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Micah Wittman
What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...
What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now)
1.05 (670/633) - Micah Wittman from Bookmarklet
Can you remind me again where to find those stats? - Brian Johns
Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion. - Micah Wittman
0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here - mikepk
I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week! - Brian Johns
1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page) - Micah Wittman
OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals... - Brian Johns
3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like. - Cyrus Lendvay
FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in. - Micah Wittman from twhirl
0.79 - Brian Roy
0.67 - Nine
1.39. - Rochelle
1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add. - Bjorn Stromberg
1.12 - LogEx
1.41 - WorldofHiglet
5.08 (3181/626) ! - ◄ani625Ξ
0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem. - Bren, Photophobe
0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments - Cee Bee
1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief! - Her Lindsay-ness
@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62 - ◄ani625Ξ
1.27 (902/705) - Leandro Ardissone ⍨
yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol - Cee Bee
0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment - Mol, Time Warping
1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included. - Dana D
before this comment: .69 I kid you not. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both) - Micah Wittman
CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69 - Micah Wittman
1.83 - Grant Bierman
I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks! - Micah Wittman
.37 1002/2708 - Michael Fidler
this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF - sean percival
I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :) - Micah Wittman
This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846). - Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here. - Micah Wittman
1.03 748/723 - Keith - @tsudo
.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link. - Mitchell Tsai
Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots) - Micah Wittman
1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up. - Tyson Key
*bump* - Micah Wittman
Thanks, Mark! - Micah Wittman
Thanks Spidra! - Micah Wittman
0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05) - Micah Wittman
.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least. - Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks, Rachel! - Micah Wittman
3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like. - Kevin Fox
Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :) - Micah Wittman
I've got stuff to say. - Kevin Fox
3.98 (900/226) - Richard Lawler
1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun - Micah Wittman
.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment) - Michael Hocter
Thank you, Siavash and Michael - Micah Wittman
.52 overall, but .68 this week. - Rebecca
Nice, thanks Rebecca. - Micah Wittman
0.56 - imabonehead
Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!) - Micah Wittman
0.16 - Anne Bouey
1.39 - jcunwired
4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty. - Ted Roden
Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted. - Micah Wittman
Thanks for joining in, Bryce. - Micah Wittman
.15 all time, .13 this week. - Alix Whitmire
Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow). - Micah Wittman
2.94 - j1m
Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night. - Micah Wittman
CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94 - Micah Wittman
this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43% - chaz2b
CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27) - Micah Wittman
Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!" - Micah Wittman
0.49 (493/988) - Bluesun 2600
816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google) - Chris Loft
3026/5013 = 0.6036 - Roger Chen
0.107 probably the lowest here - Nicholas James
chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you! - Micah Wittman
.76 - jamar78
5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others? - Marg Uerite
Thanks jamar78 and Marg! - Micah Wittman
A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology.... - David HC Soul
My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39 - David HC Soul
*bump* - Micah Wittman
1.26 (2965/2346) - Micah Wittman
1.37 - Glen Campbell
Thanks, Glen and pea! - Micah Wittman
Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others). - Micah Wittman
.38 - Ryan Dadey
Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;) - Micah Wittman
An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36 - Michael Fidler
1.5 exactly - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
0.85 - Steven Perez
0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08 - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole. - Parth Awasthi
Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats! - Micah Wittman
5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure. - Marg Uerite
But remember, the comment counts also includes comments imported from other services. - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that. - Micah Wittman
17942/30571=.59 - Alex Scoble
Alex, thank you, sir. - Micah Wittman
ALmost 2:1 exactly. - Amani
Much obliged, Amani. - Micah Wittman
3062/5777 you do the maths. - Will Higgins™
.53 (3062/5777) for Will Higgins #math-on-demand-services - Micah Wittman
Thank you, amin/gnu - Micah Wittman
2671/12333=.21 - Darren Heydon
1.45 (4374/3026) - Micah Wittman
0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio. - Steven Perez
Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April. - Micah Wittman
2.10 now ... - Amani
0.97 now. - Eric Johnson
Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit. - Micah Wittman
Thanks, Eric. - Micah Wittman
yes, but i am not consciously "not liking" things - Amani from IM
Probably, just chattier then :) - Micah Wittman
I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-) - Ken Sheppardson
the live NBA playoff threads have ALOT to do with it. - Amani from IM
Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;) - Micah Wittman
.56 eeep, must try harder - Threepwood
4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting. - Andy Bakun
0.46 (1698/3638) - Glenn Slaven
Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote"). - Micah Wittman
1.31 (4,471/3,401) - Karoli
Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow. - Micah Wittman
1.15 ! Noisy... need more liking, I guess. - Ryo / Fuck Facebook
Thanks, Ryo! - Micah Wittman
Darn - 0.52. I guess I need to say why I like something a little more often :-) Liking this thread because I was wondering the same thing recently. Has anybody worked out the average from the numbers here? </islazy> - Andy Bold
Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81) - Micah Wittman
In March the Mean was: 1.49 - Micah Wittman
1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha - tom murphy
Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D - Micah Wittman
0.55 (254/444) - Willem (@wim66) ☠
Thank you, Willem. - Micah Wittman
In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less. - Micah Wittman
1.88 (779/414) - Ton Zijp
Thanks, Ton. - Micah Wittman
0.43 (3597/8305). - Parth Awasthi
0.74 (1970/2667) - Scott of Two Countries
And thank you Parth, Scott. - Micah Wittman
Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent. - Micah Wittman
2.12 is my ratio. - Rick Cogley
Thanks, Rick! - Micah Wittman
Np Micah. What is that photo? - Rick Cogley
.54 (4148/7674) Updated! - Michael Fidler
Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :) - Micah Wittman
Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!) - Micah Wittman
1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes - David Damore
Thanks, nivé and David! - Micah Wittman
2027/1594 = 1.27 - Brome
0.58 - Marc Dong
2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry - Thierry R. Andriamirado
Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you! - Micah Wittman
Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine] - Micah Wittman
Stats Update: Last time I commented here my comment to like ratio was 0.107 it's increased to 0.645 ;) - Nicholas James
Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage! - Micah Wittman
Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas. - Micah Wittman
.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good! - Michael Fidler
1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me. - Micah Wittman
It's that time again. - Micah Wittman
Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!) - Micah Wittman
0.64 - Imabug
Thank you, Imabug. - Micah Wittman
4.67 (I'm greedy :p) - directeur
0.99 - Steven Perez
About 1:2 comment to likes at this time - RAPatton from iPod
1.06 - Jim Hearts FF
.63 - metalerik
Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik! - Micah Wittman
.83 - Jimminy
0.78 - Pete Delucchi
.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments. - Bren, Photophobe
And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin! - Micah Wittman
2.47 as of right now. - Jonas, Leper of FF
Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting. - Jimminy
0.58 - James (!?)
Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it. - Micah Wittman
Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you! - Micah Wittman
You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-) - James (!?)
.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments. - edythe
.86 - Eric Logan
Thank you edythe and Eric! - Micah Wittman
195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded, - tom murphy
Thanks, Tom. - Micah Wittman
1.98 (588/297) - Bryan Zirkel
1.67 (19,550/11,684) - Mitchell Tsai
Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys! - Micah Wittman
1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason. - Laura Norvig
Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker! - Laura Norvig
2.67 (875/328) - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Thank you, Nathalie! - Micah Wittman
1.29 - Mark Jepsen
Thanks, Spidra and Mark! - Micah Wittman
0.49 - Jammy Lee
Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much. - Micah Wittman
I don't know I just like that picture - Brian Hendrickson
.40 - Ben Hanten
Mine was exactly 2:1 about a week ago. Did a screenshot when I had 2,000 comments and 1,000 likes. - Joe.... from iPod
SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much! - Micah Wittman
Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :) - Micah Wittman
1.40, nearly the square root of two. - Vezquex: God of FF
0.58 - Andy Bold
Thanks, Raphael and Andy! - Micah Wittman
1.15 (6777/5873) - JA Castillo
12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;) - Chris Myles
1.63 - Serkan Mutlu
Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!! - Chris Myles
.87 - Nine
Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine! - Micah Wittman
0.89 (17818/19913) (Somebody better make a cool ass graph of all this data!) - Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments).. - Chris Myles
1.78 (8529/4782) - Micah Wittman
Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever. - Micah Wittman
0.9009 (6055/6721) - Jason Huebel
OK, so statistically, what ratio results in better interaction on FF? - Jason Huebel
I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience. - Micah Wittman
So I'm fairly balanced, it appears. I would imagine it's because I try to comment on every post I like. That's not always true, obviously. But mostly it is. - Jason Huebel
Just clicking "Like" seems too easy. I feel like I should say something, too. - Jason Huebel
383/372 - ashish
'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :) - Micah Wittman
Thanks, ashish. - Micah Wittman
wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff) - chaz2b
chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered? - Micah Wittman
When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94 - MiniMage, sheeple of FF
536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00 - Bren, Photophobe
Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!) - Micah Wittman
Thank you, SustainedEuphoria. - Micah Wittman
I 'liked" this to change my ratio! (1.22 1040/850) - Mark Jepsen
Thanks, Mark. - Micah Wittman
1.45 - Brett Kelly
Thanks, Brett :) - Micah Wittman
5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk. - Kevin L
0.125, I need to talk more ;) - mridul
Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :) - Micah Wittman
1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise] - Micah Wittman
1.02 (10323/10161) - Bren, Photophobe
.5666 currently (30,084/53,093) - Alex Scoble
Thanks, Bren. - Micah Wittman
Thank you, Alex :) - Micah Wittman
that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while... - Bren, Photophobe
Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically. - Micah Wittman
true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better. - Bren, Photophobe
Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus. - Micah Wittman
1.19 - Joe Bonner
Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :) - Mahmood Padura
Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;) - Micah Wittman
Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :) - Micah Wittman
1.66 - Glen Campbell
Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too. - Micah Wittman
1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8) - WorldofHiglet
WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one. - Micah Wittman
0.64 (2,589/4,051) - Chieze Okoye
0.58 - Thomas Page
Chieze and Thomas - thank you! - Micah Wittman
*bumpage* - Micah Wittman
So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info.... - WorldofHiglet
2.21 (2,812/1,275) - Rene Wirtz
0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)
4.06 (747/184) - Jan Ole Peek
WoH, World Domination. - Micah Wittman
Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :) - Micah Wittman
2.74 (4,446 / 12,204) - J. Abdul-Qahhar
0.97 (6,694/6,929) - Jimminy
Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :) - Micah Wittman
2.23 - Paola Bonomo
0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated - Michael Fidler
0.67 - Artemko
J. Abdul-Qahhar LOL 4,446 / 12,204 = 0.36 - Artemko
0.03 (284 / 10378)! - Daniel Rowley
Rachel Lea Fox
Haunted Fox Hollow - Our Haunted Yard Video 2 http://hauntedfoxhollow.com - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
halloween2 small3
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A brighter video of our haunted house. The group is not as energetic as the 6 preteens in the other video, but the video camera I used was much better. - Rachel Lea Fox
We are so lucky to have such awesome actors for our haunt! - Rachel Lea Fox
They were indeed awesome! - Stephen Mack
Rachel Lea Fox
Haunted Fox Hollow - Haunted Yard - http://vimeo.com/7482692
Haunted Fox Hollow - Haunted Yard
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Our Sunnyvale, CA yard haunt put on across two yards for local trick-or-treaters and anyone with a love of a few screams. hauntedfoxhollow.com It's a little dark, but you get the idea. - Rachel Lea Fox
This is looking reallly scary! There is one such haunted house (owners decorate their house every year for Halloween) in Pleasanton, CA. And we never miss it. - Petek(UCB)_
Petek, I might know them. There are a lot of yard haunts around and sometimes we get together and work on projects together. Ours is a little scary, but not gory and geared towards the kids!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel, this house that i talk about is really scary for children-even i myself got scared when I was chased by the Saw Guy!:)) and I guess it was a real saw.- the smell -... But this Halloween, i think it was a fake one:)) but people were still screaming and running around as the saw guy was chasing... i entered the House last year and i could not help screaming a number of times. Anyway, they are close to Valley road in Pleasanton. - Petek(UCB)_
I'll have to ask who is in Pleasanton at the next meet-up. I hate chainsaws in haunts. It's a personal hate. It can be a real chainsaw, all you have to do is take the chain off and it is safe. I know this and yet it still scares me like crazy. - Rachel Lea Fox
Saturday bump for video of our haunted house. Another video that is brighter will be coming up sometime today. - Rachel Lea Fox
How much scripting was done ahead of time for each section? - Dario Gomez
We put almost all our efforts into set design. The actors were given roles but no scripts. They made them up on their own as they went. Our friends are awesome. - Kevin Fox
Shawn Brenneman
The many sliders of Photoshop CS4 - Neven Mrgan's tumbl - http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post...
Rachel Lea Fox
Yeah Marissa!!! - Marissa Mayer: The Visionary: Women of the Year: glamour.com found via dannysullivan http://friendfeed.com/dannysu... - http://www.glamour.com/women-o...
