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A dollar bill taped to the floor of friendfeed's offices: - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Monique, Pat Hawks, Erik S and 152 other people liked this
This is a dollar bill taped to the floor of FriendFeed's headquarters. It's a bit of social engineering. They figured out it kept people from tripping on the cord cover because people noticed the money on the floor.
- Robert Scoble
Hahaha, now that is brilliant stuff. Awesome.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
This is a fantastic idea.
- Jeremy Botter
Wouldn't last long in my office.
- Ralph Whitbeck
Amazing.. think I could use this idea in a few places.
- Roberto Bonini
Clever! i love it.
- Federico [Kurai]
from twhirl
Simple, clever, great idea. That FriendFeed crew is a bunch of smart fellers!
- Brandon Wood
My employer is too frugal to do that.
- Jonathon
Inexpensive risk management.
- Dave Pelland
Ha! Very clever.
- Brent Newhall
brilliant
- mjc
Wow! I'm speechless.
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
nice
- Mike Collett
The dollar bill trick doesn’t work with strippers though ;)
- Tony C
@Earl: Consider it a stripper-filter, then. You know someone's a stripper if they trip over it.
- April Buchheit
for some reason i expect a "stripper filter" to be something coded using regular expressions. sad, i know.
- Karim
The message here is that Web 2.0 companies are so ignorant of money and revenue that they even step over a dollar on the floor
- Jason Carreira
from twhirl
Genius!!!
- Joe Dawson
Interesting. The photo has been viewed more than 500 times, but has only earned 62 likes and 19 comments. So, for every 1 thing we can see here there's another 9 people hanging out lurking in the shadows.
- Robert Scoble
@Scoble the old 90-9-1 rule :) (well almost)
- Naor Mark
You could always just superglue some road kill to those things. Nothing gets people's attention more than a dead opossum.
- Andrew Leyden
wow, that's funny smart!
- Susan Beebe
I stubbed my toe on that dollar.
- Michael Muller
Heath And Safety in the UK would not approve....but I do!
- Toby Graham
"but has only earned 62 likes". This currently stands as the most-liked Flickr photo of all time.
- Raphael, Raphael
I forgot about that photo. It does work, though. Everytime I visit friendfeed's offices I see the dollar and I'm careful not to trip over it. :-)
- Robert Scoble
That's dumb. Why couldn't they afford to run the cord somewhere where it wouldn't be in the way in the first place?
- Robert Peña
As an IE I can state that's definitely not something to publicize. Definitely not OSHA Kosher.
- Adi
Great idea will have to remember this.
- Laura Gonzalez
Reminds me of the deli counter in grocery store in Scotts Valley across the street from NorCal offices of MetaCreations (the Fractal Design arm of it). Local companies'd go there for lunch daily. PROBLEM: Deli counter pencils (for marking your sandwich menu) disappeared at frightful rate. SOLUTION: Deli affixed pencils with price label. Price: $100.00. Pencils stayed at store. :)
- Susan A. Kitchens
Haha I like that trick for keeping Pens from going missing Susan!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Yahoo! News - Ballmer Promises Faster Windows Mobile Development by PC World: Yahoo! Tech - http://tech.yahoo.com/news...
Microsoft promises to try and keep up in the mobile operating system wars.
- James Mowery
Dow ends at lowest close in more than 6 years - BusinessWeek - http://www.businessweek.com/ap...
Things are not looking good...
- James Mowery
from Bookmarklet
HTC Brings S740 to US - http://www.phonescoop.com/news...
Looking good HTC... looking very good.
- James Mowery
Google Calendar and Apple iCal finally agree to date - http://venturebeat.com/2008...
Laura Norvig, Mona Nomura, Josh Bancroft and invariant - farewell FF liked this
All I can say... ABOUT TIME! :D
- James Mowery
from twhirl
I'm worried Facebook is replacing the need for friendfeed. :(
Kol Tregaskes, Shevonne, David Cook and 15 other people liked this
Anyone else feel it, or is it just me?
- Andrew Baron
Hell no. FB just doesn't have the functionality.
- Neal Jansons
for a lot people FB is FF :-) (and more)
- Luca Conti
On functionality then friendfeed would be just a temporary step to get your ff over to facebook. I.e. Render FF stream in Facebook stream.
- Andrew Baron
Not feeling it. FB feels heavy. FF feels lightweight.
- Nick Reynolds
FB is very closed and demands too much. FF is very open and demands little.
- LogEx
I do pipe my FF stream to FB, but still live here. More interaction, etc.
- Neal Jansons
FB? Heck no! I hate being restricted to interacting with people that I might already know. I like the fact that I can meet new people on FF that I might never have otherwise encountered.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
No. FB isn't open.
- Robert Scoble
That's exactly right, Tina. On FB I get so tunnel-visioned and never would have met some of my fave people.
- Neal Jansons
FB is cluddered
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
That will never happen. Fb is for adolescents and lame-os.
- Anthony
More important things to worry about.
- scott anderson
Nope. Not even close.
- ·[▪_▪]·
Heck no! Two totally separate things to me.
- Rochelle
Who cares. Not a single person on my FF is my friend on FB. You guys are not 'real friends' but I do enjoy your company.
- Aaron deMello
No, I think it's simply an different opportunity...it's all about usage.
- Enriqueta
@Aaron People use things differently. My online, professional, and personal lives all overlap, so many of my friends are on multiple services.
