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Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
I've been Codslapped! *gasp* Found this on my office chair this morning.
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J450N
Practicing Wave Zero is much easier than Inbox Zero
Jason Griffey
Just got off phone with the local Fox News producer. Going to come in tomorrow and film me for a "how librarians are different now" piece.
Fox News? Can you avoid a "public libraries are SOCIALIST INSTITUTIONS!" slant? - Walt Crawford
You need to wear a tweed suit with a Che Guevara shirt underneath it. - bevedog
Can I send you a picture of me with bun, sensible shoes, and glasses....cause that's how I'm dressed today ;-p - Hedgehog
(Congrats on the interview!!) - Hedgehog
What Dorothea said. - David Rothman (☤)
I will do my best to represent. It's just local, so we'll see what they ask. - Jason Griffey
Can you sneak in a "Librarians are actually the best search engines" ? Please? - Eric Sizemore
"Well, in the past, librarians were mostly nerdy people who were really concerned about esoteric things like making information accessible and boderline socialist stuff like free access to information, all the while exploring new technologies for doing that kind of thing. While today, on the other hand we...uh...OK, next question?" (Srsly, knock 'em dead. Do us proud. Say "Codslap" on the air.) - bevedog
Ah. Sounds like the producer wants a #1 with a little of #2. http://eclecticlibrarian.net/blog... - Royce's favorite Anna
bevedog
Let's raise $5,000 for Louisville Public Library in the name of the LSW - http://stevelawson.name/seealso...
Let's raise $5,000 for Louisville Public Library in the name of the LSW
Click through to my blog post for more details. The upshot? PayPal donations to LSW.LFPL@gmail.com (or use the button on the blog post at See Also...) and I'll send every dollar we raise to the Louisville Free Public Library on Sept. 1. I challenge you to help me raise $5,000. - bevedog from Bookmarklet
(Sorry if this FF post appeared and disappeared a few times. It's late.) - bevedog
Really? He's not Greg Shchwartz? (Thanks, fixed.) - bevedog
posted to FB and LinkedIn LSW pages. - maʀtha
Not about me, Chris. I'm glad to see you get retweeted a lot. Good move, Martha. - bevedog
Oh good - I was hoping something like this would come together. Watch for a check from me at the clubhouse. - Catherine Pellegrino
have donations started coming in yet? *waits* - maʀtha
Close to $600 by 9AM MDT. - bevedog
"Like" as in OMG - Richard Akerman
I hate to tell you this, but I'm getting "error establishing a database connection" when I go to your blog post. Dude, we crashed Steve's server! - Catherine Pellegrino
"Awesome!" and "Oh no!" are battling it out in my head. - lris
Triple like! - Stephen le Francoeur
Normally I'd Paypal but I'm too excited about the LSW clubhouse. I hate that this is the reason to put Steve's PO box to heavy use though. - Nikki D.
Since you can't get to Steve's actual blog, you can go to mine, where I copied his post: http://pegasuslibrarian.blogspot.com/2009... - lris
Oh, me too. :-) - lris
Thanks for the link, Iris! And yes, I'm guessing we top $5000 easily. - Catherine Pellegrino
maybe we can crash Pegasus Librarian as well! Go for it! - maʀtha
and it's back! sounds like there was a wider dreamhost problem going on. - holly #ravingfangirl
Oh, no, I saw this before and didn't realize that it was a library. This is terrible - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
retweeting and posting and announcing like mad... - OMG 404 Joe
Yep, joe. I posted it to my facebook stream I'm seeing it reposted by FB friends who haven't participated in LSW stuff. Good! - ellbeecee
Closing in on $1,000. - bevedog
Added a reminder to my calendar to donate when I get paid next week - thanks for keeping this open through sept 1, steve! - ellbeecee
Stephen le Francoeur
Today is my favorite day of the week lately. On every other Thursday this summer, my library has a brown-bag discussion of technology and the New York Times has its cluster of tech articles that are vestiges of the once-standalone Circuits section. In the fall, we'll move our brown-bag meetings back to Fridays....
Today's conversation was great and didn't even involve using the computer once! A tech sharecase! Go figure! - Stephen le Francoeur
Jason Griffey
At meeting yesterday, the library faculty made official changes to library building use to explicitly allow cell phones and food in library.
Walt Crawford
Is it reasonable to be offended that an online article, clearly not written on the fly, coming from the publisher of some of America's best-written/best-edited magazines, consistently uses "it's" for "its"? Or should I assume that all copyeditors and literate writers have been canned during the recession?
its [sic] a common mistake, these days :) anything that passes a spellchecker is let through - a bit of a homonym nightmare - Richard Akerman
Entirely reasonable. - The LB: #TeamMonique
Well, yes--but I'd expect better from Condé Nast, publishers of the New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair. Maybe that's naïve. - Walt Crawford
Um, yeah, I would expect better, too. - laura x
Jesse Stay
Hey FriendFeed team - any chance you can enable the streaming service on FriendFeed work with the iPhone-generated m4a voice memo files?: http://friendfeed.com/jessest...
Jesse, AAC files, specifically for the use case you describe here, is something Bret said they are looking to support: http://friendfeed.com/parisle... - Mark Trapp
Mark, awesome - I think that will be very useful for mini-podcasts from the voice-memo app on my iPhone - Jesse Stay
This is what i'm thinking too: mini-podcasts right from the iPhone. How cool! - Mark Traphagen
I spent the last hour going over this with Harley and Worthington. audioboo is good for now up to 5 minutes - Josh Haley
Josh, what's audioboo? - Jesse Stay
Cinch is a good option as well http://cinch.blogtalkradio.com - Bwana ☠
Bwana, yeah, I've used Cinch and I think the phone posts are useful. However with the voice memo option on the iPhone it makes it so much easier, and more flexible. - Jesse Stay
Sorry, was driving... Audioboo is a micro podcasting util. Audio only plus take a picture. Meant for use with iPhone pretty exclusively I think. http://audioboo.fm/ I used the free app and it works great. Set up RSS feed into FF and voila. - Josh Haley
Josh, ah, sounds like another Cinch equivalent, although no iPhone app for Cinch. - Jesse Stay
"Christoper: (via Bret) "Unfortunately we only can play back MP3s at this point. The iPhone voice memos are in M4A (AAC), so we really want to support them, but it is a bit more difficult with Flash and our media setup at the moment." - Ross Miller" - http://ff.im/4nZHu - Tim Hoeck
The LB: #TeamMonique
Help me pack for the beach! What should I take?
I already told you. - Jim #TeamMonique
No room for sisters. - The LB: #TeamMonique
Sunglasses, a fun novel that's easy to pick up and put down, sunblock - Heather Solos
Jenny Levine
what's a better heading than "access denied" when you're not authorized to see a web page?
