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Patrick Scoble, 15, demonstrates how to hold baby Ryan (his baby brother) and use Facebook on his iPhone. So cute together. - Robert Scoble from email

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awesome...and again, congratulations Robert. - Zee.

Love it! - Myrna

Congratulations Scobles! :) - directeur

Lots of fun, nice to have kids so spread out. Patrick is a good babysitter. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Congrat's! A good photo for the family album - Shane

That is precious all around. He's a great big brother!! - snysctt

This is the perfect melding of social media, babbies and tech. Kudos to you, Scoble. Kudos. - Mike Nayyar

You mean the baby didn't come out texting? I guess we can give him a month. :-) - Karma Martell

i get it, i did it, but I recently read it causes cancer. Congrats! and be careful. - jon burg

And here I thought there was an app for holding the baby... congrats Robert! :-) - Steve Finkelstein

Congratulations to you and your family Robert. The next technique is how to keep it from falling on your face after a looooong night. - Eric Nakagawa

many congrats to you and the new family! - Nigel Walsh

Congrats Robert! - Jericho from iPhone

chrisofspades to chrisofspades's feed, Palm Pre

Tweed never loads for me. Anyone else have that problem?

September 8, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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...i'm with ya... I've had that same problem intermittently for last few days. I tried going to "Trending Topics" and then back to "Home" and that seemed to fix it, 2-out-of-3 times. I'm trying out Spaz on the Pre Now. - .LAG liked that

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...yeah, unfortunatley. Like LAG, I have started "jumping" from one "feed" to another to shake things up and get synced. When I have EV highlighted, it generally works; via WiFi, it gets wonky. - JA Castillo

glad it aint just me. would be gladder if it just worked. LAG, let us know how you like Spaz. - chrisofspades

...what I like about Spaz is it's easier to setup and log into multiple accounts, including Identica/Laconica microblogging sites, and it has a better search interface, IMHO. on the minus side, I think it relies a bit too much on cacheing, as sometimes I logon and see tweets in my timeline that are several days old, or older. Now, perhaps there's a setting to change that, I just haven't found it yet. Overall, it's certainly worth a try. only 2 Pre TT clients so far, it deserves a spin... - .LAG liked that

Thanks for the review LAG .LAG liked that wrote: ..what I like about Spaz is it's easier to setup and log into multiple accounts, including Identica/Laconica microblogging sites, and it has a better search interface, IMHO. on the minus side, I think it relies a bit too much on cacheing, as sometimes I logon and see tweet in my timeline that are several days old, or older. Now, perhaps... more... - chrisofspades from email

I have this issue with Tweed and with Spaz. It's really weird. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I'd use Twitter's mobile site more often, but I can't find a link to see DMs on there. - Jordan Hofker

Maybe it has to do with the API calls for 3rd party apps? I think Twitter changed something in reaction to the most recent outages. Twee was working fine until then. - Jericho

you might be right Jericho - chrisofspades from email

Robert Scoble

How the SF Giants saved a million bucks with telecommunications upgrades - http://scobleizer.com/2009...

July 3, 2009 from Scobleizer - Comment - Like - Share

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This is why our standard of living keeps getting better: Innovation - Craig Shipp

Extra points to those who can name all the tech bloggers in the room. I can't even do that but I know Wired Online and Technologizer were there. - Robert Scoble

Thanks for this, always like to see what the big boys are doing to save $$$. Was that John Combs in the background? I used to work for him awhile back. - Jericho

Jericho

Thought provoking article, "Why Google Voice is Free" http://www.cio.com/article...

June 30, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Key quote: "Google users are the "product" -- users are not Google's customers. By this I mean that Google is selling information about its users to advertisers, which are the company's real customers." - Jericho

Robert Scoble

I'm talking with Bobby Kedia who built http://www.aplusmonitoring.com/ and his monitoring service looks pretty good. Anyone need a web monitoring service? How does this compare?

May 14, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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This is how I get more geeks onto friendfeed. Now he'll come on here to explain what makes his service better/different, etc. :-) - Robert Scoble

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I use Pingdom a little. I feel like it has a good solid record with applications and a multitude of features. - Brandon Titus

Tried to register with them, but I get an error message when I try to type in a username. - Michael Osterman

Hi Michael, Please could you mail us your issue at support@aplusmonitoring.com - Robin Kedia

Thanks for stopping by !!. So we can get to know you better, please try out our services! Since you haven't gotten the feel for our services, don't worry, the first 30 days are free - they're on us. As a first time user of our system we would like to give you our current promotional code SPM100 which will give you 100% discount on paid plan for first 30 days. (applicable on monthly billing cycle only) - Robin Kedia

Some cool features which makes APlusMonitoring unique - 1. Our services are hosted on green data centers in US, UK and Canada. 2. We monitor HTTP, HTTPS, DNS , FTP , SMTP , POP3, TCP, PING 3. We provide easily understandable Graphical, Summarized & Detailed Reports. 4. Our prices are competitive and easily affordable. 5. 24 x 7 fast and energetic support team. - Robin Kedia

how does this compare to Keynote or Gomez? - Jericho

Hi Jericho, Thanks for your questions. Just take a look at their pricing page at https://www.redalert.com/pricing... and compare the number of monitors we offer at http://www.aplusmonitoring.com/product.... There prices are way high. They offer free service for 30 days while we offer free service for life time with limited features. Morever we are offering monitoring frequency of... more... - Robin Kedia

Zee.

Sorry, another animated gif, but this is too funny… - http://www.zee.me/blog...

April 8, 2009 from Zee Slash Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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i genuinely don't like animated gifs guys...but come on, this is hilarious.. - Zee.

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newb - Simon Wicks

i just love the way he claps before hand with such enthusiasm...then bang! - Zee.

GEE! I remember that. - Valley

lmfao.... OUCH!! what a dickhead! - Rob Sellen :o)

Is that Joey from Friends on the left? - Simon Wicks

Lol thanks Meric... - Zee.

like and then hide... so I don't keep watching it. :) - mikepk

did he win? - Rob Sellen :o)

Just what _the hell_ was he hoping to do, and did he swallow anything .. like his tongue, or some teeth, perhaps? So many questions... - Wayne Smallman

What is the white object comes out from his head? - Alp

Funny, but it's a good thing FF is real-time now, so this GIF will soon disappear from view. - Grey Drane

Classic clip from 'So You Think You Can Dance'. Good times. - Quinton

unless people keep post on it ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

you can just hide it of course Grey - Zee.

ouch - Nathan Chase

OUCH!!! - YoYo_P

If i remember correctly, the dude got back up and continued dancing. - Valley

can't stop watching. - Vicarbott

Make it go away !!! - Dave Ploch

hide guys hide! - Zee.

ups.. - Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)

Painful.. for him and for us to watch - especially in a continuous loop. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

funny tho - Rob Sellen :o)

oh my word that hurts - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Offff... - Burak Budak

I'm not sure funny is the word..... - nsnadell

definition of: "face-plant" - .LAG liked that

This could be a good analogy for the new FF look. based on all the howling that has been going on. uh AKA Face Feed :D - Tony C (Unrated) from fftogo

This guy is somewhere trying to live this down. It ain't happening soon. - Valley

omg that's horrific - stanleyyork

its on his head... a hat? - Rob Sellen :o)

Least he got straight back up and carried on! Props to him. - Simon Wicks

What happened to him? - Yalçın Erdemir

Oops - Vicey

well done - Opensource Obscure

OUCH. - Ron Bailey

My guess is that he had never actually tried to do that flip before. He was just so full of himself he figured he could. Looks easy, right? - iTad

ROFL I mean I'm really ROFLing right now - Dobromir Hadzhiev

After watching the full video, I'm not sure he had ever tried to dance before. His facial expressions look totally pained. - iTad

I'm going to have to hide this as it is too painful a reminder of my own pathetic attempts at dancing... - Andrew Leyden

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! - Randy

OUCH! - AJ Batac :)

omg - Kate

What is that on his head? Was he wearing a yamukkah? - Nicholas Kreidberg

LOL look at the judges faces!!!! - Anthony Farrior

lol - Filip Visnjic

ouch!! I can't stop watching this, lol! - Gabe Diaz

Thanks, Meric. Salah is now my favorite word for today. - Yolanda

Classic - Bwana ☠

That was epic. - Andru Edwards

wow! WE HAVE A WINNAH! - vijay

That was the winner from "So You Think You Can SLAM Dance?" ;) - Jericho

OUCH! The So You Think You Can Dance auditions are always good for at least a couple of these. :) I need to find out when that's starting up again...or I could just calculate based on how many more weeks of American Idol there are, I guess. - Jandy

lmao!!! knew that would pop up sometime!!! - Rob Sellen :o)

gahh. how did that not break his neck? >.< gads - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

bet there is a dent on that floor.... - Rob Sellen :o)

WTF was he thinking about...gah - Rah-PM 2012

your ffeed is awesome...I guess pic would fit this! ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I can't look away... but I keep cringing every time the face meets the floor. - Joshua Schnell

"meet the floor" ??? wtf? his face gatecrashed the floor lol ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

yeeeeeha... :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

:) Yeah, i think so Cagatay...there's a video link somewhere in the comments. He's safe and sound - Zee.