- Neal Jansons
i use friendfeed for following news and links. I use facebook to see what my friends are doing. I don't see how facebook could replace what friendfeed offers me.
- Alex Williams
Well even for me FF is a more active community, but I wonder if that will change? FB is picking up a lot of momentum it seems with the people I know and FF seems to be somewhat stable in growth. I thought FF would of picked up more steam by now myself.
- Andrew Baron
FF is the place for me. Fb is where most of my immediate family communicates and that's fine. FF is where i get to expand my community; challenge my thinking; and learn new things. and that's fine, too.
- MikeAmundsen
@Andrew It's always this way for early adoption. Twitter is just starting to get real mainstream adoption...my sister-in-law brought it up at Thanksgiving and I knew Twitter was now going to become normal, so FF will come next.
- Neal Jansons
Andrew do they have an API like FriendFeed?
- Dave Winer
There is no possible way Facebook can replace FriendFeed. The primary reason for this is that they are two different things. For instance, you don't even have a profile page here on FriendFeed and on Facebook, you can only "follow" people who let you. I don't even think you can interact with people outside of your circle. I would also agree that FB is a little too heavy and complicated for what I do here on FF.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Andrew: FB is a different animal. It has 500+ employees. FF has, what, 13? FB has 120+ million users. FF has a few hundred thousand. But, the quality of conversations is much better here and there are no walls to this garden (Google can search it) and there are no stupid rules and no arbitrary limits to how many friends you can have. But, you will find me in both places.
- Robert Scoble
wow, didn't know the difference
- Brendon Wadey
If there is one of them who has problem, it is not FriendFeed. Facebook=too rigid concept.
- ivanandersson
I get much more out of FF. FB gets a bit loud sometimes with all of it's 3rd party apps.
- Kevin Whalen
No Way José!
- Anna Haro
Maybe the other way around.
- Brandon Titus
@Robert and @Dave I agree on the shortcomings of FB. Though FB seems to be evolving. The biggest difference for me, is the subject matter of the posts - they are much more newsworthy here as @alex stated. FB is much more social talk. But that has been changing; The FB iphone app separates out the personal from the news and more and more people seem to be posting news links.
- Andrew Baron
I never could find a need for FB - barely ever check in
- BEX
ABSOLUMENT NON!
- Josh Haley
Andrew: wait until you see the video we shot last week at Facebook. I agree that Facebook is interesting again. But NOT as a competitor to FriendFeed. Zuckerberg has other things in his sights.
- Robert Scoble
nothing will replace friendfeed in my life. NOTHING.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
from fftogo
I totally disagree. Facebook is ok for some things, but it cannot touch FF.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
While I admit that my usage on Facebook has increased heavily recently, I think of Facebook as a tool for a more personal relationship, but there is little way of gaining new friends. With FriendFeed, it is easy to find new people with interests and hold discussions. I think as long as FriendFeed can excel in providing discussion, it will be hard to have an equal.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
I'm finding myself using Facebook way less. I let the FF app insert everything into my wall and just use it to present that stuff to my friends that aren't on FF.
- matthew john ernisse
I am happy that FF is replacing FB.
- Alexander Kohlhofer
I definitely feel it. But only because I feel bombarded with information, it's coming from all around me, and FriendFeed is just not that useful to me. It's cool, but why bother with it when I can talk to my friends on Facebook? None of my friends are on FriendFeed. Really other than people into this stuff, who has time for FF?
- Josue Salazar
Andrew, I am just the opposite -- I believe the FriendFeed is replacing the need for Facebook and FF is not draconian like Fb.
- Robert Miller
FF>FB anytime
- imran
I have to agree worryingly...............................
- Yatin Vadhia
the reason i use friendfeed is so i can update facebook with all i do without having to go to it every day...
- Samuel Lewis
from twhirl
I don't see them as the same thing at all. I've got to keep up both since I have different types of friends on both services and overall both serve different types of needs. My friends from high school don't use the Internet in the same way that the folks over here on FF do.
- Lynne d Johnson
Nope. I was just thinking last night how Facebook feels kind of sterile and borring to me, while Friendfeed is friendly, easy, and engaging. I go to Facebook a few times a week out of a sense of obligation, but I can never think of anything to do there.
- Laura Norvig
No - Facebook has been wasting my time. Sterile and ZERO interaction! I should be evangelizing Friendfeed.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
i think you're right... i'm finding as many comments to twitter reposts on Facebook as on Friendfeed. Folks are spending a LOT more time in Facebook thanks to the comment thread feature they riffed off of FF.
- Jason Calacanis
Nah. Real-time there is no good. To me it is just a robust contacts list. I like Facebook a lot but it will not be a replacement for me.
- Rolf Schewe
FB is just starting to have more user interaction with regard to comments... YES, FB is gaining steam, but it will be a LONG time before it replaces need for FriendFeed! FB is too limiting / locked down; whereas, FF is more open and easier to collaborate / open
- Susan Beebe
friendfeed has a better feature set for discussion on activity, but for now Facebook has the users. I find I spend much more time on Facebook because most of my contacts use it, only a few people I know in real life use FF now. How do you get people other than early adopters to start using a new service?
- Mike English
There was news last week regarding Twitter possibly turning down around half a billion dollars from Facebook (though granted, mostly stock). Can you imagine what that would be like if Facebook bought Twitter? I can't say for sure that it would be a bad thing. If FB allowed Twitter to use the API's etc. Maybe FB could buy FF. http://tinyurl.com/5r5zxg
- Andrew Baron
I recently discovered FriendFeed, and like it a lot. I use it in conjunction with Facebook, but I can't imagine FB replacing the need for FF. If anything, I think that FF will grow as more people get on board.
