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Those WERE the droids I was looking for - http://americancopywriter.typepad.com/photos...
Steve Isaacs, Jemm, Steve Spalding and 40 other people liked this
Awesome.
- Neal Jansons
from twhirl
EPIC
- Josh Haley
Love it!
- Mathew A. Koeneker
The first Death Star could have been saved...so many lives lost...
- Josh Haley
My favorite line of Clinton's speech: My mother was born before women could vote, and my daughter voted for her mother for president.
Erik Dafforn liked this
She brought it home. Great speech.
- Erik Dafforn
Google Suggest is Very Recent - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Mike Boudreaux and Erik Dafforn liked this
Good find Steve. But weird that the same thing happens with [obama bayh] and [obama clinton], etc. So I'm curious about how much of it is *reflective* of actual searches and how much is some sort of predictive algo improv...
- Erik Dafforn
Reverse autocomplete - http://www.lkozma.net/autocom...
Alex Sauceda, Ric Johnson, Erik Dafforn and David Silvernail liked this
This has some seriously cool possibilities. I want to see this in every address book search.
- David Silvernail
That's impressive.
- Erik Dafforn
It is super cool. Really smart way to approach the problem, looking to the right and left of the cursor.
- Caleb Elston
Retro Kid Cereals -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - http://www.sun-sentinel.com/feature...
edythe, Brad Fitzpatrick, Erik Dafforn and 2 other people liked this
Things are packaged so blandly these days. I miss yesterday.
- Wm Scott Rees
from Bookmarklet
yeah, but clowns are evil. I would never trust anything from a clown. Their smiles always appear to be sadistic to me.
- RAPatton
That's some old-school, unapologetic sugar love. #23 looks a little like Garry Marshall getting ready for another spinoff.
- Erik Dafforn
I had a chance to work on the redesign for this a few years ago. Not the same tho.
- JoEllen
Somebody at CNN is in BIG trouble! - http://imajin.wordpress.com/2008...
Barak B, Russellreno, Mike Fruchter and 18 other people liked this
I thought we knew exactly how EPIC a FAIL could be. Apparently not!
- Iain Baker
Mandigo?
- Susan Beebe
Where's the "Oh no they didn't!" button?
- Yolanda
At first I figured someone was using spell check and Mandela got changed to Mandingo but I can't reproduce it. Ouch.
- AJ Kohn
Where's The Fish? I think the word "FAIL" fails in this instance.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Pretty bad CNN, pretty bad
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
WTF?! GALACTIC FAIL!
- Corvida
Was this confirmed by other news sources, or is someone just having some fun with HTML? If true, it ranks up there with CNN's Obama=Osama moment. Maybe we should start calling them the Klan News Network.
- Karim
EPIC FAIL. How embarrassing... I thought CNN would have better QC than that.
- Bill Sodeman
@Karim I think "KNN" would be Fox News, but I'll have to see how huge this particular Failure is to know for sure. (Can't see pic, it's blocked @ work.)
- Kamilah Gill
LOL :)
- Mike Reynolds
When was CNN acquired by FOX News?
- Chris Baskind
Perhaps they wanted to write Madiba, which is a fatherly name often used for Mandela.
- Dewald Pretorius
Reminds me of my other favorite : http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickove... (and http://rheasilvia.livejournal.com/4817... -- though I'm just glad they didn't replace it with Sweden)
- John μller
hmm
- Mitchell Tsai
woops... talk about flipping the wrong switch! that was the picture they used early this morning on the "mandela turns 90" story...could get interesting if the lead story / picture continue to change... but at different rates!
- Nancy Babyak
from twhirl
Pictured: The puppy born without front legs who uses toy wheels to get around | Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
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"This tiny puppy may have been born without front legs but there's no way that is holding her back. Hope, the appropriately named two-legged Maltese puppy gets around by using a specially-designed device which features wheels from a model aeroplane. The energetic pup uses her hind legs to boost her body forward onto her chest and operate the wheeled prosthetic limbs."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
oh, my! that is wonderful.
- edythe
i showed this to my mom this morning. and waited for the aw factor....think i'll show my sister now. there is something in us that makes us want to help disabled little animals, birds, turtles etc. esp when they are tiny and have big eyes.
- Caroline
any disabled, wretched creature... Gertie... [sniff] <3
- edythe
no need to be sorry, Rap. I don't mind remembering Gertie. Rambn: i guess i meant creature more in the sense of "woodland."
- edythe
Sorry about Gertie, I did not think about that.
- RAPatton
Another good example of adaptive technology!
- Bill Sodeman
So cool that even the sensory-motor brain maps in dogs can adapt to almost any situation. Puts limits on chasing cars, though.
