Adam, the site/room/service (whatever it's called) is amazingly slow. I tried to enter a room and gave up after it was rendering for 4 minutes. Maybe I'll try a less popular room at a less popular time of day. - Matt McGee

With some issues resolved (including speed), I see a winner. I am in one of the rooms currently and despite several user interface issues I can clearly see the potential for addiction. - Vinay

Playing a with it little now. Cool to see you engaging people so quickly here Adam (despite the 'disclaimer :) Feedback passes and that's important and practically in real time! - Charlie Anzman

+1 Erica - Ginger Makela

Where's the FriendFeed, uh, room? - Jordan Hofker

it seems pretty basic at this point, long load times, very little to do, hardly any customization... seems like it has a long way to go - Nathan Chase

Here's a FriendFeed Lively Room -> http://www.lively.com/dr?rid=2... - Nathan Chase

It's like VRML, except doesn't run on my computer. - Steve Weis

@Adam, I'm with you about your getting no credit, but don't you feel you deserve some blame? - j1m

There's something about you Mona ... - Charlie Anzman

do you like picasa better oor flickr? looks like picasa gets bigger thumbnail - Tyler

=( - Mona N

Tyler - I use both. Flickr is a networking mechanism within itself. Picasa has a way to go in that area. No science - Charlie Anzman

Twitter 515 followers several YEARS - FF 450 several months - Early adopter? I think NOT - Charlie Anzman

Wow, that is fantastic!! I love getting FF subscription requests! very cool! - Susan Beebe

Hey Susan - Just making a point. It's the dialog and making discovery easy for people ... plus FF has already broken out of 'geek only' - Charlie Anzman

charlie - how can you be sure it broke out of geek only? - Zach Landes

Must be Louis :) Up to 477? Wild. @Zach Just by looking at what they comment on. Also by going over to the everyone tab. - Charlie Anzman

You don't want to see my inbox...It's full of viagra ads and Nigerian bankers... - Hao Chen

Little quick update for those of you that have been following this little 'meme' since yesterday. On the verge of overtaking Twitter 'circulation' NOW ... forget years, months ... in ONE day. No tricks, no 'gaming', just a few friends (made right here) and Friendfeed magic?. Now I've gotta find all you guys, subscribe back .. and go a little nuts :) - Charlie Anzman

It's a Virtual World, minus the "World" plus "Rooms". Virtual house? - Jordan Hofker

Pat: http://bit.ly/FF-lively - Marcos Marado

Thanks for the links. I get offline for three hours and THIS happens :-P - Pat Hawks

If you're on a Mac it's Apple-Shift-4. FTW! - AJ Kohn

On a mac, use Skitch. On my iPod so no linky sorry! - John Samuelson

Windows: Hit Print Screen key, this copies the screen to the clipboard. Paste into Paint or some other image editing program. Save as PNG or JPEG. - xero

If you like Air, try WebKut http://toki-woki.net/p/WebKut/ - Shey

Vista has a built in Snipping Tool that is handy. - Alan Le

jingproject - Mona N

www. - Mona N

http:// - Mona N

this is techsmith's job! And http://www.jingproject.com/ is your need. it has video support too. - Erhan Erdogan

oh and dot com comes after jingproject... just in case HA - Mona N

If you're trying to share that graph on FF then the FF bookmarklet is the way to go http://friendfeed.com/share/bo... - Mike Doeff

Using Firefox Add-on "Screengrab" re; https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... - Czar Derek Peterman

@Mona funny! : ) - Erhan Erdogan

:D - Mona N

ohhh riiight the print screen button you were all VERY helpful (but good gosh I feel silly) thanks! - Marco

I still prefer OneNote's tool. - Jordan Hofker

Andrew a 5 star playlist in WMP doesn't do me any good. The files are locked in WMP. MSFT doesn't allow you to search by ratings outside of WMP from within Windows. They'll allow you to sync the music with a Windows phone from within WMP but no luck on the iPhone of course. - Thomas Hawk

you might find this useful. MusicBridge, it syncs metadata between WMP and iTunes Libraries http://is.gd/MX4 - Rahul Das

Apple hates MSFT, MSFT hates Apple and the consumer who wants to use both loses. - Thomas Hawk

I wish song ratings, playcounts, and date added were part of an ID3 tag. I'm also addicted to organizing my music and have written extensively on the topic at my blog: http://softwarereflections.wor... - trextor

