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Jeff Nolan › Comments
so much for "food town" status. SF only has 1 Michelin 3 star and it's not even in SF. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
Given that Michelin rewards artifice over simplicity, this is not surprising. SF excels at serving well made peasant food
- Chris Keene
which is why Zagat loves SF
- Jeff Nolan
The Times really really really regrets the error - http://www.kottke.org/09...
they should have written the short version of the correction, "the stuff we got right"
- Jeff Nolan
I need a netbook with a 10 hour battery and EVDO for traveling. Wish apple would get on that.
Tom Raftery liked this
Damn straight Jeff - dunno how many times I have had that thought. The iPhone 3gs may obviate the need for the EVDO card but the MBP battery life is far too short
- Tom Raftery
too bad they can't build a device that converts the heat from the MBP into power... perpetual motion :)
- Jeff Nolan
from email
Is Twitter Killing RSS? | Venture Chronicles - http://jeffnolan.com/wp...
disclosure jeff is a friend, but when i first read this headline and saw that it was posted on april 1st i thought - ah ha, good one jeff especially considering who jeff works for, but upon reading its very thoughtful and not at all poking fun at anyone - worth reading all the way through the comments...
- mike "glemak" dunn
from Bookmarklet
Hm. There are some...interesting? different? (than me) viewpoints there, that much is for sure. Which is a good thing, don't get me wrong. I like seeing new viewpoints. I'm reading James Boyle's "The Public Domain" right now, and I see a lot of the same debates reflected in the post and comments. Worth noodling on...thanks, mike.
- Ken Kennedy
yeah i agree ken, i'm not a twitter fan yet still have an acct that stays active even though i mostly push status via hellotxt and replies from ff - for me rss is very powerful in fact it powers the presence aggregation that makes ff such a rich experience :)
- mike "glemak" dunn
Hey Mike, thanks for the poke. I guess you use FF like I use Twitter, have limited bandwidth to be active in both! I wrote this post late last night, not even thinking that the April Fools filter was still in effect, after an exchange with some friends. My perspective on this is deliberately from the point of publisher because the limitations of RSS to this community of stakeholders has meant that while it is deployed it is not really embraced. Twitter gives publishers a lot of brand control, which is good.
- Jeff Nolan
ah, yes rss is powerful but only if embraced and yes not all publishers have - agreed...
- mike "glemak" dunn
Well, following a link on Twitter is less of a commitment than subscribing to a feed. I /discover/ links through Twitter & FF, but I only /subscribe/ to a feed if I'm really interested. The problem is that publishers are using Twitter as a feed /publishing/ platform. Blame the publishers.
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
How Old Is Your Work Computer? (Business Technology) - http://www.techmeme.com/081114...
2 days old
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
Must be nice, new MBP?
- Jake Kuramoto
S&P just downgraded the NY Times debt to a junk rating. I wonder how much time the NY Times has left to do something.
Mike Reynolds, Robert Fischer, Michael Fidler and 12 other people liked this
stock hit a new low today as well $9.51 per share.
- Thomas Hawk
that's a big cut, three levels -- straight to junk. From S&P "The ratings downgrade reflects our expectation that a likely U.S. economic recession over the intermediate term would continue to meaningfully exacerbate secular rates of ad revenue decline over at least the next year."
- Thomas Hawk
Interesting. The debt rating now matches the newspaper rating.
- Brian Newman
Is that little tidbit of news "fit to print"?
- Ontario Emperor
It would be fun to say that Arthur Sulzberger Jr. did to the New York Times what George W. Bush did to the United States of America -- run it into the ground -- but probably the truth is that there was little anyone could do to halt the decline of this newspaper or any other newspaper. The era of the newspaper (at least in print form) will probably soon be over.
- Sean McBride
when you piss off half of the country, well you piss off half of the maket as well.
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
At Women's Marathon, fastest time didn't win - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
David Th, Nils Sandin, William Spaetzel and 11 other people liked this
"It doesn't get much simpler than a footrace. All it takes is a starting line, a finish line and a clock. You fire the gun and the first person to the end of the course is the winner. However, as the marathon officials said to O'Connell - not so fast. While O'Connell had the greatest run of her life and covered the course faster than any woman, she was told she couldn't be declared the winner because she didn't run with the "elite" group who were given a 20-minute head start."