"increase your power level and try again" - Sir Shuping is just sir
"You wanted what?!?" - Peter Murray
"Sucks to be you." - bevedog
Ack -- your tweet leaked into to FriendFeed, I didn't post my reply to Twitter, and you didn't check FF before creating your poll! - Peter Murray
doh! sorry, Peter. I just added your submission. Polly and Steve - do you want yours added? - Jenny Levine
it's in, polly :) - Jenny Levine
that is so weird, because I can see it and I'm not even holding my mouth! - Jenny Levine
Robert Scoble
Can you help teach a class in real time? Right now you are on the screen. Can you teach me everything about "leadership?" Help here:
Feel free to point to blogs, videos, or other things. - Robert Scoble
Hello Y'all - Kreg Steppe
Where do you want it, in the comments? - Ton Zijp
www.whitehouse.org :) - Stephanie Segel
hell NO.. too much noise !! - Peter Dawson
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. -George S. Patton - Ross Miller
HBR : Ten Fatal Flaws That Derail Leaders http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009... - David Peacock
or would that be www.whitehouse.gov -- dammit :( - Stephanie Segel
Leadership means taking risks, calculated or otherwise, and being willing to either fail or succeed, but to learn in any case. For many, social media's risky--and that's exactly why you may find leaders here. - dontgetcaught
"I'm going to do something I never do; give a direct order." Captain Hawkeye Pierce, M*A*S*H - Dan: Bibrarian
WIKIPEDIA about leadership ---> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - @LarsenTweet
desmond tutu on leadership - http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Netbooknews
Peter Drucker's books are a good go-to for a start... - Helene
The Art of War (on Google Book Search): http://books.google.com/books... - Josette
If you have to say you're a leader, you probably aren't. - Ordinarybug Heather
658.4092 - Dan: Bibrarian
Best leadership quotes: http://houseofquotes.com/quotes... Because saying something is more important than actually doing it ;) - Carlton Prest
A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte - Stephanie Segel
VIDEO - Seth Godin Explains Why You Need a Tribe -> http://www.youtube.com/watch... - @LarsenTweet
Leadership is practice what you belive in..courage to stand up in hard times.. and the will to make a difference !! .. - Peter Dawson
Leaders know when to sit in the passenger seat and button the lip. Leaders empower others rather then themselves. - Vincent Lowe
Ken: this thread. This is awesome. - Robert Scoble
How long do you plan to run this class for? 10 years? Leadership is not taught, it's learnt. - thomasrdotorg
thomasrdotorg: this thread goes forever. The physical class is for the next 50 minutes, though. - Robert Scoble
Let the students run the class. - Carlton Prest
A leader is someone who allows his people to do what they need to do, stay out of the way, protect them from interference and let them shine. - SteVe C
Carlton: you're running the class!!!!! - Robert Scoble
I haven't had this much fun in a class since I skipped history classes in high school.... - Stephanie Segel
Great idea for a thread but the best I could do would be post a reading list... Leadership is such a deep subject... Siddhartha, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Fierce Conversations... it could go on forever. - SAM
I remember someone from Pixar did a great speech on Leadership for TED not long ago. I can't seem to find the link. - DocileWalnut
Napoleon Hill wrote that these are the major attributes required to be a successful leader 1. UNWAVERING COURAGE 2. SELF-CONTROL 3. A KEEN SENSE OF JUSTICE 4. DEFINITENESS OF DECISION 5. DEFINITENESS OF PLANS 6. THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN PAID FOR 7. A PLEASING PERSONALITY 8. SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING 9. MASTERY OF DETAIL 10. WILLINGNESS TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY 11. COOPERATION - Dave Amphlett
Leadership: Don't fake it, people smell fear - Dave Hodson
Listen and take good notes! - Mark Layton
Being a leader is very different from being a manager. - Ordinarybug Heather
Leadership is standing up for what you think is right, and leading the way in that effort - Jesse Stay
open source leadershi p via joi ito :)- http://joi.ito.com/archive... - Peter Dawson
A leader does not command respect or demand respect, he earns respect. - Aron Michalski
"Leading Minds" by Howard Gardner: http://www.amazon.com/Leading... - Fred Yankowski
Compassion. - Kenley Neufeld
I can show it to you http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Lee
Larson, anything by Seth Godon is just brilliant - Shawn Hickman
Leadership - when you post a question on friendfeed and hundreds reply in several minutes. For free. :D - Sasha Kovaliov
I am trying to think of a way to tie the Darth Vader Corset featuring boobs into the leadership conversation. - SteVe C
This is real, real time - watching the number of comments from 0 to 41, 42..43 44 45 - Ashu Joshi
Join Toastmasters - Prolific Programmer
Leadership is influence. - SAM
"A successful leader seeks and accepts responsibility and accountability"- http://www.scribd.com/doc... - Capn' One Eye - adrift
Leaders ask, listen, then decide...a lot like social media best practices. Maybe the technology's helping us catch up to where we should be. So let me ask: what do *you* think leadership is? - dontgetcaught
Leadership lessons from Ulysses S. Grant - Manuel Arroyo
good leaders listen and realize that good ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. - Sara DelektaGalligan
The picture says a thousand words, but a caption helps: http://www.mos95b.com/New... - Carlton Prest
teach people correct principles and let them govern themselves - Jan Dawson
agree with Sara - Manuel Arroyo
Be decisive - Shakeel Mahate
Asking the right question at the right time and listening for the answer. - Aron Michalski
To unleash creativity, sometimes you need to be ready to lead from behind - Sameer
do not be afraid to make decisions - Manuel Arroyo
Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy: http://www.imdb.com/title... - Ton Zijp
Leadership: doing something no one else does...showing the way. Showing the possibilities. Paying attention. Engaging, reciprocal conversations. - Sheryl
Today I read a tweet in Dutch which translates to: "Power is not a good reason to lead: a good leader creates leaders, not followers". - Patrick Mackaaij
"The Art and Science of Leadership:" http://www.nwlink.com/~doncla... - Carlton Prest
A different way to learn about leadership is to read Memoirs of Hadrian, a novel by French writer Marguerite Yourcenar about the life and death of Roman Emperor Hadrian. http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs... - Paul Rodriguez
Define a leader with Google Search: Just type this in the search field: define:leader - @LarsenTweet
The Purpose of Pedegogy - http://elgg.net/vinall... - Peter Dawson
Hello class: “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” Ohh, and you should bare in mind - Popularity is not leadership. - Nir Ben Yona
Henry Ford once said "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said 'A faster horse'." So try something dumb or unexpected at least once in a while. - DocileWalnut
Best book I've read on leadership: http://www.amazon.com/Leaders... - Tim Costantino
Robert, are you putting this up on Kyte? - Manuel Arroyo
A good team makes a good leader. Without a good team leadership is nothing but herding cats. - Dilip Dand
Leadership = Responsibility. - Sasha Kovaliov
Learn from the mistakes of others, what you should not do as a leader - you cannot be partial to some, or have favorites, you cannot intimidate, you cannot lie - Shakeel Mahate
I disagree with the "waffling" comment. A good leader continues to consider new points of view and isn't afraid to say, "I've reconsidered." - Vincent Lowe
"A very generic concept of leadership is that of directly or indirectly influencing others, by means of authority, formal or informal, or by personal attributes, to act in accordance with one's intent or shared purpose" - same ref as my last - Capn' One Eye - adrift
The Manager's Cheat Sheet: 101 Common-Sense Rules for Leadershttp://www.insidecrm.com/feature... - Ton Zijp
Leadership: Having the best BS detector in the room. Even if the room is expanding and expanding... like this one... - Mark Zip
"If you're dumb, surround yourself with smart people. If you're smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you." Issac Jaffe on SportsNight - Andy Roth
If you aren't the lead sled dog, the scenery never changes! - Jim Tierney
according to Carol Bartz of Yahoo, it involves "███████ drop-kicking people's █████ to ███████ Mars" - Karim
"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be." -Rosalynn Carter - Leanno Software
oh I 4got to like this thought tapestry.. this is actuall open source cull point.. Scobles is da man !! :)- - Peter Dawson
Sorry, I'm not doing video, didn't have a video compatible ccomputer. - Robert Scoble
Leadership is Michael Arrington whining about the lack of a decent tablet device. Then making his own, and making it look really fantastic. - Carlton Prest
How does a company get Leaders in management positions? and why doesn't it happen more often? - SteVe C
Monday Morning Leadership was also a decent book http://www.amazon.com/Monday-... - Manuel Arroyo
@Sasha it's more ... Leadership = seeking out and accepting Responsibility - Capn' One Eye - adrift
To lead you have to fight the urge to run when things are scary. If they're scary, that's exactly what you need to do. You grow by trying new things. Complacency achieves nothing. - Sheryl
Listen voraciously, speak cautiously, invest in others before asking for something in return, don't assume influence - build it, maintain vision, back it with understanding and knowledge, and continually focus on being the best most creative and humble person you can be. Then try to get others to do it all with you. - SAM
Here http://bit.ly/IRqOk - real time "leadership" on the net :) - Sasha Kovaliov
at this 2:38am all I can say, what my teacher once told me, take the responsibilities and don't be afraid of them, help people by showing the right way of doing things - Hameedullah Khan
In case we're in a techy mood, Steve Jobs once said that "“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Nir Ben Yona
