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Re: Google’s Nexus One: What Makes it Different? - http://mashable.com/2009...
"I don't buy the splintering the market argument. The market won't be any more splintered before or after the Nexus One. Android took a different approach than the iPhone. Most of the time, apps written for older versions just work for the newer versions. Also because the app provisioning process isn't as draconian as Apple, a dev could release a 1.5- and a 1.6 if they so chose. Google also doesn't randomly break features between releases like a certain Cupertino-based company. Some call it splintering, I call it choice."
- James Williams
Apple, can you do for video what you did for music -- perhaps saving us all from NBComcast? - http://www.betanews.com/joewilc...
James Williams and Christopher Harley liked this
I vote for Comcast Universal as the evil name for the merger. It sounds more menacing.
- James Williams
Aw I thought the article meant removing DRM
- Rodfather
DRM is definitely a hindrance. And the 24-hour rental limitation is a killer anti-feature.
- LogEx
Re: Spirit Airlines Looks to Cash in on Tiger’s Trangressions [VIDEO] - http://mashable.com/2009...
"Spirit is promoting the sale on both its website and Twitter. That puts it smack dab in the middle of Mashable's mandate. You hadn't heard of Spirit because they are a relatively small carrier in the US flying from the Midwest to leisure destinations in Florida and New Jersey. They have a history of running controversial promotions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...... . Mashable was right in covering the story. Media outlets must strike a balance between timeliness and veracity. If the best info they had at the time turns out later to be false, so be it(provided it doesn't happen too often). As part of the 24-hr news cycle, sometimes you are wrong."
- James Williams
My take on the Tiger Woods/SM-PR comparisons: yes, he's a public figure but he's going through a personal situation - LET HIM LIVE HIS LIFE.
Wayne Sutton liked this
I agree
- Wayne Sutton
I agree but he could have squashed it by talking to the police and getting it over with. Not doing so makes it look like he has something to hide, fueling the rumors which fuel the news coverage.
- James Williams
Just a thought on Twitter Ads… - http://www.johnnyworthington.com/...
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Nurse Katie, Jeethu Karthik, Mo Kargas and 9 other people liked this
If someone like the New York Times or a blogger put an ad in their RSS feed, people would loose their shit. I can handle ads in the newspaper, I don’t need the paperboy trying to up-sell me as he rides past my house. Johnny
- Johnny Worthington
Well John Gruber of Daring Fireball has an RSS advertiser for his RSS feed every week and I still subscribe.
- Bryce Roney
Every TechCrunch and ReadWriteWeb RSS feed item has more than one ad.
- Louis Gray
Failblog does individual ads as RSS items. If you don't like it, don't follow.
- Jesse Stay
OK... I guess it's a thing that some people already do... Ads as specific RSS items...hmmmm
- Johnny Worthington
The key is relevancy. If the ads are as relevant as your content your readers will likely not complain. Or, if your content is good enough readers are willing to put up with the ads, that's another strategy.
- Jesse Stay
If it creates links from my tweet, as the content producer, I should get a cut.
- James Williams
I don't mind ads in RSS feeds if it's a full-content feed. I often don't visit sites anymore, I just read their content in FeedDemon, so I have no issue with them monetising that feed. Ads in a partial feed or a twitter feed I'm less thrilled with
- Glenn Slaven
Yes
Jenny R., Outsanity, mjc and 31 other people liked this
We just played it for FHE - a lot of fun!
- Jesse Stay
Me too!! Been playing and having a great time. The physics of multi player is a little odd. Hard to get used to bumping into each other. but still awesome!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Yeah - we had a few hurt feelings from others moving too fast and not letting others get their Yoshi or power up, etc.
- Jesse Stay
thumbs are SO sore now. Pretty awesome game so far.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
I need to play it by myself now - playing with the kids was holding me back earlier
- Jesse Stay
It's so...3D... 8bit FTW
- Mona Nomura
Mona, yeah - they did respect the 2D nature pretty well though, as compared to other editions in the past.
- Jesse Stay
Where can I download this for my Mac? Or is it a web site?
