Daniel Spradau - Comments

+1 for iPhone version....whyTF isn't it out already? Look at Hahlo...amazing, but limited due to Twitter API.....do it now! - Philip Ryan Johnson via twhirl

with Nokia Tablet, I don't need neither mobile version of FriendFeed nor iphone ;) - silpol

Have you tried Loopt, yet? I'm looking forward to the iPhone app. (www.loopt.com) - miked-licious

Java isn't inter graded into my Dash's browser. Your phone must be like a laptop. - Jacob

+1 - Mitchell Tsai

My credentials stay in the login area but I keep getting kicked back to the login screen all the time! - Joe Dawson (beta)

+1 not just focus on the iPhone, there're majority of nokia, moto, samsung users. - Langley Zhu

I normally have a iPod Touch or computer with me when I want to check FF, but sometimes FFTOGO will work, I just don't like the whole remote key thing. - Aaron Myers

fftogo is nice, but not enough, it's not compatible with enough phones, hoping FF is going to provide it's own mobile - Majento

Blackberries! Including the smaller screen of the Pearl. - David Silvernail

yes, i have a samsung instinct and ff on there won't even keep my login info w/o shutting off the web browser. - Anika Malone

I hate the remote key on fftogo,why we can't log on with our own password for Christ's sake - Steve Chou

iPhone: Daniel Spradau posted a link

Apple to Offer iTunes Remote Control App for iPhone and iPod Touch - Mac Rumors

June 26 at 7:50 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

I hope the Remote App will satisfy. - Daniel Spradau via Bookmarklet

Wireless sync of iTunes/iPhone would be more useful to me. - Jonathon

Agree with Jonathon - wireless sync would be much bigger deal, though remote control is nice ... - Patrick Jordan

Loic Le Meur posted a message on Twitter

“One of my investors just emailed: can we have dinner tonight? I say sure when? He says "I am in London let me book a flight and tell you" :)”

June 10 at 9:53 am - Link

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what a life! - David Parmet

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You lead some life, Loic! - Alex Williams

As long as it is friendly, good news that justifies the flight, then yeah, what a life! - Lee Adkins

wow - Jonathan Greene via Alert Thingy

Playboy! - Joe Dawson (beta)

Quite nice... :D - Daniel Schildt

that's great.. hahahaha :D - Timo Heuer

Very cool... - Daniel Spradau

and he is now in the plane I guess, small world... not very environment friendly though, I know - Loic Le Meur

What if he calls back and the flight is for you? - Delete Me

Sad to say that I never have conversations like this! - Mike Doeff

Scott, yes. I thought the plane is for you? But still great hahaha :) - Timo Heuer

wouldn't the conversation be easier, cheaper and more convenient over Seesmic? :) - Lou Paglia

when your talkin funds, you have to be face to face. - Anthony

Loic, I have always wondered how you arrived at the name "Seesmic"? Is it a play on seismic, or something else? - Anthony

@lou you see Loic hasn't gotten to the point where food can be passed through seesmic.... once he gets that done, however.... - Sean Reiser

@anthony I think it is because you can "see" the person and speak to them over the "mic" Seesmic - Lou Paglia

i thought that to but then rethought as I couldnt find much sense in that..thanks lou - Anthony

wow, that's awesome! *jet setter* - Susan Beebe

on the other hand, it must be tough on the family. how do you keep it together? - Alex Williams

My conversations are, "Let's have dinner. I'll meet you at Friendlies. Bring the coupon for a free Happy Endings Sunday..." - Kevin Shannon

WWDC: Daniel Spradau posted a message

“Well at least the shares bounced up a little. Still down though.”

June 9 at 12:12 pm - Link

I lied. I am going to stop watching the stock.app on my iPhone. - Daniel Spradau

WWDC: Daniel Spradau posted a message

“Apple's stock is loving the keynote as well.”

June 9 at 10:58 am - Link

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It's going waaaaay down: http://finance.google.com/fina... - Maarten Somers

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you mean that it's down 4 bucks since the talk started? - Nate Koechley

It'll go back up if they actually announce anything. - Robert Scoble

Yeah pardon my sarcasm. - Daniel Spradau

If they don't announce iPhone 3G soon they'll tank big time. - Jonathon

I hope Steve has one more thing in store for us... - Maarten Somers

analysts are super impatient - Akshay Dodeja

Robert Scoble posted a message

“FriendFeed is just as fast as MacRumorsLive. I'm watching all the sites. FriendFeed is freaking fast.”

