But no one makes love like Neil Patrick Harris is dancing? FAIL!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
My brother in law in the Philippines can't be dissuaded from naming his son Elmo. I hope that unborn boy is ready to be tormented for the rest of his life. Why do parents do that to their kids?
- Bradley Farless
You know, in my heart I hope that people like NPH who seem just so damn awesome on the screen are just as cool in real life. Anyone met the fellow in person?
- Adam Lasnik
I'm sure he's a decent guy. Never met him, though.
- Josh Haley
But he sure can dance, just look at him go!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Love him when he's unicorn watching.
- Gabrielle V
Okay, I swear I am not just pimpin' good swing music, but I was looking at this GIF and listening to this song - http://lala.com/zPe9 ("Billie's Bounce" performed live by Buddy Rich) - and it matches! :o
- Adam Lasnik
Gross. I just unliked to be contrary. Yet another reason why I pulled back from FriendFeed. And why getting swallowed up by Facebook, the great leveler, couldn't make more sense.
- Rick Powell
That's right, all you horrible time-wasters you! Get back to talking about kernels and APIs! Have you no Protestant work-ethic? /sarcasm
- Neal Jansons
Happy Birthday, Kol! Thirty three was a pretty good year for me and I have a feeling you're going to LOVE It :) Best wishes, congrats and go celebrate!
- Holly Rae, FFer
Thank you v much, Dee. Hope you're well?
- Kol Tregaskes
Many Happy returns, Kol. 33? Oh yes, It was back there somewhere. Not a memorable one, but left to my own devices I don't bother about my birthday.
- Ian May
Happiest of Birthdays..................33 years old ...........boy both my kids are older thinking as I type this I am getting older by the minute.......................
- VAL D.
Would that limit their ability to develop new connectors? I would dare say Apple will push the new LightPeak technology to the iPhone
- Johnny Worthington
PC manufactures should consider including them as well.
- Michael Fidler
sounds like a job for wifi syncing and induction plates built in. Totally do away with the wires for the most part, tho you can always have the option for a wire should you need a direct boost of power/transfer rate.
- alphaxion
@alphaxion I was thinking the same thing. Wifi syncing would probably be the best bet.
- Shevonne
yeah wifi syncing would be great as long as it allowed for super fast speeds
- Zee.
which is why I suggested the wire could stay should you need to do something big like transfer a whole load of files or a backup/restore. But for a standard sync of a few items it shouldn't be too much.
- alphaxion
The Zune has had wi-fi syncing for years. So its not a totally new idea. Why apple has not followed i adding that i don't know.
- Roberto Bonini
From June of 2008: "The adopter will, at this point, start heaping lavish praise upon the new product, in a quest to assert their dominance, and prove that they can, again, make a service successful, and to prove that all their belly-aching in the preceding months was valid. The adopter will use their blog and both the new and old service to call followers to migrate as a group, both helping the new shiny toy, and in turn, damaging the old one, out of spite and frustration."
- Louis Gray
from Bookmarklet
Just because we understand doesn't mean we have to appreciate the tactics. Robert, I like you a lot as a person, and you have brought a lot of benefit to the tech community through your discoveries and your evangelism. But this is the role of yours that I like less. I think much of my activity and visibility was gained through watching you and learning some things you do well. But also through watching you, there are aspects of what you do that I have chosen to avoid.
- Louis Gray
Despite your apologies to the people you mentioned in your post, upon their leaving, you suggested that those who made noise on the way out the door should have instead stayed quiet. This would be a good time to take a deep breath and remember the reason you were so positive on this place. I am not personally offended, but I am disappointed.
- Louis Gray
What is interesting to me (and I think one of the reasons why this has me so irritable tonight) is that this human trait and these stages aren't limited to technology adoption. I've seen it in music and other art communities, projects in non-profits, etc. and it always grates on me. I want sustainable communities, but I suppose when finding the next big thing or being top of the food chain is someone's job or goal, it's hard to cultivate those. Where is the balance?
