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Kenneth Younger, Tinfoil 2.0 and ANJELINABANANA liked this
Doesn't stuff like that only show if you're following those people? EDIT Nevermind, I see where they @replied you. Either way, I can see how that would be annoying. I hope my Twitter stream never looks like that.
- Anika
from fftogo
Talking of which, there are indeed a few @replies missing from my stream on tweetdeck......
- Roberto Bonini
Try having a handle like @kenny - I get more crap directed at Kenny (Wallace, Chesney, Loggins, Rogers,etc) from people that don't know how to add underscores to their names. At least I'm not getting directly spammed though. Good luck with that one.
- Kenneth Younger
I might have bought my last iPhone. Here's why: http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009... Well, that and AT&T sucks. Dropping calls all the time now.
Stephen M. Otto, Kenneth Younger, wiredgnome and 60 other people liked this
still looks like the iPhone's ugly sister
- Roger Oldham
HTC Hero is the the one to keep an eye on. However AT&T will get this issues resolved, just going through growing pains with the recent success of the iPhone 3GS and other smartphones. I wouldn't leave just yet.
- Sloan Bowman
Looks like a nice phone !!!! but i do not think i will give up my iphone
- Aaron Thorn
Roger: it feels like 1993 to me. Remember that year? The Macintosh was WAY ahead of Windows. But here Google is catching up quickly thanks to having an ecosystem that's building Android in. It's the ecosystem that's getting me interested.
- Robert Scoble
I'm already looking for excuses to switch thanks to AT&T
- Jesse Stay
Well, that and the fact that AT&T is so bad.
- Robert Scoble
If you use Google services (like Gmail, calendar etc), using an Android device is a brilliant experience. Everything syncs. Check out the Hero. I'm waiting for the HTC 'lancaster' -- or, indeed, anything with a physical QWERTY keyboard.
- Ewan MacLeod
Robert since when do you base your choices on looks? What whats should be foremost what matters. Agreed?
- Sloan Bowman
is the iphone screen big enough to watch videos on it whilst, say, sitting on an exercise bike at the gym
- Mark
The Hero UI reminds me too much of Palm Pre, my girlfriend has the Pre and it's absolutely terrible. I don't see why so many people were excited about it.
- Colin Anawaty
Colin: Were is the keyword there ;-)
- Sloan Bowman
Until Android gains serious adoption by phone manufacturers (and app development community), Palm Pre nicely fills the gap, and Sprint's network for both calls and data have been stellar. Pre is great, by the way.
- JCunwired
At&T was the deal-breaker for me, but then I actually like my G1. Android app still lag well behind iPhone apps tho...
- Curtis Phillips
Trouble is that with GSM in the U.S. you have a choice of AT&T (bad) and T-Mobile (worse). We switched to Nokia E71 over a year ago and haven't looked back. Free tethering with JoikuSpot, too.
- Ward Mundy
Ryo: I agree the iPhone simply is a very limited device. I'm a huge Symbian fan but Android is my number 2 pick by a long shot. I don't care about appearance. I want power and freedom to get the job done. The iPhone simply can't stand with the others when it comes to that.
- Sloan Bowman
HTC can make anything look good
- Kashif Khan
Ryo: what happened in 1994? Windows NT. What happened in 1995? Windows 95. Game over, Microsoft took over from Apple's lead. Same is happening here.
- Robert Scoble
where does rim fit into this discussion?
- Tobias Lewsadder
I just want a android phone which has working 3g with AT&T. Just need Lancaster (Memphis) to come out
- Ryan
all the best apps and games are on Iphone though, not other platforms
- Mark
Patrik -- the apps will come-a-stormin' as people adopt.
- Ewan MacLeod
N97? Anyone? :)
- Holger Eilhard
Sloan: Symbian is dead. Sorry.
- Robert Scoble
N97 lacks native SIP.
- Ward Mundy
Robert: sure, that bit is interesting... be great if they focused a tiny bit more resource on the industrial design & UX tho'
- Roger Oldham
RIM is fine as long as it continues to have the best keyboard and Exchange integration. But I think long term it has problems too.
- Robert Scoble
Holger: have you actually used an N97? Sorry, isn't even in the game.
- Robert Scoble
Why Rob? business people always need to email and thats awesome with blackberry
- Mark
Pretty damning comment for poor Nokia!
- Ewan MacLeod
To me it's a Palm/iPhone/Android world now. The rest have to get on board (IE, compete!) or go away.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I was referring to your comments about the N97 a few months ago. :-)
- Holger Eilhard
really thinking about buying one. the fact that it doesn't have to be bought at one provider is rather nice.
- Pim de Groot
"Palm/iPhone/Android world"... certainly true in the U.S.
- Ward Mundy
Is Nokia's OS miles behind Apples?
- Mark
Looks nice. Love my iPhone I just wish I could get my MMS pictures without the dreaded Failure encountered during view message errors
- Matthew Noreen
in my consultingi have always pointed people towards the iphone for fun and personal use and the blackberry for business purposes. does the pre or any android based phone fit in the middle?
- Tobias Lewsadder
Re: Palm/iPhone/Android - No Sh!t - that is an understatement.
- Don Strickland
I've always wanted an iPhone, but have no AT&T coverage. Now that they've bought Alltel assets, they should be coming here, but are likely 2 years out. That leaves me with Verizon. Android also intrigues me, but until they get a device on Verizon, I'm still out of luck.
- Shawn Kirsch
Holger: I thought they woudl do a better job on the OS. I also didn't expect iPhone 3GS to come along or the Palm Pre to turn out as nice as it did. I also didn't expect that Google would be able to excite developers. All of which are bad trends for Nokia.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, I've been hoping for a critique on Pre and WebOS from you for some time. I know lots has been on your plate...
- JCunwired
Of course nokia if they were in this thread would say "we sell a zillion phones a day"
- Mark
Tobias: you're wrong there. iPhone works great for business too. The only question is whether you can get used to the optical keyboard. I type thousands of words a month on the iPhone. No RIM needed. Android, though, looks like it'll be my next phone, unless someone comes up with a game changer.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I was waiting for that and no my friend its far from it ;-) But you can think that if you would like.
- Sloan Bowman
Mark: yeah, and DOS was once #1 too. Who cares?
- Robert Scoble
I tend to think Motorola, or any would-be smartphone manufacturer without an OS, should get down on its knees and thank Google for Android. And I'm still not sure Palm survives, even post-Pre.
- John Craft
Mark: From a UI standpoint absolutely. From a feature standpoint its been years ahead for a long time. Yes its has its problems but I can do so much more with my Symbian phones than I can with my flashy iPhone 3GS. I'm not biased just being honest from my perspective.
- Sloan Bowman
I actually asked you if I should get an iphone yesterday Rob and you said I had to decide myself. It's such a hard thing though.
- Mark
Google crippled SIP in Google Voice. Waiting to see if they do the same thing with Android.
- Ward Mundy
Robert: Have you ever thought that Android could have use for business purposes too? That's something that I was oblivious to when Android first hit the market.
- wiredgnome
Mundy: Crippled as in how? I love my GV
- Sloan Bowman
Crippled as in can't make a connection to GV via SIP.
- Ward Mundy
Sloan: I have a lot of Nokia phones too and have been a Nokia fan for a while (they still do better video) but the market does not care about having a Zeiss lens or MMS. Who cares? I watch teenagers in UK. They only text. The bleeding edge users are on the iPhone and Android. Developers like: http://www.youtube.com/scoblei... NRU. That app was built for Android first, then ported to iPhone. You can't do THAT with your N97.
- Robert Scoble
Amir: I think Android is going to get lots of business users excited. Just like Windows did in 1995. Apple's risk is that they didn't learn from 1994.
- Robert Scoble
Oh I played with an N97 (the guy wanted to sell me one so I wouldn't go to the O2 store for an Iphone) he said it was just as good. It wasn't, and it felt like a piece of shit
- Mark
"Have you ever thought that Android could have use for business purposes too?" - Amir, see http://www.youtube.com/watch... . I have my G1 syncing to a Google Apps account, and given the costs associated with licensing and supporting Exchange, Android + Apps is a threat to Microsoft and RIM. Gmail's contacts format needs more work, though.
- John Craft
Never trust "the guy" lol...
- Colin
robert: what about bis/bes? arent those important in the business environment?
- Tobias Lewsadder
The Android Samsung Galaxy looks quite good, and unlocked, but still over 400€.
