Colin Walker

I disagree. I get a lot of value out of all FriendFeed accounts, even those from people who signed up, added their blog and a few other things, and who have never come back again. Why? Cause now I have a new way to see their stuff and comment on it. Who really cares if they don't know about the comments? - Robert Scoble

I found friendfeed was useful to me for just aggregating, though commenting is very nice, it'd still be a worthwhile service to me ;-) ps:G1 seems to leave comments fine - immaterial

"Amen to that brother! Also, totally agree on the new theme, a real online newspaper type feel. Looks good." - Colin Walker

"Amen to that brother! Also, totally agree on the new theme, a real online newspaper type feel. Looks good." - Colin Walker

Colin, forgot to mention, it is good to have you blogging again. - Rob Diana

Thanks Rob. I'm not back entirely but this train of thought was reignited so it was the right time to post it. - Colin Walker from fftogo

I agree that the linear presentation of FriendFeed will not scale when the same information is reblogged through multiple channels by multiple persons. Ultimately the solution is in aggregating all items and conversations related to the same info (url): this is what Moopz is starting to do... Also socialmedian seems to be doing a reasonnable job on the input feeds. - Antoine Bertier

Yes, we have gotten far too demanding. However, browsers are a well known arena and people will expect more especially if it comes from google. If Google had launched with plugin capability, you would be seeing much more praise. - Rob Diana

felix hits it on the head; people have forgotten what "beta" actually means in the software sense. Google did indeed release a beta browser. I have less problem with Google calling their stuff beta than I do most other companies putting out barely-alpha garbage and calling it "beta" so we go easy on 'em. - abacab

"Kyle, Thanks for the comment and, I must say, I've been reading some of your recent posts with great interest. I'm not sure how often I'll be posting at the moment but it will be more a case of posting when I've really got something to say rather than due to a misguided need to make sure there's new content." - Colin Walker

"I always said it was just a hiatus and had planned to see how things were after August." - Colin Walker

Had a look at it at home though and am quite impressed. There's some nice touches. Being able to drag and drop tabs on/off the window is cool, and the desktop application links are nice. On the other hand, I like where MS are going with IE8b2 - some good work going on there too. The browser wars are hotting up again. - Colin Walker from fftogo

"Steven, Don't forget about the whole IE in standards mode stuff. You might like to add a meta tag to your template and try your site in IE7 compatability mode: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" /> See if that helps (you'll most likely have to click on the little button that appears at the end of the address bar to use the right rendering mode." - Colin Walker

"Steven, Don't forget about the whole IE in standards mode stuff. You might like to add a meta tag to your template and try your site in IE7 compatability mode: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" /> See if that helps (you'll most likely have to click on the little button that appears at the end of the address bar to use the right rendering mode." - Colin Walker

"Nils, Your navel gazing point is exactly where I was looking but the desire to expand beyond navel gazing can be self defeating at times. We have to achieve a balance with the things we, as individuals, discuss and the people we follow - just saying "I want to follow more people talking about different things" doesn't work as you end up with a stream full of stuff you don't care about. We have to manage the signal to noise ratio but it is very hard to actually find the right blend. As the number of users increases the ratio grows ever in favour of 'noise' which is of course relative to our own interests but, also, the level of banality increases. If anyone is guilty of being protectionist about anything then it's about keeping healthy disussion rather than filling social networks with rubbish. My previous experiement on Friendfeed with a new account showed that people are posting far wider reaching things than just the social web but not much of it is actually getting discussed - it..." - Colin Walker

"Nils, Your navel gazing point is exactly where I was looking but the desire to expand beyond navel gazing can be self defeating at times. We have to achieve a balance with the things we, as individuals, discuss and the people we follow - just saying "I want to follow more people talking about different things" doesn't work as you end up with a stream full of stuff you don't care about. We have to manage the signal to noise ratio but it is very hard to actually find the right blend. As the number of users increases the ratio grows ever in favour of 'noise' which is of course relative to our own interests but, also, the level of banality increases. If anyone is guilty of being protectionist about anything then it's about keeping healthy disussion rather than filling social networks with rubbish. My previous experiement on Friendfeed with a new account showed that people are posting far wider reaching things than just the social web but not much of it is actually getting discussed - it..." - Colin Walker

"Nils, Your navel gazing point is exactly where I was looking but the desire to expand beyond navel gazing can be self defeating at times. We have to achieve a balance with the things we, as individuals, discuss and the people we follow - just saying "I want to follow more people talking about different things" doesn't work as you end up with a stream full of stuff you don't care about. We have to manage the signal to noise ratio but it is very hard to actually find the right blend. As the number of users increases the ratio grows ever in favour of 'noise' which is of course relative to our own interests but, also, the level of banality increases. If anyone is guilty of being protectionist about anything then it's about keeping healthy disussion rather than filling social networks with rubbish. My previous experiement on Friendfeed with a new account showed that people are posting far wider reaching things than just the social web but not much of it is actually getting discussed - it..." - Colin Walker

Good list. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

"Thanks everyone. I'll definitely enjoy the time off. I think that we can put ourselves under too much pressure to churn out the posts and can lose the enjoyment sometimes so, who knows what tomorrow brings." - Colin Walker

Why should we expect everyone to use services a certain way just because we do? - Colin Walker from fftogo

Nice post. I agree that the echo is an issue. - Czar

"The difference with sites like Digg etc. is that they are specifically platforms for sharing and the implication is that you will sharing other peoples stuff. You would not be called a spammer if you submitted hundreds of links to other blogs etc. You are only considered a spammer if you fill them up with your own. The point of aggregation, however, is that you are gathering all of YOUR stuff in to one place so that it can all be accessed together rather than jumping off to multiple sites. Even if you don't like or comment or even follow anyone else how can using a core function of FriendFeed be considered spamming?" - Colin Walker

"Phil, I completely agree that those that aren't active shouldn't be listed as recommended people to follow on FriendFeed and, yes, I over-simplified your post but it is a worrying trend that people consider there should be a right or wrong way to use these services." - Colin Walker

"But do you actually have to be 'active' anywhere? If FriendFeed is only being used as an aggregator why is there a need to be active? As you say, it is personal choice and some choose not to be active in certain locations." - Colin Walker

Anyone else noticing this? - Colin Walker from fftogo

i had more followers and I was following more people yesterday ... today most of them have gone missing ..... - Raza from Alert Thingy