- joey
Fair enough. I've said my last word about it. I'm sorry I'm being a jerk but I did put in thousands of hours here and participated more than most people over two years. So, a few posts of disappointment are earned by me, even if they are disappointing.
- Robert Scoble
Thanks. Hey - you know I like you. I'm in the same boat you are, much of the time, but I'm being more measured. And piling on at this point validates the naysayers who were never productive, and who can gain from cutting down your enthusiasm in the future.
- Louis Gray
P.S. I intentionally didn't send this to Twitter.
- Louis Gray
Louis: here's the thing. There's a hide button on all my posts for a reason. Or you can even block me. If I really am migrating somewhere else then it won't matter if you block me, will it? That said, it was good times and FriendFeed still has some uses, like what we're doing here and live chats and such. Although I notice Leo Laporte's fans have largely moved back to IRC or Google Wave for his Twit shows.
- Robert Scoble
I won't ever hide you or block you. That's silly. Besides, I read all your stuff in Google Reader. I see the same things you do. We've talked about it a lot 1-1 even before the FB acquisition. It's all over but the shouting. But I say let's skip the shouting. :)
- Louis Gray
Great nail-head post, Louis. I like Drew's comment. ;) Being on the educator side of things, Robert, and always having to push students into the "latest and greatest" software and current upgrade, it does get old real fast, having to crank out new curriculum for the latest toy on the market. The basics of computer science are going by the way side in many programs at universities as a result. It's not a healthy tension. It's a contributor: we've lost students adding to the mix of enrollments going down.
- Melanie Reed
Robert, I hope if you remove your imports from here you'll add them over on Facebook. These are my Twitter clients - Twitter still doesn't cut it as a client for me. I also enjoy the threaded conversation, personally. Conversation in the same stream as your posts IMO clutters the conversation. I like to respond where I'm not cluttering up my stream.
- Jesse Stay
Leo picked up a story today that i brought to his attention via a for:twit delicious tag... when it hit http://friendfeed.com/twit-st... i added in some quotes from the article and he read them out while bringing up the topic... these tools are still useful if only a handful of people use them...
- Chris Heath
Louis: sorry, you don't see the same stuff I do. But I WOULD love to debate you on Google Reader. You can even see my tech news feeds here: http://twitter.com/Scoblei... works fast. My Google Reader takes more than a minute to start up. Useless.
- Robert Scoble
Jesse: unlike Technosailor I would NEVER delete content, especially yours. That's why I thought he was such a jerk. By deleting his account on his way out he deleted MY content too. Grrrr.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, another reason I like Facebook :-) When your account is deleted your stuff stays on your friends' pages.
- Jesse Stay
Why would Google reader take more than a minute to start up? Mine took 12 seconds and that includes times to login.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Jesse: I know you and I like conversation. The stark reality that I've come to face is most people DON'T like having conversation, or, more accurately, they don't like having conversation with people they didn't invite to have a conversation with. I hope Twitter, if they ever add comments under tweets, will let us limit to ONLY those people we've personally added.
- Robert Scoble
Robert I'll expect that from Facebook before I expect it from Twitter. Imagine if you can limit a comment thread to just a specific friend list. Facebook is *so* close! Right now I can do that, but it also includes the other networks I'm in. I'm betting on them getting there very, very soon.
- Jesse Stay
I think what you are doing with your Twitter lists is great, and you are doing them better than anybody else. But I still prefer Google Reader. There's little to debate, because there is no need for a "one right answer" response. I would prefer to not read headlines and links all day on Twitter amidst the noise.
- Louis Gray
Louis: that's cool. I predict you'll change your view there within a year or two. I'm just ahead of you and am reading more inbound (more people, more things, more brands). Google Reader doesn't scale to the level I needed it to. Can't even handle more than 1,000 people. Grrr.
