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Orli Yakuel posted a link

Twitter BG

yesterday at 7:23 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Getting used to my new Twitter background :-) - Orli Yakuel via Bookmarklet

love it! - Orly Braun

that is very cool. where can I get one? - Rob Diana

I made it myself Rob, but, you can copy it if you like, I don't mind... OR you can use this service: http://www.twitterbacks.com/ - Orli Yakuel

Rahsheen Porter posted a video on Seesmic

A Poem on Social Media

Monday at 2:31 pm - Link

jeneane sessum, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Pete Delucchi, Curtis Burns and 16 other people liked this

Nobody likes spoken word on FriendFeed, or does everyone ignore Seesmic videos? :) - Rahsheen Porter

Rah: I'm guilty of hiding Seesmic videos... =| - Mona N.

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I was going to ask if this was the case, but this was better. I was curious because I ignore (don't hide, though) them also. They come with a cryptic title and no context, even though the videos on Seesmic carry descriptions. Seesmic+FriendFeed should fix this. - Rahsheen Porter

I waffle between hiding and showing but rarely view them - I find talking head video generally a waste of bandwidth, mindwidth and time - Brian Sullivan

I don't hide them, I was just commuting and missed this. I like what you did as well as spoken word in general. - Mark Trapp

'Mindwidth' - My new word for the week. +1 Brian - John Worthington

I have a lot of micro services hidden... But I am a HUGE fan of spoken word and a lot of friends involved in the community (in real life). Keep doing your thing, dude! :) - Mona N.

Word. - Nicholas Kreidberg

This was really an experiment. Some of you (ok, maybe none) will recognize this as the second verse to Social Media Mogul on last.fm. I agree with Brian, most of these vids are pretty useless. I guess I will be sure to leave a detailed comment if the vid is something I actually want people here to watch (assuming they are not automagically hidden) - Rahsheen Porter

BRAPPPPP!!!! - Shey

/msg Shey don't tell nobody, I had to look that up...LOL - Rahsheen Porter

good rhymes! - anna

hmmm, should I have written that in rhyme? - anna

That was refreshing. Reading gets old after a while. - Josh Haley

I usually just scroll straight past them. This is the first one I've watched since the video comment thing started. Glad I did, it made me chuckle. - Michael C. Harris

mindwidth...lol! I'm going to use that word tomorrow. +1 Brian - Stephen Shores via twhirl

Sorry Rahsheen, I don't really watch them, but i'll watch this one. - sergiooo (droffset)

nominated for the FF Hall of Fame! - .LAG

i just made this my new ringtone - Cee Bee

Couldn't watch it at work, but now that I got a chance, Good Job! :) - Lindsay Donaghe

Thanks for listening, everyone :) - Rahsheen Porter

badass, keep'em coming. - Carlos Ayala

Rahsheen more Rap! Diss Loren Feldman! He says Black bloggers suck, show him some Black power my Man! You Rock! - Igor The Troll

LFeldman isn't worth my creative energy. - Rahsheen Porter

Epic man... - John Worthington

-1 @igor... you're rabble rousing! lolz - .LAG

Come on guys show him the real Black Power not the panzies he's playing with! I want to see some boyz in the hood jump Loren, just for fun you know! lol - Igor The Troll

Nah. He is a troll. I don't feed trolls. It just makes them grow bigger. I haven't seen or heard anything from him and I like it that way. - Rahsheen Porter

Well up to U but U flame him U get popularity! He is UR ticket! - Igor The Troll

And yes I know he is a Troll, that is why give him back what he seeds! ;-) - Igor The Troll

For me, I only go after Flaming Trolls. Nice folks I do not bother! - Igor The Troll

Nice job, Rahsheen! - Pete Delucchi

Nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Igor The Troll

fan. - jeneane sessum

Hank Williams posted an entry on Why does everything suck?

Playing Whack-a-Mole With Arrington, Masnick, And The Free Music Crowd

Monday at 4:40 am - Link

Robert Seidman, Mike Doeff and Corvida liked this

stumbled this -- great post - nathan

Great post hank! - Corvida via twhirl

I'll have to write a response post to this tomorrow. I love the whole digital distribution thing. - Erik Jacobs

Shey posted a message on Twitter

“Jamaica is now being called the "World's Fastest Nation". I like the sound of that.”

