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Consolidate your contacts and conversations from multiple platforms, including webmails, social networks and mobiles. Store it all in the Cloud and access it anytime, anywhere.
- Eric Logan
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Very interesting watching the spoiled brat reactions to Friendfeed's sale. Attention microbloggers: You are at the mercy of others.
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This goes both ways.
- Alex Scoble
Indeed.
- Roberto Bonini
That's true, Alex. But I hope this puts a damper, if only for a few days, on the "blogging is dead" crap. We are just sharecroppers on these services. We can be put off the land at any time. That's fine, as long as you can afford to leave crops rotting in the field.
- Chris Baskind
before you all bury FF - just because one company acquires another doesnt mean one product will eat or kill the other, or that the product will hugely change for the worse. Don't run for the door or mourn yet!
Timothy Latz, (jeff)isageek, Andrizzle Gizzle and 15 other people liked this
of course I use both in different ways for different purposes (fb to stay in touch with old school friends and colleagues loosely around old topics of past interest, ff to interact with new/future friends and colleagues within my current topics of interest) so I am not as horrified (although my 2 networks of people do not overlap - except the few ff'ers i added - and would not mix much). But frankly fb is not the plague and it will not destroy ff just by touching it - there's great tools and ideas on both sides that can improve both products (and FB's infrastructure!)
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
people really are behaving as if someone pissed on their cornflakes... very odd!
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
A bit of tribalism (and "entitlement" (per Louis Gray)) going on. What amazes me the most is how many people seemingly know exactly what's gonna happen next. And a lot of them are disagreeing. :)
- Meryn Stol
"We’ve heard from one source that, like the 2007 Parakey acquisition, the deal is largely a talent acquisition by Facebook, and less about the Friendfeed product. Friendfeed has 12 employees, and all but one are engineers. Taylor and Cox say that the Friendfeed product will live on independently, and eventually Friendfeed will be merged into Facebook. But the Friendfeed team is not...
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- Kevin Whalen
:-(
- Kol Tregaskes
First I can see FF being a "lab" for ideas that can get moved into fb - and perhaps a door towards having a more professional facet to facebook, so you might consider adding your full professional and influence network to it (most of us don't now). People like me don't add their wide professional/interest network to facebook because frankly many of the people we went to school who are...
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- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I don't know. But groups are groups. Some preserve independant management and editorial but there are common rules and targets (reporting, publicity, users policy etc). And I'd rather like to keep my corn flakes on a chosen table. Wait and see, anyway.
- Véronique Rabuteau
Let's assume for now that they are not daft at FF/FB and that they wait for the integration until FB has evolved the kind of selective circle overlap I mentioned above that enables it for less noisy (the toy apps really annoy me at fb, i want a "no quizz ever" setting), more flexible and more professional use. When that happens we might like the result (provided the T&Cs are to our...
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- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Veronique: very good point, I hate it if they move my cornflakes while I am eating, so hopefully they won't be daft and will do it in good time, without rush, in a well thought way... cornflakes moved, with fresh fruit and freshly baked croissants on the side
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Biggest unknown is what Zuckerberg exactly envisions for Facebook... I think he should somehow embrace the new paradigm of asymmetric following popularized by Twitter. I hope the acquisition is partly with this in mind. Not just for some extra talent to marginally improve the Facebook UI. Facebook may go into a kind of split-identity. One part open (FF style) one part closed, as it was.
- Meryn Stol
Exactly. Who knows what's gonna happen? Nothing today, at least ... ;-)
- Chris Baskind
Anyone looking for a good light meter? A Sekonic L-398 w/ accessories for $110... - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Ben Greenberg, Dawn M. Armfield, Christopher Harley and edythe liked this
...I am looking for one, but I believe the "bank of wife" is still closed right now. ;)
- JA Castillo
from Bookmarklet
By the way...this is for sale by one of the guys at the last film shop we have in town. The gear is in great condition and the folks at the shop are awesome (http://www.flickr.com/people...).
- JA Castillo
The bank of dawn is closed, too, unfortunately. Or I'd jump on it. :-(
- Dawn M. Armfield
What's Holding Back Google Apps? - BusinessWeek - http://www.businessweek.com/technol...
Daniel Rowley, Nicholas James, Bill Sodeman and 3 other people liked this
"Google might have been a shoo-in. The $50-a-person price tag for Google Apps can cost roughly half the licensing fees charged by Microsoft. Zoho's applications aren't as robust as Google's, says GE's Simpson. But Zoho's technology lets GE store data in-house, on its own servers, making it easier to adhere to computer security and accounting policies for sensitive business information. Google Apps, on the other hand, store data on Google's servers. "That's probably our biggest stumbling block to going bigger with Google," Simpson says."
- Andrew Badera
from Bookmarklet
I love tehKenny's bio: "I'm a dork in real time." Me too!
Dawn M. Armfield and Derrick liked this
I concur
- BEX
Whale Watching - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Chieze Okoye, Yolanda, Michael Fidler and 2 other people liked this
Wow. That must have been amazing.
