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David published photos on Flickr

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oh - ich hoffe das war kein Webmotag? Hab ich was verpasst? - Alexander Kohlhofer

Scott Schmitt posted a message

“Twitter is down! What am I going to do with myself?”

4 hours ago - via Ping.fm - Link

work ma boy! - Alexander Kohlhofer

Apps: Alexander Kohlhofer posted a link

Yourcloud.info

8 hours ago - Link

Susan Beebe, Ontario Emperor, Morton Fox and 6 other people liked this

Yourcloud.info simply aggregates and reveals information that is out there and visible on public pages. - Alexander Kohlhofer

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e.g. busy Zee's profile: http://bloat.me/fQdu or mine: http://bloat.me/ltVf (your millage might vary) - Alexander Kohlhofer

lol, really interesting Alex - very cool. But yo, what does it mean by my twitter "contacts"? - Zee from WeDoCreative

I gather you do not use twitter, then? The internet knows stuff but clearly it can get stuff wrong occasionally :) Try run it with a different url of yours. I used your friendfeed url. - Alexander Kohlhofer

interesting! - Nikos Anagnostou

Lol, of course i use twitter...but are the 'contacts' meant to be my followers or people i'm following? - Zee from WeDoCreative

It shows relations expressed by XFN (rel="contact friend etc..") found on the net. Errr ... with huge numbers like yours I am frankly not entirely sure. Just launched and all :) - Alexander Kohlhofer

While it suggests Twitter and Flickr URLs, FriendFeed URLs yield interesting results (at least in my case) http://yourcloud.info/results?... - Ontario Emperor

very cool, thanks! Now if I could just synch up contacts across numerous SocNet apps! - Susan Beebe

We got a few exciting features planed to support portability. And it should work for any personal url. FF works just like Twitter or Flickr. - Alexander Kohlhofer

didn't find it very accurate...missed the number of tweeple followers by about 1,000...maybe I am missing something? - Jean Ann Van Krevelen

James Tindall posted a message

“So Friendfeed have changed the html outputted by the embedable widget without any warning! This has broken things on my site. Would it not have been better to release a new version of the widget and allow people to opt in to usig the new one gradually?”

12 hours ago - Link

flickr photo post titles have been completely removed in friendfeed stream, images are now wrapped in same nasty table markup - the naming of classes is not great (take a look at the hatom microformat why don't you?) and the timestamp is now just loose text in an info element along with the comment button with nothing to identify it for styling or parsing at all. None of this makes sense to me and certainly feels like a regression rather than improvments. - James Tindall

I would not have even noticed! It looks slightly different on my site, too. Not enough for me to fix it though (for now). - Alexander Kohlhofer

I should have just used the api and written custom code rather than hacking the widget and will do so now i think - still not good to change the output of a widget without some warning or options for the users I feel. - James Tindall

To clarify - the html changes were significant not just little tweaks - elements were removed, some elements were moved around and placed in completely different places in the DOM, class names were removed and changed - so any custom css written for the widget will now need re-writing. - James Tindall

Alexander Kohlhofer bookmarked a page on delicious

Flickr Developer Blog » The Shape of Alpha

yesterday at 5:16 am - Link

This is an awesome use of mass data revelaing something hidden: The perceived shape of geography. How cool it that! - Alexander Kohlhofer

Alexander Kohlhofer commented on a blog post on Backtype

Obama needs a more modern office.

Saturday at 2:34 pm - Link

♫ Rahsheen™ liked this

"Considering how superbly run his campaign was I doubt this setting was chosen without reason. He won on the topic of change (And I am so glad he did) with a large margin. But there are people who did not go for that and so now, that he is elected, he needs to bring them over. A conservative appearance might help them to not resent but accept and maybe embrace. Or it is all bogus. Who knows... :)" - Alexander Kohlhofer

Chris Messina posted a link

Zuckerberg’s Law of Information Sharing (NYTimes.com)

Friday at 5:29 am - via Mento - Link

Gregory R, Chris Farrugia, Mike Reynolds and 5 other people liked this

"“I would expect that next year, people will share twice as much information as they share this year, and next year, they will be sharing twice as much as they did the year before,” he said. “That means that people are using Facebook, and the applications and the ecosystem, more and more.” Call it Zuckerberg’s Law." - Chris Messina via Mento

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is it just me or is this dude full of shit? - Cee Bee

He's just putting out FB-centric version of Reed's Law which is smarter and broader and has a stronger basis (see Wpedia) - Paul Jones via twhirl

No, it's not just you, that IS shit, it's seeping through, staining his shirt - sofarsoshawn

And next year we still won't have a business model...and the next year after that as well. We also won't be able to justify how we are worth $4 billion so we'll rely on sneaky stuff like Beacon. - Eldon via fftogo

