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I'm watching your video right now - The Real sofarsoShawn

Robert, I am unable to watch your video (never been) in kite.tv with GNU/Linux and Flash 10. Although I have no problems in any other video platform. - Ricardo Galli

It is the first service to bring all our content into one place - paul mooney

Watching your video. Definitely learning a lot. Much to take in. - Marty McPadden

This is a great tuturial Robert, I am learning about all kinds of features I never knew about. Too bad Friendfeed doesn't have a video/visual tutorial like this for all the newcomers (albeit more concise for them). - Brian

Yes - and screencasted, not video of screen. - Hal

Have they ever come up with a good way to sync my twitter follows as imaginary friends without having to add each individually? - Hal

Was it just blurry for me or is it blurry for everyone? I think I could have learned way more from it if I could see what you were was doing. Looked like you were doing some cool stuff. - MarkCarras

awesome job Robert - watching it right now. It's great you're not over the top in describing it's usefulness...rather a sensible overview of it's benefits. - Zee.

That's great info, Robert. Thank you. Lots of stuff I didn't know. - Drew

Thank you for taking the time to put this together. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Love it Robert, thanks, I learned a lot. - Ginger Kenney

Great vid. Really showed off some awesome capabilities. - Joe Brinkman

Chris: my computer is messed up. :-) - Robert Scoble

I love FF and have been using it for a few months (though not exclusively), but I still picked up a few powerful tips that I didn't know or understand before. Thanks, Robert! - Helen Hoefele

Robert did you make this video for Arrington? I hope so, that way he'll start participating more...same goes for Guy Kawasaki too. :) - Susan Beebe

Nah, just trying to explain the features. - Robert Scoble

This friendfeed thing confuses me to no end. Maybe I'm just dense, but I've never been able to figure out how to organize things here so that the cool stuff perks to the top, then there's keeping track of things I like or whatever. I hope your vid is damn good cuz it's downloading now over a dialup line. yup, they still haven't fixed my highspeed yet. :-) Edited to put a smiley after that last statement, hehe. - Eddy Cole

It's a really good introduction to both basic and advanced FriendFeed use. Perhaps more interestingly, helps explain how Robert manages his massive inbound data flow. - Michael Krigsman

Ross the Friendfeed intern did some tutorials a while back, but FF sure failed to keep up with creating new ones as the feature set (and interface) evolved. Ross's videos here: http://www.vimeo.com/rossmil... - Mitch

I think that if I knew that I could see all of my twitter activity from within friendfeed, then I would use it in leui of a twitter client - but I don't feel like taking the time to add imaginary friends. - Hal

What we really need is a "Friendfeed Tour" room which is added by default to ever single new account. It could be moderated by the FF crew and include links to a whole bunch of goodies for new friendfeeders. - Mitch

Next installment: 20 ways to being a bigger FriendFeed monster than Robert Scoble? =) - deepikaur

Comprehensive. Needs a screencast treatment instead of pointing vid cam at the screen. - Tom Landini

This should go on the ff homepage - Michael Fidler

2009 is the year I start really drinking the FF Koolaid. I started a week early, technically, but then the good resolutions are the ones worth getting ahead of right away. This video was helpful for understanding how to make the most of the service, Robert. I'll be sharing it with others, especially if I slip into the social media rabbit hole that this service can be for many users. As always, thank you for sharing your experience. - Alex Howard

I find that friendfeed has a lot of passive users. Their activity comes from the aggregation of other media, not from any attention on friendfeed itself. Robert is very active on FF and so gets a lot of immediate conversation going, but many have it set on auto-pilot. I find this is less the case with twitter. Perhaps it will change. - Marcel LeBrun

Robert, I love the down to earth presentation on this. Very approachable method of video, and informative. - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

I've been waiting for this video. Good stuff. - Andrew

Thanks for this - its great to have a practical 'how to' guide. - Graham Hills

Nice! Didn't really get Friendfeed until now. It would be phenomenal if I could manage and write to everyone of my aggregations via friendfeed. Hate to have 3+ Backends for my Blogs etc - Sebastian

Robert, I've been using FriendFeed for a while now. Thanks! This was superb. - Pilgrim Five

"Hide" feature!? I have no "Hide" link under my entries - how did you get one of those?! I want one! I have "Comment", "Like" and "More". - Isha (Marysia)

Thanks for posting. I never knew that Friendfeed could be so useful. I didn't even know there was a like feature till you pointed it out. I just thought it was another one of those lifestreaming aggregators. - Thao Ly

Marysia: "Hide" is only available on entries if you are in the home screen. So click on "Home" and now you should see Hide. - Robert Scoble

"Hide" is available in any list at the top level. For instance, if I create a list called "Tech Bloggers" and add six people to it, "Hide" is visible if I click the Tech Bloggers list on the left side. If I open the reveal triangle and click on one individual's ID, then "Hide" is not available. - Will King

Thankfully this was a tutorial. I still expect Robert to use a computer nearly as fast as Commander Data. - Kevykev

Great video Robert. Really enjoyed checking out all the features on FriendFeed. You seem to have it set up really well. I wondered why you didn't use a screencast recording program so we could watch what you were doing on your screen a bit more easily. I don't want that to sound like a criticism though because I really appreciate the effort you went to, recording the vid. - Paul Richards

I was just about to say that I thought I'd been looking at those time stamps on my press releases for the last year. Thanks for the clarification Matt. - George Rogers

Yeah, sorry to bring another downer but i'm pretty certain the times have been there for quite a while...I've been using the advanced search options for the last few months and I'm pretty sure they've always been there for me. - Zee.

on a more positive note, I'm sure loads of people don't know...abs I've just given them an awesome tool - Zee.