- Dawn M. Armfield
When the person running the whale watch (who's been at it for almost 30 years) tells you that she's never seen anything like this, you know it was a good trip. ;-)
- cmiper
Terribly writer's blocked, so I'm bringing out the heavy artillery. Time to write a bicycle article.
Anna Lynn M., Nurse Katie, Derrick and 4 other people liked this
I *always* like writing about bicycles. Should give that some thought. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
An article about biking or about a particular bike?
- Mike Reynolds
I'll definitely read it!
- Shevonne
me too - mine's a rocky mountain, handmade in canada :)
- mike "glemak" dunn
I'm rounding up ten quality urban/commuter bicycles worthy of replacing or supplementing a car. Most will be in the $1000 class -- maybe one or two on the high and low end for comparison. That particular bike is the 2009 Trek SOHO 3, the current model of the bike I ride most of the time. Very sweet: internal gearing, grease-free belt instead of a chain, and full fenders & chainguard. I'll do a $500 class article later.
- Chris Baskind
OK, I'm now officially tired of "let's stop the finger pointing" and "I won't play the blame game" whining about the wreck of the U.S. economy. When more of the corporate criminals who did this to us are in jail and legislators who knowingly allowed it to happen get sent home, THEN we can look to the future. Bring on the tar and feathers.
Andrew C, Dawn M. Armfield, Joshua Oehler and 6 other people liked this
Hmm. Maybe we need a 'wall of shame' site that lists the guilty. Or would that prompt vigilantism? Can't say I like the anti-abortion sites that out doctors.
- Michael R. Bernstein
I'd settle for prosecutors -- and voters -- doing their jobs.
- Chris Baskind
Sure, but how best to *agitate* for that?
- Michael R. Bernstein
Printed, signed, notarized, scanned, emailed, countersigned, received, printed, filed. Biggest turning point in the history of RB, news soon
Morton Fox, Matt Harwood, Ronen and 20 other people liked this
Staying tuned for details -->
- Stephen Mack
Tuned in for details -->
- Dave Winer
cool andrew - that didn't take to long ;)
- mike "glemak" dunn
nice !!
- Peter Dawson
I bet every1 noticed that the inbetween is "notarized" - every other action is precise in fwd/reverse order :)_
- Peter Dawson
Hoping to hear your big news soon...
- Elisabeth McLaury Lewin
Thanks yall, Ive been waiting almost four years for this day. :D
- Andrew Baron
waits and waits...
- Dawn M. Armfield
Nice to know that hard work and talent stiill have value.
- Mark Forman
Still waiting. Tap tap. Hello is this thing on??
- Dave Winer
Should I stay up and wait for the news?
- Francine Hardaway
from twhirl
May be a week or so due to PR strategy with new partner. I wish I could blog it right now, but alas, I must keep mum from here on out.
- Andrew Baron
Life no longer on hold. Roger that. Over.
- Dave Winer
10-4 Dave, ready to roll.
- Andrew Baron
Whatever it is.. Congratulations! Hope you get more time to play ultimate frisbee ;)
- Arjun Ram
Go Andrew, GO! :-D
- Luca Conti
My bet is that the new partner news is Revision3. They seem to be getting everyone on board lately.
- Ralph Whitbeck
Nope, not Rev3
- Andrew Baron
BBC ?
- Majento
ugggh, more shtick about something new and trying to create a buzz. Just announce it already. Goes for everyone in Web 2.0.
- Ken
Nope, not BCC
- Andrew Baron
:D (PS Andrew, if you keep saying 'nope, not ____' and people keep guessing, when you don't say 'nope not ___,' they'll know)
- Ronen
Ronen, that was one of the first things I figured out, I think I was about 3 years old at the time. :D Anyway, I forgot, so thanks. I'll stop confirming or denying but I will finally say this. A much bigger company than anyone has suggested yet.
- Andrew Baron
So, it was Sony, right?
- Ken
In this time of financial crisis, It's time to look at alternative methods of payment.
Deborah Fitchett, Sam Grover, Dawn M. Armfield and 3 other people liked this
Periodic Table of Awesoments (PIC) - http://www.dapperstache.com/index...
donato, Jordan Hofker, Jon Price and 12 other people liked this
baconbaconbaconbaconbacon ;)
- Mona Nomura
This whole site is full of WIN. I love the design. XD
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Not sure if Chuck Norris should come before Boobs, though. But the table is indeed full of WIN
- Josh Haley
LOVE! And Christopher Walken is on there, so definite win. Who else is a scary, crazy, tap-dancing fool?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Rocketboom.com in all media.
Morgan, Susan Beebe, Aaron Krug and 15 other people liked this
Wow. Congratulations!
- Dawn M. Armfield
Nice Andrew, Congratz! (If I were back in the city I'd weasel my way into your celebratory fiesta).
- Carlos Ayala
Thanks!! Just a few more min and Ill have a link, brb.
- Andrew Baron
Congrats on Sony Pictures Andrew and everyone at RB
- Adam
Great! Congrats Andrew
- Luca Conti
Mazal Tov!
