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Erin Kotecki Vest posted a message on Twitter

“read. now. http://tinyurl.com/5adnu5”

August 21 at 10:51 pm - Link

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Wow. - Rick Castello via twhirl

omg Erin, this is heartbreaking - Mona N.

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She's a mommyblogger too - Erin Kotecki Vest

Wow. What courage!! - Lisa L. Seifert

It sucks being poor but too "rich" to qualify for aide. When I got pregnant I tried applying for WIC. I was a student but I was also working full time and made about double minimum wage. I didn't qualify, though I was going to have a lot more expenses with a new baby, not to mention loss of wages (I was hourly and wouldn't be paid during my time off for labor and recovery) and daycare and wasn't sure if I could afford food. Apparently the government considered me more than able to. - Lindsay Donaghe

What also amazed me was sitting in that office waiting and across from me a girl who looked about 16 years old and her mother (I'm assuming) who were both draped in multiple thick gold chains... At that point I didn't own a single piece of "real" jewelry... And I'm sure they qualified for WIC... - Lindsay Donaghe

speechless... - James Herbert via twhirl

Hey, Jeremy Toeman, this reminds me that it's time to get the geeks to work in the food bank again. Particularly going into Thanksgiving. Erin, thanks for passing this along. Reminds me of 2002 in my life when I was laid off and really broke. - Robert Scoble

I think many of us have been *this* close. - Erin Kotecki Vest

You never forget the meal you ate when you feel you've hit rock bottom. Mine was green beans and boiled potatoes eaten off of a hospital tray sitting on a waiting room chair. - TheMacMommy via twhirl

ramen - Erin Kotecki Vest

I can barely stand the smell of ramen. I lived on it in college. Like bought-bulk-stored-in-the-closet-lived on it. bleh - TheMacMommy via twhirl

I'm the same way - can't walk into a room with the smell of ramen - makes me want to hurl... on the other hand - the best meal I ever had was Rice-a-Roni and Jiffy Blueberry muffins... I was dead broke, 37 cents in pocket, homeless and fed by a friend. It seemed like the most amazing meal at the time. - Lucretia Pruitt

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Russia: Poland risks NUCLEAR attack because of US missiles

August 15 at 1:26 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

WTF??? - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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LivePlace shows off graphics in the cloud : [Jason Preston]

August 15 at 9:18 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Wow! 3D world, completely rendered server-side. Beautiful! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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YouTube - Morgan Freeman as Count Dracula on The Electric Company

August 15 at 7:22 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"I love to take a bath in a casket..." Hah! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

Dave Winer posted a message

“BofA bill pay is the most aggravating piece of software ever”

August 13 at 8:46 pm - Link

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I manage three accounts through their website, and for two of them I can find the automatic payments I have set up and change them, but for the other, nothing I click on gets me the list much less lets me change them. Makes me wish Google would do online banking, I'd switch in a heartbeat. - Dave Winer

Would you trust Google with your financial/banking info, though? I'd have to think about it a little bit first. Is that too much information in one spot? - Rick Castello

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I worked for BoA for years doing UX stuff ... the multi-account aspect of Bill Pay is definitely one of the more challenging pieces of it. That said, I think it's a bit over the top to call it the *most* aggravating piece of software ever ;) - Clay Newton

After I solve this problem it'll probably seem silly. But tomorrow I'm going to call their tech support people, and if I remember correctly that'll take five calls, each time explaining who I am and then being told how I didn't get it right (they have names for every kind of customer that make no sense to this customer). I want to just change one number. And feeling so out of control with my own money is pretty aggravating. - Dave Winer

I use BofA bill pay all the time and haven't found any issues with it. It's fairly fast-moving, the UI is decent, and I haven't encountered any errors or noticeable bugs. - Nathaniel Payne

If you want to stay sane, I would try to avoid the tech support... I seriously would try to help, but I have avoided the multi-account thing myself! Good luck and I hope you work it out. - Clay Newton

