Jack Carlson

Why does it look like I'm in an episode of Scooby Doo? - Lindsey in Love

LOL @ your comment! - Lin-ZAY

ZOINKS - Haggis (Sean)

Jinkies! - Lindsey in Love

haha - FatOracle (Kamath)

hehe u look very strange - chethan thimmappa

Is that human? - Derrick

I mean really - is this the best photo he could find? If so SCARY - Sparky

Those lips. That dew. THOSE EYES. - Sparky

And what is he standing in front of? Where is he? - Sparky

wow. just wow. - The Amber

That's a compliment, Zee! It means you're approachable. :) - Mona N.

Agree with Mona. - Mo Kargas

would be nice if they gave me a heads up first. and I'd want them to meet my boyfriend, too, since he's on here. - Kamilah Gill

It would depend on how much interaction I've had with the person here and possibly what kind of interaction. But I don't think anyone is likely to do that with me. - Silly Jilly

Well, I'd have to be okay with it because my number was out there for them to see. That said, I would never put my number in my Facebook profile. - Rochelle

I'd be willing to meet up if I could. Notice is better though. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Zee - you can totally set your Facebook, so only certain friends can see your phone number! - Mona N.

Has this happened to you Zee? - Silly Jilly

I'd be a little creeped out because I'd be wondering how they'd gotten my phone number. However, if you leave your phone # as public info for a reason, not creepy...if they're interesting to you, meet them. - Spidra Webster

oh for sure Momo...to be honest, i'm just wondering how open to the idea everyone else is on here - Zee.

no silly.. :) - Zee.

I agree with @SillyJilly it depends how much interaction I've had with the person, however, one of the main reasons I'm on sites like twitter and FF is to connect with people all over. So if someone called me up and wanted to meet for a drink somewhere, assuming I was available, I would definitely meet them. And @mona, I have my number on FB but it's only visible to my close friends or ones I interact with regularly! - Niall Connellan

I completely forgot to include the fact that I thought this was a really great question. - Niall Connellan

I'd definitely go to a meet-up if there was one in Chicago or the Quad city area. Personally I'm not opposed to meeting people who I get along with on FF or FB or Twitter, etc. - Silly Jilly

I've pretty much put out a standing drinks invite for anyone who happens to be in the area, so I'd love to know if someone from FF is around. But like others, I've chosen to not put my TN on FB. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

call me when you arrive in SF :) - Richard Walker

ha, you're on... :) - Zee.

I don't have my number out on display via FB, but I'd like to think that I've made it clear that my goal is to meet people in person, if they happen to be in LA, or I'm in their fair city. I've met a lot of people locally and in SF. Hope to keep that going. - Derrick

just the ones i know better even if i haven't seen them ;) - Mystika

so u just ignore people that add u from social networks like Friendfeed etc...? - Zee.

I used to be picky. But then I realized people will follow you wherever they are most comfortable. So now, I never say no to Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. If they want to follow me somewhere else because they like the blog... fine. - Louis Gray

I don't really care anymore - the lines got blurred and now it's like, no return land LOL - Mona N.

I don't distinguish between RL friends and Internet friends. You all play a part in my life and last time I checked Facebook wasn't that sacred. It's a place to keep in touch with me and play some fun apps. Why would that be reserved for people in RL? - Lindsey in Love

Some people are only on FB. It's how it is. I'd much rather be here, but I'm getting the hang of FB a little more these days. - Eric @ CS Techcast

I have no distinction. I don't think it really matters. - Mo Kargas

oh well I stay well clear of the apps Lindsey and to be honest. I really just want people that I've met once or twice to really keep in touch with me...Besides I have like four geek sites I use, FB might just be ideal for only "met in person" people... - Zee.

I only use facebook for the people I know in real life - Michael Hocter

meh . . . then nice knowing ya - Lindsey in Love

Damn, I know adding me is what led Zee to this decision. IT'S ALL MY FAULT! - Derrick

I just go with people that I know, it doesn't matter if I haven't met you in person yet. - mathew, keynote not lame

LOL Derrick, no no...it's the like 10 other adds I get a day from random people I've never seen/heard of that bothers me... - Zee.

What Mona said--the point of no return. - Anna Haro

Agree. Sometimes, even for people I've met, I still wait a second meet-up before I added him/her to facebook :D - Akhmad Fathonih

"(not) met twice or more" != "can't tell who they are" IMO - Richard Walker

not sure what u mean exactly Richard - Zee.

not having met them twice IRL doesn't mean total "strangers" - Richard Walker

yeah, definitely true...i'm thinking now maybe just to make it people i don't instant recognise... - Zee.

