Sven - Likes - FriendFeed

I share all sorts. :-) Lots of photos, photography and tech stuff though. Feel free to sub to me if you like. :-) BTW, you can see who is following you here: http://www.google.com/reader... #whatsyoururl - Kol Tregaskes

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http://www.google.com/reader... - Michael Hocter

Thanks, Michael. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... :-) - Müjdat Korkmaz

More often I end up sharing directly through FF even if I find it on GReader, but sometimes I share there. http://www.google.com/reader... - Tony, Paradox of FF

http://www.google.com/reader... Just about internet! - ★ Soner Gönül

http://www.google.com/reader... I'm glad you asked this right now. I just realized that several people are following me and I didn't even know it. I hope it hasn't been this way for long! - Michael Fidler

Michael, it's not been clear until very recently, you can see notifications here: http://www.google.com/reader... - Kol Tregaskes

Love yr posts :-))))) - Johni Fisher

http://www.google.com/reader... - Lode Nachtergaele

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... ;) - alebaffa from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - OnuRC

thanks for starting this thread - here's mine http://www.google.com/reader... (mostly social media stuff, a little food, and occasional randomness) - Chris Rogers

http://www.google.com/reader... - James Slater

Kol, thanks! I wish it would tell me when they started following, I'll have to keep a better eye on it now. - Michael Fidler

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kevin Mohr

http://www.google.com/reader... - LouCypher

http://www.google.com/reader... - zsafwan 

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tony C (Unrated)

Mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - hope you enjoy! - outofmyarse

Just noticed that Reader now allows grouping of people you follow! Wondering: is Reader going to become a competitor (instead of complement) to FriendFeed? - Chris Rogers

http://www.google.com/reader... - Steve Lowe

http://www.google.com/reader... - Always looking for more ppl to share links! - Liza

http://www.google.com/reader... - M F

Ah so that's your name, M F! ;-) I'm wanting to live in that area too, nice around there? - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Simon Tracey

Yes it's alright I moved here two years ago, I was in West London before that - M F

GREAT FEED - I am finding so many great ppl to follow - this is great. - Liza

M F, I like to move to just over the other side of the stream from you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

And your pics are great! I am going to be stuck in greader for a while! - Liza

http://www.google.com/reader... - phil baumann

Well wave your hand Kol when you get here - M F

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jason Wehmhoener

http://www.google.com/reader... - But I only really use google reader as a simple RSS reader. Follow people on FriendFeed. - Anton Tanderup

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andy Sternberg from fftogo

Hehe, M F. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Kim Landwehr

Thanks for your latest bookmark there, Kim. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - mridul

feedly.com :) - Zach Landes

https://www.google.com/reader... - Bryan R. Adams

http://www.google.com/reader... - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

http://www.google.com/reader... #greader #whatsyoururl - Ron Bailey

http://www.google.com/reader... - Parvez Halim

http://www.google.com/reader... but everything I share in reader comes on to FriendFeed. - Aram Zucker-Scharff from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - Daltonsbriefs

http://www.google.com/reader... - the stuff I share there is also on FriendFeed. - Hanna Wiszniewska

http://www.google.com/reader... mine are mostly science items - Sally Church

Mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Mostly Tech. - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nick Humphries

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ozgur Uckan

http://www.google.com/reader... - mixed up content in Portuguese (mainly), English and Spanish. - Marcos

Liza, oooh I love the post on generating Mandelbrot fractals in Excel! - Sally Church

http://google.com/reader... - Anton

http://www.google.com/reader... - Shawn Farner from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kevin Whalen

@rogersdc / Chris, Google Reader is obviously been trying to become more social, but I'd really like to see FF come out with a bookmarklet that makes sub'ing RSS feeds to FF easier/faster. Right now it's a manual process involving either a new Group/Room or Imaginary Friend. Should be 2 clicks tops.. Also see: http://friendfeed.com/alexsch... - Alex Schleber

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andrew Leahey

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Geller

http://www.google.com/reader... - Zachary TG

http://www.google.com/reader... - Vince DeGeorge

http://www.google.com/reader... - Lin Yong from NoiseRiver

http://www.google.com/reader... - Baard @ Pixum

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jason A. Nunnelley

http://www.google.com/reader... - Louis Gray

http://www.google.com/reader... - Travis B. Hartwell

http://www.google.com/profile... - James (!?)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Warren Butler

http://www.google.com/reader... - Brandon Ball

http://www.google.com/reader... - "Jazzperous" Isaksson

http://www.google.com/reader... - Joe Dawson

http://www.google.com/reader... - guilherme

Thanks everyone! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - dkb

http://www.google.com/reader... - Adi

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mathew A. Koeneker

http://www.google.com/reader... - Alex Scrivener

Here is mine : http://www.google.fr/reader.... I share (mainly on French sites and blogs) about libraries, literature and arts, human and social sciences, photography :-) - Nadine Pestourie

http://www.google.com/reader... Google and other tech stuff, as well as other random things of interest. - Californian

