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Can't wait to see Avatar! Hanging out in the nice weather, a change from the snow I was in yesterday lol. http://twitpic.com/upc9b
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- Steve Borgman
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Love this article, because it is written from a first person point of view. You cannot dispute it, because that's what it's like for them. As a therapist, I want to know what a person's life is from their perspective, not just what I read in the research literature.
- Steve Borgman
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- Steve Borgman
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Dan Schawbel is one impressive guy. He writes eloquently, and I am excited about the trends he is forecasting for 2010. Get on board or be left behind!
- Steve Borgman
Can you do THIS?
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No
- Shevonne
LOL! Yes! :P
- cristina sasu
Nope.
- Rochelle
Even I couldn't do this about a month ago. But peristant effort and lots of time to waste saved the day. Yes, I'm a complete loser....
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Always could do it, I'm all ...bendy LOL!
- cristina sasu
Yes.
- Laura Lou Who
Yes and with all fingers
- Adrian Scicluna
of both hands too!
- Adrian Scicluna
I used to before I had my son. I could do it on my index and middle fingers. A few weeks after delivering him, I found I lost that ability on both hands. Weird.
- Admiral Anika
@Adrian Me too. Adrian and Cristina, welcome to the group! ;)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
:D A very weird group? Or is it just me who thinks that?
- cristina sasu
@Cristina @Anika Who knows, I think we're aliens and this is our special sign to spot our bretherens. O_o
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
LOL! Hello there!!! *Waves*
- cristina sasu
Hello!*makes the weird-finger gesture*(P.S.- Lest anyone thinks otherwise pls see the above pictures.)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
I used to make Freddy Krueger sounds while doing it! :P
- Adrian Scicluna
Yep. Posted a pic last year, I think, of several fingers on one hand.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
from fftogo
Hmmm.. Now I strongly believe that we come from some other planet...
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
I do that with my thumbs... backwards. Yeah... aliens...
- Bette Cooper
no........the funny thing about this is I know everybody is sitting there trying to do this......:)
- VAL D. Zone
@VAL :)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
@Bette Thumb? Backwards? Brothers and sisters! Hail our new king! ;)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Yep, always could. With every finger (but I have to try harder with the pinky).
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
from iPhone
I can do all 8 fingers but not my thumbs.
- Laura Lou Who
@Laura Same here.
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
I wish
- Rodfather
@Rodfather TRY!
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Hee hee, I can. Used to freak out my little brother & sister with that trick.
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Ah, but do you anyone who can bend it the *other* way? :D
- Victor Ganata
Ah.... no
- martha
Yes I can. I taught you to do this.
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
No! I learnt it myself!
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
No, but one of my fingers is broken into this shape.
- Adrian
@Adrian O_O
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
No.
- Ton Zijp
No, it just feels weird for some reason.
- Kevin J Hatton
Only with my left hand, but I can't flip anyone off with that hand either, my ring finger doesn't bend below the first knuckle.
- Jimminy Fuller
yyyyeessss!!
- Andrea Douglas Ciardelli
But can you do this: http://ff.im/d6MjA?
- Ton Zijp
yyyyeessss!! I can do it too!! What do I win?
- Andrea Douglas Ciardelli
I can :P
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Yup. I can do this with each of my fingers.
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
Not with my fingers, no.
- Josh Haley
Good answer @Josh
- Kevin J Hatton
yes. pfft.
- AJ Batac
ahaha YES I can do that, with all of my fingers, both hands! :D
- Olivia Lovag
Should I be worried? Cause I can do that too!
- Adrian Scicluna
I can. but only my middle and fourth fingers :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Yep.
- Christopher A Carr
yes, with all of my fingers. simultaneously, if i need to. my wife can do this as well, so it's a pretty safe bet that we've passed this trait on to our kids.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
no I don't, but can you do http://ff.im/d71ie this?
- LouCypher
Nope.
- Kol Tregaskes
NO
- R_ C
No
- Rick Cogley
Very easy. Since I was a child. All 10 fingers simultaneously.
- Saket Vaidya
Yep, on my left hand.
- Steven Perez
Yep... On both hands
- Amir
Yes, but it hurts like hell after a second or two
- Brett Kelly
Yes, it does hurt a bit though....