- Joseph Grabowski
Don't worry. Us diehards are here for life :)
- Charlie Anzman
FF allows you to comment and interact with ppl outside your network, which is cool.
- Sahil Parikh
no, it's just you. Friendfeed rules
- David Jacobs
No way. Facebook does have the Import capability to an extent, but the people who understand the coolness of what you post are on FriendFeed.
- Shevonne
Facebook replacing FriendFeed? Wha? Nah
- Kol Tregaskes
My Facebook, FrendFeed and Twitter networks are all somewhat different.
- Mike Reynolds
I informed my friends and deleted my fb account when I noticed how it should be.
- Thomas Bøhm
Facebook Advertising Has Gone Too Far!!! — James Mowery - http://skitch.com/jmowery...
k00pa, Laura Norvig, Ken Morley and 2 other people liked this
So, what are you saying Facebook? I don't got no game? GAH!
- James Mowery
from Bookmarklet
Seems to me that their new 'user's attractiveness assessment' algorithm is not working properly.
- WorldofHiglet
...or is on the money!
- WorldofHiglet
but really, I think it must be broken
- WorldofHiglet
Hah. Well, I don't know how bad it is compared to the recommendation of learning Brazilian Jui Jitsu... Just too funny.
- James Mowery
Facebook's sophisticated ad profiling: if you're a guy, you need to pick up chicks. If you're a chick, you need to go on a diet.
- Laura Norvig
Google to layoff 1/3rd of 30k? knew layoffs were coming, but 10k? http://www.webguild.org/2008...
Nicholas James, Mathew™ one of a kind, Morton Fox and 7 other people liked this
In reading the article though it is permatemps much like microsoft has been laying off permatemps for months now
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
yeah this was a lovely holiday surprise
- Susan Beebe
You got to feel for everyone that has lost their job in this economic downturn. Can't help but wonder who is next.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Venture Beat investigates that number - http://venturebeat.com/2008...
- Jeff Hoard
Bernanke?
- Aviv
f-cking cat is laying on the keyboard of my notebook at home, remote desktop shows me crazy random keys being pressed in IM
Tom Stocky, Far, MikeAmundsen and 29 other people liked this
Its all a plot to murder you
- Bwana ☠
lol +1 Bwana
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Iz on your keebrd, spendin ur muny. Jst wach mai. Cant stop mai.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Just warming them up for you.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Another example of why cats are not as cool as dogs. A dog would have peed on the notebook, rendering it completely useless and thereby removing any worry you might have about the keystroke combinations that your cat is throwing together.
- Morgan Haley
That is hilarious! Kitties just crack me up!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
ROFL. Note to self: Kitties are not easier than kids. I used to leave my laptop open, but when I'd check twitter or plurk, I'd see that one of my kids has been typing away. So, my streams would be filled with 'hhhhhhhreirennnnnnnn' or just one letter. Or even worse when my daughter would type her name and send over and over.
- Admiral Anika
You should try having a cat that wakes you up by digging into boxes and taking out the packaging peanuts. My cat does that every morning, and no matter how well I try to hide boxes, the cat will just go at it. Drives me crazy. :P
- James Mowery
James: you could make some money on the side by renting your cat out to people who want to find their Christmas and birthday gifts early =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, I think I could turn that into a business model. :D
- James Mowery
from twhirl
sending secret encoded messages to his cat buddies
- Imabug
Speakers still turned on? Crank the system volume and play some music.
- Jordan Hofker
hahahahaa!!! ROFLMAO!! bad kitty!
- Susan Beebe
@Jordan yeah I blasted her once I relogged in with /console :)
- Andrew Badera
@Susan fortunately she didn't tear any keys off this time.
- Andrew Badera
Phew, that's good news! lol
- Susan Beebe
you got me w/ this one andrew!
- MikeAmundsen
@Imabug ... ACTUALLY ... she managed to cause the text entry in Digsby to reverse itself, and I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT :*-(
- Andrew Badera
did ;) I'm home now, but I did earlier when I was still at the office.
- Andrew Badera
If you were Larry King I might suggest it was the wife receiving some tutoring from your son's baseball coach. But you're not so I won't.
- Wayne Schulz
heh, Digsby fixed. that's a pretty handy feature for those right-to-lefties out there. (right-click, context option ... cat was working the touchpad too.)
- Andrew Badera
You know. Is it THAT hard to say "Thank you." ? Manners and common courtesy are very important. - just saying.
Svein Håvard Djupvik, Mathew A. Koeneker, Mitchell Tsai and 51 other people liked this
I agree Mona. Basic manners are so important. Everyone should treat the people around them with respect. Also good? A smile. It's amazing how a smile can change your day.
- Ladybug Heather
Mannerless dates are deal beakers for me. I once left in the middle of dinner because the guy was SUCH a jerk to people.
- Mona Nomura
Yeah, that lack of manners shows a fundamental lack of respect for people - and if you stuck with him, he'd eventually show you the same lack of respect. That one is a dealbreaker for me. I want to see you treating EVERYone respectfully, including bus drivers, garbage collectors, and administrative assistants.
- Ladybug Heather
I have heard that you can tell how your date would treat you in a relationship by the way he treats the wait-staff at dinner, so pay attention to that!
