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Over 100 now. We're building a girl geek army, I guess? :) http://geeks.pirillo.com/group... (quite impressive)
edythe, Adam Turetzky, Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah and 9 other people liked this
My wife just joined that group :)
- Mattb4rd
ok... how do I join? ;-p
- Noah David Simon
I'm in. But, er, um, I'm all for embracing your feminine side and all that, but what are you doing in there, Chris?
- Laura Norvig
I'm in there because I'm site owner and if something goes awry and the Group admin isn't around... well... contingencies. It's Chantal's group, and she let me in... so I guess that means she sees me as a girl? :)
- l0ckergn0me
wow
- Mattb4rd
just ribbing you - there's LOT of guys in there. Maybe they're hoping to watch some pillow fights?
- Laura Norvig
O M G .. Pillow Fights. Hells Yeah !
- Mattb4rd
surge protector madness. again, multiple holes ftw! :p
- Mona Nomura
+3 Mona
- Mattb4rd
I'm not sure if I should tell Sara about this
- Noah David Simon
you know, i was wrong (such a common occurrence). There were lots of guys commenting on that gals heartbreak on her blog, but Chris is the only guy in Girl Geeks.
- Laura Norvig
http://www.youtube.com/results...
- l0ckergn0me
BUT DO YOU BLEND, CHRIS?!
- Mona Nomura
I just joined myself. Army is the wrong word. Hive? Swarm? Somebody help me here.
- Lisa Creech Bledsoe
from twhirl
I want to join, but wonder if it's gonna be all Apple talk. I can't hang with 80% Apple talk.
- Admiral Anika
Girl Geeks are HOT!
- Santa CW™
faboo mama - it can be whatever you make it to be. :) "Geek" is not just for tech.
- l0ckergn0me
Girl geek army? Sign me up!
- Jennifer Leggio
I'm officially a Girl Geek now 8-)
- Jennifer Leggio
well, once again, ning is being selective at recognizing my password.
- Admiral Anika
well, i'm in and OMG, i just found a million groups that speak to me. thanks for giving me another addiction Chris.
- Admiral Anika
Girl geek reporting in! Ready for orders Chief Geek!
- Daynah
Not a one of them from Chicago :(
- Adam Turetzky
Adam, iJustine is there right now.. ;)
- Daynah
LOL, I know Daynah! :) I @'d her, but she hasn't replied yet. If she's here more than a day it would be pretty cool to meet her.
- Adam Turetzky
How to Use Friendfeed as a Collaborative Business Tool - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-to-...
Nicholas James, Ms_Krista, Brad Garland and 31 other people liked this
finally one of the sharing and/or micromedia sites got the simple group thing right - this is working well for us with the Social Media Club room which replaced our mailing list - it is also working pretty well for a research project at my agency we just started yesterday
- Chris Heuer
I have added the Friendfeed app to my Facebook profile. I love how I can share something from my Google Reader, then it shows up on Friendfeed, Facebook, Blog Catalog, MyBlogLog, etc. I can have activity in many places with one click!
- Mary-Lynn
Pacman Sugar Cookies - http://www.snackordie.com/2008...
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Aaron Krug, Marco(aureliusmaximus), Stephen Cropp and 31 other people liked this
Now I just have to find a tulip cookie cutter. :-)
- Corie
@Corie: make one out of a clean tomato paste can
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
???
- Corie
Remove both ends from a tomato past can and thoroughly wash it. Carefully bend one open end of the can into the tulip shape. The metal is soft enough that it bends it easily, but you might want to use some household items to help you bend in the details (like the petal points on the tulip)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
yummy!!!
- Josue Salazar
I'm going to have to try that. Great tip. :-)
- Corie
I agree with Josue.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Hydrogenated?
- l0ckergn0me
How Do You Remember Your Passwords? - http://chris.pirillo.com/2008...
Brandon Klevence, Mike Fruchter, ha3rvey (just a friend) and 9 other people liked this
OS X = 1Password. Great app.
- Adam Bullied
from twhirl
I'd tell you but then I'd have to neutralize you. ;)
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
1password is a good way to go.
- Bill Sodeman
Until I can remember, I use KeePass, because it runs on my Windows PC, My MacBook, and my WinMo phone.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
from NoiseRiver
I've been trying to solve the dilemma of having them all in one place (which means I can't get to them if I'm not in that place) and storing them with a web service (which meant I am trusting them with my passwords! security could be fixed by encryption but what happens if the company goes away?). I haven't come up with a good solution yet.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
one extreme password
- Dave Martin
I can't because they are really long - up to 20 characters, symbols , and numbers. Naw, I just made that up. LOL
- LPH™ and his dog P™
Never log out of anything, press the "forgot my password" link all the time, have a directory of stored gmail password directory/tag, and try to only use one or two super-passwords
- Pete Delucchi
I am forever cycling to a new password, it does get tough to remember at times!