OMG - Jigar Mehta

ouch - Matt Bebich

Already saw that thing... but still find it hilarious! - François Lamontagne

This one kills me every time I see it http://jcunwired.enjoysthin.gs/33342 - JCunwired

I bet he couldn't do it again.. ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Makes it look like he never practiced at all! At least he'll get his 15 minutes of fame, though I'm imagining he didn't want that kind. - Michael Turner

Trying to figure out how to get animated gifs in my feed so I can get rid of all those pesky followers. - Hayes Haugen

Nothing better then an animated faceplant - Will Higgins™

OW! - imabonehead

we wondered when you would turn up and tell us what it was like "imabonehead" :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Really can't stop watching! - Ninh Nguyen

...it still hurts to watch! poor guy. - .LAG liked that

omg lmao should we laugh at this..............HELL YEAH LMFAO - eric

Oooosshhh - Moses Kpetigo

he fucked up - Amir

It was not funny the first five times I saw it. Then I started to giggle. Now I can't stop watching it. - Niklas Morberg

Was that a Yarmulkah or Keffiyah that fell off? - Bec Rowe @d0tski

OUCH!!! How unfortunate! - David Cook

can't stop watching it.. LMAO.. - Can Koklu

I hate watching these videos because I keep wondering what happened after, what was the damage!!.. Damn it there is no point in watching if you dont know the result. - denizoktar

Oohh dear - Moses Kpetigo

Just seeing this one makes me feel like I should spit teeth out :-o - Seth Greenblatt

Just ran across the full video today. Looks like he walked away just fine: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Ken Sheppardson

lol, this wont die. - Zee.

d a m n - Derrick

BAM! - Chris Charabaruk

Boy, that looks painful. - LaShea Miller

not the best to start off the morning, actually it is if behind the display :-D - Dobromir Hadzhiev

that hurt me si i know he was a hurting - Monique

Is that a yarmulke that flew off? - Mattb4rd

Ok, finally laying down a comment on this on. To bookmark. - Micah

Stealing this as we speak!!! - Amani

Mona Nomura

Exclusive: Inside Pixar - A Photo Tour [May 7th, 2009: Bump inspired by AJ's amazing find: http://friendfeed.com/ajkohn... ] - http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m...

Exclusive: Inside Pixar - A Photo Tour [May 7th, 2009: Bump inspired by AJ's amazing find: http://friendfeed.com/ajkohn/59c59e85/new-york-city-from-air ]

July 23, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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^that's a cube! SO much awesome - Mona Nomura from Bookmarklet

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Look at all the cereals and peanut butter! =O http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images... - Mona Nomura

I wish i could work some place that fostered creativity... - iTad

i don't understand why more companies aren't creative in office space. google, pixar, etc. all the top companies know that old 50's cubes are out and new "open" "inviting" areas are in. - Chris Harris

But but but, that's what FF is for! ;) - Mona Nomura

.....why are there like 8 jars of peanut butter and like... ONE jar of jelly? BIZARRE - Mona Nomura

Chris: agreed. a happy workplace = happy employees = productivity - Mona Nomura

Happy workplace == home - iTad

Mona N: sad that equation is in limited production. - clarke thomas

Tad: but if home = FF?? ;) @clarke: and people wonder why companies such as these are so prosperous...... - Mona Nomura

Most companies are still stuck in the old industrial factory mentality when it comes to workers. Sadly, even most software companies. - iTad

Aren't a lot of companies are slowly catching on... I heard Facebook and Apple's cafeterias rivals Googles... - Mona Nomura

DSaad69: knol.. Google's wiki? - Mona Nomura

Knol (Google's wiki) See it here: http://knol.google.com/k# - Mona Nomura

Mona: Perhaps there are more varieties of Peanut Butter (Creamy, Chunky, Organic, etc), but everyone only likes Strawberry jelly. - Justin Korn

JK: but only one jar? I would fight people to get to it everyday... Dude, this is in Emeryville. We should SO go check it out - Mona Nomura

It wouldn't be that hard for Facebook. They're tiny compared to Google's massive campus. They don't even need a cafeteria. They could just hook up a deal with the restaurant that's next to them on the bottom floor or any of the other eateries around them. - Louie

Mona: I'd be totally down to go check it out! - Justin Korn

@Louis: but it's the THOUGHT that counts dude. @JK: I wonder if there're any FFers who work at Pixar... hmmmmmm - Mona Nomura

i've seen this. pretty cool stuff. it actually makes one want to work productively - Cee Bee

Mona: I bet there is, but if not, someone out there (Robert Scoble, Louis Gray, etc.) has got to know someone... - Justin Korn

great pics. But that facility looks much more blah than I imagined Pixar to be - Aspi from twhirl

@mona HOLY COW. Learn my name beezie!! - Louie

Got a buddy who works there and went on a tour... amazing place. They even have family oriented events in their quad area. Their movie theater gets special advance screenings of all the major blockbusters. Sadly, I'm still waiting for my invite... ;) - Jericho

I worked next to the Pixar compound for 3 years. They have a lunch room, yet they kicked out one lunch spot and are still trying to get Semifreddi's to move. I like the movies, but it would have been nice (given their lunch room and roving cake cart) that they'd preserve lunch spots for the rest of us. - AJ Kohn

I love that they have a CEREAL ROOM - Bartek Ciszkowski

By the cereal room?! Rick! =O @AJ: VERY important question. Is the food free?! - Mona Nomura

The cereal room is probably the most important thing in the world. - Steve Spalding

@Mona: I don't know for sure. Never did get inside. I'm pretty sure it was. I know the cake cart was free. - AJ Kohn

@Chris: Count me in. @AJ: free cakes = better than nothing @Steve: Agreed! - Mona Nomura

I work in one of Pixar's old building, before they moved to emeryville. - Alan Le

Oh wow, look what I found. Bump for the memories. - Mona Nomura

Michael McKean

To whoever keeps calling in the middle of the night and hanging up after one ring: Why?

April 27, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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They're calling from inside the house... - Jandy

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*giggles*... *runs away squealing* - Johnny

uh, just a guess: Booty Call?? ;) - Jericho

Ha!! Not likely! - Michael McKean

This thread could make me stay awake longer. Hilarious...too bad about the call, but hilarious why's for it! :) - Sheryl

I now have the image of Johnny calling me from behind my sofa.... THAT could make me stay awake longer. ;) - Michael McKean

Cali Lewis

We have to reshoot today's Brief because no one noticed I was wearing a blue shirt in front of a blue screen. How did we all miss that one?!

April 22, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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He he, talking head. - Robert Hafer

Ha, Cali Lewis joins the Fantastic Four! - Jericho

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Star wars or Star trek? - http://geeks.pirillo.com/forum...