Rahul thanks for that. I knew that you could 'extract' the infos from itunes via xml but not this. - Nicole Simon

Can you burn the list to DVD first to separate them from the others then add them to mac? - Andrew Smith

Rahul, my problem is that my library is too big for iTunes. iTunes chokes on large mp3 libraries. I simply need to be able to identify all of my 5 star songs outside of the WMP silo where my ratings are all locked up at present. Then I could import that smaller library into itunes and synch my iphone with it. - Thomas Hawk

I don't think so Andrew, too many songs for a DVD. - Thomas Hawk

Hey Thomas, that's not quite right. After you rate them in WMP, go to Tools and click "Apply Media Information Changes". Do a search for all of your music (make sure you have the Rating column displayed) and click the arrow next to "Rating" and then "Group By". Or just do a search like: is:music rating:5 - Jordan Hofker

If MSFT simply allowed you to do an advanced search in Vista by mp3 rating this could easily be done. But they'd rather lock you into MSFT portable devices than let you have access to *your* ratings outside of a MSFT device. By only allowing you to sort your music within WMP they get to lock out competing devices. - Thomas Hawk

well a long way of doing it could be to make a playlist of all the 5 star songs, and sync the playlist to a portable device. You can then get them all together in one location. If there are too many songs do it little by little. - Rahul Das

not sure how the naming is in english (i have a german windows) - you can make your intelligent playlist with the rating, save it as .3u which should be importable into itunes. - Nicole Simon

Thomas, give "Apply Media Information Changes" a try. I'm interested to know if it works for you. - Jordan Hofker

Jordan how do I do a search for all of my music? - Thomas Hawk

Ok doing an advanced search in my music folder for all files modified before 7-8-2008. Will see what comes up this way. Hmmm it seems that searching with Windows Explorer is limited to 5,000 items. - Thomas Hawk

is:music (Are you using Vista?) (If you hit the 5,000 limit, click "Show All results") - Jordan Hofker

I think MediaMonkey may solve your problem. It should automatically recognize all the ratings you made in WMP, and I think it will sync your iPhone. Not certain on the iPhone though...I know it syncs my Nano perfectly. - Matt via twhirl

Not portable? In WMP Options, Library tab, make sure you enable option to "Maintain star ratings as global ratings in files." Voila. - Ed Bott

Ed, I've already done that. So tell me now, how do I copy all my 5 star rated songs into a folder that I can then copy over to my Mac? Love seeing you on FriendFeed by the way! :) - Thomas Hawk

For those of you who don't know Ed Bott, he's one of the top Microsoft Windows bloggers out there. Definitely worth following: http://friendfeed.com/edbott - Thomas Hawk

That's why I stick to using iTunes. Makes my life a whole lot easier. - Matt Donders

I ditched WMP years ago. Haven't looked back either. - Granteezy

Thomas, I'm here because of you! To get your 5-star list, click the Music folder (or wherever you have your music stored) and then enter rating:(5 stars) in the Search box. You can even save that search. - Ed Bott

Also, you can use Details View and add the Ratings column in Explorer. Then click the arrow to the right of the column heading and check boxes to filter. - Ed Bott

Ed, when I do that search rating:(5 stars) in the search box I only get 381 results when I've got 6,328 tracks rated 5 star. Any idea why? "Maintain star ratings as global ratings in files," is enabled. - Thomas Hawk

Thomas, click the arrow to the right of the Ratings column and use the Stack By Ratings feature. Now make the File Count column available. That will show you results for all ratings. - Ed Bott

PS: I'm planning a big how-to article on Vista Explorer for publication at ZDNet this Friday which will cover several of these techniques... - Ed Bott

when I click "stack by ratings" it changes the view to show the "5 star" stack, but still only 381 songs if I explore that "stack." I'm running the same search in advanced search mode including hidden and system files and that's been running for about 20 min with 0 results returned yet. - Thomas Hawk

looking forward to Friday's article! - Thomas Hawk

Searching hidden files won't help. Also, you need to start from scratch with your search scope. Your stack is based on the existing search of 5-star ratings. - Ed Bott

Wow, someone actually uses WMP? - Marcos Marado

I have taken backwards solution to your problem. I refuse to use Apple products and I get along just fine. - Toby Graham