- Nils Sandin
Well he was a salesman in a rival store :D
- Mark
Mark: I thought it felt good when I first saw it, but they didn't redo the OS deeply enough and didn't make the Web really usable, like iPhone does. That's why iPhone is taking over. As people move from texting-only to understanding the web is important part of their mobile device they need something usable. Nokia isn't usable. Period.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Do you think Apple's mistake/risk in '94 will lead them to a different perspective on Android?
- wiredgnome
Android will revolutionise the enterprise because you can finally control the experience for the end-user. Imagine being able to take an HTC Hero and install a 'Citibank' approved and managed version of the Android OS.
- Ewan MacLeod
Yeah Rob, the problem is here in the UK, People like me don't want to CALL people anymore, we want to SMS people and we want to check Facebook on a nice browser on the phone.
- Mark
Robert: I hear you and trust me I know exactly what you mean. I'm amazed by the apps on my iPhone. I'm just trying to bring that into the Symbian world where its capable but has been neglected for so very long. I am able to share my life easily and with high quality with my Symbian devices. For me this is a powerful thing. You can do it on the iPhone but one app at a time ;-)
- Sloan Bowman
Amir: it doesn't look like it, because Apple is very secretive and very closed to outside innovation. But they do have the best developer platform out there (which shocks even the iPhone team internally). That's already one difference between 2010 and 1994. Apple pissed off developers back then and stopped focusing on them. Right now Apple is VERY focused on developers -- their ads show it.
- Robert Scoble
Discussions like this really show off the beauty of FriendFeed.
- Ward Mundy
God if Nokia came in this thread they could learn a thing or two from this one
- Mark
Amir: I think Android will overtake iPhone very soon if Apple doesn't change the way things are going. They are too closed about what they do and what they allow us developers to do. Its going to bite them.
- Sloan Bowman
Bingo!
- Ward Mundy
Mark: I wish they would. Doing my best to make sure that happens.
- Sloan Bowman
Nokia are reading, I guarantee it.
- Ewan MacLeod
Mark: Nokia doesn't care internally. THAT is the HUGE problem.
- Robert Scoble
Well they need to fucking care. I've played with their latest and greatest and its NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
- Mark
a game changer to me would be apple incorporating iwork into the iphone.
- Tobias Lewsadder
Mark: Nokia believes that having market share is all that matters, not in having OS leadership. They dropped the ball. I don't know if they will be able to find it again.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Correct. Do you think if Microsoft was in Apple's position [being oblivious to outside innovation] they [Microsoft] will be able to thrive like Apple did with the iPhone?
- wiredgnome
Robert - agreed. I had to give up my beloved iPhone because AT&T doesn't have service in my new home location. I even bought a cell booster to supposedly help but it didn't. No service at all but according to the AT&T coverage map, I'm in the "moderate" coverage area. Now I'm fighting the early contract cancellation due to no service. Sucks but I'm hearing a lot of AT&T coverage and dropped call issues lately. The woes of cell service and the electronic world - isn't it great?
- Sharon Dexter
Robert: Untrue, I know several people at Nokia that care immensely. They realize the problems but I don't think they have the expertise to see how to fix it yet. I know some very great minds are working on it.
- Sloan Bowman
Mark: now you are getting where I've been coming from for the past two years. There's a reason why I wait in line to buy iPhones when I get Nokia phones given to me to try.
- Robert Scoble
Sloan: well, Microsoft has the same problem. And, sorry, they don't communicate to the world that they care. They are arrogant and go on stage and poopoo the iPhone and Google. I was there in the audience when they announced the N97.
- Robert Scoble
And when people come to them and say they have a problem they hem and haw and don't admit they have a problem. I've heard this over and over from people who go to Nokia and meet with execs there.
- Robert Scoble
If they really thought they had a problem they would pull a Nokia and rebuild their OS from scratch. That's the only way they can solve this problem.
- Robert Scoble
Apostol: like I said, it's an iPhone/Palm/Android world until someone changes the game.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I had voiced this opinion as well, communication is key and they are getting better at it. Making a good presence on twitter and other networks with real people listening to real users.
- Sloan Bowman
But they paid good money for that OS.
- Ward Mundy
With RIM hanging on due to business users. Check this out: http://online.wsj.com/article...
- Robert Scoble
Sloan: nope, that won't help Nokia. I feel very happy with communication from Nokia. I get tons of devices to try. I get access to people. But the OS sucks and that won't stop being a problem. Nokia needs vision again and needs to ship a great product again.
- Robert Scoble
Nokia is just not the company i think about when i want a smartphone. they made good normal mobiles, but apple and HTC/android are the ones that pop into view when you want an internet phone.
- Pim de Groot
N97 just shows they finally caved to the providers.
- Ward Mundy
The last few statements in this conversation is why Microsoft, Nokia and Blackberry should pay close attention to Android and WebOS, because they will be taking market share from them. iPhone too, but theirs is more a carrier issue than device functionality.
- JCunwired
Apostol: What do you mean by that regarding the N97? What do you think is so bad about it?
- Sloan Bowman
What about screen size? I find the the screens on the iPod Touch too small already. Can't imagine having a smart phone with an even smaller screen. Will trend to bigger screens ever occur?
- Thomas Sheppard
Ward: just because you threw money down the toilet doesn't mean you should keep doing that. Palm learned that. Nokia will too.
- Robert Scoble
I'll take an open system any time over a closed one. And I think it sucks bigtime that Apple decides what carrier I use. It's a great piece if software, but it sucks as a mobile phone. Android and this Helios phone look promising.
- Alexander van Elsas
from iPhone
Couldn't be happier with E71. Over half my calls are SIP, and they're all free. All I need is WiFi.
- Ward Mundy
Thomas, there's a fine line between a phone and a portable media device. Any larger than iPhone and it gets to be a bit unwieldy as a pocketable device.
- JCunwired
Good lord, Robert, this is you and me agreeing here :)
- Ian Betteridge
The game will change I agree but to what direction is anybody guess now. If you want my opinion it won't be Apple that does it. I'm actually surprised you like the iPhone at all Robert. You seem to be a multitasking kinda guy to me. At least very heavy into communications.
- Sloan Bowman
If you do decide to bail on the iPhone I'd be interested in the switching cost (the effort it took to move to a different mobile OS) and what kind of non-obvious lock-ins exist on the iPhone.
- scott anderson
Apostol: It has a great battery IMO. I push mine very hard and it last all day no problem. Are we going to get into the battery war here? G1 iPhone are you serious?
- Sloan Bowman
I agree there has to be an optimal screen size but in education they are talking about mobile learning using these phones (Mobiglam being an example of an early system) and I can't see it working on any smaller screens.
- Thomas Sheppard
Apostol: No its not blazing by any means but for me it gets the job done and done well. I am able to communicate via email (personal, Exchange) Sync my google contacts live with Google Sync over Mfe. Have twitter open if needed, chat and last and entire day doing it. Not to mention document my life with my wonderful photos and videos and push them to the web without touching a computer.
- Sloan Bowman
Ward, the E71 is a bit of a "hidden gem". For anyone wanting a "BlackBerry-like" phone with a keyboard, it's a really, really sweet phone.
- Ian Betteridge
Ward: Right there with you. Google voice and Gizmo SIP make an powerful combination. Of course other SIP providers are just as well.
- Sloan Bowman
google has a great opportunity with the chrome os and android. their flawless integration, if done right could be HUGE!
- Tobias Lewsadder
Bottom line I don't disagree things don't need to change with Nokia but I do disagree when people say they are worthless. The communication power of a Symbian powered device are endless. But trust me I'm up for any platform that can offer this to me. If that is Android, iPhone then i'll support it.
- Sloan Bowman
Great discussion. Here are perspectives from a few developers that may show some chinks in the iPhone's armor: http://furbo.org/2009... http://www.marco.org/143265621
- Sterling Zumbrunn
The industry is about choice. Open choices are always the best door to enter so you don't get hit in the ass by a door closing.
- Sloan Bowman
I find the iPhone much easier to program for than Android as I only have to test on a small set of models -- Android is not so simple, especially with these new hybridizations of the operating system. I'm worried it'll become as painful as Windows programming. That said, Apple really needs to fix the App Store approval process.
- Raj Advani
Raj, that's true now, but will it be so in the future? Apple is likely to follow the same slow-diversification path for the iPhone as it did for the iPod, I suspect.
