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Problems plague Google's GrandCentral - http://webworkerdaily.com/2009...
Varun Mahajan, Roberto Bonini, Voyagerfan5761 and 25 other people liked this
Can anyone name a service (other than YouTube) that's really flourished after being acquired by Google? It really seems they must just be buying these companies for the talent.
- Ken Sheppardson
I can't. Google kills projects as a pass time :-(
- Richard A.
Blogger could be one that has worked out
- BCK
Writely
- Bwana ☠
Google Earth? / Keyhole
- Shawn Farner
I love this service, im really hoping they continue development, any insider info?
- Kyle Weller
Writely + XL2Web + TonicSystems -> Google Docs, Keyhole -> Google Earth/Maps, Urchin + MeasureMap -> Google Analytics, JotSpot -> Google Sites, Zingku -> Google FriendConnect, Android -> Android, DoubleClick -> DoubleClick, Feedburner -> AdSense for Feeds (in-process); sorry about Dodgeball.
- Jeff
... and David Pogue's comment after the post gets it right -- a new version on new infrastructure will be coming soon. Apologies to anyone who has run into issues on the legacy version.
- Jeff
BTW, for folks who don't know, the Jeff posting on this thread is Jeff Huber, SVP of Engineering @ Google. Very cool that Jeff is hanging out here, IMO.
- Kevin Scott
Jeff: Will the new version be open source, ala Jaiku? ;-) [Thanks for the list, btw.]
- Ken Sheppardson
Forgetting Feedburner? Typical.
- Bjorn Stromberg
...or just not trying to give an exhaustive list. I was just asking for one, after all :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Great! And I use this for my local phone number here in Florida. My cell number is still from Kentucky.
- tomit
@Jeff thanks for commenting, you have revived some long lost hope in Grandcentral ;) Any more news would be awesome, update the gc blog ;)
- Kyle Weller
I'm like tomit. I use GC as my local number, as my cell number is still a Chicago area phone.
- Adam C.
Thanks for stopping by here, Jeff. :)
- Matt Cutts
It's great news that Grand Central is still alive; I use my GC number as my primary number, and I've been getting nervous not having heard anything from Google about it for so long. I'd love to see it integrated into GMail/Google Talk.
- Chris Johnson
I still have to wonder why it took a post like mine to get Google folks talking about GrandCentral again. I don't want them to promise what they may not be able to deliver, but a post every now and then on the blog teasing what we may expect in the next version...and assuring those of us who count on the service that it's still viable would be nice. That folks have to read comments on blog posts and FriendFeed to get official word is ridiculous.
- Judi Sohn
@Judi I wonder the same thing. Google wouldn't give away any state secrets by just saying, "Hang tight--we're still committed to Grand Central, and there's a new version somewhere on the horizon," especially as they were announcing the demise of some other services and people were getting antsy about Grand Central.
- Chris Johnson
This article seems sensationalist. I'm seeing improvements in GC and can't wait to start paying for it. Their communication seems to be lacking for sure and my trust in Google will take a severe hit if this service were to falter (I don't think it will), but the conclusion of this article is plain silly.
- coldbrew
Quite surprising to hear that Google keept a project like GrandCentral apparently deep sixed like this while performing a total overhaul on the infrastructure.
- Samuel Bishop
@coldbrew, I really didn't mean it to be sensationalist. With absolutely no public word for nearly a year, and Google's history of ignoring their acquisitions to death, what else was I (or anyone else) to think?
- Judi Sohn
Google does not care about a community. They just care about selling their ads. This is why what Google touches FAILS
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
I use my GrandCentral every day and would personally love to have the contacts integrated with GMail for example.
- Phil Yanov
What's your "Facebook gatekeeper" rule? Here's mine: I only friend people I have met, corresponded with or want to know.
Jérôme Flipo, Jack Frizzell, Adam Singer and 2 other people liked this
People I 'faced' in a good sales meeting, an interview or love to face in a bar
- Martin Meyer-Gossner
Anyone who is interesting and/or related to my field and IRL friends and family (although I have ignored some family requests.