- Jim Norris
Get a Windows.
- Mona Nomura
Does it run on my iPhone?
- Jim Norris
That's what SHE said.
- Mona Nomura
I've only owned an original NES (Super Mario, Zelda, Excitebike) and an original XBox (Halo). I'm behind the times. I think Tudor beat me up and took the XBox360/Wii from FF.
- Jim Norris
Omg ZELDA. The only reason why I bought a 64!!!!
- Mona Nomura
I played Super Mario 3 and World, and Ocarina of Time on emulators. I tried Mario64 on the emulator too but it was too hard to control. Battlefrogs and Donkey Kong Country were also fun.
- Jim Norris
I tried emulators but there's something about holding a controller that can't be...well...emulated.
- Mona Nomura
I love it. Feels like a sequel to Super Mario World.
- James Williams
@Mona: maybe it's easier for guys...
- Jim Norris
This game is so much fun that my children have all gone completely insane and have forgotten who they are, just as long as they can play or watch this game. Hmmm...need tighter regulations in the home.
- Josh Haley
I finished Level One and got all the big coins. I even beat the big boss in the castle on my first try. I've gained some respect back from the kids. They are playing now after having finished schoolwork, vacuumed their rooms and living room, cleaned the bathroom, taken out the trash... having new leverage is a good thing every now and then. Kind of broke my rule about no video games during the school year, though. Ooops.
- Trish Haley
I want to go to there.
- Derrick
Ours came yesterday, but will stay under wraps until Alex's Birthday Friday
- RAPatton
Still playing... I guess we'll have Yoshi apples for dinner.
- Trish Haley
does this count for FHE? hee hee
- Morgan Haley
ALWAYS, Morgan! FHE on everyday, not just Monday. :)
- Trish Haley
Meanwhile, daddy is slaving away late at work. :(
- Josh Haley
Busted. Sorry honey. Buy dinner on the way home!
- Trish Haley
Oh man, that bad huh? :p
- Josh Haley
heading out to buy a droid, as endorsed by QVC @arrington
Guy Vander Heyden, CW™, Reese Jones and 2 other people liked this
Saw one in the flesh earlier today, the screen is insanely crisp.
- James Williams
I saw Chris Brogan's and it's really nice! *drools*
- Susan Beebe
Mmm. Can't wait till they start selling them in UK reasonably cheaply.
- Tom Morris
They'll be everywhere & "free" soon (the only cost is your identity & use information)
- Reese Jones
just witnessed a unintentional reenactment of a scene from Julie & Julia, at least the food will be edible...cake that over-rose the pan.
drippings burned and made office a bit smoky.
- James Williams
Courtesy of @google, I am enjoying the free WiFi at SJC before flying to Denver for the Defrag Conference. http://www.defragcon.com/ #defrag
Bindu Reddy, Mike Fruchter, Alex Scoble and 6 other people liked this
Happy holidays!
- Matt Cutts
Just to preempt criticism, Matt, if you guys ever turn off the free WiFi, it is because you are evil. :)
- Louis Gray
Waves hi from down below...
- Jesse Stay
Is it that Google is turning the whole airport into a free wifi zone? SJC has free wifi in some areas I thought.
- James Williams
These individuals (so far) are all going to be on a list I'm creating for Twitter. Can you name who they are by just their icons?
Yvette Ferry, borghrose, Ho John Lee and 2 other people liked this
yes
- Rhys Amos
I can, I think I follow most of them myself
- Mo Kargas
I bet you don't follow all of them - there's a good variety of them on there - not all of them "social media experts".
- Jesse Stay
Not all of them, no. When you make that list, I'll follow it :)
- Mo Kargas
Is this the new recommended user list? Would be great with a larger variety, not everyone is on Twitter to check up on celebrities and Social media "experts"
- Asgeir
I can name at least 60% of these by sight.
- Robert Scoble
You have Kawasaki and you don't have ME?? What's wrong with you Jesse? :P
- Jorge Escobar
A few, but definitely not all (especially the one that's got the default Twitter avatar).
- Curtiss Grymala
I can name about 10-15. It made me realize that I know more people by their twitter id than their real names.
