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Modern Day Mosaics by Charis Tsevis - http://www.tsevis.com/
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Lida, Ken Morley, Alonzo Hayden and 36 other people liked this
fabulous! great find, baby! <333
- Live4Emma (L4S)
:* <333
- Emma
Very cool, I love it !
- Olivier Castets
Oh, I love it!!!
- Dmytro Nesterov
Live now: This Week In Massive Egos with @baratunde, @therealdvorak, @dspark, & @jlouderb. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
Daniel Rowley, Chris Heath, Pam Gwenzi and 16 other people liked this
The cottage is busting
- Johnny Worthington
need bigger heads
- Carey Lumeng
So.. .what's rev3's "burn rate"?
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
I can't believe Leo actually called this week's show "This Week in Massive Egos"!
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
Yankees suck
- Carey Lumeng
leo please tell john c put on a los angeles angels hat on. there gonna win on monday! lol :)
- pcguru626
unibrow
- Carey Lumeng
thisman.org is viral marketing, the domain is owned by guerrigliamarketing.it
- russtbarnacle
The sad thing is that his parents may be fools but he now has this hanging over his head for the rest of his life
- Johnny Worthington
Johnny, I'm guessing the boy knows that. That's why he threw up on national television.
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
Yep
- Johnny Worthington
Hoax...why no more well babies? still have wells and babies
- Carey Lumeng
Trending topics is what EVERYONE is talking about, not what the tech-set is. Twitter is mainstream after all...
- Johnny Worthington
Lists!
- Danny Minick
twitter also describes hashtags with mouse over
- Carey Lumeng
I read about Twitter Lists on my FriendFeed list called NoisySoMo (Noisy Social Media types)
- Johnny Worthington
I was one of the anointed for w/e reason.
- Danny Minick
Hey! I love Google Wave. >:(
- Danny Minick
hello everybooooooody
- Pam Gwenzi
Nice sweater..
- Morten Hovland
If the Secret Service didn't take John out for that sweater... that comment would do it
- Johnny Worthington
i wonder if they're going to cover the new $50 wolfram alpha iphone app..
- Nathan Haney
$50!? No thanks.
- Danny Minick
Anyone know why the latest TWiG hasn't appeared on the iTunes podcast section yet?
- Zane Blandish
Why would anyone pay $50 to find out the distance from here to the moon on your iPhone? I thought that was what Safari+Google was for
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
Danny thats what i said, i just use safari and use the webpage way better
- Nathan Haney
plus Wolfram has a Web app through Safari mobile for the iPhone that does the same thing for free.
- Danny Minick
It's a jumper
- Johnny Worthington
exactly. i didnt think they would even charge for the iphone app with the web app in place
- Nathan Haney
don't do hottub meetings at las vegas
- Siouxmoux Riopel
Hey, what's Stephanie Siemiller doing these days?
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
$50 for an iphone app sounds like a lot, and i wouldn't pay that, but it has a scientific calc. built it . . along with statistics calculators, too
- casey ferrier
Yeah?
- Johnny Worthington
Wow! Bright Orange! The color of evil!!
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
@leolaporte Tell @baratunde that Boston misses him.
- Margaret McFee
Focus on 'The World' - the one they've abandoned.
- 1x29
john C Bright Orange!
- Siouxmoux Riopel
In my experience they hold the passports of their [construction workers] too.
- 1x29
Dubai´s exploitation of foreign labor is disgusting, and reason enough to never visit.
- Morten Hovland
We aren't dumb. Transparency is the essential key then let us make up our own mind.
- Johnny Worthington
Laptop dancing?
- Johnny Worthington
Hmmm. Something other than laptops in a programmer's lap.
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
That campaign sucked on purpose... We are STILL talking about it
- Johnny Worthington
Let John finish
- Ed Hunter
+1 Ed Hunter. JCD hasn't got to finish one thing yet today :|
- 1x29
EXACTLY
- Johnny Worthington
Same thing with Social Media. Not everyone is one the cutting edge or has 8 hours a day to spend on it
- Johnny Worthington
that's the echo chamber
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Will you have fairy bread and cups of orange cordial?
- Johnny Worthington
Can i point out that twit started by talking about Edward Bernays who said "If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway". Isn't a windows 7 party unconscious cooperation? disclosure is irrelevant.
- russtbarnacle
can i have the plastic bag?
- michael sean wright
The Windows 7 parties is pure genious on behalf of Microsoft. It cost them next to nothing and they get all the techheads talking about it 24/7 + the videos went viral.
- Morten Hovland
But don't you think the 'lameness' is on purpose... We are still talking about it. The Windows 7 Party is the PC in Mac vs PC ads
- Johnny Worthington
steve balmer tears ?
- cxx dxx
That hurt my brain
- Carey Lumeng
Wow. :(
- Simon Wicks
Thats pretty standard family guy humor tbqh
- Morten Hovland
Does someone have their speakers up? Im hearing everything twice..
- Simon Wicks
watching that family guy windows ad episode make me want to buy mac
- Siouxmoux Riopel
Watching Family Guy period makes me want to sell my TV
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
hi yall!
- @baratunde
Too bad tethering isn't supported by AT&T yet for you americans, no more need for open Wifi.
- Morten Hovland
Wow, this show is LOUD
- George Gray
Great show guys. Very informative and entertaining :) Thanks!
- mahjongmi
Audible Pick Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood UNABRIDGED By Peter Biskind http://www.audible.com/adbl...
- Leo Laporte
Sometimes Leo likes to just listen
- Johnny Worthington
Don't bust on Richmond! Richmond, VA is a great city
- George Gray
So between the TSA mommy, the Balloon kid and the "Free stuff" lady - what might explain this surge in IRL trolling?
- Morten Hovland
Real Time News: 1% fact, 49% Analysis and 50% making stuff up
- Johnny Worthington
Word.
- Morten Hovland
time again the world proves to me that there's no such thing as common sense.
- Tony, Paradox of FF
Also too... The public is not one entity. 10% may be focusing on an important story but 50% may be on something else and 40% on another.
- Johnny Worthington
he's talking about right now the realtime web is populated by the echo chamber - once google marries the click-thru weighted info *with* the realtime push ... *boom*
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Remember when AOL released the "anonymous" search results? Something tells me I don´t want to know what most people use the internet for..
- Morten Hovland
good point Morten :)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Plus it relies on people clicking through. If anything, we are morphing into a bunch of headline readers
- Johnny Worthington
Twitter costs trillions to society in loss of productivity
- Charbax
Charbax... Talking about what was on TV last night, sports and checking email does as well. Twitter is just another blinking light
- Johnny Worthington
Twitter's not wasted nearly as much time as walking all over the office to gossip.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Or smoking breaks
- Johnny Worthington
Don't get me started on smoking breaks. Bain of construction productivity. Seriously.
- 1x29
Show Name: Technicolor Dvorak
- Johnny Worthington
John C Dvorak - Now available in Technicolor ? :-)
- Morten Hovland
When does the video go up?
- Charbax
Boxee?
- Morten Hovland
Anything else than itunes? Are there going to be direct links on twit.tv?
- Charbax
downloadable video from twit.tv as well?
- Tony, Paradox of FF
Will you put the episodes up on Youtube as well?
- Charbax
Popcorn is in Europe atleast
- Morten Hovland
bye Leo really loved it
- Pam Gwenzi
Netfix should have a audio/video podcast section, that would solve a lot of delivery issues ;)
- Morten Hovland
How long will it take to publish the video of episode after they have been recorded? odtv.me usually takes a couple days
- Charbax
I don't think they publish video. Only audio?
- 1x29
Technicolor Dvorak
- Johnny Worthington
TWiT - Now available in technicolor :-)
- Morten Hovland
This Week in Massive Egos
- JR Holmes
Best was your own title: This Week in Massive Egos
- JR Holmes
Best was your own title: This Week in Massive Egos
- JR Holmes
LOL @ Leo
- 1x29
Well he talked about Twit video but no idea when the videos will go up
- Charbax
respect, leo
- Morten Hovland
"It All Comes Down To Hitler"
- Johnny Worthington
the screw you ringtone video is best
- Mark
hi from ga good night buffering is still notin sink :(
- daveccorey
Ňicķ, Shea, Uwe and 29 other people liked this
I think the green fruits in the 3rd photo are sweetsops. Very nommy
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
Shey, they are nommy. Had one in Jamaica once. :)
- edythe
Clicking one of those images led me to a very tantalizing group: http://www.flickr.com/groups...
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Amazing colors and textures,
- elena chesta
ooh, john, chocoholics. dangerous. ;)
- edythe
watching This Week is Startups LIVE right now. http://www.ustream.tv/channel... Tyler Crowley will be on the live streaming web series panel Monday!
Jeremy Campbell liked this
I need to catch up on TWIST. I'm watching Matt Mickiewicz today and think he's pretty brilliant.
- Jeremy Campbell
from twhirl
@garyvee's new book Crush It! is out today! The man never sleeps, I swear. http://www.amazon.com/Crush-T...
Jeremy Campbell, Thomas and Sylvain Nadeau liked this
Umm...OKAY, WE GET THE MESSAGE :P
- Amy
Amy: you dont follow him do ya? ;)
- Fee501st
Fee: Negatory
- Amy
Who the heck says "negatory". Did you join the army? Does Scotland even have an army? Does Mel Gibson lead them? Or are they drunk all the time? (See V, I don't pick on you *every* time)
- Dave Friedel
I like negatory!
- Veronica
Affirmative...
- Thomas
Dave: I watch too much NCIS. Also, we have an army, a navy, the girl guides...they could all take you, cat-man (and all ARE quite partial to the drink) :P
- Amy
Yeah Dave, everybody says it. Don't be so negatory.
- Paul Reynolds
Boy oh boy. I really want to get excited about Gary again, but I reached a point where his videos, tweets, and blog posts became just too much. One can only take so much of a person constantly talking about themselves before you just can't handle it anymore. You listening, Calacanis?
- Fleagle
Amy: LMAO. :D
- Dave Friedel
Beyonce Spills Wonder Woman Movie News - http://www.comicbookmovie.com/wonder_...
Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty, Jeremy, Morton Fox and 7 other people liked this
"Just got back from a press conference tonight with Beyonce and she spoke of a few upcoming movie projects. The last one on her list was Wonder Woman! Yes, Wonder Woman! She said she has to meet up with the writers and directors in a couple months and things will start to pick up by mid-2010 for a late 2011 release. She said the writers were Stuart Beatti and David Elliot, the guys that wrote GI Joe: Rise of Cobra and the director was John Moore, the guy that directed Max Payne."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
No no no no no no no no no no!
- Spidra Webster
Everyone is going to focus on whether she can pull it off. She might be able to even though she wouldn't be my choice. It is " the guys that wrote GI Joe: Rise of Cobra" and "the guy that directed Max Payne" that scares the hell out of me.
- RAPatton
It all sounds shitty to me. More of the usual crappy treatment WW gets.
- Spidra Webster
Beyonce hasn't been a good actress from what I remember
- Lindsey is Fierce!
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, I mean no no no no no!
- Vincent van Wylick
I thought Whedon was doing WW?
- Andrizzle Gizzle
He was terminated a long time ago; I don't think this will happen either, unless Time Warner has lost their mind.
- RAPatton
Okay, she said she's *in* WW, but apparently didn't say she's *playing* WW. What if she's the villain? Beyonce as Cheetah, maybe?
- Kevin Shaum
Ok, yeah I heard about Whedon doing it for like two years, but overall my interest in a WW movie is incredibly low. I can't think of a single decent super heroine movie. Maybe Spiderman 3.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Aliens, Andrea. Ripley is my hero.
- RAPatton
I am thinking of comic based super heroines but yes, Aliens is good. I'm thinking like, Electra, Catwoman, etc.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
"the guys that wrote GI Joe: Rise of Cobra" " - yes, but in fairness, the guys who wrote 500 Days of Summer also wrote Pink Panther 2.
- Andrew C
:-/
- Anna Haro
Writers who wrote GI-Joe? *sinking feeling*
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
I love Wonder Woman, but I'm not interested in anything new. I kind of prefer the childhood memories.
- R1CC1
If Beyonce is WW, I won't go see it. I'm still holding out for Cobie Smulders: http://images.google.com/images...
- Jason Huebel
MY MILK TOOF: Little Chefs - http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/2009...
vijay, Parth Awasthi, Renchin(Reina)Wang and 45 other people liked this
Cuteness overload!
- Amy℠
so sweet :D
- Ekin Acar
my kids LOVE reading up on my milk toof ever since you posted it a while back. so cute.
- Trish Haley
Awww that's awesome Trish. They're just too cute
- Lindsey is Fierce!
These are adorable!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I love this! Thanks for sharing it
- Mike Lewis
They want me to go back and look at the nightmare one because they can't remember if it was Ickle or Lardee that had it. I liked the post she did where she answered everyone's questions about how long it takes for her to do one episode. That's dedication.
- Trish Haley
I must have missed the post but every time I look at these I think . . . man that must take forever
- Lindsey is Fierce!
haha! x_x
- Anna Haro
5 years ago today I married my best friend.
Brent Smorgen Bleg, Mitchell Tsai, A Meshkatian and 142 other people liked this
Happy anniversary !!
- Eric Logan
Happy anniversary!!!!
- AJ Batac
Awesome couple! Congratulations! :D
- JA Castillo
LOVE!
- suzanne
Happy anniversary!!!
- Ha Ko
Happy Anniversary!
- Ayşe E.
Too cute! Happy anniversary!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Happy Anniversary!
- josh neff, geek at large
"ulan en ii arkadaşını mikermi insan.ayıp diilmi olm" diyorlar lan hakkında. ayıp değil mi oğlum, değer miydi insanların ağzına sakız olmaya ha? hahahah. happy anniversary!
- monara
Congrats to both of you!!!!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
monara shame on you!
- missipipi
what a shame for monara!
- alpi
Happy Anniversary!! :)
- Lindsay
Happy Anniversary!!!
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
You guys are so cute! Happy Anniversary!
- Michelle Martinez
hafız çok pis alaya aldılar seni.
- Ergin
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
- Shevonne
ergin kimin yanındasın.tarafını seç.o diilde bu adam sanamı benzio ne
- missipipi
haha. insan insana benzer.
- Ergin
You two are adorable. Happy 5th!!! <3
- Carmen
Happy annivesary!
- Admiral Anika
Gratz!!!!!!
- rowlikeagirl
olm, ilk ben yazcaktım buna ayıp mayıp diye, aşağıladın lan beni missi ingilizcemin kötülüğünü sebep gösterip... alacağın olsun, şimdi ben de diyorum ki; Happy Anniversary! Congratz! missi'ye inat ulan en güzel günler, en güzel geceler sizlerin olsun, tepişin tavuklar gibi, doğurun tavşanlar gibi mnkym :))
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado
ahahahaha ilahi yasuto.ama ingilizcen hakikaten kötüydü yani.berbattı resmen
- missipipi
tencere kapak
- PuCCa
English Time'dan randevu aldım, yarın derslere başlıyorum... senden ders istiyceemi zannettin dimi? bi daa sana tamah edermiyim nan ben... bastırırım parayı, alırım en baba yerden babayı... bi gururum var, ay hev hanır... yaa... hem bu sünnetsizler türkçe biliyo mu bakalım? ha ha ha hayt, fahrenayt!
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado
Happy Anniversary!
- Anne Bouey
Happy Anniversary!
- © D/\\/IIID ℠ ®
FFyi ne hale getirdik diye kendi kendimize bok atıyoruz bi de bunların da bizden farkı yok ki, baksana hepsi aynı şeyi yazmış, kurban olsunlar yay'ımıza, hoşgeldin'imize, geçmiş olsun'larımıza
- Alev
bi de, happy anniversary Jeff!
- Alev
Happy Anniversary!
- Katie: Whelmed Overly
allah bir yastıkta kocatsın...ne şanslı bir kadınsın sen
- Aynebilim
oda anladı sevil yastıkta kocamak falan global ol biraz geliştir kendini :Pp
- PuCCa
özüm neyse o pucca..öyle süslü kelimelere gerek yok...ben kıskançlıktan ne dediğimi biliyor muyum? gitti dağ gibi adam...
- Aynebilim
bu mu nan dağ gibi? turşu kavanozu gibi herif... bırak allasen yaa...
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado
alaan yarattıylan dalga geçlmez özünde iyi biridir muhakkak..
- PuCCa
dışı beni içi sizi yakar kızlar..
- Aynebilim
gelin güzel mi? benim gözler mi bozuk acep? tööbe tööbe...
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado
ahahahha... rabbim dağına göre kar verir diyosun :))
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado
üç kişilik yatakta artık.. yalnız varya harbi hayvanız.. ben ble düğün fotolarımı koysam elin gavuru yazsa altına makara geçse.. savaş bile çıkar :PP
- PuCCa
tombik keçi sakallı bebeler doğurun hadi bakalım uslu uslu durun sonra
- PuCCa
thanks for the well wishes everyone!
- (jeff)isageek
pucca bu teşekkür sanaydı :)) thansks to you jeff ;))
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado
en az 3 çocuk...
- alpi
önemli diil hacıı, altın takamadık artık bebenin sünnetine bişiler yaparız beline kuvvett yorm kendini hadii
- PuCCa
lan ii bişe dediniz sanmış hacı :D onu ben meşur ettim.ceff bebeyim sayemde feedin piyasa olduu haaa.hadi yine iisin
- missipipi
jeff idolümdür artık. naber kanka?
- alpi
armut dolap yelkovan günlük, tebeşir kumanda halı, gözlük tencere...nasılsa anlamıyorlar hahahaha
- Aynebilim
jeff'in dedesi türkmüş
- alpi
Congrats, tho I was expecting a punchline...something like "5 years ago today I married my best friend...my fiancée was furious!"
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
ahahaha sevil küfürde ettirekmi gız.anlamı meraba deriz mesela şakacıktan :D
- missipipi
anacım nasılsa anlamıyorlar.belki bunlara ihtiyacınız var mı düğün hediyesi olarak filan diye sorduğumu sanırlar..severler beni belki...:P
- Aynebilim
gugıl transşeysinden çevirirse götelek gibi kalcaanız ama.benim yazdıım türkçe sayılmadıından ben yırttım ahahahahaha
- missipipi
HAPPY ANIMALS EVİ. hayvan barınagının kalbi. HOHOHO
- davsanlik
kızlar ayıp ama yaa :p Allah mesud etsin :D
- pandora
Happy Anniversary :)
- Penny
Happy Anniversary! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
bu adam paso bana yazılıyordu direkt iletiler atıyordu ı love my love bişiler söylüyodu nişanımı bozcam seni alcam ülkene yerleşip kalcam diyordu :((
- PuCCa
:))
- leydielif
ee ama bana dioduki puka hez dı big ess falan böle terbiyesiz bişeler
- missipipi
ikiyüzlü keçitosbaası işte.. bana aşığım dedi ölürüm dedi sünnet bile olurum dedi gitmiş arkadaşıyla evlenmiş sonra çok ayıp harbiden çok
- PuCCa
biz bi ara çok kankaydık.iiki aramız bozulmuş lan.evlendii bestfirendi ben olabilirdim resmen
- missipipi
jeff kankamdır ya iyi adamdır. naber kanka?
- alpi
ahahah kızlar hasta mısınız :D adam ne diyor bunlar diyecek :D
- delininbiri
hıııh bu adam benm sevgilimle olan fotomu kıskanmıs bikere:P
- Dilara TAN
bi ara öle böleymiş diye birşey de duymuştum ammaaa yakıştıramamıştım haklıymışım
- PuCCa
jeff çok kolpa adam ya.
- alpi
severim keratayı
- missipipi
baba adamdır ya, cebimde beş kuruş yokken 100 doları tutuşturdu elime cep harçlığın olsun diye.
- alpi
bazı espirileri kötü böyle güldükten sonra vuruyo falan ayı gibi hoşuma gitmiyo ama özünde iyi biri
- PuCCa
oolum kendi arkadaşlarından çoh biz yorum yaptık herife :D
- pandora
ahahah şaşırmıştır bu noluo lan die.türkleri yannış tanıtmayalım arkadaşlar.kangıraçileyşıns foryor meriyıd ceff
- missipipi
adamın arkadaşlarının yorumlarına bak hep aynı hiç yaratıcılık yok.. adamın bir tane bile dostu yokmuş bize teşekkür etmesi gerek bence
- PuCCa
küpesi gıcığıma gitti
- Alev
pucca katılıyorum kolum hala mosmor iki yıldır düzelmedi.
- alpi
Happy Anniversary :)
- Rodfather
Happy Anniversary!! CONGRATS!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Happy anniversary, Jeff!
- Helen Sventitsky
به به تبریک , معلومه که دوان دوان هم بودید :)
- Mil∂d
Happy anniversary!
- Laura Lou Who
Happy Anniversary!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
ulan her dil var adamlarda arapça bile koymuşlar ahahahah
- Furkan Tunalı
MRB ARKADAŞLAR.
- Emre Yılmaz
DO YOU KNOW TURKISH RAKI?
- Emre Yılmaz
happy pantolon, saksı peçete böbrek...
- Aynebilim
happy adapazarı çık aradan....
- Aynebilim
new women sesi kısık duymayabilirim
- Aynebilim
yaa naptın holden sen yaaa..yeni evli çitftin altına yazılır mı yahu..cık cık cık
- Aynebilim
ama sen ingilizce yazdın:( ya anlarsa..ya bu yuva senin geyiğin yüzünden yıkılırsa..doğmamış çocukların hesabını kime vereceksin...haa holden kime?
- Aynebilim
Cheers! ^_^
- Danny Minick
Happy anniversary!
- John E. Bredehoft
happy merdane
- Aynebilim
Very happy anniversary :)
- Kamilah Gill
heyy adamım mercimeği fırına vermişsin..ohhh yeeeee
- Aynebilim
Many Happy Returns of the day!
- Parth Awasthi
Congrats! Happy Anniversary!
- imabonehead
我的教练的工作是完成我的妹妹去进
- Aynebilim
awesome man...
- Zee.
holden geline aşıktı...belki tekrar benim olur diye şirin gözükmeye çalışıyor..
- Aynebilim
Happy anniversary!
- TrafficBug
bırakın lan adamın yakasını. kankam o. naber jeff?
- alpi
Nice 5 years more... :P
- Efe C.
5 yıl dediğin nedir ki ben bunları 15 yıl sonra görcem o sakallar yoluk yoluk olur...
- alpi
Congrats
- Andre Pope
from Nambu
That's awesome! Congrats!
- Give 'Em DBizness
Congrats!
- Michael Fidler
from iPhone
Happy anniversary <3
- Nia
hacı gerdek nassıldı anlat bakim bi ?
- PuCCa
Congratulations!
- Justin Rains
Watch Out AT&T: iPhone Sales Could Double By Dropping Exclusivity - http://mashable.com/2009...
Jeremy Campbell liked this
Google Wave crashes on beach of overhype: http://scobleizer.com/2009... my blog about Wave.
Iván Abrego, Susan Beebe, Hutch Carpenter and 57 other people liked this
I agree with you on this. Been playing with it in the dev preview and now in the released version and until I get people I know on there and reasons to discuss or collaborate then I don't see the value. The concept is excellent, the execution is excellent, I just don't think the product is what people are expecting.
- Keith Bennett
When I first saw the release video of Wave it was clear this wasn't something that would be for you to invite all your friends to. I'm surprised at your harsh review in such a fast manner -- you opened it up to the world of your "friends" to play in the sandbox -- but did you actually have a mission? You actually point out that this has great potential for group work. It's about...
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- Elaine Young, Ph.D
Writing off Wave at this point is a bit like walking into a hardware store, picking up a hammer, walking around the store looking for stuff to hit and declaring "Why would I ever want a hammer? This is a waste of time." For teams and workgroups looking to improve the way they communicate and collaborate, Wave might be a great tool. For others, not so much.
- Ken Sheppardson
Elaine: you are hoping for something more in depth? Come back in a month after things settle out and developers ship some real tools for it. Welcome to our real time world. Why do you assume that normal people will give ANY tool more than an hour before they decide whether it sucks or not?
- Robert Scoble
The amount of hype this thing got will NOT be realized by a collaboration scenario. I had this years ago with Ray Ozzie's tools. Geesh.
- Robert Scoble
since you dont have a use for it, can i haz your invite?
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Oh, I'm not arguing that it's over-hyped. That's the nature of the real time social media hype echo chamber we live in these days. :-) That's not to say it isn't a cool tool. BTW, I really miss Groove. :-(
- Ken Sheppardson
I won't believe for a second that Google created Wave to be anything less than an entrance into competition with Facebook for mass users. Google does one thing very well for mass usage, Search. The other things are great tools and have a base, but this was a Social Networking play, disguised as a collaboration tool. I think Robert is right, this is NEVER going to match the hype.
- Patrick Boegel
I think you're absolutely right, Robert. I got my invite, all excited, signed up, added a friend, and.... *fizzle*... it's chat, it's IM, it's a bad twitter client... I hope it will evolve into something worthwhile.
- Jan Ole Peek
I always understood wave as the next evolution of xmpp - something google envisaged when they first got their hands on jabber. Something distributed merging the features of instant messaging, forum and newsgroup. It was not aimed at twitter or facebook, it was more aimed at some of the live features of Notes and Groupwise and forums. PS: the hype it got is the same as every time google...
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- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I've been a wavesandbox user for months and today I got both my wave invite and as it just so happens I also got my threadsy invite. Suffice to say I'm much more excited about threadsy! Why? because it's actually helpful.
- Bob Stewart
It's clearly not a 1:1 replacement for email and its early yet. This platform is made for customization. As soon as the development community catches up with concern/demand then I think Wave will be far more refined and valuable as a productivity tool. I think it's way too early to say its overhyped but it certainly makes for a great blog title :) Have a great time out in HMB with Chase today.
- Jim Goldstein
How about that, you're absolutely right Robert.
- Peter Kruit
I think I mentioned a month ago that people were going to be overwhelmed by this and it may be too soon to launch to the public.
- Jesse Stay
This is one of those times where I'm happy to let the gang of 2000 beat it up before getting in.
- Stuart Miniman
You are in the gang of 2000. Sorry, Stu.
- Louis Gray
Imagine a Twitter network with five people on it, none of whom actually work on any of the same projects you need to finish this week.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Am I the only one who has been puzzled when people started saying "this is gonna be the new facebook/twitter"? I watched the whole 1.5 hour demo video and that thought never crossed my mind, nor did using it with dozens upon dozens of people at a time. The only things I saw them demo was a variety of tasks between a handful of friends or colleagues. Robert's right, when you've got a ton...
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- brendan
I didn't get an invite, so good.
- Jeremy Campbell
from twhirl
pfff who needs an invite anyways...
- sofarsoShawn
Gee I wonder who overhyped it?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I collaborate with others to actually do things. Yes, Wave is young, but damn! I see its potential and I declare it awesome.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Google Wave passes the twitter test. Lots of folks didn't get twitter (and still don't) when it first appeared. GW will follow a similar trajectory..geek early adoption and later mass adoption. I like it that people don't quite get GW which means that people will use it in multiple ways, as they do twitter. I project that it will live up to the hype much like the iPhone.
- Jim Posner
Or it'll follow the FriendFeed curve: a few geeks will get it, use it, become dedicated to it, it'll never see mass adoption, then the engineers will get recruited to work on other projects and the technology will just get folded into other systems...
- Ken Sheppardson
My understanding is the intent was to re-invent email. So I see the gmail population eventually ending up on GW. Google as a rule has had few bombs. Certainly the GW platform will evolve (filters) to address some of the concerns Robert has.
- Jim Posner
interesting review, i will have to check it out for myself! twitter(at)locspoc
- Loc
Can't wait to see how the users evolve ways of using it that help to moderate the wave. Appreciate the fact that Robert and others (some of you) are sharing this experience and these diverse reactions.
- Holly Rae, FFer
Agreed, Scoble. I don't see this as a good friendfeed replacement anymore.
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
There is Etherpad and Zenbe ShareFlow. I would wait and see how GoogleWave evolves.
- Wins Fern
Nice to see you present some critical thoughts on this, and I must say that your comments seem very sensible! I would also like to point to services like Etherpad when it comes to real-time collaboration on documents, and I also think there seems to be (potentially) a lot of noise in Google Wave. It will be interesting to see though :-)
- Reidar
These are all really done in Pencil: Part Two
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Shenannigans
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
r u sure , they are done in pencil ?? The jpeg has some strange watermarks within.. need to scan the raw exifr data within the jpeg. I am doubting that this is pencil only !~
- Peter Dawson
searcing for a specialist to decide that those are fake or real drawings :)
- Burçak Çubukçu
Peter can I send you some of the originals? We might as well find out the truth. I'm curious about a couple of them.
- Michael Fidler
I think they are real
- Manuela
I'am a sceptic. If those are real drawings. Somebody has to prove it. Is there a video link that some one actualy draw one of these for instance?
- Burçak Çubukçu
Just to show you Burçak, that I'm curious about the truth also, I've done a little investigating myself. I found the original picture from which the Jesica Alba drawing is copied. http://bit.ly/gAXX
- Michael Fidler
how'd you get Johnny Depp to sit still for so long?
- Nathan Rein
Michael, I do belive in "PHOTOSHOP". Anyway thank you for your efforts.
- Burçak Çubukçu
Burçak Çubukçu I think I'm leaning a little in your direction now. After overlaying the two images, they're practically identical. There is a tiny difference on the ruffle of her dress, but otherwise they are the same. To be honest, they "could" be photoshopped!
- Michael Fidler
ok Jessica Alba's could be a drawing...
- Burçak Çubukçu
drawing photo-realistically isn't hard when you're copying a photograph. they're probably real but not really art. Just great artistic skillz.
- JoEllen
Naturally the celebrities had to come from some type of original work, and a photo is the most likely candidate. I am starting to notice some small texture differences, especially in the one with Johnny Depp. BTW, I found the original for that too. It's on the cover of the DVD for the movie.
- Michael Fidler
Here's a link to three more. These ones look like they were definitely drawn http://bit.ly/OvxZb
- Michael Fidler
@The Other Brian (Norwood), You cold be right, and perhaps that explains why some of the detailed work was left out on the Johnny Depp piece. Here's a link to a few more, which are more obvious, but still came from the same set http://bit.ly/tklrX
- Michael Fidler
I own a book called "How to Draw Lifelike Portraits from Photographs" by Lee Hammond. It shows all the techniques and phases of creating something like this in pencil and graphite. So... Yes, it is possible. If you ask me, though, this is an artform best left to the ADD set.
- Angela
Kol, I can't thank you enough! Kol found a different posting, which proves these are all pencil drawings. I had my doubts about a few of them, because they were collected from several locations. The site Kol found has done a wonderful job pulling together an even more impressive collection .Take a look. http://www.flickzzz.com/2009...
- Michael Fidler
No worries, Michael. :-) Shame we couldn't find all the artists.
- Kol Tregaskes
top right picture: http://aramismarron.deviantart.com/art...
- james foor
Thank's James!!! Actually I've been waiting for two month's for someone to bring these back up. Since I posted them in March, I've not only discovered who all three of the artists are, but found some new one's as well. I'm going to look for info on the artists, and post it. Could you please pop-up the other one as well? I would prefer to post it there. It's the one with a bear, lion, and I believe a tiger on it. Thanks again!
- Michael Fidler
Here's the link to the other set; http://ff.im/1Aepj.
- Michael Fidler
James, I just saw the post you left on the other set. Sorry I missed it. For the record, I always knew that these were copies of photographs. I ran them through TinEye before posting anything in the hopes of discovering the artists. In the comments, several people correctly pointed this out as well. However, it still doesn’t diminish the quality of the work.
- Michael Fidler
Just did a really great interview/chat with @jennifered on her show: talked tech, trends & trolls (among other things) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jennife...
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Like Rebecca Coleman?
- Jerry Perez
+1 Jerry
- ChiliMac
*sigh* Am I going to have to teach you people more hip-hop slang valedictions?
- Paul Reynolds
Ach, it's hip hop, we could just name random objects and it'd probably still be valid
- Amy
i didnt use it right?
- Fee501st
i was leaving work when i type that
- Fee501st
You did right, Fee. You done good.
- Paul Reynolds
I'M YELLING!!!
- Fleagle
I was going to teach you the 20 year old term "Swayze". But given recent events, I'm torn between it being crass or incredibly appropriate. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define...
- Paul Reynolds
OK, no more picking on Rebecca!
