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I had enough fun last night. Today the extent of my fun will be napping and watching Torchwood. - The Bohemian Penguin

Define "fun" - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

If I have to spell it out, then you're doing it wrong. - Steven Perez from IM

Define "wrong" - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

What Pea does. :D - Steven Perez

@mvb was she a showgirl? - tiffany from Android

I think I know that girl. - Steven Perez from IM

Ah. So "wrong" in your last statement is bizarro world speak for always right. Gotcha. Glad we cleared that up. Thank you, sir! - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

I just et me some Microwaved Popcorn. It was very tasty. - Brent - Long Live Rock

oh man, use dropcard or something! - Anika

i normally use moo.com but not on this short notice...i should also ping the tokyo crew about their thoughts since the card thing is SO part of biz culture. - Eric Rice

Someone mentioned awhile ago to hook up a Nintendo DS and pictochat your info to them :P You could do the same for a PSP (I think it was Alexander Williams who said it). I want that personally. - Candace

Honestly, I don't understand this card thing. I was beaming people with palm pilots 8 years ago. In fact, it was considered RUDE to have business cards when I went to infrastructure conferences. - Christine Cavalier

@Christine, i work in telecommunications and i've run into situations where handing a biz card is a huge faux pas. beam it or forget it is what i've been told. - Anika

Of course, how do we know what can be beamed or not, what's compatible or not. I wouldn't even know how to transfer between a treo and iphone or blackberry and nokia... and i'm like from the FUTURE n shit. :) - Eric Rice

so... years ago Palm had the biz card beaming feature. I remember loving it. Where did it go? How did it fall out? - Michael Markman from twhirl

its bluetooth, don't the smurfs in our phone just make it work. i used to have a PPC6700 and now i have an instinct. I've never had a problem beaming anyone anything, except when I was in vegas and my phone would not pick up or receive data from the iphone user standing next to me. that was the only time in the past 5 years that's happened.. - Anika

i think the other point i'm making is that i can't even recall having run across the need to do this, much less, even know *how* to - Eric Rice

I know this doesn't help you for next week, but if it is an important contact, in the future perhaps use a branded flash drive w/ your contact info and sample of work? There are a few sites like this out there: http://www.usb-flashdrive.com/us... - tagami

tagami: actually i have a use for flash drives for another project ;) but yeah, great idea for some for biz card replacements - Eric Rice

Really nice ad lib voice your son uses at the end there. I want to wake my boy up to say hi to another kid :) - ishak

thats adorable - Tyler Gillies

Loic, no probs. We're going to do one a day for the next 2 weeks over the winter school holidays. He loves doing them, and I love it that I can create online with him. - Duncan Riley

Uh, why? Because Shel's a man and Kathy's a woman? They're both victims! Shel's getting bullied, and somehow he's the one who is under attack for not having a sense of humor about it. Sorry, but I still smell waffles. - l0ckergn0me

shel doesn't do victim well enough, but you're right, if he was a woman, different story, and it's a double standard - Duncan Riley

Seems like some weird "mean kids" high school feud. Tiresome. Might be swingin' shel's way tho. - Oldengrey (Jay)

Maybe. I think that Shel's target demo isn't the cool kids, anymore. Loren's better at playing politics, and he's backed by Mike. You don't get much more political juice than that. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Nothing to see here, move along. - Z-lot

I don't want to be put into some kind of "pro Mike and Loren" camp, but to compare what Loren is doing to Shel with what happened to Kathy is stretching things all out of shape, I think. Loren is "taking the piss," as the Brits say, and that is directed at Shel and his professional skills, not him as a person. It's on the edge, as most satire is, and arguably is mean-spirited, but I still think it's qualitatively different. - mathew ingram from fftogo

very different situations, threats of sexual violence intended to silence outspoken women carry loads of personal and social historical weight. using a puppet to say a man on camera is silly is going to hurt feelings but it's different by so far that it's a different phenomenon. like pointing and laughing vs punching some one in the face. plus l.f. is such a dickface that few people want to challenge him. that's what i think. - Marshall Kirkpatrick from fftogo

come on Shel... I don't know you. but the puppet I know. think what Seinfeld did for the soup nazi! who is KAthy? and why doesn't she have a puppet? - Noah David Simon

I'm not a "pro" either side here, either - merely pointing out that (personally or professionally) Shel doesn't like it. Period. End of story. The last thing anybody should tell him to do is "lighten up" about it. - l0ckergn0me

