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Robert Scoble
“How Palm handles alerts is very nice #ces09”
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Everyone should handle alerts like this. They don't block what you are doing. - Robert Scoble via mail2ff
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Robert Scoble
“One more thing from Palm: Touchstone, wireless charging”
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Very nice and very in Apple's face. - Robert Scoble via mail2ff
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Song For Whoever - The Beautiful South
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jennifer, alison, phillipa, sue, deborah, annabel, too....i wrote this song for you. - carlotta fancypants via Bookmarklet
LOVE - Mark Wilson
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Robert Scoble
“New Palm phone has best social networking features #ces09”
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More on this later but this is very nice for connecting Facebook and other data from your friends. - Robert Scoble via mail2ff
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Will it put them back in the game? - Simon Wicks
It's going to be an awesome device and perhaps the iPhone killer! RIM has nothing on this device! - Elijah Nicolas
Nice, but a little late to get them back in the game with the likes of RIM and Apple around. - Nick
I don't think it's enough for them to get back in the game. But maybe just enough to keep them alive a while longer. - Charo Nuguid
What browser does it use? Anyone say yet? - Ralph Whitbeck
Palm would need to start a track record of great devices with a stellar OS in order to get back in the game. - Aaron Eaton
iPhone user here. This looks super cool. Keep in mind it is a demo. As Microsoft has proved in the past. There are demos and then the real world. I hope Palm lives up to the demo. I wonder when it will ship. I hope it ships before the next iPhone or it may not matter. - gfurry
Charo: I think this gets them back in the game. - Robert Scoble
I think this gets them in the game and leaps them in front of Apple. - Ralph Whitbeck
Interesting that we have a different impression not being at the live event. I can't wait to see high quality video of it to make better judgment. - Marcus Hamaker
Flash for the browser? - Ralph Whitbeck
This looks cool. Not sure it would get me to give up my iPhone but seems like the first truly worthy competitor. And that's a good thing for the market. - Kevin Pedraja
suddenly interested in Palm again - Josh Mings via twhirl
Actually this might kill Steve off for good, j/k. - Ralph Whitbeck
Looks OK, but people aren't going to choose this over an iPhone. - Spencer
I don't know - watching this on Engadget and it looks pretty cool (diehard iPhoner) - James Hull
Wait - Sprint - wah wahhh - never mind lol - James Hull
I hope they have a GSM version of this - Ryan
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Robert Scoble
“Palm is a lot nicer than iPhone. I want one. The web and social networking features are killer. #ces09”
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perhaps that's why Bono invested £100m in Palm smartphones ... ? - Jim Sparrow
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More details? Do Tell :-) - Stephen Smyth
buy palm stock now! - Elijah Nicolas
check out gdgt live blog: http://live.gdgt.com/2009/01/0... - Davide D'Incau
It's easy for iPhone to add better web and social networking features- and it will. Specifics? - Dean
Tech Specs? It looks neat (due to te live stream), but Windows was a no-go! I hope it's Linux-based. - Martin
capacitive or resistive screen? - Dean
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Super Mario Bros. Knocked Off As Best-Selling Video Game Ever, Your Wii Mii Rejoices
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Jason Calacanis
Best combination of DSLR and/or HD video camera for pictures and video of new baby (budget: $1k-2k) - Mahalo Answers
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Kol Tregaskes
“What TV channels do you watch the most?”