- James Williams
I know about 17 of them.
- Jason Williams
I was lying.
- Rhys Amos
at SJC we get to walk down staircases in the open air, for that authentic 50s jetset vibe
Ho John Lee, James Williams, Sam Harmon and 5 other people liked this
Only if you fly in to the Ghetto Terminal C.
- Kevin Fox
That's why I love Terminal C - checkin in single-digit minutes, retro vibe in CA sunshine FTW
- Kevin Marks
from email
I like that passengers can enter/exit at both ends of the plane at the retro terminal.
- Gary Burd
ditto that Gary!
- Robert Felty
I love boarding out of Terminal C. Retro vibe FTW, it makes you forget all the post-9/11 hassles and be in the moment for a second
- James Williams
I, too, love Terminal C. I long for the days when traveling was a lot less hassle than it is now.
- April Buchheit
Welcome to the high-tech capital of the solar system! NOT.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
Should we start a campaign to keep Terminal C at SJC?
- Kevin Marks
Terminal B's looking pretty beautiful though, and I love the big comfy seats with integrated power and USB power in the armrests!
- Kevin Fox
Terminal C is also my favorite. It's interesting that people are so polarized though.
- Paul Buchheit
from iPhone
I love Terminal C and am worried about it eventually being upgraded to be big and slow like Terminal A.
- Amit Patel
After two long distance relationships, I have sentimental feelings for Terminal A.
- Daisy
I'm flying, on a jet plane...
- Jim Norris
I do know the "You're not really flying if your feet don't touch the tarmac" feeling.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
Librería El Ateneo is a bookstore in Buenos Aires that was once... - http://go.gtmcknight.com/post...
Book geek porn.
- James Williams
So have all the geeks left FriendFeed? Reply to this post with where you feel you fall - 'geek' or 'non-geek'. :-) EDIT: I think that's pretty clear, the geeks have *not* left FriendFeed. :-)
Ferdi Zebua, Pam Gwenzi, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and 67 other people liked this
Geek!
- Kol Tregaskes
Geek!
- Travis Koger
GEEK
- johnpiercy
not really a geek. somewhere in between.
- vijay
According to my friends, geek ...
- Irma Vermaat
I fall between the two..
- Simon Wicks
Geek(-ish)!
- Adrian Scicluna
Geek.
- Robert Scoble
a carnival performer who does disgusting acts eccentric: a person with an unusual or odd personality , or an individual with a passion for computers, to the exclusion of other normal human interests. I assume we are using the last definition?
- Brian Sullivan
Geek!!
- Chris Zlatis
Geek. With an unusual or odd personality.
- Mark H
both: happy&nice??mix of geek and non-geek xoxo
- anjelina
Technophile not talented enough to be a real geek.
- Eric Logan
geek. definitely
- Imabug
geek!
- Josh Lam
Geek, I suppose.
- Vera Hannaford
GEEK!
- Daniel Vining
Geek, but you wouldn't know it by most of my FriendFeed postings.
- ha3rvey, not a sweetheart
Geek.
- rowlikeagirl
I'm definitely a geek, but not nearly as much of a geek as some others.
- Curtiss Grymala
Geek and proud!
- Parvez Halim
non-geek
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Me? nah! Everything But The Geek!
- directeur
I am a big Geek and I am still here
- Rob Cairns
It's all Geek to me
- Tim Ostler
Geek!
- Oytnx
Geek, reporting in.
- Jason Huebel
(former) GEEK
- Joe Silence is not dead
Half breed, still here.
- Thom Kennon
D&D playing IT pro = very geeky
- Alex Scrivener
geek, but losing interest in FF as others catch up with features
- Chris Rogers
I am here but it is up to others to decide whether I am geek or not.
- ashish
Geek
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Geek
- Holger Eilhard
Geek!
- chris
Geek
- EhsanDiary
Geek!!!
- adataghost
Geeky!
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
geek!
