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@Jaykul OK let's compare it to iPhone then. 60,000 apps and costs $199 after subsidy.

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Robert Scoble

How to tell if you are a geek:

August 30, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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Tonight I was faced with this scene at a party in Indianapolis for Monster Energy drink and I figure it is a good way to tell if you are a geek. If you first impulse is to ask the girls for help with your Ubuntu install, you are probably a geek. If you start wondering about what cool iPhone apps they use, you are probably a geek. If you want to ask them where the best places to find wifi in Paris are, you are probably a geek. If you want to invite them to a Facebook party you are probably a geek. If you ask them what they think of Android you are probably a geek. - Robert Scoble from email

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به به , چشم مریم خانم روشن - Mil∂d

@scobleizer you follow the scobleizer on here? - Prolific Programmer from IM

By the way, I am a geek. :-) - Robert Scoble from iPhone

If you ignore them entirely and check out what's playing on the media player in the background, you're probably a geek. - Akiva

If you can't spell "Ubuntu" do you get your geek cred's revoked? - Joel Bennett

If your first impulse is to correct @scobleizer on his spelling of Ubuntu in his post . . . you're a geek. - Michael Owens

So did you have wild sex with them? - Dave Winer

geek ---> - Rah-PM 2012

Well Robert, what did they answer to all these questions? <--- Geek. - Bettina Tizzy

if you dont care, for once, what scoble has to say, and are simply wondering where to find these girls...what are you? - Zachary Adam Cohen

sluts* - Michael Owens

If you know for a fact the girls don't care at all about you and are only there as paid advertisements, AND you still don't care and want to gawk and hang out and get photos with them anyway...you might be a geek. - Josh Haley

Damn, Josh, why not just go ahead and win the Internet for yourself, why don't you. - Akiva

It might be a new ad for s3. - Trey Ratcliff

Thank you, sir. - Josh Haley

Dave: I am talking with you so what do you think? :-) - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Dave + Scoble: That's a yes. - Michael Owens

Zachary: they are in downtown Indy. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

If you ask them their thoughts on Faccebook acquiring FriendFeed, you're a geek. - imabonehead

I wonder if Scoble's pickup line is "Hi, Who Are You?" - Sean Reiser

What the.. Why bother blogging this crap when you could actually be striking up riveting conversation.. - Pogmohoin

Imabonehead: definitely! - Robert Scoble from iPhone

on my way, just gonna fire up my get and break out the Nair for Men - Zachary Adam Cohen from email

oh btw sluts* - Pogmohoin

"Hi, I'm Robert Scoble, who are you?" - Prolific Programmer from IM

If you immediately turn to your iPhone and write about it on FriendFeed you are a geek - Jesse Stay

I'm pretty sure I am still a geek, but there is no way any of those questions come to mind when I see this picture. And I think if those questions come to anyone's mind here, it might be time for geek-rehab. - Bill Grant

Pogmohin: I talked with them for a while. Nice people but didn't know what Android was so I moved on. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

This post is just a cover story for why does Robert have this picture, anyway? - Jason Wehmhoener

So is "What do you think of Android?" the new Turning test? - Micah

thinking you can pick up said girls by telling them you wrote an iphone app and expecting them to get excited about it then you're a geek. - evablue

Yeah.. I am from FHM mag.. Want to make the big time baby.. Now can the girl at the rear just reach around to the one at the front more...click .. front page Roberts Screen Saver.. - Pogmohoin

Damn. Best photo you've ever taken! - Mike Flynn

Me: confronted with this scene, I'm a slut first, then a geek. ;) (Mike: hella observant!) - Dennis Jernberg

You could also be gay, or female, but that would be in a non-geek-centric universe, so I could be wrong. ;) - Lisa Norman

I have a feeling this is going to show up in the daily "Best Of Your Friendfeed" for anyone subscribed to Scoble. - Michael Owens

Michael: You're right! This one wins the whole day. ;) - Dennis Jernberg

Also, there is an iPod in the background -- clearly these are Apple Fan-girls. - Bill Grant

"Android? Oh, haven't met him yet. Is he still at the party?" *leaves room* - Micah

