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Neither the picture or the link are working for me. - Nicholas Kreidberg

slashdot effect? - Michael Turner

What can I say. Getting sick of people not anticipating success. I mean, you're at TC50, you're (apparently) launching a geek's wet dream, so, yeah, of course you don't need a lot of servers. So Twitter-like for now, I stopped caring. - Vlad Bobleanta

And, anyway, where are the invites? - Vlad Bobleanta

Worked fine for me. They say filling out their survey will expedite your invite. We'll see, I just submitted mine. - Kenton

Watching their TC50 keynote http://bit.ly/CWKGv - Mac64

Tough choice for my future communication service... Google Wave or Threadsy??? - Philippe

Signed up for it and filled the survey which is a nice way of extracting information from people that are eager to try it out. - Usman Bashir

What's the deal in the survey where we promise not to blog about it? - Vezquex: God of FF

Too early to tell what it's like Zee as it's just a request for an invite. Is the promise not to blog a clever marketing ploy I wonder? One thing - it always frustrates me that when I fill out my UK address on most sites it still insists on my filling out a state (or I can't register). We don't have 'states' in the UK so why try and appeal internationally and then limit it to US subscribers - unless we make up an address as I just have! - PaulJohnson

I just put UK when it asks for my state, most forms dont seem to bother checking its really valid as long as you put something in :) - Simon Wicks

Seems like Threadsy sits between FriendFeed & Google Wave. Frankly I'm not willing to invest in another product till after trying Wave with others. - CannonGod

CannonGod: but how long will it be until Wave is accessible by the general public? I thought it was gonna be a while like a year or more. - Bryan Lee

I'm with CannonGod on this one if it sits between FF and Wave - seems better to just invest in Wave - Wang Yip

@Bryan: Google Wave is expected for release by the end of September. Threadsy might have known this and decided to release just before to get some coverage. - CannonGod

@CannonGod: Good to know! - Bryan Lee

I sent in email and survey some hours ago. Still nothing. - Manuel Mas

Just got my invite and started playing with Threadsy. So far I like the AJAX-y inbound box. Can't test the unbound box too much because overall my friends are not into social sites. Bummer! - Philippe

I'm still waiting for my invite. - Manuel Mas

I'm with Manuel... - Shea from iPhone

Got my invite now but will check it out in the morning. - Usman Bashir

And it seems giving them information did help getting the invite faster. - Usman Bashir

I love that it allows you to manage multiple email accounts, including Google apps accounts! - Jon Gosier from iPhone

Still no invite... - Manuel Mas

Is there anyone out there with a better video demonstration of the product? - Manuel Mas

Had my invite but suddenly lost access to the site. When I tried to log in one day after first successfully accessing the site, I got this error message: "couldn't log you in with that information". :( - Philippe

I tried to reset my password and I get this message: "success! we just sent an email to you at". I did not leave my email address out of this message, this is exactly what I get on my screen and one day later I am still awaiting my password reset. I have a bad feeling about this one... :( - Philippe

Trying it out now but cant seem to add facebook or any other services expect gmail & twitter. - Usman Bashir

I'm getting jealous here. - Manuel Mas

Whoa! This comment stream escaped my notice. We're trying to get threadsy invites out as quickly as possible to everyone who requests one. Thanks for your patience! - scott

trying it, wish there was a way to filter the twitter stream - Kim Landwehr

NO DAMN WAY!! FF is the best the greatest ever.. no real alternative - FFTornado

Still no Threadsy invite... - Manuel Mas

Got my invite on Friday night but I haven't tried it yet. The lack of OAuth etc for the various accounts makes me a little worried about putting in my details. For Gmail you just enter your username and password. There's no 'getting permission from Google' stage. It's a shame because I really want to try it... - Martin Bryant

Invites please? :) - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

Martin Bryant: Thats the exact issue i have with it, i did try it out but giving it login details to so many important accounts is the wrong way forward they should look in to other methods of solving this issue like the OAuth, Facebook Connect & etc. - Usman Bashir

And another day without an invite... - Manuel Mas

yes. - vijay

Real-time IRL events and data to your iDevice via push notifications. You could use SMS or IM, but Prowl also provides application launching to act on incoming events. - LogEx

The main intention for Prowl is to receive Growl events from Mac or Windows, but with the Prowl API you can send it arbitrary events outside of the Growl framework. - LogEx

So far, that's pretty much it. I've used the wall widget to put up a glorified guest book, and I have hopes that Google will pull their heads out of their rear and offer me updates to the sites I've joined either in my GProfile or reader. We'll see... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