- Dr.Lonely Lotus
Geek, but not in terms of tech, rather comic books, etc. :)
- Derrick
You hand in your ticket...And you go watch the geek...Who immediately walks up to you...When he hears you speak...And says, "How does it feel...To be such a freak?"...And you say, "Impossible"...As he hands you a bone
- Greg Guitarbuster
Geek, of course. That's why I don't fit in on other social networks.
- April Russo (app103)
Nerd and Proud™! (which should count as geek)
- Marco Fabbri
geek, absolutely!
- Stephanie
Geeek (1 more e ) of course !
- Oğulcan Selçuk Akbulut
Geek! Per your hypothesis that geek have left FF, where else would they have flocked to?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
non-geek
- chaz2b
@Marco Fabbri: Nerd != Geek. In SML Dictionary, Nerds have no fashion sense and can't talk to people, Geeks generally have a fashion sense and can carry on a conversation relatively ok; nerds usually wear white t-shirts and white sneakers; Geeks generally wear black t-shirts and black sneakers. A classic example: Nerd = Bill gates; Geek = Steve Jobs!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
depends on what we are geeking out about. if we're talking about music, shoes, spinning, dyeing, yarn, german history, b movies and zombies- then ubergeek.
- Mary Carmen
reformed non-geek
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
geek, but not the tech type of geek, more like a geeky nerd
- William Harryman
left as not "left" but they kinda abandoned it/reduced the usage
- ffcode
@See-ming Lee that is indeed controversial. Anyway as choice was given between geek and non-geek I meant some degree of nerd counts as geek.
- Marco Fabbri
Geek. But I post as much political stuff as tech...
- Christopher Galtenberg
I'm like a geek's groupie.
- MicahBear78
Geek! Still is. Still, Zu is using FF.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
@Marco Fabbri Well I think that all geeks are nerds, but all nerds != geeks. I believe that Set(Geek) includes Set(Nerd) but this is a question I have been thinking about for years now and I don't yet have a conclusion yet. But at least that's where I'm at now!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Geek.
- Brome
Geek.
- Tanath
I am still here. I am not sure I am a geek. But, you know, I am not the most objective person when considering myself.
- Martha
Geek.
- Heather
Geekie
- Moved to Facebook
If we were doing this in Google Wave, we could've used a poll gadget. Anyone got a Wave invite to spare for a fellow geek! :0)
- Daniel Vining
Not fitting the both. I'm big of a nerd.
- Burcu Dogan
Geek!
- Martin Bryant
from iPhone
Geek
- Rasmus Lauridsen
mutant geek
- bob phillips
Geek to the last!
- Jemm
geek, definitely
- Michele Costabile
Geek, but I prefer "nerd"... a geek is someone who bites the heads off chickens in a carnival sideshow.
- Andy Bakun
from Android
I've always thought of myself as a nerd, but, according to Alex Scoble's definition, I'm not. So I guess i'm not sure.
- Glen Mistletoe
What is Alex's definition? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
What the heck is the point of this question? Could a non-geek even use FriendFeed??
- Internet's Tad
Geek, but I'd enjoy and use Friendfeed even if I weren't.
- Micah Wittman
Certified Geek
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
I am very much a geek, but I don't talk software here and concentrate on other things like science, art, entertainment ...
- RAPatton
geek
- Bill Scherer
Geek: I have totally noticed a lack of conversation. Agh!
- Zachary TG
Portable Geek
- Hussein EROL
geek
- Jan Ole Peek
Neither.
- Itachi
Not a geek
- R1CC1
geek-ish
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Hell to the naw...all the real geeks are still here.
- Alex Scoble
Definite geek! Or should I say gEEk, cause I'm an EE.
- Kevin L
Still here, still geeky!
- Joel Bennett
My wife says I'm a geek.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Geek
- Michael Hocter
Geek
- Mitchell Tsai
Geek
- Brian Schwartz
Geek
- Andrew Terry
from iPod
That looks like a lot of geeks. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Geek :)
- Susan Beebe
from iPhone
Geek, with hints of nerd
- Christopher A Carr
I'm going with something I been told: 'you have chips for brains!'
- Grant Bierman
;)
- A.T.
geek
- gloomy deranged pervert
Geek!
