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Mike Fruchter posted an entry on MichaelFruchter.com

The different factors of forming relationships offline

1 hour ago - Link

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I was looking forward to meeting up with those in the area.. I hate that I'm going to be out of town that weekend! - Tim Hoeck

Mona N. posted an entry on Pixel Bits

First Microsoft Gates & Seinfeld Commercial: What IS This?

Friday at 1:31 am - Link

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I think it's some weird assumption that people with street-smarts like Seinfeld dig that Microsoft brings the future to our digital life... He just lost major sympathy points with me though (Seinfeld likes Windows over MacOS?? Yikes) - Gaby Benkwitz

I look at it this way: they share similar orbits (and the air is rare up there) - Michael W. May via twhirl

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Whats the deal with inept marketing campaigns? (Yeah I know; sorry...) - J. Abdul-Qahhar

It's the setup of a long story is about how I take it. This is when they become friends and then talk about Windows. - Shawn aka ringking

I doubt its a case of Seinfeld liking Windows over a Mac but more of a case of liking $10 million. Anyway, I liked the add, I am intrigued to see what's next - Arthur Guy

The first commercial about nothing is fitting, starring the guy who had a show about nothing. - Simian DA (Amber)

It's awful. I don't get how it's supposed to get me to buy a MS product, but maybe there's more coming. This is the problem, in general, with MS's advertising. You never know what the advert is for and they don't do a good job of telling you. Remember the awesome looking Zune commercials that never mentioned the product? Yep, that's what I'm talking about. - Vincent Ferrari

All I can think of is the Mac in Jerry's apartment - Kate

mashable posted an entry on Mashable!

Chrome is Not a Windows-Killer

Tuesday at 10:38 pm - Link

Mark Dykeman, Joe Dawson, Rob Diana, Lu Tao and 7 other people liked this

s/^.+\-Killer.*$//ig - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Microsoft may have proclaimed an era of cloud-computing, but its actions (which speak louder than words) do not echo that statement. There's way more marketing going towards its money-makers (Windows & Office), then there ever was for its webservices. - Vincent van Wylick

Another mindnumblingly stupid flock of analysts at: http://www.betanews.com/articl... - Kari Silvennoinen

@kari, if I skimmed that article correctly, only the view-points of Microsoft-officials were recorded? I knew Betanews was Microsoft-focussed, but how biased is that. - Vincent van Wylick

I didn't notice that, but all that stuff about cookies and Android was just odd. And "There are already Web sites which are tailored to Safari"? WTF? - Kari Silvennoinen

Rob Diana posted an entry on Regular Geek

Chrome is not a Browser, It Is the new Desktop

Tuesday at 5:43 pm - Link

embee, Joe Dawson, Kenichi Matsumoto, Charlie Anzman and 25 other people liked this

Okay, it's official: you people have made me lose my mind. I just read this as 'Obama is not a Browser'. - Akiva Moskovitz

Obama can do ANYTHING! - Tad - just Tad

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Akiva, if it is from me, it is highly unlikely that it is about politics. - Rob Diana

Thank you for doing a piece that doesn't have to do with speed, Rob! - Mona N.

No, it's a browser - Jason Carreira

Rob, oh, I know. I'm just a victim of my own FriendFeed. - Akiva Moskovitz

Mona, most people will not notice that a page loads in 1.1 seconds vs 1.3 seconds. Network speed and server issues cause many more speed issues than the browser. - Rob Diana

Well I AM excited about the multi processing and if there's truly a difference when the javascript loads separately. I also visit Ajaxy sites, so I'm thinking it'll make a huge difference -- to me. Especially, since I can't figure out how to efficiently manage the cache layering in Firefox3. :( But I'm not interested enough to load Windows in my Mac lol. I'm just happy I can experience Chrome vicariously through FriendFeed! :) - Mona N.

