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No Matter How Hard You Try, It Is Impossible To Fax A Cat #shareit
Ahmet Yükseltürk, selimovski, Joan Miro and 739 other people liked this
LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
That poor cat looks so confused.
- Georgie Bestie
but it's so warm on top of the scanner!
- DJF
Time for a cat scan!
- Jemm
Iz I the right way up for printing?
- Vicky
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup in a TARDIS
LOL, Soup!
- Kol Tregaskes
that is one adorable kitten!
- Anna Lynn M.
<3
- Furkan Tunalı
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
Kitty!!!!
- Janice
keep trying!
- Morgan
FEED ME A CAT
- tehKenny
Kol, it is NOT impossible. And that's all I'm saying.
- Steven Perez
Push harder
- Josh Haley
LOL@Jemm
- AJ Batac :)
آخی
- یک بابک
Hehe, Steven. I won't ask. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Gosh, just noticed this post has nearly 150 likes! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
1 closer....hilarious!
- Jeffrey Marsh
There we go 150 likes. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm in ur faxx masheen -- sendin de faxxez....
- Stephanie Segel
thanks, i needed a laugh
- chaz2b
FAXCAT IS NOT AMUSED
- Karl Knechtel
iz dat some copycat?
- bora "head" basman
LOL, now nearly 200 likes! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thats no fax machine, thats my new patented kitty juicer!
- Threepwood
Just one more like... please. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's over two huuunddreeeed
- bora "head" basman
MOAR!
- Pat Hawks
I need 9 copies please !
- Faraz Mullick
A cute cat :)
- Mohammad Abdurraafay
Haha, Faráz.
- Kol Tregaskes
Next target, 250 likes. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Friendfeed loev faxcat :o
- Karl Knechtel
;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Pussy by fax. What will they think of next?
- Mattb4rd
X))
- Neya
OMGosh, next up is the 300 likes mark. Anyone care to join in? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Honestly, i'm not generally a fan of the Cat memes... But that is classic.
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
You know this is the 7th most liked entry on FriendFeed ever: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... !!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, this thread is pure genius.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
But only almost 50 comments.. :)
- Simon Wicks
Simon, there's not much to comment regarding the picture :) But meta-comments are more than appropriate!
- Ivan Zuzak
Simon, yeah we need 1500+ comments now, who wants to start? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there we go then for the 1500+!!
- Jaap Willem
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now it's the 4th: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - it's gonna take a huge effort to break the record of 452+ likes here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified...
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now this is the 3rd most liked entry: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... :-D Crazy!
- Kol Tregaskes
Too bad I am fresh out of likes of I would do it again.
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
I'm using this photo in the latest chapter of can haz murder
- anna sauce
Hehe, Anna. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
One more for 350 likes, LOL. This is mental! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Come on, 350 cats for a cat getting crushed? You guys are mean. :-P
- Richard A.
I'd like again if I could :-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
bump
- Simon Wicks
Richard, LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesomely funny!
- Martha
Next target: 400 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
theres one more for you Kol
- Toby Graham
Toby, you're very kind. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Cute *_*
- Sybelle
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 6 more likes for the 400 then I'll leave you alone. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
can you spare a cat 6 likes?
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
sweet
- Eric Hofmann
Haha, Jason, wow 406 likes, madness! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Madness? THIS. IS. FAX CAT.
- Mike Nayyar
Well 452 likes is the record, hmm I think that is pushing it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
this is underfaksink at its worzt
- pb:
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- pb:
Ah, OK, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- pb:
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OMGosh, just 23 more likes to beat this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
433 Like ! Wow !
- Like
Freemor, yes very cute! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
cute~
- Chan Pen
that's why is called a cat scan and not a cat fax.
- Phil Maxwell
oh ... a scan. not fax?! .... it looked to me like she was faxink
- pb:
Just 5 more likes needed. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Fax, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Iphigenie
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- SteVe C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
They fax much better if you flatten them first. What?
- The original Kevin
LOL, Kevin.
- Kol Tregaskes
i can also imagine the cat going there cause it is snug and warm
- Iphigenie
Ey, it would be a tad warm on there, especially after a long working day. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Caption which needs to be said aloud: Uh Ohz, I'm totally FAXED!
- The Real sofarsoShawn
Hehe, Shawn. 10 more for the big 5-0-0. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Countdown! 8 more now!
- Mike Nayyar
bump for more likes
- Josh Haley
bump
- Roberto Bonini
One more!! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I took mine away, too much pressure.
- SteVe C
Wow, there we go, 500 likes!! Thank you all!! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I think Fax Kitty deserves a prize for that.
- Georgie Bestie
меня, признаться, подзаебал этот кот
- Парадокс Смейла
Kendra, absolutely. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
wish I could double like!
- metalerik
Wish I could just like it at all. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This is also still on the Best of page. That must be the longest running best of post? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
But it's a cat being crushed...
- Richard A.
برای چی این همه لایک خورده؟؟؟؟؟
- نصرآبادی
Hehe, Richard.
- Kol Tregaskes
copy cat
- gibilix
518 like! most liked post?
- Lu Tao
ay yerim yaa çok tatlı kedicikk :))
- Arzu
Lu, yeah but a long way now. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
*bump*
- Andre
Blew past 500 likes - LIKE!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
OMGosh, nearly heading to 550!!
- Kol Tregaskes
So we know how many people use this site.
- Richard A.
So that's what Paws Printing means.
- Jack&Cleo
Richard, we getting there. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Jack, hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
this thread is making history.
- vijay
Indeed .. this is a most epic thread
- Mattb4rd
Hehe. 9 more for 550!