- Nikos Anagnostou
Geek. I guess I might qualify at least partially for a nerd, since I have to ask my husband if my shirt matches my pants...
- Eph Zero
Italian geek.
- marc
geek-esque, but more of a "creative type". I have geeky interests.
- Kamilah Gill
linux geek
- Joe Geeting
geek
- 9000
Geek
- Murat Ozoral
I'm with Kamilah - I like that - "creative geek."
- Amy℠
g33k
- Kevin Mohr
none-geek
- Amin Diary
non-geek & non-nerd... =p
- Özgür D. Cyric
I never thought of myself as a geek, but I guess I am being on intenet 24/7.
- Ton Zijp
Geek I am still here
- Steve Mott
geek!
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
GEEEEEEKKKKK!
- WorldofHiglet
Geek who still thinks FF adds lots of value regardless of volume of engagement.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
geek
- тут не место для
still here (I post this a lot) and still geek.
- Mike Nencetti
i didnt leave yet, geek. Also, Ozgur Duru is a geek and a hopeless nerd too. he is lying!
- Bahriye
dorkalicious nerdtastic geek
- Heather
Geek, of course.
- i80and
I'm either a geek, or I play one on TV. I forget which sometimes.
- LogEx
Uhh, negative. I am a meat popsicle.
- Josh Haley
i'm a one of a kind internet legend
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Geek .. for sure
- Bhowmik Shah
Most definitely a Geek.
- Give 'Em DBizness
from iPod
I'm not a geek. I'm a turbocharged, direct fuel injected GEEK.
- Mike Nayyar
I think the social media writer early adopters have left, the geeks, it seems are still here
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
still here :)
- Stanislas Jourdan
geek...still here...
- ovigia
Geek
- Juan Pablo González
I dable .. compared to my friends, Geek!
- Chris Myles
dude I SHIT geek, I'm so geek
- sofarsoShawn
Wannabe-geek :)
- JA Castillo
dork
- Hutch Carpenter
sex machine
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Former geek, but no longer
- Mark "DerBingle" J
healing my wounded inner geek. i went freak for a while, then artsy-hipster... keeping hints of those, but the foundation is looking mighty geek.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Meek. They say we'll inherit it.
- howard shippin
from BuddyFeed
Geek, of course.
- Steven Perez
Geek
- Glenn Slaven
Geek
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
Geek and I'm still here!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
wannabe geek, follower of geeks... can't find better geeks elsewhere... who will talk to me LOL
- Holly Rae, FFer
geek!
- Lee
Geek
- Amber
Geek in the making ;)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Geek! (And hacker of memes, too. ;)
- Dennis Jernberg
Geek :P
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
geek
- Bruce Lewis
Geek.
- Kevin Pedraja
no geek
- marsupilamima
geek
- Barijaona Ramaholimihaso
I don't know... How can I tell if I am a geek?
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Not a geek. But I am a Social Media Expert, as you know.
- Jim Hearts FF
from iPhone
eek
- Djordje Lukic
Geek, for sure!
- Brian Jude
from twhirl
keeg ;p
- zʍıɔ
Geek
- 2icarly3
I still here Kol. Forever G33K..!
- ★ Soner Gönül
Cool, Soner. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
nope! we shall stand until the end! no matter the cost!
- Darth Farhad Sama
today im a geek b
- R_ C
Non-geek. But I'm in denial. ;)
- Meryn Stol
Geek
- Nathan Snyder
Geek
- Nils Sandin
I think that's pretty clear, the geeks have *not* left FriendFeed. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Geek...
- Carlos Sousa
Sorta geek-leaning.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
greek geek who left twitter:)
- Citronella
geek
- James Williams
Geek!
- prozacfield
The way I look at it, most of my friends primarily use Facebook OR Twitter. A few use both, and a few have YouTube Accounts. They don't read RSS feeds or use Google Reader or Digg or StumbleUpon. Therefore, non-geeks cannot see the benefits of this aggregation power (anyone agree or not?)
- Nathan Snyder
Proof that geeks have NOT left FriendFeed? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Non-geek being converted by the boyfriend.