Marcos, WMP works with Windows Media Center, which handles all my music at home -- through three Xbox 360 extenders connected up to plasma displays. I've never been able to get iTunes to load my entire sizeable library, it chokes every time -- especially on gapless playback and loading album art. WMP is a more robust player as far as I'm concerned. - Thomas Hawk

...but I like my iPhone much better than my former Windows Smartphone and need to figure out how to get my 5 star songs isolated outside of WMP in order to import just those songs into iTunes where it shouldn't choke -- which is what I'm working on. Just wish it wasn't so difficult. - Thomas Hawk

I'm Robert, a native of Washington, DC living in San Francisco (near Mountain View). I like hiking, sports, science, eating and geeking among other things. I'm on FriendFeed because I like having a way to vent too, but I also like being able to see what other people are interested about and reading and there are some very smart and thoughtful people here to discuss things with. - Robert Seidman

Since you ask :), I am an Indian living in the DC metro area. I love movies (almost all kinds), music (mainly Hindi Film Music and Ghazals), and pondering about how languages work. Web technologies, design, and usability issues interest me as much. FriendFeed to me is primarily a life-tracking mechanism. Lately, though, I have found its great potential for venting out as well. - Vinay

I am Paul from Oklahoma City near Tinker AFB. I have a wife of 19 years and two teenage sons. I love photography, amateur radio (K5GLH), and social networking. I spent 10 years in the Air Force in three countries and six states. - Paul L. McCord Jr.

I grew up outside of DC :), common thread here. I'm fond of politics, rock climbing, and painting. Friendfeed is like a link blog for me and it makes it easier to share and find new sources of information. - Michael

I'm Aaron Brazell, born in a hospital outside of Buffalo, NY and now a 19 year resident of Baltimore. With brief stints living throughout New York State and Africa, and travelling a bit in recent years I'm growing to hate Maryland more. :) I'm an amateur photographer trying to understand Thomas Hawk's photography and a blogger trying to make a living doing whatever I can on the web. - Aaron Brazell

I'm Kirk, I'm a native Illinoisan living near the space center in Houston. I like to run, read, hike, write. Lately, I've been trying to organize the debris of my digital life -- travels, photos, music, writing, etc. -- online and offline, so a fair amount of the things that show up in my feed aren't new. I'd be happy to find some other folks to follow here with similar interests; right now, I mostly follow the social media elite (which seems to be the vocal majority, understandably) - Kirk Kittell

I'm Vince from Louisville, KY - my life didn't start for me until I lived in Japan around 1999. There I met my wife and in 2003 we had our first and only child (girl), who is the absolute love of my life. By day I'm a manager of around 140 and IT's worst nightmare because I love to make my own apps in ASP.NET. The Internet and Social Networking are two things that are infinitely interesting to me - the things I've learned and the people I "meet" have given me a lifetime of knowledge. So, hello! - Vince DeGeorge

I'm Erica, 27, an Everywherian currently living in Brooklyn, NY (though soon to escape to Cali). I'm into taking pictures, playing Halo, computers, and reading. I am one of the 42 people in the world that hates cats (I know, I know). I'm a web nerd at heart but I have no coding skills so I appease the computer nerd in me by fixing computers (that's what I get paid to do anyhow). I likey the FriendFeed because I can passively discover interesting things. - Erica Baker

I'm Jordan, originally from Lincoln, NE, but now living north, in Fargo, ND. During the day, I write code for a living. The rest of the time I enjoy being with my wife, seeing what all of you are doing, taking pictures, writing more code, and many other things. I'm on FriendFeed because I get to follow interesting people and see interesting things. - Jordan Hofker

I am Mathew, but please call me Mati as my friends & family do, a native of St. Louis, Missouri. Did a prolonged stint in Nawlins as a Tulane undergraduate. Lived in a LA for a stint as an intern for Teach For America. Went into banking and then music club operations in NOLA. Returned to StL late in '90's to help home hospice grandmother and went to work in CMOS & Bond Operations for Edward Jones for 5 years. I have been in Hotel finance/accounting for the last 5 yrs or so. Hobbies are the outdoors, my friends & family, new experiences, kayaking (flat & ww), reading, photography, and living as much as I can. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Hi I'm Mona. I'm addicted to the internet and I take up a lot of pixels. FF gives me an outlet to vent FAR away from my real life. Avid 2.0er, full time SNSer, lover of all things with an on/off button. People think I'm a wild party chick but I'm just a nerd. edit: i forgot i like rubiks too... so not all things with an on/off button =\ - Mona N