- Majento
Congratz on the acquisition.
- Czar
Cool now finally I can get them on MiniDisk and DRM so I don't have to worry about making illegal copies.
- John Cooper
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE NEWS: http://tinyurl.com/5uh4p9
- Andrew Baron
Congrats & cheers!
- Dave Martin
Good job and good luck!
- Otto R. Radke
CONGRATULATIONS Andrew, that's great!!
- Susan Beebe
Lifehacker editor Gina Trapani and partner tie the knot - http://www.radaronline.com/exclusi...
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They took advantage of the recent gay-rights decision in California to legalize their marriage.
- Mitch Wagner
@Tad: +2!
- AJ Kohn
I'm with Tad. Someone should put a stop to this. We can't have people being happy together and stuff.
- ha3rvey (doesn't dance)
Hmm...is there a Tad comment here?
- Hutch Carpenter
Congratulations!
- Stephen Pierzchala
Tad you didn't delete your comment did you? It was great!
- Michelle Marie Miller
I've had several conversations today about gay marriage and at the end of the day, the majority feel as I do. Living is tough enough as it is without finding that one person in life you love and want to share everything with and not being able to do so. No one has the right to deny a mutual expression of love - no one. First Obama - now this? We're on a really good streak of good feelings here about getting past old prejudices. I've got more hope for the future happiness of my daughter than ever before.
- Vince DeGeorge
@Vince. Agreed - I'm a longtime Virginia dude who moved out to San Francisco back in 1996. Having been out here 12 years, my sensibilities on things have certainly changed. I wrote this post "Same Sex Marriage in California - What Change Will We See?" (http://tinyurl.com/5kncrl) as a reflection of that understanding.
- Hutch Carpenter
yes, vince.
- edythe
what Vince said.
- Anthony Citrano
and they'll have to get a refund for their certificate in november.
- Brooks Bayne
Wonderful. Land of the free.
- Tsega Dinka
Congratulations! It is always a wonderful thing to see two people publicly declare their love for each other regardless of what gender they are. This world needs more love, not less.
- Riayn
awww Vince... your last sentence... *sniffles*
- Yolanda
I never thought of Gina about been gay (I am, and I really like Lifehacker). You know, just for that stupid thing that I have had to be used: she is a woman, and can be a freak geek tech superb blogger. Now she is more than that, she is a freak geek tech Diva (for me). Wish her (and spouse) all the best!
- Fran
Marriage is more complicated then UR right2use a public park. Marriage is designed4creating relationships 4human reproduction(which*IS*important).When U demand gay marriage UR asking 4the same benefits as people who need government assistance because they have no choice over their functions(in the same respect U can't help being gay) Children R expensive. Please take sympathy on straight people. I don't hate U! Obama doesn't support GAY MARRIAGE!
- Noah David Simon
Noah, if I understand your post correctly, you're repeating the canard that marriage is the purpose of reproduction. If you believe that, then my wife and I, who do not and never will have children, are not married. If you believe that, then you are invited to perform a marital act on yourself.
- Mitch Wagner
Can someone repeat what Tad said before he chickened out and deleted it? ;) Gina = Wonderful person. Hope to meet her IRL someday.
- Yuvi
Great happiness to you and your partner, Gina.
- Chris Baskind
I didn't delete my comment - I think the original poster thought I was being serious. It was just a sarcastic comment decrying the fact that these two loving people are obviously destroying the very fabric of our society with their happiness. Read this quickly in case Mitch removes it!
- Internet's Tad
Dear Mitch - Tad's cool. Despite the evil looking profile pic.
- Yuvi
I'm surprised though cause Mitch is cool and he oughta know I was teasing...
- Internet's Tad
I am deeply indebted to Gina for her words on her blog, so it's with that deep gratitude that I wish her a heartfelt congratulations! Let your happiness rock this country's puritanical masses to the core!
- Pete Delucchi
Lifehacker rocks because of Gina! I wish you 2 the absolute best in life and in love!
- Siddharth Deb
Mitch: Marriage *IS* about preparing an environment 4 children... absolutely. That does not mean the environment is ready or maybe it might even be sadly nearly impossible. But as long as it it theoretically possible then marriage should be recommended. People can love each other without marriage (right?), they should even have a right to laws that protect them in cases of death and...
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- Noah David Simon
I didn't delete Tad's message -- at least not on purpose. I know and like Tad -- well, I know him electronically, we're friends on several social networks at this point. Not sure why what he posted here is now gone.
- Mitch Wagner
Noah, sorry, but it isn' "nearly impossible" for my wife and I to have children -- it is *impossible.* Therefore, any definition of marriage which is based on childrearing excludes us and millions of other childless couples. I wish you the best as well -- and that wish includes your getting over your irrational prejudices against homosexuality and realizing that Gina and Terra's marriage in no way hurts heterosexual marriage.
