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Justin Wah Kan
How-To play .ogg files on the Mac - http://soundstechnical.com/how-to-...
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Justin Wah Kan
Six Apart launches new TypePad Micro for short blog entries - http://soundstechnical.com/six-apa...
Six Apart launches new TypePad Micro for short blog entries
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Justin Wah Kan
Measuring customer experience: The power of story - http://soundstechnical.com/measuri...
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Justin Wah Kan
Is Google Chrome OS Launching Next Week? [Rumor] - http://soundstechnical.com/is-goog...
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Justin Wah Kan
Mobile Web Series: The Network In Our Pockets - http://soundstechnical.com/mobile-...
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Justin Wah Kan
Mobile Web Series: The Network In Our Pockets - http://soundstechnical.com/mobile-...
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Justin Wah Kan
The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd
Still a very enjoyable book. - Justin Wah Kan from Bookmarklet
Leo Laporte
MacBreak Weekly 158: They Don't Have That in the US - http://twit.tv/mbw158
What ever happened to Scott Bourne? Haven't seen him on the show in a while. - Justin Wah Kan
Scott got so fat he collapsed within himself like a neutron star. - David Lloyd
You stole that joke from Family Guy - Mark
Justin Wah Kan
Apple Tablet Comes to Life. Pity It’s Unofficial [Pics] - http://mashable.com/2009...
Nope. The hardware just doesn't convince me. - Justin Wah Kan
Justin Wah Kan
Deputies say US man blames cat for downloading child porn by jumping on computer keyboard - http://www.cbc.ca/cp...
JENSEN BEACH, Florida - Florida investigators say a man accused of downloading child pornography is blaming his cat. Keith Griffin is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after detectives found more than 1,000 images on his home computer. According to a sheriff's report Friday, Griffin told investigators that his cat jumped on the computer keyboard while he was downloading music. He said he had left the room and found "strange things" on his computer when he returned. Griffin is being held on $250,000 bond in the Martin County jail. It is unclear if he has an attorney. - Justin Wah Kan from Bookmarklet
Justin Wah Kan
Rogers Wireless begins 21Mbps HSPA+ rollout, a first in North America - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
"It may not have beaten the likes of Australia's Telstra to the 21Mbps mark, but Rogers Wireless has still earned some pretty impressive bragging rights as the first carrier in North America to move on up to HSPA+, which (theoretically) more than doubles the maximum speeds of the current 7.2 Mbps network. According to Rogers, it'll begin to "progressively increase" download speeds starting in August, with the Greater Toronto Area expectedly first on deck to get a taste of all that bandwidth -- although Rogers does say that it'll "expand quickly over the coming months" in other cities across Canada and eventually cover the entire country. Those south of the border shouldn''t feel too glum about the situation however, as last we had heard, AT&T was "likely" to bypass HSPA+ altogether and move straight from 7.2Mbps to LTE and the ludicrous speeds it promises." - Justin Wah Kan from Bookmarklet
Justin Wah Kan
U.K. publishes Twitter guidelines for civil servants | World | News | Toronto Sun - http://www.torontosun.com/news...
"LONDON — The British government has told civil servants: Go forth and tweet. The government published guidelines Tuesday for its departments on using the microblogging service Twitter. In contrast to Twitter’s limit of 140 characters per message, the document runs 20 pages, or more than 5,000 words. It tells civil servants their tweets should be “human and credible” and written in “informal spoken English.” It advises government departments to produce between two and 10 tweets a day, with a gap of at least 30 minutes between each “to avoid flooding our followers’ Twitter streams.” The advice says Twitter can be used for everything from announcements to insights from ministers, and in a crisis could be a “primary channel” for communicating with the electorate. The document warns against using Twitter simply to convey campaign messages, but notes that “while tweets may occasionally be ’fun,”’ they should be in line with government objectives. It also says departments should not follow... more... - Justin Wah Kan from Bookmarklet
Justin Wah Kan
CTV.ca | Two previously unknown Mozart works discovered - http://www.ctv.ca/servlet...
