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"Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned." - Dave Winer via Bookmarklet

Smart move... better to have her in the administration than on the outside criticizing every move by Obama. - Mark Martinez

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“@nickhalstead yes, we will be in London Dec. 5-8th. Am looking to get together with cool startups like yours and maybe blogger dinner on 5th”

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“@DomainBELL everyone can have a real time page. FriendFeed does them too, but visit http://search.twitter.com and put in your Twitter name.”

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“@CathLawson why feel inferior? But I know that feeling. I get it when I hang around Microsoft's kernel team or over at Google or Facebook.”

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“Just landed in San Francisco and Twitter is down. Blame Scoble.”

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it's funnier when other people say it :) - Christopher Galtenberg

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Hey Robert broke twitter ... no wait, it's just twitter's way of saying, "Welcome Home"~!! - Susan Beebe

What's Alex done to Twitter? Alex? Robert is saying you broke twitter..... - WorldofHiglet

I really don't think it's your fault..... this time. :) - JCLeftie

http://friendfeed.com/e/4df2dc... - Tanju Yıldız (mavisland)

Awesome blog title -> "Twitter went down as soon as Robert Scoble landed in SF" - AJ Batac

Yeah. Nice work Scoble ;) I bet you brought some Chinese twitter virus back home - Dennis Bjørn Petersen via twhirl

And, being that you're Scoble, you're still able to Tweet about it. - DocileWalnut

Another Blame Scoble meme? - Roberto Bonini

It went down right as I ran my auto-follow script for SocialToo - it's probably my fault ;-) - Jesse Stay

Googel reader having problems as well... you must not have read all your feeds and now they have an out of memory error - Ian D. Nock via twhirl

See I cannot even type properly.. must be Scoble - Ian D. Nock via twhirl

Ian, funny thing - I did just finish reading my feeds. I think it's actually me taking down the internet this time. ;-) - Jesse Stay via twhirl

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“@nickhalstead I totally disagree with you about FriendFeed, see http://friendfeed.com/scobleiz... for conversation!”

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“Interesting to see the difference between the replies to me on FriendFeed and the replies at http://tinyurl.com/6a3rq3”

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“I invested a lot of time this year in FriendFeed and Twitter instead of my blog. Was that the right decision?”

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I think so. - Robert Scoble

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Half of it was right. And I'm not posting this from Twitter. ;) - Chris White

Time will tell, but I think it was correct decision. - imran

It's made you one of my favorite bloggers, if that makes you feel any better about it. If you weren't heavy on the social exploration I probably wouldn't read. - Daniel J. Pritchett

what outcome were you going for? - zach

From my perspective, yes. It's a much more interactive and broader experience for all. - Kevin C. Tofel

The right decision from which perspective, Robert? Did you increase "eyeballs?" Revenue? Both? Other? - Mark VandenBerg

I like FriendFeed and Twitter, but don't see how they compare to developing thoughtful, deeper blog posts. Really, I think FF and Twitter have their place, and I love them as well, but that place is certainly not a replacement to blogging. - Michael Krigsman

I think yes. Most folks can read twitter 100% of the time -- blogs are scanned. You tend to link to good stuff from twitter and have good headlines. - Ted Simpson

No question about that. In the past, websites were static compared to blogs. Now blogs are static compared to microblogging services. - Berci Mesko

I think only you can be the judge of that. We're all beginning to look at blogs as sort of the core of our outreach, so I'm not sure investing time in microblogging elsewhere is an either/or question. You are you. Your blog and social media network are simply extensions. If you're happy with your business model and continuing to grow, what's the problem? :-) - Chris Baskind

Mark: Revenue? Didn't change much. Eyeballs? Well, I have almost 21,000 followers here that I didn't have at the beginning of the year. Zach: I just saw that FriendFeed was going to be one of the most interesting new services of the year. Seeing how it was on the screen at the Chinese BloggerCon I think I picked the right services. - Robert Scoble

I consider FF as blogging in many ways and more interesting than a blog. - imran

You certainly moved the ball forward for the two companies. And if you think they're a vital part of the "internet plumbing", you absolutely made the right decision in helping to secure their futures. - Christopher Galtenberg

I've shut down my blog for the time being. Not getting the interaction out of it, the way I'm getting out of experiences on FF and Twitter. I think if you want more conversation online, the blogs (for now) would not be the way to go. - Helen Sventitsky

are the 21K followers different from people who followed your blog already? if so that is in increase. if not then the eyeballs are moving from your blog to friend feed. - Jonathan Jesse