What were we talking about again? - Derrich

Bill: Sure enough, iPod, docked. - Dennis Jernberg

The girl at the right said her name was Ashley. Actually she said she was "Smashley." love that. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Bill: yup. I picked up on the iPod very quickly at the party. I am hoping Ashley sends me her play list! - Robert Scoble from iPhone

@Micah -- Me: "No, that's Mandroid. He stayed home. Wasn't cool enough. Android is...(way short explanation)" - Dennis Jernberg

If you take a picture of three beautiful girls, post it on FF, and your first inclination is to write a caption that includes the words Ubuntu, iphone Apps and Android - OR if you comment on such a post... You are definitely a geek. - Robert Rose

By the way none of the three had been to Europe so they couldn't help me with good places to get wifi for LeWeb. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

If you help them sign up for Facebook, FriendFeed, and Twitter, you're a geek. - imabonehead

Been to Europe?? Man did they say the best thing that come out of Europe was "The Final Countdown" from their Daddy's "86 with a Bullet" tape!! http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Pogmohoin

This scene was the geek's dream while posting this. :) - Bundit

imabonehead: actually they are already on Facebook. Which says something about how mainstream Facebook has gotten. - Robert Scoble

All the Facebook friends in my family (except for my brother) are definitely nongeeks. - Dennis Jernberg

anyone reading this is a geek - Brendon Wadey

++++++++++GooglePlex, Akiva! - Melanie Reed

Well I know I'm a geek. When someone like me, who spends a lot of time helping a sexy geek like Marina Orlova of http://hotforwords.com because she speaks geek and is enjoyable to work with. I might even venture to say she's a bit of a computer nerd. When Marina wakes up the first thing she does is check her email. When she gets ready for bed she can be found tweeting before she retires... more... - Captain Jack

Captain Jack: she sounds cool. What apps does she have on her iPhone? - Robert Scoble

Were they impressed by the size of your lens, Robert? - Vezquex

Raphael: I didn't have that with me tonight. Was going low key. :-) - Robert Scoble

wow - Ehsan Diary

If Robert had taken that shot with is 600mm, he would have had to have been 3 blocks away and you would be able to see the the flecks of color in their eyes :) You are looking at their eyes right?? -- My first thought was well, they can't be geeks as everyone knows true Geeks drink Red Bull not Monster :P Monster isn't all bad, they are big supporters of Surfrider and International Surfing day ----> Surfing Geek - Luke Kilpatrick

If you're a geek, why are you asking someone else for help with your Ubuntu installation? Shouldn't you figuring that out yourself? Turn in your geek card, now. - Andy Bakun

Yeah, they'd have to ask you to help with their Ubuntu installation. Except if they don't know what Android is, they probably haven't heard of Ubuntu either. - Dennis Jernberg

This Ubuntu question can relate this photo and the Ubuntu logo, then that's a geeky question. (I mean this http://www.flickr.com/photos... ) - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

I guess I'm a dirty old man. - D Lets from iPhone

Actually, I was going to ask what the gadget was on top of the microwave-minifridge combo. - Jay Cuthrell

I'm guessing it's an MP3 player (in the slot) and some kind of speaker array combo? - Jay Cuthrell

I guess the answer is: regardless of whatever you do, you are a geek :-) - Ethan Gahng

It would be a lot easier to tell if those three people were not in the way of the shiny thing in the back of the photo. - Jay Cuthrell

I think Robert took this photo just to keep me wondering all night about that mystery device. - Jay Cuthrell

Geek here :) I'd do a print 'Hello, Girls !' - Ahsan Ali

damn it Scoble! I have to like this. - rob friedman

looks like my weekends - sean percival

did they recognize you as the "scobleizer" ??? - ciw

New blog topic: the decline and fall of FriendFeed - A Mitchell

What's that coming over then hill? - Nick B.

