Facebook saved their ass, now you can't tell them they are copying Friendfeed.
- Junal Rahman
No one can say for sure what would have happened in the long run (i.e. years from now), but I'm sure FriendFeed was in no danger of running out of funding, given who all was on the founding team. But one thing I keep hearing is that having a small number of users who really, really love you is a good position to be in for a new startup. That's where FriendFeed was when the acquisition happened.
- Bruce Lewis
Best status i have read today! "আকাশে ওড়া পতাকা দেখে কোনোমতেই বলার সুযোগ নেই, আমরা আমাদের দেশ নিয়ে গর্বিত। এর মধ্যেও কিন্তু গর্বের একটি বিষয় রয়েছে, দরিদ্র খেটে খাওয়া ফেরিওয়ালার যে লাঠিতে বিক্রির জন্য নানা দেশের পতাকা ওড়ানো থাকবে, এর সর্বোচ্চ স্থানে থাকবে বাংলাদেশের পতাকা; যদিও সে জানে, ওই পতাকাটি কারও কেনার সম্ভাবনা নেই বললেই চলে। এই ভাগ্যবিড়ম্বিত...
Remember "Kopa virus"? That used to open a notepad and start writing automatically? Creator of that virus named Masum is sitting next to me. I'm gonna interview him soon, do you have any questions? Let me know, i will include them. and later i will post it on my blog :)
A fountain pen doesn't come with a question, right.
- Micah
from iPhone
"Share what you're thinking. Post a picture, video, or other link here." ...not so different from "What's on your mind?" or "What’s happening?"
- Tinfoil 2.0
I'll be watching. I have Leo on my tv but you know what's all weird abut this coverage? EVERYONE is excited about it! Even non-apple peeps. I think we're all hoping for something that will change our lives tangibly.
- Sheryl
@Robert - planning to, it's incredibly hard sifting through twitter search to find who is *actually* there versus who is just RTing others
- Jeremy Toeman
This is Raju from iSites Team. How are you guys doing?
- Raju Sagiraju
I'm in Sydney, Australia right now. The TWIT stream doesn't work and the audio stream doesn't appear to work at all.
- Gary
@Keith: open this thread in a separate tab and scroll to the bottom. From then on all new comments appearing at the bottom will push the thread up, so no need to scroll :-)
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
I'm in Canada just up the road and it works fine here, sorry to hear your struggling with the feed.
- Owen Greaves
I would pay to watch a live stream of the apple event!
- Raju Sagiraju
History has it that the Apple -Eve saw changed.... ! Apple is going to change communications and... !
- kailas desai
thanks Scobleizer... I'll stay on this thread then!
- .LAG liked that
i've got Scoble's tech-news-people list running on http://twitterfall.com (disc: I'm the lead developer there ;) )
- Jalada
@HansKainz... thanks for the link, opening up a new window for that... thank goodness I have a 30-inch monitor :)
- .LAG liked that
I'm monitoring #AppleLive on Twitter, Robert Scoble on FriendFeed and Twit.tv
- Owen Greaves
Apple may really need to make this tablet a success since less than extraordinary iPhone shipments in this last quarter may point to rival phones blocking further iPhone steep incline.
- Tim Jones
Ooooh only a few minutes till Apple tablet news kicks off. Can't wait to see what Job's reveals
- Susan Beebe
The Apple announcement brought FF down for a while:-)
- Francine Hardaway
I can't believe Steve Jobs hasn't taken over the live-streaming part of the presentation. My memories are going to be of Leo's voice getting lost in the digital haze.
- Ian McGee
i dont think friendfeed is used to this much activity anymore. site is failing for me non-stop. but i will say my simple list of 22 people is giving me a very *readable* way to follow the news...
- Jeremy Toeman
I wonder how much of it has to do with the fact that there's no one dedicated to minding the store anymore.
- Akiva
Apple is the largest mobile device manufacturer in the WORLD.
- Lakshman Prasad
The site crashing is troublesome. Sign of the current state of FF.
- Mark Krynsky
all the live news sites are busted hah
- Allen Stern
Lakshman- I thought Nokia is the largest mobile device manufacturer in the WORLD, mobile being phones here. As for laptops, it would be one of the PC makers.
- Tim Jones
they are debating what it will price at.
- Thomas Hawk
Daring Fireball has a great explanation as to why Apple and Adobe are at odds over Flash, good read, if you're interested in why Flash is a problem for Apple: http://ff.im/-ePkYc
- .LAG liked that
fox business is showing some tape-delayed video live
- Allen Stern
Just a tablet PC like iPhone was just a mobile phone (Note: take a look at almost every smart phone since iPhone launch)
- Kurt Starnes
Pixel doubling? Are you serious? Runs apps at essentially 320x480? "Black box" 1:1 in the center of the screen? This is a joke.
- Steve and 3 other people
It is A4, an Audi, so yes, it can play HD video :).
- Simon Cahuk
Honestly? So far, I'm pretty disappointed.
- Joshua
conflicted. with a 10 hr battery i can see this replacing a kindle. but I'm pretty happy reading on my nexus. Do I want to go back to carrying a 10" screen?