- Fa La La La Lindsay
agreed Mona...manners, especially on the internet, are sorely lacking...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
In general, if a person doesn't treat everyone the same, they are a bad person. (I've come to find)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
To the people wishing to board a bus. Wait for those attempting to get off before you barge your way onto the bus and hold things up even longer!
- alphaxion
Yes! What happened to common courtesy! I say thank you to everyone! The bus drivers get a pick-me-up when I say "good morning/evening" and all that. If you treat ppl nice they'll treat you the same!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
from twhirl
Mona: <3. Edit: I even thank my Mom and Friends and many of them always tell me I don't need to, I always tell them it needs to be habitual. It is heartening to see people still care about etiquettes.
- Parth Awasthi
Hey Parth. :) And definitely agree with the latter. :)
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I'm with you Mona. It's really annoying when someone doesn't thank you when they should. Happens too many times to me, not good. :-( It's 1 or 2 words ("thank you" or "thanks"), how hard can it be?
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, btw, Mona. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you Mona. And thank you everyone, ad infinitum.
- ·[▪_▪]·
Manners are the glue that hold society together. The only things I really insist my daughter says are please, thank you and you're welcome. Using these make things better in every way
- Morgan Haley
Its odd, but in my experience, I find that teenagers, mainly the boys, are more respectful than their opposite sex counterparts. I wonder why...*makes a muscle*
- Terence
an extra little observation.. You're standing at the side of a busy road and wish to cross - there are no lights nor a zebra crossing, which gender is the most likely to stop for you? I've noticed it is primarily male.
- alphaxion
Terence, I have found the same to be true. I'm only 21, but it is amazing how guys show more respect than women at times. I figured it would be the other way around.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
alphaxion, i'd agree. i often feel like i'm the only female who stops for pedestrians. i've been hit by cars 13 times. all of them by females only 2 expresses remorse. everyone else yelled at me for walking on the sidewalk.
- Admiral Anika
Here, here! And it's even more important to mind manners when you think nobody is watching. Someone usually is and even if they aren't... good manners is a good habit IMO.
- Kevin C. Tofel
Know what ticks me off? I have taught my children to say ma'am and sir. Do NOT tell my kids not to use those terms of respect. You are their elder, deal with it.
- Heather Solos
Me too, Heather. And mine address all adults with an honorific. Friends of the family are Ms. Mona or Mr. Mark, if they aren't Aunt Lisa or Uncle Bart. And I still ma'am and sir everyone. It's habit, and I smile, and I think it's a GOOD habit.
- Ladybug Heather
agreed
- Duncan Riley
People are just generally rude anymore!
- orionstarr
manners for me are so crucial that i might stereotype a person right then and there when I meet him/her after seing signs of exceeding/missing manners.
- Hayk H.
heather & ladybug heather - agree with you on the ma'am and sir issue. being raised with these being required has paid off for me in my personal and professional life.
- Morgan Haley
I was brought up with "it's nana not [insert name]" and even now, a person hurtling towards 30, I still find it unsettling when people will simply talk to their relatives by firstname only. Just seems kinda wrong.
- alphaxion
I can't stand when you walk by someone say "Hi" and they just ignore you....
- orionstarr
in my husbands family the culture is; if you say please or thank you, you are being too formal and rude. took me a while to get used to.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
American culture is so big on please/thank yous, in other countries its just a smile or ok, for thank you. American culture thank you example is like in "Few good men", where col gives his speech in the court.
- imran
And i'm not sure I like it, still. The ma'am thing can be taken two ways, so i prefer to use mz. But Sir is a given. I say thank you for just about everything, but i also make sure to make eye contact to make sure people know i mean it.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
When I had a baby, and went out alone with him as a newborn, I quickly learned that there is a ridiculously large amount of rude people out there. I would walk up to a crosswalk at a busy store parking lot, holding a baby carrier in the rain, and no one would stop to let me cross. And this stuff went on all the time. It's so depressing to me. I make it a point now to help out any mom in distress.
- Michelle Martinez
Just came from a brand new McDonalds that had trash cans that say "Thank You" when you throw trash away. I guess they're doing this in case the employees forget to say thanks.
- Mike Reynolds
installing Windows 7!!
Phil G, timepilot, Roberto Bonini and 6 other people liked this
something tells me you will like it :)
- Frederic
WANT!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
I've had it installed for over a week. I love it. Unfortunately, it contributed to the death of a hard drive, but it is still pretty amazing. I'm thinking when Windows 7 goes gold, it will be one of Microsofts best products to date.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Sarah, I just installed it as well. http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Alan Le
whoa CNBC reports SEC is charging Mark Cuban with insider trading
Igor Poltavskiy, andrei_c, Kenton and 10 other people liked this
Wikipedia: "On November 17, 2008, it was announced that the SEC charged Mark Cuban with insider trading in the shares of Mamma.com. A stock dilution occured shortly after the trade, which gave off red flags of inside knowledge at the time of the trade. As Martha Stewart discovered, the U.S. Goverment will aggressively pursue such cases against high-profile individuals as a part of its broader enforcement efforts."
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
just like Martha ... such an inconsequential amount of money (to them) but couldn't keep the hand out of the cookie jar (if true ...)
- Adam Ostrow
surprising to me.
- Thomas Hawk
I think sometimes the arrogance and sense of entitlement is so large that the thought that they might be committing a crime never enters their thoughts.
