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I'm working on a Fast Company article about Netbooks (those small $500 computers). Would love to discuss your experiences here:
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My favorite is the Samsung. How about yours? Why?
- Robert Scoble
Dell Mini 9. Very decent keyboard,all solid state,lots of usb ports, 1 gig ram.Feels like a proper machine, just ultra portable. Good value. Runs like a dream with windows 7.
- Nik
I was considering a netbook but I held back from buying it now. Looking forward to what you have got !
- Jaffer
I really enjoy the HP Mini despite the crappy trackpad the EEE Pc's look too much like toys that the problem I have. I was looking to buying one around Christmas but everyone had some flaw I just didn't want to handle. It seems there is no perfect or even close to perfect :-(
- Will Reynolds Young
I bought the Asus EEEPC 900 linux last year. For sofa surfing, and server room shennigans they are brilliant. Im annoyed at the lack of batterylife in them however I understand the MSI Wind is a better product todate
- Nik Butler
I don't have one but I think they would be great for conferences. They seem to be the right size - smaller than a laptop but bigger than a mobile phone.
- Kim Dushinski
Nik: what did you compare it to before buying the Dell? Why did that one stick out for you?
- Robert Scoble
Wondering how much of a real trend netbooks are - they are cheap, ok , but you get what u're paying for... a couple of extra bucks and u get a real productivity tool - all in all it's good for on-the-run bloggers though ;)
- ksso
HP 2133. High resolution and solid feel outweigh the concerns regarding the awkward trackpad.
- Fred Offenburger
Hey Robert. The portability and superb battery life makes it far easier to get work done on the move. Here in the UK I am starting to see them everywhere. Low price point also going to make them super-attractive right now! Windows 7 and linux fly on these pocket rockets!
- Jim Connolly
been looking at the MSI Wind u120 for a while now but haven't pulled the trigger yet. looks like a great machine that can run windows or OSX.
- The Last Epic
i agree with Nik, the Dell mini 9 is a great little netbook but then the HP mini does have the looks. I have a samsung laptop now, its not a netbook but a 17" laptop and i hate it. So samsung laptops+netbooks fail for me.
- Allan Jones
I love netbooks because of the small size. I frequently fly coach and need smaller computers because of the seat pitch. Also, sitting on the couch with friendfeed is just fine for a small computer.
- Robert Scoble
I also have a dell mini 9, love it. The keyboard does take a little getting used to, but with 1gb ram, it runs like a dream. It was a lifesaver on our road trip from Boston to Memphis. Hooked the ipod into it, used it as a in car entertainment device, was great. Love it.
- Nick
I purchased an Asus 4G (7") when they first came out, loved it, but the keyboard was way too small to be productive on it. I've recently picked up the 1000H with a whopping 160GB drive and a much more spacious keyboard. main usage is to do some offline development so battery life was important and you get plenty out of the eee units.
- Serdar
CASASSOVICI: Netbook sales exploded in 2008, CNET reports: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops... (they aren't the only ones).
- Robert Scoble
I've lusted after a MacBook Air, but I saw an article suggesting OS X can run on these and so now looking for suggestions.
- Conor Ogle
I was just contemplating these the other day as a small 'utility' device. Something that I could use as a remote-control, so to speak, for all my home network devices. The low price point is what has attracted me as well. Can't wait for the article.
- Walt Ruppar
I user the Acer Aspire One 150 with Windows XP with ext battery last up to 5 hours - good keyboard - will try to install Windows 7 on it
- Michael Greth
I set one up for a client last week, my initial thought was "cheap, slow." Was a Dell Mini. I can see where if speed/performance were not so much an issue, they could be convenient for portability requirements, as mentioned by Kim and Nik.
- Christopher Dickens
As long as your covering Netbooks, I was wondering if you saw the patent filings for what looks to be a tablet or large iTouch. Do you think this is Apple's answer to the Netbook? Here's the link; http://is.gd/idvq
- Michael Fidler
Felt more robust than the eee /acer/hp, and better specs, at least at the time (November). Light and solid state means you can (literally) throw it in a bag and forget about it, which has brought a surprisingly different feel to computing. No matter how light, regular laptops always feel somewhat like a burden to carry/stow/etc.. A netbook has none of that, and if it's specced high enough, you sacrifice little in the way of your regular internet activities.
- Nik
Its a funny phenomenon. We've been tracking 8-10" netbooks as UMPCs since 2006. They we re expensive. Not popular. No-one really wanted one or could justify one. Now, price has changed a lot of peoples minds!
- Steve 'Chippy' Paine
Also, if i had some extra money i think i would get the sony notebook; http://bit.ly/sonynotbook
- Allan Jones
Once they get powerful enough, it would make sense to just have a netbook, and plug into keyboard and monitors elsewhere. Until then, they're a counterpart to your main machine that I'd find hard to give up now.
- Nik
The asus is a good one - its small - good to check email and hit the web . . .if you use web apps for most of your daily routine then a netbook would work. If you are opening documents or moving around media files . . probably not the right machine - not enough RAM.
- Steve
Allan: the Sony looks cool but for the price the Samsung delivers better performance for far less.
- Robert Scoble
My wife despised computers. Now she loves using a Netbook. Why? Size so she can drop it in her purse and carry it everywhere. Here videos on this at GottaBeMobile.com show the attraction that non-geeks have to these devices.
- Warner Crocker
I'm in China-what dyou know about Hashee netbooks?
- Betsy
Betsy: no, would love to hear more.
- Robert Scoble
I own the Aspire One. I'd say I've gone from taking a laptop with me every once in awhile to pretty much keeping the A1 with me about 90% of the time. The portability factor is awesome.
- Shawn Farner
I have an Acer Aspire One and love it. Portability is awesome and with a 6 cell battery upgrade I get about 5 hours of usability. People comment on the small keyboard but I find the main keys (alphabet that is) perfectly fine and only miss on some of the surrounding keys (e.g. shift). Not for gaming or high end apps (e.g. CAD) but for everything else simply superb. Oh, and just because it's called a "netbook" doesn't mean you have to work completely in the cloud. 160 GB for storage. Oh, and Win XP.
- Bob Starr
Robert: im still not sure about samsung laptops. as i said, i have one and im not happy with it. was kind of a let down. i would have to think twice before buying another samsung laptop/notebook
- Allan Jones
I'm a teacher, and use an EEE701 to plan and deliver all my lessons - really useful bit of kit + runs Linux, so I can also get them used to the fact that Microsoft isn't the only way to use a computer.
- Rich
Acer Aspire One user here. Needed something small enough to fit in my purse, big enough to function as needed. Happy with it.
- SchoolPR
I predict netbooks will soon morph into "pocket" netbooks. A screen that folds in half and a keyboard that folds in half. A 9" screen netbook will fold down to a 3" X 4" pocketable device that when unfolded out 4 ways has a usable screen and keyboard. With the advances in OLED and flexible screens the arrival of the all-in-one computer/communication device is closer than many think. The "netbook" form-factor is the most important, but I think yet unrecognized, step towards that.
- Gregg H.
Well, "500$" doesn't apply to the best netbook on the market right now: the Sony P. I wish I had the money 2 buy it... :(
- Raul Pereira
@scobleizer "Netbook sales exploded in 2008" => sure they did, netbooks seem cool from an uneducated user point of view - yet apart from a couple mobile geeks all of my friends found a better use as a bookshelf for theirs (and as it's pretty light it might not even be good for that) - YET the latest netbooks with 500+USD price point are more in the ultra-portable segment imho (almost 1kg, big screen....)
