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This morning we changed the format of FriendFeed subscription email messages to include more information about people who subscribe to you. Please let us know if you see any problems, and keep an eye out for more email improvements in the future.
Kishore Balakrishnan, Tanath, Nir Ben Yona and 68 other people liked this
Thank you very much, Casey! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you ff very good :)
- Nimaa
Nicely done :)
- LANjackal
Awesome! Now lets see support for more web services...
- Jac Falcon
saw that, and it was mega-helpful. bravo.
- Nathan Chase
Shoot. Now I need a subscription.
- Josh Haley
I'm all for improving the format of notifications, but wonder (aloud) if it is such a smart move to include the Approve/Reject link right at the top (unless it only appears in private feeds to which someone has requested access). Right now we have the option of blocking/ rejecting a subscriber at any time but presumably not at the very outset. This may lead to more of a walled gardens' mentality, already very prevalent at FF.
- ianf ⌘
ianf: approve/reject is only for private feeds. Public feeds just have a link to subscribe back :)
- Benjamin Golub
Nice
- Grant Bierman
that's great!
- K.D.
LIKEY.
- Steven Perez
I noticed this one! Such informations about people who subscribe to me on FriendFeed are useful, and makes it easy to quickly get in the conversation. Thanks for the good job!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
w00t!
- David Cook
For features like this one, I'm ok to receive html emails. -MANY- html emails ;-)
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
The new emails are AWESOME!
- April
Gmail automatically showed me the images in a subscription email, even though I never told it to (you know how gmail has the 'display images below' option). further, it doesn't give me the option to hide the images. not that I'd want to, but how are you bypassing gmail's security feature to hide the images?
- chrisofspades
Chris, we don't do anything special. I'm not sure how gmail decides what images to show, you'd have to contact them or check the gmail help.
- Casey Muller
Casey, you sure FriendFeed's founders didn't use some of their "we created Gmail" mojo? ;)
- chrisofspades
Chris, the "show images" only applies to external images hosted on other sites. Gmail doesn't show those by default because doing so would allow people to "bug" email. We include the images with the email so that they can be displayed immediately.
- Paul Buchheit
ahhhh that explains it. thanks Paul.
- chrisofspades
from email
I am nothing - http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2011...
Mark Essel, karl dotter, Marco Fabbri and 25 other people liked this
Zen.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
In other words, "Freedom's just another word for 'Nothing left to lose'"...
- Brian Johns
http://online.wsj.com/article... was enough for the day. I was going to keep your post for another day but then I thought, “What would Paul think? I'd better read it right away!”
- Amit Patel
That is great! Nicely written............expressive one
- Asha Joshi
Super Mario with Portals. Yeah, it seems to be real: http://t.co/sMlxJFz
karl dotter, Benjamin Golub, Rachel Lea Fox and 3 other people liked this
The Empathic Civilisation - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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aws arusmarine, karl dotter, Clare Dibble and 3 other people liked this
So far, there has always been an other. Extending all the way would remove the "other"ness. What replaces that?
- Clare Dibble
A great introduction for any designer wanting to dip into the code world: Dan Rubin's webinar tomorrow - http://www.uie.com/events...
karl dotter liked this
Seriously thinking about going back to my roots and building my own blogging engine for Fury.com. Ironic flashback: http://fury.com/2006...
Victor Ganata, The Real sofarsoShawn, Roberto Bonini and 4 other people liked this
Both mainstream blog software and homegrown code have problems, but trying to solve the homegrown problems is more gratifying. It helps me be a better coder, while trying to counter hacking attempts or solve strange permissions bugs with systems I didn't write and can't modify leaves me frustrated and empty and full of fuuuu.
- Kevin Fox
Building a blog engine is a Sagan-esque experience: there are a lot of really boring (at least to me) parts to build first that always have me starting with a baseline framework.
- Mark Trapp
It's all about the iteration. Godspeed.
- Micah
How will you solve spam this time around?
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
You're assuming I'll have comments. I haven't had comments on Fury for about 5 years. I *do* want the social conversation though, so I'll likely be displaying tweets that link to my post.
- Kevin Fox
Join the club and build it on Tornado :)
- Benjamin Golub
What about spam tweets? :)
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Stephen: I have a plan for that. Ben: That's tempting, and at least I have access to top flight tech support so long as I don't get too annoying.
- Kevin Fox
So, this will roll out to FFers first and the common folk at some later date?
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Review — UI Mockup Preview App for the iPhone - http://www.getreviewapp.com/
karl dotter liked this
Handy!
- Stephen Mack
RT @karldotter: I want to help you out with your next crazy idea. Hints: I love playing with food, interaction design and comics. http://about.me/dotter
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Excited to finally try Costume Quest this evening. I'll edit that yo-yo video some other week. http://www.costumequestgame.com/
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RT @happycog: PM Recipe: 1 Cup CTRL freak, 2 Cups good communicator, 1 Cup organzd, 1/2 Cup Empathy, 3 Cups enabler, dash of happy, dash of fun
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Opinions vs. Data - http://ignorethecode.net/blog...