- Nurse Katie
Geek++
- mikepk
Hehe, Katie, don't do it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
GEEK. But not just a tech geek. Geekery comes in many forms.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I'm a geek to the core. A multi-faceted geek at that.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I hate the word geek. Anything but it.
- Itachi
femgeek and renaissance geek
- Melanie Reed
Geek
- RetiredTeacherD
Geek!
- James Myatt
I must be getting old. After work, set up a will with my wife and an attorney, and then went to LensCrafters to get glasses. #sigh
Sheila Taylor, testbeta, Anne Bouey and 12 other people liked this
We still haven't done that, but we should.
- Jesse Stay
That reminds me...
- Michael Hocter
Apparently, I was told that being in front of the computer screen from 16-20 hours a day is making my lifelong strabismus worse.
- Louis Gray
So I have super sexy glasses being made now. Even had my eyes dilated so I can barely read fine print.
- Louis Gray
Eye dilation is the WORST.
- Derrick
The will was made more important because she and I are leaving the country to go to LeWeb in Paris France this December, and who knows? We have the twins going to friends of the family, but if I hear better offers here, let's talk. :)
- Louis Gray
Derrick, it is bad. I couldn't read my iPhone e-mails or see the last time I called anyone. BLURRY.
- Louis Gray
You should consider setting up a trust instead of a will. That's the route I took after hearing some financial people talk
- Shevonne
Shevonne, the trust is next. We got a package deal, and will do that soon.
- Louis Gray
:)
- Shevonne
LG, I didn't know what I was in for the first time I had it done and had to *drive* *home*. :(
- Derrick
/INCREASES FONT. :)
- Louis Gray
Here are details on strabismus. http://www.medterms.com/script... I've had it my whole life, and used to wear a patch over one eye to go to kindergarten, and then switched the next day. If I find pics, I promise to share.
- Louis Gray
Oh Louis..they weren't bi foculs where they?
- Bill Heslin
My distance vision is actually good, but up close I can't see squat. Wears progressives. -->
- Derrick
We don't say "old", Louis. We are simply becoming more mature (in public). In private we're just as immature as we ever were.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Please take care, Louis. Your (in)sight is very valuable to all of us.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Thanks, Mahendra. :) And Bill, they are/were not bifocals.
- Louis Gray
+1 on eye dilation being awful. Luckily my optometrist is within walking distance.
- James Williams
The eyes are the windows to the soul. Yours will just have two panes. Better insulation.
- Dawn
James Williams liked this
Google is everywhere.
- Louis Gray
You can't set out to index the world's information if you aren't everywhere.
- James Williams
They've always been everywhere online, but in years past they didn't seem to be so omnipresent at conferences. Wonder if it's part of "Do No Evil" plus counter antitrust rumblings.
- TheIndustryStandard
Or maybe Googlers are simply more talkative than we thought.
- TheIndustryStandard
Re: Could You Help Me With a Project - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/could-y...
"I saw it. What a cutie."
- James Williams
Google Chrome on Mac is FFFFFAAASSSSSTTTTT and it's not even into beta yet. I love browser wars!
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FFFFFAAASSSSSTTTTT is slow. FST is faster
- directeur
I've stopped using Firefox on Linux as Chrome makes it look like a bloated mess.
- James Williams
very very fast...brilliant ...no need for firefox or safari
- Asif
*yawn* Macs? Who cares.
- Scott Carmichael
slow and steady .. chrome is gaining over firefox .. it has already lost me thanks to its repetitive "snaily" behavior
- Amit
haha directeur :)
- metalerik
i've forgotten to install it! wow is so fast!
- Luigi Filograna
I want Chrome on Mac!
- Courtney Engle
yes please!