- ksso
Love the Eee901 Hate Xandros, would rather have XP. Will install ubuntu at some point. Great for travel & meetings, never had a problem with battery life, wi-fi connection not always great
- Richard Grieve
Small size, small weight, battery life and usability = the magic equation of mobile devices, iPhone is pretty close, netbooks have it
- Christophe Pierret
I'm a small business owner who needed to reduce the "weight" of my laptop and opt for the basics of a netbook. I struggled between the Dell Mini and the HP Mini. Dell Mini is only sold online -- I need to touch and feel a computer first, having already had bad luck with Dell I was reluctent. The HP doesn't have VGA out, a problem for me because I do lots of presentations requiring...
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- Matt Carlisle
netboooks supposed to fill a niche between smartphones & laptops.But realistically if you looking for bang for the buck netbook does not provide neither the bang nor the cost savings.Id say it will be a stepping stone to something else, few geeks & dumb nincompoops ( fooled by marketing) will buy it but for most this is a wait &* see year.
- Baba
If small size isn't what you want, for $500 you can get a lightly used laptop and a new battery. That's the way I've always done it.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
oh and with settings down, I can play world of warcraft on my dell :) what more do i need!
- Nick
Acer Aspire One 1GB XP 160GB 6-cell $379 Costco. The larger battery is key because you get around 5-6 hours. Windows 7 worked out of the box, no problems. I love it. I use my 17" desktop replacement for real work, my netbook for everything else. When I travel, I no longer have to ask "Do I really need my laptop?" Netbooks fill the gap between laptop and smartphone. Three huge advantages of netbooks: small, cheap, awesome battery life. Fail if 3-cell or > $400.
- andy magoon
My Asus-Aspire is the best investment I've made in tech in a long time. The netbook provides ease of use where it is needed when neither a smartphone or laptop are appropriate. Those with solid state drives will likely be able to withstand the abuse making them more desirable when the capacity increases. For a college student taking notes and logging in Facebook what else is needed.
- Paul M Done
Also it's fun to see how the market started at a 300€ price point (event 200 when with a jointed mobile data plan) to evolve towards a 500€+ price point
- ksso
I got my MSIWind U100 last week 2GB RAM, installed windows 7, installed BIOS 1.09 Overclocked 25%, More than satisfied with it...fine user support on the net MSIWind WIKI etc.....paid $527 in Denmark.
- Joseph Jahn
Check out the MSI X320 It's an ultrapotable/netbook, that was designed to compete with the Macbook Air. Her's a review from CES http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-o... It was one of the stars of CES, but it's not available yet.
- Michael Fidler
I have an aspire one w/XP (now dual boots win 7), 1 gig, 160 g hd, It works great, wouldn't want to write a book on the keyboard but fine for email. Use it for internet, watch tv shows and movies. Wouldn't do without it now.
- Curt Kelly
got an acer aspire one i slammed xp on, the linux distro that came with it was problematic with wireless from the 10 mins testing i gave it before formatting... bluetooth or hsdpa would complete it but theres 3 usb on it, which is more than my 'big' laptop has, so i can forgive it a cable to my phone
- Matt Randles
Hi Robert - I purchased an Aspire One - 160GB Model. Installed Windows 7 (use it as sole OS) and went through the cumbersome process of upgrading the memory to 1.5GB. Overall - I love it! It's compact yet has enough horsepower and storage to necessity apps (Windows, Office, iTunes, etc.) and store my content. Only downfalls of it are - not upgrade friendly and touchpad which I believe are being address in the new 10" versions. Great investment for my needs!
- Neilesh Daji
Here's something I wrote on the matter, it might help: http://channel.hexus.net/content...
- Scott
We got the 10" HP Mini with the 16 Gig SSD and 1 Gig of Ram (which we doubled for $40). The built in webcam is horrendous with hardly any picture controls but the size is great. I took it on the road with me and almost died when I was sitting in bulkhead and was able to slide it into the small plastic magazine holder in front of me.
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
If I can't touch-type or thumb-type I don't want it. Typing on those keyboards are impossible and extremely irritating.
- KyleHase
from twhirl
here in austria A One gives you a NetBook called the Q10 Air on XP, 160 HDD running a 1,6 Ghz Intel Atom, you pay 29 Eur / month and have 5 G data transfer, 3, A Hutchinson Co., offered an Eee PC ( not sure exact model ) with a similar data-transfer contract at a comparable price, some business clients are opting for NetBooks instead of Laptops because they weigh less, cost about as...
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- atul abraham
from twhirl
I much prefer the $500 base model regular size laptop from dell
- Christian Burns
enjoying my HP Mini.
- MikeAmundsen
I have the Dell Mini 9 and while the size can't be beat, I am wishing I had purchased a small "regular" laptop instead - or one from another manufacturer. The placement of the quotes/apostrophe key on the Dell Mini 9 is atrocious and forces me to constantly edit. I will likely buy a portable USB keyboard to deal with this since I am not going to give up on this purchase just yet. However, I would recommend to others looking to buy a Netbook to really review the specs before buying.
- Jamie Sanford
My favorite is eee pc 900a due being one of the smallest 8.9 inchers with atom cpu. It has great big multitouch mouse pad and good durability. It's just $230 but i updated it with fast 64gig ssd, 2gigs of ram, touch screen and 3G... dual booting xp pro and windows 7.
- jkkmobile
I gotta say that I love my Apsire One (currently set up to tri boot XP, Win 7 and Ubuntu Netbook). I've mainly been using Win 7 on it as it's great on supposedly low end hardware, but on a recent road trip, I pushed the Aspire to the limit. http://www.rgbfilter.com/... is a recent post I made about my experiences using it during a road trip, watching streaming video via Orb while tracking our position using Google Earth, with data and GPS connectivity being sent to the Aspire via a smartphone.
- Doug
PS : my main workstation is an 8 G gaming rig dual-boot to WIN 7 BETA & Vista Ultimate, i also use a Sony Viao VGN FZ 21 M. Plus a back up PC ( an Austran reseller brand ).
- atul abraham
from twhirl
My MSI Wind has been a boon to me as an IT Pro - I can sit in bed at night, remote into my servers and do work on them quickly and then get back to my netflix movie. Win7 runs great and it flies through whatever I throw at it. Plus having it quad boot impresses the girls (the nerd ones anyway...)
- david
have you seen this $10 laptop from india http://www.guardian.co.uk/world... (Probably vaporware)
- anand
Digging the Aspire One VERY much. Made it dual boot with XP and Ubuntu, not having any problems yet. I love discrete size. I'm fine with the 8.9 size--if I wanted bigger I'd go with a full laptop. Great screen. Runs everything I want and the keyboard works for me. Not a fan of the touchpad either, but I am very pleased for the money.
- Tracey Patterson
Oh yeah, like others said, unlike a 'real' laptop, netbooks are much more portable, meaning you're more likely to bring it to places where you MIGHT need a computer, and you don't have to worry about packing an annoying laptop bag.
- Doug
Picked up an Aspire One yesterday - WinXP (spec, spec, spec). Installed Skype, Trillian, Photoshop CS2, Office 2007, Twhirl, Firefox, CCCP, all w/o a problem. I was replacing the need for a PDA (x50v Axim). I have an XPS m1710 - too large for random bolting from the office to work in a coffee shop. I'm stoked.
- Enrique Gutierrez
from twhirl
I believe the netbooks we have seen till now are the first generation of the netbooks. With the second generation, we'll be much more amazed. As @cpierret said "Small size, small weight, battery life and usability" are the key factors. I believe they'll get less heavy, have better battery and their usability will boost in 2009. My personal choice: Asus EeePC 1000H
- Goktug Gedik
I'm using an Asus 4G right this very second. Great battery life, fair O/S, keyboard is too small for me, decent screen, very compact and lightweight... Overall it has been a great experience. With the advent of 'cloud' storage and web-based mail, photo editing and document creation it makes a good case to carry this instead of a big laptop when travelling.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I live on mine when I am traveling, the battery life on the plane is great about 8 hours, I use it for podcasts, I use it to write blog entries, I use it to upload pictures to smug mug, but I really use it when I am traveling, lighter, longer battery life, does what I need it to do for a "on the go blogger/program director" if you want a quote. :-) I really love my netbook.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
really want to get a netbook, love the portability and price, ideal for conferences.
