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BBC NEWS | Technology | No IE onboard Windows 7 in Europe - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
"European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web browser for themselves. Bowing to European competition rules, Microsoft Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer."
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Experts warn of porn Mac attacks - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
"Security experts have discovered two novel forms of Mac OS X malware. OSX/Tored-A - an updated version of the Mac OS Tored worm - and a Trojan called OSX/Jahlav-C were both found on popular pornographic websites."
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Twitter hype punctured by study - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
"Micro-blogging service Twitter remains the preserve of a few, despiteJust 10% of Twitter users generate more than 90% of the content, a Harvard study of 300,000 users found. the hype surrounding it, according to research."
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BBC NEWS | Business | Setanta 'is on brink of collapse' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
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"Setanta faces administration "within days" unless backers provide more funds to pay £30m it owes to the English Premier League, reports have suggested."
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BBC 'in talks' over Sir Alan job - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
"The BBC is in talks over Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar's new government role but says it is determined its impartiality will remain "sacrosanct"."
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Deleting your friendfeed account is like giving your friends a big eff u and going underground.
Gail Gardner, Tapio Kulmala, Ton Zijp and 41 other people liked this
Well this all came down to a big misunderstanding on my part due to a serious of unfortunate events.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex, what's that in hand, in your profile pic?
- Jim Connolly
Who did the "big eff u?"
- Jonathan Hardesty
Domo-kun!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Chris White AKA Cristo, Jonathan.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Why?
- Amani
Oof-da. What gives?
- Jonathan Hardesty
Does it matter why? No...it doesn't matter...there's no good reason to do it...none.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
"Reality Check" Dropping dead while editing a blog post and no one noticing.
- Jack&Cleo
Jack - lol :)
- Jim Connolly
He could just make his feed private and unsubscribe to people - that would be better I would think
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
... or just go exclusively to Twitter and become an anonymous part of 'the crowd?'
- Jim Connolly
Hasn't Chris done that before?
- Mo Kargas
You couldn't help him because he's gone.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
And yes, Mo...this is the 2nd time he's deleted his account. I don't think there's any coming back from that.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Shame :(
- Mo Kargas
Well, it's valid as long as people understand that it's going to happen. Maybe what he's after is simply ephemeral involvement in interesting conversation with people he knows, but not a permanent record. I can understand that motivation, but really not sure why he does that.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I don't think there's anything wrong with deleting an account at all. It might be annoying to followers, sure, but there's nothing wrong with it and there's dozens of very, very good reasons to do it.
- Soup in a TARDIS
I'm confused... I still see his stuff... https://friendfeed.com/cristob... and his comments in your posts... https://friendfeed.com/search... Or do I have the wrong Cristo?
- Tinfoil 2.0
A bunch of his posts and comments from the past few days are still around. Are you suggesting he did it again, Alex, or are you just talking about the last time?
- Ken Sheppardson
I guess he just went private then. Sorry, it looked to me like he had deleted last night.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
No questions remain unanswered on FriendFeed.
- Jim Connolly
If you go private, what happens to the people who are already subscribed to you?
- Marty
They still see your stuff...you have to manually remove them from your subscriptions for them to no longer see your posts.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Well, that would be a pretty significant eff-you without the delete.
- Marty
He did a delete and recreate. It's not the first time, either. He claims it is his SOP. OK, bye!
- Josh Haley
I don't think so, Josh, as some of his comments still exist, but I could be wrong. Maybe friendfeed changed how a delete is managed now, particularly if you recreate so soon after deleting.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
So out of curiousity, if someone does a delete and recreate, are doing that for ALL the sites they use and pull into FF?
- Curtis (a) Jackson
I mean, otherwise, it just seems silly to me.
- Curtis (a) Jackson
Yeah, I don't know, Alan, having never deleted my account before.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Either way, it doesn't matter how great some if his posts and comments are because he has obliterated any ounce of trust or desire to interact now that this is how he rolls. If more people see what he's doing, perhaps less people will feed his habit. He loves the attention and messing with people. He is basically a very intelligent troll. Not very smart, though. [edit: apology made and I have moved on]
- Josh Haley
Yeah, pretty much, Josh.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
A 'little' off topic, but can someone please tell me how to unsubscribe to a batch of people?