- Veronica
Can we still say Audi 5000?
- Fee501st
I don't see why not.
- Veronica
cool, im listening to this Interview, its a long one, very good so far, but it nice to see the Veronica supporters came out for it!
- Fee501st
I'm glad Audi 5000 is still on the table, since I submitted a video question for Tekzilla... :)
- Thomas
"OK, no more picking on Rebecca!"- "Yo Veronica . . . I really like you, Im'a let you finish, but Rebecca had one the best Friendfeed accounts of ALL TIME . . ." - Kanye West
- John Craft
yea and some of us have already seen it, you'll like it Veronica lol!
- Fee501st
Great interview Veronica! Just got done! That's sweet that you mention us, your Fun group of people on FF!
- Fee501st
:)
- Veronica
Really enjoyed the interview. Now I just need my Tekzilla fix.
- Eric Novitsky
@Veronica Luck? No such thing. One of my favorite motivational quotes is "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Kudos to you!
- Jude
There are many reasons I think you rock Veronica but a comment like this ("OK, no more picking on Rebecca") would be number 1! :D
- ChiliMac
I like that @jennifered asked questions that traversed a broad range of technology. A couple of them I was going "oh this ought to be good, does she know that?". Jennifer is a good interviewer who dove into your experience and not just being a pretty TV host. I very much liked it. And my other comment is... Second Life still exists?
- Dave Friedel
Just saw the first iPhone app demoed that I want: Tick Talk Robot. It is an alarm clock that reads you news from RSS feeds. Developer says it will be on iPhone store in a couple of weeks #iphonedevcamp
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- Daniel Brusilovsky
Damn the iPhone spell checker! :-)
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Of course, FriendFeed-ing.
- Daniel Brusilovsky
This sucks! They did also with C-63 emulator,shame!
- z3bbster
Hey!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Very cool
- Johnny
an RSS reader that verbally reads RSS works for me any time -- especially when I'm driving
- Ernest Lehmann
I wonder how it would work on an iPhone given that applications cannot run in the background. Hm. But there is a way to push audio through Apple's push service - maybe that would do it.
- Nitesh Dhanjani
way to geeky for me
- Ouriel Ohayon
The app is now available on the app store. Its under the name Tick Talk. It has a nice polished interface including an animated robot that speaks the news, and an easy to set alarm mode so you can wake up to the news being read.
- Jot Kali
The voice is a little rough, but cool idea! http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Ken Morley
How to tell if you are a geek:
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Tonight I was faced with this scene at a party in Indianapolis for Monster Energy drink and I figure it is a good way to tell if you are a geek. If you first impulse is to ask the girls for help with your Ubuntu install, you are probably a geek. If you start wondering about what cool iPhone apps they use, you are probably a geek. If you want to ask them where the best places to find wifi in Paris are, you are probably a geek. If you want to invite them to a Facebook party you are probably a geek. If you ask them what they think of Android you are probably a geek.
- Robert Scoble
from email
به به , چشم مریم خانم روشن
- Mil∂d
@scobleizer you follow the scobleizer on here?
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
By the way, I am a geek. :-)
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
If you ignore them entirely and check out what's playing on the media player in the background, you're probably a geek.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If you can't spell "Ubuntu" do you get your geek cred's revoked?
- Joel Bennett
If your first impulse is to correct @scobleizer on his spelling of Ubuntu in his post . . . you're a geek.
- Michael Owens
So did you have wild sex with them?
- Dave Winer
geek --->
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
slut :)
- Jeunelle Foster
Well Robert, what did they answer to all these questions? <--- Geek.
- Bettina Tizzy
if you dont care, for once, what scoble has to say, and are simply wondering where to find these girls...what are you?
- Zachary Adam Cohen
sluts*
- Michael Owens
If you know for a fact the girls don't care at all about you and are only there as paid advertisements, AND you still don't care and want to gawk and hang out and get photos with them anyway...you might be a geek.
- Josh Haley
Scoble is a womanizer hahahaha
- Jeunelle Foster
Damn, Josh, why not just go ahead and win the Internet for yourself, why don't you.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It might be a new ad for s3.
- Trey Ratcliff
Thank you, sir.
- Josh Haley
Dave: I am talking with you so what do you think? :-)
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Dave + Scoble: That's a yes.
- Michael Owens
Zachary: they are in downtown Indy.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
If you ask them their thoughts on Faccebook acquiring FriendFeed, you're a geek.
- imabonehead
I wonder if Scoble's pickup line is "Hi, Who Are You?"
- Bastard Operator From FF
What the.. Why bother blogging this crap when you could actually be striking up riveting conversation..
- Pogmohoin
Imabonehead: definitely!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
on my way, just gonna fire up my get and break out the Nair for Men
- Zachary Adam Cohen
from email
oh btw sluts*
- Pogmohoin
"Hi, I'm Robert Scoble, who are you?"
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
You guys are a bunch of pathetic losers. Robert did you ask them what their astrological sign was? and if you did you are a geek who's desperate :)
- Jeunelle Foster
If you immediately turn to your iPhone and write about it on FriendFeed you are a geek
- Jesse Stay
I'm pretty sure I am still a geek, but there is no way any of those questions come to mind when I see this picture. And I think if those questions come to anyone's mind here, it might be time for geek-rehab.
- Bill Grant
Pogmohin: I talked with them for a while. Nice people but didn't know what Android was so I moved on.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
hahahaha
- Jeunelle Foster
This post is just a cover story for why does Robert have this picture, anyway?
- Jason Wehmhoener
So is "What do you think of Android?" the new Turning test?
- Micah Wittman
thinking you can pick up said girls by telling them you wrote an iphone app and expecting them to get excited about it then you're a geek.
- evablue
Yeah.. I am from FHM mag.. Want to make the big time baby.. Now can the girl at the rear just reach around to the one at the front more...click .. front page Roberts Screen Saver..
- Pogmohoin
Damn. Best photo you've ever taken!
- Mike Flynn
You could also be gay, or female, but that would be in a non-geek-centric universe, so I could be wrong. ;)
- Lisa Norman
Me: confronted with this scene, I'm a slut first, then a geek. ;) (Mike: hella observant!)
- Dennis Jernberg
I have a feeling this is going to show up in the daily "Best Of Your Friendfeed" for anyone subscribed to Scoble.
- Michael Owens
Michael: You're right! This one wins the whole day. ;)
- Dennis Jernberg
Also, there is an iPod in the background -- clearly these are Apple Fan-girls.
- Bill Grant
"Android? Oh, haven't met him yet. Is he still at the party?" *leaves room*
- Micah Wittman
What were we talking about again?
- Derrich
Bill: Sure enough, iPod, docked.
- Dennis Jernberg
The girl at the right said her name was Ashley. Actually she said she was "Smashley." love that.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Ashley owes me money and I better not run into her or her face would be smashley
- Jeunelle Foster
Bill: yup. I picked up on the iPod very quickly at the party. I am hoping Ashley sends me her play list!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
@Micah -- Me: "No, that's Mandroid. He stayed home. Wasn't cool enough. Android is...(way short explanation)"
- Dennis Jernberg
If you take a picture of three beautiful girls, post it on FF, and your first inclination is to write a caption that includes the words Ubuntu, iphone Apps and Android - OR if you comment on such a post... You are definitely a geek.
- Rob Rose
By the way none of the three had been to Europe so they couldn't help me with good places to get wifi for LeWeb.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
If you help them sign up for Facebook, FriendFeed, and Twitter, you're a geek.
- imabonehead
Well they don't look like they know how to boil rice
- Jeunelle Foster
Been to Europe?? Man did they say the best thing that come out of Europe was "The Final Countdown" from their Daddy's "86 with a Bullet" tape!! http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Pogmohoin
This scene was the geek's dream while posting this. :)
- Bundit
imabonehead: actually they are already on Facebook. Which says something about how mainstream Facebook has gotten.
- Robert Scoble
All the Facebook friends in my family (except for my brother) are definitely nongeeks.
- Dennis Jernberg
anyone reading this is a geek
- Brendon Wadey
++++++++++GooglePlex, Akiva!
- Melanie Reed
Well I know I'm a geek. When someone like me, who spends a lot of time helping a sexy geek like Marina Orlova of http://hotforwords.com because she speaks geek and is enjoyable to work with. I might even venture to say she's a bit of a computer nerd. When Marina wakes up the first thing she does is check her email. When she gets ready for bed she can be found tweeting before she retires...
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- Captain Jack
Captain Jack: she sounds cool. What apps does she have on her iPhone?
- Robert Scoble
Were they impressed by the size of your lens, Robert?
- Vezquex: God of FF
Raphael: I didn't have that with me tonight. Was going low key. :-)
- Robert Scoble
wow
- EhsanDiary
If Robert had taken that shot with is 600mm, he would have had to have been 3 blocks away and you would be able to see the the flecks of color in their eyes :) You are looking at their eyes right?? -- My first thought was well, they can't be geeks as everyone knows true Geeks drink Red Bull not Monster :P Monster isn't all bad, they are big supporters of Surfrider and International Surfing day ----> Surfing Geek
- Luke Kilpatrick
If you're a geek, why are you asking someone else for help with your Ubuntu installation? Shouldn't you figuring that out yourself? Turn in your geek card, now.
- Andy Bakun
Yeah, they'd have to ask you to help with their Ubuntu installation. Except if they don't know what Android is, they probably haven't heard of Ubuntu either.
- Dennis Jernberg
This Ubuntu question can relate this photo and the Ubuntu logo, then that's a geeky question. (I mean this http://www.flickr.com/photos... )
- Mahmood Padura
Actually, I was going to ask what the gadget was on top of the microwave-minifridge combo.
- Jay Cuthrell
I'm guessing it's an MP3 player (in the slot) and some kind of speaker array combo?
- Jay Cuthrell
I guess the answer is: regardless of whatever you do, you are a geek :-)
- Ethan Gahng
It would be a lot easier to tell if those three people were not in the way of the shiny thing in the back of the photo.
- Jay Cuthrell
I think Robert took this photo just to keep me wondering all night about that mystery device.
- Jay Cuthrell
Geek here :) I'd do a print 'Hello, Girls !'
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
damn it Scoble! I have to like this.
- rob friedman
looks like my weekends
- sean percival
did they recognize you as the "scobleizer" ???
- zʍıɔ
New blog topic: the decline and fall of FriendFeed
- A Mitchell
What's that coming over then hill?
- Nick B.
"Well, hello there, sexy ladies! Would you like to come up to my place and read my @scobleizer feed? Hmm?" -bow-chicka-wow-wow-
- Kevin Leroux
wow. I couldn't even make out what was that thing in the BG. I noticed the additional thumb/thigh in front -so that makes me a photo geek??
- jomarhilario
Oh my! Now I'm sure I'm not a geek! Hahaha they are beautiful as hell!
- Rafael
if you find this picture of these attractive women on this page you are probably a geek...even if you don't read every single comment...including this one.
- Lee Sachs
Some of us geeks know what we're doing with women.
- Tyler Hurst
true dat,, you really can have it all
- Zachary Adam Cohen
from email
Oh, how gorgeous. You've got to love that Ipod design.
- James Kuypers
I can tell the way the Hottie on da Right is looking at me that she really likes ME a lot!!!
- Billy Warhol
@James I hereby award you the true geek award for your spotting of the iPod in this picture. =P (Special mention to the others who said MP3 player) - Silver iPod Nano I would think.
- Travis Koger
Perhaps you need to add this app to your iPhone: http://www.beakerbreakers.com/nerdale...
- Chad McCoskey
from iPhone
Admit it: you told them you were Philip Seymour Hoffman.
- Maxwell Kennerly
Two things. 1) Geeks do it better AND 2) they're not sluts... they're leveraging their assets... more power to them
- Ankush Narula
davşan kızlara benziyorlar beaaa.
- Pilot23
Really lol Scoble maybe u had been having 2 much fun @ the racetrack & geeks does attract some attractive wolla
- polou/indigo_bow
Funny old world three attractive women in a fun pose at a launch party and it creates enormous interest? Funny how things never really change in human habits, geek yep that's me but this article made me smile a lot, keep snapping away Robert.
- Ian Wright
If you are writing a disclaimer on a picture, you took at a party, because you don't want to be locked out of the house by your wife, you are a SMART geek:)
- Maryam Scoble
from iPhone
double like for Maryam :D
- Alberto D'Ottavi
+1 Maryam
- imabonehead
Best of day.
- beersage
If you ask them how big their racks are, and you mean rackspace server size, then you are a geek.
- Matt Soreco
If you whip out your iPhone, take their picture, and bring them home .... you're a HOT geek !
- Christopher Yeo
Totally....
- N.G. Gordon - RadarSync
Keep up the good work Scoble! :-)
- Garin Kilpatrick
Heh, love that Maryam commented on this. I miss her and my two buddies. I'm just wondering why TechCrunch doesn't have parties like Monster drinks! ;-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert, you'll just have to bring a case or two of Monster to your next TC visit and see what happens.... just make sure the cam is on.
- Jay Cuthrell
Jeez, I must not be geekish at all — *my* first thoughts are all carnal.
- Hieronymus Murphy
Me, I'm a mutant. ;)
- Dennis Jernberg
3 girls 2 cups
- HansVanRock
Only qx...which was your first impulse? I pray for your sake it was to throw down camera & decide where u were going to be in Blonde sandwich. :-)
- Brenda Rothaupt
Dreaming of fruity drinks on the beach...
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Looks inviting. Where was it taken?
- StockC
It is from my dream last night. I was dancing on a rooftop deck then hit the beach for a peaceful morning.
- Fossil Huntress
outnumbered?
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Meerkats FTW!!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
Great picture.
- Jeremy Campbell
from twhirl
Reminds me of one episode of Meerkat manor, when the whiskers try to drive the snake away.
- ashish
What's the plural for mongoose? Mongeese?
- Maggie
Things FriendFeed isn't good for:
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Online banking
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Resolving arguments
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Making my dinner
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Watching first-run movies (but it's great for finding movies to watch)
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Babysitting my child.
- Michelle Martinez
Keeping Robert Scoble quietly amused.
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Scratching my back
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Making my thumb stop twitching.
- Yolanda
I have yet to see Friend Feed fold any of my Laundry.
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
Constructing robot swarms
- Mo Kargas
Sorting dirty diapers.
- Rochelle
The procurement and consumption of mangoes.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Friend feed sucks at washing my car.
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
Walking my dogs
- CW™
Butchering livestock
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Deflating my sense of self-importance.
- Derrick Burns
Driving me to the beach.
- Ryan Massie
Papier-machè
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Feeding friends
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Refilling my iced latte.
- Yolanda
Replacing contact lenses
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Finding a boyfriend.
- Derrick
Getting laided
- Matt Ruiz
Wiping up the can Alphaghetti I dropped on the kitchen floor.
- Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
Fixing margaritas
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
making my coffee
- Kim Landwehr
Porn, well that's actually a lie...
- Matt Ruiz
Solving the world's problems.
- Alex Scoble
Oral
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Saving time.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Paying my bills.
- CW™
@Haggis That's what you think!
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
@Penguin DEMO PLX
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Productivity.
- Robert Scoble
Productivity, I agree with you Mr. Scoble. :)
- Oğuz Serdar
LOL yeah, what @Robert said
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
letting me do anything else, and especially my job!
- archi_bald
Chili con queso.
- Glen Mistletoe
Pulling strudel.
- Kate Foy
GETTING ALCOHOL
- mjc
having a life that doesn't involve the internet.
- Colette
Farming.
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
@Colette what is that? I've never heard of it before
- mjc
Ping pong with nuclear warheads
- Mo Kargas
I don't know, I haven't been able to find one of them available for downloading...
- Colette
It's kind of a legend I've heard whispered here and there.
- Colette
repairing flats
- Glen Mistletoe
Walking the dog. *which reminds me*
- Kate Foy
bringing in the empty trash can *which reminds me*
- Glen Mistletoe
Warming up a cold burrito.
- Mitch
Promoting sleep
- Lindsay
Finding your first girlfriend
- Yuvi
potty-training a toddler.
- Joe Silence is not dead
potty-training a bassist.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Walking your dog.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Spamming people
- Alex Scoble
Riding me to work.
- Ton Zijp
Prostate exams
- Glen Mistletoe
from iPhone
Getting Things Done
- Melanie Langenhan
Job security.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Play subbuteo
- Paolo Barresi
playing
- Paolo Barresi
Seeing oneself at the mirror
- Paolo Barresi
Learning english (for me)
- Paolo Barresi
taking medications
- Jérôme Flipo
It did a horrible job waxing my car.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
FriendFeed ate my dog!
- Rubin Sfadj
A toast topping
- Tyson Key
Fractional distillation of crude oil.
- Tyson Key
Seeing Italia-Francia 2006 :-)
- Paolo Barresi
Interstellar space travel
- Tyson Key
Repelling flies
- Tyson Key
Time travel, too :-)
- Paolo Barresi
I wouldn't be so sure about time travel, Paolo.
- Rubin Sfadj
Aah, but the search function lets you do a limited form of that, Paolo. Let's see what else they've got. ;)
- Tyson Key
Avoiding memes?
- Rubin Sfadj
FriendFeed Is Not A Flying Toy
- Tyson Key
Getting stoned (like Greg House)
- Paolo Barresi
Washing and drying hair
- Tyson Key
Annexing the Sudetenland.
- Internet's Tad
eheheh
- Paolo Barresi
Invading Switzerland
- Tyson Key
Helping me sleep at night
- Tyson Key
Performing Houdini-style break-outs from several locked boxes?
- Tyson Key
Providing the Internet connection used to access FriendFeed...
- Tyson Key
Not good at being popular in media. I think that is good for now.
- ashish
Alex: Yeah, you do that on Twitter ;-)
- Amir
FriendFeed isn't good for those who want to miss interesting stuffs.
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Computing the next prime number after 2^43112609-1
- Shivanand Velmurugan
Finding the meaning of life .... and Liff
- Shivanand Velmurugan
10 People To Follow On FriendFeed For June 2009 - http://www.louisgray.com/live...
deakaz, Mitchell Tsai, Rob Michael (Atmos Trio) and 86 other people liked this
Highlighted are: 1) Layne Heiney http://friendfeed.com/lph 2) Alex Scoble http://friendfeed.com/itblogg... 3) Trish Robinson http://friendfeed.com/trishro... 4) Paul Buchheit http://friendfeed.com/paul 5) Shey Smith http://friendfeed.com/shey 6) Adam Helweh http://friendfeed.com/secrets... 7) Mary Ann Chick Whiteside http://friendfeed.com/mcwflint 8) Bwana McCall http://friendfeed.com/bwana 9) Rob Michael http://friendfeed.com/atmostr... 10) Rahsheen Porter http://friendfeed.com/rahsheen
- Louis Gray
Hey -- P is going to be so excited to see the list.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
from BuddyFeed
Hey I know those people!
- Derrick
All great!
- Martha
I think there should be an international investigation into the fact Rahsheen wasn't included until now. :) I always assumed he had been, and that oversight has been rectified.
- Louis Gray
nice batch of folks... :)
- Nathan Chase
You know the month is nearly over when this list comes out. Well done. Keep em coming ... one day ....
- Amani
Sorry I am perpetually late, Amani. It's all I can do to meet the deadline. These aren't cheap two paragraph posts! :)
- Louis Gray
Great list. I'm only missing two here! :: adding ::
- Jorge Escobar
I thought I was subscribed to everyone because I see their posts all the time, bu that's because they're liked frequently.
- Heather
Woooo! I made the cut!
- Alex Scoble
Wow-thanks for the inclusion Louis! That caught me totally off-guard.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
And sad to say that Louis description about me is pretty much spot on. :)
- Alex Scoble
Oh how cool, thanks Louis!
- Trish R
Oh, except on MOST days I'm more active here than my brother. :)
- Alex Scoble
I love that you do this!!! You are awesome Louis. :) Sitting on this list is like being on a REAL SUL! I liked being on it myself (plug, plug) ;-)
- Sheryl
Love the "Abs of Rah" shoutout :D
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Excellent list. I see two new people (to me)
- Josh Haley
How were Bwana, Alex, Rah and Shey never on the list? Seriously, how did we all miss those?
- Rob Diana
Ubiquitously awesome FFers always get overlooked. It's the "I can't believe I wasn't already subscribed to _____" effect.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Don't follow me. I don't like it to be followed everywhere I go.
- Didier Lahely
Great list, and not just because I'm on it :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
That is indeed a good list. If you are into FF, you already have these folks on your list.
- Bryan R. Adams
Great list - i was surprised these great folks weren't already on the previous lists! *scratches head*
- Susan Beebe
+100 Shey -- oh, and it IS great cuz YOU are ON the list - very cool and so well deserved :)
- Susan Beebe
Great list!
- Spencer
been following lph, bwana, and paul for a while for their tech insight, recently started following alex & rasheen for their interesting comments, thanks for giving us more interesting people to check out on this list :)
- Mike Chelen
Awesome list this month! Everyone there was already on my radar except for MaryAnn - going to check that out right now!
- Laura Norvig
I think I need to give Louis a break next month. Actually Rasheen and Shey were listed way back on the September list, I strayed off the pack that month and profiled 20 people. http://michaelfruchter.com/blog... Outstanding list this month otherwise, great job Louis!
- Mike Fruchter
What a surprise to come home to! Thanks!
- MaryAnn Chick Whiteside
from iPhone
Darn it Mike, how did I miss that one? Grr.
- Louis Gray
i was 1/10 on this list. and i listen to everything Louis says, so hello to the 9 of you :)
- Jim Halligan @jim
Another great list!
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks for the List. Its awesome
- Michael_techie
11 Ways To Boost Your Energy - http://www.forbes.com/2009...
Roney Smith, Jeremy Campbell, fijidaddy and 42 other people liked this
1. Eat Fewer Calories
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from Bookmarklet
2. Never Skip Breakfast
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
3. Sleep
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
4. Exercise
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
5. Supplement
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
6. Detox
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
7. Combat Stress
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
8. Check Your Thyroid
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
9. Get Some Sun
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
10. Organize
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
here i got 1....and i relats to # 3....it wud be healthy if we sleep togethr..lol...wt do u thnk??
- TenyJ Williams
lol, whut?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
dnt u get wht i min??
- TenyJ Williams
*grabs popcorn*
- Admiral Anika
from fftogo
LOL ANIKA... enjoy!!;-)
- TenyJ Williams
com on shey tok to me... im diein here!
- TenyJ Williams
*wonders to herself: do people KNOW when they're being creepy and weird online?*
- tiffany
who r u actualy takin bout?
- TenyJ Williams
*takes a closer look at tenyj's feed* really? a solange knowles spammer? *block*
- tiffany
and so?? i min whts ur point?? any1 cud c tht shes "SOLANGE KNOWLES"
- TenyJ Williams
Anika, pass me some of that popcorn.
- Ayşe E.
I've seen some things lately that say 5. May not be as good as once thought.
- Vince DeGeorge
hey tiffy...continue,i c ur vry good at pointing out vhu ppl are.... so y u stoping nw??? com on giv me ur best shot....SENCIERLY FROM:tenyj....ooops i min SOLANGE KNOWLES...*u knw wht i min ryt* (oh and dont u worry,il update MY own pic for u to c soon....)
- TenyJ Williams
*takes a seat next to Anika and Ayşe*
- Lindsay
hey whts wrng tif?? com on...
- TenyJ Williams
Why can't spammers spell? What is with that? Premature ejection from school? Ineffective spell checker?
- Martha
who knows martha. i am impressed by teny's interaction though. this is high-quality spamming / trolling.
- tiffany
I'm having a hard time deciphering TenyJ's unique grasp of the english language. But maybe you should sleep with her/him, Shey. ETA: Creeeeeeeepy feed. Shey gettin' cyberstalked. I'mma write a Lifetime movie about you. Regina King can play Jasmin. Not sure who can play you.
- B. Hatin
ok BARONESS.....Tl me whts wrng wit my english huh? nd by the wy im afemale,so dnt use him/her...nd let me nt forgt tht hole thng whn i sed shey nd i sleeping together tht ws just a joke,and i ws jst plyin....
- TenyJ Williams
...thanks Shey. i've been in need of some energy lately. Anika, you got anymore of that popcorn? .LOLz
- .LAG liked that
ppl i thnk its enf pop crn nw,REALY!!
- TenyJ Williams
Wow, in the 90's, I used to let the guys on IRC assume I was male in order to avoid comments like TenyJ's first one. I did assume she was joking, but what a 180.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
@TenyJ... but we needs our energy, and popcorn is non-fattening... crunch, crunch! .LOLz
- .LAG liked that
Yeah, Baroness, whts wrng wit her english huh? *dead* I'm popping MORE popcorn y'all.
- Admiral Anika
OK i cn c tht yall ar truly hating on me...bt its al gud..enjoy ur snaks hey.
- TenyJ Williams
Wow.
- Rob
This thread tickles me. Is there popcorn for me? So who should play Shey in my Lifetime movie??
- B. Hatin
dwayne johnson or ice cube
- tiffany
Yeah, I thought the rock at first, but I wasn't really feeling it. And I think Ice Cube's too old. I don't think Shey's even 30 yet?
- B. Hatin
drake? drake is canadian, beige, and an actor.
- tiffany
Okay the headline says 11, but the list only goes to 10.
- Alix Whitmire
I just tried to check my thyroid. I think i'm pregnant now. I'm doing it wrong.
- Steve C
Alix, perhaps he became a little unnerved and took a break.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Kaia, you are too funny LOL
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@tiffany Dwane Johnson. YES.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@Kaia No, not 30 yet, but who cares, it's The Rock!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Sorry it took us a bit to block the spammer .
- Tracy Benham
Am i late for the party...coz i c alot of entertainment......*TO A HANDFULL OF POPCORN*
- Ashanti
Dell's new Z: I am throwing away my Mac when this comes out: - http://ourdoings.com/roberts...
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Darren Rollett, Robert J Taylor, Rocio Flores and 139 other people liked this
I can't tell you how I got this photo and I can't tell you why I am dumping my Mac when this comes out but this is the first Dell that has me slobbering in a very long time.
- Robert Scoble
Really??
- Gerry Realtyman Bourgeois
Hey, T'row it ober here!
- Gary Etie
Still Windoze-infected, right?
- Bill L
Can you give us more details on the configuration and the size factor?
- Amit Nangare
just like you threw away your Iphone for the Pre.
- nesman89
Instead of throwing your Mac away, can I have it?
- Victor Ganata
The Dell Z looks awesome
- johnny2009
I'll buy your Mac....uh, you take checks, right?
- Mike Lewis
problem with Dell computers, is they still run Windows. Unless you want to deal with Linux
- Andrew Lombardi
I agree with John
- Mike Brewer
Er, okay. Does it run OS X?
- Grant Goodale
well good luck with that! :-)
- teymur madjderey
Didn't you say something similar about the Nokia N97 a few months ago?
- Beau Giles
You've got to tell me more than that for me to believe why you might throw your Mac away??
- Aaron Myers
Really - with the build quality they are renown for!!
- Ian Lewis
If it runs windows 7 then at least there is some reason for this madness. Anything else and you've completely lost your mind!
- Devlin Dunsmore
Amit: I can't explain why, sorry, but this will get a lot of attention and Apple will have to react to it. Why do you think Apple has been attacking Windows 7?
- Robert Scoble
Looks like a "laptop" and it's "black".
- thund3rbox
Yes, it looks sleek, but it's still a Dell.
- Bob Young
Dude! You're getting a Dell!
- Andrew Lombardi
From the keyboard, it looks like a 15.4" or 17" widescreen that's super thin. (keyboard is chiklet-style)
- Eugene Hsu
You can't throw out your mac! You'll eventually be crawling back.
- Matt Ruiz
Yes, I got excited by the Palm Pre but I don't think I said the Pre would get me to throw away my iPhone. Of course we don't know what Apple will do but this will make Apple guys at least raise their eyebrows.
- Robert Scoble
Throwing away your Mac is a bad idea.
- Louis Gray
May I suggest to sell The Original Scoble MacBook Pro on ebay and hand the money in for charity?
- Ralf Rottmann
NokiaN97 does widescreen videos with new Qik, by the way. iPhone doesn't.
- Robert Scoble
Don't throw your Mac away!! Keep it as 'backup', you might need it ... ;) ;)
- Ronald
Asgod: believe me Engadget will be all over this.
- Robert Scoble
This was rolled out to selected laptop users 4-5 months ago, wasn't it? Lots of drooling, if I recall. But you should keep your Mac as a backup. And so far as "I can't tell you how I got this photo ..." is concerned, what's with the name tag on the fellow doing the Vana White?
- Bob Young
Devilin, why would it not run Win7?
- Christopher A Carr
Louis: I will give away my Mac instead of throwing it away.
- Robert Scoble
i will take it robert :)
- Allen Stern
Robert, how about donating it to JHTC (for auctioning) to help us launch our charitable arm?
- Bill L
Looks kind of clunky, seams don't match, build quality doesn't look near the Mac so there must be something that's not obvious.
- PXLated
I will fight Allen for it Robert
- Jesse Stay
PXLated: Clunky? Really?
- Christopher A Carr
BTW, that looks like the NYSE - sounds like you met a Dell rep on the floor?
- Jesse Stay
Ya, in the pics with the black and gape-looking seams
- PXLated
I'm a Mac and nothing Dell does could change that
- Dean Kakridas
Hmmm..."throw away"...does that mean Dell's going eco-friendly like Apple?
- Jesse Stay
Um, if you're going to throw it away I'll take your Mac!!
- Mona Nomura
Looks real thin though
- PXLated
Mona you have to fight Allen and I for it first
- Jesse Stay
I'm thinking full solid state, very fast
- Jesse Stay
Nooo... I wanted a Dell 15' with nice reso but no HD. Not avaliable in Europe. I had to buy a MacBook Pro. Received today. Nice but I loved my Latitude.
- Jérôme Flipo
BTW, nice tattoo's Robert! When did you get those?
- Dean Kakridas
And with that very light and low on heat
- Jesse Stay
so what's the specs on it ? intel T9900, DDR3?
- Khaled A
over at notebookreview there is a huge thread about it already http://bit.ly/pp83N
- Ronald
touch screen? that doesn't seem mac-trash-worthy. flips around like a tablet, with touch screen? nah. super battery with built in wimax or 4G connectivity? maybe.
- Chip Ramsey
Dean, per the nametag that's @rockmanusa, Robert's producer/photographer
- Jesse Stay
WOW!
- Holly Rae, FFer
I'm intrigued by the google map you have attached with it ... battery park city?! Sounds quite interesting indeed, but I won't be interested, unless it can polish my shoes, feed the cats, and wash itself every 3 hours :) Ohh I wouldn't mind if it has a proper multi-touch trackpad.
- Shivanand Velmurugan
^^ :D ^^
- Ronald
found a page with more pictures http://www.pclaunches.com/noteboo...
- Khaled A
PXlated: I think I beat Engadget with a photo. It is an early prototype.
- Robert Scoble
mona vs. jesse vs. me = steel cage match for robert's laptop
- Allen Stern
at photos: make,make plz !!!
- Ronald
Allen: count me in if you want to upgrade to a steel cage, ladder match
- Shivanand Velmurugan
I know, I was kidding :)
- Dean Kakridas
from email
i need a mac so i can make an iphone app for cc - unless someone wants to make one for me :)
- Allen Stern
Allen: CC? Creative Commons?
- Shivanand Velmurugan
Robert the suspense is killing me!!!!!
- Chris Henderson
Other pics still don't turn me on - But, I like my Mac/OSX, have gotten great support at the Apple stores, there's more than just the box.
- PXLated
cc = cloudcontacts my startup
- Allen Stern
Asgod: I broke all sorts of rules to get this photo. Photography is expressly not allowed where I am. It is geek heaven though.
- Robert Scoble
robert - you might want to crop out the person's name who is in the photo :)
- Allen Stern
Robert: So how did we get a photograph then?! (good ol' don't give a crap about the rulez eh? :) ) A lot of hype, it better be seriously good :)\
- Shivanand Velmurugan
it was leaked a few days earlier on another site though :>
- Khaled A
Good luck with that. Whatever helps you get the job done efficiently is OK w/me.
- barl0w
Allen I'm in - we'll do it when I'm out there in July. I warn you - I don't play by the rules though.
