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"Thanks for sharing the post around and for offering a really great reaction. I was kind of scared that it was going to turn out too lecture-y. :) I don't think is something that drastic though. That's another assumption about social media that's overblown. The idea that if you're not on Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, you're missing out. I guess the speed, but I find that to be more of a disadvantage. I'm slowing it down like Dr Dre with Dr Pepper. I'm definitely not planning on quitting the blog however. This can sound hypocritical because blogs are thrown into the social media tag, but the expectation and purpose is clear. I write, you read. Maybe I get comment, maybe I comment back. :) But I'm definitely out of the following-being-followed thing. And hey, I can always make a blog post of what I had for breakfast. Thanks again Mark. I always appreciate your thoughts." - Jay Cruz

"The problem with the "real time web" and "social media" for that matter, is the premise of it's selling point: That everything that happens is news, that sharing anything is dubbed content, and the unrealistic expectation of socializing without triviality, banality, or noise." - Jay Cruz

"The song is the regular version from the Two Suns album... I think. Now you got me confused. The video was downloaded from a Karate Kid tribute from Youtube. I just cut and edited some scenes with iMovie. :)" - Jay Cruz

"I don't know why people think that Tumblr, and the web for that matter, has been a non-competitive utopic community of intimate friends. Not that you can't have that experience in a semi-public kind of way, but if you don't really care about popularity, then it shouldn't matter. If you truly want an "intimate" experience then have it. Stay in Facebook and add only the real real friends. Use your email, chats, and stuff that is truly more private and intimate. Make your Tumblr private. That said, I understand the concern. There's been this shift in the web with the whole web 2.0 ideal of participatory audience. The Social Media thing which is Web 2.0 gone haywire. People are giving themselves an unnecessary pressure to be "useful" and donate "valuable" content and I'm not sure if that has made the web better at all. In the end Tumblr is what you make of it. You can look at the stats, see what you can do about that and if iy matters or you can just ignore it and keep posting photos of..." - Jay Cruz

"Since a lot of sites and blogs have created Twitter feeds, it can replace the rss reader if that's all you do. But I thought that Twitter was about following people, so I find that kind of odd." - Jay Cruz

"The last paragraph gives a clue: "The famous Face on Mars, snapped by the Viking 1 spacecraft in 1976, which showed the shadowy likeness of a human face was late, was found to be a trick of the light when the area was re-photographed in 1998."" - Jay Cruz

"This actor is on my to pay attention radar from now on." - Jay Cruz

"You just explained exactly how I feel about Twitter, but articulated it way much better than I ever could. There's this idea being sold about the "importance" of Twitter and how it's going to change the future of media that's just ridiculous." - Jay Cruz

"Your argument is invalid." - Jay Cruz

""I want you to want to do the dishes"." - Jay Cruz

"There's "Egoboo" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... but that's just another form of intrinsic motivation. I think the four things that you mention are about it." - Jay Cruz

"I wish that this was written by someone other than Bow-Tie douche(or use to be Bow Tie douche) Tucker Carlson, but even though I love Stewart, I’m disturbed how people and the news media take Stewart seriously… almost all the time these days." - Jay Cruz

"It's definitely lost its power for the reasons you mention like linking to Twitter and sharing feeds. Another reason why it has lost it's power is because of the buddy-blogger-link exchange-thing. Readers learned to ignore that part of the sidebar because it got too cumbersome. I still like the idea though, but that's because I'm kind of "old school". :)" - Jay Cruz

"I believe that Kanye and Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips were also crushed by Radiohead's snobbery. If they were true fans, they should've known better after watching "Meeting People is Easy", their documentary when they were touring for OK Computer. These people are not U2 and Thom Yorke isn't Bono." - Jay Cruz

"This sounds like the plot of "Accepted"." - Jay Cruz

"It looks tastefully deadly." - Jay Cruz

"Yes. He basically took over half of the show." - Jay Cruz

"It's the first time I hear about Bibliotherapy too. I think it makes sense that books can be used as therapy." - Jay Cruz

Bloggers can be journalists. Other times they are opinion authors. - Robert Scoble

A job is just a paycheck, but a profession is defined by the codes of conduct that you adhere to. Ask any doctor, lawyer, cleric, or officer in the armed forces. The question is, is journalism a profession? Maybe it no longer is. - Victor Ganata

"If Im not mistaken, I think Gladwell also talks about Godin in his book The Tipping Point, but I'm not 100% sure. He's definitely one great thinker and communicator." - Jay Cruz

yeah, the last update I see is from 35 minutes ago. - Rob Diana

@Thomas - It's something to do with birdsong according to rumours, but no-one quite knows. ;) - Tyson Key

"I'm taking you're #9 goal, but in reverse. I want to be less "afraid" to publish because of quality. It's really hard to reach a balance with that." - Jay Cruz

"I usually use Twitter search using keywords, check out profiles, read a couple tweets, and then decide to follow. There are some tools to check out "featured" users, http://www.makeuseof.com/tag...... the link has couple of tools, but you have dig a little deeper." - Jay Cruz

If anyone else is on Blogged, put your link here so I can link to it and maybe even drop a review! Please do the same for Scribkin, thanks! - Phil G from Bookmarklet

Thanks Phil! I appreciate that. - Jay Cruz

""Literally spilled his guts" is what did it for me." - Jay Cruz

"If you mean using a platform like wordpress or blogger to just putting hypertext, then yes, I agree. If your going to do just that, then something like twitter, digg, or delicious would be a better option. But you could be a good "link blogger", as in pointing to things you find online, if you offer some context." - Jay Cruz

"Ditto here. The only one I seen is the Crumb doc." - Jay Cruz

"He deserves to be arrested. You don't go turning off peoples' computer with no consequences." - Jay Cruz

"Music wise, I think that's the trend that you will keep on seeing. I don't know how good or bad it is, but the web has influenced different media to be more immersive. More participatory. If I'm not mistaken, Beck released some singles for people to mix and then he put the best mix on the album. That's the good part I guess. The bad part is that attention spans are getting shorter and shorter." - Jay Cruz

"I don't know, but I don't think Twitter is a good place to look for an "audience." The majority of the Twitter users I have encountered have a really short attention span. They seem a little bipolar. One minute they're angry about something, the next they're eating a sandwich." - Jay Cruz