Monday at 9:03 am - Link

Michael W. May, anna, BeeLing Poh, Corvida and 4 other people liked this

though folks like me are bringing down the average :-) - Jamie

- biased? ;-) - JA Castillo

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@Jamie don't worry, me 2. I probably run a 30 sec 100m lol - Shey

@JA just a little...:P - Shey

- be proud. Both the men's and women's 100m were not even close. Bolt is unreal. - JA Castillo

I was a Bolt fan until he started showboating. I don't care how fast the guy is if he's that pompous, I'll root against him now. - TDavid

I saw the mild showboating coming from Bolt, which I don't mind. Let's face it, he did kill the competition :) But I'd agree with you TDavid if he flaunted it around. Were there any specific instances or lots of the small stuff? - Nick Munson

@TDavid I'm willing to cut him some slack. Imagine being 21, running for your country in your first Olympics and literally blowing past the entire field of best pro athletes in the world. I can't say I dig the showboating but I totally understand the reaction. - Shey

"Mild" showboating, @Nick Munson? The guy was thumping his chest before the race was even over and prancing around for 10 minutes after the race. Totally classless, sorry. He didn't even show any respect during his post race interview. Age is no excuse for having no respect for the other racers. - TDavid

I don't think it was showboating - I think it was euphoria. He knew that there was only one person that could beat him, he looked for him, saw he wasn't there - and was overcome. If you saw him afterward, he was just overjoyed. And who wouldn't be....it was an amazing feat. - George Smith

The whole thing reminded me of what some of the players do in the NFL after they score a touchdown. Just show some class and drop the ball. Fine, jump into the crowd like they do at Green Bay, but don't dance around and be some kind of spectacle. Act like you can get there again someday. - TDavid

yeah... there was nothing mild about bolt's showboating. i personally find youthful showboating amusing, though, especially when it's justified. that trini dude's reaction to winning a *silver* was priceless though. and shelly-ann fraser's reaction was so endearing. she was so happy to be there. - tiffany

Yes, let's not forget the women -- sweeping the 100m medals is a never accomplished before feat and will likely not happen again for a long, long time. I can't wait for the relays! - Shey

@TDavid I've seen worse showboating than that. I give him a pass on it in my books - he must be on the top of the world with that run. - Nick Munson

I actually enjoy the endzone celebrations, I wish they'd bring em back. The "Dirty Bird" was my favourite. - Shey

yeah Usain was showboating but that's what made the run so historic. Destroying the field to such an extent that he could shut down and start his celebrations before the finish line - Jamie

@Jamie I agree. It makes for great entertainment. That clip will be playing for years to come. - Shey

Tad Donaghe posted a message

“What's a food you loved as a kid that you HATE now?”

Sunday at 2:20 pm - Link

Mitchell Tsai, (jeff)isageek, JMS, Mark O'Neill and 2 other people liked this

Sugar cereal, anything from McDonalds. - Tad Donaghe

blue box macaroni and cheese. That stuff makes me gag now. - Harvey Simmons

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breast milk - Josh Haley

lol, Josh. I'm with Harvey. I can't believe I ever thought that stuff was good. I make killer homemade REAL M&C, btw. *pats own back* - Lisa L. Seifert

seriously though, it's a one way street for me. I discover new foods and always love em from then on. No backtracking here. - Josh Haley

Homemade mac & cheese FTW! My wife claims that she makes it, but I have seen no evidence of this in the 14 years we've been married. I made it in culinary school (quattro formaggio) but that's been a while. I may have to make it at home just to draw her out. - Harvey Simmons

fast food... junky cereals... junk pastries wrapped in plastic.... - Anthony Citrano

Fried eggs - Prolific Programmer

Bologna. Gag. Josh has a great point, but this preemie never had mom's milk, so can't use that one. - MiniMage via NoiseRiver

argh.... I forgot about bologna! - Harvey Simmons

Hot dogs. - Alix Whitmire

you know, I've sat here for ages and thought about this. I can't think of a single thing! All the foods I ate as a child I still love! - Mark O'Neill

Spaghetti-Os - they smell like throw-up to me now... yech. - Lindsay Donaghe

I second the spaghetti-Os and that canned ravioli. It's making me gag just thinking about it. - Trish Robinson

Oh man..where's the list..any type of fast food. Won't eat it. Yuck. ANY type of canned vegetable or, canned pasta..it even smells gross. Cooked spinach and cooked mushrooms, most of the time I don't like chicken (people always make it so dry)...and I could keep going but I won't. I'm picky. - Candace Holly

