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Michael Fidler

These are all done in Pencil.

March 18, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Brent - Yes I am, Jeff (Team マクダジ ), Behnam B and 261 other people liked this

Impressive - M F

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Great work! - Neya

I'm sorry but this is unbelievable:) I'll give credit to the artist upon more convincing proof! The photogenic look of the tiger and lion really helps the artist's case though:) - Roney Smith

I'm with Roney... I find this hard to believe... or maybe I'm just jealous that I can't even get stick people right! - Jasmin Smith

I don't believe it. Too amazing. - Rahsheen?

I'm with Rah - Shey

Only the lion looks like its drawn - embee

The bear and rhino look drawn, too. - Chris Charabaruk

very very talented. Wow they look like B&W pics you know photography. - Gabriella Sannino

These are amazing, were they done by you? - Angelo Rodrigues

Nice photographs - Rafael Robayna

@michael, if they weren't drawn by you, at least tell us who the artist is and the link - Zulkarnain K.

Link please? - Jason Wehmhoener

wow - Carolyn Chan

being slightly skeptical, i'm going to say these were done with pencil by a printer of some sorts... #justsayin - Enrique Gutierrez

they're beautiful, but skeptical as well - Jennifer Van Grove

Would need to see higher quality images to see if they are pencil or not - too many jpg artifacts to tell. - Luke Addison from twhirl

Stupefied. - Parth Awasthi

Wow!! Yeah it's pretty amazing what they can draw with a pencil nowadays, deviantART has lots of great pencil art. - Kol Tregaskes

Michael, who is the artist? - Kol Tregaskes

wow, cool! - Sarah Perez

I'm really happy everyone liked these. They're my most liked entry to date, Thanks! There also seems to be some question about whether these are actually Pencil Drawings.I can assure you that they are.When I get home, I should have the links. I have more drawings, too. - Michael Fidler from fftogo

Wow, these are stunning!! - Susan Beebe

Yes, especially the tiger. Reminds me of that "Tiger, tiger burning bright." - Melanie Reed

Alright, Mike - I believe you. These are awesome. Good job! - Enrique Gutierrez

HOLY CRAP. - Chieze Okoye

no way! - Mister Groonk

Thanks Enrique, I'll post some more soon. They are a little more obvious than these ones. As Luke points out; without being able to look closely it's impossible to tell. He's right; but up close it's more obvious. I'll upload the originals to Picasa later, and then you'll be able to zoom in with any photo viewer and see for yourselves. I can't believe how many people liked these. A few people have reposted them already. Thanks! - Michael Fidler

Absolutely awesome, Michael. You are extremely talented. Everyone should repost these pix and help to make you famous. You should be doing this full time - you obviously have some passion for this. Bravo. - Chris Loft

These are really beautiful, Michael. Do you sell them? - Shannon Jiménez

Chris, I would love to say they're mine, but it's not true. I've had them for a while, but I'll find the artists names. It will just require a little backtracking. Besides, they deserve the credit; all I did was find them:-) - Michael Fidler

Cut the bullshit! :) Photos are very good. - Burçak Çubukçu

I draw alot in pencil, but they are amazing, the best for me is the girl, that is the most photo-like one. :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I agree Rob, the girl is amazing. My favorite by far! Wait until you see it close up! It's really had to tell, even up close! - Michael Fidler

Burçak Çubukçu If these were photographs, they would be very good. As Pencil Drawings,(which they are), they're amazing. - Michael Fidler

Wow, amazingly realistic - Threepwood

@Michael Fidler did you draw them? How can you so sure? - Burçak Çubukçu

That is my pencil drawing :) http://picasaweb.google.com/Burcak... - Burçak Çubukçu

dont look like it - Prakash

@ Michael Fidler don't push so hard :) - Burçak Çubukçu

@Burçak Çubukçu I can't tell if your serious now or just kidding around. I hope your just having fun! If you are serious, I've never given you a reason to question my integrity, nor do I ever intend to. However, the second set is up now, so judge them for yourself, but don't judge me! http://ff.im/1BJh5 BTW, I messed up and reposted the shot of the women again. Oh well. Hope you like them:-) - Michael Fidler

@Michael: try deviantART, not Picasa, to submit your artworks - Zulkarnain K.

WOW "I can't believe it's in pencil" - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

LouCypher, I know it well, but I don't see why I would want to do that. I hope everyone knows by now that they're not mine? I'm sorry, but I can't say it any clearer than that. - Michael Fidler

nah, i don't believe it is done in pencil. i am sure it is photoshopped :) - hasin hayder

These would be great even for photos. - Ronald S

i'm not able to comprehend - Varun Shenoy

More comments here: http://www.bannination.com/comment... - donato

I'm finding this both interesting and humorous at the same time. There's a separate message board where this post is being discussed and it has another forty comments on it already. I think its great how this has created some lively discussion, considering that when I posted this I was doubtful if anyone would even like it. When I went to sleep last night there was only had 3 or 4 likes... more... - Michael Fidler

Very interesting. I would like to see them up close and in person...just to make sure. Bill said it's real and possible. Your 2nd set of picts look like pencil. Nice work in finding these! - LaFern Cusack

Kol, I can't thank you enough! Kol found another post which helps to prove that these are done in pencil. I had my doubts about a few of them because I collected them from several different sites over time, but the site Kol found has done a great job pulling together an impressive collection of these drawings and more. Take a look - http://www.flickzzz.com/2009... - Michael Fidler

Actually there are more than what this site shows. There's an entire set with the cats(little cats), which I have, and there's a new portrait set. - Michael Fidler

Found your post here, Michael. :-) I tried my best to find the artists. - Kol Tregaskes

Amazing and very very very good.... Very impressive ... - Linda Zeek-Bobinski

fake. http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2009... Even if your not claiming to be the artist, these are photographs, well except the woman, thats pencil - james foor

Yeah we know, thanks though, James. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Excellent pictures - how long did it take you to scan the photographs into Photoshop and then edit them? The only pencil that has come into contact with these "drawings" is the Photoshop pencil. A tip - stop trying to fool people into thinking you are a "real" artist, because all you are doing is cheapening proper artist's works whom have spent hours creating real pictures as opposed to a few minutes on a graphics editing package. - The Wimp

A bell does ring here. And I am remembering why I was so attracted to the tiger...and the lion for that matter. These are exact replicas of prints I had in our bedroom when I lived in Dallas. I had bought the prints (in color) at a department store, - Melanie Reed

Actually, I have learned quite a bit about these drawing since I made this post. Not only have I discovered all of the artists, but I've learned more about how they are created. They are always copied from a photograph or painting, but usually a photograph. It is extremely time consuming and detail orientated work. There are many other artists besides the ones featured here who practice... more... - Michael Fidler

Most of them have portfolio's on deviantart.com and their work is truly amazing even if they are copies of other artists work. I suppose with this level of detail, they have to start with something. Nevertheless, I'm still in awe of their talent. Melanie, the animal prints you refer to are from a very well renowned photographer. The originals are B&W I'll look it up later but I do have... more... - Michael Fidler

wow; they're unbelieavably beautiful. - liladreams

Has anyone ever corrected the record and pointed out, with the exception of the Charlize Theron drawing, that these are indeed photos by Alexander Von Reiswitz? - erik weisz

Erik, thank you for bringing this up again, but I think I already mentioned something about this in my prior comment. However, since it appears that you only signed up to friendfeed to leave a single comment, (ok, why?) I will try to summarize what I wrote previously. In brief, I learned after doing a little research that all photo-realistic drawings like the ones that I shared here,... more... - Michael Fidler

Awesome - الکامپ

I can assure you that what are claimed to be drawings of animals, in your post here, are photos. I used a website to that allows you to do an comparison of the Von Reiswitz photos and the images you have posted here. There are no differences. Every hair matches up. As a pencil artist myself I can tell you that it's pretty much impossible to get that kind of accuracy and have it look... more... - erik weisz

but... it has to be real, i saw it on the internet - Iphigenie

Eric, it doesn't matter to me if you just joined, and I apologize if I made you think otherwise. If you have any questions regarding friendfeed, please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them. At this point, I would be happy if we could find someone who is an image analysis expert, and finally point this thing to rest. Every time that I look into this, all I find is a... more... - Michael Fidler

the site spammed above must all be done in pencil too, right, thats why you posted it? - Iphigenie

I'm amazed that people are still posting these photographs of animals and calling them pencil drawings. This is at least the third case I can remember (and there are probably more) of this happening. The myth about them being drawings was debunked long ago. It's also funny that whenever they get posted the person posting them doesn't make it clear that they aren't the artist, exactly as you have done. - canadianmaple09

@canadianmaple09 I posted these back in March, 2009 when I was beginning to use FF regularly. I ran them through TinEye hoping to find their source, but it returned no results. When I ran through again yesterday, TinEye returned over four pages of results. If I had it to do over again, would I? Yes - Michael Fidler

The people you refer do don't join "just to slam" someone, they are concerned members of the online art community that want to see real art appreciated and fake art or photos being passed off as drawings revealed for what they really are. Artists such as Brian Duey, Armin Mersmann, Paul Lung, Zindy Nielsen,and many others do not receive the appreciation they deserve because of scams like this. - canadianmaple09

canadianmaple09, the worthiness of your motives notwithstanding (and they are worthy, definitely) you could definitely have approached Michael completely differently by say, giving him the benefit of the doubt rather than attacking in a highly accusatory tone. - Chieze Okoye

When you've seen these same pictures posted multiple times by people that just find them on the internet and claim they are pencil drawings, when it has already been established on multiple occasions that they are not, the "benefit of the doubt" approach seems a little too generous. People post these images and claim they're drawings to get views for their own site or blog or page or whatever it is they post it on. It's wrong and it needs to be stopped. - canadianmaple09

I can understand that, but you should also keep in mind that everyone is not as well-versed in the issue as you are. All I'm saying is that you would probably be more effective in this case if you weren't setting this up as a us-vs.-them, "must destroy with the validity my argument!" attitude when talking to a guy who's been actively having a discussion on the issue in what seems to me (having been around when he first posted the images and the follow up thread and what not) to be good faith. - Chieze Okoye

Look at his first comment here. People clearly thought he drew them. He doesn't set the record straight. He also claims that they "are actually pencil drawings" and that "I have more drawings too." Later he claims that you need to look at them closer to see they are drawings and that he will "post the originals". Once again, this makes it sound like they are his. This follows the same... more... - canadianmaple09

Greg and Chieze, thanks for your support. I really appreciate it. @canadianmaoles09, for what it’s worth, I share your concerns about giving proper attribution when sharing also. However, I admit that I'm more conscious of it now than I was at the time of this post. Nevertheless, I have never taken credit for anybody's work here other than my own! - Michael Fidler

BTW, I didn't realize it before, but I just noticed that you're new here too. I hope you like it so far and spend more time here. IMO, friendfeed is still the best thing around! - Michael Fidler

I would probably qualify as an image analysis expert, but there's no way to prove that online. One thing we can do is look at color. Even though the images are black and white,they're actually RGB images, meaning they contain cyan magenta and yellow. If you look at the image of the rhino you have posted then look at the photo of the rhino at the photographer's site you can see they both... more... - erik weisz

Charlie Anzman

Fourth of July resolution - 5 days without mentioning Louis Gray in a blog post

July 5, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Dobromir Hadzhiev, Rishabh Mishra (p248), Ontario Emperor and 16 other people liked this

Dislike. - Louis Gray

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Just testing - Charlie Anzman

Did you win? - Louis Gray

It's hard Charlie, it's hard... - Hutch Carpenter

You could just write about Cyndy and use my name instead? - Louis Gray

Louis isn't really a person. He's a 'bot'. Mention his name. With 22 seconds, he's there. Faster than TechMeMe - Charlie Anzman

You got lucky, this time, Anzman. - Louis Gray

Yeah, I think that's my new policy. Anytime I link to a profy.com story, it's automatically going to say, "Louis Gray posted some interesting..." - Hutch Carpenter

Cyndy's been getting way too much attention lately what with the DJ stuff and all. How 'bout, 'You should really check out Friendfeed on Saturday night. It's Saturday Night Live - Live Worldwide' - Charlie Anzman

Think I just sounded like Scoble - Charlie Anzman

..."Live Worldwide Talk Show" - Hutch Carpenter

He couldn't do it! A new kind of (Mini) Venture Capital was 3 days later. http://tinyurl.com/6p8ggr - Louis Gray

Louis is the man! - Thomas Hawk

oh, hilarious. lol! - Sarah Perez

I'm counting down the days until a Chuck Norris-styled Louis Gray website pops up. Here I'll start you off: Louis Gray didn't invent the internet - he invented Al Gore. - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Marco: just registered LouisGrayFacts.com :-P - Mark Trapp

LOVE IT - now we need a Louis Gray Facts room so we can centralize the facts lol. 50 years from now Louis Gray will be talked about by the Gen Y's children's children as a mythical digital being - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Once you create the room, let us know...I got a couple brewing in my head region :) - Bwana ☠

All set: http://friendfeed.com/rooms... Should create a Twitter account too, could get all integrated with this. - Mark Trapp

Louis Gray doesn't type. His keys duck out of fear. - Shawn Farner

Slippy: don't be silly. Chuck Norris doesn't need to think. Ideas beg his brain for a place :) - directeur from NoiseRiver

Hey, you guys! I'm typing in an EPIC THREAD! - Hao Chen

Who is this chuck norris guy I keep hearing about? I am too lazy to google him, so friendfeed should do the job for me :P - Yuvi

Too lazy to Google something? You're in trouble, Yuvi. - Shawn Farner

@Shawn: Notice the (:P). I just figured that Chuck Norris is some kinda celebrity that I needn't need to bother knowing about till it's thrust into my face. :) - Yuvi

Poor, Yuvi :( You were a deprived child! - Hao Chen

@Hao: Guess I was just born into the wrong part of the world :P - Yuvi

Ah but can you manage it without Twitter/FriendFeed posts too? - Lawrence from twhirl

Louis is the new chuck norris? Neat! - Corvida

louis is trying to be scoble 2.0 - please stop now :) - Allen Stern

@Yuvi you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you ;-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

That's it! You're right Allen. I'm not mentioning Louis for at least 5 days .... - Charlie Anzman

@Dobromir: Is it from russia? :P - Yuvi

ive done facebook-free week and twitter-free week, you are doing gray-free week, i should counter with scoble-free week - Allen Stern

Allen - It's kinda like 'fasting'. I finally cheated - Charlie Anzman

Bump. - Louis Gray

Bump Back ..... Almost 2 years ?! .... Wow! - Charlie Anzman

Jesse Stay

StockTwits, NHL TweetMixx Exemplify Future of Online Content, Social Media - http://onlinemediacultist.com/2009...

December 3, 2009 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

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Kol Tregaskes

Eco-Friendly Van Meets All-in-One Mobile Home | dornob #shareit - http://dornob.com/eco-fri...

March 23, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"The Volkswagen Microbus is a classic - even to those of us born after its time. Arguably unlike the newly remade Beetle, this remake of a VW classic is remarkably true to the original on the outside - but on the inside it is a bio-diesel hybrid stuffed full of high tech gadgetry and eco-friendly innovations." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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*swoon* - Nicķ

sounds awesome. live the hippie dream, only it probably costs about $50,000 or something. - Thomas Hawk

It's kinda cute. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Not a fan. Then again, didn't like the original ;) - Mo Kargas

Super cool VW Bus making a comeback... - JR

wow, you can buy an awful lot of pot with $129,000. - Thomas Hawk

Want. - Ken Sheppardson

Want!! - Sarah Perez

Very intriguing. How much steel is in that thing? Chris, that would be my next question after fuel consumption: how safe is this thing? And I agree, when we can go back to making transportation that costs less than a small home, we may have achieved something amazing. ;) - Melanie Reed

However, I have heard (and I'm not remembering where at the moment) that there has been a movement growing of people seeking alternative housing and substituting things like this as the new "mobile" home. - Melanie Reed

AWESOME! - Ronald S

@drewdomkus ... you need this for your move! - Ronald S

So wanting one! Cute ^__^ - Neya

Hehe, it's dinky, isn't it? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

-) - Kol Tregaskes

It looks like it could almost fly in the first pic. ;-) Well, maybe not. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Looks a bit different than the 76 Kombi @imbutafool and I owned several years ago - ThePicMan

Oh, shit, it's so beautifull! - Igor Kuzmin

Everyone is loving this! We should have an FF one and use it to travel to all the FFers around the World (like Pea seems to be doing ;-)). Hehe. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Look it is my retirement home. - John Flynn

Oh no, don't say that, John. That puts me right off it. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I want one! - TranceMist

I've owned 5 VWs, two of which were split window vans. I'd love to have another, this is awesome! - Rick Bucich from twhirl

I have had more VWs than other cars...starting with a 71 Superbeetle, and a Split Window Microbus. I would LOVE to have something like this. - Kreg Steppe

Good for grandparents to visit grandchildren and children through the European continent (or another one as well)...nomadism-revival! - Isabelle Ayel

wow i posted this a while back and now can't seem to find it for some reason. friendfeed's search function really sucks! - Cee Bee

Want. Cannot afford. - Jules

Cee, really? I find FF search is pretty good. - Kol Tregaskes

I love this Mobile...owned a few Vdubs, lived in a VW camper, but this is off the hook..I would become a true nomad with this... - Racism Occupied

It's just so cute, LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

love it - chance

Perfect for the recession :-) - Richard A.

I'd like to have something like this, something small. What do you really need? A bed, perhaps a TV and room for your computer. Then you can live anywhere you like, in theory. - Kol Tregaskes

so cute ;) - sakura

Richard, agree. No council tax bill, no utility bills, just petrol I guess? - Kol Tregaskes

I Love this - Nima

Who is this Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier? Seems like he is on Facebook, Linked In but I can't seem to find anything else about him. - Brian Sullivan

We had a wesvalia built Micro when I was a kid. I loved that thing. It was a little flimsily built; but boy it was perfect for my family of campers and road-tripping warriors. Too bad this one is so pricey - Bill Rawlinson

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Mark Krynsky

Group shot from the LA FriendFeed Meetup

January 21, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Top left to right: Amani http://friendfeed.com/mirthna..., Mark VandenBerg http://friendfeed.com/mvanden..., Shevonne http://friendfeed.com/dcfemel..., Me http://friendfeed.com/krynsky . Chillin on the sofa: Anika http://friendfeed.com/fabooma..., Derrick http://friendfeed.com/geekand... & don't forget Anika's beautiful kids. - Mark Krynsky

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+++++ very kool! whos the hottie in the purple?? - Carlos Ayala

yeah i said it!?!?! what! - Carlos Ayala

I was thinking the same thing, Los - Bren

Sweet! - Rodfather

That's "Shevonne" - Outsanity

OMG Amani! And Shevonne (HOTTIE)!! And Mark! And Mark!! And DERRICK!! And your GORGEOUS kids!!!!! Thanks for sharing!! *edit: Should I be scared I named you guys w/out looking at the caption? I think I have a problem... - Mona Nomura

Now I'm jealous :P - Bee

[envy] - The Fat Oracle

Success! - Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ

Thanks to Anika and her husband for hosting. We had a great time. And for the record...Derrick is everything you think he is AND a bag of chips. - Mark Krynsky

Depends on what you think he is tho... - Outsanity

Derrick's ok. Mark K. tried to get me drunk on some South African booze that was discovered by monkeys. No joke. Everyone was the bee's knees, and if you aren't following them, you should. They will enrich your FF experience. - Derrick

I was a little bummed we didn't have Mo & Morgan though but we're already talking about a 3rd meetup and I already volunteered to host it. - Mark Krynsky

This pic turned out nice. It was that camera of yours Mark. That was fun and the traffic getting there didn't even aggravate me. Derrick's ok too! LOL... ;-) - Amani

Wow! That's great! - Randy

Great, great pic! - Josh Haley

Way to go!! - tony

Oh yea and we missed Pea too! - Mark Krynsky

Thanks Anika for hosting!!! You all are super cute! - Shevonne

Oh puhleeze Shevonne. You're the one with the million dollar smile :) - Mark Krynsky

Great photo! What the hell is my boy doing? Freak! It's great to have met you all. - Anika

Superb! If only someone could sponsor a flight ticket to LA ;) - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

Awesome! More meetups like this please. Also, what ani625 said :-) - vijay

Love this. - felicious

Love this too - equrick from Nambu

*morning after bump* - Josh Haley

YAY!!! - FFing Enigma

that's chill. adrian didn't kick you all out? lol - Cee Bee

Shevonne and Anika look great! It sounds like you had a great time, and your home looks lovely, Anika. - RAPatton

Love it, good to see FF's meeting up irl! - Sally Church

Awwww...thanks RAP. Her home is very eclectic. I loved it! - Shevonne

Awesome pic. Wish I was there with you all. But damn, you are all sexy peeps! What's up with that? - Morgan

Morgan! We missed you but Anika's re-enactment of you ice skating at the first meetup was classic. - Mark Krynsky

Hopefully she made me look better than I actually did! - Morgan

JEALOUS!!! - Shey

Morgan, we missed you! - Anika

I'll be there at the next one fo' sho'! - Morgan

Bump for the good times. - Mark Krynsky

:) - edythe

the picture i saw is beautiful. iam new to friendfeed and wants to make friends. i have a blog on jolamps.blogspot.com - KINGSLEY OSEVWE

Loic Le Meur

Seesmic, Friendfeed and Twitter next to each other in a test version of Twhirl. Adding tons of Friendfeed experience improvements in there, Marco rocks.

June 10, 2008 from twhirl - Comment - Like - Share

QUIROS, Rahsheen?, Wins Fern and 85 other people liked this

I love this version. And Seesmic in Twhirl is so addictive - Loic Le Meur

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nice improvements Loic!! bring it on!! - Susan Beebe

very interesting. The friendfeed integration looks way better than before. Will have to give this a look when it is released. - Rob Diana

Seesmic ROCKS!! - Larry Miller from twhirl

okay, so FF and Twitter are in the latest? but not Seemic correct? - Lou Paglia

This might get me back into Twhirl. - Akiva

and it has FF rooms support! - Loic Le Meur

The question is when ? - Gilles M. from twhirl

wow, looks great. remind me http://twitku.com/ for a second there... - Orli Yakuel

looks very cool. exactly what we need. but what about plurk ;) - Phil Coyne from twhirl

needs pownce and jaiku support too. Then it will be the total solution - Adrian from twhirl

yes... when? - Mike Wills

@LouPaglia - correct, Seesmic is not integrated with Twirl desktop app yet - Susan Beebe

in a few days I think for the new FF integration. Seesmic comes next. - Loic Le Meur from twhirl

Super! When!??! - Florin Grozea from twhirl

looks like it might replace alert thingy as my RIA of choice - Steve Lynch from Alert Thingy

Great ! Thanks - Gilles M. from twhirl

integrate into one window, is all i ask, make it indisputably the best - Ruben Llibre

Is twitter's api actually back up at 50 req/hr? - Shawn Farner

The old Twhirl works for me in linux for me, it just won't remember my password. - Daniel E. Renfer from twhirl

Yes Marco does. Twhirl is becoming my info hub. And if Twitter dies, who cares I'm sure Pownce, Jaiku or whatever could be swapped in - Tris Hussey from twhirl

so is seesmic cool now? - Soulhuntre from twhirl

How do we score the test ver? :) - Soulhuntre from twhirl

You tease. Where do I download it? - Rafe Needleman

Cannot wait, big Guy! - ledretch

I want... When? - highcenter from twhirl

Can't wait!! - Danish Khan from twhirl

actually it will be pushed in an hour or two - Loic Le Meur from twhirl

Can't wait! - Tris Hussey from twhirl

Nice teasing. Do you have any release date or will you take the "it's done when it's done" side? - Romain Péchard from twhirl

I would love some "best practices" guide for how to get the most out of all that information that will be flooding in. - Brendan Cosgrove from twhirl

How do I add my Seesmic account into Twhirl 082? It's not showing up in the "accounts" list. - Rafe Needleman from twhirl

We should have a Twhirl + Seesmic preview in the very next days - Loic Le Meur from twhirl

This looks awesome! - Svartling

I think this what im looking for! - Michael Scott

awesome! - Barbara R. S.

wow - one of the furthest back boomerang ff threads i've seen - mike "glemak" dunn

nice! - .LAG liked that

Wow, this is pretty old. I got excited for a second, thought Loic had seen the light and was starting to care about Twhirl again. NOPE. - Shawn Farner

Louis Gray

Anybody who makes a comment saying Louis Gray and Duncan Riley had babies together gets their account deleted. :)

August 25, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Louis Gray and Duncan Riley had babies together? - Jesse Stay

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Matthew and Sarah met Duncan today during his short visit to the Bay Area. It was my first time meeting him as well. When not holding babies and signing autographs, Duncan runs The Inquisitr at http://www.inquisitr.com/. He is on Friendfeed here: http://www.friendfeed.com/duncanr... - Louis Gray

^^ :)))))))))))))))))))) (Jesse) :D - Ronald

Duncan is holding Matthew? - Jimminy IS Everybody

Yes, Jimminy. - Louis Gray

Two babies had a Louis Gray and Duncan Riley together. - Rhys Amos

:D :) :D - Ronald

Rhys: You need to publish a paper on how two babies had a Louis and a Duncan. It'll be your greatest life's work. - Ben Parr

Louis, I like how, in the second picture, Matthew is calm being held by a stranger, and Sarah is trying to escape from you. - Jimminy IS Everybody

Hahah nice. I should have gotten a picture last weekend of Duncan with Audrey. - Rochelle

@Rochelle he might not have ever seen it... ;) - Lindsay

haha how?lovely angels they hv got there...so beautiful!!! - Pam Gwenzi

Hah, true, Lynn Thing. :P - Rochelle

So so tempting. - Dan owns Comicsforge.com

I could say it, but I frankly would be taking the easy way out. Instead: THEY'RE GETTING HAIR!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS! - Mike Nayyar

I'm going to repost this article for nostalgia: http://www.duncanriley.com/2008... - Mitch

I especially like the part where Riley calls Gray a "pious, self important cunt." - Mitch

Great googly-moogly. I guess they've made up. - Derrick

Hey now, Mitch. Linkage is fine. Do you want to self-censor? - Louis Gray

Derrick, yes, there is much meaning to these pictures. :-) - Jesse Stay

You haven't lived until you've been insulted or blocked by Duncan Riley. - Akiva

Akiva, I've lived then! - Laura Norvig

What's this? Find the 9 differences between the left photo and the right? LOL :-D - Pandu ● IT Optimizer

Great pics, Louis. I'm self-censoring where necessary on the comments, which are quite illuminating. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Jeremiah Owyang

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August 24, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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where have you seen that from? - Jeremiah Owyang

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We are responding to an unexpected service interruption 1 minute ago We will update as we learn more.http://status.twitter.com/ - Sherry Reynolds

That's the message I got too...no Fail Whale, just dead. - Jennifer L. Wojcik

I'm going to think twice about paying for Twitter if they ever go "pro" - Spencer

Pingdom also gives good backward looking status on down time http://www.pingdom.com/reports... - Sherry Reynolds

its back... but for how long? - Jim Goldstein

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Route 66 Photographed By Giorgio Fochesato - http://emmeffe.posterous.com/route-6...