Just wondering. Thanks, Robert. - Mark VandenBerg

My twitter lives alongside my blog in the sidebar, and I keep track of all my tweets by feeding it into a lifestream stored on my server. i think that's the key, as the two platforms, microblogging and blogging, work nicely together. - C. K. Sample III

@Michael great thoughts on blogs allowing for deeper thought development. that greater development, might lead to more meaningful discussion on FF then what may occur in the comment section - Jonathan Jesse

Also, check out Twitemperature if you like Twitter. Tells you whether you're hot or cold based upon what you've tweeted and how it ties into online trends and community: http://twitemperature.com - C. K. Sample III

It's a good question -- I've been thinking (and writing a bit) about the question of a blogging / microblogging balance. My working theory: that going forward the most successful bloggers will be strong microbloggers, and vice versa. - Eric Berlin

Robert, then I have a wunderbar über wonderful idea for you! You know, you can trust me :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

YES YES YES YES YES YES! - Susan Beebe

There are plenty of people up at blog-level covering "the scene". You're on the ground with people as they're trying things, talking about what's missing, what they need, what they like and don't. I think this is a good place for a tech-head to be. But blog posts to send signals up and out to the other tech-heads, reviewing your time embedded with the troops, will still be vital for growth of the net. - Christopher Galtenberg

No =) The audience for the standard blog delivery system is different than a hyper-conversation micro-blogging system. While these services are great with interactivity, they do not generate useful long term content in most cases due to short posts (usually under 120 characters) and basically being a link farm rather than useful content. The initial "posts" are not as in-depth as a typical blog post, and the comments are often "me too" type of responses as well. Balance your tweets vs. your blog posts =) - RAD Moose

I found I moved too much of my activity to Twitter and FriendFeed - I have tried to return to more blog postings, since I do have a community of readers that is only there. - Richard Akerman

Hard to say. Who are you, again? :) - Matt Tuley

Yes, I've heard little about your blog posts, but I've heard plenty about you being very open & active on social sites. That kind of interaction with your audience is a refreshing change and I'm sure it helps your reach (though I'm sure that's not what you meant). - Cains

Honestly? You put you in front of me. I would not have gotten to the blog as often, as I've seen you here. Just too much to read. - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct

I personally miss the longer/thought out posts that used to appear on your blog. While I don't think that using FF/Twitter has been a bad thing, and I know that you don't have time for *everything*, your more "editorial" and reporting style of blogging is missed. - drew olanoff

Cross posting of comments between blogs and friendfeed would be an interesting development. - Andrew Leyden

Jonathan: I think I've gained a good percentage of new people who found me here on FriendFeed. That's why I have more followers here than, say, Michael Arrington does or Leo Laporte do (and they should have WAY more, because of the size of their audiences). - Robert Scoble

I ask myself the same question often regarding whether I should spend so much time on social media sites instead of just writing content on my blogs. What I don't think I realized is that I'm still creating valuable content at all of my outposts that are still ultimately leading to my blogging hub. I think its been well worth it. - Mark Krynsky

@Andrew WordPress has a nice plugin to link to FriendFeed activity. Unfortunately for my platform (TypePad) I don't know of an equivalent. - Richard Akerman

ppl will follow you anywhere on web i think, but this is the best place to folllow you. - imran

I find FriendFeed to be more engaging, but it would be nice to gauge the amount of traffic a post on FF gets. - Spencer

the #friendfeed, #twitter, #socialmedian instantaneous replies, directs, and comments distributed throughout feed aggregation access points establishes a better communication channel for your voice - shayne catrett

depends. did you sacrifice blog content & share it on FF/Twitter? - I stopped blogging about useless junk since I can simply throw that stuff up on FF or Twitter now. Less frequent are my blog posts, but more quality, at least I think - Enrique Gutierrez via twhirl

@Richard if you can migrate to Six Apart's Movable Type 4, they have a widget for FF -- in fact, I'm going to be trying to get it running on my blog tonight - Woodrow Jarvis Hill

Here's how you get your answer: (1) Go get some sleep. You just got back from China! (2) Wake up and look at the likes/comments on this item. (3) Compare those numbers against responses to your best blog post this year. - Bruce Lewis via fftogo