I still smell waffles. The blogosphere is accepting these attacks, but not others?! It makes absolutely no sense to me, personally or professionally. Or, let me put it to you another way: how would it make YOU feel if YOU were on the receiving end of this?! - l0ckergn0me

what's the deal on the waffles? waffles are good. this situation is not. - Justin Whitaker

OK, I will take the obvious approach. Kathy was being attacked and threatened on her blog. Loren's videos are just an attempt at poking fun. Granted someone should come to Shel's defense a little, but the situation is much different. - Rob Diana

I can see how it could be funny until Loren made it personal.. Personal attacks from one person to another are not funny. - Ian D. Nock from twhirl

I don't think Shel needs anyone to come to his rescue. But Loren has crossed from parody to meanness. I also disagree that it's just about Shel's professional skills. Seems rather personal. - Chris Baskind

Interestingly, I think this is probably the first time I've seen an attempt by Robert Scoble take a side in the issue. Not that this is a bad thing. In fact I'd probably act the same way - staying distant and siding with no one because everyone involved are friends (and in this case a co-worker). - trextor

It's all a bunch of idiotic crap. Someone trying to make a name for themselves by attacking someone else, instead of acting like an adult. Low rent. - Andru Edwards

It's not like he's Daumier or something. Let's take the videos out of it. How about twitter? Pretty personal stuff about destroying Shel. And calling Julia a whore. Let's get back to the double standard. Is chivalry completely dead? Creepy. - Oldengrey (Jay)

Loren's behavior is wrong and it should stop - enough harassing of Shel already. Loren seriously needs to get a life already...gees - Susan Beebe

@Michelle McCormack Um, you heard? that's some solid ground to stand on. @l0ckergn0me i think the problem is that you used the Kathy Sierra incident as a comparison. It's not the same. However, Feldman's a bored bully who's getting lots of attention, so he'll keep doing it. It's the oldest story in the book. I don't know Shel, but I'm sure he doesn't deserve the personal attacks. I can understand his being upset. After all, this could start costing him work, and it does get really annoying after awhile. - Chris Cavs

I'll bet Loren can't go on this way for long and still do work for CNET. Then he'll lose work and we can all gossip about that. - Oldengrey (Jay)

I saw one vid and thought it was funny - but i agree it shouldn't (and doesn't have to) be much more - Steven Livingstone-Pérez

@Michelle McCormack started it! what a professional world we live in when the rules of the playground count for acceptable behaviour. We have to realise that we all have people we do not like, people we do not get along with, even people who hate us, but that is not for the public realm, we should maintain a professional stance in our dealings. The moment you direct your efforts to kicking people down rather than making yourself better, is the day when you kick yourself down and are poorer for it - Ian D. Nock

THE PROBLEM is not Shel Vs Loren, its us- the blogosphere, we love to stick our nose into it yell "blog fight" !! We are to blame for adding fuel to fire.. they are adults, let them sort it out , rave, rant and kill each other verbally. However Bloggers are like pit bulls .. bite onto the jugular vein at the smallest chance !! - Peter Dawson

Shel? Loren? Who are they and why should I care? Is this the geek version of the east/west coast rap "war" from back in the day? - Queco Jones

I couldn't force myself to watch that video all the way through. It was boring and moronic.Not sure why anyone finds it entertaining. If Feldman was trying to imply that this is how Israel's videos are, perhaps Feldman should be aware that I didn't find that to be much different from the incessantly pause-ridden vitriol I've seen on the three or four other videos I could bear to watch (before deciding to pretend he doesn't exist). The major difference was there was a much cuter critter doing the shouting. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

It's pretty disgusting. High school on a grand scale. Why do people have to be hurt to create humor? - Francine Hardaway

That's the root of most comedy. and highschool drama is the root of most of the blogosphere's interaction. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

My motto has been "insults from idiots should be taken as compliments." At the end of the day, it just shouldn't matter what others think or say about you if you're doing the right things. It's not fun, but smile and say "I never did mind the little things." - AJ Kohn

Shel isn't taking near the beating that Feldman is giving poor Julia Allison. I don't take anyone's side in any of these debates and find the puppet amusing, but if there's any outrage/crossing the line I think it's Julia Allison and not Shel that would have the beef. - JonathanJoseph

I predict this behavior will be mitigated starting Friday. - Oldengrey (Jay)

