Kyle A Koch

I am curious can you think of another company that created something this groundbreaking and then failed to profit from it. I heard on NPR this morning thye have less than 7% of the market thanks to cable companies giving the machines away free. - Ruth Ferguson

the problem is that cable companies make it so easy to just deal with the crappy boxes they provide for less than 10$ a month, as opposed to using tivo and getting a cable card installed. I have time warner though, and they recently "updated" their boxes with a slower interface that feels like syrup. the show names actually disappear as you scroll through the guide - Kyle A Koch

AT&T required me to purchase their TV service which includes a DVR in order to get their UVerse fiber internet service. I think it's going to be harder and harder for TiVo to compete when AT&T and others pursue practices like this. - Thomas Hawk

And it takes too long for ALL the apps to launch. Even PDF files - Mona N.

Oh, and Air? Do Not Want :) - Mona N.

FoxitPDF :) - Michael W. May

I love Adobe Air applications. Photoshop and Illustrator also rawks. I hate acrobat, bridge, and the stupid updater. - Alan Le

Photoshop and Illustrator DO rule, I just hate how it takes a bajillion years to open!! - Mona N.

Like RoboHelp. Hate the updater. - Nine

Visa - Arthur Guy

McDonald's, Phelps - Craig Eddy

Home Depot - Mike Reynolds

bolt - mike "glemak" dunn

Barack Obama - DJ Lein

Kellog's Corn Flakes - Shannon

Michael Phelps. Usain Bolt - john conroy

Puma - Shey

AT&T - Michael W. May via twhirl

Rona, VISA, McDonald's - tamera

li ning - Anatol via twhirl

Canon. - Yolanda ♥s Nuttycakes

Coca Cola - Lisa Creech Bledsoe via twhirl

Lee Kum Kee - imabonehead

Coca Cola - Alan Le

Lenovo - Kevin C. Tofel

NBC and VISA - Adam

Shawn Johnston, Nastia Liukin, Lenovo, Li Ning brand ambush of Adidas - Elliott Ng

coke mcdonalds sprite puma - Kyle A Koch

Coke, Visa - Morgan

Michael Phelps. I don't notice the consumer brands - Sally Church

Cisco - JC unwired

Michael Phelps - Dave Wirsching via twhirl

NBC - "Czar" DJ Peterman

nike vs adidas - Lee Kent

usane bolt - James Cooper

Coke. And Li Ning (apparently the Chinese Nike) - Ryan Kuder

Speedo - Cyndy

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Here in Canada we were subjected to the "Mr. Muffin" ad during CBC coverage WAY too many times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.... - Andrew Codrington

Puma and Nike. - Steve Garfield via twhirl

i feel like it *should* be lenovo, but i think of visa - Amanda via twhirl

nike - Dan McCall via twhirl

audi - Paul Whitaker

Lenovo - Sue Radd

Snickers: http://online.wsj.com/article_... - Abby Martin

NBC - Mark Bean

China - Fons Tuinstra

I'm not sure how useful it is to corral people according to so-called "generations", as it may well be a form of ageism, and as the doctator indicated, all isms are de facto proofs of the presence of dire evil. Not really, but it could happen. Blogging is like reading or writing or speaking...a basic skill that knows no age, no cohort. On your other point, there is certainly a shift toward microblogging, and fingers everywhere are rejoicing. - david beckwith

Richard, what a typical response from someone of your generation ;-) - Sprague D

generation is a false construct so that people don't have to think ... it is all about state of consciousness - Gregory Lent

There's decent research that suggests that your generation has more effect on your consumer behavior, workplace satisfaction, preferred modes of work, etc., than your ethnicity, race, and gender combined. So whether or not "is gen X the blog generation" is the right question, there are definitely big questions to be asked about generations. - J-P Voillequé

I'm having trouble locating fan-blogs about Matock. - stretta via twhirl

I thought Gen X came a little before blogging times. You might be referring to Gen Y - Lindsey

i can never really figure out which gen x and y refer to... or where i fall amongst them - Kyle A Koch

Aren't we on to gen.Z yet? - Slippy Lane

Totally agree. Don't even bother replying or acknowledging the communication. Thats one of the greatest benefits of the web and electronic communication. - Adam Helweh

Damn, very scary indeed... - George The Writer

I hope this will end. Scary Sh*t... - ※Fu※

Creepy. - Ray Grieselhuber

Louis, you are crazybrave going public with this. The one thing Stalkers thrive on is attention. You're always better off ignoring them then recognizing them publicly. - Duncan Riley