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Luckhardt

http://www.google.com/reader... - Peter Ghosh

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/profile... - Kim

http://www.google.com/profile... http://www.google.com/reader... - Kamilah Gill

http://www.google.com/reader... - Robin Barooah

Keep 'em coming, I'll add you all later today. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Patrik Johansson from Android

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dobromir Hadzhiev

http://www.google.com/reader... - Arthur Guy

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nathan Rein

http://www.google.com/reader... Politics, photography, humor, news, tech, entertainment - amygeek

Thanks for starting this conversation Kol! - amygeek

http://www.google.com/reader... - Shevonne

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dean "Karnatos" Michaud

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Johnson

No worries, Amy. :-) Thank you all! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andrew Roche

LOL here we go again :o) http://www.google.com/reader... I share a lot of blogs and funny stuff that I read, it's neat how I can share and it gets posted all over by friendfeed. - David Gross

http://www.google.com/reader... - Joe Bonner

http://www.google.com/reader... - Vlad Bobleanta

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ivan Pavlov

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

Don't know that I have one, as I eschew most things Google.... - Mike Shields

Not sure if I've already shared it, but my URL is http://www.google.com/reader.... - Tyson Key

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ethan

Thank you guys. - Kol Tregaskes

your welcome kol - Tony C (Unrated) from IM

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

I think that I over-loaded my poor G-Reader by adding all of you. ;-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Here is my feed: http://l.clipotech.com/shared - I will try to add all of you on this list :) - Svartling

Don't forget to add all out new contacts in to groups. Otherwise we cant comment on each others shared items. - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Almost exclusively tech, including humor/cartoons and productivity. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

http://www.google.com/reader... - I share items about productivity, gaming, movies, and misc. stuff from the Google "cool" via Recommendations feed. Thanks Kol for starting this thread because I've been trying to cut down on the number of feeds I subscribe to and instead just follow interesting people. - Dusty Edenfield

Svartling: good point about adding people to groups. I noticed I couldn't comment on items that were shared by some users. - Dusty Edenfield

Thanks everyone. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - (jeff)isageek

http://www.google.com/reader... - Roberto Bonini

http://www.google.com/reader... - ★Kristy

I've (we) written a lot of more good tips on how to use Google Reader in Google Reader comments. It's too bad we don't have permalinks in Greader so we can share our notes and comments. Otherwise I could have posted a link here. Here are some on friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/svartli... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - David Peacock

here's mine! Love some of the new features... http://www.google.com/reader... - tomit

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ken Sheppardson

I don't think I added mine yet: http://www.google.com/reader... - LogEx

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - DGentry

Almost missed this one! http://www.google.com/reader... - Patrik Arwengrim

http://www.google.com/reader... - Frode Stenstrøm

http://www.google.com/reader... - Aaron Krug

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tristan Seligmann

http://www.google.com/reader... - Russell G

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dani Radu

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kenton

http://www.google.com/reader... - Remo

I guess I best start sharing stuff, then. :D - http://www.google.com/reader... - Bette Cooper

http://www.google.com/reader... - I guess I'm a bit late to the party, but here's mine. I share mainly technology, photography, design... and other random stuff. - Ryan - @magicofpi

Thank you all. - Kol Tregaskes

Yes! The list I was looking for! I'll get my info on here as soon as I get on my netbook - Kamilah Gill from email

http://www.google.com/reader... - George Hall (Australia)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Gtp19

http://www.google.com/reader... - ha3rvey (wants confit)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kamilah Gill

http://www.google.com/reader... - Bluesun 2600

http://www.google.com/reader... - CAJ, somewhere else

http://www.google.com/reader... - Martha

Thanks for posting this Kol. Never paid any attention to my shared items folder before but just did! - Martha

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Logan

The conversation is really blowing up (in a good way) on Reader. The most important reminder currently is to set up groups and allow commenting. That is NOT on by default! - Vince DeGeorge

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tapio Kulmala

Vince, exactly! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nik

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Daryl Hunt on FF

Not sure how I missed this thread. I share lots of tech news, some programming stuff and a little more at http://www.google.com/reader... - Rob Diana

There is also a group that collected a bunch of reader shares at http://friendfeed.com/share-y... - Rob Diana

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nick B.

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mike Nencetti

http://www.google.com/reader... - Slappy Line

http://www.google.com/reader... - Sean Brady

http://www.google.com/reader... - Spidra Webster

http://www.google.com/reader... - Or just go to: Sharing settings on your google reader shared items and search for: Avi Joseph - Avi Joseph

http://www.google.com/reader... - Pete Delucchi

Thank you all. I think I have subscribed you all now (except those feed in languages I don't understand) Here is mine again: http://www.google.com/reader... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

I've started to follow a few of the people here but there's quite a few, so will take me a while :) - My currently fairly bare feed is: http://www.google.com/reader... - Roy Herrod

http://www.google.com/reader... - Steven Perez

http://www.google.com/reader... - edythe

http://www.google.com/reader... - http://friendfeed.com/kevinar... - Kevin Arth

http://www.google.com/reader... - topics include a bit of everything, but there's a fair about of Android-related stuff in there - Chuck Falzone

http://www.google.com/reader... - Damond Nollan

http://www.google.com/reader... - Californian

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mike Reynolds

http://www.google.com/reader... - AJ Kohn

http://www.google.com/reader... - MLx

http://www.google.com/reader... - German - mostly politics and crude funny things. Maybe some new technology - JoeD