- Robert Scoble
Personally, whatever allows me to consolidate my workflow the best wins. Whether it's bringing all my services to e-mail or another client, or bringing all my activity into one service, that would be ideal. Right now what I'm doing is the best workflow I can come up with. I admit for me FriendFeed is getting to be less and less of that as Facebook gets more and more real-time. As for Google Reader, there are only a couple things keeping me from switching there.
- Jesse Stay
"Ahead of you" implies there's a contest. There's not. Twitter is infrastructure, and you're using it well. But you still can't have the conversations there like we are here. You still can't type in full sentences. Blah blah. You know this stuff cold. :) Lists are filters or window dressing on a weak foundation.
- Louis Gray
If you assume this place fades away or gets messy, I'll show you some interesting alternatives where I am already engaging. But that's for another day.
- Louis Gray
Lous, you, me, and Robert should all get in a room some day and show our alternatives. I have time tomorrow :-)
- Jesse Stay
Louis: yes. I'm waiting for you to find the way through the forest so we can follow you all again! That said, again, most people don't want conversations. They just want to learn. Remember libraries? They didn't have conversations either. As to 140 character problems that's why we have blogs, no? :-)
- Robert Scoble
I'm in downtown SF though without a car so I'd need a ride (or you could meet at my hotel) :-)
- Jesse Stay
You're in SF? Hmmm. Let's talk first thing in the morning (9ish).
- Robert Scoble
Well, I will be at 9am - my flight leaves Utah at 7am MST
- Jesse Stay
Call me any time though - 801-853-8339
- Jesse Stay
Robert, I disagree with most people just want to learn. To learn what? Is this the corporatization again of how society is supposed to interact with one another....not based on relationship but on outdoing someone with more information? FriendFeed does (or is attempting) to do both as it should be.
- Melanie Reed
Jesse: call me when you're in SF. Melanie: most people just want to sit on the couch and be entertained. This is why Twitter pushes celebrities so hard! No work necessary, just scan through your favorite celebrities talking about their pimples.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, Don't you think that is a rather shallow and corporatized assessment of your fellowman? I agree there is a market behavior. But who manipulated them to it? Let me use a metaphor: I can stop using any patience or long term goal thinking and just put a jar of sugar out on the table for dinner. It will give every body quick results. I can add to that some bacon rinds.... anything...
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- Melanie Reed
Robert said: "Most people...don't like having conversation with people they didn't invite to have a conversation with." But that's what's so cool about Friendfeed - no filter blocking the uninvited.
- Michael Slattery
Yes, Michael, FriendFeed is democracy in action. Every voice has a chance to be heard as if he or she was as good as the next man or woman no matter how insignificant their ratings or standing in the world of technology. We can be citizens of Whoville and FriendFeed welcomes all whos. :)
- Melanie Reed
If people don't want to have conversations how come so many people on Twitter are attempting to have conversations? People are clearly not just looking for information on Twitter or any of the other social networks.
- Eoghann Irving
Wow, just catching up on this.... I too have invested THOUSANDS of hours here on FF - evidenced by over 18+K comments and 26+K likes. Very sad to see this platform die a slow death. The "forum" problem is real. I was horrified by how Mike and later Aaron were treated here on FF (crowd feeding frenzy at it's worse). I would LOVE to know what you all think is the next platform to "Discover" :)
- Susan Beebe
have you guys watched the video? sarah amaze me she picked that rock and kept it, then the bucket watch it here http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- ffcode
I know, I was joking. In earnest, I think the computer's actually helped me meet new people. It sure did help me meet the aforementioned boyfriend.
- Giulia B.
Top 10 Wine Myths : Wine lovers are snobs; You can discern wine quality by looking at the legs; You need a different wine glass for different types of wines. - http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-...
We just need to get him using FriendFeed more :-)
- Jesse Stay
Jesse, that is _really_ interesting. A web service dedicated to tracking error messages from whatever web app(s) one develops. I'll have to think on it—the concept itself.
