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Robert Scoble posted a message

“I'm at the Chinese Blogger Conference: @davidfong is livetweet translating. #china20”

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hey there Robert...boring? interesting? - Zee from WeDoCreative

It's hard to understand. I don't speak the language. But the people in the back are very interesting. Great vibe. - Robert Scoble

its @davidfeng - Web2Asia

@Web2Asia, sorry, I just copied Shel Israel. - Robert Scoble

Blame it on Shel :) - anna awesomesauce

you've been there a week, you'd think you'd speak fluently by now...jeez... - Zee from WeDoCreative

If you can't understand it then...ok, nevermind! - WorldofHiglet

Looks like someone should've invested some time with Rosetta Stone. - Akiva Moskovitz

any cool tech company addressing the language issue? seems like a huge opportunity to make this country and whats happening more accessible - simonpure

xiha btw, is a very cool cross-alphabet, polyglot social network - anna awesomesauce

:) - Vista

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Robert Scoble posted a message

“Is there a new power law for social media? http://www.ffholic.com/Users.a... says there is. Can you see it?”

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1. Almost everyone on this list rarely participates. - Robert Scoble

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2. Almost everyone on this list is a popular blogger. - Robert Scoble

3. There is a definite tech bent to this list. - Robert Scoble

4. In the first 100 I see only a handful of names that I didn't know a year ago. - Robert Scoble

5. Most of the people on this list have been to at least one conference or event I've attended in past year. - Robert Scoble

And yet the most of use don't really care about them... http://www.ffholic.com/Entries... - Johnny Worthington

So, lessons? 1. it's hard to get onto the top of the popularity lists and wasn't made easier when a new service came out. 2. such lists favor people who network their behinds off at physical events. 3. Participation in FriendFeed helps you move up a little bit, but only if you are both very active and throw interesting content into FriendFeed (like, say, Mona). What else do you learn by looking at this list? - Robert Scoble

Johnny: well, you might claim you don't care about them, but in aggregate I see that most of us follow people who are already popular, not people who actually participate. Of course, since FriendFeed is, at top, an aggregator, just putting your RSS feeds into here is participation, I guess. - Robert Scoble

We do subscribe to them, because they are beacons. But you also have to weigh that list by the amount of 'active' users who subscribe to them. I know of at least 5 people who are members here on FriendFeed, who subscribe to most if not all of the top 20 yet never come on here. The core group is what matters. Those who are recognizable names will always get more follows, but the core of the group http://www.ffholic.com/Users.a... is what drives it. Rankings are always skewed. - Johnny Worthington

I think part of this is that many people use FriendFeed as an aggregator. - Aram Zucker-Scharff via bTT

This list just looks like every top 100 for every mainstream (in tech) online service. It shows that in the main, the top 100 don't use friend feed but send feeds to it, I don't think that = participation, at all. - Kevin Dixie

Kevin: there is a participation effect, though. On Twitter Leo Laporte has twice the followers that I do, but not here. Why? The participation effect. I've gathered quite a few followers by participating here. - Robert Scoble

I agree - participation is key to any community see my example here (a userguide to my community) http://www.fuelmyblog.com/inde... Online has the very same rules as offline and glad you are showing that - Kevin Dixie

FriendFeed is far more of a 'community' than Twitter is, participating here counts for far more than almost anywhere else, however, participation (and how much you participate) is also a lot less visible here, in my opinion. FriendFeed (as a system) favors those who create content to import into the stream, not those who contribute to the community. - Aram Zucker-Scharff

The smart people (like you, Tina, Mona, and others) know better. The result is that being active on the community nets your rewards from the community itself, not the system. Is that a bad thing? - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Kevin : I disagree, when you are sending feeds in FF, you are pointing at us, poor human, what you find interesting. I think this is a kind of participation. Robert is doing that very well (too well ?). The only exception is twitter for me. I find it very hard to follow a twitter conversation here on friendfeed. - Olivier CASTETS

Good discussion. I interact and participate much more on FF than on Twitter. Why? Because FF is a much better tool for enabling engaging communication. I find myself being very careful conversing on Twitter because I feel it's easy to pollute the stream, whereas on FF you can do this without the same effects. - Mark Krynsky

The first thing I notice about the list is that NOBODY on FF has more than 20,000 subscribers. I reach more people through my blog on a regular basis. Is FF really all that influential? It does seem to be a great way to connect with the geek elite, but is that its only value? - Eric Hamilton

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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“One visual that sticks with me from China: Going across Hong Kong border they scanned my temperature in 1/8th of a second. Wild.”