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
from fftogo
Yup, all four fingers and my thumb bends back weird too.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Yes, only that 1 finger on my left hand though. I broke that one when I was a kid and have been able to do that ever since. I can also bend the 2nd joint of both ring fingers, without bending the first. I can also easily lift the middle 3 toes on both feet off the floor while standing, without raising the big or little toes. I can also wiggle my ears and raise my right eyebrow (just not at the same time).
- April Russo (app103)
yes, I can
- none
yes
- موسوی Hamid Reza میر
takbir
- ariiio!!
yes
- Lu Tao
This is a new meme!
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
Yes, on all but pinkies and thumbs.
- Jenthemum
Yes, on all but my pinkies :)
- Steve Borgman
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- Steve Borgman
Sorry FriendFeed, But I Agree With Robert Scoble - http://www.sheysmith.com/2009...
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I agree with you that things are incredibly cliquey here, which is an unfortunate side effect of less fresh meat. I think there's a difference between the content of Scoble's point and how he presented that point: Scoble, in many ways, is like a kid in a candy store. He's overstimulated with a constant influx of new tech candy, and it's becomes hard to take his recommendations...
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- Mark Trapp
It doesn't give him a pass to be a jerk about it. It was very disrespectful to everyone in the screenshot he posted.
- Rodfather
That's a good distinction Mark. And you hit the nail on the head in terms of one of my main points which is the "less fresh meat".
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
See, Shey, you left space for open dialogue. You didn't come in and say it was "sad" and "dead". You just said YOUR usage has changed. You posted the exact opposite of what Robert did.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
That's an important distinction too Monique. Thanks
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I agree that things have gotten very cliquey here on FriendFeed.
- Itachi
Yeah, I can actually agree with Shey here. It's unfortunate that things have gone in this direction. I'm not afraid of getting jumped on for something I post or a comment I make, but I'm thinking most people are a little more conservative than I. FriendFeed isn't dead, it's just different. I also stand by the comment I have made on various occasions: Your FriendFeed is unique and...
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- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Mark nailed it. +++
- Carlos Ayala
Rahsheen: that's just the rub. Let's say I want to follow all the iPhone app developers. They just aren't here. 90% are over on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Scoblei... Or, say I want to follow the world's geolocation experts. They aren't here (go ahead and check, I did). But they are here: http://twitter.com/Scoblei... Or, say you want to follow tech companies. They aren't here. But they are here: http://twitter.com/Scoblei... -- see, when I joined FriendFeed I had hoped...
- Robert Scoble
...that a far more diverse group of folks would show up here (and brands and celebrities) so that I COULD listen to what I wanted and YOU could listen to what YOU wanted and we all could be happy. But, that didn't happen. I'm being a jerk, yes, but mostly it's just grief because it didn't work out the way I thought it would.
- Robert Scoble
Well, two things happen in a lifeboat scenario. People get cliquey (bond close together to cope/survive) and people peer into others eyes and wonder if mania or cannibalism is brewing. People are civilized and instinctual, so there is no inevitable outcome, but in the mean time drama ensues.
- Micah Wittman
I can exist in more than one place. I can follow the people on Robert's list on Twitter and my friends here on FriendFeed and my family/friends on Facebook. Social Media Maturity means you don't have to have all your sets of friends in the one room for you to remain being friends with them.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Shey, I think this title is a little misleading. As others have said here, I think you're saying something very different from what Robert said, or at least in a very different, much more palatable way. I think you're being more specific and not so general (SOME people's experiences here aren't so great. It's not horrible for everyone.)
- Kamilah Gill
Unless you just don't care; The clique thing never bothered me, I have two many of my own things going on.
- ThatDBD
"clique" implies exclusionary behaviours, and i have yet to witness that in any great quantity here.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
If i was robert I would have added all his twitter list accounts to a semi-public room here on friendfeed.... much more useful in here than over there (imho) -- you can use the reply to twitter checkbox when commenting on the entries and when they reply to you it should feed into friendfeed via an ego search.... i do this exactly, but i only follow 64 ppl on twitter and am followed by...