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jesse Stay

http://www.google.com/reader... - Grant Bierman

http://www.google.com/reader... - Neal Jansons

Thank everyone. - Kol Tregaskes

There are a few entries here you might like to read to help you. This one: http://ff.im/6CkQj explains about adding people to groups to allow them to comment and why some don't stay in groups. In this one: http://ff.im/6F9pQ I suggest a way to track a large number of shared items using PostRank. This: http://ff.im/6Ci0P and this: http://ff.im/6AM35 has a few tips on using GReader as a lifestreaming service. And this: http://ff.im/6EMT1 gives a few examples of GReader bundles. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... I mostly share ART with a little bit this and that thrown in for good measure. - Kimber Scott

http://www.google.com/reader... - michael sean wright

http://www.google.com/reader... - Bryce Roney

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jon, the Beartato of '10

Ryo: Same here :) "completely moved to Google Reader / Twitter / Posterous" All my followers, please subscribe to me on Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader... or my lifestream: http://l.clipotech.com/lifestr... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Alexander Kruel

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tristan Hambling

http://www.google.com/reader... share various science research and news - Colby from iPod

http://www.google.com/reader... - George Moga

http://www.google.com/reader... -- nothing shared yet; still learning several social networks & services, so it might take me a while... - Dennis Jernberg

http://www.google.com/reader... - Adrian Scicluna

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mark O'Neill

Those of you above whom I already follow on FF/Twitter/etc., I've subscribed to your feeds. As for the rest of you: if you follow me on GReader, I'll follow you back. - Dennis Jernberg

I'm sharing some pages now, including a few of my past blog entries. - Dennis Jernberg

http://www.google.com/reader... - Imabug

easier to just follow and edit groups from search url>http://www.google.com/reader... - Ru Viljoen

http://www.google.com/reader... - John Ladd

http://www.google.com/reader... - Marko Saric

http://www.google.com/reader... - Pete Gilbert

Because I have issues with data duplication, I have merged this list with the google reader shares room feeds. You can view the Google spreadsheet at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc... - Rob Diana

There are a bunch of shared feeds that I could not resolve the Google username for because they did not have a named profile set up. - Rob Diana

tristanhambling, your link didn't work. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

Thank you very much, Rob! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Right now I'm testing it in comparison to Netvibes. It's yet to be seen if I end up making the switch. - Brad Williamson

http://www.google.com/reader... - ronin

http://www.google.com/reader... - Muge Cerman

https://www.google.com/reader... - Mo Hall

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tal Shafik

http://www.google.com/reader... Mainly photography related things. - Sven

It would be really handy to have all these shared feeds as an opml file. Has anyone added everyone? Care to export an opml of the shared feeds? - Paul Jacobson

My shared stream is at http://www.google.com/reader... - Paul Jacobson

Paul, can do that but it will be out of date the moment I post it as I'm getting more new users all the time. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Damond Nollan

Maybe someone could hook up something via Yahoo Pipes (or whatever) to automatically generate the OPML? - Tristan Seligmann

http://www.google.com/reader... - Yant

Damond, I'm getting that deja vu feeling. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Whoa, hey, I'm late to this. I'm here: http://www.google.com/reader... :-) - Jordan Hofker

I'm http://www.google.com/reader... Not really comfortable with the custom URL though since it can only be your gmail username. Makes it really easy for spamspiders I think. - TobiasVerhoog.com

Tobias, possibly but not had any problems myself though Gmail has the best spam filters around so I probably not noticed. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Please dont tell me I have to add everyone manually like I did with Facebook yesterday?? *sigh* - Julia Ault

http://www.google.fr/reader... - Olivier Castets

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Hofmann

http://www.google.com/reader... link to my bundle with all my feeds that i have in friendfeed too - Chris Hofmann

http://www.google.com/reader... mostly webdev, photography news, music, world news which i get interested. plus half of them may be article in Japanese. sorry. :-p - browneyes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Edmund Tay

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jez Arnold

Thanks all! - Kol Tregaskes

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

spread those tentacles thats what i say (I'm generally sharing comics, animation, and interesting weirdeness) : http://www.google.com/reader... - Paul Greer

Exactly, Paul. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Gerald Hildebrandt

There are a few people that have not added me to a group and so I cannot reply to some of your comments. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - flaimo

http://www.google.com/reader... - Charles Owens

http://www.google.com/reader... - Johnny

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kenley Neufeld

http://www.google.com/reader... - OK I'm in. Late as always. Will post my thoughts, feedback and pleading requests for help over in Google Reader so please follow me over there. Eat your own dog food and all that. - Andy C

MF/Kol = I live in Kingston on Thames. It's OK apart from the traffic (continually gridlocked) and the shops (girls just lurve them). Handy for getting into London both airports and out to the Thames Valley for work type things. Richmond Park and the river in walking distance is great too. - Andy C

phew.. - Paul Greer

Andy, Richmond Park and the others around there are the appeal really. Good place to go photographing and cycling while being very close to London I think. - Kol Tregaskes