April 13, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Totally different animals. Still, I prefer Star Wars. - Steven (optionshiftk)

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I prefer Star Wars - Shevonne

I refuse to answer the question on the grounds that it might incriminate me. - Bwana ☠

Both, but for different reasons - Jemm

Star Wars, absolutely. Star Trek is way more involved, and requires much more time than I'm willing to commit. - Andrew Leahey

@Bwana hahaha - Shevonne

Never tire of this WTF - dpurrington

@Bwana, so you also like Star Trek... Good for you ;-) - Holger Eilhard

Bwana: "I plead the fifth, you honor." - Steven (optionshiftk)

Love them both. If I have to choose though I'd have to go with Star Trek. If only because since I've sat through more actual programming hours of it, I feel I can identity with characters better. But still hard choice. And all you pleaders, pick a side :P lol. - Tony Miller

Star Wars, man. Star Wars. Star Wars, yo. - Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ

What if we take Jar Jar Binks and Ewoks and take them to the fifth Star Trek movie and let William Shatner and George Lucas co-direct it? It would also include a scene where Han shoots last while Vader shouts "Nooooo!". - Jemm

Star Wars! - John Wang

Trek, the thinking woman's sci fi! ;) - Veronica

who wins: Kirk vs. Picard, phasers on stun? - grant fox

Star Wars! - Just Katie

Easy...Star Wars - Chris Rossini

Star Trek for me! - http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Fee501st

theatre - NoahDavidSimon

Star Wars forever!... - Fatih Taşkıran

The next question would be Star Trek TOS or TNG, or the other variations. - Steven (optionshiftk)

Is it too much to ask for both? - AJ Batac :)

I think BSG has earned a spot in this debate to make it a three-way (yes, I said "three-way"). - Fleagle

Star Trek, in this order: DS9, TOS/TNG (tie), TAS, Voyager, Enterprise - Steve Lowe

Agree on BSG, but where's the love for Babylon 5? - Steve Lowe

Steve, was that best to worse? - Veronica

Star Trek, definitely. If I'm honest, the Adult Me only liked Empire and (to a lesser extent) Jedi, so SW doesn't have a chance. And yes, BSG (2003) would reign above them all, by miles-n-miles. - Roger Benningfield

Star Trek forever <3 - Ale♪nastrorosa

Star Wars for instant thrills. Star Trek for deep, thoughtful stories. Star Trek wins! - Rahul Das

Star Trek. The Ewoks, Jar Jar and the kid-marketing tie-ins killed it for me. - Jericho

I say both. There is room in the world for both and there is room in my heart (a.k.a. DVD collection) for both! - Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce

Star Trek all the way, man. :P - Seth Hoogeboom

Veronica, yes, best to worst. I never really could get past the cheesy theme song in Enterprise. :) - Steve Lowe

We always fast forwarded through the theme song of Enterprise. It was like fingernails on a chalkboard. - dpurrington

I think I'm the only person I know who actually liked that theme song. It definitely didn't fit with the others, but there was still something to it. Inspired optimism in me or some such. - Tony Miller

Tony, you aren't alone, - Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce

I never gave Enterprise a chance... I stopped watching new Treks midway through Voyager. I still love my TNG the best! - Veronica

Trek definitely. I like all of the iterations and am looking forward to the new movie. - K. Brent Church

Absolutely without a doubt Star Wars. - Eric Geller

Before midichlorians I'd have probably said a tie; afterwards its Star Trek all the way - Jeffrey Canton

I just like the pic associated with this post :) - (jeff)isageek

I will always be a Trekkie first! - Sean

Star Trek. Hands down. - tehKenny

SW. - Zu from AOD

Star Wars All the Way XD - nfan12

Trek ftw! - Stuart Evans from twhirl

Trek. - Sally - Skyrimmin' It

Star Trek I say, going to see the movie on the 16'th (comes out on the 14'th) - Greg

No hesitation, Star Trek all the way. - Shawn Whitmire

Star Wars (namely Episode IV and V). I like Star Trek too but not better than Star Wars. - Rolf Schewe

Star Trek - TVTechGrl

I am not a geek...I hate both Star Wars and Star Trek. I fail..I know - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

i think i would have to choose Star Trek, because only a few years after segregation was outlawed in 1964, Star Trek showed a *black* man as Captain Kirk's superior (Commodore Stone in "Court Martial") as well as a black man who was a computer genius (Dr. Daystrom in "The Ultimate Computer"). ok the black computer genius had a nervous breakdown, but still. :-) whereas the first Star Wars movie had about 193 different kinds of aliens but no black people, despite having been partly filmed in Africa. :-D - Karim

Star Trek paved the way - Jose Vargas

Star Trek! Star Trek! - michelle lamar

Trek. Wars is for kids. ie. Ewoks, Jar Jar Binks, hormonal Anakin - Mo Kargas

Depends on your age - Mike Nayyar

They are apples and oranges. Loving both. Would pick Picard. - Burcu Dogan

Star Trek! You will be assimilated. - Julie Bovee Hill

Star Trek. Once you're over 20, Star Wars wears thin. - Rod Bauer from twhirl

Star Wars. one reason: lightsabers > phasors - Chris Brakebill

forget them, Stargate FTW! - Glenn Slaven

Star Trek! (my first crush was Spock) - April

What Steven said. - Parth Awasthi

It's like 1994 all over again when the web was essentially ST vs. SW + porn (obviously) - Dave Kinsella

Like both but Star Trek wins. - Roberto Bonini

Star Wars - James Myatt

Star Trek - Kim Landwehr from Nambu

Oh no this is still in debate - Star Trek Next Gen for tv and Star Wars ROTS for movies - no brainer - Monique

I like both apple and oranges! - Gary Pooler

hidden option c: babylon 5 for me.. most plausable scifi and covers a far more interesting plot than either of them. - alphaxion

Robert Scoble

A new "live web" experiment. We are brainstorming about Building43. What would you like to see there?

April 7, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Less noise and more interaction. - Amit Nangare

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A way to filter relevant info based on my previous likes and comments. - Jeff P. Henderson

Stuff I don't know exists yet. - Andrew Smith

Behind the scenes videos about how big scalable sites are architected. - Henning

What is Building43? A community of people who are fanatical about the Internet. - Robert Scoble

Collaborative projects like layertennis.com - Andrew Smith

I would like to see lesser known, successful start ups. Companies that flew under the radar, yet continue to bring in revenue. - Bwana ☠

Image/video/music integration section. Throw a Flickr link in, vimeo, etc. Music links: Blip.fm, Last,fm, iLike, etc. - mtlb

i'd like to see more about what makes great companies function. more on web companies culture. office tours, sit downs with regular employees...etc - patrick

Metadata. - Matti Leppänen

A Special area where user groups and events could be advertised for people fanatical about then net could meet off line. ie. a space to collect meetups, tweetups and barcamps. - Luke Kilpatrick

Cutting edge technology, which is not available anywhere else. Current trends in web industry. - Pavel Senko

Free parking, clean restrooms and windows where the grunt employees can see outside (well, that was what my favorite building had). - The Web's Wendell Wittler

Community - a place for coders, sysadmins, and others to share ideas, gather, and change the web. Something Web 2.0 that does this. - Jesse Stay

But seriously, how about some new ways to use existing tools/resources/stuff? - The Web's Wendell Wittler

a better way to read the content not live - Gerd saurer

Ability to publish podcasts & vodcasts via social networks (i.e. FriendFeed, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.). - Paul Maez

But it'd be good if you can match the user experience of Area 51... sorry, can't resist joking about the Building43 name. - The Web's Wendell Wittler

Focus on open source - release tools they are using internally as open source, build community around that. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: open source is a big deal, agreed. - Robert Scoble

Wendell: heheh, I'd love to do a building43 episode from area51. :-) - Robert Scoble

A large nude statue of you out front in full hulk mode. :-) - Todd Hoff

Robert, is Building43 gonna be a site? How can you beat FriendFeed in terms of usability? We're quite fanatical about internet here I think. I like the idea of community (certainly with you involved), but I don't believe in dedicated sites for them. - Meryn Stol

Jesse: a place for coders and sys admins makes a lot of sense. How about http://www.stackoverflow.com ? That's a place to discuss code. I'd like something like that in building43. - Robert Scoble

Meryn: we already have a friendfeed room. Building43 is a distributed community, not a web site. http://friendfeed.com/rooms... is our room. - Robert Scoble

I like to see you and other prominent community members start discussions... Exchange expertise with each other. Maybe involve guys from http://highscalability.com/ . But I like to see it all on my main feed. :) - Meryn Stol

Meryn: highscalability is a great site, thanks. - Robert Scoble

What I hope you can pull off is convince big brains to talk openly, in a casual manner, here on FriendFeed. Open to questions from people without this expertise. A bit like Digg is doing with its crowdsourced interviews. The more interactive the better. And the more "established" people, the better. Also if they are people we normally don't hear of, but play a big role behind the scenes. Rackspace is hosting quite some big sites I think. I wouldn't have a clue which ones though! - Meryn Stol

Thought leadership around new IT organizational and operations models for emerging hyper scale, *2.0, and cloud computing companies...with focus on how legacy IT must evolve. - dmcclure

Thanks for the plug Meryn. - Todd Hoff

I think a "skunk works" mentality in projects and a "camp" like environment where the conversation is both the leveraging of technologies and the development of new ideas would be fantastic. - Tony

Nice toilets - so many buildings have crappy bathrooms - maybe a covered entrance in case it rains. - Allen Stern

I think a geographically diverse orientation (less california centric) might be a goal - Brian Sullivan

A good reputation platform - aaron

I would like to see a site without walls, a place that consumes mobility through text and video that is always learning that integrates your social networks with what you are discussing. - Kevin Tunis

reduce the noise - Francesco M.