- Micah Wittman
Micah, yeah - I keep meaning to write about it. Hoping to try it out first, another thing I'm trying to find time to do. It's very interesting, indeed. Something I really want to play more with.
- Jesse Stay
If you use the Gmail theme "Tea House" you may not have noticed that, late at night, the ghosts come out to play. Have you found any other easter eggs in Gmail's themes?
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
from Bookmarklet
Whoa. I use that theme on one of my accounts, but I never use that account at night.
- Anika
haha. Love Easter Eggs. Thanks for pointing that out. Like Anika I never use that account at night. BUT I do like how the solar system rotates on my Gmail Theme throughout the day. Very fine. :)
- Melanie Reed
That's supposed to happen as well in the same iGoogle theme but I have the impression that that only works in America as I have never managed to see that in the iGoogle page, which is pretty disappointing. The rest of the world do like those Eastern Eggs in the Google themes, not that I have waited at night to see it (I'm lying on this) but if you, for whatever reason (playing Sudoku), are still up you should be able to watch and enjoy it in the same way as an American. Shame on you Larry and Sergey. ;)
- Cibeles
HAHA, I like that sense of Humor. Amazing such a big company as Google still have that ability. Hope they never gonna lose it. Time to change my GMail theme again.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
I use this theme, and i have never noticed. :)
- Simon Wicks
In Singapore, I can also see some. Like in the Phantasea theme, usually water is deep blue, but when getting late (2200pm i guess), it will become purple. and deep in the night( 3 or 4 AM, not sure, because usually never bother to look at clock at that time) it will be like bloody red.
- Kloan Zh
The only problem that it is Java based and their installation dos not work on Windows 7 (old Java run time). Didn't try when it failed the first time. Best luck.
- Nitin Nanivadekar
I haven't tried it on Windows 7. Works great on XP systems and Macs. How about Vista?
- Steve Rubel
from email
Cloud based tools such as MindMeister or MindMapping have worked well for me. What benefit in installing an app on my machine(s)?
- Dave Ploch
I like Mindmeister a lot (and use it for my Mashable pieces) but some stuff I want just to work with locally since it's confidential.
- Steve Rubel
from email
They won't even let you download without registering an XMind account. Even when logging in with OpenID, you still need an XMind account? Hmph.
- Sean O
@Sean, I found that frustrating as well.
- Steve Rubel
from email
I found XMind a little sluggish on my linux machine ... but then it's java ...
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Is this really better than FreeMind? If I'm happy with Freemind, will I be happier with XMind?
- François Dongier
I haven't tried Freemind. On my list...
- Steve Rubel
from email
But they've kept up their surreal and disturbing advertising campain for nearly a decade now. The plastic King face, the fucking with people in their stores and taping it, and this every insane gem: http://www.subservientchicken.com/ Why do they continue with this?
- Matthew DeVries
She even has red lipstick on. Stupid Burger King.
- Kandeezie
I thought I saw some story the other day about how they are suffering these days and that folks think their advertising is to blame.
- Jason Toney
I bet it was a college kid who came up with that analysis.
- Matthew DeVries
LOLLLLLLLL What will they Wet Dream Up Next!! ;PPP
- Billy Warhol
Lord. I just posted this myself. I should have checked your feed first.
- Cheryl
really?!? OMG...disturbingly funny?
- Anna Lynn M.
I've come to the conclusion that the ingesting of mind altering substances is now required of all ad writers.
- Robert Hafer
my mom was in the ad business back in the late 80s thru the late 90s and the creatives were already doing it back then. i guess the account executives finally started scoring crazy powder from them?
- Joe Silence is not dead
Full ad image is here: http://hambur.gr/2009... I think the full image is even scarier (also sorry for shameless self-promotion)
- mike fabio
How is this any different than the Hardee's/Carl's Jr spot with the Top Chef Host licking BBQ sauce off of herself? (and I don't like that one either.)