- Martha
Don’t Forget the Puppy Bowl February 1 - http://www.inquisitr.com/16886...
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My kids make me suffer through this. If given a choice, I think I'd rather watch paint dry. Don't get me wrong...love puppies. Have one that is endless entertainment to watch. But that's because it's *my* puppy.
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn: It's a reason, not an excuse : Don't trust your host with your domain – even if it's Google - http://www.momathome.com/2009...
"I know. Well, didn't realize it was anonymous but I knew it wasn't by Joel Spolsky. I said it was a rant *on* Joel on Software, which it was. I didn't say it was *by* Joel. ;-)"
- Judi Sohn
Non-Profit Tech Blog : More Nonprofits Adopting Convio's Common Ground - http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/more-no...
"Tanner, Common Ground is not an add-on to Salesforce. It's a stand-alone offline donor database built on the same platform as Salesforce.com. Yes, a nonprofit can hire a consultant and build a lot of the same functionality, but I can tell you from experience you're talking tens of thousands of dollars. Also, Convio offers phone and email support on Common Ground, as well as continuous updates. A nonprofit can't get that on their own, and that's what you're paying for on a regular basis. We're not using Common Ground because we've already been on the Salesforce.com platform for 2.5 years, and we're also a Convio customer. But if we were starting fresh now, with the same budget now as we had back then (which wasn't that much) we would definitely do it on Common Ground. It's really good."
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn: It's a reason, not an excuse : Exactly when did Facebook get mainstream? - http://www.momathome.com/2009...
"Rick, I think so. I don't have Facebook notify me of anything via email. I block all applications requests, so while folks can comment on my status, write on my wall, tag me in photos or send me FB mail, I don't want to hug, poke, squeeze, or anything like that. The only application I actively use is Causes. So if you don't want the requests, then it's really easy enough now to get rid of them/block them out, compared to the way it was before."
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn: It's a reason, not an excuse : Lovin' on Ravelry - http://www.momathome.com/2009...
"Thank you!"
- Judi Sohn
"Just doing my job" - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b...
Having lived through unemployment I disagree with this on many levels. Not everyone has opportunity for a career and the luxury of a job that they really stand behind.
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn — It's a reason, not an excuse : Intense Debate - http://www.momathome.com/2008...
"Kirby, that is strange. I haven't had a problem at all with spam since switching to Intense Debate. I see that Akismet is doing its thing, but I'm not seeing more modification requests than before."
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn — It's a reason, not an excuse : Apple FAIL whale? - http://www.momathome.com/2008...
"Possibly, Matthew. I didn't see anything that looked like a kernel panic (trust me, I know what they look like) but there were a few screens that had some sort of cryptic networking error message that I didn't photograph. I just thought it was kind of funny, no big deal. :-)"
- Judi Sohn
Intense Debate - http://www.momathome.com/2008...
So I checked the button so FriendFeed comments should go through? Let's see. Hopefully I've now tested every different way comments can get to this thing.
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn — It's a reason, not an excuse : Intense Debate - http://www.momathome.com/2008...
"Thanks for your help, Erik. I'm not entirely sure yet if I'm keeping it, but so far it's better than the other system I tried."
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn — It's a reason, not an excuse : Intense Debate - http://www.momathome.com/2008...
"This reply was sent via email."
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn — It's a reason, not an excuse : Intense Debate - http://www.momathome.com/2008...
"And this is a threaded reply. Anyone else want to help me beat on this thing? :-)"
- Judi Sohn
A View from Judi Sohn — It's a reason, not an excuse : Intense Debate - http://www.momathome.com/2008...
"This is a test comment while I am logged in as an administrator."
- Judi Sohn
@spiderwebwoman Re: Qwitter. There are some things I'd rather not know. ;-)
I thought it would be interesting to know, but now I'm not so sure. It wasn't even someone I know very well, but still ...