June 9 at 10:40 am - Link

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Yeah FF is running great! - Daniel Spradau

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Not to mention that FF is still up!!!! - Roberto Bonini

and there is so much more with the comments etc... - Delete Me

the comments have been very good here on FF - acedanger

Cool... It looked slow, must be just the news in the Keynote - Mike Wills via twhirl

And none of FF's features are disabled. I'm looking at you, Twitter ... - Chris Baskind

Roberto Bonini has a point; FF is still up, while many others have 'fallen' - John Tyra

Is there some room that has combined conversations about that certain event that many are talking about? - Daniel Schildt

I've been "liking" anything that moves. So this is a good place to watch: http://friendfeed.com/scobleiz... - Robert Scoble

TWiT Live didn't do so well. It crashed at 6250 viewers and it's still down. Wonder if Leo will be staying with Stickam or if he will switch to Ustream. - Mike Doeff

Friendfeed is missing photos though. GIz is doing an awesome job with photos. - Steve Rubel

Why do I say that the World Wide Talk Show is on FriendFeed? Now you know. - Robert Scoble

The app coverage is taking way tooooooo long :( - DC Crowley

mike, ustream can't handle 6250 viewers either... it can barely handle 250 when Calacanis orders his army to come watch him order lunch. - Matt Shaulis

ustream been fine for me since the start, but I think Mac just had a dig at MS - Rif Kiamil

Mac now is hosted a push service via them selfs.. aka AOL v Apple.com => PUSH TO your iPHONE.. via wi-fi and cell network - Rif Kiamil

This is Friendfeed's moment. - Steve Rubel

supporting MS Office documents on the iPHONE - Rif Kiamil

now has parental controls, your mum can take u off youtube - Rif Kiamil

MacroumorsLive is my place, due to a problem with my DSL line, I am getting 135Kbits until my line resyncs (!!!!), so I can't handle refreshing gizmodo every 10 secs for new "high res" photos! :) - Ashley Williams via Alert Thingy

japan's and chinese support, and you can draw the chinese symbols with your fingers.. "one the benefits of not having plasic keys" - Rif Kiamil

has Steve said anything yet about being able to shoot / stream video (other than the videochat)? with the new phone? - Andy Sternberg via Alert Thingy

Andy: not yet. - Robert Scoble

MS Exchange by Apple in the clound? Moving into google app / gmail land - Rif Kiamil

@ Andy In fact thats a good point. You suppose Qik will do an iPhone app?? - Roberto Bonini

Yes. So will Flixwagon, Kyte.tv, and Seesmic. That is IF a 3G iPhone comes out today AND it supports video. - Robert Scoble

Plurk.com is also blazing along. - Elmer Thomas

hey is friendfeed freaking fast? - Britney Mason

Is anyone using it? We want URLs damn it, URLs!!! - Robert Scoble

FF is my main source, impressed with Twitter as well.. - Joe Dawson (beta)

i feel nervous. video support is a dealmaker/breaker for me. everybody else can build you apps, Steve, what can you do for me?!? make me wait till Christmas? please NO! - Andy Sternberg

Britney: still is freaking fast here. I've reloaded at least 300 times in past hour. - Robert Scoble

Even on a 1Mbits/s it's freaking fast, yes. - directeur

I'm listening to the live UStream feed and watching Engadget and MacRumors - Francine Hardaway

It's not bad is it! - Richard Bradshaw

Bret Taylor posted an entry on FriendFeed Blog

FriendFeed adds personalized recommendations

June 5 at 11:46 pm - Link

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Totally cool! This is exactly what I wanted! Thank you! Will give feedback on it after I have a few day's experience with it. - Robert Scoble

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Love it. I'd also love to be able to see only the items added since I last checked Friendfeed. - Ranjit Mathoda

cool beans. - Anthony Citrano

Helps a lot. Thanks. Easier to keep updated on the stuff that matters to me. - Alex Williams

Very cool Bret. - Hutch Carpenter

Very nice. - Atul Arora

Very nice, indeed - Michael W. May

Thanks. - Amund Tveit

Very nice addition. Keep em coming. - Tsega Dinka

We definitely want feedback. I literally had six versions of the algorithm running in parallel, and this is the best one according to our qualitative assessment, but we need more data to really improve it. Let me know if you see too much of something or missed something you think is important - it will help me debug quality issues. - Bret Taylor

