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Jason Calacanis posted a message on Twitter

“Breaking: US miltary plane forced to land in Iran after breaking air space. Just heard on France24 hour news. October surprise? Hostages?!?”

6 hours ago - Link

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http://www.france24.com/en/200... - dan

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Link from BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wor... - Nick Reynolds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/mid... - dan

Ok found it, dang had to hunt for this one. Nothing said about hostages though. - dan

If this is true, the conspiracy theorist in me (until recently, a very small part) wonders if it could be an "orchestrated crisis" to take our minds off the economy (where the democrats currently hold the high ground) and onto national security (where the republicans *think* they have an upper-hand. Most of me believes that that wouldn't happen, but, sad to say, part of me believes, after the last 8 years and the last couple of days, it could. - Robert Clockedile via twhirl

BBC report says the passegers, which included "high fanking generals" were interogated and released. Also, no confimation from anyone other thant the Iranian-run news agency? Dubious. In fact AP now reports the plane might have been from a European Aid agency. Also, passengers were released "a day later." This is not a crisis. - David Connell via twhirl

Pentagon denies it happened. http://www.reuters.com/article... Only reporting on this is from Iranian state-run media. - Mark Jaquith via twhirl

Here's the AP piece: http://ktar.com/?nid=46&si... - David Connell via twhirl

I knew it was false because when the USAF enters Iranian airspace, it'll be Iran's warplanes making emergency landings. Bush will wait until after the election if he can. - Rob Sterling

whoa, not good! - Susan Beebe

Fred Wilson posted a message on Twitter

“the nice thing about doing email that is three days old is much of it is irrelevant now and has been taken care of by someone else”

September 20 at 5:51 am - Link

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Scott Beale posted an entry on Laughing Squid

Ray Bradbury Sunsweet Prunes Commercial

August 25 at 4:49 pm - Link

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Thomas Hawk posted a message on Twitter

“Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations at the SF MOMA is an asshole. http://tinyurl.com/5t9e49”

August 8 at 5:34 pm - Link

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remind me NEVER to go there when I'm in town. - Mavericks of Troy, NV! via fftogo

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Although it certainly sounds like you're right form your description, your case is stronger without the use of the word asshole. Just a thought. ;) - Erin McMahon

Pitiful. Makes me wonder if you have a discrimination case here too. Why were folks with P&S not harassed? - Kevin C. Tofel

Maybe Erin, but the guy was an asshole and I'm pissed about it. I gave him every opportunity to sit down and discuss my photography and he refused. This is not a way to treat a paying member of the museum and I don't feel that this sort of powertrippy behavior should be tolerated. Sometimes I get mad. - Thomas Hawk

Wow, that is effing ridiculous! Sorry you were subjected to that bullshit. - Anna Haro

First the SF zoos have animals that maul patrons, now the museums are inept as well. Personally, I can't park anywhere in that town w/o getting a ticket. Eff SF. - Pete Delucchi

Maybe he's an unhappy Zooomr user ;) - Jason Carreira

I read that story and just cant believe that people can be so blatantly rude and obnoxious while also being totally WRONG! - Manny

@TH I'd be mad too, as of course you have every right to be! I don't doubt that he was, in fact, an asshole. I'd just hate to see your calling him one work against you. Maybe an unfounded concern. (Sry- don't mean to be critical.) - Erin McMahon

Remind me the next time I find myself in San Francisco not to visit the MOMA. This is just plain ridiculous and Blint should be fired by the board... - David's View

wow ... this really sucks ... post dugg @ Digg - Steve Holden

Unbelievable! - JMShoes

Dugg. - Chris Baskind

Thomas, if this happens to a photog/blogger of your stature, I can't imagine what would happen to others in the same situation. Shall we start a petition or a boycott? Story in SFist or SFBG? This has to stop. - <wink>reechard</wink>

Thomas, I love your photography, I envy your perceptions. This dude reminds me of so many petty bureaucrats I've run into over the years and run over as often as possible. There are hundreds of ways to correct the error the museum made in hiring this person. It appears you're supported in either in person or in spirit from the majority of your fellow Freindfeeders. - Jack Carlson

I say you get some big, fast glass and shoot through the front door from across the street. Email him the pictures. - Brian Norwood

