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6 hours ago - Link
I agree. twitter is another im. And we need it as a protocol to descentralice it.. - Christian Van Der Henst
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14 hours ago - Link
actually, less now that I've started friendfeeding. Please dont ask the follow up question though. - Aziz Poonawalla
none. lots on friendfeed though ;-) - Gaby Benkwitz
I know exactaly how much. I downloaded the MeeTimer plugin for FF. - Sonciary Honnoll
i moved almost completely off of twitter. i still set off a tweet here and there when the subject is not FF worthy; like "I'm drinking my protein shake by the pool". All in all its alot more interesting on FF. - Carlos Ayala
I tried Twitter and didn't like it. Since starting FF, I hate to admit it, I actually like FF. It is sort of like a group instant messaging utility. - Herschel
Since I used RescueTime for a week, I have reduced all my soc net time down drastically. - Sally Church
I don't waste my time on twitter anymore. I spend all my time on FF; that's where the conversations are. - John Budnik
I'm addicted to FF rooms! Fantastic! - David Sim
Well, most of the people I follow on twitter are here, so I turned off device updates on twitter. And as for the rest, twitter has not been sending me IM's for a few weeks now. So outside a short twit now and then, or my script posting what I'm listing... I'm not wasting much time on twitter. - Grant Bierman
None at all. Just FF. Anyone worth talking tech with on the internet is here on FF. We could use a bigger crowd, but for now this is where it's at. - Tad Donaghe
Wasting time? What? Twitter and FF don't qualify as "research"... - Anthony K Valley
define "wasting". - David Howell
I am sure my boss would say to much. Between Twitter, FriendFeed and Plurk someone would say to much. - Jeff B
@jeffb or even too much. - Kirk Skodis via twhirl
not enough, although most of my time is wasted on Friendfeed these days - Bjorn Tipling
better question should be how much time are you wasting on the internet - Dan Rockwell via twhirl
I don't consider any of it wasted. I get a lot of great links and information from Twitter/FF posts, and I've seen/participated in a lot of interesting discussions as a result of those links. That's never a waste. - Evangeline
Well, I used to waste a lot of time. But since I got Twhirl, no time gets wasted. It is a marvelous tool. - Rodrigo Leme via twhirl
I think an interesting related question is, "what are you accomplishing on Twitter? " - Brian Wilson
great video - Jason Calacanis
I use little twitter, more FF and fftogo lately. I'm not a techie so I hope to not bore folks as I try to broaden my geekish horizons :) - kbourke
I use Twitter for communcating with some clients, and also now use Twhirl. - Ian May via twhirl
"gmail expects the same respect as outlook" - tell that to the Corporate IT .. and see what the response is !! - Peter Dawson
I wrote about RescueTime when they first launched, but I never dared to try it myself for what it might find :-) To answer the headline question: hardly any at all now. - Duncan Riley
I mostly use Twitter in bits of time between more meaningful tasks. Standing in line, waiting, switching between tasks, etc. - Jack Collins
I have a blackberry and I live in Canada. There is no easy way now to read/follow twitter since the IM feature is gone; I used to read twitter via google talk. I find that twitterberry and m.twitter don't allow me to read more than a page or the past hour and using SMS is painful. Every 250 messages I need to delete my mobile number online and re-add it or I would have to wait a week for new messages. I read it when I'm on the go or need a break from my writing. - Phillip Jeffrey
Um, roughly zero lately - Michael Hocter
I waste more time on friendfeed a lot more than twitter because of how much more content is available - Justin
I use time very wisely on Twitter - no more than 30 mins/day actively. Scans messages while it runs in background on Twhirl. - Jim Turner via twhirl
i rarely use twitter, but i wouldn't say that it's because of ff. necessarily. it's just become unreliable as well as "spammy" - Cee Bee
Next to none since friendfeed. Loving me some friendfeed! - joshua fouts
None. I'm wasting my time on friendfeed instead :) - Ryo
I would love to use Twitter and Friendfeed more - if only they were more mainstream here in Australia. - Jim Yiapanis
Isn't Twitter like breathing? I don't stop breathing. - Carolyn via twhirl
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Louis Gray posted an entry on louisgray.com
15 hours ago - Link
Guest post :) - Colin Walker
nice job Colin - Julian Baldwin
Thanks Julian - Colin Walker via fftogo
Good stuff Colin - that data is only going to grow in value as twitter's user base grows - I don't think we have seen what is truly possible with the vast array of data scattered across the web - Marco
Reference to Bob Dylan was the best part :) - Charlie Anzman
Really great post, Colin. Clear, logical, thoughtful. - J. Phil
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Carlos Mantero posted an entry on Carlos Mantero
22 hours ago - Link