- Kol Tregaskes
8...
- The Real sofarsoShawn
7. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Actually only 5...cuz "You, Earl E Morningwood, yasin ghasemi and... 542 liked this"
- The Real sofarsoShawn
Who wants to bet how many likes this thead is going to get???
- Roberto Bonini
Gosh, no idea.
- Kol Tregaskes
take some bets then come back in a year to check?
- Iphigenie
:)
- SokooteDel
Holy smokes .. this pussy cat is approaching 600 likes!
- Mattb4rd
552 now, so there are some unlikes going on, hehe, oh well. Still an amazing amount of likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
560!
- The Real sofarsoShawn
And back down to 559. Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
And how could anyone not love kitties after seeing this photo?
- Susan Beebe
I liked it without reading this discussion - evidentially we have a lot of people who like the idea of faxing a cat!
- Rich
Rich, yes, worrying, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
564!
- The Real sofarsoShawn
I think we'll have to recruit more ffeeps before this record will ever be broken
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
maybe a good way to clone cats :)
- Roberto
Hehe, Roberto.
- Kol Tregaskes
This surely couldn't hit 600 likes, could it!?
- Kol Tregaskes
It could! Keep bumping it up!
- imabonehead
It will :)
- Roberto Bonini
My next cat post: http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-fun...
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not even 600 Likes? Feh. ;-)
- j1m
No yet. Close though. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Stuck on 581.
- Kol Tregaskes
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
11 more to 600. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
داداش كوتاه بيا، مي خواي ركورد بزني!؟
- Exir
هستم بره این کامنتتو ترجمه کنه اکسیر ! :))) داره از فضولی میمیره الان ! :D
- Shayan
Hehe, 6 more likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Need 1 more like, by my calculation, to get to 600
- Josh Haley
Another unlike then, back down to 598. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's 598+3, at the moment ;-)
- Andre
There we go, 601!! Wow, can't believe it. :-D Thanks everyone!!
- Kol Tregaskes
3 people un liked :(
- Roberto Bonini
I think there have been made unlikes over the last week, oh well.
- Kol Tregaskes
too many likes, the kitteh is burning up..stop the madness...;)
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
Haha, Jason.
- Kol Tregaskes
614!!!!!
- The Real sofarsoShawn
Whoa! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
man! ..Kol is gaining ... and I saw that pic one day before Kol posted it :X ..and i let it go! :[)]
- pb:
Petr, who's he?
- Kol Tregaskes
omg, this post passed 600 likes!
- imabonehead
@Kol ..well the man .. Mr Photographer .. ok .. let me go there ..
- pb:
I see. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
631 likes, amazing stuff. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Day 11 and this thing's still going!
- Phil Maxwell
Why fax yourself when you can get famous via FriendFeed? :-)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
whereas a cat *scan* is totally feasible
- Megan Craig
Kol, congratulations, you won the Friendfeed Award for the most likes entry!
- Jérôme
Kol is this from your rival: Squashy Cat Photography?
- The Real sofarsoShawn
Haha, Shawn. Have you really bumped this one again? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
LOL I was actually looking at best of month and I thought I'm going to be clever :-)
- The Real sofarsoShawn
this makes me laugh every darn time I see it
- Stephanie•CogSciLibrarian
Who is this NShawnFW? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
kitties do like to find new spots to nap :)
- Maryam
LOL, now over 650 likes.
- Kol Tregaskes
این هنوز در نیومده از لای این دستگاه؟
- Maryaminaa
Wow. this is good..... pleased, Kol?
- Roberto Bonini
Pleased? About the number of likes? I'm happy regardless. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
So do we think it will go to 700 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
what do you mean by "it" ? say "he" or "she". :)
- Maryaminaa
Haha, I was referring to the entry. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lol
- Maryaminaa
I see someone already posted 'Copy Cat' !! LOL Great picture
- Kevin J Hatton
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
O HAI! I IZ WATIN FR COOPONZ, KTHXBYE.
- WYRD 101
Neksnapper 3000 Kitten Eradicator - Kills Kittehs Dead
- Mattb4rd
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
10 more likes for 700! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
7 more by my count!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops, yes you're right, Bec. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Isn't it illegal to fax a pussy?
- aerobroken
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- The Real sofarsoShawn
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not so bad huh? \u)
- Zu from AOD
Before faxing it, you have to flatten it out a bit. You're going at it all wrong! :-)
- Rick Cogley
Must try this at home!
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Bumping some old great posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Now THAT is a classic!
- Allan Besselink
you have to flatten it first!!! ;)
- Neda S.
This is very good humor!
- TrafficBug
Hey, we've hit the 700-like mark. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
just a couple thousand to go
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
LOL
- Smeerch
__awesome__
- scotu ._.,
and it got resurrected once again!
- Iphigenie
I managed to do it once, but I don't think I'm going to do it again. The results were a little fuzzy.
- Seth Greenblatt
Bump.
- Kol Tregaskes
ahahahahaha salaaa baaaaaakkkkkk
- missipipi
I'm so glad this thread has been revived. The cat in the fax machine never fails to delight.
- Michelle Jones
aha! 700 kişi zorla kapağın altına tepilen kediyi beğenmiş
- Siminya
I've heard of cheap paper but this is ridiculous!!
- Neda S.
Copy the cat
- Alyn William
And there I was thinking this was the most liked post on FriendFeed. Darn, just 3rd. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 100 more likes to go. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Missed this the first time around.
- John (bird whisperer)
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, over 700 likes. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
715 likes and counting.
- Kol Tregaskes
Fax Yeah!
