Sign in or Join FriendFeed
FriendFeed is the easiest way to share online. Learn more »
Cameron Reilly
is twitter down?
i came here to ask that question too :) i guess that means the answer is yes - David Petar Novakovic
it's segmented downage. for some people it's up & for some it's down. traceroute shows a stop around the 14th hop here. from the friendfeed postings & certain sites, it appears to be up. re-edit: it's back up now. - sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq
Yeah down for me as well, although downforeveryoneorjustme.com says its up. - Chris Lawrence
yea it is! - Naik Michel
World’s Top Internet Marketing, Social Media and Online Business Books you should have read but haven’t yet: http://htxt.it/87m0 - Naik Michel
Miguel Caetano
we are hunted - Research: We Are Hunted + Twitter - May 29 2009 - http://wearehunted.com/researc...
"We are now indexing more than a million tweets a month to discover what people are listening to online. Today we are releasing some graphs from our internal Twitter data that we think are interesting and amusing from the past month. These graphs illustrate the Twitter response to some of the major events in music over the last month including: " - Miguel Caetano
Loic Le Meur
Can someone give me a definition of what being "passive-aggressive" means, some people tell me I am that, probably bad news.... :)
Passive-aggressive behavior refers to passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as resentment, stubbornness, procrastination, sullenness, or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is, often explicitly, responsible. It is a defense mechanism and more often... more... - net from Alert Thingy
Wikipedia a réponse à tout: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Jonathan
actually it's a personality disorder, generally appears when stepping into adolescence. a kinda way to resist doing things and showing expected behavior due to not believing their alleged positive outcomes... As an entrepreneur of web 2.0 age, P-A can be a positive asset somehow. that could mean you deny to act traditional but don't disclose your denial loudly and instead silently go with your way. that was a "bright side" p.o.v :) - Berk D. Demir
My quick & dirty version: a overly, polite waiter that adds extra ingredients to your food because the customer was over-demanding. The waiter never stops being too polite in the dining room but goes creepily, ballistic behind closed doors. Look at the movie "Office Space" for examples:) - Roney Smith
wow what great comments, it is a terrible trait in my experience normally attributed to low self esteem cowards who can't deal with issues directly and enjoy the sport of thinking they're putting something over on their victims - mike "glemak" dunn
some say fear & envy contributes to passive aggressive behavior -- passion patience & persistence cannot replace accountability (or wisdom or maturity) - Scott Moskowitz
I've noticed BigCo workers tend to be more passive aggressive too. Larger work environments encourage people to bite their tongue, but then those people tend to let it out in other ways. In a startup you simply cannot tolerate passive agressive behaviour. Ifyou have a problem you need to be up front and honest about it. I've seen it tear working relationships apart. You have to be up front :) - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
it's like the lady in the super market that says 'excuuuuse me' - but really means 'get out of my way'......a very nice way of being not so nice...i think it's cultural, in the us people are sometimes polite even if they dont want to be...:) - yat
david: like your comment/take startups vs bigco right on, neither can afford but tends to be more prevalent in bigco & disastrous in startup... - mike "glemak" dunn
basic terms: you're usually quiet (passive) but can be aggressive when you want something or something doesn't go your way. The mid point is usually considered assertive which is where you want to be. (there's personality traits as well, but it was years ago I did the course) - Duncan Riley
I wonder if Gandhi was passive aggressive? I have a friend who is aggressive passive. He gets violently angry about stuff he doesn't really care about. Not kidding. - anna sauce
it's the opposite of how I am at work ;) - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Well, say you wanted a soda. An agressive person would say, "Go get me a soda." A passive-agressive person would say "I wish I had a soda. If only someone would get me one." - Alex P. from twhirl
it's definitely better than being straight-out aggressive - Wil from MojiPage Bot