- Ian Betteridge
Sloan, I don't think anyone would disagree with you there. But the fact remains that both Nokia and Microsoft let the smartphone world pass them by in thinking that symbian and winmo were the OS of choice while others caught up (and surpassed). Unless and until this changes they will be worthless devices strictly within the context of smartphone useability and functionality.
- JCunwired
indeed, plus the 3gs and 3g have enough differences that there are 3gs only apps. But i agree with Raj overall the hardware specs are the same
- Kashif Khan
jcunwired: Agreed but clearly stating that its dead is dead wrong. People said Mac was dead too remember. Look at it now, all it takes is innovation and dedication and we will have a more rounded solution. Call me overly optimistic but I have faith the Symbian Foundation will change things. If i'm wrong I will be the first to admit it. Trust me I have plans for a HTC Hero in the palm of my hand the day they come out ;-) I bought the iPhone 3GS a couple of weeks ago and like it but wouldn't say I love it.
- Sloan Bowman
Prasson: Oh I promise you the next iPhone will probably be incredible as far as hardware goes. Surely they will include a flash, surely right.
- Sloan Bowman
Still looks like he has to touch the screen multiple times to get things to happen. Same problem with Windows Mobile phones.
- Jeremy Gollehon
My 3G used to hold a rock solid signal. My 3GS is horrible. 20% drop rates confirmed by Apple Genius - they have a tool that can tell. This is my second one, the first was unbearable. I suggest everyone make an appointment with the Genius bar or drop into AT&T this week. Overwhelm Apple and AT&T with the complaints and testing. Maybe (probably not) it will get their collective attention if they have to spend an entire week troubleshooting.
- chris tirpak
Unlocked N97, baby!
- Thom Kennon
Didn't you say that when the Pre came out too? I think you may have "Oh Look! Shiny!" disease...
- The original Kevin
would verizon be the right answer for the iphone. every verizon phone i have played with was so locked down. i remember comparing my wifes razr to my brothers who is on verizon. it was a totally different os. will verizon give apple and the iphone users the freedom needed for a revolutionry product like the iphone?
- Tobias Lewsadder
With competition, Android phones will soon cost less than $200 towards $100 UNLOCKED, which is the real advantage here..
- Charbax
Also, in theory, Android phones should be able to run VOIP and IM only, with absolutely no Voice and SMS contracts needed, but only a month by month pre-paid data only plan required.
- Charbax
You can already do that in the UK, with a Skype Phone on the 3 network. Skype-to-Skype calls are free once you're bought the phone - you don't even need a data plan.
- Ian Betteridge
After using Iphone(1st gen,3g and 3GS) for nearly two years, I feel no other phone can beat it in browsing the web and it is more of information output device than data input device. The touch keyboard is still very usable to type. I have not used any other smartphones but I feel they lack the smoothness of the Iphone UI. It is not multitasking but the process of going to other program...
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- Ashish
Ian Betteridge, the Skyping that you are talking about is fake. You still need a voice and SMS contract plan. VOIP should be VOIP, it should be located on the data plan. In Europe we can have $20 month-by-month pre-paid only data plans, with absolutely no contracts just perhaps a 10GB or 20GB monthly data usage limit.
- Charbax
Android UI is not only developed by Google, but is now developed by thousands of embedded Linux engineers in each of dozens of companies. So obviously Android UI should provide the best possible UI. Anyways, all smartphone UIs are the same. What matters now is freedom to do what you want with your phone, and the price of these devices can only be brought down by increased competition. Android only enables that.
- Charbax
Try supporting this on your iPhone... without paying AT&T through the nose: http://mundy.org/whereib
- Ward Mundy
Texas Instruments OMAP3, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Freescale i.MX51 or Nvidia Tegra all would have been 3-4x more powerful ARM based processors. So I'd much rather have an ARM Cortex A8 based device. Lots of Android phones are coming out in the next few months by many other manufacturers than only HTC and Samsung.
- Charbax
Awesome thread. I'm struggling to find one device that does all I want. I'm testing a bunch right now (fringe benefit). 3GS is probably the best overall. Tweetdeck for iPhone is the koolest app I've ever used. Palm Pre has a slick UI and does great with Office 07 attachements, but apps are limited & no good roaming package for me over in Asia + no tweetdeck (yet)...N97 is interesting.....
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- MarkHirsch
The iPhone is the best gadget I've had in a while but lately the AT&T service really sucks here in NY/NJ - it drops calls and email replies don't get received. Really getting ticked off with it.
- Sally Church
Golly gosh O'trousers Friendfeed is quieeeeet tonight
- Mark
AT&T really, truly sucks - big time.
- J.D. Deutschendorf
T-Mobile's pretty great, in my experience. I understand that varies greatly depending on where you are, however.
- Keith Bourgoin
You really can't go wrong with Verizon and a Blackberry.
- Bryan R. Adams
except for the blackberry part..
- Chris Heath
I haven't had many problems with the Blackberry. Push email (that works) is king.
- Bryan R. Adams
AT&T seems to be in meltdown re: providing, even voice bandwidth. i left them for Sprint, big improvement. I discovered that Sprint has a "free roaming deal" with Verizon so their footpints are the same.
- Steve Bell
I am so glad I saw this thread. I am going to check out the HTC Hero. Hope it has a release date soon in the US. My iphone 3G is good, but I want more w/o having to pay $400 to upgrade and get AT&T's service.
- Amani
@Scoble - I really, really, really want the HTC Hero but from what I understand it's 3G bands are the ones that AT&T uses in the US so the most recent speculation is that it will end up there. So you'd be stuck with Ma Bell still anyway. I wish this could have gone to US T-Mo, I'd be all over it.
- Bryan Zirkel
Hey Chaps, in the UK the Iphone has unlimited data plan built in monthly cost, the Hero has 500mb a MONTH plan built in. That's a 3 minute youtube video every day and a few emails.
- Mark
AT&T service is dropping calls almost everywhere now.
- wiredgnome
Realized the problem with too many phones around... blew one up today...Plugged the AC adapter for the mophie 3GS battery/case into a N97 since they for some reason have the same custom connector & poof.. blew the N97...
- MarkHirsch
Probably will stop me from buying my first iPhone
- Kenneth Younger
Who needs a Snuggie when you could have a couch dress? - http://www.pantalaine.com/couchdr...
J.D. Deutschendorf, david beckwith, Chieze Okoye and 38 other people liked this
Reshare from Eric Pratum. hahaha
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
Awesome. When company comes over you'll look nice AND they won't see the bon-bon stains on the sofa.
- Anika
Snuggie v.2.0
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
Wow.
- Lix
No zo, I think that's Snuggie Beta. Just basing that on the colors and price. This woman was an early adopter fo sho.
- Anika
ha. and only $349.
- edythe
Oh dear...that entire website. Made by the people who hate clothes. ROFL
- Anika
This is getting out of control.
- Derrick
Maybe we can get this for the lady in Zee's feed: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Steven Perez
Steven, I think this is too small for her.
- Anika
Oh my god its gloria! (Lock stock and two smoking barrels comes to mind)
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
Dysfunctional! Ok WAIT... the best part is here ... "Two flower Broaches included with each dress - choose from many of our popular designs"
- Susan Beebe
That's a definite awesome use of 3-4 weeks of your time to sew that! I'd so buy it.............. uh..... not.
- Shawn Whitmire
I thought we elected the “Hope” Obama, not the Jimmy Carter one - http://www.RexBlog.com/2009...
Kenneth Younger, Susan Beebe, jetkitjeff and 33 other people liked this
IMO, Obama is still talking down the economy because he doesn't want responsibility for it. He wants to be able to say "See how bad it is! It's not my fault. Don't blame me when it doesn't get any better." I think his trash talk to an unwitting admittion that he's in over his head and that's why the market is expressing no confidence in his leadership to get us of of this.
- Dawn
Okay folks. We don't live in the "Barney Everybody Wins World". The economy is screwed. Obama has had the wheel for a month. You can't fix 8+ years of Screw in 1 month. Even if we'd elected Jesus and Willy Wonka it still wouldn't be fixed. Now shut the hell up, quit trying to place blame and work together and let's fix it? Thank you. We all allowed this shit to happen.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Not sure it's really "screwed"...even Reuters today admitted that this is a "cyclical downturn". So stop talking down the economy, 'k?