- Playing Well with Others
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
who revived that one?
- Iphigenie
Me, sorry.
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 40 more likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
all right let's do it...
- Iphigenie
Love this one!
- Fossil Huntress
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
#aaaf
- Ali Oz
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Skype’s Worthless Employee Stock Option Plan: Here’s Why They Did It - http://techcrunch.com/2011...
andrei_c, Internet Strategist, Nils Sandin and 3 other people liked this
That's pretty messed up. That sort of practice should be illegal, if you ask me. Once an option is vested it should be irrevocable, period.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I also think there should be a public clearinghouse of the names of executives that are involved in these sorts of shenanigans so people can know not to work for companies where that these executives are involved in.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Because, honestly, any executives that think sort of bullshit is ok should not be able to hire anyone.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Wow, FriendFeed is a marvel of engineering. Looks great on my 23-year-old Amiga:
Zu from AOD, Stephen Mack, Kevin Bondelli and 43 other people liked this
Now *that* is some geek cred right there.
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
from FFHound!
Pixelfari? I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed it degrades so well.
- Kevin Fox
For what it is, Pixelfari is pretty impressive. It functions exactly like Safari 5, just pixelated.
- Mark Trapp
WOW.
- Joe The Sausage
Facebook is surprisingly usable...
- Kevin Fox
The Amiga is one thing I never got into.
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Rad. Watch out for guru meditations!
- Nathan Chase
FACEBOOK is surprisingly usable? I hope you meant FriendFeed, Kevin. FriendFeed IS surprisingly usable and Facebook has serious usability problems and lots of them.
- Internet Strategist
Calm down, guy. This was all just a ruse of which Kevin was aware: he and I are talking about the ability to use Facebook and FriendFeed in the new browser Pixelfari, respectively.
- Mark Trapp
What Mark said.
- Kevin Fox
Very rare is the great product that costs 5 to 6 times what their competition costs. That's most usually not great, that's overpriced.
Jeff (Team マクダジ ), Melanie Reed, Morton Fox and 4 other people liked this
Not necessarily. There are many products that have a high quality brand that would last for decades versus their competition's products that get thrown away within a year. Snapper Mowers come immediately to mind. Did you see the article about them on Fast Company: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazin...
- Internet Strategist
There are many more examples. When I was very actively breeding Thoroughbred horses I wore Tony Lama boots because they last me two years and can be resoled while a pair of cheap boots wears out within four months.
- Internet Strategist
If you have only ever bought cheap cooking pots and utensils you will probably not enjoy cooking. They rust and bend and are not a joy to use. Buying high quality makes all the difference.
- Internet Strategist
It is this buy cheap mentality that is filling up the dumps and wasting resources right and left. When you calculate cost you have to factor in longevity. When you do that, that product that cost 5-6 times more - IF it is truly high quality - actually costs less in the long run. Not to mention the closets and storage spaces overflowing with products that are not really worth using but people hate to throw away what they spent their hard-earned money on.
- Internet Strategist
Bras, a 70.00 bra lasts 5 years with proper washing. A 5.00 bra lasts about 4 months with proper washing. I will buy the high end ;)
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
Adding to what Janet said...stockings ;)
- joey
Ahh, I love the internet.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
It's funny that even when I tone down the rhetoric and use qualifying words, I'm not sure that people even notice them. But seriously, I love you guys.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
And yep, IS, I did read that article...good stuff. And I'm not talking about the difference between lowest cost to highest, here. I'm talking about difference between highest cost good and their next competitor. Dyson fans vs pretty much any other fan out there would be a good example.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
What is the next-best vacuum? Cause I've had a vacuum that was 5x cheaper than a Dyson and honestly, I should have paid for the Dyson.
- Andrew C (✓)
Dyson vacuums aren't a good example either since you can get a Bissell or Hoover that costs about as much...The better example would be a Kirby. A vacuum built like a tank, but that performs worse than most other modern vacuums on the market.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I have yet to have ANY brand of vacuum cleaner that really worked well over many years. They are just gradually less effective. (That makes it easier for sales people to impress you with what their new model picks up that your old one leaves behind I guess.)
- Internet Strategist
Let's discuss price. When a company sells for far less than their competitors we need to ask HOW. You get what you pay for so if they can do it far cheaper we need to look into their business practices. Did they move their plants to a poor country where they work their almost-slaves long hours seven days a week while paying them next to nothing and taking inflated living costs out of...
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- Internet Strategist
If we want to have decent jobs with reasonable hours, good working conditions, vacation time, benefits and retirement we MUST be willing to pay enough for what we buy for companies to afford to treat their employees the way we want to be treated.
- Internet Strategist
We all need to become familiar with the concepts of Fair Trade. See http://www.fairtradefederation.org/ They're on Twitter @FTFederation
- Internet Strategist
Behind every great product is a truly amazing and successful marketing campaign
- Chris Rogers
I would say that great products don't need big marketing campaigns.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
So, you're saying I shouldn't buy a Mac? :)
- Curdy G
Photoshop is one example of a product that is still miles ahead of any competitors and priced according to that concept.
- Curdy G
And yet I would not call Photoshop a great product.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Autodesk's products, though they have a virtual monopoly on the market, much like Adobe's Creative suite.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I would call Photoshop a great product. Not a phenomenal product, but great. It's wholly unnecessary for most people outside of the design field, though. For simple photo manipulation, etc., the Photoshop "competitors" are generally more usable and are capable of performing the necessary tasks.
- Curdy G
Yeah, in my opinion, the poor UI of Photoshop keeps it from being a great product, but it is pretty much the only show in town for professionals.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex, what exactly do you have against Photoshop's UI?