Yeah Marissa!!! - Marissa Mayer: The Visionary: Women of the Year: glamour.com found via dannysullivan http://friendfeed.com/dannysullivan/530246c8/marissamayer-makes-glamour-2009-women-of-year
“When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night,” Mayer jokes. “I do code all night! I am the stereotype, but I also break the stereotype.” - Rachel Lea Fox from Bookmarklet
Oh yeah - another developer to add to my Twitter list. I like adding girl developers. - Jesse Stay
*holds up sign* MARRY ME MARISSA MAYER - Mo Kargas
Mo, you might be too late, she is already engaged. - Rachel Lea Fox
Mo, you're too young for her. Me, OTOH... Wait! She's engaged, Rachel??! - directeur
Well the Paparazzi have photos of her ring all over the web. I just hope whatever she decides to do for her wedding she can keep the Paparazzi out. - Rachel Lea Fox
Well, then... she's not really beautiful nor smart or with a funny and delicious laugh anyway... - directeur
I'm sorry directeur. :( - Rachel Lea Fox
Mo and directeur, here you go... skip down to Love: http://www.style.com/vogue... - Rachel Lea Fox
Ha! Thanks Rachel! — I like that "skip down to Love" phrase! That'd make a great jazz tune! :) - directeur
*bottom lip trembles* - Mo Kargas
Mo, you put too much motor-oil in your metalic jaw :) - directeur
Mo & directeur you are both too cute!! Geek Crush!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Oh, I love her shoes:)) Who says engineers do not wear high heels ?:))) - Petek(UCB)_
Thanks, Rachel! :) Petek, I DON'T wear high heels! NEVER DID, and WON'T :p - directeur
Directeur, I live on my high heels and I will ;))) moreover, I am an engineer:) - Petek(UCB)_
Petek, I'm a 1m85 tall engineer ;-) - directeur
Directeur:))) this explains all...I am only 1m68;) - Petek(UCB)_
Petek, heels or not, hala çok güzelsin :) - directeur
Directeur, this is very nice of you:) Tesekkur ederim... - Petek(UCB)_
Directeur. hard to believe she has two sons. - Ozgur Demir
Petek, rica ederim! :) Ozgur, Absolutely! You'd think that she's their sister! :) - directeur
k, i'm confused... who has 2 sons? - Rachel Lea Fox
Ozgur and Directeur:) Thank you- cok naziksiniz...Happy Friday night! - Petek(UCB)_
amanın bir insan gördüm sitede Petek iyi cuma akşamları sana :) bana da günaydın :) - stuck in the sky
Rachel, Petek has two handsome sons. - Anne Bouey
Sorry Rachel, I guess we caused confusion in your feed. - Petek(UCB)_
Ahhh... okay. Thanks Anne. No worries at all Petek, I was just confused. - Rachel Lea Fox
don't be confused .. this is Turkish style of talking :shock: - stuck in the sky
:))) Rachel. All in all, women engineers can be both smart and good-looking as opposed to stereotypes.. I know a lot of them who can balance their personal and work lives and take good care of themselves at the same time...Thanks for sharing the link. - Petek(UCB)_
we have lots of good-looking engineers here in Istanbul .. don't we? somebody here in this feed has to support me :) Petek .. i am just now talking to u .. Petek? where r u? Petek .. Peteeeeeekkk!!! - stuck in the sky
Yes stuck..I guess so :)).. Unfortunately, I am not in Istanbul. - Petek(UCB)_
but as a guess u can also say something about turkish pretty (!) engineers :) how long have u been there Petek? i will come to join u there sooner :) - stuck in the sky
Stuck, I have been here for a while...You know what all my engineer friends are from Ankara! and yes my classmates are all nice and pretty ladies...and they are smart too... - Petek(UCB)_
petek .. i was born in Ankara .. what a surprise .. hmmm .. tell me if i am wrong .. u graduated from ODTU .. didn't u? or Bilkent like me .. rachel gets more confused with every passing post eheheh .. - stuck in the sky
yup, I am an ODTU graduate.. - Petek(UCB)_
then we won't talk to each other anymore petek .. i am from Bilkent hehehe .. - stuck in the sky
Alright, so nobody will ever talk to me again after my confession: I am from Bogazici -neither Bilkentliler nor ODTU'luler like us- :)) but I definitely support your cause stuck, woman engineers in Turkey/Istanbul/Ankara ... are smart and beautiful..Yes we all are! - Hande
Hande :))) this is cute:))) Btw, i have many friends from both Bogazici and Bilkent so i talk to everybody...I totally agree with you and moreover, women engineers, all over the world are smart and beautiful-We rock! - Petek(UCB)_
hande .. i like ur school .. it comes after Bilkent in success u know .. i don't hate ODTUlüler but one day when i was a master student in my uni, they did not let me in to join to the fest in their uni .. this is why i do not prefer the engineers in ODTU :) moreover .. i had a girlfriend in ur uni .. the atmosphere in Boğaziçi was catastrophic (perfect) during those days .. i hope it is still like that ,, isn't it? - stuck in the sky
as my confession .. i have lots of friends from ODTU .. what a shame :) - stuck in the sky
The atmosphere is all the same as I hear from old friends..I miss the cats, the gorgeous Bosphorus view, watching films outside at night on 'Gunes meydan' with blankets and hot drinks,all my friends from Music Club..I miss every bit of my undergrad years.. - Hande
may i ask u a q hande? whr r u now? - stuck in the sky
Cats, and dogs and the amazing view!! i love the Bogazici campus....i used to go to the alumni house almost two-three times a week when i was in Istanbul...and whenever i went there, i also sat by the "Manzara" and watched the ships go by:))) - Petek(UCB)_
watching the ships .. it seems interesting :) - stuck in the sky
yeah we ODTU people are just very interesting, stuck! i sat there, and just watched it....... - Petek(UCB)_
I am a Turkish girl in Boston trying to finish her phd and a miyendis..:)) - Hande
then we decide that the campus of Boğaziçi is the best .. then bilkent of course and tail ender is ODTU .. heheh - stuck in the sky
I bet it's the most beautiful campus in the world.. - Hande
i am planning to move to miami in a year .. do u have any info about there? asking both of u .. - stuck in the sky