Yep, I remember this, for now, I see flash crawling on YouTube as a first test, but it gets used to it process, caching may be in cause. Else, it's fantastic, but for intense web development, firefox will do the case, you tend to accept the 'simplicity concept' like I don't want to rape the product by viciously applying stuff to it. Anyone seen gadget compatibility? - [ zu ]-eBailey

there is a huge difference between chrome and other browsers on some websites, specially those using a lot of javascript. - Olivier

Quite a few non-tech people I know already live within the browser--no matter which one. I don't think Chrome yet adds enough to be singled out from this crowd as being any better as a desktop "alternative." For instance, where are the primitives for editing, such as spell checking and the like? Every app is left to implement this on its own. A desktop replacement is going to have primitives that make the creation of these apps easier, more consistent, and better. I don't see Chrome achieving this yet. Chrome is still a browser that supports disperate languages, techniques, and the like. - Loren Heiny

I think that advantage will be short-lived. Teh FireFox folks already have a beta of a JS VM which pre-compiles to native code and is supposed to provide improvement of 30-400% performance gains. - Jason Carreira

Google - I can haz ur computrz!~ - Susan Beebe

Loren, most of the "primitives" that you want will probably come in time. The fact that plugins are not yet available are a real deal killer for some and these could provide some of the abilities you would like as well. This was totally about positioning at this point. - Rob Diana

Google Chrome probably the first browser designed for the Age of Web Computing http://bit.ly/DwgE3 - Yung-Hui Lim

Rob, great post! I was thinking this very same thing yesterday. - Mike Fruchter

Completely agree with you. Google’s Chrome is aimed at Windows, not IE This is no longer about browser but about the an entire marketplace spread between desktop, mobile and web. With Chrome, Google’s taking a shot at Windows, not paltry Internet Explorer I’ve covered this in more detail on my blog http://sachendra.wordpress.com... - Sachendra

michael arrington posted an entry on TechCrunch

Six Degrees of Separation Is Now Three

Wednesday at 4:03 am - Link

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I talked about this phenomenon a few weeks ago: http://broadcasting-brain.com/... - Mark Dykeman

Mark, I mentioned that when I shared this story. If I remember correctly, we had both said 3 seemed to be the new number. - Rob Diana

Closer than ever to getting that Kevin Bacon autograph! - Melissa Pierce

Three is the new six, grey is the new black. Nothing ever stays the same =( - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

The Watchmen Movie: Hrafn Th. Thorisson posted a link

Watchmen won't be delayed!

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Hutch Carpenter posted an entry on I'm Not Actually a Geek

How Enterprise 2.0 Fosters Innovation: Stop Groupthink

September 2 at 7:41 am - Link

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commented on blog - Mark Dykeman

Well said good sir. - Steve Spalding

Thanks Mark - reply comment on the blog. - Hutch Carpenter

Thanks Steve. - Hutch Carpenter

Colin Walker posted an entry on Colin Walker

Lessons learnt or common sense?

September 2 at 3:15 am - Link

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Chrome may be great, but will it matter?

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Jennifer Leggio posted an entry on Mediaphyter - A Communications Cocktail

Why I want you to ‘unfollow’ me on Twitter

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Steven Hodson posted an entry on WinExtra

Bozo Bin Time For Social Media

September 1 at 6:15 pm - Link

Rob Diana, Jonathan Beckett, Mark Dykeman, Dobromir Hadzhiev and 9 other people liked this

"I say it’s time we be proud of our Bozo Bins and not be afraid to use them because of some silly ass Web 2.0 political correctness." HAHA I love that, 'Bozo Bin'. - Mona N.

As someone who's been around for a while (I sometimes present the headers of my 1982 net.records message on Wall of Voodoo), I heartily endorse bozo binning. It can be especially useful if someone is being abusive - bozo binning saves your sanity. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

PLONK. Oh, crap, I just revealed my age. Ah well, if I had an interface as flexible, effective, and well-made as Gnus for surfing my RSS feeds, FriendFeed and the like, my life would be a lot better. Variable weighting, read-item tracking, and the ability to quickly manage multi-thousand-item threads in 64k of RAM without even breaking a sweat. ... Hmmm, I wonder if you could reformat an RSS feed into looking like a news.group to Gnus? I think I'd even get URL unification for free if done right ... - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

I must go back and read in detail, but the closer was classic! - Mark Dykeman

Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins posted an entry on Mashable!

