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Victim of Worst Parking Job Ever Gets a New Car [Video] - http://mashable.com/2009...
I don't care that it's a marketing ploy. It was a nice thing to do.
- Phil Leggetter
If broken it is, fix it you should - http://blogs.msdn.com/tess...
Great .NET debugging resource and blog
- Phil Leggetter
Any cool Barcode Apps for iPhone? - http://ourdoings.com/roberts...
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Warner Crocker, Roberto Bonini, C. K. Sample III and 4 other people liked this
I can see where the new macro focusing feature will come in useful. This is the barcode on the front of USA Today. Gotta find some cool new apps.
- Robert Scoble
Techcrunch posted this. I wish all these cool goodies were available on Winmo devices! Occipital Brings Seamless Barcode Scanning To The iPhone With RedLaser http://tcrn.ch/4FU by @erickschonfeld
- Perry Espardinez
I saw one earlier that takes advange of the new focus. Think it was called red laser? Don't hold me to that, can't check at the moment.
- Simon Wicks
The autofocus will help explode QR codes in the US. Other phones have had autofocus and barcode readers but never took off. iPhone makes the experience worth it.
- Luis
Redlaser only has 2/5 stars in iTunes.
- Stephen Heron
Redlaser. I'd imagine there will be lots very soon. I'd say delicious library will be next!
- Tom Tubbs
An app that uses http://en.barcodepedia.com/ would be very cool
- Phil Leggetter
But lets make sure this isn't limited to just finding the cheapest price/customer reviews. How about a look-up for the environmental impact of manufacturing the product? Employee-rights rating of the factory where the item was produced? How far is it from the factory to your current location?
- David Sky
TechCrunch just wrote up this RedLaser app http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
- C. K. Sample III
They just lowered the price to $0.99 on this app b/c of the TechCrunch press...
- C. K. Sample III
Is the real-time web a threat to Google search? - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
Chris Patterson, Eric Bowen, Iggy Mwangi and 91 other people liked this
Yes.
- Meryn Stol
All about how friendfeed search is kicking ass and taking no prisoners.
- Robert Scoble
Yes and no, but considering they want to be the end all be all of the web- then Yes.
- Dan Rockwell
Glad to see there are still white spaces that google is yet to squat.
- Jim Posner
First of all Yes, it is a threat for google! I see you why the question popped up. I just hope twitter understands the importance of integrating the search in their
- Sampad Swain
could be a big play. my tweet 2h ago http://twitter.com/cemi...
- Cem Dalgic
Yes! I can ask my friends and followers a question on Twitter and get better answers from them than Google search, simply because I trust real people and their judgments.
- Jennifer James
no, it just gives early adopter like you/us some advance. The average user will continue to drink their usual website information. But if Google doesn't achieve to do the same as FF and this is a need, they will buy them ;-)
- Frédéric Sidler
Yes, it is! I just hope twitter don't forget to give much importance to the integration of the search since monetization is one of the biggest question in their mind. Still they goto remember that google didn't earn much the moment they launched google-search. Something so important does take sometime to evolve as, I see it! Infact I see for the 1st time that their is a feeble chance that something can give shot at search in google's arena!
- Sampad Swain
in need for creative destruction (yet again) in the search marketspace. let's see if google can jump the curve
- Yung-Hui Lim
My 2 cents: real time is about things happening now, being up to date with your friends, areas of interest, etc - out of all these conversations only some live up to be relevant in the long run - and this is where google steps in to sort out
- Lucian Nicolescu
I think the argument shaping up is trusted info (Twitter, FF) vs anonymous info (Google, et al.)
- Jon Mason
Yeah, it definitely is a threat. All the web needed was a central place to discuss what is happening right now, and Twitter is it. For real-time news, there is nothing better than Twitter. I only wish I could participate in creating that real time awareness, but can't because I'm protected on Twitter.
- Scott Breakall
so mahalo + google = twitter ?
- Cem Dalgic
No threat at all. I can't name five university or high school friends that use any realtime websites. Friendfeed is no threat to google search.
- Richard A.