Erin that was my first comment exactly . While completely justified a more dignified adjective would yield the same attention & more accurately represent the man I have the pleasure of snuggleing with ever night. - Mrsth

people don't understand good glass. My walking around lens is a 24-70 on my D700. Whenever I walk in the room someone makes a comment about how big it is. Sure it is a big lens physically but not as large as most super zoom point and shoot cameras. - gfurry

Wow. That's just awful. I'm sorry to hear that. I know one place to avoid when I go visiting. I hope you get an apology at the *very* least from them. Do keep us updated. - Candace Holly

what a f**cking retard. Not letting you take photos... "Granted". Treating a visitor that way. FAIL. (Dugg) . - Chris Farrugia

Oh, and organize a photowalk at MOMA :D - Chris Farrugia

As a amateur photographer that uses a DSLR, I always carry a copy of http://www.krages.com/phoright... Many people are ignorant about the rights of a person to use a camera. As the museum's own website allows use of photography, I think you should contact the Museum's director and go over this person's head. - Jack Wilson, K4SAC

Search for the term "Simon Blint" in Google now. He fully deserves it and there could be no better way to teach him a lesson. - Sudar

Thomas, wow this is terrible! The SF MOMA policy on photography is clear, so hearing that you were forced out after taking photos is really hideous!! This complaint has got to reach the ears of the folks running SF MOMA so they can take appropriate action. "Protect the employees"...yeah right! What a tragedy! - Susan Beebe

Reprehensible. That was one scathingly good blog post, Thomas. - Donna Mugavero

its seems that Jeremiah has a bone to pick with Thomas.. more here http://friendfeed.com/e/5637b6... - Peter Dawson

@firestar9s (Erin), his case isn't stronger without the use of "asshole." And this is what strong language is for. - Tanath

@thomashawk himself knows if he did the right thing, the feelings in his stomach, if there is an aftershock, will tell him if he went too far. not the mental justification, but the feelings are the truth of the matter. - Gregory Lent

@peterdawson I don't have a 'bone to pick' with Thomas, I just want to ensure we've all thought about the long term impacts this has to online reputations. Thomas is a friend, in fact my profile pic is one he took, and I'll always be thanksful - Jeremiah Owyang

@Jeremiah, thats what friends are for.. to pick bones with. its literally means "if you have a bone to pick with someone, you are annoyed about something they have done and want to tell them how you feel." , IMHO, thats a precise defination of the terms. Pls tell the that "... but is it necessary to tag Simon an a-hole? Did Thomas (and SFMoma) act in accordance to..". NOW to me you r bone picking - Peter Dawson

I understand and appreciate Jeremiah's concern and respect his opinion and he is a friend. I'm passionate about photographer's rights and abuse of authority though. I'm not sure how many of you have been somehow infringed on for photography in the past, but I bet it's a lot of you actually. As someone who shoots every day I pretty much see it happen to me every week. Standing up for our rights and blogging the most egregious cases though is a way to stand up for something that I very much believe in. - Thomas Hawk

Duncan Riley favorited a video on YouTube

Barack Obama meets troops in Kuwait, makes 3-pt jumper on first try

July 22 at 12:42 am - Link

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Swish! - Mike Doeff

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Daaaamn ... - Chris Baskind

the coolest - Ňicķ

jesus, i mean it is not like he's a freakin superstar so stop admiring him like one. hope he makes it better than bush, that is all i want from him - Nils Hitze via twhirl

Nils, if you can hit that shot, I'll say the same about you. :-) - Chris Baskind

if he's not superstar, i don't know who is..... - Ňicķ

Shooting hoops may become a crucial part of his campaign - Charlie

presidential shot - Jamie

Fluke. - Mo J.