Can't really think of anything. Probably like more things now than I did as a child because of had a chance to try more things as an adult. - JMS

fried bologna sandwiches - Grizzled Librarian

Oranges, just can't stomach them anymore. - Adrienne Van Houten

I would still eat anything Chef Boyardee. Everything I hated as a kid I hate now...especially peas, most beans, and tomatoes. Yech! My wife's homemade M&C has spoiled me forever of the boxed kind...it is AWESOME. Captain Crunch is OK on occasion when I'm in the mood for having dessert for breakfast. - Stephen Shores via twhirl

Ditto to sugar cereal. Cocoa Puffs adn Fruity Pebbles now turn my stomach - WarMaiden

Candies that are pure sugar-- too sweet for me now. Also, sour candies (sour balls, sour patch kids). - Shannon Jiménez

Lollies, I loved them as a child but they are a annoyance now. - Jaithas

anything maple. i used to love it and now i can't stand it at all. - carlotta fancypants

Capt Crunch or anything with milk - Earl E Morningwood

KFC - Mo Kargas

Cold Hot Dogs. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

grits and sausage...and balogna - Corvida

spam - Mark Dykeman

hmmm i cant think of one really. - (jeff)isageek

No bake cheesecake/pies. It isn't that hard to do it yourself and it tastes natural and not processed. - James Williams

Ａｕｃｏｎｔｒａｉｒｅ, there are foods that I hated as a kid that now I like. - LouCypher

bologna - Ruth Ferguson

Oh man. Now I have a blueberry pie Jag on. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

fried balogna - now I jsut go with taylor ham - Soulhuntre via twhirl

I love it all...but apparently my 40 year old butt isn't so fond of any of it.... - leigh himel

Most spicy things - Dereck

hot dogs, bologna, anything fried - William Harryman

when I was 8 I liked to mix milk and orange juice. - Geoff Longman

hamburger helper - Pete Delucchi

uhhh.... is it bad I'm drawing a blank? - Mona N.

Lindsay Donaghe posted a message

“Just want to say that the Mac OS is the most frustrating, confusing and horrible UI I have to use occasionally. I absolutely hate having to deal with it! ARRRGH! It should NOT be this hard!”

Sunday at 4:48 pm - Link

Mo Kargas, Nathan Howell, Rahsheen Porter, Ro11z and 8 other people liked this

Man... I am way too worked up now... all I wanted was to take a screenshot and email it to somewhere... can't save the screenshot to the desktop for some reason (why not??) ok, can save it to clipboard... There's no "Paint" on the Mac... can't email the clipboard... have to download something else to do it... First try TuxPaint, can't paste into it!! Finally downloaded Skitch... Skitch makes a file for me and shows me in Safari. Can't find the file (why can't you paste the file path in Finder??) so have it upload to Skitch's site so I can go to Windows and download it. Geeze. I hate Macs. - Lindsay Donaghe

And why is there no freaking context menu?? How can you Mac people survive without context menus??? - Lindsay Donaghe

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If you do a *Apple Key*+Shift+4 command it should allow you to take a screenshot of just what you want to capture and put the picture on your desktop. At least it does for me. - Andrew Burd

Uh, what? Skitch. Snap. Drag to desktop. JPG ready for use. - Cyndy

it would NOT let me save to desktop - Lindsay Donaghe

Why isn't there just a simple paint program on the Mac? Seems like that's such a basic function... - Lindsay Donaghe

I switched from PC to Mac and one of the problems is that you need to 'unteach' yourself Microsoft usability. Microsoft is very hierarchy driven - Mac is not. OS X puts things where you can use them and provides menus for execution - but they don't layer millions of options everywhere. it's a minimalistic OS for usability, performance, and productivity. Key is to stop thinking like a Microsoft user! You'll get the hang of it and then you won't ever want to go back. - Douglas Karr

Apple-Shift-4 allows you to drag a snapshot and it saves to your desktop. No need to open "Paint", since you can size how you want it to be. For extra options, I'd recommend downloading Skitch. - Douglas Karr

Again, for some reason it would NOT let me save to the desktop... so my only option was to save to clipboard. Then it was a matter of figuring out how to get it out of the clipboard and into a file... which meant I had to download and install something else for what seems like a super simple use-case for any OS. - Lindsay Donaghe

Lindsay, you dragged it to the desktop and it didn't save? It saves in native Skitch format if you just hit save, but dragging and dropping saves it in the selected format. It's more getting used to Mac, like what Doug said. I'm WAY faster at screenshots with Skitch than I ever was on the PC. - Cyndy