Ya cuando tengamos extensiones de .cualquiercosa creo que tendrán poca relevancia. Y esas extensiones ya vendrán muy pronto. - Christian Van Der Henst
yo me he comprado fesja.me, que será mi web personal en inglés - fesja
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Louis Gray posted an entry on louisgray.com
Wednesday at 6:35 pm - Link
"In the mid to late 1990s, perception had it there was no more exciting a career title than that of Webmaster. It seemed everybody wanted to be one." Um, no. - Chris White
enjoyed the career advice to hang on to teaching or marketing skills even if giving in to today's trendy title. - mcwflint
somebody was trying to get me to apply for a job with the title "webmaster" today! It was with a .wa.gov.au prison department, but we are not really that far behind here. One the other hand web 2.0 social media expert for prisons is not a job I would relish either. - Nick Cowie
Excellent as always Louis, I really like the "What do you really do?" part. We do have to focus on what social media brings to a real business, not just on how exciting it is to constantly refresh Twitter and FriendFeed. - Svetlana Gladkova
I love this post -- felt this way for a while and I'm sure others have too. No doubt you'll get some of the "Social Media Experts" giving you flack for it. "Web browsing expert" LOL! - Shey
I remember webmasters :) If the newer 'social people' could only bury that hatchet with some of the 'old guard', this whole environment would be a better place. - Charlie Anzman
It happended the same with Information Technology in the 80/90s. I guess there is a lifecycle typical of new technology roles: at first they are prominents in applying new technolgies to business. After some times the technical knowledge is not so exclusive anymore, and you start to look for more managerial approaches, roles and resumes. Finally the specific tech wisdom become a commodity. That's ok to me, just beware and avoid to be caught in the lifecycle commodity trap - Marcello Del Bono
agreed, good post - early days of the web - webmaster was a multi-functional jack of all things internet role: root/superuser, sysadmin, netadmin, html dev & graphic oversight all rolled into one - as teams that supported websites matured fragmentation of roles occurred for all the right reasons - webmaster at that point was usually the single point of contact into the property behind the website, especially for reporting web related bugs & for routing of inquiries - normal transitional maturity - mike "glemak" dunn
"I'm afraid that for the most part, their efforts to rebrand as social media experts will be short-lived and futile. Saying one is an expert in utilizing social media sites is akin to brand one's self as a 'Web browsing expert', an 'e-mail expert', or a 'telephone specialist'." That's pretty funny. - Hutch Carpenter
Expertize is an aging thing. What experts were proud of 20 years ago is done today by students with no "professional experience". Anyway, as I stated in a personal post, we still have to define the word expert. - Laurent Rozenfeld
I Agree. Webmasters had been more than "multi-functional jack of all things internet". To most people that did not know too much about filesystems, servers and the like, they were short of magicians (cf. Clarke's Third Law). But is the rise of social media that much about technology? I don't think so. It's more about pushing technology in the background. It's about getting rid of the magicians. So, just being able to set up a blog within a few minutes will very soon lose the magical aura. - benedikt
The funny thing is that I - as someone who spends a significant piece of my day managing this stuff for my firm - get forwarded job postings for "Social media manager" or other such titles for $125k +. Clearly people are landing themselves jobs in marketing/PR departments with this title. How long will their jobs last? - sarahlefton
@sarah Felix America! In Germany I have not yet seen job postings for Social Media Managers. Unfortunately. - benedikt
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Mitchell Tsai posted a link
blue mist (679×675) [casaubon, Pixdaus]
Thursday at 6:36 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Makes me think of Stephen King's The Mist. -=) - Hao Chen
This picture kinda reminds me of the korean movie, Il Mare ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I... ) - imabonehead
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Mitchell Tsai posted a link
"SAY CHEESE! Gruyere by Conwell" (896×611) [poppy, Pixdaus]
Thursday at 6:42 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Yummy!!! - Corie Allison
this is a happy place - Christian Van Der Henst
This picture is very cool. Anyone got some wine? :) - imabonehead
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javier aroche published a photo on Flickr
Grabando 120 segundos
Thursday at 7:06 pm - Link
Vieja esa foto - Christian Van Der Henst
un mes mas o menos ;) - javier aroche
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Mitchell Tsai posted a link
Halloween at the bike race (900×601) [dupl1cate, Pixdaus]
Thursday at 6:40 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