- Ben Reierson
Rewriting apps for screen resolutions? Won't that result in "fragmentation" of the App Store market? I mean, that's what tech journos have been beating Android over the head with for the past 6 months or so
- LANjackal
from IM
"How many iPhone apps can be on the screen and running at the same time?" One. No apps running in the background.
- James
fox business guy bashing the ipad for no keyboard and light gig memory
- Allen Stern
i'd bet the people who can shell out for a kindle will run for an ipad
- Allen Stern
@LANjackal it will be all packed in a fat executable, both low and hi res
- ↂGiorgiँ Zarrelliↂ
Can the iPad dial your iPhone from it's adress book?
- Jon Winters
I honestly was hoping for a tweaked Touch Ready OS X. Not what feels like a port of the iPhone.
- Joshua
Eh...so far I'm not impressed and don't see anything revolutionary. Sure this device is pretty but I'm already thinking if it's priced any higher than $500 I'm declaring it only a device for early adopters and Fanboys.
- Mark Krynsky
It would be cool if you could run apps side by side. Twitter app and a news app etc. Take advantage of the big screen and not need to resize native iPhone apps.
- David Damore
Have they mentioned it's internet connection? Wi-Fi or something else?
- Jon Winters
apple stock up 2,170% since 2003 - holy crap.
- Allen Stern
Leo's feed is finally showing video from event.
- Robert Scoble
david - scoble will have 3 ipads taped together for mobile usage to mirror his home setup :-P
- Allen Stern
im guessing sxsw will be renamed - iPadsw
- Allen Stern
Robert - no, it's going after DS Lite and PSP
- Andrew Terry
Apple is 30 minutes into their iPad presentation. The stock is down 2.5%, so Apple has lost $4 BILLION in market cap over the last 30 min. From @hotzington
- Mark
"Going after the Xbox" Yeah when either device has half the capabilities of the other, let me know. Don't be ridiculous
- LANjackal
from IM
Maybe we should buy the stock, wait for it to go back up, sell, then buy an iPad?
- Robert Scoble
I was happy reading on my Touch a year ago. The Kindle app is really sweet.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
to me the kindle is a "rich" device meaning the avg american isn't buying it - same with the ipad so it works perfectly - those with kindle money will run to the ipad
- Allen Stern
wow so apple is now going to fight amazon - i hope amazon kicks apples ass :)
- Allen Stern
Yea right Mark...cold day in hell when Apple would do that.
- Mark Krynsky
@Allen Stern +3 Re: "scoble will have 3 ipads taped together"
- David Damore
the price for the new 10" ipod touch ?
- tony bland
iPad is a new platform -- I bet it's where Apple wants to take personal computing
- Kurt Starnes
you're going to give a presentation with your audience huddled around a 9" handheld device..? Really?
- Andrew Terry
will ipad apps work on the ipod touch/ iphone ?
- tony bland
Andrew: and that is going after the Xbox too. Just watch how Microsoft reacts to this. Microsoft wanted to do an Xbox portable.
- Robert Scoble
My sons already have been using Xbox less since iPhones came out. iPads will steal even more time from Xbox.
- Robert Scoble
There are no buttons on it! you can't do serious gaming without buttons.
- Mark
Andrew - do you give presentations around a laptop screen?
- Kurt Starnes
@Kurt: into a brave new world in which every app will need their approval? Sounds like a nightmare for "personal computing" IMO. I hope you're wrong
- LANjackal
from IM
wait, you can rotate and resize photos with touch?! Amazing!
- Ben Reierson
LAN - I mean the way people use computers. The mouse/hard-keyboard UI is old fashioned, IMO
- Kurt Starnes
+++Krynsky "No Flash = TOTAL FAIL! It will be a long time for HTML 5 to take over. " -- The size of the tablet makes it a natural for web browsing - except for lack of flash support. It was disappointing in the iPhone but quite ridiculous in the iPad. I don't "love" flash but it's a fact of life on the web.
- Richard Walker
all my 12 yr old son plays these days is Modern Warfare 2
- Tim Jones
I'm with you on your commentary Allen...btw you going to SXSW? Good time having lunch with you last year.
- Mark Krynsky
Robert, that's just incidental, in the same way you'll probably watch less TV if you buy an ATV and decide to go riding around in it often. Doesn't mean the ATV and TV manufacturers are in competition. Sheesh
- LANjackal
from IM
Kurt - no; not around a laptop, but I do swing it around so the screen is facing my audience..
- Andrew Terry
A computer with a 1GHZ cpu. It's a bit 2001.
- Mark
LAN - And, I am hopeful that iPad is not locked down the way iPhone is!
- Kurt Starnes
I bet the HP Slate has flash *gunshots*
- LANjackal
from IM
iWork on the iPad....YAWN...what else?
- Mark Krynsky
Mark - I think we'll have to use one to make a reasonable judgment on the chip
- Kurt Starnes
Just saw the pics of the iPad over on Engadget. Sweet Jebus, that thing is ugly. It's got like 2 inches of border around the thing. From the pics, I'm betting it's locked down too, with apps from a new App Store. Epic Fail.
- Otto
Jobs hates flash, there was no way he would put it on this device
- Kim Landwehr
Thinking... The iPad attaches to your MacBook as a second display with seamless integration Photographers can edit photos directly with their fingers.