- Tom Landini
As a suave ad exec on Mad Men, Jon Hamm is hitting it big - http://www.wmagazine.com/celebri...
edythe, Erik Dafforn, Tödd Nëmët and 2 other people liked this
From the W Magazine article: "In a sea of nerdy Apatow boys and Oprah-fied touchy-feely types, he is the embodiment of macho individualism."
- Ginger Makela Riker
from Bookmarklet
I love the show; was very pleased it got renewed. It's not just Hamm. What I find so compelling about the show is how all the characters reveal in various ways how impossible they've become in this day and age. Yet, it's not set that long ago. Very interesting perspective.
- Madsimian
They say he is the in the remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still." That will introduce him to a healthy sized audience.
- RAPatton
Oh, goody. Glad to hear that he's moving into movies.
- Ginger Makela Riker
Too bad he doesn't get to say "Klaatu Barada Nikto" in it.
- RAPatton
Hamm is fantastic, and first season of Mad Men was almost hypnotically good. Can't wait for more.
- Eric Berlin
I've got to hand it to their PR machine - it's in overdrive lately.
- Carla Thompson
What I Learned about My Dad and Heroism While Choking at Arby’s - http://www.hyperrealmedia.com/blog...
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Dan Hsiao, Thomas Brox Røst, Raoul Pop and 38 other people liked this
This is a Father's Day tribute I wrote for my Dad. Happy Father's Day, Ron Makela!
- Ginger Makela Riker
Good job.
- RAPatton
Very nice.
- Erik Dafforn
Very nice blog! Us fathers do go the extra mile no matter what the embarasment.. Key in point walking out of Kung Fu Panda the other night with 1-year-old throw up all over me.
- Chris Reed
The word "Like" isn't enough.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Agreed Harvey! I myself looked for this very post on FriendFeed after commenting on the blog, just to say how I loved it! Thanks Ginger!
- directeur
Chris: Why only "US" fathers? :(
- directeur
awesome picture, by the way. (in the tub for some reason. dad looking kinda bored)
- Ňicķ
Consider this a way too good to let it get buried bump
- Michael W. May
thanks everyone! i should have had a caption for the picture: that's a pic my mom took after we walked around washington dc all day on the fourth of july and our feet were so blistered we had to soak them in the tub.
- Ginger Makela Riker
Great post, Ginger. I miss working with you, but I'm glad your time is freed up for reflections like these.
- Tödd Nëmët
oh, Ginger. That was terrifying! But worth it. And I love the picture, too. I have thought about the embarrassment I would feel if I started choking or drowning somewhere public...but I am not sure if it occurred to me that everyone might be immobile with fear. scary.
- edythe
In addition to everything else said here, your brother is clearly a badass.
- Erik Dafforn
Very moving post... Dad's are amazing! I am annoyed by all those brain-frozen dummies working at Arby's
- Susan Beebe
@directeur Chris means "we fathers", not U.S. fathers, I believe.
- Anne Bouey
Beautiful story, Ginger - thank you.
- Vince DeGeorge
Thanks @Anne and sorry @Chris :)
- directeur
Our Twins' Countdown Enters 20 Day Window - http://www.louisgray.com/live...
BCK, Glenn Slaven, Jason Dettbarn and 26 other people liked this
You're home free at this point, for all intents and purposes. Most of the twins in my world - and for some reason there are several - were born from 32-34 weeks. And all are healthy and happy. So excited for you! Life is about to get very interesting for you guys. On that note, we should start a FF room for baby advice once they arrive. You may need a place to vent and ask opinions.
- Carla Thompson
I almost forgot. Buy two of these posthaste. http://www.miracleblanket.com/
- Carla Thompson
I had to create it myself so that it would have the right name: http://friendfeed.com/rooms...
- Cyndy
Nice! I'll add the first item to it as a christening.
- Carla Thompson
Now the real question is, are we going to add the REAL parenting advice or just the stuff you tell first-time parents so as not to frighten them?
- Cyndy
OMG, some of my favorite e-mails include Carla's "observations" after her first daughter was born. The room is a fantastic idea and you have to keep it "real."
- Shellee
Shellee, in the interest of FriendFEED I think you should share them. Just for giggles. ;)
- Cyndy
My general rule: before they're born, keep it polite and only share the nice stuff. After: all bets are off. It's honesty time.
- Carla Thompson
You're about to witness a moment of happiness that is unmatched and indescribable. Think of winning the World Series, the lottery and Scrabble on Facebook all at the same time. ... That said, the best advice now is one word: Sleep. This weekend, no alarm clock - just sleep in. Spend the whole weekend in bed if need be. It will be ages before you do again.
- Chris Reed
@Chris Please define "ages." Oldest is 8.5 and the only weekend I've spent in bed I was sicker than a dog and still had to drag boxes of cereal to the children.