"VIENNA -- The International Mozarteum Foundation said Thursday it has discovered two more works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The previously unknown works are piano pieces composed by a young Mozart, the Salzburg-based foundation said in a brief e-mail statement. The website of the organization said its department of research had identified the works, long in the foundation's possession, as Mozart compositions. Mozart, who was born in Salzburg, lived from 1756 to 1791. He played piano from an early age, began composing music when he was five, and eventually created more than 600 works, ranging from operas to chamber music, choral pieces and piano concertos. The foundation declined to provide more details Thursday, saying specifics would be made public during a presentation in Salzburg on Aug. 2. During the event, Austrian musician Florian Birsak will perform the pieces on an original Mozart piano. The foundation, established in 1880 and a prime source for Mozart-related... more... - Justin Wah Kan from Bookmarklet
Justin Wah Kan
Internet Speed Test – Broadband Speed Test - CNET Australia - http://www.cnet.com.au/broadba...
Quick line speed, speed test. - Justin Wah Kan
Justin Wah Kan
RedFlagDeals.com: Free One-Year Subscription to Maxim Magazine - http://jwahkan.posterous.com/redflag...
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Justin Wah Kan
DreamHost Status » Blog Archive » Fitzpatrick Initializing - http://jwahkan.posterous.com/dreamho...
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Candace
Kirk. Put those back on. - http://roflrazzi.com/2009...
Kirk.  Put those back on.
lol! - mjc
Because Picard still rocks. - Candace
Picard rocks, but Kirk gets his rocks off. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Kirk never passed first base. There's proof Picard got him some alien booty. - Candace
Kirk had a KID. At best Picard had a clone. Kirk wins the poontang race. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Yeah but Picard was a Borg for a while...gets points with me.. - Mo Kargas
1 kid means he only had to go once. ...Wait...Chris, man we both just won. We're having *this* discussion. - Candace
Mo: When was KIRK a BORG? - Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Kirk was never a Borg. That was Picard. - Candace
LOL - MikeAmundsen
Candace: We're at least agreed that the two of them are still more awesome than any other Starfleet captain, right? - Chris, Taskerrific Guy
haha. Oh Jean luc - Justin Wah Kan
Dude yes...more awesome by a long shot. - Candace
Woops..stuffed that. I meant Picard :D - Mo Kargas
Subconscious wishes coming out there - Mo Kargas
Cee Bee
clark little photography - http://www.clarklittlephotography.com
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love! - BEX
Crap Shore Breakers... HURT! - Santa CW™
his site is pretty cool though i wish photographers wouldn't watermark their pictures. i know why they do it, but it takes away from the really great photos - Cee Bee
specializing in shorepound! - Ňicķ
i wonder how many times he's gotten really caught up in a bad wave - Cee Bee
San Onofre SB had shore breakers with pebbles on the beach. Hurt like a motherF'r. Granted the water was warm from the near by Nuclear Plant. - Santa CW™
fantastic shots! - Chieze Okoye
I rode a 20 footer like that in Hawaii on a boogie board... Dropped me straight onto the sand, and then proceeded to drench me with 3 million gallons of water... In retrospect, I'm probably lucky to be alive right now. - LarchOye
that might be "thrilling" the first time around, but after continually getting pounded like that i'm sure it can become a bit of a "challenge" to deal with - Cee Bee
Those first two pictures are amazing - Benno
Whoa! Cool! - Dread Pirate PJ
I would love to know how people get shots like this. - Kevin Pedraja
OMGosh! - Kol Tregaskes
Kevin, look at the last picture. He has a waterproof housing for the camera. - Jauder Ho
psst Harold, I bet you'll like these... - Kamilah Gill
I wonder how he wiped his lens between shots? - Johnny Worthington
OMG... amazing pics... - Harold
I just opened it up. Those *are* cool. I know those are the pics you want to take sometime, Harold. - Kamilah Gill
wow. very cool. - Trish Haley
MORE! He needs an RSS. Although that would defeat the purpose of him selling prints from his gallery...oh well. - sofarsoShawn
Very impressive :O - Joe Dawson
nice please large size - mostafa