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
I blogged about this yesterday, http://jeffnolan.com/wp... Nike's brand is harmed by this IMO
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
Wow, so much for that whole "Just Do It" thing.
- abacab
it kind of sucks that she ran the best time and didn't win the race. I think they should reannounce the results and give her the first place win she deserves along with the trophy, prize money, etc.
- Thomas Hawk
boo hiss
- Yolanda
This is ridiculous in my opinion, i'm not a runner though so there are probably some out there who will disagree that she deserved to have won. It's clear that Nike could have milked this and had some great PR but they messed it up and as you says Jeff , the Nike brand could be harmed by this, if this story ends up mass media worldwide it is an opportunity for another brand to work with her to run a great set of promotions about not discriminating between elite or not
- Rory
What's the problem? It's the American way, just like presidential elections! ;-)
- No FB
Interesting. It looks like they only care about who crosses the actual finish line first and not who actually did the best at the race. If the "elite" group is considered a different race, then why not two first places, two second places etc. Then they can keep their silly "elite" race truly seperate.
- Paul Wade
I bet I could have won that race. I'm a fast runner.
- Thomas Hawk
And another thing. Why do so called "elites" need a 20 minute head start? I'd think that elites would give everybody else a 20 minute head start if they're so awesome.
- Paul Wade
I should run this marathon with my camera next year as an elite photo runner.
- Thomas Hawk
@Paul... it's not a head start so that they can beat the rest of the runners. they are two separately timed races. i.e., group A fastest time was 3:06, and group B fastest time was 2:55. both groups have different clocks tracking the runners.
- Neil Bernhart
@neil ... ok, I get that part, but then that's what I mean about having two first place winners then, if they are separate, then why exclude the non-elites from winning prizes? I'm just trying to understand.
- Paul Wade
Oh, I don't get that part either! It's lame. I wonder if they disclose this to all the participants clearly enough.
- Neil Bernhart
This is weak. Races nowadays are pretty accurately timed with chips on the runners' shoes showing exactly when they cross the starting line and the finish line. The idea that an elite runner needs to "see" the competition to run their best is just spin. I know, I'm in PR. ;)
- Kevin Pedraja
Is a Mac Book Pro really worth the money? - http://geeks.pirillo.com/xn...
Siddharth Deb and Glenn Batuyong liked this
Maybe not right now. Rumor has it that an update could occur between next week and next month... stay tuned!
- Glenn Batuyong
It's absolutely worth it for everything it gives you!
- Siddharth Deb
I'm waiting for the new model to come out before replacing my MBP
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
Forrest Cox: Trouble at Home for Barney Frank (via Google Reader) - http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2008...
good but it's going to take a challenger to unseat him
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
@vendorprisey thanks for the heads up. I am very impressed with what Sokwanele are doing
yeah that site really demonstrates the potential of citizen journalism
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
Hands up. Who's going to see Hancock this weekend? Might take @kristiewells for our anniversary...
is that your present or hers then? ;)
- Nicole Simon
I thought I might go see a movie that presents at least the remote possibility of being good. Rotten Tomatoes has Hancock at a dismal 34%. Maybe go see Wall-E instead.
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
Open Gmail, click All Mail, then click Oldest. When did you start using Gmail + how many msgs do you have? Me: 60,457; 6/16/2004. #gmail
Brynn M Evans, Brian Daniel Eisenberg, Jeff Nolan and Marshall Kirkpatrick liked this
Gmail: 2,841; 11/12/2007. #gmail (last start due to account change)
- Mike Reynolds
110,808 since 1/18/05
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
655 messages; since 16 Feb 2005
- Mahesh CR
4/14/2004, 20,499 messages
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
Wow. I opened up the laptop in the car before heading to the office. Open Wifi: Sunnyvale: 4 bars! I may never leave the laptop again!
Kyle Weller and Hutch Carpenter liked this
Sunnyvale MetroFi highly varies. Even in the same corner mall, one side will have better coverage than another. I mark good locations on my map.