- Jon Winters
Kurt: It uses the iPhone OS, which means it'll probably also use the App Store. Which means it'll be just as locked down.
- LANjackal
from IM
Jon - that would be a) very cool and b) make total sense
- Andrew Terry
Biggest deal so far - unless it is still to come - no camera so no ichat
- Keith Teare
Unless it's being sold through carriers (and hence subsidized) this thing's gonna be expensive. Def not an impulse by for most people
- LANjackal
from IM
I still do not understand why they can't make these things (both iPhone and this new thing) "sync" via WiFi. Why must I connect the thing to my computer? They're on the same network FFS! Making me use a USB cable is just frickin' stupid.
- Otto
Great deal on dataplan - I'll carry one around, may replace my laptop eventually
- Kurt Starnes
Data plans seem somewhat reasonable when you consider WiFi in most cases. Still in bed with AT&T though.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Now I'm hearing $9.99 for apps ... guess how much I paid for the apps on my DROID? $0. The only apps I pay for now are Evernote and Office on my PC. Period.
- LANjackal
from IM
Otto: probably because it might make DRM harder to implement. It's a lot easier to verify hardware that's physically connected to the machine, than to verify a client that you can't touch
- LANjackal
from IM
You guys might wanna ask Sony how well a $499 price works for a non-PC mass market product.
- LANjackal
from IM
@LANjackal: The problem there is that that system backfires. I specifically do not buy media on the iTunes store because of the "must sync to the computer" problem. I don't connect my gear to my computer, ever. I haven't hooked my phone up since the first day I got the thing (and jailbroke it). I very likely never will hook it up again, because there's no point. Also, if they need verification, then a simple 2-key cryptographic system could be made to work easily enough.
- Otto
Are there iPhone apps for DSLR tethering?
- Jon Winters
Biggie Sized iPhone without the Phone ??????
- Owen Greaves
Optional solar-powered case? Wait for it... ;-)
- Ian McGee
Owen, with 3G model I am guessing one could connect with a Bluetooth earpiece
- Kurt Starnes
Wrong for that purpose, I meant
- LANjackal
from IM
+1 Otto - I use my iPhone daily and I haven't synced it in months. It's jailbroken. I also can't stand the regular iTunes updates I keep getting - they update the program more often than I start it.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I'm pretty sure people are looking for a webcam LAN, not a DSLR
- Daniel J. Pritchett
No multi-tasking? Are they serious? Holy hell, that's inane.
- Otto
my $300 netbook w/ Kindle for PC works for me
- Tim Jones
Please, just improve the iPhone and iTouch. The first time you drop the iPad will be the last. The mobile sites for the NYTimes are good enough for me. I don't need the Flash ads. If you're in public, you can't set it down, you can't put it in your pocket.
- Bill Koslosky, MD
Yep, iPad = Giant iPhone (exactly as I wanted / predicted) - didn't get camera tho = iFail
- Susan Beebe
K I'm with you guys on the webcam idea.
- LANjackal
from IM
Bill -- I don't have a very good record with any dropped computer, except iPhone and other cell phones, surviving drops.
- Kurt Starnes
All things considered, I'm pretty underwhelmed... it's a big iPod, but not as portable.
- Andrew Terry
How long until I can run Android on it? :-P
- TranceMist
Can't wait to get a hold of one. Take care folks.
- Kurt Starnes
Should have shocked everyone with a name nobody expected: The iNewton
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
No multitasking? Wow. How bad of a product release is this? A $500 - $830 device that's completely locked down and can't multitask or webcam? And as some people on Twitter are pointing out: iPad? Really? Were there any women in the original focus group?
- LANjackal
from IM
AT&T suckage depends on where you are. Here in Memphis, for example. AT&T is quite good. I get ridiculous speeds off the 3G and never have a dropped call. When I travel to Atlanta, the experience there is quite different.
- Otto
Kurt: I can only see this as a household device. If you prop this thing up with its case at a Starbucks table, looks like trouble. No video-conferencing, but prob in the next version.
- Bill Koslosky, MD
+1 Otto on the Memphis 3G. I get silky smooth service and I always have to remind myself about the problems in larger markets.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
What does this do for the Kindle, Nook and all the other e-ink readers? I'd say they're in trouble. Except for reading a textbook, I think a device just 2x larger than the iTouch would be more convenient.
- Bill Koslosky, MD
@Bill I'd agree mostly on the ebook readers. But there is something *really* nice on the eyes with e-ink that I'm hesitant to give up (and go back to zombie brain lit screens).
- Leif Hansen
Leo Laporte just said that it's an incredible device when you actually get your hands on it... beautiful, light, incrediblly responsive screen... I'll wait until I get to play with one before judging on what it lacks, and whether or not that's detrimental
- .LAG liked that
Apple stock went from being down to now being up $3.12. As soon as the price came out the stock turned and went up.
- Thomas Hawk
iPad does not support T-Mobile's 1700 GHz 3G frequencies
- TranceMist
Ummmm ok ... I can think of many incredible, beautiful devices that I have no use for. This is another one of them. The iPhone, yes. The iPad? No. Not at that price point, at least
- LANjackal
from IM
Thomas ...isn't a lot of the stock movement in the last couple of hours really just speculators betting on what was going to officially get announced today?