WTF ! how did he...nevermind - cihanergur
wow....absolutely stunning. more please! :) - Ebm
I'm typeless. Unbelievable shots. What photographic talent... ok so I found a few words:) - Dave
wOoOw - Bius
This makes me so home sick. I miss the the ocean. - Miranda
Beautiful photography. Had me memorized. - TranceMist
Dang watermarks :( I can't save any as my desktop wallpaper! - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Amazing stuff! - Bill Pennington from twhirl
I have an appreciation for how tough those shots are to capture. Incredible! - Rick Bucich
AMAZING! - AJ Batac
Imágenes Impresionantes - wonderful images - Juan Carlos Sánchez
WOW! - Shandiz
WoW!!! - MohammadReza
It's not just Moses that can part the sea. - Justin Wah Kan
Does anyone know if there are bigger versions of there? They would make wicked Wallpaper! - Garin Kilpatrick
Some really nice photos and the colors are fantastic - Thomas V. Fischer from twhirl
wonderful!! - Palak Mathur
that's some serious shore break right there! Reminds me of Sandy Beach on the east side of O'ahu. - Josh Haley
Astounding! - ursi
Amazing! - Jorg Jansen
wow! ok! - MAHDi
Justin Wah Kan
Re: TVO: The Curious Case of Television Web Presence - http://www.justinwahkan.com/2009...
"Thank you for your comment Jessica. Its true, many companies are working hard to create a productive social web presence. I wanted to make the point about TVO because they creating a broad range of entry points to their brand. I guess the best example would be the TVO Kids gaming site which in itself brands TVO with no necessary connection to the television. Thank you for the link, I've already added all the networks and channels on Twitter :) Please add me as well @jwahkan, I would love to discuss further." - Justin Wah Kan
Mona Nomura
Would you eat a cold Mc Donald's cheeseburger?
I have before and I'd gladly do it again. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I just ate a fresh one for the 1st time (in a long time) the other day while traveling---gross!! - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I LOVE McDonald's LOL - Mona Nomura from IM
no mcdonalds makes me sick - andy brudtkuhl
The cold ones don't fulfill the craving the same way. - Justin Wah Kan
nuke it before you eat it. - imabonehead
I have no qualms about eating a cold Mickey Dee's cheeseburger. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Yes. They're still pretty good cold. - Joey Gibson
Amanda - you are a sav! I heart you!! - Mona Nomura
No - Caroline
tnx, but no tnx - Dobromir Hadzhiev
No, absolutely not. - Christian (Simply X)
yeah, why not - Roberto Bonini
if I'd be hungry, for sure. - Tobias W.
Why not? In fact, back in the day i used to buy an extra just to keep in my pocket. - Andy Kaufman
Absolutely not. Jesus no. - Jamelle
Andy, is that "(no mcdonalds) makes me sick, or "no, (mcdonalds makes me sick)" ? =) (If it's the latter, which I guess is likely, I'm with you there. McD's makes a pretty bad burger.) - Andrew C
no, but I would microwave it - Bryan Clark
No, I'd microwave it first. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Omg you haters! I love McDonald's. The dangers of microwaving is the bun gets hard - fast. So I would have to inhale it, thus risking burning my mouth. Therefore, I came to the conclusion it would be better cold. - Mona Nomura from IM
yes - Mattb4rd
no, or a warm one. - Simon Wicks
Straight from the fridge - delicious! Beats re-microwaving it. - Jesse Stay
Oh dear lord Jesse, that is disgusting LOL - Mona Nomura
*Barf - Shevonne
Not before I set it on fire. - Steven Perez
Not sure how it'd be any more/less appetizing than a warm one. ick. - Anthony Citrano
Noooo way. - Kol Tregaskes
depends on how many beers I've had that morning... - Russell Wagner
eeww, i won't even eat a warm McD's cheeseburger - Imabug
+10 Imabug - William Harryman
No and I wouldn't eat one hot by choice either. - Jeff P. Henderson
It's amazing what you'll eat if you're hungry enough. - Robert Hafer
Neither hot nor cold if I had a choice. - Alix Whitmire
+1 Imabug - Tyson Key
Sadly, yes. - Bob M. Montgomery from twhirl
Wouldn't eat a hot one except under duress so no would be my answer. - Brian Sullivan
There was a time, but today, can't say I'd ever eat anything from Mc Donalds. - Justin Korn
Absolutely not. - Nation Hahn
No. Never. Yuck! - Aram Zucker-Scharff from twhirl
Are they ever served hot? - Rubin Sfadj
Heeeeeeeeelllll yeeeeaah. - Zee.