- Kipp Bodnar
My Eee PC 1000H experiences: http://friendfeed.com/search...
- Erhan Erdogan
I got my 10" MSI Wind with the 6-cell battery when it first came out and for my purposes (web-surfing while watching tv), it's golden. No way in hell it'd work as a primary machine though. For me anyway.
- ronin
I'm still waiting for a solid netbook OS to come out and deliver on the idea of these things serving as a Portal to our documents in the sky. I'm more than happy with 4GBs of solid state hard drive if I can safely and securely access my home/work networks and computers. If Windows 7 can facilitate this then I think they could very well corner the market.
- Tyler Brownfield
I love my MSI Wind U100. I pretty much use it at home as my primary laptop. When I do use a normal-sized laptop it just seems huge to me as compared to the Wind. I'm over 40 and use reading glasses, but the smaller screen is not a problem for me.
- J.D. Deutschendorf
Lenovo S10, 1Gb RAM, XP - love this thing. Light, portable, cheap (I paid <$300). Am able to get it to choke, though, with FireFox with 20 tabs open + Outlook + Excel + TweetDeck running. I can live with it, though - haven't turned on my desktop since the day I bought this thing.
- Tom Halle
Who needs a netbook? My iPhone *is* my netbook. I have decent web browsing, real e-mail and media playback. Something that needs more than an iPhone to do the job probably needs more than a netbook, too.
- Jonathan Fingas
Netbooks with Intel Ion Technology is coming, NVidia GeForce 9400M and intel atom processor together, for gaming !! http://tinyurl.com/67pkfm
- Rocky
Recently bought a netbook for my boss. I went with the hp mini. I find its made better than the asus. It also has a built in Verizon card. I did run into a problem when I had orginally bought the same machine from Circuit City and it stated on the website that it had the "built-in" wireless card. But after hours of technical support the fast talking asian man state that the laptop that I bought would not work. I had to buy it directly from HP.
- ryan
Seems like kind of a lazy way to do a story.
- Carol Vinzant
The plan to make 13" notebooks based on Intel's Atom platform indicates that some people don't care too much about computing power anymore. It's all about having lightweight access to the web, and web applications.
- Meryn Stol
Carol: Couldn't disagree more. Today the only excuse for not beginning a story this way is ignorance or misguided notions of how a reporter/journalist is supposed to traditionally research and background something. There's a billion people with ideas and information itching to share it. Can't think of one good reason not to tap that.
- Gregg H.
This is how cutting-edge journalism is done nowadays, and it's the smart (not the lazy) way to do it.
- Sean McBride
LOL @ Carol - he is ASKING for your EXPERIENCEs with a Netbook. thats GOOD journalism. and Sean this is how good journos have ALWYS worked. shee, you want him to make stuff about netbook users up ?
- atul abraham
from twhirl
I bought an Eee PC (901, I believe). Very portable. Keyboard took some getting used to. Used mainly for browsing. Chrome or Firefox (in minimalist mode) and full screen were great for it. Potential as a notetaking device with One Note or Evernote. Watched Transformers on it and it played well enough.
- Arlan Koizumi
Carol: I have been studying netbooks for a long time. Went to CES in Las Vegas. Went to IFA in Berlin. Went to computer malls in Shenzhen, China. And now I'm asking your opinions. Personally I agree with Gregg. You are totally in the wrong here. Good journalists learn to listen to the real experiences of people on forums and online.
- Robert Scoble
I keep wanting to pull their trigger, but I'm hearing the XP drivers they had to create are buggy ie. scroll bars. Anyone having that problem?
- Dave Gambrill
Hey Robert - Brian from Seagate here. I'm interested in the percentage of flash based netbooks to HDD based. My sense is that netbooks are moving up in capacity dramatically.
- Brian Ziel
Brian: One of the problems I've read about with Netbooks using SSD's is that their performance degrades whenever lots of writes have to be made. For instance, when writing to cache webpages. This was a problem with the Asus EEE 900A, granted it did have a slower than usual SSD. Are writes getting better with newer SSD's?
- Gregg H.
I don't think netbooks are replacements but rather secondary machines. Good for travel or sitting on the couch watching TV. Won't replace a high-end laptop or desktop.
- Michael Sheehan
from twhirl
Michael: For a lot of people, yes they will be replacements. Intel knows this, and they hate that they have to even make an Atom. That's why every time you hear an Intel exec talking about netbooks and even their Atom processor they trip all over themselves to tell you just how bad they really are. AMD is even worse, they are just in denial, and have no plans to even get in the game with a sub 15 Watt processor.
- Gregg H.
Yep, default SSDs on most netbooks are slow.. thats why one should buy either hdd version or minimum capacity ssd version and then upgrade to fast one... there are pretty fast and cheap ssd allready available so if you dont need tons of storage but like ssd speed and durability go for it!
- jkkmobile
I am still waiting for my HP to be delivered, but a few years back, when they were called subnotebooks (and were way more expensive) I had a sub-tablet (10") from fujitsu, the p1310. Having this tiny computer really blew my mind, it was easy to have a computer with you at all times when it weighed only 1kg and was smaller than a hardcover book. I used it for note taking, presentations,...
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- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
My ten year old just purchased one with his own allowance money, and xmas gift cards. He loves it. He sits on his bed watching TV and writing in his journal. He carries it around the house like his mom and dad do with there big expensive laptops. My next computer will be a netbook I've already decided.
- Russ Jackson
To me the killer features for a netbook are keyboard size, touch screen, wifi and battery life (which implies using SSD and no CD drive). I wish there were netbooks without those really annoying touchpads - give me a "nipple" and/or a touchscreen and more keyboard space. My subnotebook would have been a lot less usable without virtualCD technology (which meant i could take software or...
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- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I can see netbooks being main machines for some (okay, a lot of) people. However, I think 10-12 inch screens (and thus, hopefully, larger keyboards) will need to become the base for it to truly take off. Both of my parents have high-end dual core, DVD burner/reader, 15-inch laptops. Yet, only my father makes use of it all. My mother just uses hers for email and web browsing. A netbook would be right up her alley, as long as it's bigger than the usual 8.9-inch fare. And @Brian Ziel, my Eee PC has a SSD.
- Arlan Koizumi
Arlan: VGA out
- Gregg H.
My 23 yo sister and I have Acer Aspire Ones. She takes hers everywhere (fits in her purse) and I've noticed her using it in the kitchen (to cook from internet recipes) as well. I've tended to use mine to websurf while watching sports on TV.
- Charles Fenwick
My Ubuntu-preloaded Dell Mini-9 is on its way back to FedEx since I'm a 9 to 5'r. I'll let ya know what I think after I pick it up tonight. W/my employee discount it dressed out at around $320!
- Eric Rost
Win7 + Acer Aspire One = Awesome!
- Shafiq Jetha
from twhirl
@Gregg H. Yes, at the desk. But what about at the couch? Or using it for reference when working on a car (did this with my MBP; too big)? 10-12-inch is, to me, a nice middle ground between large screen and portability without additional hardware. Of course, being younger and with good-ish eyesight, 8.9 isn't bad and works just well. But compound screen size with keyboard size and it's not so comfy during extended use. For me anyway.
- Arlan Koizumi
Set one up for my cousine. I don't like the keyboard, way to small. But surely it's just a matter of practice ...
- Dennis R.
I'm installing one into the glovebox on my car. It'll be used for GPS on surfing trips. Currently working on a sleek way to get it to slide out when the glovebox opens.