I think all the apple UIs went down hill when they were nextized. They make great hardware (I amazed at the punishment my iPod takes), but I am really unimpressed with their software in this decade. In the 80s and 90s I was a max zealot - RAPatton

Don't say such things Lindsay; I'm yet to get my Mac and horror stories like this are not encouraging at all. - Gordon Swaby

one of the things that I hate about the Mac OS X is that when I want to select a file then hold down shift and select another file it won't automatically grab all the files inbetween unless I'm out of thumbnail view. But since I work with photos I need to be in thumbnail view. It's lame that it lacks this very basic file selecting functionality. - Thomas Hawk

Lindsay, did you try the Apple-Shift-4 combo? Seriously, it changed my life. Sooooooo much easier than Microsoft paint. But if you really really want a program for a Mac go here.... http://skitch.com/ (op sorry i see someone suggested skitch already ;-) - leigh himel

@leigh, Yeah I used the combo to save to the clipboard (couldn't save to desktop). I remembered Skitch after trying to download another program, mainly because I'd wanted to use it on PC before and was mad that it was only for Mac. So eventually I DID get the screenshot I needed but I had to have Skitch upload it to their site instead of doing anything with it locally. It just shouldn't have been that hard on the Mac. Windows comes with everything you need. - Lindsay Donaghe

Since every time I use a Mac I get totally lost and frustrated I really don't have the desire to try to "teach myself" to use it. I know how to do everything I want in Windows and I'm very efficient at it. Simple things like, in the Mac Evernote client you can't merge notes (or if you can, I couldn't figure it out). In Windows you just select the ones you want to merge, right click and select Merge. In Mac, no context menu and no file menu option for it... Why not? - Lindsay Donaghe

And why can't you paste a file path in Finder somewhere instead of having to navigate to it through the file tree? Skitch did manage to save the screenshot locally and it showed it in Safari with a url starting with file:/// but I couldn't do anything with that path in Finder and wasn't sure how to get to the temp directory since it wasn't listed anywhere I could see in Finder... - Lindsay Donaghe

From a long-time Windows user/developer, as efficient as you are on Windows, taking two weeks to get acquainted with Mac and you'll be many times more efficient which will very quickly make up for the time spent learning Mac. I hope I never have to use Windows again. - nicerobot

thomas, if you haven't tried this already: in thumbnail view, while holding down the shift button, select your group of photos by dragging the pointer across the photos you wish to select. you can jump to other thumbnails and perform the same operation in one by continuing to hold down the shift button - Cee Bee

@nicerobot - There would have to be a pretty big freaking carrot at the end of that stick for me to go through the kind of frustration I just had for more than an hour for two whole weeks!! I mean, someone would have to pay me or my career (or life) would have to depend on it. - Lindsay Donaghe

lindsay, the context menu depends on how you set up your trackpad. all it takes is a tap of the trackpad with two fingers ( go to keyboard and mouse in your system preferences and select tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click under the trackpad tab) - Cee Bee

Thanks Cee Bee - I use Bootcamp for Windows on my MacBook pro so I'm actually familiar with the trackpad right-click. My adventures today were on my kid's Mac... he just has the good old Mighty Mouse with the right click... so it wasn't that I wasn't clicking correctly, it was just that there weren't context menus to display. - Lindsay Donaghe

Lindsay, the carrot is how much more productive and enjoyable your computing experience will be. I switched about 10 people, family and friends, to Mac over the past few years (started soon after I came around) and they all struggled and complained for days or weeks even, but now, every one of them thanks me, still, and they've told me they'll never go back to Windows. Take what you will. I used to completely love Windows. I knew Windows inside out and the Mac is ridiculously superior. - nicerobot

Tad Donaghe posted a message

“Last night I upgraded to Vista. May God have mercy on my soul.”