@scobleizer: It also does a bit of what you want for individual services as well. Here are the best Twitters from the past day: http://friendfeed.com/summary?.... Click the service icons to restrict the "best of" view to a single service. It doesn't let you send the link out to anyone since it is entirely personalized, nor is it the generalized search interface you described, but it is a step in that direction. - Bret Taylor

Also looks like the date can go from 1 thru 30. greater than 30 reverts to 30 - Atul Arora

Bret: that's very cool. It's amazing how few things I actually have missed. But, this will be useful to check in on. One thing I do wish it had was "big things since last time you were here." - Robert Scoble

Next? I'd love to have a way to see a true reverse-chronological view of the "Everyone" feed, but let me filter by "n" Likes and "n" Comments. - Robert Scoble

How about, do a time stamp of the last time Robert logged in, and every hour afterward, do a screen capture of every single update from everybody he follows, save it as a massive PDF file, and send it to him via e-mail attachment. Repeat every 60 minutes. - Louis Gray

@Louis Gray: That'll make FF go twitter! - Yuvi (has IRL friends!)

interesting idea - Steven Hodson

uh-oh.. going 'twitter' is launching as an idiom.. - sedgewick

Awesome idea Bret. Hey, we'd be honored if you could speak at FOWA this year (http://futureofwebapps.com). Interested? - Ryan Carson

perfect! now i only need to convince most of my friends to update their webbrowse behavior. most of them still didnt make the jump too rss and sharing is done mostly by skype :( - Chris Hofmann

Great addition. I'd also like to see it applicable at the individual user level. - Mark Krynsky

Been really looking forward to this since seeing it mentioned on "The Dan Farber Show"! In typical FF style, great feature with simple, clear implementation. Yummy! - Matt Harwood

This is very cool. As soon as they provide an Atom feed of this, it'll be the most kickass service ever. - Eric Florenzano

hmmm, this is my top post. Nice one - Andrew Smith

This is a great addition, shows that they are listening to what people want! - Joe Dawson (beta)

Oh, now see, this is just awesome. - Vince DeGeorge

Can we get a favorite button for stuff like this :) - Rob Diana

They should call it A-list juice - Jamie

Thanks, I appreciate this feature. - Daniel Backhaus

I want a feed for this feature! - Marcus Puchmayer

Very nice feature, for me, given the addiction, I suspect the "day" one will be the most used to make sure I didn't miss anything good. :) - felix

Bret: Yeah!! Great feature!! I've been waiting for this one! woo hoo! :) - Susan Beebe

Feedback: 1-day, 3-day, and 7-day look pretty good. 14-day and 30-day summaries seem swamped by the last 7 days (Maybe searches in 10-30-days should have older items weighted heavier than in 1-3-7 day summaries). Awesome! This really helps with the "Page 11" (Search past #300-399 fails design). My Friends feed (of 149 people) only goes back about 4 hrs. Everything past that is lost... Wish my regular Friends feed would save 24+ hrs. Nice job Bret! - Mitchell Tsai

Thanks, Bret! That's why we love friendfeed :) - Kenichi Matsumoto

ooh, what's this? ok, same thing I already talked about. awesome! - Kamilah Gill

Bret, you are an absolute genius. Every time I hear you speak (or write) I am just more and more impressed. - Alex Hammer

Search by service for Top 100 YouTube pictures, Blog articles, Google Reader/Del.icio.us articles, Last.fm songs... We can search for "&service=picasa&num=100", "&service=flickr", "&service=blog", "&service=googlereader","&service=delicious" See http://friendfeed.com/e/34f7f6... for multiple Top 100 searches from the past 1-2-3-7-14-30 days. - Mitchell Tsai

Search for best 100 articles from past day with "&num=100" See http://friendfeed.com/e/b4029e... - Mitchell Tsai

Thank you! Arigatou gozaimasu! - Mike Reynolds

Excellent - Jason Kaneshiro

Well, I must say it works! I've already found three things I had missed this week and really interest me. - Andrés David Aparicio

wow, that's actually kinda...useful! - Sarah Perez

This could prove beneficial, what is the algorithm they are using? - Chris

My guess would be comments and likes - Bwana

Hmm.. And this is the first item in my personalized recommendations? I guess it works :) - Dimitri Glazkov