- Brian Sullivan
I wondered if his sharesleuth business wouldn't at some point come under insider trading. This doesn't have to do with that though.
- Thomas Hawk
Isn't it a shame? You should see his latest blog post. Kinda points out how serious he was about not losing. I touched on it briefly: http://onlyjames.com/2008...
- James Mowery
from twhirl
I find it hard to believe Cuban would do something quite this stupid. If true, it must have been pure ego.
- Kenton
I think it was the ego, Kenton. It is clearly obvious that he is a competitive guy and doesn't like to lose.
- James Mowery
Well, Martha went to jail for lying about it. If she had fessed up and taken the fine, it would have blown over. Cuban, take note: it's not the crime, it's the cover up.
- Kevin Pedraja
Rachel and I saw Mark Cuban's guest appearance on 'Don't Forget the Lyrics' last night and I said 'Oh, Mark's not a good person. He buys companies that give him the opportunity to sue other companies he doesn't like.' Funny that this news came out the next morning.
- Kevin Fox
From his blog: "Mark Cuban today responded to a civil complaint filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States District for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. In its complaint, the Commission charges that Mr. Cuban engaged in violations of the federal securities laws in connection with transactions in the securities of Mamma.com Inc....
more...
- Thomas Hawk
The SEC « blog maverick | Mark Cuban's Acknowledgement - http://blogmaverick.com/2008...
It's amazing how half the people think it is okay to break the law, and the other half hope he goes to prison. I think people should be hoping for the truth more than anything.
- James Mowery
from Bookmarklet
SEC Charges Mark Cuban with insider trading - WSJ - http://www.streetinsider.com/Trader+...
CNBC stated insider trading took place with Momma.com. He sold his 600,000 shares before the company diluted its shares. Cuban is supposedly going to fight the charges and has not responded to the media.
- James Mowery
from Bookmarklet
Django 1.0.1 released! - http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog...
Al Stevens, fshamsi, Jamie Dool and 2 other people liked this
Django is an amazing framework. I only got into it (and Python) 2 days ago, but I have already learned so much. I'm currently building my own site with the framework. Just so many great things to say about it.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
What's the best phone for a blogger who "needs" to use Sprint?
Morton Fox liked this
A rotary phone.
- Akiva Moskovitz
That's damn funny Akiva. I'm so frustrated by having to stay with Sprint.
- Damien Franco
iPhone.
- Mistletoe Glen
probably a blackberry. Why you sticking or need to stick with Sprint?
- Justin Korn
Sticking with Sprint because of the service in my area. With my wife traveling around West Texas she doesn't lose service. I have many colleagues and friends with every other service available and none are as reliable. I'd kill for an iPhone or a G1 but neither option is available.
- Damien Franco
I empathize, Damien. I was stuck with Sprint for years. Great data speed but I do not miss the rest of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I would suggest a Blackberry 8330
- jamar78
I have the HTC Mogul. I wish the camera took better pictures, and the memory issues can be annoying; otheriwse, I'd love it. As it is, I'm still quite dependent on it and don't want to go anywhere without it. The problem with taking my opinion into account is that I don't like Blackberries; I'd rather have a dodgy WinMo phone than the most reliable BB. I'm waiting impatiently for the Touch Pro, though.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Akiva, the real problem is that I live in such a rural area that won't get 3G service anytime soon. ATT has dead spots all over the place, including a really long section of between Midland and Lubbock (where the in-laws live). T-Mobile is just as bad, if not worse! Totally sucks here.
- Damien Franco
time to move? :)
- Justin Korn
I was/am in a similar situation Damien. I only have Verizon around here, although they are one of the more reliable carriers. Thinking about picking up the BlackBerry Storm. I'd suggest going for a BlackBerry if you can.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
BTW, I don't really go on YouTube much anymore, but anyone that likes keeping on top of phone news should check out "PhoneDog" on YouTube. He is a funny guy and shows off a ton of phones. http://www.youtube.com/user...
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Sprint's been mostly good to me, thank goodness. Not to mention I get a discount on my plan because of my employer. My co-worker was told by an AT&T rep that there will be no discount for iPhone plans. They also won't allow you to buy insurance for the fragile device; HTCs are made of sterner stuff, but I still needed my insurance eleven months ago. AT&T? Not for me.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I'm here for another 2-3 years minimum. The wife is finishing college (2 1/2 years). I just want to be able to interact with friendfeed, twitter, maybe sync my iTunes, browse the web, make posts to my blogs, etc... while I'm stuck at work with computers that block those services. Is that too much to ask?
- Damien Franco
I just slipped my deactivated iPhone back in it's protective case. I needed that reminder. If you want to sync iTunes, that's gonna be an iPhone on AT&T. Dunno what Blackberries do, but WinMo phones sync with Media Player.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I've never really liked the BlackBerry. Haven't really given it a real chance though, so I guess I could test drive one for a month? Looking into the HTC Mogul right now.
- Damien Franco
Oh, looks like The Missing Sync will let Windows Mobile sync with iTunes. Looks like you need a Mac, though. http://www.markspace.com/product...
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
MiɳuɘtMagɘ no problem there, I'm a mac user! Looking into The Missing Sync now.
- Damien Franco
I'm still using a Motorola Razr V3m. It's #1 feature is being cheap to replace because there are lots of used phones on eBay.
- Morton Fox
TunesSync on a Windows PC? http://www.pocketmac.net/product...