- Joe Breen
from twhirl
Got my 901 EEE with Windows 7 on it. Its a 20Gb linux version, but had to install windows 7 on the second partition due to space. Works really well.
- CW™
Robert, I have a Netbook in the UK. A Dell 9. Blogged about experience here: http://digitalagency.typepad.com/digital...
- Mike Coulter
Question to you... do you think that netbooks distribution will be primarily through carriers, like handsets, or via big box channel partners, like notebooks?
- Aimee
I've rolled my Netbook(Asus Eee 701) down a flight of carpeted steps and dropped it above waist height twice. The SSD Drive has to be the best tech of the century.
- Anthony Farrior
it might be off topic but for 500$ I prefer to buy used normal laptop with decent performance and avoid the sluggish, low resolution netbooks ...
- Nir Dremer
Nir, on that point, there are *new* non-netbooks for <$500.
- Wade Dorrell
count me in
- pestwave
I'm a product developer and I use an Asus 1000H with 160GB HDD and 2GB of RAM. I have a full install of Solidworks solid modeling software and it runs without a hitch for simpler parts and assemblies. The 10" screen is adequate for most tasks and the trackpad even has some basic multitouch features. I picked it up during the Live Search cashback promotion in December for $300, delivered. Not bad.
- Luke Westra
My wife reviews b-grade movies at QueenOfCheese.com on her Asus EEE and she loves it. She never takes her full laptop anywhere now that she has net netbook.
- MarkCarras
The new ASUS Eee PC 1000HE is my new lust. It just became available for pre-order at $399. Revamped keyboard so the Right-Shift key is in the right spot. 160GB hard drive plus 10GB of online storage through ASUS included. 802.11n and up to 9.5 hours of battery life with a battery that sits flush in the chassis.
- Kevin C. Tofel
At the moment though, I'm using an MSI Wind with a 2GB RAM upgrade. Great keyboard and nearly 6 hours of battery life. Been running Windows 7 on it since October and the OS rocks on it.
- Kevin C. Tofel
Picked up an Aspire One at Best Buy by impulse and have been using the thing for class notes and when traveling for the last 6 months and have had nothing but good experiences with the thing. Typing is quite easy once you adjust to the keyboard, and multitasking isn't much different than on a standard sized laptop.
- BCK
I've been using an HP Mini 1033 and quite pleased with it. What wins me over? The diminutive size and weight. It's become the one computer I grab to take with me on the go. I've also been using it a lot when sitting on the back porch using Remote Desktop to my bigger (indoor) dev machine when needed. Yeah, it's a little cramped to program with the Mini's small display, but I like being outdoors more.
- Loren Heiny
@Loren HP Mini display is OK in the sun? Man, I wish I could compute outside more... but laptop displays just never work.
- Wade Dorrell
I don't actually have one, but the netbook phenomenon inspired me to take an old Dell laptop I had sitting around, and reformat to just run Firefox and web apps. Small computers have been around for years, but the maturity of the cloud and improvements in power consumption have helped the market for netbooks take off. I look forward to the next generation of these devices.
- Ryan
http://neuronspark.com/videos...
- paul mooney
@kevin This is huge news! =) http://www.engadget.com/2009...
- Goktug Gedik
india is working on $10 laptop http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotec...
- varun
What a thread! Anyway, I am underwhelmed by the Dell netbook. Check out my review: http://raddevon.com/review-...
- Devon Campbell
not to take away from Sakshat -http://tinyurl.com/c65mk3
- atul abraham
from twhirl
I have just installed OSX on a Dell Mini 9 that I picked up for $250. It's pretty unbelievable.
- Ben Metcalfe
@Robert - I don't have any experience with these, but my dad got one a bit ago. I'm not sure what kind of experiences you are looking for, but if you'd be interested, but he might be able to provide an interesting view from a non techie perspective. Get in touch if you'd like to chat with him.
- Justin Korn
Dell Inspiron Mini Running OSX - http://tinyurl.com/bghzas, has Apple been ripping us off on hardware ?
- atul abraham
from twhirl
Is it straightforward to install OSX?or does this require extensive hacking?
- Lyndon
I think I can´t live without my eee 901 (with xp) anymore. perfect balance of size/weight/features for me. I needed some time to get comfortable with the the keyword and I use a mouse with it. and - it is kind of cute and lovely. never had such a relationship to some techthing, really.
- esther ♥ ♫
I'm also in love with my EEE 901 with Linux. I can get actual work done (I'm a software developer) even when I'm far away from my work or home computer. Makes me feel like I'm living a more "online" life.
- Panagiotis Astithas
Waiting for my Lenovo S10E Black - http://larsen82.wordpress.com/2009...
- Qbat
Robert, I'm starting to think, netbooks and phones, may be more ideal for consuming video media, than desktops/laptops. I'm gonna try to get a video feed in friendfeed going, to further explore this paradigm shift. Watching video at a desktop can actually be quite time consuming, and static.
- David Lynch
Ok, so we've agreed this is a great way to research an article, but where is the finished product. I am hoping for some recommendations as I have done zero research of my own and would like to be a lazy, but not misguided, consumer.
- Conor Ogle
John McCain having a 'senior moment' on Friday - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Oh my....
- Joanmarie
Sometimes, I think about the future of our country and I feel scared.
- Mohit
While this is forgivable in a person -- if I were as tired and stressed as he is, I'd probably do this kind of thing every single time I had to field two questions in a row -- this is just not tolerable in a candidate for president, who will, if elected (unless he's Reagan or Shrub), presumably have far more stressful moments on the job, and will need the mental stamina to stay with it.
- Tegan Dowling
bush v2.0
- Krishna Gade
wow, just wow.
- Morgan
McCain is freakin' me out.... how can this guy be a Presidential candidate...wow!
- Susan Beebe
It's not a senior moment. That's the Straight Talk Express coming off the rails again.
- Chris Baskind
i dont get the multiple camera angles. Was he taking a dump in his shorts while trying to answer the question?
- Rodfather
Patrick: You're a gentleman, and your point is well-taken. But he's a pro, and should be able to handle that.
- Chris Baskind
Patrick: I'm a republican - the fact that the guy can't answer the question about his campaign claiming Obama plays the race card is a joke. The fact that he can't speak articulately to his work to promote racially equality across his career with ease is either shameful or truly sad - take your pick. Every day I get closer to crossing party lines. I just want someone I can believe in - is that too much to ask?
- Morgan
Yeah, everyone has a moment like that. I'm 38 and that happens to me all the time. I blank out. Imagine answering questions all the time, all day long. This is just dumb to pile on this one video, and I'm an Obama supporter.
- Jim Kukral
poor guy. like others on this thread i don't take this against McCain. i'd be out of words myself if i'm in McCain's (or Obama's) shoes. i can't imagine the stress that these two candidates are subjected to 24/7. that said, there's a op-ed on NYTimes by Bob Herbert reminding people that John McCain as a maverick is just a myth. see http://bit.ly/3UGRPz
- ~C4Chaos
And Saturday, and Sunday, and Monday...and everyday.
- Jim Stanger
It'd be one thing if this was an isolated instance. How about the one where they ask about Carly's stand on birth control? Also, it's okay to have this happen but it's what you do that is crucial. Lose your place, don't ah, um, hem - that's not going to cut it as President. "I'm sorry, could you repeat that question?" would do nicely, cover any mental lapses and give time to process.
- AJ Kohn
I like obama and i don't like this video. Those were non trivial questions asked in intelligent language spoken quickly in a row. I'm 36 and I could easily have gotten mixed up too. Posting this is no better than running brittney and paris in a video with obama as a "dog whistle". C'mon dave, you can do better.
- Adrian Bye
Nobody is going to post a video of McCain here unless it shows him in a bad light. McCain is as articulate as most politicians but all you will see here are videos like the one shown.
- Michael Tefft
Adrian, then you shouldn't be president either.