Teddington (across the river from Kingston Upon Thames, is where I think I'd like to live. Just 'cos it's cheaper than everywhere else around it. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

https://www.google.com/reader... - Customized with numbers - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

@Kol many years ago, we made the mistake of asking an estate agent in Surbiton whether it was any cheaper than Kingston. She replied 'No - of course not. We are on the fast line to Waterloo' and looked at us as if we were dog excrement. - Andy C

I've checked rental prices in the area several times over the last 2 years and Teddington is definitely cheaper. I'm not buying, no way I can afford that. ;-) All a pip-dream anyway, need a steady job and I've not had that for a while. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Enjoy! - Arvin Dang

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com.au/reader... - Threepwood

http://www.google.com/reader... - jcunwired

Mine; http://www.google.com/reader... - S.D.Allen

Thanks guys. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - masstrovato

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Myles

http://www.google.com/reader... GReader, Twitter, and Delicious (plus my own sites) are my primary hubs now. Y'all please join me on GReader. - Chris Baskind

http://www.google.com/reader... late as always - Raymundo Roxas

Thank you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - barbarars

Trying Google Reader.. Share your friendfeed feed WITHIN Reader. (see http://ff.im/6WRIk) - Chris Myles

http://www.google.com/reader... - Claude LaFrenière aka climenole :) - Claude LaFrenière

anyone use google reader on windows mobile professional? I cant seem to get it to work and when I try to go to the mobile site it takes me to the regular site. - David Gross

Nope, sorry can't help you there, David. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Christopher A Carr

http://www.google.com/reader... - Russ jackson - Russ Jackson

Sweet! http://www.google.com/reader... - Jesse Baer

http://www.google.com/reader... please add! - Brendon Wadey

Jesse, I saw your share of this FriendFeed thread on Google Reader! - John E. Bredehoft

David, I use mobile Google Reader on an older phone with Windows mobile. My bookmark begins with google.com/reader/m/view - John E. Bredehoft

Here's mine...http://www.google.com/reader... - Oscar Antonio Moralí

Aloha! http://www.google.com/reader... - Ryan

check it out...http://www.google.com/reader... - Cos

Will share tech, science and skepticism, and education news stories: http://www.google.com/reader... - TC

in case anyone missed it, mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - David Gross

http://www.google.com/reader... - Irma Vermaat

more cool - Brent - Loving Life

http://www.google.com/reader... - Anthony Citrano

http://www.google.com/reader... - James Ferguson

http://www.google.com/reader... - Otto

I share interesting articles about Internet music, social media, open content and copyright issues: http://www.google.com/reader... - David Holmes

Just tried it. Brilliant! Thanks. - Nick Reynolds

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I started sending some of my favorite Twitter posters' feeds to Google Reader a while back so I would be able to search back more than the 30 days Twitter search allows. This article brings things to another level. Thanks for sharing. - Brenda Young

Thank you, Dave. This is the tool I've been waiting for so that I can complete my move to FriendFeed and use RSS for Twitter interaction. - Sam Harrelson from IM

Stupid Question but if you add new Twitter followers then you have to redo the import right? - Nick Reynolds

Davie-Excellent find! - Jack Wilson, K4SAC

Coooooool :) - Susan Beebe

Nick yes you do have to re-import. However if Google Reader would support dynamic reading lists, we could work out a way to keep them in synch. Wouldn't that be nice. :-) - Dave Winer

Now that would be nice! - Susan Beebe

Dave - the comment on Twitter couldn't be more true - I wonder how the social networking world will react to this ... and if some decentralization might start because of it. Seems like a melding of email, RSS, twitter, facebook, etc is what might come out in the end - gregory leff

awesome - andy brudtkuhl

It will be EXACTLY like that scene in the Matrix where they are watching the code scroll by like rain. All feed converge to one, and we see them all simultaneously. Or not. - Ian Wright from BuddyFeed

@Dave yes, it would be nice :) We'll keep you posted. - Mihai Parparita

Is this working? I'm getting an error... "Twitter returned an empty result." - Jason Hansen

Twitter isn't doing well today. - Dave Winer

Dave: I figured it was due to that, but just wanted confirmation. Will try it out later. - Jason Hansen

Thanks. I am going to use Google Reader more often instead of desktop RSS clients. More open. - Zachary TG from iPod

I use Google Reader a *lot*, but I can't see any real benefit to importing your Twitter feeds into it. Page after page of small one line entries? No thanks. - Otto

I use this adaptation and like it so much I stopped using all my other Twitter apps. - earl wallace

what if its a tweet for a sponsor? #gotomeeting #mahalo :) - William Kapes

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Yeah - I don't get this. Does this mean I should stop listening to TWiT because it has sponsorships? If I disclose my relationship and truly mean what I say I don't see how it's any different. - Jesse Stay

Screw you Laporte, screw you! Had to be done for humor's sake. - John Utech

Aggred - Eevee

The difference is that Twitter users don't need to be sponsored to continue tweeting. When Leo takes on sponsors, it helps him continue to operate. With Twitter sponsorships, the tweet is less genuine because the only content involved is the paid-for message. - Eric Geller