When Bloggers Aren’t Bloggers

September 1 at 10:07 pm - Link

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Hey Alex, you get a load of the anarchists going nuts over there in the comments? Yet another political affiliation that apparently hates me now. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

@Mark : I did. I used to have an anarchist in one of my social groups, years ago. He pretty much hated me, not for the least reason for my smiling toothily and reminding him that while his kind favoured steel-toed boots, mine favoured long arms and were known to be gun-nuts, and as such any state of anarchy would likely favour my success over his. They hate to be reminded of such things. - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

I suppose that if you hafta choose a political affiliation that wants to distance themselves from you (for WHATEVER reason :-p), the anarchists are the one to go with. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

@Mark : It's not a SAFE choice, but it may be the best one. Except Eric the Half-a-Bee has started calling me an anarcho-fascist, which is just confusing enough to be amusing. - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

See, and you said you never got called cool stuff like proto-fascist neocon media whore. :) - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

@Mark : Hmm, good point. You should pop on BSU some night and call me creative things! - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver

Mona N. posted a message

“Geek 1.0 vs Geek 2.0”

September 2 at 2:09 am - Link

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via: http://remixconcepts.blogspot.... - Mona N.

D+D FTW!!! - Mladen Srdić

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all hail to interwebz goddess! - Mladen Srdić

Ahhh! I dunno, but I feel that I still fall under Geek 1.0 - Ron

I want a pocket protector!! @Mladen: I <3 the Internet :) - Mona N.

Mona: Geek 1.0 and everything, but high waters? no way. lol - Ron

intertubes ftw !eleven! :D - Mladen Srdić

What's wrong with high waters? They're now called 'capris' - Mona N.

Mona: If you're a guy with high waters, you're a dork. LOL - Ron

Hey, that's sexist! :p - Mona N.

Not quite, just biting reality. hahaha =p - Ron

there's nothing wrong with being a nerd / geek / dork! revenge of the nerds ftw! - Mona N.

I refuse to admit that an Apple nerd is the second iteration of the original geek. I'd buy that the geek and the nerd both fork from the same dork tree, though. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Also, say that second sentence five times fast out loud. :) - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

+1 Mark. The internet is seemingly filled with 'geeks' who can't fix their own computers. (I said can't, not won't) - Yuvi

Funny >the geek and the nerd both fork from the same dork tree, though. - Russellreno

Very nice! You could replace the D&D by a deck of Magic the gathering in Geek 1.0 - João Almeida via twhirl

Geek 1.5 ("The Transitional"): 1. Trusty Palm V (in all its form factor glory) in hand, 2. Inserted into casual conversation: "AOL! - Pssf! Not even on dial-up anymore -- once you go to BroadBand, you can't go back! And High-waters, w/ pair of scissors applied, have become DYI shorts that are the new source of fashion ridicule. - Micah Wittman via twhirl

If my ADND gaming group is any indication, the game is still D&D, but character sheets are on the computers. I fully believe I combine the best of both worlds; with a Tablet PC my character sheets are both digital and handwritten. I've got to admit the spreadsheet users have it nice, when it comes to stat penalties and recalculating...uh, I think I should shut up, now. - MiniMage

3.0 will be you in a virtual world - Ryan

Does anyone actually have night vision contact lenses? I'd buy one right away! - Elliott Ng

Rahsheen(isSoAwesome) posted a message

“Attention FriendFeeders: Please do not let a few political zealots drive you away from FF. Don't let "them" win. I don't know who "them" is, but do NOT let them win!”

September 1 at 10:30 am - Link

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As usual, I'm hiding like a fiend bro - Shey

One thing I've learned about online communities is that those who complain the most will be the first to be back. - Robert Scoble

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Us vs. Them? With us or against us? :) - Jeff Quinton

Robert -- of course, since it reflects the intensity of their emotional engagement with the medium. - Sean McBride

Scoble, my favorite is people who complain about how dirty campaigning has gotten. They must have mixed basic history lessons going all the way back to Jefferson vs. Adams. - Jeff Quinton

great point Sean - Ruth Ferguson

"don't let them win?" is FF a battleground for something? last time i checked it's an equal opportunity lifestreaming service. my point: let's all take responsibility for all the information we share and consume. my two cents. - ~C4Chaos

As far as I see it, there are a few bad apples that go through and taint every political convo looking for an argument. You can see the threads turn for the worst, but some of the "good" people still get caught up. Don't let these people pull you in. It's just that simple :) - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