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- Chris Heath
@Kamilah Fair assessment. I agree with Robert's assessment of the forum effect. But we're different users when it comes to Friendfeed and we want to see different things
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I agree that FriendFeed has changed since the FB announcement, but I've been here long enough (and you have too, Shey) to have seen it change several times as people came in and left with various feature changes and overhauls. It will continue to morph into something else again, I'm sure. It's a platform that is suited to a lot of purposes and it changes as the majority of people decide...
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- Fa La La La Lindsay
This also assumes that FriendFeed is used exclusively in English...
- Johnny Worthington
At first I thought Friendfeed was a refuge for the chummy crowd. Then I saw Johnny Worthington was here and I knew it couldn't be a clique. Sorted.
- Bernie Goldbach
Why cannot FriendFeed be used just as much as everything else. In the social media world, the more points of connection, the better.
- Steve Borgman
WOW good post, and comments,+Mark +Chris, Kamillah I agree the title is misleading differing from Scoble as per Mark's comment. And after after the drop from the big sell to FB, albeit Scoble had all the tact of someone yelling "Fire" in a crowded theatre, people listen to him, the criticism still resonates, and the fact is user #s keep dropping. And consequently I find FF myself less interested, signing in less, it's not as "breaking" as it once was, there's less posts/shares/activity, especially re Tech
- sofarsoShawn
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- Steve Borgman
My 23 year-old sister signs up for Twitter, cancels. "Saw no point in the account."
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From this evening. Another thrilling Friday night.
- Louis Gray
So someone in *your* family doesn't grok Twitter either. My brother says he'll never even set up a Twitter account at all; he sees no point either. Apparently these people see the words "What are you doing?" above the text box and think it's nothing but the Facebook status update without Facebook. Some people just don't get it at all...
- Dennis Jernberg
In *my* family (asterisks per Dennis), most of them use Facebook. Nobody else uses Twitter at all.
- Louis Gray
Sure enough, Facebook is exactly what everybody in my family but me uses, too! Well, I'm on Facebook too, but I don't use it like they do. For one thing, I don't play any of the games; I hide them instead. And none of them has even heard of FriendFeed...
- Dennis Jernberg
hahaha that is epic!! Twittter got dissed by Ms Gray :D
- Susan Beebe
My family is the same. Twitter is pointless to them. There's so much more than just status updates to them.
- Jesse Stay
Well, I don't get Twitter either. Anyone want to explain it to me?
- Cristo
It's not fun when you sign up and have no friends / people to interact with...and all the interesting people only talk to each other. All my friends didn't "see a point" until they built their own network(s). Just sayin'
- Mona Nomura
My wife is also that way, btw - I may *just* be able to get her to join FourSquare though.
- Jesse Stay
Social media circle jerk.
- Cristo
As if Twitter is some brilliant thing that only a certain so-called tech crowd gets.
- Cristo
My sister has known that I've used Twitter for several years now. Whenever I brought it up, that was her reaction, "Don't get it. Don't see the point." She created an account a month or so ago and she's totally into it now. When I asked her what made the difference, she shrugged and said she wasn't sure. "Your friends started using it, didn't they?" I asked her. "Yes." heh. :D
- pea
Why don't you guys go have this conversation on Twitter? :)
- Cristo
Pfff. Cristo, you know full well twitter can't deal with the c word. :)
- Micah Wittman
I will make the bold prediction that most of my brothers and sisters will never join or use Twitter. I have one brother that does, occasionally, but the rest will never, ever use it. There's no point when they can get the same thing from Facebook and more.
- Jesse Stay
Mona - nailed it! :)
- Susan Beebe
Re Mona: I myself didn't even bother to sign up for Twitter till this last June, when I discovered an existing online songwriting community I belong to had a Twitter presence. That's when I set up my account and started to use Twitter. Then I found that some of the NaNoWriMo offshoots I take part in also had a Twitter presence. That was the beginning. Since then I've built up a much...
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- Dennis Jernberg
my girlfriend has no interest in it either. she uses facebook for all her net communication needs and is quite happy...
- Terry O'Fee
I got all my friends to sign up for Twitter, all found it pointless. So, I really don't get the point either. I'll delete mine too. :D
- Faraz Mullick
This is why I am on most social networks.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Only a few of my real-life friends are even on Facebook, and the ones that are rarely update. The social web can be pretty disappointing sometimes.