To me, FB Connect is really about a social experience connecting to your FB social network and allowing you to comment and bring those conversations within the site and also onto your FB profile. Google Friend Connect just allows others to connect to you and to others on the site, but does not leverage your existing social network. Basically it's like having a chat within your site, so you don't have to implement one. But yes, it does look like MyBlogLog. - Alvin

Yes, it looks like - Bibi

I've been wondering that exact same thing...where's the value to the blogger who implements it? Is it just new and shiny? - Sarah Perez

I wish it were. It has none of MyBlogLog's coolest features -- like any of them. I'm experimenting with it at SmallBusiness.com (thanks Steve, for being the first person to join) and all it is now is: 1. A thing you can join. 2. A guest book commenting thing. MyBlogLog at least has the display of registered members who merely show up. However, what MyBlogLog also has is a Brand that sounds like its something that only bloggers would use. Another thing Friend Connect is supposed to have is OpenSpace gadgets. - Rex Hammock

For now, both FriendConnect and Facebook Connect are just new and shiny. However, in the near future we will probably start seeing new features in these widgets that take advantage of the network. - Rob Diana

I thought the same thing too, which is why I haven't installed either - Sally Church

Do these products negate things like Disqus and Intense Debate? - Kenley Neufeld

Stay tuned .... with the Twitter connection upcoming, it'll be far from a clone. - Charlie Anzman

Kenley: I can't see GFC (or MyBlogLog, for that matter) really directly impacting distributed commenting systems all that much. This is because GFC et al share the same fundamental weakness: the inconvenience of having to individually join each site you wish to participate in. With Disqus/Backtype/etc, however, you have one commenter profile which follows you wherever you go within the community. If a site implements Disqus, bingo, you're already on board. [...] - Derrick Burns

The only thing that's missing, in terms of establishing site-relevant user communities, is to take that existing distributed discussion infrastructure and building a tracking and display front end for it, such that a site admin would be able to display currently-active users, most-active users, etc, and allow the users to interact with one anothers' profile data in the same way that GFC does. - Derrick Burns

Good comments Derrick; thank you. I wonder if distributed commenting systems might move in the direction of allowing users to interact with each other. At least those who create an account with one of those services.Should be interesting to see how this all develops, but Google is clearly the elephant in the room and has been for a while. - Kenley Neufeld

Kenley: Google as the elephant in the room: There's some catchy artwork in there, I just know it. But you're absolutely right. Which leads me to speculate on how long it will be before the big G scoops up Intense Debate or one of its competitors and turns it into an integrated community-in-a-box system. - Derrick Burns

Gregory: *laugh* As long as the music in question is not ABBA. - Derrick Burns

Steve, you're so right! :) - Smeerch

Thank you ! I couldn´t get my head around why those Google widgets were such a big deal. Actually would make my blog even worse because intensedebate requires another login (for the time being). Btw, what´s that open source alternative to FB and GF Connect I think somebody mentioned here ? - Thomas Bøhm

I think so! - Luca Filigheddu from twhirl

It does. I just signed up because it seemed to be going around. I figure I will test it out for a few months and see how it goes. - Stephan Miller from Posty

Not really, MyBlogLog is different in the fact that it has a dedicated website for everything. With Google Connect you build the community with your site. - Mathew™ one of a kind

I joined a number of sites last evening after seeing links posted here. Then I clicked on a few people in the widget on the sites, and found more blogs to link to. So, I would say it can only help blogs to reach more prospective readers, even if one ends up grabbing the RSS feed. - Ian May

FriendConnect also provides full OpenSocial support and API to developers. FriendConnect is a development tool more than it is a set of widgets. - Jesse Stay

That's what I said. And yet people are still using it. Google branding seems to be all it has going for it. I can't find any functionality pros though. - Tamar Weinberg

I have been using iTweet forever and I don't even have twitter in my bookmark bar anymore because it is soooooo amazing! - Sweyn Venderbush

agree with Sweyn! - Business Blogger【ツ】™

I like the "in reply to" linking. Wish all twitter apps would implement that. - Andy Lewandowski

Leo won't get mad about the name! - Larry Hudson

so you guys like it ... Cool - Susan Beebe

Pretty nice iPhone interface too (though I'll stick to Tweetie). - Kenley Neufeld

oh shiny, the best thing since twitter put down the IM. loving it! - denise

Ooo. I'm using it now! - Mattie Kenny

The twitter IM connection is alive and well: http://www.techlifeweb.com/2008... - Vidar Andersen