- Joe Dawson
want funny? don't do what our 10 year old daughter does: "My Username and Password Journal" emblazoned on the front of a composition book. George says next up: "My Bank Account Numbers and Mother's Maiden Name" journal.
- jeneane sessum
Just put this in 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 - it is the md5 hash for password ;)
- LPH™ and his dog P™
Just use the firefox plugin: password maker and your problems are solved
- Divided By Zer0
1) Make a phrase i.e. comic cupcakes 2) 1337 it i.e. c0m1ccu9c4ks 3) reuse it, but tack on a 4 letter abbreviation for each different site I use i.e. c0m1ccu9c4ksgoog
- Dread Pirate PJ
from Alert Thingy
The examples above use a phrase from a recent FF post I was looking at, it's not a password I intentd to use :-)
- Dread Pirate PJ
from Alert Thingy
I only have 4 passwords. One for my sensitive stuff (like email), one for webapps that require registration, one strictly for financial stuff only (online banking etc) and one for my work network.
- Tadhg Kelly
I usually use 1Password on the Mac, and 4 easier-to-remember paswords for stuff in work or websites that I need to access from random computers
- Hannes BrandstätterMüller
from twhirl
1Password on the Mac with their great my.1password.com syncing service for all other platforms or when I am no way near my machine.
- Alexander Kucera
I am using MiniSafe for storing all my passwords and synching them with my BlackBerry. To generate passwords I recommend the Automated Password Generator online - http://twurl.cc/39b - creates pronounceable passwords which are easy to remember.
- Thomas Einwaller
Roboform
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
i use a combination of 4 different passwords and 4 different usernames, mix and match 'em up for services.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
1password is a godsend on the mac. i can't wait to try out the new iPhone app they released yesterday.
- sean808080
Social engineering never dies eh ?? :)-
- Peter Dawson
I always get that 10 second dumb stare at the screen when I'm trying to remember what my password is. Then it's like someone smacked me in the head... "oh yeah, that's it."
- Chris Rivait
1passwd = lifesaving mac app
- @baratunde
from twhirl
I use Keepass - http://keepass.info/ (KeepassX for OSX)
- Kreg Steppe
I have a couple different usernames and passwords for different kinds of sites/services, and write them all down on a piece of paper that I keep in a fireproof safe. I change them all every 6 months.
- Brent Newhall
Egad! I have 1/2 dozen passwords I cycle in and out.
- Chris Abraham
from twhirl
I use Perfect Paper Passwords. https://www.grc.com/ppp.htm
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
I use one really really long passphrase so that I can use it across multiple, yet secure, services but which would intimidate anybody trying to look over my shoulder. One thing I find important for sites is to use free text security questions so that I can be free to lose/forget my password but to have a unified security question across all services. This would be ideal but hasn't been implemented very well.
- Derick Valadao
Companies Just Don’t Understand….Twitter - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
Bob Blunk, Richard Kannegieser, Jill Howard Allen and 3 other people liked this
The Vital Importance of Your Network - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-vit...
siavash, Robert Banghart, Fernanda Ibarra and 33 other people liked this
Great article! I use LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and now FriendFeed. These networks have allowed me to meet new folks, stay in touch with old friends and get great info on the social media/marketing area I enjoy. Twitter is also where I learned about the 'twebinar' you did yesterday. Great info and great networking using the hashtags in Twitter! After recently leaving my job, I have...
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- Jill Howard Allen
Jill mentions a subtle point that I see all the time--"After recently leaving my job, I have been actively working my network..." I see this all of the time, especially on LinkedIN, people come alive and begin working their network when they are starting to look for a new job or get separated from a job. It is so important to invest in you network (with value to it) so much earlier. The dividends will be much higher!
- Bill Rice
from twhirl
I agree with Bill. The best time to engage your network is when you have something to give to it, not when you need to get something from it. Paying it forward is the best way to ensure success from your network in the future.
- Morgan
Bill, maybe a better way to put it I have been able to spend more quality time with my network. How about that?! I've been active in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for some time, but I've had some additional time to learn more about networks like FriendFeed and spend a little more time commenting. :)
- Jill Howard Allen
Right on Jill/Bill. LinkedIn and Twitter have really been a BIG help. Now with Twinkle to augment my more LOCAL want/need to meet new early adopters here in my own back yard... I finally feel in a position to leverage that network one of these days when I need to most. Instead of having to try and build a network under duress and sub-optimal conditions. And, of course, I'm available as a resource to many more people (which has been a lot of fun).