"Well, hello there, sexy ladies! Would you like to come up to my place and read my @scobleizer feed? Hmm?" -bow-chicka-wow-wow- - Kevin Leroux

wow. I couldn't even make out what was that thing in the BG. I noticed the additional thumb/thigh in front -so that makes me a photo geek?? - jomarhilario

Oh my! Now I'm sure I'm not a geek! Hahaha they are beautiful as hell! - Rafael

if you find this picture of these attractive women on this page you are probably a geek...even if you don't read every single comment...including this one. - Lee Sachs

Some of us geeks know what we're doing with women. - Tyler Hurst

true dat,, you really can have it all - Zachary Adam Cohen from email

Oh, how gorgeous. You've got to love that Ipod design. - James Kuypers

I can tell the way the Hottie on da Right is looking at me that she really likes ME a lot!!! - Billy Warhol

@James I hereby award you the true geek award for your spotting of the iPod in this picture. =P (Special mention to the others who said MP3 player) - Silver iPod Nano I would think. - travispuk

Perhaps you need to add this app to your iPhone: http://www.beakerbreakers.com/nerdale... - Chad McCoskey from iPhone

Admit it: you told them you were Philip Seymour Hoffman. - Maxwell Kennerly

Two things. 1) Geeks do it better AND 2) they're not sluts... they're leveraging their assets... more power to them - Ankush Narula

davşan kızlara benziyorlar beaaa. - Pilot23

Really lol Scoble maybe u had been having 2 much fun @ the racetrack & geeks does attract some attractive wolla - polou/indigo_bow

Funny old world three attractive women in a fun pose at a launch party and it creates enormous interest? Funny how things never really change in human habits, geek yep that's me but this article made me smile a lot, keep snapping away Robert. - Ian Wright

If you are writing a disclaimer on a picture, you took at a party, because you don't want to be locked out of the house by your wife, you are a SMART geek:) - Maryam Scoble from iPhone

double like for Maryam :D - Alberto D'Ottavi

+1 Maryam - imabonehead

Best of day. - beersage

If you whip out your iPhone, take their picture, and bring them home .... you're a HOT geek ! - Christopher Yeo

Totally.... - N.G. Gordon - RadarSync

Keep up the good work Scoble! :-) - Garin Kilpatrick

Heh, love that Maryam commented on this. I miss her and my two buddies. I'm just wondering why TechCrunch doesn't have parties like Monster drinks! ;-) - Robert Scoble

Robert, you'll just have to bring a case or two of Monster to your next TC visit and see what happens.... just make sure the cam is on. - Jay Cuthrell

Jeez, I must not be geekish at all — *my* first thoughts are all carnal. - Hieronymus Murphy

Me, I'm a mutant. ;) - Dennis Jernberg

3 girls 2 cups - HansVanRock

Robert Scoble

People who build things are a lot more interesting than people who tear other people down. Congrats to @1938media to making that turn.

August 31, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Building up is harder than tearing down. - David Damore

Very nice. - hollyrae

A lot harder. Agreed. - Robert Scoble

Cee Bee

The illusion of sex (Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest) - http://illusioncontest.neuralc...

May 15, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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3rd place -- "In the Illusion of Sex, two faces are perceived as male and female. However, both faces are actually versions of the same androgynous face. One face was created by increasing the contrast of the androgynous face, while the other face was created by decreasing the contrast. The face with more contrast is perceived as female, while the face with less contrast is perceived as male. The Illusion of Sex demonstrates that contrast is an important cue for perceiving the sex of a face, with greater contrast appearing feminine, and lesser contrast appearing masculine." - Cee Bee from Bookmarklet

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In other words, we've been trained that people wearing makeup are usually women. - Ken Sheppardson

These are *pictures* of incomplete faces, these are not faces. Photographic techniques are irrelevant to the recognition of real faces. It isn't photographic contrast, but shape that is relevant. Manipulation of contrast in a picture manipulates the perception of shape. - ˈpɛbə

it's odd that they tell me how I perceive both faces - Richard Lawler

Interesting. I used to print photos for a fashion photographer. Hundreds of them. He always had me use high contrast paper and over expose the faces. He told me that women liked it that way because it showed fewer lines and blemishes, but this shows me that there was actually another reason behind why he liked them that way. - Robert Scoble

Peter, that's an interesting point, but I don't see so much difference in the shape of the two. I wonder could it be some of both? The contrast subtly affecting shape, and the "lightness" being more like what we perceive as the female gender? In Japan, there's a large market for "whitening" makeup products, so that made me think... - Rick Cogley

i believe this image was related or resulted from a study about people with a rare condition known as face blindness, where they're unable to recognize or distinguish faces. the study was done by richard b russell, who is a harvard post-doctoral researcher, so i would think he's fairly credible with regard to constraints or results set forth in his findings. as far as them telling how... more... - Cee Bee