People who are passive-aggressive might take so long to get ready for a party they do not wish to attend that the party is nearly over by the time they arrive. - CannonGod from twhirl
kiss my ass Loic. prove your not passive-aggressive. then get down and eat my cornhole. you know? like you licked @QueenOfSpain - Noah David Simon
short explanation: tendancy towards not acting, not being outwardly aggressive, but in fact being aggressive in subtle, often socially acceptable ways. If you still read books: "comment gérer les personnalités difficiles", by Lelord and André. Fascinating and life-changing read. (But you have to read it yourself.) - Stephanie Booth
These are good illustrations: http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ - Rubin Sfadj
how about... just googling it yourself? - Jeremy Toeman
Nice passive-aggressive response, Jeremy. Heh. - Phil G
*technically* it wasn't p-a, but i thought it still... worked. ;) - Jeremy Toeman
Loic's question is p-a per se -- a proactive person would have googled it on the spot. - Rubin Sfadj
you've never struck me as a passive aggressive person! you're pretty direct. - Veronica
I will re ask your question with passive aggresion, "Can you at some point if you can find the time define what passive aggresive means? I mean it dosen't have to be right now, but I really need to know for a post, and I just hope I can get an answer right away if not sooner..but no rush!" - Mike Lewis
amazing - I have the same problem! ANd they just keep scrinking too! Is this some American conspiracy against European entrepreneurs? - net from twhirl
if someone tells you that you are "passive-aggressive" they just don´t have the guts to tell you that you seem aggressive to them - Dieter Schwarz
Telling someone they're p-a is a p-a way of letting them know you don't like them. - Rubin Sfadj
ok - that´s straight to the point! you win! *gg* - Dieter Schwarz
I can't believe the number of comments here! Net, thanks for using Twhirl! - Loic Le Meur from twhirl
Passive-aggressive people (often Enneagram 9) get "angry", but might not know exactly why they are angry for hours-days-weeks, so the "anger" often leaks out in other ways. Some people can be passive-aggressive on purpose, but many simply don't know YET why they are angry. This term greatly confused me until I had both a girlfriend and a boss who were passive-aggressive. In my family, we just got "angry" - plain & simple. - Mitchell Tsai
here is Passive Aggresive Anger Release Machine (in French) http://www.trendsnow.net/trends_... - Pokai
Well, passive agressive happens when you bury anger, and resentment and then take it out without being aware of it on other people who don't necessarially have anything to do with the person your originally mad at or resentfull to or whatever have emotional attachment to. - Stephen
It tends to need directness as a way of solving the anger or resentment that the person has...since directness and even bluntness is better than being passive-agressive to some people since anger can be taken out on people that have nothing to do with the original problem or difficulty. - Stephen
jjprojects
You'd think the chance to restructure the financial system would be a good opportunity to change many things for the better, lets hope so.
Duncan Riley
MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
One of my favorites
World.jpg
i like that to and probably pretty true - (jeff)isageek
Hhahahah my favorite is "santa" - Carmen
It's quite accurate, actually. I live at "they make our stuff", but since I was born at "evil doers" I'm lazy just to spite you :p - ĎÚβĨŐÚŚ Dod
Should be interesting to watch worldwide reactions to this?! - Charlie Anzman
@Charlie This has been around a while. I shamelessly plucked it from Fark.com. @Mark if you look closely it is right between "Pussies" and "Evil Doers." - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
@mark hah! i think i see it. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
We need something new for Iceland! LOL - Susan Beebe
@Susan Hedgefund Graveyard ? - Mo Kargas
+1 Mo - LOL!! - Susan Beebe
the best part about the map is that africa is completely missing. awesome. - Admiral Anika
Ben Novakovic
Interesting... friendfeed has left console.log() statements in their javascript? I'm getting heaps of debug info in firebug
nice find :D - David Petar Novakovic
directeur
relativity 2.0
relativity.png
See? Only the good ol' DPN noticed this one :) - directeur
hahaha - very astute i thought :D - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
:D They won't notice it anyways, mind you ;-) - directeur
Duncan Riley
JS-Kit gets $3.6 million, Chris Saad - http://www.inquisitr.com/5260...