Sunday at 9:10 am - Link

MG Siegler, Mona N., Charlie Anzman, Igor Poltavskiy and 19 other people liked this

I was hesitant to purchase a laptop running Vista. Now, I honestly love it. - Corvida via twhirl

I am not sure I "love" it but it seems not much of an improvement over XP. Upgrading an existing machine though -- wouldn't do it in a million years. - Brian Sullivan

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My desktop runs it. It is mostly OK. I've heard that it is supposed to be great for laptops. - RAPatton

So, when do I start hating it? It's not so bad so far... - Tad Donaghe

I love Vista! - Jasmin Smith

Vista's been an absolute champ for my wife and I. - Akiva Moskovitz

"when do I start hating it?" ? I did the CTP For RC-1 in sept last year and I was really not impressed with the OS. It very heavy weight and consumes a lot of memory. Plus the UAC is iffy.. plus the fact that you'll need a PhD in h/w to figre out what can be added or not .. ! - Peter Dawson

Tad, welcome to what happens when you DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE. [stooping up and down like Flava Flav over here.] - Akiva Moskovitz

My laptop is running Vista and I haven't had any problems. It works well and is pretty responsive. It has some quirks like UAC but I could just turn it off if I really wanted. It doesn't get in the way that much really. Over all, I like Vista and haven't had any problems. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Peter, believe it or not, the OS isn't the same as it was during CTP. They even have SP1 now which makes it even more stable and fast. - Akiva Moskovitz

I think Vista is great on a computer that was designed to run and work with Vista. - Sean Brady via twhirl

LOL! Welcome!! - Shey

My laptop runs XP. The big PC runs Vista. Vista is an attention whore. - Yolanda

I'm running this on my iMac in bootcamp mode. So far so good. - Tad Donaghe

Vista is great if you aren't a gamer, or into video or high end graphics editing. The OS just as performance problems. In terms of features and usability, I think it's wonderful. - Evan Sims

My 2-year-old 2ghz Sony VAIO with 1 meg of RAM runs Vista great. I did finally turn UAC off, though. And replaced the default firewall with ESET's Smart Security. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Evan I've played WoW with no problems on Vista. Plus, I routinely work in Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and Dreamweaver and have never been slowed down by it. I'm not sure what issues your having but in my experience, having Vista hasn't been a handicap GTD. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

I'm with Jason. I play some very graphically-intensive games with no loss of framerate. I also regularly use Photoshop, Indesign, Visual Studio 2008, as well as audio production software. No problems whatsoever. Something tells me that a lot of people are still rating Vista on its first-day-of-release performance and not how it is now. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Jason I'm not here to get into a Vista argument, but I speak from first hand experience as to the problems. I'm not an amateur at technology, and I develop games for a living. Besides my own experiences, I operate a guild of about 40 active people across multiple games, and not one individual who has tried Vista has been happy with it and kept it. WoW is not a high end game, and even it suffers a perf drop under Vista. There is a reason Vista has seen such a slow adoption rate in the gaming community. - Evan Sims

Akiva, vista is a crapfest = > http://peterdawson.typepad.com... , its not about how it was then or how it is now. When one is in deep incubation status with core technologies, these gut feels are echoed amongst the community. I have been tracking vista product long before it become longhorn , heres some more pointers = > http://peterdawson.typepad.com... - Peter Dawson

Peter, I don't care about your links or your attempt to steamroll your blanket 'crapfest' opinion. I know what I've seen with my own eyes. I have five machines running Vista, two of them 64-bit, and they are all as rock-solid, fast, and stable as XP. Every person I know who is running Vista are doing so without a problem and those who had problems were having hardware/driver issues which is common to ANY new OS (remember the XP nightmares?). - Akiva Moskovitz

I haven't had a chance to play with it...can't afford a new computer that can run it! I do want to be able to objectively compare the two. - Stephen Shores via twhirl

Definitely agree with Akiva. The only other complaint I hear besides driver issues is someone complaining that something moved to a new location. Though, I keep forgetting that it's "cool" to hate on Vista. - Jordan Hofker

Oh Well Akiva, its was Moishe Lettvin former developer at MSFT, who called it a "crapfest"... so its straight from the horse mouth ! Having said that, lets see how long will MSFT take to sunset this OS :)- - Peter Dawson

Peter, the development process for Vista was DEFINITELY a crapfest. It was a major embarrassment for a company who should be experienced enough to know better. What was delivered was an absolute disappointment compared to what was promised. But it, in its current shape, is still better than XP. Most people just still feel burned by how poorly it performed on release and, as Jordan so rightly points out, people don't like change (but they do love the trend of blindly hating Vista and Microsoft). - Akiva Moskovitz

