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The One - Road to Denver

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It's inspiring. ;-) - darnell

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“The better companies are going to TechCrunch 50. At least that's the way it looks from the companies I've seen who are going to one of them.”

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You are not exactly an unbiased source there, Scoble. :-) - darnell

I'm still annoyed that socialmedian is relegated to the demo pit ;) - Jason Goldberg

What did you just say? You've looked at the companies going to one of them and made a judgement? - Michael Markman

Good question Michael - Kyle Lacy

Has anyone done the work of looking at last year's crop of Demo and TechCrunch companies and asking "where are they now?"? - Michael Markman

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“Demo really messed up by keeping the same dates. If I were Demo I would have moved to a week earlier than TechCrunch 50.”

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Didn't DEMO adjust their dates to match the TechCrunch50? - darnell

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AdWord Keyword Tool How to Use it to Hone Post Titles and Choose Blog Topics

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This is a really neat tool! I think I am going to start using it (as I may start advertising my blog more). - darnell

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Up Close With Microsoft’s Photosynth: Stitch Photos Together Auto-Magically

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Wow. Microsoft is actually releasing some very impressive software! Unfortunately, I can not same the same of Apple (outside of the iPhone that is). - darnell

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Big stink as Israel unleashes 'skunk' on protestors - AFP

Tuesday at 2:59 pm - Link

Dude! Perhaps they should use this in Denver, just in case their are riots over Hillary not being selected. - darnell

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Iran says its warplanes can fly to Israel and back

Tuesday at 2:59 pm - Link

Iran is all talk and no action. They said they could launch a satellite into space (it failed) and they had to photoshop their rocket launching images released to the press because of one major failure. I'll be glad when their moronic President leaves office. - darnell

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Quantum3 Withdrawing from Competition

Tuesday at 2:59 pm - Link

Dude this sucks. At this rate, we may have less than eight teams competing in the competition (although truthfully I only see one team with a real shot at winning this). - darnell

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Learn when to clap, Chinese media implores its fans

Monday at 9:18 pm - Link

Its all about control. - darnell

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Perhaps Pandora Must Be Our Sacrificial Lamb

Monday at 7:22 pm - Link

You may want it to be your sacrificial lamb, but I would rather pay a monthly fee to keep this app alive than to see it go. - darnell

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New solar cell efficiency record (barely) achieved at 40.8%

August 15 at 9:53 pm - Link

Baby steps. - darnell

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Google's Android Phone Rumored Out Sept. 17 [Cell Phones]

August 15 at 9:20 pm - Link

I guess next month we will see if Google can challenge Apple's App store. I'm not holding my breath though. - darnell

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HTC Dream Presales Beginning September 17th on T-Mobile? [G1]

August 15 at 3:23 pm - Link

Hmm...I may have to ask one of my cousin to test this out to see how good it works. - darnell

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Shocker: iPhone 3G Faster, Stronger, Better in Ad Than In Real Life [It's All An Illusion]

August 12 at 3:05 pm - Link

Heh! Glad I didn't buy a 3G yet. :-) - darnell

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The Much Anticipated DataCase Launches: Turn the iPhone Into A Wireless Drive

August 12 at 7:31 am - Link

Definately going to get this! - darnell

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Verizon gets official with Visual Voicemail service

August 11 at 12:41 pm - Link

Verizon charging their customers for a feature offered free (or at least included) by their competitors? Even though AT&T has problems, they at least don't try to "nickel and dime" you to death. - darnell

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Japan’s super-advanced mobile web: Too unique to serve as a global blueprint?

August 9 at 10:21 am - Link

Japan is definately geek heaven. - darnell

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One step at a time

August 7 at 6:58 pm - Link

We need more of this. - darnell

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Phonesaber Removed From App Store, Might Make Triumphant Official Return [Phonesaber]

August 7 at 6:58 pm - Link

So sad. I do hope that Apple doesn't remove this from my iPhone (after another update). - darnell

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Guy Buys $999 I'm Rich App, Discovers He's Just Dumb [Moron]

August 7 at 6:11 pm - Link

Some people just don't read the fine print. - darnell

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How Not To Approach a Religious Debate

August 3 at 7:08 pm - Link

All I can say is--wow. - darnell

Dave Senior posted a message on Twitter

“Friends were talking about cuil while we were getting drunk.. they can't believe i panned it.. they have no idea how bad it is”

August 3 at 12:07 am - Link

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Search for my name on Cuil, my site nowhere to be seen, Google always has it on the first page. Search for our local church including the name of our village and again Google finds the church website whilst cuil comes up with a whole load of irrelevant sites. - Richard Peat

O its just a baby. If it is still this bad after a little while, hammer it. It feels better to bludgeon something when its not an infant. - Simian Downtime Analyst