- Jason Kintzler
gotta love browser wars ;)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I love Chrome, and it's a nice browser race between the major ones. Great way to stimulate innovation :)
- James Kuypers
Fast on Mac, but flaky sometimes
- Kim Landwehr
only reason i use chrome now is that the area is larger than any other browser provides doesn't have a status bar or even toolbar, and tabs are in the window border ;) but i can't leave my old horse yeah firefox
- ffcode
@ffcode look at this http://bit.ly/wuGi. i use a similar setup on my netbook and it's quite good. (i can't live with my firefox extensions)
- progitto
The surprising thing is Chrome is so fast and got good market share and is yet to unleash the plugins which will sure bring in more techies and developers and the influencer crowd.
- Sandeep Kalidindi
thanks progitto
- ffcode
ericpallen: Joel speaks the truth. SO MUCH TRUTH. CSCurriculum.fail? == TRUE http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items... - http://twitter.com/ericpal...
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There are problems with CS curriculums but I don't think it is solely or even primarily planning. Nor are CS courses the only places one can learn teamwork/planning. I'm not sure it should produce a graduate who is immediately fluent in any one language either. But they do help one to learn and adapt. Most places aren't agile or use FogBugz. If schools produce graduates geared too much towards one product or methodology, they will be miserable because the real world doesn't always do best practices.
- James Williams
Sad that I can't manage to find my old web sites on Geocities. I recall having one dedicated to the TI-86.
I used to love playing the racing game on my TI-82. 84's and higher were banned in my HS, classified as portable computers.
- James Williams
Survey: My wife needs a new phone, badly. Should I get her an iPhone to match mine, or Android, so I can test it? http://socialtoo.com/survey...
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Forget what she needs. We all know if I got her a Droid I would be messing with it.
- Louis Gray
Get her a droid. That way, if you decide you like it better than the iPhone, you can give her your iPhone and take her droid. :)
- Curtiss Grymala
from iPhone
Depends. Do you love her? Then get her the iPhone.
- Kevin Pedraja
Android
- Jesse Stay
so I can test it
- Jesse Stay
Lots of fun phones are coming out this holiday season; I might hold off to see how the landscape looks as the reviews come in.
- Matt Cutts
from iPhone
Matt's got a good point. I don't think we've seen all that Android has to offer yet (not to mention rumors of a Google-branded phone).
- Jesse Stay
Android
- James Williams
RAZR
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I'm all about new toys. Android!
- Tamara
I'll throw this out there, what does she want? I'm just say'n :)
- Owen Greaves
you should get your self an Android phone so you can test it. Then buy her the better of the two.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
<slide of hand> iDon't think you want AT&T as a service. These ARE the Droids you are looking for! :-)
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Give her the iPhone and get the Droid for you!
- Chris Rogers
I told Phil that in a similar situation I could take his iphone and he could get whatever new phone he wanted. :) (this was awhile back when I knew he was thinking about getting a new phone)
- Andrizzle Gizzle
That is the Droid you're looking for. Go Android all the way.
- Oracio
Wait... the Holidays are just around the corner, as MC said.
- Mark Evans
VZ Droid, by far
- LANjackal
What type of phone does she like? What's her main usage? How technical is she? And, yeah, the most important question: how much do you love her. :)
- brainno722 (Peter)
We have neither due to our Crackberry addiction. But I have a hint. I use a Curve 8310. Sheryl has a Bold.
- Ken Camp
What would suit her best? What is she interested in? How would she use it? What a woman wants better count sometime or you won't count for long. :) If it were for me, I'd get a Droid.
- Sheryl
6 months ago I would have said a PRE... ugh.... wait until you read the Droid reviews first! :) @SherylBreuker remembers my misguided Pre enthusiasm. ;)
- Mark Evans
Why not ask your wife what she wants instead of using her as a guinea pig or giving her your hand me downs? Or, is this may sounding much too egalitarian
- sofarsoShawn
Shawn-- such a softie...
- Bren, Not Grinchy
*hands head* (Bren my #FF crush no more! :) )
- sofarsoShawn
awww... I didn't say I didn't like softies! ;)
- Bren, Not Grinchy
Get a Droid! She can have the iPhone! (Nice suggestion Chris)
- Nathan Snyder
droid, droid.....DROID!
- imabonehead
Get the Droid because we know you'll play with it and you can give us real-time comparisons of them. -- But for the sake of marriage harmony, you should first ask her what she wants.