Why is this making me laugh and laugh again? - Martha

Hahaha, they don't care what we think? Fine. Ill keep blogging/tweeting/FFing and the like while they go bankrupt running about with hair alight. - Alex Wilhelm

Apparently the author doesn't understand Twitter or the value it provides. Not surprising. I often get a similar negative response from others when describing Twitter. It seems some people can't get past the initial question "What are you doing?". I often wonder what change there would be in adoption and use of Twitter if they changed that question to "What are you thinking?" After all what your thinking about is driven by what you're reading, viewing, sharing, contemplating, etc. All r discussion starters - Jim Goldstein

Whatever you say, newsweek, whatever you say. You're just 'effin jealous because Twitter has effectively captured the Attention Economy and you've been left out in the subzero cold without a ride. - J. D. Ebberly

It is what it is. Except when it isn't. Innovation isn't what Newsweek decides it is - it's what PEOPLE believe it is. - Dan Keldsen from twhirl

If it's so dumb, why do they feature Twitter messages on their homepage? It's called Newstweet: http://www.newsweek.com/id... - Mack D. Male

poor twitter, nobody gets it! LOL I love twitter! - Susan Beebe

While I'm certainly not convinced of Twitter's value, there's no question that is has been a significant application and to write it off like this just proves what "new-media" types say about "old- media". - Kenton

They're absolutely right! Now, print news magazines -- there's a medium with a bright future! - Mitch Wagner

@Alex, If I could 'like' a comment I would like yours, but instead I just liked the entry - Tyler (Chacha)

I wondered who still reads Newsweek! - Jack Humphrey

Um, no. FAIL - Roberto Bonini

The popularity of something isn't a testament to its intelligence or its innovativeness. - Eric P

At least when I Twitter I don't destroy an entire forest in the process. - Jack Humphrey

It's like the old joke about the Japanese rowing team - with 12 rowers, beating the American rowing team with 2 rowers and 10 managers. - Lorraine Ball

To be honest, social media to me is going to become more of a PR function. It should be mixed directly in with PR budgets and staff. - Patricia

When I first saw this, I thought, Robert you had written a post and were referring to an external post written by Shel. That's what I get for multi-tasking tonight.;) I think this is a much larger subject than what even Shel has written. It's an important post that cuts across the job market and into the heart of the very framework of how we use human capital in the world. There are some who would choose metaphor of a Mozart symphony and the consistent attitude demonstrated by employers who believe... - Melanie Reed

..there are "too many notes" in it and just "cut a few and it will be perfect". I make reference to Peter Schaffer's great dialogue in "Amadeus". Robert, I extend your musical language with the point: when are the hiring practices and recognizing talent (which may not be apparent), ie, dynamism, going to change? We lose because of the standard cookie cutter practices that have survived into job market scenario that never really benefited from them. - Melanie Reed

Chris, you must educate me on your Bogart reference, please. :) - Melanie Reed

A good friend of mine just lost her job at Palm. She worked in the Analytics department. Looks like Palm will cut 10% of their 1,050 workers. If CEOs are cutting Analytics, Social Media has no chance. - Julio F ~ @SocialJulio

I'm sorry for your friend's loss, Julio. I will keep her in my prayers. I will also pray that CEOs remember their responsibility to those whom they hired when they look at their own salaries. I'm sure some are and I applaud their willingness to share in the fortunes of their employees. - Melanie Reed

we're hiring: http://www.stagetwoconsulting.com/wordpre... - Jeremy Toeman

Most CEOs don't have SM staff or know what SM is... (and Patricia is right) - Louis Gray

Wanted to comment on the blog post but had to fill out a form and give real or fake personal information. Pain in the butt just to leave a comment. I don't remember the last time I actually read ZDnet to be honest. ROI needs to be measured for all sales and marketing activities not just social media. A good real world example of MROI. What's missing is how many deals were closed though. Leads mean nothing if they don't close. - B2B Specialist

btw, Jeremiah - I think it was written by @KyleFlaherty has a guest editorial - posted by Jennifer @mediaphyter - Marcel LeBrun

Marcel, because I'm dealing with PR folks daily, they feed me with the news in the space I cover. The smart ones are already listening to my preferences, state that in the pitch (cleverly or not) and help to try to deliver what I want, as well as meet their clients needs. To that end, it's not spoon fed, I almost always have to read between the lines to find out what the real truth is --it's never at face value - Jeremiah Owyang

So with that, I've found that savvy PR folks do a good job of listening to what I'm focused on, reframe it to make sense to me, then pitch. Done correctly, this helps them to rise above the clutter. - Jeremiah Owyang