Go to Citibank. Much easier. - Andy Wibbels

Bravos, Dave! Chase keeps telling me at sign in that they don't recognize my computer. They require me to get a code via email or phone. Enter the code and password and I'm in. Here's the thing, my signs on are 90% from the same computer, the same ip, the same freakin browser. Tech support once told me "Yeah, but you are not signing in 100% of the time from the same computer" - Dave Martin

Need a Citibank or Wachovia app on my iPhone. =) - Ernie Oporto

Get out of BoA as soon as possible. Was a damn nightmare when I actively used them. They nearly destroyed my credit rating due to an error in their system. - James Mowery via twhirl

Well, I called them at 7AM, and it was a bit of a struggle, but they showed me how to do it. I wrote down the instructions and put it in a place where I will trip over them next time this happens. Whew! - Dave Winer

Totally agree. I despise their online experience. AND California and WA. are not linked too. It's like two completely separate banks. BofA is up there on my list of most hated companies I seem to HAVE to do business with... - Ryan

I think it sucks that BofA charges non BofA customers the highest ATM useage fees I've seen regularly. Yesterday they charged me $3 to use the ATM. I'd think I was in a casino or something. These days I avoid BofA ATMs whenever I can. Other banks seem to charge less more like $1.50 to $2. If I have a choice in ATMs I'll always avoid BofA if possible. - Thomas Hawk

I've used their bill pay exclusively for years and haven't had any issues. My biggest complaint is that I can't set when I want to mail the check. Rather I only have the option of when I want it to "arrive." - Bill Sanders

Just posted on this topic: http://bit.ly/26R8Qi - Dave Winer

sheesh, thomas, use a bofa debit card overseas, 3% of the purchase, off the top, atm, 1% ... they are crooks, my local bank has much better service and rates - gregory lent

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The Tire-Gauge Solution: No Joke - TIME

August 7 at 12:50 pm - Link

My least favorite part about politics - that well-crafted spin often defeats wisdom, intelligence, math, and science, because the majority of Americans are STUPID. - Rick Castello

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Obama's response to Repubs making fun of his tire pressure comments

August 7 at 12:30 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Classic: "They need to do their homework - it's like they take pride in being ignorant!" - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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The Tire-Gauge Solution: No Joke - TIME

August 7 at 12:15 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

My least favorite part about politics - that well-crafted spin often defeats wisdom, intelligence, math, and science, because the majority of Americans are STUPID. - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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iPhone SIM DUN Access Solved!

July 21 at 10:19 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Freaking awesome - nearly there - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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iToner - Make your own iPhone ringtones!

July 11 at 10:36 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

$15 shareware, but much better than $2 per limited songs from Apple... - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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FaviconizeTab :: Firefox Add-ons

July 3 at 11:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Pretty spiffy - shrinks Firefox tab widths down to the size of the favicon. - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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Capture power with your curtains - CNN.com

July 3 at 9:47 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Flexible solar textiles - WAY cool! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

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GOOD Magazine | Blog - Breaking News About Mars!

June 26 at 2:07 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Mmmmm. Chocolate! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet

Caleb Elston posted a message on Twitter

“Question: What Toluu schwag would you prefer- shirts or stickers?”

May 22 at 7:10 pm - Link

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Who would want some Schwag? - Caleb Elston

I always want schwag! Especially if it looks good and is fairly cheap. - Brandon Titus

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Do you have a company shirt you really dig? - Caleb Elston

Stickers for the laptop! - Ashton

Onesies. Then shirts. :-) - Louis Gray

Shirts for sure :) - Eric Florenzano

Shirt. It takes too many stickers to cover myself properly. - Jack Carlson

Yup shirts :) - Colin Walker

Working on the designs, then gonna find a printer. Any suggestions? - Caleb Elston