- Craig Eddy
An overwhelming percentage of macro economic performance is confidence. Problems are caused by "real" issues, they are then magnified by lack of confidence. The economy will turn when confidence returns. Obama needs to start speaking confidently about the future. Right now it is just fear and indecision and more fear. I was hopeful when he won. Not so much now. He is saying and doing almost all the wrong things.
- Steve Olson
One reason I was depressed coming home from Davos is NO ONE has any answers, particularly any political leader or rich person. It's up to us to fix this sucker, folks. Obama doesn't have the ability to fix it alone. Dawn, the market is expressing no confidence because we all know this is totally screwed and there's not much anyone can do about it. We are in a very deep hole and have no idea how to get out.
- Robert Scoble
It's going to get waayyyy rougher. More bootstrapping and more home-based workers. I've seen a giant influx in people on my Virtual Assistant website - both wanting to hire and become a VA.
- Cheryl Allin
I don't take much credence in what Soros has to say.
- Craig Eddy
I tend to focus on the negative as well, because that's where the issues requiring thought and solutions are needed. Patting ourselves on the back could make us complacent. Of course, everything in moderation as obsessing over the negative could put one into a tailspin.
- coldbrew
I seriously doubt the markets run exclusively on happy thoughts alone. We probably also need pixie dust.
- Victor Ganata
There's over 20 years worth of rubbish valuations to come out of the market. There is over supply in just about everything. As people become more accepting of hard times they will use less and the over suppy problem will become worse. Obama didn't cause it, he's doing what he can to fix it, but the problems go a lot deeper than what most realise.
- Paul Sharrock
Chris, when it comes to the so called economic experts.. Well find the most pesimistic one you can.. That way they will be less wrong than most of the others...
- Paul Sharrock
Jimmy Carter, really, I was around for Jimmy Carter. The reason he won has because the country had was so sick of Watergate that the voted in a a "trusted" person with good values. And that is why he was a one term President. We elected Obama for radical change...and that is what we are getting.
- John Flynn
Also - it looks to me as though he's going as fast as he can. He's not a dictator - he has to work through other people.
- Robin Barooah
Unfortunatly, because all Government spending come out of the economy; all Government can to to improve the econmy is shrink. Fortunatly, the economy isn't "screwed" it's just wprking off problems like the housing bubble and the failure to reform Freddie and Fanny.
- Robert Hafer
What a wonderful world it would be if the pain could only be visited on the cynics
- David HC Soul
Why you should perhaps be very worried: talk is coming from the highest levels of the political establishment that we may be on the verge of economic and social collapse. These whisperings go far beyond anything that Obama has stated publicly in terms of pessimism. Why do you think it is that the government is gearing up its capabilities for imposing martial law? It has very little to do with "Islamic terrorism." The real threat is global economic meltdown and resulting social chaos.
- Sean McBride
If only the general public could watch the Zeitgeist movie...they'd get quite a shock. My step-son's college professor had his class watch Zeitgeist and was then scolded and told not to show it again. ugh.
- Cheryl Allin
Zeitgeist Addendum seems to scare the hell out of people--that's been my observation.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Sean: I heard that kind of talk too at Davos, not from Americans, but from other countries. If that happens not good. Already in China they are worried about social unrest because millions are without jobs.
- Robert Scoble
Educating. Period.
- Mona Nomura
Robert: Americans with the highest insider credentials -- higher than Obama -- have been making similar sounds -- Henry Paulson and Zbigniew Brzezinski, for instance. One certainly doesn't want to assume that the worst-case scenarios will occur, but one has to take into account that they might.
- Sean McBride
The main question: are we finally reaching the Big Crunch on the balance of global population, resources and pollution? Or can we innovate and engineer our way out of the problem? It's noble to be optimistic about the unlimited genius of the human species, but...
- Sean McBride
To the "Obama" is faking it faction-I guess Brown, on the other side of the pond, who has tried just about everything in the book (with some moderation) to no avail and is now going to bailout UK banks to the tune of $ 905 Billion and, it is rumoured, start running "the printing press" red hot; is faking the extent of the crisis too (so he can blame it on his predessor as well no doubt)
- David HC Soul
Sean, Robert, Chris, Spouting doom and gloom is just nonsense. It's violates everything we know about leadership. You don't tell people it's over even if you think it is. You motivate them to win even when you think the odds are against you. FDR (whose policies I disagree with) knew this and he was great leader. Yes the depression was bad, yes WW2 was bad, but he never once alluded to the idea that the dream was over and out of our control. Carter did that, and Obama is getting very close.
- Steve Olson
Steve -- what if the truth is that we are going to have radically reorganize our lives in order to be able to survive in a livable way? And this this reorganization is going to be painful? And that happy talk is just going to make the problem worse?
- Sean McBride
The derivative sword is hanging above our head. It is doubtful that it can removed before the thread is broken. Meanwhile the consumer side of the economy has it's own drivers and potential shocks. Then there is the straight banking, the foreign exchange, balance if trade .... Best not to have the admin admit the real extent of derivatve exposure while they try to unwind all the problems; all the rest need public change, support and work , and progress must be made on those fronts in the public view
- David HC Soul
My fear is that the Administration is using the old political tactic of using a crisis to push through an agenda. When we finally find out what all is in the Stimulus package we will know.
- Robert Hafer
Sean, It isn't about "Happy Talk." It's called leadership. Jimmy Carter tried this "America is over as we know it speech." It didn't work then and it won't work now. He needs to be more pragmatic than that. He needs to tell us we can make the difference. He needs to tell us we are not the cause but the solution. He needs to tell us the future is bright. He needs to tell us that the recovery lies in each one of us. In every new startup. In small business. He needs to tell us he can't do it without us.
- Steve Olson
Let me say I disagree with many of their policies but Clinton, Reagan, and FDR showed much more leadership early on than Obama has. I hope that changes. The premise of this article is right, IMHO. If Obama changed his message, I for one would be more likely to support him. Difficulties don't bother me, but I want to know we are going somewhere worth the effort. He hasn't laid that out.
- Steve Olson
Steve -- actually, Jimmy Carter exercised serious leadership when he insisted that it was urgent for Americans to give up their addiction to foreign oil and to develop alternative energy sources as soon as possible. But Americans -- and Republicans especially -- didn't listen and went merrily on their way, becoming more and more dependent on an energy source that is in increasingly...
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- Sean McBride
I don't think this is a "crisis" but a serious low in the business cycle. The people who say " the economy is broken" are either nay-sayers, fear-mongers or socialist that wish it was broken. The economy will recover, there will be some causalities along the way, not every institution will survive. The survivors will be stronger and, if you don't hoard gold coins and dehydrated food, you can participate in the recovery. Gov. policy will only shorten or lengthen the process.
- Robert Hafer
He's wearing the Jimmy Sweater now. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politic...
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I'll admit that my portfolio has taken a hit and there only a few stacks I'm ahead on (FXI being one of them oddly enough). But, if I were to dump everything now, paper losses would become real losses. If I had to retire on my present IRA, I would be screwed; if I had an IRA in stocks and been close to retirement, that would make me a fool. Constant negativity panics the weak and unsure and will hurt them in the long run. I know honesty is a lot to ask for from Government, especially a Chicago Politician :)
- Robert Hafer
Sean, "Jimmy Carter exercised serious leadership"... It ain't leadership when no one follows. BTW, I strongly disagree with your assessment about energy. Jimmy Carter was proven wrong. But Sean, I respect you and we are getting dangerously close to a "religious" argument here so I am going to let it go after this.;-)
- Steve Olson
Steve -- on what grounds do you disagree with me about energy policy? Are you aware that Russia now has Europe by the throat over energy policy? And that we are probably powerless to confront Iran in any meaningful way because of our dependence on foreign oil? And that increasing consumption of oil by China, India and other fast-developing nations is going to radically drive up the...
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- Sean McBride
The Dept. of Energy is most likely the best example of bad Carter policy, creating a huge new bureaucratic department that did nothing new, just to show he was "doing something"
- Robert Hafer
"29 Years Ago Jimmy Carter Tried to Fix Today's Energy Crisis" http://www.alternet.org/blogs...
- Sean McBride
"Carter Tried To Stop Bush's Energy Disasters - 28 Years Ago" http://www.commondreams.org/views05... "Consider President Jimmy Carter's April 18, 1977 speech. Since it was given nearly three decades ago, when many of the reporters in Bush's White House were children, it's understandable that they don't remember it. But it's inexcusable that Bush and the mainstream media (which,...