http://pixdaus.com/single.php?... Originally from http://www.boston.com/bigpictu... A spectator known as Didi, dressed as a devil, jumps beside a pack of riders during the fifth stage of the 95th Tour de France cycling race between Cholet and Chateauroux, July 9, 2008. (REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel) - Mitchell Tsai via Bookmarklet
A wonderful old Tour tradition. Ride, you bastards! ;-) - Chris Baskind
Didi Senft...I think he's also responsible for the bicycles drawn on the streets. - Corie Allison
I used to love watching the Tour, but this is the first year I tuned out completely. I'll come back once a week passes without a doping scandal. But Didi is definitely a tradition - does he still bring that huge bike with him? - Frederic
Unfortunately the weeks have not passed without scandal...3 riders have tested positive so far, including 1 star that was led away this morning. Today's news really depressed me because I thought Ricardo Ricco was this incredible star for the future. After he tested positive for this new form of EPO (I guess he thought they wouldn't catch it because it was new?), his whole team (Saunier Duval) pulled out of the tour. When he was kicked out of the tour, Ricco was currently in, I think, 8th place... - Corie Allison
...and held both the King of the Mountains jersey and the Best New Rider jersey. These guys are such selfish idiots and it really pisses me off!!!!!!!!! - Corie Allison
@corie - couldn't agree more. Guys like that are simply destroying what should be an incredible sporting event. - Frederic
I'm so amazed by what they do, but then I wonder: should I be? Are they really that good? I really do believe that things are going to get better. There are a few teams and riders who are paving the way for a cleaner sport. - Corie Allison
The system is working. The cheats are getting caught, humiliated, sent home, fined, and perhaps jailed. - Chris Baskind
Absolutely love the devil ... mmm, that came out wrong. As for doping - I'm thankful that my favorite sport (cycling) is actually doing something about it instead of saying they'll do it (MLB). This tour has been fantastic and I know the cheaters will be caught and likely banned from the sport for 2 years. - AJ Kohn
Yeah, I <3 that it's now illegal to test positive in France. It's great to see them being hauled in for questioning. :-) - Corie Allison
Oh and follow the TDF in the FF TDF room: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/to... - AJ Kohn
I'm already in this room: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/to... :-) - Corie Allison
AJ: Thanks for the TDF room... - Mitchell Tsai
@Corie: Ah, but my TDF room is timeless :-P - AJ Kohn
Ohhh, don't worry, I already signed up for yours, too. :-p - Corie Allison
Thanks Corie for the point to Cee Bee's post. I loved the other TDF pics. Didn't even know it had started... - Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell - no problem. I wanted to make sure you saw the rest of the photos. :-) - Corie Allison
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Mitchell Tsai posted a link
"Dolphin by Conwell" (792×614) [poppy, Pixdaus]
Thursday at 3:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
http://pixdaus.com/single.php?... Best dolphin pic I've ever seen! - Mitchell Tsai via Bookmarklet
Have you ever met a person who doesn't like dolphins? If you do- run! - Nice Fish Films
I was lucky enough to swim with dolphins off Hurghada, Egypt in the Red Sea. For budget travelers - 10 Euro for a catered 8-hr boat ride to snorkeling/diving sites. It's super-cheap there (Egyptians only make $25/month...), so support your fellow humans & send them more money. :-) - Mitchell Tsai
Has anyone seen the Penn & Teller episode about dolphins? Fucking HILARIOUS!! - Corie Allison
Corie: Not yet... Is it on the web anywhere? - Mitchell Tsai
Wow, thanks for the tip Mitchell! It's one of my dreams to swim with dolphins one of the days, so I'll take note of that. - Vincent X
Vincent X: Belize (Central America) is also a cheap place with incredible snorkeling. The sharks and rays were swimming between our legs (so used to tourists). Not sure if there are dolphins in Belize. - Mitchell Tsai
Yikes. I think I'll pass on the shark-between-the-legs swim though... Wouldn't want one of them to suddenly feel like having a snack. :) - Vincent X
whats really cool is 15 or 20 of them riding a ships bow wave at 20+ knots. Talk about a escort - Tony C
Here's the schedule of when it's going to be on TV: http://www.sho.com/site/schedu... and here's a link to a clip: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=.... That's all I could find so far, but I'll look for more... - Corie Allison
Ahhhhhhahaaha!! Here's another clip. "I'll lead you through an internal experience to call forth your inner dolphin and then we'll bring our inner dolphin out so that we're completely immersed in our dolphin aspect ... that is us." http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=... - Corie Allison
Thanks Corie! - Mitchell Tsai
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Cee Bee posted a link
2008 Tour de France - The Big Picture