Yes, it is a threat. First googlebot went out and started crawling and indexing. Now people let google know (and other services know) when they updated their blog, think of xml-sitemaps, ping services. What is the next step? Take a look at google friend-connect and you might have an answer.
- Imran Ashraf
hard to call it a threat when Google can just imitate or purchase the tech, but I agree that it could change the game. I hope you folks at friendfeed see this and keep improving and pushing search - and monetize it somehow!
- David Knight
Is the real time web a threat to Google search -- maybe sometime in the future. Is Twitter a threat to Google as Moorman indicates? Never in a million years. Twitter is a toy, a fad, like CB radio in the 70's.
- Brian Sullivan
I would say the bigger threat (and to the web, not just Google) is people putting their personal data into proprietary silos. I'm not talking about FriendFeed here, but lots of people are putting their data into places where not only 1) not only no general search engine can reach, but 2) people can't always get their own data back.
- Matt Cutts
@Matt - I agree with you there I wish more services would do something like Wesabe's Bill of Right - https://www.wesabe.com/page... It makes me feel much better about trusting them with something as important as my financial information.
- David Knight
nope google will just purchase the real-time web.
- Jay Martinez
probably right
- Gary
Wow I never i quite thought of it like that, I getting into this instant gratification mode lately, this is why... real-time web
- Tate DA FF MVP
when more of the web embraces real time it will be, for now google is safe
- BCK
Left a comment on your blog saying something similar but hasn't been approved as yet. Basically all the search functionality that you speak about is possible with google search. However, the real-time and trust aspects are something that google is going to have to work on. They have introduced the ability to flag a search result as the one you were looking for. Eventually, if it isn't already, google will feed this into their search results and probably put something like X people recommended this.
- Phil Leggetter
Wouldn't it be easy for Google to expand its command line language? For instance, to search on Friendfeed from Google: /ff *searchexpression
- Sean McBride
Excellent points Robert. I agree, I come here now to gain personal opinion on factual issues to sway me in a particular direction. For purchasing, this was the power of Amazon reviews for products, but that doesn't cover everything and I trust the people here more. For example, I'd rather get a web application opinion from Zee in the Apps room than a Google search. I know he knows what he's talking about :)
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Yes, in many ways!
- Emmanuel Anumonwo
As a journalist, one of the laws I follow in reading stories is that "any story which ends in a question mark can be answered 'no'". This is no exception :)
- Ian Betteridge
No - there will still be an archive that needs to be searchable
- andy brudtkuhl
Ian, you must create an exception for this rule for questions posted by Robert. He's of a very special breed. :)
- Meryn Stol
Friendfeed needs to move quickly to make itself more commercial, most people do not yet understand Friendfeed. Twitter is a lot easier for the mainstream and Facebook already has the numbers.
- Chris Frost
I agree with your statement regarding FriendFeed. I keep seeing posts from Scoble and I wanted to know how I can maximize the service. I'm still not quite sure of the answer but if I keep playing with it and meeting others who use it then maybe I'll get a grip.
- Damond Nollan
twitter search is most of the time the better alternative to google search
- Thomas Acosta
from Nambu
Little OT: often Delicious and Reddit offer better search results than Google. Not real-time results, but filtered by people interest.
- bnoise
Integrate Gtalk / Twitter into Google Latitude and that's all the real-time web I'd need! 10 Reasosn Latitude will succeed (The Next Web) http://thenextweb.com/2009...
- David Petherick
from twhirl
No. This is dumb. I'd rather get results that are 15 minutes old and *accurate* than right this minute completely unverified results. Social search (who seriously cares if it's "real time"?), will be a game changer though. Which Facebook and Friendfeed are well positioned to make headway in. Not Twitter.
- Eric P
I wonder if this emerging trend will give rise to twitter users being paid for click-throughs on links in their tweets; why not? If the link is relevant, truly written by someone I trust, and meets my need, I'm all in favor of that person being rewarded monetarily (and socially in terms of increased trust capital between myself and that person). Twitter could shave a few cents off the top and actually monetize their service while not disrupting the signal-noise balance. Your thoughts? @socialtopher
- Chris Stewart
@codinghorror and @scobleizer should get together
- You.