- JimsMarketingBlog
Quick and dirty: click on your name, click on subscribers, click on manage subscribers, click on remove next to users name.
- Curtis (a) Jackson
Alan: Thanks man!!!
- JimsMarketingBlog
Jims... go to their profile.. and unsub from there..
- Rob Sellen :o)
In this, Jim, you would click on subscriptions, not subscribers...subscriptions are who you are following...subscribers are who are following you.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Whoopsie. Yeah, got the wires crossed on that one. What Alex said.
- Curtis (a) Jackson
I've done as suggested, I get a list of everyone I am subscribed to - but can't see 'manage subscribers' anywhere?
- JimsMarketingBlog
Yeah, Jim, looks like there is no way to mass unsubscribe from a bunch of people at once...
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Clever.
- Mona Nomura
I know it was possible before the big FF update - just wondered if it was still possible.
- JimsMarketingBlog
Pea, that's a piss poor reason to trash all of the content that you've added here that includes a lot of people's comments and likes. You are free to do so, but it's a seriously effed up thing to do.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex: Maybe, but it does raise an interesting question about who "owns" what on social networks. Do you own the threads you start? Or are you making an argument that once they're started they should belong to everybody?
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
Kevin: The answer to "who owns what on social networks" is easy - Google!! :)
- JimsMarketingBlog
I'm not sure you've used the word "friends" correctly in your original post.
- Jim #TeamMonique
It's not called Pea'sfeed or Alex'sfeed or Louis'feed...it's called friendfeed.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I don't really care if you disagree with me on this...I only care if you actually use it.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854)
- Kay Designer
No.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Rene: Not everyone is in your enviable position. I'm a university professor so necessity dictates I use pseudonyms and/or locks on feeds for privacy and professional reasons. I unfortunately DIDN'T do this when I started using FriendFeed and though I've since changed privacy settings I still get loads of non-professional results (mostly from friendfeed, sadly) when I google my name...
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- Soup in a TARDIS
Yeah, Russ...for people who decide they want to give a big eff u to their friends.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
None of my friends in 'real life' know how to use FF or are too busy playing WOW so if I deleted my account I would be going 'above ground'.
- suzanne
Yeah, so he didn't actually delete his account, but the way that friendfeed handles searches to where you can only search for a specific account's comments/likes/posts if you are subscribed can make it seem like it all went poof. Either way, he's blocked for his behavior.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I will keep this one in mind for when I am in "one of those moods" :-)
- John D Reasor
@Rene, In an ideal world it wouldn't matter. And maybe it doesn't to some (there's one professor in my department who also has a public profile) but its not something everyone is comfortable with. But I have personal reasons in additional to professional reasons to keep things private. I don't really want my students to have that level of possible intimacy with me. It makes failing them more difficult. ;)
- Soup in a TARDIS
Drama queens.
- Anthony Citrano
@suzanne LOL... +100
- Tinfoil 2.0
Actually, Scoble, that is my goal in life: dropout and live happily ever after on Maui. :-)
- Karma Martell
I feel like I just turned on a tv soap opera, and don't know what is going on...
- Kay Designer
Sorry Chris. More of the same. Why would one guy care so much if another guy splits the party? Usually guys do that in order to spend some intimate time alone with a woman... Wrong? Not so among geek men? (Or should I say greek men?)
- Kay Designer
Sometimes when you get stuck in broken disk syndrome - it is good to turn off the machines - hop on a bike (or horse) and ride and ride. Just get out and feel the air on your face!
- Kay Designer
See picture of Bret below (via Best of section)? He has the right idea! Wow look at that scenery!
- Kay Designer
Well this all came down to a big misunderstanding on my part due to a serious of unfortunate events.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I'm sorry, Chris, for assuming that you did a Sherman with your accounts.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
i'm glad you and chris are e-friends once again
- Cee Bee
Me too! Peace in the FriendFeed Valley. Here ya go- Elvis sings one for you: http://bit.ly/RszjH
- Kay Designer
Before and after pics of the front lawn...3 pics before I mowed and 3 similar pics from after...crazy how much the grass grows in two weeks.