When you scream, tell, me to do something be sure you tell me exactly what to do or you may find you get what you asked for. rough paraphrase of Neil Young (as heard on PBS earlier today) - Angela E. Taylor
@Capn' One-Eye ☠ - agree :) Btw, this is better than http://www.ask500people.com/! - Sasha Kovaliov
well said @Hameedullah Khan - Capn' One Eye - adrift
@Carlton , wth was that about leadership and Mike A ? thats Total BS !! - Peter Dawson
management can be taught, leadership cannot. - Sherri
Just read 'The Prince' leaders are defined by their victories; even companies its the same; once they win in a major market its hard to move to a new style of victory. - James Watters
@Sherri - leadership can be cultivated. - Capn' One Eye - adrift
If your looking for bullet points the John Wooden Leadership Pyramid is a pretty good place to start: http://www.entrepreneur.com/managem... - Bill Rawlinson
@Peter, the man wanted a decent tablet device. Instead of whining about it constantly, he decided to make his own. It's called initiative, and all good leaders have it. - Carlton Prest
@Sasha - agreed! - Capn' One Eye - adrift
Great Leadership doesn't boast. It doesn't need to. It's almost palpable. - Sheryl
@Capn' One-Eye - yes, but only if the seeds are there. - Sherri
Leadership theories in MS-Word format http://www.snc.edu/lsi... - LPH™ and his dog P™
@Sherri - yes that's true - Capn' One Eye - adrift
hey scoble! thanks for using social media to change the world! - Jason Pollock
I believe Leadership can be learned, by observing a good leader. I think this counts as leadership can be taught to those willing to learn. - SteVe C
Are the people at this conference impressed with your social media prowess yet? i hope so! - Jason Pollock
An answer I posted on StackOverflow about leadership in tech - before I had an account - http://stackoverflow.com/questio... - Capn' One Eye - adrift
Leadership comes from people who have a clear vision of what they want and then they go out and get it. - Jason Pollock
+1 sheryl - mehdi
As a starting point I'd want my class to read and try to appreciate Machiavelli's "The Prince" within the context in which he lived: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Rick Bucich
Leadership comes from the dude with the biggest camera lens. - Jason Pollock
A leader does not have to ask to be followed. A leader is one who people want to follow. - Dilip Dand
@ Rick Bucich; The Prince is just about all you need to understand about leadership - James Watters
hey nobody brought up knowledge at Wharton - series :)- http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/categor... - Peter Dawson
Leadership is a cloudy concept because people confuse the art of being followed, with the art of directing followers well. - James Watters
Lead Follow or get out of the way! - DivemasterDoug
My answer on StackOverflow is the green one ;) - Capn' One Eye - adrift
Woodrow Wilson said: The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. - In other words, in order to lead you must pay attention to those around you. - Sheryl
leadership comes from people who take a chance when everyone else thinks they are crazy.. like the characters of my new feature film.. The Youngest Candidate, http://theyoungestcandidate.com - Jason Pollock
best read of middle eastern leadership :)- Dubai Media Deputy CEO Najla Al-Awadhi: Empowering Others through Information - Peter Dawson
The ability to move and direct people to a certain destination. - Michele Lorito-Chase
Leaders don't just post links or quotes - James Watters
oppyss heres the linky for my previous comment http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article... - Peter Dawson
Leaders don't need social networks either, James... - Ton Zijp
@ Peter Dawson; don't you think empowerment is slightly separate from leadership? - James Watters
I believe everyone is a leader to some degree... it's not a definition but an innate part of being human and being involved in society. Like a sense of humor... everyone has one, even if you can't detect it from the jokes you're telling. - SAM
@James, no its part of being a leader. empowering others ! - Peter Dawson
This exercise has proven a rare breed of leadership - realizing when those around can add incredible value and letting them take center stage. This is a very tough lesson for most leaders to master, but it's illustrated quite well here! - Tom Parnell
Nicholas, Zuckerberg needs money to be a leader. ;-) - Ton Zijp
Leaders don't waste time being critical of others. It's to their benefit to raise their groups morale, not pull it down. - Sheryl
General Petraeus at Harvard ROTC comissioning: "“1st, lead by example. If you lean forward in the foxhole, your troopers will too.”" http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009... - Charles Fenwick
@Ton; I'm not the leader in this case, scoble is, I'm just in the rank and file - James Watters
Interesting, the student is very silent. Is he listening or has ADD :) - Dilip Dand
Mental toughness. No one can lead without being criticized or without facing discouragement. - Jannifer @wordsforliving
A leader listens - Michele Lorito-Chase
Robert, are the students commenting also btw? - Sasha Kovaliov
@James, most leader empower their team and then get the hell out of way so the team can run the race. they (the leader) are there only to remove the hurdles.. most CEO are chief Hurdle removers !! - Peter Dawson
A truly great Leader can lead with his mouth shut. - Sheryl
people browser is awesome - rich price
I maintain that leadership is just the art of being followed; management is what comes after - James Watters
Scoble, you mind if I sell this thread to Franklin Covey or John Maxwell? - SAM
Nicholas: so Zuckerberg is not a leader yet, one could say. - Ton Zijp
A leader gives credit when contributions are made, understanding that perceptions vary among the collective intelligence. - Michele Lorito-Chase
We are here posting for Scoble because he was one of the first big victors in corporate blogging; case in point; we arent posting for a also ran; being followed stems from victories and conquests always has - James Watters
@Scott, only if you give the $$$ to the SickKids foundation :)- LOL - Peter Dawson
Interesting that so many people are posting "traits" of a leader - only one portion of leadership. - LPH™ and his dog P™
Michele, there were lots of leaders who didn't listen, but they still lead. They should've, but they didn't. - Ton Zijp
@LPH - hey yeah traits are better, after all Hitler was a leader too !! let not forget that .. likewise Pol Pot, Stalin and a host of others.. there is the dark side of leadership too ! - Peter Dawson
Leadership is about being genuine, and enabling others to achieve their full potential with your guidance. It's the capability to deliver and achieve while compelling others to do so as well. - Louis Gray
@ Louis Gray; -1 squishy - James Watters
++1 Louis Gray ! - Peter Dawson
Nicholas: but maybe Zuckerberg is being lead too (not that I totally agree with what I'm saying myself, but I like questions ;-)). - Ton Zijp
A genuine person without a victory will not be followed - James Watters
Peter - yes - I was meaning traits is only one theory about leaders. Followers are just as important - as are circumstances - as are so many other factors. - LPH™ and his dog P™
Ton, you are correct. Bad leadership desires a thread of it's own. - Michele Lorito-Chase
Leadership is optimistic! :) - Sheryl
http://www.leadershipjot.com/ - Thoughts, suggestions, and tips to improve leadership. - Jannifer @wordsforliving
http://www.siliconangle.com/ver2... post responding to gap between social and business leadership traits - James Watters
The Leadership Challenge from Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner (suggesting leadership is a learned behavior) http://www.leadershipchallenge.com/WileyCD... - LPH™ and his dog P™
@Jeff +10 - James Watters
Jeff: talking about leadership is talking in cliché's? - Ton Zijp
don't be a turd. Bosses are normally turds. Leaders are people that lead first by doing and teach you how to do it the right way without being overbearing or conceded. - Zach Scott
When wolves fight for pack leader they don't fight to the death or great injury; just till the moment they know who would win - James Watters
It's worth noting (if it hasn't been already) that great leadership involves setbacks almost by necessity. It's how those loses are learned from and adapted that differentiate how well individuals move forward. - Rick Bucich
Leadership is not about directing followers, rather it's about influence; acting in a way that others find useful, interesting and engaging. - Marcia Conner
@ Marcia +1 distinguishing between influence and management; thank you! - James Watters
The best leaders I've seen are wise enough to surround themselves with very smart people. Smarter than the leader in many cases. - Kevin C. Tofel
If the students aren't interacting, this is like listening to 300 lecturers at once. - Bruce Lewis
+ Bruce - Todd Hoff
Did I miss someone posting about transactional leadership? People are motivated by reward and punishment. - LPH™ and his dog P™
@ Bruce; yes and since no one can clearly win for best lecture there is no leader - James Watters
Robert: I feel like a guinea pig. What are you teaching the students about this? :) - Sheryl
Nicholas: Yes - McGregor's ideas -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - LPH™ and his dog P™
Sheryl; I believe his hope was more about the human search and link engine than our personal thoughts - James Watters
did i make it to the screen - rich price
I'm spent. l8tr - Capn' One Eye - adrift
In a healthy environment motivation comes from within (not reward/punishment). We need people who think & act, not retrieve & salivate. - Marcia Conner
Don't be afraid to make mistakes... or own up to them. - Steve Lynch from twhirl
[adjusts monocle] ja, ja, but reward & punishment in ein hierarchy is der basis of der Führerprinzip ("leader principle"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... a TRUE LEADER demands ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE from those below him. you Amerikaners are so soft.... [swats riding crop into palm] - Karim
Well, one thing you could teach is that geeks have a short attention span. Over half an hour and we move on.... - Sheryl