What's very VERY cool is that service filters work with this as well http://friendfeed.com/e/02adb6.... EDIT: I just saw Mitchell already posted this feature. I should have known, he's always on top of these things :) - Bwana

Awesome! - Daniel Spradau

Nice, that was the thing to do. I hope to get something like that for Twitter and I think it's still possible to make. - fbrunel

I bet FF hires Mitchell to code up queries!! LOL good stuff here Bret & Mitchell!! - Susan Beebe

@Bret: I'm sad you don't support APML. - directeur

Susan: I'm just too lazy (and retired May 2007). Now I code in Excel & FriendFeed (rather than Fortran 66 & Cobol). I just bookmark my own FriendFeed posts in Safari & Firefox rather than make too many Safari bookmark-sub-menus. Getting too lazy to write HTML or LAMP. ;-) Headed to Yosemite in a few days after the Harmony Festival this weekend - Robert Scoble's Ansel Adams visit was too tempting :0) - Mitchell Tsai

Awaiting for more kick-ass features from FF! Great work! - Winston Teo

This is great Bret. FF keeps getting better. - Michael Carter

great addition to the functionality! - Jeroen De Miranda

Hmmm. If the list of most popular posts contains only posts which I have liked, commented on or clicked through, does that make me the most popular friendfeeder ever? ;-) - Slippy Lane

Are there plans to extend "best of" to FF rooms? Depending on the number of members and activity, that could be really interesting. - Tom Landini

This is so incredibly awesome. FriendFeed just returned to the same level of utility (for my usage patterns) as before the launch / noise onslaught. :-) - Kevin Scott

awesome, thats useful! now i need direct messages, go one - Alexander Oelling

Bret Taylor is amazing! - Alex Hammer

I find it interesting on how this feature is at the top of "best of the month." Seems kinda pointless. - possible248

Finally back on a full computer after a nearly two-week absence (no, I didn't go to Peru, I went to Alabama). Looks nice. - Ontario Emperor

Great addition! Next feature request: let me filter by people I really know vs. people I just like to follow so I can see what my "real" friends are doing at a glance. - Dave Hanson

Wisconsin Room: Daniel Spradau posted a message

“Welcome to the "Wisconsin Room". Live here or just want to learn about Wisconsin offers? Then join in! Just keep your discussions related to the Badger State! Thanks, Daniel”

May 23 at 10:39 am - Link

Dont mind some grammar. I quickly typed it on my iPhone. :) - Daniel Spradau

Colin Britton posted a message on Twitter

“ordered a Netflix Roku. Lets see how it is. I was on a focus group for it last summer”

May 21 at 6:25 am - Link

interesting. You are the first person I've heard actually say you are buying one. - Thomas Hawk

Same here let us know how it goes. - Daniel Spradau

I am particularly interested in the clarity and buffering. It looks like a better system than the Apple TV concept. - Greg Tarnoff via twhirl

Bwana posted a message

“I've come to realize that some people are simply not going to make an effort to learn FriendFeed. I'm not going to waste my time with the lazy, stubborn, naysayers. There's plenty of internet out there for you.”

May 10 at 4:07 pm - Link

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I can think of some of those... - Louis Gray

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Bwana, that's why we are early adopters. They'll come around eventually. I remember a lot of people bad mouthing Twitter a year ago. Saying it was a "fad", now those same people are all on Twitter. Give it a year, they'll all be on FF next. - Thomas Hawk

And by the time everyone's on FF some early adopters will find new things to well...adopt. It's the way it always is. Hopefully FF will still be able to draw users in by then. - Daniel Spradau

Well I admit that I don't get it yet. I'm finding that I don't have enough time to keep up with FF as well as the few other networks that I belong to but I'm trying. - Vaughn via twhirl

I agree with Mr. Hawk and Mr. Gray. First the early adopters, then the spammers, then the mass market people. I'm sure Yahoo is saying to themselves now, we can do our own Twitter (Yitter?). - Mike Reynolds

hmm. I've learned some of FF. still wonder what/if I missing. I do like, tho. keyboard shortcuts? - rambn

I know many people who use email, yahoo, maybe google and youtube. On youtube they barely now how to hit play. I do not think the masses really care about learning it, even if it would help them. - Rob Diana

Well, if they are not @ lots of social sites (like us crazies) I can understand. Really. But for those of us who are, it brings it all together in a simple, easy to read (and comment) area. - Barbara K. Baker