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Janet:#TeamMonique, Kol Tregaskes, Jennifer Dittrich and 8 other people liked this
I'm impressed Alex - Looks like at least one geek got a workout today!! :)
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Which is before and which is after? o_O (j/k ;)
- Jemm
Looks like you have a fescue, which means it's actually best kept at about 3 inches and not mowed as frequently as other types. Less mowing = win.
- FFing Enigma
yeah i keep mine at 4". do we have a lawn and garden room?
- Carlos Ayala
Is that the entire yard? Looks like just the right size to maximize the enjoyment of cutting the grass without it being a chore. At my last house, we had a yard with grass, but it was too small to maneuver the lawnmower around well, and it was more of a chore than enjoyment.
- Andy Bakun
That's the entire front yard just about, Andy. Back yard is about the same size.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Nice to watch the grass grow!
- Jane C Woods
I have no grass. Area around house is all groundcover stuff, some ornamental grass and mulch. I miss walking with bare feet over freshly cut lawn but not enough to plant some. I had to do all inside and outside work at old house and I hated mowing.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
dude....cmon......3 weeks between mowing? my dad used to make me mow the lawn every 2 hours.....
- Chris Greene
lazy f%$!
- Chris Greene
sorry, two weeks. you're still a lazy f%# because i happen to know that this weekend you were inside the house playing video games like a dink.
- Chris Greene
Says the guy who lives in a condo.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
a condo with a very very very clean porch
- Chris Greene
:P
- Chris Greene
Yeah, said porch is about the size of a postage stamp.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
What kind of grass is that?
- Brent - Yes I am
No offense but I hate you all, i think our grass has grown 4 inches in 6 years. The weeds on the other hand, 4inches an hour
- SteVe C
Brent, according to Tina, it's a fescue.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Where I live fescue last for about 2 weeks - too hot for it or too cold.
- Brent - Yes I am
They lost my business! | Jim's Marketing Blog - http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009...
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"Every business I have ever studied promises to ‘go the extra mile,’ yet as we all know, great customer service is all too rare. It’s so rare that when we experience great customer service, it REALLY stands out and gives the companies that provide it a huge, competitive advantage."
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So far today, I've sifted through over 300 shares on StumbleUpon with only 10-15 being worth looking at. There's been such a huge volume of irrelevant, inane and pointless digital detritus flung at me that the only way to manage it properly is to simply remove a whole load of people as friends. A maddening waste of time.
Why do you still use SU then?
- JimsMarketingBlog
I get a massive amount of traffic from SU users, but have no idea why people spend so much time on it.
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Seth's Blog: You're boring - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b...
Sorry, someone had to say it. Your products are predictable. Your insights are recycled. You don't bring surprise with you when you enter a room. That's why people are ignoring you. Which used to be fine, because you could just buy attention for your brand or your company or your sales efforts. But that half-price sale on attention is now over. The only path left is to lean out of the edge and become interesting, noteworthy and yes, remarkable.
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I saw a talk of his on TED and the guy stole from me 17 minutes of my life I'll never get back. I was so appalled by his vacuous and obvious presentation, I wrote a damning review of his talk on StumbleUpon. Of the few things I've read of his, I'm simply not impressed.
- Wayne Smallman
So, you're not a massive fan of Seth's work then :)
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On Twitter, Most People Are Sheep: 80 Percent Of Accounts Have Fewer Than 10 Followers - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
A full 80 percent of Twitter accounts have fewer than 10 followers, according to an analysis of seven million Twitter accounts provided to TechCrunch by Web security firm Purewire (which operates TweetGrade). What’s more, 30 percent have zero followers.
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Seth Godins blog highly recommended | Jim's Marketing Blog - http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009...
Jane C Woods liked this
Seth really knows his stuff, thanks Jim
- Jane C Woods
He certainly does - Thanks Jane!
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