I also think you're right on Vista's life expectancy being very low. As good as the OS is now, it'll probably never get over its initial stigma. I have very little hope for Win7, either. At first, I was excited when the rumor was that it was going to be based off of MinWin but now it looks like it's just going to be Vista Service Pack 2. Microsoft desperately needs its own OS X but it's too chickenshit to take the chance and virtualize legacy applications. Too bad, too. - Akiva Moskovitz

besides some minor ui annoyances, Vista is great. - Alan Le

MS has some awesome engineers and they have some really world-class software, but I totally agree with Akiva's "chickenshit" comment. They're stuck in a Catch 22 - they can't do an OS X for fear of pissing off their huge business customers, but at the same time they HAVE to innovate. They're being held back by 20+ years of success. It should be interesting to see what unfolds. - Tad Donaghe

After using Vista almost exclusively this past year, when I have to go back to XP I see how it's a step back. I do have one notebook running Vista that has a lingering driver/BIOS problem having to do with sleep, but on the three other Vista systems I use all Vista runs quite nicely (one 64-bit MacPro desktop, one Tablet PC, and a UMPC). - Loren Heiny

I'm not missing Windows at all after 2 years with my Macs. - Bill Sodeman

I'm a huge Mac fan too Bill. :) Running Vista on my iMac. Love both sides. - Tad Donaghe

I tried my best to give Vista a chance, but having to re-install it every few months has made me less than a fan. My laptop just can't get along with it. I don't know many people who haven't gone back to XP, so I can't even get help/advice on it anymore, since most of my geek friends refuse to go near it again. - Evangeline

I've refused to go to Vista. This is like Windows ME for me. I have a feeling the next one will be better after some lessons learned. - Ernie Oporto

Just did two pieces on it (Vista SP1) last week. Vista's here ... for most machines. Never thought I'd like it more than XP, but I really do - Charlie Anzman

I'm looking forward to your rants ;) - Mona N.

Wait for it... wait for it... - Lisa L. Seifert

I really, really like it when people are discussing the pros and cons of XP vs. Vista and someone has to come in to mention how they exclusively use Macs. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Akiva Mac Fanboys do more disservice to Apple then Microsoft marketing. Do you really want to be like "that person?" I can and have used both. Both have their pros and cons. Neither, IMO, is vastly superior. And Mac User Elitism is just freaking annoying. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

iPhone: Bill Jennings posted a message

“I'm looking for a website that reviews iPhone Apps (from the App Store). I know MacBreak Weekly mentioned a URL of a site that does this on a recent podcast, but I can't track down the reference right now. Anyone got any good suggestions for sites they like?”

Friday at 3:47 pm - Link

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This site just launched: http://gotapps.com/ - Grant Gochnauer

http://www.appleiphoneschool.c... - cjw333

Here's an article listing the "best" iPhone app review sites: http://www.appscout.com/2008/0... - Bill Jennings

http://readwriteweb.com/archiv... - Corvida via twhirl

I've actually been taking the time to go through all of these. Thus far I've liked the detail and quality of writing from http://arstechnica.com/apple/i... . And thus far the most comprehensive has been http://www.appleiphoneschool.c... (noted above) - Marko

George The Writer posted a message on Twitter

“OMG!! Jamaica just made gold, silver and bronze on 100 meters race!!! Astonishing!!”

Sunday at 7:28 am - Link

Jasmin Smith, Shey, Corvida and Mike Reynolds liked this

That was amazing. Apparently they tied for Silver, but as of watching its unsure yet. - Bartek Gniado

Yes and here comes the 200 meters race and the 4x100 and 4x200 relay in these days...There might be more gold medals for Jamaica! - George The Writer

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“I am always afraid of being noisy and stupid on Twitter until I read everyone else's tweets. Then I realize I will fit right in.”

Saturday at 10:06 pm - Link

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Does that means twitter is mostly noise and full of stupid messages? ;-) - Ricardo Galli

Ricardo: mine are, yes. :-) - Robert Scoble

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I think that film director James Gunn has summed up Twitter with this statement, "I like people to know when I'm drinking coffee, so I joined Twitter." http://twitter.com/james_gunn - Mark Wilson

Amen! - Erin Kotecki Vest

@scoble, so you didn't read enough :-) - Ricardo Galli

HOW DARE YOU, SIR - Akiva Moskovitz

I'm not on Twitter - does that mean I'm not stupid? - Jesse Stay

Okay - let me rephrase that - I'm not on Twitter *that much* - Jesse Stay via twhirl

if one of the top twitter users thinks that twitter is stupid, the rest of us must be retarded. - Bob Blunk

We are all a bunch or geeks and Internet Addicts... so don't worry... - Edoardo Piccolotto via twhirl

I love it when stuff pops back up that I missed before. - Mathew A. Koeneker

My word Akiva, all cap, hmnnnn. ;-p - Mathew A. Koeneker

That is what makes me feel at home on Twitter as well Robert. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Good or bad, being a power user it's the way you made it... But would you want it any other way? - CynicRoot

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“I have been turning off 3G on my iPhone. On FriendFeed I don't see much speed difference and my battery lasts a lot longer. Anyone else?”