I vote crazy, Duncan. As mentioned before, I felt it was time to use this as an example. I did what I could to take their name out, and they're not visible enough that most will figure out who it is. It's a case of an otherwise good person who probably gets most things right taking this to an extreme. - Louis Gray

Definitely long past time to ignore in every way/shape/form. Hopefully they start taking their meds and you don't hear from them again. - cjmart

Should definitely been more of a hardass with him. There's a fine line between some 14 year old in a chat room and an entrepreneur these days. You should have said about 3 interactions in, "If you contact me again my lawyer will be in contact" and when they did get the lawyer to deal. No benefit in being nice guy to wackos. Really. Or send Scoble round to his house via N95/Qik. - ben barren

Very disturbing behavior indeed. The Borderline Personality disorder is probably quite an accurate assessment. That just gave me the creeps, but thank you for sharing, veronicaromm - veronicaromm

It's a valuable cautionary tale. Hopefully this individual will give you some peace now. - Mark Dykeman

I think Louis reached breaking point .. thats why he posted. Firstly, he's post is like letting steam off on this engagement. secondly, theres a lesson for ALL of us in that post. All that glitter is not gold. On the Net every1 a dog. The real questions which ones are the nice puppy dawgs and which ones are the real vicious ones :)- - Peter Dawson

bloody hell... way past the line. - Scott Lockhart

Sorry Louis, I truly thought we'd be stronger together. :) - Chris White

Damn. I guess this means my guest blogging stint is over. :( - Cyndy

He must believe every Louis Gray Fact is true. - Shawn Farner

I guess my mother was right when she told me not to talk to strangers :-/ - LouCypher

That was very creepy behavior. I can't believe it went on so long. I couldn't have been that nice. - Bryan Clark

Cyndy, having it be you would have been a delight. :-) (Hi, Jason) - Louis Gray

I had a similar experience a couple of years ago -- but this is really intense. persistant and weird. I feel creeped out just seeing your post -- can't imagine how you must feel -- though writing it all down must have some positive cleansing effect - Brian Sullivan

:-( - j1m

now this is a stalker story - http://fallingfarfromthetree.b... - Peter Dawson

huh, kind of eery, since i use "I hope all is well." in most messages i send to friends i haven't spoken with lately... this reminds me of an issue a teacher of mine had in high school with a female student. He ended up printing out each and every correspondance from her, which filled a binder, whereas his responses barely needed a folder. It put an extreme amount of stress on him and his family, and made him trust people and young adults far less than he previously had. It's a shame that people like this can affect your friendly, outgoing attitude towards new people you meet - Kyle A Koch

I route the phone through GrandCentral to remove that possibility and then send addresses to blacklists. Now Facebook? I hardly go there anymore - Chris

i hope all is well, louis, but after further consideration i've decided not to offer you the position. sorry. - Deva Hazarika

That is just too weird, really weird - dan

I'm not saying you should do this, but when I contemplate what would make me shut down my blog, this is one. I wouldn't have the stamina for this bs as you do. - Jason Kaneshiro

I think Louis is just too nice. This would end so quickly with someone who was meaner. - Chris White

Wow, that is totally crazy and scary. Definitely the darker side of the social web right there. YIKES. Sorry to hear about that. - Sarah Perez

Kyle brings up the crazy student-teacher interactions and why high school teachers are sometimes staying off Facebook. When I was a head teaching assistant at UCLA, here are two tidbits. (1) Most professors marry former students (2) One student sued a school, not because the teacher was harrassing her, but because of "unfair treatment" because the teacher was dating another student. - Mitchell Tsai

My teacher friends have had students "stalk" them. One may have lost his high school job because the student who was rejected then claimed harrassment - he won in court, but the school still fired him - Unfair! I've been on the receiving end of too much attention... and I had a male college dean sexually pressure me (Didn't realize it at first... Then threatened not to approve an official request of mine to drop a class). - Mitchell Tsai

So everyone is going to be all anti-stalker now? Come on, let's hear some positive stalker stories. :) - Chris White

I made the mistake of publishing similar "logs" (experience) I had with "stalkers" and it only made things worst... - "Czar" DJ Peterman

Are you taking volunteers for a new stalker? I guess I can step up if you don't get any better offers. - Bryan Clark

wow, split-personality disorder is creepy online... - Morgan

@Chris yeah, the stalker is typically looking for more attention - any communications are seen as an offer for that person to continue to "reopen communications" between him/herself and Louis. Publicizing the communications may actually lead to an elevated level of harassment. What you really need to do is cut off all contact as early as possible. Don't respond to anything, because they really are looking for attention. The authoritative work on this subject is The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker. - Steve Lynch