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Simply the BBC, who needs anything else. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
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Food Network, CNN, Bravo (Top Chef), BBC America (Top Gear). - Justin Whitaker
IFC, Sundance, TCM, Discovery (and related channels) + anything with good uncut commercial-free proper-aspect-ratio movies. - Logical Extremes
HD: Science Channel, Discovery Channel, History Channel. Standard: USA - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
movielab.tv lol... - Farhad Jafari
Nice to know that other people like these channels too. I watch these too. - Judy Jones
Food Network the most. After that, probably an even split between ABC, NBC, Science/Discovery/History/Learning channels. - Rochelle
ESPN, Fox Sports Latin America, CNN, Warner Channel and that's it... - George The Writer
I rarely watch TV. but when I do I watch: Euro News, BBC, DW - Siavash Safi
The basic networks, to be honest (NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox). When I'm just channel-surfing, tends to be Bravo more than anything else. And the movie channels (TCM, IFC, Sundance). - Jandy Stone
I have 2 kids so I watch Nick and Disney a lot. When they go to bed I watch my DVR'ed network shows. - Alan Simpson
Setanta, Fox Soccer Channel, Gol TV, movie channels, the ESPN's, and whatever else my DVR finds on the Satellite... :-) - Live4Soccer
Food network is on in the background a lot, news channels, Comedy Central, occasional G4. Disney is on with the kids. Networks for specific shows. I have DVRs for appointment programs. - Eric @ CS Techcast
the ones available through myp2p.eu, anything else I consider unnecessary - Dobromir Hadzhiev
Sky Sports News is on all day everyday in the office. At home it's normally BBC1/Channel4/Five US/FX and the Sky Sports Channels - Rory
If I could get Sci-fi Channel and perhaps Setanta for free they I'd watch them but I only have FeeSat and the list of channels is small, very long but very few are worth watching. I don't watch a great deal of TV anyway. - Kol Tregaskes
Nat Geo, Discovery Ch, HBO, AXN, MTV, BBC, CNN, ESPN, GTV, Animax, Nick - LouCypher
And I hate watching TV commercials so the rules out most. How can you break up a movie and still enjoy it?? Nah. - Kol Tregaskes
Oasis HD, and TSN HD -- oh and Animal Planet, National Geographic HD, Discovery HD, The Score HD - Shey
HBO, Nat Geo, Comedy Central, BBC, ESPN - ani625
Netflix Watch Now. - Thomas Hawk
ESPN/ABC/CBS during college basketball season... I'll second Netflix watch now. - Mark Philpot
Science channel - orionstarr
Sci-Fi, USA, Tru - jlt (janet)
Haven't had TV for 3 years. Rarely miss it. Get live events over the Web now and use Netflix. - Rod Bauer via twhirl
Channels? I watch the DVR...we don't need no stinkin' channels! Live TV is for suckers! - Alex Scoble
Kol are you related to my husband by any chance? *L* - Mlibrarianus
Comedy channel, food network, VH1. - Dee S.
@Alex, we do speed TV via DVR also but you have to have a channel to record! - jlt (janet)
That reminds me, Dee. When was MTV good? I remember watching loads of MTV when I was young, when they actually played music. - Kol Tregaskes
Point is, I watch shows, not channels. The Unit, CSI, Criminal Minds, Boston Legal, Eli Stone, Flashpoint are most of them. - Alex Scoble
I hate tv. - John Mercer
@Kol I think they were good sometime in the 90s. Not so much now. - Dee S.
I only watch on the weekends when my daughter is with me. Disney and Nickelodeon. Some HBO, depending what's on. - Morgan Haley
Discovery, History, Bravo, and Animal Planet - Shevonne
We got rid of our connection. Hulu and etc. all the way! - Tutivillus Grift
Rochelle!! Me too. Food Network more often than not. BBC a close second. - FatOracle (Kamath)
we do not have a TV at home. kids were complaining for some time but now they are adopted just fine. they are more creative too as we turned out to be. - John Mercer
ESPN and VH1. - mathew, keynote not lame
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Kol Tregaskes
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | UN suspends Gaza aid operations
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | UN suspends Gaza aid operations
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"The UN has said it is suspending aid operations in Gaza because its staff have been hit by Israeli attacks." - Kol Tregaskes via Bookmarklet
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Kol Tregaskes
“Which music band do you wish you were a member of?”