- Dave Winer
I just posted 3 Obama gaff videos out of a number available on YouTube. Nobody, not even Obama, is perfect.
- Michael Tefft
True nobody is perfect, it's just that McSame is worse than Bush at gaffing himself.
- John McElhenney 2.0
The President might as well be called the Public Speaker in Chief. This stuff IS important. At least 2/3 of the job is about eloquently passing along a message that someone else has created
- Nicholas Molnar
I think it's a shame that so much attention is played to such moments - on both sides. No one is perfect for sure, but these two both stand for more of the same - big government, high spending, way too much interfering in our lives, a slide toward a European style nanny state.
- Ian May
ugh. when isn't he having a senior moment?
- edythe
Obama having a "My ear piece isn't working moment." http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Michael Tefft
McCain still looks like a freakin' super genius next to the shrub.
- Internet's Tad
That's right, Obama is not perfect. But he's fit and 46, and McCain has had cancer and is 71. Big difference, health-wise. You may not like it, but it's true.
- Dave Winer
Another thing to look into -- I don't think McCain was all that smart, even when he was younger and in better health. We need to find out more about that.
- Dave Winer
Eh - I was a big fan of McCain back in 2000. If it was McCain in 2000 vs Obama today I'd have a lot of thinking to do.
- Internet's Tad
I hate his hypocrisy. He makes a big deal about how he's always put his country first, and then he runs that fucked up ad that makes the presidency about Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. He'll fuck the country just so he can win an election. That's the Republican Party. They should just disband they're such sad fucks.
- Dave Winer
Dave, I like your insightful commentary. I'll bet you were on the debate team in college.
- Michael Tefft
Thats just sad. Look at Crist's face. He must be thinking what have I done? I bailed on blocking offshore drilling for this guy????
- Brad Nickel
For the apologists, there is no excuse for this. If you want to be President you have to always be on. The entire friggin world expects it and acts upon your every word and facial expression. This is worse than Reagen in his 2nd term. Once I would say he was thinking about something else, but this happens everytime he faces a tough question about his record!
- Brad Nickel
Interesting that something as stupid and insignificant as this gets 30 comments, while a story of real substance and meaning such as the Antrax investigation gets not one bit of discussion. I think some conclusions can be made about that.
- Christopher Dickens
@Christopher Dickens. Yes, I guess it means you are a genius and all us others are mere mortals. Is there an alter I can worship you at?
- Michael Tefft
Scary.
- Paul Haahr
Joe Scarborough is a complete fucking putz asshole. He says Republicans love America but liberals don't. Fuck you.
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I avoid mainstream US network news and turn to CBC, Guardian, BBC...
- DaveDelaney.ME
I avoid tv news all together, and get my news here on friendfeed
- Kyle Weller
I avoid liberals because they hate America. ;D
- Ben Jackson
yikes. politics is so fucking harsh....
- Mary Anne Davis
That is harsh, and not true really. However many liberals I know love a version of America that is simply NOT America. They woudl make it a semy socialist nanny state ... and they don't know how to defend it. They DO love it. I just don't want them in charge of it :)
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
HOW I DON'T CARE!!!
- directeur
How do you really feel?
- Tim Bauer
If loving America (and patriotism) is putting your soldiers in the harm's way, then republicans do love America and they are very patriotic.
- Krishnan Subramanian
Its inherent to both philosophies - conservatives defend and protect what is, and liberals challenge and work to change it. Not to say that conservatives are incapable of innovation or that liberals never adhere to any sort of tradition - but as general world views - liberals are always going to appear as though they dislike what "is" because, by nature, they are more focssd on the things about what "is" that need to change. dsnt justify that kind of patriotic genralization - just contextualizes its causes
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
lol @Jason understand where you are coming from but you know that isn't the case
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
That line may worked in another time but today we don't stand for that crap from the media right who feel they have *authority.*
- Alex Williams
What do you want from a former Republican congressman? Trashing liberals is on his job description.
- Larry Kless
Apparently his cunning plan of pissing off liberals works great. This is Rush's whole reason for existence too.
- Phil G
What good does it do him to piss off liberals? Doesn't get him any more votes.
- Dave Winer
@Krishnan Subramanian I never understand that kind of comment. Isnt that the purpose of a military? They stand in harm's way so civilians don't get targeted?
- Christopher Dickens
Christopher, comments like that have always baffled me. When you sign up for the military, you know what you're getting yourself into. It's not like people sign up and then freak out and incredulously ask, 'What? You might I might have to FIGHT?' You don't go into the military to exercise your personal freedom and opinion. 'Well, I don't FEEL like fighting THIS war. I'll wait for the next one. Maybe that one will suit my personality better.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I think the point is that most of us non-Americans have a hard time getting is why US soldiers end up on foreign soil so often often for reasons that don't seem to compute or are contradictory
- Deepak Singh
I enjoy screaming at the screen, throwing a rubber ball at certain faces and the ability to mute loudmouths. I get very few chances to express my basest, most obscenely in-your-face personality and I cut loose when I hold the remote. I find that totally cleanes me for a pleasant discussion on any subject with anyone. I don't have a mean word left in my mind.
- Phil Boiarski
Pathetic. The man obviously has nothing productive to say.
- Chris Nixon
David - Scarborough said that? Surprises me. He's a dork, and not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I never took him to be that outrageous and partisan.
- Anthony Citrano
Remember when Elvis shot his TV?
- Michelle Trent
fear & envy over love of country - a shameful comment from a fellow Floridian
- Scott Moskowitz
Can someone show me a clip of him saying that???
- Anthony Citrano
@Christopher Dickens Defending the country is different and falling into harms way to satisfy the childhood fantasies of a nutcase is different. It is a shame that some people still consider this war legitimate. Please no smartness!!
- Krishnan Subramanian
@Deepak, Amen.
- Krishnan Subramanian
leave ur email address so I can send u a google calendar email notifying y'all after election that u were wrong. go McCain!
- Noah David Simon
Dave - and by cunning I mean 'idiotic' or 'rabble-rousing'
- Phil G
I'm getting tired of rereading this epithet over and over as comments get added.
- Patrick Beard
from twhirl
Patrick -- then hide the entry. Problem solved.
- Phil G
Nice language
- Craig Eddy
@Krishnan Subramanian, I agree with you partially. We should be much more concerned with what the Chinese are doing. this 6-part series is a must read. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazin...
- Christopher Dickens
AMEN AMEN AMEN!! I like the extra spice of "putz", speaking as a jew...yeah, Scarborough is nothing more than a 3rd-rate Bill O'Reilly wannabe, plus he consistently demeans and patronizes Mika, a person who so far surpasses him in intelligence and depth of thinking that it's comical...and if I have to hear Joe bitch and whine and moan one more fucking time about how the "liberal elite...
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- anthony kortick
It’s Time For FriendFeed To Kill Twitter - http://www.inquisitr.com/557...
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Is Facebook going after FriendFeed? http://www.toddrjordan.com/thebroa...
- Todd Jordan
Now you've done it Twitter, Duncan is on the warpath.
- Bwana ☠
I hope FriendFeed isn't the one to kill Twitter, most FFers filter out tweets anyway. But if there can be a way to separate Twitter-type conversation from the other aggregated content in FF, then Twitter will be in trouble.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Not one to drop links in comments, and if FF had item permalinks I'd link directly to the FF item I found this at. You can easily import your twitter friends into FF with this little tool. It's rough but works like a charm. http://oxalon.com/product... sorry Duncan, it's PC only now, but if you still have one lying around it's worth it to fire it up just for that program.
- Paul Short
FF items do have permalinks. Click "More" then "Link to this entry".
