Hell yes it is! All the fine dudes and finest bitches still be rocking the Casbah daily and nightly here on the station with it all! K-FFD!
- Morgan Haley
Still alive but the momentum and will to live is gone -- and the sale and virtual abandonment was like shutting out the lights in the middle of a party -- a signal for everybody to go home.
- Brian Sullivan
The Google real-time announcement certainly didn't hurt!!!!
- Charlie Anzman
Honestly, it's not that much different -- plenty to chat about, and plenty to chat with -- and it's still storing all my web finds perfectly. There's an extremely considerate and passionate community. So... sure!
- Christopher Galtenberg
It is to me - it all depends on what you make of it
- Jesse Stay
Who is here is replying "yes". Who's not here any more just won't reply. The fact is few weeks ago you wouldn't have asked :) [ah, this means it is not kicking as in the past]
- Markingegno - Donato
from Android
I would say yes. It had a slump period for me for a couple of months, but now I'm putting more in it and getting more from it in return.
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Tricky question. Nothing else out there has this feature-set, and AFAIC that's the killer, I use FF because it's the best platform. Maybe some people drifting away since the sale, but OTOH there are new people joining. My buddies Nat and Brent from Calgary both joined around the time of the sale and have both really gotten into it. I have more discussions here than on Twitter, and I think that's true for a lot of people.
- Louis Simoneau
And @Scoble: the fact that you don't get 12 000+ followers on FF makes it less attractive to social media marketing types, which actually makes it BETTER as a platform for meeting and interacting with real people. I have 'friends' on Twitter that I've back-and-forthed with a few times but couldn't really tell you much about, whereas here, I feel like I really KNOW people like Derrick, Jandy, Monique, etc.
- Louis Simoneau
Only to some hardcore dedicated FF'ers. Other then that its just here for Robert Scoble to come on and preach how every worthy tech person he follows is on Twitter and how this site is dead.
- CW™
And regarding Robert's statement, OF COURSE a founder of Google will get thousands people who click the follow button. Then what? I look forward to Eric having 12,000 individual conversations this week, so someone ping me when that happens :) I've gleaned more valuable insights into the thought process and perspective of Google/Googlers from being in and around the conversations started by DeWitt on Friendfeed than I have in any other way.
- Micah Wittman
I have to excuse myself for not being very active for quite a while: I was being busy organising the Dutch Bloggies. I do think FriendFeed is still alive, but I sure wished there were more Dutch people to keep up a conversation with. It's making it difficult, now I'm out of organising for a week, to start up being involved again. I'm jealous at the Egyptian & Italian people, who seem to have a whole community here.
- Ton Zijp
Friendfeed is immortal, perfect, the best. Friendfeed will never die. ... in fact, the end of behemoths like Facebook and Twitter will be tweeted on Friendfeed.!
- Petr Buben
Just got back into using FF more heavily and find it much more enjoyable to any of the Twitter clients I've found. I can actually engage with the people that I "follow" and learn more about them and find interests instead of just trying to separate the wheat from the chaff like I feel I do on Twitter
- Ian Rudy
Watching Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town and they had an Avatar commercial that was most definitely geared toward kids complete with a heavy-handed narrator that described in detail what the movie was about.
:( but damn if that hair doesn't look great! ;)
- Josh Haley
For infections: eat as much as you can, preferably in light - to mid hearty soups, this serves the dual purpose of keeping you nourished as well as keeping you hydrated to promote the cleanse of the infection. As well, drinking as much as you can, through teas, but preferably more vitamin enriched juices ~ these are dependent on how much you can hold down. & Hell yeahzz you are one put together invalid :))
- sofarsoShawn
Aww. :( Sorry you're not feeling well!! Hope it passes quickly.
- Laura H.
@Josh, Shawn - fixed the hair to go to the doc when I was feeling significantly better (when it was mainly the sore throat)... by the time I got home I felt awful. Rest assured a few hours tossing in bed has wrecked the hair for sure!
- Lindsay
She is singing her own made-up Christmas song. A song of joy :) (in German)
- Baard @ Pixum
from iPhone
I understand "Weihnachten". No one can say I didn't get _something_ out of those five years of German lessons in school (Meine Fächer dieses Jahr sind...).
- Eivind
It's interesting to see something besides still photos. In the photos I've always thought she looks *so* much like you. I haven't seen film of you so I don't know whether that's still true. ;-) Does she know how to speak Danish as well?
- Spidra Webster
Just when I thought she couldn't get any more awesome. :) Such a cute video!
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
That's hilarious, Eivind. Only criticism I have is that to be truly authentic, those guys would have been speaking 3x as fast as they were.