- Kathleen Anderson
Yeah, I just tweet what I want when I want. I never want to feel that I'm editing myself because I'm afraid folks will unfollow. I think about what I want to say publicly, of course, but that's different.
- Judi Sohn
I thought about it over night and this morning I unfollowed the person that unfollowed me. Life's too short, you know?
- Kathleen Anderson
Daily Kos: State of the Nation - http://www.dailykos.com/storyon...
Fantastic post explaining in perfect detail exactly what is wrong with the McCain/Palin plan for special needs families.
- Judi Sohn
from Bookmarklet
I looked... 401k says, " Personal Rate of Return from 01/01/2008 to 10/03/2008 is -26.0%". Ouch. That's even worse than I thought.
Franklin Pettit, .LAG liked that, Julio F ~ @SocialJulio and 7 other people liked this
you got me beat then. i was under 20...for now...
- Jeff (the マクダジ of FF)
The funds are each down between 19 and 35% apiece. Ugly across the board!
- Louis Gray
-15% for me...but I also played it safe for the first few months I had a 401k as I had no clue what to do (and still don't)
- Benjamin Golub
I just put my head in the sand...not gonna retire for a while.
- Hutch Carpenter
oh come on, who is taking out $$ from an IRA in 10 months. Ride it out people.
- anna sauce
I'm 60% in cash, and still am extremely afraid to look!
- jcunwired
ouch! hard to hear!
- Jorge Escobar
-13% and -15% so far, sigh.
- Sally Church
Hahah! The cash in my mattress hasn't decreased at all!
- Jason Carreira
:( We are down 23%.
- Alix Whitmire
@Anna, of course you are right, but still... I like to have the illusion that when I give money to fund managers, it will be "managed". :-)
- Louis Gray
I'm investing in hobo bindles and Campbell's soup
- Jason Carreira
-24.1% here, can't wait to see it tomorrow after today's selloff
- dbcohen
The corporate 401K's should be structured so u can determine how they're invested depending on your risk tolerance. Many now are.
- Charlie Anzman
@Charlie, mine is. I chose the funds. But that doesn't necessarily mean the funds are managed the way I wish. Also, being diversified in "growth", "contra" and "real estate" didn't soften it. They're all down significantly.
- Louis Gray
Louis - If I were your age, I probably would have been set up the same way. These days? ... T-Bills and cash.
- Charlie Anzman
The only thing propping up my 401k is my employer contributions. I took a look at my Roth's and ouch... not only were the fund managers retarded - but the market has really hurt them too.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
I'm not going to post mine here...it's just too sad to talk about.
- Alex Scoble
Got a letter from my financial advisor today which started off "First, let me just say, your next statement is going to look UGLY."
- James (@willia4)
I'm afraid to look at my 401K.
- Mike Reynolds
I have been like an ostrich with my head stuck in the mud for over a year and refused to look and then when I did...I discovered something similar to what you did :-)
- kamla bhatt
That's why you should always buy the stocks for the long term. In 10-20 years, I bet you're up quite significantly. S&P 500 has consistently gone up over time, even with hiccups like we're seeing currently.
- Jesse Stay
This thread touches on an interesting situation where so many people out there are simply too scared to log-on to their IRA/trading account.
- Aviv
I am afraid to even look...dreading the paper statement
- Susan Beebe
This is so very ugly. I don't think I will look at mine.
- Kevin Gamble
Good potential Obama ad: Go look up your 401K. No really. John McCain is a maverick deregulator. You can thank him.
- Mike Reynolds
Jason - The 30 years is a good thing (long term). Plenty of time for things to turn and / or you to come up with your own solution. It still can be done.
- Charlie Anzman
I stopped checking my 401k. Already know it'll be depressing, but then I'm keeping whatever I have for the long haul (25+ yrs).
- imabonehead
Criminy, I don't want to even look at mine.
- Pete Delucchi
Looking shall set you free.