Is anyone running a deadpool? - Jason Carreira
"Saad will add some charisma to the mix, and despite his young age, some reasonable street smarts in the PR 101 playbook." What basis is there for this belief? - Jason Carreira
deadpool... do you think they are going to be lighting their cigars with $100 bills? :) - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
Scoble interviewed these guys awhile back. They deserve a chance. http://qik.com/video/149516 - Sprague D
Jason, I've met the guy lots of times. He's a charismatic kid. Beside, he couldn't possibly do worse in the PR department then what JS-Kit has already done. - Duncan Riley
Sprague, they have accumulated so much bad blood in the space with their spammy and aggressive marketing techniques, that they could offer weeklong stays at a spa and I'd yawn. - Cyndy
Re: deadpool: I'm not so sure. I don't like them as I've said in the post, and every player here as the same issue: is a feature really strong enough to be a stand alone company. Exit strategy is a buyout like IntenseDebate/ Automattic. If they've got enough users, and a decent product, no reason to think that someone won't buy them - Duncan Riley
Does anyone actually use JS-Kit? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@Rah I don't some of the things the company has done so I wouldn't be using them if I wasn't already using Disqus .. my second choice would have been IntenseDebate - Steven Hodson
@Duncan what real job has he had that would give him useful business experience? I've officially become tired of these web 2.0 wantrepreneurs who ignore business basics. I've been through it before in Web 1.0 and it's tiresome to see the lack of learning from history. - Jason Carreira
liked for the comments. this is funny. - Kamilah Gill
@Rahsheen See what I said and what Steven said. They are serious GITS when it comes to how to conduct yourself in marketing your product. One great example was the way they would stalk anyone who commented about Disqus and then leave a comment about how you were an idiot and JS-Kit was teh awesome. - Cyndy
@Cyndy @Steven I actually saw instances of JS-Kit people commenting in this manner when I was comparing Disqus, ID, and SezWho. I guess my impressions of the company/service were correct as I never bothered to look into it. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Is this the spammy stuff people are referring to? http://mashable.com/2008... - Sprague D
the comments of the mashable post spell out the details that make most of these comments about aggressive marketing seem fairly exaggerated. - David Petar Novakovic
I am sitting next to Chris right now. - Robert Scoble
Rah: 550,000 sites are using JS-Kit including eVite, WorldNow, Experian, JetBlue, Sun, Etc. - Robert Scoble
I'm sitting next to Chris too. - Ryan Kuder
I guess I have no idea what JS-Kit is, then. I wonder how they will do that...doesn't seem like they are very well liked...which is weird for a Web 2.0-type service/app - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Jason, two things going for Chris, hands on development experience with data intensive applications, and the ability to hold himself well in company and speak well. I can't vouch for his business skills, because I don't know the true state of Faraday Media. As Cyndy notes, JS-Kit can't do worse, and I'd think in terms of PR and message Chris is a positive influence. - Duncan Riley
I am sitting next to Ryan. It is a social media fire pit. - Robert Scoble
I'm with Ryan and scoble - Chris Saad
hold on... how can Robert be next to Chris AND Ryan... Chris is next to Ryan as well. *watches world implode* - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
Rah--I use JS-Kit. And, as one of the largest advertisers and monetizers on the internet, I think that says something. But time will tell...And, no, Robert/Chris & Khris didn't invite me to the campfire! Argh. - Alan Edgett
@David, considering that some of those comments were on things that I wrote? No, they most certainly were not exaggerated. - Cyndy
@Cyndy i haven't seen an example of them actually rudly bagging competition - but happy to be pointed to some examples. - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
@cyndy I hear your concerns about over zealous PR and I assure you things have already changed. please keep the feedback coming - I'm listening - Chris Saad
@Duncan thanks for having faith in my potential contribution - my main interest for is-kit is to listen to the community and help the company think big with the user as the first class citizen - Chris Saad
I was IM'ing with Chris at that time ;-) - directeur
Chris, that's good to hear. David, I went back to one blog I know it happened on and it looks like the comments in the thread were removed. I know that JS-Kit employees were blocked on at least a couple of blogs and not allowed to comment at all after the repeated postings. - Cyndy
Alan: I invited everyone on Twitter and FriendFeed to the campfire last night. - Robert Scoble
Bwana ☠
The Chris Pirillo Interview: "We're Not Worthy" - http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008...