- Mitch Wagner
you accuse me of being irrational, but it is U who have determined 2have a purely emotional reaction. Sarah is considered to be mother of Isaac according to scripture and yet she was barren. Science is not as certain as the tyranny coming from the Blue State fashion police. As for 2women it will not happen without maybe a "Virgin" birth, but in this case I would be willing 2bet that...
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- Noah David Simon
Noah, quoting Scripture is not evidence. You oppose gay marriage because the Bible tells you so? That's fine for you -- but why should those of us who are not Christian be required to follow the rules of your religion? And you have not either showed how gay marriage hurts people -- you simply repeated that it does, several times, and concluded with the assertion that God says so, that's why.
- Mitch Wagner
scripture is not the evidence. it is an example of an exception to the norm. it wouldn't matter if I quoted myth. science is as limited to truth as religion can be and you are very arrogant to think otherwise... the only consistency that I can see is these women will not under any condition be making children together. This is beyond science and religion. the good people who are open minded enough to understand multiple viewpoints on truth will also have enough of a heart to label two women exactly that
- Noah David Simon
you might be able to convince others that the cliff is not there, but the good people will pass legislation otherwise. (regardless of your personal viewpoint of origin and Dasein)
- Noah David Simon
That's so awesome. :) Gina is one of the most intelligent people working in our industry today... no doubt. She must be beside herself with joy.
- l0ckergn0me
my guess is if she is intelligent she will recognize a disruption in the conversation here, unfortunately Intelligence has nothing to do with moral fiber.
- Noah David Simon
Congrats Ladies!!!! :D
- Anna Haro
Wow...reading Noah is like watching a wild animal in it's natural habitat for the first time or perhaps the last remaining small pox virus samples at the CDC. I had read about them, heard about them but wow...seriously? That's what you believe Noah...
- Kamath (नमः)
it isn't a question of belief in conventional form Kamath... it is a question of what is best for a family. again the blue state libel is so lazy... try harder to rationalize your slants. Existential points will not put food in children's mouths. This is about tax dollars going to people who are confusing arrogance with love.
- Noah David Simon
It is bad enough that you are unethical and unloving, but to showboat it to your snobby friends as some kind counter cultural hip trophy is disgusting.
- Noah David Simon
Noah - you are basing this "norm" from biblical days. By the same grounds it seems you would be opposed to interracial marriage because that is against this norm. I truly hope you are not as ignorant as your posts make you seem - but I'm betting against it right now.
- Chris Ridenour
Noah: (1) I do not speak for all the people of the blue states here. This is just me talking (2) Do you actually know any gay people? Any long-standing homosexual couples? (3) I'm still waiting for evidence that gay marriage is harmful -- you claim to have presented evidence, but I've seen none from you.
- Mitch Wagner
I'm speaking from New York. It is a blue state (plenty of gay couples in my town of Poughkeepsie. Vassar college is here) and our insurance rates are through the roof. my life is here, but not having any ability to reach a common moral understanding has left our society broken. The sexual revolution has left us without a workable frame of reference. Lots of confusion
- Noah David Simon
family is the only kind of socialism that works... it works because it takes into account the different elements of the unit effectively. Each member providing a different role and expectation. the 70s and the sexual revolution abrupted this cohesion and we have yet to of found workable models for those who exist outside of the nuclear family. The best evidence is the insurance rates. NON NUCLEAR FAMILIES DO NOT WORK!
- Noah David Simon
Congrats :-) wish you the best!!
- Ronald
Noah, you're not citing evidence, you're just repeating yourself and paraphrasing your claims. I could say that all elephants are purple, and it wouldn't be true no matter how many times I repeated the claim. You claim to cite one piece of evidence -- that homosexuality drives up insurance rates. What evidence do you have to support that?
- Mitch Wagner
Also, your claim that non-nuclear families don't work is contradicted by the millions of people who've grown up to lead well-adjusted lives after being raised by single parents, or adult relatives. Why, one of them is running for President of the United States. You may not like Obama but you have to admit he's an extremely accomplished individual. His non-nuclear family worked.
- Mitch Wagner
your science Dr. Quack has no relevance when dealing with moral fiber. If you have just discovered that it is limiting then you begin to understand the kind if tyrannical oppression Blue State values have defined truth with. you have just put a hole in your own argument. If you can't see a parallel between so called "Red State" and "Blue State" insurance prices then you don't want to...
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- Noah David Simon
When Obama doesn't work for your snobbish tyranny, you will brush him off like you did with Bill Clinton and declare him just another man... but in the end it is *YOU* that have accepted a man who is a liar. As bad as Obama is, he is a better person then you and your ass kissing friends. He is just an animal to you; a pet. Bill Clinton (another man raised without dad) wasn't good...
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- Noah David Simon
Mitch - Noah is a baiting troll and most of us Blocked him quite a while ago. He doesn't actually converse - he just funks up the room.
- Internet's Tad
Dear Mitch - Please Block Noah and have peace.
- Yuvi
Noah - Do you keep a pack of paper towels by your computer monitor, or just wipe the angry spittle off your screen with your sleeve?