I'm not sure why we've all decided that political discussions are ruining FriendFeed while pointless inside jokes about pork products are its ideal application. What's wrong with actively engaged people discussing politics, even if it gets a bit heated? - Lon Harris via twhirl

Rahsheen: I find that block works very well for keeping these types out of my view. More people should block jerks. And I'm not talking about people who disagree with you. I don't block for that. I block for people who are just jerks. They are two different things. Plus, people, use hide and move on! Geesh. - Robert Scoble

Interesting how FriendFeed can be different things to different people and how people are using it for different purposes. - Paul Reynolds

Robert: Total agreement from me there! Is it just me, or are the blockable people really starting to come out of the woodwork here on ff? - Slippy Lane

Lookout! THEM are coming! - Ernie Oporto

How do you define a jerk? - Kol Tregaskes

Kol: someone I wouldn't let stay in my living room. - Robert Scoble

I don't know Kol, but a "yankee" is the same as a quickie, except it can be done solo. /shrug - Mattb4rd

Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over. Sorry. Had a Crowded House moment there. - Mark Dykeman

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Winston Churchill - Earl E Morningwood

@Robert Scoble (scobleizer): OK <still learning American> ;-) - Kol Tregaskes via NoiseRiver

Still trying to figure out what's so scary about political debate. I still find all the conversation *about* Friendfeed (and Twitter. And the iPhone) to be a lot more nauseating and off putting. At least politics matters. - Eric

It's not the politics that are the problem, it's what results when one side or the other pushes it from discussion over to a silly argument - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

+1 Patricia. Also keep in mind that not everyone on FF is American or lives in the US. To many of us "outsiders" the entire pre-election circus is somewhere between irrelevant and disgusting. So... hide, hide, hide... - Ray Metzen

Ray: funny, I just spent a week in Germany. Everyone there asked me about the Presidential campaign. So a lot of people outside of US are interested in our politics too. - Robert Scoble

Robert, certainly many people worldwide are interested in the US election and take the chance to discuss the subject with a knowledgeable person when they have the chance. It's the constant barrage of irrelevant detail and bickering that's so off-putting for someone who's not directly affected. - Ray Metzen

Ray: this is why I say who you follow defines you. If you are following someone who is polluting your inbound I think you've chosen unwisely. Now, sometimes that happens to me, and I find the "Hide" link works very well in most of those situations. - Robert Scoble

I have taken it to the next level. Anyone who pollutes my 'knowledge' stream with the exception of Twitter, I just review their content as perhaps I was mistaken in subscribing at all. This is consistent with my stated policy of only subscribing to those I feel add value to my day. For me I use FF for Social Media and Mobile news and information outside of that I am not typically interested. - Roger Kondrat

Good point, Robert, but it's not always that clear-cut. I follow quite a few people because I like the tech news they are posting. Now when they suddenly start to post a lot about politics, I won't unsubscribe from them because I still like some of their posts. It's just the politics I want to get rid of. A weekly summary would be quite enough to satisfy my curiosity about the election. - Ray Metzen

Ultimately, the only thing that matters with regards to politics is who you're going to vote for. No amount of talking *at* each other is going to change anyone's mind. - Paul Reynolds

At some point if start filtering out everything you don't like or want to hear or are interested then you've pretty much will asure the end of social networks. - Paul via twhirl

I won't Rasheen! I've been making liberal use of the hide button for the stuff that's ridiculous or when people start getting overly snarky (some snark is fine.) And today I stepped away for awhile. I like hearing other's opinions, but it was getting pretty overwhelming this morning. - JMS

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“Google reignites the browser war. This is a BIG deal. http://tinyurl.com/6anf26 -- can't wait to try it out.”