Saturday at 12:33 pm - Link

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I logon through Friend Feed to Go because all I have is 2 G service where I live. About as fast as FriendFeed on WiFi. - Brian Rendel

وای این اسکوبل آیفون داره :)) - Milad Poulaki

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I don't know if I can go back to Edge. My friend commented to me that he's noticed I don't roll my eyes anymore while surfing the web on my iPhone waiting for pages to load. - Robert Haas

One of my friends at work also keeps 3G off and notices a big difference in battery life. - Alex Scoble

And you can always turn it back on again if you know you are going to be doing a lot of web surfing. - Alex Scoble

My 3G bat life was about 2-3hrs when i got it, last software update seemed to help. I keep 3G off and the brightness all the way down. - Kevin Murray

my buddies that have edge iphones in SF feel that thier edge connection is alot faster now that everyone had gone 3G. - Kevin Murray

Robert, I do the same thing. Batter life w/3G on iPhone is horrendous at the moment - Scott La Plant

If you are located in an area where the 3g signal is good the battery life is quite good. ATT needs to roll out more 3g coverage and the battery life on the iphone wont suck. - Luis via twhirl

lol so you upgraded to 3g but you are leaving it off - otherwise phone is the same right? :) - Allen Stern

Allen: right. :-) - Robert Scoble

I havent turned it off yet but have not noticed much difference between it and edge - Saul Colt

aah... just wait until next year's iphone - jobs has created an amazing cycle except like with the ipod for example, the size and the features were improved. - Allen Stern

Robert I called ATT yesterday because I've been unable to maintain a 3G signal here (in coastal LA where I am blanketed with 3G coverage). It spends 75%+ of its time on EDGE, 20% of its time on GPRS, and maybe 5% on 3G. They told me they're recommending - for now - that customers turn off 3G. How fucking absurd. - Anthony Citrano

I'm replacing my 1st gen no 3G phone with the same under warranty. Its been locking up after much abuse. Wont pay $20 extra/mo - Brad Nickel

I turn it off when I am not using it but then turn it on as needed. - Steve Rubel

Can one recommend an iPhone 3G if the battery is so bad? New users will be disappointed. - Ulf Licht

I found a similar thing when websites have simple clean UIs. That totally changes when you've got lots of graphics to load though. Switching off "Ask to Join [Wi-Fi] Networks" seemed to make a big difference to my battery life. I keep that switched off and keep on 3G. - Tony Ruscoe

Did you try turning off Push for email? Doing that doubled by battery time. I've had no problem with 3G here in Rochester... Maybe you should move out of geek central so you don't have so much resource contention ;) - Jason Carreira

I also turn off 3G. In most cases I have wifi except when commuting. I have even run Pandora during a commute just to see if I could use it as a radio and it worked great on EDGE. Next experiment is to turn on 3G during the commute since I have my phone on the USB whenever at my desk. Battery life has not been a serious problem though it certainly leaves a lot to be desired. Traveling is the real issue. I tend to use the device instead of a laptop for all my connectivity. - Dave Ploch

Question now is - Is it (iPhone 3G) a recommended upgrade to those with 2G iPhone? - Rom Feria

I saw a video about that last week on YouTube. All the new features you all waited in line for are the battery killers. - Outsanity

I think that once Apple address the Infineon chip issue this problem goes away. Wait for a hardware upgrade or buy now and trust a firmware upgrade? - Roberto Bonini

My experience is similar to Jason Carreira's here in the NE -- I find that Push is a battery-killer & keep it turned off. For me, 3g doesn't seem to have a significant impact on battery life unless I'm in an area that doesn't have good 3g coverage. - karen2

I agree that Push email seems to be the biggest battery killer... I have everything on except Push, and it fetches email once an hour, and my battery lasts at least 200% longer. - Nathan Chase

I have absolutely no problem with the battery. I leave 3G on but have Bluetooth off and Push only checking every 30 minutes. Some of you people make it sound like the battery drains in 4 hours or something. I can go all day with pretty heavy web browsing and listening to the iPod. But I do charge it nearly once per day (letting it drain below 20% first). Even if you turn off 3G, you still get real GPS, 16GB of storage, etc. - Paul Reynolds