- Mitch Wagner
that is libel. I put a lot of energy into this thread and I expect better from you then name calling. I brought up a serious issue and the best response you can come up with is a personal attack. This is very ugly and snobbish. I don't hate. you are the haters.
- Noah David Simon
you can't prove very much when it is a sociological question, but it is very easy to prove that what we are doing here in the Blue States is not working by looking at economic conditions like Insurance rates. We can also look at the pure fact that children will not be fed based on the actions here and that people are being hurt by a disbanded boundary. In the same respect if a women's bathroom is ever deemed unconstitutional then it might hurt the fabric of women's lives
- Noah David Simon
Can we prove that men pooping in the same room as women, hurt the women? probably not. But we have seen higher test score from women in same sex schools. It is the arrogance of science to think it can prove such things, and it is how a generation of young men ended up on Prozac... because a bunch of elitists felt their studies were a truth when in fact their studies reflected exactly what they wanted to sell. bullshit. the emperor wore no clothes.
- Noah David Simon
Was just about to go cycling wearing all black. It's after sunset. Paging Mr. Darwin ...
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Chris, In case you actually do this, I would like to say how nice it has been knowing you until now. Enjoy your journey.
- shelisrael1
Your biking comments crack me up. I think these little vignettes of your cycling experiences should be collated. :-)
- Dawn M. Armfield
I found some lighter clothing and survived. No need to unfollow me. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
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After seeing "Yet Another Post about Friendfeed," I've decided people are asking the wrong question. Stop trying to figure out how FriendFeed is going to work for everyone in the world and really figure out how it's working for you. Stop trying to be first on the "i told you so" train.
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Or focus on what impact its foundational strengths may (or may not) have in your opinion - its not about the company imho its about what the technology facilitates
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Right Marco. I appreciate the relevance of trendspotters but I'd rather talk about the tool itself. Or more of the interesting conversations that happened yesterday around the type of community this is currently.
- Jason Toney
I know there are many who are growing tired of or outright despise the constant meta talk re: FF but I love it - I am literally able to sit back and watch and entire community progress through a process of working through how a very important (imho) piece of technology should be used in their lives. This has always happened but the process is usually under the radar and isolated - for the first time the tool itself is facilitating a global discussion about how it should be used - pretty cool
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Here's a question to ponder...when everyone figures out what FF is, will there be anything else to discuss?
- Ralph Whitbeck
definitely! right now I believe the common thread between the majority of FF users is an appreciation for a richer level of interaction with a broader group of individuals - assuming it catches on with the mainstream population users will likely begin clustering around specific interests reflected in the conversations. I am sure some disagree with me on that but that's what I see happening (again assuming mass adoption)
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
My brain hurts.
- John Samuelson
I agree. And can I also say that I really love being able to post more than 140 characters? Sigh. Just *feel* all that space to conversate! Ahh.
- Lisa Creech Bledsoe
from twhirl
It was after reading @skeskali's post on FF that I really gave it a hard look and now I'm hooked. [@skeskali's post here: http://is.gd/OcH ] And I've bookmarked your post on how you use FF. Soon I'll be a pro! :)
- Ayşe E.
Escape from the Eighties! You can take your leave of the 1980s with five songs. Don't be a musicologist: what are the five songs *you* would want to take away. You're condemned to Members Only jackets and parachute pants until you can grab your five and hit the time door. Which are they?
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U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love), Journey - Faithfully, Tears for Fears - Head over Heels, Berlin - Sex, Spandau Ballet - True. What can I say, I was a power-ballad, angst ridden, confused teenaged girl. That's my story anyway. :-)
- Dawn M. Armfield
Hmmm...but then I start thinking about Prefab Sprout, the Talking Heads, ABC, Adam Ant, New Order, The Smiths...aaaagggh! Now I have a million 80s songs in my head, damn you! ;-)
- Dawn M. Armfield
5 from the 80s? Jeez, I could run up 100, certainly 10 from each year. Let's see, the quintessential 80s for me: Rio - Duran Duran, Don't You Want Me - Human League, I Ran - Flock of Seagulls, Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes, Tainted Love - Soft Cell. (Seriously, I could think of 100s more that might rival or replace these.)
- AJ Kohn
Clash "Guns of Brixton" (technically, December 14, 1979), U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday," Laurie Anderson "O Superman," Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime," Public Enemy "Don't Believe the Hype."
- Chris Baskind
i'm with dawn on at least one of her five: True, Spandau Ballet...
- edythe
This is hard to pick only 5: B-52s "Rock Lobster," J Geils Band "Love Stinks," REO Speedwagon's "Take it on the Run," Joan Jett (the entire album), The Waitresses "I Know What Boys Like." Oh and I have to add a bonus of Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina."
- Trish R
Pixies - "Here Comes Your Man"; Michael Penn - "No Myth"; The Smiths - "I Know It's Over"; Sugarcubes - "Coldsweat"; X - "4th Of July". Man that X one is a tough choice...there are so many of their songs tied to great memories for me.
- Jeremy Brooks
Billie Jean, Michael Jackson
- edythe
I think the Eighties were an amazingly productive musical era.