Scientist sharing their projects and promoting science to students - T J Petta

I'd like to know more about the steps that companies take when they go from small/startup to a bigger small company. Not a true "medium" sized business, but a firmly established small company that isn't bootstrapping anymore. I find this to be a grossly overlooked area. Not enough resources for the mature startup, we're too focused on the new new thing. How about the successful "old" new thing? - Chris Stevenson

MORE FEMALES! - Dawn

more females. lololololWHEEZElolololol - alexia tsotsis

Lifestreaming Larry and Sergey's product reviews? - Daniel Dulitz

photos. - Thomas Hawk

Community of awesomeness dedicated to exploring this real time web thing to help drive new innovation and solve really hard problems. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I'm in Building 42. Different shop, tho. - Clemens Vasters

More on evolving data center tech like virtualization, cloud-computing... what are other companies doing successfully to cut costs using new tech. - Jericho

58 wildebeeste, 22 guinea fowls with wellington boots on and a triceratops. :-) - Richard A.

Smart people who don't get exposure from leading blogs - and smart bloggers who don't get read. - Louis Gray

Thx Louis! :o) My suggestion for 43: more LOLcats - sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!

Magic. - Dani Radu

SocialWebTV! Do you need me to be more specific? I'm in a meeting , but I can elaborate on it later. It's right up your alley Robert! - Michael Fidler from twhirl

if every person on earth could add a message every second to the stream,what would that do? What if each of those messages was a vote on something. Is that a universal conscience? - Tweet Feeds

Cutting edge stuff, not just web. Stuff that will bring the information in 'ambient' fashion to us when we want it. Tonchidot (remember them). IPTV, ambient information devices, mobile predictive information technologies. I want to see what is out there that is bringing us closer to the tech I saw in science fiction films a few decades ago. - Andrew Leyden

Me, I want real rich desktop: iptv /many filtered search widgets, think netvibes on wheels / laptop cameras as live icons/ broadcast windows: post on twitter/fb and ff simultaneously/ - best - pena schmidt

Robert Scoble

Does Palm Pre have a chance against iPhone? IMO: No, but it might not matter - http://scobleizer.com/2009...

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agree totally, Apple seemed a little behind the developers at first but are now providing them with so much. The one thing that steered me from the iphone to start was the missing mms etc, but the experience of using the phone more than makes up for it. Now with 3.0 filling a lot of gaps, and potential of new device... they've got one hell of a phone/pda/entertainment device. - Matt Randles

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If Palm has made one mistake with the Pre rollout, it's failing to realize how fickle and FUDdy the tech press can be. You'd think they'd have learned their lesson after the beating they took over Foleo, only to see an entire market segment (netbooks) emerge around that form factor/use case within a year or so. The only thing that's changed since CES is Apple announced cut-and-paste and some other incremental updates yet the Pre buzz is already waning. - Ken Sheppardson

I don't want to change from Verizon to AT&T so the Palm Pre is interesting ot me. I know there are others like me - Marion Vermazen

I agree that Palm won't knock off Apple from their throne. But will easily beat out many of the also rans who have squandered their positions. Palm gained massive market share in the PDA and early smart phone space because they understood useability. I think this fundamental understanding is showing through in the Pre (at least from what we can see in the videos). In addition, Palm was... more... - Joe Brinkman

Agreed with @Joe, Palm has still nostalgic developers that can't wait to have another Palm in the palm of their hand. A decent one, the Pre, probably. Moreover the application development model will be SO easy that almost immediately, Pre could benefit of most of the must-have social/web/communication apps... - Jean-Charles VERDIE

Palm doesn't stand a chance against Apple in this - the iPhone is ridiculously sticky- i.e. there's a huge switching cost, and of course there is all the media - including games. Everyone seemed to forget that Apple didn't just close their R&D facilities. I think Android is really Palm's biggest problem - because 'everyone else' is going to end up using it, and so there'll be a bunch of free with contract Android phones before too long. Where is Palm's opportunity in this? - Robin Barooah

By the way, you don't have to knock the iPhone off it's "throne" to have a chance against it. Garter says in 4Q08 iPhone's 10.7% smartphone market share is fourth behind Symbian (47.1%), RIM (19.5%), and Windows Mobile (12.4%). If Palm can flip, say, 1 in 7 Symbian, Rim and Win users and not a single iPhone user, they still knock iPhone out of fourth. http://blog.symbian.org/2009... - Ken Sheppardson

Maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't the Pre exclusive to Sprint? Second point, they're abandoning their base of developers. I personally know someone with a rather large Palm application that could take a very long time to rewrite and migrate. It's too bad they don't have a way to port/recompile existing apps for the new device. - Rob Fahrni

@Ken - Does just running symbian count as being a smartphone somehow? I had a Nokia N70 before my iPhone, which ran Symbian, was very featureful and had PIM apps etc, so would probably count in these kinds of figures, but the reality was that trying to use those features via a phone keypad simply didn't compare and as a phone it was worse than my old 2110. How many actually usable smartphones are running Symbian and WinMo - vs traditional handsets that happen to be powered by these OSs? - Robin Barooah

A lot of doctors use the Palm Treo because there are good medical apps for it, so as those wear out it will be interesting to see if they go for the Palm Pre or the iPhone. I still miss the old Palm V as a PDA though, that was a great gadget. - Sally Church

Another way of looking at it is - I use my iPhone all the time, and yet I only make about one phone call every other day - I don't even have the phone app on the dock anymore. I think that's the world these devices have to compete in. - Robin Barooah

@Robin - I'd say that it's a smartphone, by virtue of running Symbian OS, or at least in the sense that it's pretty open as far as mobile phones go (or at least it's the "most open" phone I've had, in terms of being able to install 3rd party applications and Multimedia Framework plug-ins, and to an extent replace some native ones (Opera comes to mind), not to mention being able to move almost all data freely to and from it) although I'm biased (not that I want other platforms to fail, of course)... - Tyson Key

I'd say that the Pre still has a good chance in the market, assuming that Palm manage to advertise it right for the not-as-tech savvy folks, as Apple have done with the iPhone. Still, they should keep the power-users in mind, too. - Tyson Key

Several things weigh against Pre, not the least of which is that you can't buy one. Palm is taking a drubbing in its sales while all the focus is on an intangible. The quality appears to be there but again mass production and this climate could present issues. Finally, this is G3 vs. G1 so it has to be more buggy and less tested. Pre would have to seduce me to make me lose my iPhonaphillia. - Phil Boiarski

Robert, you are very brave (IMO foolish) to predict Android will run a long second to iPhone. The Apple app market is saturated and devs are sick of it. Real smart phone users will gravitate to Android and when some handsets finally come on to the market it will make Apple's 20 million phone sales look relatively puny. - Bob Sonin

I hope Palm has long term plans. If they put all their marbles on the Pre and it fails, they're done. - Rodfather

I think Google is building their foundation right now. I expect very big things from them in the future both on Android and other Social platforms they're building. Never underestimate Google. - Jesse Stay

Don't forget the huge demographic of frustrated Windows Mobile users who aren't waiting for WM6.5/WM7 to come out. Combine that with legacy users who still wax nostalgic about their old Palm/Handspring PDAs (see above, myself included) and I see big things for Palm IF they can get the Pre out before the next iPhone. - Jericho

The smartphone market has to be at least 4 x the PC market - a computer in every pocket, and a computer that is also a fashion accessory. There must be room for more than a couple of players. Palm need to focus on stabilizing the company and delivering the best experience they can with the Pre. - Shauns

Robin: I was just using Gartner's definition of smartphone and market share numbers. I think IDC doesn't include Symbian, but the other numbers and proportions still hold. iPhone is at best third behind Blackberry and Windows Mobile. IMHO the Pre has the potential to plop down in the middle of the market and while it may win over an iPhone user or two I think it's more likely to appeal to the RIM/WinMo user...or the folks who have held off from jumping into the smartphone market. - Ken Sheppardson

I agree that its going to be daunting for Palm to woo people to move to Sprint. But having seen the development model (video on youtube) It seems like Palm really has got it right! Html+CSS to create your apps! Though its at risk of alienating its current developer base, aquiring new developer base is pretty trivial! - Dilip Krishnan

Good to see Palm becoming relevant once again. - LinkingIndiana

Benjamin Golub

How do you write down phone numbers? xxx-xxx-xxxx, (xxx) xxx-xxxx, xxx.xxx.xxxx, etc...