September 1 at 11:16 am - Link

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Well, I could say they're just skinning Webkit and adding some more on top. Just like Avant 'extended' the IE engine. I don't see how this could be a big deal. - Yuvi

Doesn't excite me much. At least now. - David Risley

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The JavaScript virtual machine 'V8' looks pretty neat. - Peter Simard

very interesting. - Lindsay Donaghe

I kept hearing about a gBrowser from AlbinoBlackSheep.com - Outsanity

Please, please, not ANOTHER browser to test sites against :( OK, it's Webkit, but that V8 is damn new :( OMG - Claudio Cicali

Yuvi - How could it NOT be a big deal? This is Google we're talking about here. - Steve Isaacs

@Steve - in the same way Picasa isn't? I mean, if it were a brand new rendering engine, from the ground up, I'll fight to be the first to say WOW. Webkit derivative? Meh. - Yuvi

By itself perhaps not going to add drmatically to what is already in the market, but imagine if Google puts not only Gears and Webkit, but also plugs into the browser some/most of its other online tools such as text editors, calendars, reader, translator, etc. All in one - all open source. Wouldnt that be cool? - Hayk Hakobyan

IMHO, Chrome will have to be sufficiently different and better than IE, FF, and whatever else to gain traction. Otherwise, why would any mainstream user bother to change? - Mark Dykeman

If google did't really and did it well then say bye to Microsoft - Ahmed Ramy Zaky via twhirl

@Ahmed - Absolutely! If we get a better Browser than IE Microsoft is doomed! </sarcasm> - Yuvi

Until large corporations dump Windows, Office and software en masse, Microsoft isn't going anywhere, regardless of how good or useful Chrome is. Why? Because cloud computing puts too much stuff outside of the corporation's firewall and direct control. It's just against the grain of the culture. Let me put this another way: how much of Google's staggering array and collection of documents, generated by Google for Google, are really out in the cloud? I'm willing to bet that an awful lot of it isn't. - Mark Dykeman

Knol, Chrome. Are these signs of Google losing its 'authenticity' touch, becoming a follower (imitator) rather than a leader? - Yung-Hui Lim

Mark, you are right. Google is not cut to make corporate scale apps. It does fun stuff, free stuff. One of the top Googlers - forgot his name - who left Microsoft for Google and spent there a year, went back to Microsoft . In his blog he told how there are probs in quality and looks and style are given more thought and attention than reliability and functionality. But if Google puts a huge amount of those "useless" apps under one roof and makes a good promo, maybe Chrome will gain some ground. only some. - Hayk Hakobyan

I'm not all that impressed yet but I'm reserving all of my incredibly influential opinions until I mess with it myself. - Akiva Moskovitz

I will say that Chrome is an interesting development, if only because it gives us some ideas at what Google's management team is thinking about and where they want to do. I just think that there has to be a HUGE value in the new tool before most people will change. It would be neat if somehow Google could make a browser that didn't need to be installed on a PC, but I have no idea how you'd do that. - Mark Dykeman

I predicted Google Chrome (GBrowser) 3 years ago - http://schlerplotti.typepad.co... - Mike Reynolds

I guess nobody remembers 2005 when everyone fell all over themselves because Google was doing some kind of earth-shattering deal with Sun that was going to destroy Microsoft and end the world as we know it. If Google announced they were going to make ice cream, people would be all, OMG! Google ice cream! It's going to be the best ice cream ever! Even though it will only be available in vanilla, it's going to be the best vanilla ever! You won't need to eat anything else! And they're going to open source the recipe so anyone can improve on it and make other flavors! Google ice cream will even cure cancer and make peace in the Middle East! I haven't tasted it yet but I'm sure it's going to be the best ice cream ever! Aiiiieeeee!!! - Karim

it's definitely a a big deal for kiosk or International travel, now I'd be be able to bypass proxies/GreatFireWalls, but on the corporate side of life...it creates a hurdle...how to block? people should be working, not bypassing the corporate filtering. - clarke thomas

+1 Karim!!! - you know Google ice cream may not be that bad... I could see Ben & Jerry getting in on that action. - ChangeForge via twhirl

Tomorrow is chrome download day! Firefox is buggy! - Ron

It was pretty clear that Google was up to something once they started hiring Mozilla engineers. I mean, Google didn't hire people like Ben Goodger just to write Firefox extensions. - Paul Grav