Bwana ☠
Wil
Wil
Guppy-PE: A Python Programming Environment - http://guppy-pe.sourceforge.net/
Mona Nomura
Sad but true :) - Mike Reynolds
Hah! - Kate
Nail on head. - Steve Spalding
It's just that most of the second one can be done in the one search box. - Daniel Schildt
so true - Paulo Elias from twhirl
*sigh* Sad but true, especially of my last company, and of most library database interfaces. - cecily
Semi True. While funny, sometimes you NEED to limit the results found and then the google answer is an obscure text search syntax that 99% of users will never use, instead of "cluttering" stuff with a checkbox. - Soulhuntre
To be fair... your app may need to do more than search ;) - Dion Almaer
Just saw these in a presentation at KM World. There's another one for an Apple product. - Hutch Carpenter
They used these in a presentation? :O I found them cleaning out my external so I decided to post. And please don't ask why I have random images on my HD. I don't even know haha. Brb, gonna Google for the Apple one! - Mona Nomura
funny, sad, and oh so true. - Alan
That's just because Google (Big Brother) already has all that information about you. - David Cook
The Mac version of this only consists of a HUGE button. - Thomas Frütel
I'm in the software business, and I say this is true. I approve my statement. :) - imabonehead
Mladen Srdić
YouTube - Safe for work porn - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
YouTube - Safe for work porn
Play
I laughed so hard at this. Possibly NSFW! - Mladen Srdić from Bookmarklet
hahahaha classic - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
Mladen Srdić
The Dark Knight: "Brutal" Joker Returns To Comic Stores - http://io9.com/5045400...
The Dark Knight: "Brutal" Joker Returns To Comic Stores
Mladen Srdić
neural networks are no more. exams cleared.
Ben Novakovic
oh man, Mario Cart is getting way too competitive in the office these days. Tears of laughter mixed in with loud profanities. great times
directeur
Bruce Eckel: “Life is short (You need Python)”
Bruce Eckel: “Life is short (You need Python)”
Duncan Riley
Two boys decide that Lehman Brothers report needs some tongue - http://www.inquisitr.com/3239...
about 15-30 seconds in - Duncan Riley
classic :D - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
Dave Winer
"Now, I want to be clear and speak directly to those of you who LOVED that Palin interview. You're an idiot. I mean that. This is not one of those cases where we're going to agree to disagree. This isn't one of those situations where we debate it passionately and then walk away thinking that the other guy is wrong but argued well. I'm not going to think of you as a thoughtful but misguided person with different ideas who still really cares about the country and the world. No, sorry, not this time. This time, if you watched those interview excerpts and weren't scared out of your freakin' mind, then you're mentally ill, mentally disabled, or mentally disturbed" - Dave Winer from Bookmarklet
This is a great quote from this article: "Vote for someone smarter than you. Vote for someone who inspires you. Vote for someone who has not only traveled the world but who has also shown a deep understanding and compassion for it. The stakes are real and they're terrifyingly high. This election matters. It matters. It really matters. Let me say that one more time. This. Really. Matters." - good stuff. - darodave
I agree with Michael. - Graham English
I'm getting the feeling that all of this making-Palin-the-story is actually helping the McCain campaign. - Andrew Grumet
it is. Most Americans don't view the world through smart people's eyes. It is the economy stupid wins. This stuff fails. - Robert Scoble
@Robert: If it is the economy. Or more to the point, the pocketbook, then why shouldn't Obama win? His income tax plan puts more money into more people's pockets. Or is the point that Obama needs to hit that point again and again and again? - AJ Kohn
It is the economy stupid versus It is the Palin stupid. I'm not at all sure who will prevail. Palin is something new. The media like new things. - Benedikt Koehler