Mark Trapp, Meryn Stol, George Moga and 5 other people liked this
Is being usable the same as being better, though? I agreed with the part about not liking the new widget, and had to ask myself why. It may be knee jerk resistance to change, but it may be two clicks versus one.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I've always thought that "do this task" usability fails to capture how often people *want* to do that task. If your 1000th most popular feature appears in the top-left dominant spot in the UI, that's an issue too...but this UI element does work quite well.
- Michael Herf
My biggest beef with this new UI element is that it's too small, and dangerously close to the Archive button (a fairly disruptive accidental click). So, I have to gently mouse over there instead of some brazen mouse swipe that I used to do to click on "select unread" which was in the middle and not near anything that really mattered. Thankfully, I'm still mostly just sticking with the keyboard shortcuts for these bulk selection operations.
- Steve and 3 other people
Presentation Zen: Tips for creative success from Pixar - http://www.presentationzen.com/present...
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Three Questions You Shouldn't Ask During User Research - http://www.uie.com/article...
karl dotter liked this
Great tips » 3 questions not to ask during user research - http://bit.ly/bExCLk /RT @surlyshirley #ux #in
- Jayna Wallace
RT @johnmaeda: More useful than the IDEO deck and free to boot. RT @brainpicker 101 Influencing-design Pattern Cards http://danlockton.com/dwi...
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RT @whitneyq: Using Prototypes For Storytelling - unite scattered design ideas to tell a coherent story: http://www.rocketpopmedia.com/blog...
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Vanity auto-complete is the new vanity search.
smallq, Lysender, Cliff Gerrish and 32 other people liked this
No "paul buchheit friendfeed"?
- Spidra Webster
Maybe if everyone does that search we can change results!
- Paul Buchheit
Let's roll, people!
- Spidra Webster
My search says you're an angel?
- Brent
No "Paul Buchheit the friendly face of Facebook"? (Just kiddin!!)
- Jim Connolly
I'm on it.
- Michael R. Bernstein
;)
- Jim Connolly
Mine comes up with nothing for any of the various names I use. Anonymity success!
- Otto
How does one Depaul?
- Johnny
No good for me. Google doesn't turn up any suggestions besides my name on its own.
- Chris Charabaruk
Got the same results as Paul. Not like Michael R. Bernstein.
- Zu from AOD
I hope not.
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, what were you searching for? Ideas for whatever?
- Eric Borisch
At least the first suggestion for "ruchira" is "ruchira datta", but it doesn't suggest anything further beyond that.
- Ruchira S. Datta
++Spidra
- Ruchira S. Datta
no auto complete for me. A related search, however, shows up as "laura norvig floor wax dessert topping"
- Laura Norvig
Me neither. I'm auto completeless.
- Eric
Auto complete for the other me. :(
- The Amber
ha, I never noticed before that one of Paul's auto completes is "net worth". Inquiring minds want to know, I guess.
- Laura Norvig
Be worried when you get "paul buchheit rule 34"
- Mo Kargas
Awesome!
- Ruchira S. Datta
First step toward becoming a luddite again: canceled my iPhone service.
karl dotter liked this
This is what books should be, because this is what books are in children's imagination - Alice for the iPad - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Stephen Mack, Jo Booth, AJ Batac :) and 14 other people liked this
This is the most AWESOMEST thing EVER!!!!!!! They need to make more!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
That's cool but I kinda worry it would mold kids into adults unable to focus on any literature that doesn't do tricks for them.
- Spidra Webster
I thought someone would bring pop-up books up. CH, you know that there are a lot of different things working towards people have less and less of an attention span. It's not just this.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, I think this brings back the literature. Too often tv and video games make it so books are interesting to kids. This takes books they have to read and makes them new and interesting and interactive. Maybe it will get some kids to look for more books in this fashion or in the more traditional fashion. Personally I think this is beautiful and energizing and imaginative and wonderful.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Christopher, there is a free version and a $9 version.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I'm not slamming on it. I'm just saying I'm a bit worried about possible downstream effects of books going in this direction.
- Spidra Webster
I hear you, I'm just more afraid that if we don't go this way books will go the way of newspapers and we will eventually lose them totally.
- Rachel Lea Fox
That looks cool!
- Anne Bouey
This feels sort of like an action packed movie trailer where you are shown all the good bits, but when you see the whole film it doesn't hang together. That promo was a over the top, IMO, trying too hard to be 'ACTION, FUN, EXCITEMENT' and I fear the overall book can't match that frenetic pace. Which is probably a GOOD thing, but I'd worry a kid would expect it ALL to be crazy action...
- Ken Gidley
Ken, I will let you know. so far we have only gone through a couple pages and it's great.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I don't know if I support this for children. The beauty of imagination is imagining -- not having someone else depict it for you.
- Mona Nomura
Yes, but there is always room for taking things one step further and being inspired to create beautiful things yourself.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I like. A lot!