- Ms_Krista
There are still some things that I think google does better, but I think I am a strange case...
- Robert
Google is still my number 1, but Bing has been able to solve everything google has failed at for me.
- Matthew DeVries
I wouldn't say Bing is better overall, but they really did some impressive things with Bing. Prior to Bing I found MSFT search to be pretty much useless. This is a huge step forward and they have some really nice innovative features as well
- W. Brant Kesseler
from fftogo
Image search, video search and xrank were things that Live Search already had. they were just refined even more and updated with the new Bing Engine. things like Shopping + Cashback, Travel and Question Searching are the new things in Bing. for example you can ask it to translate:, to tell the market wage for a certain job, to rate exchange a currency, to do math, to tell the weather,etc, etc. Mahalo index would do good in Bing. maybe Jason will want to sell :P
- Avatar X
One must admit that "lose" is not spelt how it sounds, you would think that the long o sound would be a "oo" and the short o in "loose" would be a single 'o', possibly with a double 's'
- Bryce, Low in Sodium
I guess they wanted to say "if Outlook is not tightly coupled with Exchange your users (are) loose"
- Sriks7
Did they just come off a week of sommelier training? ... "Pairing a delicate Outlook with a nice vintage Exchange...et cetera, et cetera." Sorry, the days of wining and dining are over.
- Micah Wittman
Fail, and I trusted their spell check! >.<
- Patrick
Bewildered users turned loose the mail, yeah :)
- Ontology Nazi
Haha, good thing I never male spelling mistakes!!
- John μller
If it would be a Linux thing: Doo yoo knoow what your users loose if yoo don't pair outlok with Ekschange? Detailed feauters = http::/bit.ly/rwXQg ^MT
- Özgür D. Cyric
+2 to Mihai Tarmure (I'm still giggling over your comment.)
- Miss Elle
I see this 'loose' vs. 'lose' thing a lot. I've wondered if it was a case of accidentally typing an extra 'o', or if someone really doesn't know how to spell 'lose'?
- Hutch Carpenter
OMG Louis that has been my #1 spelling / usage peeve for the last year at least. I see it all the time. What loosers.
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
I always thought it was a simple typing error, but there is no way that many people are making the same error in semi-important documents.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Yes Rah - some have confused the two and others use the spellchecker to "proofread"... Maybe I'll get tired of complaining and campaign that both spellings for both words be acceptable... It won't be the only "homograph" confusion.. (1spelling w mult, meanings / pronunciations) ,, People don't like being corrected, so let's make all the common errors acceptable! That make sit ease ere do nut ewe think?
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
The day I get a "visually stunning" email is the day I auto-filter all that sender's email to the trash.
- Andy Bakun
look what happens when you let people post on their own! now you watch, there will be legal copy with every tweet MS makes! my gramer is funy.
- Rick Cogley
Good luck fitting stock legal copy into 140 characters.
- Andy Bakun
@Andy, heh, indeed. That's what would make it such "fun" to watch, once the legal dep't gets their mitts on it. :-)
- Rick Cogley
What do you exspect from MSOfficeUS, spell checking? It's the fingers on the 800 lb Gorilla(known to us as Microsoft)
- Robert Nelson
Twitter can always integrate hashtag functionality into the service if they feel like it. They did the same for the various flavors of @replies, didn't they?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
They could do, but they haven't. Currently you have to work to find the appropriate hashtag to use. and what ends up happening is you get lots of variations on the same thing. It's messy.
- Eoghann Irving
Seems like they are working just fine to me. I have no issue dealing with some messiness. The benefits of that messiness far outweigh any alternative.
- Kevin Gamble
Quite right - folksonomy is what it is. I do like suggested tags like the ones you might find on Delicious, but I'm having trouble seeing that work on Twitter.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from IM
Eoghann: I thought #hastags are a very organic part of twitter - they grew out of people using the service and not through the service.... much like RT
- Paul Kinlan
They miss the utility of Hashtags as hooks for other clients. I use an addon where if I add #fb to the end, it updates my facebook status with my tweet.