March 23, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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(xxx)xxx-xxxx - April Buchheit

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+x (xxx) xxx-xxxx - AJ Batac :)

xxx.xxx.xxxx - Mark Trapp

100100100101-1100110110-110000001000001 call me - Jon Rohan

xxx-xxx-xxxx or 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx - Nine

867♫5309♫ ... but usually xxx-xxx-xxxx - Micah

Either xxx-xxx-xxxx or xxx xxx xxxx - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I use brackets if the area code is optional - Shey

xxx.xxx.xxxx - Anika

x-(xxx)-xxx-xxxx The first x usually being a 1. I tend to leave out the dashes and parentheses if I'm writing a # in a hurry, though. - Penguin

Mostly 555-123-4567, but occasionally 555/123-4567 - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

dots, same as anika and mark trapp - Daniel J. Pritchett

xxx.xxx.xxxx - RAPatton

Depends on what kind of keyboard I'm using... If my laptop with no numpad, I just use xxx.xxx.xxxx but if it's a standard keyboard with a numpad I xxx-xxx-xxxx since I use just one hand for that (habit from working in telecom). - FFing Enigma

Usually xxx.xxx.xxxx - Gabe

i get them to call me - chaz2b

The best way is like this: +1-425-205-1921 -- that way the phone number always works, even if you're overseas. (the +1 needs to be your country code). That's my phone number, by the way. - Robert Scoble

If you use spaces, a lot of times they won't be clickable on iPhone or on Skype. So, always +1-425-205-1921 with dashes. Periods don't work sometimes too. Brackets don't work sometimes too. - Robert Scoble

Doesn't always work, Robert. For instance, dialing a local call with the one first will return an error tone followed by a message that the call cannot be completed as dialed or that there is no need to dial the 1. - FFing Enigma

808-555-1234 - Josh Haley

69.22.138.129 - Paul Buchheit

Tina: not true here. That's weird. I've been all over the world and never had it fail. - Robert Scoble

Paul that looks like an IP address! :) - Susan Beebe

(585) 111-2222 sometimes 585.111.2222 - Susan Beebe

There is no standard format for phone numbers. My phone number regex's can be quite long and ugly. - Jason Wehmhoener

123 456 5645 for example, depends on the area code and whether it's an international number. then it might be +41 20 232 2323 for example. That's not my number, just formatting examples. - Richard A.

xxx.xxx.xxxx - Joshua

xxx.xxx.xxxx - MikeAmundsen

(xxx) xxx-xxxx - Лёша

xxx-xxx-xxxx. Easy on the eyes - Sharon Barclay from twhirl

+x (xxx) xxx-xx-xx (if work or home) & +x xxx xxx-xx-xx (if mobile) - я думаю

(xxx)xxx-xxxx makes the most sense to me. - Brian Timm

Brian: test that out and you'll find that it doesn't work on some phones. - Robert Scoble

xxx.xxx.xxxx - Tom Mack

xxxxxxxxxx /lazy - Lix

Alix: put a + in front of that and it'll work internationally, at least on modern phones and modern phone systems. So mine is +14252051921 - Robert Scoble

Same as Alex and Robert, it works with phones better that way - Sally Church

(xxx) xxx-xxxx ... but I always dial the country code. - Brandon

xxx.xxx.xxxx - colin

Brandon: if you go overseas a lot, that won't work. You first need to enter a Plus sign. I've hit that many times before. Or, dial 00 to get the operator. I find a Plus always works. At least in six countries I've tried it in. So, that's why I always list +14252051921 which works great for machines, or +1-425-205-1921 for humans (which also works for machines). - Robert Scoble

I'm slightly obsessive about having the ()'s for some odd reason - kills me not to have them - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Marco: get an iPhone and see what resolves to be clickable. You'll quickly get over your fears of getting rid of the ()s. Believe me, I've tested this a LOT. +1-425-205-1921 is the best way to go. Unless you live in Tina's neighborhood cause they have switches that can't handle the newer phone numbers. I only use cell phones, though. - Robert Scoble

xxx-xxx-xxxx - Hutch Carpenter

"dialing a local call with the one first will return an error tone followed by a message that the call cannot be completed as dialed or that there is no need to dial the 1." [tone pedant] SIT - Service Information Tone [/tone pedant] - legacy translations in Bell switches are really something. - John Craft

John: I've been in 40+ states and I've never hit that. But I'm sure there's a few switches somewhere it'll hit. But keep in mind that I'm almost always using a cell phone. - Robert Scoble

Here in Silicon Valley I thought they mandated 11 digit numbers. Will have to check. - Robert Scoble

Different areas have different requirements for the 1 before the number. Some places allow it, others require it, others don't allow it at all. - Gabe

Robert: I've never seen a phone with a plus button on it. What countries are those in? - Gabe

+xx x xxxx xxxx. Works universally for landlines and mobiles (from a mobile). - Rob Kramer

Gabe: all phones have a plus. Even my iPhone. That works in all countries I've been in. China, Europe, Israel. - Robert Scoble

Was just talking to a friend about how parentheses are disappearing from phone numbers. - John

"I've been in 40+ states and I've never hit that . . . I only use cell phones, though." Exactly. This is a legacy from electro-mechanical switch days, when dialling "1" on your local step-by-step switch automatically sent your call to the toll switch. It was never necessary in SPC or digital switches, but done anyway. Cell phones don't experience this as the numbers would be sent en bloc anyway. - John Craft

I tend to use (xxx) xxx xxxx but also +xx xx xxx xxxx as well. - Ian May

(917)xxx-xxxx or 917.xxx.xxxx - Mona Nomura

+xx xx xxx xxxx... or (xxx) xxx xxxx - Chiara

@Robert: That's just how I write down numbers (on paper -- for my own use). If I'm listing a contact number that will be seen by many people, I always type in the country code. Have to dial them myself regularly... ;) - Brandon

xxx-xxx-xxxx - xero

xxx-xxx-xxxx easier for me to do with the numpad - Chieze Okoye

Definitely +61-x-xxxx-xxxx. I see so many US websites that assume a US phone number and won't accept an international one. The same goes for sites that only accept zip codes. Most international users only know 90210 so that's what they put. - Peter Kelley

xxx.xxx.xxxx. Mostly cuz i'm a Network guy and speak IP all day. Just a preference, really. May have to re-think this based on Robert's worldly advice. ;) - Jericho

Robert: Do you have a photo of a plus button on a phone keypad? I did a GIS for "telephone" and didn't see any. - Gabe

xxx/xxx-xxxx - Patrick aka Damexican

I LOVE pastrami!!!!!! - Thomas Hawk

Gabe: just took a screenshot of my iPhone, so you can see: http://www.flickr.com/photos... Press and hold 0, and it creates a plus sign (+). Presumably, that's standard behavior on other cell phones. - Mark Trapp

xxx.xxx.xxxx -- probably due to IPv4 influences... Not sure what will happen when IPv6 hits critical mass... They better put a ":" character in the number pad - Mark Philpot

Mark/Robert: I meant actual telephone keypads, not computer displays. Obviously a computer display could have any arbitrary buttons but I've never seen a real keypad with anything more than 0-9#*. - Gabe