- .LAG liked that
No shit it doesn't. T-Mobile's gone all in with Android
- LANjackal
from IM
I didn't hear when Apple would allow people to order the iPad. Did anyone else?
- Jeff P. Henderson
the specs dont list GPS capabilities. Am I wrong ?
- Kashif Khan
Jeff: I think someone said 1 - 3 months earlier in the thread
- LANjackal
from IM
@.LAG liked that, I think the stock move has to do with the price. The market liked the $499 price more than the speculated higher $1,000 price. It was down until the price was announced then it turned up.
- Thomas Hawk
Thomas... makes sense. $499 is a price that will probably move lots of units
- .LAG liked that
No it won't. Ask Sony what happened with their $500 price point for the PS3. $500 is not an impulse buy. For that you have to be at $299 or below
- LANjackal
from IM
The only thing this will kill is a lot of iFanboy egos.
- JCunwired
Giant iPod. Hopefully an OS refresh will unlock some goodness. Otherwise? This is a shiny paperweight.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
They've not updated the UK store yet with info about the ipad. A little let down about the lack of bluetooth connection to a dekstop/laptop mac for use as an input device. Also, not bothered about the 3G version as I'd rather buy a mifi and use that saving myself cash and letting more devices access the net on the go ;)
- alphaxion
It would be cool if I could get a mifi-type device with a $15/30 per month no-contract billing option. That would make all of these devices tempting.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
here in the UK 3 offer a mifi with a 1 month rolling contract, 5Gb per month limit with £40 up front for the mifi or a pay as you go mifi for £70 up front
- alphaxion
That sounds sweet alpha, I think here it's like $60/mo. with a long-term contract. Let me double-check that. Edit: Looks like the minimum mifi contract is $40/mo. for 250MB and it doesn't say how long the contract lasts. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
is there no way of buying the low end model and adding in an sdxc card to bump it up to 64GB? Having no camera is ridiculous and as usual you are locked into the apple ecosystem. Once again you either love the way they do things or you don't. It will be a popular device, but I'm always amazed at how many people are quite happy with Apple's walled garden. This is what killed them in the...
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- Phil Ashman
There is an SD card reader peripheral included.
- Vezquex
hmm... it also doesn't look like it supports multiple user profiles and it's *still* tethered to a single machine with itunes.
- alphaxion
Orange. The tablet still doesn't work well as the video livestream interface between my DVCam and whatever RMTP server I need to transmit to. Seriously whatever, as far as I'm concerned.
- Rich Reader
I just changed out 3 laptops and a desktop to Apple
- Tony C (Unrated)
Nada. My MP3 player's from Sansa, my notebook's from Gateway, and my dumb phone's from Kyocera. (It is a dumb phone. I like it that way.)
- Walt Crawford
Hell yeah! You should hear me when people ask if my sansa clip is an iPod. It's about the only thing that leads me to lecture complete strangers, cashiers, etc. People say I have "views" on iPods the same way they used to talk about abolitionists :P
- Lo the Baker
I don't own any Apple products either.
- Morton Fox
iDont iThur. Accident of history... old colleague is trying to push some iLaptop.. sez he can get it for 600 smackers. Get me an iJob first, iSay.
- Richard Walker
Technically, I don't "own" any Apple products. My kids and my wife have iPods, and I have an iPhone that's owned by my employer, but I don't actually own anything made by Apple, personally.
- Curdy G
Apple engineers fine products. This MacBook Pro is the best computer I've ever owned, and I love my iPhone to pieces, even though it's useless in the hands of an unsocial lump like myself.
- Mike Nayyar
I have an iPhone. I really wanted to get a Mac Book Pro, but could not justify the expense.
- Justin Whitaker
*raises hand* I don't even have a cell phone
- just ZONED
iHave an iPod and my employer supplies an iPhone. My wife and kids have iPods and iPod touches. But it's more because of their ubiquity rather than their superior quality or feature set. We've already had to trash two or three broken iPods. The 2gb Sansa I got from Woot for $15 is just as good as my iPod--plus it has a radio.
- Steve Lowe
Nothing Apple here. I got my Nokia N900 yesterday; on Apple Day. Out of respect for the Appleians, I didn't want to mention it here on their big day :)
- Eivind
I only got an iPhone last October -- and that was only because it's the best phone available to me.
- Shey
oh, I forgot about this post. BLOCKED!
- Vicarbott
I have two apple trees growing in my yard but that is all.
- Galadriel C.
5 iPods, a Macbook, and an old iBook that's DOA
- MoTO Bott
vai khub tired and tensed chilam... coffee kheye chatna thakar try korchilam but kokhon jeno ghum amare kheye fello... tau abar ghum thik moto ses na hotei calling bell foooo
- Sabuj Kundu
This Screen shot is taken from BBC home page just a while ago. I came here to see something good. But the headings we are seeing, are not something we will like to see. This is pathetic. Let's hope for a better world in 2010.
- Junal Rahman
I think most of my active followers have dropped off of FriendFeed. My home feed is quiet now - barely any likes or comments. Am I just not interesting any more?
Jesse, sshhh. I like to keep my good stuff stashed away. :)
- imabonehead
I honestly don't know whether you're subbed to me or not. I usually follow back. Sorry!