- Cyndy
@Carla and @Cyndy... bring it on. We can have fun with this.
- Louis Gray
LOL Louis. I'm not sure... I've had friends tell me that conversations with me are effective birth control.
- Cyndy
@Cyndy: Ages as in I think they have to age and leave the house, then you get to sleep again.
- Chris Reed
That's what I was afraid. of. :(
- Cyndy
Charlie makes a really good name - Boy or Girl ... :)
- Charlie Anzman
Lots of twinnage here at FF!. Our boys were born @ 34 weeks, after 6 weeks of very scary hospital-based pre-term labor. Now they're almost 4 and I can't imagine life without them. To be honest, I remember about 8 minutes of their first 6 months. I agree with Chris Reed. Take a nap. Now. Not because you want to, but because you can. Once they arrive, try to eat right, because it will be very tempting not too, and you need a lot of resources to battle your imminent lack of sleep.
- Erik Dafforn
I agree with the others here..take a nap. Right now. Once your twins arrive, you'll soon be posting on - 'What is this 'rest' you speak of?' :)
- MiaD
hmm.. at present you've got 143 comments and 162 likes this week. my prediction is after 20 days from now you never hit these numbers again. :)
- Jeremy Toeman
My wife is 30 weeks pregnant with twin girls so we're getting closer too. And we have a 13 month old daughter. Yes, we are crazy.
- Jason Dettbarn
@Jason Yes, yes, you are. Certifiable even. Although I have maintained since #2 that if ANY of our kids had ever made it to 2 without me being pregnant again, we'd only have one child. ;)
- Cyndy
The only things I tell myself (to stay sane) is: we get through the next year or two we'll be golden; after this we're done having kids, so why not get it over now?!; they'll all be great playmates in a short time so we won't have to entertain as much... ahh, heck, who am I kidding? We are crazy.
- Jason Dettbarn
Well, golden until the teenage years. Then I'll be taking up the shooting range as a hobby to scare off the boys.
- Jason Dettbarn
Before our first was born, my wife had this thing: It would be two kids or four, no odd numbers (could have been from my being a middle child for a while). So after our first son was born, she said "2!" and I knew exactly what she meant.
- Chris Reed
@Jason Ohohohoho. Hee hee hee. hoo. Sorry... I laughed til I cried. Four kids here in 3.5 years. Sorry to burst your bubble, but no, sir, you will not be "golden" in a "year or two." I look back on those days with three in diapers where some stayed where they were put with great longing.
- Cyndy
@Cyndy and Jason: As I sat there last night, taking my eyes off of my 1.5 year old son for only seconds to watch a small snippet of the basketball game, only to find him seconds later pouring yogurt and milk all over the coffee table, the remotes, my lap, his lap, and the floor, I also longed for the days of waking up every three hours in the middle of the night to feed the monster, change the monster, and put him down again. "Hulk Smash" has nothing on "Toddler Smash." Still, I love every minute.
- Rob Reed
@Cyndy delusional? maybe. but it's all I got left. ;-) What I mean was more getting used to the routine and actually having 3 kids, without going insane and destroying our relationship first. I think if we survive the first year or two, we'll be able to handle it no problem. Thanks for the insight!
- Jason Dettbarn
"getting used to the routine and actually having 3 kids" Darnit, that was another hysterical laughing fit. And I think you made me wake up the only child who is actually napping!
- Cyndy
Well, I guess I'll stop commenting here... sorry to hijack your comments Louis. Obviously every family of 3+ is exactly the same, so I should stop pretending things *might* be OK.
- Jason Dettbarn
Sorry, Jason. Mine isn't the only big family I know and we unanimously agree that we lost our sanity LONG ago. My kids have friends in another family with 4 and two with 6 kids each and "ain't none of us right."
- Cyndy
Hijack all you want. The thread's yours for the taking. I don't "own" the comments. :-)
- Louis Gray
Good luck, Louis! My nephew just arrived last night (about 2-3 weeks ahead of "schedule") -- a healthy baby!
- Andy Sternberg
I was on hold & singing along to the 'on hold' music. The lady came back to the phone and caught me.
R. Ferguson, Leo Laporte, ha3rvey (wants confit) and 6 other people liked this
I hope it was a respectable song; if you were singing to Air Supply then, well, you still have your health.
- RAPatton
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York was the song. She did offer to put me back on hold.
- Michelle Marie Miller
Nothing to be embarrassed about; that song has some panache!
- RAPatton
guilty. But, I'd rather get caught singing than snoozing. Yes, I've been on hold long enough that I fell asleep.
- Yolanda
Make sure you give her a confirmation number.