- Matthew DeVries
I don't think they miss the utility of Hashtags - they are building a communications platform they shouldn't limit their growth by stopping people from developing on top of it. What happens if people stop using hashtabs and start using "-" and "+" for topics they like etc.... actually that is a good idea - I might start that up :)
- Paul Kinlan
Paul I second this excellent +idea. It's by far better than -hashtags !
- Jean-Charles VERDIE
Jean-Charles: LOL :) Just tweeting +DeathToHashTags: I am starting something. For every topic I like in a tweet I will prefix with a +, for everything I don't a - -hashtag
- Paul Kinlan
Paul: But they don't integrate at all. You have to go to an external directory to find what tags are being used for certain subjects. They're just a very ugly hack bolted on top of Twitter.
- Eoghann Irving
The whole thing smacks of *facepalm*... 2 RTs and few "#hashtags" leaves how many letters?
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
Eoghann: Like I said, I don't think they need to integrate anything really - the service and how people use it grows as people use it, by Twitter "implementing" hashtags limits people to just hashtags..
- Paul Kinlan
Laconica (see http://identi.ca for the canonical implementation of Laconica) has hash-tags built in from the outset. Very nice system.
- Jon Spriggs
I just don't see the point of building it in - now laconica is stuck with hashtags - whats happens when the next meme comes along and people stop using hash tags?
- Paul Kinlan
It's pretty good, but the problem is that for security purposes, they're removing a ton of functionality from HTML emails.
- Mark Trapp
At work, Outlook is my main email client (corporate policy I'm afraid, with a 150MB Exchange mailbox which I need to archive each month... sigh). This made me switch to Outlook at home years ago, but now I only use it to download my Gmail as a backup. Even with Outlook open, I still fire up Chrome (although it's usually already open) to compose and reply to emails.
- Tony Ruscoe
If your organisation has a full exchange stack then Outlook is quite a killer tool. And extensible enough in terms of layout for it to be excellent for GTD fiends such as myself.
- Jamie
It's the last installed piece of software I use on Windows. It's really hard to get off of, but Gmail is becoming better and better all the time.
- Robert Scoble
I used Outlook 2000. It was vile. Everyone said Outlook 2002 was better. I upgraded, it was vile. Everyone said Outlook 2003 was better. I upgraded, it was vile. Now I use Mail on OS X and Thunderbird elsewhere. Neither is vile.
- Pat Rice
from twhirl
I've been using Outlook since Office 97 came out. Been a big fan for years as it has a lot of functionality. But I agree with Scoble, Gmail is amazing. Plus, I can pop other accounts into it.
- Adam
personally I'd like to see the practice of transmitting HTML email removed, nothing but hassle, security vulns and wasted bytes. @tony Those of us in IT use mailbox limits like that to encourage users to maintain their mail and not leave it there to rot (I've had users bitch that their email takes ages to open up... it will when they leave 30,000 messages in their inbox!). Also, bear in...
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- alphaxion
comment:Frank I actually believe that Gmail is far better, more advanced, user-friendly and not so connected to variable scripting?
- frank burns
I've used outlook on all of my computers for POP accounts since it was first released. I like gmail for cloud email, but its not quite as easy to use or feature rich as Outlook.
- jcunwired
@alphaxion I understand the reasons for them imposing the 150MB limit, but when a free Google Apps account has a limit of 7GB+ it's just a bit difficult to come to terms with. My mailbox at work is neatly organised into folders and subfolders with only unanswered emails in my inbox. After almost 9 years of working here, I have a 2.5GB archived PST file which contains all my old email....
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- Tony Ruscoe
Oh, Matt - don't get me started. I loved Outlook 98 / 2000, and from there it went downhill. Switched to Mail.app on OS X and haven't looked back (Exchange via IMAP for the time being).