I'll settle for an invite Caleb - jeff.r.smith at gmail dot com :) - Jeff Smith

Agreed, shirts! - Rick Castello

shirts (I am already a subscriber at startupschwag.com) - Amund Tveit

I'd like a t-shirt and a sticker :) - Sally Church via Alert Thingy

Jeff: Invite sent, let me know if you have any suggestions or questions. - Caleb Elston

i want both too! :-) let's get the word out!! - Susan Beebe

I don't have a shirt, but I do have invites. DM me for one. - Jack Carlson

Don't mind so long as someone will mail it to me in the UK - Andy Davies

a shirt would be nice :] - nouhad

I want both! :) - Gadiel Rivera

T's - Russellreno

both actually. I'll even find room on my laptop for one! - Tris Hussey via twhirl

Kevin Fox posted a message

“Anyone here used both a Kindle and Sony Reader a fair amount? Any comparisons to share?”

May 18 at 1:48 pm - Link

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I haven't used either, but I can heartily recommend the GamePark GP2X-F200 - Slippy Lane

I've thought of getting the Reader, and I already have a Kindle. I've heard rumors the next Kindle will be more like the Reader, so I'm waiting for that. Other than industrial design, my biggest feature wish is a comprehensive set of travel guides. - Chris White

I have a Kindle and have not used a Sony Reader, but I can tell you the wireless is a key feature. - Scott Ludwig

I've been reading ebooks on an old Sony PDA for a while now, but I'm looking forward to the iPhone 2.0 which is IMHO a better size and weight for reading ebooks than either the Kindle or Sony, which are a bit too bulky and heavy - especially for curling up in bed or slipping into a pocket. It'll have wireless like the Kindle, but for the same price (or less) it'll also do phone and music and movies and apps... - Rick Castello

Kindle FTW. - The Dude Abides

Deborah Micek posted a message on Twitter

“Enjoying garlic shrimp n sticky rice at undisclosed location (super good place only local hawaiians can find)”

May 18 at 4:27 pm - Link

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You mean you don't want to share the location? I'm taking my wife to Hawaii the 2nd week of June, and would love ideas on great restaurants... - Rick Castello

Rick Castello commented on a story on Digg

SNL - "There Can Only Be One"

May 18 at 9:46 pm - Link

"Clever SNL ad/skit about the democratic nomination. Very well done." - Rick Castello

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“@spin what do you mean that the people I'm following aren't community?”

May 17 at 4:28 pm - Link

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I totally disagree, obviously, with Spin. Interesting point about community here: http://technosailor.com/2008/0... By the way, I've met thousands of people on my Twitter list. Personally. Face-to-face. I have about 10,000 business cards in my collection since 2000. - Robert Scoble

See here: http://technosailor.com/2008/0... ..the theory is of how the positive response to Spielberg, et al, on Seesmic went illustrates an oft denied thing about popularity, audience, fame, etc. *Real* fame, not some low-rez industry fame. - Eric Rice

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Eric: how small does a community have to be to be considered a "real" community? - Robert Scoble

Eric (er, Spin) does a community have to consist of "only" real friends to be considered a community? Define 'real" friend, please. - Robert Scoble

WRT to small community, that's a great question. Nike used to be a dude selling shoes out of the back of the van, Yahoo (and google) were couple dudes in college... When did they become behemoth, uncool, mainstream, or whatever 'acknowledgment-of-arrival-via-negativity' terminology appeared? - Eric Rice

Community is transitional, it's something that changes all the time. The Indiana Jones gang seesmicing means nothing unless they're still seesmicing in a month's time or more. It's about a collective experience rather than a fleeting instant. - Richard Azia

I don't believe the numbers in the community effect it's integrity, as much as how many people in that community interact with one another. If it's just you talking to hundreds/thousands of people, and no cross chat/follows/comments - well... that just makes you a hub of "knowing lots and lots of people"... The sense of community comes from how much of a web it is (twitterwheel for example). - Enrique Gutierrez

WRT 'real friends' etc. I believe 'acquaintance' is the proper def for what is considered the New 'Friend'... The issue I brought up with your 20K is at what point does Friend or Community become Audience? Is Audience a commodity? - Eric Rice

You used the word 'collection' for business cards of people. What's the epic rare foil collectible in that mix? :) - Eric Rice