Depends on how much they would pay me - M F
uhm, no - Manuela
Yup...I would :) - Tamara
Wouldn't eat a hot one, either. - Nurse Katie
Cold hamburger meat makes my flesh crawl. Hell NO! - Helen Sventitsky
I would but I'd hate myself later because it's pure grease - michelle lamar
I've eaten a McD's cheezburger cold before, but I prefer hot. I always order with no onions so that I get it hot & fresh. - Victor
Hell yeah, especially if I'm either really drunk or really hungover. - ::Kristen::
isn't that how they always serve it? - Josh Haley
'Not that I have ever done this' but adding sun dried tomatoes, fried mushrooms and bacon to it, wrapping it in aluminum foil and baking at 150 degrees celsius for about 15 minutes is yummers.. :P - Johnny Worthington
I wouldn't eat anything from McDonald's warm or cold. - Jason Shultz from twhirl
I don't know, probably not. I think they taste "odd" after they get cold... - J. Abdul-Qahhar
I wouldn't eat a McDonald's cheeseburger smothered in money. - Fleagle
No. Not for 100 dollars. - Ryan
I had one last night. It came cold. Thanks McDonalds! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Håkan Dahlström
Hey Robert Scoble. Do you ever post anything that goes unnoticed? No Likes. No Comments. Nothing. What will you do when that happens?
Friendfeed would break... - Joe Dawson
Yeah, I have. I just figure everyone is asleep or doing something more fun. - Robert Scoble
But your audience is global. I don't think that'd happen. - Richard A.
See, this is why I want "less than" in search for likes and comments. Or better yet more than x but less than y. - Brian Roy
Robert - doesn't look like it's happened per advanced search :-) http://friendfeed.com/search... - andy brudtkuhl
So by adding the tag "Robert Scoble" to any post it should get read. - Justin Wah Kan
FWIW, for a long time I was not subscribed. Then I checked his feed and found I was missing stuff that interested me. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo
Hah, what everyone was to change their display name to "Robert Scoble" for a day? ;) - Tyson Key
Confusion may occur. ;-) - Håkan Dahlström
Kol Tregaskes
This picture shocked the whole world. - http://www.arab2.com/picture...
This picture shocked the whole world.