- l0ckergn0me
Outlook is nice at work if the company has a full Microsoft network complete with Office Communication Server or LCS and Exchange. Otherwise there are alternatives that are lighter, more stable and more functionals.
- Francesco Balducci
I'm willing to bet your gmail account isn't as well organised.. it's why features such as search exist - because there's simply no management being done and it forces the need for such a feature, people then end up relying on it so much that without it they can't operate. And, as I said, resources tend to be a bit more constrained in a company. But such is the price you pay if you want your corporate emails to be private instead of in the hands of another company.
- alphaxion
I'll admit it, I love Outlook. I can't imagine using anything else for corporate email. -10 to my hipster cred :(
- Tech Introvert
Outlook is the best email program ever. I miss using it. There are a ton of apps out there that do little things half-assedly, that Outlook does natively and exceptionally well. Quite possibly the best application I have ever used to keep track of marketing campaigns, press releases and editorial calendars. The tasks and group collaboration/team tracking tools are awesome. There isn't an app or website out there than has been able to rise to Outlook's level.
- Anika
I've never used it - only had a quick look. It doesn't seem particularly useful, but then I've never worked somewhere that uses a Windows back end.
- Rich
@rich it really comes into it's own when you have many things pulling from an exchange backend. Shared calendars/contacts/mailboxes, delegating out permissions to mailboxes, syncing between multiple machines and devices. Without exchange, outlook is run of the mill and bloated. With exchange and a company of more than 10, it gets very handy. Sync up with your PDA across the net or use a...
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- alphaxion
I don't like Outlook nor Exchange. Our corporate email server runs Exchange. Since I run my workstation with Linux, I have to use Evolution to work with it and it doesn't have all the features of Outlook. For scheduling purposes that don't work with Evolution, I work around it by using Citrix to log into the corporate Windows box.
- imabonehead
Outlook is a good email client by itself. for better or for worse, it doesn't really shine until you combine it with other Microsoft products, though -- like Word and Excel. For example, it's really nice to quickly apply a beautiful format to a table in Excel (formatting options really limited in Google spreadsheets) and then select the relevant cells and paste them into an email an Outlook, and have them retain their formatting (which doesn't happen in Google Docs or Gmail, as near as i can tell).
- Karim
I'll use outlook until something better comes along (better not different).
- Matt Soreco
Outlook's been my favorite since 2000 (and I have seen & used the gamut here.) I send a lot of emails that contain inline illustrations (of the picture's worth 1000 words type) and the editor handles this scenario particularly well.
- Wade Dorrell
What would be a better email client for me is one that has its own drawing & image annotation tools. Anyone anyone Buehler? Wave?
- Wade Dorrell
similarly it helps to have an Exchange server that gives you instant notifications of new mail, quick visibility into other people's calendars, push email and calendaring that "just works" on your iPhone, intelligent switching between online & offline use, etc. etc. as well as a decent web client, Outlook Web Access. Too bad you've never used it -- that was where AJAX was invented.
- Karim
I don't use exchange with outlook, but I have 20+ POP email accounts. There is simply no other tool that could help me manage the content coming in as well as Outlook does.
- jcunwired
It's funny to read some of the comments about Outlook being terrible. We've been using Lotus Notes at work for the last 8 years and are moving to Outlook later this year. Everyone is so excited. By comparison to Lotus Notes, Outlook promises to be nirvana.
- MD Roz
Wow. NEVER? I never used it willingly at home, but yeah, it was a requirement at a few companies I used to work for. I perfer Thunderbird if I use any third party app. But I'm all about Gmail/Google Apps nowadays. I guess that should make you happy, Matt. ;)
- Tamar Weinberg
Even without an Exchange server, I love Outlook 2007's ability to tag, flag, and track everything...especially with the ToDo Bar.