- Chieze Okoye
Same thing that I have against Word 2007. Far too many of the real tools and and usefulness are hidden from the user. If you need a book to learn an app, the UI sucks.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Sorry, scratch that...if I need a book to learn an app, the UI sucks.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Keep in mind that this is coming from a guy who learned Wordstar without any documentation.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Disagree. The application does a whole lot of different things. That in itself requires that you need a book, but it's not the same as a bad UI.
- Andrew C (✓)
Yes, it's very powerful, but my opinion stands.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Yeah, Windows is definitely worth the price over Linux.
- topernic
Windows is overpriced.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I was being sarcastic Alex.
- topernic
There was no emoticon denoting your comment as such so it was taken as a serious comment. Sarcastic comment FAIL. :)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex is right again.
- topernic
Don't say that or my head might explode. :)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Word 2007 is one of the best applications that I have come across that has a bunch of complex interactions exposed quite intelligently to the user. I would say that Word 2010 is even better. That said, I disagree with your assessment of both it and Photoshop (mainly based on what Andrew said). I just wanted to hear what you thought the problem was.
- Chieze Okoye
We'll just have to agree to disagree then. Of course if you are arguing as a UI designer vs a user we probably aren't even having the same conversation. But in a lot of ways Word 2003 is loads better and more usable than 2007. For a power user, they hid a lot of things and made you customize the UI to get back functionaligy, which in my opinion is a very bad method of doing things.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex, RE Photoshop, there are preset toolbars etc. They are designed for each type of user (photo, paint, graphics etc).
- Johnny
Oh and the removal of the side task bars in Word 2007 is a huge loss of functionality/efficiency for me. Much faster to move the mouse to the side than up to the top.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
keyboard shortcuts are the One True Way.
- Andrew C (✓)
Yes, which is the one sort of nice thing they did in Office 2007. Made it so that if you add it to the custom toolbar that there's a shortcut for it...although some of the shortcuts that get rendered thusly are o.O
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
But, see, Alex, you're coming at Office 2007 from a power-user's perspective rather than a normal user's perspective. Microsoft intentionally redesigned Office 2007 to make the UI more difficult for power users; simply because that meant it was easier for normal users to use the suite. Fewer options for normal users means less confusion for those users.
- Curdy G
I understand that, but it doesn't change my opinion of the product.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
That's fine. Your opinion can be whatever you want it to be. I just hope you understand that, for non power-users, Office 2007 (and, in turn, Office 2010) was a big step up in usability.
- Curdy G
And I also understand that a good rebuttal for my Photoshop UI rant is that it's a professional product that has other requirements that are more important than ease of figuring out the UI, much like many other professional tools. Still keeps it from being a great product though, in my mind. In my opinion, great products don't have any sizable glaring faults or issues.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
That's fine, LolCurtz, but if I was still doing IT at a law firm I would not recommend upgrading from 2003 to 2007.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Although law firms will always be slow to upgrade anyhow because they tend to require customized apps that are built specifically for one version of Office and are very expensive to migrate.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Back to the topic of the original post: Years ago, I remember reading a copy of Consumer Reports and they were reviewing coffee. They gave the best score and recommendation to the brand (don't remember which) that they said tasted second best. For the best-tasting coffee, their review said something like: "All of our reviewers agreed this was the best-tasting coffee. However, it costs...
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- Stephen Mack
Yep, that is true. In my opinion, though, a great product cannot be too expensive, but again, I'm not rich so my opinion on that is biased as such.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Of course now Consumer Reports doesn't even tell you why they rate stuff anymore. Which is why I stopped reading it. Now less than useful. Well that and I found that I knew more about many products that they rate than they do and disagreed with their rankings, particularly in consumer electronics.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
They seem to have an amazing testing infrastructure, and I agree with their ethical stances on reviews. If only they had more knowledgeable writers. (This is me agreeing with you. Mark the date!)
- Stephen Mack
Hehe.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
NANY 2011 Pledge: UQ Web Service - DonationCoder.com (This is going to be big & I am very excited about it!) - http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums...
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"I hereby pledge that "UQ", the web project that dc member JavaJones and I have been working on off and on for many months will make it's debut at NANY 2011. UQ is a web service to help you show links to user comments or found reviews on your web pages, like the random Quote boxes we show on DC pages. Although the basic idea is simple enough, there have been just so many little details and extra features (automatic web page thumbnails, multiple user accounts with different permissions, tag based filtering, etc.) that it's just taken forever to get it up and running. By NANY 2011 it will be at least open to beta testers. Ultimately the idea is for UQ to provide the following functionality: * Allow a *team* of people to maintain a set of quotes/reviewlinks for a product, organization, group of products * Show random quotes in sidebars, etc. embedded on other main product pages. * Show full pages of quotes for browsing on their own dedicated page. * Allow anonymous users to submit...
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- April
from Bookmarklet
This idea came up as a response to the big Ma.gnolia meltdown combined with the fact that Ma.gnolia didn't quite cut it for what we wanted to accomplish on our site, with regards to collecting and displaying excerpts of user reviews of our software. The potential uses for this go beyond simply collecting links for product reviews, though. There has been some talk in our IRC channel of...
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- April
Plus, because there will be an option to store the collected content on your own server, if anything should happen, like the UQ site being temporarily offline or permanently shutting down at some point in the future, you won't lose your content you have collected. That is permanently yours, as long as you make good backups of your own website.
- April
FriendFeed despite failures of feed imports, search failures, lack of development and maintenance attention is still the best thing out there for presentation of and discussion around social objects. That either sucks or is great depending on how you view it.