- Michael Slattery
from iPhone
Most everyone I know is on Facebook now, with a few exceptions that refuse to use much of anything on the internet except for youtube and blogs. Nobody gets the point of twitter, especially with facebook/friendfeed offering the same type of communication options, if not more. However, the nice thing about twitter/friendfeed is that it's searchable. The other day I was watching the events from Fort Hood unfold on twitter. I couldn't do that easily on facebook. That's where twitter shines.
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
My Second Life avatar started on Twitter in the good old days, when everyone you followed followed you back. But my real life account has about 20 followers, so it only really works as a reader - and that rocks.
- Michael Slattery
from iPhone
second life.. i read books like snow crash, get excited and find SL nothing like it ;)
- Terry O'Fee
If new users have no followers and fail to get the reader part, of course they stop. And the statistics confirm that.
- Michael Slattery
from iPhone
I do agree. It is really difficult to convince someone to use twitter. And even if I do, they don't stay active on the service. They too state "I don't see any point in the service". Often are the times when they are convincing me it is nothing but a blog platform with 140 characters limit.
- Amit
I've learned that it's not a good idea to try to convince friends to join Twitter. Unless they get it, they will simply annoy you with Facebook style Tweets. Better to seek out Twitter users who have learned the knack of posting interesting Tweets.
- Jimmy Walker
If she doesn't get it, or anyone else for that matter, be glad they're on their way. Twitter never worked for me either and I'm happily not participating as well.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I just realized I've been forgetting to tell them to start by following interesting people and not even think about posting their own tweets for the first little while (Robert's advice) - I wonder if that would make more of a difference.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
My 25 year old brother said the same thing.
- Rochelle
My family is a Facebook family as well.
- Trish R
She's ahead of the curve. Take note.
- EBrewer
I see Twitter as another information portal, and a social channel (albeit limited). For those things it's great. I don't use facebook all that much, but it's good to chat with old friends to say howdy and share current happenings. I'm me no matter what social hub I'm on, but the local laws/rules/community etiquette fits my preferences better in some virtual hangouts.
- Mark Essel
from iPhone
My daughter of about the same age also got and shortly thereafter canceled a twitter account.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Twitter is useful as a minimalist news broadcasting system. Twitter is worse than useless as a medium for conversation. I mostly use Twitter in combination with Topsy searches to pluck off the most interesting news stories of the day on selected topics. Without Topsy, I would stop using Twitter entirely because of the information overload.
- Sean McBride
Mona's point is pretty much spot on. I kind of "imported" a Revision 3 forum network into Twitter, which led to FriendFeed, which had sort of a recursive bend back into Twitter, which led to finding Twitter recommendations, which then opened me up to following people from IRL, and then...ah crap. I've stopped using Twitter as much, though, because Facebook is where the people I CARE about really are. And in case you're wondering, I'm friends with Mona on Facebook ;)
- Mike Nayyar
I've hit a wall trying to get my friends to sign up for Twitter. It's like they've got an image issue. Whenever I try to explain it's value for news and as RSS replacement, people sort of stop listening. They're left thinking it's Facebook without the "fun stuff," which is lesser and redundant for them.
- Jeremiah Green
Is it fair to say that the tweets related to tech news that some folks think are so wonderful and important are primarily links to web sites, blogs, new articles, and so on produced by someone other than the tweeter? So far as I've seen, subscribing to, say, all the employees of a company doesn't produce much news about the company; instead you see posts about where the employees ate lunch and stuff like that. Of course I may just not be looking at the right people.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Unless you have a defined business strategy, there really is not much point to Twitter, unless you just want to connect for fun, which is under my business strategy :)
- Steve Borgman
Actually I don't see the point either, but I'm still here :)
- scott willeke
I keep a Twitter account just for a case of emergency, because it gets translated everywhere, and their mobile client is the lightest.
- 9000
Young people don't get Twitter so much.
- Hutch Carpenter
I am old Hutch and I don't get it
- VAL D. Zone
I have all three FB, FF and Twitter - FB is for people I know personally save very few exceptions, FF & Twiiter overlap and are people I tend to follow but I dont know from adam - I prefer FF tho . I now have GW as of last night but am still struggling to get the hang of it- will lose my twitter acct I think
- viki saigal
SuezanneC has summed twitter up quite well. None of my family use twitter, took me ages to 'get it' but although my family all use Facebook, I don't like it. I stay to keep in touch with them.