- TranceMist
too funny - why i resisted Ipods-I would be singnig at the top of my lungs and ppl looking at me like an Idol reject
- R. Ferguson
Leaving Yahoo! - http://feeds.zawodny.com/~r...
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Good luck at your new gig!
- Phil G
From somebody who's Internet experience has been heavily influenced by you (you were one of the first blogs I ever followed), best of luck and I look forward to seeing the results of your new opportunity!
- Damon Cortesi
from twhirl
yahoo won't be the same without you.. :(
- Augusto Becciu
from twhirl
Just to hope you all good to your new work, whatever it is.
- Daniel Schildt
Where are you going? Anywhere we've heard of?
- Tony Ruscoe
Jeremy. Good luck. I can only echo what Damon said above
- Deepak Singh
good luck
- Andreas Gohr
:)
- Sarath
from Alert Thingy
shocked. And happy for you :)
- John μller
woo. crazy. all the best to you.
- SolidSmack
from twhirl
Congrats on a huge move, and all the best, Jeremy. You'll be deeply missed as a Yahoo, even by those of us that don't work there.
- DeWitt Clinton
Welcome to the ex-Yahoo club, Jeremy, and congratulations on the move. Looking forward to seeing what comes next for you.
- Ryan Kuder
Congrats!
- Ginger Makela Riker
Best of luck!
- Mike Reynolds
Who's the next lucky one to hire you!? :)
- directeur
Good luck!
- Matt Wood
Reading this in Friendfeed. Doesn't seem appropriate to "like" it. More "ackknowledge that it is news". You seemed like a force for good in a good company Jeremy.
- Scott Koon
from twhirl
Congratulations ;) What's next ? Google or Own project ;)
- David Berrebi
from twhirl
@Jeremy startup please!! ;-)
- Erhan
He said a 'smaller' company. So that rules out Google.
- Adewale Oshineye
Best of luck Jeremy !
- Charlie Anzman
Good luck Jeremy, can't wait to see what your up to next.
- Barry Schwartz
Wow! All the best man!
- Robert Cooper
from twhirl
Wow! Good luck Jeremy!
- Niranjan Tulpule
The problem with having an ! in your company name is people always sound so excited when they write about leaving
- Christian Anderson
oh, dear.
- edythe
Good Luck, Jeremy.
- Krishnan Subramanian
All the best to you Jeremy....I'm looking forward to the next chapter. in your book.
- Jerry Chacon
Good luck and thank you for your great work at Yahoo! I always enjoyed the developer video podcasts you did.
- Lars Trieloff
After Yahoo-Google deal day; I understand better why more than 59 people have "Like"d a leaving post :-)
- Erhan
CONNECTICUT; Judge Rules That Police Can Bar High I.Q. Scores - New York Times - http://query.nytimes.com/gst...
Anne Bouey, TranceMist, Jeff Quinton and 9 other people liked this
"Judge Dorsey ruled that Mr. Jordan was not denied equal protection because the city of New London applied the same standard to everyone: anyone who scored too high was rejected."
- Paul Buchheit
Wow. So if they made it so nobody with blue eyes could become a policeman and rejected everyone with blue eyes, that's not discrimination?
- Robert Seidman
I think the key is that the intelligent are not a protected class. It's pretty funny that they automatically exclude people based on IQ tests though.
- Paul Buchheit
Regardless of the legality of excluding smart people, wouldn't you be pissed if you lived in New London and you found out that they were actually turning away potential public servants because they were too smart?
- Keith Pelczarski
@Keith - exactly. And bypassing the whole question of legality, I'd love to see the testing and rationale behind that policy. What is it about "smart" people that makes them bad police officers?
- Erik Dafforn
They'll be promoted quickly and take the top jobs from the existing "leadership"?
- Dan Hsiao
Brilliant ... discrimination against smart people cuz we don't want *those* guys protecting our country. They're too smart and won't eat donuts everyday! DOH!
- Susan Beebe
Blue eyes are not a protected class either, but I'd be really interested to know how they legally justify that rejecting high intelligence is a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ).
- LogEx
Interesting. I haven't read the article but my off-the-cuff guess would be that the police dept don't want people who are too smart or clever.. a lot of police jobs are insanely boring and perhaps invite the sort of techniques you see in the movie "training day"
- Phil G
The City of New London contends that applicants who score too high on a pre-employment test are likely to become bored in patrol jobs, and leave the force soon after the city has paid to train them. Similar cutoffs, it turns out, are frequently used by employers when they are looking for workers who must follow rigid procedures, including bank tellers, customer service representatives and security guards. http://tinyurl.com/5t2jbz
- A.T.
Oh man, this opens the door for discussion of police intellect.
- TranceMist
Will Brands Figure Out FriendFeed? - http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2008...
