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Re: Best Error Message Of 2009 - http://vjarmy.com/archive...
"@Dan - totally agreed. @Jay - well, it is an open source project... :-)"
- Kevan Emmott
Re: Best Error Message Of 2009 - http://vjarmy.com/archive...
"For some reason, it doesn't want to open via the doubleclick, or open with, methods. But you can just drag the file to the browser and it opens/renders just fine."
- Kevan Emmott
Fall Football - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Buckeye jerseys on Saturday, Eagles on Sunday.
- Kevan Emmott
Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Web Inspector Updates - http://webkit.org/blog...
Nice new features in the Inspector
- Kevan Emmott
Adactio: Journal—Perfect Pitch - http://adactio.com/journal...
A link to a website gets more search juice than the website itself. The website owner files a DMCA takedown, and the linking site gets removed from google results. Um, *wow* that's BS.
- Kevan Emmott
A List Apart: Articles: Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients - http://www.alistapart.com/article...
How to explain what UX does and how it works to lay people.
- Kevan Emmott
Halloween 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Though it drizzled most of the night, the clone trooper leader Commander Fox (Cooper) and Darth Vader (Fletcher) had a good time canvasing the neighborhood and collecting treats.
- Kevan Emmott
Cordaro's Halloween Party 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Yes, Erin and I went as Jon and Kate (+8). Erin's hair was a) natural, and b) a hit. Another good costume was a couple that came as hilarious parodies of the host couple...
- Kevan Emmott
Using Evernote as a Design Scrapbook / journal / hicksdesign - http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal...
Good techniques for making use of Evernote
- Kevan Emmott
Glebe Halloween 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Cooper's Halloween events and parade at Glebe...
- Kevan Emmott
Pumpkin Hunting in MD - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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We went to Queen Anne Farms out route 50 towards Annapolis, and then went to Mike's Restaurant in nearby Riva, MD for some seafood by the water.
- Kevan Emmott
Fletcher Tonsillectomy - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Fletcher was a trooper and made two trips to a hospital/surgical center. Most of these pictures are from the first visit, which ended up being cancelled. After the second one, he just wanted to snuggle in under the warmed blanket.
- Kevan Emmott
Cameron Run Water Park - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority has some great parks including this one in Alexandria.
- Kevan Emmott
Cell Size and Scale - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content...
Awesome zoomable interactive depiction of the scale of cell size. From Coffee Bean to Carbon Atom.
- Kevan Emmott
Inhabitat » Lessons We Can Learn From Old Buildings And Apply to New Ones - http://www.inhabitat.com/2009...
green tips re: windows especially interesting.
- Kevan Emmott
holy hell, Apple is KILLING it, these new iMac's are sooo sweet.. should I go 21" or 27"? http://www.apple.com/imac/
27 of course - and jack the GPU...
- Kevan Emmott
Bigger is always better ... crank it up.
- Tony Durso
the question is 3.06 core duo or 2.66 quad core i5...
- Kevan Emmott
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- Jerry Perez
fan boi
- MicahBear78
How thoughtful of Apple to announce new MacBooks...right after I bought one. #AliFAIL
now you just need to buy a new imac!
- Kevan Emmott
Citi Account Closed...woohoo!
grats... good riddance!
- Kevan Emmott
I just sent this tweet using dial2do. Wow. That's amazing. http://www.dial2do.com/l...
Think Twice, Paul Gauthier, Nathan Snyder and Roberto Bonini liked this
You broke um.
- Joe Matt
leo'd
- Kevan Emmott
I guess you won't be sending another tweet using this service for a while.
- David Hepworth
That's Pretty awesome, I wonder how accurate it is.
- Nathan Snyder
Have you tried http://tweetcall.com/? Dial2Do looks more robust but I'm curious what else you've explored.
- Chip Roberson
The Second Life of FriendFeed? - http://scobleizer.posterous.com/the-sec...
Jesse Stay, Daniel Rowley, Kol Tregaskes and 35 other people liked this
Depressing.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Understood, Akiva. Sometimes the big plans we all hoped for don't come to pass. It's no coincidence I'm still in Vegas writing that. It sure would have been nice to have some other hopes come true this week!
- Louis Gray
True enough. I just hope that Robert's also right about these other awesome features that Twitter plans on introducing. I just can't get past the 140-character limitation as always crippling the long-term experience there.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I think Robert's right, as usual. Friendfeed is still insanely useful for me during our shows (see the TWiT-Conversations room) and I hope I can continue to use that functionality here or somewhere, but I find myself no longer using it all the time. Twitter is back, alas.