I'm not sure it's a huge deal either. V8 seems to compare to Squirrelfish which was announced in the beginning of June. They are splitting things into separate processes which might make things more resistant when stuff crashes. I'm not sure I buy all their arguments from the comic. You might be able to see which pieces of the browser are using memory, but it will be hard to track total usage. I don't understand why they can't launch mac and linux at the same time to grab the momentum. - Charles L

www.google.com/chrome remains dark at this time. - Robert Linthicum

@Robert, Google loves that strategy of building suspense. They always "leak" some information or let the online community buzz for some time - spinning all kinds of stories before launching their products. This mystical air and suspense building has to do with human psychology and it pays off well in all industries and especially when coming up with new products or services! Google always fully exploits this! - Hayk Hakobyan

If this means we can stop talking about Palin and about the iPhone I'm all for it! - Steve Follmer via twhirl

The browser itself doesn't excite me. It seems ok, and when it is eventually released on the Mac, I'll certainly give it a try. What does excite me though, is the prospect of IE losing even more market share. - Paul Grav

I installed the IE beta today.It is interesting and a definite improvement, but I wasn't blown away by it. Fortunately, it locked up, and I had to remove it. - Michael Fidler

I think this is a huge deal, I cant wait to get my hands on it and get shot of Firefox. - Paul

Paul: Exactly. - Ron

I was just looking at a couple of large multi touch monitors. If this is where monitors are going, the browser that works best in that environment will have a leg up on their competition. Side Note: I was just wondering if you are still thinking about doing a follow piece with the brilliant storytelling photographer(can't remember his name), it was mesmerizing! - Michael Fidler

Webapps that can launch "in their own streamlined window." Could this include AIR-like Twitter tools? Will Google Docs start to feel more like a real alternative to MS Office for non-power users? - Kevin Sablan

I'm wondering if this means that, once released on the Mac, Chrome will not be the sort of browser that chokes when the Flash player crashes. - Paul Grav

Wouldn't a browser also close-the-loop for Google in terms of browsing behavior metrics if they're able to get a representative market share? - Jim McCusker

I like it. Even if it is Webkit with something on top, at least I can just install it and use it. Seems extremely fast so far. - Charles LePage

I'm really impressed - its so quick! - TheThirdEye

It's fast, but it wouldn't cooperate when I tried to post to my Myspace blog. But then again, it is a beta. - Charles LePage

Richard posted an entry on ReadWriteWeb

Comparing Web Platforms

August 31 at 5:45 pm - Link

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Duncan Riley posted an entry on The Inquisitr

Are we having fun yet?

August 31 at 5:09 pm - Link

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yes - McFrugal

Thank you, for this Duncan :) I love blogging -- but that's because I talk WAY too much LOL - Mona N.

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Mona, and never let anyone silence you - Duncan Riley

Of course. - Louis Gray

Hm? Did someone say something? ;) <small> noted. Thank you :) </small> - Mona N.

It will be a lot more fun when someone lights those fireworks mortars :o "ooooh .. that one looks like a kitteh!" - Mattb4rd

Commented directly on the blog. - Mark Dykeman

I like the point: anonymity is only 1 blogspot away. LOL. - Elliott Ng

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Happy Blog Day 2008

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If this is the version I'm thinking of, it's better than the original LP version. - Mark Dykeman

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Web 2.0 Industry As a Perfect Example of Crowd Thinking

August 30 at 11:25 am - Link

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Vince DeGeorge posted a message

“I love FriendFeed, I'm a social media enthusiast, but I'm just not finding the time for it anymore... and it makes me sad. I haven't looked at Twitter in weeks. Maybe some time in the future "real life" will slow down.”

August 19 at 3:51 am - Link

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same here, except for the "makes me sad" part. - Jason Kaneshiro

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15 Reasons Canada is better than your country | Cracked.com

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Liking just for the fact Gordon Lightfoot is included. Giving myself -19387 for knowing he sang about the Edmond Fitzgerald. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

liked because of Tina's self depricating comment. ;) - Josh Haley via fftogo

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liked because...oh crap, can't like my own stuff...FAIL - Shey

Unliked and reliked for Shey-Shey's fail. Literally. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

:) - Shey

@Stupid Blogger I think I am safe I one of the few who as a 14 year old sat beside Gordon in front of a great big fireplace talking while he had a cigar and one of many brandies :) - Steven Hodson

Go Canada! Been there many times as a kid - Melanie Reed

The only thing missing from the article were a few "eh?" here and there. - Kevin Etter

I'm from the Great Lake State - there are no negatives for Gordon Lightfoot or the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. In fact, I must now queue him :P - Michael W. May

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Things to say (and not say) during sex.