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Do they still show your own full body image as you walk by? When SARS was on everyone's lips, it was interesting watching people go by... some wanted to stop and look, while MANY others wanted to race by without seeing for themselves. It gave new insight to me on the meaning of the cliche "whistling by the graveyard" and how prevalent the desire to hide from the truth is.... and just how wide spread the practice of ignoring symptoms of treatable diseases (until the disease is no longer treatable) might really be. - David HC Soul

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No, the lady walked over, aimed something that looked like a gun, then moved onto the next person in the car. It went so fast I didn't have much time to be freaked out until she was gone. Our driver explained that it was a new kind of thermometer that looked for SARS victims. - Robert Scoble

Too bad... I was fascinated by the image and where all the "hot spots" are - I was trying to decide whether the left side of my face seeming to be distinctly warmer than the right side had any significance when they asked me to move along as I was delaying the line a bit. - David HC Soul

You know how many moms would kill for a thermometer like that? That's even easier that chasing a kid to use that thermometer that goes in the ear. We sure have come a long way from the glass rod with the mercury that goes in the mouth for 5 minutes that was used when I was a kid. - April Russo

sars got that tech going .. disaster=progress - Gregory Lent

i commented on this elsewhere, but moms or anyone else can buy these things now. you can find cheap ones for less than $50, but that is unfortunately still several times more than a cheap drugstore digital thermometer, and the accuracy of the infrared thermometers tends to be only +/- 2 degrees on the cheap ones... you could tell if someone was REALLY feverish but not check for a low-grade fever reliably. - Karim

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"What can you buy in America for $1,000? A flat-screen television, perhaps. A weekend break in the sun. Or a three-bedroom suburban home with stripped wood floors and a garage in the country's motor capital." - Dave Winer via Bookmarklet

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When was that Roger & Me movie made again? - Chris White

Except Roger forgot abot the whole "unions choking the life out of the very members they represent" part... This has nothing to do with the auto industry or the recent economic corrections. It has everything to do with corrupt leadership in the "Motor" city. - Mark VandenBerg

Mark, so you think US auto companies have been turning out quality product for the last 20 years? - Chris White

No, but ward after ward of abandonned houses in Detroit aren't caused by plant closings in Louisville... - Mark VandenBerg

Mark, I plead ignorance. I have no inside knowledge of the Detroit landscape. - Chris White

Chris, the city is currently searching for a new mayor. The last one, Kwame Kilpatrick, is on his way to prison. He is but one of a long line of whack-nut thiefs that have done nothing to improve the city in the last few decades. - Mark VandenBerg

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“In other news, I've been following a ton of smart people over on FriendFeed. @webhat noticed and it made his day.”

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aaww thanks! ;) - ♣genieyclo♣

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Do you realize that in the time you posted my name I already got 7 new Twitter subscribers. And thank you for the comment. :) - Daniel W. Crompton

Daniel: crazy. @liamcasey has 400 in less than a week. - Robert Scoble

Smiling that Robert is using his powers for good, rather than evil ;-) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Tina, who said this isn't evil? :-) - Robert Scoble

if he's good enough for scoble, he's good enough for me - friended! - Adam Singer

Apparently I do =D And I'm guessing those receiving your shoutouts would agree, don't you think? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Tina: one reason why I say it's more important to pick carefully who you are following is just this reason. Why is anyone following someone just because I talked about them? That seems that you're setting yourself up for disappointment. I might not choose the people I'm following as carefully as you might (in fact, I have plenty of evidence that I'm not that careful at all). - Robert Scoble

the fact that Robert follows me is major evidence of his carelessness - Sean Reiser