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Drawing from http://gapingvoid.com/2010...
- Brian Sullivan
In a(my) perfect world FriendFeed and Google Wave would be the online social tools to survive, not Twitter, Facebook and Buzz.
- Brian Sullivan
From your lips to God's ears. EDIT: Uh, I meant that comment to follow Brian's comment. #SneakyCristo
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
FriendFeed will survive in the form of Facebook. I don't have any inside information, but I suspect the time when Facebook feels a lot like FriendFeed is less than a year away.
- Bruce Lewis
In the meantime, it is still getting development/maintenance attention. Not as fast as we would like, and with little communication, but it is happening.
- Bruce Lewis
Bruce -- do you count a once every week or two server restart (or whatever happens that allows search and feed imports to work for a few hours) as attention?
- Brian Sullivan
When will Facebook have a real-time feed?? DO ANYBODY NO
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Brian, I count that as at least maintenance attention. Given how much better the latest fix to make feed imports worked as compared to last time, I think development attention was paid too: http://friendfeed.com/supwatc... I count the switch from passwords to oauth for twitter integration as development attention. Also the changed handling of @replies. They don't blog their changelogs anymore, which is too bad, but there are changes.
- Bruce Lewis
Kamilah, I don't know when exactly, but I'm guessing some time in 2011. I'm sure they want it. I'm sure they also want search with FriendFeed-like functionality. Hopefully as part of their R&D effort they make it work reliably here.
- Bruce Lewis
:-) Makes me nostalgic for the days when I actually believed FriendFeed was not part of the Borg...just yesterday I created a new Facebook account for someone who uses Yahoo mail and Facebook took me straight to his Yahoo account....hmmmm......
- Internet Strategist
I really go for 'time-shifting' faculty. Improve 'pagination' options could go a long way for Friendfeed! I'm going to be doing some preferential analysis of the EXTANT networking, Aggregations (might call them switchboards)
- innit4theminute
RT @davewiner: Saying RSS is dead is like saying water is dead because we use a new kind of faucet. It's an ignorant statement. http://dembot.com/post...
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Water is not alive.
- Eric
And RSS is not alive.
- Eric
Internet is not alive.
- imabonehead
RSS is not water
- MikeAmundsen
RSS is like hops in beer. It's something you want, but not something you specifically ask for.
- Otto
Hmm methinks Winer is in knee jerk mode(and Robert blindly following?) The original article(s) didn't talk about RSS being dead -- it talked about the death of the RSS news reader (specifically Google Reader). So they *are* talking about the faucet not the water.
- Brian Sullivan
Brian Sullivan: +1
- MikeAmundsen
RSS is a habit you either learn to use or don't. While I have many RSS subscriptions I almost never actually read content that way. Once I read it almost exclusively here and now I read mostly what I choose to TwitterFeed to my Twitter account. Some prefer RSS; some prefer email; others their favorite Social Media account. To each their own.
- Internet Strategist
That is the first spam I have seen on FriendFeed (comment just before this one) but I've been so busy I haven't been around much lately. We need a report spam button.
- Internet Strategist
Report to FF Spam room. http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
- Eric
My conversation last night with a Google VP confirmed that they threw their principles under the bus in order to gain Android market share.
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There's a lot of room under that bus.
- Todd Hoff
What principle was violated?
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
Alas, the guiding principles of many Corporations leave much to be desired - especially if they have to choose between stock prices, earnings and ethics.
- Internet Strategist
Cool @louisgray and @barakh are in the house talking @my6sense and celebrating @techmeme's 5th birthday: http://www.ustream.tv/channel...
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RT @TheNextWeb: What does Twitter have planned for tomorrow? Watch this space. http://thenextweb.com/socialm... by @BradTNW on @TNWsocialmedia
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I hope what they are announcing is a better search capability. It would be a vast improvement over the current search bar / find people options available now.
- Dan Holden
http://www.techmeme.com/050913... I love that I was one of first to announce TechMeme five years ago today. Fun looking back!
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Sleeping baby is asleep. Braden's favorite bed is not a bed at all.
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O, HAI! I mean, o hai. Don't want to wake him...
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
He'll wake up when I put him in his cosleeper, no doubt.
- Louis Gray
He's doing it wrong, sleep is a waste of time and unproductive.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Jimminy, in time he will learn. I can't stress out his little mind yet.
- Louis Gray
The easiest way to get him to sleep in a bed is to sew some elastic to a pillow, strap it to your arm, and wear a "Sealy" t-shirt. Redefine the problem statement.
- DGentry
great
- russel enriquez
Louis, sounds oh so familiar.
- Akiva
Predicting browser market share - http://exde601e.blogspot.com/2010...
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Consumer RSS: 1999-2010 - http://jeffnolan.com/wp...
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As stories like this pop up, there are new RSS apps debuting. Shrug.
- Louis Gray
this isn't a story popping up, it's the acquiescence to the social wave by a key player in RSS development.
- Steve Gillmor
I've found adding my favorite blogs to my TwitterFeed so I see them in Twitter works better for me than RSS or email subscribers. I regularly search on my username without the @ symbol to keep on top of mentions and those fed posts. I see those more consistently than I look at RSS or that type of email.
- Internet Strategist
Technically I really can't offer a valid comparison on the ease of content consumption, since I use a 3rd party RSS reader (in my case Google Reader) but usually do not use a 3rd party Twitter client. The only 3rd party Twitter clients that I ever use for consuming Twitter are FriendFeed and...Google Reader.
- John E. Bredehoft
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The number of Social Media Events is unbelievable. Fortunate that Mashable highlights some of the best.