Cuil is a joke. I'd rather use Yahoo! or even Live search. Cuil equals fail whale if you ask me. - darnell

It shows you that lots of good MSM PR does wonders for public perception. Cuil fails if you search for me.. and my name is in the url and title!!! - Dave Senior

Kenichi Matsumoto posted a message on Twitter

“"Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media." http://bit.ly/1CZ9Ff”

August 2 at 9:21 pm - Link

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I was with a bunch of real people (non geeks) tonight. What did they talk about? Facebook. - Robert Scoble

Ironically enough, I found this very article at "socialmedian" this morning, posted to "twitter" then commenting on "friendfeed". Are we real? - Kenichi Matsumoto

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HA - Mona N.

I have time for it:) - Igor Poltavskiy

I was with a bunch of real people tonight. What did we talk about? Our jobs, relationships, movies, food/restaurants... you know, things that regular people talked about before the social media timesuck. - Louie

Real people hardly have time to do anything. - Chris Kim A

Louie is one of those guys who always ruins a party. Sigh. Today I saw Dark Knight, which was OK, but Maryam thought it sucked. Argued politics at one party. Talked about all sorts of things at another party. Now am working on a column about the future of journalism. - Robert Scoble

Ummm why the early 90's have to register to read the article?? - Justin Yost

this reminds me very much of when girls would give us a hard time for talking sports all day. The sentiment is captured well in City Slickers. What's important to some folks just isn't to others. - Morgan

Damnn Robert you are (quite literally) the first person I've heard from who didn't like The Dark Knight. - Mohit

Mohit: I liked it, my wife didn't. - Robert Scoble

Chuck Norris doesn't have time for social media, nobody lives long enough to comment on his fighting skill anyway - Antoine Bertier

Robert, I think FB is the one social networking app that most "normal" people have learned to love. Just not sure if they have room for more than one. - Kate

Even overhearing folks at church talk about Facebook and MySpace. - Todd Jordan

if FB is the social media for "normal people" then I NEVER want to be normal!!! - Dieter Schwarz

I can't seem to access the article, but I get the drift. I like Clay Shirky's talk on video discussing where we find the time: http://tinyurl.com/5o79x3 I tell my colleagues that, yes, a lot of people are busy, but then a lot of other people also just watch TV. I spend hours online instead of (or often in addition to) watching TV. Television has made our minds very inactive over the years. - Connie Crosby

So true. That's why most of my non-geek friends have a Facebook/MySpace account. I guess we all must be living in the Matrix. - darnell

I personally spend 8-10 minutes a week on Myspace and maybe 15 a week on Facebook. So just haveing and account doesn't mean you "have time" for social media. - Brian Norwood

I use Social Media quite a lot, but I probably watch less than an hour's TV a month. I'd rather interact with 'real' people - geeks or otherwise, online, than suffer the largely mindless dross and BS pumped out of the idiot box, which I can't answer back. - Ian May

Hmm, when I try to click the 'About SocialMedian' page, I get that signup prompt. So I have to sign up and then find out what you are about? Weak sauce. - beersage

+1 Morgan - BeeLing Poh

@beersage -- we agree. we haven't had a chance to get rid of some of the remaining registration requirements we put in place during alpha. Will be cleaning that up soon. - Jason Goldberg

I would spend more time with Social Media if I didn't keep getting headaches from reading. - Shelly Weiss

Well, if you look at the entire population of the world and how they spend their time, "real" people are mostly engaged in backbreaking labor in filthy conditions and wondering where their next meal is coming from. So can I be fake please? Thank you. - Karim

It also depends on age demographics. Being 27 - everyone my age and below spends hours on Facebook/Myspace or both. My housemate is just two years old and has a Myspace account but barely uses it. I think Social Media is something the younger generations have as a part of their life and devote their time to it like it was any other entertainment vessel.... - George Smith

George - is that a typo or does your two year old housemate REALLY have a Myspace? - Shelly Weiss

I'd like to know how the 2yr old pays rent. My daughters gettin to that age, and I'd like to put her to work. - Brian Norwood

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Resolution and Color

August 1 at 6:58 pm - Link

Awesome! Although I wonder how much "color" one would see on the Moon, since the surface is "whitish gray," and the sky black (since the stars are not visible because of the sun). - darnell

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China forcing hotels to install Internet spyware

July 30 at 9:18 pm - Link

Why am I not surprised? - darnell

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Upcoming Dell Projector is Very Small, See? [Projectors]

July 30 at 7:10 am - Link

I wonder if I can hook this up with my iPhone? - darnell

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Do the Skype dance

July 29 at 3:47 pm - Link

I'll do the skype dance once they make an iPhone app. ;-) - darnell