glad @marciamarcia pointed me to this. when I've led, I've followed 2 principles: 1) Shunryu Suzuki's principle of control: the best way to control a person is not to try to control, but to watch, and give them lots of space and 2) peer pressure. a person follows me as a leader because the group wants to and the person wants the acceptance of the group - Lou Clark
way 2 go, robert! - Adri Munier
Leading without being in charge: http://www.slideshare.net/selenam... - Michael R. Bernstein
Jeff, do the principles that effect good leadership change when you're doing it from the head of the pack as opposed to within? - SAM
Kouzes & Posner are the best foundation ever. 5 practices - their pentathlon: inspire, challenge, model, encourage, enable. Can't beat 'em. www.theleadershipchallenge.com - Dan Mulhern
What is the purpose of the class - why do you want to learn everything about leadership? Is it to improve the participants leadership skills or just to tickle their curiosity? If you really want your class to improve their abilities to lead, you need to put them in a position where they do lead. People learn from what they do. So go ahead and give each participant (or group of participants) a challenge: lead us out of this crisis! - Olavur Ellefsen
Jeff: +1 you make a great point. A person does not have to be a top dog, so to speak, to be a leader. Leaders come in all shapes and sizes. (Statuses too) - Sheryl
WOW. The class was blown away by seeing this happen in real time. THANK YOU!!!! - Robert Scoble
Robert: How many in the class already use FF? - Sheryl
Sheryl: only a couple. - Robert Scoble
are you looking to train a new leader or just come up with metrics for identification, Mr Scoble? - Prolific Programmer from IM
Robert: WOW! That's amazing! We can still teach those young whippersnappers a thing or two! WOOHOO! :) - Sheryl
And was there somebody to film them being blown away? :-) - Ton Zijp
What an amazing accumulation of thoughts and links to pursue. Thanks for mentioning it on Twitter. - Violet Bliss Dietz
Never try to lead people. It doesn't work. Better off building and guiding a team. If you can organize a team that works well together, you'll spend less time trying to hold the team together and more of your energy guiding them and being productive. Treat every team member with respect. If you don't listen to them, they will not listen to you. Keep your ego and temper in check. It... more... - April Russo
Leader listens to everyone but when he/she speaks everyone listens. - Ashish
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Robert Scoble
For my blog redesign, we are looking at Disqus, Intense Debate, BackType, commenting engines. Should we use any? Which one? Discuss here:
Or should we just stick with Wordpress' comments and use a Plugin to bring friendfeed comments into it? Like what TechCrunch is doing. - Robert Scoble
My design is looking pretty nice. They used the Thesis theme. Coming soon. Can't wait to blog again! - Robert Scoble
Yes. Keep it simple, but keep the conversation only on friendfeed/your site. - Daniel Morgan
In the apps room, most people liked Disqus better. - Bruce Lewis
TechCrunch format works for me - Julie Williams
Disqus is simple, allows twitter re-posting, Facebook Connect, and OpenID authentication, and some nice RSS feeds. - Jesse Hattabaugh
Robert: The BackType Connect plugin works on top of the Wordpress comment system -- so we aren't a replacement comment system - CG
what about JS-Kit? - Nick Halstead
I like Disqus. - Tami Baribeau
Scoble: Screenshots! - Gustav Holmström
JS-Kit are still the market leaders from the numbers I have seen - Nick Halstead
Disqus + friendfeed: mebbe a plugin that will allow using a post box on your blog, that will make it part of FF conversation - Shivanand Velmurugan
I'm prefering Disqus. good support. they're going after the integration and really on top of the whole discussion world. - SolidSmack
Thesis Theme? or Thesis-Like Theme? (did you hear about the controversy?) -- also count one vote for Disqus - Chris Heath
Go with Disqus. - Chris Charabaruk
I like Disqus. :) Very simple to use, and great service if you need help. - Daynah
I like Disqus too. Their FF integration could be cleaner though... - Daniel J. Pritchett
Definitely Disqus, gotta love how it keeps you logged in across sites. - Tyler Hayes
why are their so many? i just dont understand the advantages. although the techcrunch model seems to be the easiest - Cory
Facebook connect is a must IMO - Daniel J. Pritchett from IM
Techcrunch comments (trees) + voting. - Stoicho Monev
I'm not a blogger, nor do I participate much on blogs, but I like Disqus because of the "like"-system. The ability to like comments gives readers somewhat to do on your blog. That is, something easier than commenting themselves. - Meryn Stol
Cory: TechCrunch's CrunchCam is a group/room on friendfeed and you can post to it and then there can be comment threads underneath each post... kind of cool that you get an extra level of threading by doing that, but that only works for a single page not a whole run of pages, each with their own set of comments. - Chris Heath
This really comes down to 3rd party comment system vs native comment system. If you want the latter, you can supplement with BackType Connect if you like. Here's an e.g. of it running on WP comments (threaded): http://bit.ly/Jk9cY - CG
To expand on what Shivanand and Daniel said, Disqus has a "Social media reactions" feature that pulls in comments from other sites, including FriendFeed. Example here: http://ourdoings.com/ourdoin... - Bruce Lewis
I like Disqus, too; using it on my WordPress site. FB Connect and Twitter integration is nice, as are individual profiles. - Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
I like Disqus+FriendFeed, but I'd say whatever you do Facebook Connect, Google Friend Connect, or some other system such that users don't have to create yet another account on your blog to comment/participate is a must. No way would I maintain my own user DB these days. - Ken Sheppardson
I think that liking comments make individual blog pages somewhat nicer to be at. A bit of interaction, a bit of play. Certainly for visitors who are coming from FriendFeed. - Meryn Stol
I think a custom thing is better cause only you know what needs your has - Andy Gongea
JS-KIT works very well - Mark
I like Disqus, works well on every blog and brings in a large number of social network 'reactions' to your articles. - Mathew Packer
Having tried them all, I'm liking plain Wordpress comments with Backtype connect. It's a clean, fast solution without all the javascript slowdowns. - Bwana ☠
Thanks for all the feedback, this really helps. Looks like we're going with Disqus. - Robert Scoble
I am using Disqus and I am satisfied. I guess all are good alternatives! - Manos Matsakis
Somehow I already knew that :) - Bwana ☠
Disqus has been my favorite so far. I'm actually considering a custom engine I may write though - I'm thinking of something like Disqus in a frame on the left side, and real-time FriendFeed and maybe Facebook in a frame on the right below the post. - Jesse Stay
If I find the time to do it each new post will auto-submit to FriendFeed/Facebook, and track the comments of that post on each site and auto-update real-time (or as close as possible) - Jesse Stay
I really like Disqus. Simple, straight forward. Can't put my finger on it but when I see Diqus is an option i am much more likely to comment. That said, could be a reason to use another to keep me form commenting. :) - Kevin Murray
Disqus is a good choice but beware their do follow username links. I get more spam than I would like - I would guess you'd get a good bit more because of that and their spam filtering needs some upgrading - David Knight
Good point, David. I get a decent amount of spam via Disqus and my blog is orders of magnitude smaller than Robert's. - Daniel J. Pritchett
I have a gmail address, i get (almost) no spam (in my inbox) - Chris Heath
im really enjoying intense debate.i love the voting system and tiered responses. also its super easy to link all your social profiles through. - Jason Fleck
I have loved Intense Debate because of the super fast email moderation, but I also like BackType too. Haven't tried Disqus but I have heard some moving away from it. - Brandon Cox
Robert, are you *finally* going to pay attention to issues of comment export and import *before* you adopt a new system? The main reason I no longer comment on your blog is because you've shown little compunction over dumping comments wholesale whenever you migrate to a new service. - Michael R. Bernstein
Personally, I'm liking disqus right now. you can also combine it with friendfeed comments like @kylelacy is - Colin Clark
Kyle is using ID and I don't see FF comments on this post - am I missing something? http://kylelacy.com/top-5-r... - Daniel J. Pritchett from IM
As a commenter I really appreciate the Disqus system. I tend towards epic length comments, often worth reblogging. Disqus makes that very simple. I would like it even more if the FriendFeed was integrated both ways with the Disqus. The one thing I don't like about Disqus is the disjointed way that the comments are brought into FriendFeed. (each comment s a separate feed entry instead of... more... - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
@Robert actually JS-Kit has the most users/pages http://siteanalytics.compete.com/js-kit... - Also wait until our meeting next week and we will show you some interesting stuff ;) - Chris Saad
Chris: can I add JS-Kit after going with Disqus? - Robert Scoble
Chris: I don't care which one has the most mainstream users. I care which one has the most respect amongst friendfeed users. - Robert Scoble
JS-Kit loads on the Cheezburger network, that doesn't necessarily equate to more active participants - Daniel J. Pritchett from IM
Robert. Disqus is the way to go! they have the best customer service I've ever seen. help@disqus.com try it for yourself. they're incredibly fast and very reliable. - Adam Jackson
Backtype, non-third party, keeping main comment structure, pulls in comments directly on the page itself (as do others but a lot less messy) and easier to integrate. :-) My two cents! - Maria Reyes-McDavis