- Spidra Webster
She speaks only Norwegian and German, Spidra. But she understands Swedish and Danish as well. Thanks to DVD, where you can select your language :) The last thing she says here in this video is Norwegian: Ha det på badet, din gamle sjokolade :)
- Baard @ Pixum
Forgive me, Baard. I'm getting my FF Scandinavians mixed up. I thought you were Danish.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, you're not mixed up. I am half Danish and half Norwegian. My father is Danish and my mother is Norwegian. But my mother tongue is Norwegian :)
- Baard @ Pixum
With a mid-Skagerrak accent, no doubt. ;-)
- Spidra Webster
I only speak Danish with a hot potato in my mouth :)
- Baard @ Pixum
hahaha, she is so cute! *wiehiehieviele türchen habt ihr schon auhahauf?* and the gloves! :D
- esther ♥ ♫
FYI: if you and I are friendly on FriendFeed, and you have some inexpensive stuff on a public Amazon wishlist, you might want to check to make sure it's current.
You should make sure your shipping address is correct, too. Just sayin'
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
not to presume too much, but i dunno if i have anything reasonably priced on mine. i haven't looked at it lately, but i can say it's current.
- Joe Silence is not dead
*checks to see if there are any horse heads on Barry's wishlist*
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
i am glad you defined inexpensive, because i was going to ask...
- edythe
He's CHEAP AS DIRT ADEN.... he doesn't deserve you. I, on the on the other hand, am broke. Same result, but my heart is in the right place. ;)
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
WOW. I just got a silent 3 Christmas. Thank you, Sugar Papa ha3rvey!
- Spidra Webster
Not sure what you're doing with your mouth here, but it's cute :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I can barely recognize you without the bent knee and hands behind your head, body jaunting to the side. Also: your house looks nothing like a Burger King drivethrough.
- Sparky
I found out today that NO ONE has gotten the illustration certificate that my school offers. BECAUSE (dun dun dun) they have never offered one of the required classes at either campus. WHAT
I know. I talked to my illustration teacher about it - Illustrative Techniques 2 has never had 9 students it requires to be made a class, so they've never taught it. She finally got enough students for it for this semester, but since the full time professor who also (theoretically) teachers it didn't get enough, he is taking over her class. Well, most people who signed up to take it signed up because she was the teacher, and dropped it when it was taken from her. So it's not going to be a class, again.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I think that /should/ get them in certification trouble with their state, should anyone complain. I think they're required to offer some sort of equivalency credits from another class if they can't meet their own requirements.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Yeah, at this point it doesn't affect me but I am hoping they can pull it together soon. I was thinking about writing the department head asking for confirmation that what I was told was accurate. They shouldn't even advertise the certificate if it is not possible to complete it. The classes it uses though are completely outside the normal degree program.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
she's rebuilding her web for the millionth time. she's been there for months, now. it's hard to see the web in that pic, isn't it? ;)
- Bren, Not Grinchy
My name is Phil Slattery, but I don't recall having a friend named Val D. I am on Facebook if you are interested and my website is www.philslattery.com
- Phillip Slattery
thank you and the search is still on...................
- VAL D.
at first I think a handshake til I knew you better
- VAL D.
until i know a person really well, i don't hug unless they initiate. or we're both drunk.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I'm with Joe on the hugging front. (Hey joe, that sound a little strange to you too?)
- SAM
Handshake, most likely. I'm a big hugger, but out of respect, try to gauge people's "personal space" limitations when meeting in meatspace.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
I'm not a hugger, so probably a handshake.
- Katy S
(Well since I do not know you and ran across your page today) I would be professional. Say hello, introduce myself, compliment your Friendfeed postings and engage in socialization,
- H0llywoodWh0re
A head-nod. I am seriously uncomfortable touching other people or being touched unless we're REALLY close. Even shaking hands or fist bumping stresses me out and makes me uncomfortable. I generally dread that part of a typical business transaction points to an inevitable handshake. Every once in a while, I read or hear someone recommend just coming up to people and hugging them at...
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- J Wynia
I'll usually shake hands with a lady when we first meet, although I'll hug if they initiate. I've never actually done a chest bump with a lady. That I know of.
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
I would politely shake hands, and then reassure you that the boxers I'm wearing are button front (and thus, pants were unnecessary.)
- Mark Jepsen
Pffffffttt...Akiva wouldn't even look at me when we met.