I agree that more and more people will share more and more information - I do not think we'll need a Facebook or any other centralized service like it to do it, though. He should have taken the 900 :) - Alexander Kohlhofer

have you noticed a similarity, with Google Earth/Facebook: the invasions of privacy has all been done with most people's unknowingly blithe participation; but there's too much room for abuse, and there definitely has been, notice his top friends - I posted it on my feed - sofarsoshawn

perhaps it's a reach, but i wouldn't be surprised of some of these social networking sites had gov't support or backing in some way. - Cee Bee

An exponential growth of @scobleizer's will prove Zuckerberg's Law true. - Mike Reynolds

it's not reaching at all: LOL check out his top friends and others, news agencies, political parties, etc FB is the world's biggest & best voter preference polling mechanism - sofarsoshawn

Do you know that Zuckerberg in German means "sugar mountain"? The name is cool, but not the projects. - Ryo

Apps: Leandro Ardissone posted a link

15 Useful Project Management Tools | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine

Thursday at 7:02 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

♣genieyclo♣, Dimitar Vesselinov, Лиова and 18 other people liked this

They mention it in the comments of the blog post, but Redmine is an excellent web-based project management tool. It's really, really good. http://www.redmine.org - Jason Huebel

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yeah, they missed out quite a few good ones in the main content area...i'm not impressed. - Zee from WeDoCreative via IM

yes, most of them are commercial.. They missed really good options like FlySpray and RedMine - Leandro Ardissone via IM

What is wrong with commercial sites? - Alexander Kohlhofer

I don't he's saying there's anything wrong with commercial sites Alex...i think he's just saying that most of these are commercial and they didn't include many non-commercial - Zee from WeDoCreative

Yes, that's what I said. I use commercial products in my workday: Basecamp, Unfuddle, FreshBooks. I only say that Smashing Magazine picked a lot of commercial products while there are a lot of free/open source software that are really good too. And since they are providing a review/list of products they should include non-commercial for the users don't want to pay, and also to let gain some recognition to that people that offer their work for free. - Leandro Ardissone

I guess it is hard to make a comprehensive list of anything online - and even if one was it would not provide much value as the editorial comment / review is what is often most interesting imho. But i get your point - thanks for clarifying. - Alexander Kohlhofer

strange choice, several of them are ticketing systems or accounts more than project management, perhaps the title could have been better - Joelle Nebbe

Yeah, the title isn't well considered. There's a lot of stuff in that list that doesn't apply to project management specifically. On the subject of featuring non-commercial apps, I use commercial stuff all the time. But when there's a free app that does the equivalent of a commercial one, why pay for the commercial app? Particularly when the code in the non-commercial app may be vetted for security by the public? - Jason Huebel

I'm not terribly impressed by FlySpray. I wouldn't classify it as a project management app. It's a bug tracker, which isn't the same thing. Bug tracking is a subset of project management (at least, in software dev), but it's not a project management suite like Redmine. - Jason Huebel

@Jason You're right. But also Smashing Magazine is reviewing many bug tracking softwares. 16bugs is one for example. - Leandro Ardissone

Smashing Mag is very popular. I just love it! I link to them a lot on my Diigo Groups. :) - J. D. Ebberly

Scott Schmitt posted a message on Twitter

“Twitter is a good example of how something can be too good for its own good.”

Thursday at 2:26 pm - Link

How is that? - Alexander Kohlhofer

Apps: Alexander Kohlhofer posted a link

Kluster

Thursday at 2:38 pm - Link

Morton Fox, J. McConnell, Larry Lewis and Aram Zucker-Scharff liked this

They say: Kluster is a group decision-making platform that helps bubble up new ideas and see which ones fly. And with our super-cool EQ tool, you can fine-tune the system to reflect participants' real-world influence. - Alexander Kohlhofer

I say: best screen cast background music ever - Alexander Kohlhofer

Misspelling on the front page. Also, why can't I sign up with a .edu e-mail? - Aram Zucker-Scharff

Scott Schmitt posted a message on Twitter

“Anyone... if you go to twitter.com/schmittyapolis, do you see this box at the right? Thanks for helping me test! http://twitpic.com/lkkb”

November 13 at 12:49 pm - Link

it is not showing for me? - Alexander Kohlhofer

Tim Diggins posted a message on Twitter

“is feeling like venturing out onto the interwebs again, after feeling grumpy”

November 13 at 8:32 am - Link

on the internet no one can hear you steam! - Alexander Kohlhofer

Apps: Leandro Ardissone posted a link

Paparazzi!