@Robert JS-Kit connects you to more users via OpenID, Yahoo, Google Friend Connect, Twitter, Facebook and others coming. Some other things coming that we can discuss next week. U can switch from Disqus to JS-Kit after the fact, yes. - Chris Saad
I second Chris Saad on JS-Kit. This is a pretty helpful thread as I was looking for feedback about what comments engine we use. thanks for posting this - Sardar Mohkim Khan
Chris: is there integration between js-kit & FriendFeed? - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
@Guruvan there is no explicit friendfeed connect yet - but when we do it it will be very slick - Chris Saad
My vote goes to Disqus. - Alexander Grundner
Still using DISQUS, but find that it has a very awkward integration with WP. I can't seem to log on through the WP frame. Trying ID next. - Bill Sanders
Chris Saad: Do you have any timeframe for a FF connect? This is my big interest as I grow my blog - 2 way integration between comments here and on the blog. Between that and the commenter's ability to have an archive (and reblog) or their own comments. (I guess I'm not big enough to worry about spam yet!) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Robert: don't count IntenseDebate out just yet. As part of Automattic we can offer tighter integrations with WordPress, Akismet, Gravatar, and PollDaddy (among other future projects). In addition to our FriendFeed, Twitter, and Facebook Connect (beta) integrations, we've also opened up our code for developers to create their own plugins. You can check out IntenseDebate in action here - http://tinyurl.com/aossrd - where we've got several of our plugins enabled. I'm happy to answer any questions. - Michael
Michael: Can we see the beta integrations somewhere? Especially the FF integration... - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Disqus please - Jadito
All blog comments should be posted on the friendfeed thread for that blog post and vice-versa. So all commenters on your blog should be authenticated on friendfeed (also can use Google, Facebook, Twitter authentification). - Charbax
There is a wordpress plugin for Google FriendConnect to manage Open Social authenticated comments which I am experimenting with.. - Charbax
guruvan (Rob Nelson): Here's some info from our blog about our FF integration http://tinyurl.com/bfedb4. Facebook Connect is the only integration that's in beta and it's up and running on our blog as well. It will be out of beta in the coming weeks. - Michael
Michael: so am I to understand from that blog entry, that the FriendFeed comments are one-way? i.e. Pulling comments from FF into the blog. What I would like to see is the commentary go both ways (I, of course don't know how feasible this really is ATM). It would be nice if all the comments in ID were associated with the original posting on FF. then the comments could come from either source, and the comment feed to FF would be all in one thread here. That said the whole system looks very cool. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I like Disqus, but doesn't generate ANY additional conversation on my blog and has downtime. - Jason Nunnelley
guruvan (Rob Nelson): not yet, but that's the plan for the future. No ETA right now though. You can also pull your own IntenseDebate comment stream into FF. Thanks by the way for the kind words! - Michael
Facebook and Disqus. I think Facebook is now becoming a must. - Bill Romanos
Bill: Facebook? What are you doing there? - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Disqus is the best. BackType Connect is interesting as well. - Louis Gray
Facebook Connect, et al for auth, and integrate w/ internal (asymmetric) storage of comments. - Jason Nunnelley
Use Disqus, it comes with Facebook connect. - Jan Ole Peek
Disqus. - Rahsheen
Scoble, if you don't go with Disqus now, I swear to god... - Tyler Hayes
Disqus is so slick. I'd go that route. Cheers. - Aaron Salmon
please. the disqus login is just fine for those of us who comment on blogs that use it. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I've used and enjoyed Disqus now for several months. That's my pick. - Mike Lewis
can friendfeed be enabled to be a commenting system for your blog? - Tim Connors
Tim, you mean like a FF Connect? (like Facebook, Google, and Twitter) - Tyler Hayes
Tim: FriendFeed is used for commenting on Shey's blog (this is pretty slick IMO) http://www.sheysmith.com/ - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Rob: I do like that. Tyler: yes like facebook connect but not tied to just one social media service. - Tim Connors
Tim, if it's like Facebook Connect but just for FriendFeed, how is it not tied to just one soc. med. service? I'm assuming you just mean it as another way for people to post comments, rather than only having the imported FF comments to your blog serve as comments (as then all commentators would have to be registered on FF). - Tyler Hayes
good question. i was thinking since FF allows users to plug in to many social nets, if the comment is made from within FF or from within a FF widget on Robert's blog, seems he gets maximum distribution... and maximum chance the conversation is mostly available in one thread. and future proofing for when goog/yahoo/msft launch their newsfeeds/streams. and if the links on twitter and facebook back to the conversation are to his blog vs FF, Robert gets lots of monetizable pageviews there. - Tim Connors
I think the best way to go is to use a FriendFeed plugin through WordPress. This way, you can keep an accurate track of your site's visitors, since all of your comments will be made from the site itself or from FriendFeed. - Thomas Ward
You already made your mind, but i'm going to cast my vote on disqus too. They do an amazing job, WP should come with it as default commenting system. - Diego Sana
FriendFeed. - Thomas Hawk
I like Disqus - Karoli
Disqus ... still getting better. Excellent spam filter. Turn key-integration .... plus another 'community' - Charlie Anzman
I loves Intense Debate - Very helpful guys if you should encounter any Probs. - Brent - Yes I am
I like Disqus for selfish reasons. My Disqus comments to your blog end up not only in your blog, but in my FriendFeed, making them easier to find and share. Wordpress comments stay in Wordpress and are harder to find outside of the original context - some people like that, but I don't. - John E. Bredehoft
John E. Bredehoft: If you want to import your Wordpress comments as well, check out www.backtype.com -- we're a service you can add to your FF account - CG
Disqus is my choice. I already enabled it on my blog. It would be easy for me to comment in your if you enable DISQUS! - Krishnamoorthy
disqus, it's really great, i used it on my tumblr blog for a lot of time, i think i'll use that too on my blog, to replace intense debate - Ivana
Both disqus and Intense Debate can be a bit frustrating from a user perspective, logging in was at times an extra step, then the posting delay caused me to post duplicate comments which is a time waster. Is there that much of an advantage to using either is them? - Albert Maruggi
I log into disqus once per browser session, and post on all disqus powered blogs. how is that an extra step? it's less steps. further, if the blog owner sets up the facebook connect for the disqus, it's a single click login. and this is harder than typeing in my name address and web address how? - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I am about to relaunch my blog and completing a comment migration to Disqus, but now realize that it was a trade-off. Comment security and centralized control versus a loss of some control and a weaker SPAM protection engine. Thanks for suggesting some other tools. - Keith Barrett
I would suggest JS - Kit ... - Dinesh Mohan Raturi
I like Disqus but I think Backtype is doing a better job picking up on mentions distributed across the social Web. - Paul Jacobson
Disqus seems to be most robust and the beset choice. It does have a performance impact though (but that is true for other commenting systems also). I would suggest to test loadtime behaviour with e.g. http://www.octagate.com/service... or with YSlow on a test system before adding to your production blog. - Jeroen De Miranda
DIsqus +1 works nicely with friendfeed. And easy way of having overview over all your discussions across the web. - TobiasVerhoog.com
Robert: Disqus is innovating fast: added Twitter Sign In today: http://mashable.com/2009... - mashable
now that's something! as much as I'm not a big fan of having twitter represent my identity, I'm definitely a fan of other people having that option to login here and on my blog ;) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Intense Debate works for me, but I've used the other engines, and they're fine too. comes down to personal taste. The few times I've had problems with ID, staff was very responsive via GetSatisfaction. - .LAG liked that
LAG: That's the first (concrete) positive thing I've seen posted about Getsatisfaction. Thanks - guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Are you still using WordPress? Is their built in commenting engine totally out of the question? I enjoy the new comment replies. - James Poling
You should have said "Disqus here"! Ha. That's the service I dig. - Michael Kaiser
guruvan: cool. I see the potential in GetSatisfaction. it's not perfect, but it makes a lot of sense. More social media companies should use it. - .LAG liked that
dunno - sofarsoShawn
Not looking at JS-Kit? Seriously, though, I'd just cover Google Friend Connect, FB Connect, and maybe Twitter. Between those, you'll have all of your bases covered. There's no point in choosing a walled garden unless it already has a critical mass of users. - Steve Lynch from twhirl
Hi...Only one comment to the best! What do u think about this:http://www.fdeflash.com/fpanel... - Ferdy
Disqus and IntenseDebate nearly have all the same features. The one thing I know that Intense Debate doesn't have is Facebook Connect or Twitter sign-in abilities yet. - Kevin Eklund
Tried Disqus and tossed it out ... I don't use my blog much, but find js-kit products are solid and do what's advertised .... Commenting with FF is solid and just plain works! - David HC Soul from BuddyFeed
Thanks for all these helpful thoughts. :-) - Martin Seibert
Robert Scoble
Trend for 2010: intimacy parties where there's no Twitter, no Flickr, no blogging, no friendfeeding. I wanna do one in NYC next Thursday. Anyone else in?