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Scoble, Alex Scoble

My soon to be born nephew's initials will be RSS...how geeky cute is that?

August 19, 2009 from IM - Comment - Like - Share

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Geeky? Yes. Cute? Depends... - FFing Enigma

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Hope Atom doesn't kick his ASS :-) - Todd Hoff

Depends on what, Tina? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Probably on perspective. I'm doubtful the kid will find it cute... - FFing Enigma

Hehe...Ryan's a good name though. And if he's anything like his father, he'll appreciate the acronym. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

What are your initials, Pea? - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Is the middle S an SQL injection attack? (<- I just realized that comment reveals I'm not a web geek - I mentally pronounce it S-Q-L, not "sequel".) - Andrew C (✓)

That is quality - Joe Dawson

It wasn't a joke. :) I had forgotten your initials. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Pea, that's kind of my point: what would we think of someone today who was named after 8 tracks in the 70s? And another perspective, I went to school with a kid whose parents were HUGE Clemson football pans. They named their son Clemson and his initials were ACC (which is the league the team plays in). He was tired of explaining the whole thing by the time he was 10... - FFing Enigma

Chris is only happy if a thread is controversial and talks smack about social media guys...this thread is none of those things. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Little "RSS" Scoble - Outsanity

Your brother was named after RCA? :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Somebody married a famous blogger in your family, Alex? - Ton Zijp

Yeah, we're still trying to figure out how Maryam got roped in to the family, Ton. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

My middle name isn't Steve - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

My initials are ABS...like the plastic, or the braking system. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Yeah, or I could go in to plastics - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

No, saying this is the most boring post ever is obnoxious. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Hah, Chris, clearly when it comes to obnoxious you're the zen master. ;) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Although I will proudly claim to be the expert of boring. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Pea, you're doing it wrong. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Yeah, still missing your mark. Doing well by the way. Going to look at tuxes at Men's Warehouse tonight...oh and waiting for my TV to arrive...still got a week and a half left...sigh. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Like I said...Chris is the zen master. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Alex - what TV did you get? - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Panasonic 58" V10 plasma...and they aren't out quite yet...Best Buy's first delivery date is the 24th - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Yeah, probably a good thing...we don't watch much football hehe. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Yeah, 3.7" is real thick :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Cool beans - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Looking at the Panasonic website right now and it's 3.9" thick. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Yet again proof why you are the zen master. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Mine is RSS ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

hehe... you gave me crap for buying a 58" (said i could have gone bigger) and then you bought the same size? :) - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

I gave you crap for buying a 58"? That might have been back when the Samsung LED DLPs were still available. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

it was back in July - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

July of 2008? - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

no, 2 months ago - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

http://friendfeed.com/jeffdou... - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Hehe...Well...you could have gone bigger. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

:) - Ayşe E.

:) - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

I never said I was having a black tie reception. :) Just that I will be shod in more formal attire than a suit. Which happens to be a tux. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

I say White tie w/ Converse - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Sure why not...none of this stuff will exist in a year anyhow. ;) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

This thread will exist next week. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

I'm not deleting it...and it's my thread, so I gotta say...nope. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Nope, this thread isn't going anywhere - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Mainly thanks to you. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Alex, too cool! - Michael Fidler from iPhone

Careful, Dave Winer may sue for custody ;) - Michael W. May

:D - Roberto Bonini

Only the techno heads will piece that together and actually get a kick out of it. - Naomi Williams

Oh that rocks! RSS as initials for ur kid! I might try that also if I get executive approval as I already have the last character taken care of. - Brady

haha that is awesome! - (jeff)isageek

ff would be cuter - Eran Even-Kesef

FFing Enigma

Fuck. Apparently I'm looking at either a layoff or going to part-time contract with a 50% cut in pay...

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oh no! :( - Joe "Bad Guts" Silence

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damn... - Zee.

no! wtf? - Jim #TeamMonique

Ouch, sorry to hear. =( - ronin

time to start the job search sounds like - Logan Lindquist

To say that sucks is probably an understatement. - c.a.j.

Damn, Tina. - Derrick

whoa! this is so sudden! wtf??? - vijay

Sorry to hear that. Time to update LinkedIn, I guess. - Michael R. Bernstein

oh no! I'm so sorry. - Rachel Lea Fox

Oh...that bites. I'm sorry to hear it. - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Would the cut equal less than unemployment? If so, go for the layoff. - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Sorry. When will this happen? - Tom Landini

Sorry to hear that. :-( - John (bird whisperer)

Oh no! I'm sorry. - joey

Yeah, pretty out of the blue. Taking the contract would put me about $400 a month ahead of unemployment (both before taxes) and in theory I could work elsewhere while doing it. It's the finding work that's the question: unemployment is high around here. - FFing Enigma

Looking at my calendar, I realize I started with this company 3 years ago almost to the day. Don't know what that matters, but it just struck me. - FFing Enigma

Oh yuck.... - Just Kidée: Road Warrior

Oh crap. So sorry. - Ken Kennedy

Aw that sucks! I'm sorry that's happening. - Fish Are LIES

:( - Pete D from iPhone

crap. double :(( - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

I'm so sorry :( - Jennifer Dittrich

unlike - Georgia

What?? Damn. Maybe time to re-examine that going out on your own thing? - Yolanda

Sorry to hear, it's a domino effect happening everywhere! If you can at least take the cut and go part time. better than having nothing. - orionstarr

=( Sorry - Shevonne

Sorry to hear, Tina. :( - Tyson Key

When i got let go from last design job, I pleaded! I said cut my pay etc. I even made less than the other designer(s) and said cut one of them not me. Still didn't work. Desperate times! - orionstarr

:( - xero

Yolanda, I thought about that too (the whole going out on my own thing), but I don't know about it yet. I don't want to to websites or design or coding, I'm not good enough at it to be competitive. Ditto photography... - FFing Enigma

That sucks! In regards to the 3 years thing, is it possible some benefits change then and they are being cheap about it? - Justin Korn

That sucks Tina. :-( Hope you find something quick. - Jordan Hofker

Ugh. I am so sorry. - Heather Solos

i am so sorry Tina :(( - خیزران

sorry to hear this news. - .LAG liked that

The shock of of sudden uprooting alone is terrible. :( Tina - Micah

:( - Dimitrios Diamantaras

Oh, no. :( - Rochelle

I too am sorry to hear this Tina. Its one thing if you can see it coming...quite another when you don't. Good luck Tina, I hope this gets resolved for you quickly. Start making moves girl. - Carlos Ayala

You said it from the start. Fuck. Sorry you are going through this. I hope things get better for you starting right....NOW. - Morgan

Not really, Justin. I took a bit of a benefits cut by staying with the company once Boss bought it from the previous owner: I liked the working environment enough that it was worth it. Luckily my health insurance is through Dave's job (but unluckily he works in the newspaper industry). - FFing Enigma

Brush up the resume and start looking before it all comes crashing in. Easier to make a lateral move... Good luck! xo - Fossil Huntress

Ugh, so sorry - Rodfather

:( - Jimminy IS Everybody

Oh, no. So sorry to hear this, Tina. Hope you find something wonderful soon. - LB: #TeamMonique

That sux, Tina. Maybe you can find someone with complementary skills to partner with on your own thing. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

I'll be honest, I'm not all that interested in a lateral move or staying in this industry if I have the option, but the question then becomes where to go if I don't stay where I am. I'd love to get back into training again but I don't know that I can after being out of it for 3 years... - FFing Enigma

sorry tina. lots for you to process... you're a talented person so just decide what you want and then go get it. i believe in you. - Trish Haley

I'm so very sorry to hear that. I hope you'll get things sorted soon :( - Niki Costantini

Sorry to hear that! :( - Bo Stern

چرا حاجي ؟ - Kwame Nkrumah

Damn. I may have to swallow that low offer I received this week :S - LANjackal

Oh no! - DGentry

Alright, EVERYONE has to keep their fingers crossed that I hit a jackpot in Vegas now, mkay?!?? =D - FFing Enigma

sorry :-( - YoYo_P

Sorry to hear this Tina. Hope you win big bucks in Vegas! - AJ Batac

&%*$ sorry Tina : ( - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

haji tavakolet be khoda bashe. - Kwame Nkrumah

Sorry to hear this news. Rooting for you in Vegas, though. :) And it's a cliche, but sometimes these things happen for a reason. You know, when one door closes, another opens. Will be keeping good thoughts for you. - Joe Bonner

Sorry *HUGS* my advice (if it matters) take the contract while you look for both contract and F/T work and let the universe help you figure it out - Sean Reiser

:( - mjc

Oh NO! :( - Gunnyman™

Sorry to hear that Tina - it really sucks (like this year hasn't been trying enough!). After the news settles in your brain will start doing it's thinky-thing and things will get moving. There are so many people here that you can bounce ideas off...((hugs)) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

So sorry! - Katy S

How awful. Boo hiss. - Richard Walker

Getting laid off is the new black! Not really, but someone said that when it happened to me and it's kind of true. All the coffee shops during the day are filled with us. Come make friends...and learn about all the unemployment tricks. If it helps, everyone I've met in the past 5 months has found new opportunities and are happy. - Jess

What sort of work do you do? What sort of work are you looking for in the future? - Scott Magdalein

My current job is (was?) a mismash created as the result of me filling in where it was needed over the years. I do Linux server admin, Oracle admin, Lotus Domino admin, and Lotus Notes development; I don't do any of it exceptionally well, just good enough. If I leave here I don't intend to stay in the same technologies (or even in tech at all), but other than that I have no clue. - FFing Enigma

ugh. :( - Wirehead

Sounds like you're not really digging what you're doing anyways. Look at this as an opportunity for change. Change is usually good. :) - Mr Saturday Morning NFG

I'm ambivalent about what I do but enjoy who I do it for. Perhaps to be more specific: I don't like what I do enough to be willing to do it for another company (and honestly, I don't have the credentials necessary for another company to hire me to do what I do now). - FFing Enigma

That bites! Can anyone help Tina find a new gig? - Shane

DO ANYBODY NO HOW TO GET PAID FOR FRIENDFEEDING?!? - FFing Enigma

1UP Tina (and if you find out, lemme know?)! - Derrick

Tiffany, it's not even a matter of being good enough: I'd have to go get several certifications to get hired doing what I do now with another company just to meet the minimum qualifications. I don't enjoy it enough to do that. - FFing Enigma

I am so sorry to hear this news, Tina. I wish you the best in deciding what to do and then pursuing it. - Anne Bouey

Thanks for the kind wishes all, and I'm sorry for the language. Sometimes, though, foul words are really the words I'm looking for. This is one of those times... - FFing Enigma

I totally fucking know what you are fucking talking about. Fuck yeah. Sometimes the fucking fucks is all the fucking fuck that fucking allows the fucks to fuck the fuck fuck. Right? Fuck Yeah! So you go girl. Cut loose! - Morgan

Ouch. That sucks. - James Myatt

Crap. What kind of work do you do / want to do? I know you were dealing with a couple of servers before (and DNS setup stuff) and that it was somewhat technical. Depending on what you're looking for I could check my network. - mikepk

I'm so sorry. :( - David Cook from fftogo

I appreciate it Mike, but I'm going hold off for just a little bit. I'm not really certain what I want to do or even if 'want' can come into the picture in this economy. I'm more than willing to telecommute if need be, but moving isn't an option. - FFing Enigma

So sorry, Tina! :( Hope this means an even better opportunity for you around the corner. - Ayşe E.

Ow! - MoTO #TeamMonique

:( - Steven Perez

:( - Tracy Benham

I'm really sorry to hear that, Tina. I hope you get a brainstorm as to which way seems the best way forward. And I hope something really cool you'd very much like to do drops in your lap. - Spidra Webster

Sorry to hear that and hoping something even better comes along for you. - adf

*don’t like* this - $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian

Take the cut and start looking...big breaks always start this way. - claudio alegre from iPhone

Fuck fuck fuck. Here's looking at you. FF has got your back. Looking for a job as an oil tycoon maybe? - Mike Nayyar

Tina, you're smart and and you have a good network, one way or the other you'll land on your feet. The short-term uncertainty is teh suck though :( - Tinfoil 2.0

I took a full time job and lost 40% in pay for the same company; sad thing is that I do a LOT more work now... - acedanger

Sorry to hear Tina......that really does suck! - Bonnie Foster

Sorry to hear that Tina. Hope the rest of your time gets filled quickly with rewarding freelance projects or similar. - Patrick Jordan

Tina: I noticed you said you don't have the credentials to perform your current job for another company ... are you sure about that? Nearly all employers value experience doing something over raw qualifications. You might want to test the waters first before making that assumption - LANjackal from IM

:O - Josh Haley

Oh ouch… I'm sorry. :-( - Absentee

Because my current job duties were so varied and scattered about, LANjackal, I never became proficient enough at any one thing to warrant a position in another company without credentials. And to tell the truth, I'm ok with that; the biggest reason I enjoyed my job was because of where I worked, not because of what I was doing. I don't enjoy Notes/Domino/Oracle enough to want to do them at another company. I've got 10 long days to mull everything over in Vegas, so hopefully I'll come up with something =) - FFing Enigma

Oh, and James: LOVE your display name =D - FFing Enigma

Tina: OK, I hear you. I was just asking. - LANjackal from IM

Aww, thanks, Tina. And again, I'm sorry. Here's hoping that something better's on the way for you. - Absentee

Bummer. Good luck. Do you have any other companies/people in mind that you'd like to work with? If you connect with me on LinkedIn, you can look through my LinkedIn contacts to see if there's anyone where you might like to work... (or I can e-mail you some PDFs). I can also look through my 2nd & 3rd level contacts to see if anyone's interesting. - Mitchell Tsai

:( sorry to hear that - Bee

Wow, that's terrible! G-d willing, something better will come from this. - David C. Cooper

Oh, damn...so sorry to hear that, Ms. Tina. :( - JA Castillo

Very sorry for you, Tina. Hope this becomes a new beginning for some better opportunities in the future. All the best. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Sorry, Tina. I agree with claudio...I would take the PT contract, spend free time looking for a new job (I have faith you'll find something you like!), and give them 2 weeks notice when the next gig is rdy2go. - Hao Chen

:-( sorry to heat that... - Live4Emma (L4S)

Oh no, sorry to hear this, Tina! :-( - Kol Tregaskes

Sorry to hear to that, Tina. - Andrew Terry

Sorry Tina :( Are you sure that your company can do that? Are you the only one with this problem or are involved also some collegues? - Roberto from fftogo

:-( I'm sorry, Tina. That really is the massive fucking suck. Hmm... hey, Morgan! Do you know whether women get severance whores, too? http://ff.im/3tgPa - Ordinarybug Heather

Roberto, there are currently only 2 people at my company: Boss and myself. All of my main job duties revolve around handling our biggest client, so the offer to got part-time contract is so I could take care of their issues when they arise. Boss handles most of the remaining clients But they are all smaller contracts. - FFing Enigma

Sucks. - Michelle

Time to find something else then. - Richard A.

oh that sucks...sorry to hear the bad news - (jeff)isageek

Sorry to hear Tina, not to worry because if you are strong peeps will find and love you work - Braden Douglass

Sorry, Tina. :( - Mathew A. Koeneker

Do not like. :(((((( Good luck with everything. :( - rowlikeagirl

Sorry to hear it. Solidarity! I too was let go not long ago. Good luck. - Eric - seven eleven

:( - Grant Bierman

Solidarity: I had to go on furlough two days a week starting several weeks ago. Effectively a 40% pay cut. - DGentry

Boooooooooooooo! Ssssssssss! That sucks, I'm sorry Tina. Chin up, you'll get through it. - dpurrington from iPhone

So sorry to hear about that Tina. :( So not cool - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Full sympathy Tina -- go pro skating? - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

LOL! Stephen, I'd have to be able to skate well for that to be an option. I'm good at hitting and controlled falling, but skating isn't my strong point just yet. - FFing Enigma

"Pro" just means they pay you, not that you're good at it though! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Well, then that takes roller derby out of the question, no one gets paid in flat track derby. Actually, we all pay dues to be on the team... - FFing Enigma

And the roller derby t-shirt sale profits go to? - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

They go into the team fund, which pays for renting out the place we have our bouts. It's a new team, no cash right now. Our league is setup as a non-profit, though, so once they have enough capital to cover expenses then profits from our bouts and merch sales will be donated to a local charity (we're actually in the process of picking one). EDIT - I just realized, that might mean that my monthly dues are tax deductible. Dunno... - FFing Enigma

I see. Ah well. There may be more to explore with the pro skater angle that. Warped Enigma World Skating Tour? - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

layoff, you will have more time for tweeting, like me. Come to kosovo, like me. Life is cheap here. 50Cents for a Cappuchino. - James Michael Mike DuPont

James, that is very tempting, I'll have to add it to my list of inexpensive places to live =) Actually, if I were willing to move I'm actually now capable of moving to Argentina: even this li'l bit of contract cash would be enough to set Dave and me up comfortably in Cordoba. Hrm.... - FFing Enigma

Very sorry to hear this, Tina. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

dat Sux da Big Kahuna!! - Billy Warhol

Doh! That's what "entrepreneur" means! Recently laid off! Thanks, Jason! Much catchier than "consultant" :) - Richard Walker

Tina - Would you be interested in applying for this Continental Airlines position? http://ff.im/6S4bZ Continental is my favorite airline & has been making good efforts to relate to their customers. Their rep "CO Insider" has been very active on the FlyerTalk forums, and it feels to me like they "get" internet communication better than any other US airline. "CO Looking to Hire Facebooke'r/Tweeter/Social Media Guru" [Weatherboy, FlyerTalk Forums - 8/15/09] - Mitchell Tsai

I just read this post - you say "My current job is (was?) a mismash created as the result of me filling in where it was needed over the years." - I'm in the same kind of position and also in layoff jeopardy. No one appreciates the glue until it's gone. I'm sorry. - Amy℠

{selects "don't like" and clicks mouse} - Bryan R. Adams

Robert Scoble

Interesting how FriendFeed is still shipping new features. I still want to hear a roadmap of what will happen to FriendFeed at Facebook.

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First New "Best of" feature and now Custom Themes. So FF development is not dead? - BRҰANSAҰS

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They're just completing the projects that were already almost complete. - travispuk from iPhone

I bet you the FF custom themes are facebook's influence so you can have a custom landing page for branding. Who else thinks so? - BRҰANSAҰS

Bryan: and Twitter, too. - Robert Scoble

I am sure their coders are not gonna sit around doing nothing whilst the powers that be decide what their future holds - Mark

And the Add Comment link at the bottom of expanded comment threads a few days ago. It was nice to see that pop up. - Jandy

Christopher: yes, they were underway as Bret told me last week. Glad to see them ship, though. New features communicate that the team still sees a future here and that it won't just be killed when they move over. - Robert Scoble

By the way, all the work for custom themes and theme sharing was done between Tuesday and today. - Kevin Fox

Kevin: really? Damn, awesome. I'm going to go shoot some ducks now. :-) - Robert Scoble

I love it when company employees come along and set us all straight - Mark

Great how long before we get the "hit the monkey" ads :0 - BRҰANSAҰS

For FF to continue within FB as a discrete entity, it will have to justify its burn rate of, what, $5 million-ish + or - per year? Facebook Labs, or public-facing interface? Any other ideas? - Tinfoil 2.0

they will go to FB R&D so there will be no ff - Atif UNALDI

this speculation is pointless, i doubt they even know what they will do in the future - Mark

A roadmap would be useful. Is FF sticking around? Is it going to die off? I think some answers are kinda needed as lots think it's going to die off and people are threatening to leave, if not gone already. - Kol Tregaskes

sofiagk: I've looked for the next friendfeed. There isn't one. - Robert Scoble

I bet Winer could script one in 50 lines of code! - Mark

Agree with Robert there, nothing comes close to FF out there atm. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

FF just gets better and better while everything else is either stationary or going backwards. Going to be a sad day when it ends. - James Myatt

Kol: Agreed and streamy doesn't even come close by a long shot. - BRҰANSAҰS

YES - ROADMAP, if permissible, would be great!! - Susan Beebe from iPhone

Perhaps we are not seeing its demise at all? And pity that users never get any say... - Technogran

Sandra: I don't expect it to get killed, but I want to know how many resources it will get in its new home and what Facebook wants to do with it. - Robert Scoble

I love Friendfeed, but at this point I don't want another FF, otherwise next year we'll meet the same problems. I don't want another startup. It's time to cloud networking! - Roberto from fftogo

Roadmap... FriendFeed will turn GREEN and so will all of us! - Amy Flynn

It would be so cool if Zuckerburg chimed in with a commitment to let ff continue to flourish. Winer said that there is no way ff will be around in 2 years. That makes me sad. - Christian Burns from iPhone

I guess to Jeunelle's point, we don't know. There's no reason to jump ship until we know it's sinking and how fast. We just don't know. They probably don't know. - Kevin Arth

Louis Gray

How do you like this e-mail signature? Every employee. Every e-mail. Think this company gets social media?

August 12, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Disclaimer: Emulex is a client of Paladin Advisors Group, where I am GM of New Media (or whatever title I have these days) - Louis Gray

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All those links in every e-mail are clickable, by the way. The B is for the main blog page. - Louis Gray

what's the last logo? oh... heh. - Jim #TeamMonique

You can see all these logos on their Web site in the bottom right corner as well: http://www.emulex.com/ - Louis Gray

Pea, I think that depends on the user's Outlook settings. It is optional. - Louis Gray

Oh if only Gmail allowed some HTMLy signatures! :( - travispuk

GMail receives the sig just fine. Tested there and .Mac and Outlook. - Louis Gray

So in other words, they don't "get" e-mail? :) - Steve Lynch from twhirl

If I saw an email signature like this, I'd click on all of the links just to see how active they are. Some people have all these accounts but aren't active, so what's the point? But of course this doesn't apply to you Louis. I'm just saying in general. - Violet Mae Lim

Violet, these are active. I promise. :) - Louis Gray

If that company were REALLY into Social Media, it would have just one link, to your Google Profile: http://www.google.com/profile... ;-) - Robert Scoble

Robert, why show favoritism to Google? There's little actual social happening there so far. - Tinfoil 2.0

Logical: I'm just having some fun with Louis. I personally hate tons of icons on things. So complicated. How do I pick? ;-) - Robert Scoble

At some point, will you discuss the Paladin Advisor's Group more fully? - DGentry

Louis: Looks nice! Looks better than my typical signature where I just have a link to my website and then a link to http://www.travishartwell.net/blog... that lists on my online accounts. - Travis B. Hartwell

Robert has a free pass to tease or criticize anything I do. It's 100% fair game. I think Google Profiles aren't known well for folks to click through to yet. That said, Robert, bring it on. Here's the company's profile: http://www.google.com/profile... - Louis Gray

And DGentry, yes, we can talk about Paladin soon. Promise. - Louis Gray

Louis, I'm curious about the rationale for putting the Twitter link above the company website in the Google Profile? - Tinfoil 2.0

LE: None. That's been fixed. :) Probably not thinking too much about it. - Louis Gray

Logical: Twitter is the new website. - Robert Scoble

Robert, now I know you're joking! - Tinfoil 2.0

Logical: actually I was joking about the Google Profile thing, not kidding about the Twitter thing. - Robert Scoble

Robert... after all you've said about Twitter and the fragility of SNS relative to your own brand? - Tinfoil 2.0

Yeah, but where's your email address? LOL - David Libby

Didn't you hear....E-Mail is Dead! - Owen Greaves

you can do html in gmail, with a firefox plugin Blank Canvas http://blankcanvasweb.com/pages... - Robert Higgins

Yes, e-mail is dead. It is also required in order to create an account on how many Web sites!?! I think I was required to link my OpenID account to an e-mail address. So much for Identitiy 2.0.... - Steve Lynch from twhirl

Looks sharp imho. - Rob Schieber

what, no My Space link? - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Louis - I like the links on the home page, but EVERY employee gets that? I can tell you that lots of storage people are going to be scared by all of the "interwebs" stuff. I <3 the Emulex guys and know they're trying to update their image, but I'd think that most of them have bigger issues that learning to explain what FriendFeed and SlideShare are when people look at them funny. - Stuart Miniman

Stu, I think I should use the word "optional". It's optional to everyone and every e-mail. And it's fine if some conservative industries aren't ready yet. It's time to shake it up. - Louis Gray

Is it using Wisestamp? Very nice. FYI - Wisestamp is free, works w/ Gmail, Posterous, even the links. - Liza + = ?