I wouldn't vote for a Bulls fan - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

Wonder if he can throw a baseball. - Larry Huffman

This really shows the one thing that sets Obama apart from most other public figures: how incredibly, almost preternaturally relaxed he is in front of a crowd. Coolness incarnate. - Dave Bonta

Impressive guy all the way around...neat! - Susan Beebe

All star - Jeremiah Owyang

Yes but he can't bowl which shows he is not in touch with "regular" people. After all... regular people don;t play basketball. - Jeff Jones

Quality!!! - Joe Dawson

"I may not make this first one" - yeah, right - Tom Quinn

he is "on target" - orionstarr

Now I want to see him box.(What a president we could have!) - Lisa Creech Bledsoe via twhirl

forget foreign policy! I want a prez that can shoot hoops. - Josh via twhirl

that's it. i'm voting for him. twice - Cee Bee

he is left-handed....4 of the last 6 presidents were southpaws - Derek Coatney

Awesome! - Mitchell Tsai

Wouldn't it be neat to have a cool president? - Anthony Citrano

Wow. - Dave "Maverick" Winer

The Lakers sure could have used him back in the NBA finals, but I think the US needs him more. - Jon Erickson

Would have they shown it if he hasn't scored? :) Anyway I hope he'll be your next President. - Markingegno - Donato

Too bad the presidential race can't be decided by a game of 'around the world'. - Dave Earley

Interesting sidenote: When John McCain visited the base last year he was handed the same basketball. It spontaneously self-deflated in his hand. - Bill Barol

If Obama agrees to do a town-hall meeting with McCain I think McCain should agree to play Around the World or Horse with Obama. - Brandon Titus

When I saw this on Fox News, they deliberately included 10 seconds of Obama "prepping" for the shot, but somehow were too short on time to include the part where he makes the basket. - Sanjay

2 points.. toes were over the line! - Aaron Baer

Dave "Maverick" Winer posted an entry on Scripting News

He'll make a cool president

July 22 at 10:25 am - Link

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I think so too. The soldiers there agreed. I suppose there are some who think George Bush is cool, and if that makes you cringe, there's your partisan divide right there. - Amyloo

Jeremy Zawodny posted an entry on Jeremy Zawodny's blog

Weight Based Pricing of Airline Tickets

July 14 at 2:23 pm - Link

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Don't all airline tickets weigh the same? - Stuart Grimshaw via twhirl

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I think it would be great, may even help not getting stuck between two large people on a flight back east. But please don't let TSA be responsible for weighing everyone we may never get to board. - Jon Erickson

Actually, I often get "electronic" tickets... I wonder if those weigh anything. - Jeremy Zawodny

This reminds me of living with roommates... you'd start out splitting the electricity bill evenly, but then someone complains that Carl has a server room that drains 70% of the power and then Carl complains that Eddie uses a lot of that server space and so on and so on... weight-based pricing sounds neat ... in theory... but could turn into disaster - Dave Dash via Alert Thingy

so how do you buy tickets in advance, or for a third person, when you can't price them until you actually show up to be weighed? - Chuq Von Rospach

It's an interesting concept ... but as mentioned above, could get messy. I've often thought about how this could be done in health care. THAT gets even messier though. - AJ Kohn

its a great idea, but people would scream discimination - that being overweight isn't their fault, not to mention it would be impractical - scales at the airport would slow things down, and if you didn't weigh people at the airport, surely folks would exaggerate their slenderness to get the best price. - Jason Kaneshiro

@Jason: You could weigh them at the security checkpoint without slowing them down too much. Hey, they even get to take the shoes off to lower the total! - AJ Kohn

@AJ, more likely it would have to be done at the luggage counter where people interact with the airline representative and pay for the additional charge, and second, all the people who don't check bags with e-tickets would then have to stand in line also to be weighed. - Jason Kaneshiro

I'm not sure that knowing the *exact* price in advance really matters. What you're "buying" in advance is a $/pound price point. Most poeple likely own scales and could easily ballpark their ticket prices. Hell, it wouldn't take long for popular booking web sites to add a little on-line calculator. - Jeremy Zawodny

Yikes, would be very embarrassing for many Americans. - Sonciary Honnoll

Here's an idea. At the airport, set up a series of poles set up with increasing distance between to measure girth. Charge accordingly depending on which posts the passenger can pass between. Essentially, if you're spilling out of your airline seat into the next one, you should pay for two. This would be similar to the "does your suitcase fit here?" type plastic boxes to measure carry ons. - Jason Kaneshiro