when you say phd, Hande, i must study!!!!!!! goodnight all:))) you know what you are jealous of our campus, Stuck- i dont like all building campuses..But yeah Bogazici campus is very beautiful-however it comes after Berkeley campus where you can also watch the ship go by in the Bay under biggggg red wood trees ;)) sorryyy.. - Petek(UCB)_
petek .. do not escape from the conversation .. come on!!! dont go anywhere .. u r kiddin .. - stuck in the sky
tell me what u know bt miami .. - stuck in the sky
I've never been there yet..The answer also depends on why you are coming and in what way you are asking this question..I have friends in Florida state uni. and I guess there is a somewhat big Turkish community (scholars) there..They say the cost of life is much cheaper than here in Boston-New York area and the weather is better..That's all I know. - Hande
Petek. Disagree.. Boun campus has a waay better view than Berkeley. - Ozgur Demir
Stuck, i really do not know much about Miami but if you ask about SF and California- i can be more helpful:) - Petek(UCB)_
Ozgur, have you been to LBNL up in the hills? - Petek(UCB)_
@Petek. yep.. I've... still (: - Ozgur Demir
in the spring? - Petek(UCB)_
hmmm .. i am coming there for business purposes u know .. not for taking anymore education .. - stuck in the sky
let me try to remember.. as far as I remember, it was beginning of spring.. yeah... - Ozgur Demir
i should search for an area which is going to be safety and comfortable just for surviving myself .. :) - stuck in the sky
Petek. Btw, personally I don't adore Boun at all... I am just talking about the view (: - Ozgur Demir
Ozgur, I am thinking about the overall campus.- Berkeley has a better campus for sure but yeah, view is i guess better on BOUN. but i really get good views from around Berkeley..have you been to Indian Rock, btw? - Petek(UCB)_
Not sure, one of our friends was escorting us (she was a student there) I am not that familiar with that area. So maybe yes, maybe no (: don't know. - Ozgur Demir
skip the views of campuses guys :) tell me bt miami ahahah .. what a selfishness - stuck in the sky
Ozgur, Go to Indian rock to watch sunset:))) and have your dinner with you:)) you will thank me:)) - Petek(UCB)_
Anybody from Miami??? i have never been to that part, @ stuck.. - Petek(UCB)_
@stuck. Miami sucks dude.. California rocks in all means. http://sozluk.sourtimes.org/show... - Ozgur Demir
Ozgur senin de her soyledigini eksisozlukle desteklemene bitiyorum:)) - Hande
then maybe rachel will help with all her confusion ahahah - stuck in the sky
@Hande. zamaninda hep konusulmus seyler bunlar (: - Ozgur Demir
özgür kötü davranma bana .. rachelın iice kafası karışacak türkçe konuşmayın ahaha - stuck in the sky
Ya sozluk prototipinde degilsek ne olacak? Aman neyse bir feed nerden nereye gelebilir aci sekilde gorduk bu gece:)) - Hande
@stuck. a nice experience to see someone telling "don't speak in Turkish" in Turkish (: - Ozgur Demir
not night for me morning hande :) - stuck in the sky
Any eksisozluk reference to the last 'nice experience' Ozgur? I don't believe you without the credentials :)) - Hande
özgür .. what can i say .. i am a gentle turkish guy from bilkent :) - stuck in the sky
i should leave u guys .. nice to meet u but i have to go to Ağva for my weekend :) - stuck in the sky
take care .. all of u .. especially the ones don't know any idea bt miami :) - stuck in the sky
Me too! Good night/day everyone! - Hande
:) Stuck enjoy your weekend:) You take care tooo:)) Ciaoooo!and goodnight all:) - Petek(UCB)_
özgür .. i am gonna add u to my list .. do not be surprised ;) - stuck in the sky
Alex Scoble
I feel ranty, but don't have anything really to rant about at the moment...Probably not a good combination.
The flying car and our lack of them. GO! - Joe Pierce
Rant about your brother, that always seems to work! ;-) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I HATE PLASMA! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod
It seems that FB has a lot going on over there! You could log in as me for a bit ;) - joey
Spill it toots! - sofarsoShawn
i'd like to rant - the fact that cameras and video cameras should have the same video formats so it would be easier to chuck on a dvd without having to buy another software package! *grumblegrumble* ;) - Terry O'Fee
Open a can of __________ instead. - Micah Wittman
the flying car? they have till 2015. that's when i start to rant ;) - Terry O'Fee
Yeah, that's what we want...A bunch of idiots that can't drive a car getting behind the wheel of a car that can fly...No thanks. 50,000 9/11s a year is not a good idea. - Alex Scoble from IM
blame BTTF for my obsession - Terry O'Fee
BTTF? - Alex Scoble from IM
Back to the Future - Joe Pierce
Ahh, hehehe. - Alex Scoble from IM
What's wrong with 50,000 911s? - Cristo
ROFL, Chris, I'm talking about the tragic events that happened on September 11th 2001...not about the Porsche 911. - Alex Scoble from IM
Wow, I was going to post a 911 comment but promptly slapped myself but okay "If you think we'll ever get flying cars I have two 110-story buildings in lower manhattan to sell you. - teh Dork Knight
The question is, will these flying cars be air-cooled? - Cristo
See, I don't want *everyone* to get a flying car. Just me and a small elite set of my friends whom I trust. - Joe Pierce
Become rich :) - Alex Scoble from IM
rage against the machine dude ;) - Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
Joe, SEE Russian space program. - Micah Wittman
People have those. They're called G5s. - Cristo
Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
Coolest place to stay and see the Northern Lights: Hotel Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, Finland - http://www.travelphant.com/2009...
Coolest place to stay and see the Northern Lights: Hotel Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, Finland
Coolest place to stay and see the Northern Lights: Hotel Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, Finland
SOOOOOOOO Want to go here!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
I think I'd rather spend my holidays in warmer, friendlier climates :-0 - Kittyburgers
wowwwwwwww o_O - ozztrojen
Rachel Lea Fox
PhoenixFeather Photo Stories - Rachel Lea Fox - This Is Halloween! - Haunted Fox Hollow '09 - http://stories.phoenixfeather.net/25-this...