It's a bit much - Rodfather

The nice thing about Wisestamp is you can delete the icons in gmail, if it is going to someone who you think has no idea what Slideshare is. Otherwise, wd be a pain. - Liza + = ?

Yeah, I like simple signatures. - Andrew C (✓)

All the hyperlinks scream I'm spam & it will likely be treated as such by many mail programs. - Rick Frank

Rick, very good feedback. It will be considered. - Louis Gray

Too much. Too busy. I'd get rid of the office line, the link to lousgray.com, and definitely the emulex logo. Anyway that's just my opinion :) - Eric Florenzano

They get it better than I do. I have to admit, I do not recognize all of those icons as they do! - Randy Rambo

check out http://www.socialmediav.com they have a killer signature widget, both for personal and corporate brands! :) - sera aktüre

Office and mobile phone? You need Google voice. I was able to get a cool number, (areacode) 4 Julio F - Julio F ~ @SocialJulio

Just a simple link to a homepage should be enough, small description about what you do, and phone numbers if you're into that kind of thing. - Peter Stuifzand

Too many links in an email signature can cause the email to be flagged as spam. you need to test it out before using it. never can be 100% certain... - Mike Nencetti

Are those custom icons, or something pulled from the web? - Spencer

yes but what's it mean? More is not bettter. - Jeremiah Owyang

Personally, it seems way too cluttered to me. I would rather just have a link to a page on the company's website that lists all of their various connections. I'm almost as jaded to those icons as I am to banner ads. If I want to know about the company I will be looking at their website first, then their blog, then whatever other services interest me, but I'll always go to their website first. If that's not impressive then it doesn't really matter what they're doing in other spaces. - Lindsay

Looks good to me. Simple. IMO, I would (1) bump name size +2 pts (2) maybe italicize title or choose different font, so it will jump out at you, but not as much as name (3) remove "www." from website. (4) I haven't seen this in real-life to look at overall point sizes. Often people's business cards need ALL pts sizes +2 to +4. As my 72-yr old Dad always reminds me, older people can't... more... - Mitchell Tsai

Simple and To The Point!!! The Purple " B" Logo...What Brand is That??? - @CtrlFollow

I had same question - never seen it! - Susan Beebe

@louis - how'd you create a company google profile? - andy brudtkuhl

Andy, A Google profile is just assigned to a GMail account. So if you create a centralized GMail account, you can make a company profile. This one, for example, is emulexinc@gmail.com. More on the strategy here: http://www.louisgray.com/live... - Louis Gray

I think if they are all business related and it is for marketing- why not. There is another app nomee.com that does a card also. It is flash based so won't work on the iphone - Kathleen Cercone

Paul Buchheit

I think life is better if you choose to trust people a little more. Something about reality being a mirror.

August 12, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I'm sure this seems naive to many. - Paul Buchheit

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i'm naive by nature, but always honest, :) - chaz2b

I wish this was true in our country. Relative to other cultures, we have much to learn. - Akshay Dodeja

people can be trusted, groups less and organizations never (sorry, I should also add "by me as a general rule") - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Are you saying... to chill out? - Josh Haley

Too many people complaining, I guess. Indeed, trust is something rare in the cynical times we live in. - Jordi Soler

I believe people who are questioning will trust more when they get more clarity. In the absence of answers, speculation fills the gap. - Louis Gray

hey man I trust loads more people online than off and I certainly trust the FFolk. These guys are no fools to build what they built and sell what they sold. - Thomas Power

Unfortunately clarity takes time. Life is inherently unpredictable. - Paul Buchheit

PB I am happy to wait take your time and yes I trust you all the whole team. - Thomas Power

It's precisely because I viewed FF as a collection of people that I invested trust with them - so yes I'm waiting for the clarity that I trust will come and hope your allowed to share it by the new boss. - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

I couldn't agree with you more Paul. (congrats BTW) I just hope bigger companies also realize the same thing, we will treat them the same way they treat us. With FF I think we all felt like part of the team, communication was open and two-way..it brought the passion out of all of us. - Chris Myles

I ain't no naysayer I am a true FFsupporter. Go PB Bear x - Thomas Power

i don't think ppl always like what they see...perhaps why they choice to treat others badly : reflecting their own ugly. - :}(o|O){:

Oh, I could tell you stories about how I trusted people and was let down, betrayed, and backstabbed. Cynicism is not without precedent. - Morton Fox

I don't think it's naive, you definitely live better when you are not constantly thinking if people are trying to scam you. - Amit Morson

It's not good to call a bluff on people/anything before you understand the situation. On trusting people a little more....that's fine. However, it's a very thin line because people are different and unique in many aspects.We can do much more if we remove the slyness that have destroyed capitalism. - Deleted

BTW, I like the little "Add comment" thingy. Good going. - Amit Morson

If I went with optimism, I would prefer cautious optimism over blind optimism. - Morton Fox

culturally it seems cynicism is a means for people to cope with irony - :}(o|O){:

I trust the FF team. As I said before I doubt they'll let FB take over and do messy things. They worked too hard to let them do that. - Molly Song ;)

I always give people a bit of trust, and it works out. There have been very few people that have lost the trust I gave them. I expect the best from everyone, and most return the favor. As for thinks like FF, well I don't have a lot of experience and I'm not super attached to the current workings, so I'm just waiting patiently to see what happens. I didn't join for the system, I joined for the people and the content. ^_^ - Heather

ana, that is why trust is required :) - Paul Buchheit

I love FF. You guys have done a great job, and I have no doubt you will continue to do so. Some may have acted more on emotions than needed. However, when you end up being too trustworthy for too long, you tend to get burned. It's cheesy, it's a cliche, but it happens. I know I'm not one of the big ones here, but earlier today, in my completely zombified state, I decided to just roll... more... - Matthew Horton

I don't like how some people are thinking you "sold out" because you were bought by FB, because you needed the money and if you didn't get it what would happen? I think people are pissed off mainly because FB was the service that bought it. What if Myspace or Micorsoft bought FF? I bet there would be more people (including myself) who would totally lose trust in you guys. - Molly Song ;)

Christopher - I think Paul should start writing even more cryptic posts to /really/ mess with people. - Andrew C (✓)

Christopher, you're reading too much into this (as are most people here). I really do mean it as a general point about life. The truth is that I don't know exactly what the future holds, and neither does anyone else. - Paul Buchheit

I have been through a few recent experiences where my apprehensions and concerns about the honesty and the intent of people have been proven wrong. I guess some of us need to go through this phase of realization before we can start trusting people a bit easier than before. - Jassim

I guess I'm in what some people might think of "denial". I want to think positively instead of being cynical. Being cynical to me is negative and doesn't solve a damn thing. Being positive about anything this day and age is a bad thing, I guess. People view positive feelings as being "in denial" which IMHO is a bunch of bullcrap. - Molly Song ;)

Depressing country music comes to mind... the dog ran away and the truck died, sad tune... *Sigh* - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Christopher, I think that is the main point. It was interesting to see Matt Cutts post his congrats via a FF post, but also mention that he hopes the FF team brings some openness to the FB. That is part of the trust thing. Even Microsoft is more trustworthy than FB right now and everyone knows that a team of talented devs getting swallowed up by an untrustworthy corp typically makes no difference to the corp's culture. - travispuk

I hate Facebook - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Software is scalable to huge customer bases.. Customer support, feedback, and expectations don't scale as easily!! - Chris Myles

I had to admit, even though I like FB a lot, they have done some things I'm not happy with. I'm hoping they don't mess with FF too much or I won't go there anymore. - Molly Song ;)

@Paul, I will stretch my trust a bit further to see how this washes out for the FF team, but in my view trust is always based on the actions and the way this has been handled, given that you are well aware of your rabid fan base, is not good for maintaining trust. I would have actually preferred that FF be bought my Microsoft (I know MS haters, perish the thought), but at the moment I... more... - travispuk

Totally agree Christopher. The FF crowd are such a small bag that they do not care. The reason why I would prefer MS is that they would care because they are clawing marketshare with any means, each little grab of users for them means a lot more then it does to FB, who as we all know don't even care about their existing 250-300mill. - travispuk

Travis: You do know that MS is FB's single largest investor by far, right? For all practical purposes, MS bought FF as much as FB did - LANjackal

LANjackal, yeah, but I am not sure about single largest? Particularly since the valuation that they bought in at was a lot higher than the current valuation from the recent buy in, so I think their shareholding is a tiny bit smaller now. There is still competition between the two for users, as there is from Google and twitter etc. - travispuk

Hmm, I don't like mirrors... - Mo Kargas

Lanjackal, I told like you to one of my friends feed yesterday, you are right! - muratt

Travis: FB isn't publicly traded, and MS has given them more funding than anyone else, period. No one else has come close to the $240M MS poured into FB - LANjackal

muratt: Thanks, appreciated - LANjackal

Travis: You don't think the Bing search results integrated with FB search results are accidental, do you? That said, I'm not one of those people who believes everything MS is bad. So far they've done well allowing FB to grow as they have. I've been with FB since 2004 so I have more faith in them than the average person. I'm giving them time to see how this all shakes out, and putting a lil trust in the FF devs too - LANjackal

LANjackal, absolutely not, I know that was part of the investment and obviously worth a shed load more than the original 240M. I did think though that they had just received 200M from a russian company and have received other similar size investments from other companies. Don't get me wrong, I am not a total FB hater, if they do right by FF then I will absolutely stick around. What I... more... - travispuk

This is a smart approach. Trust...but verify. As much as many of us chuckled at Reagan in the 80s (OK, as much as some of us old guys chuckled) that's not a bad philosophy; it's what we do in day-to-day life, anyway. If we didn't implicitly trust most of the people we interacted with daily life would be chaos. Oh, and "naive" is the way we act on a daily basis. - Tom Guarriello

Oh, and one more thing. I think the difference between the public reaction to FB buying FF and Amazon buying Zappos is fascinating. - Tom Guarriello

I have actually more trust in FB than I have in Amazon - FB has not yet had the kind of anti competitive practices that Amazon has had in the last few years. If it had an easier way to ignore most apps, and reined their lawyers when revising T&Cs, FB would be positively peachy :) - Iphigenie

Reality is a mirror. We will manifest in life what we continue to see and be. If we find that we continually cannot or do not trust people, it is often because we ourselves are not trustworthy. Give situations time to sort out before you automatically assume that the worst will come about. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Paul, I take your point. This is how I've gone through my entire life, with varying degrees of success. But I should tell you because of this I've been burned many, many times and have the emotional scars to prove it. It is not a statement to be made lightly (not that I think this is what you were doing). - Jim #TeamMonique

I think most people would like to trust but most people have been disappointed before so when one cares about something or someone might tend to create negative mental scenarios as a mechanism to protect oneself from another disappointment and not to appear a fool once again. - M F

Cautious optimism is how I proceed. However, I've been involved in and project managed through many acquisitions, and usually the acquiree gets fed a bunch of bs about how they'll be able to control their destiny and keep their baby running. But I don't think I've ever seen that actually happen. I hope it might, in this case, but I feel like so much cannon fodder at this point. - Rick Cogley

@rick - touche - Monique

@PaulToo / Paul Buchheit you say "Unfortunately clarity takes time." This is really where I think many people take issue, why did you sell the company without getting a more firm road-map for how things were going to go (which you could have then announced)? Unless you basically said: "OK, just give us the money and we'll let things sort themselves out later." Which is of course your... more... - Alex Schleber

Are people forgetting that Paul sunk millions of his own money into FF? Unless FF was a 503c Foundation, he can't be faulted for seeking to recoup that, and with big players copying FF features every day, there was a risk to FF's future. I'm somewhat saddened by what happened, but happy for Paul, but either way, FF introduced a bunch of concepts that will now be copied by other... more... - Ray Cromwell

I like the sentiment to stay open and trusting. Life is too short to do otherwise. And since there is a lot of talk about the facebook deal on this thread guess I'll throw in my 2c there too -- which is, congratulations on another successful venture Paul. Very impressive and facebook will be better as a result. If FF gets lost in the shuffle that just means someone has to go out there and start another venture ;) - Thomas Mader

@cromwellian, that's why I used the words "which is of course your prerogative"..business is business, fine. I congratulate the FF team on their business win. But then don't mix categories and try to bring social issues like "trust" back in through the backdoor. After Beacon et al. FB PR disasters, do you trust Zuckerberg/FB with a darn thing? You yourself seem to think similarly by saying you're "kinda resigned that it's long term fate is not in the cards." My point exactly.. - Alex Schleber

@Guruvan BTW I disagree with you that this has anything to with LOA/Projection type stuff..the point is we all trusted FB in the beginning..a long time ago. Did we attract their multiple mis-behaviors into our shared reality somehow?!? - Alex Schleber

More accurately, life is better when people are trustworthy. - Tanath

Alex: I have spent about 10 hours of my life with Mark Zuckerberg. I think he is a lot more trustworthy than most business leaders I have met. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

@Scobleizer, which isn't saying that much, would you agree? :) It is after all the same Mark Zuckerberg that handed out business cards reading "I'm CEO, Bitch" not all that long ago.. - Alex Schleber

How does facebook reconcile talking about openness but trying to prevent other services from gaining traction by blocking the flow of information out of facebook that would enable smaller networks to compete? It looks like facebook is trying to become the entire web experience for users. - Ru Viljoen

I've been through too many mergers and acquisitions to trust anything the buying corporation says. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

yeah u need to trust now because you gave away control. i think it was a silly move. i still think that friendfeed could have turned the tide by itself,...with proper profiles and people search. now all you can do is hoping you didn't got fooled - Chris Hofmann

Schleber: damn, I didn't get one of those cards from him and had to drag him into a Time Magazine party. He didn't want to go because he didn't have an invite. I think that's the last time that I'll have an invite to something he doesn't have. But, seriously, I love how we blow out of proportion people like him. - Robert Scoble

Alex Scoble: I assume the worst and when the best happens, I'm surprised. That said, Zuckerberg and Facebook has never stabbed me in the back or been jerks the way some other companies have been. - Robert Scoble

If facebook succeeds it will lead to a period where innovation stagnates, and finally the largest task for facebook is to wrest power from google, and I personally do not want that to happen. - Ru Viljoen

Ru: if you think Facebook is stagnating, I think you are smoking some good dope. Remember, FriendFeed couldn't take off because Facebook was too fast a follower. Many of my favorite friends from across the industry are now working there. Don't underestimate this company. - Robert Scoble

Plus they stole Google's sushi chef and he's freaking awesome. - Robert Scoble

Any company in Silicon Valley who is powered by sushi is unstoppable. ;-) - Robert Scoble

I don't think that, I think facebook is brilliant and incredibly innovative, I mean it will go that way if they become too dominant in the comprehensive web experiance. - Ru Viljoen

Ru: Facebook is the next Google. - Robert Scoble

I have never heard of any company continuing to drive innovation as google has after acquiring a monopolistic majority, that is why I do not want it to be replaced. - Ru Viljoen

Facebook never stabbed you in the back? :) http://scobleizer.com/2008... - Louis Gray

I was thinking about that Louis. - Alejandro

I think he is right, social search is better than legions of anonymous results. Facebook leads social so when they master search they will undermine google. - Ru Viljoen

yeah but the content that is dragged into FB is still much more limited to what google can crawl. - Chris Hofmann

Search results relative to people you know. So far facebook has focused on features and usability to grow its userbase, but it looks really obvious that they will then try to use that social network to create a search engine that uses your acquaintances to serve you recommendations or search results and people will love that. - Ru Viljoen

Wait, what? - Derrick

thats what friendfeed has been doing already - Chris Hofmann

i think that is the point of getting the friendfeed guys in the firstplace - Chris Hofmann

Actually Paul, there is a famous wise American Caver named Donald Davis. Cavers find cave. Caves are a kind of form of Shrodingers Cat, we never know where more cave is until we find it. Davis postulated in the 60's that the cavers create the cave in their minds. - Robert Higgins

It might be a hell of a lot of work but still that is where they will go. Bear in mind they have just released facebook lite and their explanation of it being for low brandwidth areas and mobiles smells like BS, but that is too speculative, fact is they can create that infrastructure with enough money, talent and users. - Ru Viljoen

Well until it is done who knows how much behaviour will be shaken up, but they can be quite radical and people will not leave because how do you communicate with school friends and grandma if you leave? - Ru Viljoen

Paul we trust you not to stab Friendfeed in the back, but to infiltrate and take over Facebook - Robert Higgins

hahaha well I hope facebook remains a secure place to chat to our real friends and some form of friendfeed lives on and grows for our edgy web friends. Sleepytime 01:49 here - Ru Viljoen

I imagine you and the rest of the FF gang are stinging a bit (perhaps you didn't expect the backlash to be as... well, passionate as it was?) but, in my experience, trust is something that has to be earned and it's usually something I only give to people I know personally. Generous trust has almost always repaid me negatively so I'm loathe to just hand it out. I'm a cynical, old, cranky... more... - Akiva

I have a long held belief that trust is something meant to be earned, not something you are entitled to from the start, and once shattered it is difficult, but not impossible, to regain. And Trust travels with a companion called Respect. They are 2 sides of the same coin. - April Russo

Wow Akiva!! 'monster off the leash'. I feel your hurt emotions, really deep! - Myrna

Eh, I've entered into the acceptance stage. Things are as they are. - Akiva

My response was you are worth way more than 50M! - E-Advocate Network

WAYYYYY MORE (than 50M)!! - Chris Myles

life is better when you trust in others. - amelia arapoff

Robert Scoble

True FRIENDFEED addicts please check in:

August 11, 2009 from iPhone - Comment - Like - Share

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Here. - Damond Nollan

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Check..... - Amit Nangare

*raises hand* - MoTO #TeamMonique

here - Mel Buckpitt

"" - Richard Brock

yo. - Zee.

Present - Clifford Kennedy

addiction check - Edgar Rodríguez

Addicted... checkin' in - Rob Schieber

here. - Luca Sofri

I checked in before you even posted this. - Akiva

'sup - Nolan Alston

shuffles quietly at the back - Ivor Whitten

Present... - George Hall (Australia)

here - Kimberle Kelly

I'm not an addict. I can quit any time I want. - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

jawohl. - Spidra Webster

I am here. How about you? - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Check Check - Robert Burgin

check - Amani

yo - Bill McFarland

I'm here! - Bonnie Foster

HeRe! - Bruno Mertins

Hooah! - Kevin Fox

Till they kick me out. - Tony Miller

here but i can stop anytime - phil baumann

In! - Pon

Here! - Oracio

here - tevfik bülent öngün

I'm not, uh, like an addict, or anything. I can quit anytime. yeah - jeff hammond

w00t! - Shane

hi:P - K.D.

here - Panayotis Vryonis

I don't have time for this...I'm too busy liking stuff - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yo - Bret Taylor

Yep count me in!! - Guillaume Foutry

Present and accounted for. - Colette

Here - TonyatMATC

Present - Mike Doeff

It is amazing to see how fast these discussions fill up. - Damond Nollan

Present - Olympia Scott

Howdy. - Daniel Morgan

Present. - Alonis

Sir Yes SIr! - Robert Kenney

Word - Matthew Horton

not an addict, but check in often - Göze Sencer

I'm only addicted to the email service - joebrooks

As always :) - Paul Buchheit

wassup - Alejandro

here - Ken Kennedy

here - Matt Ruiz

Yup, that would be me =) - FFing Enigma

Here Here! - Benjamin Golub

was going to be, but not anymore - Lo

here - ebru

Here!!! :P - Chris Zlatis

Snorting a line of FF as I type this. - Lola Bean (Penguin) from fftogo

++ - jacek

Phew, still here ... - Tom Horn

I'm not here LOL - Rob aka Cerberus

Here I be -/ - Chris Loft

I'm Free - kenneth glenn

Damn: a lot of addicts here still! - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Well, I *was* an addict until yesterday. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

alive and well. - Tyler Molamphy

present - Jeff Weber

yes we R - Johni Fisher

Hey, I can stop whenever I want. No, really. - Tom Landini

I'll leave kicking and screaming. - Andrew Smith

It's a trap!! - Micah from iPhone

---...--- - constantinos alexacos

Where else are we going to go? - Christian Burns from iPhone

Yep, here - LANjackal

Check - Jesper Lind

So addicted I said I was addicted twice. < g > - Rob Schieber

Hello everyone. - Ryan - @magicofpi

Here. - tehKenny

always here! - Marco Ramirez

Hip hip... - Gary Gannon

Still here! - Lee Watters

Still around :) - Sean Powell

Always here! - Louis Gray

staying put until they kick us out. - michael sean wright

still not here :D - Rob aka Cerberus

Yo! - Libraryman

*cough cough* - John Robert Ladd

Here. - Jonathan Hardesty from Android

I am here. Isn't it now FACEFEED? - Francine Hardaway

Here! - onurc

I love that Bret, Paul, and Kevin checked in. They probably are looking at their screens and asking "what do we do now?" how about ship some new features before Facebook overlords take you off to do bigger things? - Robert Scoble from iPhone

I feel sorry for all you addicts. My use of it is purely social. - Bruce Lewis

Not an addict but I like it. - Joao Alves

I got the papers in my glove box....you ready to make a beer run? - Morgan

Is Friendfeed a safe place to bring new friends? - Christian Burns from iPhone

I'm here - and staying here until Paul and Bret kick me out the </door> - AJ Kohn

yup. Guess I am. - Mark Interrante

+1 happy user... till now - giuseppe c. | markgreene

What am I doing? I don't even know. - Suzanne

Here!!! - Felipe Aneudi Campana from iPhone

That hitler thing was amazing. That is all. - James Watters

present. - Trish Haley

Yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Stephen Pickering

What of it. - Rochelle

"So, Who are you?" "very cool, very cool" - Stephen Pickering

what? - Nine Ferdinand

Just my luck. I got to this party about a month ago and NOW they decide to sell. - Ian Paul

FF4EVR. :D - David Vasileff

02:10 am and still here :-) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Yo ¡Aquí! - David Austria

present - Albert Maruggi

presente - Eric Gagne

Yo! - Mathew Barnes

Not sure I'm an addict yet but I'm here and working on it. - Paul Goldsmith

Here ! - DAL from iPhone

Checking in! - Marci Golub

Checking in - Richard Gallo

Here - Darrell Madore

Present! - MsJosay

Here and ready for duty sir! - David Damore

I survived the night. - Frankie Warren

yes - Matthew Schrock

Present - Joshua Kahn

I do like FF and use it almost every day. Wouldn't it be great if FB either left it alone so we can continue to use it as "professionals," or somehow incorporate it into a more "mature" version of FB that didn't have all the annoying, time-wasting apps, games, etc. I'd much prefer a totally customizable FF "wall." - Cathryn Hrudicka

I think FFundercats HO!!!!! would have worked but I'm here anyways. - Jimminy IS Everybody

yo - Rahul Krishnakumar

here! - Greg Louderman

are there fake friendfeed addicts? - acedanger

Oh I'm still here :) - Owen Greaves

here - John Kitchen

:) - Lindsay Davies

Hello? - Vaughn

you betcha - Rick Bucich

holy crap, looks like master and commander ;-) - Aad 't Hart

Not an addict but still here. - Brandon

hello from a german FRIENDFEED addicted :-) - Simon Zeimke

On in real time - Mike Lizun

Money rules! Money rules! Money rules! The world doesn't change! - ¡amFrancesco!

O HAI - Ambar Pansari from iPhone

Not an addict, but defiantly a user. Wish there was a desktop client though. Or TweetDeck integrated it. - Michael

Present! - Denverken

Aye, Mon. - Gordon Swaby

PRESENT - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Check - Jason Heppler

It's nice seeing new comments drop down, sexy as fuck, bye friendfeed *snifs* - Gordon Swaby

president - Dennis O'Neil

Aloha - Nathan

Where else would I be? Facebook? Pfft ... - Kevin Mohr

Bueller, Bueller, ........ Bueller - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Sorry I was late.. I have a note from my parole officer. - Mike Shulman

I CAN QUIT ANYTIME!!! - Jim #TeamMonique

here - Rahul Gupta

just getting started - Patrice Vizzone

Aye! - Joshua

hello there - Murilo Terrabuio

Here, I am - Luca Ciccarelli

Sorry I'm late. I was on Facebook. It works on a cellphone. - Paul Puri

here - Gary Prechtel

I'm not here often, but when I am... it's a happy place indeed... I hope they don't take away my fix! - Robyn Miller

Hey Robert - got a separate thread for people who have a healthy, positive relationship with FriendFeed? - Edward Coffey

Check - tristan

it's gonna take 11 years for FaceBook to catch up to where FF is now....isn't that how tech "progress" works? - Marg Uerite

Ahoy - Brett Kelly from iPhone

aye - chaz2b

Polo! - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Ere I am in Aust standing up with my right hand raised yelling out HERE! - Bob Heath

Count me in. - Sebastian

Present - Charlie Anzman

Knock on wood! - ↂGiorgiँ Zarrelliↂ

O Hai! - Mathew A. Koeneker

Check - Erik Boles from iPhone

What's the qualifier for addict? If you believe the MacLean researcher, addiction is a choice! - Sally - Skyrimmin' It

I MEAN IT!!! ANYTIME!!! - Jim #TeamMonique

O Captain, My Captain ;) - Stuart Miniman

hey! - Imran Jafri

yes - Steve Mott

I'm here. Now what? - Christian Collins

Count me in too please! - RobinDotNet from iPhone

not addicted but perhaps in a state of advanced 'like' - Threepwood

Yep Yep - Rahsheen?