- Jesse Stay
"Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead" (Pulp Fiction)
- Andrew Eglinton
jesse - i will use all the social networks against you! i think mona's finisher is the fail whale
- Allen Stern
Allen, careful, I know the "Twitter Game"
- Jesse Stay
Allen & Jesse: Blood, gore .. is what we are looking for (throw in the ladder, and ustream it! ) :)
- Shivanand Velmurugan
And what about the Techcrunch Crunchpad?
- Francine Hardaway
to be the twitter you gotta beat the twitter
- Allen Stern
intel U9300 1.2GHz? that's not a very powerful cpu... what's your mac, scoble? an iBook?
- Khaled A
Eh...
- Internet's Tad
from fftogo
but a 2 pounds 16" notebook? that's interesting ...
- Khaled A
holly plant the Dell seed! thanks for the heads up.game changer?
- Jeff Marmins
Hmm, a 16" that weighs about the same as my Lenovo s10 netbook?
- Christopher A Carr
that's according the specs posted by Brian Hill: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpos...
- Khaled A
Who's the bigger sucker here ... Scoble ... or those sucked in by this post
- Don Strickland
are you serious? c'mon, it's a PC! The main component of any computer is not the hardware, it's SOFTWARE.
- Konstantin
Don: it does a few things your Mac doesn't.
- Robert Scoble
Konstantin: really? Why don't you use a Mac Classic then and why do all Mac fans slobbering when new hardware comes out? Finally you should try Windows 7 on your Mac. You might be surprised. I am running Windows 7 on my Mac.
- Robert Scoble
Francine: I am buying Crunchpads for a different reason.
- Robert Scoble
Can I just point out did a search for "scoble 'Palm Pre' 'throw away'" to see what you said back at CES... and Google already has the comments on this thread indexed?
- Ken Sheppardson
Jeff: I think this Dell will help Microsoft poke Apple in the eye again.
- Robert Scoble
I saw the specs, and it just doesn't *seem* that spectacular. Maybe it makes waffles and prints money...
- Carlton Prest
Ken: Google is getting faster, huh?
- Robert Scoble
so what will they call this new class of notebooks? under powered under 10" are netbooks. U9300 based 16" would be called .. hmm wafflebook
- Khaled A
Robert: Yeah, it's not Track, but I suspect it's certainly getting close enough for 80%+ of the population.
- Ken Sheppardson
Carlton: they have kept a few things secret.
- Robert Scoble
... the 80%+ who haven't used Track, that is ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
As I expected. Do you have any idea as to when they'll officially announce this?
- Carlton Prest
Carlton by when Microsoft ships Windows 7.
- Robert Scoble
facial recognition - that's a strange rumor.
- Chip Ramsey
I should expect Dell middle east to make a crappy keyboard print: http://twitpic.com/6o2rc redundancy fails
- Khaled A
finally: it is a Dell...
- Ronald
Nice, thanks for the heads up Robert. Don't mind the fanboy's calling you a heretic. ;)
- Adi
Has me curious. I'm not going to be so bold as to claim in an Apple "fanboish" way that nothing can possibly beat Apple.
- Angus Burton
19 hours of battery is impressive if true
- Brian Hill
"I can't tell you how I got this photo" -- Perhaps by standing next to Rocky as he held one on the NYSE floor yesterday? :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
100+ comments later... mission completed. You won't throw or give away your Mac for a Dell w/ Win 7
- Jonathan Brown
You'll hurt your shoulder carrying that thing around, but man, what a great screen!!
- RobinDotNet
Looks like picture was taken at the New York Stock Exchange. Maybe it's a multi-touch screen?
- Steve de Mena
Steve: all I can say is it has stuff Apple doesn't yet do.
- Robert Scoble
Robin: I have a bag with wheels for my Mac so my shoulder is OK. The photo was taken tonight.
- Robert Scoble
Microsoft Bing: We did not find any results for "tell you why I am dumping my Mac when this comes out but this is the first Dell" ~ giggle
- Don Strickland
This is why I f--- with you, Scoble. You always keep me on point. I'll keep an eye out for this "Z" you're referring to.
- © b e e n s w a n k
must have a oled display
- Jim Posner
I'm guessing it loads the Building43 site 10% faster, or it has Building43 bookmarked out of the box.
- Steve Wright
Im guessing touchscreen
- Kashif Khan
I'm glad you have a wheelie bag, now you can buy it with impunity and wheel it through airports all over the world, feeling happy about your awesome laptop. :-) (How much does it weigh?)
- RobinDotNet
@Robert "Steve: all I can say is it has stuff Apple doesn't yet do...." TBH, there has been a lot of things the Macbook line hasn't been up to par feature wise for a long time. This isn't nothing new. My 1yr old XPS has eSATA, "F/W", "ExpressCard", 10in1 MMC, Biometrics, HDMI, Blu Ray, 4USB and integrated 3G all of which would be 'show stoppers' if Apple announced them. So its all relative.
- Adi
Adi, those features would become "amazing" and "new" were they announced by Apple -- much the same way that video is suddenly an amazing new feature of iPhones.
- Christopher A Carr
Only two factory stickers, not bad!
- Onar Vikingstad
"has stuff Apple doesn't yet do" ... hmmm ... when placed on a Microsoft Surface it transforms into a puck for Microsoft Surface Hockey, played by waving your hands at the built-in Natal controllers.
- Don Strickland
@Christopher...touche. ;)
- Adi
Say it ain't so! Looks way cool.
- michelle lamar
Will it run Pro Tools. It seems as if I need to use it for digital editing of raw audio.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Mathew: I would imagine it would, but I don't have it to try that, so will have to wait to tell you definitively.
- Robert Scoble
Thanks, Robert. Being out of the music & video biz since '97 has me playing catch up. The KDHX studios where I will be working are a mac house.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Since it looks like a shell.. I will assume its the touchscreen with MS Surface on Windows 7 :)
- Tim Hoeck
When does this come out Robert?
- Amit Nangare
looks like old black macbook to me! nothing new at least not in image! whats so special?
- matjeka
To back Robert up, I got to try this bad boy right after him. And I can agree, this will make me switch too (after 25 solid years of Mac OS) Holy crap, Dell must have a secret time machine in the basement if 1/2 of these "special" features are true. WOW WOW WOW, and price...WOW!!!
- sean andersen
Robert, Honestly I am not really impressed by the picture, as some mentioned before it most likely is not Mac OS X, is it? And what about battery life, does it match the MBP 17 inch battery life time?
- Peter Simoons
I don't believe you :) Let's revisit this thread when it comes out and see if you follow through
- Bwana ☠
who's is it? I'll just ask them.
- Mark Essel
So this is going to bring beleaguered Dell out of the doldrums? Apple did that, but I'll not hold my breath because of Dell's basic build-em-cheap philosophy.
- Rick Cogley
there's claims it is sporting a Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD, Series 4 for video.. if so, that's one giant missed opportunity!
- alphaxion
touch screen would be great, there is a big need in netbooks because of the improvement of usable input area
- Mike Chelen
ok, I'm also intrigued. I can't figure out what is so special about this new notebook.
- timepilot
Robert: Can have your Mac when you're done with it? :)
- John Fox
You'll be back. They all do.
- Diego Barros
Hmmm ... I am thinking Dell beat Crunchpad to market with a touchscreen running Win7... If so, Yay for Dell, way to go!!! I will definitely want a Z if so!! *Looks around for @RichardatDELL* :)
- Susan Beebe
The way things are going my mom will never get her new computer. I keep telling her something better is just around the corner.
- ChiliMac
^^ so true!
- Ronald
that thing looks massive. but I bet you don't actually switch to it when the time comes.
- felix
Yeah, do want to know what makes it so compelling over the Mac.
- Karma Martell
I have a MacBook Pro, and wouldn't drop it for anything.
- Geoff Peterson
Surely the OS is what's key? The hardware must be good but it can't make up for any deficiencies in the OS.
- Mayuresh Walke
Isn't this just another one of the Adamo line?
- JA Castillo
JA: nope.
- Robert Scoble
I'm assuming it's windows 7 multi touch and gestural support. The surface code that's now part of windows 7...
- mikepk
mikepk: there are more features than that that Apple doesn't yet have. Gotta wait, though, I promised not to leak.
- Robert Scoble
Dont throw it away! Im sure there are plenty of people that would love to have your old mac!
- James Hague
If it doesn't run OS X it's pointless.
- Peter Kruit
Peter: it runs it, but you can't buy OSX legally for use on non Apple computers. I totally disagree with your thesis, though. I'm running Windows 7 right now on my Mac and it works VERY NICELY.
- Robert Scoble
I'm sure Windows 7 is working nicely, but Windows just doesn't compare to OS X. Mind you, I've only been using OS X for a year now. Before that I was a Windows/DOS user.
- Peter Kruit
Peter: again, I totally disagree. It's clear you haven't tried Windows 7 out on your Mac yet. There are many things in it that are nicer than Apple has. Especially the toolbar and especially Google Chrome.
- Robert Scoble
I have tried Windows 7. It's the same registry and DLL hell that it's always been.
- Peter Kruit
Agree with Scoble... Win7 has many things nicer than OSX.
- Adnan
Peter: I haven't had a problem with DLL hell and the registry for years. I guess you still trying to run VB 2.0 apps? ;-)
- Robert Scoble
1. Never put anything into the registery unless it will affect another part of the system. 2. DLL hell ended in Win98. WinXP/2000 added a way to solve all DLL problems with no rebooting, but the coders have been lazy/ignorant (see #1).
- xero
hehe ;)
- Peter Kruit
I'm a poor geek on a fixed income and the only thing I ever wanted in the whole wide world is a Macbook Pro. :)
- jcunwired
Still a Dell though ;)
- Peter Kruit
Yes, case in point- and that's a deal breaker for just about any Mac user.
- Dean Kakridas
from email
I switched to Macs 3 years ago but I have to say Windows 7 will make me rethink that decision. It is much more than a "Vista Service Pack".
- Steve de Mena
My husband has a Dell laptop and it's really nice, so I am definitely gonna check the Z out...
- Susan Beebe
Peter: It is possible to install MAC OSX on your Dell thanks to the OSx86 Project: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki... Although it may not be entirely legal this is still going to happen and Apple should roll with it and embrace the hacker culture. If this Dell can run Boot Camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...), and give users the option of running either Mac or Vista that would be awesome!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Garin: that's possibly the ultimate manifestation of "lipstick on a pig"!
- Dean Kakridas
from email
Dean: No way, Sarah Palin is the ultimate lipstick pig and Mac OSX on a Dell is cool!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Garin: that she is and might be the ultimate candidate for a Dell actually.
- Dean Kakridas
from email
Is there some new synchronization feature using Microsoft's Mesh technology or something? Win7 is suppose to have some Mesh tech built-in.
- Jeff Weber
Dean: Haha! Jeff: Mesh is probably windows only syncing, but I have not investigated. I use http://www.getdropbox.com/ for syncing my files between my PC and Mac, and it works great!
- Garin Kilpatrick
interesting! Windows 7 indeed rocks... and yes - i own macs and pcs
- andy brudtkuhl
Damn hype and secrets are eating my brains clock cycles. Raises fist at Robert ;)
- Mark Essel
I hope you won't need to call Tech Support for it.
- Head Ov Metal
Doesn't look all that impressive to me. It's a Dell with Vista. Whoopty-do. *curmudgeon*
- Jason Huebel
Jason: it doesn't have Vista. Thanks for playing.
- Robert Scoble
any idea if this is a joint effort with the alienware talent they acquired?
- Trey Philips
Even so, it's a Dell with Windows. If it's touchscreen, great. Facial recognition? Bleh. Unless it runs on cold fusion and can predict the future, it's still just a Dell with Windows. That said, I love W7. But I love Mac OS X much more.
- Jason Huebel
Jason: let's talk after you see it. You might still be a Mac fan but you will at least pause after you see the secret stuff this does.
- Robert Scoble
I remember when Apple's PowerBooks had that rubbery/leathery black finish. Dell's bringing the PowerBook-y back, evidentally.
- Wade Dorrell
Fair enough. I believe you saw some things that really were impressive, so I suppose I can withhold judgement. I'm just naturally skeptical of "this is a Mac killer" or "this is an iPod killer" comments, since so many have tried and ultimately failed.
- Jason Huebel
Jason: You are right on. And furthermore, many have not even really "tried". Nothing out there that claims to even compete with Apple products have put close to the level of time, resource, and dollar investment in design and software that Apple has. Anyone who has been in the tech industry for the past 10 years now knows that there's Apple and then a bunch of pretenders and bad imitators.
- Dean Kakridas
from email
That's like saying I am throwing away my Mercedes for the new Chrysler. You still get Dell support and service which has forced me to find new vendors. Wish windows server products ran on os x server. Then we could go all mac hardware.
- Dan Douglass
from Nambu
You're joking, right?
- Steve Council
I've never had a single problem with Dell support. Apple's on the other hand is useless. 10 working day repair time for a machine, compared to next business from Dell. Had to repair a failing disk ourselves because Apple wouldn't replace it, if tech tools said it was bad, 'tech tools isn't any good', and when disk utility said it was bad, 'tech tools is more accurate'. Wouldn't put anything important on Apple hardware or support.
- Russ
Is this the laptop you saw? http://content.dell.com/us...
- Robert
No, Robert, it's this - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
- Ken Sheppardson
But I am the Z-man.. this is my brand... http://www.zoliblog.com/2007... I'll fight for it unless Dell wants to corrupt me by sending a Z-thingie :-)
- Zoli Erdos
I'll throw my Mac out for this ... when it's running OS X. C'mon Dell & Jobs! Stop competing and own the whole market! :)
- Robert J Taylor
I've been dreaming of a laptop that wirelessly charges for years. Although they need to get it like WiFi so it don't have to sit on a "dock"...
- Jon
NAT GEO: Best Aquatic Views From 2009 Contest - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news...
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first pic: Putting up their dukes, boxer crabs in Indonesia helped Italian amateur photographer Marchione Giacomo score a TKO in the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science's 2009 Underwater Photography Contest. The school announced its contest winners on April 15, 2009. Also called pompom crabs, boxer crabs clench small, stinging sea anemones for self-defense, though the crabs have been known to substitute sponges and other tiny creatures ... in a pinch. Judged by a panel of professional photographers and fine artists, the fifth annual Risenstiel School amateur-photographer contest attracted 918 entries from 23 countries.
- Cee Bee
yeah that's a great photo. i really like the second photo as well of a pigmy seahorse
- Cee Bee
This photo should win a Pulitzer Prize. I never expected to see photos like this one come out of Iran. Amazing: - http://twitpic.com/7c85l
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http://tehranlive.org/ is the site that seems to have originated this photo.
- Robert Scoble
I wish I knew who shot the photo. Anyone know?
- Robert Scoble
Absolut!!
- Ronald
No country is one dimensional. That's why I'm so mad at the local media.
- Mo Kargas
Robert: don't think we should unveil them, otherwise they'll be arrested ;)
- Nir Ben Yona
Absolutely incredible
- Michael Krigsman
It is pretty remarkable. It was so good when I saw it last night on Twitter I was afraid it might be a fake.
- Jeff Namnum
It might be Amir Sadhegi. I friended him on FB last night. He's an independent photog associated with Tehranlive.org
- Jill Elswick
I just left a comment for him about the photo...
- Jill Elswick
I'm afraid to think what happened to this brave woman.
- Orli Yakuel
Jill: thank you. Here's his Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/amirpix... and his photo page: http://www.amirpix.com/ Incredible photo, best one to capture the event yet.
- Robert Scoble
http://flickrfan.files.wordpress.com/2009... I like this one
- BryanSchuetz
Robert: You're welcome. Here, also, is a link to the Tehranlive.org "about" page. It lists Amir Sadhegi as the contact: http://tehranlive.org/about/
- Jill Elswick
Very moving - that is a brave person.
- Alex Hellstrom
Front picture of this women: http://twitpic.com/7c6jz
- Orli Yakuel
Alex: the photographer is brave too. Wow, what close work.
- Robert Scoble
Iran "tankwoman"
- K.D.
Robert: your tweet is now the popular here http://iran.twazzup.com/
- Johni Fisher
None of this reporting -- None of it -- would be possible without online tools. Robert -- there's the 2010 Web! I seem to remember your earlier question (a few months ago) about the definition of journalism. This is it. It's not up to the "paid journalists" at the NY Times or Chicago Tribune anymore. It's up to you, me, people like @jamesbuck, and the person who took this photo and put it online.
- Curt Mercadante
Curt: amen!
- Robert Scoble
I'm not really surprised, Iranians are a lot more empowered than people in the West think. It is *not* Saudi Arabia!
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Robert: I didn't even think about the photographer! Thanks for pointing that out. I do believe I'll be looking at all these pics in a different light now.
- Alex Hellstrom
Thanks for getting this out. It's so easy to get lost in tweeting about our silly mundane lives that we forget how important images like this can result in making people aware and helping to make a difference in the world.
- mrsha
Amazing photo - thanks for finding it & sharing it Robert!
- Gurpreet
What happened to her after all?
- Christine Yang
Robert Scoble, Thank you for informing about current news in Iran. We will never forget this. (from Iran)
- Zahra (raoros)
I thought the same thing last night. Maybe the Iranians finally are willing to make some change.
- Tom Searing
@Tom Searing: I hope so, the only way is change...
- Zahra (raoros)
Photo of the year.
- Mike Doeff
moment!
- reality
چی میشه آخرش
- Hamid
Curt, right, after listening to Scoble on a panel about the future of Journalism, and he was the only one "journalizing" it via Kyte, I wrote a post that the future of Journalism is a video camera or in this case a camera. I remember that it was the camera and video camera that stopped Vietnam for instance
- Stephen Pickering
And, putting aside for a bit whether or not CNN ignored the story -- we're now getting news that NBC's Tehran office may have been raided and the BBC has been told to "get lost." Under oppressive, censoring regimes like we have in Iran, North Korea and China -- citizen journalists empowered by new communications tools will be the ONLY way we get accurate news from these regions.
- Curt Mercadante
Curt Mercadante 100+
- Bora Zivkovic
the detail- the untied shoe lace. wow.
- anna sauce
Inspiring. Let's hope the government falls. Because if it doesn't, there will probably be vicious repression.
- Bob Morris (polizeros)
روز زن مبارک
- hamidreza
I am the photographer of this photo
- Amir
It's really a fantastic photo Amir, do you know the woman in the photo?
- BryanSchuetz
WOW. How can you say anything else?
- Sheryl
I love the fact that people start setting up proxy servers for the people in Iran: http://bit.ly/Fiqmb
- Holger Eilhard
Shocking stuff
- Tyson Key
If anyone ever doubted the revolutionary, real-time impact of Social Media, this photo easily dispels those misconceptions....
- John Fenzel
Amir: you have a fan for life. I hope you do win the Pulitzer Prize. I think you got the iconic photo of the election protests. This one should hang in Newseum's Pulitzer Gallery. Can you tell us how you shot it, and give us more details about what was going on in your head as you pressed the shutter button? To everyone else, don't you love friendfeed?
- Robert Scoble
Amir: when I took photojournalism at San Jose State University one quote stuck in my mind from all those classes over the years "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough." That quote was from Robert Capa, here's an article in Time Magazine about it: http://www.time.com/time... You have gotten close enough. Congrats, I can't even imagine trying to get this close. I hope all comes out well for your country and you.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I've only been using friendfeed for about 5 days and I'm already in love with it. I guess I picked a good time to try it out!
- Alex Hellstrom
Amir, what do you shoot with?
- EricaJoy
Microsoft's announcement of Bing today shows they are magnitudes of order behind Google. Google moves one step towards knowing the user much better. Microsoft just improves search of "things", not people. The future is people, people! Microsoft I'm not sure gets that yet. Either that or they're way behind.
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Microsoft's announcement was simply a "our architecture is bad and we're fixing it" announcement. I fail to see the innovation.
- Jesse Stay
Soylent Wave Is Made Out of PEOPLE!
- Louis Gray
It'd be much more interesting to use have the live "feeds" be rolled up into searches, although I'm sure this is a much more difficult problem to solve. Streams from twitter, friendfeed, facebook etc should all be readily accessible through search. I think the content that people create is still probably more important than the person themselves...
- Chris Reichow
Chris, but to access *all* the content, and have less data to index, you want the people. The people own the content. It should be indexed by the people, not the content itself. A person owns content, not the other way around.
- Jesse Stay
Interesting note: "A person owns content" I'd certainly like to think this was true, but in today's world I think ownership is significantly diminished. Plus, who said anything about having less data to index, next-gen search needs to increase the available data and timeliness of that data exponentially. It's a tough problem
- Chris Reichow
Chris, with Wave you truly have the ability to own your content. Wave is a technology and protocol anyone can install on their own server, and it's open source. That which you want to stay on your own servers stays on your own servers - you have full control and Google never sees the data. Regarding next-gen search, it's much easier to index a lot more data when you have already indexed the people that own that data vs. indexing just the data.
- Jesse Stay
from email
Both announcements are important, I think, and they're too different to be considered together. Wave isn't about search. (Based on the short videos I've seen), Bing brings *context* and order to search; something that Google's search results appear to be lacking at the moment, and something that people will respond to if Bing lives up to the promise.
- Andrew Terry
Here's another reason not to dismiss Bing so quickly: http://friendfeed.com/media-n...
- Andrew Terry
Now do you get why we call our new community for Internet fanatics "Building43?" We are just catching Google's Wave. Check out my like feed. It is all "Wave:"
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All from Building 43?
- Louis Gray
Ha
- Johnny
Louis: ultimately anything at Google is going to come through Building43 cause that is where Larry and Sergei and Marissa sit.
- Robert Scoble
So you are eventually going to be run by Google?
- Jesse Stay
http://www.friendfeed.com/scoblei... is my like feed.
- Robert Scoble
I like 43 because it's essentially the decimal equivalent of 3/7ths. (.428571) Maybe instead of 20% times, all the Building 43 work comes from the 3 days you're plugging away (+1 day meetings and 1 day on 20% time and 2 days for the weekend).
- Louis Gray
Jesse we are ALL run by Google! :-)
- Robert Scoble
I agree Robert. Maybe we should all start wearing T-Shirts that say "I've been indexed" or "So baby... what's YOUR personal page rank?"
- Kevin C. Tofel
I have a Google KO shirt
- Jesse Stay
It was made by Google though
- Jesse Stay
Google is Big Brother :)
- Susan Beebe
Susan - no, Google is Skynet :)
- andy brudtkuhl
hahha good one!
- Susan Beebe
Now when I ask my Dad a question he doesn't know the answer to he says, "google your mom"
- sherry reynolds
From a few days ago: "The reality of the Web is that Google defines the reality of the Web" - @MrGoogleAlerts
- Alex Schleber
Google Wave: just like a business meeting, only less personal and literally endless. Ugh.
- Maxwell Kennerly
I'm in the front row of the Twitter Conference in Mountain View #140tc Here's EVERYTHING you need to follow it: - http://parnassusgroup.com/twitter...
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Here's the main conference URL: http://parnassusgroup.com/twitter...
- Robert Scoble
I will be live blogging the conference here.
- Robert Scoble
No video feeds?
- Simon Wicks
Right now I'm sitting next to Steve Broback, who runs the conference. It sold out, by the way.
- Robert Scoble
It's the only conference (TechCrunch reported that there's actually six Twitter conferences) that Twitter is semi officially supporting. Alex Payne, API Lead at Twitter, is speaking this morning.
- Robert Scoble
Just how many people are there also blogging or tweeting the conference?
- Robert Freeze
I am watching the live stream coming from the conference and will click "like" on any Tweet that has a really great point. That way you can see the stream with less noise than you'll see in the search above. Here's a search for #140tc but with display set to only show Tweets and other items with one like or more: http://friendfeed.com/search...
- Robert Scoble
The first speech, by Alex Payne, Twitter's API lead, starts at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, which is about one and a half hours from now.
- Robert Scoble
I want to swim in the pool instead of tweeting
- Jacque
Are you only talking about a live stream of twitter and friendfeed messages? Or is there an actual live video stream going to be available from somewhere? If someone would post a live ustream, kyte or such stream from the conference, that would be cool!
- Charbax
Robert Freeze: there are more than 300 people here (or will be in about an hour). I'd expect most of them to be Twittering the conference, so anything that Alex Payne says will probably be repeated many many times. Having filters is going to be very important to be able to find the "needles" in the haystack that is headed our way in real time.
- Robert Scoble
Charbax: Andru Edwards is shooting video of the sessions but we're not sure it'll be streamed live. I'll try to turn on my Kyte cam if they don't, at least for Alex Payne's speech.
- Robert Scoble
There's an article about Twitter on the front page of USA Today, by the way.The article is at http://www.usatoday.com/tech...
- Robert Scoble
Thanks for doing this, Robert! I hope some cool stuff is talked about and shared :)
- Sam Houston
I'm with Sam - thanks - I wish I was there.
- Robert Freeze
Excellent day is done here so can follow this undisturbed :) I am seriously interested in hearing if Alex Payne says anything about their spam issues. Tx Robert looking forward to updates
- Peter du Toit (S.Africa)
Peter: I'm sure that will come up.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: quick question before the action starts here. You covering Google I/O from tomorrow?
- Peter du Toit (S.Africa)
Robert has said he will cover Google I/O, I can't wait. It's the point Google is going to launch a Twitter/friendfeed killer app, an Intel/Microsoft killer Android OS for netbooks, a TV/Cinema killer Youtube HD monetization plan, a hosting provider killer in PHP support for Google App Engine, a Facebook killer in updated Google Friend Connect and Google Open Social and an iphone/nokia killer in Android 2.0
- Charbax
Looks like we're in for an exciting two days then!
- Peter du Toit (S.Africa)
Peter: I should be there in the morning, but won't be covering everything. You will have TONS of news from there. I am sure it'll be hard to avoid for the next two days. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Steve Broback just opened the conference here. So will have more soon.
- Robert Scoble
Alex Payne is showing off the early days and explaining how he got to Twitter. The stories are all out there, unfortunately not enough bandwidth here for live video streaming. Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
Oh well, we trust you to bring us the best stuff :)
- Simon Wicks
no updates in a hour Robert?
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Sorry Capn: you should have watched the search. I live reported here http://friendfeed.com/scoblei...
- Robert Scoble
no worries - I found it!
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Is twitter going to support OpenMicroBlogging protocol? There should be public pressure for them to adopt this, and adopt federation with other OMB capable services
- Jon
here's another proposal, quit enabling url shortening. This trend is breaking the web, and it sets users up for a bad experience. There are two options that come to mind, either take URL data out of the message and into a separate structured data field just for URL data, or just get rid of the arbitrary 140 character limit.
- Jon
I'll take Door #1, Jon!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from IM
while they're at it, they can add data fields for just about anything, such as location or hashtags. these really don't belong in the message do they?
- Jon
To clarify, people who are interacting with Twitter via an SMS-only interface have no use for links anyway, why not strip them out and only make them available as supplementary metadata for API/web clients
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from IM
or http://140tc.tweetmeme.com - for the best stories, videos and pictures from the conference
- Nick Halstead
In case you're curious, that's "Nick Halstead of TweetMeme". http://blog.tweetmeme.com/2009...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Daniel, correct! :)
- Nick Halstead
THIS CONTEST IS OVER, PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS ANY MORE. Thank you.
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THIS CONTEST IS OVER. THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN AWAY. I'm giving away $4,500 of my money. The contest will be here in friendfeed between now and Tuesday afternoon. Ends 3 p.m. Austin, Texas Time. Winner will be picked live on http://www.ustream.tv/studio at 4 p.m. Austin Time. Two ways to win: First way to win ($1,000). Leave a comment here. We'll pick one winner out of a hat randomly. Second way to win (Two prizes of $1,750 each). Leave a comment about how you will use the money (use only one comment here). I'll pick my favorite two messages and announce a winner on Tuesday afternoon. Good luck!
- Robert Scoble
Good way to keep us engaged Robert :)
- bcultral
only that? too easy Robert! :)
- directeur
Robert "Ben Stein" Scoble :)
- Mattb4rd
Will it be tax free? :P
- imabonehead
pinched nerve in back from military accident.. might be outta work for a bit.
- WithoutInk
I'm in.
- Paul Grav
Sweet awesome robert!
- TheHenry
Simple is good. :)
- Heather Solos
Robert, Ben Stein beat you to that game. Try and be first rather than a fast follower. :P
- Lorin Olsen
What are the rules? International ok? :)
- Holger Eilhard
I'll happily leave a comment here.
- Aaron Crews
Congrads on the new venture:)
- Rob Cairns
I'll take it in Canadian please ..
- johnpiercy
Lets be honest- there are few people who literally put their money where their mouth is. Mr. Scoble you continue to impress me. And I have said this before the contest.
- Alyx
I declare myself ineligible for the first way to win :)
- Douglas Gourlay
Do you have to be an American? Cause I could use a new laptop :) Plus the USD>AUD exchange rate is pretty good at the moment ($1000 USD = $1500 AUD)
- Bryce Roney
Cool ....I need new Laptop
- Michael Holzinger
Prediction: this will be the most commented thread on FriendFeed ever (chance to win $1000).
- Mike Doeff
be sure to let us on the detailed result of this new experiment of yours
- Georgios Kasselakis
really? :)
- K.Fatih Özçelik
oh...pick me pick me pick me :)
- Stephanie Segel
Will you give me more if I say rackspace.com?
- Jason P. Brown
woohooo! Anton like this.
- Anton Johansson
c'mon fingers. find me in the hat.
- Jason Kane
OK, I'm changing my comment to go for one of the $1750 prizes. I will offer to donate all of it to a mutually acceptable charity in exchange for an appearance with you and Steve on the Gillmor Gang. If Jason can buy his way onto Twitter, maybe I can buy my way onto the Gillmor Gang!
- Kent
Are you still going to the XMPP meetup on tuesday?
- J Allen
Good luck to everyone!
- Amit Nangare
money talks :-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Leaving random comment here for $1000 yo! Can I get that all in pennies and not rolled up? Preferably in gallon milk jugs!
- Jason Moffatt
I think Mike will be right
- Henrik Johansson
I would use the money to 1. Donate and support our local Milwaukee tech community (events like web414.com, BarCampMilwaukee.com, and Bucketworks.org) and 2. purchase some more tech items (i.e. mac mini, video camera, webcam) to enhance and encourage more interaction with development and the tech community.
- Sam Dodge
I'm in too ...
- Leo
$1000 for a random comment. I suspect we'll have a record number of comments. But what kind of hat will you be pulling the name out of? Austin Cowboy hat?
- Andrew Leyden
well, this is one way to get me to actually use my friend feed account =)
- Travis
I'm echoing the earlier comments, free money + your reach = most commented thread.
- Steven Cains
I could use it. Ill be out of a job in 2 weeks.
- Armando
sweet. i like free money =)
- Arin
Second way to win (Two prizes of $1,750 each). Leave a comment about how you will use the money (use only one comment here). I'll pick my favorite two messages and announce a winner on Tuesday afternoon. Good luck!
- Robert Scoble
I'm game. But don't shoot me.
- Steve Lowe
why would you do that?
- Burçak Sayınsoy
is this part of the bailout?
- Thomas Jelonek
Pick me!
- Henry Irish
hook it up!
- Zachary Poley
Robert , Congrats for Building43.com !
- Rocky
Open to anyone in the world. It's my money and if I get sued I'll make fun of you on Twitter. :-)
- Robert Scoble
So let me get this straight, I just leave a comment here? Will this $1000 be reported to the IRS? :)
- Craig Eddy
If ever there was money that could be used to buy gadgets guilt free it is Scoble money!
- Joe Pierce
Building 43 sounds interesting. Can't wait.
- Andrew Bashore
need cash for new company my wife and i are starting -- to help offset the cost of adopting our next child.
- WithoutInk
all i have to say is, more cow bell please :)
- Ivan Stegic
I LOVE RACKSPACE!!
- CG
I'll talk about the contest later on http://www.ustream.tv/studio
- Robert Scoble
Isn't this a nice way to test how scalable Friendfeed entries really are? :-)
- Yuval Atzmon
Will use it to buy Arrington a hairpiece after the TIME article.
- Mike
Please, no, you're better than Ben Stein (although that's not saying much) Are you trying for the most comments ever on a Friendfeed post? Because I can certainly see that coming.
- The Web's Wendell Wittler
What kind of hat?
- Geoff Schultz
Scoble--congrats to you and Rocky! Keep up the great work!
- Joey Hayles
Neat! I'd spend the money fairly selfishly... on bandwidth bills for http://enjoysthin.gs
- Ted Roden
How would I use $1750? Three words: Pay. My. Rent.