I'm thinking of it like in Total Recall with the wall of x-ray ... as you walk down you're assigned a weight. Perhaps it's not even a scale but simple math based on visual capture? - AJ Kohn

if you're going to attempt this in obese-nation, then ya need to seriously overhaul a ton of other crap like banning fast food, only see fruit vendors in airports and, if your feet cant reach the floor in your seat -sorry you cant lean back its felony if you do - Dan Rockwell via twhirl

Oh man I'm in trouble. Wouldn't this classify as weightism? :P - Shey

This is likely an unpopular view, but would it be a bad thing to provide some economic incentives to be a bit healthier? I mean, it's one thing if you choose to smoke, stuff yourself with fast food and not exercise and your quality of life and health diminishes. The problem is the rest of the populace pays for their care. - AJ Kohn

Weight is not always health related - some people are naturally larger or smaller. Also sometimes being overweight is a medical condition rather than the result of food consumption. So not a really fair system. - Craig Thomler

sort of understand the mass to cost to transport ratio - but surprised to see above is all about overweight - how about those of us who are genetically big, we'd be punished for our dna - mike "glemak" dunn

Final solution remedies always produce collateral damage,huh? - Mark Forman

Craig: see this response: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog... - Jeremy Zawodny

One way around the weight discrimination is to include carry ons in the pricing. An overweight person could reduce their ticket price by bringing less crap on board, and the skinny person with three "bags" (purse and bag of food) plus a rolly suitcase could pay just as much. - Jason Kaneshiro

Jason: smart approach... sorta huge line though to weigh all this stuff...monetizing air travel really does suck - Susan Beebe

im obese and what you just said kills me "put down the cinnabon before you board" - i hope we get to meet one day and you say that to my face! - Allen Stern

Allen, perhaps you're not familiar with my story? http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog... - Jeremy Zawodny

No zealots like a convert. :) - Robert Cooper via twhirl

As someone who is bigger (tall and a bit wider) I think the only way I would agree to pay more is if they give me a bigger seat with more legroom. Short skinny people can spare the space. This is a reason I hate to fly. I would rather drive than pay more to get treated as sheep. - Dave Simon

Jeremy your system is flawed for so many reasons. Stick to coding pal :) - Allen Stern

Allen: thanks for your thoughtful analysis and advice. I'll be sure to only think and write about code from now on, for fear of a coming up with "flawed" ideas. - Jeremy Zawodny

I'm thinking Jeremy meant this like Swift's "A Modest Proposal" [satire] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... - Sprague D

So in your plan, if I am fat, do I get a larger seat to go along with my higher price? Right now I pay for two seats, how does your system handle that? Or does everyone get the same seat but pays more because there's more weight in there? I am going to double-swipe my metrocard tomorrow on the subway because the train pulling me has to exert more force because of my weight. On a side note, congrats (seriously) on your weight loss. - Allen Stern

Allen: a larger seat would make a lot of sense, wouldn't it? - Jeremy Zawodny

i wish i had more time right now to go back and forth with you on this but 9 companies have decided to post news tomorrow at 9am and i have to write their stories - maybe we pick this up at another time - sorry - Allen Stern

This came up 6 years ago too. SouthWest decided they would force large people to buy a second ticket. http://scottkoon.org/2002/07/1... . This works out to a lose-lose situation for everyone. It does open some "slippery slope" possibilities. The real problem is that they put too many rows on the planes. Tall, skinny people would rather have one less row and some more leg room. I'd also advocate some sort of "smack in the head" policy for anyone reclining in their seat. - Scott Koon via twhirl

I would find this a lot more palatable if you also got a size-appropriate seat. If I'm 280 lbs and am paying twice as much as someone who weighs 140lbs, then I should get a chair that fits my size, and the 140 lb person should get a chair that fits their size. - Kevin Fox

This campaign was running a few weeks ago when I was in Philadelphia: http://flyderrie-air.com/derri... The first airline to charge by weight. It is coming. (No, it isn't real, but it is funny) Wasn't pay by the pound big with some small town restaurants in the 70's / 80's? I remember going to one as a kid and it was a nickel a pound for kids under 12. - Scott Schnaars

Besides larger seats for larger people you would also have to provide a bigger meal and more snacks. Ummm wait.. that's called first class. - Luis Figueiredo

A sensible idea. - Carlo Zottmann

all I know is that I just flew continental and was totally surprised to be fed... and I mean actual food not just peanuts - nick carrasco