November 13 at 5:29 am - Link

Carlos Granier-Phelps, Outsanity, Morton Fox and 2 other people liked this

Paparazzi! is a small utility for Mac OS X that makes screenshots of webpages. - Leandro Ardissone

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I'm looking forward to version 0.5 since it's not prime time ready for Leopard yet. It's abit quirky even on the previous OS. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't. - Jonathan Kong

It works fine for me. Rarely it crashes or eat a lot of resources, but usually it works like a charm. - Leandro Ardissone via IM

this is fantastic. thanks for the link! - amzam

This is great when you need to capture all of a site that is larger than the visible area in your browser. For all other cases I recommend skitch. - Alexander Kohlhofer

yes, of course. That's the only function of Paparazzi. Not a screenshot tool, just a webpage capture app. :) - Leandro Ardissone via IM

Tim Diggins posted an entry on Tumblr

Twitter AWESOMENESS!!!

November 13 at 6:28 am - Link

this is great. Good response to the recent Twitter rank turmoil :) - Alexander Kohlhofer

so what happens if you foolishly enter your twitter details? - James Tindall

Who knows? That is why you don't. I'd change it if you have :) - Alexander Kohlhofer

James Tindall favorited a video on YouTube

Kevin Smith Protests against Dogma

November 11 at 3:33 am - Link

This is so cool! Silent bob rules :) - Alexander Kohlhofer

James Tindall favorited a video on YouTube

Theres no one as Irish as Barack OBama- Hardy Drew Irish Obama Song

November 10 at 6:05 am - Link

This song is hilarious! Of course everyone will want to claim Obama as their own now, but this just demonstrates the power he has to unite people thanks to his politics, charisma and mixed heritage. - James Tindall

hah - this is great. Too bad he really is German, though. - Alexander Kohlhofer

Ed Burton posted a message on Twitter

“freecycle frenzy: Pioneer surround sound DVD/CD/Tuner, Panasonic LCD TV, Sony Freeview receiver anyone? - Photo: http://bkite.com/02iG7”

November 9 at 6:22 am - Link

I want the LCD TV!! I guess due to distance that is not going to happen though. Sigh.. - Alexander Kohlhofer

Alexander Kohlhofer commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: The state of blogging

November 9 at 4:45 am - Link

"I can not say I prefer one over the other but blogging is definitely an integral (albeit small) part of my personal mix and it is here to stay." - Alexander Kohlhofer

Zee from WeDoCreative posted a message

“hey there Friendfeed - many people chillin' in tonight?”

November 8 at 6:51 pm - via IM - Link

Kol Tregaskes, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Brandon and 9 other people liked this

Sup, Zee. Blogging, hanging out with the wife. How's your world/ - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

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I'm chillin till I get my Smackdown Vs.Raw 2009. I must feed my inner wrestling geek. - Shawn aka ringking

yo Neal - it's pretty late my end and i'm just watching Manchester United get beat...devastating. - Zee from WeDoCreative

im home , just chillin - johnpiercy

Yo Shawn, i've been away from wrestling for a while...is that the game or is there an actual event called Smackdown Vs. Raw? - Zee from WeDoCreative

tried the new gears of war 2, now hacking my wii. Clearly a late night gaming night :) Qualifies as chillin' - Alexander Kohlhofer

Hey, Zee. Writing right now. - Steven Perez

just stopping in briefly...hope you have a great evening Zee - Justin Korn

Just for a little while. My knitting is calling me. - Jill, Superhero Librarian

Watching the Texas / Okla St game while online - Virtual Bird's Eye via twhirl

playing a bit of Fallout 3 until my hockey game comes on... - Trent Olson

Watching Doctor Who / Notre Dame v. Boston College. - Andrew Leyden

Sat in bed, headphones on, not wanting to fall asleep ... - Timothy Griffin

chillin', with a glass of riesling - Kevin Johnson

Watching Notre Dame / Boston College game, and contemplating making this: http://snagwiremedia.com/choco... - Derrick

I'm chillin. Watching the Red Wings game. We're pwning Jersey. - Mattie Kenny

hey Mattie, you should join the NHL room: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/nh.... it needs some help! - Trent Olson

I am. Watching movies. - ♫ Rahsheen™

Concert at Lee's Palace, friend ain't feeling well, still gonna go. In a few more min, music is better than staying at home! - Rudolf Olah

http://friendfeed.com/e/a1ecbf... - Josh Haley

Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message on Twitter

“twitter client survey: do u use Twhirl or TweetDeck or Other (what?) [I suspect Tweetdeck has come from nowhere and now dominates?]”

November 7 at 2:56 am - Link

Ryan Stewart, .LAG, Amani and 2 other people liked this

Friendfeed.... occasionally hahlo. - Zee from WeDoCreative

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I use Digsby, social IM program. Sometimes on my iTouch, Twitterrific - Kristian Salonen

I use socialthing.com for my twitter consumption, and post to various places via combination of socialthing and ping.fm - Mat

tweetdeck is very good indeed, I doubt is dominates though - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Twitterfox or Monitter http://bit.ly/apxi since I'm not a fan of 3rd party apps reliant on other 3rd party apps. (Plus Air's encrypted data is stored locally) - Mona N.