- Leo Laporte
Akiva: there are lots of ways around the 140-character limitation. I actually like it because it enables mobile phone usage. FriendFeed is very hard to use on my iPhone compared to, say, Tweetie.
- Robert Scoble
Thanks Leo.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, what do you think about a 140-character truncation hiding a longer post?
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva: it doesn't bother me. There are already post shortening services like that that work with Twitter.
- Robert Scoble
If you could just auto-add every twitterer you follow as a "ghost friend", Friendfeed becomes a superset of twitter...
- Kevan Emmott
Robert, true, but those links take you outside of Twitter where there is no guarantee of the target site being mobile-friendly or even up and available. And this doesn't even get into the fact that it's impossible to have discussions there.
- Akiva Moskovitz
And by there I mean Twitter and not a particular target site.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I predicted Friendfeed's demise six months ago here http://dawnsplan.wordpress.com/2009... when they released the new UI. Cool, but too late.
- Dawn
Btw, Arrington was right. Scoble was wrong.
- Dawn
This saddens me too. I keep trying to like Twitter, but it just doesn't have the engagement Friendfeed has/had. Will stay cautiously optimistic about new features.
- Martha
Kevan, you've always have been able to do that and in May or June, it was made easier to add people you follow on Twitter, Facebook or Gmail.
- Admiral Anika
Wish things were different, but that's a solid write-up, Robert. +1 Akiva for all your points above.
- Micah Wittman
Dawn, you may have correctly prognosticated the impending demise of FriendFeed but you did so using all the wrong reasons.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Micah, thanks!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Death, that's it.
- Zachary TG
why is 140 limit of twitter been so hated? i think it is the reason for twitter's popularity
- ffcode
No, I mean auto-create *ghost users* for people who don't have Friendfeed accounts who you follow in Twitter. You can easily add the ones that have accounts - I've already done that - and you can create ghost users, but that's a bit of a pain.
- Kevan Emmott
ffcode, just because something's popular doesn't make it good. It's tough to have a real conversation about anything on Twitter because of that limit. Try having a conversation with more than one or two people at once. Each @reply eats up some of that precious space.
- Akiva Moskovitz
friendfeed is a great place for discussions better than forums/blogs/wave
- ffcode
Akiva: agree with you on that, but as a nibble logger it is still a great place
- ffcode
'Nibble logger'. Well, that's something I'm going to be repeating constantly for the next few days.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I can speak that from personal experience, during an acquisition it is the most important thing to keep the team acquired in place. Some acquisitions are made purely for the product or technology. Others might be arguably for the customer base. However, successful acquisitions always focus on 1) successfully keeping the core leadership and customer-touching teams in place, 2) augmenting...
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- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Akiva, the essential reason FF is failing is because it's always been too much like Twitter, even when it was "better" than Twitter. FF needed to differentiate themselves in a remarkable, unique way, and they failed to do that. Twitter had already won the public's imagination in this space, so the window of opportunity for FF as a real competitor was closed a long time ago. That you and Scoble and others are just now waking up to the symptoms doesn't mean I'm wrong about the cause.
- Dawn
I don't think any of us are just now waking up. Most of us came to terms with it in the wake of the Facebook buy-out. And I still believe it is that that spelled FriendFeed's doom and not the change to the UI.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Dawn: I have talked with hundreds of people about Twitter and FriendFeed and NONE came to that conclusion but it doesn't matter.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Sadly, I have to agree with everything Robert's said (which is slightly painful). I love this place, but Friendfeed's going nowhere. That is, unless something BIG happens and happens quickly.
- Jim Connolly
I just have to say that I incorporated FF into my Introduction to Sociology courses, with over 120 students, and it has been quite useful, dare I say extraordinary. It is an extremely useful "aggregator" of sorts, and a fantastic organizational tool for me as instructor. I can do some pretty cool, nearly real time integration of information with my students with my iPhone, Google Reader, Twitter, my blog, etc...and FriendFeed.
- Chad Gesser
It seems to me that the integration of information into FriendFeed has been incredibly overlooked and undervalued. It remains to be seen what kind of impact Wave will have in pulling people back to their laptop/desktops, but there is an interesting trend of the use of mobile devices for learning, and FF has made that possible in ways for me this semester that I have never thought. Granted my iPhone is a very important part of the capabilities.
- Chad Gesser
Am happy for you guys mine is like hell
- Pam Gwenzi
Ken Stewart: Another reason to do acquisitions is to just kill a competitor. Since apparently FB didn't lock in the FF engineers you have to wonder about their motivations. It will be ironic if the FF acquisition just strengthens Twitter, FB's biggest competitor, which is mostly what it seems to be doing. If I was on the FF team and FB didn't lock me in, I would take whatever they got out of the deal, leave and start a new FF, under a new name, assuming there isn't a no compete.