Phil Crissman, Susan Beebe, Dieter Schwarz and 14 other people liked this
I think they will it's just a matter of time. It's already happening on Facebook and Myspace. With the amount of growth FF has had, I'm sure the time is near. It will take one major brand to be the catalyst.
- Mike Fruchter
The thing with social media is that it takes a presence and continuing effort. My guess is that most companies will have trouble getting over their core marketing instincts. Press releases, ads, planned events with a defined duration, employee turnover and quarterly results changing the marketing approaches. Becoming a "presence" on places like FriendFeed, Facebook, Twitter, etc. is really different for them.
- Hutch Carpenter
Hutch, great post. I totally agree that this is going to require brands to change how they think -- to get out of the broadcast + "campaign" mindset -- that social media "marketing" is going to be, as you said, a continuing effort.
- Ginger Makela Riker
Let me echo Ginger's comments -- very nicely written. Agree that *sustaining* an effort and jumping into the conversation without fear and paranoia seems to be the hard part. I just don't think that most non-tech corporate hierarchies are cut out for that (yet) -- even in marketing, which is traditionally a little more experimental. You also need a company that isn't afraid to venture into a realm that isn't *instantly* measurable. Too few of those.
- Erik Dafforn
Friendfeed still has less than 0.1% the traffic of Facebook or MySpace. Anyway, I thought hired shills ("viral marketers") were (seriously) current best practice for social media marketing.
- ⓞnor
jacksonfish.com -- I am there right now and they get it. Watch for them to participate soon. They have one of the top designers in the world working for them.
- Robert Scoble
oooo. jacksonfish.com looks super cool.
- Ginger Makela Riker
@Ginger - thanks! You said it right: broadcast + campaign is what it's all about today.
- Hutch Carpenter
@Robert - Jackson Fish Market has to be one of the coolest agencies out there - I love looking at their work.
- Steven Hodson
@Erik - and the the thing is, it really only takes a couple of employees to get started in this. For companies with 10,000+ employees, it seems to have a fairly low hurdle to get going. The employees would have to be well trained, understand the different facets of the company's business, and have the temperament to participate.
- Hutch Carpenter
@ⓞnor - True, true. FriendFeed doesn't yet rank with the big boys in traffic. But maybe that makes it a good place to get your feet wet. As for the viral marketing specialists - I'd guess they are more about maximizing the YouTube/Digg/StumbleUpon worlds, less about interacting with the market. Right?
- Hutch Carpenter
@Robert - I think it'd be fun to see a company engaging folks here. If you know jacksonfish.com is on FF, let everyone know.
- Hutch Carpenter
Bizarrely, both Kennedy and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald are believed to have been reading Bond novels the night before Kennedy was killed
Erik Dafforn and edythe liked this
FeedBurner, when I click "remember me" I mean for longer than a couple hours, please.
Erik Dafforn, Mark Trapp, Dobromir Hadzhiev and 4 other people liked this
sigh. so true.
- edythe
And while we're on the subject, I've never seen a site that tucks away its critical links so much. Even if you are signed in, going to feedburner.com takes you to a promo page, with a tiny, tiny 'my feeds' link tucked into the top left corner. Really, I'm signed in. I know what FeedBurner is. You don't have to sell me on it. You just have to make it easier for me to use it.
- Kevin Fox
HBO joining forces with FunnyorDie - Variety - http://www.variety.com/article...
Erik Dafforn and RAPatton liked this
From the Variety article by Cynthia Littleton: "Pay cabler has bought a small equity stake in the 2-year-old comedy website and has commissioned 10 half-hours of programming from Funny or Die as part of the deal. The wide-ranging pact also envisions the two sides partnering on a host of future projects, from the live comedy tours that Funny or Die is developing to a possible Funny or Die-branded programming block on one of HBO's offshoot channels."
- Ginger Makela Riker
Some of the "high five" vids there made my throat hurt I laughed so hard.
- Erik Dafforn
How Friendfeed will Change PR and Marketing - http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008...
Nick Defina, Tapio Liller, Roy Montero and 37 other people liked this
This is great article Steve, I agree FriendFeed is amazing
- Lasse
Deleted a comment because of language.
- Steve Rubel
from fftogo
Steve, I like your action/comment above almost as much as the post. ;)
- Kevin C. Tofel
First weeks I wasnt a FF-addict but now , I read less blogs and more pertinents things.
- Jonathan
I look forward to reading Steve's follow-up articles.
- Chris Rossini
Liked. Steve, you do know how to end an article making us want more... And I empathize with your thoughts. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming into Facebook and similar sites, and I still hate them. FF just seems so much more natural.