- Aviv
I'm trying to compare Jungle Disk (powered by Amazon S3) with Box.net. So far I'm preferring Jungle Disk, which seems to be much easier for offline backup purposes. Box.net has great file sharing features, but no autobackup or synchronization.
Andrew Badera, Neill Adamson and mike "glemak" dunn liked this
Justin, does Box.net show as a network drive on your computer? If so, a backup utility like SyncBack could automatically back up files to it for you...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
If it does, I haven't figured out how to do it yet.
- Justin Long
have you ruled out dropbox? One service I'm happy to recommend
- Duncan Riley
Haven't ruled out dropbox but right now its taking over an hour to d/l their software.
- Justin Long
I don't like that jungledisk uses a proprietary format inside s3
- mjc
@Michael - the Jungledisk site has open, free to use sample source code to read their encryption format.
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
It's apples to oranges. I use both Box.net and Jungle Disk but they're very different. While Box.net can be used for backing up selected important files, it's not designed for automated or complete manual backups the way Jungle Disk does (or Carbonite or Mozy, which are closer competitors to Jungle Disk). Box.net is great for organizing and sharing files or manipulating files through other apps (services).
- Judi Sohn
from twhirl
Michael, I don't mind the proprietary format in Jungle Disk because it's transparent to me since I go through the JD interface.
- Justin Long
I like the concept behind Friendfeed but its utility is waning with me. Needs more filters. There's too much to follow.
Colleen McMahon, Jeff P. Henderson, Thomas Hawk and 13 other people liked this
Steve: most of my readers agree with you. I've discovered the utility of the "hide" feature.
- Robert Scoble
Also, we should have a way to only view things that have been "liked" or only have gotten two comments or more in the past hour.
- Robert Scoble
BarbaraKB answered on Twitter: @steverubel Try FriendFeed w/out Twitter http://pipes.yahoo.com/geekygi... Y! Pipes.
- Robert Scoble
Or you can just Hide all Twitters using the hide feature. The functionality is there.
- Bwana ☠
I find hiding Twitters to be essential in FriendFeed - I like to read Twitter in Twitter, not in FF.
- Mitch Wagner
There are many filters in FriendFeed. I can walk you through it by E-mail. (I would have said DM, but he's not following...)
- Louis Gray
Steve, are you using the hide feature in FF? I find far less noise on FF.
- Thomas Hawk
My problem with it is that there's no way to group friends or hide content already read, so reading a long stream of posts/content is difficult...could handle the noise if I wasn't digging through trying to filter out comments I've already seen.
- Judi Sohn
@Louis I would be interested in your walkthrough views!
- Joe Dawson
There is a "Hide" button next to all items, including this one. Using Hide, you can stop seeing any service (like Twitter), you can stop seeing services by individual (like Twitter from Steve Rubel), you can stop seeing Steve Rubel's friends updates, or even change all of the above to only show if they have comments or likes, giving you only the good stuff. Using the Hide option well helps the noise.
- Louis Gray
You use FriendFeed Machine don't you? What features from that do you find beneficial?
- Joe Dawson
I use the Web interface primarily. FriendFeedMachine has great ways to sort by likes and comments, and sorting "Real Friends" from others. It continues to add some cool features.
- Louis Gray
FriendFeed: More useful than Twitter
- TranceMist
Could this be the dark side of the network effect? It seems like eventually every network gets too saturated.
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
I use friendfeed as the place where I limit my feeds
- Mark Ramsey
from twhirl
Too much to follow is a feature! I believe that the filter is known as restraint.
- Ashton
I want to be able to define my own global FriendFeed filters by topic. I want filters to exclude topics, but I also want to have certain topics prioritized.
- Mike Reynolds
Are you able to filter out certain words on FF? PS. What does DM mean? Sorry for being stupid :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
agree completely - Friendfeed is great but was becoming a firehose - hiding Friends of Friends helps a LOT
- Chris Selland
w/all due respect Robert why do i need someone else to co-sign on a post before I read it. If all of us apply this feature, esp let's say your follower's or Louis Gray's well who is left to "like" or comment?