@Ken lol well said! @cee bee thanks for this its fascinating! - Rahul Deodhar

That's BS, you can't say how someone else would perceive something before you show it to them, and there's a lot more that goes into facial recognition than just contrast. - Richard Lawler

Or given the small space within the profile pics - this is very critical understanding of our visual interpretation skills - Rahul Deodhar

richard, what i'm saying is that the first paragraph above is simply an explanation of probable findings that resulted from testing people who weren't told of such things. for instance, if various photos of people were presented in a blind test in random order with the two above included in that bunch, i think most people would probably be compelled to claim gender in accordance to that explanation. - Cee Bee

I disagree, and without detailed information on how it was tested, I don't accept out of hand their findings, but everything else about the example relies on that. - Richard Lawler

IMO this works. I looked at the pictures and could see what they did there, but still could sense the effect in question. Then I read the first comment and felt vindicated. - Karl Knechtel

Another thing I noticed. Lip-to-face contrast in the more contrasty one, ostentatiously the "male" one, is lower, so it appears to not be wearing lipstick. Perhaps another gender indicator. - Rick Cogley

Right, Rick. Foundation lightens the overall face, lipstick darkens the lips, eye liner and eye shadow darkens the eyes, and you get a higher contrast version of the same face. People are trained that there's a high correlation between makeup and gender, so voila... given two otherwise androgynous faces, they'll perceive a higher contrast face to be female. I'd like to see if this finding holds across cultures where makeup isn't prevalent. - Ken Sheppardson

"In other words, we've been trained that people wearing makeup are usually women. - Ken Sheppardson" <- right on spot :D - minus-one

they both look like women to me, in fact they look like the same person; not very subtle - Kathryn Martyn

It seems that a "softer" face is considered feminine and a "harder" face is masculine? Interesting. - caj needs a haircut

Robert Scoble

Why marrying an English Major is fun. http://friendfeed.com/maryamie just explained the next season of Lost to me.

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I assume one of you is posting this so we can compare it to what really happens - Sean Reiser

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I hope she'll come here and give you her theories. She graduated at the top of her class from UC Berkeley, by the way. Knows her stuff and told me she's been arguing Lost with people all day long and thinking about it. - Robert Scoble

Sean: yeah. - Robert Scoble

She's being stubborn and isn't going to post them here. She wants to blog her thoughts first. Damn, did Arrington get to her? Heheh. - Robert Scoble

The whole battle of two gods thing really confused the hell out of me. - Mitch

Mitch: good vs. evil. For life to get to the next level we must join good vs. evil and stop fighting with each other. If we don't, we'll all die. So, the fun next season will be to see if all opposing forces learn to get along, or if the whole thing ends in a great tragedy. I vote that they all get along. The couple on the beach last night foreshadowed that. - Robert Scoble

On the other hand, http://lostpedia.wikia.com serves as my English major! - Tyler Hayes

The thing that throws you off is both sides have good and evil in them. Lost's gods are complex, not simple like our mythological gods. - Robert Scoble

That's basically @maryamie's theory, anyway. Me? It drove me to crack open a bottle of wine. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

My wife is a History major - it's just as fun on stuff like this - Jesse Stay

side note - i've been wondering if the light flashes coincide with the twitter outages? - Allen Stern

The concept of dualistically natured gods was actually pretty common throughout most of human culture. It's what makes Greek and Roman mythology so interesting. - FFing Enigma

Allen: now that you mention it, yes they do! By the way, have you gotten my business cards all scanned? Or can you "blame Scoble" for slipping your launch date? - Robert Scoble

Oh Lord, Scobles: I hope you're wrong on that theory. Will Rodney King make a cameo "why can't we all just get along?" appearance? Way too sappy for me! :) - Craig Eddy

Craig: that scene on the beach last night was pretty close to that, wasn't it? - Robert Scoble

Yes, it sure was. And there was something about the question Bernard asked Juliette too... - Craig Eddy