@AJ: Actually McCain means a more stable economy and in the long run means that people will maintain their lot in life. It is the fear of the unknown that drive voters away from Obama. His policies have the ability to move America is a better direction, but also will certainly shake things up a bit. This scares the shit out of the average Joe American. - Bob Blunk
Based upon the first paragraph of this article, I think there is a third category: the "responsible, informed, curious, thoughtful, mature, educated, empathetic, remotely serious", and civil individual. HuffPost just lost credibility with me when you post an article that starts off as crude as this one and then doesn't offer anything but one-sided, hot headed opinion. - Greg Lato
@Bob: By stable, you mean he's not going to do much to it, right? Then yes I agree and yes, plenty of folks are scared of change. But ... the economy is in real trouble. More than I think people really understand. Home values are still way out of whack versus historic trends (see Case-Shiller), personal debt is very high, savings at zero, the dollar is weak and inflation is growing. And the inflation and GDP numbers aren't really accurate: http://www.chrismartenson.com/fuzzy_n... - AJ Kohn
I haven't watched this but am so thankful you have prepared me to know how idiotic I am if I do like this interview. I do agree with darodave in that this electinon really matters. I am just certain that I want neither candidate in the office of the commander and chief. One wants to offer change without describing how that will be accomplished with the help and resistance of the... more... - Curtis "Billy" Cross from twhirl
It's about time someone wrote what a lot of people are thinking. - Jeff P. Henderson
Well I can now say for certain I hate the undetermined character limits of friend feed as much as the 140 character limits imposed by twitter, identica, plurk, etc... Though I am uncertain of that last statement is even remotely correct: yes.. corporations have put forth the pretense of caring.. the gist I was getting at was that this election for me is choosing the lesser of two evils. - Curtis "Billy" Cross from twhirl
Jason Calacanis
if you disagree with the Yammer decision, or MINT last year, that's totally cool: start your own panel/system for voting and use our videos.
i like your open, mashable approach - kudos - Randal Leeb-du Toit
I don't ever think I have seen Jason on the defensive. There must be lots of heckling going on in Twitter about this. - Roger Kondrat
Jason: I need only 15.000$ funding, Is it OK being my angel investor (%10 for you) ? : ) - Erhan Erdogan
Well, a little bit. Just check search.twitter.com and you will see a lot of criticism - Arturo Servin from twhirl
@erhan in American and the UK you use comma's otherwise Jason just thought you want $15 not $15,000.. ;0) - Roger Kondrat
Yammer = needed in the market (prove of +2000 companies and +10000 indiv signed on first day of launch) + original implementation + very real and working business model. None of the other few runups for final came close to Yammer. All lokked cool and stylish but but and but.. Perfect choice, Jason!! - Hayk H.
Roger: No problem - I need Jason only : ) - Erhan Erdogan
Erhan you could raise that money quite easily in the UK. You should email me a bit more info about your start up. - Roger Kondrat
Roger: I just made a joke for Jason's own idea. : ) But we will be in touch with you for years and years! ; ) - Erhan Erdogan
I figured but didn't want to take the chance as you going to America is way more work than flying for 2 hrs to the UK. - Roger Kondrat
there would be 2 x the hater BBQ if event was in southeast us, jc and every1 involved in that event gets props, opinions are like assholes everyones got one! - shayne catrett
Just watched the Yammer preso-this thing is awesome for orgs. It's robust & definitely has some features I wish Twitter did. - Clay Newton
Brian Daniel Eisenberg
The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up - http://www.last.fm/music...