Twhirl for Twitter, Identica and Friendfeed - Tom Raftery via twhirl

Twirl - Michael Fidler

Twhirl on my Macbook at home, Twitteriffic on my iPhone when on the move and Twitterfox on the PC at work - Rory

Gotta be Twhirl. It's only achilles heel is the insane memory usage. Par for the course for Adobe AIR apps, unfortunately... - Jonathan Wong via twhirl

omg y'all gotta give tweetdeck a try, it's so awesome! - Marshall Kirkpatrick

There is a new mashup called http://gtwit.com. It's worth taking a look at! I sure it will remind you of something familiar. - Michael Fidler

Betwittered and Tweetdeck, Tweetbar occasionally - ♣genieyclo♣

Tweetdeck and twhirl occasionally - Christopher Golda

Digsby and Friendfeed - Grant Fitzgerald

I haven't found one I like and have considered cooking up my own. - April Russo

I use Twhirl as can use FriendFeed on it. - Kol Tregaskes

mainly twhirl. tried most of the others, tweetdeck is nice, i'm giving it a try from time to time.. but for FriendFeed I still go to the web page.. the other interfaces are not good - Naor

twhirl it is for me - Bastian

Loved twhirl for a while, but don't like the way it scrolls. - Richard Bradshaw via IM

Twhirl and FriendFeed. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

I use tweetdeck but it's sooo buggy. It keeps moving contacts into groups when I let it sleep in my dock - anna awesomesauce

TweetDeck! - Nice Fish Films

@ anna awesomesause - I agree about tweetdeck being buggy. @Mona - I like how monitter looks plus it is web based so I can use it at work and at home. Is there a similar web based program where I can send and check my tweets too? - Amani

Twhirl, FTW! - .LAG

Twhirl. - Anika Malone

mostly friendfeed, sometimes hahlo and occasionally netvibes (mostly to access different twitter accounts in a project specific environment) - Alexander Kohlhofer

Twitterrific on both my computer and phone. I've been using it a long time, and gotten used to it. Whenever I try something else, I just can't quite bring myself to switch. Twhirl and Tweetdeck are both awesome, though, and I recommend them to people all the time. - Josh Bancroft

Twitterfox more and more mostly because I always have Firefox open already. Tweetdeck is best for when you also want to be searching tweets by keywords. - Wayne Schulz

twalala all the way - Matt Gillooly

TweetDeck, for the groups feature. - Ro (Lilyhill)

None. - kamla bhatt

Yes, I use Twhirl - Vince Chew

Tweetdeck for the win. It's all about the groups and the search. - Ryan Stewart

Tweetdeck! - Rob Boek

twittastic! - george tziralis

Alexander Kohlhofer commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Tumblr Friendfeed Theme Release

November 7 at 4:45 am - Link

"I have updated the theme so that videos are now left aligned (like photos) rather then being centered." - Alexander Kohlhofer

Flo posted a message on Twitter

“is back in the foggiest of all cities: augsburg! the only thing the fog spares in this city might be the internet - so see you there, folks!”

November 6 at 8:37 am - Link

Ja leider! - Alexander Kohlhofer

Alexander Kohlhofer posted a message

“is trying out http://www.enjit.com/ [http://www.enjit.com/]”

November 5 at 2:29 am - Link

Seems to work well - Alexander Kohlhofer

Alexander Kohlhofer commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: A Socialist MD

November 5 at 1:17 am - Link

"Excellent - nice Theme, too :)" - Alexander Kohlhofer

Apps: Jonathan Kong posted a link

Turn Your Name Into a Face - A fast way to generate avatar

November 4 at 4:28 pm - Link

Thierry R. Andriamirado, Sepehr Lajevardi, Yu-Jie Lin and 5 other people liked this

A just-for-fun site to generate avatar on the quick. - Jonathan Kong

no matter how I spin it - I look tough! - Alexander Kohlhofer

Alexander Kohlhofer stumbled upon a site on StumbleUpon

Home | No Kahuna

November 4 at 7:35 am - Link

No Kahuna makes teams tick. Whether at work, home, or among your friends, we help you work together on projects big and small. - Alexander Kohlhofer

Alexander Kohlhofer commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Microformats or "why browsers are stupid"

November 4 at 5:12 am - Link

"We have just deployed an update addressing this (to a degree) as outlined below." - Alexander Kohlhofer

Alexander Kohlhofer commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Microformats or "why browsers are stupid"

November 4 at 1:46 am - Link

"I agree and we are happy to update the systems once there is a new spec/agreement. In Permatime's case we need the date mostly to make sure we apply daylight savings time where necessary and so the date is of secondary order in the visual interface, too. I'll look into reflecting that more accurately and include it, though." - Alexander Kohlhofer