@Roberto - if it's really proven that it's a chip issue - a true hardware issue - I agree with what Rubel said a couple of days ago. They're really going to have to replace the phones, and it's going to be a disaster. - Anthony Citrano

Here's the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Of course, it's made by Apple so iPod/iPhone battery life will forever suck. Remember that. This why I use my Nano as a flash drive now - Outsanity

My Blackberry battery lasts for days without recharge. - Henry DeBardeleben via twhirl

I only see a speed difference when it comes to watching Youtube videos or loading some sort of media. Otherwise, no difference really. - Corvida

the 3G network in NYC has been REALLY slow the past couple days, getting better performance from EDGE! - benton yetman

There's decent 3G coverage here in Boston; haven't had any battery issues. When I've used 3G, it's been great; noticeably faster than EDGE. For general web surfing, twittering, Pandora and email, I use EDGE, which has been fine. Looking forward to iPhone software 2.1. - Albert Willis

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I'm in that group, but since I'm in the office or at home most of the time, it's not a large deal. - steplow

I do. It's a Samsung phone from Verizon. It has a primitive web browser and one calendar application installed on it. - nathan

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I guess a RAZR V3i would count - Shey

i carry an LG POS from verizon but i also have my iphone. so both is my answer. - Morgan

Old LG - 3 years old at least on pay as you go plan - Brian Sullivan

one. it is called n95. on paper that is a smart phone, in reality it just plain sucks at that. - Nicole Simon

I do! I wish I could have a "phone" that just does text messaging. - Mack D. Male

Me. I just want my phone to make calls and do SMS. I don't even use the camera on it. - Simian Downtime Analyst

Yup, Sony Eric W910i, music is my weakness! - Toby Graham

Dumb phone onboard :) - Charlie Anzman

Well, I have no cell phone. Will be getting a new, non-smart phone soon (and afaik, they are called 'feature' phones, not dumb phones) - Yuvi

Yep, I do. - Mathew Ballard

I have a "dumb" phone. I'm smart enough on my own. - David Worrell

I'm considering buying a dumb phone for personal use since the new company is buying me a Blackberry. I don't want to become "Two Blackberry Guy". Plus, this story on NPR yesterday got me thinking: http://bit.ly/3zMgGR - Harvey Simmons

count me in for the dumbphone crowd - Jeremy Toeman

My phone doesn't even have a camera and its web browser won't display pictures. - Andy Murdoch

I just have my little enV. It is good enough for MMS and all. But, as soon as I am able to, I would like to get HTC Diamond. I don't want to switch from Verizon. - Yolanda

not since the 90s - Christian Anderson

I buy a new cell phone every six years, whether I need it or not. - Denton Gentry

...I have no idea. I know that if my phone rings and I hit the green button, I hear whoever's calling, and if I hit the red button, they go away. Beyond that, my phone is a mystery. - Evangeline

I have an LG Chocolate...but i also have a bb 8800 - Sean Brady

Dumb phone, mine is maybe 6 years old. - Dave Edens

Raises hand. - JMS

My phone is a moron. But it does connect me to people I want to talk to, and I can afford it, so it's not all bad. - Joshua M. Neff

I love my nokia 6010. All it does is ring, and give me the occasional txt msg. And it has an alarm clock. I bought an extra on ebay in case this one dies on me. I heart me a good indestructible barphone. - WarMaiden

My phone is a phone. It has some other things too, but it's a phone. I'd be ok if it didn't go online or take pictures too. - rudibrarian via twhirl

Yup, an embarrassingly old Motorola. - Steve Spalding

LG 8600...pretty dumb phone but it tries to look smart with it's fancy touch screen that does nothing but allow you to click "OK" - cmiper

I have a phone that makes calls and gets/sends texts. That's it. It's bluetooth compatible so I can do the whole "hands-free" thing, but that's IT. That's all it does. - TheNinth

I have a blackberry. But sometimes the operator is the dumb one. - Dylan McIntosh

have the LG Fusic. It works for now, but I wouldn't call it smart. - Tim Hoeck

This is amazing to me! This many geeks without "smart" phones! Are "smartphones" more for executive types then? - Sergio Cruz

I have a Moto Razr but plan on getting an iPhone soon. - Mark Krynsky

Sergio I have two smartphones, but I'm just as