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Incubus. - Still Just Katie
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There would probably be many I'd love to join. The one that is shouting out in my head is 311. 311 is brillant!! - Sheryl
Katie, Incubus are kewl! - Kol Tregaskes
System of a Down - Shevonne
My own. Oh, i already am :D - ·[▪_▪]·
LOL. :-) What kind of music do you play? - Kol Tregaskes
@Sheryl *LOVE* 311! - Still Just Katie
Dirty on Purpose...but they have just broken up... :( - JA Castillo
Barenaked Ladies.. I bet those guys are hilarious to hang out with - Haggis (Sean)
Boney M - Olivier
Prince and the Revolution right before Purple Rain. - Derrick
eagles of death metal. YAAH!!! *it gives me wiggles and it makes my rump shake* - Esther Rudolph
ABBA haha :) - Joe Dawson
@Derrick Blouses - Shevonne
Garbage - RAPatton
I'm ready to take Bootsy Collins' bass chair in Parliament/Funkadelic - .LAG
Tool. - Amanda H.
.LAG you better have some hawt boots! - Shevonne
Molly Hatchet - Morgan Haley
@RAP - love Shirley Manson! - JA Castillo
Garbage were a good band, shame they are not around any more. - Kol Tregaskes
SOAD! - ani625
@Ani YOU KNOW WHATS UP! - Shevonne
@Shevonne I just noticed your comment, Nice! - ani625
JA Castillo, so do I; I wouldn't mind being on tour with her :) - RAPatton
ramones - Cee Bee
SOAD - pramodc84
The Polyphonic Spree LOL http://www.last.fm/music/The+P... - George The Writer
Genitorturers - Tutivillus Grift
@George I'm friends with one of the members, Rick Nelson.. Trust me, they don't need any more members. :D - Haggis (Sean)
early era Throwing Muses - William Harryman
Rilo Kiley. :) Or Jenny Lewis and co. right now. - Jandy Stone
@Haggis(Sean) Damn! i really wanted to be with them on tour! I'm sure they have a lot of fun on tour :( - George The Writer
The Damned (so I could be close to Dave Vanian (sorry Patricia Morrison, his wife), Duran Duran (yeah, the only female member of Duran Duran), and Portishead (I could sing backup to Beth Gibbons). - LOLMolly
LOL @ Shevonne. +10 Cee Bee - Derrick
The ex or chumbawamba. - Lainie
Zoé :) - zo.blue (Zulema)
Kraftwerk - Alex Scoble
Kate Bush's back up band. Particularly on "The Dreaming"/ - Helen Sventitsky
There are so many... but the top three would be (in no particular order) The Cure, Jamiroquai, and Gogol Bordello - सत्याग्रह {Bren}
Helen, maybe you and I could sing back up for Kate? - LOLMolly
Cool, form a FriendFeed band. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
radiohead - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
Marco, I'll join you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Current 93 or Einstürzende Neubauten. - Akiva Moskovitz
Turbonegro - Thomas Bøhm
Beatles :) - AJ Batac
Dream Theater - Mark Philpot
Gwar would probably be loads of fun. Fake blood and guts galore! - Devon Campbell via NoiseRiver
U2 - Susan Beebe
Foo Fighters - Mark Bean
Good one Mark. - Still Just Katie
Elvis Presley's Jordanaires. - felicious
You know if I couldn't be in SOAD, I would be in the Wutang Clan. My name would be SZA - Shevonne
Sublime...that early to mid 90's Long Beach/OC music scene was too much fun for me not to want to relive it with THE BAND that ruled it...before that, The Smiths.... - Live4Soccer
Tenacious D. - James Ferguson
Great question.. I think I'd go with The Cardigans. - Dee S.
Il Divo - those men are eye candy, ear candy, wealthy, nice armani suits. yeppers, I would be their roadie :) - jlt (janet)
Good answer, Dee. - Kol Tregaskes
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monique
Third eye blind or the foo fighters. - FatOracle (Kamath)
Coheed and Cambria. But I'm not picky :P - Brandon Titus
The Horror Pops - Summer
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[CES 2009] iGo Green Technology Surge Protector Saves You “Vampire Power”
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Coconut Records - West Coast This is a really nice wee track from Coconut Records, a solo project from actor Jason Schwartzman that’s been going since 2006. This...