- Ed Millard
I sure would like to read the contract for the FF/FB deal. It seems.... odd.
- Ed Millard
Chad: FriendFeed might turn into the equivalent of Notepad. Useful for some things but no one ever talks about how cool Notepad is. It hasn't gotten many new features in decades, but it still is used every day by probably thousands of people, maybe even millions. If FriendFeed turns into that I'll be happy, and FriendFeed will indeed see a second life as a lightweight conversation tool. Google Wave sure shows what happens when you get a ton of features. Yuch.
- Robert Scoble
I would be *very* happy if FriendFeed lasts as long as notepad. The main reason I started posting stuff on FriendFeed was to make an on-line notebook where I can search for previously found items. Along the way I surprisingly found that some people actually like looking at what I post. I miss the more active FriendFeed days, but I would be ok if the activity moves to Facebook etc...,...
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- Mitchell Tsai
+1 Chad: "integration of information into FriendFeed has been incredibly overlooked and undervalued". I continue to get high value for that reason.
- Hutch Carpenter
I do think FF will get its "second life", probably soon. I still think it's the best social media aggregator by far. It's what I use to bring all my social media stuff together. I even use it as my preferred Twitter client when I'm not on the Twitter website. Still, I don't think Facebook realize what they've got here other than just another competitor to squash, Yahoo/Google-style...
- Dennis Jernberg
Robert, then nobody in Silicon Valley understands mainstream dynamics. What a surprise. :)
- Dawn
*raises hand* doesn't this beg the question why the hell's he been on FF all day? I can recall a time when Twitter was vile & corrupt according to Scoble, so he must've misread those chicken entrails as he's back cheaping cheaping away like Tweeting was life giving air
- sofarsoShawn
Sofar: Twitter is still corrupt. But it is where the things and people I want to read are.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Rise of the Tablog → Put Things Off - http://putthingsoff.com/article...
"For everything that the blog format has been adapted for, there’s a healthier alternative that won’t steer you ever closer towards running a tablog. Indeed, even if you hope to start — heavens help you — a blog about blogging, there are better formats than the blog format. Which begs the question, why use it at all?"
- Kevan Emmott
Canabalt escapes on October 2nd! - http://canabalt.com/
"Canabalt is actually much more intense than you'd assume of a game which requires a single finger to play."
- Kevan Emmott
New ZipCar and Dropbox iPhone apps both in one day! Finally, the only ones I probably really care about.
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Still waiting for meebo...
- Kevan Emmott
Love dropbox! You made up with zipcar ;) ?
- Fee501st
I miss doing hardware mods, can't believe this was 5yrs ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Oliver Ames, Chu Yeow, Kevan Emmott and Phillip Stewart liked this
The lighter explains why you built this... :-)
- Kevan Emmott
Why don't you do a hardward mod show on Rev3?
- ChiliMac
There is a new business plan in this Kevin. High quality Mod Videos online.
- George Mag
from iPhone
Yeah some kind of hardware/mod show would be awesome. I even got a great name! Syst...oh wait.
- Jerry Perez
G4 has yanked it. Not playing fair,:-(
- Allen Christensen
Here is a link to the video hosted on G4, and Allen since they own the rights it's perfectly fair. http://g4tv.com/videos...
- Jimminy Fuller
naturally. Thanks Kevin.
- Allen Christensen
It's funny though isn't it. It was there when you found it but got taken down when the traffic went up.?
- Allen Christensen
What to do when all else has failed to change your kid's behavior. - By Alan E. Kazdin and Carlo Rotella - Slate Magazine - http://www.slate.com/id...
They direct the parents to temporarily back off almost entirely: to stop asking their child to do the desired behavior and say it's OK not to do it at all, stop offering praise or other rewards for doing it, and mask their attitude of engaged enthusiasm or frustrated rage with an appearance of bland disinterest in whether the child does it or not. What happens next, frequently, is that within a day or two the child starts doing the behavior with no prompting from parents or anyone else."
- Kevan Emmott
Now that Kanye West spoke on The Jay Leno Show about his action son the VMA's, will you forgive or still hate him?
Pam Gwenzi, Faraz Mullick and TheHenry liked this
Hate.
- TheHenry
Too little, too late. If it was the first time he'd had such an outburst, then yes. He's done this multiple times before.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I shall continue to be indifferent.
- Bren -- Loves Chrimmuh
from iPhone
He annoys me now. I don't like him anymore. #kanyefail
- Dennis Jernberg
I never liked him, so it does not matter. I still hate him.