Yeah, Sean, I've been meaning to talk to you about that! :-) - Robert Scoble

Where are these smart people at? :P - Mathew Ballard

Mathew: you telling me you aren't smart? Damn... - Robert Scoble

Robert, like it or not people respect your opinion. While you following someone may very well not be a recommendation, you specifically mentioning them can be. And that's not a bad thing. FF needs as much positive exposure as it can get, and I'm just happy to see someone with a wider reach doing just that. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

I second what Tina said - Shevonne Polastre

Tina: that is all part of my evil plan! - Robert Scoble

The above is strong evidence that Robert is very happy to be home:) - Mark VandenBerg

Mark: that and I have to do my expenses and I was procrastinating. - Robert Scoble

@Robert Oh! I'm smart, I'm so smart that...well I'm smart! :P - Mathew Ballard

But still I have no idea for an @ profile like webhat : ) Cool! Come on webhat, ff is yours. - Erhan Erdogan

When Robert started following me on FF my feed was dominated by upcoming Massachusetts events and political youtube videos. I've had smarter content since then, but I did notice he wasn't being very selective with follows. :-) - Bruce Lewis

Robert: I hate doing that too... but get on it or you end up with a whole shoe-box full of receipts like I did a couple years ago... Not pretty when I got the call from my accountant! - Mark VandenBerg

Wow you followed my cause I think I am smart, what the heck did I say to deserve that! :-) - Bill Pennington via twhirl

And here comes the unfollow for excessive typos! - Bill Pennington via twhirl

Bill: you linked to Wordpress stuff, that's good enough for me! :-) - Robert Scoble

Glad the bar is set so low :-) - Bill Pennington via twhirl

Bill: that's not a very low bar, if you think about it. How many people in the world would know about wordpress and would link to articles about it? In my experience not many. - Robert Scoble

Fair enough I will try to live up to the inclusion on your list of smart people - Bill Pennington via twhirl

Robert: I didn't mean that as a bad thing (that i friended him just because you friended him) - but the fact that you pointed him out to me meant he was probably interesting. I've friended a few people you pointed out and almost ALL turned out to be great people. It's not a blind follow, I respect your opinion. - Adam Singer

Robert Scoble updated their status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“Back home in Half Moon Bay, working on expenses, getting over jet lag”

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Small world, my best friend lives off of Kelley. - Katie

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Katie: my favorite restaurant, Tres Amigos, is on Kelley. - Robert Scoble

Yes yes...good stuff! We walk there when I visit! - Katie

I used to live right by Tres Amigos. Loved that place. Who needed to cook? - todd

Exactly. I think we eat there at least twice when I visit and I visit once a year at least. And we spend at least every morning at the Coffee Company not as much for the food as much for the meeting spot. - Katie

Katie and todd: makes me think we should do a FriendFeed meetup there soon! - Robert Scoble

If I get up there, I"ll have to mention it. I was hoping for the holidays but I may have to work. - Katie

in shanghai, no jet lag at all :-) - Gregory Lent

Ed Hackney posted a message on Twitter

“Donating blood tomorrow. I don't do it to help the sick, I do it for the free cookies and sticker.”

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Robert Scoble posted a message

“You never hear about Microsoft Dynamics on Twitter or FriendFeed, but when I was in China last week I was watching an entire supply chain switch to it.”