- Mitchell Tsai
imagine what it's like with EVDO!
- Jeff Nolan
Mitchell... for the good of the people, can you scan your map and post it to Flickr? :-)
- Louis Gray
Makes me wish I lived there...via feedalizr
- Corvida
at xerox PARC it is like being in church
Ole Begemann, Vincent X, Google Tutor and 6 other people liked this
only to those non-atheists to others its seeing the beauty of the night sky
- Fred Grott
like being in church... or a morgue.
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
the morgue with Scoble as under taker? that would be just plan weird :)
- Fred Grott
Jeff: heheh. they are still doing lots of fantastic things there. It's funny, but in the interview I note that they are now trying to reduce the use of paper by making a reusable paper.
- Robert Scoble
Something like Kindle?
- Victor Ryden
Xerox PARC is authentic in a historical kind of way.
- Mike Reynolds
I used to work at Xerox, and I don't recall any statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary there.
- Prokofy Neva
Just turned captcha's off on my blog comments. Since the comment spammers forced me to start moderating comments may as well make it easier for people to leave comments. I sure wish Blogger had something like Akismet.
Chris Nixon liked this
Just passed a milestone with Akisment... 300k spam comments caught.
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
You can migrate from Blogger->WordPress...
- Aaron B. Hockley
Hasselblad H3D-39II, Medium Format Digital SLR Camera with 39mp Sensor & 3" LCD Display. - http://www.amazon.com/dp...
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John Lam, Henrik Johansson, Raanan Avidor and 6 other people liked this
I can't believe what you can get on Amazon these days... ;)
- Eugene Huo
do they have a buy one get one free deal? when i'm rich and famous i'll buy you one.
- Kathleen C
Amazon really needs to buy me one of these for my column.
- Ryan Brenizer
Here's the version with a lens: http://www.amazon.com/Hasselb...
- Ryan Brenizer
even better with the lens Ryan! Someday! And Amazon definitely needs to get you one of these puppies. When I met with Michael Adams (Ansel Adams' son) last week, he said that Hasselblad loaned Ansel pretty much whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. I'd like to get on that wagon.
- Thomas Hawk
Kind of a camera porn
- Raanan Avidor
from Alert Thingy
I'm hoping to get on the "loan anything whenever" bandwagon with Ferrari and Gulfstream.
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
@steverubel haven't used facebook in months. Feels dead to me.
Svein Håvard Djupvik liked this
Haha me too, I logged in like a couple months ago to update my status to "deleting account in a week" and never went back yet...
- pixelens photography
same here, the reality never quite caught up to the promise.
- Jeff Nolan
from Alert Thingy
Went back to FB today for fun's sake. Boooring. My FriendFeed is up there, though. I guess FB really is mostly for teens who want to swap favorite songs and movies. Nothing wrong with that. Clogs it up a little. I'm switching more and more to twitter / AlertThingy / FriendFeed.
- Alex von Halem
I only use facebook to play scrabulous :)
- Aaron B. Hockley
trying to give AlertThingy a good fair try ...via AlertThingy
Darren Entwistle and Thomas Hawk liked this
downloading it now.
- Thomas Hawk
Not in Portland by the way, but love that city.
- Thomas Hawk
alert thingy isnt bad at all, however, untill they integrate true twitter support, it won't be great. ...via AlertThingy
- Stepan Mazurov
Alert thingy seems pretty cool. Wish it had a hide feature though.
- Thomas Hawk
I don't think any of the desktop apps give you a better experience than the site itself yet - but it's still early in the game, so I assume that will change at some point
- Frederic
only tried it for 10 minutes or so, but prefer friendfeed site directly for now. Need a hide feature.
- Thomas Hawk
@Thomas Hawk to hide alert thingy, click close icon on top window. It will hide alert thingy ...via AlertThingy
- Kate Mag
I may actually use FF more now because of Alert Thingy ...via AlertThingy
- Jeff Nolan
French Absinthe - http://www.absinthespoon.com/absinth...
you really can get everything on the net
- Jeff Nolan
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