Wouldn't that be a year too early? Wait, never mind. Early Adopter... =) - FFing Enigma
I'm getting my 2010 Prius in a couple of weeks, so we are already in the 2010 Web. - Robert Scoble
My husband, the late adopter, would love your party, Robert... ;-) - Victoria Plautia
Can we make out? - Leo Laporte
I think you need another name for this kind of party. If you tell people that you are having an intimacy party, they are going to think you are a swinger or something. - Andrew
Social Media Unplugged? - FFing Enigma
lol leo - Andrew VanderVeen
Leo: if we made out we'd certainly test the system! - Robert Scoble
I can just see the news headlines already: "The Future Is Now! Blogger extraordinaire Scoble rebrands 20th century regular 'party' as 'intimacy party'" - Tyler Hayes
yeah, Robert, the branding on that is a little hinky. The first image I had of an "intimacy party" did not include twitter and friendfeed friends. - Karoli
Karoli: yesterday I told a bunch of PR people that watching Twitter all day made me crave intimacy. They all thought I was talking about sex. I told them I wasn't talking about sexual intimacy. Watching 90,000 Twitterers makes me want to have a deep conversation about something. - Robert Scoble
MVB: AOL never had intimacy. - Robert Scoble
I would love to check out a party like this. I wonder if Dallas is ready for one. - Ha3rvey (on hiatus) from fftogo
i would be happy to attend - but how will i know where it is if we can't share the details online? carrier pigeon? - Allen Stern
Eau contraire Robert, AOL popularized the term "a/s/l" - the ULTIMATE form of intimacy. - Tyler Hayes
I blame Linda Stone for this. She invited me to one of her dinners. Eight people. No blogging. All hand selected. And she made sure we kept the conversation on something deep and intimate. - Robert Scoble
LOL, I give it 20 minutes before you're all shaking, bored and call the whole thing off and run for your iPhones and Blackberry's and Netbooks! Especially after the only two 7 minute conversation bursts where no one can cite any facts without Google and everything mentioned screams fodder for a tweet or blog post or streaming video or live picture. :) - Adam Turetzky
Tyler: I'm not talking about sexual intimacy. - Robert Scoble
Adam: I don't agree. You should have seen the geeks after TechCrunch's StarTrek showing. First of all, it kept me off of friendfeed for two hours. Second of all, we enjoyed talking about it afterward. - Robert Scoble
MVB: I'll be in New York Thursday. Eric: Qik, you mean? Nope, not allowed. - Robert Scoble
Well then Robert, I look forward to the results and my hypotheses proved wrong. :) - Adam Turetzky
I guess Leo is serious about making this an intimacy party... - David van Sunder from Nambu
David: I'd make out with Leo and I'm straight. Just don't tell my wife, OK? She gets jealous. - Robert Scoble
Like the idea. Would appreciate learning more about someone than the minute slice they reveal on socnets. Especially since I've found it increasingly difficult to raise people using that antiquated device called the "phone." At least for voice. Seems like no one wants to have a conversation unless they can pause a few minutes to Google the best bons mots. (edit: I did not Google "bons mots.") - Sue Radd
Christopher: friendfeed is the best place for setting these up, isn't it? - Robert Scoble
If I was in NYC I'd be in, unfortunately I'm not. - Andrew VanderVeen
Iim in ! - Rich White
Linda Stone's parties told me something else. We have to limit each table to four people. Any more guarantees a lack of intimacy and depth. - Robert Scoble
so, is that just like a party...? - David Vyorst
Yeah, sounds pretty much like a good old fashioned dinner party, David. I'm having one of those tomorrow. Everything that's old is new again I suppose... - FFing Enigma
David: not really. I'm specifically going to invite people to sit at a specific table with three other specific people. That's what Linda Stone did and it created magic. - Robert Scoble
Would definitely like to see how this goes. if only i were in NYC....good luck to all attending it...To the organizer(s): Please post pics of any party games u carry out...esp ones that involve drinking. - Freddie Benjamin
Robert, that's a traditional dinner party, where everyone has assigned seating. Name cards if possible. - FFing Enigma
Tina: a dinner party is EXACTLY what we're talking about. Except limited to four people and assigned seating and a rule of no recording/broadcasting what happens. - Robert Scoble
Linda Stone does this at her house in Seattle and it creates magic. - Robert Scoble
Robert: Can you post/twit/ff afterwards? - Clifford Kennedy
Clifford: no. - Robert Scoble
Clifford: other than in general terms. When I went to one of Linda Stone's dinners, for instance, I was sitting next to an author and a tech researcher and a politician. It's a conversation that I'll remember the rest of my life, but can't be shared. - Robert Scoble
This is definitely a sign of the apocalypse. - Paul from twhirl
The fact that this is getting engagement tells me that my trend prediction has some fuel behind it. - Robert Scoble
Robert: I’m definitely intrigued. - Clifford Kennedy
based on what you do Robert and what you and I think the rest of us are passionate about, lets hope this doesn't catch on except in the realm of some type of rich person underground fetish thing. LOL :) I'd much rather see us push for 100MB fiber for everyone and have a virtual dinner party via iChat or Skype without dropouts or latency problems and in HD. :) - Adam Turetzky from IM
Adam: the older I get the more I realize that the reason we have all this technology is so we can find other people we want to meet around the world. I remember in the 1980s when the Internet was first being understood that people would say "you'll never travel anymore." Oh, yeah? Why did I do 120,000 miles on United last year? High def Skype will just make you want to meet that person on the other side even more. - Robert Scoble
Im in for that. Maybe not next Thursday. BUt isn't it like a tweet up? - kenneth glenn
Kenneth: no. A Tweetup is chaotic and not intimate. - Robert Scoble
It should be called an "analog party". - dthree
Do you think it would be possible to replicate the level playing field on sees in social media? I gauge "interestingness" based on words alone. Not your job, not your status, not your level of education and not your dough. - Sue Radd
Sue: the thing is, the more I get around the world, there is some correlation between education, status, dough, AND your words/interestingness. It's unfortunate in some cases, but true. - Robert Scoble
Sue: on the other hand, just because you have education, status, dough, that doesn't mean you are interesting, just that out of 1,000 people it makes it more likely. I have found some interesting people without any of the three, but it's tougher, that's for sure. - Robert Scoble
sure, you know where to find me!! - Bryan Thatcher
...but if someone doesn't Tweet, FF, or blog it, how do we know it ever happened? <wink> - .LAG liked that
LAG: the disruption in the force! :-) - Robert Scoble