You're a lucky man, Louis. I miss mine being little...but my gosh is it fun as they grow up. - Bradley McSpinn

She won't be teensy long! - Chris Baskind

You guys are so fast. These pics always rate about 2 likes a minute in the first five minutes. :-) - Louis Gray

Still small... still SO cute!!! - Lisa L. Seifert

what, you don't have the kid-pic script? - Gregory Lent

So adorable and tiny, but with Pete potty-training? I now wouldn't go back. I'm looking SO forward to a world without diapers. - Cyndy

How old is she now? I remember when owen was that tiny... its so sad when i find his cute onesies that don't fit anymore :( - Kyle A Koch

@Kyle, six weeks today. - Louis Gray

At first, it's hard to believe that they will walk and talk (and hopefully do laundry), and then later it's hard to believe they were ever so small. Sigh. - Jody Reale

a worried papa! or as French people say a papa-poule! Your girl is so cute and normal-sized don't worry :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

She's so lovely. And teeny. :) - Ayşe E.

she's huge - my son was born at 2 lbs 2 ounces! - Morgan

Morgan: Are you calling her fat??!?!?!? :) - Justin Korn

You could try CafePress.com - Lindsay Donaghe

this one it would be what are you searching for http://www.spreadshirt.net/ - marcantonio

i did a google search last night and looked at a couple of the top results - they all use the exact same design interface - price isn't too bad (around $26 for an American Apparel t with printing on the front and back) but I would rather not punch in my CC info until I hear from someone else that they have used them and were satisfied. - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

I've used VistaPrint and was very pleased. About $9.25/shirt for two shirts with my own graphic. Pretty quick too, if I recall correctly. - Dave Roth

Take a look at Zazzle, they are pretty great as far as quality is concerned. - Steve Spalding

this could certainly be useful for designers as they create pages that are usable for everyone, including those who are color blind. even just for those who arer curious, this is kind of interesting - Kyle A Koch

I'm part of the color-blind population so those logos look extra strange to me. - Kyle Hebert

Sony Reader to me has a better user experience. Easier to hold, navigate, and has great page clarity. Kindle is a bit clunky, feels like cheap plastic, and you basically can't help but accidently press a button on it. If the Sony Reader had EVDO built in. Wow. - Gary Bacon II

This is great news. I hope this will lead to better support for Mac users. Right now, you're out of luck without a Windows box. - Chris Baskind

I am DYING for a mobile bookreader to read the gigs of PDF medical/science texts *I already have*. I am not interested in making another version (and subsequent loss) for a proprietary format. I heard Sony's PDF native capabilities abysmal, but that may have changed in a firmware update, not sure. There are so many media players out there--why so few edocument readers? I'd love the Kindle's low-power, e-ink but with smaller plastic footprint, but more than anything, native PDF support. Recommendations? How-tos? Thanks! :) - Enrico C. via twhirl

The first reader to have strong support for PDF and CHM files gets my support. - Alvin Ashcraft

The sony reader looks really nice. Form is important, especially if it is really bad. The Kindle reminded me of some of my kids toys. It is hard to be taken seriously with that type of perception. - Rob Diana

Enrico: same here, a PDF reader is just what I need for my job reading scientific papers easily. The Kimdle is too plasticky for me it looks like an Etch-a-sketch toy - Sally Church via fftogo

i'mwaiting to see the second kindle, and hoping the design changes a bit - Kyle A Koch

I like that now when I speak people listen, when I was younger that drove me insane. I hate that my body feels second hand already. (28) - Toby Graham

Love using wisdom I didn't have earlier on when I was younger. I hate trying to get back into shape... it seems to take longer each time I attempt it. [But I'm NOT giving up. :)] - Kevin C. Tofel

I don't worry so much. I realized at some point "hey, I'm pretty good at what I do" and now I trust my gut. Work sometimes made me a nervous wreck when I was younger (mostly I just cared too much, often about the wrong things). - Jason Wehmhoener

Hate: Weight gain issues like Jeremiah mentioned; feel tired/run-down faster now; memory loss (which is secondary to having a hugely stressful job!!); not as much of a "looker" now...ignored more in favor of younger women (ouch); rejected more. Love: Respect, knowledge/wisdom factor is awesome!; street smarts, business saavy "capitol", better communication, people / political saavy; historical context is now present (better decisions/info); deeper tech domain knowledge / skill set ... big picture is big! -