Some people I only met online I know longer and much better than people I meet in RL every day. Online we tend to reveal ourselves for who we really are, at least in the long-term, while in RL we have built-up survival mechanisms that may be deceptive of who we really are. We can hide our true selves better in RL than online, in many cases. - Bora Zivkovic

yay! we can stay Facebook friends ! :) - Richard Walker

My FB policy is at least one "meaningful interaction", regardless of meeting in person. For instance, if I enjoyed an in-depth online discussion and got a sense of the person. - Neil Saunders

ha, yeah i reckon we can! :) - Zee.

+1 neil - but then we've been RL friends for ... what, 8 years now? Sheesh, mate, time flies! - Chris Cotsapas

It's VOODOO - Bwana

DO WANT! - Lin-ZAY

Where? What? Why? - Hutch Carpenter

:( - Derrick

:( - AJ Batac

KRON 4 has pretty good coverage of this situation - Mike Doeff

Things like this make me glad I live in Harrisburg, where most of the crime happens in the Mayor's office. - Shawn Farner

14th St in what city? - Aaron Brazell

"A march protesting the police killing of a young Oakland father at the Fruitvale BART station on New Year's Day has turned violent, police officials told BNO News on late Wednesday." http://www.bnonews.com/news/58... - Stephen Edgar

14th St. in Oakland, CA, Aaron. - Spidra Webster

Dellums is trying to calm people down. Bottles being thrown. Crowd is angry - Thomas Hawk

Rioting up broadway - Thomas Hawk

50 riot police surrounding civic center area. Crowd taunting the police - Thomas Hawk

People throwing bottles at the riot police from balconies. - Thomas Hawk

Tear gas - Thomas Hawk

you taking pics? - Mohomed=genieyclo

Hope you're out of harm's way! - Anne Bouey

Good lord, what the hell is going on in Oakland?! - Haggis (Sean)

Why is this happening? - CES 20 hrs away!

Cops moved us from scene - Thomas Hawk

Ugh. (Us residents refer to it as "East 14th St.," despite the city's attempts to make "International Blvd" stick.) - Richard Chen

Make sure you are safe first, get somewhere off the street man. - Haggis (Sean)

thanks for this--so upsetting... - susan mernit

Some photo's & videos going to Flickr but 'tags' are not very accurate for some postings - http://www.flickr.com/search/?... - Stephen Edgar

Thanks for the commentary, man! Putting that video mode to use? - Jeremy Brooks

For the people asking "Why is this happening" -- http://www.ktvu.com/video/1840... - Karim

Got a bunch of shots. May head home. Probably lots of sporadic incidents for the rest of the night. - Thomas Hawk

Sean - a terrible and serious shooting happened at Fruitvale BART station on NYE. A tragic situation has been made worse by eye for an eye thinking. People have been whipping each other up about this for days now. BART hasn't been helping by dragging their feet on interviewing the officer who did the shooting. So I think it was a foregone conclusion that the protest at Fruitvale BART station this afternoon was going to be violent. And then that attracts an element that likes to fuck shit up - Spidra Webster

Love that KTVU can show me a video ad in FF (firefox) but then tells me I have to have a WMV plugin in order to watch the video. #FAIL - CES 20 hrs away!

Clearly, you missed Alex's Bose post! ;) - Mona N.

Wonder how they handle delay... - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

Will be waiting to see a real review. - Eric @ CS Techcast

you know what i want? go a head and steal my idea, just gimme a free one when made, i want a waterproof wireless stereo for the shower that streams my music from the computer. - David

Hrm... me being a tight wad sees that $299 and says no. Still see it cheaper to use Apple's Airtunes. - Dean Clark

Swear to god, I took like 30 bitchlips photos. This is the only one that didn't smack of MySpace-profile-pic... - Amanda H.

Amanda you are so cute! - Monique

@OE .. a damn good question .. now I'm going to have a bitch of a time getting to sleep and it's your fault :) - Steven Hodson

I suspect the latter, that we reach the same number of people. David Armano did this wonderful thing via a blog, but perhaps (using Los Angeles examples) Paul Moyer could have done this on TV, Bill Handel on the radio, TJ Simers in a newspaper column, or Rick Warren at a Sunday service at Saddleback. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

i like the idea of "brutally fun"... as if to say being brutally honest is addictive in a good way. sounds a lot like a hockey game. - Courtney Engle

I've taken to manually pinging FeedBurner each time I post to my blog. On the other hand, for most services I have linked to FriendFeed, I have to tell it to update each service I use manually, since it seems to take forever (and under the CES traffic crunch, things are only worse). - Chris Charabaruk for Hire