Woz's card. Hehehh. - Robert Scoble

but if community is transitional, does it matter if the IndianaJonesGang is on Seesmic in a month? or does a transitional community have to contain the exact same cast of characters for the entire duration that it is called a community? and do all characters in that community have to consistently be present, ie 3 times a week, for 6 years in order to achieve membership in that community? - Nathan Eckenrode

Audience is a commodity if you're jasoncalacanis. Me? I really don't care if you're following me. Just unfollow quietly. - Robert Scoble

The new definition of "friends" ranges from serious friends like my wife (she sleeps with me, so is the ultimate friend) all the way to people who talk with me on Twitter but who I have never met. Some of my best friends are on Twitter, too. - Robert Scoble

If the Indiana gang come in for ten minutes then they're visitors. If they've got a hundred videos and know people then they're part of the community. - Richard Azia

@richard that single moment in time is valuable for the propulsion. It's not always reproduceable... Remember when Deepak Chopra showed up and hung around? I recall he actually irritated people after his arrival. - Eric Rice

"Community" isn't defined by size, but rather by engagement, points of commonality, duration, interaction, and participation. I'm in the people who eat Cheerios community. - Michael Markman

He who dies with the most business cards wins. - Michael Markman

If an unknown person comes and seesmics once and never comes back does anyone take notice or care? Not really. Am I as strong a member of seesmic as I was a few months ago? No, why? because I don't participate as much. Is twitter as interesting now that I live in Switzerland whilst many of the friends are in London, nope, The circles are changing and so is involvement. - Richard Azia

Michael: great point. I'm in the same community, by the way (Honey subgroup). - Robert Scoble

A community has a sense of shared identity which is greater than the sum of the parts. Key individuals may come and go, but the core purpose of the community generally remains. The community can even move to another place, physically or virtually, but the sense of identity remains. It's kind of like a rock band -- think Fleetwood Mac, for example. - Scott Allen

And I would say that unless there's a focal point for group interaction and common identity, it's pretty hard to call it a community, e.g., "people who eat Cheerios". That is, unless there's yet another Ning community I haven't discovered yet. :-) - Scott Allen

To adjust the questions on community.... at what point does an active 'creation' (like we do with friending software) = creating an audience vs. building a community. We see these stories about detecting Twitter trolls, and following/followers is part of that. Is there a threshold or difference when it's a bit fuzzy in the public acquaintance-sphere? We're still binary meat for the services, it's quite possible the same at a p2p level. The ultimate in opt-in. Opt-in celebrity. - Eric Rice

Scott good point. The problem with the Cheerio eating community is that there just isn't that much to discuss with each other "great with strawberries." Heheh. - Robert Scoble

well, now, community is many things. it's cooperation (i can accomplish more than i could alone), it's ownership (i help define and create), it's commonality (i share traits, regulations, et cetera), it's delineation (i am inside, there is an outside). i see no need to redefine community at all, - hisherness

Cheerios are the New Cheese Sandwich. - Eric Rice

Eric: Look at Ijustine and Scoble. Ijustine has built an audience and she doesn't respond to tweets because she gets too many. On the other hand Scoble will often take the time to respond to people that @ him, as long as he notices. That's going to build a community. On twitter I am no one's audience. I removed anyone that did not respond to my tweets because of the amount of useless noise it was generating. Really changed twitter for the better. - Richard Azia

I think to be a true 'community' needs the absence of hierarchy. Everyone has to be equals. (hence the utopian 'COMMUNism). When a member(s) is raised to a higher level of, say, influence, it ceases to be a true community. There's a difference between early adopters and those who are given early access, to the exclusion of others. - Seth Eagelfeld

Seth, but community is built around hierarchy. I'm the student you're the teacher. I'm the employee you're the employer. We're part of the same project or group but we have different levels of experience therefre each person and their strength combine to add to the community. Take bloggers, podcasters and videographers. They have sub communities and broader communities. - Richard Azia