Are we coming full circle? [near-]Real-time, archivable discussions were the stuff of Usenet 20 years ago. Sure, it's more "web", but there's much about how a discussion starts, blossoms and expires in FriendFeed that is comfortingly familiar somehow. So could FriendFeed be the new Usenet, where instead of news servers relaying posts blindly to the next-in-line, we have information distributed and filtered via mechanisms based on human interaction and recommendation?
- Paul Robertson
I think there are a lot of people who don't have the time to keep up with the real-time Web. That having been said, I think there are some opportunities to expand Google Alerts as a product....
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
rtw humans are preferable to the algorithms since the algo's have an industry (SEO) consumed. IMO the first one evolving the real time web into mainstream information retrieval wins
- shayne catrett
Is it a threat? No, it's not. Just because some CEO has a theory and Robert Scoble is using Google less does not mean it's so. I like that you have posed the question, but you've also started to make a point. If I'm looking for an opinion, I might turn to my 'friends'...that being, my real friends.
- Ryan
It's not a threat, but it does give us options
- paul mooney
Interesting - I'm writing a blog post about this right now. Long story short - no, real-time web is not a threat to Google search. Recency is flawed (hey, how many times would Steve Jobs be dead now?!) and authority is flawed (real-time web spam is a problem.)
- AJ Kohn
I agree real time can be helpful, but will not be a threat to Google. The volume and history that google has adds scope and context to searches that real time can not.
- walterh
This just means that Google will need to look into real time indexes, parsing Twitter and FriendFeed feed's, although this will cost a lot b/c there can't be much/any caching. If they dont will we see another Google, are we back to '97, a whole medium without any search?
- Brad Arsenault
from twhirl
Google is like a Casino, if you think you have a system that can beat the house, they'll send a limo to pick you up and bring you down to try. Then, if your system actually works, they'll buy it and make you a pit-boss...
- Wallace
I think it is more a threat to SEO - when many people ask their network before they search, being found becomes more than buying adwords and optimising the site... and that in turn might erode some of google's advertising revenue.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Maybe... all I know is I wish some of you guys would grow a pair and not be "yes men" just because an a-lister asks a question! Provide a unique viewpoint... please quit with the "great post! i totally agree!". C'mon people!
- Adam Curry
Adam: I had to go back and look for the "great post! I totally agree!" comments here. Wonder what thread you are reading?
- Robert Scoble
What Wallace said.
- Ciaoenrico
It all depends, if you're searching for what people had for breakfast, the currency of wtf, lol, omg and a torrent of PR both personal and corporate then maybe. If you're searching for the ports of magellan's voyage, the cheapest price for a home cinema system and who was the director of Gone With The Wind, then no.
- Simon Lucy
It really depends on how well-versed and -informed your digitalized friends are
- Jeroen Fransen
from twhirl
There is still some data that will need to be indexed. Factual information like Simon is talking about is WAY easier to find on Google than FriendFeed. If you are looking for news or a conversation then real-time, social news is the place to go.
- Brandon Titus
I think it depends on what you are looking for. For real time news and conversation I think friendfeed and facebook are way beyond Google. But for searching for other content, archive etc internet search is going to be better.
- Chris Patterson
TweetEffect- When did you lose or gain twitter followers? - http://www.tweeteffect.com/
One of the best so far
- Phil Leggetter
New Twitter Directory: Are You Listed? - http://mashable.com/2009...
Would have liked to have signed up for this but the ADD function isn't working at the moment and the search facility throws and exception.
- Phil Leggetter
TweetStats :: Graphin' Your Stats - http://tweetstats.com/
Great tool for see what you've been twittering about and when
- Phil Leggetter
Blackhat SEO - Esrun » Cookie stuffing - http://www.esrun.co.uk/blog...
Naughty! Naughty!
- Phil Leggetter
Startups: Starting during a recession - http://delbourg-delphis.com/2008...
Gotta read this at some point since I've just started a StartUp!