I highly agree you don't need all three but the desire to learn and gain all those in some way is important. If you have all three, you tend to struggle outside the box. Maybe I'll unplug next Thursday in CT just to support the concept. Technology is a great tool but sometimes it's just noise and complicates things. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Yet another type of party I won't be attending...LOL - Rahsheen
Funny how this feels like such a strange concept these days. - Mike Doeff
Scobleizer...i like it: Social Media Unplugged™... they used to call them "retreats" or "off-sites." - .LAG liked that
...I call it 'boys night out'! - .LAG liked that
Look at LAG trying to gank my phrase ;-) - FFing Enigma
...I trademarked that shii Tina! but you get points for using the term "gank." sweet! - .LAG liked that
hey, NYC unplugged, boys night out? sounds good to me. i'm in! - Bob Sokol
Bob: boys and girls night out. - Robert Scoble
Fair enough. Either way, you've certainly found a lot of interest in this... - Bob Sokol
I'll take to you around rural Texas, where this is still pretty much the norm. :) - Mike Chapman
i'm in!!! just say the name and place - Rob
So how does one find out about one of these parties, a piece of paper stapled to an electric pole? - Jeff Sher
Jeff: friendfeed of course! - Robert Scoble
I'm in, as long as you pay for my accommodation and travel fees :P - MλTT
Where in NY? I could be in. - C. K. Sample III
I'm staying at the Kitano Hotel (66 Park Ave., at 38th Street). Want to meet there? - Robert Scoble
We welcome you in Istanbul with great pleasure - Jacque
interesting idea - (jeff)isageek
That could work. Bogarts is a good bar that's right there. Or Mexican over on 3rd... The Sun office is right by there, so I have spent some time in that neighborhood :) - Bob Sokol from email
Remember the rules of Cuddle Party. http://www.cuddleparty.com/rules... - l.m.orchard from twhirl
You, stay off of FriendFeed or Twitter for a night? Hell, I'll pay to see that! Count me in! - Thomas Ward
+1 Thomas. Scoble wants to unplug? OMG. But seriously, I call that "time with my girlfriend", no need to develop a fancy name for it.... - Steve Lynch from twhirl
Intimacy party? Sounds like a good old fashion dinner party is called for. I'll cook. Who's coming to dinner? I'll feed you. Kindly bring some wine. - Arleen Boyd
Heh, ya, this isn't exactly a trend so much as "normal behavior engaged in by millions around the world for thousands of years". - Jason Wehmhoener
Arleen, it's a bit of a "drive" to your house. Raincheck? :D - Curtis (a) Jackson
+2 Jason & Arleen. Seems awkward to make up a new name for what has always been known as "a party" or "a dinner". Maybe something´s wrong with your social circles if you blog or tweet when you´re "partying" ? - ɯɥøq sɐɯoɥʇ
I agree, though 'intimacy parties' is a little risque of a name ;) But the need to find appropriate boundaries and to connect without tech is a clear need. When I did the 'soul tech' workshops, it hit a national nerve that within weeks got the workshops on the today show: http://www.sparksocialmedia.com/video... - Leif Hansen
OK, I'm in, but if I see keys in a bowl, I'm leaving. ;) - John Craft
I won't mind that but there will be lot of discussions about parties on twitter and friendfeed following the parties. - Ashish
You mean like "actual" IN REAL LIFE social networking...blasphemy! I'll watch it on ScobleTV - sofarsoShawn
Gonna have to turn off cell phones. - Barry Biddlecomb from twhirl
Barry, that's not going to happen. I bet they all have an anxiety attacks if they thought their cellphones would off for more then an hour. Most people put their cellphones on vibrate in the movies the same will happen here. - Paul from twhirl
Wondering how the "no tech" dinner went last night. Did it happen and if so did everyone survive? - manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Found: the very interesting conversation I was looking for... now to figure out how to save this thread so I don't lose it... - Jannifer @wordsforliving
Jason Griffey
Secondary screening at Newark airport because of all my mics and cameras. Sigh.
Listen to Rufus Wainwright's "Going to a Town" - http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Kenley Neufeld
I got patted down last time I went through airport sec. Asked guard if now he should buy me dinner? No laughs :-( - Jo Paterson
The LB: #TeamMonique
Oooooh, I get to be "in charge" of the library next week. What shall I do? :)
A happy dance? :) - Rachel Walden
Somebody yesterday suggested "Margarita Mondays" and "Tequila Tuesdays." - The LB: #TeamMonique
Weedy Wednesday? (or maybe just Wine Wednesdays, so you can have a CHANCE at keeping your job) - In Search of Gender
LOL, Scott! - The LB: #TeamMonique
Turn all the books upside down - Kevin Kuphal
Reorder them by color instead of call number. - Jason P
Wait...I got it. Book dominoes! - Kevin Kuphal
Good ideas! - The LB: #TeamMonique
Derrick
If you didn't like the new Star Trek movie, the original series with Shatner is available. Try Amazon. Now shut up.
Remakes, reboots, re-imaginings, sequels, prequels and etc. don't diminish the original unless you let it. - Derrick
saw the movie last night, it was a good movie. haven't seen a start trek movie in long long time so this just came across as a good movie to me, nothing more nothing less. - SteVe C
I've got the original series in my Netflix watch now queue. Need to watch more of these. - Thomas Hawk
Uh-oh, has the Star Trek backlash begun? - Jandy
Jandy, my co-worker came in and I thought I was gonna have to buy him an ice cream the way he was crying and moaning. Get over it, already, it's a movie, not the Geneva Convention. - Derrick
I get annoyed with bad remakes / reboots / sequels as much as the next guy, but a) Star Trek wasn't bad, and b) you're right, it's not like they destroyed all copies of the original. Actually, they used to do that decades ago. When they remade Gaslight in 1944, didn't they try to get rid of all the prints of the 1941 British version? - Jandy
John Dupuis
Library Faculty Open Access Declarations - http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/2009...
Maybe, who really knows. What matters is that we all try and follow up. - John Dupuis
I got one into our IR today! http://hdl.handle.net/10315... - John Dupuis
Aaron B. Hockley
To those wanting #openreplies... you know what's open? Identica. Just sayin'
Cliff
Spiritual growth doesn't mean *not* getting angry. It means *doing* the right thing with you anger.
you are wise - maʀtha
But what is the "right" thing to do with your anger? - Kenley Neufeld
Going on friendfeed and doing a DYSP post of course! - Scoble, Alex Scoble
K.G. Schneider
My writing session went from "can't concentrate" to "where did the time go?"
Stefan Hayden
"such a great song.. and Julia Nunes does sucka good cover of it too." - Stefan Hayden
Marie
sippin' hot tea and readin' some articles on building a core journal collection.
Mary Carmen
My colleagues have most excellent senses of humor
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Jason Griffey
I swear to the FSM if I hear the word "socialist" revering to liberals again, I'm sending them all a dictionary.
Ignorance: Not actually an American value, despite all evidence to the contrary. - Jenica
FFing Enigma
My theory of cooking: garlic and onion are like cowbell. You can always use more.