"No one knows what happened to the child, including the photographer Kevin Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken. Three months later he committed suicide due to depression" - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet
Disturbing. - Rob Sellen :o)
Aaw :( - Tyson Key
Heartbreaking - Justin Wah Kan
I totally remember that picture and it's tragic for everyone involved. I thought I had heard the child died and that was why many thought Carter committed suicide. Not sure where I heard that though, it was likely speculation. - Kenton
So, have you thrown food away this week? I know I have... =( - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Instead of throwing it out, how could you have use it to help starving people in Africa? I agree that we should only buy what we need, but I also think it is important to help feed people in my own back yard and I donate to charities locally that help feed those that can't afford to. We also donate to organizations that help people in other countries as well. I don't typically feel guilty for throwing out a couple of carrots that got lost at the bottom of the crisper or that I didn't eat because I was full. - Kenton
Tina, I have a god who is a bottomless bin, plus some things can go out with the birds but generally I hate waste food, - Kol Tregaskes
It's more the awareness than anything, Kenton, I'm not trying to say your rotten carrots would have kept this kid alive. About half of what winds up in landfills in the US is food. That food could have been donated locally, or the money that bought it to begin with could have been donated, either locally or abroad. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
i remember this pic. turns my stomach - Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
:( - AJ Batac
Good point Tina. I wonder how much of the food that goes to waste is from restaurants that server ridiculously large portions of food. I'm always amazed by what they throw out. - Kenton
I've seen many cook-related programmes on TV and see how wasteful they are, terrible. :-( - Kol Tregaskes
My father-in-law works at a Publix supermarket, and I'm stunned by stories of how much food they throw out. They don't donate any of the deli or bakery food they throw out. Daily it just gets tossed in the bins. Employees can't take any of it home either. There are a variety of reasons for this, but I don't buy any of them. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Justin Wah Kan
Thoughts on Susan Ross (Corus) Lecture - http://www.justinwahkan.com/2009...
Testing FF and Disqus comments. - Justin Wah Kan
Justin Wah Kan
Re: Thoughts on Susan Ross (Corus) Lecture - http://www.justinwahkan.com/2009...
"Testing comment system" - Justin Wah Kan
Kevin Rose
anyone played w/windows 7? worth the download/install on my x86?
I've stuck it on a Tablet PC and a UMPC. Still trying to get things set up on both. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Got Windows 7 on the iMac in Virtualbox. So far so good. - Justin Wah Kan
Same here, I'm hesitant to try it. I wouldn't mind doing it, since I have 4GB of RAM but can only use 3GB of it (due to Vista 32bit). - Drew Chapman
32-bit Vista has the same limitation as XP? - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I had a vista box here. did the auto-upgrade. went flawlessy almost. Had two issues. Printer and TV card. Not really MS fault, as I had to hack around to get them to work in Vista as they are old. Anyway, I got them working. Everything else worked right after install. Using it right now to type this. - Ian May
32 bit systems have that limitation, quite simply because they are 32 bit. - Ian May
I also have Win7 running in virtualbox but on my Vista machine, no probs. I would like to see it installed on my eee 1000, but havn't made that plunge yet. - Eric
All 32bit machines (ANY OS, MS Linux, Mac) have that limit - Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Indeed. It's either that, or ask my little cousin to read me the 64bit Vista key off the bottom of his laptop as I pop in my "Anytime Upgrade" disc. Hehe. - Drew Chapman
I put it on 2 machine (slow laptop & fast desktop). Fast machine great! I first I thought laptop was fine but then tried to play a video from Rev3. Yes I did install codecs! Fast desktop worded fine. - MarK
Windows 7 has worked pretty well for me. I've got it running in Bootcamp on a Macbook Pro. I have run into a few issues though and get a BSOD daily. Despite the few apps that won't work (Google Gmail Gadget, LogMeIn, Evernote Clipboard) it's been worth it - Jim Easley from twhirl
don't want to mess with it yet - Chris
@ Jim Easley: LogMeIn works, You need the zip file, check the LogMeIn forums... - Dr. Apps from twhirl