- Sandra Large
It is very hard to keep motivated with all the bots, spam, ads, slaves and etc. Don't feel bad if you make mistakes because this is a new thing that is evolving underneath the feet of everyone on it. Like a quick sand that none of my family understand and I'm finding month to month that the growth of twitter it is getting more chaotic and the numbers of fake profiles is increasing, but...
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- Christopher Scott Ostini
worry if they ever get it ;)
- Christopher Scott Ostini
No more effort or energy is required in order to aim high in life, to demand abundance & prosperity, than to accept misery & poverty.
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Right on!
- Carol OConnor
Thanks Carol :)
- Darren Scott Monroe
Actually, I would say that for many, it's easier to accept misery and poverty than to actually take the effort to practice new thinking, new attitudes, and new actions.
- Steve Borgman
Agree totally. For a lot of people it is easier to live below their potential and to reactively, then to be responsible and take a positive proactive life of choice.
- laynie kelly
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- Steve Borgman
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From the page: the media tends to portray entrepreneurs like lottery winners because that's what makes the news.
- millssg99
It's refreshing to have a new take on starting a business: one might ask, How risky is it NOT to start a business in this economy?
- Steve Borgman
Re: The Rules Have Changed: Follow ALL Your Twitter Followers Today - http://personalbranding101.com/new-rul...
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"Yes, I still would have deleted everyone. Following back automatically is incredibly lame and shallow. It is NOT a matter of respect. I don't feel any better when someone autofollows me back. It totally messes up your account, too, and invites spammers into your DMs. I don't get spam anymore. I used to get tons of it. And now you've revealed yourself as two-faced anyways. I'd rather people just be honest with me and say "no, I'm not interested in what you write." I really don't understand this belief that you are helping someone by following them back."
- Robert Scoble
I was influenced by Ed Dale. It's an interesting take on both sides, but I tend to go more with Ed and Robert on this one. At least I have for the last 6 months or so :)
- Steve Borgman
Great article on the business of being a great landlord.
- Steve Borgman
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Louis Armstrong, that is...
- Steve Borgman
Fwd: Rambo's getting soft. (via http://friendfeed.com/joshhal...)
That's pretty funny....seems like Adrian has gotten younger over time? ;-)
- Steve Borgman
Why I don't use Google Reader anymore - http://scobleizer.posterous.com/why-i-d...
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- Robert Scoble
from Posterous
İnteresting..! I think Google Reader is very usefull app
- ★ Soner Gönül
Can't wait to get the Lists feature enabled! Very good post!
- Gerardo Capetillo
Adopting Twitter for news reading is a huge commitment to read instantly all news (bc they don't archive, right?). It's insane ... But yes gReader is too heavy.
- N.G. Gordon - RadarSync
from iPod
I just don't understand how you process all those tweets per day. I'm sure lists make it easier. Personally, I like the static nature of Google Reader because I can quickly scan folders by date-time or feed and then mark things with a star if I want to read them later, quick notes on shared items, etc. And of course all the shared stories post here on FriendFeed then Twitter. Normally I keep FF up all day but just began with threadsy and I confess it's got me looking at my Twitter stream MUCH more.
- Ankush Narula
What about using feedly, Robert??
- Roberto Bonini
but even on twitter you must be missing things
- ffcode
funny... cause i still read your blogs in reader... its got its place... tracking rss feeds from youtube, photography sites etc etc etc... if people want to follow what you write, you should not have to write your blog AND post the link to twitter... redundant! and will make twitter even noiser! why not let people pull at their leisure... the two things are for different times of the...
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- simran
i am still wondering how can you read so many tweets and then those links to articles wow
- ffcode
Robert, my favourite news reader, NetNewsWire started using Google Reader for synchronization and it's a failure. I now get most of my news via FriendFeed and Twitter.
- Khürt Williams
I agree on that you about iPhone Greader apps, most of them suck in someway or another: too slow, missing feature ect. "RSS" is best that I have tested, it was free for sometime and I like it most that I have try, but still more I want use Greader iPhone site. About slowness, I don't have that but that's because I "only" have over 250 sources, when some people have thousands. And part...