- Erik Dafforn
FriendFeed's conversational threads are what make it fantastic
- Glenn Batuyong
FF fits into my work style better than Twitter as it stays up in a window but out of the way when I'm working. the recommendation aspect cuts down on surfing time and makes me more productive. The aggregation weights the posts and aloows us to see what's important.
- Robin Whitson
PR and Marketing will be automated :-) start changing those job diescriptions
- John Furrier
Very happy FriendFeed stayed up and fast through the WWDC. Good work, everyone at the FriendFeed HQ!
Tyler Gillies, Mohamed J, Arjun and 114 other people liked this
rock solid
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Go FriendFeed!!!! EPIC WIN!
- Steve Isaacs
FriendFeed was rock solid throughout. Way to go Bret, Paul, and the rest of the FriendFeed team.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
I never had any doubts. Nice job, guys.
- Louis Gray
Love Ya Friendfeed!
- Parth Awasthi
from twhirl
Indeed ! that's was very nice! Have you done anything special about this Bret? (Like twitter's folks)
- directeur
very nice. anyone could guess Friendfeed would make it.
- SolidSmack
from twhirl
way to keep the fail whales away
- Jeremy Raines
We did move a few things around, but nothing temporary - the event inspired us to optimize a few things we had been meaning to optimize anyway.
- Bret Taylor
yay scalability!
- Neha Narula
Bret: Big! Congrats! You've done a very nice job ! :)
- directeur
I guess that I will be hanging out with ya'll for the rest of the day. :)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
FriendFeed FTW!
- mathew ingram
unlike the oh so much stress Twitter will be having FriendFeed will be up and running
- Outsanity
I'd like to second this notion: well done Friendfeed, you guys have your shit together and I respect that.
- ryangraves
Rob (Radez) actually just said the same thing. Good work, guys!
- Gabor Cselle
Even wordpress hosted sites are down! FF is well hosted and manged!
- Lakshman Prasad
from twhirl
well done you guys.
- Tsega Dinka
Me think FriendFeed cousin Googawl...
- directeur
It rocked... simply the best place for live updates.
- Vince DeGeorge
FF rox!
- anna sauce
This was great! FF had updates faster than the folks liveblogging the event.
- Jennifer Dittrich
ya, man, FriendFeed Rocks!
- Ralph Poole
from twhirl
Kudos..It was your stress test
- Varun Mahajan
nothing beats FF!
- Dieter Schwarz
FriendFeed triumphs yet again
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
well done! friendfeed deserves all the hype it can get!
- Chris Hofmann
Does it count as hype if it's true?
- Amit Patel
pity we cannot say the same for twitter :)
- Photo Larry
from twhirl
Amit: A wise man once said it isn't bragging if it is true.
- Russellreno
Why This 55 Year Old White Lifelong Republican Wants Obama To Win - http://reddit.com/goto...
Casey, zsafwan , Jason Dettbarn and 5 other people liked this
America needs more people who think like this.
- Mohamed J
"Obama does not play on our fears" I think this was a pretty good statement and I wish many politicians (especially in Italy) would learn this from Obama. You need to show people the vision for a better future that is not about putting fears but life at the center.
- Davide D'Incau
Doesn't it seem odd that McCain is up against him? Doesn't seem to be a fair fight for the presidency, what happened with the republican party?
- Kyle Weller
McCain has the best chances against Obama. Who else should there be? Huckabee or Romney? You gotta be kidding! McCain is the Republican's best chance against Obama, but they have a serious personnel problem in general. Think about the people in the Republican party - there isn't one serious potential candidate in the Republican party for the future.
- sebmos
I was a Ron Paul fan for a bit, it was funny how McCain reacted when questioned by Paul about numerous topics, he never knew how to answer his questions and always changed the subject. If this happens with Obama vs McCain it will be a joke.
- Kyle Weller
I believe Obama will be the president, because McCain is a joke. I think Obama will make a fool out of him don't you?
- Kyle Weller
"I think we all vote on an emotional level, whatever we say about our "reasons." "
- Clare Dibble
Muzik
- viki saigal
I am an Indian, living in Singapore and I think Obama rocks ! Need to get me a Yes we can tee
- viki saigal
@Kyle: You don't think this country would elect a joke?
- Amit Patel
I agree with sebmos, McCain was a surprisingly good choice for the Republican party.
- Kevin D. White
A doctor I met today, an articulate, educated young black man born in Jamaica, mentioned in passing that he was politically conservative. I wanted to ask if he supported McCain or what, but, you know, there were other things to discuss. Anyway, if so, he would have been the perfect opposite.
- ⓞnor
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Did you get a picture of the stage for her portfolio?
- Erik Dafforn
Social media's uphill advertising climb - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10...