- Zian Choy
Outlook has the best UI of all email/calendar/task apps out there. Tried everything else (for no reason except to be 'cool'), but it really is the best. Love Gmail for its speed, 7GB storage, search, and ability to manage multiple accounts, but its UI is terrible. In addition, this label concept instead of neat organization using folders/subfolders is terrible IMHO. So, I marry both and use Outlook for front end and Gmail IMAP access :-)
- Ritesh Lal
I just don't understand how anyone can live without labels (folders are just shitty labels; sorry Ritesh) and conversation views. If I had to read flat messages in my inbox, it would take 10x longer to make sense out of it all.
- Joel Webber
I just don't understand how anyone can live without labels (folders are just shitty labels; sorry Ritesh) and conversation views. If I had to read flat messages in my inbox, it would take 10x longer to make sense out of it all.
- Joel Webber
imho outlook as a mail client / productivity tool is great. Hate to work with entourage on Mac. But I dislike the fact they never follow standards. HTML emails render like sh$t (and it is getting worse with outlook 2010 so it seems), but besides that the user experience and integration with tools link LinkedIN's toolbar, Xobni etc is just great. I was a fan ;-)
- Bart Muskala - AdNerd Sr.
from twhirl
@Joel: Outlook has labels... they're called categories. It has shitty labels as well.
- Wade Dorrell
Outlook 2007 is not too bad. It's not perfect, it is bloated but does most things quite well. I tried the latest Entourage on the Mac and hated it.
- Mayuresh Walke
I was using Photobooth to take a couple photos of Bella on my shoulder and as its counting down she just reaches up to latch onto my nose and try to suckle. I just fed her I swear!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Disa, she is a snuggler and a stinker and in need of a good home starting some time next week when we have to give her back. Thanks for the invite, I would love to kitty chat, but I don't twitter. I hope to talk to you more here on FriendFeed though!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel, I enjoy the pix of your pets sooo much! Bella is precious!!! I have 9 cats & miss them very much right now. Been in the hospital for 2nd week out of 4wks. This time....they found the scource of my pain...YIPPEE! However, it's not going to be fun getting the object OUT! During MRI Sunday, they found a metal object in my spleen. I've never had surgery there! Must have left...
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- Disa Albanese
Disa, wow, I didn't expect this one to pop back up! I need more foster kittens like crazy... I think about every day. However I have tons of photos of my own two sweethearts plus some of the neighbors two that I have never posted. I will try and get to these up this week to help keep you cheered. I know what it is to have serious pain and have them not know what is causing it. I'm very...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
Good question re: Tumblr. I'm interested in Posterous, though, after reading Steve Rubel's comments on it.
- Joe Bonner
from fftogo
Where did Steve Rubel comment on it, I would like to read what he has to say
- Robert
Hi, I'm one of the founders of Posterous. We think Posterous works well to share online because we focus around email, which you have at home, at work, and on your mobile device. All the products and applications you use already have it built it! There's no limit to what you can send us in a single email/post. Multiple images, video, youtube links. And whatever you send us, we'll autopost to Twitter, Facebook, and all the other sites you use
- Sachin Agarwal
Robert, I think Steve wrote about it on Micro Persuasion today. You should be able to find it on FriendFeed.
- Joe Bonner
from fftogo
Posterous is the best. Essentially, it's a Twitter-Blog-Ping.fm Hybrid
- John: @johnhaydon
Sachin, thanks for your response. I definitely need to check out Posterous.
- Joe Bonner
from fftogo
Robert, thanks for pulling that link in. I've been away from my laptop, and fftogo is challenging on my Treo.
- Joe Bonner
Why posterous rather than tumblr? Here's what Posterous gives me: 1. Google analytics, 2. Better post-by-email, 3. Really smart attachment handling (pdfs become scribd docs, photos & videos embed automagically), 4. Equally smart bookmark-to-post, 5. Simultaneous post to blog, twitter, tumblr, flickr, etc. http://i.elstudio.us
- Eric Johnson