Show all
Monday at 8:55 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Great find! I'm going to repost it to the TdF room. :-) - Corie Allison
Ooooh. Great pictures! - Mitchell Tsai
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Carlos Mantero shared an item on Google Reader
Thursday at 4:25 am - Link
¿Tenéis pensado ir de vacaciones? - Carlos Mantero
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Thursday at 5:35 pm - Link
No me extraña para nada lo de los franceses ;) - Christian Van Der Henst
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Jorge Gobbi published a photo on Flickr
La espera
Thursday at 3:59 pm - Link
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Eric favorited photos on Flickr
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Eduardo Arcos posted an entry on Eduardo Arcos
Thursday at 4:21 pm - Link
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Antonio shared an item on Google Reader
Thursday at 4:39 pm - Link
Era de esperar que esto llegara. Pero la misma mala reputación que se vayan ganando estas agencias podría mantenerlas fuera a futuro. - Christian Van Der Henst
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Mitchell Tsai posted a link
Australia Post Says Touch Someone With A Letter [Duncan - 3/1/07]
Australia Post Says Touch Someone With A Letter [Duncan - 3/1/07]
Thursday at 4:52 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Thanks to Vincent X for finding the original artists (and this wonderful second picture)! - Mitchell Tsai via Bookmarklet
See http://friendfeed.com/e/c71eae... where I saw the first picture at Pixdaus. FriendFeed helped track down the originals (Bita and Vincent X) in just 3 hrs. Great to have so many eyes & ears! - Mitchell Tsai
I like the second one even better! - Vincent X
GJ tracking down the original. - Mark Douglass
tnx again ! - Reza Ranjbaran
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Michelle Miller posted a link
Drunken Desserts: Watermelon Margarita Popsicles | margaritas, popsicles, summer treat | yumsugar - Food, Drink, & Entertaining.
Wednesday at 9:43 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Freakin' sweet! I love all those things: Watermelons, margaritas, and popsicles. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Ooh! I'm sharing to the Food room! - Yolanda
Oh god, I want some. - L.J. Leng
The best part of summer! ;) - Anna Haro
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - Allen Stern
alcohol and popsicles??!? sign me up!! - Tad Donaghe
OH YEAH!!!!!! Bring it baby! I *need* those right now!! wow, cool idea YUMMMM! - Susan Beebe
michelle m, you need to make these for your man in brown. ;) - edythe
oooh, i need to make some of these! - Melissa
برسه به دست مه یا :دی - shandiz
Someone come pry my toungue off my monitor please. - Mark Krynsky
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javier aroche published photos on Flickr
See the troll
Cuaje
See the troll
Reading
Thursday at 12:06 am - Link
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Wednesday at 11:33 pm - Link
First time I heard of Shazam. Sounds cool ;) - Christian Van Der Henst
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Ruben Colomer published a photo on Flickr
My daughter
July 7 at 2:55 pm - Link
que linda pic - Christian Van Der Henst
Gracias Chris, no veas la guerra que da - Ruben Colomer
espera que crezca y entonces si que tendras guerra. Ahorita sigue disfrutando, jeje ;) - Christian Van Der Henst via twhirl
Enhorabuena. Por cierto, una fotografía de 10. - Salva
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Carlos Mantero shared an item on Google Reader
Wednesday at 10:35 pm - Link
Al fin un evento interesante fuera de Madrid y Barcelona ¡Ole Asier! - Carlos Mantero
Bien por Bilbao ;) - Christian Van Der Henst via twhirl
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Louis Gray shared an item on Google Reader
Wednesday at 3:44 pm - Link
Soon we'll see if it is Blaine Cook to blame for Twitters failures (if Fire Eagle fails as well) or Twitter overall. - Justin Korn
instead of a fail whale, we'll get maybe a sad frown clown when yahoo goes down? - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Time for Yahoo to make a Failhoo graphic - xero
Unfortunately Yahoo and these early-stage projects won't live long enough for this side-by-side comparison with Twitter - Jason Carreira
I hope he does well and improves FireEagle...no fail whale please! - Susan Beebe
Folks... Blaine is hellacious competent! Seriously doubt any one of you will eat their shorts when this proves out true. I'd have him on my team ANY time. - Gerald Buckley
I don't have enough technical knowledge to judge Blaine, but his departure didn't make Twitter better, did it? Re Yahoo's long term viability, even if Microsoft or 7 Eleven or whoever takes over Yahoo, I don't see these projects gettting killed. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
Ontario, apparently, according to the latest twitter status blogs, his leaving has paved the way for improvement (if you read between the lines). - Jason Carreira
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