I have been using it for a week or more ... naturally, there are some issues, but that is not unexpected with a beta. I am finding myself getting addicted to the "superbar" already. - Robert Couture
Yes. Works both on my X61T and my Asus 901 EEE - Santa CW™
XP/Vista/Win7 32-bit can address 4 gig of memory, but it is always less because the BIOS, PCI bus, graphics card, etc are allocated address space, limiting available RAM to 3 to 3.4GB (HP Whitepaper -- warning .DOC!) http://bit.ly/Rf17 - Chris Mayer
I have windows 7 installed on the NC-10 (netbook) and don't' hate it. Its much improved over Vista and possibly XP. - Sloan Bowman
Shawn Hickman
Which is blogging platform is better and why: Blogger or Wordpress
wordpress is much more flexible than blogger (blogger's only advantage is supporting google auth) - Roman Zolotarev
Wordpress has all those popular plugins and I think more people use it than Blogger. - TrafficBug
Most say Habari but i haven't try. - Dario Salvelli
WordPress, same reasons as above. - Kol Tregaskes
@eldon agreed with self-hosted wordpress... plugins and themes are crucial if you want more customization. - Goktug Gedik
Wordpress is better in most respects, but I went with blogger. I can set up a custom domain name without having to pay for the privilege. If the blog generated revenue to pay its hosting costs, I'd likely move it to wordpress.com (I don't want to deal with self-hosting administrivia). - DGentry
I vote blogger,that's easy enough,and good enough for most users. - Chris Qie
Blogger is much easier for people who don't know shit about code. - Orli Yakuel
i like blogger plus google apps for domain. lower cost and customizing code are the reasons. wordpress requires server and hosting knowledge (but wordpress plug-in is the wonderful, no doubt) - ClubEddy - clubeddy.com
Agreeing with @Eldon. Self-hosted WordPress installs are extremely flexible, customizable, and have excellent feature documentation. Nearly every plugin imaginable is available for it and most seamlessly integrate with the platform. - Glenn Batuyong
I love the flexibility of Wordpress. Although Blogger has improved, it just can' t match the features available in WP, - Sharon Hurley Hall
Blogger for first-timers who are basically non-techie. Wordpress for just about anyone else. Drupal can be a blogging platform also, with highly flexible ways to build community, but there's a steep learning curve and more set-up time. - Laura Norvig
Wordpress, because it's a lot more flexible and extensible. Unlike Blogger, you can host it on your own server. - Mike Hussein Cohen
Thanks for all the feedback on the blogging platforms. Much appreciated. - Shawn Hickman
It depends on how you define 'better' and what your needs are. For the slightly techie blogger looking for self-hosting, Habari is a great choice, with great code and community, and hugely flexible extensibility, though lacking the breadth of themes and plugins at the moment. (I must disclose that I'm a Habari developer :) - Michael C. Harris
Going to have to agree with the mass adoration of Wordpress, flexible, feature packed, extendable. Great to use - Robert Davies
I have been using Blogger because it is simple and associated with Google which as lots of great stuff like Picasa and Google Docs. I do want a provider with some staying power. It does everything I need and can handle all kinds of media. I have learned to do small tweaks to the template. I do like what I see on WordPress and may start a project there for my education. - John Foss from twhirl
Self hosted Wordpress for sure with all the wonderful tweaking and plugins you can get free of charge - Nestor
I'm a fan of self hosted Wordpress, especially for customizability. But if you're comparing Wordpress.com hosted to Blogger they are fairly similar. - Justin Wah Kan
i'd guess neither - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Bret Taylor
Confirmed: MySpace Building Stealth Webmail Product - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Confirmed: MySpace Building Stealth Webmail Product
Confirmed: MySpace Building Stealth Webmail Product
"MySpace is building a fully functional webmail product, we’ve learned from sources with knowledge of the product. MySpace mail will compete with services like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail and AOL Mail, and will on launch be the third largest webmail provider in the world. All MySpace users will be assigned an email address of [username]@myspace.com. The product is still in development, and we don’t know when it will be released." - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet
It takes a special kind of journalist to use the headline "Confirmed:" on an article that is based on anonymous "sources with knowledge of the product" and closes with "MySpace won’t confirm or deny this report." : ) - DeWitt Clinton