- Chris Baskind
Just Like Heaven (Cure), How Soon Is Now (Smiths), Cities in Dust (Siouxie), Throughout the Dark Months of April and May (Cocteau Twins). Can't decide between the early Pixies (typical of their work, it's interchangably brilliant). I'd settle for Gigantic for sentimental reasons. Mmm... High School. Didn't like it much. :)
- Madsimian
The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night, Ministry - We Believe, U2 - New Year's Day, Pixies - Break My Body, Grateful Dead - Till the Morning Comes. Best thread ever!
- Jason Wehmhoener
I have to agree, Chris. There isn't a group listed here (and so many more) that didn't produce at least one song that I enjoyed.
- Dawn M. Armfield
Damn, how did I forget about Iggy Pop?
- Trish R
Can't argue with Sunday Bloody Sunday, Once in a Lifetime, Funky Cold Media, No Myth, How Soon Is Now, The Cure ... I'd go with something from Boys Don't Cry. I missed a critical one: Anything from the Violent Femmes self titled album. Also, something from Hall & Oates. Something from Squeeze. Bitchin' Camaro from The Dead Milkmen. I do believe the 80s had some amazing music!
- AJ Kohn
the smiths: half a person
- edythe
Crap, something from REM's Document. Something from Midnight Oil. Something from pre-Kick INXS.
- AJ Kohn
The Clash - London Calling; U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love); Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax; Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes; Journey - Don't Stop Believin'. Wow, harder to cut it to 5 picks here than your earlier film list query, fun memories though, thanks!
- Casey
Only five? that hurts...okay: The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Only You by YAZ, In My Eyes by Minor Threat, When Doves Cry by Prince, and Just Can't Get Enough by D'Mode. In another two minutes this list could soooo change...darn you with your 5 jive!
- Anna Haro
I think Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" was the song of the decade, but it doesn't make my personal list. There's so much to choose from: the fallout of New Wave and Punk; stadium rock; the beginnings of rap (thanks, Sugarhill Records!); some fantastic progressive stuff; the start of modern Country music ("Urban Cowboy" soundtrack and its spawn) ... amazing.
- Chris Baskind
i have tow more choices to make - one will be the pixies, duh. I don't know. maybe both will be the pixies. but then i am leaving out talking heads...
- edythe
"California Uber Alles" Dead Kennedys, "Mommy's Little Monster" Social Distortion, "When Doves Cry" Prince, "Tainted Love" you tell me who it is, "Always Something there to remind me." Romantics
- Nathan Eckenrode
I am very ashamed that I did not mention Prince. I need to hide this thread, it's distracting me and causing all these songs to stick in my brain.
- Trish R
yeah, this is like asking "which of your children do you want to live?" that said, these are not THE. FIVE. i would choose to live, but they would probably be on the short list of survivors: "Head Over Heels" -- The Go-Go's ♪ "Harborcoat" - R.E.M. ♪ "Panama" - Van Halen ♪ "June Bug" - B-52s ♪ "The Smartest Person I Know" - The Waitresses
- Karim
Did I say this would be easy? No. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
1)"Blister in the Sun" - Violent Femmes, 2) "Cities in Dust" - Siouxsie & the Banshees, 3) "No New Tale to Tell" - Love & Rockets, 4) "Loving the Alien" - David Bowie, 5) "Make A Circuit With Me" - The Polecats -- and then I shoot myself because there's hundreds of others I should've chosen.
- Lucretia Pruitt
a) AWESOME question 1) Drop Dead Legs - Van Halen, 2) Cars - Gary Numan 3) Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 4) Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night 5) Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain - ok limiting to 5 was much harder than expected, this isn't the right list. (Edited - horrified that I let myself type "two likes up in a circle" )
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Do-overs are fair game.
- Chris Baskind
oh, yes...Yaz, Violent Femmes, Depeche Mode, Prince...argh! I'm drawn back to this like plastic bangle bracelets were drawn to Madonna in the early days...
- Dawn M. Armfield
Holy crap, what a great question. I can't outdo what other people have posted (Prince, Violent Femmes, Bowie, Pixies, Soft Cell, Public Enemy). I'd add: Cyndi Lauper, Money Changes Everything (seriously, it's an amazing song); Depeche Mode, Never Let Me Down Again; Grace Jones, Slave to the Rhythm; Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew, La-Di-Da-Di; Eddie Grant, Electric Avenue.
- Nathan Rein
PS for more : http://del.icio.us/myrobly...
- Nathan Rein
Chicago - Hard for me to Say I'm Sorry, Prince - When Doves Cry, Madonna - Material Girl, Soft Cell - Tainted Love and L.L. Cool J. - I need Love
- Adrienne Van Houten
love will tear us apart by joy division; south central rain by rem; lost in the supermarket by the clash; synchronicity 2 by the police; gigantic by the pixies
- RAPatton
it's funny, I hated that LL Cool J. song ("I Need Love") when it was actually on the radio, but now I can kind of appreciate it.