Coconut Records - West Coast This is a really nice wee track from Coconut Records, a solo project from actor Jason Schwartzman that’s been going since 2006. This track is from his 2007 album, Nighttiming. There’s a new album on the way this year. Well worth a listen. Let me know your thoughts.
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This is a really nice wee track from Coconut Records, a solo project from actor Jason Schwartzman that’s been going since 2006. This track is from his 2007 album, Nighttiming. There’s a new album on the way this year. Well worth a listen. Let me know your thoughts. - Chris Nixon
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WordCamp Dallas June 17-28, 2009
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Robert Scoble
“#ces09 Microsoft releases new tag system for cell phones”
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http://www.Microsoft.com/tag This is the coolest thing I have seen so far. You can add these color tags to things and any phone can read them. They released an iPhone app today! Free! - Robert Scoble via mail2ff
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Cool, if people will use it. Kind of like web slices, it has to be implemented. We'll see. - Eric @ CS Techcast
is that like those QR codes? - David
I like this idea. It's the same principle as scanning a supermarket barcode. We need more of this; Japan has it, after all! Thx for the post. - Allen S.
Interesting but do we really need another one? I have three of these apps on my phone already. Barcorama seems to be the most versatile but I doubt it will have MS's new stuff. These "Smart pox" systems have been around for years in Asia, do we really need to reinvent the system? - Kalidor
after looking at the site, it is like the QR codes, except colorful and by proxy hip - David
yeah, QR Code is already well established in Japan. - Akhmad Fathonih
Oh, neat! Just wish there was support for crappy old WinMobile devices like mine. (Mine runs 2003SE, and I can't afford to upgrade to something modern at this time.) - Chris Charabaruk for Hire
This was actually one of my startup ideas from a while back. Seemed inevitable. Print Biz card with QR (or QRcode like) and use the cameraphone to scan. Additionally you would never be without a business card if you had your phone since you could use the screen to display the code, the other phone takes a pic of your screen presto. - mikepk
also, you use the geo data in the phone to assign a location to when / where you "met" the person - mikepk
meta data gets attached by the very act of scanning - mikepk
chris, that was one of the things I thought was cool about this startup idea, you don't need a fancy phone (although it helps). Just snap a photo with cameraphone and email it to an online service to process. (or upload after the fact) makes it much more accesible. - mikepk
very cool spin to something that is already in wide use in Japan. Kudos to Microsoft for seeing the applications of this. I'm going to have to try this on my phone. - Bryan
the zune tattoo guy is going to need some more ink :-D - Karim
++ Karim LOL - Mona N.
Would this not be just like 2d bar codes that nokia has been doing for some time? http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/ Cool but not new for the masses just new for Microsoft possibly. - Sloan Bowman
I thought this failed years ago... - Bwana
Hey, I was the second follower of their abandoned-looking @microsofttag account. This program looks cool but appears to be a typical MSFT rush job on all ends. Program launched a blank website, and when I tried to report the bug the form said "Special characters (< and >) are not allowed in full name." (Of course there are none in my name) - Carl Black
Another iPhone app from Microsoft. I grabbed it, but oh yeah - I don't have any of these brand new proprietary tag images around to try it out... - Josh Bancroft
Worked the very first time on a BB 8330 with what I thought would be an inferior photo. Very interesting. I think I'll try making a tag. - Dave Holle II
David: yes, these are like QR codes but that work much more accurately and can be far smaller than QR codes. - Robert Scoble
Here's a video demoing it: http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307... - Robert Scoble
I'd like quantification of accurate and smaller. QR codes can work with over 50% of it damaged, and I have once working that are 3/4'" on each side? I wouldn't mind seeing smaller if it becomes a standard. I notice MS's website doesn't have this info? What do they say? - Kalidor
What is the name of the iphone app? - Amani
Kalidor: the microsoft tags are smaller in size and can be read without special lenses on your cell phone. They seem to work a lot more accurately here. - Robert Scoble