Community is demonstrated by interaction and reaction between its participants. Audience is when the communication is one-way and the individual members cannot interact with the performer during the performance. IMHO. - Mark Dykeman

Richard, I think those would be 'institutions' and 'corporations'. We are certainly have different levels and skills, but not different degrees of authority over one another. I think (stress 'think') that I'm right about the classical definition of community. - Seth Eagelfeld

@warzabidul Totally disagree that community is built around hierarchy. Community *can* have hierarchy, but does not require it. Different levels of experience != difference in hierarchy. Each brings their own strengths to the pot. - Rick Castello

I think it's more useful to say that if someone "comes to the party" and contributes something, they've been a part of the community, even if only for X amount of time. If they only lurked and did not contribute to the discussion even, perhaps they're "visitors". - Rick Castello

community always has hierarchy, from classical times until now. communism is not the only form of community (and even that generally ends up in hierarchy, anyway). the different roles we take on creates this hierarchy, and it is the ability to take on those roles that makes us a community. the two go hand in hand. - hisherness

@hisherness this makes perfect sence. I agree. @Rick I think you may be talking about positions of power over one another whereas I think community is more working together toward something common. Regardless of role/position in a hierarchy, each person contributes in a necessary way - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

It depends on the size of the community and it depends on the values of that community. If there is a goal to be achieved then a hierarchy will appear. Do you think there's a hierarchy on twitter. Is there one on facebook? Is there one group that is more influential than another? If so then there is a naturally forming hierarchy, whether we recognise it or not. - Richard Azia

I still disagree. Goals can be achieved without hierarchy, by common agreement on who will handle what tasks. I'll admit that LARGE goals require some sort of management of sub-tasks, but just because a person's job is "to manage" doesn't make them any "higher" in a system than anyone else, unless the members of that system give them that power. - Rick Castello

No, I don't see a hierarchy in Twitter. Sure, people like @Scoble and others get a lot of attention and have a lot of followers, but that doesn't give them any level of control or power of anyone else (and I'd guess they wouldn't want it anyway). [Well, maybe Loic, but only because he BOUGHT Twhirl!] There are thousands of people using Twitter that have no idea at all who Loic or Scoble or others are, and couldn't care less. As is the beauty of Twitter. Follow who you want, and vice versa. - Rick Castello

I can agree with Richard about visitor vs. community member. There is a certain amount of time that an engagement needs to last in order to be part of the community. Though I do wonder if you all think it needs to be a consistent engagement? Can I stay on Friendfeed for 2 weeks, fall off for 2 months, and come back for 2 more weeks and be classified as part of the community? - Corvida

There is channel on IRC that I stayed away from for about a year, came back and it was like I had never went anywhere. I'm even an op, there. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

What else would you call this, but community discussion - Rob Greenlee

@rob an audience? ;) someone should do a find/replace for community -> audience - Eric Rice

why does everything have to be a damn community? Can't you just get together now and then, come and go as you please, have a conversation. There will be time enough for communities when you're in the old folks' home. - Prokofy Neva

community is important because until you "know" someone, you don't know how to take what they're saying. - marty nickel via twhirl

Nick Humphries posted a message

“What the hell is with Twitter?”

May 14 at 5:17 pm - Link

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I think Obama and Edwards supporters got too excited and killed poor Twitter. - Rick Castello

I thought Twitter was going to get 'better' servers. WTF. - Nick Humphries

well, honestly, it's giving us something to talk about on FF - Lucretia Pruitt

Its up again, for now. - Nick Humphries

Rick Castello commented on a story on Digg

Go away, Hillary Clinton, you horrible human being

May 14 at 10:00 am - Link

"I hadn't heard a lot of the details of Hillary's continued campaign making it impossible for congressional candidates and the DNC to raise money for other contests in the fall. Wow, what a bitch. She's screwing all her colleagues in congress *and* the national party. What a loser." - Rick Castello

Rick Castello commented on a story on Digg

The Democrats Have a Nominee: It's Obama!