- Gerald Buckley
Jill, Sorry I wasn't implying you were one of those people investing in their network too late. I just thought you made an excellent subtle reference to a mistake (if you haven't been following Chris' suggestions before) I have seen. I can't tell me how many times when someone starts looking or they are let go that I will get barraged with old, suddenly good enough to be accepted...
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- Bill Rice
from twhirl
What a killer conversation here. I'm glad that I've dived back into FriendFeed. Clearly some thoughtful conversations here, and I'm excited about that.
- Chris Brogan
Thanks for the valuable information!
- SRivera
Respect for a wife (spouse) is a sign of true character and sanity. Thanks for sharing from your heart Chris.
- Steve
It's funny that I should see this post today--I spent a lot of time this morning/afternoon connecting with people in my networks through blogs, Twitter, email, chat, face-to-face--it's been one of those days that took the reins in its own hands & led me away from my schedule. :-) Just a couple months ago I would have felt really nervous at this point, because I "spent the whole day chatting & didn't get anything done." But...wow. I have done *tons*. (Now the dog wants to network, so I'm off to play fetch!)
- Christine Taylor
The Talk About Rules for Social Following Is Getting Out of Hand - http://www.louisgray.com/live...
Mitchell Tsai, Michael C. Harris, Steve Spalding and 43 other people liked this
I totally agree with your approach to friending people on FF. I am slow to friend new people unless they are personal friends, web acquaintances, or someone that consistently has something interesting to say. I see no problem with following people and not having them follow me or visa versa. For me FF is not only about communicating with friends, but is also about getting & sharing quality information with like minded people. My goal is to have a quality experience while keeping the noise to a minimum.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Great post Louis! I do not auto follow people that follow me either. When someone follows me, I do take the time to look at their feed, likes and comments and judge if their interest are similar to mine. I try to review my subscribers (that I'm not subscribed to) weekly with the same criteria to see if I should be scribed to them.
- Justin Korn
"The way I choose to follow people on FriendFeed was first, people I knew, or engaged with elsewhere, second, following people who engaged in my activity through comments and on the feeds of the others I followed, and third, friends that those I follow engaged with, and whom I shared interests." - Same here. I also look at activity on FriendFeed, if someone just signed up and added their twitter feed I don't really see a point in following (unless their twitters are extremely interesting).
- John Duff
I agree with Justin, I don't reciprocate a follow until I see the user's contributions to the friendfeedosphere. Same thing with Twitter (which is getting spammier lately)
- Jorge Escobar
Louis, I still think you're the exception to the rule, maybe Scoble to, because you interact with people even if you don't follow them. I still think though that many in the so-called A-List don't care about their followers aside from bragging rights, which is why reciprocity isn't unreasonable as a mark of respect
- Duncan Riley
@Duncan, appreciate it. I expect there's no "one right way" to engage. I just wanted to be sure people understood why I do what I do, and that if I don't have the automatic follow, it's no personal sleight. I expect to engage with everyone I can, when I can. It's for others to shoot me down if they think I'm tripping over my ego. So far, I hope, I'm safe.
- Louis Gray
This is why I say you define yourself by who you follow. If you only follow people who use these tools as broadcast media, then you define yourself as a consumer and/or a fanboy/follower. If you follow only people who participate with you, then you are a participant. If you follow jerks, then you are most likely a jerk yourself (or will soon become one, because that's what you value). If you follow smart people, etc. etc.
- Robert Scoble
my 2cents:1) immeadiate 'refriending' - whether its twitter, ff, fb, myspace or any of teh zillions of SNs out there - rewards the spammers and time wasters. 2) If I follow you because I think YOU"RE interesting, even if I comment on your feeds or blogs, I don' EXPECT that what i blog about will be interesting to you. 3) (value for money !!) I don't have the RESOURCES to follow back and read everybody - I have to discriminate somehow, regardless of how arbitrary it seems to you (or me)
- martin english
from twhirl
Question: what's the etiquette when you're ending a relationship (irl)? I defriended on some, but linkedin, facebook ,flickr seemed diffuse enough that you could easily ignore someone's status. Chat- definitely removed, and twitter definitely removed also. Is this super geeky of me? Ha
- anna sauce
Sometimes, it's good to stop talking and just listen. In fact, if you're so busy forever talking you never listen, and listening is learning. It's all a balance. With FriendFeed you CAN do something quite successfully you can't do in "real life", and that's have a one-sided conversation. You talk, I listen or vice versa. It works well at times. I shall go shut up now, and read some more.