I think the two situations are enough different that it is hard to know if there is a gender treatment issue going on, a different attitude about what is "just deal with it" kinds of attacks (it is a year or two later - we may be less sensitive), or a matter of being able to relate/laugh at Lauren and being more shocked at the attack at Kathy. So could be waffles, could be just too different. - Goldie Katsu

You are truly an idiot Chris to even compare a puppet to Ms. Sierras situation. - loren feldman

I think one can be multiply Rckrolled and even other type rolled and each is equally an event. - Goldie Katsu

I prefer the BigButtRoll myself, which is a mashup of Rick Astley and Sir Mixalot. http://www.youtube.com/watch... - moo Money

Of course there's also the MuppetRoll, which Selserene lists as a favorite: http://youtube.com/watch... - moo Money

Particularly with Brightkite, they force you to search for a location before you can check in. That threw me for a loop. Why can't I just say "This is where I am?" Why do I need to search for it first? - Mark Trapp

bright kite has a number of issues before it's ready for prime time. one that gets me every time is the performance of its sms interface. if you search for something in your area to do a check in, you may well be gone by the time brightkite comes back with the results of the query. FAIL. - sean808080 from twhirl

@Mark, I beleive the search returns results that can be placed on maps vs. you typing whatever you want and they trying to figure out where you are. - Tsega Dinka

Tsega, sure, but why not let me say "This is where i am" and do what Google Maps does: if I type something it doesn't understand, it says "Did you mean this?" Right now, the only cue of where you're supposed to check in is a microscopic question mark next to "You have not checked in" that tells me I have to do a search first. - Mark Trapp

Um..yeah I had exactly the same reaction. I couldn't figure out how to set my location. I still find it clunky. When I was trying to do the company lookup the first time I fought with it for 30 minutes and finally gave up and manually put in the information. I now know how to but...um I use this kind of stuff regularly. If I can't figure it out there is something wrong. - Goldie Katsu

Well, she's one step ahead of me... I haven't signed up. :) - l0ckergn0me

Thats the reason I have not seen that site after I signed up!! - Jigar Mehta from bTT

<yawn> yeah I feel her on this one </yawn> - Mark Forman

I think the most "beta" part of beta releases is the UI/how to portion.Most techies don't know how to talkie. - Mark Forman

was just thinking of how much of a bkite noob i am. they have complex sms codecs to learn. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I disagree about holding hands when services are still in beta and invite only. I would expect a released version of a service to do better. Getting an invite and being a early adopter comes with some strings - broken software and no manuals are usually at the head of the list. - Doug Brooks

None of this stuff is prime time until it can be properly sold to the masses with a DUH. Also, Brightkite (which I do actually like) isn't the only one here, we could probably list the services that run on geek assumptions. - Eric Rice

I'm sure other people have similar rules, but my rule is the 10/10 rule: the user must grasp how to begin using your software within 10 seconds, and must be able to use it without supervision or help after 10 minutes. Granted, advanced things might take more time, but they should have a working knowledge of how to do day-to-day things in 10 minutes. Any more time, and it's back to the usability drawing board. - Mark Trapp

@mark t: i like that. beta or not, user friendliness should be in the top five of the list. - edythe

10/10 rule ftw! - Mark Forman

Yeah, I really do like bright kite, the idea an implementation is great once you get past the how do I get info in here? I spent more than 10 seconds looking for a check-in button. - Goldie Katsu

Eric - your wife is a savvy Web 2.0 app user. Start-ups that fail to clearly guide the user with a nice, simple straight-forward walk thru on the 1st login to introduce them to their app are missing a huge opportunity to demonstrate the key features of their product. If the user doesn't see these features they will NOT see the *value* in the application and the will not use it. Attrition rates are much higher for apps where there is no up-front training on the 1st login. - Susan Beebe

Usability testing is the solution. Sit some people down in front of the screen, ask them to perform a task. Sit back and watch. Its amazing how quickly you find out that what you thought was obvious, is completely missed by everyone. Doing a Beta release in and of itself will not solve UI issues. - Kevin Shannon

Does anyone have a spare invite to BrightKite available? - Joe Dawson

Joe, email me at mark@itafroma.com and I'll hook you up. - Mark Trapp

even after you try and use it, I find it still fails - Jonathan Greene from twhirl

@Mark cheers mate! - Joe Dawson

Brightkite.left me too wondering why I was wasting my time - Noah David Simon

I like BK, but when you are in the exact same location for a few days, it's kinda retarded, conceptually. - Eric Rice