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
OOH! Thanks a million Shey. You da man! Still a noob to FF so I'll need some guidance while making the transition ;-)
- Paul Short
The link Paul provided - I used that tool, it took four runs to get the entire twitter list imported (following 300). It kept dying at the same place, and I removed the next twitter friend on my list, I would start over, and it would proceed on past its failure point, and then crap out again. I then had to remove yet another person from my follow list until we got through it all. I'm sure that has nothing to do with twitter outages though!
- Christopher Dickens
@shey and that's pretty much what I'm saying. The core twitter simplicity isn't in FF yet, but they have the talent and base to create it and offer it as a Twitter killer.
- Duncan Riley
from twhirl
We know that Twitter is screwed, but aside from FriendFeed who else could build a replacement that meets the criteria of competency, people, scale. The guys a FF know what they are doing, if we had a FF Room but it was a Twitter style message service for those who want it stand alone, and clients can use the API to tap into that...
- Duncan Riley
Something needs to happen - twitter has uncovered previously unmet demand but cannot deliver technically. There is a clear gap for a competitor. One thing with friendfeed is you cannot import your twitter contacts easily yet.
- Kate
@Christopher It worked perfectly for me and I have about 360 followers. I guess I must have hit the program, or twitter, at the right time. @Kate, give that tool a try. No guarantees (see @ to Christopher) but even if it craps out it's probablly still faster than crossreferencing by hand.
- Paul Short
@Duncan That's a good point. Are you thinking they can base a new service off the existing FF architecture? That would speed up development instead of having to re-invent the wheel
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I've moved from Twitter to FriendFeed with help from http://internetducttape.com/2008...
- Thomas Ho
Did you even read the article?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Arrington once said "Demo needs to die," now we have "It's Time for FriendFeed to Kill Twitter." We can't just have "I prefer Brand X" anymore. "It's time for Peter Pan peanut butter to reach inside the ribcage of Jif, eviscerate its still-beating heart and raise it in triumphant exultation before sinking its fangs into the hot, bloody carcass to the stunned amazement and terror of all other brands of peanut butter." Allllllrighty then.
- Karim
But what kind of linkbait would "I prefer Brand X" be? :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@Jake I Tweeted a FriendFeed hork earlier this evening. ;)
- Cyndy
@Shey Well I assume you're addressing me. And yes, I stand by my point for very good reasons. I'm not flaming for flaming sake here, nor am I some Twitter fanboy. I just think it's ridiculous that for a service which no-one pays for and is obviously very important to most internet user's lives, the online community respect is for it to die. Nice. If this is the reaction to a startup going through hard times due to it's own success, the Web2.0 bubble will burst sooner than expected.
- CannonGod
The "you dont pay so you shouldn't complain" argument doesn't really fly with me anymore. I'm investing my time, my most important resource, in your service so you can build a business model around me in due time. I agree we owe them some patience. But don't they have to be held to an account also? Tell about another significant startup service that has this kind of downtime that's gonna pop this "web 2.0 bubble"....
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Free is not an immune-from-criticism pass. Also, the "startup" excuse is getting old too. Twitter was established July, 2006, they're coming up on 2 years old. If you can't take criticism *when your system sucks*, then you shouldn't be in business. Period. If users didn't care about Twitter, they wouldn't complain.
- Bwana ☠
I agree. Two years is long enough to scale the service... Twitter may have missed its window of opportunity.
- Bill Sodeman
Twitter been around since 2006? Boy, don't I feel all late and junk...
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Great post. Like the FF comment system.
- The Dude Abides
Got to agree with Shey, Twitter wants to be a utility provider but they can't even get that right, and in terms of payment it's their decision to offer it for free + without advertising. Twitter has only one purpose: provide a microblogging service, and it can't successfully do that.
- Duncan Riley
This may be a little harsh, but think of it this way: if Twitter was a dog we would have put it down by now.
- Duncan Riley
FF just isn't sticky to me. It's an adjunct to Twitter, seen 1-2 times a day, whereas I have Twitter on all day, dipping in frequently. Has anybody read this http://twurl.nl/aykym3 or this http://tinyurl.com/6j6bex Both address directly what is going on with Twitter, and how they'll handle it. No need to jump ship and bomb it while you leave!
- Paul Smith
With IM turned off Twitter is noticeably quiet tonight, but is there also strike going on?
- Larry Kless
Sigh. Link bait.
- Jordan Brock
seems to me like duncan is working for friendfeed now
- Olubi Ezra
Just wrote an app that checks every ten minutes if Twitter is up. After it's been running for a while I'll put up a report.
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BTW, the first time it checked Twitter was down. :-(
- Dave Winer
it's is down right now. second time in the day
- Gilbert Corrales
from twhirl
cool idea Dave! I was thinking of doing that... love to see it later when you're ready to release it! Thx!
- Susan Beebe
Ooops, it was down the second time it checked too. (It checks every 10 minutes.)
- Dave Winer
Up/Down isnt the entire issue that should be tracked. Even when it's up, it's seldom working completely.
- Christopher Dickens
Is there a friendfeed room where everyone can go to when Twitter is down? Dave maybe you could make your app into a widget that could be posted in that room so everyone would have a place to go to and pseudo twitter until the widget says Twitter is up again. Or maybe we should just create a room called Twitter and just go there to Twitter?
- Jon Erickson
Dave: admire your tenacity, but isn't the client making it obvious? :)
- Todd Jordan
Jon, that's the key thing to decentralizing -- having an agreed-to place that has enough features to be useful. That's what I've been trying to get the tools-makers to support, with no luck so far. If you want this, send an email to the people who make the clients, and suggest they have a fallback place to route your twits when Twitter is down. The problem is solvable if there is a will...
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- Dave Winer
I found a way to help twitter. http://friendfeed.com/rooms...
- Erhan Erdogan
Aaron, come on, where did I say it was innovative. Sighhhh.
- Dave Winer
Okay I'll play along -- go fuck yourself. :-)
- Dave Winer
Dave, but trying to convince a pool of third party developers who are not earning any fees from their work right now to add features is not necessarily going to happen, where is the motivation, they need someone to create the location and to give them the api/web services. I really think that if Twitter is architecturally flawed, then the key should be identify the right place and establish the connectivity. Then you can get the third party tools developers to link to it, first when Twitter is down.
- Jon Erickson
This sort of reminds me of http://www.abevigoda.com/ which is a constant check on whether Abe Vigoda is still alive or not. Currently, he's alive.
- Joey Gibson
Jon, I understand. I'd be willing to pay part of the expense of hosting the files, I've said this before. I think Twitter could kick in some of the money too, they actually have a business reason to do it.
- Dave Winer
I love it when code is used artistically and for social statements like this. Its one of the main reasons why the internet is so rich.
- Andrew Baron
if I had the time and obj-c chops, I'd write a little iPhone tray app that kept twitter's status in the top status bar
- Brett Kelly
Thanks Andrew. That removes some of the sting of being called an idiot. :-)
- Dave Winer
Oy. I'm going to have a drink now. (To everyone else this is why every app should have a block command. It may be Twitter's biggest innovation.)
- Dave Winer
Nerd fight! *eats popcorn*
- Brett Kelly
If we must talk about Twitter being down - how about what to do while it is - http://www.toddrjordan.com/thebroa...
- Todd Jordan
adding the inability to block someone on FF to my list of 'unreadable grey text' and 'no DMs' for things which FF needs to fix to make me hooked.
- Lucretia Pruitt
Hug it Out Bitches!
- Erin @queenofspain
will you leave Jack Burton alone ,.. ?
- hisherness
where is prokofy when you need her
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
prokofy is working on defending me when I do some child pornography art on friendfeed. that was a joke. really... it was a joke. I swear. no really. I'm... I'm sorry.... augh!
- Noah David Simon
Stickers on my Dell Latitude XT: what stickers do you have on your machines? http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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no stickers, it's a mac book pro
- Todd Jordan
I don't like to put stickers on my computers.