Would this be anthropomorphizing? - Matthew DeVries

I disagree Robert. I think Twitter made a mistake - Facebook Connect is going to make Facebook stock go up, not down. Think about it - essentially every single site that integrates Connect essentially becomes an extension of the Facebook network. Now, imagine Facebook releasing an ad platform on top of all that. - Jesse Stay

Twitter will be integrating with Facebook Connect and Google Connect. - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

When Facebook Connect gets powered by PayPal things will get very interesting. All the talk (read: fingerpointing) about how brands use social media will take a whole new tenor. The large retail brand I work for, for example, will stop discussing whether to implement Connect, but what's the cost of failing to do so. - Marko Bon from fftogo

From Biz Stone http://blog.twitter.com/2008... - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

2 - a Calendar that lets me keep notes for things that happened on a specific day(s) - Steven Hodson

3 - system resources meter system that is easy to set up and looks good - Steven Hodson

more to come as I think of them :) LOL - Steven Hodson

I hate vista sidebar. I have vista ultimate and had the sidebar off since day one. That being said, I love Vista overall, but then again I have 4mb of ram to play with on my Vaio. - James Campbell

I've tried most of these things in XP/Linux at some point, and after running them for a while ended up getting rid of them, as they were simply resource draining. I use a private wordpress.com blog to keep notes of things I've done (that I don't want to tell the world about), and I use RTM to remind me what I need to do, have that interfaced nicely into Gmail, which I use as my POP3 client. - Ian May

mac has decent photo snapping built in, and I like ScreenFlow for video :P - mjc

though screenflow is payware, it's amazing - mjc

http://www.flip4mac.com/screenf... - mjc

A great application I've been using for a few months now. - Paul W. Swansen

Big fan. Works like a charm on a mac! - michael sean wright

mjc, using preview takes too many clicks and the keyboard shortcut is clunky. And besides jing manages my screenshots/videos for me and lets me upload it to flickr, screencast etc. I have to try out screenflow! - Kamath (नमः)

I prefer Skitch for screenshots and, like Mr. Cohen, I opted for ScreenFlow for video. ScreenFlow + Hulu + iPhone = Bliss! - Christopher Harley

everyday, at least once. - Erhan Erdogan

http://www.jetscreenshot.com/ - for sharing a screenshot via web - rkorolenko

Exactly :D - LouCypher

I used Hushie a while back and I think it's suffered since the redesign. I just use Last.fm or Blip.fm now for instant music gratification :-\ - CannonGod

Hushie is dead - LouCypher

I use last.fm as well - James Campbell

So, Wolf can see her in front of him? It's not just her showing up on the tv screen? - Jason Shultz from twhirl

I thought it was him looking at a blue screen as well - James Campbell

No, Wolf can't actually see the person, it's done post-camera - Jorge Escobar

lol yeah - i even changed the title to ensure i got porn in :) - Zee.

porn Porn PORN - Far

If you hurry you can be one of the first 20! :-) - Robert Scoble

What number am I now? :) - Daynah

Can't subscribe on the FF mobile interface. Perhaps you could put a word in. ;) - Andrew Trinh

Daynah: I can only tell that you were one of the first 15. I don't know what order they came in. - Fast Company

Andrew: I'll be at FriendFeed tomorrow. I'll ask what's up with that. You on an iPhone? - Robert Scoble

Chris: heheh. Don't worry, I logged out of that account and will participate as myself from now on. (I'm the owner of the FC account). - Robert Scoble

Robert, I am on the iPhone. FF has always been lacking in the mobile department. Recently they decked it out and I was greatful, but that's still one feature they haven't implemented. Perhaps also a mention of posting from the interface with a tag "via mobile" would be great too? - Andrew Trinh

Hey there Robert, cool idea!! - Susan Beebe

Now at 40 friends. :-O - Robert Scoble

Well, at least I'm in the first 40... I can't be everywhere, all the time! Sheesh. - Lisa L. Seifert

Lisa - It's gettin' tough, isn't it? Social Media burn out?? - Charlie Anzman

lol, I cant wait to hear what olbermann has to say about this - Kyle Weller

interesting showing some polls are now within the margin of error, including the zogby poll which is now within 6 - Jonathan Jesse

Jonathan: if you talk to pollsters, though, they say the actual results aren't that close. The polls that are closer aren't using cell phone only voters, like me, which tend to break younger and more educated and which are breaking for Obama big time. - Robert Scoble

A great read. Amazing how much interest there was in Europe while i was there about our election. Everyone I talked to over the past two weeks was scared of McCain/Palin and rooting for Obama/Biden. Fascinating to see how citizens of other countries took such an interest in a foreign election. US citizens are so far removed from such affairs abroad. It was good to see the interest and concern. - Jim Goldstein