- Internet Strategist
OH: "We don't call them retards. They are "Palin-Americans" /via http://www.google.com/buzz...
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Added to Qwotebook, of course. http://qwotebook.com/louisgr...
- Louis Gray
ROFLOL...I know it is politically incorrect but really how can people seriously want her to make decisions for them?
- Internet Strategist
LOL!!!
- Jeff P. Henderson
Until my Facebook flies by with as much content as Friendfeed, I will not be satisfied with Facebook.
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...good luck with that—the Facebook "flying" part. .LOLz!
- .LAG liked that
I've had the same thought. Facebook reminds me of a forum.
- Jack&Cleo
Friend or Like or whatever more people?
- Internet Strategist
I'm working on finding more friends. Mainly you guys, but still.
- Eric
Mine flies by just fine, thank you very much :)
- Elena
Here's this week's "Follow Five FriendFeeders Friday" - Felicia (http://friendfeed.com/felicio...), Kristin (http://friendfeed.com/starsat...), April (http://friendfeed.com/eskimo), Tamara (http://friendfeed.com/beanie), Tinypants (http://friendfeed.com/tinypan...)
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an impressive group
- RAPatton
Nice choices, AJ!
- Jenny R
Thanks AJ! :)
- Tamara
;-)
- AJ Batac :)
Sweet!!! I think it's time to change my crazy picture. Yep. Definitely.
- Kristin
woohoo, already subbed to all of them. neat ppl, too.
- Joe The Sausage
I wasn't subscribed to Kristin, but this has been fixed. Yay for still finding awesome people on FriendFeed I didn't know yet! Thanks, AJ.
- Jandy
Aw, thank you AJ! :D And WTF I thought I was already subbed to YOU. I'm remedying that ASAP.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Added subscriptions to Kristing and Tamara. Thanks AJ!
- Michael R. Bernstein
got tinypants already - the rest are new to me. Thanks!
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
Wow, AJ! Thank you. I'm in great company. :D
- felicious
I'm always surprised when I see people that I think I've subscribed to, then discover that I'm not.
- Mark J
Thanks tinypants ;)
- AJ Batac :)
My blog about why I hate PowerPoint and love @prezi and interview with Prezi CEO @peterarvai http://scobleizer.com/2010...
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If you do presentations you MUST see this video: http://www.building43.com/videos... with CEO of @prezi This is used by many of @tedtalks speakers.
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I think "Direct Messages" is a misleading label. It should be called "Direct Conversations" or "1-on-1 Conversations".
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or "reply to"
- BEX
Notices
- FFing Enigma
Well it's a message directed at them.
- Andrew Trinh
"Messages Directed At You" is a bit long.
- Johnny
Confused. Is it really public for all to see or something?
- Rah-PM 2012
Yeah, "private conversations" is how I think of it. They should remove "my feed" from the default, though.
- Robert Scoble
It is only public if you post it to your Homefeed along with sharing it with the other person.
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
Oh, that's news to me ! I'll be careful now.
- Ahsan Ali
Agree with Robert, my feed should be removed by default but then new users have to be informed that it's still a possibility.
- Andrew Trinh
Andrew: if you post from the DM page, it is removed by default. It only appears when you create a DM from the mainpage.
- FFing Enigma
I suppose, I can't think of how many times I'd go to the DM page to send though. Just have to keep it in mind then.
- Andrew Trinh
I agree with Scoble: "Private Conversations" is perfect.
- Ahsan Ali
But, the conversations might not be private. You can post to your feed, a room, and send a message to someone as a flag of sorts...
- FFing Enigma
So .. do we want this functionality ? Is this supposed to be the equivalent of the twitter @reply & dm combined ?
- Ahsan Ali
The DM function in FF is amazingly flexible, and now that I've seen it and used it this way I truly wouldn't want it restricted to a one-to-one private only option.
- FFing Enigma
Well, all I'm asking for is a clear delineation between the two functions ... Imagine your everyday Joe Tweeter trying to figure this all out.
- Ahsan Ali
My understanding is in Twitter you have to specifically go to the DM page to send one, so someone from that background wouldn't likely have an issue...
- FFing Enigma
@Tina Actually, this ties in with your suggestion of sending 'DMs' to a complete List. If you send a 'Direct' Message to entire Lists, is 'Direct' the appropriate word ?
- Ahsan Ali
Where is it? Did I miss it? I don't see it anywhere obvious but it IS late and I am very tired.
- Internet Strategist
I like Tina's "Notices". #betakoltag-sg-dm
- Kol Tregaskes
I would say it is direct, Ahsan, because you're sending the message directly to the recipients, rather than posting it solely to your feed and hoping the receive it.
- FFing Enigma
I am not convinced. Step back, and look at it. That direct message of yours is no longer a 'message'. It becomes a conversation that includes selected friends. Need a new name.
- Ahsan Ali
I'm not saying the 'direct' has to stay, I'm just saying that a 'message' can be sent to one or many. Just like on Facebook. Just like email.
- FFing Enigma
Oh yes, I have no problem with the functionality - just the description :)
- Ahsan Ali
Tag FF U/X
- Meryn Stol
Bump.
- Kol Tregaskes
Hollywood to Actors - No Surgery, Please - http://www.nytimes.com/2010...