- R. Ferguson
notifications are critical and missing
- Jonathan Greene
iPhone 2.1 Beta 4 Seeded, Removes Push Notification Service - http://www.macrumors.com/2008...
actually glad Apple is focusing on stability now. If Push won't absolutely be ready it should wait and not hold them back from releasing other fixes.
- Judi Sohn
At ER for last 4 hours. Not sure what's causing Barb's headache. Awaiting lumbar puncture results
Keep us posted.
- Steve Rubel
Hope all is OK...
- Metin
Yikes! I've been in the same situation with my wife Melissa. ER is never fun. Hope all turns out well.
- Sean Brady
best wishes.
- John LeMasney
Thx everyone. Have to turn the phone off now; keep fingers crossed.
- Kevin C. Tofel
Hope everything turns out okay.
- Melissa Woo
Wishing Barb the best. Hang in there!
- Truc Bui
Test results in: meningitis. Not sure if viral or bacterial. Just got admitted for what's likely to be a long night. C'mon antibiotics: do your thing!
- Kevin C. Tofel
Slow start today and just seen this. Wish Barb all the best from me please and keep us all updated. For us jkOnTheRun fans she feels like part of the family.
- Andrew Forde
Good you got to hospital quickly - that's key to beating meningitis. All the best to Barb!
- Melissa Woo
Looks like viral meningitis so NOW they make me wear a mask. Uh, I've been here for 16 hours without one. Yeesh. At least Barb is feeling and looking better. And we have a flat screen in the room for the Olympics.
- Kevin C. Tofel
Get well quickly, Barb! I just saw this and feel so bad for you both.
- James Kendrick
Here's hoping for a quick recovery! You two are in my thoughts!
- Dwight Silverman
Hole in surgical mask coupled with straw in WaWa coffee is the highlight of the day. Thx for all the warm wishes; Barb and I appreciate it.
- Kevin C. Tofel
wow, sorry to hear that. Hope it all gets resolved.
- Thomas Hawk
Just saw this...best wishes for a speedy recovery
- Loren Heiny
so sorry, Kevin. Hope she's feeling better fast.
- Judi Sohn
comment here if gmail is down... what city/state/country are you in... http://flickr.com/photos...
hamilton ontario canada 540pm est its down
- johnpiercy
Not down. Hmm.
- Nate Pilling
from twhirl
jason you should turn on all sizes - it's hard to read what that (and some of your other) image says
- Allen Stern
Was down for like a minute, back up since then without a problem. Cologne, Germany
- Holger Eilhard
san jose, costa rica, and still down :(
- Gilbert Corrales
from twhirl
Down here. Was back up for a moment, then down again. Ramat Gan, Israel
- Didi Chanoch
UP for me Athens, GA via charter through OPenDNS
- ThePicMan
Down here in Istanbul/Turkey 00.15 AM
- Muge Cerman
down in los angeles. sister just confirmed down in minneapolis too. techcrunch says it's systemwide
- mike fabio
from twhirl
miami, fl
- Brad Nickel
down still Istanbul / Turkey 01:06 AM
- Goktug Okan Oguz
Borked for me. Melbourne, AUS.
- Lou Rech
Down in Victoria BC
- Jeff Hoard
from twhirl
down Miami, Fl
- Janet Forte
Gmail is down for me in Porto, Portugal.
- Pedro Fonseca
from twhirl
Down in Bala Cynwyd, PA.
- Billy Disney
lausanne switzerland down
- nicolas dengler
Chicago, IL -- Using Google Enterprise Apps too
- Grant Gochnauer
down in Brooklyn
- Allan Benamer
from twhirl
@all try html https://mail.google.com/mail/h
- Muge Cerman
dont panic! it's ok now in Turkey..
- Mücahit Yılmaz
via @ev, @allaboutgeorge, @jessamyn: If your gmail is broken, you can use the HTML view: https://mail.google.com/mail...