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- Sean McBride
"Analysts: New Era Of Chaos Has Taken Hold" http://www.infowars.net/article... "A wave of economists, investors and other financial experts issued a series of dire warnings concerning the global financial crisis over the weekend, stating that a new era of chaos has taken hold all over the globe. Some asserted that a total banking collapse has already occurred, while others said that the downturn is now the worst on record, far outstripping the great depression."
- Sean McBride
Remember capitulation? Seems that this is what it would look like... complete financial despair. Is this the bottom, or just a hole at the bottom of the pit..?
- Tim Ostler
Carter was a 1 term President whose policies lead to the election of Conservative Ronald Reagan. We'll have to wait for 2012 to see if the pattern is repeated.
- Robert Hafer
Carter hadn't formed his cabinet by the fourth week. Haters just want everyone to have a depression so they can be right.
- Phil Boiarski
@Chris, I don't think you can take the political out of the equation. While both sides (may) agree that there's a problem, both sides will have their own solutions. There's no way to have a non-political discussion about solutions unless one side abandons their beliefs and gives in whole-hog to the other side.
- Joey Gibson
Bill Clinton is such a political back seat driver. Notice he doesn't weigh in on the economic issues, just the rhetorical ones.
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Not just party affiliation, but economic philosophy, too. Conservative=Republican and Liberal=Democrat are no longer always true. The Dems ran a lot of Conservative for office in 2006 to win the majority and many Conservative are disappointed by the GOP. In fiscal matters, I'm a Conservative because supply-side has always worked.
- Robert Hafer
Chris, just before reading your post of "hope" I started a thread with the comment that I fear the current politcal dynamic will prevent the "two heads are better than one" dynamic (aka "Plato's Dialectic") from happening (but I sure hope that your hope is well placed as it is the only way to capture the opportunities lurking in the uncertainties we face)
- David HC Soul
While I agree that our president could be more inspiring and less technical, I think he needs to tell us the truth. The truth is that our economy has thrived on over-consumption for too long and it cannot continue. There is a fundamental flaw in the way our economy works. We cannot continue to create artificial need and frivolous spending.
- Bill
However, reducing taxes has always lead to a net increase in government revenue. If you cut taxes and just control spending, you can reduce debt. The problem lies in that people predict the income rate as if the change in tax rate will not affect the tax base. If you do, you get the false result of tax decreases increasing debt and tax increases increasing revenue.
- Robert Hafer
Chris, while we do spend a lot on defense, we spend more on social services. We spend money on guns, butter and pork. Federal income hit a record high under Bush the Younger; but spending could have been reduced by cutting pork (see earlier about GOP not being Conservative). Fighting the War on Terror didn't break the bank, poor fiscal policy from both parties did.
- Robert Hafer
Bush 41 set into motion a significant amount of the military cutbacks that Clinton gets credit/blame for.
- Charles Fenwick
If things continue as they are (and Obama hasn't been in power long, he could certainly change) I think we will see a Conservative (of both parties) backlash that will make 1994 look like a minor bump.
- Robert Hafer
i think obama is going to cop it. i just hope to god that if he doesn't survive a second term the evil one from canada doesnt get in..
- Terry O'Fee
The problem of no Conservatives goes back to the RNC and the "Country Club Republicans" culminating with the nomination of McCain, who is no Conservative. Surely after this last loss, the GOP will see the error of its ways and return to Conservatism. THe DNC may then see the handwriting on the wall and run their own Conservatives again.
- Robert Hafer
We'll check back in a couple of quarters, if you like, Scott.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I forget who said "most peoples historical perspective is limited to the day of their birth" but I'm afraid is true, and not just about the economy. FDR didn't have good policies, he had WWII.
- Robert Hafer
Mark: Do you take Scott's comment as taking responsibility for the economy in 150 days, or will we be trying to repair the damage for decades? And situational ethics, Scott? Save the sanctimony -- the dems are already digging a pretty deep hole.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
This is like a bad rendition of "Windmills of your mind".
- Oldengrey (Jay)
there are conservatives both sides of the fence....
- Terry O'Fee
Not ducking, Scott. You will only be able to coast on the campaign rhetoric so long. It's cool. I'm here for you, buddy.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
did you know obama is actually quite conservative religiously? a few people said during his college years he was like that..
- Terry O'Fee
Conservatives were complaining about Bush's spending too; you just didn't hear them. But, remember, the Bush tax cuts pulled us out of the 9/11 recession
- Robert Hafer
this has been coming for a long time, it's just catching up. i'm no bush supporter, there's better things and plenty of it to blame him for...
- Terry O'Fee
Scott's pulling out the Sharpie in the end zone. Awesome.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
In the last elecetion, there was no Conservative choise, just Liberal and Liberal-lite. All GOP victories were Conservatives.
- Robert Hafer
@ Mr. Hater, First, learn to spell. Second, spout all you want but realize you are not creating the most profound dialog when you spew stuff that sounds like it is being played back from a dozen echo chambers. Finally, OK we get it.
- Phil Boiarski
Frankly, I'm really not convinced that Keynesianism is all wrong (although certainly it's not all right), and the last eight years seem to demonstrate that monetary policy does not conquer all. Certainly the last 20 years demonstrate that trickle-down economics doesn't work.
- Victor Ganata
running from the camera blog : put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can. - http://runningfromcamera.blogspot.com/
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THIS...IS...EPIC...
- Johnny
pretty funny. got me to laugh
- Cee Bee
Ha
- RAPatton
Next: running behind camera thief photos
- Jemm
Love it, don't know why but I really do. Simple ideas are the best!
- Toby Graham
This is quality I am so going to try this out when I get a chance
- Joe Dawson
hhahahahaha.....I am probably in there
- Shevonne
fantastic! +1 internets!
- felix
Stop him, he's getting away!
- Pete D
Two seconds? I'd still be behind the camera. :D
- Steven Perez
Jemm +1
- Juan Pablo González
He doesn't seem to be getting any faster despite all the running.
- ronin
Sometimes showing a smiling face is not everything !!
- Jayavasanthan J
ROFL! This rules! New meme alert!
- rowlikeagirl
Haha I love this
- Rodfather
John, unless you have more practice than me, there's no way to undress in only 2 seconds, let alone start running!
- S of 2C
+++Perez. I would knock over the tripod trying to get running fast.
- Anika
I want to try this!
- Chieze Okoye
Outside of my new television, this is the most awesome thing I've seen today.
- Derrick
He had to have someone watching his tripod. I would try this but I fear someone would run the other way with my camera and tripod.
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
This is fantastic!
- Aaron Draczynski
I'm to fast for any camera, it would be just a flash...
- orionstarr
awesome!
- Gökmen Karasu
best idea EVA!!!!
- Charly
This is hilarious! Great idea and made me smile today!
- Ace
I'm doing this at the earliest possible opportunity.
- Vicarbott
I think some people have way too much spare time on their hands to dream up all this stuff... sounds like fun though.. .LOL
- Ian May
Reminds me of my favorite Shakepeare stage direction: Exeunt, pursued by a bear
- Ginger Makela Riker
PRICELESS...
- Kenneth Younger
This is awesome.
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
Unfortunately, if I tried this in my neighborhood, I would have NO CAMERA. I think I need a partner to make this work...
- Paula W
Quite awesome, I'm waiting for the falling over face first photo.
- Andrew Trinh
Totally love it!
- iTad
I've seen these before and thought it was hilarious. This seems like something that Tad would really get into... except he'd make me take the picture while he's running... of course then I wouldn't tell him when 2 seconds was up (and he'd just keep running, I think... now THAT would be funny).
- Lindsay
would be fun to try it backwards esp if one falls down on occasion
- tarafireball
Awesome..
- Moses Kpetigo
Cool concept. And Dutch! Hurray for the Dutch! I thought I recognized my city (Rotterdam).
- TobiasVerhoog.com
Netflix CEO alludes to streaming-only pricing by next year - http://www.engadgethd.com/2009...
Kenneth Younger, Michael Molinar, Valley and 7 other people liked this
"Considering that we've already heard whispers of price premiums for streaming content, we suppose rumors of a dedicated streaming tier aren't that far fetched. In a recent report from Bloomberg, Netflix Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings was quoted as saying that by 2010 (that's next year, y'all), consumers may be able to opt for a streaming-only package that would provide access to Watch Instantly content alone. Reed realizes that in order to maintain its current level of success, it has to "nail" the streaming aspect. No doubt, we certainly envision the streaming portion becoming more popular in the coming years, particularly if it can strong-arm studios into providing new releases for download. Sadly, he didn't talk pricing, but Netflix never has been one to gouge its subscribers, and we get the feeling it wouldn't just start on a whim in 2010."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
yup its only a matter of time. what they will need to provide in order for this to take off is offer up new releases and beef up their catalog on this end.