It's not unreasonable to charge people according to the cost of carrying them & their luggage, whether or not you also offer to sell them custom sized seats, but it's probably a money losing scheme once you factor in people's resentment of it. Given a choice between equitable treatment and just treatment, people generally choose whichever benefits them more. - seth

Obsese people wouldn't get larger seats for their expensive tickets, they would get more fuel for their flight. Bigger seats are available right now; it's called first class. - Micah Sittig

Shey published a photo on Flickr

Racist comments during Wayne Sutton/Corvida Interview

July 9 at 8:47 pm - Link

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Click through this to see more of the spewage. It was atrocious. - Louis Gray

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Don't be afraid to "Like" this, I won't be offended. - Shey

lol - Cee Bee

like = 'was shocked by' - J·Phil·Glockner

this is just sad. Where do people pick up these ideas anyway? - Rahul Das

i was in the room , some really nasty stuff went on , should be some sort of report to Y 'Live made - johnpiercy

I think that it's great that the racist asshats and pot stirrers provoke good conversation among the majority of the rational people that need to discuss these sensitive and painful issues in a meaningful manner. - Mark Forman

It's difficult to even read this stuff. Don't have anything substantial to add...Just wanted to join the chorus of the sane condemning this kind of disgraceful behavior. - Lon Harris via twhirl

Unbelievable. What year is this? - jonn

I want to start a non profit that takes donations and gives the money to hitmen to kill people associated with racist organizations, child molesters, etc. That would be pretty sweet. - The Kid

I had racist slings thrown at me my whole life - from chink, chigger, mutt, gook, etc al. It's sad that people act like that but most of the time it stems from fear - ie: fear of the unknown (because of our still segregated society). - George Smith

And there is nothing that will change these guys' minds. They live their little anonymous lives, fearful of anything that doesn't fit into their little world, creating things to hate so they don't have to look at themselves too much. Ugh. - Hutch Carpenter

Just showing support. We need more buttons than 'like.' - sergiooo

Shey: Thanks for saying that, else I would have been v reluctant to 'like' something I vehemently disagree with - Sally Church

Violence is not helpful, escalating the inflamatory language isn't helpful, it's how ignorant things get said. I agree with Mark F that rational discussion is important but also note that the people who we'd like to behave differently are not rational and aren't interested in discussion. That's why a lot of people dismiss the wackos and try to be good examples. The best way to respond to ignorance(i feel) in the long term is to not prove the stereotypes right. - sergiooo

I got nothing. .... nothing. *disgusted* - Yolanda

A small, heartening counternote: @owillis honors an American hero who gave up his job rather than honor the racist Jesse Helms. http://snurl.com/2w805 - Michael Markman

This is...so ugly. Cowardly losers- shame on them. - Abby Martin

Like Youtube Yahoo! Tends to attract the lowest common denominator. It's just awful that they were ambushed like that. - Steve Spalding

mioNews: Patrick Lightbody posted a message

“mioNews now has keyboard shortcuts! They will be documented soon, but the keys are: j/k for next/prev entry, shift-n/shift-p for next/prev item on the left-hand-side, r to toggle read/unread state, s to share, c to comment, l to like, h to hate, and o to open the entry in a new window. Enjoy!”

July 7 at 1:59 pm - Link

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When adding a friends folder the comments window pops up whenever I use 'c' in the name (same with share and 's') - pb30

pb30 - can you tell me what browser you're using? - Patrick Lightbody

Nevermind, I just figured out the problem. We're pushing the fix live now. - Patrick Lightbody

Great news Patrick. - Jon Erickson

Shey posted a message

“If you HAD to choose between blogging and micro-blogging, which would it be?”

