Facebook is still the most useful new web project for me. I keep up with all of my old friends and current friends there. It's only boring to people who like to be on the cutting edge of the web. - Andrew Burd
Holy Cow!! Congrats on reaching 100,000,000 Facebook users - that's simply awesome!! yeah!! very impressive milestone!! :) - Susan Beebe
From Boing Boing: "Extreme ironing might be the coolest sport that didn't make it into the Olympics this year. Started over a decade ago by UK knitwear factory worker Phil Shaw, it requires four simple criteria: a man, an iron, an ironing board, and a crazy natural environment that makes people think, holy crap I can't believe he's ironing on that thing! Shaw calls extreme ironing "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt."" - Mark Trapp via Bookmarklet
For anyone who loves Cheryl Mendelson's Laundry or Home Comforts books - Phil Wolff
It's really interesting how the current UI, not having undergone any "Wow it's all different" iterations, is so similar yet different from where we started. - Kevin Fox via Bookmarklet
It reminds me how much I dislike JPG for screenshots :) - Paul Buchheit
It took me a while to figure out what was going on here, until I realized you'd Bookmarket-ed a blog post from *2004*! That's ancient history, man! - Paul Wilcox
Great to see you had a Prius label in 2004 :) - Roshan Vyas
Archive is nice :D it is very interesting to see the evolution. Thanks Paul :) - Harun Baris Bulut
I love the fact the delete button wasn't introduced yet. I tell people about this and they don't believe me - Derek Coatney
not being able to delete was a bit strange, I remember. - Josh Haley
Delete was there from day one -- it was just in the "more actions..." menu. - Paul Buchheit
Is there any important feature in today's Gmail that hasn't been envisioned from the beginning? - Ionut
That's an interesting question. I guess it depends on your definition of "important" and "beginning". In the very beginning, the only definite vision was to make something "better". However, pretty much everything in there today had been prototyped or at least talked about well before launch (see the chat integration in http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-c... for example). As usual, coming up with the ideas is easy, but fitting them cleanly into the product is hard. - Paul Buchheit
The funny part about this is I was being sort of snarky but didn't really mean for Kevin to post the thing about the bandwidth. I had a legacy server in the Google datacenter from the Blogger acquisition that I was using to host shellen.com and evhead.com. Kevin went ahead and made screenshots of that thread anyway. :) I got a few angry comments from people on my blog that I was 'stealing from Google'. This is why the internet needs a sarcasm mark. - Jason Shellen
Yeah, I actually recalled that faux pas when I reblogged this now. 'Oops!' Psst, you don't still have that server in a Google datacenter, do you? FriendFeed could always use some free bandwidth... - Kevin Fox
I just assumed FriendFeed was being hosted from servers in a Google datacenter anyway. They wouldn't really miss the bandwidth anyway, would they? ;-) - Tony Ruscoe
"You wonder, could you really be that much of a nobody, that no one would even read your email?
Yep. You could." - Josh Haley
"The secret to building a popular blog isn’t just writing tons of brilliant content. It’s also having tons of well-connected friends" ... it is high school forever. and ever. and ever. - Gregory Lent
do your clients deserve your full attention just because they pay for it? Or do they have to earn your attention by being sociable, thoughtful, purposeful? - Phil Wolff via Alert Thingy
They're the only things Americans are winning gold in. - Sprague D
I heard those are the only events they put on TV because they are the only ones that Americans will sit thru commercials for. - mike
i so want to see excellent coverage of fencing. slow things down 10 times, show who has the initiative, enable thrust-by-thrust commentary. - Phil Wolff via Alert Thingy
Phil, you want Olympic Variety? Go online. They are putting up about 2,200 hours of Olympic sports. TV is only for the big audience pleasers. Phelps. Phelps. Phelps. And more Phelps. :-) - Robert Scoble
i agree. that's what brings in the ratings though. that's what nbc is interested in otherwise they'd show the events live - Cee Bee
I'd also suggest DVRing the daytime coverage. Lots of variety there, as well. Prime time is meant for getting the highest ratings. - Mark Trapp
I don't know about where you live or what TV service you use, but Verizon has 4 channels right now just dedicated to the Olympics. Two of those are dedicated to specific sports, one is for soccer and I can't remember what the other one is, off the top of my head. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
track and field already started, CBC was showing 100m prelims last night. I'm watching indoor cycling right now on universalhd tho. - Richard Lawler via twhirl
archery just finished, those guys are insanely accurate - Richard Lawler via twhirl
Have you tried CNBC and USA (also NBC owned channels) for the *other* sports? - "Czar" DJ Peterman
I'm waiting for the 10,000 meters. Does anyone know when that is to be broadcast? I don't watch TV much, don't have cable, and I don't buy the TV guide, and rarely traverse those sites. - Melanie Reed
track bike time trials are on right now, which is something i really enjoy - Cee Bee
check nbcolympics.com to see when it will be online. - Richard Lawler via twhirl
I hope they show more of the Track Cycling TTs than they did of the road race. - Corie Allison