It depends what you're after. Knowing you, it was the right decision - twitter and friendfeed are like a quickfire conversation, here there, lots of input, changing topics all the time. Blogs are the considered discussion...or lecture. Different methods of communication, you choose which one you prefer. - Rachel Clarke

Blogging is more of a one-way street, FF and Twitter are interactive. It's pretty obvious they are the natural evolution and successor to web collaboration. - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Absolutely. FriendFeed and Twitter are so much more interactive and personal than blogs. I'm liking the transition to more personal mediums. - Mark Martinez

Add one more who simply wouldn't follow you regularly if not for ff ... No other method gives the constant positive reinforcement and active conversation - David HC Soul

For those using a blog for SEO and drive quality links to their retail or commercial site, the answer would be no. However, I personally find it difficult to follow all my favorite blogs in a timely manner, ever on a reader. So for me, Twitter & FF is a better avenue to follow your messages. - Rick Bucich

Less smack talk about Twitter on this thread (any?) than FF smack on Twitter. Me senses some insecurity about the topic from those not yet FF-savvy. - Christopher Galtenberg

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“New blog post: Is the panic over Detroit real? http://bit.ly/KsPX”

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Dave, this post hops over a lot of the parroting of pundits that usually fills the blogs. It has stunned me that the same folks who felt the world would end if Wall Street companies that pay hundreds of hustlers millions of dollars would fail, however, an industry that pays millions of workers hundreds of dollars can go down without serious consequences. - Phil Boiarski

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Not to mention that GM's brands are very popular in China, so by killing GM we'd be removing one of the few things that gets money to come back here from China (there aren't very many left). - Robert Scoble

GM has made many, many mistakes. Why should we let them stay in business? - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Tyler: they have made many, many right decisions, too. My Saturn Aura is a great car (it is made by GM). When I was in Shanghai I saw GM cars all over the place. They employ something like seven million people around the world. So you are ready to put seven million people on the street? Why don't we put you and your business on the street? I'm sure you make mistakes every day too. - Robert Scoble

Chapter 11 doesn' have to put people on the street, as long as the govt provides a guarantee on DIP financing. See today's NYT Sorkin piece for details:-) - Francine Hardaway via IM

Yes, but my business isn't going bankrupt. Hey, I drive a GM car, I don't want them to go under, but why should my tax dollars save them? - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Tyler: because if you put those people out of work they'll cost you tax dollars and you won't get anything in return then. - Robert Scoble

The bailout money would be better spent on assitance to those who are impacted... re-training, relocation assistance, etc. Now (NOT, I meant NOT) wishing for GM go go away - but they have big issues that NEED to be addressed... not patched over (again). - Brian Roy

But what would I be getting for a bailout? If it's anything like the banks, it seems like more of the same! Will GM diversify, streamline and stop making gaudy SUVs? If they are to be bailed out, someone better should be running the company. Where's the hybrid cars? Why aren't they making more of them? - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Tyler: I agree with you, mostly. It's just that if you dump tons of people on the street to teach a corporation a lesson it increases the problems greatly. You also aren't going to find jobs for many of these workers, even after retraining. They simply aren't there. So, short term, I'm all for keeping the jobs going. - Robert Scoble

Tyler, that would be the point behind any kind of bailout. GM is told build hybrids and more fuel efficient cars in order to get the money. Use the bailout money as an incentive to restructure the industry. - Paul

Everyone keeps assuming all these people will get "dumped on the street", but I'm not sure I believe that. Will they shut down entirely? No. So how are 7mill losing their jobs? - ♫ Rahsheen™

"GM has made many, many mistakes." The mistakes were made in design and product decisions, not on the assembly line. Those who made decisions to manufacture Suburbans and ignore hybrid technology should suffer, not the guy bolting it together. And we'll either pay in "bailout" (which we might get back) or in unemployment benefits and other safety net spending (which we won't). - John Craft

A bailout is just a bandage. If it's not fixing the real problems, then why do it? Won't we go through this again? Instead of a bailout, why doesn't the gov't buy the damn company, fire all the upper management and subsidize sustainable/hybrid techology? - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Hopefully there are enough STRONG rules attached to the bailout to force both the execs and the unions to change direction and start making good cars for the long term. a straight bailout will just prolong the business-fail-as-usual mentality that exudes from Detroit. - Glenn Batuyong