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
cool, thanks everyone. I think I've narrowed it down to the HTC TouchPRO and the BlackBerry Curve. I'll head to the Sprint store and play with both of them in-store. Maybe they'll let me try one of them out for a month.
- Damien Franco
Are you looking for WinMo phone? I traded in my PPC6700 for an Instinct and love it. It was a serious upgrade.
- Admiral Anika
The last time I looked, the Touch PRO wasn't listed at Sprint. Coolness. I've got to see if I can convince them I need this at the lowest price in order for me to get back into a contract. [edit: On second thought, maybe I'll wait for the new IE.]
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Are RSS Subscribers Worthwhile if they Don’t Visit Your Blog? - http://www.problogger.net/archive...
ANDRE MAZEROLLE, Shey, Jamaican of FF, Phil G and Anne Bouey liked this
RSS subscribers are good for one or two things. Assuming that they don't visit your blog, then it is only one reason. It is a nice statistic to flaunt to advertisers. It might be silly of advertisers to trust such numbers, but hey, people got to make money. I think the more people subscribed to your Twitter and FriendFeed is more valuable than anything else nowadays.
- James Mowery
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I'm seeing more and more ads in my Feeds. Honestly, I don't mind ads in my feeds, but I have to admit I've never clicked on one. Of course, I can say the same for ads on blogs.
- mrshl
DOW Jones Industrial Average Pushes Lower - http://skitch.com/jmowery...
We are approaching critical levels for the market. This could get ugly if things don't turn upward soon.
- James Mowery
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Yammer Continues Rolling Out Updates - http://microblink.com/2008...
Guy Vander Heyden, Morton Fox and B2B Specialist liked this
been impressed with yammer after 3 weeks of corp usage. good update.
- Mark Schulz
We're running a grass-roots pilot of Yammer at work. Very nice stuff.
- Kevin Johnson
Y! tried a grassroots pilot of Yammer, and it totally died after about 3 days
- Mistletoe Glen
Our has been going ok. The % of people that participate after joining is relatively low, but there are enough active people to help passive viewers see how it works.
- Kevin Johnson
We've been using it at CMSWire for about the past month. It has helped immensely in team collaboration. I'm thinking about starting a new blog and hiring a few writers while utilizing Yammer for team collab as well. Great stuff.
- James Mowery
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Charging Is Good... But Only If You Charge For The Right Thing - http://techdirt.com/article...
I'm interested in knowing what your thoughts are on this.
- James Mowery
Yahoo! Live video streaming service is dead - http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008...
RIP Yahoo! Live
- James Mowery
Windows Azure Preview, Part 1 - http://www.winsupersite.com/RoadBlo...
Paul Thurrott is brilliant. His preview of Windows Azure shall be no different.
- James Mowery
Verizon tries to stave off cable ISPs, bumps DSL to 7Mbps - http://arstechnica.com/news...
Bring it on baby!
- James Mowery
I'm gonna say this one time and one time only. Macgasm.net is a Mac site. If you want a "fair and just" opinion about something microsoft did... you probably shouldn't come to my site. Just saying.
MiniMage TKDteacher of FF, Mathew™ one of a kind, Capn' One Eye - adrift and 6 other people liked this
it's kinda like going to an Obama convention to hear about McCain.
- Joshua Schnell
So I guess you can't help me with the problems I'm having with Word?
- Trish R
Fanboi. Why don't post about Linux.,huh? :P
- Admiral Anika
Anika, maybe i should...
- Joshua Schnell
Just because you run a Mac site doesn't mean you have to be a total fanboy. Instead of actually writing something well thought out and interesting, it just ends up being a handjob for Steve Jobs.
- Mattie Kenny
trish, i'll help you with word. but be warned... i won't talk to nicely about it.
- Joshua Schnell
Mattie Kenny, that was hilarious and so true.
- James Mowery
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mattie... it makes complete sense. a corporation addressing the threat of a much smaller competitor only gives the smaller competitor clout. it's a terrible marketing move.
- Joshua Schnell
mattie... explain to me how these kiosks will increase market share, or was even a smart marketing move?
- Joshua Schnell
Yea, a smaller company that's making billions and taking market share from your company as well as tarnishing your company's image with half-truths? Yea, it's TOTALLY terrible marketing to attempt to reclaim your company's image and try new and experimental styles of marketing that haven't been completely proven as effective for ANY company, let alone your own. That doesn't show a willingness to change, grow or evolve your company. It's just bad marketing.
- Mattie Kenny
Not everyone who walks around a mall or past an Apple store is a) going to enter it and b) owns a Mac. These kiosks are being installed in MALLS outside of Apple stores. It's a great marketing move because it makes people remember an alternative and chuckle because of the placement. If Microsoft had stores and Apple put a kiosk out in front of them, you'd totally be supporting it and talking about how clever Apple was being. But since it's the other way around it's stupid. There's no integrity there.
- Mattie Kenny
you don't change, grow , or evolve your company by shedding light on a competitor that's behind you in the standings. What you end up doing is legitimate their claims as being a "real" competitor. it reeks of desperation.