Ok, I need to re-read my own posts and follow through. I'm going to kick back and enjoy the complaining from the sidelines. - Bwana

FriendFeed seems like one of those thingerate like my grs only the true tech geeks are going to appreciate. I'm trying to imagine someone barely computer-litandmother (who uses it to write email and play Yahoo games) using FF and I can't see it. - Shawn Farner via twhirl

Ok, anytime a new alert goes off, Twhirl totally butchers what I'm writing :( - Shawn Farner via twhirl

That's a big reason why I prefer the website for FF now. The clients still need work. - Bwana

michael arrington posted an entry on TechCrunch

Three’s Company: Google To Launch “Friend Connect” On Monday

May 9 at 10:35 pm - Link

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Connecting Friends up is getting hot. I'll be at Google on Monday night to cover this stuff as it's announced. - Robert Scoble

Google may be more restrictive with your data, but that is good for your privacy. Some people won't like Facebook just giving your info away and trusting the site to play nice with it. FB certainly seems to have the upper hand in terms of users though. - Tanath

I wonder how this will play out...? - Daniel Spradau via Alert Thingy

Interesting development.... http://www.news.com/8301-13953... - dan farber

Daniel Spradau posted a link

IPhone: Sync Your iPhone Wirelessly in Linux

May 9 at 11:07 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Apple may open up its iPhone and iPod touch devices to third-party apps next month, but the chances that Linux users will get invited to the party are slim at best. That hasn't stopped some intrepid hackers from coming up with a better music-syncing solution. - Daniel Spradau

Thomas Hawk posted a message

“I wish there was a way that I could see all of the people who are subscribed to me that I am not subscribed to yet on FriendFeed. I can see everyone who is subscribed to me, but there is no way to filter it that I know of to show who I still might want to subscribe to.”

May 9 at 7:48 am - Link

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You can do what Scoble did and just post an open request. For what it's worth, you're not subscribed to me. :) - Nathaniel Payne

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I look at it as a recurring process of seeing people's comments, what they blog about, what they share/bookmark. I've also used the friends-of-friends feature a lot for finding new subscriptions. It's a slower process, but each subscription is based on something that clicked with me. A good way to build out your subscriptions. - Hutch Carpenter

Mouse over their name and you can see if they you are subscribed to them yet, or they to you. - Robert Scoble

good point, ff lacks some sort of mass division of people into subscibed/unsubscribed, just as with following/following you. - Iain Baker

Yeah, just like the glowing comment icon, it would be neat if there was a visual cue when someone commented or liked something who was subscribed to you but you were not subscribed to (and/or vice versa). Was the english that I just wrote? - felix

@Nathaniel, thanks! just added you. Scoble I think you are right. That's probably the best way to do that for now, but what a pain. And what happens 3 weeks later when I want to do it again. - Thomas Hawk

Well you can cross me off the list, you're subscribed to me. - Jason Nielubowicz

Sounds like we need something similar to Twitter Karma for FriendFeed. - Morton Fox

You are not subscribed to me either. - Svartling

not subcribed here either! - Beau Giles

Please add me too. - Jeff

Ok, I've subscribed to everyone who commented in this thread now. If there is anyone else who is subscribed to me that I haven't subscribed to yet let me know and I'll add you. - Thomas Hawk

Over here :) - Shey

And here, Thomas! - Matt Harwood via Alert Thingy

Yeah that would be helpful. :) - Daniel Spradau via Alert Thingy

im subscribed to you but i dont think you are subscribed to me. - Oscar Juarez

a "show all" would be nice plus a colouring scheme like with dopplr would be useful for this. - Nicole Simon

Hi Thomas -- Please add me! - Eric Johnson

Not subscribed to me either, for what it's worth. - Michael Beck

l0ckergn0me posted a message on Twitter

“?OTR:AAICAAAAxBfu4v04WS/IFx8z27QpZA21Pl7jkzGJmTZGxbJL9DVBF3iCz3KmtS6cNF5JnpP1jWb6oQ6+PMktR3b4hR3uVKs3AARsJPK2PwzqbQ/Ij7K8ASq1WqF65kR6Ef4 ...”