I hear they're launching Swimnastics in London 2012. Actually, it's just Synchronized Swimming with a new brand and swankier swimcaps. - Kevin Fox
I can't wait for US vs. Saudi Arabia women's beach volleyball. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
We need to port the entire Ultimate Fighting Championship to the Olympics. - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl
not if they scored it as poorly as they do boxing. the scoring rules are asinine. - Richard Lawler via twhirl
Matthew, you've got to be kidding of course, :) Saudia Arabia, Women's beach volleyball? Not unless there is a radical change in team beach wear.! - Melanie Reed
Hutch, I just went to site Richard recommended and it looks like T&F have already started for the women. :( US took bronze in 10,000 meters on Friday (today for us EST) http://www.nbcolympics.com/tra.... - Melanie Reed
agreed. it's phelps nation at the moment. here, trying to feed off the championship-ness rahter than the hype. - Lee Bautista
I can't find a good picture of a woman in a suitable stance wearing an abaya to photoshop. I'm primarily interested in women's gymnastics, but I found the sync diving captivating. I've been watching badminton online a bit - saw China destroy Malaysia. Anyway, between the tivo and silverlight, there is a good selection. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
I've had it with beach vollyball. C'mon, that's not really a sport - PC Easy via twhirl
I agree with that statement of Roberts, interacting is a bitch. I am following over 2/3M user. Ok technically not 1-2-1 basis, but nevertheless, these users (Social networks) funnel to me the top news. I maybe not be the first to get it, but I do get it eventually. - Peter Dawson
while on the subject, what the userbase for del.io.us, Digg, Fark, reddit, Buzz, liveleaks ? - Peter Dawson
FriendFeed makes it possible to interact. - Robert Scoble
Jas: refresh a lot and scroll a lot and have a clear idea of what you are looking for. - Robert Scoble
Robert, are you able to read every tweet? I found it really difficult to keep up with Twitter a while back when they removed the "older" button... I missed a lot of people's posts. If all the people I followed were on FF, it'd be much easier. :D - Daynah
why read every tweet? I do read everyone at certain times. Most are crap, though. Good ones get commented on in FriendFeed. - Robert Scoble
Daynah, I tend to disagree if all the people from twitter (followed) were in FF, then the noise ratio increases 10x. Why ? the very open nature of FF permits a lot of variant content to be pulled and placed here. Like the heck I care about what music you like on last.fm ? so this means another round of filtering from my end. THe burden of housekeeping increases with more followers in FF.Its not easy. I use this space for interaction , but my pvt rooms is where I get my info :0- - Peter Dawson
Well said @Robert -- I have gotten used to using FF as a sort of "filter" in the sense that as you said, "Good ones get commented on in FriendFeed" -- there is no need to read every tweet. - Nicholas Kreidberg
I suggest you read the two speeches before you pass judgment. McCain may not talk about Obama in his but that's because he barely says anything of interest at all. His speech comes in at a whopping 549 words and even in that short dialogue he manages to wander all over the place and not say anything of real substance. Seriously... read the two speeches. - Jeff Jones
Thomas - Great to see you joining the dialog here more lately, although the photos have been a great addition to Friendfeed all along! Thanks. - Charlie Anzman
I bookmarked this earlier Thomas, great stuff! - Jody C
Obama vs McCain : Oil Energy vs Need Job. Intriguing. - Igor Poltavskiy
I'm using TeamViewer - light, fast and simple program. No need for install. Solves all problems in seconds.
www.teamviewer.com
It's not quite learning tool, but it can sure act as one... - Ante Vekic via FriendFeed MT Plugin
i use mostly either google translate (mostly for english and arabic) or babelfish (babelfish.altavista.com/tr) or dict.leo.org (for english,german,french) and rambler.ru/dict (for russian). - Hayk Hakobyan
Thanks for sharing Chris, worth a try. I'm using Babylon. - Nir Ben Yona via twhirl
I need friends who can translate Japanese :( I can't exactly copy/pasta from my craft books onto Babelfish. LOL This web site is kinda sorta ok: http://chasen.org/~taku/softwa... it attempts to recognize hand writing and shows a list of possible matches - zoblue (Zulema)
@Percival - yes. Smooshing is perfectly acceptable when done to furbabies with love. :) I smoosh my basset all the time. - WarMaiden
@WarMaiden: please share the above with my cats, as they seem to think they are above smooshing. Sadly, I have the war wounds to prove it... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
@StupidBlogger - I have rarely been moved to smoosh a cat. Haughtiness and snobbery decrease my wanna-smoosh factor - I stick with doglets :) - WarMaiden
Some people call me Mike. It doesn't particularly bother me, but I prefer Michael. - Michael C. Harris
I always go with a person's handle online (social networks, email). Sometimes someone will have "Michael" in their standard email signature, but actually sign-off with "Mike". That throws me for a loop. - Hutch Carpenter
I'm not sure how someone would shorten my name. Unless they started calling me J. Or maybe Juh. - JMS
Yeah, when people call me "Ma" it really grinds my gears. - Mark Trapp
I prefer "J" to "Wehmhoener". Hearing someone call me by my last name reminds me of high school sports (something I'd rather not be reminded of). - Jason Wehmhoener