PhoenixFeather Photo Stories - Rachel Lea Fox - This Is Halloween! - Haunted Fox Hollow '09
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2009 was the best year ever in our little Fox Hollow haunted yard! Not only did we expand, more than doubling our size, by continuing a full U-shaped path into our co-conspirators yard (The Awesome Lendvays), but we also added 15 actors throughout the haunt... - Rachel Lea Fox from Bookmarklet
Oh, video will be coming soon! - Rachel Lea Fox
It was such an awesome night. Our friends really brought the haunt to.. life. - Kevin Fox
Great blog post, Rachel -- saw a lot of details that I missed when visiting. Great job. - Stephen Mack
Very cool! Had a fun walk thru on Friday with Lisa, she jumped at least 3 times. :) - Ken Gidley
It was a lot of fun! I don't understand how you raised more money the first night vs the second? That is strange. - Dario Gomez
We think it's a shifted perspective on Halloween itself. Off Halloween, you're a guest viewing a presentation someone has put together for you but on Halloween you're going around door-to-door collecting stuff from people. We also didn't push donations hard at all. If we just made the box more visible we'd probably collect a lot more. Nevertheless, the main point was entertainment, not fund-raising, so it was okay. - Kevin Fox
Perhaps it was more friends/family on Friday, who have a more personal connection to Kevin/Rachel and know about the kitten fostering they do, too. - Ken Gidley
Another excellent point. - Kevin Fox
Amazing job, guys. It's obvious how much effort you put into this. One year i'll make it! - Ryan Kaisoglus
Ken, I think you are right about the focus. Also on Halloween we had mostly trick-or-treaters who aren't carrying money around. Some of them had parents who might be, but not all parents went through, they just waited out between the driveways the way that they would if the kids were just going up to ring the bell. So they didn't see the donations bucket. Also at one point we... more... - Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks all!! Ryan you totally need to come out!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Many parents don't carry much besides keys and phones while chaperoning their trick-or-treaters. Did your notice about the event mention donations for the kitties? I don't remember. - Anne Bouey
Anne, some did and some did not. We weren't pushing the donations real hard or anything. We were just looking at why Friday raised more than Saturday. People out on Halloween just aren't thinking about giving donations. - Rachel Lea Fox
Sorry if I'm gushing and bumping but I still can't believe how well this year came together!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Gush away, Rachel! It was awesome! - Anne Bouey
Jeff P. Henderson
Christopher Sacca
I'm struggling to get a doc sent before jumping a middle seat redeye to NY while @fakesacca is three Scotches deep in Beverly Hills. #unfair
I'm putting together a list of entertaining fake twitter accounts....@fakesacca sets the standard...who else belongs? http://twitter.com/choicec... - Adam Kazwell
Rachel Lea Fox
Lyndsey & Brian Visit - a set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Lyndsey & Brian Visit - a set on Flickr
Lyndsey & Brian Visit - a set on Flickr
Lyndsey & Brian Visit - a set on Flickr
More photos later, but here are a few from our trip yesterday!! - Rachel Lea Fox from Bookmarklet
A giraffe stable (!!) - Mona Nomura from iPhone
Mona, yup we met 4 giraffes in the stable here and there were 3 others in there we didn't meet. It was their feeding time, but often they are out on the 500 acres this place has. - Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel Lea Fox
I love Safari West!!
I don't know what that is, but since you love it, I love it too!! - Mona Nomura
Mona, you are so cute. It's a wildlife reserve up near Sonoma. We went there yesterday (my sister, brother-in-law and I) and we got to pet Giraffes among other animals. It was amazing!!! I just posted photos: http://friendfeed.com/animals... - Rachel Lea Fox
Wow! The things we learn on FriendFeed...I had no idea such a place existed and I can't believe there are giraffes in California!!!!!! Sounds like I need to take a trip home and tuNis for sharing! I'm still obsessed by Antarctica, btw. :) - Mona Nomura from iPhone
Do you think this would be a good place for a 2 year old? We are going up to that area on Friday and are looking for something to do. She likes the zoo but she does have the attention span of a 2 year old. - Carl Haynes
never mind just saw this on their site: Good to Know: Please note..our wildlife drives are 2 1/2 to 3 hours long over bumpy and rugged terrain and best suited for children over the age of 3 years old and may be uncomfortable for pregnant women. - Carl Haynes
Carl, we just did the behind the scenes tour, we didn't have time for the safari. More expensive, but it was a private tour where we got to feed a lot of animals, and Lyndsey has always wanted to pet a Giraffe, her favorite animal. Only about 45 minutes , but really really personal with the animals. You can find the tour we took here: https://safariwest.com/p200701... - Rachel Lea Fox
Johnny Worthington
We love sharing our life with you, FriendFeed... And we love you :)
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Love you back!!! - Mellissa Jane
I want to think those tongues are sticking out at me, but I fear there is another who is the intended recipient. ;) - Josh Haley
:p - chaz2b
Actually Josh, they are at everyone. No one person defines the service nor does one person define what is acceptable content. I poke my tounge at you sir, not to insult but in recognition that we are allowed to get silly and not take ourselves to seriously :) - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Louis Gray
Haunted Fox Hollow looked like tons of fun. There was a huge line, and our kids were beat after trick or treating in Palo Alto, so all we could do was wave. Here were some outside pics. Looking forward to more, Rachel and Kevin!
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Too bad! We had an amazing time! I'm glad you had a good Halloween! - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone
So cool! I want to see it in person someday! - joey
niniane
http://twitpic.com/nm9zq -- At amazing haunted house built by @kfury!!
http://twitpic.com/nm9zq -- At amazing haunted house built by @kfury!!
That was truly a phenomenal haunted house. - niniane
I agree! - Stephen Mack
Thanks Niniane! We have so much fun doing it! - Rachel Lea Fox
The haunt will be open on Halloween too! More info here: http://hauntedfoxhollow.com - Rachel Lea Fox
Stephen Mack
Three quick iPhone snaps from http://www.hauntedfoxhollow.com tonight. Can you believe this is actually the first time I've ever uploaded photos to Flickr? The Flickr iPhone app is pretty, and not bad to use. Slow, though. - Stephen Mack
I posted the second one in the "noir" color scheme separately @ http://friendfeed.com/zeigen... and the third one was posted separately @ http://friendfeed.com/zeigen... - Stephen Mack
Benjamin Golub
We added a few features you might have missed recently: support for imgur.com thumbnails (http://friendfeed.com/search...) and "Best of" for users/groups on the iPhone (http://friendfeed.com/iphone...)
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Rumors of FriendFeed's death are greatly exaggerated. (Thank you, Ben!) - Stephen Mack
Thanks, guys :) - Bicentennial (Franc)
Stephen, very happy to see new features like this, but I think the "death" part is the major users reducing their activity. I'd love to see some support from Facebook in promoting FriendFeed more to encourage those users to go back. Or maybe they don't want to? Regardless, bonus for me! Thanks Benjamin - you're awesome! - Jesse Stay
Jesse, fair enough but major users always did come and go. Some of the departees who left said they were doing so because there was no new development. Clearly not all development is halted. Last week Paul hinted that FF may receive a major new feature, and characterized his participation as "20% time" -- I'll take that. - Stephen Mack
I backed down off the all caps. The group "best of" is really useful, love it. - Stephen Mack
Stephen, I agree - I'd just like some confirmation that Facebook cares about all this so I can know whether to focus my efforts on Facebook or FriendFeed or both. - Jesse Stay
I noticed the best of on the iPhone the other day, wrote it out on a cake and then ated it. - Josh Haley
Thanks for the update Ben - AJ Batac
Jesse, I think you should focus where your users are focused. What do SocialToo users want? But if they want Facebook focus, you should still keep an eye on FriendFeed, since the future Facebook will look a lot more like FriendFeed. - Bruce Lewis
Bruce, I'm not sure we know that. - Jesse Stay
Paul Buchheit said the FB acquisition was attractive because of shared vision/direction. I would be surprised if a lot of that vision wasn't already embodied in this product right here. - Bruce Lewis
not enough, best of day should be like a stream that can be traced back - ffcode
ffcode: you can do that. Here is the "Best of week" from one year ago: http://friendfeed.com/summary... - Benjamin Golub
thanks Benjamin - ffcode
ITS ALIVE!!!!!!! MUH HA HA - Roberto Bonini
Rachel Lea Fox
Watching something called "Zombie Strippers" on Spike.... hmmmm... is afraid....