- Phil Leggetter
Home | 12seconds.tv (alpha) - http://12seconds.tv/
The next Twitter?
- Phil Leggetter
Feed43 : Convert any web page to news feed on the fly - http://feed43.com/
This is an ace idea.
- Phil Leggetter
Feedmyapp - Your Daily Web 2.0 Sites Dose - http://www.feedmyapp.com/
Exhaustive list of Web 2.0 applications. Easy UI.
- Phil Leggetter
New £30m tech investment fund, ECF small business fund - http://www.launchlab.co.uk/article...
Gotta keep my eyes on this.
- Phil Leggetter
Download details: VRTA - http://www.microsoft.com/downloa...
"The Visual Round Trip Analyzer tool helps web developers and testers visualize the download of their page, identify best practices and changes that improve web performance.". Sounds very much like Fiddler, Firebug etc. Might be worth checking out
- Phil Leggetter
Been striggling with LiveMesh. I feel a blog post coming on...
You can't beat a good striggle :-S
- Phil Leggetter
Podcast Agile web development with the Castle framework - http://skillsmatter.com/podcast...
This video is probably worth a watch at some point.
- Phil Leggetter
Comic for November 24, 2008 - http://dilbert.com/strips...
Nice to see SCRUM getting a mention in Dilbert.
- Phil Leggetter
Cool Silverlight Trick #1 - http://www.wintellect.com/CS...
I'm pretty confident that you'd create a JavaScript factory object to create your classes rather than having to make the big "control.content.services.createObject('Person');" call but a great example.
- Phil Leggetter
The Old Barge, Hertford - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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In the Old Barge on Saturday with my folks, Granny and girlfriend. Had one too many Addlestones. Lethal stuff!
- Phil Leggetter
Try the Westons...Ouch!!! :-)
- Garry Judd
Share on FriendFeed button - Phil Leggetter - Software Consultant - http://www.leggetter.co.uk/2008...
First release of the Share on FriendFeed button and web service that I've been working on for a while now. This was published using it!
- Phil Leggetter
How to install Caplin Systems’ Liberator Free Edition on Windows - Phil Leggetter - Software Consultant - http://www.leggetter.co.uk/2008...
A free real time push comet server by Caplin Systems.
- Phil Leggetter
Loft Apartment for Sale in The Shore (Leith), Edinburgh - Phil Leggetter - Software Consultant - http://www.leggetter.co.uk/2007...
I used to live in Leith and I really miss it sometimes. Definitely going to go back to Edinburgh soon for a weekend and spend a day in The Shore.
- Phil Leggetter
HP/Compaq nw9440: the purchase, review, problems and solutions - Phil Leggetter - Software Consultant - http://www.leggetter.co.uk/2007...
This is probably one of the posts that gets the most hits. It seems a few people have problems with the graphics drivers for the HP nw9440 laptop.
- Phil Leggetter
Colonsay Holiday 2008 - Phil Leggetter - Software Consultant - http://www.leggetter.co.uk/2008...
Jo and I on holiday in Colonsay. Feels like it was just a week ago.
- Phil Leggetter
Share on FriendFeed - A simple example - http://localhost/shareon...
Installed the Share on FriendFeed application on the server. If this works all I need to do is make it public. Wow, this is exciting :-)
- Phil Leggetter
Share on FriendFeed - A simple example - http://localhost:8080/shareon...
Creating a setup project so that I can distribute the Share on FriendFeed application onto another server.
- Phil Leggetter
Share on FriendFeed - A simple example - http://localhost:8080/shareon...
Ok, yet ANOTHER test...
- Phil Leggetter
Share on FriendFeed - A simple example - http://localhost:8080/shareon...
Ok, yet another test...
- Phil Leggetter
Share on FriendFeed - A simple example - http://localhost:8080/shareon...
Another test of using the FriendFeed API using Share on FriendFeed.
- Phil Leggetter
Share on Friend Feed - Simple Example - http://localhost:63230/example...
Nearly ready to publish my "Share on FriendFeed" widget.
- Phil Leggetter
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