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Especially garlic! - Kevin L
hear, hear - Michael W. May
That's the way to go. - Christian (Simply X)
Don't forget the basil! - Mattie Kenny
I'll leave the basil for you, Mattie, too much of it winds up tasting like licorice to me =P - FFing Enigma
Mmm, it's coriander (cilantro) for me. Can't get enough!! - Bec Rowe @d0tski
God yes. The more sauteed onion and garlic the better. *sigh* Now I want some steak. - EricaJoy
If I could handle the chopping time it would take, I could eat a full dinner of sauteed onions and garlic. Throw in some mushrooms, a smidge of butter, and lots of cracked black pepper... NOM! - FFing Enigma
Is that your prescription? :) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Same with cilantro, BBQ sauce and ginger - Scoble, Alex Scoble
and Diet Coke - Josh Haley
I'd have to add some meat to that, Tina. - MiniMage
In their appropriate cuisines, I agree on the cilantro, BBQ, and ginger everyone has mentioned. However, I can't make any thing without garlic and onion. Except candy. - FFing Enigma
This post finally go made me see why the hell everyone goes on about cowbell. I really could have done without seeing Ferrell's belly, but it was slightly amusing. The funniest was the drummer. - MiniMage
I HAVE A FEVER! - Terry O'Fee
OMG that' s the funniest skit ever! - Dawn
THE Bruce Dickinson - Terry O'Fee
and when I put on my pants I make gold records... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Definitely Garlic! - David Cook
yeah... onion and theonion ftw - Prashant
Bumping this because I'm making spaghetti tonight with about 1.5 cups of chopped onion and a good .25 cups minced garlic. NOM! - FFing Enigma
YES! Love the garlic and the cowbell...so how awesome would a garlic cowbell be? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Garlic and onion shepherd's cowpie. Err, bell. - Daniel Dulitz
David Cook
***SHE SAID YES!!!*** =D
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Congrats! - Scoble, Alex Scoble
Mazel Mazel! - Justin Korn
Congrats, David, and the future Mrs. Cook! - Derrick
Congrats! - Mo Kargas
Congrats! - Michael McKean
congratulations! - Jay
Awesome! - Robert Scoble
Congratulations - jerry
Congrats :) - Rodfather
Congratulations! - Anika
Congratulations - RAPatton
congrats! - Rob Sellen :o)
Of course Lindsey, how else is a guy like me gonna land a awesome chick like her?! - David Cook
Awesome! congrats.... - Marcus Schroefel
Congrats! Hope she is a good one! - Mathew™ aka Youngblood
Congratulations!! - Christine Yang from BuddyFeed
Congratulations!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from BuddyFeed
Wow, congrats, David! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
congrats David :) - webosapien (Burcu Tüzün)
RAD - just got warm fuzzy feeling. - alexia tsotsis
good for you (and her of course)! - Cee Bee
mazal Tov - Kfir Pravda
Congratulations, David! - ronin
congratulations! nice ring! - Trish Haley
Congrats :) - Bee
nice ring! - anna sauce
David, that's wonderful! Congratulations!!! - Zee.
CONGRATS!!! - FFing Enigma
Congrats!!! - iTad
should be the most liked thing by end of the week. ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)
Congratulations! - Parth Awasthi
Congrats man! - Andrew
Thank you all *so* much! You're all so awesome!!! - David Cook from fftogo
This is nice to see...a great reminder that no matter how bad things get with the economy, etc., life indeed goes on. :) Congratulations and many blessings! - Dawn
congrats! - Anne Bouey
Congrats! - Tony
Congratulations :) - 空气.sk
EPIC!!!!! Congrats! - Live4Emma (L4S)
congrats! - mashable
congrats! - Daniel Herrera
Congrats! - Charlie Anzman
yes! congrats! - Allen Stern
Congratulations!!! Nice ring =) - nouhad
Way to go! - Friar Will
Congratulations! - Steven Perez
Congratulations! Hope you have as many wonderful years as my wife and I have had! - John A. Taylor
YEAH!! CONGRATULATIONS DAVID!!!!! Wooo Hooooo!!!! :) - Susan Beebe
Congrats! - Jeremy Brooks
Congratulations! - imabonehead
Lovely - Karma Martell
Congratulations to the both of you, beautiful! - Steven J. Ram
Congratulations David. That is wonderful! - Keith - @tsudo
Congrats! - Dobromir Hadzhiev
Congrats, David. - Micah
Hurray, Congrats - Nils Hitze from twhirl
Bravo to that and welcome to a new chapter of your life. :) - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
In case nobody else has said it, congratulations! - Mark H
Awesome, congratulations! Marriage is a great thing man! - Allen Harkleroad
Congrats you two :) - embee
Congratulations! <3 - Neya
Congrats! - Jorg Jansen
congrats! - sergiooo
Congratulations!!! I remember that day.. lots of emotions - Alessandro Galetto from twhirl
Congratsss - Wolkanca Sapar
ace! first FF engagement? now for the wedding... ustream? :P - Stuart Evans from twhirl
Woo-hoo! Congratulations! :) - JA Castillo
With a ring like that I would probably say yes too... Congratualions! - Ruud van Wijngaarden
Congratulations! - Rob Brammeld
Congrats! - Thomas Hawk
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Ahmed
..and now you feel great! Congrats!!! - Business Blogger 【ツ】™
:D - Yuvi
Congrats ! - Guy Vander Heyden
Congrats!!! And welcome to the jungle!!! :D - Nestor
Congratulations - MAS
Congratulations - Like
Congra... :) - امـ‌ی‌ــر
Congratulations:) - joupy
الهیییییییییییییییییییی چه احساسی داره:) - joupy
Congratulations David! :) - AJ Batac
Congratulations , Hope you live happily ever after :) - ₦ấŽắЙἵŊ
congrats :) - disconnesso
yay!!! =D - Jenny Morman
Congrats! - Mohammad Abdurraafay
hey congrats - (jeff)isageek
congrats! - Martin Sliacky
Congrats! - Bryan R. Adams
Beautiful ring. Congrats! - Cheryl Jones
Congratulations! - joey
Congratulations!! - TiTi
Congratulations and best wishes !!! - Nir Ben Yona
con'grats !! - Peter Dawson
congrats! - John Wang
Congratulations mate. Now, it's my turn ;-) - Shinil Payamal from twhirl
aaaawwwwww - Yolanda
Grandma told you she was a keeper" Congrats sweetheart I wish you both all the years of happiness I have had and so many more! Love ya bunches" - Katt
Awesome - Andrew
Congrats!!!! - johnilouise
Congrats!! Lucky you, you're the man! - natadd from twhirl
Congratulations on the engagements and that GORGEOUS RING!! wow!! good job!! I bet the bride is just as beautiful :) - Melissa Davis
Ejalé!!! - Franco
Congrats. - Alp
Awesome!! - BEX
amanda etches
Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945 - http://www.last.fm/music...
holly #ravingfangirl
ugh. the FriendFeed snobbery is getting thick lately. IDGAF if you don't use twitter at all now that the FF beta is out. get over yourselves.
what's IDGAF mean? - sofarsoShawn
A-fucking-men. - Jason Griffey from twhirl
you don't have to use acronyms on character-limit-free FF - anna sauce
wait I know, figured it out: "I don't give a f**k" + for me - sofarsoShawn
Yeah! Some of us dumped Twitter a long time ago! ;) - David Rothman (☤) from fftogo
it means I don't give a... well, you know. :) - holly #ravingfangirl
yay! thanks shawn. I am acronym-dumb today. but each time I hear one, I'm kind of honored that the writer thought I knew it. - anna sauce
I wonder if FF snobbery is what made them pull the source icons, in order to minimize source discrimination, because it was making things insular. I wonder if they have data to see whether or not people have changed their habits with regards to liking/commenting on non-FF posts. - Victor Ganata
Kenley Neufeld
Yes, you do. :) - The LB: #TeamMonique
Boulders. - Scoble, Alex Scoble
Pebbles - Lou Paglia
Stones. - Anika
and rolls - AJ Batac
And the funniest thing is I don't remember posting this. How did it happen? I'm just sitting here laughing out loud at the absurdity of it all. - Kenley Neufeld
You don't remember? LOL - Anika
Well, twitter has been acting funny these last few days. - Kenley Neufeld
Were you using your phone? Maybe you were trying to do a search? - Anika
Bam-Bam (Lou already said Pebbles) :) - Roberto Bonini
It was probably something weird like that; I do use Twitter on iPhone. - Kenley Neufeld
Mary Carmen
i'd much rather be knitting right now
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