- Alex Scoble
Depends. It ranges from an awkward hello, to stuffing you in a sack :)
- Mo Kargas
LOL I love the answers and I'd welcome the hugs although I usually have an issue with personal space. And if you're not into the physical contact, that's totally okay. I remember having a job interview once where the person who was to be my supervisor hugged me at the end of the process. It was very odd...yet I wasn't disturbed so much as touched by the gesture. I would definitely be hugging people good-bye!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Katy, it really is sad. The have to put chains on their 4X4'S to drive in two inches of snow. Some wanker today launched 30 to 40 feet off the road in a 40 MPH zone. It was barely sprinkling...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from fftogo
I'm now imagining a reality show in which SoCal folks are airlifted and dropped off in the Northwoods during winter. The footage of them driving would be both hilarious and sad.
- Katy S
With Simon critiquing their abilities? That's a number one show!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
"The cast of Fringe discuss the names of the Observers, and the possible meanings. Anna Torv confirms the Observer names corresponding to months of the year, and reveals all of the Observer names, which you can see in the video, or after the jump... Click here to read more...In addition to August and September, we see that the older Observer is named December and the younger Observer is named July (and the "Inner Child" could be an Observer named January...?)"
- RAPatton
Wow, that is kind of cool. Makes we wonder if they are all the same person at different times in their life
- RAPatton
Jesus what's with all these crazy bald heads? :)
- Jeunelle Foster
Interesting idea with the same person at different times. Hm.. What do you think of this season so far? Are you enjoying it?
- Araceli
I enjoyed last season's wacky Walter more than this year' more mentally enfeebled Walter, but there has been quality
- RAPatton
from iPhone
I'm wondering...cause I'm not loving this season. I feel the show has eps that standout, but has issues with maintaining a season long development and/or arc.
- Araceli
I think the season has had trouble because it has left Walter's whimsy behind and the interdimensional aspect is developing too slowly
- RAPatton
from iPhone
"How does normative sexuality manifest itself in librarianship? How can library collections, policies, and programming teach students to deconstruct heterosexuality–to view it as a specific identity, social class, and distinct sexual orientation instead of the default or “natural” class? For example, how might a librarian begin to shape scholarly inquiries by constructing subject guides that separate heterosexuality from Women’s, Gender, and Queer Studies? In other words, I tend to find many helpful guides that organize sexuality studies under a larger umbrella of Sexuality, Gender, Feminist, or Women’s studies; but I’m starting to wonder if those classifications are specific enough–if they isolate heterosexuality enough to be “interrogated” or questioned."
- cecily
from Bookmarklet
Speaking of defaults, why should a postmodernist, critical social "theory," cultural studies orientation to the world be the default basis for organizing these topics?
- Christopher A Carr
And why should librarians think it necessary to "shape scholarly inquiries" to conform with one particular academic orientation?
- Christopher A Carr
Yes, they should just bow to the patriarchy, and get on with implementing the dewey decimal system.
- Cliff Gerrish
*seconds cecily's sigh and adds one of her own*
- Katy S
I thought this was going to be about the "sexy librarian" look (sorry)... I have to wonder though how this line of reasoning would apply to "men's rights" or "white pride" movements.
- Jim Norris
The organization of texts is inherently political (an expression of power).
- Cliff Gerrish
Cliff: Right-wing blow-hard: Look, folks, see? Those Frenchy philosophy-spouting, neo-Marxists are trying to "shape" the very nature our children's inquiries!... I think the obfuscation-loving, Foucault and Derrida-spouting, "campus left," is, on whole, not doing the broader left in the US any favors.
- Christopher A Carr
Christopher, I can't tell if you're trying for satire or that this is how you really feel. If you're trying for satire, you're missing it. If this is how you really feel, I'm tired of it already.
- cecily
Jim, I think it could be applied to any area of scholarly inquiry (which is, I assume, is the original poster's point). If an academic is studying any culture/group that is considered the norm, the librarian's job is to support that area of investigation with resources, and materials that support that line of inquiry. The issue, as I see it, is that the dominant culture isn't studied in...
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- cecily
Cecily: I wish we had line breaks here. The part after "Right-wing blow-hard:" is my imaging what a "person" like Rush Limbaugh might do with this. It's my position that the jargon-y, post-etc left harms progressive efforts in the US.
- Christopher A Carr
Crushing dissent is so much more attractive when it comes from the left... Are you really afraid of what Rush Limbaugh thinks?
- Cliff Gerrish
Go derail a thread elsewhere, Cliff. Nobody's crushing anything here, and none of us are dumb enough to fall for your okey-doke. Moving on...
- cecily
Christopher: Thank you for the exposition. I thought maybe that's what you were going for, but my Spidey Senses were tingling in an uncomfortable way, and I didn't want to assume any further.
- cecily
I'm glad Christopher is here to say what I'm thinking. Less work for me.