Chris Pirillo is a founding member of that big sponsored tweet thing, but I wouldn't expect any less from the little shit. - Mark

Eric, maintaining a large Twitter audience takes time and effort - is that not worth anything? Community is definitely worth money, and isn't exactly cheap. - Jesse Stay

This is true, but the fact of the matter is that you DO NOT need sponsorships to tweet. You may want them, but they are not physically necessary. - Eric Geller

Leo, on the other hand, needs sponsor money just to pay his staff, never mind the loads of operational costs such as equipment and bandwidth. - Eric Geller

Eric, I don't need a sponsorship to blog, or to podcast either. It doesn't mean I can't. I just don't need it. It uses the same types of technology as a Tweet. - Jesse Stay

StayNAlive.com, my blog, has no sponsorships - Jesse Stay

If you guys think Leo could do his podcasts without sponsors, I'd like to hear why. - Eric Geller

Holden, I know people that would - Jesse Stay

lets face it, in this world, we need to convince people to buy crap they probably don't need. wether that's a silly goto meeting thing or a sponsored twitter post. - Mark

Blogs and Twitter accounts, however, require much less in the way of money. - Eric Geller

Mark: GoToMeeting is actually targeted at Leo's podcast listeners. It's not silly at all. - Eric Geller

well its all silly really, that's advertising for you. you convince people to buy things they didn't know they needed or wanted. - Mark

Mark: The difference is that Leo isn't pushy about it. He tells you the virtues of the product from hands-on experience, but he doesn't go out of his way to tell you that you NEED it. - Eric Geller

At least not in the telemarketer, TV infomercial way. - Eric Geller

Holden, I'm considering it. As I am Tweets - it's the same types of technology, and involves similar time and effort to build community for, in both cases. Different strategies for each, but both are content distributors, and community builders. If I'm trying to build a community, it takes money to spend time nurturing that community full time. - Jesse Stay

Totally agree Leo. Yuck. Feh! It's social spam of the worst kind. Pirillo et al are ruining it for everybody doing authentic advocate activation. - Thom Kennon

And btw, you better bet Twitter plays a role in helping Leo's podcasts. It's just a matter of which medium are you going to use to monetize those podcasts? - Jesse Stay

I never said Twitter didn't help promote Leo's podcasts. I said that a podcast network costs significantly more money to run than a Twitter account. - Eric Geller

would be nice if twit had more sponsors though, he is selling the same 2 or 3 products to a market which is not growing and has heard all the spiel before on each product - Mark

Eric, and you have to monetize it somehow - what if he decided to use Twitter to monetize that podcast network in the end? I don't see how that's any different than what he's currently doing. - Jesse Stay

Holden: If you need someone to pay you to build a group of friends and supporters on Twitter, something is wrong. Do what you can naturally. Getting paid to have people follow you is too artificial for what Twitter really is. - Eric Geller

read this http://econsultancy.com/blog... - Mark

A tweet from @shoemoney to his 60,000+ followers will set you back $324.60 - Mark

Holden: The difference is that Leo buys actual equipment, pays employees, and pays for monumental amounts of bandwidth. I doubt you do any of that for your Twitter account. - Eric Geller

if any ad company pays $324 for that crap they want shooting - Mark

Fuck you all if you try and compare this to what Leo does. Leo is a saint compaired to this: http://socialspark.com/blogs... - Mark

Holden. Sponsorship is important for some podcasts as bandwidth is about 98% of our running costs. Therefore, more popular you get, the more it costs you. We have affiliate sponsors on our show but have yet to cover the cost of money spent on delivering that show. - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Pirillo will write a phoney blog entry for your product if you pay him $1000 - Mark

Pirillo is scum. - Thom Kennon

http://socialspark.com/blogs... Pirillo IS scum - Mark

the comments on the blog mark are...lame... lol ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Mark, are you serious?!?! How is what Pirillo is doing any different than what Leo is doing? So I can do it in a podcast but not in a blog post? Seems like you have a bone to pick. - Jesse Stay

yeah he is spamming threads with that link.. and saying he is scum.. look at a few threads.. - Rob Sellen :o)

Damn Jesse, now I am a hypocrite :( - Mark

Well, I just think its a bit wrong is all, all this sponsored tweeting and stuff - Mark

Mark, you seem like a prick that likes to bitch and moan. Chris Pirillo is not that bad, nor is Leo Laporte. - Danny Minick

Jesse: Pirillo writes stuff for hire, pretending to be an unbiased advocate and then pushes that out into the stream hoping to fool people re its authenticity. Get it? - Thom Kennon

Well I said Leo was a saint, it's Pirillo who would fall into the instant unfollow from me criteria set by Leo - Mark

but why are you giving prillo so many backlinks by spamming threads here?? - Rob Sellen :o)

whats a backlink? you mean like promotion ? - Mark

Mark: Chris Pirillo helps people and if you don't see that by now, you shouldn't be following him to begin with. - Danny Minick

If you found out that Chen or any of the guys on Gizmodo or BGR were actually being paid by the brands of products they reviewed would you still take their advice? - Thom Kennon