- Spidra Webster
Larch, I'm moving more and more over to Facebook as well - I wish FriendFeed gave us an easy way to port over our subscriptions from here to Facebook
- Jesse Stay
I just looked and subscribed - i was sure I was already subbed and shocked to find otherwise, I'll tell you! But I must implore you to stay active over here. I'm still much happier here, and I got waaay more real support here this past week when my mother was dying than on Facebook - mostly because the FB folks are real-life folks, so I couldn't really say what I was thinking. (And the...
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- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
Mary, no worries - it's funny how we see each other comment on friends' feeds so often that we think we're already subscribed. I've done that on more than one occasion. I'm not going anywhere. I would love to transition this more over to Facebook as it makes sense, but FriendFeed still solves things for me, activity or not, that no other network does.
- Jesse Stay
No Facebook for me! Back to end of the line. :)
- imabonehead
It's quiet here, no doubt about it. My feed is like a ghost town for the most part. Things have really changed over the last three or four months. Yet, many of the core people I like to interact with are still around, so I can't complain.
- Laura Norvig
It's been quite the past few days... but then again so has Facebook and Twitter
- Johnny
I have noticed also that there feeds that are rich in social media talk and tech have been getting a lot less play. Could be that people have other things on their mind
- Johnny
Johnny, it seems many of them have moved to other places like Twitter.
- imabonehead
To be expected... The early adopter wave has broken over the shore and now it's people having a swim, riding the back of the wave down...
- Johnny
from iPhone
I still can't believe those people think Twitter is a better tool for conversations. Nothing changed functionally with FF yet. Just who owns it.
- Spidra Webster
There are more people on Twitter - I can have simultaneous conversations. Since they changed the @ reply, where you only see @s of people you are following makes the experience a trillion times better. I LOVE Twitter and have made TONS of great friends on there! The network is so tight over there, it's neat how once you meet/connect in person, the bond is stronger :)
- Mona Nomura
I hate having my stream polluted with @s. I want threaded conversations not reliant on 140 characters - Twitter is for initiating the conversation right now. It's too hard to carry a real conversation over there. (and yes, I use Twitter, too)
- Jesse Stay
Mona. What about conversations involving more than 2 people?
- Johnny
from iPhone
I have those all the time, you @reply? And / or cc
- Mona Nomura
Bah, I can't have a convo on twitter. Replies fall all over each other, there's no threading and no direction. As I've said, it's like a collection of clunky SMS messages. Real time does it right, that is FF and chat programs, hell, even Google Wave. Twitter? Nope.
- Mo Kargas
To each their own but I love Twitter - mainly because of the people :)
- Mona Nomura
I love Twitter, too, just for different reasons.
- Jesse Stay
I like twitter due to the amount of active users, but not because of its dismal conversation abilities.
- Mo Kargas
Mona, cc is an interesting idea... Pity it takes away from the content. 140 characters - 3 people's @reply doesn't leave a lot.
- Johnny
from iPhone
I've been absolutely loving what you have been sharing lately Jesse, recently moved you to a position on "my board by feed" in a private Friendfeed Group.
- Deano @ Byron New Media
I used to worry about my timeline polluted with @s but once I got over that insecurity, I am addicted. Plus it's SO ultra convenient. I also love how there are so many different communities that are intersected but not.
- Mona Nomura
Thanks Deano! I'll try to keep it up.
- Jesse Stay
<140 is what makes it so great. Cuts the crap out.
- Mona Nomura
I like Twitter, it just doesn't work for me. I'm here for the people then the tools. Size of community means little when quality trumps quantity.
- Johnny
from iPhone
Mona, how does that measure in conversion though? @s vs. no @s, 140 characters vs. non?
- Jesse Stay
@Mona Nah, enables more crap. I reckon less characters leads to a dumbing down of everything. It would be a dismal life if all conversations were in 140 character chunks
- Mo Kargas
I use Twitter as well, as anyone who's subbed to me here can see. But I mostly reserve it for communicating with people who aren't already on FF.
- Spidra Webster
Again, to each their own. <140 is enough for me. Gets to the point quicker.
- Mona Nomura
@Spidra I use it as a megaphone, which is what it is. A collection of broadcasts at each other and little else
- Mo Kargas
Mo, yup, it's a "microblog" - that's what it was built to be. There is no comment structure built in (yet).
- Jesse Stay
Just like your blog, it's where you start the conversation. Unfortunately you have to take it elsewhere to make that conversation engaging and have maximum conversion.
- Jesse Stay
How is that unfortunate? If anything, it should be a motivating factor TO blog. I've seen MANY blog pieces written from convos generated on Twitter.
- Mona Nomura
Mona, it's unfortunate because I can't organize that conversation the way I do my blog. Each comment is its own individual blog post - it's distracting and breaks up the flow.
- Jesse Stay
@Mo Yeah, that's mostly it. Although I have short bursts of conversation with fans of The Guild and other folks.
- Spidra Webster
Mona, I have seem many blog posts generated by discussions here, Facebook and even around the watercooler as well. The content means more than the delivery system. Twitter works for you, I wish I could master it... But I have a hard time believing that Twitter is the killer service the mainstream hype builds it to be. Yahoo bought Geocities for 3.6 billion back in the day.