July 3 at 9:37 pm - Link

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I'm gonna think outside the box and choose telegraphy! - Emotion Tad

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blogging - Bwana McCall

Blogging. Fits my personality better. - Hutch Carpenter

Blogging. I don't like the choice though. - Michael C. Harris

Blogging because I like adding screenshots to my posts :D - Corvida via twhirl

Please define-blogging and microblogging? Why must we choose. They are both talking but in different ways. - Mark Forman

I micro-blog and blog haha Plus, there's the "read more after jump" option for people who don't like lengthy posts... - Mona N.

easy - "microblogging" - b/c I can always write in journals or email... but Twitter rocks my world. - Lucretia Pruitt

uM - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Writing. - Kirk Kittell

etching with silver nitrate. - Nathan Eckenrode

blogging - AJ Kohn

Flogos. http://www.livescience.com/str... - Lisa L. Seifert

I would say blogging, because I count micro-blogging as just a subset of blogging. Meaning...I have really made no choice at all. I still get to do both :) - Rahsheen™

Does FF participation count as micro-blogging? I participate in FF a lot more than my blog now. More convenient, easier to start a conversation and keep it going. No self-imposed timetable or post quota to keep up with to make sure enough people are interested in being part of my "audience" (it's built in with FF). Easier to interact with people and get more interaction back. Easier to find the answers to my questions. FF does all I really wanted out of blogging anyway. - Lindsay Donaghe

microblogging - Bjorn Tipling

Blogging. But I do both. - Chris Baskind

blogging - Steven Hodson

Podcasts. - Cote'

Don't make me choose! OK, I choose blogging. - Summer

Only blogging+microblogging! - Igor Poltavskiy

depends on my mood and what I want to say. it obv takes a lot less cognitive ability to microblog, but many more mainstream people read my blog. - Philip Ryan Johnson

@Lindsay Yeah I definitely agree. FF takes away a lot of my time that I would spend doing other things, that's why I've significantly cut my usage over the past couple weeks. - Shey

definitely would stay with blogging. I can live without things like Twitter. - Rob Diana

Definitely blogging. - Colin Walker via fftogo

If had known micro-blogging / lifestreaming would reach this level, I probably wouldn't blog at all - Charlie Anzman

I can always find time to micro-blog... - Rachel Beer

Micro blogging == FF? If FF posts supported more length, formatting and inclusion of media then blogging would disappear for most people - Brian Sullivan

blogging - Sarah Perez

wait no - micro-blogging - Sarah Perez

OMG - don't make me choose! - Sarah Perez

Easy... blogging. - Louis Gray

I don't think we have to or need to choose. Both are great for different things. - Tris Hussey via twhirl

more and more I am falling towards the micro blogging side. I sometimes think I should just get rid of my traditional blog. - (jeff)isageek

Since you did not mention IM, blogging, even though I do little of it, there are times a long public rant is needed for the psyche - Michael W. May via twhirl

Micro blogging doesn't exist. - Andru Edwards

Mini-blogging. Creating content while wearing a mini-skirt. - Andy C

98% of my blog's readers do not know what twitter is and they don't care. When I used twitter tools to publish an daily digest of my tweets, they hated it. So: The answer is Blogging. - Rick Powell

I agree with Lindsay. Post directly to FF. - Russellreno

ooh.. tough one.. blogging! - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau

microblogging. I could never keep my blog up to date - Andy Wilkin via feedalizr

I would microblog. Microblogging is easier, and it makes you look smarter to be able to say something insightful in only 140 characters. - possible248

Brad McCrorey updated their status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“David Bowie - China Girl”

July 3 at 4:39 pm - Link

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Tell Obama: No Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms who Spied

July 2 at 6:02 pm - Link

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Dave "Maverick" Winer posted a message

“New policy -- when I want to post a link and Twitter is down, I'll post it on FF instead.”

July 1 at 8:55 pm - Link

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I have been using FF more and twitter less and I am liking it more - Dave Gray

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cool... i've got FF set as my start page right now - Adam C.

if I could import from FF to Twittet it would be a perfect solution. - Johnny Baker

JB, that would be easy to do. - Dave "Maverick" Winer

Dave, why not skip Twitter entirely. With FriendFeed you can choose a cool graphic to go with your link. You can't do that with Twitter. Really FF is a superior platform. - Thomas Hawk

I actually prefer to post links on Friendfeed. On Friendfeed, I don't have to use a URL shortener. - Morton Fox

jump to the end: post to FF first. these days it seems you'd be right more often than you are not... - Russell Holliman

Thomas it's the people. There are a lot of people who use Twitter who don't use FF. It's only geeks here near as I can tell. I don't think the people here are all that interested in some of the things I'm interested in. And there are a lot more idiot Republicans here. I like intelligent people and there aren't too many smart folk who are willing to admit to being Republican these days. So you're pretty much left with the slimedogs. Present company excepted of course. :-) - Dave "Maverick" Winer