- Kurt Starnes
So iPeople, what's your iPad background image? Here's mine:
Victor Panlilio, Mark Andrew Catton, karl dotter and 9 other people liked this
That looks awesome
- Josh Haley
Dagobah
- veo
Love that image.
- joey
Isn't is suppose to be square?
- Johnny
That is both icky and brilliant, Adam.
- Josh Haley
If you use this one you'll probably burn all the green and black pixels out early.
- Brian Johns
My black pixels are already shot.
- Kevin Fox
"Music and Life" - A short animated clip made by Trey Parker & Matt Stone featuring a small segment of an Alan Watts lecture - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Benjamin Golub, karl dotter, rob friedman and 6 other people liked this
Paul, I'd like to see you singing and dancing more. That would make my journey more enjoyable. :)
- Dan Hsiao
Not a bad idea. Fb needs more of that I think.
- Paul Buchheit
Do I jig at the hackathon prototype forum, and I'll ship over a bunch of credits, I promise.
- Ivan Kirigin
Curiouser and curiouser: Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Spotted Together Again: Photos - http://gizmodo.com/5503004...
Hutch Carpenter, Louis Gray, Ruchira S. Datta and 4 other people liked this
And of course they were eating at Calafia. I mean, where else would they go?
- Kevin Fox
from Bookmarklet
So, tried to play it Nerd-Cool and not say a thing, but... saw Eric Schmidt yesterday in palo alto. He was talking with someone (not Jobs) @ La Morenita Restaurant on Emerson st. Maybe he was meeting another Apple employee the day before? My coworkers think it was a job interview, but now I'm convinced it was something to do with Apple?
- karl dotter
Mondrian cake!
Denise Howell, j1m, Vezquex and 48 other people liked this
Bad ass
- Charles Owens
I like it. His paintings are probably the easiest to turn into patterns for desserts.
- John (bird whisperer)
The real question: do you cut only along the chocolate lines, or just carve out arbitrary chunks?
- DGentry
You're doing it wrong! http://daviddoctorrose.files.w...
- Michael Leggett
Mondrian used different patterns; the cake looks like a compressed Composition with Red Yellow and Blue http://www.postershop.com/Mondria...
- Mark Trapp
Ah wow, Ken's link points to the title they gave the cake, which is indeed the wrong Mondrian. Lame.
- Mark Trapp
Awesome!
- Jandy
Damn. I'm hungry now.....
- Roberto Bonini
Google's Real Power—Angel Investors: Paul Buchheit, 33 - http://images.businessweek.com/ss...
Thierry R. Andriamirado, Greenkiss #GRNKSS, david beckwith and 74 other people liked this
"He admits that he chooses businesses mainly based on intuition, but he insists on a smart leadership team that focuses on execution. A smart team can have a bad idea, he says, but they’ll evolve. And people who know how to execute "can crank through enough bad ideas until they run into a good one.""
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
less is more,少能称多！
- 阿石
That's a cool philosophy - someone who has a history of creating lots of awful projects would be a good investment candidate! Impressively counter-intuitive.
- Brian Hendrickson
@brianjesse depends on whether they're smart or not
- Count Caturday
@nozzlmedia thought it had a good revenue model until we joined the Portland-based startup boot camp http://portlandten.com -- in a matter of weeks we knew where our problems were, we quickly found a much more solid foundation from there.
- Brian Hendrickson
:D SOURIRE ~ HUGE SMILE, there''s your driver's photo!
- The Real sofarsoShawn
@Paul - Brilliant quote !
- joergkurtwegner
This is exactly what Paul Graham says in every essay ever. Dating back to Reddit ca. 2005 YCombinator insists on solid founder teams rather than earth-shattering product ideas.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Is execution really a good way to run a business? Sounds brutal. I thought Paul was kinder and gentler than sending people to the gallows for missing a deadline :-)
- Todd Hoff
Todd: I think he means executing programs, not executing people.
- Gabe
I don't know Gabe, you sure?
- Todd Hoff
Todd: He could have been talking about executing contracts, but I doubt it.
- Gabe
Totally agree Paul. I strongly believe that all fields should be funding the people not the project. If you find the person who group of people who are truly inspired, are not going to give up and have the imagination and ingenuity to find a way, those are the people who should be getting the support. Not a single idea, it too often takes many ideas to find the one that works.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think I'm in love with Paul Buchheit (seriously) - love this! :-)
- Jesse Stay
Just don't tell my wife
- Jesse Stay
Rachel, some people think science funding should be like that. But then what's to keep it from turning into an insiders' network?
- Ruchira S. Datta
Excellent point, Ruchira! Science funding HAS mostly turned into a insiders network. They say they rate the projects and not the people, but who you are and what lab you come from is often used as a proxy for the quality of your ideas. I think focusing on a solid founder team can run into similar problems depending on how you assess the quality of the team.
- Mr. Gunn
Hey this is COOL --- Congratulations Paul... neat!!!!! :D
- Susan Beebe
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