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"In small but significant numbers, filmmakers and casting executives are beginning to re-examine Hollywood’s attitude toward breast implants, Botox, collagen-injected lips and all manner of plastic surgery. Television executives at Fox Broadcasting, for example, say they have begun recruiting more natural looking actors from Australia and Britain because the amply endowed, freakishly young-looking crowd that shows up for auditions in Los Angeles suffers from too much sameness. “I think everyone either looks like a drag queen or a stripper,” said Marcia Shulman, who oversees casting for Fox’s scripted shows."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Thank you.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Thing is I think majority of these actors have done plastic surgery, even if they look natural. You look at their old movies, and then see them now, and you realize how plastic majority of them are. I can't even think of one actor who hasn't done some type of plastic surgery. Sidenote: Holly was so much cuter than before.
- Shevonne
You see it all over Los Angeles, and it's sad. Tons of people who may not have been or will ever be stars, and because of that, are deluded into thinking they need constant nip and tucks to make it through that audition. That, or people who are just well off and go in and get stuff done like they're going to the mall and picking out stemware.
- Derrick
Yeah, when I was in LA, I noticed that many women over a certain age had that Meg-Ryan-type look (the lioness look). It was kind of crazy.
- Shevonne
I remember thinking this about those makeover shows. They would take people who did have issues, but in the end they would all look alike. The same teeth, hair, shape, etc. That's when I lost interest in the show.
- Todd Hoff
They go to Australia or Britian for natural looking people? For POC too?
- Anika
I'm so tired of the bobblehead look on actresses. Not. Sexy.
- marthalib
The lip plumping stuff never seems to make anyone look better, to me at least, but often makes people look like their lips are too fat, and that undesirable result is when it goes right.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks people have really gone over-the-top with the plastic surgery. When did raccoon eyes come back in style? I wonder if the masses will ever realize how toxic hair dye, make-up and most mainstream (and even supposedly organic) personal care products really are.
- Internet Strategist
"You aren't buying a computer when you buy an iPad, you are buying a 16GB Walmart store shelf that fits on your lap - complete with all the supplier beat downs, slotting fees, and exclusive deals that go with it - and Apple got you to pay for the building." - http://radar.oreilly.com/2010...
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"ask yourself why there is no Tor client for the iPhone or iPad." I presume he's writing this for people who have a clue what a Tor client is. I certainly don't.
- I like big Botts
"The thing is, Jobs' argument was always a bit disingenuous. Closed follows from his brain architecture, not from an argument on behalf of his customers or their network providers. Those are post facto justifications supporting an already-held point of view. And the reason the iPad is going to stay closed isn't because it is good for users, it's because it is good for Apple."
- Steven Perez
You, sir, do you realize that the TV receiver you're purchasing can ONLY receive television signals? That's your prohibited by warranty and design to modify it to receive high-frequency transmissions or RADAR usage? Why in the world would you even PURCHASE something like that? It's nothing but a distribution channel for the cable networks. You're PAYING for the privilege of having them show you ads.
- I like big Botts
"The commodity PC had a good run but now we are finding ourselves in love with task-specific or content-oriented devices like the Kindle and iPad. And while they are attractive for their intended tasks, they come with a cost. They offer us a trade of task-specific design in exchange for important constraints on use and distribution of content. The iPad is essentially a "computer" at the...
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- Steven Perez
Sorry, Steven. If I had known you were going to quote the whole thing I wouldn't have bothered to have read it earlier. :-P
- I like big Botts
There is a world of difference between not being able to customize, for instance, a car because you lack the tools or knowledge to do so and not being able to customize that same car because the manufacturer doesn't want you to do so. I'll give you three guesses which side Apple landed on here.
- Steven Perez
With Safari, the iPad user has access to everything (except Flash, of course) that everyone on other computers has access to, including the stuff Google is building in HTML5.
- Kurt Starnes
My favorite bit: "The music industry worked the same way. The constrained distribution channel of the vinyl record gave artists and the music companies that distributed their work tremendous leverage, and get them paid for it. Even if a lot of that economic surplus ended up the noses of label executives..."
- Steven Perez
What tickles me (and I mean seriously makes me chuckle out loud) is the fact that people like this spend so much time deploring a device that NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO BUY. There are easily a dozen tablet-style computers either on the market or coming this summer. If you don't like Apple's policies, don't get one. But don't come up with a facetious argument that some corporate Big...
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- I like big Botts
Ah, "no one is forcing you to buy". The last weapon of the advertised. For that argument, I counter with this documentary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Steven Perez
My immediate guess is Tor is Baen's competitor. Thursday, my co-worker showed me the Baen books he put on his iPad. I'll be buying one, but a closed computer is a crippled computer. Jobs is bad. Go, hackers!
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Yes, but at least you know it ;)
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
My workflow is set up to work in this environment. All my content is in a format compatible with the device and it works 100% for my needs. To deny it simply based on the thoughts of uber-engineer, especially when it works and is the best and most complete solution, would make me a sucker. This is a consumer device. Device, as stated in the marketing.
- Johnny
from iPhone
I'm not so concerned about anecdotal, "It works for me" testimonies. The fact that some people accept strictures doesn't mean the constraints should be in place to plague others. Making Apple's heavy-handedness profitable is something I find disturbing. This is not to say I'd beat anyone up over it. I'll beat myself up, though, when I get one.
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Yeah, having businesses make a profit is terrible. It leads to all sorts of awful things like jobs, self-reliance, and stability. Definitely need to quash that as soon as possible.
- I like big Botts
Apple's heavy handedness PRACTICALLY effects a very small amount of the population. And DRM is a function of the studios and content creators.
- Johnny
Quit acting silly. you know I wasn't saying companies shouldn't make a profit. You are intelligent enough to realize, I'm sure, that I was saying we shouldn't reward business decisions that screw customers and potential customers. On second thought, who am I to deny you your right to act silly?
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
How does Apple 'screw customers'?