- Johnny
from iPhone
47 comments ain't bad for a post late at night. I'm just saying.
- Spidra Webster
47 comments from 5 or more people in the one spot is cool too
- Johnny
from iPhone
Again, to each their own. I also like how there are many communities on Twitter and I can choose which convos to participate in. Here, it's more like a...family? All the same people all the time.
- Mona Nomura
In the main feed, maybe. The rooms are where you find new people, saved searches too. It's all who you sub to... No matter where you are
- Johnny
from iPhone
*shrug* I'm getting more likes and comments these days and I have a private feed.
- Rodfather
What, is my fanboi showing? Just telling how 'each to their own' works for me :)
- Johnny
from iPhone
*tire screech* Sorry, folks. I was coding, so I'm an hour late to the thread. Actually a bit more because my ISP dropped me just before I hit the comment button. So, hey, Jesse, sorry I haven't been noisy enough in your threads ;)
- Micah
That's probably why they weren't bought and went out of business
- Jesse Stay
i wonder if there is a correlation "tshirts = acquisition"
- Allen Stern
goodnight everyone - be well, update often and remember in life, there are those that tweet and those who wish they were tweeting.
- Allen Stern
Allen, there is - FriendFeed was acquired weeks after I got one of their shirts. Social Median was acquired weeks after I got one of their shirts. I'm a good-luck charm. :-)
- Jesse Stay
This conversation has happened over and over - it's at a pianissimo intensity right now, which isn't too rattling. Mona, you're an all-terrain social networker - you work the FB, the FF and the TWTR with equal comfort. I'm happy for you and I will let you finish :) Johnny puts it how pretty much how I feel personally about the landscape. Jesse, the feeds are down volumetrically (in N....
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- Micah
well then i better get you a cloudcontacts shirt!!
- Allen Stern
Whoa kozmo the delivery service? I loved them. I used to have sandwiches and smokes delivered all the time.
- Rodfather
I just looked at some blog stats for a couple of "big fish" on Compete.com today, and it looked like most of the internet is experiencing some sort of engagement drop-off (even TechCrunch's and Mashable's numbers are down a bit...). I can only speculate that this is some sort of general burn-out toward the end of an intense, helter-skelter year that passed by faster than the mind could comprehend...Social Media exhaustion? "All your brain cycles are belong to us..." :)
- Alex Schleber
Also, last year we were in the middle of the US elections. I wonder if a November Dip happens on the off election years...
- Johnny
from iPhone
Johnny, in news that's generally true. Novembers are usually full of either elections or hurricane news. Without either you usually have a slow season. That's what I remember from working at Media General, at least.
- Jesse Stay
Well I know I am busy at work and getting things ready for te end of the year. I have noticed a lull across a lot of places I exist in. We also have to consider that 'mainstream' attention comes in waves. Could the shine of Ashton and Oprah on Twitter be fading and it's not a 'Oooow shiny thing' anymore?
- Johnny
from iPhone
Johnny, I think Twitter's just beginning so I doubt that.
- Jesse Stay
I have a $US1 here that says Twitter will be what Myspace is now in 2 years.
- Johnny
from iPhone
Johnny, I think the way it is set up now that's very likely - it will all depend on how they adapt. Based on past experience it doesn't look good, but they are hiring well so we'll see.
- Jesse Stay
Looking back over your posts for the last 24 hours was kind of heavy on Facebook and Twitter stuff which probably isn't going to garner much in the way of likes or comments on FF. Some stuff on shuttle launches, but those are kind of routine. Outside of JPL and the great observatories, NASA has managed to make the space program boring.
- Ed Millard
I find that it is a bit harder to generate the conversation over here than it used to be, but it is still there. And there are still lots of great people on here so it remains a worthwhile place in my mind.
- Martha
Twitter? I'm like... I'd do Twitter... yeah, an account for FriendFeed for sure, but...
- David Feng
I guess it's not you. I get the same....i wish Scoble was active on FF like before even if he was so wrong about FF. Or i wish he still believed that he was right.
- Junal Rahman
Thanks fuad bhai, i will work on this link issue you mentioned. lot's of feedback im getting regarding this. glad that ppl liked that idea and well i will update this soon inshallah. Thanks a lot for sharing all over :D
- Junal Rahman
Yeah, cos age and intelligence were the only variables that differed between all the participants involved in that research. What a pointless study.
- Tony Ruscoe
The Great Google Wave invite thread. Anyone who wants an invite post your Gmail address here and anyone who has invites available please use to invite the people on this list. There are also a bunch of requests in the Invites group here: http://friendfeed.com/invites
I have a few but holding them for a few people who have already asked me. I'm at kolint [at] googlewave [dot] com btw. A pain I know but if you can, could you update your comment when you have an account or just delete your comment. Ta! :-) EDIT: Try this site for invites: http://googlewaveinvites.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Are people on this list getting invites or at least been told they have an invite on the way? You might have to be patient, it could take a long time for one to come through.
- Kol Tregaskes
Adam, yep agree. Maybe because I did that (month ago though) helped me get mine through from Vijay so quickly!