I am Jason, native Texan currently residing in Jacksonville, FL. by way of Louisiana and Arizona. By day, I am a Landscape Architect. The rest of my time and interests lie in photography, design and my new found interest in social media. Trying to realize a way to merge all of these in a useful manner as my background has nothing to do with coding, social media or the like. Came across FF as a means to discover new and interesting things as well as interact with many I read about or follow. (edit) - coming up on 34 yrs. in August. Happily married to my high school sweetie and father of three. - JA Castillo

I am Robert, and I am a father to Michael (10) and Alex (8). I met their mother, my wife, in Washington DC in 1989 when we were 17. She was a year a head in school and went to Tulane, I attended the University of Chicago, but switched to The Ohio State University to get a degree in CIS. We dated long distance until she moved here after college. I have lived in Columbus, Chicago, Corpus Christi, Charlotte, DC and northern NJ. To pay the bills I am a systems architect who still gets his hands dirty and has an enthusiasm for making things go fast. My other enthusiasms include college football, reading, alternative music, the autumn, thunderstorms, travel, flickr and his family. I prefer to have a few good friends, instead of many and do not care for most social situations - RAPatton

Jack (Jeber) Carlson, born 54 years ago and raised in the same neighborhood I'm living in now. I've lived and worked in D.C. (ASA/NSA), Texas and Idaho. I blog insistently, am a mod/admin for several forums including Lockergnome's and Scot Finnie's forums. I've been a help desk jocky for Gateway and D-Link. I work as an office/production/general manager for a small cartridge remanufacturing shop and serve on the national IT committee for our parent company. I love pets, plants & 'puters. - Jack Carlson

I'm Phil Glockner, aka J. Phil, aka eng1ne. I am the creator of the website scribkin as well as a IT geek, systems admin, L3 extrodinaire and decent hack rated somewhere between 'blogger' and 'writer'. I have lived in or near Austin TX now for over 12 years. I am married now for 1 year, and I am dog daddy. - J. Phil

Great idea. I'm Ray Grieselhuber, born in Columbus, Ohio. Moved to Japan in college, met my wife there. We lived in San Diego for 5 years, taking a year off to travel around the world (best trip ever). Worked at a startup then I started my own this year. Moved to Japan in Feb of this year. One son, one baby on the way. :-) - Ray Grieselhuber

Nice work starting this thread! My name is also Adam and I grew up in Chicago. Started following the web scene in '96 by reading back issues of Wired found in my uncle's house. Moved out to Silicon Valley in '05 to work at Yahoo! after taking 6 months off to travel RTW. I love FF because it allows me to see what people I'm interested in find interesting...As for me, I like learning about emerging trends (particularly on the web), remix culture, travel, fitness, and avoiding the fluff of web 2.0 noisemakers. - Adam Kazwell

and I, like a lot of others, no longer work at the big Y! :) - Adam Kazwell

Great idea, though I dont see many ages in this threat, perhaps I'm the youngin' here. The name is Colby, twenty one year old male, grew up in Santa Cruz, moved to San Jose and have been here since. Started out on MS Bob as a child and moved up and around. Spent some ill used time in IRC channels, but now enjoy being active on the social networks and writing my own blog. My AFK hobbies include spending time with my girlfriend and family, reading, writing poetry, and eating. I also attend college at Foothill - Colby Olson

Born in So Calif. raised in Huntington Beach, CalPoly SLO (Comp Sci), UCLA Grad (Law), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Certified Project Manager (PMP). 15+ years in IT Management; started my own IT consulting firm in 1994 - still churns profitability to this day! Managed over 1,000 deployments; managed over 30 million in projects... Launching Data Center move tomorrow@ 7am.. stressed! but love my job!; married + cat! Now in Rochester, NY working for Nelnet, Inc. (CUnet.com/ Petersons.com) - Susan Beebe

Hi I'm Jon Dillon, born in the UK but raised in Hong Kong where I started working for Agence France-Presse. Recently moved to San Francisco for AFP after 7 years in Paris. I'm currently trying to figure out how to make news products more related to today's environment. Love cooking (Was a chef in a passed life), photography and wine but not necessarily in that order. Love FF too. - Jon Dillon