Not sure what you mean by special lenses, the Moto V220 I got from Rogers for free (so you can imagine the quality) had no problem with those squares on salty posters in TO streets? Do some phones need wide angle lenses or something then? - Kalidor
Amani ... it's TagReader (you can also find via search on 'Microsoft') - David HC Soul
Absolutely cool, this thing rocks. Tried it on multiple tags and it is able to recognize most of the tags easily. With even 2 MP camera phone it works great. Now the question, how do I make my own tags?? - Deepak Sharma
Isn't this what ShotCode has been doing for at least the last two years? http://www.shotcode.com/home - Christopher Harley
Oh, please. QR code are exactly the same, they work perfectly well. No news here. And more: it seems that after a period of free beta, creating tag will cost you money. Oh, dear, QR codes are free, instead. Nice try. - Federico Fasce
Federico: they are not the same. Look into it. And not everything Microsoft does is evil. - Robert Scoble
I'm not saying that this is evil. Just I don't get how this is different from QR codes (except for the fancy colours). But, don't get me wrong, Robert, I'm happy for this idea. QR rocks in Japan, but never really made their way in the rest of the world. Maybe Microsoft will be able to get this technology to spread. I think it's great for games. - Federico Fasce
The Adobe TV demo of Flash doing this in a browser with a regular web cam is very cool. http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f15384... Long video but worth it. Jump to 41:00 min and 49:00min - Andrew Smith
Created my first tag, posted to blog, took unbelievably blurry photo with my iPhone from the blog page on notebook (hand shaking, balanced on lap & low light) it took me successfully in the Safari browser right to the page. Wonderful. I'm looking at incorporating this for a Sports Hall of Fame to link exhibits to a virtual archive with supplemental information.... this will integrate a Second Place of Learning" with a virtual "Third Place of Learning" so that the two can be combined into one experience! - David HC Soul
This is at least 7 or 8 years old technology. I have early versions of such cards laying in the bottom of boxes in my office somewhere. 2009 off to a rockin' start. - michael silverton
michael: old cue cat scans weren't designed to be used by blurry cell phone cameras. - Robert Scoble
I was thinking of printing bar code info on business cards that could be scanned by the G1 code reader. If this works, way cool! - Greg Birch
I'm impressed, I work in the sign industry and this could have some interesting applications if enough people start to use it. The dialer tag worked quickly even when blurry and slightly crooked. - Patrick Looney
mkay. but i'm sure you'd agree there's a fairly bright distinction between 'breakthrough' and 'refinement' right? why are we still awake? tomorrow will be a huge day! goodnight! ;-) - michael silverton
Robert: QRcode worked as a charm with my E61 camera, which is not the best around (2 megapixel, more blurry than the iPhone one). - Federico Fasce
QR Code already works. It is clear Scoble has not ever used QR code in any quantity. Don't believe the MS hype. It's at most evolutionary not revolutionary. BTW Google has a service that generates QR Code with any url that you pass to it. - Leather Donut
I personally am a MS fan but have to say that in my opinion adding some colors doesn't really mean anything related to innovation. I think the size and ability to be read are depending on the resolution of the consumer device more than the underlying technologies and do you really think that changing the items from squares to triangles and adding some color could increase quality? Is there any academic paper about this issue? - Kivanc Toker
And why to market a total new product from scratch rather than working together with Nokia? Theye are already embedding 2d barcode readers to their new products supporting the 2 widespread 2d barcode technologies which are QR and Datamatrix. - Kivanc Toker
QR codes can be scanned, recognized, and stored while working offline. Microsoft tags require Internet connectivity, and they have to go through Microsoft server to be useful. It makes them only marginally better than cool, easy to type domain name. - andrei_c
QR Codes are also in many products in Asia. Here in Hong Kong almost all products from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Japanese cosmetic brands have QR Codes on them. BTW: @Leather the Google project is called ZXing http://tr.im/36xc - Vinko
It's not what I was talking about. It's the Chart API http://chart.apis.google.com/c... - Leather Donut