Lol - I was just about to email you, your order will be ready just when we agreed :) - Allen Stern

English was a second language for my wife but she is much gooder at it than me. - Andrew Leyden

Here are my thoughts: http://maryamie.spaces.live.com/blog... - Maryam Scoble

I bet we'll find out the other one is Jacob's brother. It seems LOST is a string of stories about duality. Good vs. Evil and Science vs. Religion as the two main struggles. - Andrew Smith

What I also think is interesting is the story Two Brothers by Hans Christian Andersen. http://hca.gilead.org.il/two_bro... It specifically mentions the biblical Jacob and refers to them as two brothers Ørsted. If you look up Hans Christian Ørsted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... you find his life's studies revolved around electromagnetism. Coincidence? hmmm - Andrew Smith

Wait I have a degree in English but don't get LOST 50% of the time (though i do like it). This is why it's my denial degree. :) - SteVe C

Robert Scoble

"Oh my gawd, you are such a geek," @maryamie yelled at me from the next room after she saw my Toyota post. "How is that even cool?" :-)

May 4, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I think it's funny that Maryam liked this post before anyone else. She's such a geek too! - Robert Scoble

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Its way cool to be doing something both financially and environmentally responsible! And, its quite a geeky cool car, in a silent sort of way :) - JCunwired

jcunwired: actually financially there's almost nothing worse you could do than buy a new car. They depreciate so quickly. Environmentally responsible? Maybe. I bought it to prepare for higher gas prices that will come after the economy recovers. - Robert Scoble

somewhat relevant... re car uis... http://friendfeed.com/ryanste... - RedMonk

Robert Scoble

When I got home @maryamie asked me "did you know it is Dave Winer's birthday tomorrow?" yes! Facebook told her. Microsoft told me. Happy birthday Dave!

May 1, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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*shrug* To me, it just cheapens the thought to a certain degree. I mean, sure, I do wish Dave a happy birthday (Srsly!)...but what does that mean, to him or to me? We've exchanged maybe 10 emails in 10 years, and I read his blog. (again: I don't mean this in a negative way, and I do sincerely hope you have a happy one, Dave!) - Ken Kennedy

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And Scoble told me! the circle is complete. Ready phasers - Bwana ☠

And to be clear, that wasn't a jab at you saying Happy Birthday to Dave, Robert; sorry if it came out that way. I've been thinking about that whole cheapening thing since I watched a bunch of bdays flow through FB a few weeks back. This just reminded me. It's not a unequivocally bad thing...I just think it's one of the many things SN has affected. Makes the casual assertion less meaningful, even though we tend to think of it the same way. - Ken Kennedy

Happy Birthday Dave, from me and the guy above who made absolutely no sense whatsoever. - JCunwired

Happy B-Day, Dave! - David Cook

Have a great b'day, Dave. - Jack&Cleo

Have a great day and a lovely weekend Dave - ThinkEzy

Happy bday - Monique

http://friendfeed.com/projct... - JCunwired

Happy Birthday Dave - FriendFeed loves you!! :) - Susan Beebe

Happy Birthday Dave! - Jesse Stay

http://friendfeed.com/projct... - mjc

Happy Birthday, Dave! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Happy birthday, Dave! - Damond Nollan

I'm so much more on top of birthdays now, thanks to social media. - Jennifer Fong

Jemm

I has a karot

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Robert Scoble

If you think SXSW has the best parties you have never been to an Iranian Nowruz feast. I am very blessed to have married into the Iranian community. Hope the new year is a good one for everyone here!

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You've never been to the water festival in Myanmar have you :) - Devlin Dunsmore from twhirl

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;) - Shandiz

Devlin: nope, but if it is better than a nowruz feast it must be pretty freaking awesome. - Robert Scoble

I once lived in Iran during the cultural revolution(father US govt employee) and have since befriended many Persians(many are in Irvine,Ca). They DO know how to party indeed! On a sad note: one of the Iranian bloggers arrested recently died in Tehran http://jameskarlbuck.com/... . Helps us really value the right to free speech and why it must be upheld. - Phillip

Devlin, Thailand's Water Festival is even bigger :-P - Jesse Stay

Robert Scoble

I don't care if you fake follow me. I don't define myself by who follows me, but I define myself by who +I+ follow! I follow smart people who teach me things and put interesting stuff in my view. If you stop, or prove to be a jerk or a troll, then I'll just unsubscribe.