- Brenda Young
Who uses a Kindle? Like it?
Love my Kindle. Can't read books much longer than from a LCD screen and provided the EVDO is turned off, the battery can last for weeks.
- James Williams
Waveboard: Google Wave Client for Mac and iPhone is Coming - http://mashable.com/2009...
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downloading now!
- Jennifer Van Grove
So it's basically a more integrated fluid app?
- James Williams
Wolfram Alpha's iPhone App Launches: Lots of Power, But Too Expensive - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
John and Iwao Kimura liked this
Is it really too expensive though or is it just too "different" in pricing than other apps? I remember spending well over $100 for a graphing calculator in school. If this is allowed and provides those capabilities, along with numerous others this is a good deal for the convenience it provides.
- John Spyers
Maybe both. Unfortunately for developers, pricing on the iPhone has been a race to the bottom. With the possibility to focus on in-app purchases, maybe some of that value can be recaptured. IMHO, Wolfram Alpha was overhyped when it was released. Was it interesting for about 5 minutes? Sure, but it won't ever replace Google for me.
- James Williams
My goodness, it's quite pricey! I think in-app purchasing is the best way to go for iPhone app developers. Many smaller purchases is much better received than one big heavy price tag.
- Daynah
@BasRaayman my sources tell me that Steve Jobs is personally working on a new kind of computer that will make Amazon's Kindle look lame.
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Unless it has color e-ink, I'm keeping my uni-tasker Kindle, nothing beats it for reading books for long periods without eye strain.
- James Williams
Who are these sources?
- Louis Gray
I can't tell. But someone who knows Steve Jobs personally.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
I know, but he swore me to secrecy on pain of death.
- BLOGBloke
Little Pitstop then I'm off to Treasure Island for Cirque Du Solei. Did I spell that right?
Close. soleil.
- James Williams
BarcampDC3(coming up in Nov) is instituting a Twitter swear jar. Mention it and you gotta drop $1 in, proceeds go to charity.
- James Williams
Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode” - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
mikepk liked this
I've been saying this since they announced their strategy. Repeat of history, MS vs Apple, it doesn't matter if the product is (arguably) inferior to it's competitors, it just have to be good enough and lower cost (or free). Google is playing the part of MS this time. Ironically I think Android may repeat some of the MS missteps too, hardware incompatibility, general flakiness, etc... but it will be free and ubiquitous.
- mikepk
mikepk, I think it will be screen resolution incompatibilities more so than hardware. With 1.6, they rolled out 3 possible sizes for screens. As more devices come out and more screen sizes, making sure stuff looks good on every size screen is going to be a PITA.
- James Williams
I think the number of devices is going to explode and inevitably the number of hw incompatibilities (and varying capabilities) is going to multiply as well. The experience will be uneven, but it will get better over time (like windows). It's a really interesting strategy on the part of Google.
- mikepk
Since the FCC is into investigating things, then they need to check into hotels charging $14 for wifi & ATMs with $5.00 fees. #BWE09
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I don't see why the hotels don't make it ad-ware if they can't give it away for free. Watch an ad, get 2 hrs free access. Local business get eyeballs, hotel gets paid, guests are happy.
- James Williams
And in Vegas hotels, it's the worse wifi ever.
- Admiral Anika
Don't forget the rip off prices of phone calls dollars per minute as well!
- James Stratford
Hmmm, I think I have only used an in-room phone once to make a phone call outside. I've always used cellphones. Before cell-phones were standard, we always made sure our friends were in the same hotel or just had the concierge call out for us.
- Admiral Anika
» @timoreilly: RT @doctorow: The use of "unprotected" to describe DRM-free is very objectionable. Why not "unrestricted?"« "undamaged"
Brian Hill and James Williams liked this
maybe undisturbed, not pillaged/unexploited
- James Williams
wow. it's really, um, raining.
And immediately, everybody in California forgets how to drive.
- Louis Gray
it's like that with snow here in the midwest.
- Harold
it's fun hearing people talk about the storm like it's a natural disaster to someone who has been through stronger tropical depressions.
- James Williams
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