- Stephanie Segel
Are friends and family excluded?
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Oh well, why not! maybe the hat's lucky!
- vanweerd
I'm just here for the cash.
- Jim Mitchem
Nicholas - would like to work with you at Rackspace, was a senior systems design engineer for Sony Broadband SW Development + Broadcast Integration Division(s) SW Systems Integration and testing, also senior technical project manager on Google's infrastructure upgrade + Verizon's FIOS fiber-to-the-premises nationwide. I also spent ten years in post-production in hollywood as a senior tech support engineer / consultant to the stars. I like bad food, long hours and the warm glow from completing projects.
- Nicholas Chase
Hmmm, how do you post a comment on FF...??? :-)
- I Spy
Feel free to donate lol
- hiphopgame
I would use the money, to help buy a mac for the family. We are in need of a new one, and right now our current one (a powerbook) is starting to die out. I already have some money saved up, but not enough. Thanks for doing this Robert! :)
- Techno Todd
thanks for making friendfeed notifier go insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane
- Caio
I'll use the money to buy a laptop for my soon-to-college daughter, as well as to fund her scholarship searches& college visits this summer. She's leaning towards working in special education, continuing the volunteering she's done with her high school's Options Program (http://www.paulvi.net/academi...).
- Craig Eddy
My friend (14) and I (15) are working on a subscription web service that we want to launch this summer and some additional runway and start-up capital would really be helpful. We do have some experience with this stuff -- we did iJailBreak (www.ijailbreak.com) a year or so ago and had millions of hits and a million downloads and a lot of coverage (Gizmodo, TUAW, Digg front page multiple times).
- Ben Feldman
I want Robert's stimulus package.
- Daniel Sims
This is my random comment for the random pick!
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
Hi Robert - Pick me! :)
- Susan Beebe
if i didnt know you, i would have un-friended you for a post like that. "i'm giving away money. details to come." Congrats on the new gig!
- fansnap
If I win, I'll spend it all on ale and whores. I'm in need of both.
- Onur Cengiz
$1,750? Ok, I'll give the half of it to a charity, that is: $875 — and the other half will be my contest's gift. My contest? The one who donates the most to that charity wins those $875. And yes, I'm serious :)
- directeur
I don't know about the tax consequences. I'll try to find out. Basically this money is money Cisco paid to me and I'm just shipping it back out. So, this money will be counted pre-tax, I'm sure, and you'll probably need to pay tax on it.
- Robert Scoble
First comment: Hope my comment gets chosen!
- Kevin Poirier
Fabulous
- Jon
Sweet! $1000 would be lovely
- Vanessa Scanfeld
you can give away money in this economic times? ;)
- Simon
I'd be using the money to finance my freelance work and get a half-way decent video camera. I'm working with a friend of mine on tooloftheday.de (nothing to see there yet) to produce videos of popular tools, tips, tricks, howtos, etc...
- Holger Eilhard
Throwing my piece of paper into the hat. Crossing my fingers!
- Troy Malone
man, my feed is going crazy... stop it guys :)
- Ingo Di Bella
OK Robert, I'll bite and leave a comment here.
- Herne
Second comment...I will use the money to buy as many clever domain names that I can in hope that one day, when you are creating your "next big thing" that you will have to purchase the domain name from me realizing that you had in fact, through me, had purchased these domain names in the first place.
- Kevin Poirier
I'm also available for 1/2 time work for $185/week (Rails sites) http://tefflox.net/JesseCr... Thanks :-)
- Jesse Crockett
Thats a internet first i guess, good luck to all contestants :)
- Yunus Tunak
If I win: I will use the money to lend out some of it on Kiva.org, give my brother (12 years old) his own domain/hosting so he could start a wp-blog there and maybe buy Spotify premium =)
- Anton Johansson
I would buy a new macbook pro with it. I have the old one, and Was hoping to buy the current one. I would then give the old one to my brother and I would use the new one! :)
- TheHenry
I'm in!!
- Danli
I would use it for the prizes I'm giving out daily on my twitter game @I_spy_treasure. Robert, you can win it back... (and so can anyone else...)
- I Spy
Lasers.
- Lasse Johnsen
I will use part 2 to donate to Kiva.org and match it with Cisco's matching gifts program
- Douglas Gourlay
I would donate it to my homeless shelters.
- imabonehead
I'm giving my winnings to congress to spend wisely : )
- Joseph
Congratulations to both you and Rocky on the new jobs.
- Ron Schott
Count me in! Could use the extra $$ to buy a mac and see what all the hype is about.
- Tim
I would create a company called One Laser Per Child.
- Lasse Johnsen
This is my comment. I would use the extra $1750 to pay for me and Lindsay's trip to Gnomedex this year. It would probably be enough for us to come up and stay a few extra days in Seattle.
- Internet's Tad
That'd put a dent in my taxes. Ugh, freelancing has its pains.
- Andrew
nice! i could use some money :)
- krist80
Would be silly not to comment... although I have nothing interesting to say right now.
- Jen
umm..ok i'm in!
- Michael Lemmon
Even I can manage that!
- Jeremy Brooks
Everyone else is doing it...
- Rochelle
Is there a third way to win? I'd use the money to offset part of the costs of moving to Portland in the spring. Moving from New York with next to no connections to see what it's like living on the west coast for a while.
- Mark Trapp
Did I win yet?
- Robert Collazo
Sadly, I'd use most of the money to pay bills, but in the spirit of ff, I'd take a smaller portion of it to play a similar game on my ff.
- Randall Rodakowski
What I'd do with $1000? Get them converted to Euros :) Would most likely be spend on "offline" needs, like a new bathroom
- dieck
I suppose spending it on crack and hookers wouldn't win the prize, would it?
- Ian Betteridge
Feeling like a winner already.
- Tsega Dinka
I will use the $1000 plus 119,000 more dollars to buy a spot on the Twitter "Suggested Users" page.
- Sprague D
And you r giving your money away why?
- Andrew Finkle
it'd go toward my first Mac
- Jeff Mincey
118 comments in 17mins, progress report.. :)
- Yunus Tunak
Count me in!
- Wim Mulder
Interesting; I'd give a bit more than the the money to an unemployed friend for necessities(car repair, rent, food, getting back her phone with Nana Lemon singing Nena's famous anti-balloon protest song) in cash and perhaps a small gift
- RAPatton
I would use the money to go biking in Tibet and give everything that's left to the Tibetians.
- Henrik Johansson
Robert why are you giving away money - not that I am complaining- but curious! :)
- Susan Beebe
I'm game
- Ken Nicely
I'd spend mine on women, booze and a Mac.
- Ed Hudson
I'd use it to stretch the time I can work for equity-only before our startup gets funded! (Why doesn't federal stimulus money go to something like this which actually creates jobs and innovation instead of banks and auto companies?)
- Dale Larson
this should be interesting
- Robert Accettura
The chances of winning Scoble's money are slim. But the comments are hilarious. Love them.
- I Spy
This is easier than a lottery ticket! We must be in an experiment or something, knowing Robert.
- Cesar Arevalo
Sure why not
- Rodfather
I will use the money to go PyCon, learn new skills, network, mention how generous Robert Scoble is, and do a sprint to improve FriendFeed PyAPI--which, by the way, you should use to select the random winners from this thread. https://launchpad.net/friendf... Thanks in advance.
- Chris Lasher
Clever way to show the power of friendfeed!
- Emee Pumarega
For $1750: I would pay a portion of my wife's college tuition, buy my daughter a netbook, and my son a practice guitar amp.
- Mattb4rd
Great idea! Count me in. I think you should give your money away monthly.
- Grace Ciccone
I'm Here. Wow. I''ve thrown the laptop up on a 56" JVC LCD HD. Convergence! Just watched you on the Gillmor Gang. Feels like TV to me. It's great. Something's definitely happening.
- Stephen Pickering
Love it...I'm in
- gavin
that's not that much
- Jesse Fornear
I'd spend the money on a new display, I really need one
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Not my first comment on a Scoble posting here, but first with a potential payoff.
- Tom Landini
I'm in. How I will use the money? will buy server for XdbE project
- Elmira Gazizova
With $1,000 I could buy all 57 Used & new "Naked Conversations" books from Amazon and still have enough to buy bottle service at the club.
- Andy Fields
would like to be able to try new technologies while still being a student and on a student's income = ($0)
- Shane Grant
Cool, count me in :-) I would use the money by buying 2 HTC Fuzes for me and my love.
- Sarah Peterman
Count me in! (for the first way I guess :P).
- Mauro Borione
What can I do to get your $$$ Robert? How about a virtual dance from my dogs?
- Jeff
get Diabla my pit bull puppy hip surgery sooner rather than later
- shayne catrett
haha, what is it all about?
- Лёша, не обобщай
I would use the money to help fund a small-scale electronics lab, which has been a dream of mine for some time. It would serve as the perfect place to plot and create the robotic army that will eventually take over the world! Also it would teach me lots that would make me very attractive to an employer, or capable of creating a business of my own.
- Daniel Bruce
It would be hard for me to decide how to spend the money. There is so much, yet so little, being given. Because I'm a crazy Linux-lover, I think I should take the selfless route and donate at least part of the money to various Linux/open-source programming projects. Though, I would have to be careful to make sure that the money is not wasted in the style that Jeff Atwood describes (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog...).
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
<cold><oddsized><red>here's my comment</red></oddsized></cold>. I've made my comment colored and differently shaped because supposedly those will get drawn before all the other regular looking comments. It's cold too because that's how the Knicks got Ewing first in the draft.
- Todd Hoff
Well, I need a new kidney, and there just happens to be one available on Ebay for $1000. (The previous portion of this comment is an utter lie; both my kidneys are doing fine, I am gainfully employed, do not need the money as much as so many on this thread, but Mastercard would really love to have it.) Congrats and good luck with the new venture, Robert.
- Phil Essing
Very cool!
- Josh Haley
Hey as long as were giving away money - count me in ;)
- Rob Jones
sweet, a thousands eh? converted to $ JMD that's 90k, groceries for 2 months:P
- Gordon Swaby
i'd like to thank my good friends olasofia and tav for mentioning this opportunity to win $1000 randomly, and if gratitude to one's friends isn't enough, how about this: i will give the $1750 for the best answer to this question: now that there are 100,000 people paying attention, what single action can we all do next tuesday that has the greatest social impact globally?
- happyseaurchin
For either amount, I would look to pay down some of my pressing debts and apply the rest towards a rainy-day fund. The 10% paycut I took three months ago has not helped things.
- JA Castillo
I'm on spring break now and my school was nice enough to lend me a Canon 20D (a little old, but I'm still glad to have borrowed it). Usually, only people who are part of the after school photography club can take it out, and seeing that I'm not, I was quite lucky. They gave me a 28-135mm lens, which looked ok to me. It was the last lens they had available, so it was take it or leave it....
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- Michael Forian
hmmm just leave a comment for a $1,000 dollars, not sure what to say...
- Kevin Tunis
$1750 for a cheeky mobile app, any more would be telling
- Yant
I'm here. pick me :) How would I use? I'll buy a netbook and some books.
- Dogan Tuncer
i am somehow reminded of ben stein
- Adam Singer
Testing the mix, testing, testing, one two, one two, - is this thing on?
- Martha
I would use the money to do what I do with all of my money...support my wife through graduate school :p. Thanks for the opportunity, Robert.
- Neal Jansons
Give it to Michael Forian! He seems so well-meaning!
- RexEveryhting
Big Spender Robert. Who knew?
- Michael Fidler
I'm feeling lucky.
- Laura
Cool! I saw your new venture announcement (live) earlier on my old iMac, which I would love to replace. :)
- Rob
I'm an unemployed community manager formerly of Silicon Valley. Hoping to spread new technology from NorCal to SoCal.
- Kimberly
recently laid off, this would really help, *fingers crossed*
- Nick
Pick me, I've got medical bills to pay-off. Boring I know, but it's really how I'd use any extra money.
- Curtis Phillips
I'll donate the money to GM. Nah, forget it. I'll worry about it if I actually get it.
- Hal
I will throw my virtual hat in the virtual ring for the not-virtual $1000. What is the other $3500 going toward?
- Lindsay
Working on a little something in the review space with a friend of mine, $1000 could cover a bit of initial hosting.
- Jack Bogdan
Hmm, adding that to a house down payment would be nice. I imagine there's others here that could use it much more, though.
- Jordan Hofker
peace on earth.....
- imran
Wow...a comment can win me $1000!?!
- jamar78
Awesome. With $1,000, I'd use 50% to buy shares of F, GM, BAC, etc... and we'll have even more money to hand out. With the other 50%, we could also make 20 $25 loans at a Stanford MBA microfinance project, so the money recycles and has more impac (and have FFers decide which projects to support). Gumball Capital http://news.newamericamedia.org/news... or Kiva.org http://kiva.org Ideally we could even start a fund to support out-of-work FF'ers.
- Mitchell Tsai
@scobleizer - please give me your money. if you do i will use it wisely to help pay for a macbook & if i get more than the random $1000 prize i will use it in a philanthropic manner
- Chris Heath
I'm probably use the money for a new bed for son, and upgrade Shelly's computer
- jamar78
I'd have to use it all to put toward the $1,900 deposit due next month for the Friends school for which we got an acceptance letter, on behalf of our 10 yo, earlier today since my partner's reaction was that all I needed to do was to go out and get a job Monday! We've tried public schs (& their lotteries) in Boston & DC and have come to this... If that wasn't pressing, I'd use it to put...
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- Angela E. Taylor
updated to say - please give the money to someone in need. If I were to have the money to give away, my choice would be to http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com.
- BEX
Wait, in this economy, you giving away money?!
- Adi Rabinovich
So...dear! Did you sign the cheque? Yes? Now send it to me! LOL
- Lora Lufark
all your money are belong to us!
- Geek Cowboy
It would be really cool if this money went to a charity in need, in increasingly tough times.
- jjprojects
I'd use it to buy myself some time to finish a volunteer project I'm doing for my alma mater - making a website that is an archaeological cataloger and academic discussion space all in one.
- Joey Brunelle
posting comment. crossing fingers. knocking on wood for good measure.
- Anita
I'd use the money as a donation for my favorite charity, www.4everhomes.org, helping orphans and foster children get adopted.
- Lynn Owens
I will use the cash to invest in a MacBook for my wife so she can be mobile and still do her school work and finish that degree finally!!!
- Geek Cowboy
Well after the football team I support (Nottingham Forest) lost 5 -0 today I would spend the money on buying myselft a place in the squad. I can't be any worse than the current goalkeeper
- Paul Bainbridge
I'd give the money to children of San Diego http://www.alphaproject.org/
- David Krug
I'm in
- Jack Kendall
Putting my entry in the hat. Hope this is truly random because I don't have anything interesting to add! :)
- Matt Baron
With $1750 I'd buy Canon PowerShot SX1IS 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch LCD @ $600, a 2nd Gen Drobo populated with four 1TB Western Digital Green Drives @ $849 via TwipPhoto and a GigaPan Epic 100 as soon as its available (probably about $500). All of this will support my GigaPanning habit: http://www.gigapan.org/viewPro...
- Ron Schott
James (imabonehead) & Robert, $13,000/yr is allowed by gift tax limits,... so no tax if it's from Robert's personal money.
- Mitchell Tsai
Great idea. I'm in.
- Bill Romanos
I would use the $1750 to pay for the laptop that my daughter wants for her 11th birthday at the end of the month. She will be entering Jr. high next year and could use a faster more up to date computer than the 5+ year old hand me down desktop PC running Win2000 that she is presently using.
- Jeff P. Henderson
i would be glad to invest it into a macbook pro...
- Progresif Cem Gencer
Craziness. That kinda money could feed my voracious tech and gadget habit for quite a while.
- Brooks Bishop
OK, I'm in. Though not for the money: I want to know waaaay more about Building 43!
- Jordi Soler
I'd use the money to invite (pay for flight/hotel, etc.) someone really cool (Harold Varmus?) to the next ScienceOnline conference.
- Bora Zivkovic
Building 43 and Rackspace FTW!
- Bill Koslosky
I'll use it to buy 2 new monitors. 1 for tweetdeck and 1 for Alert thingy
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Hi Robert. A noble venture to be sure. We would put the gift to use saving our art studio. The after effects of dealing with the Basin Complex Wildfire that burned Big Sur have left us in a precarious postiion. Truth be told, we'd rather have a big commission than the gift. Work is always better on so many levels. Perhaps we can bootstrap ourselves back to where we were and afford to offer the same gift to others in need one day not too far off--Pay it forward. Best wishes on Building 43 & thanks.
- B.E. (BJ) Johnson
me I'd take my wife out to dinner and then seriously consider buying a MacBook Pro :)
- Steven Hodson
I'm in for the $1,000 random drawing (because my $1750 answer would not be memorable - pay my bills).
- Laura Norvig
Give half to charity, then spend the other half on upgrading my skills (educational resources)
- Mo Kargas
What did I miss?
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Do Canadians qualify?
- Brian Sullivan
I just caught up with what the other money is for. If it was awarded to me I would use it to help a couple I know get started in Aikido. Their kids are in our kid's class, and they had been trying to find the finances to join for almost a year and had just figured out how to start and then the husband got laid off... They're having a hard time making ends meet and I know that they would...
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- Lindsay
What a cool contest, Robert. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
- Glen Mistletoe
I'll donate the entire $1,750 to Phoenix Children's Hospital if I win. Same goes for the $1,000 if I win that one.
- Aviv
paypal address to follow ...... :) Good luck with the new gig Robert
- Charlie Anzman
With $1750 I would help that YouTube girl scout girl, Wild Freeborn, reach her goal of selling 12,000 boxes to send her whole scout troop to camp. Got to give the girl some credit for thinking outside of the box.
- Tyler Brownfield
_/\_ Namaste (greetings) from India. This is simply awesome Robert. Would be great to win a cool 1000 USD. That's a lot of money in India. ;-)
- Shinil Payamal
Here's my comment. I would use the money to fight against DRM
- Marcos Marado
from fftogo
My mother has been an avid Obama supporter doing a great deal of volunteer work before & after the election. She recently lost her job & wants to start something new. She will need an audience. Robert, I'd love to use your money to hire YOU to coach her on how to do that most effectively.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Money..! Will use the money to travel to India this summer, visiting, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... with my family :)
- Karthick R
maybe because I'm the first Italian to write about it :) http://www.fluxes.it/flussi-...
- Andrea Contino
Haha a single thread from Robert turned us all (briefly I hope) into marketers :)
- Mo Kargas
What the heck I'll throw in a comment...I would use the money to fix up the bathroom at my parent's house.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
This comment is random.
- Dave Roth
Great idea Robert! If I won I would take your portrait for free :-)
- Bill Pennington
from twhirl
Cheese and rice! This comment thread is giving FriendFeed Notifier a run for it's money. It's an interesting character study on what people will do with free money. Me? I'd pay the IRS & give to my favorite charities.
- Anthony K. Valley ©
If this comment gets chosen at random, I hereby refuse the money (always test the exception conditions of any algorithm). If I win one of the other chunks, I commit to donate the money to @eff (EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation - the leading civil liberties group defending your rights in the digital world).
- LogEx
I thought I already commented on this?
- Herne
And the other way to win?
- Alex Scoble
I would find 17 worthy people under the age of 16, who are helping their community through volunteerism or have started businesses and give them $100 each to help them reach their goals. IMO, helping young people is the most noble thing those of us above the age of 40 can do. And I'd spend $50 on take-out dinner with my wife.
- Scott Duffy
You win if you're last on the thread, Alex ;)
- Josh Haley
here and ready to spend the money for new ipod touch :)
- Nahnu
why?
- Anthony Farrior
$1000 with which competitors can enter the bet would be google!
- Harun R. Demirbaş
Hi Robert. I can haz $1,000 plz? kthxbye.
- Joey Gibson
DONT PICK ME!!! </ reverse psychology>
- Alfredo
If I win the prize money will go on my school fees and the rest will help me to buy a netbook with a full-size Scoble sticker :D you crazy!
- İbrahim Uzun [ j ]
ROFL, Chris.
- Alex Scoble
Money would help so much you have no idea. :)
- courto
I'll use the money to send 2 teachers in my school district (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools) to a technology conference somewhere to learn about Web 2.0 technologies.
- Tim Cooper
If I win I'll use the money to buy a copy of Autodesk Maya 2009 Complete. Then build cool things. Thanks for the chance Robert.
- Andrew Smith
pick.me
- Bob Stewart
bring it on
- jkkmobile
Hi, and who are you? Thanks Robert.
- Daniel Buckley
Sounds good, here is one comment.
- Grant Bierman
I would channel the money to ongoing biomedical research in the lab I work in (UCSF).
- Pedro Beltrao
*wave*
- Jan Schwenzien
How will I use the money? With pleasure, thank you Robert.
- Tomi Itkonen
I will use the money to start my non profit and purchase educational/tech material for my son's school. Warm thanks Robert.
- Yanik Falardeau
And as for what I would do, I'd build a new desktop pc (and switching my current one over to act as my media/web pc), buy a true dSLR and donate some to charity. And if there is any left over, pay back some minor 'loans', which I guess I really should do first...
- Grant Bierman
Hi! İ m not speak english so not comment writing :D(ingilizce bu kadarmı berbat olur ya:II) Thx You Robert.
- Mehmet Alp
Hey Robert, If I were to win the money would go to a project myself and a few other early stage entrepreneurs are starting to help get people who have lost their jobs back to work in the startup community. I know it wouldn't go very far but it'd get it kicked off. Otherwise just give us some help (which would be better anyway) and give the money to the guys who have to pay school fees or rent or buy food for their families. Their need is greater. anton@udoogoo.com if anyones interested in helping
- Anton Mannering
Great.I'm in.
- OnuRC
this post is going to get a hell of a lot of comments.
- Thomas Hawk
Random is random, Chris. :) Thanks for the thought though.
- Alex Scoble
Just another random comment. :)
- Zian Choy
Why am I giving away the money? Because last week we did a job for Cisco where they paid us to do some videos. I am giving away my cut because what Cisco is doing is important to pay attention to without you worrying about whether I am paid off to say so. Also, I'm very fortunate to be in the position where I can do it. I thought about paying Jason Calacanis to buy some of his tweets, but thought that money could help someone out of work more.
- Robert Scoble
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- Yusuf Esenkal
I think you should give it all to Jason ;o)
- Ken Morley
I would use one of the $1,750 prizes this way. I'm currently photographing people that ask me for money. I give them $2 for their portrait. Instead of the two dollars. I will use the the money to add $50 to each $2 (total = $52) to the next 35 people that I photograph as part of this project. After I photograph them for the $2 I will give them the extra $50 and tell them that it is from Robert Scoble and will document each person's story, photo and reaction in a blog post.
- Thomas Hawk
i'd like to thank my mother, my father and all the people who helped me win this :p
- Sofia Bustamante
interesting !!
- Murat Can Demir
Hat off!
- Alemsah Ozturk
Sounds good to me.
- Herb Hernandez
I changed my mind. Give it to Thomas! ;o)
- Ken Morley
Hmm I like Thomas' innovative idea
- Mo Kargas
I couldn't tell you what I would do with $1750, but I do know I would give some away to good causes like my underfunded state school or the public school drama and music programs, and I would probably keep a little to save or update my home technology.
- Steve Lowe
This is my first comment : Gods of Randomness, choose me !
- Alemsah Ozturk
how many others have signed up for Friendfeed to try and win $1000? Scoble, you should be a Friendfeed spokesman... :)
- chelle
Best of luck with the new gig! Have fun at SXSW!
- Trevor Little
I wonder how many new FF accounts this thread has been responsible for? Many first-time posters here.
- Ken Morley
This is my second comment: I will gonna put your $1.750 to eBay tagged as “Robert Scoble's first FriendFeed Competition money“ and I'm gonna wait & see what happens :)
- Alemsah Ozturk
Sounds fair to me. I'm in.
- Henry Burger
Random rules
- ted perlmutter
why not publish this on an indian and a turkish newspaper? this will def drive this post to records easily... and i am sure, i'll get the macbook pro this week with scoble's sponsorship... maybe i'll brand-name its alu-case with a thanksgiving note to scoble and his sponsor... time to start coding on textmate...
- Progresif Cem Gencer
My niece in Mexico is on a partial sports scholarship at the university she attends. She's been supported by her mother who worked at a liquor store to help pay my niece's way. My niece's mom recently lost her job and fears she cannot financially support her daughter's education. $1,750 would pay for six months of university studies. If I were to win, that's where it would go. Good luck everyone.
- Andrew
Thanks for the opportunity Robert. Good luck on your new gig!
- andy
What would I do with the money? Well I'd put some towards my debt and paying my Mum's house bills. But I think my family could do with a nice break or trip away somewhere - my Mum hasn't really gone out since the death of my Dad last January! Time away from the house would do her the World of good right now.
- Kol Tregaskes
Really?
- Vinay | विनय
Hi Robert; good luck at Rackspace! My $1,750 would go toward my Rackspace bill of course (well, that would cover it for a few months)!
- Binyamin Bauman
My second comment (for the 1K). This would go to the same niece...it's 3 more months of school.
- Andrew
i dont want it... { reverse psychology }
- Cem Öztürk
laykk!
- Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)
My wife has put up with a lot of sacrifice as I've worked on http://ourdoings.com/ and money's been tight so I haven't been able to make up for what she's done. I'd use the money to take her somewhere special, and of course I'd share a picture/map of where we went here on FriendFeed.
- Bruce Lewis
Oh for peats sake, it should at least be easier than winning the lotto. I'm in.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
I'll comment and be random...it's a good day to be giving away $$$ :) I would use any money won here to help my friends who are in such horrible need right now. (the story is on the blog and all over my FF stream). I may be unemployed, but I have a roof over my head, food on the table and can make some $$ freelancing. My friends are hanging on by less than a thread, already stretched way too far.
- Karoli
Hey man, I love money. Also, I have no job. Also, I will say some incitement here: LEO LAPORTE IS AN ALIEN
- Mike Nayyar
Make me your AIG! On the cheap no less.
- Tracy Viselli
Well here goes nothin'. thxbye
- April Miller
I'm pretty random... I'm in.
- Jamie Grove
I wish I could be at SXSW.
- Christopher Knopick
i'm feelin lucky :-)
- Cardeen Martinez
Interesting promo Scoble. Comment and win money. Cool
- Sam R
so this is how you comment on friend feed....
- Noel Gomez
looks like i have a 1/300 chance of winning (right now). i'm predicting this number will diminish to 1/950.
- Kevin Pruett
just to be safe..
- Cardeen Martinez
Count me in!
- Aaron Draczynski
good luck :)
- Ömer
I'll throw my name in the hat.
- Chris Owens
Since my wife (school teacher) got laid off from her district on Friday, I'd use the $1,750 for tuition to help her get a Special Education certification, since districts are still hiring Special Ed. teachers. In turn, her continuing work will help pay for my son's tuition when he starts college in the Fall. My son wants to eventually become a lawyer so that he can influence policies that would ensure that people get a good education.
- Glen Mistletoe
Sounds like a plan. Let's see if FF has scalability issues with their comments.
- Michel Goldstein
Yea! I need some money! :)
- emdot
Why, not... Thanks Scoble!
- Jim Porett
Welcome to the ScobleCashMachine. Enter your comment.
- Olivier FAURAX
Put my name in a small hat and draw from it.
- Ken Worley
I'm in.
- aykut
If I win then I'll donate 0% of my proceeds to charity. Even more than that, I'll DOUBLE it.
- Cody Robertson
Trust me I am still looking for the details.... Can't find them!
- Ricky
Who wouldn't want to win?
- Tom Silk
This is my first year of trying to "make it" on my own, with a camera and no "real" job. Just trying to scrape by ... to be perfectly honest I'll use the money to help pay off some debt that I have acquired since I started, which has definitely been causing me headaches and frustration. My husband has been a gem, paying the majority of the bills since I make very little, and I want to be closer to breaking even with my debt so I can start to help him out. :)
- Nicole Young
Scooby dooby doo!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
new sponsor ? paypal ?
- Gökmen Karasu
Hope the hat is a big one, this thread is getting pretty full. :-) How the money would be spent? Pay off some student loan debt and put a chunk in our 5 year olds savings account...he (as well as his entire generation) is going to need it by the time he's an adult.
- cmiper
robert başkan parayı buraya getir.
- bahadır canberk
Wow! I've outgrown my entry camera and this price is just what I need to be able to fulfill my dream; a Nikon D300! Please make my dream come true, Robert!
- Graphfruit
Hit me, Fortuna. Papa needs a new MacBook.
- Will Parker
robert are you a photographer - Dixon Hamby
- Dixon Hamby
Geez, it's 2:10 am here in Berlin and you start just another interesting stunt. I will take the 1.750 US and pay a programmer to finish our "Virtual intelligent chatbot" project which offers affordable AI Avatars with personality for all kinds of virtual worlds like Second Life, Gaia, the web, Opensim etc. They'll be our 24/7 virtual workforce and a way to create immortal interactive portraits
- Gaby K. Slezák
I like this idea. I'm talking with some friends this evening about how they'd each allocate $1750 if they were given this much money today to do anything with--most would share with friends and acquaintances that are going through tough tmes. One would help a friend who just closed down his company and is in need of dental work. Another would help co-workers whose hours have been cut...
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- Loren Heiny
I own Cisco stock. love that Co.
- Christopher Mann
Count me in
- Peter Szaro
a subject very interesting, congratulations in advance:)
- Serkan Cura (XiLoNeN)
An interesting way to find out what the limits (if any) of FriendFeed comments are. Also: show me the money.
- Richard Akerman
Damn Robert Scoble: I meant "overly engaged" this thread is off the charts!
- bcultral
I'll get me some of that
- Phil Coyne
It's very interesting to see how many new people your offer has attracted to friendfeed.
- Anne Bouey
Great idea! Count me in.
- Mike
A comment for the $$$
- Jess Gibson
this sounds fun.
- Wesley Robin Guerrero
I'd like to win :)
- Sam Houston
i will love you forever. and evah evah. money would be spent on a nice camera (i'm studying photography) and supplies. working with a 5 year old p&s is getting tiring. :)
- shannon
How can anyone NOT click 'like' or comment? I definitely 'pLike' (the p is silent - btw) this thread. :-D
- Sean Hanna
a stunt? sure, but I could use an extra $1k. count me in, scoble
- Seth Long
If I win the $1750 it will be applied to my son's tuition as he starts college this fall.
- Jess Gibson
Sure, why not!
- Jasmin Patry
Is this stimulus money??? If so I'll use it to build infrastructure. There's a giant pot hole in our alley. I'll buy bags of cement and repair it myself. The neighbors will love me.
- Greg
Who am I and what am I doing here?
- Kris
I'm on it like white on rice.
- Jay Lara
Wow, I'll take some money - I need hard drives for my Drobo. Seriously, I need to start up an emergency savings account.
- Bryan Villarin
A chance to get paid to comment? Love it!
- Ginger Kenney
First, here is the comment. Second, I would use $1,750 to travel back home to Russia where I have not been in five years with my toddler son so my grandmother who is very ill in her old age could see her only great grandson (who's 19 months old) before she goes, and so I could take a one dream portrait of them together. She's been a big influence in my life, and this would be the way to make the portrait and their meeting possible.
- Ivan Makarov
Could really use some money to help plant some seeds for the future
- Leonard Nelson
I'll buy an Iphone and with the rest put in my IRA to reduce my tax bill. Hey, helping economy and investing in business. Not bad.
- Stephen Pickering
i would spend for my interrail trip..
- Yasin Müderrisoğlu
This is my lucky day, an email today said I won the UK lottery.
- Bob Gannon
I'm going to buy half a Canon 5D Mark II. Or pay my bills.
- Andrew Trinh
If i win, i triple win , because i live in a third world country (Argentina) and for every dolar y get $3,60 on our local currency, which is a good ammount of money here, for example, i could eat for 1 year or more :D
- Ignacio Guerra
Ok. I would donate my winnings to the Bernie Madoff Defense Fund!@#$%^
- bcultral
I have dreadful luck when it comes to these kinds of things but I could really use this money. I have no car & desperately need to buy one.
- Mattie Kenny
from fftogo
Cool. And speaking of cool, PlanetHeidi.com is very cool.
- dunsany
between building a new house, a new baby and a new job, I am sure I can put it to go use, btw congrats Robert on your new venture, I shall be keeping an eye on it.