- Eph Zero
I think I got lost in this "discussion" but if I'm even beginning to grasp anything from it then add me to the sighing. I don't know if librarians ought be "shaping scholarly inquiries" but we sure as hell ought be shaping and reshaping via active questioning the ways in which the outputs of those inquiries are organized, call it info/knowledge/scholarship or whatever. And that, my friends, will influence those inquiries.
- Mar₭ Liŋdŋer
I think a number of us got lost, Mark, but I'm curious why/if people reacted so strongly to the idea of a librarian shaping a line of scholarly inquiry. I would imagine in some academic libraries, that as members of the faculty, librarians are expected to contribute in some way to scholarship, aren't they? Or do we see the librarian's role as a support role alone?
- cecily
Oh, I agree with you cecily, especially in our own field or if one has subject qualification/knowledge in another area. but I can be longwinded so took the short road. I do think that in many ways librarians affect inquiry, intentionally and otherwise, and that sometimes that is a good thing. I could only object in certain specific cases & not in general.
- Mar₭ Liŋdŋer
I want to teach our gender/women's studies/sexuality students about how normative and just plain ancient library organization is (well, LC classes and LCSH primarily). What's interesting though is the extent to which librarians have been involved in these programs from the start. It's an interesting yin-yang reflection of our conservative-progressive selves.
- barbara fister
Sounds fascinating (and sadly true), barbara. I like the "yin-yang reflection" thoughts.
- Mar₭ Liŋdŋer
Hope Olson has written a lot on this, as has Sandy Berman.
- Pete, Enabling Force
Well and I don't know :) But probably. I did an essay on classification so read a lot of their work. Coming from a Pol Sci background the notion that classification structures might reflect larger social structures was... easy to accept ;)
- Pete, Enabling Force
I like Hope Olson, have heard her speak several times, and look forward to seeing/hearing her again. I will not discuss her research methods in polite conversation though.
- Mar₭ Liŋdŋer
This reminds me of that 'résumés in plain language' site that was around during the dotcom crash. It presented this kind of language in actual, real language (but in a snarky way, of course). It was hilarious. This probably would be translated into 'I can have conversations with people. Even people not on my own team!'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I understand, Joe =) But seriously, if anyone knows of a job where I can get paid for talking like a longshoreman, lemme know!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
The verbiage around my shop is salty enough that sometimes I wince.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I soooo wish I could 'effectively interface across all levels of the hierarchy'
- Holly Rae, FFer
ha. can i adapt a version of that for my own resume? :)
- edythe
The famous "geek-non geek translation" ^_^
- Roberto
from iPhone
<pedant>"to effectively interface" is a split infinitive.</pedant><Elmore Leonard>Using adverbs is bad.</Elmore> "I am fluent in Geek and Muppet"
- sjjh
""The new device is an improvement over the old device, making it more attractive for purchase by all Americans," said Thomas Wakefield, a spokesperson for the large conglomerate that manufactures the new device. "The old device is no longer sufficient. Consumers should no longer have any use or longing for the old device." Added Wakefield, "The new device will retail for $395." Able to remain operational for longer periods of time and occupy a demonstrably smaller three-dimensional space, the new device is so advanced when compared to the old device that it makes the old device appear much older than it actually is. However, the new device is reportedly not so radically different as to cause confusion or unwanted anxiety among those familiar with the feel of the old device. "Its higher price indicates to me that it is superior, and that not everyone will be able to afford it, which only makes me want to possess it more," said Tim Sturges, owner of the old device, which he obtained 18 months ago when it was still the new device."
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
from Bookmarklet
In all honesty, I did find this "how many times is this network going to ban this guy from performing on it before even they realize how douche-baggy they look" story rather fascinating. Kinda sorry it ended. I like pointing and laughing at outdated monoliths. "Apparently, the third (or fourth) time is the charm. After having a series of bookings canceled by ABC, "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert will finally make it back to the Disney-owned network on Thursday. Lambert will visit with chatty ladies of "The View," one night after he appears on Barbara Walters' special, "The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009," according to the "View" Web site. Lambert, 27, will not just sit on the couch and chat with the "View" panel in a pre-taped interview, but he will also perform on the show."
- Helen Sventitsky
from Bookmarklet
Is it wrong that I don't know who this guy is?
- Michael W. May
No, it's not, Michael. I just have friends who are gaga over American Idol. He apparently came in 2nd place last year and publicly came out, afterward. I've grown to like him, actually *hides*
- Helen Sventitsky
Don't be ashamed, Helen. I was surprised how much I liked a couple of his songs, too.
- Kamilah Gill