Yeah. Going to miss this if it morphs into something else for real. - Robert Anderson

I need my FriendFeed! - Brandon Titus

I really Need Friendfeed! - TheHenry

Ya, that's me. - Sweyn Venderbush

Yo. - Absentee

HOOAH. or something - mjc

Here. At the Rack proctoring an exam. - Stuart Rath

here - Bluesun 2600

Everybody sing: "They tried to make me go to rehab I said no, no, no " - Laurent

•_•*b - videopixil from Nambu

check - Jaica Kinsman from iPhone

Here! - Michael Hocter

Aye! - ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤

yo! - Ronald S

hola! - Oguz Serdar

Aren't we all here? I guess that's the point why we adopted Friendfeed, while others just "heard about it", isn't it? - Wolfgang G. Wettach

and many of us in Europe are sleeping. - Luca Sofri

Some of us in the USA are just busy, too. - Duncan Blake

Man, this check-in line is pretty darn long... must be Southwest. heh - Daynah

<raises hand> - Jack&Cleo

please excuse me while I pretend to be one of your guys - Kirk

i am - Brian Hendrickson

I'm not addicted, I'm just a social FriendFeeder. - Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce

here i am - vitzbank (aka claudio)

check 1,2 - Wayne Sutton

Here. - scherbi: bottom dweller

Here - Bora Zivkovic

.-.. --- --. --- ..- - - constantinos alexacos

YOYOYO! - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Eccomi, presente! - Alessandro

checking in from Tejas - George Dearing from BuddyFeed

Finally turned the corner. - Liza + = ?

There sure are a lot of people in here. It's a good thing Robert got the big room with extra chairs. - RobinDotNet from iPhone

trying to figure out how to use it... - Ted Kinzer

Here! - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from BuddyFeed

Reporting! (My next blog entry will be called "Social Media Is My Crack".) - Dennis Jernberg

present. - Jim Halligan @jim

:( - Angus Burton

late but here - Heather Solos

Yo. - Steve Lowe

all present and accounted for sir ! - John Wallace from BuddyFeed

Nah, I'm too busy posting #badjokememe stuff. - Ordinarybug Heather

I am in. - Gabe Taviano from iPhone

Depends. - Nick Humphries

I'm working hard to get an addiction. - Minu Nianda

never left - Josh Haley

Robert, Now that you have us all here (or some of us), what are you going to do with us? - RobinDotNet

Here I am... sad but I am! - ¡amFrancesco!

Yes? - Fajar Nurdiansyah

here - Holly is Happy from iPod

I'm here, but is this FF or FB? - Dana Fosburgh

Guilty as charged. Use FF more than any other social network, including Twitter. - Larry Hawes

I can stop anytime I want... - mikepk

I can stop mikepk anytime I want... - Akiva

here - mike "glemak" dunn

holy cow that is a serious list...oh yeah here and dear!!! - Braden Douglass

I tried to get addicted but none of my friends could afford it. Now I just have bad dreams about Scoble. - Mr Saturday Morning NFG

Merhaba! - @barisunver #beyn.org

here, too. - browneyes from iPhone

Yep. - joey

Here...and cloaked with sadness... - Anthony K. Valley ©

True. What will happen to FF now? - @barisunver #beyn.org

Alright - Rodfather

:P - Phillip Stewart

Roger that - Rob Fahrni

(from Streamy) - Marcos

yo - Gus

cello! - Joe "Bad Guts" Silence

reporting in. - Randy Shapiro

ola. - anna sauce

hello my name is Kim and I'm a Friendfeedaholic - Kim Landwehr from BuddyFeed

1st Step - Thomas Page

True FriendFeed addicts don't need to report in. :P - iTad

yep - Marty

true friendfeed addicts are there.. always ;) - alphaxion

Tad: and yet you did! - Joe "Bad Guts" Silence

Still following Robert the Wise. - Phil Boiarski

that's a *boolean true* - Peter Renshaw

check - Tim Ake

I'm here. FriendFeed will have to leave me, before I leave it. - Tyson Key

ayo... - Lipanantsi

Fashionably late ...BOOYA! - Rich Weaver

Chris Martin checking in - Chris Martin

Present - Craig Eddy

present but in 12 step for addiction - Criz

yo ho ho! - Ferdinand Perez

I'm an addicted lurker. Does that count? - ax0n

Solid Copy - Drew Lucas from iPhone

Checking in by phone while on vacation. :) - c.a.j. from iPhone

here. anecdote: a friend of mine just signed up for FF this evening. apparently the FriendFeed hype of the last 24 hours pushed him over the top. leaves me wondering whether FF has actually gained users today?it would be a crafty way of marketing the service. I'll wake up tomorrow to discover that there was a problem with the paperwork and the FriendFeed team have had a change of heart. - JSLeFanu from BuddyFeed

late, but present - George Deane

Present and accounted for - John Pfaff

hello hello - shaun mclane

yo yo yo. ladi-dadi. - berchman

i have been locked out of twitter since first attack on friday so just got into friendfeed and loooove it! - Alannah Ryane

We are truly the coolest bunch on the internet. - Vezquex

·[▪_▪]· - Desirade

Whats up? - AJ Batac

Present and accounted for! :-D - Amy Flynn

Hello, my name is Pete, and I am a FriendFeed addict. Will there be cookies and coffee at this 12-step meeting? - Pete D

Here stopped over on my way to Brightkite. - John Ferron

I'm a Facebook junkie - Molly Song ;)

Hi. - Trent Olson

I'm not as active on FF as I used to be but I'm back. - Bob Gannon from iPhone

more than 2 days ago - Alistair (alpinefolk)

Little late but yes, I am still here. So to speak. - Martha

I'm new but i like it... - Jose Antonio Trujillo

Count me in even though I was just starting to get hooked. I guess it's time to find a rehab and get all sobered up until the next relapse with some other new addiction. Isn't life grand? - Usman Bashir

addict.. - Peter

Define addict. - Carl Black

Here too, lol - Ange Recchia/angesbiz

ANYTIME!!!! - Jim #TeamMonique

addict: currently 02:53 and I've failed to even start this weeks script because I've been messing about on friendfeed ;) - alphaxion

Not exactly addict but very close. - Ashish from iPhone

03:01 in the morning in the UK and I am here! - travispuk

Since we are logging time its 5:05 AM in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and I am here too. :) - Usman Bashir

Travis get some sleep! - Arleen Boyd

Aloha! - Peter Liu

guten tag! - imabonehead

hmmm. - Carlos Ayala

hello hello - Tate from BuddyFeed

define addict :-) - Duane @PreppyDude Myers

Gonna miss you honey. This is Facebook for adults - Alan Morris

Is it just me or is the FF interface just plain usable? Clean! Uncluttered! Simple!. - Alan Morris

Check is in the mail. - Louis Trapani from iPhone

Wow Peter, Are we all that crazy for friend feed and twitter? - Marilyn Jansen Lopes

Aloha! Mahalo Robert... now WHAT IS the plan??? - Arleen Boyd

Hello there. this is today's last....go to bed now. - Carloe Stamp

present - Alex Scrivener

Allo - Jan Ole Peek

^_^ - HealingBrush

I could be an addict if there was an app for my phone like one for the winmo! - Andy Ghozali

Presente - patrick

Checking In.... - Chris Jackson

Not quite addicted yet here. - Mike Pennell

Where's Holden? Maybe celebrating his birthday early. - Myrna

Yes SIR!! - Mark Guadalupe

Present! - Adam Turetzky

Reporting for duty SIR! - Jack Humphrey

Yes - Christopher Galtenberg from iPhone

Checking in. - John (bird whisperer)

¡Presente! - Luis D. Santos

On it constantly! - Tobin Truog

West Coast evening shift reporting for duty. - Kryptic

Connected across all social media.Who needs open social? - Lori Laurent Smith

Here! - David Cook

hola. - Sean Oliver

talk about a name and shame list... - Nathan Vingoe

Yo! - JR

Count me as an addict. - Joey Gibson

check - Kate

Always here! - Michael Cuff

need more, need more friendfeed than any one has needed before - Robert Higgins

Present. - Lucas

I am present and accounted for...well present anyway - Keith Murray

Here! - Barry Owens

You rang? - JA Castillo

I'm not sure is "being addicted to lurking on FF" counts, but I'm chiming in. - Christian (Simply X)

I JUST joined and am trying to figure it out. - Janine Nickel

Oui - J.D. Deutschendorf

I quit everytime I go to bed - Jeff (Team マクダジ ) from iPhone

check. It rocks - Richard J Placide

I'm checking in from 37k feet on a Delta flight with GoGo Internet. If that's not addict I don't know what is. :D - Jay Cuthrell

Jay, you win ;) - Jesper Lind

oh hey, look, the added an "add comment" link to the end of the comment list. Huzzah! - Brett Kelly from iPhone

++Jay. I was going to do the same thing yesterday but I didn't want to pay the money. - David Cook

David -- this was a $9.95 session but you can get them for $7.95 and there are also 25% off coupons if you do online check-in prior to your Delta flight. That's an incentive for folks to use that service and offload kiosk use at the terminals. Very savvy marketing by the folks at GoGo and Delta combined. - Jay Cuthrell

Yo Scobey! I like Dave Winer's thoughts on user owned tech companies ... been thinking similar things. - Jason Cronkhite

check. - Justin Korn

here - Surprisingly Monstrous

Ozgur reporting - Özgür D. Cyric from iPhone

in - sirishkumar

Present - Herb Hernandez

Yo! - Aaron Draczynski

Me too - Peter Hollard

Junkie - Genaro Bardy from iPhone

Seems like there's not much point being a FF addict, now. Bummer. - Kathy Fitch

Checking in! - Glenn Slaven

whatup! :) - simran

Here as always. - Jeff Smith

Here. - Parth Awasthi

Do you even have to ask? - Johnny

Aquí! - Miguel

moi. - amygeek

Are we doing anything today? - Shea from iPhone

nano nano - Eran Even-Kesef

ok, I'll play - chrisofspades

:) - Susan Beebe from iPhone

I like this list of people, good crowd - Jack DeWitt Smith

Yo. (And what is the point of this thread and why are we all saying Yo?) - Bob Morris (polizeros)

Howdy! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

aye - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

And if you're a *real* FF addict, comment twice. - Dennis Jernberg

Arrrr!! - Adrian

Here! - Peter du Toit (S.Africa) from fftogo

late, but check and still here. - Rocky

No matter how many times "ff!" is met with "??" I still preach. - Garin Kilpatrick

Another one for the books - Greg Birch

YO! - Eric - seven eleven

Hey. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

well, it's 12:12 a.m. and I'm perusing FF from my iPhone via BuddyFeed before turning in. so yeah, I guess I count. "Here!" (raises hand) - Don Faulkner from BuddyFeed

Here - Paola Bonomo

Here..from Shanghai - Marc Dong

My name is John, and I am a FFolic.. :-) - John Serra

Here from Hong Kong! - Dan Van Hoy

Here - Musa Yılmaz

Good morning from Finland. I'm here again. - Tapio Kulmala

Can't stay away. - Tanath

Checked in ...How can I check out - Sriks7

Sorry I am late - Emre Öktem

Becoming more so. - Travis B. Hartwell

Present - Technogran

Here here... - Alemsah Ozturk from iPhone

Here! - Jeff P. Henderson

here.. - Chris Myles

Hello I am here! - Chris Bellinger

Am I too late? I've been out crying at my personal Friendfeed funeral :-( - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Ci sono - zuck from fftogo

Just woke up and saw this thread. Addicted ? I guess so... - Jacque from m.ctor.org

✔ I'm not addicted. I can quit any time I want. I just don't want to. ;o) - RetiredTeacherD

still lovin it - Mark Sorsa-Leslie

Teacher: Awesome checkmark ;) - Fajar Nurdiansyah

Yes it does ! :) - Veda Informatics

Oh I'm late, just spend to much time at Streamy - Michael Zehrer

:) - M F

merhaba - Sinan İŞLER

Here I am, having my first coffee in the morning. - Federico Bolsoman

wazzzzup - Andrew Salnikov

Breakfast FFeeding.... - David Peacock

Wof Wof, WOF ! - valerio fiandra from iPhone

First site I launch - Patrik Arwengrim

checked in - Sarper Sılaoğlu

All present and correct! - Paul M Evans

Présent! (for how long?) - Zackatoustra

here I am - GG aka "nessuno"

I send newbies straight to FriendFeed as the base for all of their online activities. I wonder how it will change. - Sally Albright

I'm here - Mackley, un biblio-troll

[DEAN HOLMES] - Dean Holmes

I recommend FF to some of my clients, and there are some companies and nonprofits with presences here—not like Twitter, but I'll be curious how that will be affected when FB takes over more. Most have FB fan pages, groups and/or causes, too. - Cathryn Hrudicka

Still here.......as always. - Iain Baker

huh? - bora "head" basman

Still here, but I don't know until when - Roberto from fftogo

Here I am - l'Ego di Gigi

Because.....? - Andrew Terry from iPod

yup - Thomas Power

Wassup? - Winston Teo

in - paniaguai

howdy! - Nir Ben Yona

I can give it up any time. I swear. - Matt G

Here! - Brome

Me definitely one of these. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Trying to keep the addiction low. - Muthu Ramadoss

Buongiorno - FullSite

Just another one. - m. elena

Yo. - Carlton Hackett

What are we checking in for? Just to start a long thread? - Adam Helweh

in - MobilAdam

Where's duty free? - Paul Downing

sorry i'm late :) - Doruk Bayer

Late, but here I am. - Filippo Ronco

Not an addict but I'm here anyway :-D - Graham Lawrence

Reporting for duty. - Mark H

Here I am! Would you collect 50M$ to "buy-back" FF? :) - Marco Dal Pozzo [mdp]

Yo - Franz Binder

I hope I'm not an addict... ;-) Oh, well. - Hanna Wiszniewska

вписался - Alex Kapranoff

I'm here - Nick Bristow

8 hours later? i passed it! - Avi Joseph

yop! - zooz

привет чятег! давайте зохватим этот тредик? - милый мой дружочек

заходит чувак к Scoble, а там чатег - ложный тунец

Boom - Simon Wicks from iPhone

а сколько у них тут каментов? - милый мой дружочек

смешные - милый мой дружочек

Свободу попугаям! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

бггг - милый мой дружочек

zdrastvitze! - anna sauce

check! - Don Digidon

КТО ВСЕ ЭТИ ЛЮДИ??? - Танаев!

Right Here! - Ümit Orhan

present - Tamara

слабаки, до нашего чатега им ещё работать и работать - Танаев!

Да здравствует народ Чятега. Скобл мы следим за тобой™! Let our friendfeed alone! - ideali

это не тру чатик - Танаев!

^^ KAKIE VASHI DOKAZATELSTVA? - I'm a Beta

кстати, все помнят, что у Даши сегодня день рождения? - милый мой дружочек

The view is better from here - Anthony

они виноваты сами. пускай теперь терпят. - ideali

о, зайка пришол! - милый мой дружочек

здравствуй Зайка. ты кого сегодня сделал счастливым? - милый мой дружочек

*facepalm* - Alex Kapranoff

Дашенька, в этом уютном подобии чятега мы поздравляем тебя! - ideali

Дашенька ушла в салон красоты, но я ей передам обязательно! - милый мой дружочек

路过：） - K.D.

нитрогай кетайца, у него там коммунизм, ему тяжело - милый мой дружочек

then ? - alperyz

превед кетайцам - Танаев!

И так чятег, пока Скобл не поговорит с нами представителями СовиетФрендфидика, все мои записи теперь можно читать в этом тредике. Пользуясь случае передаю Парню Бухайту и его команде большой привет, в связи с тем что [He can has sleep naw]. - ideali

превед кетаец! давай сегодня сделаем тебя счастливым! - милый мой дружочек

а кто такой Скобл? - Танаев!

кстати да - милый мой дружочек

Greetings from Australia. Im here :-) - Aussie_Camper

кто такой Скобл. и вообще, объясните мне плз про звезд американоязычного френдфидика - кто там есть кто? - милый мой дружочек

кто все эти люди™ ? - brain

у них там ночь, они спят еще. вот проснуцца - прифигеют - милый мой дружочек

Triple check - Geer

их спрашивать бессмысленно - сейчас они спят, а когда проснуцца, комменты уйдут далеко вверх - милый мой дружочек

хоть тысячу каментов-то мы им сделаем сейчас? - милый мой дружочек

:) - Florent Morel

All your base are belong to us - brain

I am here Jedi master. - Steve de Mena

про этого Скобла статья в википедии есть. он евангелист. работал в мелкософте и в фаст компани. известный блоггер. - милый мой дружочек

я уже спрашивал у Зайки, кого он сегодня сделал счастливым, но он молчит - милый мой дружочек

here - Ahmet Soyata

точно! поэт, пародист, переводчик. известный блоггер. - милый мой дружочек

я вчера был в издательстве, с меня сведения об авторе просят. давайте, говорят, напишем, где учился, что генеральный директор. и что известный блоггер. - милый мой дружочек

Here - Kevin J Hatton

here I am - Vedran Rudelj

чо ладно? - милый мой дружочек

blessed are the sick - undisclosed recipient

Бесков, не ругайся - милый мой дружочек

http://www.youtube.com/results... - Sinan İŞLER

а можно получить профессию известного блоггера? какие экзамены сдавать надо? какую специализацию лучше выбрать - микроблоггинг или аудиоподкастинг? - милый мой дружочек

*где можно получить профессию* - милый мой дружочек

а кто сертификат дает, что экзамены принимать можно? - милый мой дружочек

себе полайкай! (с) - милый мой дружочек

чо? - внезапно!

ой чатег - Долларовый бисексуал

давай Скоблу сертификат выпишем? - милый мой дружочек

известный блоггер - милый мой дружочек

в псто призывается Фил, рисовать сертификат для Скобла - милый мой дружочек

Checked-in - Özkan Altuner

согласен. экзамен принимает Зайка, сертификат рисует Фил. роли распределены. - милый мой дружочек

чорт. я опаздываю. убежал. сделайте, пожалуйста, тысячу. я буду иногда появляться. - милый мой дружочек

привет всем в этом чате - Сверхпушистый пах

только до 7 тыщ ему всё равно не дорасти - Сверхпушистый пах

привет этому чатегу. в прошлый раз не участвовала, но тут грех не поддержать. - teinett

ээ, зачем второй чатик сделали? - горизонт событий завален

показать американцам, где раки зимуют - Сверхпушистый пах

кстати, вы в курсе, что сегодня Россия играет с Аргентиной в Москве - отборочный матч на ЧМ-2010? сегодня в метро будет ЖЕЕЕЕЕЕЕСТЬ - teinett

пока они спят - nundesign

and here! - Arnaud Fischer

Here! - SimoTed

а кто-нибудь хоть раз катался в метро на машине? в рекламе это показывают, а реально? хотя бы слышали что-нибудь про ваших знакомых? - teinett

Фесйбук, где наши деньги? Мы ёрлиадоптеры, дай нам тоже бабла! - Сверхпушистый пах

me too, me too! Facebook baaaad, friendfeed gooood!! :-) - Chris Pantazis

Скобла, защити наши интересы! - Сверхпушистый пах

girls, send your photos here -> - Сверхпушистый пах

let's chat!!!!1111111oneoneeleveneleven - Сверхпушистый пах

но только чтоп по-русски - Сверхпушистый пах

тема - Сверхпушистый пах

кстати, IM пропускает 90% сообщений. :( как вы следите за этим чатегом? - teinett

МОНЕТИЗАЦИЯ - милый мой дружочек

а работа стоит? - teinett

Чятег вы молодцы! - ideali from iPhone

Guys, you russians are best! - Сверхпушистый пах

Австралийцы призываются в пост, где Бацек? - ideali from iPhone

уук - Сверхпушистый пах

опять русские с балалайками наперевес - горизонт событий завален

с блаблаблайками - Сверхпушистый пах

Митрич сегодня Скобл будет счастливым когда прознает силу Чятега. - ideali from iPhone

Ждем на машабле статью "после слияния с фейсбуком в уютный френдфидик ломанулись русские" - ложный тунец

это напоминает мне одну историю про Сосидко - Сверхпушистый пах

это что еще за на? - Биомасса с биокассой

I'm still here. You won't get trid of me that easily. - James Myatt

а ты не был на канале #2ch - Сверхпушистый пах

привет чятег! - Sergey Juchkov

here! - Emanuele Guicciardi

ыч - Billy

Фил по вашему указанию прибыл. Чо рисуем? - Ph

привент ивангелистам - Биомасса с биокассой

И чо они должны делать? - Ph

тусня Скоблов - Биомасса с биокассой

Фил, рисуй все подряд :) - Sergey Juchkov

Вот еще, тредики читать! Я настоящий Friendfeed Addict - я пишу и рисую, а не читаю. - Ph

русиш фантастиш скоблз - Биомасса с биокассой

Скобл - это чувак с самым большим на данный момент количеством friends of в Френдфиде. - ложный тунец

dı rırı dı rırı dı rırı cant touch this :P - Sinan İŞLER

чятег, превед! - penguin

Наскоблил себе друзей. - Ph

Have I accidentally clicked a translation button or something?!? - Nicola Quinn

массфрендер, масс его - Биомасса с биокассой

中文用户飘过 :) - R093r-

^^^ гыгыгы - penguin

Дебютирует так сказать - Биомасса с биокассой

from Russia with Love - ложный тунец

hello - Ru Viljoen

интересно в каком словаре можно перевести с русского массфрендер - Биомасса с биокассой

На ифоне этот тредик не справляецо уже, и я перестал понимать кто чо говорит, когда кругом Скоблы. Чуть не проехал свою станцию. - ideali from iPhone

нет, не сериаладдер, просто популярный чел. - ложный тунец

да не важно кто что говорит, Скоблись - Биомасса с биокассой

Один чувак пришол в чятег и говорит я известный блоггер кто тут тру на первый второй рассчитайсь. А ему говорят чувак у тебя сертификат есть что ты известный блоггер? Вот иди Зайке экзамен сдай потом приходи. А Зайка стоит такой с топором и улыбается. Щас думает счастливым его сделаю. - милый мой дружочек

ты кого скоблом назвал? - Биомасса с биокассой

Yeah still kickin - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Holy moly - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

всем учить русский! - Биомасса с биокассой

каждый день в зеркале вижу - Биомасса с биокассой

албанский - Sergey Juchkov

learn albanian! - Sergey Juchkov

oh, now it's all water, all water... - K.D.

время от времени прорываются addicts забавно - Биомасса с биокассой

зобанить их - Биомасса с биокассой

@pozorro, на сертификат отдельно опубликуй, как нарисуешь! - nomoretears

аддикты чятега - ложный тунец

do you know the longest thread in friendfeed is in Russian?:)) link http://ff.im/2OQex - K.D.

если забанить - с кем трепаться? - Sergey Juchkov

http://friendfeed-media.com/a4d4902... – ы. %) - nomoretears

Почему каждый использованием Роберт Scoble как зовут? - Matthew Horton

ololo - Биомасса с биокассой

Nice Russian Robert, Bulgarian isn't far off, be happy to teach you :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

it's very smal thread in russian - Sergey Juchkov

Google Translate тебе в помощь - Биомасса с биокассой

ё - Sergey Juchkov

here is the link http://ff.im/2OQex - K.D.

привет и добър ден :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

@dobata hello - Sergey Juchkov

партизанщина сплошная - Биомасса с биокассой

Здравей, България! Как ви времето? :) - nomoretears

линкер, все ещё впереди - Sergey Juchkov

@grantape да без разницы, nevermind - Биомасса с биокассой

Он придет и молча забанит всё. - милый мой дружочек

Вавилонская башня, realy ((= - brain

I'll still be around as long as this site exists. - Neurario

Polacy? - Sergey Juchkov

Češi mají jedno? - Sergey Juchkov

хрена тебе. это я польский и чешский знаю :) - Sergey Juchkov

Here, Mostly! - Kreg Steppe

Хере Мостли - Биомасса с биокассой

@sergey morning @nomeratears мрачно...чакаме слънцето - Dobromir Hadzhiev

@Dobromir 早上好！：） - K.D.

wombata misserious - undisclosed recipient

ОМГ. На меня подписался китаец, который тут в чятеге разговаривает! Чувак, тебе зачем? - милый мой дружочек

各位早安 - R093r-

вдруг и ты взаимностью ответишь... - Биомасса с биокассой

А, он сразу же и отписался. Сириалэддер? Может, у него скрипт? - милый мой дружочек

Доктор, у меня скрипт. - милый мой дружочек

да можно из постов чувака повыше - Биомасса с биокассой

(я ушел на час) - милый мой дружочек

пей масло - Биомасса с биокассой

汗，上面的Robert都是假的_ _!!! - K.D.

vi a ze chempionz - undisclosed recipient

亲眼目睹的事情，有一年过年，深圳梅林一个邮局，很多人排队寄钱回家，有个民工等着等着睡着了，抓在手上的几张钱撒了一地，保安就过去叫醒了他，让他小心钱，他说没办法，连续加了几个晚上的班，眼睛都睁不开了，保安马上和VIP室的 ... - Биомасса с биокассой

Митрич, ему байки интересны. - Sergey Juchkov

I'm alive :) - Dimitar Tsonev

Скобалайзер мод он. - Биомасса с биокассой

Ехал Скобл через Скобл. Видит Скобл в Скобл Скобл. Сунул Скобл Скобл в Скобл. СКОБЛ СКОБЛ СКОБЛ СКОБЛ! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

what's with all the Russian? Can I have a large Calzone please? - MercyFlush

я запутался в своих двойниках. - Sergey Juchkov

终于发现了，这些人都是专业的”俄国闪客“！！！ - K.D.