- Shane Wolsey
Cobble Sorter (anagram of Robert Scoble) = my random comment for the first part of the draw.
- Daniel Rowley
Wow, there's like a lot of comments here! Great idea for publicity, Robert. Carry on...
- Kevin Trotman
Watching Robert on Ustream right now.
- John Rubier
$1000 USD goes a long way in Canada :)
- Ryan
Thanks for sharing the wealth in more than one way
- Matt Penning
I could have an actual vacation and pay down some more debt.
- Todd Tripp
$1000 is mine! please? thanks Robert
- planetMitch
1. my comment for 1k, 2. $1750 would be split into 3 gifts of $250 a piece to encourage the best new open source projects, and the other 1000 I would invest and reinvest in http://kiva.org , selecting entrepreneurs in third world countries to invest several microloans in. Its' a gift that, over time, can be reinvested over and over to benefit many!
- David Silvernail
Take my hardworking wife on an overdue vacation - she supports me thru the IT bubbles. Thx hun!
- mal
Probably will give it back to you, winning could be cool enough
- Burcu Sarar
LOOKING for work but hand out will help
- Ron
I'm in as well.
- OyaD
C'mon Robert money or not now ya still benefit more with the insane publicity
- Mrsth
well, we are curiously waiting the result, and also i'm in..
- Mücahit Yılmaz
Smart one
- Heni Hazbay
Word Of Money. I am in:)
- Yunus Arslanoğlu
I'll take it if your giving....it will go towards the camera fund!
- Noelle Bell
I would use it to promote my tiny little super niche social news site http://HeavyAsHell.com The campaign would involve helping bands go DIY and avoid evil record companies.
- MarkCarras
What kind of sick social experiment is this? :)
- Oren Shomron
I'm in
- Josue Fontanez
mmmmm, austin. i miss Trudy's, El Mercado, Magnolia, Wanfu, Kerbey, Chuys, Fonda San Miguel, Dog & Duck, Thundercloud, Waterloo, Amy's, Little City, Hut's, Green Mesquite. aw heck and Taco Cabana and Whataburger too! if i win, i'll spend it all on restaurants in Austin!
- poxaV
pick me
- Ryan
OK Robert, add me to the pool....
- Gregg
You can't win unless you play! Ok, I better start praying now.... :-P
- Brian
My father-in-law is laid off and his unemployment eligibility runs out in about 4 weeks. No place around here is hiring, and $1,750 would be the equivalent of extending his unemployment benefits another 5 weeks. Thanks for the chance, Robert.
- Civisi
:)
- Orhan Yediyıldız
Hello, giving away your money randomly? I can comment for that. Best of luck to all!
- Ronald Paul Corbin
Will you next tell us its limited only to Americans? I hate contests on the Internet, or anything on the Internet, that says "limited to the USA". The Internet is borderless... so should its contests and prizes
- Colin Charles
from twhirl
Thanks. I would use the $1750 to help my grandparents. My grandfather is 73 and my grandmother is 72. They just lost their 15 year home to foreclosure and are pretty much starting over with not a whole lot of time left. They are both on fixed income of SS and are now renting a house and trying to survive with the help of friends and family. When he as younger and had more money he was always the first one there to offer money to friends or family to help, even if it meant he went without something.
- Jonathan Gotcher
Robert please consider partnering with (Facebook) Seattle's Seeds of Compassion 2.0: The Compassionate Action Network (Twitter: @SeedsCAN) -- this organization is building a supra global network of "Compassionate Action Networks" (a bunch of ex McCaw, Softies and CISCO) -- currently in the throws of leveraging Social Media and Seattle's creative communities (music, tech, film). Last...
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- dakini_3
I wanna buy a jet ski, that's my MONEY!
- sofarsoShawn
Random commenting! I hope FF doesn't fail whale!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
from BuddyFeed
If I won, the money would go into putting insulation in my daughter's room & closet. Any leftovers would help buy a gas stove & fridge. :D
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
My, there has been some very good comments about what people would do... And some very needy people out there.
- Grant Bierman
Like most, it would be an unemplyment extension for me. As mine ran out, no jobs in the area, and times are tough. But hey, BUCK UP not DOWN! the only obstacles that exist are in your mind.
- Ronald Paul Corbin
Crazy! Hope you are enjoying SXSW! I'm in Austin but can't attend it.
- Head Ov Metal
I'll put some of the $$$ into donorschoose.org for some local classroom requests and the rest to fix up my car.
- Pete Delucchi
comment left here
- Brad Nickel
Count me in.
- Keith - @tsudo
This is a cool idea.
- Bluesun 2600
I would take the $1750 and go and get myself a root canal, so I could finally get out of pain. And if there was any left, I'd donate it at www.kiva.org
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Will comment for money, any time.
- Dinah
Alright, I'm a sucker for free money so here goes... $1750 would be enough for me to buy an oven, sod my yard, and still be able to donate half to a charity.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I wouldn't say "no" to $$
- Ted Louie
I could use $2,000 just to pay off my credit card. That's about it
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A $1000 would be geektacular. $1750 would buy my way into the cult of Mac.
- Melinda
Monkey?
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
Wow! Count me in! Sure could use that money to attend JavaOne this June.
- Rom Feria
$1750: Others need the money more than me, I'm sure of that. But ... that said I'd give $500 to a local library or literacy charity. $500 toward my home down payment fund. $150 to a kidney charity (my daughter only has one kidney). $100 for flowers for the wife. $100 for a bike for my daughter. $200 for a brake job. $200 to send at-risk kids to a Giants game.
- AJ Kohn
I would pay off our one remaining credit card and put some portion toward a down payment on a new car. In fact, I'd probably give a slice to the EFF as well. I haven't given to them regularly since my last layoff.
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
why would you do that? It's a sort of social experiment?
- Niki Costantini
Will invest the money in my new unique microblogging startup :)
- X-Man
I wonder how many comments in this thread are their first on FF. Well I'm in. If I won money, some will go into savings and some will go to my favorite charities: Autism Speaks and Atlanta Boxer Rescue.
- Carmen
yay first comment ever, though I suppose I should be commenting more
- Wang Yip
Wow, a lot of people commented just while I was writing my own! For me, half the money would be for savings and health insurance while I'm still trying to get a job (recently graduated). The other half would be for the non-profit arts organization my friends and I just founded in our hometown, which has no supportive creative outlets for its youth. The money would help produce the tri-high school theatre competition we are currently planning and hope to put on soon. Great offer, Robert.
- Kelly
One comment, coming up.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Comment comment comment!
- Andy DeSoto
my comment
- Mathew Spolin
For $1750 I'll either blow it on more photo or computer equipment. Or sock it away in my kid's college fund since it'll probably cost more than half the organs in my body to pay for by the time he's of age. It's a tough choice.
- ronin
I'm all for free money Robert!
- Michael A. Baydoun
Who wouldn't comment for a chance ... lol ;)
- Brandon
If I win the money I'm going to establish world peace & have tons of sexy bitches serving me grapes.
- sofarsoShawn
I would finally upgrade components in my PC and pay off some of our upcoming wedding debt!
- Shmoe
$1000 would be nice, but with $1750 I could do even more. Either way I would Pay It Forward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- R. Oglow
I'd put it on black
- John Kitchen
A percentage would undoubtedly go toward the health care fund, unfortunately. I'd allocate some for art and film supplies and give away the remainder. I've seen several comments here mentioning worthy projects and needs that are certainly deserving of attention and support. Thanks for sharing, Robert!
- Chris Weige
Circuit City lay off would use on BILLS, BILLS, and oh yeah BILLS
- Ron
I want to win your money!!!!
- Andrew
Wow. This is kinda cool. If I were to win anything at all from this, I would ask that the money be instead given to fellow FF'er Anika Malone because it breaks my heart that her and her family are having to go without hot water, a dryer, their stove...due to their gas being turned off. Hard times have struck too many good people right now. :(
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
400+ comments...wow! Guess 1000 bucks is motivation. I'd put the cash toward my photography efforts or go the boring route and invest it for now.
- Justin Korn
Why would you do that? Anyway, here's my comment.
- Saner Apaydın
The pure capitalist social media business model: simply pay users to come.
- Michael Krigsman
It's so easy a caveman can do it!!
- Fireman17
I would use the money to pursue my passion of creating LOLcats & bring endless joy to all the world forever.
- sofarsoShawn
I sit here naked as I type. By the way, they're real, and they're SPECTACULAR!
- Abbie Kendall
If I won, I would ... go to Disneyland!
- Jerry Chacon
lol, great Seinfeld reference!!
- Michael A. Baydoun
If I won the non-random cash prize, I'd use it for expenses while I was off work, recovering from my (upcoming) third brain surgery.
- Abbie Kendall
I would love to use the money to stimulate the economy by purchasing a new hot water heater. Our current one is in need of being replaced.
- Vaughn
Cool, this would help me stimulate the economy while I wait for my California state tax return.
- Stephen Ip
Question: Is it one comment per way to win or one comment in general? I've made one comment above that says how I'd spend the money. Now I'll just be random: PURPLE MONKEY DISHWASHER
- Bryce Roney
Okay, I'll play. I would return your money to you with a "let's do something better than this" remark. I would then ask you to actually read (reread?) the email I sent you about helping me get in contact with NPO's re: starting an OLPC-esque SMS-device project for said devices to be delivered in care packages around the world (via Red Cross, etcetera, etcetera) so that the poverty stricken and people in disasters could actually communicate with the world in real time.
- trench
Good job !
- Alper
I am making this comment as the IT/Communications Director of FHL International, Inc.http://fhlinternational.org I want to feed babies of poor working and nonworking single mothers. I want to change the oil in their cars when they can't afford it or know how to. I want to feed their children good wholesome food. I want to give the refugees and the lost some hope for another day. If we spend it carefully and wisely we can make it stretch to cover a 3-4 outreaches and give you a write up.
- Melanie Reed
random random random. macro lens, macro lens, macro lens.
- Andrea Ewald
I would probably also tell you (via your infamous digits) why facebook sucks, why friendfeed pretty-much sucks, and why Twitter sucked but no longer sucks. And then I'd educate you on why we - yes, you and I (and Thomas?) - need to visit Turkey ( http://is.gd/7yQr ) and discuss these things further. Yes, k... logging back out now. Thanks. Make coat not war.
- trench
@Robert as the IT/Communications Director, I would invite you to one of our events to cover it, put you on one of our videos and underscore the digital divide and what we can do about it. I would invite you to our UB cafe for the best pancakes in the world and have you look over our IT training provided by the IndyChristianGeeks in Indianapolis, Indiana and meet Dr. Thomas Ho, former...
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- Melanie Reed
Robert, I would also introduce you to my "boss", Merlin Gonzales, who started FHL International, Inc.: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Melanie Reed
I'd use the money to pay off debt, and take some time this summer to work less and volunteer more.
- Michael Kacer
What else would I do with some extra cash from Scoble? I'm thinking about making a difference via http://www.heifer.org/ and http://www.kiva.org
- Anthony K. Valley ©
want the money for my project
- Abubucker
hah!! most no of comments on FF so far I guess....
- Satya
Would love some money of course! I plan on using at least 3/4 of it to fund a new project I'm working on involving the iPhone and a web service. It would most likely go directly toward the cost of the project (registration fees, hosting fees, learning materials, etc.)
- Brandon Titus
can you imagine if I actually won?
- vijay
This is really cool. I love seeing all the people who would donate part or all.
- Alix Whitmire
@qtbrowneyes - get in here :) We are making FF history.
- vijay
wow, always new excitements here on ff, thx for fueling in!
- esther ♥ ♫
That took a long time to scroll down here to make a comment.
- David McDonald
Me FTW
- Brian
Good luck with building 43—great name, great concept.
- Dave
Great idea, Robert :)
- Baard @ Pixum
Interesting experiment. Can't wait to see the final results.
- Shamir Katsu
< insert winning comment here > =P
- vijay
I'm spending my winnings on wine and women
- Zik Daniel
from twhirl
Great contest. I'll give it a go.
- Michael Molinar
from twhirl
Why, thank you kindly, Mr. Scoble.
- Victoria Plautia
I'd use the money to get a new iPod Touch and maybe pay the rest to my medical bills. :P
- Mol, Santa Claws
As far as how I would spend $1750: I'd love to say that I'm going to donate it all to a worthy cause like the EFF or the local mission, but I know I'll be selfish and just end up spending it in a blaze of glory at Fry's or during the next Woot-off. No point in trying to kid anyone here.
- Michael Molinar
from twhirl
hi! :)
- امیر؟
Half of that money would be enough for me! please send it to my Gmail account! :) amirapt.at.gmail.com I will be waiting :)
- امیر؟
Cool way to gain money :)
- Richard Holas
I can definately use some cash. :)
- Shawn Whitmire
I am in!
- Edwin Khodabakchian
I would spend all the money for entertainment :)
- Sinem Co
$1,750 or $1,000? In any case it would be a good stimuli to open a startup in Belarus
- Aliaksandr
Wow, popular contest! I would use part of it to buy the Rosetta Stone package to help me learn French. I'm taking time off between my undergrad and graduate degree, and I figure learning a foreign language would be a great use of my time. I would use the rest to help pay rent when I get my own place, I'm going to be a Congressional Staffer in D.C. and the living is expensive while the pay sucks! Thanks Robert.
- Keenan
If i get the $1,750, i'd give the money as $100x10 and $50x15 AdWords Coupons to the people who searched for the website/blog on pageboss.com for promote their projects like sponsored by Scobleizer.. And if Scob gives me $1,000, i'd spend all of them with my sweetheart Sinem :D
- N.Onur ATAHAN
I would use the money to buy a laptop for my wife, a Kindle for myself and one year worth of school for two children that we know and support in Nepal :)
- Sam Grover
i need money :-)
- Dan
:) If i am lucky enough, i'll pick a random comment on this thread to give this money + 1$. Just to see how loop can be created.
- Guy Vander Heyden
One more random comment
- sam b-r
I'm in too :)
- Eray Korkmaz
1 Timothy 6:10: "For the love of money is the root of all evil." If that's the case Scoble bring on the EVIL! WHOOOOOO YEAAAAAHHAHH EVIL!!!
- sofarsoShawn
Beautiful, beautiful link bait. ;)
- Chris Nixon
from BuddyFeed
Most commented post :)
- Roman Zolotarev
Wooow this post will be the most popular post of all times :-) I'm in!
- Ahmet Alp Balkan
$1750 would get me a DSLR and new macbook
- Duc Nguyen
Wow, great idea to make new friends ;) (but a bit expensive?)
- Pascal Hertleif
This is totally insane. I'd probably buy my mom the Palm Pre and 10% will go to charity (like always).
- Nir Ben Yona
In a rich man's world! http://www.youtube.com/watch... ain't it sad!
- sofarsoShawn
FriendFeed is affected! :-)
- Oguzcan Sahin
I need a netbook for my projects :)
- Hasan ÖKTEN
$1750: gonna buy my lover. don't you believe me? her name is gabrielle, check her out: http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin...
- Okan Vardarova
That's a big hat you need...
- Orli Yakuel
Yay!
- Rich
I will by my wife a flight home so she can go and see her parents who she misses lots. Which means i'll have sole access to my (our) laptop instead of having to share it. I could just use the money to buy a new laptop but then i wouldn't get teh good sofa and control of the remote as well!
- Jamie Vidamour
meow!
- zenya isaychew
Let's see if I'm still the unlucky guy I used to be
- Boubacar Balde
from twhirl
I could be homeless soon, lost my job due to the economy, and getting unemployment that just doesnt cut it, I could really use the money to pay my rent, bills and feed my kitties, contact me via email Kyle.M.Weller+scoble@gmail.com or you could just hire me and I'll help you in any way possible, check my blogs, I could be useful. And I would return the favor 10 fold if I can, matter fact I'll search for 2 other people to help and blog about it/take photo's
- Kyle Weller
I would keep half of $1750 and give the other half to the author of the comment I liked most, but only if he/she promises to do exactly the same.
- stark
.I need a new Laptop
- Selçuk Hoca
I`ll use 1000$ of the 1750$ to buy a lot of comments on FriendFeed :)
- Vlad
I thought these kind of things happened only countries like mine which the goverment tries to build a begging culture just to keep the hope alive and dependent to the authority at the same time. Each reply begging for money is adding another brick on the wall of shame. And Bob, couldn't you find another way to publicize this?
- M. Serdar Kuzuloglu
If I win I will invest it back for advertising! Just say my name 3 times on twitter like "Candyman".
- Los Angeles Dj
So what would I do with the money? Half of it would go to the good cause. I want to create value for people and who other than the less fortunate, handicapped and so on deserve this? Right. The other would go to a business I'm building. One for the people, on that will change our lives fundamentally and is here to stay.
- Kris
If I dont win this, i'll be happy to donate my time blogging or helping someone in any way right now, im jobless in Phoenix Arizona, I could do yard work or hook up pc's/fix pc's or help you with your website if I can
- Kyle Weller
I'd invest half of it in Google Stocks, then the rest I would pay my rent, get kittie food, and try and advertise www.phoenixstickers.com with adsense so my girlfriend makes some money with it, its new and not very popular right now ;\
- Kyle Weller
Here is my comment : the best way to talk about something is to let people talk about, and 4500$ is a pretty advertising investment. but it is really interesting :) now the question is ; is there any way to gauge the effectiveness of word of mouth? good luck.
- abdellah
Mmm....are u crazy Rob? :) Ok! I wanna a netbook give to me only 300$ ;)
- Dario Salvelli
i'm in!!
- scusanonsento
I'd give the money to Comic Relief (http://www.rednoseday.com/) to buy 250 mosquito nets for Africa. Two hundred and fifty saved lives? Bargain.
- Robin Stacey
you are so generous robin you deserve to win :)
- abdellah
why?
- catepol
I don't need this money :) Because I'm still working. But you can donate to a charity organization if I win.
- Süleyman Sönmez
I will spend the money attending game design workshops in when in San Francisco, to improve my theory about the use of game design techniques in social web applications (playfuldesign.org).
- Kurai (ff)
@abdellah Hehe. Anything that stops someone from dying of Malaria is all right by me. Besides, it's simple economics. With $1750, no matter how I invest it, I can't do more that what 250 people could do with the rest of their lives.
- Robin Stacey
you are right, so let resume (generous, logic, awesome, and with a sens of humor), let ask the question differently Robin : who has no reason to win the money win the money ;) (it seams that all have at least one reason) human are really amazing creature. (ps: me too)
- abdellah
I agree, I'd buy a jet ski and have so much kick ass fun!
- sofarsoShawn
i'm in is too easy :)
- Valentin Sandu
se vinco devolvo tutto a Mantellini
- Luca Sofri
Trying to overload the comment stream?
- Örjan Lundberg
I am here~~~LOL
- K.D.
l'uomo a cui appiopparono la santità
- azael ماسيمو
I'll create a new world :]
- Ahmet Kakıcı
yes please and I'll give half to my love oh and a bit to greenpeace
- Julian Edward
if I win I will give $1 to everyone
- Giulio Ardoino
great idea, Robert! hope i'll win it.. i'll pay for my flight ticket, so i can finaly see you:)
- Martin
Dear Robert, sağa sola para saçmak yerine gidip bi türkçe kursuna kaydolsanda türkçe öğrensen olmazmı? Hem bu yorumu anlardın bak ne güzel. Paran çoksa işe yarar bişeyler yap canım.
- Ahmet Karaca
If I win, I will use them to finance my trip to L.A. next August.
- Fabio Cristi
I'm in.
- Tiziano Caviglia
Count me in.
- Alexander Arsky
of course, I'm in.
- Lorenzo
I'm in :).
- Demircan Celebi
I'm in :)
- Rıza Selçuk Saydam
Ecchime. :)
- Maxime
I'll take "I'm a Nigerian Prince" for $1000, Alex, err, Robert.!
- Kevin Leroux
I have some debts.... and I have 11 sons... 34 grandchildren... 22 dogs... 16 cats... and I am a liar... a neeedy liar :-(((((((:-D).... GIVE ME CASHSHSHSHSHSSH... Ah... Goodmorning Mr Scoble
- Daniel
I'd invest the money to my wife's startup that she starts next month. She'll be working around social media, blogs, photography etc. :)
- Jemm
if i win i will spend it for go usa this summer. absolutely i'll visit you also :)
- haluk
send all the money to germany :D
- Carsten
whee! I'd use it to open my deli :) I see free lunches in your future *laughing* hell, I'd even dedicate a booth to you.. with a cool plaque and everything!
- russa
This is going to be the longest thread ever
- Manuela
I hope the money goes to someone that really needs it
- Kyle Weller
Love to know your motivation for doing this Robert. Social experiment? See what people will do for money? You have a financial backing in Friendfeed & are aiming to stimulate usage? Either way, if I win, please donate the money to your favourite charity
- Lindsay Davies
if I win I'll make a gift to my girlfriend
- Ciccsoft
yo free money? I'm in!
- danslarue
I would give it to a friend who is unemployed; buy a new computer, smart shirt and tie, give him his dignity & confidence back. It saddens me to see so many friends hurting right now.
- Sally Church
I'll use the money by not using it (well, except for that 4pt escape clause written down below in the yet-to-be written contract between me and Mr. Scoble about the prize)
- Daniele V.
oh, WOW!
- Viditu
This is the FriendFeed equivalent to leftover pizza in the breakroom. I could certainly use some $ right now.
- Phillip
I'd prefer *earning* that money rather than just typing in something non-sense to anyone besides me... (please exclude my comment from the lottery)
- Kaan Ertürk
if I win I'll make a gift to Lehman Brothers
- azael ماسيمو
I'd rather type in nonsense, can I have Kaan's spot?
- sofarsoShawn
awesome robert!! are you part of pres obama's stimulus package? LOL! hope i win the random $1000 contest =)
- Melissa Solito
I'll stay tuned :P
- Tiziano Tassi
In regards to the first prize, I'm in.
- Armin Talic
crazy guy you are! "You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." (Robin Williams)
- Johannan Edelman
@sofarsoshawn: LOL! (Opps another spot now.. who wants it? Maybe I can start another thread to give away my spots)
- Kaan Ertürk
I'm in too ;)
- saicharan123c
So. this is my comment: I would use the money to buy a ticket to fly over to meet you and discuss if I could support you as some kind of correspondent over here in Europe (I'm in Germany).
- Till
In regards to the second prize, I'd like to use the money to buy my brother and sister their first macs. I grew up on encyclopedia britannica CDs on Windows 95, they deserve Wikipedia on a Mac.
- Armin Talic
@danslarue, "free money" these two word combined are more powerful then a TNT, if you can conceive or even think a second about a concept of "free money" then implicitly agree with the concept of "free work" and beside voluntary work they call it salvation .
- abdellah
I would use the $1750 in part to purchase some equipment for the part time photography business (about $500). The rest would go to 2 friends who are hurting right now with Flagler County, FL's unemployment rate at just over 14%.
- Jay Caruso
strange that no one, think to reverse the money to the 43 startup!! boys oh boys buy some action some part of this 43 startup may be it will be worth million :)
- abdellah
At first i thought i'd start a similar thread and give the money i win :-) but, here's the truth... I'd use the money to pay the next month of dev, working with a partner on our hope to be successful web service. I'm jobless 9 months now, 3 months since we started pushing the idea forward, all done @ home. Will use the most to pay my bills, with the rest i'll buy dinner for some of the homeless people i usually ignore.
- Majento
i need a new macbook))
- pets
advertorial?
- elifile
really?
- Moses
gonna go to hollywood
- Ozkan Altuner
With this money, I am plannig to start a new company that develops social media applications. So if I win, I can give a job to you :))
- Aydın Kayacık
the entire amount of money will be used to help the local communities in eastern congo and sustain conservation of the virunga national park in congo. if you prefere, you can do it right away without giving me the money, visit www.gorilla.cd/blog for a one-time donation / all donation are tracked and transparent :)
- giulio
Brilliant idea and very noble of you, Scoble! (Sorry...I should leave the humor to my husband, who does a much better job!) LOL! I would use all the money to buy as many Radio Flyer kids wagons and send them out free to those that win a contest similar to this one! (I get them wholesale because I am an authorized dealer, so that would stretch the budget a bit more).
- Pat Graham Block
I'd spend the money for future trips: I have ever wanted to see the milky way from the earth or see the Northern lights. But maybe, I could put the money aside and spend it for a parabolic flight when I have enough money (that's another lifelong dream). I would also love to go on safari in Africa and see all the amazing animals in the savanna. But maybe I should rent a car and feel the American dream at Route 66? Ah Robert, your money lottery helped my thinking about all my dreams again. Thanks! :)
- Timo Heuer
I would use part of the money to donate to some podcasters or webcomic artists who are selling things on their website, like T-shirts, mugs and stuff like that. And buy a couple of domain names. Things I already do when tax return time comes, only this time more.
- Derek Coward
Each post you make will promote this thread more and more thus decreasing the expected value, with this rate a post made a few hours from now will probably have an expected value of a few cents. This will be a very nice data .
- Tuna
I need a new woman, please Robert choose me!
- Francesco Marconi
cool :) I would use $1750 to buy cabinet-type gas-control point for cottage
- Igor
I would spend the money of webhosting running free-of-charge computing services for open drug development (using open source utilities), such as used in Open Notebook Science and sorts.
- Egon Willighagen
what's up.
- pastas9
I think we will use the money to develop a desktop application for facebook very simple, actually, but that still does not exist in optimal form. I thought with a friend, but, since we are both students, we need a bit of $ $ $ to get technical advice from someone for some parts that relate to writing code (I study Marketing, and my friend is the final year of a degree in computer engineering).
- Tiziano Tassi
Okey I give in. Scoble, finally you made me signup for friendfeed
- shafiu
i'm in. also if this a psyco socialexperiment...
- FedericaB.
hahah interesting to see anyways .. how many comments on the one thread
- Terry O'Fee
Alright. This is my first entry. Chances are that I won't win....but it is exciting waiting to see if you do. :-)
- Thebluestbutterfly
1) I'll spend the money to end my fear for airplane: so I can travel again. 2) i will organize a free public movie show here in Milano, all people sits in the night to watch the screen in the spring air
- FedericaB.
@FedericaBellag, interesting :) and what if it is just a plain and simple contest? it may be more "word of mouth advertising" tracking experiment then psyco social one. (love the smile face)
- abdellah
Who wouldn't want to join FF for $1000?
- Samuel Driessen
I will use the money for paying up my college fees and taking up a course related to VOIP. People like Craig and Vincent of Grandcentral (which I use for 3 years almost), pat Phelan and more VOIP experts keep pushing me to do something great in that area. Also, great its open to any1 iin the world. Most competitions are US ONLY, which is something I HATE BIG TIME. I m in India Mr....
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- Hardeep Singh Dang
@samuel, no the question is are FF team ready to pay $1000 for any on who join!!!
- abdellah
@abdellah ok, let's be tracked then! that's my face at the office ;-)
- FedericaB.
I will save the money. I'm an italian student studying abroad (Master in Digital Library), and those money could just be useful. They could be also a way to go in Jerusalem, following my girlfriend. Anyway, goo viral Scoble ;-)
- Aubrey McFato
notice : the headline is "win my money" not "take my money", so we have to make effort, it is not a "free money" it is a make effort and win, so remember it is not "take my money" :)
- abdellah
im in :)
- shaff
money, money, money
- Cengiz Çatalkaya
Adopt me Robert!
- Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
It's so hard to see whole of the comments. 620 including me now. :)
- Meriç Dağlı
I would get an iron if I have been searching some water in the desert and I would be the ass part of the Voltran, when we have been arising it.... bacause I am so unfortunate
- Lokman Köroğlu
.oO(i SHOULD be able to get D90...)
- browneyes
you wanna DDoS FriendFeed :). I will use the money for a ff-contest when i pay people for the best comment. obviusly you can partecipate and win back your money. :P
- enzo zadrima
nice ;)
- nicolatbr
Let's add a comment to this.
- bnoise
I'll donate some charities with 750$ of it. Buy a macbook with 999$ it, and set up a " First commenters win the buck. " contest via friendfeed. :)
- Meriç Dağlı
It shouldn't be about the money? What kind of game is it? We still need to wait Is it somehow related to SXSW?
- Aziz
Sure do wish I could be there at #sxsw
- Gil Rodriguez
Hi, with that sum I would probably take a chance to stop and take time to smell the roses, at least for a while.
- ziomau
nice way to see if there's a limit on the number of comments a ff post could get..
- Nicola Maggi
I could qualify for the $1,000, but not the $1,750 as I have two jobs. The only basis I could see is for a complete donation to an organization helping out of work people. We have a food pantry here in Beverly Mass called Bootstraps and a women's shelter in Gloucester, Mass called Wellspring that both would know just where that money could be best used.
- Martha
Damn... money can do anything...
- Eyal Shahar
I'll be practical when I win the money and invest it in the future....my childrens' education!
- Kevin Dugan
@Eyal no, you can't win a contest even if you give money :) money don't do anything ;)
- abdellah
@nicolas interesting question, and what do you think? does a thread have a comment limit or no? it all depend on the limitation, will this run eternally?no so there is a number of comment that people will post here it is a kind of buzz after the momentum there will be no comment let say there will be 50000 comment, FF are able to store such data.
- abdellah
So being completely unbiased, with little if any interest, if I were Robert Scoble, handsome fella, I'd give the money to whoever stated first they would buy a jet ski due to the fact they are super fun! Oh, who knew, that's me!
- sofarsoShawn
Great...I was juts talking over in TechCrunch that Robert does not need luck in his new venture "Building 43" and not it seems I am the one that needs luck to win the $1000 ....:) Thanks Robert Joao/TechFuga
- TechFuga
a little is better than none. :)
- Geyik Mühendisi
Well I started reading this thread, but I got a 1/4 way through & gave up, >650 comments, that's got to be some kind of record. What post does have the highest number of comments?
- Glenn Slaven
Interesting... I guess there's nothing to lose by trying
- Adi Sheleg
Ok, can't hurt to put one's name into the "hat"...p.s. good luck dude on the new gig... will be following closely... thinking cloud myself :)
- Michael Lehman
Hmmmm. That is my comment
- Darrell Bell
Commenting away in the Great Scoble Sweepstakes.
- Warner Crocker
With $1750 I would spend half to get to next years SXSW which I am missing this year :-(. and the other half I would spend on sponsoring a deluxe drop in-childcare at the Austin Convention Center for the parent bloggers.
- Emee Pumarega
I'm in too:) I would use the money for keeping an exhibition
- Nia
Comment! This is the Robert Scoble Stimulus Package
- Kreg Steppe
Spinning the wheel. FF FTW ;)
- Daniel Krech
10% to charities of my choice, the rest to pay bills and allow me to keep working in the nonprofit sector. I'm at that level where I still need to do outside consulting to come out ahead at the end of each month, and $1600 would give me 4 months where I wouldn't need to get a consulting gig (yep, the budget is that tight)
- Jeff Stern
The 4 minihawks would like to donate to their california school district to help offset the 1.5mm cutbacks.
- Mrsth
I'm in too!
- LJ Kyser
Of course MRSTH could use an overdue marathon weekend away with Mr. Hawk.
- Mrsth
I can promise nice pics?
- Mrsth
I'm in...
- Halil Ahmet ÇAKIR
This thread will explode in 3, 2, 1...
- Marta
I can upgrade to a macpro by winning :-P
- Richard A.
wow this is the most comments/likes i've seen!
- andy brudtkuhl
If I won either sum of money, I'd probably put it toward buying some camera gear, like a Nikon D90 and another lens. I have a couple family events that I'll be taking pictures at, and it'd be nice to have a D90 for them. :) I could go for a D700, but the D90 has video, so that's why I prefer it right now.
- Cheryl Jones
@Jason H - Whether or not either of us wins Robert's money, I have a timeshare near Disney that I haven't had the opportunity to use in the past few years. If you can get yourself airfare, a rental car and park tickets, I'll be happy to let you use the week, no charge to you. The dates are October 24-31, 2009.
- Sally: gift wrapper
if i win the $1000 or $1750 i would donate it to charity:water or some other water based charity. clean water is the catalyst to healthier and smarter communities
- Damian Holmes
what r we copying Ben Stein now?
- clarke thomas
Congratulations to you and Rocky on the new gig.