Rasheen, at some point another manufacturer (e.g. Honda) might buy some GM assets (factory). But the delay, and uncertainty, will further erode confidence. No one wants to prop up "business as usual" - the goal is to ease (and demand) the transition. - John Craft

Tyler: if you put all those workers on the street you'll have far more pain for far longer. Yes, we should get something in return, but I don't live in an ideal world and I don't always get what I want. - Robert Scoble

"why doesn't the gov't buy the damn company, fire all the upper management and subsidize sustainable/hybrid techology?" - Isn't that essentially what's happening? Have you read the bills introduced in the House and Senate? - John Craft

Rahsheen, any layoffs by GM, Ford or Chrysler is going to have ripple effect. It will cause layoff in their suppliers also. So the layoffs are going to be a lot larger then just GM..... - Paul

John- yes, but this isn't a takeover, it's a bailout. Just as Glenn said earlier, there must be STRONG rules to make sure this isn't just a handout. - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Let them burn. The airlines had to restructure so will the auto makers. Enough with the fear mongering already. Fucking lemmings. - Leather Donut

CNNMoney weighs on on what the :real" problems are - http://money.cnn.com/galleries... - Bill Pennington via twhirl

Leather: where do you work? Can we say the same thing about your business? I'm sure your management hasn't made every best decision either. Plus, next year lots of businesses will lay people off. Should we cheer if you are one of those? - Robert Scoble

"there must be STRONG rules to make sure this isn't just a handout." Agreed. The House plan is pretty strong. http://www.freep.com/article/2... - John Craft

I think we can all agree that American automakers relied too heavily on SUVs. But what's the solution? - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Tyler: that's because of our emphasis on quarterly results. I sure wish our markets would reward long-term thinking rather than worrying about this quarter and next. Capitalism itself brought us these problems. - Robert Scoble

Tyler: the solution is to take 10% of oil industry profits and put those into developing newer cars that'll get us off of oil. But that never will fly past the lobbyists. - Robert Scoble

+100 Robert - the short term thinking of today's day trader/hedge fund market create many of our current problems. - Brian Roy

True. Side note, has everyone here read Hot, Flat and Crowded? Fascinating. Great look toward what we SHOULD be doing. - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Tyler: I watched Thomas Friedman give a speech while in Shenzhen, China. I saw everything he was talking about right outside of my window. This is the #1 problem for the next 20 years. By far. Friedman's work is very important, he just travels a lot so sees the problems in a way that the rest of us can't. - Robert Scoble

Robert, if short term thinking is what caused these problems, then why does Apple create awesome products? What really concerns me is when all this bailout stuff is going to stop. We are going to have this same conversation over and over for each bailout, until we cause US Treasuries to lose their AAA rating, and China, Russia, and the Middle East will start using another currency to trade with. That's what we are risking with these bailouts. - Chris White

Here's a thought: why not eliminate all tax breaks for and/or apply all windfall profit taxes on the fossil fuel industry toward the auto industry bailout? Jack CAFE standard up dramatically and, as others have proposed, commit the Federal Government to a complete overhaul of its vehicle fleet within 5 years, with the prerequisites that replacements must be built in the US and use alternative fuels or new technology. ... - Kevin Pedraja

That would ensure that 1) energy prices don't fall so fast that alt fuel programs wither 2) car makers are both required and incented to invest in new technology. - Kevin Pedraja

I would rather use my taxes to pay unemployment for all of US auto assembly line workers than use my taxes to bail out their braindead asleep-at-the-wheel management. I want my taxes to support American workers, not American executives. - Bjorn Stromberg

I was just thinkng today, how many times have we heard "The consequences of failure would bring chaos" during the past year? It's been the year of the Shepherd Boy. - Ted Gilchrist

Scoble, the stock was just delisted. Shitty management. But then again the management is not going to the government for a handout. I'm not using my taxes to pay for someone else to live when I have to worry about my own. - Leather Donut

The fear mongering is back. Chicken Little all over the place. GIMME $700 BILLION NOW or we will die. Look where that's going. This will keep happening unless people stop supporting the same mistakes and guess what none of this helps YOU. Why do I have to pay for some AIG exec's bonus? I would shed ZERO tears if he was left homeless. In fact, he should be for the monumental fuckup. - Leather Donut

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in USSR, riots were more numerous per year than in today's Russia (still not exactly free and democratic). especially often there were 'slave riots' in gulag labor camps, often on major and high-profile construction sites. partly because of this, number of such camps was greatly decreased in late 1950s. - 9000