ема, палево - Биомасса с биокассой

就看这楼刷刷的升啊 - 拓 | wavesand

Большой Калзоне и счёт товарищу! - горизонт событий завален

Скобл сломал Фэйсбук! У меня пароль не принимается и не ресетится. :( - nomoretears

страна СКОБЛЯНДИЯ - Биомасса с биокассой

Russians! - Jacque

King Midas 2.0 — breaks every startup he touches - undisclosed recipient

БЛЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯЯяяяя - brain

Линкер - не надо - Sergey Juchkov

о, наконец-то просыпаются. "рашнз! рашнз!" - кричали они и прибегали смотреть и тыкать пальцем. - teinett

НЕ НАДО - Биомасса с биокассой

Türkler sohbet! - Sergey Juchkov

может им еще вприсядку станцевать? - Биомасса с биокассой

главное не заблудиться по дороге - Sergey Juchkov

и медведя показать? - Биомасса с биокассой

VODKА PUTIN MATRESHKA - Биомасса с биокассой

просто НЕ НАДО - Sergey Juchkov

MEDVEDEV - Sergey Juchkov

BALA-LIKE - горизонт событий завален

SGUSSCHYONKA is the brand new real thing - undisclosed recipient

Будет ли комментарий самого Роберта по поводу творящегося здесь пиздеца? - Профессиональный зануда

BANYA - Биомасса с биокассой

SNEGUROCHKA - Sergey Juchkov

DED MOROZ - Sergey Juchkov

DEAD MOROZ - Sergey Juchkov

TOPOL - Биомасса с биокассой

BALET - Биомасса с биокассой

TOPOL-M - Sergey Juchkov

Пользуясь случаем хочу передать привет своей маме. Hi, mommy! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

SATANA-22 - undisclosed recipient

Wow I was so confused before I started mousing over your names guys. - Neurario

Теперь в подарок иностранцам дарят не только воду и матрешек, но и балалайки с ГУСЛЯМИ. - teinett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Sergey Juchkov

Скобл хотел видеть аддиктов? Скобл их получил. - Ph

Yes I have revealed your secret mwahaha. =) - Neurario

Введем новое слово в обиход инстранцев: GUSLI - teinett

Такой сиртификат пойдет? http://friendfeed.com/pozorro... - Ph

чятег!?? - Наверное выиграл

кто посмел замолчать? - Sergey Juchkov

it's hide time. Enjoy yourself. - Luca Sofri

Эй! Разбудите там главного Скобла, у него в камментах русские! - Ph

ТРУ РАШН СКОБЛЗ - Биомасса с биокассой

@Лёля, нет, только Скобл - Sergey Juchkov

КОМЕНТЬ@ХАЙДЬ - Биомасса с биокассой

404 других пользователя/-ей оценили этот материал - Sergey Juchkov

hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,hide,now~~ You guys are playing with Robert's name :( - K.D.

No - Matthew Horton

wow LONGEST post I've seen on ff 8) ...checking in too! - Franc, a rememberer

ОУ НОУ - Биомасса с биокассой

Дайте им ссылку на лонгест пост. А то эти ламеры думают на этот. - Sergey Juchkov

This post is goes to hided posts folder - Jacque

@ocurro, it's not longest. Longest is 7k comments long. %) - nomoretears

Robert Scoble, Robert Scoble and 404 other Robert Scoble liked this - brain

проснулись черти - Sergey Juchkov

тогда не надо давать :) - Sergey Juchkov

ок - Sergey Juchkov

Это хромой. Вы знаете, это, верно? - Matthew Horton

it's small post. - Sergey Juchkov

I still love it. - Paul Kinlan

i just unhide, and I see the true Robert is coming :) - K.D.

The cake is a lie - brain

lol: 7020 coments - longest post. - Sergey Juchkov

Следующий! - Ph

а вот если китайский френдфидик придет в наш чатег будет уже не так весело - Биомасса с биокассой

Интересно - топикстартер подписался на получение комментов на почту или нет? - Sergey Juchkov

Серьезно. Качество> количестве - Matthew Horton

hide time... enjoy - Armando Grati

^^^^^^ like - Sergey Juchkov

all your base are belong to us - 13pm

怎样用假名的呀？ - 陈浩小贤

Тема эта должность была ясна. Давайте не будем принимать его. - Matthew Horton

ЭТО ХАЙД ТАЙМ - Биомасса с биокассой

here i am and using the all new add comment feature :) - Ali

НЕ ПОНИМАЮ - Биомасса с биокассой

что-то о качестве и количестве - Биомасса с биокассой

и всё типа по теме - Sergey Juchkov

Here I am - wolly

The theme of the post was clear. Let us not take it. - brain

Фигасе! ) - 4shir from fftogo

Word. - Charles LePage

^^^ оценил/а - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

@matthewhorton -What do you want to say? - Sergey Juchkov

@matthewhorton write in english pls, i don't understand your russian - Биомасса с биокассой

up^^ - nazer

i don't understand russian - Sergey Juchkov

ЧМОГЕ ЧАТЕГГГ!!!!! - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ?

that thread is crazzy : P - Franc, a rememberer

Yes please to Google Translate integration. - Kol Tregaskes

merde alors! - Tom Horn

\o/ - Jemm

http://friendfeed.com/search... - Sergey Juchkov

какая гугля транслята? - Sergey Juchkov

я видимо так и не узнаю чо имел ввиду Хортекс - Биомасса с биокассой

http://translate.google.com - Он работает лучше, чем вы думаете. - Matthew Horton

Hi, Steve - Биомасса с биокассой

@matthewhorton давай все же на английском, моя твоя не понимай - Биомасса с биокассой

Это делает работу плохо, но работает достаточно хорошо, чтобы понять. - Matthew Horton

*waiting for real Robert Scoble* - nomoretears

@matthewhorton speak englich please - Sergey Juchkov

we don't understand your barbaric language! pls speak English here - 13pm

какая тема чятега? - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ?

I'm real!!!! - Sergey Juchkov

I will gladly. Robert is asleep, I'm sure. Now please stop this. People are getting very annoyed. :-) - Matthew Horton

Скоблятина - Биомасса с биокассой

И общение с иными мирами френдфидика - Биомасса с биокассой

если анноит - вали отсюда мудак. - Sergey Juchkov

I don't know if I'm a true FF addict, but I'm here nonetheless ;) - Peter Kruit

О как! Кого-то уже забодало. - teinett

@Matthew Horton НИВАЗМОЖНА - Биомасса с биокассой

red dawn - bopm

I sense the inspiration for an April Fool's Day gag... - Neurario

Ехал Скобл через Скобл, видит Скобл в реке Скобл, Скобл Скобл Скобл Скобл... - 13pm

А вообще, кажется, не хватает еще парочки Хортонов для полного счастья - 13pm

Задолбало? Дави на "блок"! - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ?

НА АЛИЕНОВ НЕ БЫЧЕТЬ - Биомасса с биокассой

Wow! - Велопрограммист Аркадий

unicode power! - bopm

BALALAIKA POWER - Tasha Orbita.

Привет, кстати. - Tasha Orbita.

babushka force! - bopm

кревед - bopm

КРЕВЕДКИ! МЫ ВАС НЕ ТРОНЕМ! СОЛДАТ РЕБЕНКА НЕ ОБИДИТ! - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

Таша! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

@matthewhorton let me hug you, we are friends, we do no wrong, juss bring happiness to people around, join us in rejoice! - undisclosed recipient

КЕНОБИ! - Tasha Orbita.

oh those Russians. They turn every topic into "chateg". - 13pm

check - Marco Fabbri

Тэш, я скучаю! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

Это не настоящий чатик - Anton Volnuhin

Ты не чатег! - сарказм тут неуместен

@Maieutic Rejoice of what? - Matthew Horton

PUTEN WATCH YOU - Биомасса с биокассой

and don't believe these Scobles, they're not real. But we are - 13pm

у нас в ебурге солнышко наконецто - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

millomì - Francesco Cugurra

@juchkov, дизреспект. -1. - nomoretears

But HE IS RUSSIAN - 13pm

ugh, Мы все знаем, вы все фальшивые. - Matthew Horton

I'm here! - ★ Soner Gönül

Они выучили слово «chateg»! Чуваки, еще несколько тысяч комментариев, и они научаться великому и могучему - fxf

Мэтью нас раскусил! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

Я ТОЖЕ СКОББЛ - Сверхпушистый пах

юхууу!!!))) а если еще весь чатег перечитают!!!! - сарказм тут неуместен

ДАВАЙТЕ ПАНИКОВАТЬ - Биомасса с биокассой

KGB WATCH CHATEG - fxf

ААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААААА - сарказм тут неуместен

START PANIC IMMEDIATELY! - Сверхпушистый пах

LET'S PANIC! Uiiiiii!! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

chateg panic! - Sergey Juchkov

SCOBBLE FACEBOOK KGB CHATEG - Сверхпушистый пах

Don't believe Horton. We're real. And he's fake. - 13pm

CHATEG HAS U!!! - сарказм тут неуместен

Checking in. - Robert Miller

А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А А - Сверхпушистый пах

Checking out! - Sergey Juchkov

Hi, Robert! - Биомасса с биокассой

поскоблите чатег - Сверхпушистый пах

Ладно, я только в нетрезвом состоянии уделять достаточно внимания, недостаточно для того, чтобы верить или укусить вас - Matthew Horton

Hello chateg! - Sergey Juchkov

LOL Robert. :) - Robert Miller

IN SOVIET RUSSIA CHATEG PANICS YOU! - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ?

Hortex не надо меня кусать - Биомасса с биокассой

опять Хортон тутфту несет непонятную - Sergey Juchkov

POSKROBLITE CHATEG - сарказм тут неуместен

укусить нас - Sergey Juchkov

ВСЕ ЯСНО МЭТЬЮ ПЬЯН - Биомасса с биокассой

пьяный он видите ли. алкаш. - Sergey Juchkov

пусть у русских пить учится - Sergey Juchkov

VODKA DRINK DRINK DEBOSH - fxf

АЛИЕНЫ НЕДРУЖЕСТВЕННЫ! ХОТЯТ КУСАТЬ НАС! - Сверхпушистый пах

и работать после этого - Sergey Juchkov

Robert Scrabble - Сверхпушистый пах

Кто притворяется говорящим по-русски Меттью Хортоном? - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ?

@Matthew Horton http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7xzzEA... - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

ВЕРЬ! @ КУСАЙ! - fxf

НЕ Я - Sergey Juchkov

Matthew Horton, please stop drinking in chateg - Биомасса с биокассой

Ладно, водка хороша. Я люблю пиво. Сталь Резерв FTW! - Matthew Horton

HE Я - сарказм тут неуместен

Америца сейчас вся спит. Где-то в 17:00 по москве там начнется рабочий день. Вот тогда нас всех запалят. :) - ложный тунец

beer - good! - Sergey Juchkov

НЕТ МЫ - 13pm

у нас есть еще 3 часа - Sergey Juchkov

Это он по сталь резерв какую-то марку подразумевает? - Биомасса с биокассой

МЫ — МЯСО! МЫ – ГАЗ! - fxf

тоже ничего так :) - Sergey Juchkov

ЭТОТ ЧАТЕГ ОБОБРЕН УПЯЧКОЙ - Биомасса с биокассой

надо притаиться, а потом КАААК ПРЫГНУТЬ! - Сверхпушистый пах

ПОПЯЧТЕСЬ @ КУСАЙТЕСЬ - сарказм тут неуместен

всем лежать два саса!!!!! - Sergey Juchkov

Robert Scoble has subscribed to Robert Scoble's feed. Robert Scoble, Robert Scoble and Robert Scoble liked it. - 13pm

зачем он в яндексе? скоблить будет? - Sergey Juchkov

Ready to serve! - Anders Dahlberg from iPhone

зачем - Сверхпушистый пах

3 часа за скобление! Да вы оскоблитесь! - teinett

у меня чатик неимоверно тормозит - Сверхпушистый пах

ВАС ВСЕХ ЗАБАНЯТ111 - 13pm

Я потерял интерес в данный момент. Я буду скрывать, как и любой другой. Это хромой, что вы захватили этот. Пивные правила. Спокойной ночи. :-) - Matthew Horton

скоблите, скоблите - они золотые - сарказм тут неуместен

I am here.. - Burak S. Vanlı

Да, Мэтью, это хромой. Мы старались все скрыть, но ты пришел и обнаружил это. Прости. Таковы уж пивные правила. - 13pm

Buradayım :) - Burçak Çubukçu

опять алиены - Сверхпушистый пах

Все, надоело. Когда настоящий скобл придет - скажите. - Ph

Вы все упоротые! Вас всех забанят!!! - сарказм тут неуместен

Метью родил новый мем, не подозревая о том. Это хромой, но таковы Пивные правила. - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

@burcakcubukcu merhaba - Sergey Juchkov

Мем-хуем - Tasha Orbita.

это хромой! get in da car! - Сверхпушистый пах

I'm here from Italy :) - Ale♪nastrorosa

ola - Durukan Duru

пойду пообедаю что-ли пока скобл не проснулся - Sergey Juchkov

Hi, Alessandra - Биомасса с биокассой

BEER RULES - сарказм тут неуместен

Hi, Durukan - Биомасса с биокассой

hello Italy! - Sergey Juchkov

Hi Roberts! - 13pm

Hi Robert :)) - Fatih Küçükbaltacı

Anseo - Ken Power from iPhone

Hey Robert! - Berk D. Demir

Hi my name is Rasmus and I'm an addict - Rasmus Lauridsen

Hi Rasmus! - Ⓚⓔⓝⓞⓑⓘ

Да сражу же видно кто тут настоящщие аддикты - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

CICITMVI - FlyMeToTheMoon

CHO? - Биомасса с биокассой

СИСИтмВИ - fxf

про сиси я понял, а дальше? - Биомасса с биокассой

всех не забанишь! - Антискобл

WAKE UP SCOBLE - Биомасса с биокассой

ну что, ЭПИГ ЧЯТЕГ или день пропал? - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

CHATEG AGAINST BLOCKING RUSSIAN SCOBLES! - Антискобл

window, over wing please :P - Yunus Tunak

SCHITO? - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

Hi, I'm Bette... I don't know if I'm an addict, but I can't stay away... I keep checking, just to see if something's new... and I cry if I get no responses to a post. Is that addictive behavior? :D - Bette Cooper

балалайка - Танаев!

His name is Robert Scoble! His name is Robert Scoble! His name is Robert Scoble! - Tasha Orbita.

водка - Танаев!

матрёшка - Танаев!

ПОМНИМ! СКОРБИМ! - Антискобл

матрёшка - Танаев!

нет, не так - Танаев!

... и скоблим тоже... - mikolka

VODKA - Танаев!

SPUTNIK - Танаев!

PERESTROYKA - Танаев!

PUTIN - Танаев!

буржуинцы начинают просыпаться. Я начинаю паниковать/ - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

CHATEG COMES WITH PEACE - Антискобл

мы пришли с миром - Танаев!

самовар - сарказм тут неуместен

was that really Robert Scoble ? or hacked ? - сарказм тут неуместен

No. Impersonated. By several. - Dennis Jernberg

NAZDOROVIE! - ʕ⨂˕̥⨂ʔ Т ПДМЛ? from IM

Кстати, если писать что-нибудь типа «Апруе ылцц оррке валдов», то особой разницы они не заметят. - Tasha Orbita.

^^^ LIKE - сарказм тут неуместен

++ - Tasha Orbita.

Апруе ылцц оррке валдов! Апруе ылцц оррке валдов! Апруе ылцц оррке валдов! - fxf

Бедный, бедный гугл-транслейт. - fxf

Yup, I have blocked all the impersonators now. You will still see them, but I don't see them and they no longer can comment on any of my items. - Robert Scoble

Present. - Dean

Yep Addict here :) - Russell G

Check :) in - Connee

addicted. - Miketrevis

Checked. - Smeerch

Here! - Tiziano Caviglia

vabbe', eccomi - punkwithgun

+1 - Borgognoni

@scobleizer As far as I can see you have blocked not only the impersonators (who renamed themselves back the moment they found out you have a problem with this) but most of the folks who chatted there. - милый мой дружочек

@meatreach yes, see next thread. Scobble becomes anti-Russian. - Never Impersonate You

here too:) waiting for my mission :) - abdellah

Here - PI from iPhone

Maxatma: well, that's just too bad. I speak English. Sorry. People who don't speak English really don't have any business commenting on one of my items, except in rare cases. - Robert Scoble

Why you, Robert Scoble, don't block users from Spain or Italy? China or arabic countries? Those users that comments on non-English languages? - Never Impersonate You

I'm an addict so I'm here. - Francesco Passannanti

@Robert, in fact they do speak English. But they also do make fun of Friendfeed and everything that's going on there. You can block them or take part in this fun. ;) - милый мой дружочек

Epic SUCCESS - Mark

I'm here! - Bastian

Here! - Martynas

Go & Come ! - JohnDu™

here i am - Howard Trickey

Use it every day. - Nils Sandin

check - arnaldostream

кисо куку ;) - penguin

Maxatma: I have enough noise in my life. I don't need to have more. - Robert Scoble

Epic success in banning innocent people - Never Impersonate You

Checking in - Johnny Chadda

What if I'm only a friendfeed addict in my current personality? My other personalities don't even use computers, apparently. - MλTT

@scoblezier, really? Why this census of the population is not noise? - Never Impersonate You

Never: no, it's not noise. What's noise is going off topic on a thread. I'm very close to blocking you too. Keep it up. - Robert Scoble

here! - Nilesh

Addicted but it's a love/hate kinda thing. - sean808080

Here! - DanDan

I prefer FF over twitter and facebook, but all my friends are on twitter and/or facebook. Maybe facebook will get it right this time now that it has acquired FF. If they simplify it a bit more without removing functionality. Then I would spend a bit more time on FB. Lets hope all goes well with the merger. If not I'm jumping ship and going over to Google Wave. oh wait, I'm going to go with Google Wave regardless! ;-) - Captain Jack

Bu arada Russian friends Turkiye'ye selamlar gonderiyor. - ideali

Red 5, standing by - Danny F Santos

ideali: can you speak English please? Thanks. - Robert Scoble

Yep - Giorgio Burlini from iPhone

Oh, check FF.. doh FarceBook... my fingers are crossed in hope. - Greig

for 6 words, this post sure got a lot of mileage. What now Scoble wan kenobi? - shaun mclane

Me! Me! - DGentry

@scobleizer i can speak english and i beg you to remove bann from all russian friendfeeders, because we are all from it-community, working in internet companies and we came with peace, you asked for feedback from friendfeed addicts — we show you how really it is being frf addicts, we change names, we chat, we making things that are not serious. Why so serious? Unlock people, they are not bots, they just playing the game of real addicts and have fun. Common. - ideali

shaun: I started this post to demonstrate that a lot of us are still here and aren't likely to leave. At least not quickly. So, life goes on after FriendFeed gets acquired by Facebook. Point proved. - Robert Scoble

Beyler, bana bir sey anlatin, bu kadar ciddi olmaya ne gerek var? Translation: Guys, why so serious? - ideali

Good morning, Robert! - Hector

here - Maitani

ideali: have them send email to scobleizer@gmail.com and I'll unblock anyone who says they weren't impersonating me. - Robert Scoble

Hector: good morning! I need coffee. - Robert Scoble

@robert yes they (we will) stay here, I think tat the migration process will take time and after reading @Paul Bucheit, I think that what we all are trying to get even if we don't say it explicitly is to preserve a kind of intimacy (beeing a part of the Huge faceBook community) don't mean that FF community will preserve their intimacy, why should a community be a plan one, (let imagine a community as a set of sub-community) that all. - abdellah

Wow!! So many likes and comments; is it a record Rob? - Erfun

@scobleizer thank you, for understanding. be cool, guys we just want have fun here a little. Take care. - ideali

K - Glenn Fay

Er-fun, This is the largest list of comments I've ever seen on FF... but no idea if it's a record or not - Roy Herrod

whenever you're ready - patrickdh

the record is in our russian community, guyz. - ideali

Roy: it's not even close to being a record. It's nice to see that there's still a nice group hanging out here, though. - Robert Scoble

Totally addicted - Fernando Parra

"fax a cat" has 711 likes : http://friendfeed.com/funny-p... anything else top that? Is there a ff record page? - Jason - The Opaque

so is this part of the regular Scoble-cull? :p - Iwan

here - Contz

totally addicted - zsafwan 

Yes We Do :) - Jan Friman

right here, right now - Hakan İyice

@Iwan --hahaha "we could be so lucky" lol - Jason - The Opaque

There is no addiction, only habitual sin :) - Mike Shields

@harfehesaab Уes, it is a Яecord for sиre ! .) - белочка-белочка

Here - Chris Riewe

Just for the record, yes and loving the "add comment" at the bottom.. it was a long way to scroll back up otherwise. - Rhys Amos from iPod

I'm here captain! ;-) We may be on a dying ship, but I'm glad to have sailed with her. :-) - darnell from BuddyFeed

http://friendfeed.com/sonergo... True FRİENDFEED addict! - ★ Soner Gönül

Хотела остаться в стороне. Но тут такая "пьянка"! Всем привет в этом чатиге:) - a little bit crazy

I feel like such a slacker checking in about 12 hours later. You caught me the one night I go offline early. - Rob Diana

Present And Accounted For - Roberto Bonini

check - Mark Zip

I do. - dstamand

Slow response from me, but still ... - Christian Bolstad

@Robert RE "I have enough noise in my life. I don't need to have more" - isn't it a lot of noise having 26K subscriptions and 46K subscribers on your frf account? I'm kind of surprised - you create a community that large around yourself, yet when you see a new and unusual activity you just block it right away. - милый мой дружочек

Good morning from the east coast! - Domingo Rogers

Maxatma: when people impersonate me I have no patience. Sorry. - Robert Scoble

present and accounted for - Shawn Roos

Checking in. - Warner Crocker

here - Tracy Benham

I am in, of course!! - Ronald

Still figuring it out, but liking it - Rob Fisher

Here. - Joe Bonner from fftogo

@Robert, patience? Who's talking about patience? It's about curiosity, not patience. When something strange and unusual happens around you, you can either try to stop it or try to see what it can develop into. You choose to stop - and it stopped. Well, not stopped - just moved to some other place. And do you really know what it was and what it was about to bring you? - милый мой дружочек

Pow! - Rolf Schewe

+1 to Maxatma :) - Connee

why so nervous? - Connee

Глядико, чатег) - Кто здесь?

Late to the party but here all the same. - Pete Gilbert

+1 to Maxatma too - Shareli

оО - Monk Albino

Oh Captain, My Captain! - Daniel van Moll

yes sir. - James Macgill

please don't go - Zach Scott

here i am! - Barbara R. S.

yo ;) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

hi. i can get a note from my wife and kids. - Thom Kennon

check. - Brian Sloane

here - saskia

I love the fact that I can't read a good amount of the comments here :) FFAddicts without Borders - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Check - Marco Massarotto from iPhone

да, чатег однако ) - Pavel Rogozhin

here - ahmet bulent

as requested - Al Pasternak

in the process of getting addicted...yo - Chad Gesser from BuddyFeed

Yo addiction as per requested Sir. - Steven J. Ram

ну пиздец понеслась - Dolgiy-Rapoport

Here.. yay! - seda irengü özmen

Check - Eric Johnson

There!, Am I wrong or they added "add comment button" at the end of comments? - Antonio Correnti

Guilty as charged :). Hope FF will continue to kick ass, even after being acquired by Facebook. - alfred westerveld

I don't think of it as an addiction though I do get severe withdrawal symptoms for taking a long hiatus.. hmm - Wang Yip

@Паша, чятег был утром, но потом проснулся топикстартер, пришел и молча забанил всех™. - милый мой дружочек

here - timepilot

hola - spiros

Yes sir. - Vinay | विनय

howdy - Brandon Ball

My middle name is belated. - Benjamin Taylor

Do I need to state my first name (Hi Robert - My name is Laurie and I am a friendfeed addict! "Hi Laurie" :)))) - Laurie DesAutels

I'm here - Michael_techie

I'm getting there. - Spencer

Sup? - Brent - Yes I am

word. - Ron Wening

Japan here! はい！ - Rick Cogley

here - imran

not sure if I commented already but I will add onto the pile. - beersage

pick me! pick me! pick me! - .i.m.a.r.s.o.r.a.m.a.

oups !!! - Polluxe

comment number 1287... - Yann Ropars

This is trying to become the longest thread in the history of FF, eh? Nice show of hands, definitely good numbers! - Bora Zivkovic

Wut? Oh, HERE! - Noah Gray

Last, but not least - Paul Brannan

Here I am from Italy :-) - catepol from iPhone

from Italy too ;-) - Andrea - womarketing

I;'m currently in Rome, Italy - Danica Radovanovic

Nobody from Russia here already? - Кто это тут у нас

Here I am. - Evan Travers

Addiction came in again, I raise my hand. - Zu from AOD

Here - and hoping that any changes here are for the better - that nothing goes backwards. - Courtney Engle

check - Dinc "Cтахановец" Arslan

Walmartization of friendfeed now in progress - imran

whaddup - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Если все забанены, то хто ето пишетъ? - Кто здесь?