- Aron Michalski
With $1750 I'd give money to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, to help fund research for a cure and treatments so my mother and others with MS can have an improved quality of life. I'd also give money to the American Diabetes Association to help my father and others living with diabetes. I'd give some to @smallcanbebig to help needy families locally (Boston) and hope to have enough left over to take my son to visit his grandparents in FL. He's 6 mos. and they've only seen him once, at Christmas.
- Sally: gift wrapper
Robert, I want your money. Do I have to work for it?
- Aidha
I'm in. I wanne buy ı mac pro.
- Rıza Selçuk Saydam
I'm in robert!
- Junal Rahman
on that money is the side of the monte man. what's this it :) scoble iki dakka delikanlı ol lan paran fazlaysa git yardım kuruluşlarına, özürlüler, kimsesiz çocuklara ver mngoduum kapitalist pçleri.
- Volkan Yılmaz ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
hehe :P
- Geyik Mühendisi
Yes please. The odds are way better here than playing the lotto
- Christian Burns
I can't wait to see the effect of putting my name on this illustrious list of luminaries
- David Gallagher
that's a smart way to get attention :)
- PaperDoll
With USD1750 I could finally prove that friendfeed is not a complete waste of time...
- Morten Josefsen
I would probably go for a D90 :-)
- Nils Sandin
if you come to shanghai/China, we can have a dinner and go to bar :)
- 赛林（土耳其）
I enter not because I need the money (I'd give it away too) but because me entering slightly reduces all of the rest of your chances to win. MUAHAHAHAHA
- Nate True
My Scoble $1750 stimulus package spending plan: Give my son (the struggling Mac/iphone developer) $1,000 in "angel funding", get a Drobo ($500), and put $250 in my Grandson's (future Mac) savings account.
- Al Degutis
Just for fun :)
- Hassan
Pick me, pick me, pick me for the $1000 giveaway (if you don't pick me for the $1750 Scoble Stimulus).
- Al Degutis
more people should do this. Many people or businesses could afford to give $1,000
- Lady Lovely Heart
i would donate some of it maybe half to a local worthy charity, the rest would go into a fund that would be used to encourage this type of activity. Conversation building, with the right questions a lot of solutions can be found by crowds
- Tweet Feeds
My intent for the big prize would be to replace windows in my home with energy efficient ones. the ones in the house now are cracked from the house settling. they are the original 1959 windows, and they rattle every time a plane goes over the house. very distracting when we are trying to concentrate or stay warm
- Lady Lovely Heart
I can haz money?
- Bryan R. Adams
Big money. No whammies. STOP. | I would use the winnings towards upgrading my equipment (Mac Pro) since my current setup is pretty bad for video. I would sell my current MBP (2006 First Gen) and use the proceeds towards the new machine. I would pump out twice as much HD content with better equipment. Thanks for all you do Robert..I know whoever wins will make the best out of the cash.
- Bwana ☠
Take my husband to the Grand Canyon for that honeymoon we never had--that's what I'd do with some extra cash.
- joansjewels
I agree, nice way to get people engaged.
- Gary Gifford Jr
from Nambu
Show me the money! :)
- Ale♫nastrorosa
actually, I don't want your money
- Manuela
That's quite ingenious =)
- Cry Zee Die Noh Mite
I'd buy a laptop so that I don't have to wait for the missus to get off the ruddy computer and let me have my go on it!!!
- Andy
a nice way to test the limits of commenting feature on a bunch of real people just for US$1000.
- 9000
I will use the money to buy $1 stocks in companies that will re-bound or will be more successful in the next 2-5 years due to the ongoing financial crisis. My choice will be guided by those companies that care, share and have flare for others...a community stimulus...hope others will join and build what the "financiers" could not.
- Gordon Montgomery
It seems too easy, but.. here ya go!
- Scott Breakall
You'll be my best crazy friend! *LOL*
- Andrea Spedale
1. Cool 2. Travel for VC meetings so I can finally provide some solutions for RSS that we argued/discussed 2 years ago (delivery of premium content possibly over open channels)
- Andy Beard
Random comment left.
- domizianogalia
here I am :)
- Fran
Yo Robert, did you give it away yet? Here's my chance to win! ;^)
- Michael Bailey
@manuela, but personally I want more comment from you.
- abdellah
awesome idea. by the way, how goes life without diet coke?
- tracy
I'd use it to help an independent artist with their career. Rentals for video equip on shows and music videos with stories that would otherwise remain untold.
- Frank Jonen
I'm in
- Lucas Araujo
from twhirl
I refuse to comment in this thread.
- Akiva Moskovitz
How can I win?
- Gloria Gordon
Woah! So is this part of the Scoble Stimulus plan? Anyways, if by some chance I did win the money I would use either towards moving out of my parents house later this year or put it towards my student loans.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
@Akiva you also deserve to win., I insist please comment this thread please.
- abdellah
If I lay my hands on this prize, I'll spent a night playing blackjack surrounded by hookers. I'd also buy a new Palm that Robert recommended lately and spend the remaining amount for ScienceDirect and Jstore subscriptions.
- Alan Kodzasov
I'd use the money to go to Korea.
- Mark Woodson
I would use the money to fix the economy.
- Andy Bakun
Andy: you get it right, please fix that economy.
- abdellah
Its enough to buy one toliet seat for the government :)
- Roberto Bonini
Robert could fund nails and shingles for building a small seminar facility in the Adirondack State Park.
- Jeff Archambeault
With $1750 I would buy a lot of toys for the baby we are waiting....
- roberto ferorelli
I count at least 6 references to "donate to kiva.org" so far. Pretty cool. That is what I was going to write, but looks like many other's beat me to it. But hell... If I got it, I would donate to Kiva.org. :) (make it 7 now).
- Shannon Bauman
JET SKI!
- sofarsoShawn
Sounds like a great idea.
- Tyson Key
awesome idea.
- Jessie
Give me $10,000 in unmarked bills or I tell Maryam your giving away $4800.
- shelisrael1
joy and joyness!
- Jenn Castro
Nothing special here, just want to pay some outstanding bills and get supplies for my 3mth old =)
- Mat Finch
Quickly put in a reply while thinking about a smug way of spending 1.750...
- Stefan Kolle
Yeah, I think I'll stick with the Kiva donation too. I'm pretty prolific there (a true believer), and have about that amount outstanding in loans, so the chance to double my Kiva loans in one go would be outstanding.
- Stefan Kolle
is this gonna have like 1000+ comments?
- Jorge Murillo
I'm bummed I couldn't get to SXSWi so I came to Robert's ATM machine instead. :)
- Laura Zickus
in.
- Richard Lawler
No comment :-P
- Richard A.
Bump!
- Tyson Key
I'd love to say I'd do something altruistic with the money, but I'd invest it all in my startup (we're doing cool things with information and emotions online). In this economy every little helps :-)
- jennielees
Out
- Roberto Bonini
Awesome. Looking forward to what's next.
- Andy Sternberg
from fftogo
Yay, the Scobleizer Grand Prize Giveaway- Still more chances than the National Lottery!
- Tyson Key
FriendFeed Scales!
- Tyson Key
with $1,750, I would I would set up 7 performance art / photoshoots uptown here in Charlotte in the center of Bank Town at lunch time, wordlessly demonstrating some of the problems (as I see them) with our current corporate culture. I have the first one of these ready to go but don't the cash to set up the others (yet). If I only got the free $1000, I would buy some more studio lighting equipment (much to the chagrin of my roomy).
- Shannon J Hager
Why? Why? Why?
- Ashish Rangole
in
- Roozbeh
Bella idea! :)
- Daniele Aprile
It just goes to show you can't be too careful!
- Timothy Griffin
with $ 1.750 I would buy a laptop + microphone + router for my parish and start broadcasting with kids.
- Astrid Virili
Hey Robert, I think this is the most commented entry on Friendfeed. btw I don't want your money :) Cheers
- cihanergur
just testing my luck :)
- Deniz (bluesign) Edincik
sure, I'll play. as for how I'd use the money, I'd probably use it to help offset the cost of my lasik surgery.
- chrisofspades
I would use the money to fund my own open source development work (within the php symfony framework) as well as supplement my wife's pending maternity leave. Realtors don't get paid maternity leave... Thanks!
- Jon Issler
Scoble rocks, count me in!
- Chris Pugh
I would use the money to assist my parents in their move back home closer to the adult children. They are currently existing on 18k a year, their Medicare and Secondary insurance cost them 10k. It would help buy their medications.
- Janet
I'm sure that there are a lot of deserving people who need this money so best of luck to all. I would give this $ to my mother who had to sell her business after working so hard, cause she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Now she has to work for someone part time cause still sick, husband laid off in Florida, trying to pay off house, med bills, prescrip, barely making it & gov't no help cause not appv'd for Medicare cause married, what? so considering divorce just to afford medical bills & mortgage. - M.E.
- monica Edwards
Here's my comment! I'll take my chances. I'm a poor college grad, I could sure use the cash.
- Jessica
I've blocked u, so if u wanna get back on my list....:)
- Koba Yaschi
This is really good. I'll buy a Nintendo Wii. :) Thx.
- marrup -serkan-
I hope people that REALLY need it win ,,, good luck on the Contest Rob ..
- johnpiercy
This has to be the most commented thread in FriendFeed.
- Nicholas James
Here's the rundown with what I'd do with $1750: I want to do a Power Rangers fan film. No joke. Stop laughing. No really, you can stop now. Power Rangers has been on the air for the past 17 seasons, and it's finally getting canceled. This has inspired me to shoot a film short inspired by the show I grew up with. The $1750 will be invested to bump it up to looking professional. Scoble can be the Executive Producer! Don't pass up on that chance. Ok, you can stop laughing now, lol.
- Lisa J
I want money
- Tyler (Chacha)
Tuition for 2010 Iowa Summer Writing Festival courses, at Iowa Writers' Workshop.
- Paola Bonomo
It would go into the funds I am raising to start a new print venture, tbnl, which will publish great, timeless stories (fiction & nonfiction) in a limited edition (subscriber only edition), a print-on-demand edition available for years and a digital ebook reader. Paying writers & artists on an ongoing, fair basis
- Shannon Clark
I'd love to have some Scoble Dollars. They'd help fund my exit from technology to academia.
- Tom Morris
Hi Robert, Congrats on new opportunity with bldg 43 Can I share your money with my 18 month old daughter AKA the Joy transmitter or perhaps I could drop it form the sky with my tandem paraglider over the Microsoft campus...
- John Clifford
It's impossible not to comment - although if it wasn't Scoble saying this, I wouldnt bother to be honest, as I'd suspect a con ...
- Ian
760 comments and counting...
- Mike Doeff
I guess a SECOND MacBook would be nice…
- Alexandre Testu
Is it for VAT?
- Onur ALMIŞLAR
I'd use the money to buy crack. I mean books for children. Oh, wait, it's random...
- Jules Morgan
Wow! I think I would invest them for developing an iPhone application
- Nicholas
Hi Robert, my first comment on friendfeed, I couldn't resist the chance. You do know that Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day - I'll buy you a leprechaun hat from the parade in Dublin to celebrate!
- Niall Sisson
Leaving Comment here. Hope it finds a good home. I would use the money to start a shelter for lost comments.
- Joe K
No 419 scammers yet? ;)
- Tyson Key
Mmmm... Money! €_€
- Kristian Salonen
Great! As this 'WTF' crisis in Madagascar is causing everything to be sooo difficult now!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
better try...
- 252525
That's like a lottery :) I'm in !
- gareth【ツ】
I would put together a new computer, like to see BOINC running on a quad core.
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
I'm in. Getting married next month and need the cash!
- Nation Hahn
Great way to engage Robert!
- Sampad Swain
I'm here! And I'd like to switch from PC to Mac... :D
- Giovy
Hi Robert, this is very generous of you, thank you! I've been unemployed since last April so I could use the money for rent, food, bills, etc. I wish I could buy a nice little netbook with the money but maybe once I'm back on my feet I can make that happen. In the meantime, thanks for being so considerate to your readers! Best of luck with the new venture too.
- Andy
Rackspace customer and big fan... Looking forward to this new venture!
- Charlie Nichols Browning
Surprised you have fallen as low as this Robert. Still, been there and done that before so best of luck and best wishes with Rackspace.
- Paul Fabretti
Um, awesome.
- Nick Humphries
count me in
- Edward Kimble
If I win, will post about the same in my blog and you'll be famous in India too (if you're not, that is). BTW your fan following can add upto 45 million Indian internet users (Smirk!). Now how about that Mr. Scoble? Game for it....Oh man, this is quirky fun! Keep up the good work Robert :)
- Sampad Swain
I would use the money to fix _my_ economy. And by my economy, I mean I'd blow it all on strippers and blow.
- Jon Ursenbach
The amount of comments in here is insane. What's the record for the FF entry with the most amount of comments ever? Because this one feels like a winner.
- Brad Butner
from twhirl
you lucky! in Italy we can's setup a contest like that one easily and free, we have to pay taxes :(
- Maurizio ㊍ Mazzanti
If I won $1000, it would go to my first Mac since a Mac+ !
- Steve Ellwood
am still undecided on your real motive...... but then again, pecunia non olet..... ;)
- denise
787 comments ?? wow!! Scoble u are the Brad Pitt of friendfeed... anyone else see the physical resemblence?
- Cody Heitschmidt
Um, no, I don't Cody. Sorry. Scoble is taller.
- Roberto Bonini
just leave a comment. well her's mine
- Rachel Clarke
well its not identical I know Scoble is a little taller, but other than that Anfgelina could easily confuse the 2.
- Cody Heitschmidt
I'm in!
- «Weird & Sons»
eh what the heck, im in :)
- ralphsaunders
This is interesting, but too many comments to read unfortunately.
- Mitch
Sure, Robert. I'll take your money! Can never have too much! ;)
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Simulate me, Scoble!
- Robert Owens
That would be awesome, I could put the $$ towards my vacation to Kauai in August. Thanks Scoble, I promise to provide you photos from the vacation PF.
- Pentaxfan
I'm bending the corner of my comment so it sticks out
- Just Ken
pick me! Pick me! :)
- Dania
This is great.. thanks Robert! =)
- Timo Ukkola
I'm accepting anyone giving money. Details to come.
- Terence
I'll buy whatever Apple is developing with that rumored 10 inch multitouch display..
- Peter
too much comments..pick me!
- Magari sul Tardi
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- Smeerch
Jet ski, I need one
- sofarsoShawn
...
- Barbara-BlackCat
If I win this thing, I'll be most hated person on FF. god help me!.
- Ozan Caglargil
For a small advance fee, I can take part...
- Gordon Joly
i'm in, too..
- Sercan YILMAZ
You're not really going to write down all these names & pull them out of a hat are you?
- Mrsth
I'll need a credit card that got no limit-cuz we all just want to be rock stars
- Mrsth
Mrsth: I bet he'll find a script somewhere to pull all the usernames into a file, as only Scoble could do. :) Any amount of money would likely go towards my photography business, should I be chosen to win... it would be fun to put a portion of it towards prizes for the photowalks I'll be starting this summer in northern Vermont for area photographers and enthusiasts.
- Bob M. Montgomery
814th post!
- Tyson Key
I like free money. Was it already given away?
- elroy
I'd like to say that I'd do something noble should I win but there's no nobility in ordering cases of wine and giving my liver a good workout. Plenty of enjoyment, though.
- Mark H
I'm in! :)
- Vlad Rafeyev
I would use it to not have an excuse for not recording my album. That is to say after 15 years of putting it off, I would stop procrastinating.
- Vicky
wow for real? thats insane
- ralphsaunders
I'm in and I'd probably put the money towards building my deck (not super exciting but still...)
- Trevor
Starting to think I should post a reason why I want it...
- ralphsaunders
I'm in! And I would use the money to buy my mom a present. She just turned 52 :)
- Alex Kapranoff
I'm working on a funding for a research application for a semantic web project that I hope will become the next big thing (one of the next big things, anyway). If I succeed, you'll be the first person I ask to cover it!
- Sam Kuper
Money, money, money, money ... MONEY!
- Great Scott!
You guys do know that Scoble is essentially bribeing you to comment here? Large carrot and a small stick.
- Roberto Bonini
Didn't stop you did it?
- ralphsaunders
LOL. In my defense, I was performing a public service. *ducks*
- Roberto Bonini
Hey I'm in. Is this the most commented entry in the whole of FriendFeed? I'm guessing that it will be. Anyone know what the previous record was?
- Peter Kelley
I'd use the money to help get my wife's specialty dessert company off the ground: www.thesweettreatcompany.com
- Michael Listberger
Can't wait to win your money... I'd use it to pay for some much needed camera gear and the rest of it to plan a trip to a city I've never been before so I could photograph it. I would love to be able to do something with photography, but it's tough working full time and going to grad school at night, all on my own dime. I don't have it as rough some people, but I've had to earn everything I have so I make no apologies for it.
- Michael
Good luck sorting thru the 800+ comments :) If I won the money, I would repeat your experiment and give it all away (though I'm sure I would get no where near as many entrants as you) (P.S. It's not that I couldn't use the money, but I think it would feel good to help someone who needs it more than me). Good luck everyone!
- Helen Hoefele
He won't notice if I comment twice, right? ;) Nah, I don't do that. But, holy crap! This is a lot of comments!
- Mike Nayyar
I sure could use $1000. Would go straight to funding Taskerrific. $1750 would be even better, because I could get a new computer and a year's hosting, based on my current estimates.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I would use the money to fund my plastic drumming addiction. Hellooo pro drum set hacked to play Rock Band!
- Chieze Okoye
So I wonder how many comments a FF post can handle?
- gfurry
I would use the money to pay my taxes so the needy executives will still be able to get their bonuses this year.
- gfurry
Hey Robert. Hard to say the best way to spend it without doing too much work to make it be most useful, but if it could be used to do something radical with what is going on with the Fed, I'm sure you know that Ron has a bill in Congress to Audit the Fed. Very soon things are gonna be way worse for us on this planet if things are not done to stop the insane people from making some really bad choices. So the money should go to someone willing to do something really radical to save our country from ending.
- mikehedge
I would donate all the money to UNICEF and Kiva.
- Jess Lee
Weird. I was just thinking about how I needed about $1750 in ones to sew together and waterproof in an effort to make myself an umbrella top to fix the one I ripped yesterday. So...yes, that's what I'll do with it. I'll even give you a free picture of it in exchange for your dollars! (Leftovers will be donated to credit card debt. :( )
- Brett
I would use the money to help pay for the permits I'll need to get a pet monkey for my internet video show.
- Davis Freeberg
I'd start a community for my career, regulatory compliance in biomedical research. Right now there is not an effective way for my counterparts at universities, biotechs, government labs, private labs to communicate quickly and effectively. The result of this is organizations world wide continually reinvent the wheel. I'd like to create an up to date community with high traffic, and the ability to share files, policies, forms, etc. The project will go foward w/o the money, just more slowly.
- Matthew DeVries
what is going on here?
- potatohai
mortgage and beer, yo!
- Adrian
I'll put the money into microlending; a good social/economic ROI.
- Phil Wolff
I want to say something conservative like pay down my debt or put it in the kids college fund, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I would use the money to buy myself a bass guitar. Just something I've been wanting but don't have the discretionary income to afford it.
- Eugene Huo
850+ Comments? That has to be some sort of record for friendfeed in just over 24 hours.
- WiseYoda (aka Patrick)
Win money? Count Me IN!
- Dave
I want to win money!
- Matt Bebich
hi Robert Scoble :D yeah count me in!
- OmniDragon
$4500 closer for next TED. Plenty of time to work on the invitation! jgx
- Jennifer Green
Bring it on! Love your feed from SxSW! Now, send me the money!
- Gene
OH good money for college... or to buy a new computer...
- Laaabaseball
I want to win so that I can buy me a Macintosh,so count me in.
- frank harvey
Hey, Rob help a sista out! Give me da money!
- Jackie
saw you on Chris's live stream @ SxSW...free money count me in!
- Jason
Money rocks
- Shawn Farner
If I won $4500, I would install central heat and air in my house. You would make my life so much happier!
- Auriette Lindsey
$1,750 would go to the nonprofit volunteer org I'm trying to get off the ground :P
- Shawn Farner
Diapers for Newborns. $1750 split evenly to the most socially active on http://bebepool.com (my free web service enabling expectant parents to run their own baby pool contest). Most active meaning the 10 pools with the most participant guess entries Jan-Feb. I will paypal $175 to each winner and blog the results inclusive of the funds origin & any statements from the families impacted. I've seen the bebepool community show their own generosity (http://burnurl.com/YvHNL0 ), so would love to full circle it.
- Micah Wittman
If I won the money, I'd give all of it back to you. Of course, I'd charge 100% interest. :P
- Matthew Agra
Scoble the human Roulette wheel.
- Rob
wow. must be the post with the most comments i've seen on friendfeed so far.
- simonpure
With 1750 I'd do the ever boring "keep paying off the wife and I's credit cards"
- Steve Boerner
Any and all the money I win will go for building this charity app we are planning. Every cent spent will be accounted for and would be posted on a web site (TBD). Additionally, we will be spending our own money and time on this. @scobleizer, please ping me if you would like more details.
- Ashish Rangole
lame
- Vezquex: God of FF
Behold, my comment. Hi Robert, I saw you at SxSW.
- Michael Lee Wise
I'd put up the first Bldg 43 Billboard - http://tinyurl.com/1750-00
- Rob
Tipjoy $1 each to the first 1,000 or 1,750 (depending on prize) commentors in this thread who have a Twitter account.
- Hao Chen
With $1750, I'd put up another "Win my money" post on FriendFeed, and see if people bite more or less than for your money. And then figure out why they liked your money more (social-networking experiment 2.0).
- Ivan Zuzak
Robert kardes kusura bakma Ingilizcem iyi degil. 1750 gaymeyi bana verirsen sirket acarken kullanacagim. toparlarsak : $1750 + 10 000tl = design company :)
- Uur
Interesting. :) /sits down and waits
- PiDave
Emergency is an independent, neutral and non-political Italian organization, provides free, high quality medical and surgical treatment to the civilian victims of war, landmines and poverty. http://www.emergency.it/index...
- Cristian Conti
If i won the money, I will write a easy to use friendfeed app for iphone :)
- cem
very cool idea
- Kate
$1750= Paying off my medical bills... no, not enough. Gas, food, rent... mmm, scratch that. Funding my craving for more, new camera equipment.... perfect. You, rightly feeling good for what you want to do,... priceless.
- Kate
Here I am ! Only a comment ?
- neurinux
I'm going to become father for the second time ! I'll use this money to search a new house whith more than 2 rooms !
- neurinux
I will use the money to put towards a deposit on a flat. Currently I am living between my parents and my partner and daughters. I have two children from a previous relationship so will use the money for a deposit on a place which is central to both location
- Joe Dawson
I'll use the money for a much needed, long overdue, 2 month break and go to India to relax from this hectic world…
- Adi Sheleg
hard to win easy to spend.
- ismail ünal
Scoble, fund me a startup!
- Toni @ NavinoT
i'll use the money to get out of this place and start running my own business
- Claudia
I'll fund prototype of my p2p language learning startup
- Artyom
In case I win, I'll upgrade my networking status to "notworking" status. At least for a month. During that time, I'll have more time to make blog posts and enlighten self taught musicians and producers who are fighting to make music in their bedrooms. And I will buy some cookies for myself, in case I forget to eat
- ilter
I'll get a haircut, and get a real job.
- Adrian
Comment #895
- Anthony K. Valley ©
I would donate the money to Warchild.com, whose cause is to give children in war zones around the world a peaceful future.
- Alexander van Elsas
lascio un inutile commento pure io
- Adamo Lanna
Sei un chiattone, bob. Simpatico, però.
- jokerulez
Considering some people worrying about taxes, I'd just like to state that up here in Canada, lottery and contest winnings are not taxed. At all.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Sorry, I don't want money, we've got too much !
- Benoit Bourdin
Benoit: I'd be happy to help you get rid of some of your surplus, if that's really the case. ;)
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
In response to happyseaurchin's question above, I propose tiprojx http://tiprojx.wordpress.com/ ... If anyone reading this who has a twitter account tweets an idea for a (social change) project with one or more of the hashtags #tipme #tipshare #tiptodo #tipif ... a whole lot of new projects have the potential to 1. gain crowdsourced funding and 2. be collaboratively refined in the process. I'll split the money between my favourite tagged ideas posted before midday (GMT) next Tues 24 March.
- Hannah Lewis
If I won $1750, I'd use the money to hire a local (Austin) freelance UI/dev to help me finish my social sports service (commi.sh) and pay for hosting for a year while we grow it.
- Carter Rabasa
OMG. Robert Scoble jumps into "paid per comment". This is the end. My only friend, the end.
- Davide Pozzi
ok, this is definitely a test for building43.com. does friendfeed run on rackspace? Rob, you trying a massive test of comments or live commentary, or something like that. i can bet you're analyzing this data on rackspace. you're making the new friendfeed search of organized live conversations/streams.
- Reji
did i win? lol
- Ivan Stegic
Comment 909 and counting. New pool ~ When will Robert break his own record.
- Russellreno
910!
- Tyson Key
Will Tomorrow be my Lucky Day? I will buy $1750 dollars of PowerBall tickets and then give 90% of the winnings to help feed children in Africa.
- David Clements
This money could really help me in my current situation. Unfortunately I recently had a tumour removed from my bladder, which has really turned my life upside down. Overall, this has resulted in me having to miss and therefore finance two extra years at University. I’m currently 21 and studying BA Hons Economics at Newcastle University, England. I’m pleased to say that my health seems...
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- Daniel Rowley
Very funny! :D Did I win something??? :D
- Matte
ain future economic prosperity! I would also donate $250 to Malaria No More: http://www.malarianomore.org/.... Thank you for the opportunity.
- Daniel Rowley
wow..If I win I will buy a bike.. and travel around India... God bless me!!
- sirishkumar
My dog needs a new leg. Thanks! CP
- gimiento
If I win I will buy a ticket to SxSW next year and watch Scoble get totally wasted and take pics of legs with his camera...
- Ross
Pick me, pick me.
- Amit Morson
As for the $1,750 - I will donate it to the first children related cherish organization that approaches me.
- Amit Morson
Hello World
- Pierre Beugnot
With $1,750 I would be able to afford the flight back to Austria and support my dad who has to undergo his 3rd surgery and eventually also the 4th.
- Verena Fuchs
I would sell it! =) honor would be enough for me...
- Goktug Gedik
I would use the money to purchase a head stone for my mothers grave.
- Ardail Smith
i would use the money for a long hot summer :)
- Samuel Kreuzer
I'd buy $1,750 worth of green energy stocks, most probably geothermal
- Fabio
Robert - I would use the money to buy good microphones to make an internet video series about Nerd Revolt. http://www.numeriklab.com/2009... I would then use them to document the 2009 Decibel Festival in September: http://dbfestival.com After that, who knows - but I promise to come up with something good! You can't document musicians without good sound :) Thank you, Erica
- Erica Toelle
I would use the money to pay my out-of-state tuition!
- Kevin Mohr
i would like it in a brief case... small unmarked bills please
- ray parisi
I'd use $1750 towards a down payment for a first home. My wife and I recently had a son, and our apartment is shrinking at an alarming rate.
- Chris Heald
i'll be a materialistic bastard. i'd pay my bills while still trying to search for a job in this life sucking, non-forgiving city. yup. that's what i would do. ramen noodles are no fun when you're not in college...
- ultimate_loser
if i win this money i'll use to buy some equipments for the university, but not only for me. i'll buy two computers, one printer, and so we can do our university newspaper. this money will be a contribute for the free press, in a nation like italy, where every voice is subdued to the power. give us a chance!
- Riccardo
Leave a comment here, and I can win. Ok, done. What's next? There's something about a second way to win, that looks like I need to state what I'd use the money for. Simple: to continue to make uplifting films, like I did this year for the 168 Project. Need to make a few payments still. The rest will go towards next year's film.
- Mike Shields
Way too easy ;)
- Gregg Wenger
I'd put it towards a computer and software I need for my new small business I'm setting up after 4 years off work with a broken back
- Rob Bell
Mee Two :) , i'll use it for world Piece
- Chirag Chamoli
Mike: watch http://www.ustream.tv/studio at about 4 p.m. today (Austin Time, which is about 2 p.m. Pacific Time) and we'll pick the winners live on that show.
- Robert Scoble
I'd like to join this competition to make a chance for the money for my new developing start-up. Could use it for sure, development is costy these days!
- Coen Jacobs
I'd use the money to pay for an artist to help me out on a Palm Pre/Windows Mobile app that I'm working on.
- Alastair Maggs
If I won the money I would book one of those super cheap round trip tickets to Australia from LA (currently $598 RT) and then use my Flip camera to videotape people I met and ask them what they give thanks for (see http://givethanks.tv) I would also donate 5% of my winnings to my friend Hollis (http://friendsofhollis.com) who was in a bad accident last month. Her medical bills are mounting. Oh, and while I'm in Australia I'd ask people what they thought of Scoble.
- TanjaB
Robert, great gesture! I would give all of the $ on your behalf to this worthy cause: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- B2B Specialist
Took the challenge. Opened account from my couch with iPhone. Curious to get the rest of the story.
- Georgiana Dearing
Generating metrics I presume Mr Scoble?
- Stefan Szo
OK heres my comment!
- Randy
OK, first the 'leave a comment here' bit - here it is. As to what I'd do with the money, my wife has been made redundant and two days later someone crashed into my car while it was parked - so I guess I'd put it towards replacing the car and rebuilding our lives. Actually that sounds a little melodramatic, it's only a car, but it would be useful. Unless of course UK residents aren't eligible for this in which case I guess I'll just sit at home and sulk!
- Guy Clapperton
I'll switch SocialToo from Amazon EC2 to Rackspace if I win
- Jesse Stay
Win money? No, thanks. but I DO wanna earn your money :). Send details to onno@media44.nl or visit http://www.media44.nl
- MEDIAFORCE
$1750? My answer is simple. I would use it to help fund our movie. To purchase wanted equipment, better food for cast/crew, throw an awesome wrap party. Then, if we had any left over, we would use it towards our next movie. Also, you would get a free copy (format of your choice) and an Executive Producer credit. It'll be on IMDB and everything! This could be an awesome help for a trio of tired, driven, motivated filmmakers who want to change the game for movie-making.
- Anthony Thompson
I would spend $1,750 on a iPhone App using fbConnect for my financial services startup which I otherwise wouldn't allocate a budget for.
- Abhimanyu Chirimar
Gosh, there are a lot of comments. Is this a FF stress test?
- Morton Swimmer
I'm in!
- Simon Holliday
I would use the money for development of gCaptain 2.0 with the goal of dethroning the oldest magazine in continuous print, Lloyds List, from the maritime news sphere of influence.
- gCaptain
I will hire a scholar to make my research few hours a day so I can follow your tweets!!! :D
- Jesús
I'm in, what would I do with the money? well, I'm a teenager from Cairo, Egypt, and I plan to start podcasting during my vacation "first video podcast in Egypt" and work on my blog, I don't have enough money to buy an HD camcorder so I would use the money to buy that and get a domain name for my blog and go pro, and if there is enough money I would buy an iPhone.
- Ahmed
I'd take the family out for a meal at the Gaucho grill http://tinyurl.com/3pc8ur
- mike williams
I would give the money to this young man in his fight against hodgkins lymphoma. He is the nephew of my daughter's preschool teacher and I would do anything to help him out, but we don't have much. As a former soccer player, current coach and human being... my heart goes out to him and his family. Anything would help. http://tinyurl.com/cch2uy
- Jason
Not yet in the position to give like you give, I do what I can. Giving spirits garner unselfish hearts! - http://budurl.com/ynkm
- Carlo At Your Service
This is the most epic thread ever, i put off replying all weekend but i think its about time i joined in. I think if i won i'd propose to my girlfriend because id be able to afford a ring! Or, we'd go on a nice much needed holiday.
- Simon Wicks
I'd give the money to Daniel Rowley (comment above). Seems like he has a genuine need.
- Dustin Curtis
Interesting (and a few not so) comments. Most people are here for the easy money, leaving a random comment and then closing a tab. No blame here, since it's the rule of the game. Do you know that in order to permanently change the world you just need just a little bit compared to the big picture to get you over that hard to reach top? Well, that's what I would use it for, to get that jolt, break the barriers and climb over that first, impossible top.
- Lorand R. Minyo
hey! easy game Mr Scoble :) I'm here :D
- Guillaume
What a cool idea. I would definitely use the money towards taking another class. Assembly? Lernin is espensive.