Am not following him, it's Leo who said "Sponsored tweet = instant unfollow from me". - Mark

Thom, you were fooled by that? Of course Pirillo gets paid for what he does. How else would he be able to sit in front of a computer all day long. I don't think anyone is fooled by that, nor is he trying to fool anyone. - Jesse Stay

mark.. maybe you should stop and THINK before you do stuff... you are slamming him.. yet helping him with backlinks... LOL you know... he may get MORE 1000 buck cheques because if you... ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I guess im just jealous of the fact that I have to work for a living, and go out and do a job and he gets paid $1000 to write a phoney blog post in his wordpress editor :) - Mark

Mark... whos fault is you have to "go out" and work for a living? no ones but yours... - Rob Sellen :o)

Mark: He worked hard to get where he is at today. - Danny Minick

In fact you can watch Pirillo during the day working out the deals with sponsors. He's always been all about the sponsor. If you followed him you'd know that. - Jesse Stay

Danny M - But you claim to "blog for others" so that's pretty much the same model as Pirillo's, right? - Thom Kennon

well I am a nurse, there are lots of people who do need to go out and do real jobs to keep the world ticking by. I just hate the fact some people make a fortune devising plans to give clients more hits on google and I bust my ass. Jealousy, I know. - Mark

Mark.. what is to STOP you creating your own REAL asset online in order to do something similar? - Rob Sellen :o)

Yes, Thom. I do blog for others, and that includes Chris. - Danny Minick

well if everyone did that the world would fall apart or something :D - Mark

NO mark.. there is an eternal september...remember ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Today I cleaned a wound a boy had from a dog bite and I was on my knees with blood on my hands and I just thought when reading this thread that I wish I could sit in front of 3 30" monitors and talk about tech on youtube and get paid big $$$. Sigh. :D - Mark

I would happily take a thousand bucks to write a post on your stuff.... not that you would get millions of hits..and as for "ethics"... it PUTS bread in my cupboard.. but you would ALSO have to let me use whatever it is..and give an HONEST opinion... ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Mark: So you were hating on him because of what he has? - Danny Minick

well DO that then Mark.. instead of moaning OTHERS success, look at where you CAN write about some "shit" passionately... and DO it... - Rob Sellen :o)

naa I do think it's wrong, I guess Leo does too, the whole pay me to post thing - Mark

and to be fair Danny you cannot comment objectivley, you are on his payroll? - Mark

Mark: No, but I get a share of his ad revenue. - Danny Minick

that's YOUR opinion mark.. you got no place calling him scum and slamming him... also think about what I said.. you are indirectly helping him ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

you have a vested interest then, whereas I am just a bitter old git hehe - Mark

Jesse, of course WE all get it. I'm talking about the targeted audience of innocents that those paid for posts are meant to target. It is deceptive advertising, and those who practice it are bringing the FTC and other agencies in to land on ALL OF US ... it's uncool, that a handful of opportunistic knuckleheads will end up polluting and hampering the channel for the rest of us. I'm a... more... - Thom Kennon

All you have to do is get to know him, Mark. And in turn you develop a friendship. That's what I did, now I blog for him, do YouTube videos with him, etc. It's not that hard. And you find out he's good guy. Who loves helping people. - Danny Minick

Mark.. can I ask you something.. don't you think you have a more "honourable" and "rewarding" job than prillo? money is NOT everything mark... How many post do you think prillo writes at that price? not as many as you think i bet... - Rob Sellen :o)

Thom, I don't think Izea is trying to target any of those. Izea makes it evident on their site they have a firm policy on FULL disclosure. They have always been reputable. - Jesse Stay

you are a darling, dear Rob x - Mark

techcrunch not a fan of Izea? - Mark

No.. I am not... but I DO know that in reality, you are probably changing more lives than you realise... - Rob Sellen :o)

right about now someone posts a url to the article in question :D - Mark

Then again Techcrunch don't need Izea... ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I think TechCrunch has a bias against Izea. Of course they're going to be against them. - Jesse Stay

TechCrunch has many bias'es I am sure :) - Mark

so mark... do you think there are many people who would like to be a nurse? If so.. why are you not sharing your experiences on a blog or something? Helping others? - Rob Sellen :o)

Well Rob, the pay is average, the conditions are often unpleasant, and the patients frequently drunk (on the night shifts which I work anyways). They are also violent! - Mark

But I do live in Britain and work in the middle of a very poor area. - Mark

No excuse ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Amen. - Robert Scoble

So mark. you have a unique perspective... use it ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Do you think we really care Leo? - Craig Shipp

If their life revolves around Leo Laporte they need to get a life! - Craig Shipp

Craig..ironic you comment on leo's post ;o) Ironic but.. Do you think Leo cares that you DON'T care? :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I don't think Leo cares. :x - Danny Minick

Jesse, you gotta be kidding me! Izea? It's their biggest competitor for "sponsored" social - aka social spam. Here's a solution: At the top and bottom of every paid for post, comment, etc. all these guy need to do is display a big old fat disclaimer: "This post was paid for by the brand/product mentioned". And this disclaimer must travel with that content wherever it wends it way thru... more... - Thom Kennon