Gabe: + is a substitute for your international call prefix, which in many countries is 00. In the United States, it's 011. Presumably you don't need a + sign on regular phones because you'd be typing it in manually anyway. The plus sign came about as a standard (E.123) when electronic communications became the norm, so computers could recognize a standard telephone format. - Mark Trapp

Mobile is xxxxx xxx xxx. Landline is xxxx xxx xxx. Numbers in the cities are different. - Kol Tregaskes

In India, phone numbers are 10 digit but area codes can be 2 or 3 or 4 digit so the format is dictated by the area codo. See http://www.immihelp.com/nri.... The US 3-3-4 format does not work. - Atul Arora

(xx) xxx xxx xx xx - N.Onur ATAHAN

xxxxxxxxxx if local. If I have to separate it (like at work as I do collection) I do (xxx)xxx-xxxx (no spaces). I personally do prefer xxx-xxx-xxxx. - Zu from AOD

555.555.5555 - Steven Perez

xxx-xxx-xxxx - Egyirba

xxx.xxx.xxxx - felix

xxx.xxx.xxxx - Chris Thomson

+xx (xxx) xxx xxxx - Victor Ganata

It depends on the country -- for details, check out the ITU National Number Plans site: http://www.itu.int/oth.... Who knew that the world's telephone infrastructure was recorded in a bunch of random ass Word files. - Joe Beda

Chris T++ xxx.xxx.xxxx - Rah-PM 2012

(xxx) xxx-xxxx - Brian

15: The maximum number of digits for any given phone number, as recommended by ITU-T spec (See Section 6 in http://www.itu.int/rec... ) - Micah

I can't remember the last time I wrote one - j1m

generally xxx.xxx.xxxx - chrisofspades

people who use dots in phone numbers should be beaten with their phones - @baratunde

I prefer the dots in between. Looks better to me. - Corvida

In Belgium we do it like this: 0474/38.36.21 (first four digits represent the network, followed by a slash), but I prefer spaces: 0474 38 36 21 - Kris

i am good with 111-222-3333 - Swaroop from twhirl

(xxx) xxx-xxxx - ЯIИGҜIИG

in Russia we, ussually use +x (xxx) xxx-xx-xx - Igor Kuzmin

usually +cc npa nxx lnum - matthew john ernisse

this thread is soooo pornographic - Geoff Schultz {TF}

Usually xxx.xxx.xxxx - Adam Martin

(Note - I live in the United States) +x xxx xxx xxxx - John E. Bredehoft

with .'s - Shiva

xxx xxx xxxx - Bryan R. Adams

xxx.xxx.xxxx - (jeff)isageek

+xxxxxxxxxxx - Jorg Jansen

Mona Nomura

Important Question: Chewy or Chewie? Context: Chewbacca. Google Trends says "Chewy" but data Star Wars unrelated. http://www.google.com/trends...

December 15, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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I've always assumed and used "Chewie". Now I wish I had my books handy so I could see what it says in them. - Nine

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Agreed. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

To which, Mathew? LOL - Mona Nomura from IM

Update: Good explanation via Facebook: "Chewbacca is Chewie. Snickers is chewy." via Chris Hollander. - Mona Nomura from IM

Chewie! Unless you're in East L.A. then it's Chuy. :) - Jericho

Nine. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

I'm going to try science! http://theninth.livejournal.com/373051... - Nine

hahhahahhahahahha! - Mona Nomura

That is not a question. It is chewie. - Rob Diana

hahahhahha - Mona Nomura

Chewie is leading in the poll.. with some ... weird debate. - Nine

Definitely Chewie. Chewy is a form of granola bars. - James Ferguson

I call him Chewiee just to be difficult, but I like other believe Chewie to be correct. - Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce

Chewie is probably a little chewy - Daniel Bruce

I said on Twitter and I'll say it again -- Chewie is the word ;) - Jorge Escobar

LOL, why does the Google Trends data spike up at the end of the year like that? Is there some correlation between chewiness and December? - Victor Ganata

Victor: This link explains all: http://tinyurl.com/4o8c5 - Chris Charabaruk

I believe the original scripts spell it "Chewie" - xero

Chewie. no question - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Old lady eating a humongous pastrami

March 23, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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wow - Josh Haley

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So. Very. Wrong. - Steven Perez

That's one hungry grandma! - Daniel Bruce

Ew that pastrami does not look appetizing - it's like... browinsh. Gross. - Mona Nomura

NOM - Morton Fox

The "after" picture is the next episode of CSI:NY. - Jericho

The bread looks like a garnish - Rodfather

is there a phone right there? i just saw that - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

lady's got class. - Thomas Hawk

More meat than she's seen in years... I'm sorry, forget I said that. - Sprague D

Seriously. No 'Where's the beef?' references. Oh, wait... - Akiva

LuluGirl896

Mobigasmic! I.T. Guys Get no Respect: There, I said it. In most companies, the IT guys get the least .. http://mobigasmic.blogspot.com/2009...

March 23, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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When things are working, no one says a word, but when the <bleep> hits the fan, it's another story. - Jericho

Veronica

Why Does Everyone Heart Boxee? - http://gigaom.com/2009...

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I think it's a good concept for those who are really going to use it, but those of us who though we would use it, but end up not using it, it's not the best. It's a good alternative for those who are used to consuming their televsion on 'a larger screen'. I have an LCD TV but I almost never turn it on. When I do, it's to play video games, not watch televsion. Any shows that I do watch, which is few, are done on my computer while eating. - Wayne Dixon from twhirl

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It's GREAT on OSX but I haven't had a chance to use it on Windows. I like it since it combines all my images, music, video, Internet video feeds in one app. It's based on the open source XBMC. - Ari Braginsky

I use it on my Apple TV and have had good luck with it. My problem is I don't have much time to actually watch TV. :) - Paul Wade

Boxee is pretty slick, but it's biggest value is also it's biggest curse - Sharing content means you're locked into Boxees content definition. If you've got a movie Boxee doesn't know about, you're SOL. Plex and other XBMC derivatives dont suffer from this. - Chris Weiss from twhirl

I don't care for the social aspects in boxee, probably because I kick it oldschool and chat by the watercooler. The hulu and other streaming integration is a nice +1 over xbmc. For me, watching tv still has to be on the couch, the browser is far too distracting to watch tv on my computer. - Jamie Dool

I believe you can get Boxee on the Apple TV as well.. - Ari Braginsky

Am I the only one who hasn't used Boxee? - Tyson Key

It is still invite only I believe... - Ari Braginsky

I'm most interested in the Hulu access, but I can get that through any UPnP device with PlayOn now. What I really want is nice tight integration of online content like Hulu and Netflix with OTA content so I can get rid of cable and still have my wife be able to watch shows without needing an instruction manual. - Alan Cheslow

Ari, Boxee is open to everyone now, except for the Windows version. - Veronica

Ok good. I still had some invites left just in case :D - Ari Braginsky

Boxee is nice on a Mac. Although I can't always pull up network shows. My one complaint is you can't leave it full screen on a second monitor (TV) and do other stuff. For that, Plex is much better. - nsnadell

One nice bit of recent Boxee news is that Apple has approved an iPhone remote app for Boxee on OSX (they recently Tweeted the news today) and it should be on the App Store soon. - Ari Braginsky

Boxee on a MacMini is great. It makes up for the deficiencies in FrontRow, and handles way more video formats. Netflix, Hulu, ABC HD work great for me. (BTW Lost episodes look great on a bigscreen). There are some occasional bugs that need to be worked out, but their support has been timely thus far. - Jericho

Boxee is a great way to ditch your cable TV and only have Apple TV as a real media center. I'm in the UK, just cut my cable TV and will stop paying the 140£ TV licence from now on (an Apple TV is 180£ so not a bad return on investment). Their forum is excellent and very supportive if you have bug or install issue. GREAT PRODUCT, go and give it a try! - Arnaud Fischer

Veronica

Journey – Don't Stop Believin' - http://www.last.fm/music...

January 21, 2009 from Last.fm - Comment - Like - Share

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Gee I love this song :) - Carlos Lorenzo

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Oh yeah, now that song is stuck in my head!!! - Casey Florig

I would love this to come to Rock Band 2 - Fee501st

8th grade revisited! - Morgan

it's not in rock band yet?? - Veronica

Awesome song!! - CW

Check out the version on the Guilt by Association album by Petra Haden: http://www.myspace.com/guiltby... - Whole album, and the second one are great. - Simon Wicks

@Veronica: nope! :( Only "Any Way You Want It" is in RB right now, but I'm sure it's coming. - Fee501st

This woulda been a great soundtrack for yesterday's events. :) - Jericho

Windows Mobile: Jericho

Pandora for Windows Mobile - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthr...