- Johnny
We've had this same "crippled device" debate with the iPhone, and I honestly don't think rehashing is going to help. If you ask, then you don't see their self-serving actions as screwing anyone, and you likely will not. That's ok. We disagree. That's cool.
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Crippled? Like no Flash. How many networks have or are releasing iPhone/iPad compatible services? All of them. Netflix, Hulu etc. So other companies are FORCED to serve more than one codec? That's REALLY screwing customers.
- Johnny
You would also see anything that doesn't walk the straight (and narrow) path of a traditional computer as crippled. I see it as many different roads all leading to the same thing.
- Johnny
It's not just about Flash. Apple has other restrictions on the device that are self-serving.
- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Like?
- Johnny
.""You don't want your phone to be an open platform..." and with that brief statement, Apple justified the closed iPhone and then quickly followed it with the monitored and controlled app store. But Steve, the iPad isn't a phone at all so why not open it up again? If people are concerned about the safety of their apps or need you to protect them from porn, you can do an "app store...
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- MiniMage, enterRUPPted
Funny how stuff I post on Friendfeed is currently getting more responses on Google Buzz ... ugh .... like ..... Where are you guys ????? (There's still 55 minutes before 24 :)
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*waves*
- LB shining
Still here! Seriously contemplating pulling the plug on buzz after only two days.
- Vicarbott
:P ~~~~~~~~~~
- Louis Gray
present!
- imabonehead
Have been spending more time on Google Buzz and hoping to get a handle on the social aspects, deficits, as well as potential SEO value if any (Since it's one of Googles properties it should be weighted just a little).
- James Stratford
Yeah more engagement on Buzz for me too, a lot more. But you can't beat the FF community.
- Kol Tregaskes
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Thanks to @ResourcefulMom and to all the bloggers! You all rock!! #Community
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So... it turns out I have a new nephew, born 5 hours ago. My sister's labor was 32 hours. My mom, dad and youngest sister were there (as was the baby's mom, of course). But nobody called us. Odd.
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Found out on a friend's wall... that they "liked" a photo from Sister A of Sister B with the baby. Huh?
- Louis Gray
The same thing happened with me and my sister's last child. I was a little taken back.
- Jesse Stay
That's a little....weird. To say the least.
- Jandy
Family is so weird. They rushed down to be at my sister's side, but we did our double birth solo last year. (Solo being Kristine and me, of course) No family ever made it to the hospital.
- Louis Gray
That always happens to us, not just for babies, too - must be an oldest child thing or something. It irks me to no end. My sister lives the same distance from my parents as when we lived in Virginia and my Mom is at her house every other weekend. We used to have to beg to get her out to our house in Virginia.
- Jesse Stay
It's always tough to explain that to the wife
- Jesse Stay
Sorry to hear it, LG.
- Spidra Webster
Well congratulations on the new addition and, er, sorry you found out this way.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Johnny, let's just say I can always rely on you. :)
- Louis Gray
Congrats, Louis! And, as you say, family's can be weird..
- Andrew Terry
Johnny, you could of cut the cord because Louis didn't want to.
- Kristine Gray
I got to catch our 3rd child - caught it, cut the cord and everything. :-P
- Jesse Stay
Didn't want to? Huh? Revisionist history! The docs did it for both and it wasn't discussed. :)
- Louis Gray
Ha. Of note, my littlest sister cut the cord for the nephew. Now that's odd. :)
- Louis Gray
Yes, CW - generally when we are married we cut the cord from our parents ;-) (or some do, at least)
- Jesse Stay
Louis, you stated from the time I got pg that you didn't want to cut the cord.
- Kristine Gray
...breaks out popcorn...
- Jesse Stay
Actually social media makes getting together with family so much less dysFUNctional. Great aunt Edna can't be that annoying over the internet as in person.
- Kristine Gray
I'm so glad my wife's not on FriendFeed :-) (she keeps toying with the idea though)
- Jesse Stay
That is weird CW.
- Kristine Gray
Did the whole family find out that way or just you?
- Kristine Gray
Kristine I'm glad you're on though :-)
- Jesse Stay
thanks, I should be reading Silent Spring but this is much better
- Kristine Gray
Why the secrecy?
- Kristine Gray
18? wow!
- Kristine Gray
so no parents there?
- Kristine Gray
what would we do without families to keep everything interesting?
- Kristine Gray
Careful with CW, Kristine. This talk isn't cheap. "Answers: $1, Short answers: $5, Correct answers: $25, Sarcastic comments: Free" So, if he's not charging you, you can't believe it.
- Louis Gray
married at 18- yeah, that ALWAYS works out
- Kristine Gray
well, i guess sometimes it does
- Kristine Gray
Generally, I'd agree with you, Kristine, that 18 is too early. But my mom was 19 when she married my dad and they've been together 45 years.
- Spidra Webster
Gratz and :( all rolled into one.
- rowlikeagirl
That is a scratch-your-head-and-go-hmmmm kind of moment. Nonetheless, welcome new little one!
- Martha
Maybe this is a son/daughter thing that daughters "need" Mom there more than sons so (and daughter-in-laws have their own Moms)? Family dynamics are always unusual. Hey, when did Kristine join FriendFeed? I've been missing out.
- Internet Strategist
hey congratulations LG - Life's Good
- Thomas Power
congrats!
- Ryan Petty
Awe. Congrats to your family!
- Hollywood Amanda
did you quickly reserve the twitter name?
- Allen Stern
I'm sorry you found out that way. Just a touch odd. :(
- Yolanda
don't know why, but i just went through the gaiaonline signup process, which starts with creating your avatar before asking for your email
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