I doubt he reads all this crap. He just stirs things up to keep his twit army happy so he can make money off sponsors that he doesn't want others to have. Talk about ironic. I watch many of Leo's shows and enjoy them but sometimes he thinks he's some kind of God. Trying to shut down twitvid - what a joke! - Craig Shipp

Night night all x x - Mark from iPhone

Thom, Izea does require that of all sponsored Tweets if I read them right. Full disclosure is required. - Jesse Stay

Wow! Shame on you Leo LaPorte. That's very hypocritical of you. >< - David C. Cooper

I have the same sentiments when it comes to being spammed via Twitter. And the same reaction. Instant unfollow. - Chris Marquardt

If anyone knows how to get an auto spam off of your tweet account please let me know. I signed up for this thinking it was a good thing. Then I wanted to quit cause they spam through my account. How do I get it to stop? I changed my password already. "300 new twitter followers in a day - TOTALLY FREE - NO SALE - http://www.twitter-follow-train.info/" all spammers must die! - Nathan Gibbs

Nathan, easiest solution: Don't follow the spammer in the first place. If you need the automation, on SocialToo we provide some tools to help you keep from following the spammers. I'm improving those even further as we speak. - Jesse Stay

I don't care what they say. It ISN'T a "value add"!!!! - tomit from iPhone

I suspect that you've had sponsored tweets in your stream for a while now and don't know it Leo. - Scott Jangro

i agree with you Leo I have had enough:) - Rob Cairns

What's the difference between a sponsored tweet and talking about your own products? - Jason Nunnelley

You all make some interesting points. Maybe a sponsored tweet is no different than an advertisement in a podcast, but it sure feels different. I'll have to think about this some more. (By the way that "thank the sponsor in your Twitter feed" is a Jason Calacanis thing. I never ask folks to do that.) - Leo Laporte

Leo, I'm definitely interested in your thoughts. I don't fully understand the difference. And not disclosing the relationship is pretty much a form of payola and could almost be deemed illegal, so I'm definitely not for that. With disclosure though, I'm not sure the difference from a podcast or blog sponsorship. - Jesse Stay

gah - sorry for the dupes! - Jesse Stay

When it comes to blogs I don't think ads should appear in the blog stream, but they're fine in a sidebar. I guess it has to do with expectations. There ALWAYS needs to be a clear delineation between editorial and advertising and ads should not appear in places where editorial is expected. (Interstitial advertising in TV in radio seems to be the exception here and I think it's, again, an expectation thing. Of course in TV, radio, and podcasts there's nowhere else to put the ads.) - Leo Laporte

agreed. just started a blog and put that into consideration! - Dakota O'Neill

It comes down to intent. Is it the intent of the ad to pose as content? Then it's an attempt to trick users and not ok. Ads that appear in a content stream are often intended to fool people into thinking they're content not advertising. - Leo Laporte

Interesting way to put it, Leo. I think Twitter has the same problem though - nowhere to put the ads but in the stream. - Jesse Stay

You forget about one thing: twitter is based on the limitation of its messages. So when it comes to advertising/sponsoring it's the same as with mobile apps: because of the limitation of space it's dangerous ground. - Regine Heidorn

Although you could argue even with a podcast, ads could be put on the site that the podcast resides. Most blog posts aren't read on the site they are published on, similar to a podcast. - Jesse Stay

Twitter can monetize twitter without confusion - not sure if Twitter users can. - Leo Laporte

Not really Jesse - podcasts are designed to be consumed elsewhere. The ad has to go with the show. - Leo Laporte

I agree though - disclosure is key. I don't see any problem though with a person disclosing their relationship with, say, Pedigree dog chow, and then Tweeting about "their sponsor", pedigree dog chow - Jesse Stay

Leo, I design my blog posts to be consumed via RSS - what's different from that? - Jesse Stay

Then I presume you include the ads in your RSS? If not, you're not going to be able to monetize the blog. However, if your ads are indistinguishable from your posts you're trying to trick your readers and they'll bolt eventually. I have no problem with obvious ads in RSS. I hate "pay per post" blogs and avoid them like the plague they are. Ads need to look (or sound) like ads - not content. - Leo Laporte

BTW Leo, I say all this in full respect for you - I've been following TWiT since your first show, and Screen Savers long before that. I'm a big fan! - Jesse Stay

Thanks Jesse. I'm not offended. This is an important conversation, and you've made me rethink my original tweet. Or at least, consider it more fully. AND this is something old media types like me can bring to the table. You youngsters need to understand how to monetize without compromising your content. Something we've spent a lot of time thinking about. - Leo Laporte

Leo, understood on the Pay per Post model. I may agree with you there - that is definitely different than including ads at the top and/or bottom of the RSS post. The monetization thing is something I'm definitely still trying to figure out. Content should not be compromised. - Jesse Stay

The form factor makes it all-too-easy to make snap judgments - that's why I like the edit function - heretic_twit

Twitter, however, may still be more comparable to the podcast/radio/tv model though. It's more of a "live stream" than a blog post. - Jesse Stay