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This is what YouTube was made for. - Mike Doeff

I love how the cat actually helps scoop a little dirt into the Roomba at the very end. What a helper! :) - Kevin C. Tofel

I LOL'd. No really, I did. - Phil Glockner

Its great how compleatly un-fazed it is, happy just sat there spinning about. - Simon Wicks

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I love toto and while that's a great song this, my friend, is the best song ever written or performed! http://mrdoob.com/lab/youtube/... - paisano

You should say how you love riding around, listening to this song in your Tesla. If anything, it's one more opportunity to mention your Tesla. - Fleagle

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Should Every Outward Facing Employee Have a Web Presence

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Simple answer: yes. Same question: should every outward facing employee have a face? - Lars Trieloff

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Absolutely - Aram Zucker-Scharff

I almost said no, because janitors and other people don't really deal with customers, do they? But then I remembered the lady who cleaned my hotel room. She said hi and asked if she could make my stay better. Made my feelings about Sheraton go up. So, everyone affects the brand and everyone is customer facing and everyone can affect our understanding of what the company does, or help us have a better experience with it. - Robert Scoble

Yes. It makes them easier to contact and simpler to manage. - Tyler Hurst via twhirl

Robert: I'd argue that janitors and cleaning staff aren't outward-facing employees. - Kevin Fox

Kevin: I'd argue that they are. Everyone comes into contact with other human beings and they all represent the company in some way every day. If you hire great people all the way through your organization, you won't have to worry. If you hire idiots, then I'd worry about this stuff. - Robert Scoble

No. Most outward-facing employees are already outward-facing and present in the ways they need to be by default. Plastering them on a billboard for people unrelated to see, or opening them up personally for disgruntled customers to stalk... seems to be going a bit far. - abacab

I would say it depends. If you have a sales team with 100 people why not a blog for the team and then each individual member can blog. 100 blogs is maybe taking it a bit far? - Sofia

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The Jiva.com folks are the people I'm seeing in India in January. This looks like a wonderful routine to follow! - Francine Hardaway

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Cliff is one of the smartest guys I know. This is a great way to frame the issue to encourage someone to get off the dime. - Francine Hardaway

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Welcome home Robert. I hope the China trip was enlightening. - Rob Diana

So, hamburger, burrito, sub or something else? What's the food you missed the most? - Andrew Leyden

did you loose any wieght while in china? when i was there i dropped 10 lbs due to the change in diet - Jonathan Jesse

Welcome back. Thanks for all your China updates. Really good stuff. - Dave Martin

The media has been alerted :-) - todd

See you next week when I get there:-) Let's have a China discussion. - Francine Hardaway

Jonathan: I gained weight. I love Chinese food. Mexican is what I missed most. And Maryam's Iranian cooking. - Robert Scoble

This is the first time I checked out Dopplr. I don't really travel enough to justify its use, but it looks like an interesting service. - Ontario Emperor

Same Ontario, I think my two journeys are Lanzarote and the shop to buy some lunch :) - Joe Dawson (beta)

congrats! - susan mernit

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Twitter Downtime Art: Fail Caterpillar & Animatronic Ice Cream

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Dave for the win with "Splatterpillar" - Erica Baker

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Fail hairy snake. - Rolf Schewe

No More Fail Whale :P - Jonathan Molina via twhirl

It's been dubbed the Cone of Silence. - Paul Reynolds

caterpillar caterpillar caterpillar caterpillar ICE CREAM ICE CREAM! SNAKE! - Sue Radd

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If you want to turn this country into a Socialist Republic, put another 10M people out of work. That's the ticket! - Phil Boiarski

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“Anyway, it's pretty appalling that the country let a city fail. You can see it happening again. Can't know for sure of course.”

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Doesn't it make you wonder, though? What could the federal gov't (pre-Katrina) do for NO that they couldn't do for themselves? - Carter Rabasa

Carter's question is interesting. I think the interdependencies of urban centers and larger jurisdictions are not at all understood by the public, and that these arrangements are rather complex. Maybe brittle and sluggish too, but we need to understand what they are. I would hate to think we are reduced to city states that issue armies to forage among the forests and farms. We are not self-sufficient locally (consider that at the personal level) and we need to get over our illusions to the contrary. - Dennis E. Hamilton via twhirl