April 28 at 11:58 pm - Link

"Amen. Let's get over it and have the REAL election." - Rick Castello

michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“alert thingy 1.3 just released. single UI for twitter and friendfeed. awesome. http://snurl.com/25hit”

April 23 at 11:51 am - Link

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I love Alerty Thingy 1.3 - I am interested to see if it really can be used as a stand alone for FF and Twitter - Tony via Alert Thingy

Anyone else noticed the right side of Alert Thingy getting cut off? - Ryan via Alert Thingy

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I am giving it a shot as a thwirl replacement. - Toby Brown via Alert Thingy

Is there a secret to getting AIR app links to open in my browser? Doesn't work for AlertThingie or Twhirl :( - Troy Forster via Alert Thingy

I'm playing with it now. Now THIS is the Air App I was hoping for from Friendfeed! - Mike Lewis via Alert Thingy

Trying it for a minute or two. Getting dizzy... missing twhirl already... where are my meds.. - Bwana McCall via Alert Thingy

@Troy - You need Adobe Air - http://tinyurl.com/2dknhs - Toby Brown via Alert Thingy

Looks like - Brett Elliff via Alert Thingy

I am not seeing my twitter updates...I entered my info and checked "inbound tweets"...what gives? - Stepan Mazurov via Alert Thingy

does it not update in the real twitter? sent a test and it showed up as having sent, but on my twitter home page it wasn't there - tourman1 via Alert Thingy

i wish i could hide all comments from ff - Ruben Llibre via Alert Thingy

Same as Stepan - not seeing mine, or others', tweets yet - Patrick Jordan via Alert Thingy

Yeah, I'm having the same problem with seeing my inbound tweets on here. All I'm getting is stuff from FF. - Steven Melfi via Alert Thingy

To get inbound Tweets select the checkbox under the tweets panel and send your first tweet! - Jeremy Baines

I like this feature. I think i noticed that if you set alert thingy to turn on Twitter then it deletes FF doubles. Was thinking about something like this today actually. - Adam Gershenbaum via Alert Thingy

@Jeremy. I did that, but still no tweets. A couple other people are having this problem as well. - Steven Melfi via Alert Thingy

Yeah, I'm not getting any tweets, either... - felix

Great. How about ehancing the settings options: allow to turn alert sounds on/off; set update frequency; be able to go back into your feed beyond the 1st page? - Andrei M. Marinescu via Alert Thingy

Also, choose default # of comments to display per entry, or allow hiding of all comments (provide link to them) for more data in the view at once. - Rick Castello via Alert Thingy

I'd like to be able to hide comments once all comments have been shown. - Akiva Moskovitz via Alert Thingy

Alertthing 1.3 won't download successfully. Appears tp be corrupted. ...via AlertThingy - Greg

tweets didn't work for me, except for the ones who were also on friendfeed ...via twhirl - John Deisher

have received a number of tweets from @flocker in Alert Thingy 1.3 so the tweets are working from non FF members here :) - David Smith

Tweets seem to work following Jeremy's instructions. I'm still on the line between this & Twhirl. Like both. - adventureran via Alert Thingy

My tweets are working, but the timestamps aren't syncing up, causing all the tweets to be below the FF stuff. Looks like FF is in GMT, and I had my Twitter set to CST. But setting Twitter to GMT doesn't help; it still has CST timestamps. Anybody got a fix? - Jandy Stone via Alert Thingy

do we know how AT de-dupes twitters? if a twitter gets FF comments, will it show up on AT? - Samuel Bostock via Alert Thingy

Elliott Ng posted a message on Twitter

“@scobleizer Wow Milan the new J&J baby? that is just incredible. OK, I want 2 see the photo shoot.”