I'd go FF first. Most conversations of value based on the link will happen here anyway. - Duncan Riley

I'm using FF differently than Twitter. I follow many fewer here and am being followed by many fewer. I like the intimacy, talking mostly with people I actually know in most cases. At Twitter I have many followers and use it to get more viewership of a new blog post. - shelisrael1

You can always post on twitter first, and import it in ff. - Jacob

why would you want to post to twitter directly? - Sean Savage

Duncan and Thomas have it right. You always have the option of using Twitter but participating in Friendfeed returns more. I use both as many do (but hide and just occasionally look at the Twitter posts to avoid overload). It's getting better each week. Simply a matter of how YOU choose to set it up. - Charlie Anzman

I have advanced degrees and an IQ of 135; I've been a highly successful educator at both the secondary and collegiate levels. But because I identify with the Republican party, I'm an idiot according to Dave Winer. - Gregory Pittman via fftogo

Gregory... That extra 4 points I have on you in the IQ stakes must be the part that accounts for sarcasm, humor and the ability to know that generalisations are rarely accurate... - John Worthington

@John - or the part that does reading comprehension, since Gregory obviously failed to parse "a lot more", "not too many", and "pretty much". - Jeremy Raines

watch out, this policy made me fell in-love with FriendFeed... - Orli Yakuel

Enjoy! Some Hebrew Love. http://tinyurl.com/6jwkf6 - Igor The Troll

Cool. That way Twitter can stay up. ;-) - Vic Podcaster

idiot republicans? slimedogs? Even though I'm a democrat I find broad sweeping statements like that to be problematic. I'd like to think that I'm more open minded than that. I also think that politics are not the only thing to talk about in the world and think that gauging someone's intelligence or the value of their conversation by their political party affiliation is, well, pretty idiotic. - Thomas Hawk

Getting back to the subject, why not start posting here first anyway? - David Weiner

Thomas is one of an ever-decreasing number of people from all points of the political spectrum for whom disagreement on issues doesn't degrade to personal attacks. Thomas and I might disagree on what the problems are and what the solutions to those problems are, but we would be able to have a valuable conversation. I appreciate that very much. - Gregory Pittman

I usually do it on both. - Thejesh GN

it's funny how Americans can feel in their stomach being part of Rep or Dems, when the whole world knows deep in their stomach that there is not a glinch that diferentiate both parties a part from the color of the tie, i'm not saying we are better in Europe or elsewhere, i'm saying we're all screwed, - Ben Borges

@Ben yeah democracy sucks that way... naturally breeds moderate points of view - Rubin Sfadj

Good policy! I'm starting to followthat too. - Shannon Low via twhirl

is it still democracy ? i'v seen bush with a "christian cruz" on his back while speaking on tv, (terrorist) for me it's middle age democracy. - Ben Borges

I am trying to do this too, but my friends aren't actively using FF yet. - Michelle Lentz

Starting on FriendFeed today. Put me down as an AFTU (Another Frustrated Twitter User). - Michael E. Rubin

I'm using ping.fm to do this. - Gary Walter

that's been my policy of late...i can't even follow ppl on twitter today - Sarah Perez

I actually prefer to use Twitter for less important messages and FriendFeed for stuff when I want to generate conversation. The idea behind my logic is that some people, to reduce the noise, block all tweets, as they consider tweets less important. I agree with these folk, so I use Twitter for stuff that they're probably not interested in. - possible248 via NoiseRiver

Morton Fox posted a message on Twitter

“The price of an Amazon Kindle just went down to $359. If they lower the price by another $160 then I'll consider getting one.”