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From the CNET article by Stefanie Olsen: "One member of the audience, an executive from news site Topix, asked the panelists when a major advertiser would announce plans to spend $20 million sponsoring AOL or Facebook. Bedecarre answered that that kind of deal doesn't translate on Facebook because brands are too used to ads that broadcast to, instead of engage, audiences. They're still not willing to spend many millions of dollars on major Web sites, he said. "It hasn't happened yet because big advertisers and agencies haven't let go of advertisements. They like to buy lots of ads," he said, referring to commercials."
- Ginger Makela Riker
One thing that struck me while reading this short article is that services like FriendFeed really depend on the financial success of traditional web 2.0 services and content providers like Twitter, YouTube, and millions of bloggers and news services. FF is the connective tissue or glue or whatever. Do you guys agree?
- Ginger Makela Riker
exactly. Friendfeed is a nexus, a hub of sorts.
- RAPatton
A hub yes,but eventually they want to make money,right?
- Anthony Farrior
If Friendfeed goes the advertisement route it needs to use a very soft touch. I'd almost recommend doing it like an Old TV Show: X brought to you by Y in the logo at the top; like the Rose Bowl presented by Citi. FriendFeed presented by Google or Ebay or Microsoft or Flickr (or another service that feeds in). Like the Rosebowl the sponsors could change over time or even per page click. This may not be the best moneterization option, but it also wouldn't kill the goose.
- RAPatton
"They like to buy lots of ads," he said, referring to commercials." ... And at the same time, I have a friend who sells ads on Bravo TV, and he told me that DVRs have advertisers totally freaking out. He said they even shoot 30-second ads now with an eye toward what they'll look like sped up during fast-forward. So even the "safe" mediums are no longer reliable.
- Erik Dafforn
@RAPatton: I think this is a nice strategy. Right now the CTR on blog/community/social platform space is pretty dismal. Some major advertisers simply don't want to buy in these arenas because folks have trained themselves to ignore the ads. The context of these new mediums is conversation and dialog which is tough to target unless you're tagging individual items for ad targeting. The sponsorship route might make more sense and could help advertisers understand that it's not about CTR but about brand equity.
- AJ Kohn
Agree w @RAPatton & @AJ. Also, while the main Friendfeed river would be very hard to target for contextual (or even global) ads, it seems like individual FF rooms could be very easy. If Rooms gain momentum, I can see all sorts of special-interest rooms popping up. If I were BlackBerry, for example, it would be worth a lot to be on every screen of the "BlackBerry Curve" room. Same goes for their competitors.
- Erik Dafforn
@Erik: Yes! Rooms would be a nice targeted area. Tagged by keyword so FF could match rooms to advertisers. Wildhare idea: perhaps FF does a revshare with the creators/contributors to that room? That could lead to abuse, but it is essentially giving some incentive to influencers to talk about a topic in a certain place.
- AJ Kohn
"brands are too used to ads that broadcast to, instead of engage, audiences" That has been my experience as well. Brands and agencies are generally not interested or not prepared to engage in a conversation. Engagement or as John Battelle says "conversational marketing" is hard work and risky. There are usually strong incentives for both parties to avoid the work and the risk. As long as marketing departments are funded without regard to performance this will continue to be the case.
- Kevin D. White
i think .. this is still true. good article.
- Dh'ennis Dömingö
@kevin d, ginger: but if they could pull off true "conversational marketing" i think the payoff would be huge. esp on a site like friendfeed.
- edythe
Iraqi interpreters maimed during U.S. combat can't get prosthetics - http://www.denverpost.com/breakin...
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From the Denver Post article by Bruce Finley: "In Baghdad, Diyar al-Bayati risked his life as the eyes and ears for Americans struggling to navigate a bewildering situation. He accompanied soldiers on more than 200 combat missions, coaxing suspicious Iraqis, forging alliances and — beyond his interpreter duties — regularly taking up arms to fight alongside U.S. troops. When a roadside bomb in a 2006 ambush blew off his legs, al-Bayati kept firing at his unit's attackers until he lost consciousness. Today, al-Bayati wonders why nobody — neither the government nor its contractors — is assuming long-term responsibility for him and hundreds of other seriously wounded interpreters who served the United States in Iraq."
- Ginger Makela Riker
One reason for this is that the government is trying to shed responsibility for the veterans as well. I read an article a few weeks ago which documented cases where soldiers were declared mentally ill and discharged, so they wouldn't have to be treated properly.
- Raoul Pop
I heard the same thing as Raoul - I don't think the US Government is treating either well
- Sally Church
from Alert Thingy
Failed President, Failed War, Failed Government... this is NOT who America is!
- Vince DeGeorge
Anything to keep the numbers of casualties and the overall cost down I guess...truly sad. Here is the article (or one of them) on the re-diagnosing of war wounds as mental disorders. http://www.thenation.com/doc...