- Carlos Ayala
I'm going to have to look into this. What are the options you need to stream. I know you can do it via Xbox360, but if you don't have one, what can you use? And how's the quality for HD television sets? At least 720p?
- Derrick
i use my PS3. PlayOn provides the connect to Netflix and Hulu.
- Carlos Ayala
The Roku is a standalone Netflix player: http://roku.com It supports up to 1080p, and the quality of the picture is heavily dependent on your download speed. Need at least a 6-8mbps connection to get full quality video.
- Mark Trapp
The Roku player is your other immediate option. And also a couple of bluray players too.
- Carlos Ayala
the netflix HD streams are 720p. You can also get them via TiVo, or as Carlos said, a few Blu-ray players. LG and Samsung both have their newer models with streaming built in dropping soon.
- Richard Lawler
Oh snap, I have a PS3. I've been using it as my blu-ray player. I'll look into PlayOn. Thanks.
- Derrick
Congrats, Des Moines, IA #dmtweetup - http://dmjuice.desmoinesregister.com/article... - but I'm NOT a Web superstar, I'm just a geek.
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WWDD?
- Mona Nomura
Oh your're too modest :-)
- andy brudtkuhl
@stretta you should come back! We'd love you have you return
- andy brudtkuhl
So how important is a Facebook account anyway?
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Definitely for most, less valuable than a Twitter account. Again, for most.
- wiredgnome
Quiet important for me... but I more on twitter ;)
- PIPSGuy
IMHO this is the wrong demo to ask. There are more Facebook users than Twitter users.
- Jorge Escobar
It depends on what you use it for. I could close mine tomorrow, and not really miss it. It's a secondary thing for me. I've been online so long, I've always traded email addresses with people first, and still do, if I wish to remain in contact.
- Ian May
I'm with Glen. My real life friends are on Facebook. People I will go out and have a beer with. People with whom I feel comfortable sharing my phone number and address. I can't say that about a single other website.
- Andrew
It's great for connecting with your real-life friends, but not quite as good for reaching a wider-range audience like you can do with Twitter.
- Jonathan Brown
from twhirl
I don't understand why everyone is freaking out - I can probably locate the same info on a person via google as what FB 'owns' now. Plus, all of these EULA are subject to legal review once a case hits. Last, how many people read the EULA for games, software, email, and everything else. Google owns more of your data than most know
- John Head
from twhirl
I've been online over 20 years, back when it was JUST email, so I guess that's why I've always given it more importance. It's still the thing I ask now. "want to meet up for a beer next week? Here's my email address".
- Ian May
LOL> I was muttering to my wife about friend suggestion, as it keeps suggesting people I don't know. They're often in my city, but there's 250K in the metro area, dunno how many on FB.
- Ian May
Amir H. I'd be much more inconvenienced to not have Twitter than FB. Twitter is so quick and seamless between desktop and mobile
- Ian May
FB is as important to me as those discount cards that you get from stores you don't frequent.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
The answer to that question should be a wake-up call to people who are so deeply entrenched in a closed service that doesn't respect users' rights and interests... The Hotel Facebook... You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Having a Facebook is not "as important as your personal brand on the internet." Does my facebook even show up in Google? It's too closed to be that powerful in building your presence. Also, nobody can impersonate you very well unless you're half-assed with your social engagement.
- Rah-PM 2012
The only reason I have a FB account is to communicate with my employees. Its about the only messaging system they notice.
- ThePicMan
How important are any of these accounts, really? It's a controlled simulacrum.
- deusdiabolus
It all depends on where the people who you socially network with are. If they are on Facebook very important but if they are not then it's not that important
- Rob Cairns
I do not have the FB account. I always viewed FB as "gated community". I don't see it important... as of yet :)
- Nilesh
How important? Almost all my university friends are there, almost all my highschool friends are there, many work collegues are there. It's important.
- Richard A.
It's true. Facebook is more interactive in most ways than Twitter, making it a better place to connect w/ friends.
- wiredgnome
FB and Twitter have generation gaps. Twitter is preferred by people that want to say it or comment and get on with it. This includes 30 somethings and older folks. Younger people and people that see FB as the home page and have time or want to spent time filling it with there stuff. They both service different needs and I cant tell you which will last longer in either. The fact that twitter is easier to block/hide spamers and ads also appeals to some people as well.
- walterh
However, it generally depends on how you use social networking and you views on social media.
- wiredgnome
Facebook will last longer, it's a portal type website. With Twitter you can't even finish a thought without running out of characters.
- Richard A.
my facebook account is extremely important because it's the #1 way that I stay connected to my friends online
- Rajiv Doshi
IMHO Facebook is important for me too because the general population of the Internet (& friends) lean toward FB.
- wiredgnome
Facebook is for people with time to kill. I find it requires way more of mine than I'm willing to give. That's why I prefer Twitter anf Friendfeed which fit into MY lifestyle rather than make me fit into theirs, as Facebook does.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
After taking a closer look at Facebook's terms of use I am not so sure about its prominence in my online space. The terms go too far and that has implications for my content everywhere. I published a post with my analysis of the problematic terms here: http://webtechlaw.com/what-fa...
- Paul Jacobson
from twhirl
Paul Jacobson: Yes. To much controversey leads me to believe that my privacy is at risk. W/ Twitter privacy becomes less of an issue.
- wiredgnome
The reason for the existence of my FB account is because that's where my friends are.
- wiredgnome
Atleast w/ Twitter I don't have to regard its terms of use before posting content.
- wiredgnome
as much or as little as you put into it
- The Real sofarsoShawn
FB is the #1 way I stay connected online with most of my less tech saavy friends, family & colleagues. In addition to being a virtual HS & long lost friend reunion.
- Victor
I could live without Facebook quite happily.
- Kol Tregaskes
I found I could live without Facebook after 24 hrs of using it some years ago. Promptly deleted.
- ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ
from Friend Deck
I laugh as I say this, yeah but you're not a recent graduate and it's frustrating for you to use facebook none of your generation are there ;-)
- Richard A.
I hate facebook. Use it only to keep up with "old" friends. But it makes me feel retrospective and filthy....and not in a good way.
- Paul Greer
I don;t like facebook and don't go on there too much. Wish everyone would leave facebook and join other social networks.
- Luke Addison
from twhirl
It would be important if it were the only site I checked but I am active across many sites across the Internet :)
- Joe Dawson
So you wish you'd have to surf to twenty websites rather than just one?
- Richard A.
For all those who use Facebook as a way to connect with people they lost contact with, isn't the key to that being as high up the google results as possible? I've never used facebook and do just fine. If I don't know people now, there is a reason for it and don't wanna get poked by them, or any of that rubbish.
- Dom Barnes
To me not very important. I keep in contact with close friends in other ways.The worst is that I opened an account and within days I was invited by a couple of people I knew years ago. I don't know why they were searching for me anyway. If we have not been in touch for years there must be reasons. I just don't see the point.
- M F
Whether or not it is important really is up to you in the end. I have another opinion on some of these social networks and sign-up more than anything for security reasons. Even If I don' t participate much, at least I' ve blocked a profile for myself and can ensure (to some extent) that I am avoiding identity theft through those services.
- Thomas V. Fischer
from twhirl
Like many others here, Facebook is mostly for the people I've met in person: friends from school, work, etc. Most of them do NOT have Twitter accounts. For me, Twitter is a great way to interact online with people who share similar interests but I'm likely to never meet.
- Herb Hernandez
I don't have many friends, but I have lots of folks who follow my blogs and tweets. That is why I use Friendfeed. I don't even have a Facebook account.
- Jim Corkrum
Very important to be since all my college and high school friends are on it. They don't really get this Twitter thing. :(
- Daynah
I wouldn't lose any sleep if Facebook went away tomorrow. I don't find it especially valuable.
- Thomas Hawk
I only have an account so I can run Facebook ads... I find little to no value. Even the ads have a very poor CTR%
- andy brudtkuhl
It's been handy for connecting w/ family and some friends, but it's nothing I would lament losing.