Apparently in this movie a bunch of philosophy majors became strippers and then zombies became the "in" thing so they became zombie strippers. And then two of them had a strip duel. I wonder why this never got theatre time... *lol* - Rachel Lea Fox
and then this zombie shot ping pong balls and poll balls out of her you know what!! GaaaaaaaHHHHHH!!! OMG this is bad!! - Rachel Lea Fox
This sounds like the parties I always heard about but somehow missed.. - Michael W. May
Michael, I hope not... they were very whacked, and I never want to see a zombie in a pastie again!! - Rachel Lea Fox
I think it was in theatres briefly, actually. I remember when it was being made. Maybe just in major cities or festivals, though. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Rachel, it's not this 'Zombie Strippers', is it? http://www.imdb.com/title... - Starring Jenna Jameson and Robert Englund in an awesomely over-the-top role (yes, even more so than Freddy Krueger) - Ryan Kaisoglus
Ryan... yup that is it. we jumped in part way in and Jenna wasn't live when we saw her. Jandy... really. I can't believe anyone would go to see this in the theatre. - Rachel Lea Fox
You'd be surprised, Rachel - hardcore horror/cult film fans love stuff like this. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
This comment is useless without pics. - Jim Norris
Rachel Lea Fox
Surgery on Bob's Hands
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Bob! Stop feeling up my wife or I'll feed you that hand! DONE. - Kevin Fox
Ha ha ha! Rachel's expression! :) - Stephen Mack
Thanks Stephen!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel Lea Fox
Making Halloween - Surgery on Bob's Hands!! http://hauntedfoxhollow.com
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Bob had a horrible case of flat hand! He has been fixed! ;) - Rachel Lea Fox
Benjamin Golub
Paul Buchheit - Been at your job too long? QUIT! - Startup School 2009 - http://vimeo.com/7240218
Paul Buchheit - Been at your job too long? QUIT! - Startup School 2009
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couldnt agree more - sean percival
I wonder how long he means when he says that. 5 years? 3? Less? - Diego Barros 
I don't know, I was with my first company for 4.5 years. That still made me kinda the new guy, as a lot of employees were there 20 to 30 years. I guess it depends on industry. That was the insurance industry, and as long as there was a way up I was happy with that company. Now working in dot coms, working at a place more that two years is impressive. In some ways I don't necessarily... more... - Dario Gomez
I was at my last job 8 1/2 years. In that time, Facebook and Twitter were started, Google grew up, and Bush started two wars. Maybe I stayed too long. - Louis Gray
I'd rather my longevity at a company be determined in terms of achieving some goal. If it does not look like I will be able to accomplish something interesting, novel, or useful then I'll bail. Idiotic politics usually short circuits that game plan though. - scott anderson
I've never worked a job for more than 2 years. I like finding new levels of experience. If they kept it a learning experience I would stay longer, but never found a company that did that. - Jesse Stay
Scott, your reasoning led to my longevity there. I wanted to reach an end, be it M&A, IPO or something else. But it eventually became time. - Louis Gray
Louis: The goals I set are more personal and typically are not dependent on what the company and/or my division achieves. I have been fortunate in that I have always been able to drive the projects or sub-projects that I have worked on. That said, politics and the agendas of other individuals still find a way to mess up the best of intentions. - scott anderson
++ scott. I agree with, "If you’ve been in your job for awhile, you should quit. Google was really comfortable. I knew all the people. It’s important to do things that will make you uncomfortable." with the caveat that it is important to find a place where you can accomplish something and stay there long enough to give it legs or cut it loose. I hear overnight success takes a long time. Otherwise you are just uncomfortable for no good reason. - Clare Dibble
Bold advice in hard times. - Tim Tyler
great advice for people who don't have a mortgage or a family - Terris Linenbach
+1 Terris - Bill Hooker
Terris, I have a family of 4 kids and a mortgage. As I said I've never had a job longer than 2 years. As for going out on your own, it's difficult, but very possible. It involves a lot of sacrifice though. - Jesse Stay
Going out on my own was the one of the best decisions I ever made in my life (even with a mortgage, family and a new baby at the time). I ended up back at a company, but this time I had founded it. There are many ways to make your life work on your own. If you really want to do it, just step off the cliff. You'll figure out a way to make it work. - Matt Mastracci
Matt, funny how that happens - my wife was pregnant when I went out on my own as well. I still don't know how we managed all that. :-) I agree though - it was the best decision of my life. I may end up at a job again at some point, but as Paul said, at the time it "sounded like the right thing to do". I've learned so much from being on my own, and the freedom is priceless. (Paycheck, much of the time is not so priceless) :-) - Jesse Stay
Actually it's a great advice for people who have mortgage and family and are taking it responsibly rather then being complacent in hope their current employer is here forever. - ǝuǝƃnǝ
eugene, yeah - one thing I've learned more than anything is that control is a good thing. Even if I work for someone else I always want to be sure I've got my own thing of some sort going that I could resort to at any time (a book, side-business, blog, investments, advisory roles, etc). Of course you have to be careful about that at the same time in that your employer knows of such things and is okay of you owning that IP. - Jesse Stay
To be clear, if you have kids, etc, find a new job before quitting your current one :) - Paul Buchheit
It was such a pleasure to be in the audience for this! - Jay
Paul, how long do you think is too long? - Diego Barros 
Whenever you get "too comfortable" :o) - Susan Beebe
Yeah, the correct answer obviously depends on your situation (how much you will learn at the new job vs the old), but in general I'd guess that "too long" falls in the 5-10 year period, though if your job is bad, "too long" may happen much sooner :) - Paul Buchheit
Totally agree with this, esp the quote at the end "It's important to do things that make you uncomfortable". IMO, people grow the most when they are forced out of their comfort zone - Dave Hodson
It's important to do things that will make you uncomfortable because.......??? - τorƍue
Growth and flexibility. Obviously not all uncomfortable things are good though. - Paul Buchheit
Paul Buchheit is Sarah Palin? - Jim Norris
One of my friends has been at Apple for 10 years. She's a brilliant engineer (I've known her since college). Her reason for staying: "I've got 3 kids. They need lots of care and nurture, and they're providing plenty of challenge in my life. I don't need more." My mom sacrificed her career for her 3 kids. Her sister continued pursuing her career, since she only had one. When looking at... more... - Piaw Na
That's very reasonable Piaw -- I agree that good parents are more important than good toys or schools. The "quit your job" advice was more for people looking to start a company or something. - Paul Buchheit
Paul agreed - entrepreneurship isn't for everyone. My dad tried it, decided it wasn't for him, and he'll be retiring in about 10 years or so after years and years of building a very successful career in the professional world. If it's for you, there are ways to make it work and provide for a family - it involves a lot of work though, and make sure you're prepared when you do it. (I sold... more... - Jesse Stay
@Scott Anderson - absolutely - I'll leave when the job is done or the politics make finishing what I need to do impossible. - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
@Jesse It's not about providing for the family. I'm sure entrepreneurs manage to do that or they go out of business very quickly. It's investing time in the family that's usually the missing ingredient. I know, since I did have a largely absent entrepreneurial father. - Piaw Na
Paul Buchheit
Awesome.