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol, the invitation process seems to be based on nominations. For example, everytime someone nominates/invites you, you get bumped up the queue for an account until you're at the top and you get sent an invite by the team
- Ema Nymton
Ysabel, ah I see, So lots of people must have nominated me. Darn, so a few users I have nominated could be waiting a looooong time. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
if that voting system is right I'm very annoyed. I asked for an invite months ago, now all the numpties are all over it I'm not going to get a look in. It's like I've been sat at the front of a shop queue and everyone's just walking right past me into the shop. I am British but I detest both queuing and waiting, so this is pretty tough going
- Toby Graham
Like most other people, yesterday I wasn't aware of that I «needed» a Google Wave invitation this badly...but now I am!!! quackofdawn at gmail dot com
- noname
neternity@gmail.com and i promise to send a wave of 100,901 twitter followers to your doorstep each of whom will have averaged 1 tweet in their existence - this might not get me an invite but surely it will get some notice - must have that something special - my google wave invite special sauce ingredient is twitter juice PS Not to be construed as an offer, not valid in any of the 53 US states, do not try this at home, caution: contents are hot.
- Ross Button
Purdy Please! (expecting [dot] rain)
- Jeremy Kunz
Anyone have already a wave invite?. I'm a developers anxious to take a look at wave. jmiguel.rodriguez at gmail.com . Thank you very much in advanced!
- jmiguel rodriguez
trentono gmail com...thanks in advance, mysterious stranger...
- Trent Olson
lol at this point i gotta think that by the time an invite makes it this far down the list i may already be at the top of the official invite list but doesn't hurt to try right? marco [dot] nunez @ gmail - thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I'm also trying. As Marco said, it doesn't hurt :) iamclem at gmail. thanks!
- Clément Simon
Hello, I would love to have a google wave invite too. ilteris@gmail.com thanks!
- ilteris
Oops! You said gmail address: marybaumcreative (at) gmail. Although I run marybaum@marybaum.com through gmail servers too.
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
from email
I'd love an invite. I was sort of expecting to get one from Google, as I have been in all of their other betas, but to no avail :( carlton.prest@gmail.com
- Carlton Prest
Plesae send an invite! jwatson820@gmail.com
- Jonna Watson
damn, the pretty please guy will get one for sure, that steve guy @hotmail.com is likely last on the list - but we all will get one if that scobilizer guy notices that we are all here and asking and so cul cuz we are all on friendfeed - maybe if we twitter too it might help - hello google !!!!
- Ross Button
how do we know which ones are sent? I'm just doing my own thread.
- Vezquex
meemmtype at gmail dot com Thank you!
- Jonathan Kong
I would also like an invite if anyone has one -> aaron915 at gmail.com
- Aaron Berman
I'll take one if you can give it...desktopsbyduck@gmail.com
- RICHARD E. MOORE
id love an invite - allen074 - at - gmail.com - thank you
- Allen Stern
I've been too busy to get on FF the last few days....figures something important happening and I missed it! I knew about Google Wave but didn't know there would be a thread to post a request. In any case, better late than never, I'd love an invite at madeliene2007 at gmail.com. :)
- Bonnie Foster
re.renus@gmail.com somebody please send me a invitation... ^_^ : )
- Emad
wimmulder@gmail.com. Am really excited to try this out for a collaborative research project I'm working on. Hoping someone has an invite to spare!
- Wim Mulder
giuliocc@gmail.com . Keen to see if we can shake M$'s cage about messaging and collaboration.
- Giulio Campobassi
Would love an invite - jonathonc at gmail.com
- Jonathon
VitaArdiyana (at) gmail (dot) com, Thanks before Kol. I will delete my comment when i have my google wave account.
- Vimala Vita
Just digging into the comments now but let me begin by saying that you did an incredible job with this thread Kol, 473 (474 after I post) comments!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Google Wave : Could anyone invite me ? : jean.charles.blondeau[at]gmail.com Thanks
- Jean-Charles
Would appreciate an invite. joe@joeperrin.com (Thanks!)
- Joe Perrin
System Messages Invite Status: 17559 invite requests in the system. 7 invites confirmed as received by requester. 199 invites claimed as sent from giver.
- oliv21
How does anyone know if someone has already been invited? You could go back and edit your comment when you receive an invitation, but since that takes days, it could be ages before you know.
- marziah
I've not even had a nomination, RK. At google dot com I'm suezanne , in the event anyone wants to make a nomination. I've asked before on friendfeed. It's kind of humiliating to beg.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
i have decided that if i do indeed get an invite, i will decline, forward my gmail account to windows live and put ie back as my default browser and i will bing it
- Ross Button
@Ross: why punish yourself for something you didn't do? :)
- François Dongier
I just want some google love; just like the rest of us do; but n,o they wave at us as they have their private, invite only party; thumb to nose, fingers a waving - that's the google wave; we need a tshirt
- Ross Button
al86shaw@gmail.com :) Not expecting anything, but thanks anyway!
- Alan (Giraffes)
Send to me plz ,,, mxina.com {a} gmail {dot} com
- Mohammad Sharifi
Has anyone received their invite? I haven't yet.
- Rodericus
from email
I'd love an invite to Google Wave pls. non-geeky bf got one before me! that's just not cricket.. hehe :) icetigerza (at) gmail
- Kim
Hello, if there's any invite left, you'll make me more than happy ;-) matthieu.beauval [at] gmail [dot] com, thank you !