- sarajchipps@gmail.com
I'm in too - Judging by the entrants, I'll have better odds on winning the lottery
- Shaf
I'll donate the money to AIG executives.
- Filipe Marques
I would use the money to bid on Gaius Baltar's Robes at the Battlestar Galactica Auction in May. Those costumes get pretty pricy! ~Matt http://BSGcast.com
- Matt
I'd use to money to stimulate the US economy by buying all your stuff
- Magnus
I'd pay the 4000 I owe in tuition. I've paid off all but this last bit, so it'd be my first move. Still looking for a job...
- Linda Margaret
I liked that :)
- MobilAdam
I would use the money to buy a laptop. I bought one in December and was getting a friend from the US to bring it to me (I was in Dubai). The laptop was stolen from her luggage at JFK and I got no compensation. I was out 1500$, laptopless, and highly depressed because the euphoria of getting a new laptop was not realized.
- Bhavishya Kanjhan
If I win the money - its going straight to helping my startup - creately.com get to Public Beta. We're so close and every cent counts!
- Charanjit
Good way of generating a lot of comments :-) I'd use the money for reducing some debts...
- Diego Zamboni
Whoaaaa, there. $4,500? Really? Boy am I glad I follow you on Twitter. Since when does money grow on tweets? If I ever had the good fortune of being plucked out of a hat, I'd spend all of it on the tuition bills that have racked up in my family name (mother, brother y yo).
- amira
I'll make a social network for BitTorrent.
- KN
Hm. Maybe I spend it on a Nikon D90 or a camcorder.
- Stefan Michel
Money is the root of all evil, they use to say. But it can blossom into good things.
- Nick Palffy
I would use the money to update my photography equipment and software. This would update my pet photography as needed
- Randy Nacol
I am in
- Bronchart
I would use the money to get my girlfriend @Tatty, who I met on Twitter, from Norway to the US so we can start living happily ever after. :)
- Foul Bastard
Pay off the credit card and get a return airfare to the USA from Sydney!
- Nathan Davies
Sounds crazy but why not :-)
- Cyril Hanquez
I need 980 dollars to go to school to be a cheesemonger. So tired of waiting tables and am ready to pursue something I am passionate about.
- Miles Laird
I'd use the money to take some time off with my daughter...
- Fredrik Wennberg
from twhirl
I'm saving to buy my first house later this year and working to start my freelance design business.
- john
$1750...I would use them for a wonderful trip to San Francisco! Plane tickets from France and visit of the best web start-up / companies :) Enjoy!!
- Guillaume
I'd have to assume I'd use the money to buy a Nikon D90, then hunt you down to thank you and take your picture with it.
- Richard Finucane
How can I mute this thread?
- Richard A.
I'll use it as a "Pay It Forward Ponzi Scheme" (In these crazy Maddoff days, it's about time we revert the wheel.)
- Vivian Cohen- Leisorek
Hi Robert! I would use the money to put into a bank account. I will become a daddy within the next weeks and this would a be a 'scolar fund' for my first kid!
- Bas van Breugel
Count me in. $1750 would go to the IWK Children's Hospital for Xboxes and Wiis.
- M Langille
Great idea-- and I'd use the money to create workshops to bring younger and older gay men together to discuss the history of the AIDS epidemic in Philly. http://gayhistory.wikispaces.com
- Chris Bartlett
What am I going to do with the $1750? I will reveal that secret in my second comment :)
- Bari Hossain
Great idea Robert. I'd do four things: I'd pay for a ESPN360 season and play-off pass to watch NHL games over here in Europe. Then I'd hire a graphics designer to redo http://www.speakingenglishpodcast.com to have it not only appeal to learners but also sponsors. Third, I'd take my wife out to dinner and fourth I'd give the rest back to you - I wouldn't need it all and you have a family, too.
- Sebastian Keil
Sure, count me in.
- Barty
First of all, thanks for the heads up on "Free Money" also thanks for being such a great conduit. So throw my name into the hat please. I know I usually push for giving to Cancer foundations and etc. But am going to change it up a bit.... If I would happen to win the money there is hugely talented Photographer on Twitter that needs only $6,000 to sustain his enrollment at some artsy Ivy...
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- SashaKane
Seriously? I'll start a "Mini-ITXs" fund to replace all the desktops in my home with Mini ITXs. Power saving ftw!
- Nimish Batra
I'd start a foundation dedicated to bringing the finance crooks to justice and redistributing the stolen funds from whence they came.
- Alistair Knock
hmm...I'll rather invest it in gold. That's the least volatile thing these days.
- Kunal Gangar
i would finally finish my thesis and rent a lot servers with mosso after that to incorporate a company dealing with enterprise mashups and cloud computing in germany
- tmetschke
im in
- Jason Walke
I would tell my boss he is a noob and that I quit my job and start my own business.
- Gary Schubert
oh, and i'd also KILL for a macbook. but i'd probably go to school. but you should totally give it to someone who needs it more.
- Miles Laird
simple way to enter :)
- Cristian
Robert, I would probably spend the money in a relatively futile manner. Therefore, I'll let others who need it more have a chance at the $1,750 prizes. I'd be happy to be chosen randomly for the $1,000. Great initiative, by the way.
- Antonio Cangiano
This is just what we need in order to launch AllRise.com: hosting + legal expenses +company registration fees.
- Erez Eden
richard, by giving a way more money, are you ready?
- abdellah
I'll give YOU $500 and give $100 to twitter (since I heard about it there). The first should make it easier for you to part with the money. The twitter donation will conclusively prove that they have a viable business model :)
- Ebrahim Nalwala
Our band would use it to buy a PA system so that we could play anywhere/practice with proper sound. I`d treat this as a loan and donate the money in your name to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation.
- Reuben Fortes
It would help me pay for my wedding in Ottawa in August, rather than having to borrow money! (PS nice way of getting people on FriendFeed!)
- Paul Lomax
Robert, please pick me. I need the USD1000 to get myself an iPhone 3G (cost HKD6200.00 from Apple Hong Kong) so I don't have to borrow my girlfriend's, and the rest of the money, I will use to pay for all the data usage I will be using when testing review copies of iPhone apps. How can I be borrowing an iPhone to write iPhone app reviews? That is just ironic.
- Vinko
I need to do something completely luxurious and pampered for a week. Oh, I would really like to take my brother along because it was his birthday two weeks ago and would like to surprise him. That's right, a very belated birthday present. Very much would be a surprise. How about a cruise out of Miami to the Caribbean or out of Los Angeles to Mexico? We need to see the water! Sure we have the Fountains at Bellagio but we would like to sail on an ocean. There it is. I have our bags packed and ready to go.
- Vegas Bill
I need money for my first startup!
- kunal jain
If you pick me I promise to spend 10% of it on other people before giving the rest away ... then perhaps the person I pick has to spend 10% on other people and give the rest away - crowd-sourcing-chain-money-making-people-happy kinda way !
- Nigel Cooke
Buy a nice camera for making better videos for my blog & invite my family having a nice evening at a greek restaurant
- Wittkewitz News
Show me the money
- TJ Polczyn
I would develop an innovative iPhone app using the money and when sales pick up, return the amount to you so u can run another contest.
- iPhone Dev Guy
I am a poor student who really could use a new Laptop.. I will Ustream and take pictures of the unpacking so you know I didn't spend the money on beer ;) I could put SPONSORED BY SCOBLE stickers on the new machine. Please Scoble, I could really use this. Cheers, patrick.
- patrick detlefsen
a new laptop to replace the almost 6-year old one would be nice for a developer. give me the other prizes, too and i'll donate 'em to schooling a kid in a 3rd world country!
- moogs
*wonders* Do we have to leave two comments, one for the $1000 and one for one of the $1750?
- Linden A. Mueller
Ok, Scoble if i get this money somehow, give my money to this student (patrick detlefsen) - Thanks
- Junal Rahman
If you pick me, I will lend out the money via Kiwa.org
- Henning
Well let's turn the wheel of chance :)
- Fatih Arslan
So just in case, here's the second one. :) I would save it. We'll be making our second international move in two years in September, and this time, we'll be settling down. I would use it for part of our down payment on our first house.
- Linden A. Mueller
Right now $1750 is worth $2700 Aussie (sounds a lot better) I'd ask Robert to JV with me and share how to turn that $2.7k into $270k in 6 months. If we didn't like each other after that we needn't continue to turn it into $27M. Jim Beasley (Twitter: whoisJimBeasley)
- Jim Beasley
Would love to start an online business for my 7 yr old as a college fund!!!! Have the idea, just not the funds to start it!!!
- Charles Bovard
I could use the money to pay some of my student loans that I had to take to study the one true thing worth studying, the Internet!
- Shane Tilton
I would spend the money on bourbon and porn.
- Kari Holtz
I'll use to finance our new project of social publishing with Friendfeed. Thanks for the opportunity.
- Massimiliano Mancini
if I win: I'd give half of the money to Emergency (http://www.emergency.it/) to help their medical work in war areas.
- andrea
Mmmmmm cash! :D
- Michael Jones
In New Zealand his will go along way. Id use it for language resources for our indigenous Maori
- Bradley Walker
I want I want! I will restore my VW 1974 with it! :-D true story: http://www.facebook.com/home...
- Pierre Lapointe
I'd love to use your money to send kids with disabilities to CampASCCA.org! With the $1750, 3 children would get to go to camp this summer. Or, it would send maybe a dozen to a weekend camp this spring! Either way, I'd love to see you help these kids out. In this kind of economic environment, places like Camp ASCCA are the first to be forgotten ... that means the kids are forgotten, too. Thanks, Robert!
- RD French
Before I reveal the secret of what I would do with $1750, I really need to know the secret - "Why are you giving away this money,Robert?"
- Bari Hossain
Will use it finally upgrade my powerbook to a MBP so I can write an iPhone app as part of my CS Degree Dissertation.
- Shaun Bohannon
$1175 to my all time favorite musician's (Diana Krall) chosen charity: Vancouver General Hospital's Leukemia Bone Marrow Transplant. Would use the rest to cover my tuition expense for a Nancy Duarte slide:ology seminar. Trying to figure out ways to tackle mindnumbing government PowerPoint decks. Happy St Patrick's Day!
- Bud
With our terrible exchange rate here in the UK, I'll probably buy myself a week's worth of groceries with the prize money! Seriously though, I may treat myself to a video camera, so that maybe one day, I can be like my favourite technology evangelist!
- David Swallow
I can't wait to read followup posts to your contest. I would invest the money in my children's college funds.
- Erick Tyack
I think I will buy some books on how to get my daughter to sleep past 4AM... Seriously, any advice? :-)
- James Marino
With the money I would invest in a Home Server to better provide for my familys digital needs ;-) The rest will be given to SOS childrens village - A good and worthy cause.
- Ken-Tore
I will use the money to spend it to bloggers in germany to promote the german blogos- and twittersphere! They arn't as big and importnat as in the us, but they have the mbition for it, serious and current content...
- Simon Rabente
The money will enable me to buy some much needed toys and gadgets that mortgage/wife/2kids/etc to not allow!
- Matt Groves
I was thinking on how to win the money and then I read comments by others. I realised there are more ppl who need the money more than me. So good luck to everyone! and Robert, pls make sure the winner really deserve it.
- Gerald Neo
If I won I would donate every cent to Red Nose Day (http://www.rednoseday.com/) to help children in the UK and Africa and I'll put up $200 of my own money (about 10% of my salary) into microloans through Kiva.
- Peter Curd
Strike one for the South African
- Iwan
I doubt this would be a winner, but I need a new set of effin tires.
- Patrick Kay
I will use my winnings to purchase books to better understand how to use all the great social media tools out there and will also earmark a portion of the winnings to use to attend SXSW 2010.
- Promising Projects
I'll use the money to finance bailing out of my apartment in light of this recession and my current status of gainful underemployment. :)
- teleken
Cool! I'd love to spend it on a netbook and a good (web)cam and start using it to lifestream/share some nice events using kyte or qik. What's left after buying the gear, I would spend on tickets for events such as The Next Web Conference, Lifehacking Academy, etc. Btw: have fun at Rackspace!
- Alex Vermeule (@alexve)
ok deal, you talked me into it
- IrishWonder
it is really interesting to see how much "I" in this thread, ok if I (+1)
- abdellah
Cool. So 80% of the dough goes on a Twitter API developer as I have a great project in mind. And the other 20% provides a stake for the blackjack table, for when we launch. Combined earnings will be sent back your way, so you can do this all over again.
- Econsultancy
I'd put it towards my TED application fund! Made too many promises about speaking there one day soon...
- Oliver
First I would buy an engagement ring for my lady and take her out on a romantic evening and propose her. And of course 300$ would go for a Wii.
- Andy Gongea
Hi I have never won anything so i dont think i will win,but hope never dies so here i am..
- Dimi
Well I guess I'm another aussie hopeful for a random win. (@carljoseph)
- Carl Joseph
My boyfriend got made redundant a while ago so I'd use the money to take him on holiday to get away from it all for a bit and help him refocus.
- Katie
thats cool to hear...thanks for the competition.i will love to buy macbook...
- Mohammed Moyeen
I'd use the money start my own website, free is good, but paid produces profit. My strong-points are creativity and commitment. I have nine years till retirement and I want to use them well.
- Wallace
Hmmm... Give it to charity is the easy answer.. But I would find and elderly person who needs home renovations etc but cant afford it.. and then get someone down on their luck to do it and pay them.. Double the satisfaction and impact
- Christopher Blake
Comment for one of the $1750 prizes. I will offer to donate the money to bail out some more fat cats living high on the hog, and give them a bonus to boot.
- TJ Polczyn
Don't get pinched - wear green today! :)
- Ricci Neer
If I won, I'd donate it to Comic Relief (http://www.comicrelief.com/). Cheers!
- Graeme Coleman
I am saving money to go out of my usual work to start a startup, so it will be helpful for me in my saving and allow me to come out of my daily job soon.
- Mohammed Moyeen
If I win I will twitter my followers and people in Seth Godin's tribe to find the most excting youth oriented project I can, then come back to you, Robert Scoble, and see how we can involve your followers in offering knowledge or connections to make the whole thing take off, good on you.
- Sarah Farrugia
I would put the money to good use and kick start the economy with it... should work...
- Alex Peshevski
wow! this is by far the longest thread i've ever seen! :)
- David Clifford
I'll use the money as a super lucky contribution to http://www.TweetLuck.org, an initiative of my startup nonprofit, http://www.EpicChange.org. Tweetluck is raising funds to build a technology lab and boarding facility/orphanage for a school with which we're partnered in Arusha, Tanzania. The locally-run school recently performed #1 out of 117 schools in their district on national exams, and I can only imagine what's possible if we get the children at the school web access ;)
- Stacey Monk
This is one way to get me to use friendfeed... I'd use the money to enter a poker tournament in vegas this week at MIX. (at least I'm being honest)
- Jason
Wedding Ring deposit, new mac, or broker's fee to get the hell out of this apartment. Probably one of those three. I'm a huge fan of Kari Holtz's answer of bourbon & porn, but my early thirties have got the better of me and must try for something vaguely more responsible.
- Travis
Hey, why about trying, great idea ! For the second part of the contest, i'd prefer to let more chances to people who really know how to make something really usefull and interesting with it ;) !
- Christophe Michau
I hope to be one of the lucky few. Happy St. Patricks Day!
- ian ross
I wish I could come up with something clever or generous but other needs are too pressing. I don't even want to think about it really. Health insurance, upgrade to CS4 (priorities, right?), art supplies, new shoes, vet visit for the cats, whatever else I could squeeze out of it. But I would put some portion toward charitable use, or else use it to create something that I could give, because generosity deserves to be honored in kind.
- Rebecca
I'll buy some of the gadgets Scoble is talking about...
- Alexander Benker
In Malaysia, I'll give the money to the women's aid organization to fight discrimination, women are first to go in a layoff.
- Carolyn Chan
#1 - love those comments who will equal a charity donation or repeat this experiment. Love the umbrella comment and the humor we geeks have (I am not in that camp). And am delighted to see all the marketing occurring.
- Gee
Great idea. I'd probably put the money towards a good camera for a live video project I'm working on.
- Alan Chamberlain
If I was lucky enough to win I would use the money to attend http://www.web09.org/. It would cover the cost of the airfare, accommodation, and registration fee. I would then be able to Tweet and blog about it so those who read me would get some benefit from me being there. Anything learned would be put to good use in the open source projects I contribute to. Unlike some of the others here, I can't be altruistic about this - I want to go to the conference and can't afford it! Charity begins at home after all
- Elpie
It will probably help me to keep one of my employee, until we bounce back in our feet
- Boubacar Balde
from twhirl
I'm definitely in and I'd use the $1750 to buy my first macbook.
- Robbin
I would use it as nice start for my first house loan ;-) A man has got to start somewhere doesn't he ;-)
- Pieter-Jan Adriaensens
What I would use the money for? Well, I have been eyeing up some netbooks and need to replace my aging television. So, this would pretty much go there in my lone attempt at reviving our moribund economy/ I'm doing my part to help us out of these troubled economic times!
- Jason J. Thomas
Here is my initial entry comment.
- Hal
I'd learn how to code in Cocoa, and create a salsa dance iPhone app :)
- Tom Tubbs
Clever idea. If I win, I would put half the money in the bank, as my husband is currently unemployed; and would give half the money to my friend and her family, as her son & daughter-in-law were in a serious car accident in Oct. 2008 and my friend quit her job to help take care of her premature born grandson, 2 yr old grandson, so her own son can then take care of his now brain-injured wife. http://jennifersmiracle.blogspot.com/
- Traci Knoppe
Half to a couple of back bills, the other half here: http://bit.ly/6XTBn
- Hal
My first comment didn't show up! REPLAY: With the $1750 I will expand my business working with energy and transformation in the area of money & prosperity (Money Reiki Healing) attuning people to their Source resulting in personal and planetary shifts around money and abundance. I will also donate a portion of the winnings to a few favorite charities (including Water is Life and Charity:Water).
- Amy Flynn
Wow, Just needed that money to buy me a trip to the states at last! I'm from Paris and I just keep reading your feeds on twitter, ff etc...
- anciaux
Should I win, any money would be invested in upgrading some piece of computer equipment, or a software purchase... and a celebratory dinner with my wife, of course.
- Chris Grayson
Heads up, Twitter! I would put the money into real competition to Twitter.
- David Baum
To quote Han Solo - "Got some old debts I gotta pay off with this stuff"
- Cliff Forster
#2 - would use either amount to send a girl to computer camp, a program of the Montgomery County (MD) Commission for Women. This program is in its 10+ year and has a proven and remarkable outcome: inspiring junior high school girls to higher education. The program takes girls from lower expectation neighborhoods and sends them to the community college. Being on a college campus opens new visions for these girls.
- Gee
I need yet another bicycle. Choose me! I promise not to give it to AIG for bonuses!
- mrbrown
I'd put the cash toward a new unibody Macbook - I broke the screen on my Macbook Pro and it's difficult to use now because I have to us my iPhone as my screen (Jaadu VNC). I'll take care of my new Macbook, Robert, I promise. Please pick me? Please!
- David Mozingo
I got married on last saturday, 14th ( http://trauung.steudtner.info sorry only German ) and I got a whole bunch of photos and videos. I would take the money and buy a new iMac to organize them and my videos too. Pictures will be published on that website.
- Mayads
My cat has been very sick since late last Thurs. He's was jaundice, probably some level of renal failure - all likely diabetes. Been having to force feed him with a syringe because he wasn't eating on his own. I'd like to be able to use this money to offset the vet costs towards all this - doctor would like to run more tests but I can't afford it. This money would help with this.
- Todd Perlmutter
I'll stimulate my economy.
- Chris Dickerson
I will buy you a Twitter shirt. :P http://tr.im/twittershirt
- Valentino Valdez
Howdy Scoble. I graduate University in July with an IT degree and am planning a Trip to South East Asia (Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam) in September for a bit of fun and adventure. The money would greatly improve my trip. I'll blog the whole thing personally for you (I'll go to anywhere you suggest) and do my best to send you at least one ridiculous photo a day along with a video diary and a few interviews of people I meet along the way.
- Michael Gross
Hoping for random. Clearly there are people who really need this. Don't know if you are trying to stress test ff or make us thankful for what we have, but both reasons are valuable. Not to mention the buzz for both companies and personal brand. Well begun.
- Jack Frizzell
My kids, who've lost their mother, really need something positive. So I would use the money to redecorate their two rooms as a surprise.
- Jorg Jansen
Thanks Robert. A great idea! I could really use the money to finance my startup "Big Red Zebra", the world's first truly useful Location-Based Service for Everybody (not just people with Smartphones, iPhones, Blackberrys). Check it out at http://www.bigredzebra.com
- David
Ok, I bite.
- ElbertF
If I won the $1750 - I would put $1600 towards a kick-ass web project I have been working on (code-named Daily Bird Feeder). Then, $100 would go to dinner with the wife to make up for the late nights I've spent working on the project. $30 would go to an action figure I have been dying to get. And $20 would then go to flowers for my wife, to make up for buying the action figure.
- Michael Withrow
Buy the aging parents laptops, webcams and lessons so they can follow their grandchildren on twitter and facebook
- Suzanne treloar
I will spend it all on me - on daft 'there is no way I would buy this under any other circumstances' things.
- Alison
I would follow your example: I'd run a contest and ask my followers to choose how I would spend it.
- Gail
Show me that money!
- Alison
How about this.... My wife http://twitter.com/erincos... and I are expecting TWIN SONS in August. ANY contributions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!
- Jeremy Osborne
congratulation jeremy.
- abdellah
That $$ would buy me a lifetime subscription to Fast Company!!!!
- CJ
My dinosaur-like mind is inexorably on its way to extinction. It's been ages since I bought a new book. And reading online just doesn't satisfy that ancient craving. So if I win I'd use it to buy Kindle2 e-reader. The ultimate revenge of a deprived bibliophile. :) A little memento of my fabulous good luck, courtesy of you sir. The rest I will donate to a Philippine charity of my choice. Good luck to us all, if that were possible. :)
- jan geronimo
Would like to take my wife to NY for our 15th Wedding Annv.
- Timothy Love
Count me in. Can't work out if I should sound worthy or greedy, so shall be neither.
- David Eedle
I'd use the money to start a software company for mobile devices with heavy lifting done in the cloud.
- Jim Bergman
You got me Subscribe :). I will apply for a distance education in Actuarial Science at Leicester University.
- Bruck Sewnet
I will not use this money for unmerited bonus pay
- Craig
If I won the money, I'd pay for my GMAT & Grad School applications with it. That way, I'll hopefully be able to do the same kinds of contests soon. I'd also adopt two cats for my parents farm and pay for their cat food - you can't have a farm without cats! Lastly, I'd increase my number of Kiva loans.
- Edwina
what is interesting in this thread, is the fact that there is more and more reason and ways to spend that money, now let please see for what "you can't spend this money".
- abdellah
I'm just getting a project going that could be really helped at this early stage with some "free cash" to help complete the prototype. The idea is for an engine that aggregates content from originators and then filters and distributes it according to preferences to the consumer through a variety of touch points. Very focussed on one specific interest area.
- Alex Guest
I'll place my bet for the $1750, although my chances are thin. Lots of things to do, get Dad treated, pay my bills et al.
- Rajtilak Bhattacharjee
would like to get one of these for each kid http://bit.ly/pnbkv
- meg colombo
I'll buy something amazing and the one who finds out what it is will receive it. Just a way to see if it is possible to get more comments than you do :o)
- Zack Brandit
I will gift the money to my husband's business,( http://www.funketabla.com/ ) so that he can focus a little more on music and thus spend more time happy and not in a programming job that bores him. It's not much, but it'll pay for the upcoming Das Dhoom album.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
Hate to admit it in public, but I owe parents, friends, and credit cards money borrowed while searching for another job. This would give me some breathing room and let me get some stuff done that I've put off, like fix the brakes on my car.
- mark zero (Jason)
I will give the money to my 18 year old son. He's getting ready to enter college for the first time and needs it.
- Lisa Saul
$1,750 will feed me for a year! :-)
- Chinny
Mr. Scoble - Use of funds should I become one of your winners... ala Dave McClure and Y Combinator... I'd turn right around and invest it in equity positions in two local startups neither of which is mine. Should there be any kind of exit of either, I'd just keep plowing proceeds into local startups (we need early stage, non-debt seed capital in Oklahoma).
- Gerald Buckley
these funds would help at a very diffcult time for my family would be a very big blessing for us
- Diane Brixey
i would put the money in my future start-up. i really could use the money for. the main problem is that i have to wait for maybe 2 years, because of uni. so i could invest it at the beginning in something safe and could make more money for the start-up.
- Alexander
Pool Table
- Dale Fraser
Sadly, I would put this toward my taxes. My contribution toward the bailout I guess. A new tv or trip might be nice though since I'm not getting that Australia blogging job.
- Dave
I would put the money in our twin boys college fund, which will be in inflation-adjusted treasuries for the next year or two. (PS: This is the most effective way to gather the most comments on a single thread in the history of friendfeed)
- DGentry
OK, just give it to me already and quit all this fuss...
- Garrido
Hey Robert! You finally got me to sign up for FF. If awarded the money I would finally get that Gibson Les Paul I've always wanted and go back in the studio to create my opus.
- Kyle Shay
Split it into 495 $2 donations, for charities selected by fellow Friendfeed and Twitterers, with the remaining funds for a pizza while organizing the aforementioned discussion.
- Mike Chelen
Count me in. I would blow the money on Tacos. No burritos. No Tacos. Well Tacos or Burritos. Just imagine me eating over $1000 worth of tacos/burritos.
- Franklin Pettit
Fund small-scale Appropriate Technology projects in Africa where I live: http://mumena.blogspot.com/2009...
- Rick Love
I would put the money to good use--
- Dennis Shlaen
First! Oh wait, maybe not. :) Boring but I'd use the money to get my 60,000 mile service on my car before it falls apart. Anything left over would go to paying down CC balances. I know, I'm dull...
- Pete Smith
I need a new tv I'm a poor seminary student in new york with a family http://www.use.salvationarmy.org/use...
- kevin
count me in! How to use 1750$: buy four cheap pocket cameras (200$ each), announce a "movie making contest" on the blog, give four cameras to best four ideas, take the movies, post on youtube & blog, make users vote, give first prize 950$.
- Tudor Galos
Robert, Congrats on joining Rackspace & I'm eagerly awaiting Building 43!! I would use the prize money to fund my sisters education.
- Roshan Ramachandran
I'd go for a piece of electronic equipment. I haven't owned a computer since a nice visit from an unknown burglar a year and a half ago. Luckily my work provides me with a nice Macbook Pro 15" but that doesn't really help much during the weekends. So I'd go for a 13" MacBook and then of course a round of Hero Rats (http://www.herorat.org) for the change.
- René Clausen Nielsen
I would probably just blow it on bacon and slurpees.
- Wallace Wilson
Hi Robert. I would use the money like Tudor, but I would get two good pocket cameras, the Sony pocket 1080p ones, not the Zi6 or the Flip. To take better quality videos.
- Odi Kosmatos
Hi Robert, my intention isn't to partecipate to your contest but my comment is just to say that you are a genius. I appreciate this social experiment and on Sunday I have analyzed it in this post on my blog: http://tinyurl.com/c3rwxw. If I were to the place of the winner, I’d give this money to you because you really deserved it. The previous most commented thread on FF probably were Italian (http://tinyurl.com/8k64zg). Chapeau
- Roberto
I will use the $$ to provide new clothes for my girlfriend who is a struggling actress and hasn't been able to add to her wardrobe in 5 years. I want her to feel pretty!
- Christopher Fohlin
I would use the money to buy my wife a new camera lens. She's a photographer working for a community newspaper in Drippings Springs, Texas.
- Will Burdette
G R E E D ....
- Kai
I would use the money to jump start the economy as part of my stimulus-package plan
- Mitchell Schneider
Not sure, but I'll try to heed the advice my grandmother used to give me when I got a dollar "Don't spend it on crap."
- Steven Stark
There are things I want but nothing I need so I'd donate the money to Philabundance. http://www.philabundance.org/
- Bob Gannon
I will sponsor new web-service development at http://jumpidea.com
- Roman Zolotarev
i would use the money to help pay for school
- Shane Grant
I would use the money to get into photography. I have always wanted to but have never had the funding to do it. It would be great if I had the funding to get a decent body and a couple nice lenses.
- Sweyn Venderbush
I'm in as well. Will use the money to get into iphone apps development
- Arnaud Fischer
Woohoo! I'd buy either a home automation setup or a home server :D
- Robert DeBord
Yes! I could use some green on St. P's Day! Would get that D90.
- Kevin Crader
I will help @romanzolotarev.
- Ivan Kuznetsov
I'd be holding the same contest with half of the money and enforce the winners to do the same, until the whole amount is spent. And i'd spend the other half for my pleasure. It would go like "$875, $437.5, $218.75, $109.37, $54.68, $27.34, $13.67, $6.83, $3.4, $1.7, $0.85". A series of 11 contests is better than one.
- Ekim Nazım Kaya
Don't give us money, give us ideas !
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
If I came into any type of money this year it would go towards a trip to London to see my family and friends; and see my favourite band, Blur play live for the first time. Leftover cash to the Red Cross. My honest answer.
- Chrissie M
I would use it to help fund a startup website to help diabetics find proper products to help manage their health and lifestyle
- Erik Schmith
I would love to win. Would probably spend the money on one of two things: my 17 year anniversary is coming in early April, so a present for the wife is a necessity - thinking a nice hot springs overnight trip in Izu, south of Tokyo (where I live). Otherwise, I would also consider using the money to help bootstrap TechMiso.com, a new blog I co-founded and launched on Jan 1 with my good buddy Rich.
- Scott Jarkoff
I want to win soo soo bad... lol... I would use the money as a deposit on an apartment so I can move out of the country and actually have High Speed Internet (cant even use a cellular card cause im so far in the country) Ive always wanted to start a blog and website but cant since Dial-up is sooo sooo slow... This would be the Happiest Day of my Life!!! :)
- James Boyd
While thinking trough this all day since I've read about it, I think that I should spent it for 50/50 on my own project and on the stuff that you just don't get to while being a son of divorced parents. My computer upgrade is more than welcome, switch to Mac OS X would be greatly appreciated. Great action Robert, thanks for this opportunity from Holland!
- Coen Jacobs
If this comment picked randomly, then goodbye to MacBook Pro...(paradoxal comment including 2 answers in one way.)
- Olcayto Cengiz
Growing up, my parents would always tell me that considering the amount of time I spend on the web, I should be making money out it. But I desire that the content I put out there be free. Over the years I've spent a lot on pursuing this passion but never earned a buck out of it. Now would be a great opportunity to finally do so. I may not be the most deserving or the most in need out of everyone here but if I did win I'd do something nice for my parents and tell them it was courtesy of the Internet.
- Michael Josh Villanueva
I would use the money to donate back to all of the open source projects that I have been using for the past 5 years. Many of the products that are produced are outstanding and need to be supported.
- Anthony Schelling
I'll take Scoble to block. Actually; I would use the money to complete my dedciated streaming studio. While I have the mics & cams set, I'm still working on the furniture, and the servers for the encoding. Then I could be a guest on your show and show it off.
- Keith Barrett
Will take a trip and visit you at your new project :)
- Liviu Lica
I'll use the cash to attend sxsw next year, following the twitter feeds this year has proved its worth to me. I'll get you a beer in too, unless that seems coercive.
- Simon Kirrane
I would use the Money to help my daughter who is 13, to Travel Europe this Summer as she has been selected to be a Student Ambassador Representing the US and The State of Kansas. A Life changing experience, for our young people to learn and experience other cultures. People to People select 40 top Students from each state to represent the US. This experience is to teach our young people...
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- Joyce
Count me IN for that - thanks dude! :-D
- Lee Kitchen
Hey new friend I sure could use that money to repair some of the debt my bipolar wife has put our family in. Ever have any questions about what goes on in a max security prison, let me know.
- Tom Lord
Both me and my SO need computer upgrades at home to better work from home but that's not very much money. Just don't have it. The rest would go towards savings or to fix the collapsed porch out back.
- Paul Wade
Nice discussion thread. Any extra cash would go to my newly-widowed uncle, who found himself with a mountain of vet bills to pay after his dog, and only remaining companion, spent a week in ICU in an O2 tent.
- Hooeyspewer
Hey Robert - I would use the money to pay some bills and refit the computer my kids use. Thanks for making the world interesting!