Hi, I'm Jason Toney. I live in Los Angeles, California, where I've spent most of my life. I am a senior producer for Disney Online. My team manages TV, music, games (console), and corporate websites. This works out well as I spend a lot of time with tv and music in my personal life and games on occasion (although I'm more of a casual than console gamer lately). I'm on Friend Feed far too much. I like posting non-tech stuff - music, movies, books, comic books, and quirky environmental things of late. - Jason Toney

Wow, great to read this about everyone. I'm Tricia, originally Australian, currently living in London and have spent the past few years living in Denmark. At the moment am trying to decide where my next jump will be to - thinking San Francisco but there are a couple of other possibilities out there. Discovered FriendFeed when Adam told me to. He did warn me it was horribly addictive - I should have listened! - Patricia Hanrahan

Nice to meet you all. ; ) - Erhan Erdogan

HI. I'm Charlie Anzman .... and you're not (Great thread Adam - Long Overdue. Everyone should bookmark it and come back) - Charlie Anzman

Great idea! I'm Kevin. Born and raised in Glendale/Ridgewood Queens NY. Have made my home in E Northport Long Island for 20 years. Married to my wife Connie for 21 years and have 2 kids Brian and Emily, 20 and 19. Have worked in IT Healthcare, currently in my 20th year at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Involved now in computer software coding and design, patient portal, web development, content management, streaming video, usability... you name it. My hobbies, movies, silent films, movie serials, B movies, Laurel and Hardy, Magic, Acting (Community Theater), Singing, Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Reading (Sherlock and Nero Wolfe), podcasts (listening), baseball (The Mets), football (The Jets), too much TV. - Kevin Shannon

Hello! I'm Ginger. I'm an INFP and a Pisces. I'm fascinated by the concept of fame, American culture, reinvention, identity creation, authenticity, ethics, privacy/publicity, social communities, and advertising, and I like media that talk about those things. Born and raised in Minnesota, now I live in Denver, CO with my husband. Most of all, I love great conversations while eating great food. And I like learning how to make things from scratch. - Ginger Makela

Good Job Adam! The name's Parr. Ben Parr. I'm a recent grad of Northwestern University in Chicago and now working as the Interactive Content Manager for a high-growth web health company. I'm first and foremost an Entrepreneur, then a blogger, fiction writer, social media master, thrill seeker, and Aspiring World Changer. I do everything from SEO to design to some coding. Personally I'm an ENTP, very outgoing and connecting (perfect for a TV show, hint hint). I'm very quirky, but girls seem to love it. :) - Ben Parr

Hello, I'm possible248. possible248 likes to refer to himself in third person. possible248 also does not capitalize his nickname, ever. possible248 is obsessed with Linux, KDE, and weird stuff. - possible248

Hi I'm Bee Ling, my close friends call me Bee. I'm a Malaysian, but have been living in Singapore for about 8 years now. Married and have a 18 months baby boy. Working in the IT services as a consultant, doing mostly customer supports, system developments/enhancements/maintenance. I love lindy hop, great food, photography, reading and travelling. Nowadays, facebook, friendfeed have got much of my online time. It's interesting and fun! - BeeLing Poh

Hi, I'm Ayse (pronounced Isha). I live in Durham, NC, w/ my partner of many years and edit an academic journal at UNC (Go, Heels!). I'm not at all tech-inclined, but v. happy to have stumbled upon social networking sites, which are perfect for those of us who are shy but friendly and naturally curious. Enjoyed reading about you all. Thx for starting the thread, Adam. :) - Ayşe E.

Hi, I'm Cianna. I know Adam through swing dancing & am finally reading my FF because he told me to. I have lived most of my life in the SF Bay Area & know that makes me a lucky person. My focus is on making documentaries, but I'm also often found doing PR & music videos, shorts films, & also some stuff that pays. I love gear, tech, climbing, diving, words & books printed on paper. - Cianna Stewart

Hi, I'm Dennis. I heard of Adam through Todd. I've been living in the SF Bay area since 1991. It's been so long, I consider it home now. Originally made in the Philippines, reared in the Chicago land area and spent a brief time experiencing life in Deutschland ( Germany). I enjoy all things design from software , gadgets, architecture, food. My interests range from being a great dad, cooking, riding a bike, surfing the web. My three wishes -- 1. world peace. 2. save our planet. 3. good health . - D 'gadget' Domingo