Can't get it to install on my non-fancy phone ;-) Guess I'll have to stick with QR codes for now! - Nick Jones
it requires an internet connection meaning the data in the tag isn't really stored in the tag itself whereas QR codes hold all the data in their respective code. it's color also so forget about kids using this to advertise their band's party on campus using their cheap black and white printers. - Stefan Constantinescu
@andrei_c, @Stefan The tags *could* hold all the data in the code; but less data is necessary if everything's routed through what's essentially a "tinyurl" service. I think that's what's going on here. I'm sure using tinyurl or another shortening service w/ QR yields a more legible QR code. A tag of any kind, QR or otherwise, is no good if it can't be read. - Wade Dorrell
But QR codes *can* be read. - Federico Fasce
@Federico These can be read too. But at what angles? In what lighting? On which camera, at which quality setting? What URL, a long one or a short one? All I'm saying is using a shorter URL probably increases the odds that the code can be read, and I should say, read quickly & easily, both for QR & this tech. - Wade Dorrell
CueCat, anyone? Still, it seems like an interesting take on QR Codes, and the 2D barcode "data pointer" concept in general. - Tyson Key
Very cool! - Matthew Bishop
Never had a single problem with the E61i camera (which is a pretty standard 2mpixel) in every lighting condition. The scan is fast and reliable. I really don't see the need to use a third party server just for a small increase in the reliability. Japanese are using QR for a long time now, it is an open and affordable technology. Microsoft is proprietary and less economic, with few appreciable advantages. - Federico Fasce
I like it, set up a few myself. Will put on my blog that i never seem to update. Showed a friend and he set his twitter picture to it which sends the user to his blog. Be interesting to see it around. - Simon Wicks
WARNING: PISSING & MOANING - Why must Microsoft pull this crap. There areW codes like QR which are used all over the world. Just because it hasn't caught on in America, Microsoft has to go and create their own tag that they can license for profit. This is why America is behind in tech coolness. Standards exist. Look at Japan, Finland, etc.. I'm envious of what they have and I'm pissed because it's the Microsofts of America that are preventing us from having this kind of tech. - Pete Barry
Pete, how does Microsoft Neapolitan ice cream "prevent" us from having somebody else's vanilla? :-) if Google was on top of things, they would have rolled out QR and *integrated it with AdWords.* Print ads that drive to website = $$$$. - Karim
[light bulb goes on over head] now if you'll excuse me, I have to go file a patent. lol - Karim
wow -- very cool. I wonder what's going on with Google's QR - Mike
I just wrote up my thoughts here - http://www.centernetworks.com/... - this is very disappointing -r eminds me of facebook connect - i really like where qr codes are going and now we get this new microsoft tag? - Allen Stern
@waded I agree and understand, however, as long as there are places like airplanes, trains, rural areas, foreign countries with expensive roaming, etc, routing through server is a deal breaker. We aren't going to have truly ubiquitous Internet access for at least a decade. And I don't even want to start on how this limits range of devices that can support tags. Basically, it rules out everything except smartphones and laptops with attached cameras. - andrei_c
I just tried it. It launches the IE browser on my phone (HTC Fuze) instead of the much better Opera browser. Make sure to uncheck the "Always launch IE" in settings to get it working with your default mobile browser. They should have made this the default, at least until they improve the mobile browser. - Jim Cahill
@yesthatkarim You are absolutely right. There are choices. My fear is that the general public will go with the one that is publicized and that will be MSFT Tag. There are a handful of QR code readers for the iPhone which I've tried out and they work great. I just tried to create a MSFT Tag to try their iPhone app and they required a login. That's a big FAIL. It's just sad to see some tech companies embracing openness while others keep their doors locked. - Pete Barry
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January 8, growing my hair for 2009
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SnapShot of friendfeed.com (rank #2,603), twitter.com (#328) - Compete
SnapShot of friendfeed.com (rank #2,603), twitter.com (#328) - Compete