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- Kristian Salonen
Re Point 8. Check out "RSS Flash G" iPhone GoogleReader App. It lets you share, from iPhone, like a good thing, supports FaceBook, Twitter, Delicious, Instapaper and of course all googlereader sharing facilities are there too. These are two entirely different methods of discovery they both have their uses. But sharing from GoogleReader on the iPhone is EASY so I hope that takes care of point number 8.
- JSLeFanu
ffcode: actually on Twitter I miss very little. Why? Retweets and repetition. And, we always have TechMeme as the big net!
- Robert Scoble
I just got Lists so i haven't had a chance to really get to grips with it, but I think the problem Robert is that you're trying to apply your usage cases to everyone else. I use Reader in a different way to the way I use Twitter. Just like I use FriendFeed differently to Twitter or Reader.
- Eoghann Irving
I guess if you are recycling tweets don't need GReader, if you are munging petabytes via Yahoo Pipes, than GReader will pull stuff fresh off the press
- Robert Higgins
Eoghann: over and over in my career I've been told that I'm not like everyone else, but then everyone else behaves like me only about a year later. So, see ya next year!
- Robert Scoble
Robert: ahh, yeah, I guess Yahoo Pipes is one thing that might keep me on Google Reader -- if I used it. I'm going to delete everyone on my Google Reader account and start over. It's so freaking slow that it's totally useless, even for the few things I could see some utility for.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, it doesn't *always* happen like that. Sometimes it's two years. :-)
- Bruce Lewis
Robert, that's a silly argument. If you make enough predictions (and you make them daily). You will of course sometimes be right. But you are not always right. FriendFeed?
- Eoghann Irving
Eoghann: I was right about FriendFeed. It's just that Twitter and Facebook are now going to turn into FriendFeed. Just watch. Twitter's new RT feature looks a LOT like FriendFeed's likes.
- Robert Scoble
Eoghann: but I get where you're going. By the way, 50,000+ followed me here. So, something about FriendFeed was interesting enough to sign into it.
- Robert Scoble
well, you certainly helped make it interesting. But at first, I didn't really understand it's value proposition vis-a-vis Facebook. And now, with things like ping.fm, is it's value really that much? Not sure - I mainly use it for the tray functionality so I can keep up with you, Mrinal, and Danny. Otherwise, I'd completely get behind your posts.
- Arthur Coleman
Arthur: FriendFeed's value is static, while the others are rolling out new features. So, for me, it's better to bet on Facebook or Twitter. But FriendFeed will be better for things like live conversations or real time search for quite some time.
- Robert Scoble
I love FriendFeed. But I don't recommend it to everyone else. For a lot of my offline friends Facebook is a better fit. Again I come back to the fact it's not one size fits all.
- Eoghann Irving
I prefer accessing Google Reader via feedly.
- Nils Sandin
Well I tend to miss many important things on twitter.. not my fault. .. time zones differ and so do the times articles are published and linked on twitter ... On my google reader they always stay .. i can check them when i want .. so twitter better than GR? .. yes for breaking news .. not for general articles ..
- Amit
Amit: on Twitter they always stay too. It's just that Twitter has a lot more flow. But now with lists you can cut down the flow.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I agree they stay. but it is not difficult to lose them in all the tweet flow. i know lists allows you to cut down the flow, but not if lists has many twitters added to it. I want to read what you write more than what you share and I do not want to miss those articles. Google Reader will always remain my first preference for that..
- Amit
Google Reader certainly is trying to become more social, but for me too the experience is an awful lot like keeping up with email - needs daily management, pruning, to get information out of it. I freak out thinking I've missed an article, therefore dread trying to keep up with reader. I get that using Twitter makes news reading about the here and now, and frankly if it's important it will be tweeted for days to come. I think the notion of getting news from Twitter is a good one, particularly with lists.
- Mark Aitken
And for the record, I'm keeping off Wave until it feels less like email too. Currently it's a very messy and exhausting experience to use.
- Mark Aitken
Twitter with Lists has become my defacto RSS reader.
- Rubin
Just opened my co twitter account & was invited to "create list", I like the way you have broken it down!! I might just organize mine this way, to also include, clean energy, smartgrid, energy management etc. Thanks for a great post!!
- John Tastad
Scobe's in the wrizong.