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meh. lol - Michael W. May

"Hello Vicar!" - George Smith

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Yabba Dabba Do! - Harvey Simmons

Hail Satan! - Mark Trapp

"Here's a dollar ... in change ... mostly pennies." :) - Nathaniel Payne

I just pooped, a lot, on your dog. - Iain Baker

"I just pooped.." ".. a lot" ".. on your dog." OMG, side hurting. - Haggis (Sean)

Hahahah! - Abby Martin

Bwaha! I'm so going to say "I rule at fuckin'." - Ayşe E.

"Do you smell what the Rock is cookin?" awesome - Chieze Okoye

I've got to reshare this - that *is* BRILLIANT! :) - Zee at WeDoCreative

hahaha! - Anna Haro

@anna: is that 'hahaha!' on the 'good' side or the 'bad' side? lolz - .LAGizmoto

@.LAGizmoto. The "hahaha!" is directed at both sides. The good side has, "You are beautiful like a moon or butterfly." wha? *panties come up real quick* ;-) - Anna Haro

Marco (aureliusmaximus) posted a message on Twitter

“Just got the call - I'm not McCain's VP pick”

August 29 at 6:50 am - Link

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So why did they call you, then? ;-) - Matthias Schwenk

Rob Diana posted an entry on Regular Geek

SEO Still Matters

August 29 at 4:44 am - Link

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People who think SEO is dead are very naive in thinking. Just because you may not use or benefit from SEO, does not mean it's useless or dead. SEO is very alive nowadays as it was 10 years ago. The tactics and mediums have changed, but people still use search as the primary tool for discovery. - Mike Fruchter

Mike, that was my point. I remembered seeing various "SEO is dead" posts even recently. Then I realized how I looked for information and what tools I had missed in my "free website monitoring" post. - Rob Diana

Anyone who thinks SEO is dead is just not paying attention. It's even more important in my opinion. Until search isn't the medium for traffic, SEO will always matter. - AJ Kohn

@Rob, spot on. Thanks for doing this post! @AJ, I could not agree further. - Mike Fruchter

Steven Hodson posted an entry on WinExtra

Did I Just Join The Ranks Of The Internet Trailer Trash?

August 27 at 11:31 am - Link

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Good stuff Steven - reminds me of that discussion we had a while back about the early adopter crowd drifting further and further away from the mainstream. - Frederic

The Passionates, for the most part, are unfortunately not objective because The Passion is their bread and butter. But those who want more than a niche will pay attention to how the other 98% use the internet. - Logical Extremes

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Spot on. - l0ckergn0me

Brilliant post - Mo Kargas

Awesome! - Lindsey Smith

The "passionates" thing struck me as a bit dissonant, too. Scoble is right: this technology isn't user friendly enough to have wide appeal -- yet. But it's the start of smart browsers. And I *do* think you'll see mom and pop happily swimming in that pool someday soon. - Chris Baskind

I'm with Scoble on this. He's just saying that Ubiquity is not for everyone and that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's on the same vein as Jeff Atwood's two types of programmers post. http://www.codinghorror.com/bl... - Alan Le

And I don't agree that the internet is grouped into passionates and nons, unless he means those who are passionate about web technology and those who aren't. Just about everyone is passionate about something. We just aren't all passionate about the same things that Robert or Dave or whoever is passionate about. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

I just left a comment on the blog that just might choke a hippo. - Mark Dykeman

yer either with us or again' us. it's teh merican way. - jeneane is in the house

@Mark .. it was a great comment ... I'll be getting around to replying to all of them shortly as I just finished posting tonight's Discussion Point. - Steven Hodson

youre ok steven. I think early adopters are overrated. For example if you were a home theater early adopter you'd have bought an HD-DVD and a LCD for 10,000 that are now obsolete or a big waste of money. More and more I see the wisdom of being a "fashionably late early adopter"... let the early adopters waste their time / money, kick back and reap the benefits of their work. - Jason Kaneshiro

great post...many people use tech as a tool to help them achieve things in what they ARE passionate about. - Elliott Ng

Good one Steven.