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hahahaha - MG Siegler
I've been having fun watching the Facebook employees do that today as well - lol - Jesse Stay
Is there a group "I Just plain hate Facebook"? I'd like to join. - Jeff P. Henderson
Scary thing is I think a lot of people are actually taking that group seriously. - Tony, Paradox of FF
Hhahhahaha!!! - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
LOL at Mark Zuckerberg joining. That's hilarious. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)
laugh out loud. - Micah Wittman
LOL!! Yes they are, Tony - that makes it so much better. :-> - Kurt Starnes
It's killing me - check it out :-> http://www.facebook.com/search... - Kurt Starnes
I just love how some people have joined, completely ignoring the description of the group and showing the type of people they really are. I don't *love* the changes, but I will get used to them and someday soon I will not even remember the old way it was done. Change is good... long live change! - Travis Koger
hahha that is too funny!! :D - Susan Beebe
Classy! - Tyson Key
I HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK HOME PAGE, UNTIL ITS NEXT FACELIFT, AFTER WHICH I WILL BITTERLY COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW PERFECT THIS LAYOUT WAS. - Rebecca Sun
Yes, Rebecca, exactly. :) - Dan Hsiao
just joined - johnpiercy
Touché Facebook Employees, Touché. - Navarr
ahahahaha:D - beybinesen
Try http://lite.facebook.com/opozo, the simple the better, but not simpler. - Orlando Pozo
Bret Taylor
Use Google Voice with your existing number - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009...
Awesome! Thanks for the heads up! - Piaw Na
Yay! - Shea from iPhone
What? Wow! - Anthony K. Valley © from iPhone
Still want to know when it will come to the UK though. - Travis Koger from iPhone
I like this very much. - Kevin Fox
"Note: Sprint is currently rolling out the ability to enable free call forwarding. Until that is completed, this feature may not work or you may be charged every time someone leaves a voicemail." I'll give it a shot and see what happens. - Benjamin Golub
Yeah, I'm going to need to look into T-Mobile's call forwarding rate. I'm sure there will be one. - 1x29
Sweeeeeeeeeet! - David Cook
How about using Google voice in Canada? - Shey, Jamaican of FF from iPhone
Yeah, how about that? - Jan Ole Peek
Ryan Kaisoglus
The 'So You Think You Can Dance' Auditioner's Guide
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I like this very much, but it's missing paths for visually interesting ethnicity and unusual names with even more unusual spellings. - Kevin Fox
I'm happy to add to / update - figured I wouldn't capture everything - suggestions are welcome! - Ryan Kaisoglus
You made this?? Awesome!! - Kevin Fox from iPhone
Lol, so true. Don't forget about "Were you recently in a physically debilitating accident?" and "Do you need this show in order to escape your dead-end existence?" and "Are your grandparents here?" - Rebecca Sun
+1 Rebecca. I hate to sound heartless, but sob stories don't make great dancers. Sometimes they just pull votes away from more deserving dancers. - Jason Huebel
Rachel Lea Fox
Me: "Bruno Kitten, today YOU are the good one!" Kevin: "I don't know about that. Bruno ate my toes 3 times today. Tony only ate my toes once." #foxfosterkittens
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Jason Shellen
http://brizzly.com/pic/ATD We're (@ashellen and I) pretty in pink. #80sprom
http://bit.ly/2nmc94 We're (@ashellen and I) pretty in pink. #80sprom
Next time call ahead for a period-correct Molly Ringwald BMW! - Richard Chen
Rich you are killing me! I would love to have borrowed a good old 325i or maybe you have a spare Porsche 944. Next time indeed! - Jason Shellen from iPhone
Tudor Bosman
Windows 7!
where's the review? - Piaw Na
There's the story of a woman jumping down the street, head looking up at the sky, shouting "SIX! SIX! SIX!" with each jump forward. A man walks by and stops, watching. He asks her what she's doing. "Try it. It's fantastic. Here, stand next to me, look up to the heavens and jump along with me, yelling with each jump." She's cute and clearly having a good time, so he agrees. They both... more... - Kevin Fox
Love Kevin's story in this context! :-) - Jason Wehmhoener
I wouldn't mind seeing this adapted into a PC and Mac commercial, with John Hodgeman as the girl. - Kevin Fox
Mac OS 7! - Louis Gray
Windows Me on my laptop upgraded last week ! yea!!! - L Stephen Cleary
So far, it looks shiny and works well, except for download speeds which went down to 4Mbps from 16Mbps. I'm now downloading (slowly) a few updates (including an update for my network card driver) and will play around with various TCP settings. - Tudor Bosman
So it turns out that the networking problem had nothing to do with Windows 7. It had everything to do with our two piece of sh*t switches (both Netgear GS605 v2; stay away from them -- and from now on, I'll avoid all Netgear products). It turns out that my network card ran at 100Mbps under XP and 1Gbps under W7, and the switches slow down to a crawl if 3 or more of their ports are at 1Gbps. - Tudor Bosman
I couldn't believe it so I reproduced it in different configurations, using either the two switches in turn or together (daisy-chained), and using XP, Windows 7, and Snow Leopard. The transfer rate is fine if two of the ports run at 1Gbps (and the others at 100Mbps); once the third port goes 1Gbps, the point-to-point transfer rate goes down by a factor of 6. - Tudor Bosman
Replacing the switches with D-Link switches (DGS-2208) solved the problem. And the D-Link switches are sweet: 8-port 1Gbps switches, with 9K jumbo frame support, for $60 at Fry's. - Tudor Bosman
Cristo
After you have about 500 consumer electronic products stored away in drawers, you start to wish they would label the power adaptors with the products they were intended to power.