Harrison Hoffman, Aaron Myers, Matthew Wayne Selznick and 3 other people liked this
Good call
- Didi Chanoch
yeah, not working to reply though apparently.
- Veronica
No workie for me :(
- Jim Goldstein
Or, apparently, to read messages. Only the main html page seems to be up
- Didi Chanoch
https://mail.google.com/a/<yourdomain>/h/ for gapps works as well (at least for me)
- Naor Mark
replace /mail/ with /a/domain.com/ for google apps
- Judi Sohn
iPhone drop #9
Bob Blunk and John Giannakos liked this
Wow, good job! I drop mine about twice a day...
- Dillon K. Hoops
Wait... dropped calls, or dropped physically? I've never had more dropped CALLS on any other device than this 3G unit / iPhone OS 2.0.
- l0ckergn0me
when the signal is good the call quality is outstanding but it's harder to get good signal.
- Judi Sohn
hahlo isn't working for me at all. Anyone else?
use friendfeed
- James Kendrick
I love FF, but more folks I know are still talking on Twitter.
- Judi Sohn
it would be amusing if it weren't for the fact that folks are buying the premise
- Allan Benamer
from twhirl
Those folks would buy anything the RNC spit out, simply because they're spitting it. Could be that the moon is made of green cheese or it could be that Obama thinks he's Moses. I really don't see an ad like that giving the undecided any pause. It seems designed to rally the base and give them something to shout.
- Judi Sohn
My iPhone takes over an hour to backup. That sucks.
That does suck. How many apps do you have?
- Lance Schone
I've noticed my ipod touch taking forever to backup since installing version 2.0. Before that I didn't even know it ever did a backup.
- Phil Whelan
I have yet to experience this issue. My backups only take a few minutes. I have an 8GB iPhone which is only half full, not sure if that has anything to do with it.
- Paul Grav
I'm in the same boat as you Phil.
- Mack D. Male
Going back to a Treo?
- Eric_T
If Google Buys Digg, What Happens Next? - http://mashable.com/2008...
Gordon Dymowski, tomit, Sarah Perez and 4 other people liked this
they die from lack of updates for over a year or two
- acedanger
Digg is almost dead, so i hope they don't buy it.
- Svartling
coolness as part of a company valuation... I love this!
- Fabrice Epelboin
all the plans they have for building the site go out the window as Google lets Digg just sit and sit in its current form until they figure out what they really want to do with it, if anything
- Judi Sohn
Can Digg remain "hidden" like Jaiku?
- João Almeida
Digg lost its edge a while ago. A Google acquisition won't save it either.
- Rebecca Povio
Buy Digg for all I care (sorry), but leave StumbleUpon alone.
- Juan Carlo Rodríguez
Really, who cares?
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
I think the people at digg might care
- acedanger
True. but beyond the first blog post about it, I'm like...noted....next topic please.
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
It looks to be interesting - is Google moving towards becoming a one-stop shop of information and data?
- Gordon Dymowski
not a big deal at all
- Thomas Edwards
Buy digg, grab its API and use it in the main search engine, and toss the site in a bin. It's, at best, a harmless distraction.
- Derick Valadao
Hello world from my iPhone - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
Baard @ Pixum, TechnoFox, Justin Korn and 9 other people liked this
why doesn't it also record meta data like that I am posting from my iPhone and my location? In a lot of ways Twitter is ahead here.
- Robert Scoble
how did you finally post? I can draft, save draft, preview draft, but where the hell do you PUBLISH? App has been overall buggy, too.
- Kirk Skodis
from twhirl
you have to change the status to Published after you save... strange workflow
- Benton
Thanks for the tip, Benton!
- Kirk Skodis
from twhirl
I wish the iPhone app had comment moderation too. A plug-in option won't work for WordPress.com blogs. So for now, I just use mobile safari more than I use the WP app.
- Judi Sohn
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