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All I can say to that is, you better enjoy a lot of good German brews while you're there. It's non-sequitor, and that is what you should expect from me. - Pete D

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Wait. Isn't Robert Scoble just Alex Scoble's older brother? - Akiva

Pete, the correct spelling is "Mississippi." And Robert, "The Metro" and "Take My Breath Away" are really good songs. And I think you'd agree that the content that you obtain from your subscribees is more important than your subscribee count. It's a content game, not a numbers game. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

Akiva: yup, Alex is my younger brother. You can't really blame him for how he is. I used to beat him up. Of course, he gave me my issues with authority. He told mom. :-) - Robert Scoble

Pete: Rocky already found a bar that has hundreds of beers. I have a feeling we'll be seen there once or twice between now and Sunday. - Robert Scoble

Robert, he seems to be doing all right so far! - Akiva

Great example of being quality-centered instead of market-centered... do what you love and a market will find you... - Justin Long

@Akiva, yeah, robert scoble uses his last name to get by on alex's gig. - Morgan Warstler

Akiva- You are the man...that's the funniest stuff I've seen since the whole Korn of the Blog thing. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

[courtsies] - Akiva

@Pete - I just want you to know that your non sequitur above ended up inspiring dozens of non sequiturs on FriendFeed this evening. I hope you're Melvin about that. - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

LOL@Akiva!!!! - Rah-PM 2012

That's one of the many things I like about FriendFeed: how many people follow you isn't displayed at the top level. I hope that doesn't change. I think a lot of people on Twitter (and other social networks) only obsess over their followers/friends just because everyone else can see it. I also think that's why a lot of people don't like FriendFeed... you've got to give substance to get substance. - Paul Reynolds

@Ontario I've stopped shaking my fist, just so you know. - Pete D

Agreed - I don't think I'll ever "fake follow". I'd rather just unsubscribe - those I follow I try to pay attention to. - Jesse Stay

How does one 'fake follow' a person? Is it hard? Is it fun? Can I do it? - Michael Moran

I agree with you Robert as I don't see any valid reason for me as an individual to fake follow anyone! - Joe Dawson

Yeah @robert, how or whats "fake follow" ? - Arjun

Agree on this, though I think from a feature perspective it's a smart one! - Vinodh Nandakumar

That's my take on it 100% - JP Holecka - Jaypiddy

NEW (February 25): Of course two weeks ago I started auto following again. Why? Cause Direct Messaging on Twitter is broken. But here on friendfeed I have a different philosophy. I am using lists to follow specific people and segregate those out from other people. So I can keep the geeks who talk tech separate from my brother, for instance. - Robert Scoble

That said, I assume everyone is smart until they prove otherwise. :-) - Robert Scoble

i just wish people would stop talking about following in general :P - Terry O'Fee

This would have more credibility now Robert if you protested the capping of manual follows at 2000 until you get followers of that number and can move on now. You got to autofollow with abandon; today normal people are capped on manual follows. Unfair. - Prokofy Neva

Holy hell, this thread is 6 months old! - coldbrew

Who's this Goon posing as you? http://friendfeed.com/e... imitation is the finest form of flattery? - The Real sofarsoShawn

I would agree with Garin, followers/following is not important, but discussion is. BTW, Loic is very good a starting this type of arguments (must be his French side). - Jeremy Chone

dont worry, matt. there's about five or six conversations of the same discussion now. - Terry O'Fee

lol - I really enjoy your posts and convo - I learn many things - and thanks for the laughs too : ) - Mark Harai

I'd respond to this thread but necro-posting creates zombie threads and zombie threads eat Brrraaaiiinnnnsss! :P - MarkCarras

Robert you have alot to teach and you seem teachable also-sign of a good journalist. - earlewallace

LOL - Terry O'Fee

lol - Arjun

Robert Scoble

Just arrived in Vegas. What an adventure!