A label maker is your friend. - Akiva Moskovitz
A label maker and a time machine. - Cristo
Someone else to do the labeling would help too - Kim Landwehr
I'd settle for an industry standard for labeling voltage, amperage, and plug polarity. Seems like they label the adapter close to 100% of the time, but only put the specs on the device about 80% - Ken Sheppardson
I have a tried the label maker but the labels come off all the time... I should just resort to the metallic Sharpies I think. - Her Lindsay-ness
Cristo for Power Adapter czar - Shey, Jamaican of FF from iPhone
I want wireless power for everything. - Louis Gray
But Ken, I don't want to have to try plugging it into different devices to find out which one it goes with or if I even still have that device. - Cristo
Louis, unfortunately, that's not practical. Tesla never did figure out how to transfer power through the air (unless you mean by wireless, laying devices on a surface). Plus, there's already too much RF interference as it is in my house. - Cristo
I am not a fan of practical. :) - Louis Gray
a tekkeon battery helps with lost ac adapters - Rodfather
I think Ken has the right idea, but I'd go a little further and standardize plug size/shape that matches voltage & polarity. That way, only the correct voltage/polarity would fit into the device's socket. Then all comparable wall warts would be universally interchangeable with no requirement to read tiny low contrast diagrams in low light conditions (often in awkward positions) - Jason Wehmhoener
the tekkeon stuff looks pretty cool - Jason Wehmhoener
Ya they have enough juice to power & charge a laptop. Very handy - Rodfather
Eric, I'd prefer you just make your point here. I'm actually doing stuff right now, and don't have time to "do research on Tesla." - Cristo
I use a glass scriber, which is sort of like a power-less engraver, to just write the name of the device into the plastic. I used to use a metallic sharpie, but that wore off after a while. The labels someone used to stick to some of the power bricks that I inherited are still going strong, though. - Miss Elle
Eric, nope. You still haven't gotten the hang of it. Type. Words. Here. - Cristo
Tesla did figure out how to transfer power through the air (He did not have to lay devices on a surface) - Eric Logan
Eric, thanks for that. You were right, and I was wrong. I'll head down to Radio Shack now to get my wireless power adaptors. - Cristo
Yeah, Tesla figured out how to transfer power through the air... He was in the process of building a tower funded by J.P. Morgan that would have tested it when Marconi was successful in sending a telegram across the ocean via wire and Morgan decided to pull out: "Tesla could not find any more backers and most of the site's activity had to be shut down in 1905. Newspapers referred to it... more... - Her Lindsay-ness
The fact that no one has picked up Tesla's work since then makes it virtually impossible for me to use it as a solution. (The possible exception being me picking up his work). Given that no one has done it yet, it's certainly plausible there are impracticalities of using this today, including power degradation between the source and target, and RF interference with all the different... more... - Cristo
Robert Scoble
FriendFeed update. Paul Buchheit wrote me and said he's been very sick the past few days. That might explain why he hasn't engaged the way we want. He also offered to do an interview with me to discuss the future of FriendFeed and what they are doing at Facebook soon. We're working that out, hopefully soon (but might not be until November sometime)
I don't know if that's a good idea for you, Robert. You might be better off making a clean break from FriendFeed. - Bruce Lewis
Thanks Robert, that's great news! Paul, hope you feel better... - manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Bruce: FriendFeed=Facebook. So, I'm interested in what he's doing and I'm a big fan of Facebook's. Twitter needs some competition. The Fail Whale is getting to me. - Robert Scoble
Another reliable update. - ashish
I know it's a stretch but can we gather specific questions for Paul to answer? - manielse (Mark Nielsen)
When other sites like twitter come out with new features, you want to be at the front of the excited crowd. FriendFeed will make you into that curmudgeon who's always saying, "So what? They did that two years ago at FriendFeed." - Bruce Lewis
I guess the rusty wheel gets the oil... - Cjay
Cjay: I've been working on this interview since before Facebook bought FriendFeed. :-) - Robert Scoble
manielse: well, the interview isn't on 100% yet and now that I've talked about it in public who knows what will happen? But if it does happen of course we'll get you involved. - Robert Scoble
Cjay: I might be a rusty wheel, but remember two things: 1. I put many many thousands of hours into FriendFeed before the sale, bringing my audience over here at great risk to my personal brand. Lots of "experts" like Mike Arrington told me I was wrong to do that. 2. I'm still here. - Robert Scoble
OMGAWWWWW he still has "it" - sofarsoShawn
oh im sorry Robert thats "The squeaky wheel gets the oil first" hehe, wasnt saying your are getting old or anything. - Cjay
I hope Paul gets to feeling better soon. He's a great guy. - Phil G from iPhone
sofarso: I never lost it. :-) - Robert Scoble
But yes I would agree that allowing and or resting your personal branding on a service thats based on a cloud application with it's roots depending on a social network model is very risky. - Cjay
Cjay: actually it's not. It just looks risky. - Robert Scoble
To those giving Scoble crap for being on FF, aren't you tired of that? You all have been doing that for at least a year. Enough. For us on FF, we'd love to see an interview, thanks. - Eric @ CS Techcast
Paul, get well soon - Shane
Well, I'm done for tonight. Thanks you Robert for the chat... - Cjay
Good luck for the interview, Robert and thanks for the update. Hope Paul gets better soon. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Thanks everyone. I'm actually not "very sick" though, just "kind of sick" -- it's mostly messing up my sleep. - Paul Buchheit from iPhone
be well! - Laura Norvig
Chicken soup - but stay away from those soul books ;) Hope you're up to speed soon, Paul. - Micah Wittman
Looking at the time-scale, doesn't that actually answer the question? You don;t wait THAT long to deliver good news or to debunk a false rumour that killings your platform (well, Zucks platform). - Jim Connolly
Paul - sorry to hear that! (it's 2:30 am here, I can empathize with your sleep problem) - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed
Eric, sorry if it sounded like I was giving him crap. That wasn't my intention. I think Scobleizer has a serious career decision to make: http://ourdoings.com/ourdoin... - Bruce Lewis
The problem i see is that social network cloud applications seem to live in peoples heads rent free. - Cjay
Hope you feel better, Paul. - Kol Tregaskes
That will be an interesting interview, thanks for posting this update. - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
Can't wait for the interview!! Thanks to you and Paul for keeping us updated!! - Rosemary Sorg
:? - CW™
Robert, you will never leave FriendFeed as long it is here:) - Patrik Johansson
Robert, do you think Twitter is too unreliable or do you think the competition is healthy? - John Cass
Feel better soon, Paul! - Ruchira S. Datta
The walrus has eaten the oysters: http://bit.ly/nJrdl - Michael Slattery
Chris Munro
The episode of Dollhouse you MUST watch - http://scifiwire.com/2009...
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