- matthieu beauval
Of all the people posting here the chances of me getting an invite are slim but I'm still willing to try. If someone wants to shoot an invite over to jcallahan126@gmail.com I'd REALLY appreciate it.
- John
from iPhone
Aww Did I miss the Wave of invites? Come on Kol... Hook me up! :)
- JR
It looks like it, although you might be able to use the hyperlink on the front of the Wave homepage to request an invitation, if it's still available.
- Tyson Key
Google Wave Anybody? I needz one plz... walt {dot} ruppar {at} gmail [dot] com
- JR
from iPhone
allanbesselink<at>gmail<dot>com ... please!
- Allan Besselink
I'll wager that some of the folks on this list have received their invite by now, or no longer want one - I have 16 invitations at this instant. It's probably easier for me if you DM.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
fifiquimbo(at)gmail(dot)com. I would love one, thanks!
- Fifi Quimbo
I have 8 invites to Google Wave, if someone is interested, please DM with e-mail address. Ciao, Andrea
- Andrea Romoli
Yo, @Jesse, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but I just got to say that Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!
- Mike Fruchter
It's been one year...one year to the day since I met the most beautiful woman in the world and the love of my life... and though it's been difficult, at times, being so far apart...it's been, without question, THE BEST YEAR EVER! ~ I Love You Emma ~ and I can't wait to share many..many more wonderful years with you! :-* <333
...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ........ AWWWWWWW...I love you too!!! :* Thank you, thank you, thank you and yes, I know it's not always been easy but it has been the most wonderful and perfect time of my life and I owe it all to one person and one person, only and that's YOU! You've been amazing! Thanks baby, for everything and *smiles* thank god, you FINALLY decided to subscribe to me, this time last year!! ;p Here's to the future...and us! :* <333
- Emma
True Love is always thee Best of All!! ;)) Cheers U 2!!
- Billy Warhol
Oh Emma...baby...."perfect" and "wonderful" can't even begin to describe it! ...simply, beyond my wildest dreams....Thank YOU Em for everything and jeez am I glad YOU decided to subscribe to ME this time last year! ;p Yes, here's to our future and to us...always and forever! :-* <333
- Live4Emma (L4S)
*melting* w/you too, Johnny...thank you Nina! <3....thanks mycaptain.....glad we could inspire you, Sofia! :-) ....\\O// rowlikeagirl! ....Billy, SPOT ON and Cheers! ....D! *fist bump* :-) ...and to everyone else, thank you so much for all your kind words and support the past several months...we truly appreciate it and it really has meant the WORLD to us! :-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I smile every time you all call each other "baby..." Just wonderful.
- rowlikeagirl
...oddly enough, rowlikeagirl, so do I! :-D
- Live4Emma (L4S)
awwww....A1! :') We <3 you too! your love for us and unwaivering support has been amazing! you're the best, lil' sis!!! *cheers* :-))
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Anika... :-) ......and thank you for the award, tiffany! I'd like to thank the members of the academy...my agent....my parents for having me....and of course Emma :-* <333....without who the SCHMOOPINESS, in all it's splendor and glory, would not be possible! :p
- Live4Emma (L4S)
To each and every one of you that's posted a comment on this post...thanks guys, you're all amazing! Your words and love are second to none and we really do appreciate it all, it means the world to both of us! :))
- Emma
..........And special thanks goes to the best sis a girl could ever ask for!! :D Anna, we ♥ you too. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your love and support....you've been there for us throughout and you REALLY are the very best! Love you & *cheers* hun...heres to a great future for all of us!! <3
- Emma
Thank You Darren! :-) You've been a fantastic friend to us and so encouraging every step of the way....we just can't thank you enough! <3
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Thanks Anne! "sweet" is a good way to describe it! ;-) ...thanks Shevonne! And I'm not sure what was meant by "the ring" but that hasn't happened YET! ;-p first things first and ALL in due time....but it is a lovely ring, none the less! :-D
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from iPhone
Awww Carmen! Your friendship has been there for me from my start here and to have your love and support for Emma and I has been fantastic! <3 Thank you so much for the well wishes from the Dirty-Dirty! ;-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from iPhone
aww...that's sweet of you to say, thanks Helen! :-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Thank you soooooooo much for sharing your love with us!! *besosbesosbesos*
- Nakachi
Geek or nerd...which one sounds better? ;)
- Junal Rahman
Which one do u prefer ? Hu hu how is going on everything with u ?
- hasan
from email
None...but same thing happens with me too ;) and well, everything is going well..work, reading, sharing, sleep and TT tournament at office :D
- Junal Rahman
Wow wished I can find 1000 following or followers to follow
- polou/indigo_bow
You unfollowed lots of people recently. unfortunately, im one of them....though i don't know the reason :S but there is too difference in the ratio of your following and followers...why cant you add more people now ?
- Junal Rahman
Mr Scoble, I would suggest you check out a service called FriendFeed. It's starting small, but no silly limits like that that I can see. :D
- Micah
I will say that I didn't know Dustin Diaz worked at Twitter now, that's pretty cool! I just knew him as a guy with a great frontend web coding blog.
- Daniel J. Pritchett