April 1 at 6:24 pm - Link

Hmmm... I'd date-check this one, Elliott. I smell a well-crafted pulling of leg here... - Rick Castello

Seek Ground commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: 5 things I would like from FriendFeed

March 29 at 7:57 pm - Link

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"Interestingly enough (well maybe boringly enough), I find myself sharing a whole lot less through Google Reader in an effort NOT to send duplicates to my friends. If the post comes from one of my friends or even my linkriver stream I am much less likely to share it. I keep having this internal debate every since FriendFeed because it seems like I am penalizing my friends, I mean their posts shared count have one less count on the aggregators, but on the other hand I don't want to send to much noise. Is this the right solution?" - Seek Ground

Interesting thought... I tend to share anyway, since I also use FriendFeed as a bit of a medium-term memory bank. Anyone know how far back FF keeps items/comments? - Rick Castello

Ackkk! I hadn't thought of the loss of my comments. - Seek Ground

Frederic shared an item on Google Reader

Innovation in Wine Labels

March 23 at 12:12 pm - Link

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This is a FABULOUS idea. - Rick Castello

cool blog as well - thanks - subscribed - Steven Hodson

haven't seen this in stores yet, but I'm horrible at remembering names of wines - such an easy solution - Frederic

@steven - I'm a big fan of the dieline blog. If you are at all interested in product design, these guys are doing a great job picking out and discussion some of the best examples - Frederic

@frederic - I am a big fan of interesting blogs that grab my attention. They don't have to be tech oriented all the time :) - Steven Hodson

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Is Your Pleasant Suburb The Next Slum?

March 21 at 11:13 am - Link

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I heard an NPR story this morning or last night that was talking about Gov't grants they're trying to put together so that communities can buy up the foreclosure properties in their area, fix 'em up, and turn 'em into low-cost housing. This would both get people the housing help they need, plus add some more tax revenue back to the areas that need it most. I like the plan. Let's see who torpedoes it. - Rick Castello

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message on Twitter

“Is your blogging reducing due to Twitter usage? http://tinyurl.com/25mxku It has for @AdamStewart”

March 19 at 6:40 am - Link

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Powncing has eliminated my blogging. Twitter is too limiting. - Tad - just Tad

Absolutely, yes. Haven't blogged in months, with the ability to get quick thoughts out on twitter. - Ryan W

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Yes. But if you had asked me on April Fools Day, I would have said, "No, all my blog posts are less than 140 characters." - Mike Reynolds

Pownce has absolutely reduced (and probably eliminated) my blogging. Great question! - Bill Bittner

Yessir - Steve Rubel

Yes, definitely. If what I have to say won't fit in 2-3 tweets, or evolves with the discussion in @replies, it turns into a larger blog post. - Rick Castello

Nope, it has increased my blogging because I am find more stuff of higher quality through twitter to blog about. - Tony

Maybe Pownce divides the casual bloggers from the hardcore/professional bloggers. - Bill Bittner

Nope. I much more dedicated to blogging than Twitter - Elisa Camahort Page

Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message on Twitter

“why, though, dear @freshbooks would anyone build an OSX desktop widget when one could build it on AIR and get cross platform?”

March 19 at 8:44 am - Link

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I'm a fan of open standards as much as the next person (though maybe not *that* guy in the corner), but I think Adobe's got a great things going with AIR. We need more cross-platform apps, just as we are getting more web-based apps. Now if they'd only make AIR light enough (eh, air - light enough, get it?) to run on mobile devices, we'd be SET! - Rick Castello

Robert Scoble posted a message on Jaiku

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March 16 at 9:12 am - Link

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I'm a "dark office" fan, also. If I'm feeling particularly "caved in", I'll turn on a small desk light. Reduced eyestrain FTW! - Rick Castello

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“You know what? I think Twitter deserves some credit for staying up during SXSW. It's been a long year for them, glad to see reliability!”

March 16 at 2:46 am - Link

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I completely agree! We're so fast to criticize a tool when we get attached to it and it's not there, but not often so fast to praise when they make huge improvements or do something right. - Rick Castello

That is an age-old IT Guy lament. They only notice me when everything is failing! - John Olson

I'll hold my blessings until they stay up through a MacWorld. :D - John Long

I would give them credit, but I have a feeling the new SXSW darling got most of the traffic. Hey, we're on it right now! :P - Bwana McCall