- Adam Posey
An Apple logo. Seriously: fun stickers. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
Intel Centrino and Designed for Windows XP (Windows Vista Capable)
- Kevin Skocik
from Alert Thingy
An illuminated Apple is all the eye-candy I need to see!
- Dr. Mac
My desktop has a 'Powered by Asus' sticker, the laptop that I used to use had a J!NX skull on it.
- Timothy Neilen
I don't have any stickers on my laptop. I have a Dell (PRODUCT) RED XPS M1530 laptop and don't want to hide the awesome red color.
- Brandon LeBlanc
from twhirl
Todd Jordan right on. who would ever do that to a macbook pro
- Danish Khan
from twhirl
Come to think of it, I do have a "Linux Inside" sticker on my ThinkCentre.
- Chris Baskind
AMD Athlon X2
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I have a Nelnet Corp IBM Lenovo Z61m - NO stickers! hmm could try that out though... HR might frown on that... dang it!
- Susan Beebe
I have a Mac and have a ton of Stickers on it. My son says that putting Stickers on his Mac is "heresy." But, then, he's an Apple Fanboy.
- Robert Scoble
Bleach (anime) stickers http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Bwana ☠
I have 30 Stickers on my machine. Anyone have any? I'd love to be sent more. email me at scobleizer@gmail.com
- Robert Scoble
There's a flickr group for laptop stickers http://www.flickr.com/groups...
- ben bloch
I'm a sticker junky too. I have Ubuntu and Jinx stickers on my Thinkpad
- Bwana ☠
yeah I have a couple stickers...what more though
- Joshua Smith
Anyone who's serious about social media should be sending Scoble stickers. He puts them on his laptop and cell phone and tripod. It's great free advertising.
- Thomas Hawk
My wife's MacBook: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Erik Dafforn
No social media on mine, but plenty of good music: http://tinyurl.com/3mz355
- Tom Harrison
ok looks like we need a ROOM for laptop stickers! ha, ha!! Ok go here ==> http://friendfeed.com/rooms... if YOU have Stickers then go post information about how the sticker addicts can get their fix with MORE stickers!
- Susan Beebe
I picture people sitting in boring meetings, looking across at scoble's laptop and checking out all the various sites, etc represented there. Awesome.
- Brad McCrorey
since I don't have a laptop <sigh> any stickers I get sent go up on my t-shirt wall - that being the all in my office where I hang t-shirt schwag that I get
- Steven Hodson
I have an Apple sticker on my Vaio. Infurtiates people.
- Alex C. Williams
from Alert Thingy
Ubuntu and car insurance stickers
- Anthony Farrior
Robert, 30? That's it? Jeez this is my third laptop I've covered.
- Tris Hussey
This laptop is only about three months old. I had many more on my old tripod.
- Robert Scoble
Here is my sticker: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Marcel Janus
Here's the stickers on my Mac: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Robert Scoble
I had an Ariel sticker my 4yo put on my Dell but I removed it.
- Christopher Dickens
No stickers for my things as well. I'm boring as hell.
- Philip V.
Why FriendFeed Sucks: not enough noise!!! Well, that could also be seen as why it's cool. Damn, compare FF to Twitter right now and I see a ton of noise on Twitter and almost none here. By the way, I'm about to eat dinner. How about that for some noise?
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Dude! Dinner noise isn't the worst kind though. At least you didn't message us about picking your nose.
- Todd Jordan
I just finished dinner. Noise.
- Ryan Kuder
Rice meat and green beans here. More noise. Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
twitter is also dirt slow right now.
- Christopher Dickens
i ate dinner hours ago. east coast noise.
- Lou Paglia
rambn: I'll never complain about too much noise. That's what the "Hide" link is for.
- Robert Scoble
No, dinner noise isn't that bad. Nose-picking noise isn't that bad either. What's bad are people who tweet their poops.
- Morton Fox
I am on the Shitter... is that noise enough?
- Mike Wills
what exactly is noise? I always thought it was the same topic repeating again and again... but it seems different people mean different things about noise.
- Adnan
Poop tweeters? Ick.
- ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les)
I thank the gods for Summize. Going through the advanced settings really helps me cut through the noise and allows me to lurk twitter posters in my city so much easier >:D Mwahahah *dons cape and runs across roof tops*
- CannonGod
The only noise on my FF is Twitter...
- xero
I've kinda enjoyed the low-noise version of FF today. At the same time, I miss the "action" at twitter, too. It'll be good to re-show all of the twitter stuff tonight.
- ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les)
@xero hahaah
- Jacob Nahin
I'm not to sure though how to keep up with the noise in friend feed, too hard, twitter much easier to follow the noise
- Justin Yost
Justin: refresh the page and scroll. Same as with Twitter.
- Robert Scoble
@ha3rvey - "Poop tweeters? Ick." Shall we say Sheeters?? :-) I'm done with dinner too. Just sayin'.
- Lisa L. Seifert
I'm about to go and have lunch (there's some noise). You can subscribe to me if you want, I consider pretty much everything I do on the internet to be noise, no real value to it.
- Timothy Neilen
Robert - Just getting into ff and one of the elements I like is exactly what you point out in jest...not enough noise allows me to get my sea legs before the number of feeds increases and it's tougher to adjust.
- Kevin Dugan
Happy that David Cook won American Idol!!
Was pulling for Cook all season.
- Christopher Dickens
from twhirl
Yup, he was my favorite, too. Wait - did I just admit to watching American Idol?
- Alexander Falk
iiittt ssuuurrre iiisss ssslllooowww iinnnn hhheerrre
It's twiiter what do you expect? slow and steady wins the race!
- Christopher Dickens
from twhirl
Using Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer (version: 0.0.4) - http://InternetDuctTape.com/tools...
Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer finds all of your Tweeps on Friend Feed and automatically subscribes them.
- Christopher Dickens
yes Twitter is down. Now is a good time to work! No noise on FriendFeed! Heh.
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Joke's on us. With all the talk of a Twitter boycott, Twitter decided to preemptively boycott us.
- Mark Logan
Robert, any insight why Twitter is down a lot more often these days?
- Rudy Amid
Wait - I thought it was the opposite! Once Twitter is down, that's when FriendFeed gets noisy! ;)
- Nathaniel Payne
Rudy - see this: http://blog.compete.com/2008...
- Christopher Dickens
did it occur to anyone that maybe the FF guys are sabotaging Twitter to grab their users? :-)
- Dave Hodson
Is anyone tracking Twitter downtime? Seems to happen several times a day now.
- Mark Logan
It's like a shark keeps stalking your favorite beach. Will someone please shoot the shark?
- Jeff Crites
This is getting ridiculous. How can you advocate its use for business when you can't depend on it to stay up?
- Dana Franks
from twhirl
No noise? what do you call me? :)
- Fred Grott
lol@Mark
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Twit-Out anyone? http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
lol, Twit-out! Twit-out!
- Bwana ☠
I'm not sure that boycotting a free service would accomplish much.
- Dana Franks
from twhirl
I want to participate in that event, blogged it a few minutes ago. tired of twitter's appaling level of service.
- Richard A.
from Alert Thingy
Dana, at my blog you can see a bunch of the conversation we've all been having about Twit-Out http://jerseysuburbia.com Some might disagree, but a bunch of us think it's worth a try.
- Andrew Dobrow
is Twhirl down too? Ah well, time for me to return to reality *shudders*
- Iain Baker
I bet it does. Matter of fact, we've already got a great discussion going surrounding it. A boycott doesn't always have to "make change", it can simply spark several discussions around the topic. http://friendfeed.com/e... My goal is to learn from the twit-out, and share that knowledge with everyone who cares.
- Bwana ☠
OMG - I have hives - I am going through twitter withdrawls
- Maxine Appleby
I am so badly addicted to twitter I cannot stop checking it ... need twitter now ...