July 1 at 6:59 pm - Link

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Benjamin Golub posted a message

“Megen and I just watched Super Size Me; and are promptly headed out for a walk”

July 1 at 6:52 pm - Link

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I didn't eat much fast food, but after watching this I haven't eaten ANY since: 3+ years and going. - AJ Kohn

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Haven't eaten at McDonald's since seeing this a few years back. - Mark Trapp

loved that movie. A real eye opener. - sean808080

Best part is when he stops eating the stuff, then he begins to feel really bad, then he eats some and feels awesome. Telling, eh? I still love the food, but try not to eat it. - Jim Kukral via twhirl

He did a real number on his heart and liver eating only MickeyD's for a month and I recall it took him about 9 months to get his health back to normal. - Larry Kless

there is some other documentary or story out recently about a guy who lost a bunch of weight on a mcdonalds-only diet. so I guess there are multiple factors. - Bruce Williams

Excepting In-N-Out, I haven't eaten fast food in a decade. - Adam Lasnik

Yeah, even though times have changed and Mcdonalds has changed (in some part because of this movie), some things are still severely flawed about the system. Trust me, I worked there. - Art

Paul Kedrosky posted a message on Twitter

“Diversion: Cycle Climbing, the McMurdo-South Pole Highway, etc.: Many moons ago I wrote a piece for Men.. http://tinyurl.com/5uok4f”

July 1 at 3:48 pm - Link

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Patrick's Political Blogs: an entry from Balloon Juice

Eight Years of Epic Fail

July 1 at 2:02 pm - Link

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I am sure we will see many top ten Shrub disasters. There is no question that this was the worst administration in our history. - Jon Erickson

Patrick's Political Blogs: an entry from Electoral-vote.com

Tue, Jul. 01 Electoral Vote Predictor Obama 317 McCain 221

July 1 at 4:00 am - Link

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Maki dugg a story on Digg

McCain in 2003: Military Service Not Required for Presidency

July 1 at 8:23 am - Link

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No-Contract iPhone Found in AT&T Press Release

July 1 at 8:03 am - Link

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Jack Baty posted a link

Nikon D700 DSLR Official: D3's Big Sensor In a Smaller Body for $2999

July 1 at 6:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Looks like I may have to switch platforms. - Jack Baty via Bookmarklet

do you shoot Canon? come to the dark side! - Karl Swedberg via twhirl

Outstanding, but now I have to make the decision to drop all of my Olympus lens and start over with Nikon. This is the body that I have been waiting for. - Jon Erickson

Yep. Lots of Canon stuff. Until the latest round of Nikon stuff I hadn't even considered switching. That D3 sensor is awesome by the looks of things - Jack Baty

Leo Laporte posted a message on Twitter

“I confess I've mostly moved over to FriendFeed. http://friendfeed.com/leolapor... - it's busier but lends itself better to conversation.”

June 29 at 7:06 am - Link

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I pulled the trigger. Sorry Twitter. - Leo Laporte

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I've added friendfeed to my social web, but I'm not giving up on Twitter yet. Thank goodness for Flock and ping.fm - Steve Burton

looking forward to your conversations over here Leo. - Thomas Hawk

I like the idea of friendfeed - but the simplicity of twitter is its appeal. I wonder where Pownce and Jaiku will sit in this msg evolution - dann weatherhead

I have a feeling that this time things gonna better than the Jaiku move. - Du Senyao Peter

i havent been able to make the move - are there twitteriffic-like apps for FF as well? that would help my jump... - Andy Beach

I think twitter's UI is better and I wish there was something like twitterrific out there - maxim shevertalov via twhirl

I'm getting very close to the move as well - JackRyanBauer via twhirl

This is funny, I just signed up for a twitter account. With what appears to be a mass exodus from twitter to other services, is there any point in me building up a network over there? - Eddy Cole

I want to make FF part of my routine, but it's just so damn cluttered -- plus I don't see any mobile integration yet. It's almost there, but it just needs a little more work to really take the Twitter throne - Noah Mittman

I remain a bit grumpyabout FF; I cannot shake the feeling that I am only here because Twitter failed me so many times. Anyway, here I am! - sage brennan via twhirl

Andy, try twhirl - Graham Garland

The busy UI and lack of users put me off. Perhaps if it didn't try and link in with Twitter it would be easier to follow? - Oli from the-iBlog via fftogo

I have left twitter also, but now use Plurk. With the newly added search, I can find conversations about just about any topic. - Jon

I am really liking FF for conversations. I like Twitter for status/presence updates. Isn't that what is was designed for? Want to know where I am, and what I am having for lunch? Check Twitter. Want to know what I am interested in and reading? Check Friendfeed. - Sean Brad