Present - TheDiva Rockin

Hello and goodbye. - Carlton Prest

Party's not over yet? :) - Sasha Kovaliov

Well, there is another party here in Chinese and Persian languages :)) Welcome joining! http://ff.im/6uezi - K.D.

Here we are! ;) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

Большой чятег, однако! :] - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

Nice to see so many languages. - E-Advocate Network

Better late than never! - Sherry BakerBrio

Here! - David Sharpe

I'm here - Amit Morson

here. - felix

what was that again? - Karthik Sridhar

Ой, да это маленький чятег оказывается. 1300 всего. У нас-то 7000 было :) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

Hey, this chatroom appeared to be quite small - only 1300 messages :) We've done 7000 in our Russian thread ;) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

Present. I'm here in Chile. - Roberto Arancibia

@Сережа Мэ Come to join our chatroom:) http://ff.im/6uezi - K.D.

In the house. Long live FriendFeed. - Joel Zehring

presente! - Alex Sauceda

yo - Jeremiah Owyang

What is this 'Russian' thread you speak of? ;) - Jason - The Opaque

It was already mentioned here - check this out: http://friendfeed.com/search... - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

@yogar thanx, I'm coming to visit you ;) - Осторожно!!! Я кчшч

Im back! - Lee Kent

Present from Romania - cata b

Present. - xero

İşsiz güçsüz bir sürü adam işte. Dağılın olm. (No, I'm not addicted, I'm just watching) - ilterocktive

Тук! - Valentine Valov

I'm always login in friendfeed - Edgar Rodríguez from iPhone

ehy guys! - ɔɹɐɯ

me! - prezzemolo

Greetings from Bulgaria! - Valentine Valov

:O) - Jeanne

I'm here all the way from South Africa! I dig this service and I'm not quite ready to give it up. Regardless of the news about the acquisition, this remains an awesome service. - Paul Jacobson

I'm new to ff but find more valuable information here than anywhere else! - Janet Crance

Hello! Here I am! - Maria Gabriella Quadri

Oh hello there! - Jaremy Rich

Here - 1Co from iPhone

+1 - gerri from iPhone

Present! - April Buchheit

here too - Flavio

here - Ruchira S. Datta

not addicted yet :) - vinod

presente - Eric Gagne

yo - Thomas Hawk

Here! - Anne Bouey

Me too! - Tudor Bosman from Android

ok, now what? shall we dance for you? - Trent Shields

Check - Elf

I probably qualify. - Lindsay

Count me in - Andrei M. Marinescu

I'm here. Still :) - Svartling

yes, we can dance, we can dance, everybody look at your hands! - .LAG liked that

if i leave a comment means I am an addict? - Nikos Anagnostou

1360 is that all out of a so called million hmmm ... must be more like 100,000 users in reality then - Thomas Power

if if I "liked" - does it make me an FF addict ? - Peter Dawson

aye! - vino

I am not a true addict but I checked in to be part of the record :) - Erfun

I find FF the most useful of my social networks. - Leigh Marriner

Checkin in - Bryan R. Adams

Got other things to do too :) - Richard Hill

hmmm.. - Krishnamoorthy

Addict? Neh. Loyal, now-more-than-a-little-concerned user? Yeh! - Anthony Citrano

Well, sure. Yeah, fine. Count me in. - Jason Pontin

Just arrived. Is this the way to the next cliff? - goodmachine

Here - Graham Bunting

Guilty - Ian Wright from BuddyFeed

Still? - Tyler Hurst

what for? - Ali Sanaei

Hollah - Greg Santos

I'm Thaths and I am a FF addict! - Thaths

Check me in... - Alb. [CHIUSO]

present. - Marco

Check. - vic from iPhone

burada ;) hier, here,voilà... - Bengi (Kılıç) Kepkep

Present - Dave Martin

I'm late. But Mom got 75. Count me in though. - Ton Zijp

I'm here scoble! - Jason Pollock

presente - Eric Gagne

Yo! - Spiros A. Gianiotis

sup - Kostantinos Koukopoulos

I'm a friendfeed addict and I'm here! - Bryce Campbell from iPhone

allo - Patrick

Here! - Bill Thomas

Here! - Steffan Antonas

Out - Declining Balance from Nambu

Still here - Transcribe It Quick

Here - Shannon - GlassMistress

I'm NOT addicted! - Iphigenie

I dedicate this song to friendfeed addicts :) http://www.youtube.com/watch... - ilterocktive

reporting for duty - Jason Miller

check. a little late. by i'm addicted, i swear!! - Mike

ping - Sameer

Here. - Araceli

Ok! - Business Blogger 【ツ】™

Here. - Iván Abrego

Been without a computer for a couple of days. The horror! I'm here. Finally. - Julie Barrett from twhirl

in! - Andrew David

right here - Nightwatcher☣

✔ - Majento

amilateamilate??! - Sarah Lane

word - Fee501st

New fan but longtime subscriber. - Steven Zenith

Hello! - dthree

me - John Mueller

it's my soc media glue. - John Czwartacki

Half here. - Eddie G

Holla. The only way I can keep track of the flowers in all these blessed walled gardens. - saltpeter 【ツ】

I'm new, but I am here - Ethan

Present. - Jandy from iPhone

yessir. - Nathan Chase

Present! - Ludwik C. Siadlak

I been Scoblized - again! - Kevin Laverty

Hope this deal preserves FF's power and usability. FF:FB::Mac:Windows. - David Lounsbury

check - Drew S

Count me in. - Nick B.

Here and accounted for... - Brad

thread of the century. - Vezquex

presente - Eric Gagne

701 and counting - Julie Williams

i'm here too - Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ

Homer says "Mmmmm .. FriendFeed" - Gary Etie

Check :) - Stijn

There's got to be a prize for doing this! Here! - timedalkat from Nambu

1451st! :) - Eric Geller

1452nd! :P - avva

I can stop whenever I want. Oh, wait... - dario

Here. Or did I check in yesterday about this time? - Mary B: #TeamMonique

I always am coming back for more... And each time longer than the one before - Bryce Campbell from iPhone

Yes? - Steve Lynch from twhirl

auuu, pa ovo jos traje? - Danica Radovanovic

Here I am. - Andrea Beggi

One more. - Laura Fujiko from fftogo

Started a "Save FriendFeed" Facebook group, because I love irony ... http://www.facebook.com/group... - Paul Holmes

Checking in 23 hours later, which probably makes me the semi-addict that I am - Eric Berlin

Do I have to check in every 60 minutes? - Louis Gray

I'm checking in again. - DGentry

Louis: you can if you want! I heard you can drink a Diet Coke once a day if you check in! - Robert Scoble

that I don't understand at all - Mark

are you checking to see who has left since the FB purchase? I'm staying here! - Katy Barrilleaux

I just expanded this thing, what a fun ride! - Cass

What if I drink a Diet Coke every 60 minutes? Then what? - Louis Gray

presente - Eric Gagne

Yes! I'm 23 hours late. :s That doesn't make me an addict. Damn. :( - Faraz Mullick

so only a few % of rob's followers on here responded? - Mark

Just logged into Friendfeed in the last 24 hours. This seems a lot cleaner than Twitter for certain. I'm an organization freak! - David Kolln

Mark: I have 46,000 followers, but the usual thing is only a percentage of them show up on any week. - Robert Scoble

That's sad - Gianluca Neri from iPhone

I'm sure this is part of Scoble's plot to poll all the people who really read his posts, and unfollow the rest. So I raise my hand. - Shivanand Velmurugan

Just a wannabe. Not an addict (yet). - Carole Hicks

It might also be a way for me to filter down my "following" count (diff (my followers, scoble)) are the only people I really need to follow. Those that scoble follows, I can safely unfollow and use Scoble as my social media filter :) - Shivanand Velmurugan

Loading this thread on the iPhone uses 1% battery life lol - Mark from iPhone

check - Joe Dawson

pardon the arrogance but it really sucks this great forum of sharing will turn into a myspace humdrum. Now I have to find another SM where first adopters and well informed techies won't haft to compete with general "noise" - earl wallace

check. getting close to 1500! - Jordan Brock

Hey - Colin Hendricks from iPhone

How you doin'? :-) - Red Label

Wow... long list! I'm here :) - Frank Da Silva

So, does anyone know the number of actual Friendfeed subscribers? Buehler? Buehler? - Martha

Now that's an excellent question. - Dennis Jernberg

Only 15 more comments to go and this thread will make it into the 1500 category http://friendfeed.com/search... - Jay Cuthrell

I just mention the 1500 mark since it was such an iconic query to see... that and the 500 Likes club of FF posts. It's pretty exclusive stuff... but it's also sobering to note that the subject matter required to get to these levels isn't always a uniform mix of cares/concerns. - Jay Cuthrell

When I heard the FaceBook news, I tried to quit FriendFeed and I couldn't... I'M HOOKED - The Web's Wendell Wittler

i clicked the "1488 more comments" and my computer nearly exploded. and yes, i am using an amiga 500. - jack

Now that I have instructions (thanks LouisGray) and figured out my Bookmarklet! I am LOVING the ease of use! addict - not quite... - Robyn Hawk

you're addicted to deez nutz - skunkman62

LOL - skunkman62. It's all good, the sun is still shining. - Harold Cabezas

Is this the location of the next FA (Friendfeed Anonymous) meeting? - Cynthia Holladay

LOL - Cynthia - nfan12

Monkey #1496 reporting in, sir. For true ADDICT status, I'd say the cut off is the first hour. The rest of us are wannabes. ;-) - michael silverton

ANY! FLIPPING! TIME! - Jim #TeamMonique

fftogo ftw - Josette

asdf - Benson Miller

FriendFeed user even before Robert Scoble joined the bandwagon - Shakeel Mahate

wow! that's a big social - 1500 some ! :] - pb:

i am japanese! - psychedesire

yeah ! - MisterQ

Sir yes sir ! - Christopher Yeo

president. - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

present - Laura Norvig

OK I'll check in now that the thread is up to 1500+... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

yo joe! - Wally Punsapy

I'm just trying to figure this out. Will I get used to i?? - Janet Frasier

holy friendfeed...this thread hasn't died yet? Point made Robert. - shaun mclane

I didn't "check in" yet.. - Tim Hoeck

It's not an addiction until there's an intervention. - Bill Sodeman

Some of us addicts will refuse any intervention. Especially by Facebook. ;) - Dennis Jernberg

I like it!!! I really, REALLY do : D - Ellen Spencer

Yo! - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Actually, I lied. I am not a die-hard friendfeed fan. I desperately want to be but have just not been able to get into a good "feeding" rhythm. Maybe I need to add some more friends - Anant Gairola

Present. - Vijay

:) - Nick Soden

here - Robert Freeze

here I am - Danilo P.

all on board - Save As : Panos

actually I am addicted to twitter more. I use friendfeed a lot none the less. - Volkan Özçelik

count me :) - Meriç Dağlı

here - erd

Presente - Ruben Sanchez from Android

i'm in - Anton Noginov х

Add me from Cambridge, UK and DuoFertility the fertility monitor - Philip Baddeley

have we broken the FF comment limit yet ? - David Pascoe

I'm in. - Peter Smulovics

naa-ahaa ... i have seen threads with 4k, 10k+ comments .... right here, on Friendfeed. - pb:

Présent - Harscoat

1537...checking in... - Bob DeMarco

Here - Keith

I don't need to be addict. I'm just here, everyday, absorbing so many geeky info :D There's no place like FF - Lysender

I'm still with ya, Robert. Whatever FB paid for FF, it wasn't enough! - Donald C. Lindsay

New here, but learning. Tips for best use? - Barbara Langham

@bdlangam From my perspective the #1 tip in this category is: Explore and define "best use" for yourself. Despite potential "finishing" impression of some productive consolidations in this collective-collaborative cognition space, the emergent #cognosphere is still WAY too nascent to assert anything other than initial impressions. March to the beat of your own drum; build your own... more... - michael silverton

yeah sorry, late. was at Shambhala Music Festival, I know tardy, sorry... - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

I'm getting hooked, still figuring it all out - Michele McGraw

I think I do. Not enough contacts to make a impression. - Michael Schlag

Better late than never.. - Ginger Kenney

here - Brady

Late but here. - Nicolai Butzki

Not addicted enough, obviously... - Daniel W. Crompton

trying to get addicted - Glenn Fay

Definitely addicted. Not sure I want to stop using just because FB bought it. - Rick Cogley

checking.. - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

I'm the 1500th visitor. What did I win? - Ruben

Robert-I'm listening - Dean Holmes

Here we be! - Gary Dale Cearley

here! - Domenico C.

Still going on , uh? - Marco Massarotto

*bumps* the Scoble curve: bi-polar maybe? - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

Hello. My name is Morgan and I'm a FF addict. So who do I have to blow to get a fix? :-) - Morgan

Yo - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Elo govna - Eric - seven eleven

No - Scoble, Alex Scoble

check. - Bren

Triple check.. - Geer from Nambu

double present - sirishkumar

Here. - topernic

Here - نقطه

not #FEEDwithHITS - Yusuf Temur

проебали юбилей тредика - Eril

чудище #скобло озорно и лаяйяй ;) - A. T.

Present - Stefano HBS

Türk bir başkan :D - Özgür KARALAR

Ya - ⓎⒶ➌ⒺⓇ یاسر

چقدر معتاد ، اوه اوه ، وا فرفرا - آقا هادی

بله بله - جنابـ( ع )ـالی

up - ⓎⒶ➌ⒺⓇ یاسر

here :D - §╠╣/~\╠╣R /~\ /\/\ ♛

he he he :D - میر آق دایی آرش جون محجبه

yup - JSLeFanu

chateg up. - Cibron Nethis

и снова торжественно проебали юбилей! - Peter Fedin

+ - Koleksiyoner Ali

Sanki takip ettigim, tanidigim herkes like'lamis. | It's like everyone I follow, know liked this. | Habidi dubidi du. - Jeaquares

Like'imi verip geri aldim cunku IPHONE'DAN GONDERILMIS!!! | I gave my like but took it back because IT'S SENT FROM IPHONE!!! | Habidi zubidi kubudu ANANIBUDU BU. - Jeaquares

واویلا لیلی - نومیا

معتاداروووو :))) - LilaC

Danielle Brigida

Best. Site. Ever. http://australiangnomeconvention.com.au/

August 11, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Gotta love the gnomes ! - Eric Berlin

mathew ingram

"FriendFeed accepts Facebook friend request" - service will continue to operate normally "for the time being" co. says: http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...

August 10, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Just checked into FriendFeed for first time in several days and saw this. Huge congrats to Paul and team FriendFeed ! - Eric Berlin

(jeff)isageek

Atari: The Golden Years -- A History, 1978-1981 - http://www.gamasutra.com/view...

August 22, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

RAD Moose, Rob Sterling, Владимир and 71 other people liked this

holy wow, jeff! LOVE - Mona Nomura

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I loved mine. I miss it. Haunted House, Pac-Man, and Sea Quest were my favorites. - Yolanda

i just recently hooked mine up to my 42 inch plasma with surround sound. its a whole new world! :) http://www.jeffisageek.net/blog... - (jeff)isageek

Made a lot of money re-selling 'used' cartridges. Of course, I was just a kid .... - Charlie Anzman

Oh man! Pictures!! - Yolanda

Jeff, do you mess with any emulation, or are you strictly an old-school, real hardware kinda guy? :P - Tim Hoeck

Erotic. - Pete D

Tim yes im down with the emulation as well :) have an atari emulator on my pc and my cell phone. - (jeff)isageek

think i am gonna fire up galaga right now! - (jeff)isageek

I have one of those in my closet right now. In the original box. - Lindsay

You know the game I liked the most (but have lost :( ) - E.T. I loved the sound it made when he walked! - Lindsay

Actually blogged about my old Atari a while ago, A Moment of Silence for Atari http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2008... - Hutch Carpenter

I think we have one in my parent's basement... - Mitchell Tsai

Pitfall, bitches. - ::Kristen::

I want one. - mjc

یادش بخیر... چقدر دوستش داشتم - ‎‎Emad

My cousin had one. I remember some of the games, but I have no idea what they're called. Brings back a bunch of memories... - Vincent X

love this - Arjun from twhirl

I rolled over Missile Command - that's OLD OLD school. :) - Great Scott! Snow!

Yars Revenge was my game of choice. I miss my old Atari. - John Ford

Loved playing Home Run. - Mike Reynolds

Will anybody admit to buying and playing the godawful E.T?! - TDavid

@Abby that was Adventure in all its blocky castle glory, yup. - TDavid

Used to love Adventure with the keys and dragons. I never had Asteroids but my friends did. Never quite got the hang of it. I would accelerate too much and end up zooming diagonally across the screen out of control. - Barak B

I loved Pitfall Harry. And even broke the score where you can send in a picture of the screen and they'll give you a patch. but dang my mom, she wouldn't take a pic of the screen so no patch for me. It was devestating! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Remember "millions of E.T. Game cartridges to landfill" legend - SEE http://atari.digital-madman.com - Micah

Read this whole thing and quoted it in my tumblelog. Good stuff. - Phil Glockner

I was fearless in Air Sea Battle. Never understood why my Sears-oriented friend had weird names for his Atari games. - Mike Reynolds

It seemed at the time that Activision had the best graphics. - TDavid

ahh the atari 2600! - (jeff)isageek

what a beautiful sight - (jeff)isageek

wow, this popped back up from almost a year ago... dang! Do I have to start doing the E.T. noise again? - Lindsay

I love classic games. I still have an original Nintendo to play Mario:) - Rob Cairns

I still have an Atari but I haven't touched it in years. I'm not sure if it still works. Maybe one of these days I'll get around to hooking it up again. - jenali

Jesse Stay

I want to know where my followers (that actually read my Tweets and FF posts) are from. Come share your location here!:

July 29, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I live in Salt Lake City Utah, and am currently visiting Franklin, MA (in between Boston and Providence) for the next few weeks. - Jesse Stay

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Metz, Lorraine, France - Brome

Portland, dorset, UK. ;o) as Alex will attest to. :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Dallas, TX - mark zero (Jason)

Monterrey, MX - Enrique Flores

Pickering, Ontario, Canada. - Chris Charabaruk

Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Laurie Desautels

I live in Lehi, Utah and work in Orem, Utah. I've lived and worked in a 4 letter word most my life. - Brad McCall

Red Deer, Alberta - Micah

Smithfield, NC - Damond Nollan

Toledo, OH. But you already knew that. ;) - Mark Pannell

Grimsby, in the good old rainy U.K. woohoo! - Kat Musselwhite

Espoo, Finland - Tapio Kulmala

West Palm Beach, Florida - KristenCarr

Baltimore, MD - Dennis O'Neil

I live in Goldsboro, North Carolina and was born in Queens, NY and lived in Brooklyn as well-sallycat 1208 aka sheila smith - sally cat

Scotland, Uk - Roberto Bonini

I totally thought I commented on this already - Calgary Alberta. (then I said ooooh! another Calgarian up there) - Nathalie

Edinburgh, Scotland (well I'm a French in exile!) - Arnaud Fischer

i am in nyc for now - Allen Stern

Tweeting from Costa Rica! :-) Regards!!! - José Trinidad

London, UK - M F

Arlington/Alexandria, VA - S. Charles Balazs

I'm quickly realizing my audience is NOT Utah. :-) My previous Utah post net'd hardly any responses. - Jesse Stay

Silicon Valley, California. - DGentry

West Virginia - Jimminy IS Everybody

Charlotte, NC - Mike Nencetti

Northern NJ - Morton Fox

Sheffield, UK - Tony Ruscoe from fftogo

Wiltshire, UK - James Slater

Lehi, UT - Skyler Call

Wiltshire, UK - James Slater

Lyons, CO - DJ Stevie Steve

Boston, MA. Currently sitting outside a post office in Needham, though. - Lola Bean (Penguin) from fftogo

Jonesboro, AR - Tracy Farmer

Somerville, MA - Dan

Another from Lehi, Utah here. I'm moving to Pleasant Grove next month though. :) - Travis B. Hartwell

lost angeles california - sean percival

University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill - Miss Elle

Lost Angeles, Sean? - DGentry

Whistler, British Columbia - Andrew Smith

My train is stopping in Chelsea, MA, but I'm not getting off here. - Bruce Lewis

Los Angeles, CA - Jack DeWitt Smith

I love all those outside the US that are commenting! I lived 3 years in Indonesia and 2 years in Thailand growing up. - Jesse Stay

Toronto, formerly of Bangkok and Bangalore. - The Fat Oracle

Los Angeles, CA. - Jandy

Puerto Rico. - Manuel Mas

Jar, Norway :) - Hanna Wiszniewska

New Delhi, India - Faraz Mullick

San Francisco, CA, USA - anna sauce

Napier, New Zealand - Lee

Oslo, Norway.. in Scandinavia, and no Scandinavia is not a country :P - kozmic

Dardenne Prairie, MO - Randy David

Cambridge, ON, Canada, but I travel all over as an Over The Road truck driver. - Robert Couture

Salt Lake City, Utah - Zach Holmquist from BuddyFeed

Colorado Springs, CO. - Eric - seven eleven

The Black Mining Hills of Dakota - Gus

Mean streets of East London, urban ghetto. lol - Badger Manuf. (Barnaby)

Grew up in Louisville, KY. In college in downtown Chicago, going into my junior year. Flying to Brooklyn to hang out with my brother. - Daniel Zarick from iPhone

San Jose, CA - Kiran Patchigolla

Xaghra, Gozo - Malta - Stephen Moon from iPod

Okay, now that I know where you're from (keep sharing if you haven't!), I want to know what you all do!: http://friendfeed.com/jessest... - Jesse Stay

Petriolo - Italy - SKAgnozzo

I live in the western suburbs of Chicago. - Kathy Fitch

Buenos Aires Argentina - Johni Fisher

A big hello from Istanbul ,Turkey - Haldun Uraz

Vilnius, Lithuania - Mindaugas Kucinas

Buenos Aires, Argentina. - Alejandro

Chapel Hill, NC (but born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) - Bora Zivkovic

Düsseldorf, Germany - Wulffy

San Francisco, CA - Justin Korn

I'm from Brooklyn, NY and I think that this is a great idea! i want to do this too. - Jason Pollock

Austin, Texas. - Patrick Jordan

Tel Aviv, Israel. Where did you live in Thailand? - Majento

San Francisco, CA - metalerik

I'll play along, Little Rock, AR - Grant Bierman

St. Augustine, FL - Ronald S from iPhone

Adelaide, Australia but only via DGentry - Peter Kelley

Majento, I lived all over. I spent a lot of time in various parts of Bangkok, as well as Buriram, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Khon Kaen, Khorat - Jesse Stay

i'm currently in the area of Philadelphia, PA - but i've also lived in various US States, Puerto Rico and Italy - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

istanbul, turkey - aybars badur

nisantasi, istanbul, turkey - Ozgur Uckan

We come from France! - Rahsheen?

San Diego, CA - Jack&Cleo

The Outer limits of California. - Brent - Yes I am

adana, turkey. - Oguz Serdar

atrium marriott hotel, nyc - Myrna

Chapel Hill, NC USA - Charles Alden from twhirl

checking in from San Francisco, CA - Criz

Beaumont, TX - BRҰANSAҰS from iPhone

Seattle, WA - Rochelle

SF,CA - but a nawlins girl at heart - Liza + = ?