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They picked it because all their developers are .NET ones (PCH in Shenzhen). Big buck deal for Microsoft. - Robert Scoble

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Now is that saying something about Twitter/FriendFeed or about Microsoft Dynamics? =) - RAD Moose

RAD: talking about enterprise software isn't as interesting as cat photos. - Robert Scoble

That's not completely true, lolcatz about enterprise software are fun too :) - Daniel W. Crompton

We are going to start using MS Dynamics for our Help Desk system (Nelnet, Inc. NNI) - Susan Beebe

As a former admin/developer, there really isn't much exciting to talk about - Wayne Arthurton

I kind of wish we'd look into it for our help desk. I hate Remedy (it needs a remedy), and we've already got our heads so far stuck into Outlook, Exchange and SharePoint that it might make sense. I'm no expert on these things, though, so I could be totally wrong. - MiɳiMagɘ (Sexy Scimitar)

Define your terms... Dynamic AX? GP? CRM? We use them all and, as a general rule, they are solid. To anyone contemplating CRM, consider publishing the Outlook client via 2008 Terminal Services. It will make your life much simpler. - John Denver

I think the Microsoft Across America events I attended were CRM. I am rather clueless beyond all that. - MiɳiMagɘ (Sexy Scimitar)

It is popular in India too, especially for small businesses. I know a couple of rapidly growing solution providers implementing and customizing Microsoft apps and not able to keep up with the load. - Dorai

It really does work well with Outlook and thus it makes it easier to go through the same processes. Their early versions were a big buggy when it first came out, but in the last year the program just flies and they did good with it, beats the heck out of SAP if you are already using Outlook by all means. - Barbara Duck

Speaking of SAP things must be a little tight there, working on SAP in "Second life", maybe the customers are more friendly there (grin). SAP has software that goes beyond CRM but that is a large part of it..http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... - Barbara Duck

There's a web based version as well which I have not had time to play around with yet, and I can't remember if it is out of beta yet, but I should connect it to my "Office Live" set up which is solid as a rock and works with the desktop applications very well. - Barbara Duck

Not sure why, but there are some sharp MS-platform minds on Twitter, and there are some sharp MS focused folks here of FF. I'm a mostly MS focused guy and our podcast has plenty of info on it from our collective experience with the products. I guess you just have to find them. - Eric @ CS Techcast

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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“@Bigpaws yeah, the scan was to look for SARS victims, our driver says. It was a new thermometer that scanned very fast. Looked like gun.”

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We used something similar in the restaurant biz to check food temp for safety. Fun toys. - Heather Solos

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tap tap tap ~ How to prevent the App Store from becoming the Crap Store

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"we’re getting to the point where the App Store is in jeopardy of getting destroyed because it’s being overrun with 99¢ shovelware, with an ever growing number of developers competing for a slot in the charts." - Robert Scoble via Bookmarklet

I'd personally like to see developer fees to keep the crap away - Adam

The Top 100 free/paid lists would have to be replaced with something else. Maybe a Digg style system to get on the 'top' list? - Jim Bergman

If u think this is bad u should see the state of 3rd party open source freeware for the Nokia N810 over at maemo.org. - Tokyo Dan via feedalizr

Robert Scoble posted 11 messages on Twitter

“@amarquart is looking for an app to import his "Tweeple" to FriendFeed. I remember there was one, but it crashed on my account.”

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“@PhilBundy: I don't play golf, but if I did I would abstain from physical activity in China. The pollution is unreal. Disgusting, really.”

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John Federico posted a message on Twitter

“Supposed to get a flu shot in the morning. Ick.”

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Robert Scoble posted a message

“On Oct. 20 I had 20,000 followers. Today? 20,963. I don't usually care about followers, but that is Twitter-style growth!”

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I predict Jason Calacanis will be here soon to have a contest for FriendFeed followers. - Robert Scoble

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He's on here and is one of the recommended initial follows. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

heh. I'd be happy to make it to 50 - Alan Simpson

You're like those Swatch-watches back in the 80's...EVERYone had to have one. - Josh Haley

I'm happy if I have toys to play with, I love Social Media and the cool information that's floating round. I just enjoy sharing with people. I did discuss yesterday - with a friend I'm working on a stealth project with - that I really want people I know to subscribe more than I care about the anonymous masses subscribing. My father and a couple of my best friends read my blog, and they are the people I write it for. Now if I could just get them to follow my Twitter or FriendFeed... :) - Daniel W. Crompton

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This is big. - ♣genieyclo♣

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