April 26 at 8:23 am - Link

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How dare you - Akiva Moskovitz

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break the line on friendfeed - terababy

Don't mind him. He says that all the time. - Jack Carlson

We just figured out that this breaks Alert Thingy's UI. - Akiva Moskovitz via Alert Thingy

i don't speak german, can someone translate? - Chris Harris

That's easy for you to say. - Mitch Wagner

Heh yup it breaks the UI. - Daniel Spradau via Alert Thingy

l0ckergn0me posted a message on Twitter

“Heading out on a road trip to Madison, Wisconsin with my brother, Adam (who isn't on Twitter yet). Should be 5 hours or so?”

April 21 at 9:28 am - Link

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Have fun in Madison! I'm up here in Fond du Lac bored to death. - Daniel Spradau

BCK posted a link

Using Twitter to Friend Feed Importer (version: 0.0.3)

April 21 at 10:06 am - Link

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Twitter to Friend Feed Importer finds all of your Tweeps on Friend Feed and subscribes them. - BCK

Awesome ...via AlertThingy - Bwana

Sweet! - Daniel Spradau

Leonard Libitz posted a message on Twitter

“ughhh why do I feel so sick this morning... 8(”

April 21 at 5:48 am - Link

Its Monday! - Daniel Spradau

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“@copyblogger I expect that Google will buy FriendFeed and Twitter within 18 months. Not to mention FlixWagon or Qik or Kyte.”

April 17 at 4:44 pm - Link

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Wow. I actually agree:-) What airport are you stranded in? ...via AlertThingy - Francine Hardaway

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Francine, I'm leaving for the Tel Aviv airport in two hours. Long flight home. - Robert Scoble

Yes, I tend to agree that our FF ex-Googlers with be re-Googlers in the future. - Mike Reynolds

Yeah that would would be great... also, *sooooo* not going to happen. - Jason Shellen

Not interested. Google was ok, but FriendFeed is a lot more fun. - Paul Buchheit

Paul: why? - Amund Tveit

Amund, Google is a big company now. - Paul Buchheit

I thought FriendFeed was going to buy Google. - Amit Patel

How does this mesh with google's business model? ...via AlertThingy - Shawn Smith

Google can buy what they want to get them at the top. Can they buy the whole Internet? - Jack

It's too bad Google has basically stopped innovating and just started bying stuff. Appengine is the pits and they haven' ...via twhirl - Soulhuntre

It's too bad Google has basically stopped innovating and just started bying stuff. Appengine is the pits and they haven't doen much else. ...via twhirl - Soulhuntre

friendfeed is already a spinoff of google ... what would he do with Jaiku ? and you forgot bambuser qwich integrates gmaps .. ...via AlertThingy - Frédérick 2 Baro

@Jack I am sure they will give it a good try, although they will see it more like shaping the internet! ...via AlertThingy - Joe Dawson (beta)

Soulhuntre, in a way i do agree with you, but i don't think that Google has deserted innovation, there's so many development projects running there. I think all this acquisition issue is a matter of economic calculations, instead of holding a special team to develop something for several years they just purchase a company that has already spent the time on R&D and created the product. - Nir Ben Yona

ha. i called this back in october: http://gregcbrownyes.blogspot.... ...via AlertThingy - greg brown

Maybe Google is jsut over-extended. They sat on Jot for years, then ruined it. They haven't done much with Gmail and search is stagnant for them. All they do to generate interest of late is spend money. ...via twhirl - Soulhuntre

@Jack They can't:) - Igor Poltavskiy

They most likely will try. But they won't get too far. - Daniel Spradau

I agree with Twitter and FriendFeed - am a bit biased since they're the only Web 2.0 services left that I am obsessed with. - Jason Kaneshiro

But Google already bought Jaiku. I hope they don't buy FF too soon. I'd hate to see it die under corporate stagnation. - engtech

I agree with FriendFeed - FaceySpacey

I agree...makes sense...one is the search of scrape and link, the other is the search of share and discover = Organise the worlds info ...via AlertThingy - John Kotsaftis

friendfeed looks like a google service, acts like a google service, is built by xGooglers and is a perfect fit for Google. I agree and would love to see it happen. my only question, why didn't the team build this at Google? - timepilot

@timepilot, I wondered the same thing at first. But apart from the possible entrepreneurial benefits, I'm guessing the freedom of development. They now have complete freedom around where they want to take it without the limitations of a large corporate agenda. - Phil Ashman

no more romours ; ) ...via AlertThingy - Kevin

twitter will be a better fit than Jaiku. Friendfeed is already pary of my Google Reader, but I guess it would help to own it - Michael VanDervort