I switched back and forth between NJ and NY - Milton Ramirez

North Mexico - Franc, a rememberer

Fairfax, Virginia - BEX

Taipei Taiwan - MarkHirsch

Seattle Washington, home of hot breezy air this week. - Dan owns Comicsforge.com

Encino, CA - Michael Hocter

Chambersburg, PA (near Gettysburg) - Courtney Engle

Just saw the intro from Ben so I'm a new follower. (c: My wife and I are in Salt Lake, or more specifically Sugar House. Just a couple streets away from the park. - Tim Costantino

Orange County, CA (near disneyland) - Brett Kelly from iPhone

Chennai,India - Krishnamoorthy

dubai, uae - bob

San Francisco - .LAG liked that

Beaverton, OR - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Bangalore, IN - Aaman (Clone of FF)

This one is from Kuna Idaho... Boise area! - Robert Freeze

Salt Lake City, Utah - Will King

Kent (South East England), UK. - Kol Tregaskes

Mumbai (Bombay) INDIA - ThinkEzy

Grenoble, France, Europe. - Zackatoustra

Don't you guys think that this information, altough not essential, should have its place in the bio? Think of geolocalized friendfeed, for instance. Quite not possible yet. - Zackatoustra

Chatsworth, CA - Mark Krynsky

Venice, CA - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ from iPhone

Porto, Portugal - Carlos Duarte

San Diego, CA - Bonnie Foster

Istanbul, Turkey - Jacque from fftogo

Bali, Indonesia - Fajar Nurdiansyah

greetings from Rome, Italy - Flavio

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Philippines - that's where I'm at. - jan geronimo

Amman, Jordan - zsafwan 

ISTANBUL:) - meliskaratay

UK! - Simon Wicks

Adelaide, South Australia - Mo Kargas

Cluj-Napoca, Romania - Mihai Secasiu

Pune, India - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Cobh, Cork, Ireland and soon Mobile Alabama :) - Paul OFlaherty

New York city for work and Great Neck long island for home - JMaultasch

I am in Lenexa, KS which is a suburb in the Kansas City, MO metro area - (jeff)isageek

NC State in Raleigh, NC. - Aaron Hood

I'm in Menasha, Wisconsin - Tasha Saecker

Edmonton, Alberta - Wang Yip

England, UK - Somewhere in the middle :) - Roy Herrod

Impressively international list! I am Atlanta, Ga - Chris Rogers from BuddyFeed

SLC, Utah - Chad

Adelaide, sunny South Australia - Howdy - Chris Loft

Mostly US, I'd say. - Zackatoustra from IM

top o' the mornin' Robert, from Carlow, Ireland - Ken Power

HI Jesse from Lakeland, Florida and it is 85degrees today - Stephen Brown

Yankton, SD - Ben Hanten

Newcastle Upon Tyne, which is in the North East of England. - Craig Deakin

Currently in Lancaster, OH. I'm from Coshocton. - Shane Tilton from BuddyFeed

Rural Iowa, fairly near Des Moines. I see cornfields and trees out my window. - Trent Hamm

Tampa, Florida! but you probably could have guessed that... - Sarah Perez

Turin, Italy - I thought that came through on the Geolocating tweets and brightkite - Nicholas Paul Gordon from iPhone

Tampa, Fl too! - Fox

Milan, Italy - amarantoblook

This is actually amazing. Not just US centric.... - Liza + = ?

Bulgaria - Dimitar Vesselinov

Delray Beach, Florida - Bob DeMarco

Boston - mikepk

Kansas City, Missouri - Tobin Truog

Seattle - Ben Reierson

Little Rock, AR - Keith - @tsudo

Jacksonville, FL - JA Castillo

Pasadena, Cali - Eric Berlin

Portsmouth, England. - Mark H

Austin, TX - bill giltner

Atlantic Beach, FL - shayne catrett

new paltz, ny - constance taft

central MA (not far from where Jesse is hanging out this month) - Stuart Miniman

Rochester, NY (originally from Huntington Beach, CA) - Susan Beebe

Arlington, VA - Chris Abraham

Mountain View, CA - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Brandenburg, near Berlin, Germany - Solveigh Calderin

Slidell, LA across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans! - Tdubya

Antananarivo, Madagascar - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Thierry, wow - I think you are one of my most remote followers. - Jesse Stay

Charleston, SC here - Leigha Baer

Wellington, New Zealand - Jamie Craig from Nambu

Newcastle upon Tyne, England. - Daniel Rowley

Brome

Why do you drink coffee?

July 29, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Is it for the caffeine kick? Or to drink something warm to get you started each morning? Because you're addicted and can't do without? Or just because you like the taste of it? - Brome

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It smells good. I don't always drink it in the morning. Sometimes for an afternoon pick-me-up. - MicahBear78

It's full of flavour without being particularly sweet (served black of course) and enjoying the perfect cup of it is an epic journey :D - Micah

The Micahs have ruled. Case closed. j/k :D More comments: proceed below. - Micah

Mostly to quiet the voices in my head. - Morgan

I asked the question because I don't drink coffee (mainly because I don't like the taste) but noticed that some people have to drink their daily or bi-daily cup to be fully operational, especially in the morning. The stimulating properties of coffee have always seemd quasi-magical to me. - Brome

I don't. I don't like the taste either, Brome, but I'm fond of tea. - Derrick

I like the taste (when had with sweetener and half/half). I love the smell and taste of it. Not addicted, though (thank god). - Spidra Webster

Why, do you have some? Is it good? Can I have it now? I don't have a caffeine problem. Just a little taste....cm'on man. Don't hold out on me! - Chris Greene

caffeine kick, drink it iced to get started in the morning, addicted, and love the smell and taste. - metalerik

Cold coffee in the morning? Wow, Metalerik, that's hardcore! :) - Brome

Derrick, so am I. I can't get enough tea. - Brome

Love the smell and taste. - Anne Bouey

The smell, the taste, the ritual, the warmth, and the caffeine. Love it all. - Jen (SquirrelGirl) from iPhone

I was originally thinking of sitting this one out, but then decided to pop in and make a comment on behalf of all of us who don't drink coffee. - Miss Elle

Miss Elle, on behalf of all of us who don't drink coffee: thank you.:) - Brome

Me I'm a ch'ti (from the north of France), Thus, I should be a coffee addict, like about all my family and drink coffee sur coffee, but I don't, althought I like It sometime, For breakfast I drink Ricoré (yes and I assume it) with milk and a lot of sugar. My preferred coffee is the "café glacé" : café+sucre+crême fraiche-->au frigo-->miam ! :-) - lotre demedeu

Every single reason you listed in the first comment is true for me. - Patrick

I like the taste, and it's something warm to drink in the morning/whenever I feel like it. Yes, I have it with milk and sugar, if it's available. - Tyson Key

I don't, nasty stuff. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Because it tastes good with Sunday brunch...Brunch is the only time I drink the stuff. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yes please. A nice espresso will do. Thanks. - Daan from Android

Love the taste; the caffeine itself doesn't actually have that much effect on me except in ridiculous quantities. (I often have a cup of coffee right before betime) - Tristan Seligmann

Brome, sent you a cheers this morning before I had my first sip of icy cold coffee. Yum!!! - metalerik

For both the taste and the buzz. - Brett Kelly

Buzz, taste and I'm totally addicted. - Christian (Simply X)

I'm a Caffeine junky - BEX

Because I love it. The taste, the smell, the warm yumminess. I grew up around coffee so a day without it doesn't feel right. - FFing Enigma

To persist in the world. - Mike Bracco

I don't - RAPatton

I like the taste, cream and sugar plus I need the Caffeine. - Kim Landwehr

cant stop since collage, :o - chaz2b

All of the above, and because it is The Lifeforce without which we can't exist - Eric Berlin

Eric: +1 for mentioning the Lifeforce! So when you feel 'a disturbance in the force, is that from someone taking the last cup of coffee? Or is it the coffee kicking in, resulting in strange gurgling from your tummy, which means you have 90 seconds to find a toilet? - Morgan

to stay awake! - imath

iced coffee on FF again: http://friendfeed.com/messel... :D - metalerik

Scoble, Alex Scoble

Barack Obama is your fucking president...Deal with that reality.

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I don't give a shit about what you think about his birth certificate. The people voted. He's in. If you don't think he's an American citizen? Fuck...You...Peace! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

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Amen. - Shawn Whitmire

ROFL Glen...Did I misspell his name? - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Drunk. - Derrick

Fixed. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

at first I was like wow what the heck happened to Alex while I was gone? LOL - R. Ferguson

I don't know why I often misspell his name with two Rs. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I do as well, Alex. Definitely agree with this post. If he isn't a citizen, why did his opponents even let him get this far? It doesn't make sense. - Rahsheen?

LOL'ing at "Fuck... You... Peace!" :D - Ayşe E.

@Kurt: how about “most humans”? ;-p - Anthony Citrano

Who is the Secretary Of Gettin' It On? - Johnny

EPIC RANT - Roberto Bonini

The extreme right who are harping on this make the rest of the conservative movement look really bad. I'm not a "Birther" but I am conservative, almost Libertarian. - Gunnyman™

Pffft, you're not a conservative Gunny. I've seen you wear a tie died shirt and step foot in Barley's. I'm pretty sure that instantly revokes your conservative card ;-) - FFing Enigma

Can I still be a libertarian? :p - Gunnyman™

Damn straight! He's the fucking president! That's still fun to say :) - Lo

You guys are missing the point. The nutjobs pushing this story know it's not true (mostly), but they realize it's a distraction from the things that really matter, like the economy and health care, about which they have nothing meaningful or useful to say. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Jesse Stay

Thank you everyone who shared where they are from. Now, what do you do? If you read my posts would you mind sharing here?:

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My background is developing web software. I also write books, blog, and start new businesses. :-) - Jesse Stay

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Former stonecarver..turned blogger. :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I run a start-up company - http://flotate.com. - Ryan Moriarty

I'm a software engineer / system administrator for Mozy. In general, I like to call myself a software toolsmith, eventually that means more active in free and open source development, perhaps writing a book, who knows? - Travis B. Hartwell

Yes, I read your posts. :) - Travis B. Hartwell

help head trauma survivors - chaz2b

Travis, yes, I know you read my posts. :-) Hopefully people do more than just that though - I would be really worried if that were the case! - Jesse Stay

Software developer, agile is king :) - kozmic

Med student. - Manuel Mas

Enterprise software development. - Kiran Patchigolla

Marketing and advertising, mostly for small and medium businesses - Dennis O'Neil

Software problem solver (meaning I support teams, most of the time devs, and help them do their work by handling network, infrastructure, build/release, whatver tasks. Currently Ops and Infrastructure person at Seesmic. Active in a couple open source projects and lurking in a lot more. Yep I read your blog. - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Bear, I've been following your work since before you joined Seesmic. Thanks for chiming in! - Jesse Stay

Oddly, I just realized I'm not subscribed to you on FriendFeed. Not sure how that happened - just subscribed, and added you to my favorites. :-) - Jesse Stay

Bear: Haven't you been involved with the Twisted project in the past? Your name sounds familiar. :) Perhaps we've met at PyCon? - Travis B. Hartwell

Bear was the original developer of Twhirl before it was bought by Loic and Seesmic. - Jesse Stay

Jesse - Marco is the original Twhirl dev - I did some command line tools for Twitter tho. Travis, yes while I was at OSAF I was active in the Twisted project. We met at PyCon in DC once. - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Bear, did you do anything with Twhirl before it was acquired? I swear you were involved somehow. Maybe not. Maybe my memories are after it was acquired. - Jesse Stay

Media management and graphic design student obsessed with tech, Internet, branding, and design. Work as a "community manager" and social media director for my school's student communications office. Columbia College Chicago, if you are interested. - Daniel Zarick from iPhone

evidently i wasn't subscribed either - but with everyone else reading and commenting on your stuff it probably didn't matter. I was seeing it already :) - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Ha! Kevin I like that. - Jesse Stay

coder - aybars badur

I work in Forticom as a creative. Company runs several social networking sites: odnoklassniki.ru nasza-klasa.pl one.lt one.lv (I am also LDS, that's wahat I "do" :)) - Mindaugas Kucinas

Online community manager for Public Library of Science; blogger at Scienceblogs.com; organizer of ScienceOnline conferences; series editor of The Open Laboratory; adjunct faculty at NC Wesleyan college (teach Biology to adults); external advisor for the BBC/PRI/Nova/SigmaXi science content online. - Bora Zivkovic

Rental Agent/Web Developer - Jimminy IS Everybody

Developing a new Twitter service "HQFollowBack". - Wulffy

database stuff, mostly for email/marketing, blogging, social media stuff. - anna sauce

IT Manager / Web Developer / Photographer - Justin Korn

Teaching & consulting knowledge economy & information design ... writing about them - Ozgur Uckan

In web biz since 1998, online editorial/community/marketing. Now fully dedicated to starting up a new web service. - Majento

My bio here (as one wag saw fit to tweak me about!) includes most of what I do: teaching, writing, designing, etc. I guess my work falls into the "boutique" category--small collection of clients, very personal touch. - Kathy Fitch

IT Manager (really IT Department) for a small company in Orem, UT - Skyler Call

Am I supposed to be doing something? - Brent - Yes I am

Support engineer at flickr/Yahoo! - Criz

Birth doula with a background in social work. I'm also a mother! - Rochelle

I'm loving this thread - your skills are all so diverse! - Jesse Stay

Project Manager for Banking software company and I blog online for fun. - BRҰANSAҰS from iPhone

Personal Trainer - BEX

Retired now after a career in data processing for banks and insurance companies. First programming job was on the IBM 1401, language Autocoder, 8K of memory. I don't know what I would have done with out computers. Loved them then and still love them. - Jack DeWitt Smith

Oh forgot to mention, of course I read your posts. I helped you coin Social Technology And You. - BRҰANSAҰS from iPhone

I run the technology school at a local private college and teach there too, I blog, I write, I take pictures, I play bass guitar, I do computer security, tons of stuff. I also run an online comic book store. - Dan owns Comicsforge.com

I manage a software development team at a big bank. - Michael Hocter

I'm a software developer (web, primarily - at least, these days) and blogger (TUAW and an upcoming new blog). - Brett Kelly from iPhone

Holden, I have a Mom and a Dad, too. Even a sister. :-) - Jesse Stay

Software Architect, focusing on web software. Worked as an Architect for a large bank for four years and now work as an Architect in a small company here in Salt Lake. - Tim Costantino

librarian - bob

All sorts, currently a data monkey for the telecoms industry. - Kol Tregaskes

I'm a Risk Analyst in a large financial services company's Compliance Management team. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Jesse, was just looking at your site today. :) I've been a Program Manager for software development projects involving offshoring, a Product Manager for new software product startups, and now a writer for MakeUseOf.com. I'm based in Pune, India. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Alex, you do what most of my siblings, and Dad do. My sister's interning for KPMG right now, and my brother-in-law just started with another one of the big Accounting firm. My other brother-in-law worked for Fidelity for quite awhile, and my other BIL was a consultant for Monitor for quite awhile. - Jesse Stay

I manage the websites and content for the X PRIZE Foundation on Drupal CMS as well as all 3rd party web services. For fun I write at Lifestream Blog and on a personal site. - Mark Krynsky

Mark, that sounds like a fascinating job! - Jesse Stay

Accountant.....used to work for a CPA firm.....now self-employed.....much better..... - Bonnie Foster

Technology Consultant / Software Architect / DBA. My tool-belt is based on but not limited to .NET. I've been mostly working with securities trading, portfolio management, pension insurance systems and various EAI solutions.. - Tapio Kulmala

Web software developer for one of the world's largest language translation companies. - Tony Ruscoe

developing web sites, databases, email servers, administrating unix/linux machines and having fun :) - Mihai Secasiu

http://friendfeed.com/ :) - Benjamin Golub

I work with individuals with specials needs...I also have a child with special needs - - sally cat

I write poetry in spanish, and administrate a Tourism place, a family business - Céu de Buarque

I ma a dislexic pheasant plucker :|) - Matt G

These days? Business Development Manager for Amazon EC2, Blogger, Podcaster, all-around geek. - Deepak Singh

Library director - Tasha Saecker

I'd guess you could call me a software engineer, but I've just graduated from University and am currently unemployed :( - Roy Herrod

Teacher, Photography and Multimedia. - Chad

Web Developer - Zach Holmquist from BuddyFeed

Occasional SEO guy when the deal is right (and the client is.... :) - Charlie Anzman

Hi, Jesse. I am a Landscape Architect w/ a hankering for photography and design. :) - JA Castillo

Network Engineer and Consultant - Keith - @tsudo

Student - Undergad - Fox

Manager, IT Integration and Project Management for Nelnet, Inc (NNI) - Nelnet Enrollment Solutions Division (2 companies - CUnet.com and Petersons.com). Also Innovating my new Social Media products for Higher Ed - internally funded innovation program) Founder, Social Media Club - Rochester, NY and VP of PR, Marketing for PMIRochester.org. Plus I like chocolate, cats and beaches! I blog at http://susanbeebe.com. Oh and I absolutely love FriendFeed, but you already knew that! :) - Susan Beebe

Hi Jesse, I enjoy your feed. I am a sales and marketing guy and I am really passionate about how emerging media tools can fit into business' marketing efforts. I currently "embed" with companies to set up and utilize emerging media tools. So what does that make me? I got tired of trying to tell people how to use these tools and decided to find companies that already KNEW they had to be in that space, but they didn't know how to do it well. - Tobin Truog

I'm an editor of a humanities journal. I love the diversity of expertise and interest on FF. :) - Ayşe E.

MVB, my kids would really like you. :-) - Jesse Stay

Independent Demonstrator for a Vinyl Lettering & Decor Company - Uppercase Living® - Jannifer @wordsforliving

I code. - Bruce Lewis

I wear many hats for a rather small data security company including marketeer, graphic designer, web developer, PR person and IT Guy - the company is http://www.deadondemand.com/ - Mike Bracco

Jesse Stay

Okay - for @mona, I'll share 25 things you didn't know about me here:

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1) I have eaten crickets, worms, dung beatles, and little fried tree-frogs, whole - Jesse Stay

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2) I was named after my Grandfather, who earned 2 distinguished flying crosses in World War II for his service and bravery in some of the Wake Island Raids. He also ordered the deployment of the first-known parachute from a plane to slow the plane down. (similar to what the Space Shuttle does today) - Jesse Stay

3) My mother was born in Tasmara, Ethiopia, a city which today no longer exists because it was an Army base. She is white, but my brothers have really, really curly hair. - Jesse Stay

4) My ancestor is Orson Pratt, the very first pioneer into the Salt Lake Valley. Also one of the very first Mormon Geeks. I am also a decendent of Heber C. Kimball, an LDS apostle under Brigham Young - Kimball's son married Pratt's daughter. Even more interesting is that Kimball's wife (who I am through) was formerly a polygamous wife of Joseph Smith before Joseph Smith was martyred. Ah the stories of a descendant of Mormon pioneers. :-) - Jesse Stay

#1 ewwwww - Moushumi Kabir

5) I have lived in 11 places throughout my life, including Utah, Ohio, Indonesia, Texas, Thailand, and Virginia - Jesse Stay

6) I know English and Thai fluently, and can understand and speak a bit of Spanish and Indonesian as well. I know morse code, if you call that a language. - Jesse Stay

7) I am an Advanced class Amateur Radio Operator. My call sign is KC5PZP. I started when I was 16. - Jesse Stay

I know the feeling, I fall from a line where some great great great grandpa of mine had 11 wives . . . - Zach Holmquist

8) I started software development when I was 10 years old in Indonesia. I won 3rd place in my Elementary School Computer Fair. - Jesse Stay

9) In High School, I showed the teacher of my electronics class (yes, we had one - it was the first one of my High School) how to control 4 step motors using a series of AND-gates connected to a computer Parallel port. Before that he only knew how to do it with Transistors, and could only get 2 step-motors to work. - Jesse Stay

10) I graduated Suma Cum Laude from Strayer University with straight A's, and am a member of Alpha Chi honor society - Jesse Stay

11) I graduated in the very first graduating class of Cypress Falls High School in Houston, Texas - I am a Texan at heart - Jesse Stay

12) I was a missionary in Thailand for 2 years - Jesse Stay

13) In Thailand, I rode elephants (just for the fun of it), got to pet an alligator, and saw elephants play soccer and stand on their heads. - Jesse Stay

14) My best friend in High School's brother, Mike Dodson, is a lead guitarist for the very popular Christian band, David Crowder band. I got annoyed by his snoring at an outing, and stuffed his mouth with a sock once. - Jesse Stay

15) I played trumpet all through Junior High School, High School, and part of College. I was first-chair trumpet all through High School, and played in the University of Houston marching band (I was only there a semester). I almost majored in Music, until the dot-com boom happened and I decided computers paid more. Software Development is my second love. - Jesse Stay

16) I am an Eagle Scout - my Eagle Scout project was developing software to collect the blood types of people in our local church congregation. I also organized a blood drive. I am also a member of Order of the Arrow. - Jesse Stay

Interesting / unique background Jesse ! - Eric Berlin

17) My dad is an Executive Vice President for Ahold USA, a major Grocery retailer that owns Giant Food stores, Stop and Shop, and used to own Topps supermarkets and US Food services. He's one of the top Tax accountants in the world. - Jesse Stay

18) My license plate says "SOCIAL". I have also owned the license plates, "MODPERL" and "USEPERL". Perl is my preferred programming language if you can't tell. - Jesse Stay

19) My Uncle founded Freeservers.com and I used to work there before they sold to About.com (and went downhill) as a customer service and billing rep. It was my first experience in a dot-com startup. - Jesse Stay

20) My Uncle also founded KnowMoreMedia and I wrote some of the original software to bridge payment between KMM and bloggers for them. - Jesse Stay

21) I worked for Media General, a major media corporation which owns print and broadcast products throughout the southeast, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Tampa Tribune, and several major new stations you may have watched. I was in charge of getting news, and eventually classifieds from the print products out to the web, and it was there that I learned how doomed old media was. (and how smart a decision it was for News Corp to purchase MySpace) - Jesse Stay

22) I've written 2 books - "I'm on Facebook--Now What???" (with Jason Alba, afterword by Robert Scoble), and "FBML Essentials" (O'Reily). I think I might write a few more, as I learned how much I love to write from those books. - Jesse Stay

23) When I was in High School I used to get the artists of the school to design graphics for me, and I would make T-Shirts out of the designs and sell them to my classmates. I was always amazed at the interest people had in paying $10 for something that cost me near $5 to make. I also worked for a print shop for awhile, helping to design T-Shirts, hats, and more - my job was to get the designs onto the computer for print later. - Jesse Stay

24) I've been working full and part-time since I was 14. My parents owned 2 Blimpie restaurants where I got to learn how a business was run, and what risk was involved. I worked there at age 14, but I babysat and mowed lawns for money since age 11. - Jesse Stay

25) I'm the oldest of 6 children, my youngest sister just turned 19. I babysit just about all my brothers and sisters - perhaps that's why having children is easy for me. I have 4 kids, and have been married to my beautiful wife for 10 years this year. - Jesse Stay

Phew! I'm surprised that was easier than I thought. - Jesse Stay

Jesse - loved your list, thanks for sharing. And number one is hilarious hahaha! - Mona Nomura

Love the list. Thanks for sharing. #18 made me chuckle. - Amani

Re: #1, tastes like popcorn! But don't ask me to do it again. :-) - Jesse Stay

Jesse, I've heard the same from others re. #1. I'll still pass. - Moushumi Kabir

::bumps:: - David Cook

Louis Gray

Twitter's Cap of 2,000 Following In Action!

August 11, 2008 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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As mentioned earlier today, Twitter seems to have capped your ability to follow at 2,000 people, which just so happens to be exactly where I am. The goal, in theory, is to stop marketing-oriented spammers, but it could be another way to reduce stress on the system. So what should I do now, delete "less favored" people, or wait for Twitter to figure this out? - Louis Gray from email

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I can see why they do it, but it does suck for the people who do it legitimately and are not using stupid mass follow scripts. - David Risley

I'm not super-concerned either, but it does answer why all of a sudden, I started getting these errors last week. It could be part of their "Making Progress On Spam" initiative via the blog, but it hasn't been spelled out all that clearly. - Louis Gray

let blame this one on Scobles... :)- - Peter Dawson

Louis, I think cap is more of the architecture the system. Making it into a more robust platform. Now watermarks have been set, it becomes easier to build consistency of experience and application behavior. <Edit > wait for Twitter to figure it out.. Marketing spammers are targeting the 'stupid' one that have the auto follow !! - Peter Dawson

gotta like it, if I'm the one you are trying to follow! - Ben Hedrington

I don't think there should be limits like this, but I guess everything can't be infinite - Rahsheen?

I honestly am indifferent about it; Twitter is going to hell and i tried my best to convert it; oh well, Hell has cookies - Gordon Swaby

I"m only following 49... with 106 followers.. - Ian May

so what do you think, Louis, is benhedrington worth going to the mat for? - Nathan Rein

I'm sure I can find someone to unfollow in exchange for Ben. - Louis Gray

Twitter needs to build in groups functionality a la tweetdeck for following 2K+ to even be practical. - Nicholas Molnar

Louis: You need to convince the new people to head over here :) - Justin Korn

I'm just curious what the rationale is for following that many people. - Paul Rodriguez

Well, maybe that's why Louis always seems to know what's going on before anybody else. - Rahsheen?