- Nathan Rein
No "one night in Bangkok?" No "anything by Stevie Ray Vaughn? What about Crowded House...or SQUEEZE? or Madness...not to mention Mr. Mister with Kyrie Laison and Broken Wings. Man...the 80's were gold. :D
- BISQ
S-S-S-S-A-A-A-A-F-F-F-F-T-T-T-T Safe-Safe-Safety Dance... [update: I seem to have misspelled Safety, it's time for bed]
- Nathan Rein
Van Halen-Panama, Def Leppard-Photograph, Motley Crue-Kickstart my heart, Cyndi Lauper-Time after time, and Rush-Freewill
- Will Hirsbrunner
This is impossible. I Feel For You by Chaka Khan, The Show by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson, Rhythm Nation by Janet Jackson, Wild Sex (In the Working Class) by Oingo Boingo
- Jason Toney
Anybody working on an online playlist (e.g. imeem)?
- Mike Doeff
OK, here we go... New Order - Ceremony, Freur - Doot Doot, Visage - Fade To Grey, Sinéad O'Connor - Heroine (Theme from Captive), The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want. http://mdff80s5.muxtape.com
- Mike Doeff
Hmmm, 5 songs is gonna be hard but..... Duran Duran, Skin Trade...Madonna Like A Prayer...Depeche Mode, Never Let Me Down Again...The Smiths, How Soon Is Now...Talk Talk, Life's What You Make It...
- Emma
The Garden Zombie haunts your lawn gnome - http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/2008070...
Noah David Simon, Andrew Kok, Jim Goldstein and 24 other people liked this
Heh, now that's freaky.
- Nick
LOL, that is freaking awesome. I need a garden now just so I can put that in there.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
awesome!
- Shawn aka ringking
that is down right freaky...
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
from twhirl
I love that - I want to buy a house just to get one
- Jane Quigley
do they have an "under the bed zombie?" because if they do....
- Cee Bee
I'm in for three! love Halloween!
- Brad Williams
I chuckled for a good minute on that one.... wooooweeeeeeeeee
- Bwana ☠
That is freakin hilarious. My son would crap his pants if he came home and saw that.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Apparently you can buy similar, and substantially less expensive, items of this genre at Target every year.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Looks like bat boy.
- Bill Bittner
That's great, and certainly a good way to get the rest of the neighborhood talking about you...
- Brandon Wood
that is excellent
- Jim Goldstein
Ha-ha. Was out on my cargo bike and managed to sneak up on a triathlete with his zoomy Cervello time trial machine. Passed him like a freight train in the draft of a big pickup truck, and got away clean before he could recover. Fat Guy 1; Triathlete 0.
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a cargo bike ? heheheheh
- johnpiercy
A long bike. And the Xtracycle's panniers had stuff in 'em, too. Surprise is a wonderful thing.
- Chris Baskind
thanks never heard the term , I cycle myself ,
- johnpiercy
from twhirl
Well, it's Monday, so the guy was probably on a 50 mile or so recovery ride after racing this past weekend. You race yesterday, Chris? ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
I'm sure you're right, Ken. Which is why he let a rider at least ten years older than him, 60 pounds heavier, toting his groceries home on the bicycle equivalent of a pickup truck have a little bit of fun. Unlike you.
- Chris Baskind
Sorry Chris :-( That was mean. (Me, I mean). I've actually been both the passee and passer in that exact same scenario... 20 or so years apart, that is. Sigh. Me = bitter old guy.
- Ken Sheppardson
I've been both, too. It wasn't fair: I was practically riding in the pickup truck's tailgate. We're cool. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
Today is the Day - http://istheday.blogspot.com/2007...
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Storytelling Inspiration
- Andrew Baron
Wow, this is really unique... sad and happy ...emotions from spongy people?! ;o) this is really creative Andrew... nice work!
- Susan Beebe
This is strange, eerie and fascinating. Great share!
- AJ Kohn
Hi Susan, just to be clear, I didnt do this myself, this is a work by Vegard T. Magnussen which I have Reshared. Cheers!
- Andrew Baron
Strangely disturbing and cool all at once.
- Dawn M. Armfield
The incredible Salar de Uyuni, largest salt flats in the world - http://www.travelblog.org/South-A...
Hisham هشام, Dawn M. Armfield, Azeem and 7 other people liked this
One Land Cruiser for sale, low miles, nice interior, some minor body rust...cheap.
- cmiper
Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod...
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Wow, FLAME!
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Beautiful!
- JohnDu™
This is already old news but yes, that image still looks great. There were much of talk about this one little bit less than 1,5 years ago.
- Daniel Schildt
I was just trying out the Canon 70-200mm f/4 L lens. Pretty sick. My friend owns it. Perhaps he'll let me borrow it sometime. *drool*
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Dear Internets, Please let me join new social networks by just clicking a button that says join, and automagically add all of my other friends from other services. Where's my goddamned intelligent agents already??? Sheesh!
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Yeah, but I want automagic data portability. I want it to go on in the background. I don't even want to know it's there. I just want to click a button to sign up for a service and be done with it. Or better yet, have my IA sign up for the services it figures I'd be interested in, and then just show me the best content from said services.