When will they buy Alertthingy? :) - Michael VanDervort

What would Google do with Twitter after the damage they did to Jaiku and Dodgeball? ...via AlertThingy - Jane Quigley

The difference between Jaiku and FriendFeed is that Jaiku wasn't funded and its founders weren't rich. They sold to Google to collect their bucks, and it was the right decision for them. FriendFeed doesn't need to sell out. So unless Google offers really a lot of money, there's no reason to sell unless Google has plans for FriendFeed. Which I doubt - if they had plans, they'd just developed it on their own. ;) - sebmos

@jane: What damage did Google do to Jaiku? ...via AlertThingy - Niclas Strandh

@Scobleizer agree re: friendfeed+google - mutenewt

Maybe Paul can coin a new phrase, "Don't be sold." - Vince DeGeorge

FriendFeed will be more interesting to Google if it gains mass appeal. - Mike Reynolds

Yeah, I've been saying the same thing...Agreed ...via AlertThingy - John Pretto

google bought jaiku, why should they buy twitter, too? ...via AlertThingy - Timo Heuer

I can understand FriendFeed, but Twitter ... Friendfeed need to add more browsing controls, tag clouds, filters etc.... ...via AlertThingy - Alemsah

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“I just told @ev to turn off my autofollow script. 20,000 followers is enough. I'm seeing one new Tweet every second, I can't deal with more.”

April 17 at 10:55 am - Link

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Now you know what it's like following you! - Kevin Shannon

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Wow, Scoble's human after all. - Jason Kaneshiro

Scoble is just doing this to hide his true nature -- as a Cylon - Elliott Ng

Well there goes the he's a cylon theory...I knew he'd hit a wall. - Robert Seidman

what about a ghost (writer) for twitter - thomas elton

That's crazy 1 message every second :D - alfred westerveld

Wow thats crazy! ...via AlertThingy - Daniel Spradau

Wow that is a lot of tweets. I follow nearly 1400 and the tweets come in pretty fast. ...via twhirl - jjprojects

so thats how its done..i was wondering how somebody can just get a new account and they follow a thousand - Uway

your autofollow script never worked anyway, you're not following me - Shey

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Look Out Twhirl, Alert Thingy Adds Twitter Support

April 16 at 12:12 pm - Link

Yaniv Golan, Kate Mag, Karthik Kastury and 38 other people liked this

I'm loving the newest alert thingy version.... this is niiiiiiice ...via AlertThingy - Bob

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I agree. Although I wouldn't mind if it added Facebook status updates. Maybe a redux Mini-feed if you're pushing it :P ...via AlertThingy - CannonGod

Love Alert Thngy even more now. Just have to get AIR alpha to work on my Linux system now :-(. Getting spoiled by this Mac. ...via AlertThingy - Tony

Blogit is the new AlertThingy. ...via AlertThingy - Dan

I am just testing it since today but I am liking it. However, I think it could use some filters (per source, with comments, etc.) ...via AlertThingy - Andrés David Aparicio

alertthingy is not as polished as twhirl yet, but it's getting there. And yes, they could definitely merge, I wouldn't mind. ...via AlertThingy - Stan Schroeder

Still buggy, but has great potential. I also love the regular daily updates. ...via AlertThingy - Joshua Kerr

Social Thing has nice FB integration. Would love that via FriendFeed and Alert Thingy. ...via AlertThingy - David Smith

I like Alert Thingy better than Twhirl for what it is worth. ...via AlertThingy - David Evans

Yeah, I with the other poster that wants to get Adobe Air to work on Linux! dammit. - rambn

I'm loving AlertThingy. The Twitter thing is great! Just wish they'd get rid of the "via AlertThingy" signature at the end. I'd even pay for a premium version. ...via AlertThingy - Brandon Titus

Totally in love with Alert Thingy! ...via AlertThingy - Daniel Spradau

Twirls fights back! - Daniel Spradau

Commenting on this post, via Twhirl, now with FriendFeed support! Yeah! ...via twhirl - Michel Bechelani

Twhirl also adds a via thing. But I can't seem to download Alert Thingy. The button doesn't render, and it says I need to install the latest flash player even though I installed it. So due to the process of Twhirl being the only thing I can get, it becomes my choice. ...via twhirl - Lucas Kjaero

Twhirl has upped the ante this morning with 0.7.9 though! ...via twhirl -