I stick with their sign-off in an email...then reply with that. - Brian Ries
I'd prefer to be called by my full name, but "Don" here and there doesn't bother me too much. - Donato (ricin) via twhirl
They do shorten it, but I usually don't mind. Unless it is "Jenny," which I've always hated for some reason. - Jennifer Dittrich
speaking of mike's my "formal" business name is michael but everyone calls me mike - I'm fine with either - there are lots of mike's at my work so folks use last names to eliminate confusion - I'm fine with that too - just don't call me late for dinner ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
People call me "Sheen"...I've also been called "Ra"....can't really complain about either :) - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
All the time, thankfully most people go with Rob. Older guys seem to have a thing for calling me Bob, which I promptly correct them on. I am not a Bob. - Rob Diana
Okay, I should have said, if you have more than one syllable in your name :) - Michael C. Harris
For the record, most people know me as Robert in the corporate world, so my name does get shortened :) - Rob Diana
LOL I do get called "she" a lot by a co-worker. 'Course that's not really shortening my name. :-) - JMS
People call me Mar or Mare (however you write it), it doesn't really bother me. I figure it means they like me. But really, my name is two syllables, so it is kind of funny. - Mary Carmen
Tad is already the shorted version. It's my initials - Terry Allan Donaghe. I did work once with a guy who just called me "T." And after a while he started calling me "T T Boy." If you happen to recognize that name it's pretty funny. If you don't I suggest that you DO NOT search Google. Seriously. Not kidding. At all. - Tad - just Tad
I have the opposite problem - they lengthen it. I'm Beth not Elizabeth and certainly not Bethie! UGH. - Beth Tribe
Well, I prefer people call me Dan, but have no problem with Daniel. If they're slightly more daring they are allowed to refer to me as "Dr. Gonzo, Your Royal Sex Machine." But I guess that's not really a shortening, is it? - Dan Messer via twhirl
Instead of the full three syllables, I'm often called "T" or "Ta." I'm ok with that. - MiniMage via NoiseRiver
I used to have a friend who was a French-Canadian Catholic priest. He insisted on calling me John, even though my legal name is Jack. I got used to it. - Jack Carlson
I use my full name, with initial when I'm writing. My name is just too common. From my about page, "The "C" is important. It distinguishes me from the actor, the former Premier of Ontario, the 47 academics in fields ranging from Resource Economics to Engineering, and the drug dealer. But I'm not going to tell you what it stands for." - Michael C. Harris
I hate full names... Only in writing though. If I write an business email I am happy to write Michael, but I will be thinking 'I can't wait until I can write Mike'. I hate typing anything longer than 4 maybe 5 characters... Now that I know Rahsheen doesn't mind Rah or Ra, I may even comment more or respond to his comments more often. I am just lazy that way. Sorry Ra for using you as an example. :) - Roger Kondrat
If you're going to shorten my name, I'd prefer Miguel or Mig. Long story, but probably not very interesting :) - Michael C. Harris
I've been Dave for as long as I can remember, I feel like I'm in trouble when anyone calls me David. - Dave Stevens
Sun God, right? Yeah...like I said...can't complain. Although...sometimes I'm called "Sheeny" which is cute if it's a woman, but I have had dudes call me that...not cool - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
People call me Mike all the time. It doesn't bother me a lot, except when they call me Mike immediately after I just introduced myself as Michael. - Michael Hocter
Michael, that's exactly the situation that prompted the question. - Michael C. Harris
I have to remind people that "Bro" is not short for "Bwana" - Bwana McCall
No, but they spell it wrong 1/2 of the time. Either Aron or Erin. Ugh. People just don't get it. - Aaron Myers
I get it shortened. It's when it is pronounced wrong AND shortened with the wrong pronunciation that it bothers me. - Leslie Poston
I'm bad with names. Everyone ends up as 'hey' or 'dude'. - Rodfather
My name is Matthew and I've always gone by Matt (except on my resume where I felt my full name looked more professional). I'm thinking about shortening Matt to just Mmmm. - Matt Musgrave
Leslie, how do they pronounce it wrong, "Less"? My dad is Lester. You do _not_ want to call him Les. - Michael C. Harris
My friends call my Oli, and I love it! - Oli Kenobi
Everybody, all together, "Call me what you like, but don't call me later for dinner!" - Pete Delucchi
YES, people call me Sue and that is soo annoying... my name is Susan, not Sue...augh! - Susan Beebe
I hate it when people call me "ffff" or "fih" short for Phil. It just doesn't sound right. - Phil Wolff via Alert Thingy
I always introduce myself as Victor, after which most people automatically go to Vic. I found that if I introduced myself as Vic, some people heard it to Dick or Rick, depending of if they already knew someone by that name, and it was hard to get them to change. - Victor Ryden
Growing up, my brothers have referred to me as "Ape" (among other things) - which, naturally, drove me nuts. - April Buchheit
SUMMARY: 9 months ago most of us hadn't even heard of the guy. But today he's breaking tech news like the best of them. Active on FriendFeed. And, already the most popular non-employee Newsmaker on socialmedian. http://www.socialmedian.com/us... - Jason Goldberg