- cmiper
Amen, Vince. Our country CAN be better than this. It must.
- Adam Lasnik
You should join the Newsvine.com and write an article about this to get the issue more traction! There are some good contributers on that network and you can start a whole debate! Let me know if you do and I will ask some of the other users to join in. Some of the users contributing there are AP reporters. http://www.newsvine.com/
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
I don't know that our government has ever treated its veterans as compassionately as it could or should.
- edythe
i am sorry, Patricia. You and your father deserve better.
- edythe
Is it that bad... :(
- Daniel Schildt
This is unconscionable. Hmm, know this may be a little quixotic, but the Nightly News with Brian Williams has covered related though different stories, seems a channel that could provide appropriate coverage and broad audience. May be worth some of us pinging with request for coverage to them at nightly@nbc.com . I'll ping Credo (fka Working Assets) as well, they've been very responsive in the past and can be helpful channel in getting calls/emails from members to their congressional leadership.
- Casey
Oh, when I said 'this' I was speaking broadly to include veterans as well. Patricia, sorry to hear of your family's treatment, not right.
- Casey
چقدر دردناك :(((
- mhmazidi
As a translator/interpreter I have to admit the support in this line is almost nonexistent …not that the soldiers are supported any better …one would think…well I don't know … it's a strange world
- Selma
I'm sorry to say that but... yet another line to my long-standing point "US looks more and more like USSR before it cease to exist" - been there, done that
- A.T.
Mad Men Season 2 Premieres July 20! - http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men...
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And check out the DVD box set design for season 1: genius. (Also, Jon Hamm and Christina "The Bombshell" Hendricks are on this week's cover of Entertainment Weekly).
- Ginger Makela Riker
Thanks Ginger! Everyone loves it so I just bought it. It is cheaper on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Men... Now if I can only find time to watch it!
- RAPatton
Yeah you're right! it's $31.95 on amazon. I just like the pic of the flip-top "lighter" in action.
- Ginger Makela Riker
One of my favorite shows ever. I find the idea of assuming an entirely new identity fascinating and somehow very American. Beautiful Mine by RJD2 is my ring tone. Also, this show has my favorite dialogue ever: "How do you sleep?" "On a bed of money."
- Tödd Nëmët
WOW. Thanks for this. I've been waiting to hear about the premier date. This show is the moral car wreck I just can't look away from. Todd -- yes, don't you love Don's interactions with the beatniks?
- Erik Dafforn
Doh. It premieres July 27, not July 20 (wishful thinking).
- Ginger Makela Riker
I'm concerned that I'm too liberal of a "liker". 194 likes this week alone!
Gary Fredrick, Anthony Farrior, Shey, Jamaican of FF and 13 other people liked this
"Like" doesn't always mean "like" when you can only express one response!
- Kenneth LeFebvre
It costs you nothing and may make people happy, so why not? As long as you are sincere in your likes bless as many as you can.
- RAPatton
Maybe we need a "Like" button and a "LIKE" button. It's an important difference.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Maybe there could also be a "like like" button and a "like, but not IN like" button, too?
- Mark Trapp
I could wear out a mouse if we had a "like, but not IN like" button.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
How about 5 stars?
- Kenneth LeFebvre
It's an item, and it's a like, but it's not an item like.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
It seems pretty flexible. Sometimes "like" might just mean, "I like this statement/link/article." Other times it might mean, "This is brilliant," or "I agree with this," or, "This is funny," or "This is horrible but it's important" (e.g., maybe for a news story about a catastrophe). Do we need a different button for each of those things? There are times when I wish there were, but in practice I think we filter these meanings out on our own from the context...
- Phil Crissman
Considering that I always see them, I know I like your likes, so keep it up with the liberal liking, you left-wing liker.
- Vince DeGeorge
Aw, dang, and I here I thought I was acquiring a rare resource ;)
- Adam Lasnik
I had 2008 likes this week.
- Mike Reynolds
Jeez Mike, how many subscriptions do you have? Or do you like everything?
- Mark Trapp
324 here and still going strong... I wouldn't worry about it. Just keep doing what you've been doing and enjoy the experience.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
liking is part of the fun and the interaction.
- edythe
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Hope it works!
- Vince DeGeorge
Test was a success! Nice!
- Vince DeGeorge
Cool - worked for me as well (note to self, remove contact details block from email...)
- Nigel Eccles
Just tried it and it was very fast. Is this your site, Vince?
- Erik Dafforn
Nope, I'm certainly not that smart :)
- Vince DeGeorge
Wnat to know what's going on in the world of new (social) media during the last three years? Look no further: http://www.businessweek.com/magazin...
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Good summary. The slide show all but wrote the epitaph on Technorati's gravestone, which is sort of surprising.
- Erik Dafforn
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