I've noticed that most of the time I get followed by somebody with a big number, it tends to be marketing play. It triggers the email to you and then you go look and click on their bio link which takes you to the pitch. Very irritating. I always block em. - Mark Schulz

@Paul Rodriguez, I was wondering that too. I wouldn't have even guessed there are 2000 interesting people in the world </cynicism>, but what fascinate me is that i'm following like 83 people and only about 14 of them tweet regularly. I can assume most of those 2000 do not tweet regularly. Add in the fact that I'm a WAHM to two toddlers, and do other stuff, there'd be a lot of stuff I'd miss. - Anika

New profit center? Sorry, but now you'll have to join Twitter Pro .... - Charlie Anzman

Info restrictions suck:( - Igor Poltavskiy

Very interesting. System limits is going to be a topic that we all work through in this early phase of the Social Web. It seems to me that it's reasonable to cap the number one follows to 1,000 or 2,000. On the flipside, one would clearly like to enable a very high number of followers. With respect to bi-directional connections, the real number should max at 1,000 to 2,000... - John McCrea

So where is the point following 30k people? You might as well hit the main timeline. The only thing that is bad about this limit is that it was not there from the beginning. - Alexander Kohlhofer

@kevinrose: 56K+. Losing 54K+? - Igor Poltavskiy

so what's going to happen to those who follow over 2000? - Wayne Sutton

you follow two. thousand. people.??? never mind twitter; there may be a law against that. - jeneane sessum

I like the new limit. I cannot see how anyone would be able to legitimately follow (and pay attention to) more than 2,000 people. Frankly, even that limit seems higher than it needs to be. If it helps keep Twitter a little more stable, go for it. - Dennis Metzcher

Couple thoughts: the limit impacts the ability to use the service as a direct message router -- for some people. It also reinforces the need for dectralized microblogging -- so if you want exceed the limits you can do so on your own infrastructure. Lastly, nothing prevents you from following everyone or a subset of people through RSS/feeds. - Chris Messina

Are we sure that Twitter has set a 2,000 limit are or we cranking up the rumor mill? I've seen image before with respect to my own account - an account which just reached 1,000 followers today. According the Twitter rep who contacted me, I got - ahem - put in "Twitter Prison" for "Aggressive Following" My ratio of Followers to Following was kinda out of whack - at that time I had only ~800 people following me while I was following ~2,800 - They suspended my ability to follow more people. I removed 2K. - Vincent Wright

I don't understand the motivation for following 2K people if you're not a spammer... someone explain? - Jason Carreira

Jason: For a entrepreneur/VC/angel networker, it would be very easy to hit 2,000 contacts (assuming you used Twitter like a rolodex). From one networking meeting, I might pick up 0-100+ business cards (more at conferences), and during a heavy season I could be doing 7-10 meetings/week. As a angel, I might want to follow 5,000-10,000+ projects/people. Anyone might have a really good project 2-10+ years down the pipe... I've got cartons/boxes of 3-ring binders of business cards in plastic sheets. - Mitchell Tsai

@Mitchell @Charlie - Rumors aside, do you think the cap is a gesture towards monetization? Going after the power networkers? Seems you would have good cause to pay for a Twitter Pro, or would it just not be worth it? - joneilortiz

I use Twitter as both a professional development tool (following people who say useful and interesting things abt health / edtech / social media / libraries ...), a personal tool (friends and folk who are amusing), and a reference tool (following a lot of news streams and information resources). You can hit 2000 fast. A friend says that people are imagining new ways in which Twitter could be used, but Twitter seems bound and determined to force them back into some small box of how it "ought" to be. - Patricia F. Anderson

I would happily follow more than 2000 people, heck I am almost there. And I don't need to see every message. With Tweetdeck it's manageable. I see some Friendfeed users here have thousands to tens of thousands of subscriptions, should we also say it's good to have a cap here? No, please no. I understand that perhaps it has to do with monetization or stressing the system less, these are alas viable reasons. - Jacob

(jeff)isageek

original wonka greater then new wonka - http://hannahisdead.tumblr.com/

April 19, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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no doubt!! - BEX

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Abby, I wholeheartedly agree! - Anne Bouey

Thirded! - FFing Enigma

Nobody beats ole Gene - TedBailey

I suspect I would have preferred whichever one I saw first. The sheer audacity and originality is missing from the second viewing. I, of course, saw the Gene Wilder version first and prefer it. - DGentry

everything's too safe in the new movie. the original, you never quite know if those kids are okay or not. and whats with the daddy issues in the new film?? must be a burton thing.. - Terry O'Fee

i havent seen the johnny depp one but i heard it sucked. i also noticed they cloned the umpa lumpas - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

The new one didn't really suck, it was just extraneous. - iTad

the music and design is wonderful. it just can't top the absolute insanity of the original. - Terry O'Fee

i heard it was Psychedelic. like speed racer if you catch my drift - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Ditto Chris B. - Ayşe E.

watch the boat scene on youtube. it shows you the madness of it all :) - Terry O'Fee

Is this a thing about which there is a question? I actually didn't hate the Burton one; Depp had an interesting take on Wonka (which I know a lot of people hated, but I kinda liked that he took it a totally different direction). But I did hate the stupid amount of back story they added. - Jandy

I would also like to add that when i heard a new wonka movie was going to come out, I thought it was going to be the next book in the series. Are they going to make those? - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

god i hope not. i'm still not happy they're making a hitchhikers guide new book... - Terry O'Fee

They'd probably have that dreadful-looking Keira Knightley or even worse Scarlett Johannson as Buttercup. *cringe* - Anika

I much prefer Gene Wilder's take on Wonka, but I dig the art direction of the new Wonka a lot more. - Jonathan Hardesty

I'd argue that Depp's Wonka is just a more flamboyant version of Ed Wood and not all that original of a portrayal. But that's just my two cents. - Jonathan Hardesty

that's funny Jonathan - I thought Depp's Wonka was "just a more flamboyant version of Ed Wood" too. totally didn't work for me. - jbrotherlove

Wilder is not an act you want to follow, so yeah, the original wins the day. That said, though uneven, I still enjoyed the new one in and of itself. - Micah

I won't choose between the two because I grew up on and am completely in love with the first film and I think that automatically colors me against the newer one. Plus I adore Tim Burton and that puts me at total odds with myself. At any rate, I think Gene Wilder played Wonka exactly as he should have been played. Depp's Wonka was a little too...creepy. In the book Wonka was just a... more... - Hookuh Tinypants

Plus I do a killer spot-on impersonation of Veruca Salt from the original film. :D Song and all. - Hookuh Tinypants

testing out comments via the shared feature embedded on my site - (jeff)isageek

Ah, just what every person needs. More Willy in their feed... - Hookuh Tinypants

WRONG, sir, WRONG! Actually I agree. I just like shouting that sometimes. - Josh Haley

Mumbler! Seriously, I cannot understand a single word you're saying! - joey

No one bets the original. Better Movie Better Wonka! - John Flynn

I enjoyed the Depp version, but there is no doubt in the universe that Gene Wilder is a genius and his Wonka is the gold standard. Also, the original movie itself is pretty much perfect. - Bob M. Montgomery

My English teacher last year looked like Gene Wilder..probably why I prefer the Johnny Depp version. Having Willy Wonka assign research papers= not a fun time. - Colette

I agree. - John Ferron

Steven Perez

FUCK YEAH CILANTRO - http://fuckyeahcilantro.tumblr.com/post...

April 27, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"i bet this guy gets alllllllll the bitches" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Live4Emma (L4S)

CAPSLOCK MONDAY

April 27, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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HELL YEAH M*THERFUCKER - Akiva

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HAHAHAHAHA...AND HERE I WAS WORRIED YOU WOULDN'T SEE THIS, AKIVA! WTF WAS I THINKING??? - Live4Emma (L4S)

CAPS LOCK ATTRACTS AKIVA LIKE FRUIT FLIES ON A DEAD BANANA - Rochelle

EXCEPT I HOLD THE SHIFT KEY DOWN LIKE A REAL MAN - Akiva

CAPS LOCK IS FOR PANSIES. REAL MEN USE THEIR PINKY ON THE SHIFT KEY. - Sparky, lurking

I'M ON A BOAT ON THE SEE OF REEDS, MOTHEREFFER! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

YEAAAAAAAAAH BABY! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

SHIFT KEYS ARE FOR PANSIES. I DO ALL CAPS BY POUNDING HARDER ON THE KEYBOARD!!! - Mark Traphagen

OH BOY! @OPRAH SHOULD BE ALL OVER THIS ONE! - Les Zaldor

AKIVA -10PT BUT KUDOS FOR BEING HONEST - Dobromir Hadzhiev

DOBROMIR -20PT FOR THAT -10PT - Akiva

AKIVA, +20 FOR THAT -20 ON DOBROMIR WHO GAVE YOU A -10 - Josh Haley

NOOH, IT'S NOT FAIR! WANT RECOUNT!!! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

PUT IT THIS WAY...I HAVE UN-SHIFT AND UN-CAPS LOCK KEYS ON MY KEYBOARDS.....THAT'S HOW I ROLL - Live4Emma (L4S)

LIVE4EMMA IS ALL MAN, AND HAS MY ATTENTION. - Sparky, lurking

I KNEW YOU WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO THE SIZE OF MY LETTERS, SPARKY....TRY NOT TO DROOL - Live4Emma (L4S)

YOUR LETTERS, THEY ARE SO LARGE. TOO BAD LIVE4LIVE4EMMA IS KINDA CUMBERSOME. - Sparky, lurking

I FEEL STRANGELY LIBERATED... but unsure of the movement. - SAM

STOW THOSE LOWER CAPPED LETTERS, SCOTT! DO NOT DEFILE THIS POST WITH THE LETTER SIZE OF THE WEAK AND TIMID - Live4Emma (L4S)

AT LAST, I AM NOT GOING TO GET TOLD OFF FOR 'SHOUTING' LOL:D - Tatty Gibson

Hey guys. - Mike Nayyar

EVERYONE GET NAYYAR!! - Josh Haley

THIS IS SPARTA! - Simon Wicks

SPARKY, MY LETTERS ARE EYE CANDY.... - Live4Emma (L4S)

GTFO MIKE! - tehKenny

CAPS LOCK IS EVIL. - Dario Salvelli

SOMETIMES I WANT/NEED/HAVE TO SHOUT! - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

WE CAN'T SEE YOUR LETTERS, MIKE....THEY ARE TOO SMALL AND I LEFT MY MAGNIFYING GLASS AT HOME...GO BIG - OR GO HOME, MIKE - Live4Emma (L4S)

Maverick - Alejandro

SHUN THE ALEJANDRO, SHUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN - Sparky, lurking

WHAT? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU? ALL IN BOLD AND CAPS LOCK, PLEASE! - Bob M. Montgomery

I SHOULD ADD THAT I HAVE TO USE THE CAPS LOCK TO MAKE LOWER CASE LETTERS. WANNA MAKE SOMETHING OF IT? - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

ALEH-WHO? - Live4Emma (L4S)

THAT'S HARD CORE ha3rvey....AND EVEN THOUGH I SHUDDER HAVING TO TYPE YOUR NAME WITH LOWER CASE LETTERS, I HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR FEED ANYWAY... - Live4Emma (L4S)

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING AGAIN?...OH...I GET IT! - David Cook

THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW, Live4Emma. I WILL NOW IMPLEMENT STEPS 2.1 AND 2.2 OF MY PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION. - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

YELLING? THIS ISN'T YELLING, THIS IS COMMUNICATING WITH PASSION. - Sparky, lurking

THIS IS MY EMPHATIC VOICE - Akiva

AKIVA LACKS VOICES WHICH LACK EMPHASIS. - Sparky, lurking

ALL CAPS ARE LIKE THE 12" WOOFER STACK IN THE BACK OF A SLAMMED SUBURBAN ON 22'S BUMPIN' EPMD....IT AIN'T CULTURED BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT COMIN' A MILE AWAY... - Live4Emma (L4S)

ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF MY CAR? I FEEL UN-CULTURED NOW. - Sparky, lurking

YOU'RE CULTURED LIKE YOGURT BITCHMOUTH - Akiva

.....ugh.....you are all giving me a head..... [HIDE] - Just Kidée: Road Warrior

WAIT, HOW DO YOU GIVE HEAD TO A GIRL? I'M NOW CONFUSED ABOUT FEMALE ANATOMY. - Sparky, lurking

OMGWTFCAPSLOCK!!!! - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

PFFT LIKE I NEEDED A REASON>>> - Carlos Ayala

@Sparky......hangover - Just Kidée: Road Warrior

NO KEKIBIRD NO! - Carlos Ayala

YO DAWG! I HERD IT WAS CAPSLOCK MONDAY SO I PUNCHED MY CAPSLOCK SO I COULD CAPSLOCK WITH ALL YOU OTHER DAWGS WHO ARE CAPSLOCKING! - Mark Krynsky

WOW, WHATTUP? DID @OPRAH GET A FF ACCOUNT NOW TOO? - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

SWINE FLU IS ALMOST AS AWESOME AS CAPS LOCK. - mike fabio

WHY AM I LIKING THIS?! I HATE CAPSLOCK! AND YET, I AM COMPELLED... - Jandy

LIKED FOR THE POSTER BUT NOT ALL THE CAPSLOCK!!!!! - Christian (Simply X)

LOWERCASE IS FOR PANSY EURO SKINNY PANTS-WEARING GIRLY MEN! LONG-LIVE CAPS-LOCK! - Jeanine W.

ALSO, CAPS LOCK IS RETRO, JUST LIKE BASIC IN THE 80S. - Jeanine W.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME? - Christian (Simply X)

CHRISTIAN, YOU COME FOR THE POSTER - BUT YOU STAY FOR THE AWESOME - Live4Emma (L4S)

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY TIC-TAC-TOE? OR THERMO-NUCLEAR WAR? - Jeanine W.

OH YEAH! THIS FEELS GOOD! - Valley

RIGHT, VALLEY? FEELS GOOD, NO? - Live4Emma (L4S)

HEDONISM FOR THE WIN. - Sparky, lurking

OMGLOLLMAOBBQFTWWTF! - AJ Batac

edythe

Visiting New York City? 7 Must-Eat Pizzas You Should Try | Slice Pizza Blog - http://slice.seriouseats.com/archive...

April 23, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"If you live in New York, you don't know how good you have it. I used to get so annoyed with guys from New York and New Jersey throwing their weight around and telling me that there's no good pizza anywhere else but there. They're not exactly right (the best pizza in the country is still in Phoenix), but they're very, very close. New York pizza is on another level than L.A., Detroit—even Chicago. The ingredients are superior, the wood and coal ovens are a pipeline to greatness, and the history and tradition put the experience over the top. But in the end I think the real key is the man in front of the oven. At Mozza, line cooks are making the pies. The guys at UPN, Di Fara, Lucali, and some other joints in New York aren't on the clock. They're people who have their whole lives invested in their pizza. Believe me, you can taste it in the food." - edythe from Bookmarklet

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I still like Chicago style more, but pizza is pizza. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

You're evil. I just thought, "Man, I would kill for some pizza." Scrolled to the top and this popped up. Crying now. - Anika

Patsy's Pies in Spanish Harlem FTW! - Sally Church

No Lombardi's? FAIL. - Mike Nayyar

John's is better than Lombardis imho - and I believe the pie on the left is from John's Bleeker. They also left out my secret spot in E. Village. Yay - more for me. - Mona Nomura

Omg Haro - you need to roll with me fool. - Mona Nomura

john's bleeker is good. - edythe

Sorry, but noting beats a Chicago deep dish pizza. - Herb Hernandez

Herb, chicago deep dish is good, just different. - edythe

You is making me hungry. - Jandy

"Famous Original Ray's?" "Just Ray's Jerry!" - Mark Trapp

Yeah, same here, Jandy! And the pizza in Raleigh sucks (in comparison to Chicago or NY). That's one thing I really miss about living in Chicago. :-( - Herb Hernandez

mark trapp, hee! - edythe

Scott Beamer, Pizzeria Bianco? http://search.chow.com/search... - edythe

btw, i finally tried Abbot's Pizza in Venice yesterday...what a disappointment. - edythe

I've had nothing but Chicago Style (and unfortunately St Louis Style) pizza. I really want to try NY pizza to see if it holds it's own against Chicago. - David Cook

pizza in rome, italy--all i can speak about--is, like chicago's pizza, different but not better. - edythe

mmmmmmm - Dobromir Hadzhiev

You should go to that one Ray's. :) - rob friedman

@edythe - yeah, Abbot's is ungreat. Closest I've found around here (so far) to legit east coast pizza are the pies (not the slices) at Bravo in Santa Monica. - Anthony Citrano

john's on bleeker, john's on 44th and ben's on macdougal...will take out most of the joints listed above...edit: i also want to include lucali and patsy's too. - Carlos Ayala

bravo in santa monica -- but pies, not slices. ok, will have to try that, anthony. - edythe

Anthony Citrano

Until you can clearly tell me what you mean when you say the word ‘God’, please don't expect me to be able to tell you if I believe in it.

April 23, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I almost never use the word God or god because it instantly hinders communication. - Tweet Feeds

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@Tweet, yeah - but I hear a lot of fairly smart people still use the term by itself; I'm still asked frequently if I "believe in God" - and I usually say something like, "well, tell me what it is". I'm always happy to explore the subject - it's a favorite of mine, in fact - but the experience of divinity is so personal, nuanced, complex, that it's just not possible to answer that question accurately unless it's explained much better beyond just the word "God." - Anthony Citrano

This is the main reason I stopped trying to debate the subject. Every time you pin someone into a logical corner they just change the definition of what they're asserting exists (or doesn't). What's remarkable is that if you can pin someone down to a definition, the exists/doesn't exist question becomes pretty easy to resolve for most definitions. - Eric P

Anthony: almost every time when I hear the word "God" I replace it in my mind with "Fate." It almost always works. The times when it doesn't are usually when we are hearing something really interesting about God. - Robert Scoble

To me it's ideally a mutual exploration, it doesn't have to be a ‘debate’ (but, Eric, you're right it very often becomes one.) I was raised a Christian, my mother is a devout Christian, and (with great fascination) I studied comparative religion in school. I have a lot of respect for the world's faiths (the major and the obscure alike), but the beliefs are often so near and dear to someone's heart/soul/identity that they have a hard time being dispassionate about it. - Anthony Citrano

I mean the Almighty God, the maker of heaven and earth, our Father who is of one essence with the Son and the Holy Spirit. Who allowed Himself in the person of the Son, named Jesus, to dwell amongst us and show us a surpassing way to live and who gave His life so that whoever believed in Him, took up His cross in their own life and followed Him as their Lord would have everlasting life and a resurrection. - Melanie Reed

I'm more a "Thank the Maker" kind of person. Actually, I think religion is great for those who need it. - c.a.j.

@Judy - thanks. The problem for me is I don't really know what that means, either. In English, "Father" and "He" are masculine nouns, one being paternal. So is it correct to interpret that to mean you believe in a male person(al) deity, who exists distinct from humanity, but in spacetime somewhere, and in possession of his own particular bounded consciousness (and thus, will)? I don't wish to put words in your mouth, I'm trying to expand your concept a little for the others reading the thread. - Anthony Citrano

"That than which nothing greater can be conceived" - Anselm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Alex Scrivener

Anthony, have your ever read Chesterton on this subject? If you haven't you might enjoy him immensely. If you have, I encourage you to go back and read him again...especially "Orthodoxy" http://www.gutenberg.org/etext... - Melanie Reed

I find that it's parallel to the word 'soul'. Can you meaningfully debate whether or not you have a soul, or whether someone else does? Not unless you know that you're talking about the same thing - and that's tricky because the experience is personal. But as Anthony says, you can enter into a mutual exploration. - Robin Barooah

Being trained in Scholasticism, I would have to give you a nasty definition involving Being and Nature, consisting entirely of terms which also require extensive and specific definitions. But the upside is that we would get to have a really detailed discussion. - Alex Scrivener

Anthony: i have found that using the word God/god in most contexts makes you loose authenticity and credibility. Unless we have both previously agreed on what "God/god" is, its confusing and controversial to use. - Tweet Feeds

Anthony: Is the definition as important as what the expected consequences of belief are? - Robin Barooah

@Robin - the definition is essential if we are to exchange the word "God" with one another and expect each other to know (or pretend to know) what is meant by it. As for the consequences of such belief, most of them exist independent of the word/definition. - Anthony Citrano

@Robin Without a definition, consequences are literally meaningless. - Alex Scrivener

Anthony: The answer to the question "Do you believe in God?" has only one correct answer if you haven't agreed on a God. The answer is "I don't know". I have sometimes said "Does it matter?" to return the communication back to earth. You can also ask them the same exact question instead of answering and say "me too" after they tell you whatever they believe. - Tweet Feeds

Tweet Feeds I don't think it would be realistic for anyone to lose credibility by using your name or anyone else's , would it? ;) - Melanie Reed

Alex, Anthony: I'm not convinced about the definition issue. Numerous traditions e.g. Taoism, Hinduism, and the mystical sects within Islam and Christianity (I am not familiar with Judaism) essentially say that attempts to define God will always fail. But that doesn't mean that we can't have a conversation about it. - Robin Barooah

Anthony, you have hit upon a paradox which always seems so difficult for us to grasp: the idea of the other and the same at once, different yet not a contradiction. We live and mark our existence in a linear way. God does not. He lives, if you will, in a "now", something that is difficult for the best of us to compass. We must ask ourselves what in our time makes it so difficult to ask for the Father's help? Look inside and you will all find that need of Him, though it may confuse or even make angry. - Melanie Reed

And as far as consequences go - let me clarify - sometimes when people ask me whether I believe in god, I think that what they want to know is whether I uphold one or more of the morés associated with their religion. This is usually not difficult for me to answer, and doesn't generally depend on my definition of the word god. - Robin Barooah

@Robin RE: Taoism: I hate to sound flip, and I know this comes across as pig-headed, but my only response can be "They are wrong." There is a philosophy doctorate's worth of discussion and argument behind why they are wrong, and I can't possibly give a good account of it here, but more or less my answer is that they are wrong. Definitions are essential. - Alex Scrivener

Melanie: I think it would be realistic for anyone to lose credibility by using my name without clarifying, especially if nobody else knows who they are talking about. If i kept on referring to "the Oracle" in conversations, am sure someone would want to know if i was talking about the "Oracle of Omaha" or the "Oracle of Delphi" - Tweet Feeds

Kandeezie there is all manner and type of evidence. I don't need to see that a flood has been in a place if the watermark has been left. I don't need to know that a person I know has been in a room, if I smell their perfume or cologne. I don't need to see my cat has been laying on my bed, to know she has when I put my hand on the warm spot of the comforter. God has left all the evidence we need right here. We just need to open our "eyes" to see it. - Melanie Reed

Alex: [unintended condescension edited out!] I would be interested in a reference, but without one that's essentially an appeal to authority, which is somewhat ironic given the topic! I presume you're aware that there are numerous historical philosophers as well as living professors of philosophy who would disagree with you. - Robin Barooah

@Robin: I would hazard that most professors of philosophy would disagree with me. As for a source, a decent place to start is Aristotle's Metaphysics, not as an authority, but as an example of the importance of definitions. - Alex Scrivener

@Robin - w/r/t definition and the mystical sects, you've hit on the point I intended with the original statement. If we cannot define something well enough to reasonably agree on what it is, we cannot ask each other if we believe in / agree on it. - Anthony Citrano

Anthony: That is why when people are expecting a binary yes/no answer I think they are usually asking about morés. - Robin Barooah

I mostly agree with @Robin Barooah, which is why I'm quick to answer "no" when asked, as I subscribe to no religion of any sort. But the definition still matters. The God of Abraham and the Gods of Olympus are easy to positively prove the non-existence of. By contrast you can't prove the non-existence of a deistic God. And if the definition is simply "That which kicked off the big bang" I'd have to claim belief, even though God in that case is probably just a vacuum fluctuation, it still exists. - Eric P

@Melanie - yes, I love paradox, that's why I did this. ;) Without dragging my own beliefs into this, I think I do pretty well with those contradictions; yin/yang, etc. I live Now as well; an Eternal Now, it seems, but only now. I've never experienced the past or the future. In fact, it's always felt like now to me, for as long as I can remember. ;) - Anthony Citrano

@Melanie - the problem I always have had with that logic is the failure of many dogmatists to accept the possibility of other explanations for their observations. Many fundamentalist Christians, for example, point to the glory of mother nature as "proof" of their God. I find that a bit troubling. I can point to blood on a floor as "proof" that a murder occurred, but intelligent beings would accept that there are myriad other possible explanations. - Anthony Citrano

Lindsey: agreed - that's a much simpler way of putting it - and I think that's what the question has meant to most people throughout history. The fact most of us can see that the question can have two meanings is a novelty. - Robin Barooah

@Glen - the trouble with your reasoning is that we could all agree very quickly, with crystal-clarity, what was meant by saying "Glen's friend Lester." I believe in Lester, 100%. - Anthony Citrano

@Lindsey D - agreed. - Anthony Citrano

Anthony, Alex: some traditions skip over 'belief' and go for understanding - e.g. Zen - where masters recognize that a student has understood, not through assertions about a definition, but through indirect indications. I think you are convincing me that I'm conflating belief with understanding and that you do actually need a definition to talk about belief. But - you don't in order to talk about understanding. - Robin Barooah

Also, before nation states and police forces, religion was essentially the only law that enabled societies to function - so the question basically meant - 'would I recognize you as a law abiding person'. It seems to me that this use of the term is still very much alive. - Robin Barooah

its like the quuestion 'have you found God ?" MY reply.. " oh ..was God ever lost ?" - Peter Dawson

@Robin RE examples: other great examples of the need for definition are the Platonic Dialogues. Most of them are just long exercises in defining terms. Someone makes a statement, and Socrates spends hundreds of pages trying to nail down their terms. He won't agree or disagree with them until he knows what they are really saying. - Alex Scrivener

Kandeezie you ask for the "scientific" evidence of God. Science itself has plenty of evidence for God, but then you have to be willing to accept science for the limitations that it has: it has no way of encompassing paradox. It accepts things based on the same dull premise of seeing is believing. In that case, an illusionist would have quite a field day. What you and I must understand is that the world is not understood by reason alone; reason will eventually get you to the point of driving in circles .. - Melanie Reed

until one makes the decision to get out at a particular "street". :) - Melanie Reed

fyi only.. if you are interested in thought exchange on religion/life theory/religion etc.. then a good place to read up is here < http://groups.google.com/group... > - Peter Dawson

Alex: couldn't you take socrates as a counterexample? The meaning of the dialog isn't contained in the eventual definition - it's in the 'negative space' created by the process. - Robin Barooah

Well, I cannnot agree that definitions, at least true ones, are based on agreed upon meanings by a collective: That is where the whole point rubs. For if all agreed that I did not have value or did not exist to a group then my murder, so unfortunate as it might be to me, would mean little to my murderers since they had all agreed it wasn't murder. Definitions then that benefit the good of all must be agreed upon by an Individual whose eternal viewpoint would transcend ours: t

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