December 16, 2008 from twhirl - Comment - Like - Share

Cabfile is down towards the middle of the page. Running now, works great so far! - Jericho from twhirl

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Finally! - Sweyn Venderbush

Awesome XD - Ian Cleasby from twhirl

works great on my Palm Treo Pro - Tamon Yanagimoto

David Cook

CAPTION THIS: - http://www.deaddog.com/?p=9134

December 11, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club! - David Cook from Bookmarklet

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I'm gonna fat roll your ass - Shevonne

The alien realized he'd never make his escape in time... - FFing Enigma

Boob tentacles! - Mona Nomura

...and I thought MY man-boobs were bouncy... - TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC

Bob had seven bitch tits. - Aaron Hood

I do not want to caption that. - Derrick

"Oh by the way, they're real, and they're spectacular" - Jericho from twhirl

STAMPEDE! - James Ferguson

OMG! hide - Susan Beebe

Call me Ishmael. - david beckwith

Why have only women Liked this? - Tinfoil 2.0

His name was Robert Paulson.....His name was Robert Paulson.... - Rah-PM 2012

The first rule of Moobs is to not talk about Moobs! - Josh Haley

3D animators will be studying this guy for years... - The Fat Oracle

5 seconds before: "Call em Bitch Tits....ONE more time...." - Rah-PM 2012

Gah!!! Brain too traumatized and in shock to think of something witty to write. - Mark Krynsky

MOTORBOAT! MOTORBOAT! MOTORBOAT! - Johnny

DAMMIT Worthington, that was just wrong! Sacrilege, even. - Tinfoil 2.0

That's a lot of breasts to fondle. - Bonnie Dean

pretty boy:) - Igor Poltavskiy

Scoble, Alex Scoble

Cool beans, my good friend Mike is now on friendfeed http://friendfeed.com/snowcra... I'm looking forward to his participation on here. He's an expert on software/hardware testing as well as server room energy use/efficiency.

December 23, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Please give him the usual friendfeed welcome :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

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Welcome Mike! -

Welcome, Mike! - Mona Nomura

Alex spent the evening giving me a hard time for not being here - Mike

Welcome aboard Mike - Bob Maltais

Hi Mike, nice to have you join us! - FFing Enigma

Oh, he's also quite the Apple Mac/OS X expert as well - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Heya, Mike. I have an interest in server room energy use, too. Hoping to knock out a DCU certification next year. - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

@ha3rvey - I'll have to check out the DCU cert. when I return to the office. Our initial focus is on servers with tracking power usage and utilization. - Mike

I've learned something today. I didn't know you could specialize in "server room energy use." I thought all you had to do was keep it cool. - Jimmy Walker

Welcome. Subscribing to you now, as going green in our datacenter is a big push in '09. - Jericho

Welcome to the jungle, Mike. :) We all float down here. - Hookuh Tinypants

Paul Buchheit

Obama: The College Years - Photo Essays - TIME - http://www.time.com/time...

December 18, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"In 1980, when Obama was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles, he was approached by an aspiring photographer named Lisa Jack, who asked him if he would be willing to pose for some black and white photographs that she could use in her portfolio." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet

And that is why I never delete any photos. - Gabe

Ha! Young Obama looks like Chris Brown! - Jericho

Steve Isaacs

Season 2 Online Premiere - Flight of the Conchords Online Now!!! - http://www.funnyordie.com/videos...

December 17, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Bret and Jemaine are back and finally so is The Flight of the Conchords (US Only - sorry, Kraplakistan) " - Steve Isaacs from Bookmarklet

FoTC frakking rulez. - Jericho from twhirl

I *puff heart* Jemaine. - Miranda

Startups

Pandora Now Available for Windows Mobile - http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008...

December 16, 2008 from TechCrunch - Comment - Like - Share

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I actually played around with this when I had the Samsung Epix for a day (was disappointed with the phone), it worked very well, even over EDGE. - David Wilson

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@Brian, ditto - Jorge Escobar

Not available for my Tilt on AT&T. "Currently, Pandora only supports certain AT&T devices." - Jericho from twhirl

Nevermind, found a link to the cab on xda-devs site. Works great so far! - Jericho from twhirl

Mona Nomura

Contemplating installing TweetDeck. </end small voice> I know, I know. I am no longer Miss Anti-3rd party publishing tool of the year.

December 15, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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TweetDeck rules - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

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Lovin' me some Tweetdeck. Groups support is a must and I won't ever move to another client that doesn't support it. - Mark Krynsky

Just installed it last night myself. Haven't played with it as of yet. Looking forward to it though. - Bob Maltais

I've only used Twitter WebApps and now venturing to native clients. PROGRESS! - Mona Nomura

TweetDeck is great. Hint: Make a column that searches for Bacon. :-) - Louis Gray

I've been toying with the same idea. You go first, Mona. Louis: This is why you are the awesomest. - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

I concur. Excellent choice Mona. - David Wynn

TweetDeck is great! - Sarah Perez

All desktop apps are distracting though, gotta get real work done! - Sally Church

I <3 TweetDeck too. Good choice, girl. - Carmen wBabby

Mark: I'm having the same issue with the login info checked box or not - Bob Maltais

@Mark A case of not wanting to miss the boat so jump on not properly "packed" or in this case "programed" - Bob Maltais

TweetDeck is my tool of choice. I love the groups - Bwana ☠

me too, search is good too - Adrian

I liked TweetDeck but find myself using Twirl more. - Jericho from twhirl

Confession: I've yet to install. I have issues with Adobe Air. It is a personal thing. - Mona Nomura

Louis - I love your "bacon" search recommendation for Mona. Tweetdeck really is awesome.... very happy with it, except it HOGS CPU / RAM like nobody's business...sigh - Susan Beebe

So true Susan. I have to quit it a couple times a day to free up resources. :( - Bwana ☠

I love Tweetdeck. However, 1. it is a bit of a CPU hog, and 2. it takes up a fair chunk of screen estate. Having said that, I have Tweetdeck/GMail/Friendfeed/IRC/Skype open on a secondary machine, so it doesn't slow my main machine down, and doesn't distract me so much, as the screen is off to one side, and I don't get pop ups on the main monitors. - Ian May

I started using Tweet Deck last night, switching from Twhirl and I really like it! - Joe Dawson

LOL, Joe Dawson is in beta? - Bwana ☠

Ian is the man! smart cookie, I'll have to re-purpose one of my spare laptops for that! - Susan Beebe

I played with TweetDeck for a few days, quickly realized that it was a vastly inferior interface for monitoring feeds than Google Reader, and then uninstalled it. I miss it not in the slightest. - Sean McBride

Tweetdeck works well if you have a huge amount of screen real estate; otherwise I would suggest Twhirl which takes up very little space - Glenn Batuyong

I installed TweetDeck last evening and quickly bailed out of it. Too much of information and it is like information quicksand...you hear a giant sucking noise and are instantly lost in the information quicksand....mt re-visit it later. - kamla bhatt

kamla -- yup, - Sean McBride

I just remembered why I refrained from native 3rd party apps. I blogged about it a while back. Two words: Adobe AIR. - Mona Nomura

Tweetdeck is the best! - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Sucking noise? Mine sounds like a frog croaking. - Tapio Kulmala

I easily control all my Friendfeed and Twitter feeds (and many hundreds more) under a few dozen well-organized folders with Google Reader. GR provides enormous leverage over a huge flood of news and information. I've tried every feed manager out there, and so far none of them have come close to GR for me. But you need to know what you are doing to extract maximum benefits from using GR in this way. TweetDeck struck me as a conspicuous waste of time -- extremely inefficient. - Sean McBride

By the way, no offense to those who love TweetDeck. We are all expressing our honest opinions here. If you love it, if it provides good value for you, all the more power to you. God bless. Follow your bliss. - Sean McBride

It's all about exchanging ideas, Sean. No need for apologies or disclaimers in my feed - ever. And thanks to everyone for their feedback! - Mona Nomura

Thanks, Mona. You've always struck me as a clear-eyed, hard-headed and no-nonsense type. :) Tell us what's on your mind and let's see if it makes any sense. - Sean McBride

Sean - thanks for your words. :) I like hearing feedback from real users, so this thread has been extremely informative to me. So thanks, you guys! That said... First, I have an issue with sites and services that require any publishing tool in order for it to be efficiently utilized. That has and will always be my number one complaint with Twitter. Second, I do not like AIR or... more... - Mona Nomura

How timely. Been wondering about installing this myself. How is it that I think up a question and someone or many someones on Friendfeed answers it? ESP? What? - Martha

Kol Tregaskes

What was your first computer and when did you get it?