- JA Castillo
How do you delete or get your Facebook account deleted? (I don't mean deactivated)
- Paul Grav
I agree....Twitter account is more important.
- John Flynn
twitter is getting bigger every day
- Street season
I've actually just de-activated my Facebook - really can't be bothered with it anymore - got a lot more new sites/socail networks to work on. Facebook is becoming old IMHO!
- Luke Addison
from twhirl
I just post to it through ping.fm - love my twitter and tumblr and now blip!
- Pop Art Diva
One less site for ping.fm to update?
- Mattb4rd
Not very. I can go months without looking at it. Maybe if the interface didn't completely blow.
- Anika
Another colossal waste of time
- Alan Morris
Demographic breakdown of Social Media Sites by sex and age - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UzvQ1q...
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"Interesting stats."
- Kol Tregaskes
what are your data sources and time?
- Peter Dante Fasano
Parties or church? - http://levite.wordpress.com/2009...
Kenneth Younger liked this
Ever wanted to explore religion thoughtfully? Any book Jon recommends will rock.
- Chris Brogan
web:)
- Igor Poltavskiy
Twitter OAuth Spotted in the Wild - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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Text Editors: Mozilla Bespin Is a Killer Web-Based Text Editor - http://lifehacker.com/5152999...
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"The folks behind Firefox have unveiled a new project today called Bespin, an extensible, web-based text editor that lives in the cloud. At first blush, Bespin may not seem all that special—after all, web-based word processors are a dime a dozen these days. But Bespin isn't just another word processor. Primarily, Bespin is a text editor—the kind you'd use for editing code or managing text-based todos. Using Bespin, developers could collaborate on projects through a unified interface (that still supports plugins!) no matter where they are—so long as they've got a browser."
- Anthony K. Valley ©
from Bookmarklet
Covered Wagons: When Paint Just Ain't Good Enough - http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009...
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"Want to dress your ride to impress? We've got you covered... or at least, these car owners do. When a factory paint job doesn't rev your engine, a little creativity can attract a lot of attention. Start with a whole bunch of keys from used keyboards:"
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
whoa.
- Derrick
gik
- AJ Batac :)
DO WANT
- Chris Charabaruk
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
haha crazy.. who really has that much time?
- andy brudtkuhl
do u have to key in a password to start it ? /:)
- Raju
Changing the license of some of my Flickr photos to Creative Commons
Kenneth Younger, Hutch Carpenter, Sparky, lurking and 6 other people liked this
Any specific reason why?
- Derek Coward
I just felt like giving back to the community. I've used many CC Flickr photos and they've saved me from having to purchase stock photos.
- Shey
I need to look into that. Maybe consult with Thomas Hawk and Håkan to get their take on it.
- Derrick
i wonder what my pictures are? i assume CC
- andy brudtkuhl
By default they are All Rights Reserved
- Shey
“Social Media Consultant” Backlash - http://getanewbrowser.com/2009...
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and here comes the twitter backlash on me... that's what i get for writing about controversial topics
- andy brudtkuhl
should learn to keep my thoughts to myself and blog about boring stuff like twitter analytics :-)
- andy brudtkuhl
Nope, don't be boring - you remember what they say about opinions...
- Cheryl Allin
What is funny is how I know someone that claims to be both a "social media expert" and an "email expert". He was the first dimwit I thought of when I read that line. He has a website that looks like a bad ebay ad and up until last month, for $97 he would sell you other people's books and a load of bull he wrote about how to get your stuff on the front page of digg. But now he's selling subscriptions to his bull, for $27/month ($11 goes to his own "non-profit" to help families in foreclosure).
- April
@April Haha that's the kind of guy we tell people to stay away from.. I am working on a post now on how to sift thru the madness to find the *real* experts
- andy brudtkuhl
get yourself a disqus account and hook it up to SocialWhois so I can send you a message there. I'd love to give you a link to this clown's site, but not here.
- April
iPhoto's Faces Recognizes Cats - http://75.101.183.223/rd...
Kenneth Younger, stretta, andy brudtkuhl and 8 other people liked this
zomg apple is totally cat biased.
- Veronica
Will the use of iPhoto's face recognition become a new meme?
- Mike Nayyar
Hilarious.
- Ari Braginsky
On the last macbreak weekly, one of the guys told IJustine, it recognized their dog's face
- Fee501st
Matthew demonstrates the proper I/O architecture for today's next-gen deployments.
Anang Nugroho, cybell01, mjc and 111 other people liked this
Don't you hate it when they decide to output through their input?
- Bryce Roney
Sarah is off to the side rolling her eyes at her brother. :)
- Yolanda
Bryce, I think that's a buffer overflow. :)
- mikepk
your twins have the best shirts!! ha ha
- Sarah Perez
everybody poops.
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
I lol'd at that shirt, awesome :)
- Mo Kargas
Thinkgeek? I love thinkgeek!
- David Knight
The shirt, and MANY of their clothes are from a product manager at the office who was very generous. As for Sarah, she was rolling on the floor from the living room to our room and was 5 feet to the left, so Yolanda was mostly right.
- Louis Gray
Kristine has THE BEST taste in shirts.
- Mona Nomura
Remember - and I made a similar point on LinkedIn today - internal processes are important. If one's internal processes are not optimized, then the output will be deficient. Though I should also acknowledge the "garbage in, garbage out" theory that makes us pay attention to quality input.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
I just bought one of these for my nephew.
- Steven Perez
Best baby shirt ever
- Keith - @tsudo
brilliant
- Alihan ÇETİN
cool! :)
- Volkan Yılmaz
What about the productivity then :)
- Burcu Tüzün
LOL! Ontario :)
- Nicola Quinn
First copy/paste, now this...Louis, you HAVE TO find a way to produce and sell these :) The t-shirts are great, the models are far cute...
- Olcayto Cengiz
So cute!
- Neya
Geek in the making.
- Roberto Bonini
I've been calling our daughter 'Our Little FIFO Module'.
- Akiva
Right now my little one has a stomach bug so it is LIFO around here.
- Martha
The Ugliest Facebook Profile You Will Ever See! - http://www.facebook.com/badge...
Dudu Bekel, Kenneth Younger, siavash and 26 other people liked this
nice one :)
- Rahul Das
ouch! lol
- Veronica
heh!
- Orli Yakuel
srsly got me for a second!
- Jay
oops... :-\
- Лёша
got me too...pretty slick
- Don Martelli
from twhirl
i don't knoe bout you, i'm getting a beauty :-)
- Majento
for once Orli I do not agree with you I like very much this profile :)))) thanks for this I will forward it...
- Stephane Zibi
from twhirl
I've been Me-Rolled
- ThePicMan
:)
- mhmazidi
lol, that's mean !
- Imran Hussain
that is absolutely kickass stuff. I clicked atleast 20 times to see some other face. I then thought my face was all over the internet. And then I read the comments on Digg. And man I still cant stop laughing. Its one of the best pranks I have seen
- Sidharth Dassani
Direct link to digg: http://digg.com/comedy...
- Orli Yakuel
I thought someone had chosen my face too lol!
- Gavin
holy shit WTF
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Hilarious...that one second before you realize the joke is absolutely painful.
- Angel Smith
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Microsoft Data Center Coming to Iowa | Get A New Browser - http://getanewbrowser.com/2008...
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Microsoft could be making a $500 million dollar investment in an Iowa data center facility...
- andy brudtkuhl
Micro-Consulting - An A La Carte Consulting Model - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
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what do you think about the model?
- andy brudtkuhl
I think it has GREAT potential. I need to think more thoroughly about it from a costing and valuation perspective - I just have never even contemplated the idea. Kudos on the innovation. It might take a while to catch on, but remember, if your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats!
- Kenneth Younger
This is definitely an interesting concept. I hope it works out for you! Anyone else doing something similar?
- Nathaniel Payne
someone is doing something solely thru twitter. Haven't read much else as I was doing my research
- andy brudtkuhl
Does anyone wish Pandora had more social features so you can easily find out who else likes your music, and what else they like?
Kenneth Younger, Adam Cohen and Kevin Johnson liked this
that's what Last.FM if for
- andy brudtkuhl
LastFM has those types of features; Pandora is more black box. I'm not so interested in finding others who have similar tastes as "friends" but do like to listen to "neighbor radio" on Last FM to discover similar types of music that my musical peers like.
- Barry Graubart
from twhirl
last.fm rocks. Streaming it right now.