- Jeremy (quasimodo)
Amit: again, if you use lists you DO NOT HAVE TWEET FLOW!!! How can I make you guys understand this? Make a list with five people on it. Your flow will go to nothing.
- Robert Scoble
finally got lists. looking forward to seeing what the buzz is all about.
- Bill Kinney
still waiting on lists... am not in love with GR... folder heirachy and speed drive me nuts...
- andy
Got list!! It's gonna make organizing specific followers by categories so much better and following specific tweets easier!! Customized information at your finger tips..
- Angels In Action
Is your issue against google reader or rss feed readers in general? I find my rss reader is an invaluable resource to get great information
- Pavan
I think it depends where on the wave of info you want to be. I want to create it, others will ride it. I find the stories with tools in addition to reader, then distribute them via Twitter, Facebook, etc. Hopefully, first then others on those social services will find them interesting and talk about them, distribute them and retweet them. If your content with the crowd being a filter for you, I think your right on.
- Andrew Acomb
from iPhone
Robert I just the funny thing you do not like anything Google does this days, I am actually starting to wonder if you are Anti them. First you hate Google Wav even though their are not enough people on in yet to make it worthwhile and now Reader. I really wonder sometimes.
- Rob Cairns
this is totally off the subject, but i have been noticing more and more heavy hitters on Posterous: is there something i'm missing....i just don't know if i can keep up with yet another social networking site, but am i missing out?
- Steve Borgman
Someone please wake me up when people stop grafting their hopes and dreams on Posterous, a me-too blogging tool with some novel shortcuts to author.
- Carter Rabasa
What is Holding You Back? | The Success Professor - http://successprofessor.ca/2009...
I love this article because it gets to the heart of what keeps us from moving forward. Check out this and other articles at the Success Professor's site
- Steve Borgman
Facebook News Feed & Live Feed - Mari Smith Explains - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Louis Gray will like this video :-)
- Jesse Stay
Mari, I liked this. Question about the Tweet Deck list. Can you show all your friends from tweet deck on that list?
- Steve Borgman
Fine, Jesse.
- Louis Gray
I'm good :-)
- Jesse Stay
This was supposed to read 7 miles :)
- Steve Borgman
Don't Let Gravity Keep You Down | The Success Professor - http://successprofessor.ca/2009...
Awesome article on how to break through the 'normal' barriers to start flying above mediocrity
- Steve Borgman
3 Quick Tips to Make Your Life Better Today | My Super-Charged Life - http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog...
Simple but profound
- Steve Borgman
BlogWorld: Time Management Strategies for Social Media, guest notes: http://socialwayne.com/2009... (via @JasonPeck & @DJwaldow)
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Eva, thanks for sharing this information. Always am looking for ways to optimize web 2.0 without being consumed by it.
- Steve Borgman
Create Passive Income and Improve your Marriage - http://www.passivefamilyincome.com/2009...
Some interesting ideas of the benefits of passive income: but don't forget that you always have to pay a price in order to achieve something worthwhile
- Steve Borgman
Go Take It To The Limit: Walking Through The Storm With Your Head Up High - http://gotakeittothelimit.blogspot.com/2009...
Expect and embrace adversity if you would achieve the goals you hvae set for yourself.
- Steve Borgman
Top 10 Rules for Having a Strong Personal Brand | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel - http://www.personalbrandingblog.com/top-10-...
Love this post and this blog. Personal branding is where it is at if you want to stand out from the crowd
- Steve Borgman
The Pomodoro Technique: What Do Tomatoes Have to Do With Productivity? | Task Blog - http://task.fm/blog...
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I've used this method quite a bit. It's a great cure for the distracted individual :)
- Steve Borgman
How Do All Those “Idiots” Make So Much Money? - http://www.erica.biz/2009...
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Does it drive you nuts that some idiot with a terrible product seems to be constantly making sales, when you know your product is better? What’s the difference between you and that “idiot”? Why Many “Idiots” Are So Successful Idiots Successful entrepreneurs truly believe in their products/services, and aren’t afraid to show it. When I was young, my [...]
- Erica Douglass
Erica, I'm glad you believed in yourself, because look how many people you are impacting now!
- Steve Borgman
Thanks, Steve! :)
- Erica Douglass
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