- Internet's Tad
Tad: join our sect. I'll be your guru there! :) http://friendfeed.com/rooms...
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Go go social graph.
- Eric Florenzano
Again directeur - I support the movement, I'm just bored by it. Just make it work. ;) The internets is for dumping awesome into the truck of utility.
- Internet's Tad
Tad, I myself already using some of its techs in my products :) If you're a dev do so too, if not pass the message :)
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
One thing I was wondering along this same vein, are there ajax widgets or something that you could put on your blog/site and allow people to subscribe/follow/digg/stumble/whatever you in one click? Must I visit the actual site every time?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I'd LOVE That Rahsheen! That'd be an excellent intermediate step. I think too many sites are still too worried about attention focusing. They WANT you to visit their site to stroke their ego, ads, etc
- Internet's Tad
I don't see why something like this doesn't exist for all social sites. You are adding the person so that you can interact with them at a later time on that service, so they shouldn't care if you hit the site to add them as a "friend." The "+friend" buttons on Digg work exactly how I want, I would just rather them be on MY site and work for every social network.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I was just twitter-moaning the same thing when I saw this in FF, some of you want leaps and bounds, I'd be happy if I could just join a new network and have all my accounts/contacts automagically connected
- Scott Bannon
from twhirl
actually, it seemed like swurl did that automatically...
- edythe
Ya, we do, check us out http://www.swurl.com/ We try to do as much magic as we can for you, computers are suppose to be smart aren't they?
- Ryan Sit
i was just about to say, I dig that swurl and feedly just kind of did that. I haven't gotten on board with feedly yet but I like the concept. Find me. Don't make me find myself.
- Jason Toney
I want a FireFox plugin that auto logs me in to all the websites I use. I think that would do a lot of good. It seems like this would be possible but no one has written one!
- Stefan Hayden
Brian, one of the reasons I don't use more web services is exactly because I'm sick of signing up for them and manually re-adding all my friends. If sites want us to use them they can either better make it brain dead simple or offer a service so compelling that we're willing to do the hard stuff. For many competitors who don't offer something that much different, an auto-subscription thing that I'm talking about would allow them to attract many more users.
- Internet's Tad
would love to be able to import all my flickr contacts, have them match up with FF accounts where possible and create imaginary friends for the rest which would be replaced by their actual accounts as they joined over time.
- Thomas Hawk
Right Thomas - and you ought to be able to do that just by clicking a single button that says "Import my contacts." Or at the very least have a single button and a drop down - Import -> Flickr
- Internet's Tad
I really like swurl, haven't messed with feedly yet, but even with swurl I had to manually input all of my account names/URL's/etc. to bring everything together. It wasn't hard, but it wasn't automagic either. Brian mentioned OpenID as too passive, I disagree with that and think user data could be expanded to contain the social network connections you have, then when you join a new...
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- Scott Bannon
from twhirl
I was really impressed with how well swurl worked.
- Jason Wehmhoener
concur on swurl doing that automatically via each service - doubt i'll live in it like tend to in ff but it is a cool environment
- mike "glemak" dunn
I'm probably the only one who uses rather different sets of “friends” on each network.
- Amit Patel
Isn't this what gnip is supposed to do? Also, about swurl -- I would say it's been working a LOT of magic, it added a TON of friends of mine on different services. Ryan - Could you consider some bulk-editing tools for the friends tab? Like "mute all people not on swurl", for example?
- Phil G
Agreed that swurl is fantastic behind the scenes once you enter in your account names/url's for each service... what I'd like to see though is a hubbed identity source so that when you join a new service you don't have to enter your FF username, your Twitter username, your FB feed url and etc. Just let me click "join" and find me--and my connections--everywhere.
- Scott Bannon
from twhirl
Also, if it gets too magical, you get a service like spokeo. It's kinda scary.
- Phil G
But the point of new social networks is to shed all your stupid non-friends!
- ⓞnor
I still want people to be able to add me without leaving my website. Isn't that what AJAX is for, after all?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
How about being able to sign up for disparate services/sites here on FF and automatically have all subscriptions updated in said service and automatically have said service's content spewed out here in FF? I want FF to be my primary hub for all things internets.
- Internet's Tad
Brian, there's no "might" about it, if someone can figure out a *good* solution to this problem, they will be sitting on a gold mine.
- Brandon Wood
Did anyone already mention Facebook Connect?
- Amir Gharaat
13-skinny-girls in a Tardis - http://help.lockergnome.com/general...
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Mac: Again and Again - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Marc Vermut, Rutger Blom, William Spaetzel and 11 other people liked this
What exactly is she doing again and again?
- Hao Chen
Would you like me to draw you a pic Hao? ;)
- Internet's Tad
You sir just made my A-List by listening to Bird and the Bee :)
- Chris Ridenour
Uh... Well. Cool I guess.
- Computerwhiz1
from twhirl
Her voice makes me think impure things...
- Internet's Tad
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