- Robert B. Morshe
Oh look my Twit-Out followers are back! Friendfeed for FTW! (poor twitter bird fell out of the tree again -ouch!)
- Susan Beebe
Jeff, I wish there would be a Captain Quint scene (played by Robert Shaw) in which he shows up and promises to scale Twitter for the outrageous sum of $10,000. "For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing."
- Karim
thank god for FF though!
- Sarah Perez
I think this is the first time I've blinked today... glad Twhirl has FriendFeed support
- SolidSmack
from twhirl
@Karim - and Cap'n Quint is joined by Cap'n Kirk (Scotty. I need. Twitter. Now!) and Cap'n Crunch ... who's just on hand to offer sugary goodness to take the edge off this whole damn thing.
- Jeff Crites
haha... I actually started reading a book in the interim... how spoilet we are to Twitter
- Gilbert Corrales
There is no news and free debate without noise, Robert, don't block.
- Prokofy Neva
Yeah, FF rocks... but not from my phone! Where's mobile for FriendFeed?
- Mark Arend
Somehow, I still like twitter...
- Lakshman Prasad
from twhirl
This post is going on 48 hrs.
- Russellreno
Get an iPhone.
- Robert Scoble
Question: What do I do now that Twitter is down?
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FriendFeed! By the way, my Comcast line is down too.
- Robert Scoble
@Robert - it's a conspiracy I tell you!
- Colin Walker
Everyday FriendFeed is becoming more and more useful for my daily life. Especially with the Twitter outages.
- Andrew Dobrow
Yeah friendfeed is the solution
- Svartling
I wish more of my Twitter/Flickr/Zooomr/Pownce/etc. friends were on friendfeed.
- Thomas Hawk
@thomashawk: Im here! Ill be your friend!
- Dave Peck
Notice the flurry of FriendFeed activity --- mmmmm
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@shey: Tottaly. Im getting lots of adds on friendfeed too!
- Dave Peck
I need to hedge my risk of losing tweeps by finding them on FF and BK!
- Christopher Dickens
I guess now we do some actual productive work.Nahhh. :)
- Morton Fox
I wish more of my Twitter friends were on Friendfeed too. Maybe this outage will push them to cross over. Or they may go over to Jaiku. Haha.
- Morton Fox
@morton: How about making new friends? Thats what I am thinking. Im learning about people I never knew about! Going to add them on twitter, FF and other places!
- Dave Peck
britney: One day I'll figure out that new friends part. On Twitter, folks just add me out of the blue for whatever reason. :)
- Morton Fox
Find an alternatvie service
- Richard A.
from Alert Thingy
Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!
- Morton Fox
Deelting SEos on Twitter - http://www.jroller.com/shareme...
Don't you feel like Paul Revere? "The Douchebags are coming!"
- Christopher Dickens
Funny: FriendFeed keeps working even after Twitter fails. I'm liking FriendFeed more and more lately. Twitter better watch out.
Vince DeGeorge, Mike Reynolds, David Smith and 17 other people liked this
Is your Twitter dead today? I'm following you but not getting your Tweets today.
- Cathy Brooks
I am glad I started using FriendFeed based on one of your blog posts
- Fred Grott
My Twitter is not dead, but people aren't getting my messages. Twitter is messed up.
- Robert Scoble
I get your messages via FriendFeed though. Anyone else find that odd? ...via AlertThingy
- Michael Koby
I'm getting most my tweets on FriendFeed (I think), but definitely a much smaller percentage through Twitter :( ...via AlertThingy
- Jennifer Van Grove
@Scobleizer friendfeed and Gtalk are the only way I know some people are still alive!
- Christopher Dickens
Yes I found the odd too! I can also get your messages from IM. Now I can only trust IM & Alertthingy (and FriendFeed of course) ...via AlertThingy
- Christine Yang
I didn't know Twitter was "down" until I saw the Tweets about it on FriendFeed lol. Ignorance is bliss. ...via AlertThingy
- Bwana ☠
Yeah, I think it would be awesome if we could post things to both Twitter and Friend Feed at the same time, and then Friend Feed would show it as one entry
- Tyler (Chacha)
yeah I am liking ff more than twitter now. I wish there was an easier way to import twitter contacts to here. ...via AlertThingy
- ilteris
Check Mashable for Twitter fix. ...via AlertThingy
- Stan Schroeder
@ilteris http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Alejandro
Same here, my twits are getting thru via FriendFeed.
- Mike Reynolds
people loved Andrea: http://www.ustream.tv/recorde...
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What is Twitter?? Next!
- Christopher Dickens
Who doesn't know what Twitter is? Oh my...
- Ben Hinc
she doesn't know what twitter is and she doesn't really do podcasts - out!
- Jared Mehle
Google about to drop the other shoe on Microsoft? - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
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I dream of a day when our company's email will be organized by threads, and easily searchable.
- Bill Bittner
It took forever for stodgy old companies to switch from Lotus to Exchange... will it be any different switching to Google? Maybe even slower since Google isn't thought of as a typical software developer...
- Internet's Tad
Terry: it will take a very long time, but Google can totally limit the growth that Microsoft is hoping to see. Remember, there are six billion people and only one has been on a computer. The next five are what matters to these tech companies. What's the likelihood that they'll get onto a Microsoft Exchange server?
- Robert Scoble
My bets are on a leotard-clad flying Google man that flies into your office window and does an Irish jig.
- Dimitri Glazkov
Ummmm... Hello? Zimbra?
- Stephen Foskett
But aren't many companies (or some already) working to get rid of email and replace it with collaboration sites/wikis/etc?
- Bill Bittner
I doubt the other 5 billion will ever own what we think of as a PC. I guess they'll still probably use email on their iPhone v3 or whatever. ;)
- Internet's Tad
I totally agree, This change is everything but easy. But it is what people is asking for since years ago. So, no matter how difficult it'd may be, companies, at least, will consider it, and that's what MS should be afraid of.
- Hernan Garcia
Whatever it does, I'll be happy to see someone turn the heat on Microsoft.
- Yuvi
As bleeding edge tech geeks I think we all presume that everyone likes Gmail. However, this is totally not true. I've been trying to get my wife off Yahoo Mail to Gmail (and she prefers the old vrs too), but she just doesn't like it. "It's OK," she says, but Yahoo mail just works the way she's used to. I think this will be the same for Exchange/Outlook.
- Daniel Shaw
@Daniel, yeah that was the case with LotusNotes too. It finally started looking REALLY dated and started smelling...
- Internet's Tad
I think it's not about likes or dislikes, it's about who will be the next real threat to MS exchange. And I do not see anyone else on the horizont but Gmail.
- Hernan Garcia
I tend to agree with Bill Bittner. I think Email, as it exists today, will be replaced with collaboration ... thingies.
- Richard
Many of my big clients are still using Notes... I don't think they will switch for a long time. For small business that already uses it, this would allow them to grow and keep using GMail.
- Jean-Francois Noel
Any gossip on them hitting the VAR channels? Most my Exchange servers I manage for my clients are 3-5 years old and I'm trying to get them to hold out on upgrading a little longer. I see Email being a totally hosted service in the SMB. The hosted service model is becoming as sophisticated as local software.
- Christopher Dickens
What, nobody's biting on the flying-Google-man gossip?
- Dimitri Glazkov
Been hearing the same rumblings.
- Mike Reynolds
Bill - check out Xobni...threads together Outlook and features even more inbox organization (I've got one more invite, if you're interested)
- Martha Shaughnessy
Xobni does look cool. And I did get an invite a while back. But I haven't installed it yet. However, I question IT approving it for use for our whole company. But who knows.
- Bill Bittner
Come on guys, it's not a shoe. It's just a babystep towards killing of old M$. Babysteps! It'll take a lot of those to take over from m$.
- Peter
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