Scoble calls it the "world-wide talk show" - Jesse Stay

Well we'll see how people feel when/if these ads become widespread. I predict that people who do it regularly will see their followers plummet. There's not enough value in most twitter streams to put up with ads. Furthermore, the reason advertisers want these (and pay per posts) is that they are stealth ads, in other words, they fool people. If there's the potential to confuse people about whether it's an ad, it's a problem. - Leo Laporte

I say sponsor FriendFeed over twitter - heretic_twit

Leo, I agree - I think if done right, it could be accepted amongst only certain Twitterers. There's no way it will work amongst the general population though. Chris Pirillo, for instance, I think could get away with it. - Jesse Stay

"This tweet brought to you by Carl's Jr" </Idiocracy> - Neal Krummell

Hear, hear! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

And a bulk sponsored @ tweet get an instant block from me as well. (After I confirm the account hasn't been compromised by a Bot of course.) - Paul Greeve

Leo, you say, "Ads need to look (or sound) like ads - not content," but your show's ads sound like content. They are conversational and personalized. But they are also clearly delineated as ads and your views/listeners can easily distinguish them as sponsorship messages and separate from your show content. Now with sponsored tweets how is this different if they are clearly marked as ads/sponsored? - Scott Magoon

I am not eager to see this on twitter, but I don't see it as the end of civilization either. It's really easy to make a follow/unfollow decision so why don't we just allow for a "marketplace" solution where everyone votes with their actions and sponsored tweets live or die based on the results. - Scott Magoon

what is a sponsored tweet Leo? - howardrs

I found this harder as well. Sorry I don't have it handy to help out. - Jeanine W.

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Here's how to create a new Friends List: Go to the page of a person you are subscribed too. For instance http://beta.friendfeed.com/scoblei... Below their name in the blue bar you will see "Lists: Home feed ... (edit)" Click "Edit" and you will be presented with a dialog box that will let you create a new Friend List. - Jeff P. Henderson

Thank you very much, Jeff. Big relief. - Mark Evans

I hope they plan on fixing this - JSNFLMNG

This is awfully non-intuitive. I must've poked around the UI for ten or twenty minutes trying to figure it out. I finally settled to toggling back to the old friendfeed UI, creating the friends list, and then switching back to the beta version. - Edmond Lau

It's pretty hard to reorganize tons of contacts, in the beta. - bnoise

yes, contact management in general is pretty lacking in the beta. - Bill Rawlinson

"Photographer Marco Sitzia rocks the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III with a monstrous Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG lens. For reference, the Sigma weighs about 35 pounds. Hell yes" - more info here: http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng... - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

totally ridiculous but... f/2.8 at 500mm, in a zoom?? WOW PS: the envious comments on that page are hilarious - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

There is a way to pause? - Marco Neves

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How about not real-time as default. - Neil Saunders

Indeed. How about not real-time as default. - Lars Juhl Jensen

Theres a pause button up at the top, but no way to do it from the keyboard. - Frankie Warren

oh, I'd super-like that! - Adam Lasnik

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It'd be great to have this, but there's one little problem: Twitter doesn't track if a tweet is actually a reply to another tweet or if it's just a public message to someone. It cheats by linking to the latest tweet of the person being messaged on the site, but there's nothing else. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

This is actually one of the selling points for another microblogging service, Blellow, which our own Haggis works for. They have actual threaded conversations, and I'd be surprised if the threading metadata doesn't make it into their upcoming API and feeds. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Plurk also has this feature. And I'd also like to have this in FriendFeed if it was possible. - Joseph Z.

I think it's better to avoid this feature for services which don't track or hand out threading metadata, such as Twitter. Else, there'll be even more complaints about how FF isn't attaching replies to the proper posts. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

beautiful. i'm not familiar - Cee Bee

Scotland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - M F

very lucky to be living among such beautiful landscapes - Cee Bee

Amazing! - Iván Abrego

gorgeous landscapes - Melanie Jagolino

So calming. Thanks Emma! - Darren Heydon

this is good picture , is this a real place ? - IMohammad

Thanks Darren, I know exactly what you mean. Wonderfully calming for 1st thing in the morning, or last thing at night, whatever the case may be. :) - Emma

LOL Matt, I promise ... I won't post anything else until you get up later! :p - Emma

Thanks Matt! :)) Sleep well and I'll get the posts ready for you later. ;) Night!! - Emma

I keep the colors natural because detail is often lost when an image is over-saturated in Photoshop. You will notice that I include unusually large gallery images on this website, especially the free wallpaper files. This is because I want you to see the quality of each photograph. I would never decide to buy a photograph based on some of the small and poor quality images that even the very finest photographers display on their websites! - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

I enjoy being by the sea, so many of my photographs were made along the California coast or in other coastal locations like Hawaii and Mexico. But I also enjoy traditional landscape, cityscape and nightscape imagery. - Mitchell Tsai

If you wish to see what others say about my images, feel free to visit my gallery page on the most popular photo critique and informational photography website in the UK. It is called ePHOTOzine. There, you will find many resources on everything to do with photography. - Mitchell Tsai

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