- matt ceniceros
No, I have to much invested in Pandora, I've "trained" a few stations already
- Jeremiah Owyang
last.fm is the way to go, especially now with the new api. Pandora seems just so limiting
- Alan Le
Pandora.FM scrobbles to last.fm as you listen to Pandora. I haven't tried it yet. http://pandorafm.real-ity.com/login...
- Jason Wehmhoener
Yeah, I really like their desktop client, but LastFM does seem to be more socially integrate-able.
- Kenneth Younger
The five C’s of social media. - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
Kenneth Younger, Kevin Johnson, Atul Arora and Mike Fruchter liked this
Is there or isn't there an easy way to "friend back" the folks subscribed to me on FF? Can't find it. Arrrrgh.
Kenneth Younger, Mathew A. Koeneker, Jeremy Toeman and 5 other people liked this
No perfect way. You can either keep getting the e-mail notifications and friend them back, or you can see those subscribed and add one by one. While that's tedious, I'd suggest that the FriendFeed relationship is not like Twitter. There's no need to 1:1 follow the way you use Twitter today. Instead, follow those who engage on your items after viewing their feeds and seeing if they will add value to you. There's no statistics race. It's about doing the right thing. :-)
- Louis Gray
Thanks, Louis. I stopped getting the messages sent. Guess I'll pay attention a bit at a time. : )
- Chris Brogan
yeah, I need something easier too. Going through all the subscribers there is no easy way to find out if you already follow back, etc. GRRRR
- Erin @queenofspain
agree w/ louis chris, because of the "friend of" feature you end up getting a lot more flow than your actual number of following folks, i'm at about a 1/3 of my twitter numbers and scaling slowly by design
- mike "glemak" dunn
Agree with Louis...it is about finding the right thing.
- kamla bhatt
Yep, gotta throw in on this one. I'm much more careful about who I'm subbing to here. Louis is correct, FF is different. On Twitter I felt I had to follow back, and I'm sure others I followed felt the same. Result...corrupted "followers" list. No longer. The streams here are richer and I'm more apt to linger n contribute to discussions. I can only do that if I'm tracking streams I'm more sure I'll find interesting. Flip side, also. If you browse my stream and don't find da goods I don't wanna be noise to u.
- Jim Stanger
Why would you want to do that? IMHO, that makes about as much sense as it does in real life ;-) ("Oh, he likes me? I think I'll automatically like him!"). There are times and services that merit NOT automatically reciprocating, and I think Friendfeed is definitely among them. Wouldn't you at least want to see if the other person is as interesting to you as vice versa? :)
- Adam Lasnik
I use the same criteria to determine whom I follow on both FriendFeed and Twitter; if the feed is in English, and looks interesting, I'll follow. Regarding followers, I get the emails and go from there. However, this is time-consuming even with my few new followers.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
They should definitely build this, as well as a simple way to review the list and subscribe manually. AND a way to 'remind' your actual friends that you've subscribed to that you are there too!
- Jeremy Toeman
Someone ought to be able to whip up a bookmarklet or greasemonkey script to handle this for you...
- Tanath
Building a Software Company: How to sell your software for $20,000 - http://nukemanbill.blogspot.com/2008...
Kenneth Younger, andy brudtkuhl, Chris Ridenour and 3 other people liked this
Why would you want to give software away when you can sell it?
- andy brudtkuhl
hm... tough question. ooh got it! To Make Money!
- andy brudtkuhl
Should Friendfeed have a private messaging system like FB, Twitter, et al?
Marco Castellani, Marcos Marado, Robert Fischer and 44 other people liked this
I think so. Taking conversations private is a great way to further a business relationship. A DM on Twitter is often a much better communication method than a public posting
- Jim Duncan
from Alert Thingy
I think that would be great, I use DM frequently and would love it on FF :-)
- Maria Reyes-McDavis
from twhirl
That would be supercool.
- Brian Carter
I'll be the dissenting voice and argue that we don't need yet another walled messaging system. Is something wrong with existing systems? Why not something open and interoperable. E-mail, anyone?
- Aaron B. Hockley
Greasemonkey has a firefox script that allows you to tweet from inside ff. Here: http://internetducttape.com/2008...
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I'm all for it.
- Chris Rossini
YES
- Jeremy Toeman
Perhaps use what's already there - some kind of ad-hoc private room that exists for the duration of the conversation.
- Colin Walker
from fftogo
FriendFeed already allows you to add a google talk account, though I'm not sure what updates it shows (maybe status?). Rather than building another messaging system, what about allowing adding other IM services and having FriendFeed provide a gateway to directly contact someone on whatever their preferred service is? (Users would probably have to prioritize their accounts, and there would be some need for the reverse path to be traversed but those could be dealt with...)
- Andy Tinkham
from twhirl
Yes, so people joining my feed and I can message each other, and so we don't have to toggle back and forth between FriendFeed discussions and other socnets to send private msgs. If FriendFeed just added private messages and a profile feature, it would be really helpful and would keep people here. That may be one reason why some people don't like FF. Being able to add a photo to profile would be good, too.
- Cathryn Hrudicka
I would prefer a profile where I could post e-mail and instant messaging addresses. I do not want FriendFeed to become yet another inbox to check.
- Robert Seidman
I also dont need another inbox added on top of all the others.
- Andru Edwards
Why not a profile where you can say how you want to be contacted? An internal message via FriendFeed could be one option, for those young'uns that don't use email.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
I am with Andru, I don't need another inbox to keep up with.
- brian junyor
definitely don't need another inbox. something over xmpp would be lovely so that I can just route it to Google Talk
- Jamie
no featuritis pls
- Wolfgang Luenenbuerger
from twhirl
The solution is very easy. Hook up XMPP to Google Talk so we can have instant messaging. Hook up email to Gmail so we can all message each other with a robust messaging system. Please do NOT add another lame messaging service like the one that Facebook and Twitter have. Thank you!
- Robert Scoble
Definitely.
- Matthew Vaughan
I use google chatback quite heavily across my blogs, and it's great: plus, it takes your status updates from gmail, so you can choose when you'd like to interact with others - if this sort of app was on FF, I'd certainly use it
- Iain Baker
I agree with Scoble. No bacn. Give me ham via IM.
- Steve Rubel
No no no, this is open social. Not close circuit...
- Håkan Dahlström
First comes IM support, then we'll want to use to read email, then we'll be considering as a replacement for emacs...
- Kevin Johnson
NO THANK YOU...unless there's an option to turn it off.
- Mona Nomura
I agree with Scoble as well. I have completely disabled the Facebook chat and would probably to the same with FF. A connection to Google Talk is the way to go...
- Justin Korn
I think you should be able to do @ responses to Rooms only, not on main posts
- Justin
yes.
- Thomas Hawk
Oh yes, that would be great!
- Mirko
Yes, a direct message API would really help me move my fledgling Twitter app.
- Andy Murdoch
I'll join the chorus and say yes to DM to gmail, gtalk or within Twhirl. I don't always use the web interface.
- Larry Kless
Yes! Some people on FF don't connect a Twitter account or any e-mail. I rather not "comment on some random item in the feed" when sending them a message.
- Mitchell Tsai
Yes 100%
- Mike Fruchter
That would be nice, but moderated use of it is advised... say, if this is implemented along with a block feature... Plus I do not want to have sevral email boxes to check, one is already too much :)
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
I would like to see a messaging system - doesn't have to be private. Maybe just a Twitter like timeline on the right side of the screen would do. It would have to be separate from the rest of my feed - otherwise the time line would get thrown off.
- Frederic
Absolutely
- Christian Burns
Never missed not having one, so no
- Deepak Singh
How about a simple "E-mail this member" form? So if someone on FriendFeed wants to drop me a note AND I have not disabled the "Allow members to e-mail me," I'll receive that person's note in my (regular!) e-mail box and can choose to reply or not reply.
- Adam Lasnik
ooo... or on a related note, FriendFeed could have two e-mail addresses... one private (for us mailing stuff to our feeds) and one public (for forwarding mail to our registered address), e.g., thatadamguy-rhq4h@friendfeed.com, with the latter part being there (and changeable) to prevent FriendFeed dictionary spamming.
- Adam Lasnik
i agree with many points made here, i dont want yet-another-mail-box, please hook it up with other services in my weblife, (like you already do)
- Ruben Llibre
Yes, it should.
- Rubin Sfadj
yes please
- Marcos Marado
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