Eric, yeah: I've been wanting to use it in earnest for the past few days, but... I haven't gone anywhere. - Mark Trapp

It's as much as "why should I use it" as "how do I use it." - Leo Laporte

BrightKite was alittle hard to figure out at first, but once you get the hang of it - it's a pretty powerful social feature. I don't really have any friends on BrightKite but using it hand-in-hand with Twitter is great. - Aaron Myers

it's only interesting when you check in away from home/work. it would be especially interesting to see places within a given geographic radius where the most people have checked in. geographic serendipity. also, hopefully, they'll get this working with gps - rob zand

So far, I like it. It's a little tricky to figure out at first, especially posting from the web site using my blackberry, but I think I've got it. The problem is, I haven't gone anywhere since I signed up. :) I'm interviewing for a new job with about 50% travel, and I'm thinking it'll be a lot more useful then. - Ha3rvey (not Akiva)

signed up for it, used it a couple times, but too much of a hassle to keep telling it where i am. my friends can txt me or twitter me for "where i am" info. - Chris Harris

BK is quite boring when I'm just going from home to work and so forth, but when I go places work or vacation it's kind of cool. I do have issue with the foreign place names being in the local language, such as when I'm in China, I get all china symbols. Being that I'm not a manual reader, it took some time to figure it out, but I got it going after a bit. - clarke thomas

i've been loving brightkite, however it makes me realise that i should be getting out more. i also stopped checking in when at home, as i don't think that counts as interest to the public. - Kevin Buckstiegel from twhirl

Interesting concept. I'm not sure that I'd ever give up the management of my personal brand to anyone, no matter how good they are. - Mike Doeff

Not sure if he needs one ;-) he rocks all by his amazing self! - Susan Beebe

Your selling yourself short man. Scoble's never gonna break out of his very limited uber-geek niche appeal. Put that effort into managing brand Eric Rice. - Rob Safuto

Rob, I don't think it's as easy to manage your own brand. Outside eyes are needed. That's why brand managers exist. It's like designing your own biz card or web page--- over and over and over and just not getting it right. But for others, oh hell yeah. Cake. - Eric Rice

unnecessary - agree w/ rob go w/ brand managing yourself ;) - mike "glemak" dunn

An objective eye can help a lot, even with an awesome brand. And who would say I want to manage x's brand if they didn't already have something going. - Goldie Katsu

Goldie: It's like a car needing a tune-up. Fine tuning. Not totally Michael Caine/Steve Martin in the movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Just gotta move the train off the track for a second to inspect and assess and tune. - Eric Rice

I think there's definitely a lot of value in Eric Rice being a facilitator for companies to enter the social media or gaming space. Help a company that's not on the inside to get in and do it right. - Rob Safuto

@Robert Scoble so you don't have a personal assistant yet? ;) - Jacob Nahin

Eric: you're my R&D department. :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert: Be careful what you sign, or you might have to go as "The podcaster formerly known as Scoble" until the contract's term expires. Then again, some of the fringe unicode characters are pretty cool looking... - Kevin Fox

@Simon I offered him before than you - If it was an offer :-) - Erhan Erdogan

Eric your mind is a weird and wacky place... - Dave Peck

I think he needs an entire agency :) - Devlin Dunsmore from twhirl

Yeah, we have really entered the world of people as person brands. - Tris Hussey

@Tris I really love the idea of person brands. In some way it validates my obsessive-compulsive urge to grab my username everywhere ;) - Andrés David Aparicio from twhirl

@Tris Like a Beckham perfume - I want a "21 inch Scoble LCD monitor" : ) Will you buy it like me? : ) - Erhan Erdogan

Heh, I'll take the Scoble brand RSI wrist support strap. ;-) - Jason Wehmhoener

Dunno-Scoble is interesting as an antenna, you're interesting as a transmitter - Mark Forman

Scoble is one of a kind...and you are comparing him to other products? - Luke Harvey-Palmer

Eric, I think you have lost it. Can you imagine trying to rein him in to stay on message? - Cyndy

All kidding aside, I had this kind of problem to a degree for a while. For a while I had about 12 blogs I wrote professionally, plus my own personal one. It got to the point where I had diluted my brand. I couldn't say what "my blog" was, or what I blogged about. I had to pull back, focus, and learn to manage "my personal brand". - Tris Hussey

Cyndy not really, it just takes a nerves of steel. ;) - Eric Rice