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For the past five months or so I've been tracking the monthly growth of Twitter vs. FriendFeed using Compete.com. Earlier last year FF seemed to be growing significantly faster than Twitter. More recently FF's growth has tended to slow, but last month both FF and Twitter had dramatic increases in unique visitors and some of their best months ever. FF increased 25.8% for the month of Dec. over Nov. and Twitter increased slightly more at 27.6%. Two very remarkable growth months for both companies. - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet
Everyone getting back in now that the Political shouting match is over eh? - AJ Kohn
impressive growth by both companies during the month of Dec. I've been noticing lots more people subscribing to me on both Twitter and FF and it feels like, at least, the momentum for both are increasing. Twitter especially seems to be gaining significant mainstream traction. NPR was taking questions via Twitter today. - Thomas Hawk
Also good traffic growth in December for two major proponents of FriendFeed - Robert Scoble and Louis Gray - http://siteanalytics.compete.c... - Atul Arora
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"A lot symbolism here! :-)" - Dave Winer
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I'm Getting So Tired Of The Non-Instant Web
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I couldn't agree more. There's no excuse for it in 2009 to be brutally honest. So many services who tout web 2.0 really need to pick their game up. - Mo Kargas
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i like the idea of "brutally fun"... as if to say being brutally honest is addictive in a good way. sounds a lot like a hockey game. - Courtney Engle
I've taken to manually pinging FeedBurner each time I post to my blog. On the other hand, for most services I have linked to FriendFeed, I have to tell it to update each service I use manually, since it seems to take forever (and under the CES traffic crunch, things are only worse). - Chris Charabaruk for Hire
I ping FeedBurner when I post as well, and then refresh the site here manually on FriendFeed to make sure it gets through. - Louis Gray
That Feedburner experience sounds woeful. Is Scoble's real-time web conference on? - Hutch Carpenter
Yes I'm all for "The Power of Now". Well actually, that was a book about something else. But still. - Paola
It's not just Feedburner. If I want something to appear in my FriendFeed RIGHT NOW, I almost always have to do a manual refresh, and sometimes even that doesn't work. But an argument can be made that updates to FriendFeed aren't as important as, say, stock trades. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
Louis, I know you're familiar with marketing requirements. So let me ask this question - assuming that one uses FriendFeed for personal purposes, what is the MAXIMUM amount of time to elapse between the time an item is created on some service (Blogger, YouTube, whatever), and the time that item appears on FriendFeed? And, how was this maximum time derived? - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
Ontario? The maximum acceptable time? For Twitter, no delay. Blog posts... almost no delay. But I'd assume Flickr, Smugmug and other less-instant items could wait minutes. Disqus comments for instance are very fast now and don't need to get any quicker, in my opinion. The #1 issue I have with Smugmug right now is that it actually syncs "too fast", meaning the first rev of comments and likes tends to get wiped out when the set of photos is final. FriendFeed does a good job now, but the bar is very high. - Louis Gray
There's part of me that wants everything to appear within 1 minute. But do I need it? I can argue that ANYTHING - blog post, tweet, Disqus comment, Flickr picture, YouTube video, last.fm song, whatever - can spark a conversation, so can one argue that some types of items are less critical? - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
I'm pretty sure financial companies have the delay not because they're behind the times technology wise -but because they stand to make a mint in late fees an interest holding on to money even for an extra day. Every credit card I pay online charges an extra fee for "right now" bill pay. Otherwise it's wait at least 1 business day - Jason Kaneshiro
The interest earned on "credit floats" are amazing not that anyone would do that or anything. In terms of the stock market, there are specific SEC guidelines dealing with a lot of the maneuverings that you mentioned. - Mathew A. Koeneker
Feedburner sucks. I've said it before - someone needs to come in and take back this market while feedburner is blowing it.. there's a huge market opportunity there. (sorry a tad off topic) - andy brudtkuhl