December 16, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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I think I was given my Acorn Electron (like BBC computer) when I was 9 years old, so about 1985 I think. It still has the best game ever on it - Bug Blaster (a Centipede clone) - I couldn't stop playing that game and regularly got stupidly high scores on it. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

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The first one I ever used was a TI-99/4A. The first I ever owned was a Coleco Adam, and I think it was 1983. - Nine

Sinclair ZX Spectrum :) My father brought it home when I was quite young, but I soon learnt how to punch in source codes for games from german computer magazines (which were the only ones available with page after page with source codes). Then Commodore 64, Amiga, etc. - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

My very own first one was an HP that I got for college in 1995. - Jaemi Kehoe

Apple IIgs - Derrick

Apple IIe I think, in 87 or 88. I was six, showed a natural ability to use the computer and was entered into a summer program where I got one with learning software. - xero

Apple II C - cjmart

Does a Sinclair count? - Nicola Quinn

I don't remember what exactly it was but I do remember that it had a 75 MHz Pentium processor in it. And that was back in 97 or 98 I believe. - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

An off-the-shelf Pentium 2 machine of some sort. I got in the game late :) Not sure exactly when, but I believe sometime in the late '90s - Daniel Bruce

Atari STe again - 8MHz with 512kb of memory - that's right, half a megabyte of RAM. And I built a DB of all my brothers' several hundred books on it... - Sean

Atari 800XL. Believe it or not, we used it more as a computer than a video game system. http://www.atarimuseum.com/compute... - Hookuh Tinypants

The Little Professer, documented here: http://stackoverflow.com/questio... (big page, load patience required). Impressive catalog on that single stackoverflow question. - Micah

Commodore 64 in '82. - Akiva

An HP in 1994. Ah, how I miss Windows 3.1... I still remember my parents flipping out because I was "going too fast", clicking away setup alerts and installing things while they were still thumbing through the manual. - Penguin

8088 in the early 90's - Bryan Clark

An Epson, 1992-3 - Maryam Ardakani

A Texas Instrument LED watch. Well, maybe not a computer but hi tech then... - Håkan Dahlström

Commodore 128. I think around '84-85.. - Rodfather

TRS-80 Step Dad brought it home... thought we'd like to "play" with it...and we did! He knew Cobol, Fortran, Pascal and Basic... Taught us lots of fun stuff. we even tore up punch cards for hobbies - Susan Beebe

Commodore 64. - Thomas Hawk

My brothers had a TRS-80 that i would play Zaxxon on for hours (it was on a cassette.) It had a pretty cool multimedia game called Space Probe: Math which was based on the movie The Black Hole. - sergiooo

Anyone who answers Commodore 64, I'm following right now ;) -- one of my favorite machines of all time. My first, though, was the Texas Instruments TI-994A - Jorge Escobar

TRS-80 Model 4. mid 80s. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Commodore VIC-20 with a tape-drive - meckimac

Apple II+ with (I think) 48k of RAM...was upgraded soon after to 64k. I was 9. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

first one I ever used was one of these Compaq Portable deals in the mid 80s... my dad would bring it home from work. he'd use it for CAD stuff. I would play a flight simulator game on it or mess around with DOS commands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Neil Bernhart

TimexSinclair1000. But I had more fun with my C64. - Jericho from twhirl

Amiga 500!!!! - Simon Wicks

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Glenn Batuyong

TRS-80 Color Computer with 4k of memory and programs loaded from cassette! - David Ward

Mine was a Commodore 64. Had to give it a solid whack when you turned it on so that the monitor would kick in. But I loved her!!! - Bob Maltais

Commodore VIC-20 in 1982 (w/ tape drive), followed by C-64 in 1983 (floppy). - Nils Sandin

A 8086 clone running DOS. Did three things with it: played games, wrote stuff on WordStar and learned how to erase a hard drive. - Steven Perez

@Steven I erased my dad's Disk 1 of Lotus 1-2-3. He called the company up and told them what happened. They sent him a new Disk 1 at no charge. I thought that was really cool. You'd be hard pressed to find a company that would do that these days. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

Commodore Vic-20 - Mike Reynolds

Sarah Perez

I want to know your favorite mobile apps - any platform. :)

December 12, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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I'm thinking top mobile apps should include Pandora, Fring, FFToGo, NetVibes Mobile, Brightkite, Twitterberry (for Blackberry users)...what else? And anyone with an Android have ideas of top Android apps? - Sarah Perez

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Google Maps, Live Mesh, Google Reader, Exchange Anywhere. Windows Mobile - Alex Sauceda

Shazaam, Recorder for Iphone. - Amani

Brightkite and Safari on iPhone. - Håkan Dahlström

Shozu & Opera Mini - Igor Schwarzmann

for those of us still rockin' an s60 phone, I'd say Twibble is the best twitter client I've found. Also GMail (checking multiple Apps accounts from one application++) and Google Maps (the stand alone apps) are quite handy. - Michael B

@Hakan: Hmmm, I don't really think of Safari as a "mobile app"... - Sarah Perez

@Morgan You think Twitterlater Pro is the best mobile Twitter app? I heard a lot of good things about that one... - Sarah Perez

Things, Facebook and Qik - Aziz

Twinkle! - Clay Newton

my legs ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I would definitely have to charge you a small fee for that information :) - Charlie Anzman

Remember the Milk... Finally competent integration with webapp and mobile device and excellent task management. Also Twitterfon -- Definitely the best twitter iphone app. - Mark Philpot

m.fanfou.com on wap - terababy

love friendfeed on my iphone - mike "glemak" dunn

Ocarina app for the iPhone. - Mona Nomura

Ocarina all day. Best $0.99 you'll ever spend... if you're into that kind of thing (music) - Bwana ☠

Cycorder video recorder and Quick Gold app launcher - iPhone (jaibroken) - vijay

http://friendfeed.com/iphone/ works really well. http://moconica.com/ will update identica and that in turn can update Twitter -->FriendFeed/Facebook. Otherwise just use hellotxt.com or ping.fm - Glenn Batuyong from twhirl

skyfire browser, kinoma for windowsmobile - Jericho from twhirl

twitterific, pandora, last fm, google apps...ipod/iphone - Live4Emma (L4S)

Opera & Google Maps (now support Street View on my HTC Diamond!!) - TiTi

A/C, stereo, auto locks, auto windows, defrost, power seats. those are my favorite mobile apps. - Morgan

Mail, Maps, Twitterfon, FriendFeed mobile... - Brian Bufalo

loopt and iskoot and all the mobile twitter apps - Erica

"Cams Ohoy!" for iPhone, because I used to get a lot of tickets :) And FF and gReader for the iPhone. - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ

Calling and texting, very rarely Gmail and Google Reader - Jan Horna

fring,twibble,calsyncs60,active notes,youtube...on N95 - Juanma Linares

Manheim Auto Auction MMR and Google Maps - Harry

Calculator. ;) - John Long

Rah-PM 2012

My mom has decided that Twitter sucks. Her primary reason is that there is no context for the conversations so she has no clue WTF everyone is talking about.

December 11, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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She's already on FF, Sean =) - FFing Enigma

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At least someone else agrees with me that Twitter is useless for conversations. - xero

which means that she would love friendfeed. - Carlos Ayala

You have to be pretty dedicated to actually follow a convo on Twitter. Especially when you're a third party or multiple people are involved. I told her Twitter wasn't all that. She hasn't told me her thoughts on FF yet, but I guess she might randomly show up on this thread and put in her 2 cents :) - Rah-PM 2012

twitter is a tough sell to newbies, esp if they have preconceptions that it's IM. it's not. - Jericho from twhirl

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