- Ian May
my 0.02 - Don't never ever tell me how to use Twitter or Friendfeed. If you don't like how I use these sites, then unfollow / unfriend me. I got more important things to worry about. Someone at SocialMediaCamp SF was talking about "rules for good twittering" and I just about lost it.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Brian, I don't care how you use Twitter or Friendfeed, and nor should I. It's your business. There should be no rules, except those we impose on ourselves so we can manage the flow. I might have nothing better to do all day, except browse friendfeed; you might get two hours a week. How on earth then, can there be a "right" way or a "wrong" way.
- Ian May
Where do You Host Files for Free? - http://chris.pirillo.com/2008...
Joe Perrin, Ric Johnson, Russ and 14 other people liked this
drop.io
- Rom Feria
dropbox and humyo
- Nir Ben Yona
from twhirl
Scoble did you sink the Twitter Whale? LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
mediafire
- Richard Lawler
from twhirl
mediafire, zshare, dropbox, and wuala
- Mona Nomura
wuala.
- Chris Chua
my.opera (old school hehe)
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
Not free, but I use S3 and RapidShare
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
dropbox, like it's extreme simplicity
- Dorian Tireli
box.net, fast and simple.
- Xavier Moisant
from twhirl
Not free but dirt cheap... S3
- Ray Slakinski
from twhirl
humyo & boxstr
- Cee Bee
drop.io and dropbox
- Dennis
box.net
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
s3 here - close to free
- andy brudtkuhl
Is This The Future Of Search? - http://www.techcrunch.com/2008...
David Young, Molly Metzger, Mike Fruchter and 9 other people liked this
Interesting idea; so is the Googleplex is looking to eat Digg's lunch?
- Steve Ellwood
I can't wait for the SEOs to get the boiler rooms pointed at this one.
- Mike Seidle
Holy cow.
- Brendan Cooper
from twhirl
Monumentally stupid idea. Google understands gaming better than anyone - they should be ashamed at the prospect.
- Dennis Howlett
from twhirl
This is SO obvious, once you see it in operation. GoThis is SO obvious, once you see it in operation. Good lord, the implications are astounding.od lord, the implications are astounding. My question is WHEN?
- Lisa Creech Bledsoe
from twhirl
(Why is everything repeating for me?)
- Lisa Creech Bledsoe
from twhirl
I'm with Dennis on this one. I think it's scary. I don't want marketers telling me the best search result. And yet, I *do* want humans looking at them. Think about Mahalo. Is that also monumentally wrong? Hmm... What if this ISN'T GoogleDigg (which it looks like) but GoogleMahalo? Where's Jason?
- Chris Brogan
My understanding is that you'll be able to use 'straight' Google search, and/or the Digg-like search. If not, then it should be. I don't see why this is so scary - it offers the best of both worlds, both the machine-based election for what you're searching on, and the human-based. And would it be so easy to game? Can you really game Google? As in, something that large? And if so, how does that make it lesser than Digg - assuming that is also gamable - or indeed current Google?
- Brendan Cooper
from twhirl
"The Wisdom of Crowds" is one thing. This looks more like mob rule. ;)
- Todd Defren
from twhirl
I wonder what if such a search engine had extremely good algorithm for clustering users... I mean - sorting users into crowds/clusters based on their personal preferences... And then ranking it in terms of those who think similar to me?
- A.T.
The 50 Most Influential Female Bloggers - http://northxeast.com/general...
Anthony Stevens, Mitchell Tsai, Roman and 101 other people liked this
one day I'll get there...
- Orli Yakuel
50 bloggers X 10000 twitter following requests.. twitter will be down soon :):)
- Naor Mark
Somebody make sure Playboy doesn't see that list.
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Boo...No Sarah Perez or Corvida. But congrats to the ones I do follow: Veronica Belmont, Gina Trapani, Emily Chang, Leah Culver, & Justine Ezarik.
- Mark Krynsky
There's always a few missing on these lists (especially niche bloggers including the above ... Ann Smarty, and Shana Albert) but this is an incredibly good list (with descriptions). Well worth exploring!
- Charlie Anzman
Ditto Mark, plus congrats to our Tamar, and Amber MacArthur as well (fan of her stuff as well) - finally a list of females in tech and blogging that doesn't involve "sexiest" or "nakedest."
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
no Perez Hilton?
- Jamie
LOL
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
congrats veronica.... #33, 32.... top 10 soon? already topping twitter's right?