'Liked' for DeWitt's comment. - Michael R. Bernstein
I'm surprised Myspace didn't do this years ago. - Justin Wah Kan
Yet further proof that MySpace has lost it's way. - Tim Young
The assumption that all 125M users would suddenly start using this as their email seem a bit questionable. - Paul Buchheit
@Paul - of course. Though a scary huge number of people share their myspace URL the way other people would share a phone number or email address. "What's your myspace?" is such a common refrain that there's even a popular song titled that. I wouldn't be surprised at all if many people did use myspace email, but they wouldn't even necessarily be conscious of the the fact that they were doing so. - DeWitt Clinton
My guess is that it will be just as much of a black pit as my Facebook "inbox". I have a hard time imagining that the number of MySpace users without an active email address elsewhere is anything other than 100%. So unless they have some great trick up their sleeves, they're going to have a hard time getting people to switch. - Joel Webber
@Joel - I bet many myspace users already use the existing myspace messaging more than email to communicate among their friends. Their inbox is one you see in that screenshot. Hooking it up to RFCs 2821 and 2822 and the rest of the internet is more icing on the cake. - DeWitt Clinton
So ... does MySpace think that users don't have a current email address? I mean, has MySpace usage been crippled because users can't communicate via email?! Build and maintain an email system for an audience that is nearly blind to ads ... yeah .... makes *perfect* sense *shakes head* - AJ Kohn
I will never understand MySpace. It is a huge collection of people's first effort on the web and is a giant web ghetto. - Craig Mische
Isn't your MySpace login your e-mail address? - Victor Ganata
AJ, I think the point is that if you already think of yourself as myspace.com/hothobokitten82 it's only a small leap to become hothobokitten82@myspace.com. Their users will love this. - DeWitt Clinton
if facebook isn't already working on this they're a bunch of dumbasses - felix
@felix doesn't matter if Facebook is working on it or not. they need to be focusing on turning some profit instead. servers and good engineers ain't cheap. - Rudolf Olah
Will their webmail client come with auto-playing music, hard to read text on brightly colored background, acute angles applied to all incoming pictures and increased stalking abilities? - Dean Clark
@dean lol - Adriana
social networks are a lot about communication so this is not a surprise. I guess it will be interesting to see whether they will succeed with making people switching from existing email services (as everybody who signed up to my space must have at least one email account already) - Davide D'Incau
Kol Tregaskes
Nortel files for bankruptcy
Nortel Networks Corp., North America's biggest maker of telephone equipment, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, as the global economic downturn further erodes its once high-flying business. Its shares plunged more than 76% to 7.5 cents in ... // via popurls.com - Kol Tregaskes
Ouch! - Alex Scoble
I'd hope that this made bigger news today than Steve Jobs, but who knows. - Justin Wah Kan
This is quite big news for me as I work in telecoms Nortel supply a lot of hardware to the industry. Basically for me this means that Ericsson and to come extent Nokia will get huge gains from this - Kol Tregaskes
strange... I thought FriendFeed was a Techy geek bloggers dream. Nortle was once one of the largest vendors of infrastructure equipment in the market.. competitors such as Cisco, Juniper, HP, 3COM etc etc.. the day it files for Chapter 11 and we get literally 10 twitters and 8 other stories in the feed.. - Jez Arnold
I was talking about this yesterday with my Boss after my father told me about it. Turns out that client #2 (who we were sharing an office with) uses Nortel as their number one supplier. Looks like we made the move out at a very good time. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
duh.. i should have checked advanced settings. Lots of twitters! at least 35 pages on this.. but not many comments.. - Jez Arnold
IMHO.. this company is going to lose most of its business units in a firesale. I really don't think anyone is going to save them, inc the Candian Govt. - Jez Arnold
Bwana ☠
Wouldn't this be perfect as a dedicated Twitter/IM screen? http://www.engadget.com/2009...
Guess we'll have to wait and see. If it behaves as advertised, I think it's worth a purchase - Bwana ☠
With a dedicated Tweet screen the main monitor would get too jealous. - Justin Wah Kan
Justin Wah Kan
Australia offers tropical 'dream job' - UPI.com - http://www.upi.com/Odd_New...
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