- Tim Ake
It's a real and nice chance to win a pretty good amount of money, which can help me in making my dreams about lighting equipment for home studio to became true! :)
- PWR
I would pay off my burning man debt.
- Andrew Stein
This looks like its a record breaking thread.
- Roberto Bonini
Count me in!
- Alvin
i am an unemployed chef (since september) who blogs. in the interest of growing my blog, i would use $600 to buy a nikon d40 + tripod; $600 for a grocery gift card for ingredients; the remaining $550 would be split amongst a few uses: buying and setting up my domain name, blog features (restaurant and/or market reviews, culinary events, etc.), and html classes. whatever i lose in taxes will be taken out of this last portion ~ the first two are the most necessary right now.
- Kayce Maisel
I would use the money as part of a down payment on a new car. I commute 100 miles a day and my car is dying at a most unfortunate time. Well, that's what I SHOULD do. I would probably buy some gadget like a Kindle and some books because my geek gene gets the better of me most days.
- Amy Anuszewski
I would like to use it to buy a Mac Mini but I first have to deal with Wife Tax so I might be able to get a snickers bar. Love you honey!
- Wesley Snider
I would buy a slice of taxes that I owe Barack Obama.
- Chris Wallace
I'm in!
- James Ferguson
I would use the money to finally launch my puppet sitcom. My seven month-old daughter already loves the live version, and it would be great to have the video version for anytime viewing. Plus I think lots of other people would love the show as well. It's like the Muppet Show but more "Seinfeld" and less "Lawrence Welk". But there will still indeed be musical numbers.
- Mike Janicke
Can't really resist that can I now? I'll put it all towards the new startup incubator that I'm setting up. www.greenhouselimerick.com
- Evert
I would give the money to my wife. She is trying to get custody of her son back. Thanks for the chance Robert!
- Brian
I would use this to upgrade my camera.
- Evan Travers
Oops almost forgot to leave a comment for the random drawing. :)
- James Boyd
I would use the money to take my wife on a nice vacation for our anniversary.
- Jonathan Gardner
I`ll take some of that money :)
- Steven Shvartsman
What would you like me to do with the money?
- Simon Hicks
An Irish Toast on my favorite Holiday that is St. Paddy's Day: "Here's to the ones we love we love. Here's to the ones that love us love us. For all those that don't love us, F@%$ them and here's to us." I'd use the money to spend on friends & strangers drinking and eating on a random day enjoying the moment and making memories you'd never forget.
- Lyn Graft
What a great idea Scoble! So sad I missed sxsw this year! I would use half the money to go towards a new lift for my step mother who has MS and I would use the other half to purchase a small fishing boat to go fishing with my boy who's birthday is this weekend.
- Bryan
Robert, dude! You are awesome. Would use money to help find a teaching job!
- Patty Pinkley
If you pick me I will put the money towards the trip to China I'm taking in July.
- Kris
Better idea of what to do with the money - promote LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project http://www.ltsp.org. Continue to bring low cost desktop solutions to the masses.
- Erick Tyack
Robert, congrats on the new job. Look forward to seeing the new ways you are going to invigorate rackspace and the community. There are some great comments here already. This is a great thing you are doing, take care
- Michael Bazzoni
Action Figures. I would use the money to buy lots and lots of action figures. And maybe a dwarf horse.
- Aaron Linne
I would put that money towards buying a couple of iPod Touches and a Mac for three friend of mine. We've just finished a short, free game that took us two years to finish on evenings and some weekends, and are talking about trying to make a game for Apples platform in our spare time since we work so well together as a team.
- Jonas Eriksson
This will kill FriendFeed. DO they have a FailWhale...? ;)
- Frank Koehntopp
Pay 4 months rent. And, I swear I'm not trying to sound pious, but I'd donate to Food for Lane County, an awesome local organization that gives away food.
- tracy
I'd do some traveling, getting to know new things is always great...
- Fabian
$1750? I'll buy Facebook and sell to Twitter.
- Bob Withers
I'd use the cash to pay back my employer all the time I spend reading Scoble's comments on FriendFeed. ha.
- Jon Mason
Jumping into your hat. Randomly pick me.
- Ben
I'll finally buy that wide angle lens that I've been hankering after for my Olympus E-400...
- Peter Holloway
Hmm... $1750, eh? I'd buy a few of those unlocked Android phones to create custom firmware that does end-to-end encryption of calls... I've been wanting to do that for a while for fun.
- Matt
I will use the money to help me get to OSCON.
- Mike Canzoneri
I will buy an iMac for my local school who only have PCs ... boo. www.woolastonschool.com. They currently do basic animation with PCs but I would like to get some of the older kids using iStopMotion, FCP and possibly Motion also. Would be an honour to spend ALL the money on this.
- Nick Pearce
Was laid off a month ago from my job at one of the big 4 record companies. In this down economy, seems like a good time to start a new business. I'd use the cash to help get my new business started.
- SJ
Ha! Joined friendfeed just to win this!
- Solomon King
I'll buy a new computer for my wife... now that she's a blogger and podcaster, I can't do anything on my computer anymore! Then I'll get a decent shared network storage device that makes a lot of sense for my expanding network.
- Chuck Stanley
A chunk to charity and a chunk to fund some development on some crazy web thing I am cooking
- Nigel James
$1,750 would go a long way in Africa! That's like 8 months salary for my small team!
- Solomon King
I believe I would take a vacation to the Keys.
- Ryan Dadey
Or wait, I could get two decent laptops for my developer and tech support guy!
- Solomon King
I'll do my part in stimulating the housing market! I'm buying a house in a couple of months, and savings for the down payment. An extra grand or so would allow me to stop doing some work for other people, and focus on doing work for myself in the way of publishing my ideas, and creating web-apps that would be useful. Reading your blog posts has really got my excited to share my thoughts and ideas with the web.
- Jim Rubenstein
I'm wondering if this is a test to see if FF can handle a few thousand comments in a short amount of time. May the winners enjoy what they get.
- Matt Silva
I would continue my educational pursuit of an IT degree. Plus buy a few Xbox 360 games! Awesome way to use FF Robert! ;-)
- Carlton Hackett
I'd buy the iPhone tablet that's being announced today. Good gosh, I hope it comes out today!
- Robert Hinojosa
I'm looking for a new camera. I've been trying to take pictures of my son's Scout troop and swim team with an old Canon G3, and it's a real struggle to get any decent pics. I'd love to pick up a 40D and a lens or two.
- D. Lambert
I would send my parents on a vacation and I would buy my wife a NEW HD Tivo
- Andrew Yeager-Buckley
Debt reduction?
- Lenny Post
I run a small business with two brands http://www.GeekLoot.com and http://www.PodGizmo.com, I will use the money to advertise on blogs and facebook.
- Mike Down
Pretty cool news. I love this kind of capitalist competition. I've been reading your blog for about a year and I'm glad you're using it more now. I'm a college student, I think I would use the money I win to start a site which rewrites the Constitution and basically the entire American governmental system in a wiki, user-edited style. I've got a url that isn't taken picked out, and I just need some money to startup and learn html all the rest of that stuff.
- Brian Wilson
Hello Robert, I will use the money to help create a web startup which will allow you (and other people of course) to use their fame and reputation to help promote other people who have talents, skills, experience, and a willingness to work, but who are not necessarily able to reach a wide enough audience on their own. The focus is to allow people who network with entrepreneurs to refer...
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- Ivan Lukianchuk
This is damn awesome, Robert! What would I do with some nice cash? I'd probably buy myself some new-to-me Canon camera gear, a lens or two (depending on price), and maybe some Alien Bees lights. Probably soup up my PC a bit more too. Either that, or just buy a MacBook Pro instead. At least that way I'd be able to edit photos and audio worth a damn haha.. :D I just REALLY need some extra money to be able to enable me to start doing what I love doing more, and a day-job less. :)
- Lou
I'll use it to obtain my CISSP cert. There has to be a better way to reduce/eliminate these zombie bot-nets that are used for very bad activities!
- Craig Macfarlane
Hello Robert, I would use to money to keep developing and expanding affordable wildlife photo workshops to some of the most amazing destinations in the US. You can see my last Yellowstone Winter Photo Workshop info here: http://wildnaturetours.com This workshop was very successful and managed to fit in both natural history of one of the most amazing places on earth with some spectacular photography (and video). I am in the processing of editing some of the content that will then be made available. Thanks.
- Juan Pons
I would use the cash to buy some of the new netbooks with touchscreen to get some seniors online: grand parents deserve to enjoy the real-time web goodness too!
- Mathieu Ayel
So with Scoble's latest post http://friendfeed.com/e... this thread is now closed. LAST!
- sofarsoShawn
50D + Decent Lens, and a six-pack.
- Than R
Donate it to charity
- Allwin Agnel
I would use the prize money to stimulate the economy by purchasing a new MacBook Pro! :)
- Matt O'Keefe
you are hardly last :P I'd use the money to put more down on a down payment for my first home :D
- Jonathan
I'd help fund my husband's work on his first graphic novel and send his butt to Comic Con to pitch it to publishers :) The most empowering thing is to help other people reach their goals, and I like that this contest is all about that, so I'd pass that gift along.
- Tiffany Monhollon
NIKON D90 for my wife... PS3 for me... the rest toward the house...
- Jason Womick
Here's my entry. Thanks for the contest, Robert!
- Paul Maez
hey Robert, great competition! I'd use the money to fund my startup creating mobile apps that offer powerful messaging possibilities, including gmail-style threaded messages for all kinds of networks.
- Dirk
I'll use the money to pay for my certification in Cisco's Unified Computing System
- Andrew Mitry
Good luck with the new direction, Scoble.
- Mike Smith
I'd use the money to further my tech addiction. Too many gadgets, too little money...that's where you come in!
- Paul Maez
I'd take my daughters to see their grandparents in Florida, upgrade to a (used) Intel Macbook, sign up for PHP training, and renew my NPR membership, Cheers, and thanks!
- Jim Akin
I'm not going to even pretend that I would use it for charitable causes. A new MacBookPro and a 30 inch display. I'd then use it to start my development projects.
- bjmac
Hey there, Robert. I'd use the money to finance my teeny-tiny iPhone game development company (basically a programmer and myself doing art and everything else). Cheers!
- karchesky
I'd use the money to start my "LIFE IMPROVED" fund: personal use, philanthropy, and anywhere in between. The only stipulation is that it improves someone's quality of life.
- Tamikka
I'd use the money to pay for the trip to meet you and get to spend a day in the life of Robert Scoble.
- Jean-François D. Gauthier
Hey there Robert! I would use the money to either pay for my coming semester of college so I could actually finish....or I would upgrade some tech in my life (for example, acquire an HD video camera and various other tech for studio and/or podcast recording)
- Gerardo R. Monreal Jr.
Oh man...new netbook, finally getting a smartphone, and renewing hosting on new blogs... Anything left after that will be split between my son's saving account (investing in the future) and probably the Dog's Trust charity.
- Badger Gravling
How would I use the money? I need to purchase one of the new 24" iMacs to further my Design & Photography careers.
- Herne
I will use the money to invest in myself and my future career. By that I mean make my side business of portrait photography into something more real and tangible rather than just a haphazard event.
- Ryan
I would most likely spend the winnings on gifts for my daughters, a little something for my wife and (of course) a tech toy for myself. There's nothing more enjoyable than spending "found money". Cheers!
- Kevin
Interesting idea, thanks!
- Loïc Dumont
I will donate half to the local computers for kids program that helps underprivileged kids with access to to computers, education and the internet. It is a great program where soon I will be teaching parents about social networking so they can communicate with there kids in the same language. The other half, I'm helping pay for my wedding.
- Chris Rippe
I could use to win the money to pay for my laser eye surgery so I can get the job I want in policing.
- Jason
Hoping the luck of the Irish pulls through for me today
- andi argast
I would use the money for my ceramics art studio. Part of the money would go to setting up a live 24/7 multi-camera stream where people can watch and learn.
- Greg Ashbaugh
You rule!
- Happy
top o' the mornin' to ya - (from boston>austin!)
- clewellyn
We're having our third child in July, so I'd use the money to re-do our upstairs. The office will be a casualty.
- Tim Trentham
Robert, I just returned from a Alexandria Rotary (alexrotary.com) Board meeting. I am hoping to go on a trip to Tanzania to work on a school called Peace House (http://www.peacehousefoundation.org). Funding is the hold up for me as part will come from the Rotarian and part from our club. If I win, I am definitely going as the amount that I will likely be responsible for is $1,500-1,700.
- Craig Mische
We are hosting an event to celebrate the International Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21 which is Da Vinci's b-day). It is the first event within a telco culture. I'd use the money to buy some creative tech prizes for the day like CS4, an entry level Wacom product, a mind mapping subscription, SXSW 10 pass, etc.
- Krystal
I would use the money to put a dent in the mountain of cc debt I have from a couple of failed ideas that I've poured money into.
- Joel
($1,750) - Open a phonebook, randomly pick a name, follow that person 7 degrees out. Each degree of separation tell that persons story through audio interviews, video, writing, and online media. We need to remember life is interconnected and everyone has a story.
- Tim Shisler
Hi Robert. I'd use the money to help fund construction of a computer that will reveal the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything. It's a small start, but then everything's small in the light of 10 million years...
- Andreas Strothmann
Everything old is new again---make it green on St Paddy's Day!
- Carolyn Baehr
I would probably buy the most expensive meal I ever had.(6000 Chicken Fajitas)
- JC Lima
Thanks for spreading the wealth out Robert! As for me, should I win the money, I would first take my wife out to dinner (priorities!), and put what's left toward software to help me in my fledgling freelancing work.
- Sam Hetrick
Hmm... A shot at $1,000 just for commenting?
- HackingNeflix
First Comment: Awesome idea, great way to draw attention to a great conversation
- Jason DeBoer-Moran
Second Comment: I would use part of the money to get my SxSW travel fund off the ground for next year. The other part I would put towards paying off my travel to ETech this year.
- Jason DeBoer-Moran
If I win, either way, I'll make a donation to kiva.org, and use the rest to invest in my business.
- Phil Ripperger
Well, I fell in love this year and I'm saving money for an engagement ring. So I'll be using it for that!
- Ben Pettit
My wife and daughter live in Ohio, and I took a career job in Virginia. It being difficult to sell a house in Ohio, I would put any and all moneys toward that goal.
- Shawn Lockard
Sounds good to me
- Austin Garrod
if i win the prize, I will spend my money to build a new and free web 2.0 web project (i will anounce it here)
- Abdullah Özgün
and with the money, i would probably invest in getting a new computer for me and the family, the one i'm using now is 7 years old and i could barely start it up to write this
- Austin Garrod
Very interesting to read some of the comments and start the conversation. I would use it to help offset expenses for bringing an 11yr old girl from Egypt to the Philadelphia Shriners for surgery. She suffers from arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (amc--multiple joint contractures and fixed limbs). For dolagy her knees are folded up around her shoulders with arms locked straight at her...
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- margaret chaidez
Lost my job last year after 3 yrs and checked my 401K yesterday and had a whole $77 in the account. Will use the cash for the mortgage and training. Thank you!
- David L. Crooks
I'll be using the money to fly to the bay area to see if it's worth it to quit my job and follow my dream.
- Mike
I will be using the money to travel around and report about it in a daily videoblog.
- Jens Christian Freund
I would use the $$ to kick my fledgling start-up into gear. Even without your money would love to talk to you about it.
- Philip
Marketing at its finest! Excellent idea Robert.
- Simply Boulder
Roll the cash, baby!
- Wisdom Works Group
I'd give every cent to my mom, who is struggling with her mortgage, so she wouldn't get behind.
- Andrew Green
Free internet access for a year!
- ReeltimeDVD
Hey, you are always creative...
- Ömer Faruk Kurt
Really not sure what I'd use it for. Probably bills, but most likely I'd see something shiny, realize I have $$$ in my wallet and just spend it :)
- Hal Thompson
I'll use the money to fund my random venture over the summer.
- Hung
I'll use the money to buy a DSLR and attempt to learn how to be a photographer
- Ryan
I have no idea what I would do with the money, but it would likely end up in a project for my kids school....
- Samuel DeVore
I will take 750$ and use it for my project and I will give 1000$ part back to you for another contest. Maybe I can win it again... :)
- Ömer Faruk Kurt
Student loans, here I come :)
- Sigoya
Pay for my trip to Japan, as well as entry into a Ironman race!
- Chris Lewis
Does FF pay you to get them users?
- Thomas Amberg
If I could be chosen to receive the $1750, I'd give it all to Kiva.org to support women entrepreneurs who need technology to build their businesses. the condition is that you join me for drinks/dinner at Presidio Social Club.
- Lydia Sugarman
I would use it towards the downpayment for a new house J
- Eber Irigoyen
I will use the $1000 to create a quick prototype of a friendfeed like social network (of course better, but can't tell you the secret yet) and put aside $750 to hosting at mosso for the next 7.5 months.
- Jeffrey Yan
yes please
- Christopher Bell
No whammies! No whammies. STOP!
- Michael Pearson
I'd use the money to make my commute much greener - either for a good bike or an electric scooter. Additionally, I would purchase through a nearby vendor so the buy is also helpful for our local economy.
- Paul Marino
Hurrah for free money. If i won the money i would take my wife to paris disney as were both disney nuts and are feeling very broke and in need of a holiday. Anything i had left woudl go towards my macbook fund
- Jamie Vidamour
My wife is going back to school to become a physical therapist and I'm trying to update my resume/portfolio in case I need to look for a new job in web marketing, and we need new computers to replace the 6 y.o. desktop and 3y.o. laptop that gets daily BSoDs.
- Benjamin Lipsman
Half goes to Heifer International and half goes towards paying down personal loans. :)
- Rylan
with that money we would hire 4 programmers for 1 month in eastern europe to develop a product that would change the world of e-commerce ;)
- Alensa
I would use the money to pay one of my brother's bills. The tech sector in MN is not in good shape.
- Matthew McCowan
I wouldn't mind the money, I would put it in my pool of cash that I'm growing for a startup. Thanks for giving the chance!
- Tim Broder
I'll use half the money to help me and my family pay some bills and get a small breather from the recession. I'll donate the other half to the jQuery project to help foster more development of their projects like jQuery UI and to help with their infrastructure costs.
- Ralph Whitbeck
I would like to pay some pending bills, also I would like to share the money with a cultural association here in Costa Rica
- Víctor
I would use the money to makeup for market losses on March 16th
- srinivasufeed
I would use the money to hire a designer to design a good looking website for a Jewellery store site that I'm working for my wife. She's currently using blogspot along with google checkout(http://lajouels.blogspot.com/) and has being asking for a website for ages.
- Praveen
I will fund my childrens picture book startup (http://www.memetales.com) and have 1. one of my cool illustrators create a super cool illustration of you or 2. have one of my writers include you as a character in one of my picture books. 2 cool offers - personalized just for YOU!! Imagine that !! You pick 1 or 2. (picking both would probably cost me as much as the prize money ;))
- Maya
With either of the prizes I would put a tiny bit away, and use the rest to buy some film equipment/time to finish my series about artists in the DC area called "The Form Appears". I'm guessing I should write something here about give the money to a non-profit doing amazing work for the planet, but honestly, it would just be used for my own artistic needs.
- Emmett
I'd create the Scoble Blogger Scholarship. I'm just getting established as a pro blogger. I would use the money to invest in my business to take me to the next step. I would pledge to double the money this time next year and make it available to another blogger in a similar position, with the proviso that they would also continue to pay it forward.
- Mike Cliffe Jones
probably would use it to knock of a bit of a 30k hospital bill. Or decorate my 5 yo daughters room. Nah .. definitely the room, if we can get the house lol
- vanweerd
I'd get my 15 seconds of internet fame, and laugh at my fortune. I would not forget the little people.
- Viajero
If I win, I'm going to donate the money to SproutPoint, a local non-profit org that helps business people refine their business plans, and seeds them with investment capital. The only way out of this recession is if we rebuild the economy with hard-working entrepreneurs.
- Rob Stevens
I'd use it for a new MacBook, which of course I would use to spend lots of time following @scobleizer on twitter, friendfeed, and anything else
- Chris Brakebill
though I should note I'm not as obsessive and creepers of a follower as that made me sound. just love the good content @scobleizer puts out
- Chris Brakebill
Thomas: I am not paid by, nor compensated by friendfeed in any way. I push friendfeed because it's the best service out there. Period.
- Robert Scoble
Tough times the last few months have forced us to cut contributions to our child's 529 college fund to a bare minimum. I'd use this to catch-up for her sake.
- Bill Day
This must be the all time record for comments! Great idea.
- Victor Ryden
i'm in for the $1k. i haven't read all the comments, but my two cents says give one of the other amounts to margaret!
- Scott Sorheim
would use the $$ for much-needed computer upgrade
- b Anthony
In case you're not following me yet on FF, find me here.
- Scott Mace
Robert, agree with FF being the best service out there. Thanks for promoting it and thus getting more people involved and more great content shared and commented on. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
great. I will buy lots of books on Amazon :)
- Maria Podolyak
I will pick today's winner with http://www.random.org live on http://www.ustream.tv/studio at 4 p.m. Austin Time (2 p.m. Central).
- Robert Scoble
A new fire hoop I would buy.
- Donovan Watts
I would probably use the money on a family vacation (or at least an upgrade to a family vacation).
- Andrew Gorohoff
Great contest. I'm in.
- Patrick Jordan
Wondering if this has broken a record for most comments on FF. /random comment
- Rachel Walden
Friend feed should have a back to "topic", if the comments are huge like for this thread. :)
- Swaroop
Will the winner need to contact you right away? Because I won't be able to watch at that time or anything.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
@Rachel It hasn't. There's at least one thread with more comments. http://friendfeed.com/search...
- Chris Lasher
If you choose me, I ask that Rackspace donate's the money directly to OLPC. Enable everyone!
- David Lynch
Chris: no. I'll post the winners on friendfeed and have them email me.
- Robert Scoble
If it's not too late, I'd love the extra funds; both sons need dental work and the employer's dental coverage is pretty slim.
- Jill O'Neill
If I win, I would use the money to go see my son and granddaughter.
- Sandra
Wow, Robert, this thread is incredible! I would use the money to pay for some improvements to my home and to pursue a nonprofit idea I'm trying to grow.
- asiriusgeek
Count me in! Well ,I'll order Kindle 2 and plan a vacation to Europe!
- Krishnamoorthy
If I win second prize, I will send money back to you! :)
- Vlad Rafeyev
With $1750, I'd repair the windshield on our 2000 Impala and then pay off the remaining debt on our "overdraft protection" credit card.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
This is great! I've been working on helping very small businesses (pizza shops, dry cleaners, bowling alleys, etc) use SM tools to promote with very little overhead. A lot of shops have gone out of business recently because they didn't know how to promote outside of the Yellow Pages. If I were to win, I'd use the money to help these businesses with some basic costs like reprinting a menu to mention their facebook fan page, some hosting for a blog or a webcam. I don't charge for my services.
- Dave Ferrick
Robert, the $1000 would be nice, but having you visit my site plexav.com to see a demonstration would be even better.
- Kenneth Stein
Lets see. I will use the money to move and integrate 12 different but related business entity websites that are in desperate need of integration. Then I will utilize FF and similar aggregation services to help gather the necessary expertise and tutorials to accomplish our optimization and social integration goals. After that I will provide you with a report on the process and results.
- Eric Logan
My wife and I are a statistic, but we break the trend. We were "friends with benefits" in college and she got pregnant. I married her. Not because she was pregnant but because I realized that's what I wanted all along. This June we will have been married 9 years and we have 4 amazing sons between us. For our anniversary this June I want to re-propose to her and tell her I want to renew our vows for our 10th anniversary the following year. I love her so much and it's time she has some proper wedding photos!
- George Clingerman
How I would use the money: I would have Robert donate the money to a charity, to be decided later. Or perhaps to low income student athletes in California who may have to 'pay to play' this year due to budget cuts.
- Rodfather
Hmm. I haven't got a sob story that would make anyone sob on my behalf. And yet I would like to take your money, Robert, so very badly. If I were to win, I would be tempted to use the money for a good cause but ultimately, after putting away money for taxes, I would end up spending the remainder on fripperies and possibly airfare someplace that is not here. I would have a very good time (but nothing illegal!) and might even send you a post card. Or in your case, a tweet. I could do both, I suppose.
- Carolyn Jewel
Hello Robert. If i win i'll use the money to hire a coder to create part of the platform for www.chartempire.com.
- Frangino Lucarini
I'll donate the money to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) food pantry in St. Louis, which has also become a facility that provides medical / vision care and training (in addition to feeding several thousand people each week) in the most hard-pressed neighborhoods in the metro area. We'll then use the money to improve the OLPH infrastructure (basic stuff - network switches, nics, etc.) that supports that medical / vision care, as well as the training. The labor is donated by local tech entrepreneurs.
- Bob Lozano
With $1750 from @scobleizer, I'd pay for a little freelance graphic work to get the redesign of http://wiredjournalists.com rolling.
- Ryan Sholin
Many people are saying they will donate to charity and this kind of stuff, but I will be honest. I will use about 150 to buy a new printer - I really need it for college, it is a pain to ask my neighbor to print stuff all the time. 450 will go to 6 months of my grandma's medicine fund, so I don't have to worry about it. The rest I will probably save to buy a Palm Pre when it comes out or something cool and amazing.
- Kiko Cherman
I would use the $$ to make a dent in the pile of debt that is looming over my head and making my life hell!! Not a very exciting use of the money... but getting out of this debt would make a BIG difference in my life!!
- Meredith
I would use the money to help fund the tools I need to take my startup to the next level.
- William Spaetzel
With $1750 I'd finally get a laptop that wasn't owned by an employer.
- Richard Byrne
To my new FriendFeed friend - always remember: "a friend in need is a friend in deed" but a "friend with money is the friend we need"
- Huw Pendry
There's only one thing that's been on my mind that the money could go towards: An Open Source Command Center which will be named "0pie: Reb0rn". The current 0pie isn't doing so well, with a 40lb monitor that flickers in a way that really seizes you, and RAM that was considered top of the line when Megabytes were the highest feasible unit of measure. However! 0pie: Reb0rn will surpass...
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- David Wynn
from fftogo
I'd buy something nice, like a vacation, for my mom.
- John Piekos
I have a feeling this just made me an accesory to a crime.
- Steve C
Nice! I would add the money to what I'm saving to buy a garage for my house.
- Orville Chomer
I would GIVE the money to my former admin who's husband is hospitalized awaiting a heart transplant.
- Bob Stewart
Hi Robert. Not one person above me said PLEASE I would like 2 win because........ can I remind everyone that manners cost nothing so may I be the first to say please count me in to your generous offer and Thanks
- garth
I would give my fiance the money so she could register for real estate training.
- Ryan
I would use the money to help buy monitors and computer to have a good setup to kickstart my graphic design freelancing career. I'm very poor and won't be able to afford it for YEARS.
- courto
A thousand bucks is plenty. How would I use it? First I'm going to get myself a Flip Mino HD that I read about on your blog. I'm running the Mexico City Marathon in August and that Flip looks the perfect way to record my effort! I'll even get it in custom colours to match the Marathon blog I'm doing! That takes care of $200. Another $300 will get me the Canon SX1 instead of the SX10 I'm about to buy. The rest will go to the charity I'm raising cash for by running the marathon.
- Gary
I'm from Costa Rica, I'm Sculpture from UCR, in case you think on me, I'll use that money to help me and my friends to get tools and work materials, maybe you can get some of our sculptures in spirit of fairness! :)
- Mauricio
Hope everyone here for the money sticks around for the people! I would love to win the money - I would buy my first Mac ever, the new Mini looks amazing! Pick up a Kindle and some books and pay for our family vacation before the new baby arrives! I will also renew the domain and actually write on my secret identity's parody site. DM Tygerdave on Twitter if you need to know the site before you decide :) Thanks for doing this and pluging friendfeed at the same time!
- David Knight
I would use the money to buy a new lens or two for my Canon
- Marcus McCurdy
It's very generous of you to do this giveaway Robert! I'd use it to help keep my wife's new law practice wiith some additional marketing. She just got set up in her little office but is still working on building the business. She does Immigration law. Her Twitter handle is @mainstlawyer.
- Jesse P. Luna
I would use it to pay for my Flight Instructor rating training.
- Louis Bourque
i am in! i would use the other money to promote a new online project that i am working on that deals with the graphic design. thanks.
- Ethan Bodnar
Hi, i'm Jose Daniel from Costa Rica, i work in web programming. I hope win the money to start a little personal projects. By the way, in this moment i have not job so would be nice the prize :)
- Jose Daniel
I would use the money to start a company in my spare time
- John Munro
I'd use it to help pay for my wife's medical school expenses - loans topping $250k...
- Dave
If I win the $1750 I will buy me a Nikon D300.
- Philipp Mertens
Want to create great conversation? Start giving stuff away! I would use the money to finally finish my iPhone development project by hiring some graphic designers to customize graphics for the program and then release it via a Scoble announcement!
- Matthew Strickland
If I win the money I would use it to continue my studies in Reiki healing and teaching, so I could assist in healing people in these tough times.
- Louise
Robert, if I win, I'll give half to the Charity Smackdown cause I'm supporting, Stand Up To Cancer (see: http://charitysmackdown.com/team_SU... ). The rest will help 'stimulate my local economy' - food from the green market, some purchases at local stores, probably pay the plumber to fix something that's been on the list for a while.
- Howard Greenstein
Hey Robert- Thanks for the offer and I gladly accept the possibility of winning! Normally I am a giver and have been all my life, but this time, due to my financial situation, I have to be a receiver. So I would share the money with myself. But that will help along the road to be able to give back again. It's all good! Thanks to you for being a giver!
- Candace Davenport
Congratulations. You made me log into FriendFeed this week.
- maczter
Sweet. Free money! I'll take me some.
- Jason Packham
With $1750 I'd use it to travel to California and try to get my startup in Y Combinator. Even if I don't, $1750 would be enough to fund my business in Mexico for 3 months!
- Mariano
I'd use the money to jumpstart my new pseudo teleportation company. Details on the concept can be found here: http://pushingthepulldoor.blogspot.com/
- Rick Popko
You could just be my destiny!
- Alejandra Luthmer
Robert, I'll use the $ to take a trip to SF to meet YOU! if you take me up on it I'll pay you for a few minutes of your advice :)
- Francois
Robert, thanks for sharing... I'll take the money and give it to the hard working developers (2) of our Startup www.kontexto.com They deserve a bonus and due to the economic times and our need to be frugal we haven't given anyone extra $. These guys deserve a little extra for all their hard work behind the scene - David http://friendfeed.com/dclarke
- David Clarke
If I win the money I will (1) give some to family members in need, (2) purchase a computer for myself (using a very, very old one), (3) save some for the future and (4) fund some acting career necessities, i.e. classes, etc. Thank you for this opportunity!!!
- Cynthia Fellowes
You are very generous to be doing this. Ignore the haters!!!
- Cynthia Fellowes
I'd buy an iphone to start doing dev work for cross platform (bb, symbian, etc) apps.
- Ben Vear
If i would win id buy as many good engineering books as i can find ( The art of electronics, the art of computer programming, blodgett), Buy some propper tools like a good soldering iron, power supply, occiloscope and a microcontroller programmer, get loads of components and start learning to make cool electronics stuff.
- Pim de Groot
i'd donate it to my dad's after school/summer program for inner city kids in toledo, kids unlimited. http://www.kidsunlimitedtoledo.org/
- john
I'll buy the arcadexl.com website on sale on sitepoint and then donate the adsense earnings to my Kiva account
- Dave Nixon
If I won, I would use it to be able to get some of the gear that I've been looking at and try to learn how to develop on it. I've been trying to piece together the parts to be able to build a smaller linux computer to do what the droboshare does (the drobo's not as interesting if you're technically minded). As a student, that gear's hard to come by.
- robbie nakamura
I would give up $1 greasy McChicken sandwiches and bump up to $2.50 Subway sandwiches--this might help me make better decisions--you know, more veggies for better brain power. :)
- exoticat
I would use the money to buy a new Macbook and a Flip Mino HD!
- Jon Victorino
When will it be Announced?
- TheHenry
Congrats & Thanks for getting me started with FF !!!
- sathya
Love it. I'd like to buy the world a coke>
- Ben
Good Stuff! I do like the XML API - definitely a universal interface.
- Terza
I'll pay a UI person to work on my pet project, i suck at it.
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