- Joshua Schnell
I just obligatory 'like'd this because you IMd me. Only for you, Josh. HA
- Mona Nomura
Microsoft has been ignoring Apple for the past decade. Apple has been gaining market share. It's not desperation. It's aggressive marketing that isn't offensive toward the other company. It's playful but respectful. Microsoft has yet to say anything negative about Apple in their ad campaign. They haven't even MENTIONED Apple. It's about their product. Recognizing that another company is competition isn't desperate, it's realistic. Apple has been throwing volley after volley at Microsoft, while Microsoft
- Mattie Kenny
pretended as though the company didn't exist. This has been happening for YEARS now. Microsoft is finally realizing that you can't just let a company that although has a lesser market share has very high visibility to just continue to pound you in marketing without doing anything. Microsoft is attempting to reclaim their brand.
- Mattie Kenny
It'd work for apple because they aren't #1.... that's why it would have been smarter for them. It's got nothing to do with integrity. It has to do with smart business moves.
- Joshua Schnell
I said being a fanboy lacks integrity, not Apple or Microsoft. You cease to be a reliable and knowledgeable resource but rather a one-sided broadcaster. There's no critical eye to fanaticism. Everything is fine. Nothing is broken. There needs to be a certain amount of decorum and journalistic integrity if you want to be a destination for any sort of news. If I went to an Obama site, I'd expect ACCURATE portrayal of McCain. Same if I went to a McCain site. In fact, that very complaint has been made against
- Mattie Kenny
McCain's portrayal of Obama in the public. It lacks integrity.
- Mattie Kenny
yeah, because i'm never critical of Apple... EVER http://www.macgasm.net/2008... http://www.macgasm.net/2008... http://www.macgasm.net/2008... http://www.macgasm.net/2008...
- Joshua Schnell
I can post a whole bunch more articles where i ripped on apple if you'd like.
- Joshua Schnell
I was referring to that article which isn't written with a critical eye and reflects poorly on your website. It's written squarely from the point of view of a "fanboy". It makes the website lose it's "expert" edge. The tone of the writing is obnoxious and baiting. Doesn't accurately portray the facts of the situation correctly. As though these kiosks would only be marketed to Apple fans. They're in freaking malls. All kinds congregate at malls.
- Mattie Kenny
LOL!!!
- Mona Nomura
Actually, I like that site because it's NOT a fanboy site, it's just a casual site written by Mac users, but I certainly never expect to get any info about Windows apps there.
- Trish R
Dude, Mattie. In my first article on Macgasm I cast myself as being from the "deep red-pry-my-mac-from-my-cold-dead-hands end of the mac freak spectrum". It was -- mostly -- humorous and taken as such by most. Deep breath. Seriously. Chant your soothing zen phrase "omni-pad-me-jobs-Ohmmmmm"
- Brad McCrorey
True, Brad. Some of the best writers are able to poke fun at themselves while still making a point. No one should ever take themselves that seriously.
- Trish R
I won't argue you associating me with "some of the best writers", Trish ;)
- Brad McCrorey
And, yeah, it's about that. Let's NOT take ourselves so seriously.
- Brad McCrorey
Would You Pay $162 a Year for All the Music You Can Eat? [MediaMemo] - http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/2008103...
Kol Tregaskes, Russellreno, Morton Fox and Jeff P. Henderson liked this
no
- Kate Foy
If it was all live in front of me yeah.
- Zee.
I don't pay anything for music currently.
- Morton Fox
Yes, I actually already do. I've been an eMusic subscriber for about 9 years now. I pay $192 per year for 90 tracks per month. VBR MP3 and no DRM. Beats the crap out of iTunes any day. They don't usually have the latest pop music, but I'm not into that anyway. Have lots of vintage Rock, Jazz, Blues as well of tons of recent work from great artists than most people have not heard of as they are independant or signed with obscure labels off the main stream.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Examples of the great stuff I have collected from eMusic over the past couple of years. They posted the entire Credence Clearwater Revival, Elvis Costello and Frank Zappa catalogs took me many months to download everything I wanted/needed from those catalogs alone.
- Jeff P. Henderson
no
- Russellreno
Now why the hell would I do that when I am currently getting my music for free? (CC licensed, so I can share legally, too) And then there is Pandora, Last.fm, and iLike.
- April Russo (app103)
There is a catch. If it is too good to be true, it is -- plain and simple. I'd hope that we would learn that by now.
- James Mowery
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Business question: What experiences have you had with content management systems? What are the best or recommended? TIA.
Jules, Yuval Atzmon, Dr. Apps and 17 other people liked this
Don't know Modx (I'll check it right now), but my choice is Drupal. Being a small sw house, we use D as our main "framework" for content oriented sites. We like its flexilbility/modularity, BIG and ACTIVE community, and they don't know the meaning of the word "backward compatibility" :) Do not fear the change between one major release and the other.
- Claudio Cicali ♋
wordpress, drupal best IMO. plone worthly of look but very complex.
- George Donnelly
We use Dot Net Nuke at Ergotron. It runs over 100 websites in 20 languages from one management console. It's open source.
- Steve Olson
Dot Net Nuke - http://www.dotnetnuke.com/
- Steve Olson
Nuke & Drupal are both great. Stick with open source if you can. I have yet to use a commercial CMS that wasn't a gigantic pile of crap.
- Kevin D. White
We just switched to Drupal and love its flexibility. Before that, had a custom pile of crap.
- Laura Norvig
I'm a big fan of Drupal. I deployed it for X PRIZE over a year ago and have fallen in love with its power, flexibility and fantastic community support. Being open source and free also made it attractive for X PRIZE which is a non-profit. Here's a presentation I created as a case study, which I can discuss with you further if interested Louis http://www.slideshare.net/krynsky...