No one calls me which is good anyway. If they did, I might not tell them what I really felt, as pollsters and telemarketeers calling get me pissed anyway. - Ian May

I was in Europe in April/May for a month and everyone was interested. Many doubted that Americans would ever elect a Black President. I told them to "just watch us - it will happen this time!" - Bora Zivkovic

If the obama campaign called me I would be happy about that - Kyle Weller

Oh wow, a media outlet endorsing 0bama. How surprising! - Spencer

Call Guinness. - David Risley

that's one good nucular tidbit I have not heard until now? :) - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa

Not surprising at all - since the choice is between a candidate and a caricature. - Bora Zivkovic

Actually the choice is a marketing campaign, which 0bama has been good at, but still has no substance. - Spencer

So, you've gone and read the articles on his website with the specifics and still believe that? It's okay to say no substance if you've read and feel that way, but if not, it's pretty silly. - Karoli

Anybody can write marketing materials, look at 0bama's past, look at his voting record, that is more telling than what some marketing strategist posted on a website. - Spencer

Voting record, and record of bills introduced and/or passed, which for a senator with 2 years, is quite impressive. If nothing else, the guy is a workaholic. I'd say the conduct of his campaign also speaks to management/governing style. - Karoli

4 years. I was living in Chicago in 2004 when Obama rose through a crowded Dem primary field to absolutely dominate the election. Even before Ryan's scandal, he was up by 35 points. I remember seeing the first "Obama" signs at the Wilmette Metra station and not knowing if that was a first or last name. - Dave Slusher

cool! - Susan Beebe

Couldn't be happier to hear this.Bourne rocks,he is certainly one the best action movie hero. - Steve Chou

First 2 movies were superb. Third was the most shallow major action movie I've seen this decade. - Christopher Galtenberg

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass work on the 4th Bourne movie. Matt Damon is on his way to becoming the young Sean Connery. (And I guess that's not really a good thing, because he's already the young Matt Damon.) - j1m

From the standpoint of cinematography, visual rhythm, style, sound, etc., Bourne #3 (The Bourne Identity) was one of my favorite action films of all time. And Matt Damon is perfect for the role. - Sean McBride

doesn't it always? - j1m

She really laid on the act though. I respect her even less. - Yolanda

Low expectations - Kevin D. White

well, she didn't run off stage so, in that regard, yes. - Jason Toney

She winked at the camera at least twice. - James Ferguson

She did. No argument. And extremely Telegenic. - Steve Isaacs

Well, when you set the bar so low, it's kinda easy. - Victor Ganata

Well, she didn't set the stage on fire. So yes, much better than I expected. - Eric P

Yep. She keeps on going... and going... like the something bunny - Richard ¿digame? Walker

That's true. She was comprehensible most of the time. Though she avoided a lot of questions, lied a lot, changed the topic when she didn't have anything to say, pulled out her cute act. The word vomit was limited, though she still rarely answered anything. - xero

I think she performed well for her base. Verdict: 60-40 for Biden - Thaths

I think that's true, but Biden did way better, if you ask me. - Nathan Rein

I agree...also... - kbourke

yeah, Twinkywinky was very funny. - ※Fu※

Unfortunately? That's a tough intro ;-) - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

agreed - Stephanie_GoBigBlue!

Let me just warn you that moms love her. That scares me. As a mom I want to like her, but I don't agree with her politics and while her smugness is amusing it's also annoying. - Lori Reed

I didn't think Biden did better until the last 30 minutes or so. - Alex Scoble

i don't think she did that great with the actual talking points. she was charismatic and on her feet, but avoided and diverted a lot of dialogue - Cee Bee

Yeah Biden kicked ass the last third or so. I fear a lot of people would have tuned out by then though. - Eric P

She is a great spokeswoman (aside the winks), but IMHO she doesn't seem too reliable or passionate enough to lead. - Majento

the debate wasn't very exciting and the low expectations made her doing a decent job seem extraordinary. - JoEllen

She looks good for the camera and her knack for avoiding questions and going off on tangents is quite mesmerizing. When the expectation is PalFail, it wasn't hard for her to *wink pew pew* her way to stay relative. She must be a great dancer with the way she "answers" questions. - Dana D

The Couric interview failures actually made her poor performance in the debate look good. I've seen it skewing a lot of the impressions on how well she did. Even the "professional" reviewers are giving her high marks. But then when you read their comments, they're all basically saying the she did good for her, ignoring the fact that a high school debate team member could have done better. - xero

As long as those 3rd graders get that extra credit, that is really all the matters to me. - orionstarr