- Faraz Mullick
REBECCA I CAN'T HEAR YOU
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I don't really understand why grown ass adults are so invested in this.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
LOL @ Mo
- Michelle Martinez
IM GUESSING REBECCA IS YOUNGER THAN US.PEW-PEW-PEW
- Outsanity
I find myself thinking that Kanye isn't really much of a factor in my life. I don't care. I didn't before, and I don't know. Similarly, I don't really care about Taylor Swift either.
- Derrick
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define... oh and STOP YELLING.
- Kevan Emmott
The ecological disaster that is dolphin safe tuna « Southern Fried Science - http://southernfriedscience.com/2009...
"In other words… the only species that “dolphin safe” tuna is good for is dolphins! The bycatch rate for EVERY OTHER species is lower when fishing dolphin-associated tuna vs. floating object associated tuna! The reason for this is obvious- floating objects attract everything nearby, while dolphins following tuna doesn’t attract any other species."
- Kevan Emmott
Live now: MacBreak Weekly 156 with Skott Kurtz of http://www.pvponline.com/, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
Paul Grav, Willem (@wim66) ☠, Eric Geller and Roberto Bonini liked this
The current-gen iPod touch has a mic terminal, if you buy the special Apple headphones. So recording capability isn't revolutionary.
- Eric Geller
No Merlin Mann? Thought he was scheduled. Bummer. Its back to This Week w/ Apple apologists.
- Nemo
Leo, you should change the background to the pic of the Snow Leopard if you want it to look different
- Kevan Emmott
Leo, you should have mentioned the base 10 hard drive size calculation switch. That's why Snow Leopard reports 15+ GB of gained space over Leopard.
- nick
Kennedy was in no way comparable to Churchill. Churchill, while flawed and with personal issues, achieved highly on the World stage. Kennedy achieved nothing but to live a life of failure in the shadows of his bigger better brothers.
- Geeklawyer
What was the clock app????
- Roberto Bonini
or Atomic Clock by Awyse http://awyse.fr/ for those who are iTunes url averse :)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Thanks
- Roberto Bonini
Leo, Google knows this is happening. http://www.google.com/appssta...
- Eric Geller
hi from ga every things workin ok 2 day ive ben haveing problems loging on 2 yahoo any 1 else
- daveccorey
Great article on Microsoft and HP catching up with Apple. http://bit.ly/YywIN 1 min ago from TweetDeck
- George Mag
from iPhone
nice to see Leo call Andy and Alex out on their fanboyism. I swear if Apple came out with asbestos facemasks they would buy them.
- jccalhoun
Calling someone a fanboy is usually a cop-out. It's normally something that someone says when they can't put forward a decent argument to support their views. Andy says that SL is clearly faster than Leopard and Alex mentions that services is worth the upgrade price alone. Then Leo calls them fanboys. IMO that's lame and disappointing, especially coming from Leo.
- Paul Grav
Yup - that and "hater". Lazy debating at its worst.
- Simon Jefford
Live now: MacBreak Weekly 157 - live coverage and analysis of Apple's announcements today. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
Tate DA FF MVP, earl wallace and Daniel Rowley liked this
The iPod Touch 32 and 64 GB are 50% faster
- Ryan
Makes no sense not to add a camera to the touch. Are they protecting iphone sales?
- Jorge Ortiz
Leo, iTunes 9 available now.
- Daniel Rowley
Steve Jobs takes six months off and Apple completely lose their way... must be a worrying time for AAPL shareholders.
- James
James, you say that due to today's announcements or something else?
- Ryan
just updated my iPod touch to 3.1 from 3.0 no charge
- Alan Witzke
@Alan Any improvements?
- Jorge Ortiz
15 min on live pause, not 15 sec...
- Kevan Emmott
Ryan: putting lyrics into iTunes and adding FM radios into iPods strikes me as a complete lack of ideas, especially from a tech perspective. It's not like Snow Leopard where the changes are improving functionality or ease of use. I hope they have research that shows a lot of people that don't already own iPods would buy a cheap mp3 player if it also had a radio on it.
- James
I was all prepared to run out and get a new touch, they just lost a sale.
- meripen
same here meripen
- Ryan
@meripen They didn't unless you are going to run out and get new Zune :)
- notagolfer
iPhone firmware download speed went up from 80Kb/sec to 1Mb/sec
- notagolfer
Leo, you didn't end with "break time is over"
- Ryan
Wow. How many GB's is too many 4 the iPod????
- Victor Hooper
64GB ipod!?
- Victor Hooper
I agree with the comments above - not adding a camera to the touch is a big disappointment - no sale here either.
- Stephen Daniels
One-Man Mobile Uplink http://post.ly/4TwT
lol, nice
- Kevan Emmott
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