- Mark Krynsky
I've had nothing but headaches with Drupal. I'd just as soon recommend Notepad for a CMS than Drupal.
- l0ckergn0me
Well, as someone who writes for CMSWire, I have been playing with plenty of Web CMSs. The answer is completely dependent on what you want to accomplish.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
@chris really? I'd love to hear your issues in more detail. @James good point, the requirements will definitely make a difference and help guide a proper selection. Louis you can also view and test drive several CMS systems at http://www.opensourcecms.com
- Mark Krynsky
I think it probably depends on what you're going to use your CMS for... Is it for social networking or is it to be more of a broadcast/publishing outlet? I have actually been impressed with the simple functionality of Elgg recently. It's not fancy but it's a pretty good straightforward social network platform that has CMS modules. I used to be a fan of Dot Net Nuke but all the sites look the same to me, even with theming...
- Fa La La La Lindsay
I would also note that there are some impressive PHP frameworks that I've been looking at over the past few weeks. CodeIgniter is one that I really like. Now, you still need to know PHP, but it is impressive how fast you can get something that is nearly as functional as a base version of WordPress running. However, even I don't have enough time to program my own content management solution.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Dot Net Nuke is what we use on the http://PMIRochester.org site and I like it...very easy for our board members to use (non computer geniuses)
- Susan Beebe
A lot of people turn wordpress into a CMS which I think is a good idea. I've used expression engine, Joomla also.
- Wayne Sutton
Interwoven Teamsite and Stellent have excellent solutions for real biz.
- adolfo foronda
@James Mowery i've made a new tool for building apps without "knowing PHP", I guess the best thing about it is the security model. There's a new novice-friendly tutorial at http://openappstore.com -- it's a little long but worth it ;)
- Brian Hendrickson
Depends what the content is. If it's for web display only, Wordpress or Drupal. If it's for document or records management, Plone or Alfresco. Plone would actually be my first choice for both but that's just comfort level.
- Kevin Cearns
I am a hard core Drupal fan, they have a great community, and the system is beyond powerful it's AMAZING!! If you would like to chat more about Drupal don't hesitate to contact me. You can also follow me on Twitter
- Joshua Needham
Check out Expression Engine for content mgmt.
- Tom Stitt
I've used PHPNuke, PostNuke, and Joomla. Joomla seems to be the way to go for actual useful plugins.
- xero
Louis, I work with both EDM and CMS sites. I don't code, but I manage various aspects of these types of sites - so I judge them based upon both how flexible it is for a coder to deliver what I want and how easy it is for me to manage. I wouldn't consider WP a true CMS. It is solid for blogging, but very weak for total website+blog. Drupal is strong, check out the team I use at http://tributemedia.com. I have a friend that really likes Joomla. Past that, for intranet and mainstream biz - SharePoint.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
WordPress.
- Igor Poltavskiy
Drupal, especially the latest 5.12 or 6.5.
- Mo Kargas
Joomla is really messy from a UI standpoint and development can be a huge PIA. Drupal's admin UI for non-techies has it's challenges but it s a nice overall framework if you have a team/developer who know how to use it effectively. ExpressionEngine would be the best off-the-shelf solution for most "web sites" if you do not have the resources to build one for your needs. The best...
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- Paulo Elias
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Let me add to the Drupal contingent... developed a number of sites using it, it's been solid and a pleasure to develop modules for
- Bastard Operator From FF
WordFrame. http://wordframe.com
- Dimitar Vesselinov
Louis, not sure how I missed this earlier, but the choice of CMS depends on purpose. For commercial purposes, Interwoven and Vignette are still fairly popular, Stellent has a good reputation as well. Some people have started to use Sharepoint for the same purpose as well. Obviously, most of the blog platforms fit the CMS bill as well.
- Rob Diana
Joomla is great for huge amounts of static content with dozens of categories inside separate sections, though its SEO and SEF engine are questionable, and the system itself requires some expertise. WordPress is a true blogging or news system that is amazingly flexible and robust but isn't suitable for large FAQ-type sites.
- Glenn Batuyong
One nice feature of Joomla is it has a separate admin UI. In drupal I added some code that cause the UI to fail so I couldn't correct the problem through the UI. It took me a very anxious hour to figure out what in the database I should delete to get it working again. Joomla keeps a separate admin UI so mistakes in the site UI can't make the site unmanageable.
- Todd Hoff
My 30-second roundup: Drupal solid code base, good framework for custom modules but challenging to not look like every other Drupal site. Joomla: messy under the hood, but large ecosystem of templates/modules (though browser-specific bugs not uncommon in even commercial templates). MODX (worked w/ it 2 years ago) was early out the gate with AJAX, but rough around the edges at the time....
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- Micah Wittman
Have been using Joomla to power the cinevegas.com site for the last 2 years and love it.
- Roger @ CineVegas
Sony Trucks Literally Turn Around to Stop Circuit City Shipments [Circuit City] - http://gizmodo.com/5072782...
Ouch, Circuit City. No faith from, most likely, your leading provider of consumer electronics. Is it really that bad?
- James Mowery
Microsoft parks "I'm a PC" recording booth outside Apple Store - http://www.appleinsider.com/article...
Interesting...
- James Mowery
Time Names Top 50 Inventions of 2008 [Time] - http://gizmodo.com/5072430...
Hulu.com is on there :P
- James Mowery
On Second Thought, Maybe Second Life Does Need A Bailout - http://techdirt.com/article...
How ironic is that?
- James Mowery
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