- Pajama Domain
good list - sent to my blogger wife :)
- mike "glemak" dunn
Could Perez Hilton handle all 140 characters? like, that's a lot!
- Herb Myers
This was a great list. Added a few new blogs to Google Reader.
- Sean Brady
What... no Cordiva? :-)
- Andrew Dobrow
No Natali Del Conte either. Seems more like a "Female Bloggers Influential To Other Females" list. Not so much a list of bloggers that have appeal to men and women, except for some like Gina, Veronica, Cali, etc.
- Jim Bergman
Well Female bloggers usually gets 'popularity' faster...but nice list.
- Saad Kamal
I'm shallow… I only clicked on the hot ones.
- Vincent van Wylick
hey where's SarahinTampa, Cordiva, Cyndy or Svetlana? - update list please! ;-)
- Susan Beebe
I'm just happy its up for discussion.
- Erin @queenofspain
I barely knew anyone on that list. Gonna have to start reading more blogs...
- Andy DeSoto
I knew about 3/4s of the list and they absolutely deserve it. These are all great bloggers, well worth checking out.
- Robert Scoble
Only knew about 1/2 of the list but the ones i saw on that list are there because of merit. Great List...worth checking out.
- Nicholas James
congrats Veronica!
- Kevin Rose
This reminds me that had I not given up on the first blog I started back in 98, maybe I'd be on this list. But I don't have the drive and passion these very worthy women have! Congrats to you, Veronica and all on the list! More importantly, keep doing what you do, because it is important and valuable.
- Shawna Benson
What an impressive list! Quite a few I follow already, but nice to have some more to check out.
- Sally Church
ok which one s/we get Playboy to cover ? Remember TC's post of late ?
- Peter Dawson
Why does there have to be a separate list for most influential male/female bloggers? Why not just a list for the 50 or 100 most influential bloggers? Why the gender distinction?
- Michael Tefft
After posting about the bikinibloggers of Urlesque & the wish for naked bloggers of Playboy at http://www.aboutblank.nl it was worthwile to pay some attention to influential female bloggers. Really influential, I'm talking about. But why do all these American sites pay so much atttention female bloggers, I wonder. So sudden, I mean.
- Ton Zijp
whole story is suspect due to claim that blogging pair coined term "fugly" - WTF! :-)
- Deva Hazarika
What does it have to do with America, Ton Zijp?
- Andy DeSoto
Andy, just that the attention is there so suddenly, in such a way that they all make a list (20 bloggers Urlesque wants to see in bikini, 9 Playboy wants to see naked, 50 really influential according to N x E). I follow news about weblogs worldwide, I publish about it daily, so for me it's really surprising that in just a few days all these sites are concentrating at female bloggers. I don't take conclusions on that, but it really surprises me. July = bikinimonth? Like Urlesque said?
- Ton Zijp
I know a few, and have a few others in my rss reader. But this blog post is screaming for an OPML.
- Laura Scott (@lauras)
from Alert Thingy
nice resource, re: formatteddad's comment- as long as there is no bias or exclussion. anything that brings more voices to the conversation- the better! sometimes we need to identify the voices that might not be getting the BIG exposure.
- michael sean wright
where's corvida? where's corvida?
- Sarah Perez
Congratulations for making the list!
- Jeff P. Henderson
@Sarah - I was looking for Corvida too!
- Yolanda
Im not a big ijustine fan, but Im glad to see Gina T near the top.
- Colby Olson
What about Paige and Gretchen from MommyCast? They deserve to be on the list.
- Barry Reicherter
from twhirl
You go girls!! But where are the AFRICAN AMERICAN & HISPANIC & INDIA, etc bloggers. A little discriminating, don't ya think?
- ChaCha Fance
wait -- no Sarah Perez? or did I miss her?
- Jorge Escobar
First Look: Evernote for the iPhone | 43 Folders - http://www.43folders.com/2008...
Flemming Funch, Lisa Creech Bledsoe, Chris Jones and 7 other people liked this
Wow. Free?! Wow.
- l0ckergn0me
Evernote sure kept theirs quiet leading up to App Store launch. Love that it has Audio Notes feature ...
- Patrick Jordan
So can you pull Evernote into FriendFeed?
- Daniel Miessler
Wait, audio notes? So we can use the iPhone as a voice recorder finally?
- Daniel Miessler
Ok, it's on my list. Am I the only one who hasn't had time to upgrade yet? Still, I like hearing the news from the community so I know where to go first!
- Lisa Creech Bledsoe
from twhirl
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