Great Video! - Anna Haro
game on bitches. I'm about to fight for my team and my job! - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
My cell phone ring is set to this :-) - Far
fat of the land album rocks in general and this song in particular - cool video :) - Hayk H.
gogo brian :D - mjc
team & job safe, but yet another reorg. nothing I haven't gone through before in my 8.5 year tenure. starting tomorrow, I have a new boss though. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Brian: Sounds like you work where I work... - Far
Mladen Srdić
A gypsy women approached me an my way to office. "You wanna do something? - Yeah baby, I'm for a game of Go." She wasn't interested.
Josh Haley
Can I Be Lolz Kitteh Too? - http://www.karmapanda.com/2008...
Can I Be Lolz Kitteh Too?
Can I Be Lolz Kitteh Too?
Show all
There's a bunch more pics through the link too for the avid kitteh fan. - Josh Haley
CUTE OVERLOAD! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Like Tina said, CUTE OVERLOAD! - Mark Wilson
Pic #2: IM IN UR WASABE.....OW. - Josh Haley
"Plz Help Me....No Likey Pikchurs" - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
mreer! - Josh Haley
never not cute. - edythe
night crew bump - Josh Haley
a real life gremlin - Blake N. Cooper
Aww I want one! - Joe Dawson
Ben Novakovic
Just got pwned by BS Mario Cart items
Louis Gray
5 Reasons to Move Your Startup Out of Silicon Valley - http://gigaom.com/2008...
I would add Indy to the list of alternative cities. With incredibly low cost of living, and solid Tech and Informatics programs at both IU and Purdue turning out lots of qualified talent, central location, and growing creative class, we are a attractive alternative.. And did I mention our cost of living/ - Lorraine Ball
Yay Austin!! - Josh Dilworth
Know any good places in Europe? - Zack Brandit
@Zack, the UK is a good place. They score higher than the US as a place of doing business and London has a good VC and startup culture so financing and hiring are not problematic for a young company. Zack there is a group on FF for Europe related discussion - http://is.gd/2pB7 - Roger Kondrat
Come to friendly New York City! - Ernie Oporto
Rochester, NY is sorta cool... ok I WANT it to be more cool. We are heavy into IT here...lots of students and universities...nice spot! (no earthquakes, hurricanes or tornados either!) - Susan Beebe
NC in the house! For those interested, there is a Research Triangle Park, NC, but this is largely home to big research campuses (as you might guess). Folks live in Durham (like me), Chapel Hill/Carrboro, Raleigh. This is a great place to live. - Ayşe E.
Zack: Trondheim in Norway is good for tech. companies (e.g. search, electronics and energy) - http://amundblog.blogspot.com/2007... - Amund Tveit
didn't feel any of these reasons were that strong. Silly valley ain't going anywhere. - Elliott Ng
I completely agree with Lorraine on Indianapolis! We have a surprisingly large tech start-up base in the city - Kyle Lacy
I have the only web start up in my city, maybe the entire state, but I still love it here: http://bit.ly/2qQ3X9 - Jason Kintzler
Josh Sharp
@duncanriley "Mark Day has been a journalist for almost 50 years." Says all you need to know, really.
Louis Gray
Kraftwerk – Aéro Dynamik (Francois K Aero Mix) - http://www.last.fm/music...
I have an old, warped 45 of Autobahn in the bookshelf behind me. Along with 50 - 60 laserdiscs. *sigh* - Phil G
it's the francois k mix, he is a brilliant producer :) - David Petar Novakovic from twhirl
One of the most awesome Kraftwerk remixes is from Senor Coconut Y Su Conjunto. Latinized Kraftwerk ftw. Seriously great album. - abacab
Dave Winer
"McCain cut short public appearance after chanting supporters of rival Barack Obama interrupted his speech." http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08...
Mr. BabyMan
MrBabyMan Large Hadron Collider = the end of the world?! C'mon people, I survived the Harmonic Convergence and the Y2K bug. This is child's play.
Other ways to read this feed:Feed readerFacebook