating around a little while ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Mark Trapp
EVERY can of PBR deserves to get hit with a bullet. ;)
- Leslie Poston
Kobe Olympic Satire - Slate - http://link.brightcove.com/service...
Rodfather and Brian Carter liked this
Okay, this is just the best. Share if you care!
- Ryne Nelson
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If, for some reason, the link doesn't work...use this: http://is.gd/1u01
- Ryne Nelson
Brian Carter liked this
YouTube sells out, and Jon Stewart helps them - http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006...
Brian Carter liked this
Am I the only one who thinks the bald Michael Redd looks too much like Byron Russel?
Brian Carter and Ryne Nelson liked this
I can see the resemblance now that you bring it up...but it wouldn't be the first connection I'd make. But, come to think of it, I can't really say how Michael Redd looks like...
- Ryne Nelson
Is this the ultimate social media diagram? Judge for yourself: - http://tjcnyc.wordpress.com/2008...
Brian Carter and Kol Tregaskes liked this
Spying on the Online Competition - http://seminsights.com/keyword...
Brian Carter and lonnie b hodge liked this
Something rotten in the Fred/ Zipit Campaign [PR Gone Bad] - http://www.inquisitr.com/2288...
Brian Carter, Timo Paloheimo, McFrugal and Stephen Jones liked this
Credit where it’s due: they’ve done a fine job with the campaign, but the truth isn’t as rosy as the content they send bloggers to post. Fred is the construct of one of the best social media conjobs we’ve seen, nothing more, nothing less. The challenge is whether the next time the mainstream media gushes over the Fred story, they’ll get off their backsides and do some basic journalism to see whether the story they publish is completely real or not.
- Duncan Riley
I wonder where the line is between social promotion and social pimping, and whether we should care or not
- Duncan Riley
I don't think it matters in the end, it will be done. I am, however, interested in what Google would think of X blogs running the same text.
- Mo Kargas
Immunity or Community? - The Eyeball Economy - http://www.eyeballeconomy.com/2008...
Brian Carter, lonnie b hodge and Benedikt Koehler liked this
To Stumble Or To Digg … Is It Even A Question?
- David Weiner
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overheard "your moms is so poor she went to mcdonalds and put a shake on layaway"
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