January 7, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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finally. The trip is over, now for some fun to be had, and for learning to continue. - Richard A. from IM

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Break out your hand sanitizer. I've already seen a ton of people coughing and hacking on the show floor. - Sharon Barclay from twhirl

I am glad I gave you that hand sanitizers. Glad you made it safe and sound. I can't believe the bus broke down. At least you are all safe! See you tomorrow goofy. - Maryam Scoble

Please use real soap as well. Hand sanitizers cannot stop all the germs. - Bwana ☠

Robert Scoble

Oh, oh, the bus died in Baker. About 100 miles to go to Vegas.

January 7, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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A proverbial Fail bus ? :) - Mo Kargas

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Do they know what the problem is? - Dave Winer

dont hitch hike;) - Mystika

The alternator died, we think. - Robert Scoble

Doesn't it qualify as middle of nowhere? - Amit Morson

We had an even worse experience a few years ago. A/C died after 30 mins from LA to Laughlin. The second bus had the same problem somewhere after Barstow, literally in the middle of nowhere. Mojave is not a pleasant place in August in a bus without A/C. - Tapio Kulmala

Old school Fail. Perhaps it needs a reboot. - Martha

Isn't that a song? - amygeek

I'm sure if you tweeted that you needed a ride you would have people there to pick you up within the hour ;) - Devlin Dunsmore from twhirl

Robert Scoble

@KonradS I couldn't have scripted a better reality show: "Bloggers stranded in Death Valley."

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Yeah Scoble.. thats an idea.. someone should make a bloggers reality show :P - @LarsenTweet

quotes from the kitchen scene: "it's your turn to make the bacon." "I MADE THE BACON YESTERDAY! IT'S YOUR TURN!" "who ate all the chocolate?" "this coffee pot is subpar. did you read my post evaluating the latest models?" - Marie

Dont join the Death Valley Bones - bcultral

Robert Scoble

We are pimping our way to #ces09 on the Lovesac rock and roll bus. Wifi? Check! CNBC? Check! @christinelu ? Check! :-)

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thank you for not leaving me behind. :) - Christine Lu

Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ

I did vote for Obama. I have a lot of hope for what he might be able to do, but my biggest hope is that all the racists of this country will finally leave it. That, and we can start talking about race as Human rather than by heritage. McCain's speech tonight was the best one of his entire campaign.

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Those are some solid points, truly that makes wonderful sense, So what did you think of those threats, or the claims there was an assasination attempt being planned? - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa

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I would like to hope so but we still have a long way to go. - Carmen wBabby

not one of..it was his best. - Carlos Ayala

question: where would they go? - .LAG liked that

Does making such an important decision based on the color of somebody's skin hint at some latent racism in you? - John Foss from twhirl

Ship them off to Iraq - Outsanity

@John To acknowledge differences and factors brought into play by race is not to be racist. To be racist is to believe that one race is inherently superior to another. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

I didn't vote for Obama because he's black, John - that's a false assumption (good attempt at logic, though). A vote for anybody other than him would have landed McCain in the white house - and the neo-cons will *NEVER* get my support. EVER. Oh, and you might know that I'm a registered Republican - so stick that in your pipe and smoke it. :) - Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ

one can only hope! - Jim Goldstein

Because McCain could be himself and not play to the Right. That was his biggest mistake. He should have played to the center, he could have pulled in a lot more votes IMO. There was way too many disenfranchised R's out there who had had it with the Party. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

This was my first vote ever for a Democratic Presidential candidate. I'm very proud of the outcome. The Republican party messed up big time this time. Obama was the most conservative candidate of the two. - Jesse Stay

Long live USA, Rise and Shine America - imran

Ok - just checking (i'm not the judge of such things anyway..) - John Foss

Love you, John. Wish "you" had run in the election and not the guy grabbed by the dark side, Your speech tonight was great and a reflection of what I think is your real self - so, please help to rebuild your party - and the country - and prove that you are the Patriot I believed in way back in 2000. - David HC Soul

Damn, Pirillo went for Obama? Wow. - Robert Scoble

WORLD ENDS. - Akiva

better yet, let's focus on more important differences than skin color. - John LeMasney

@thepuck - racism can be more subtle than thinking you are superior. If you differentiate and think you are of a different group, the seed is planted. - John Foss

it was definitely the best of mccain - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

different races = different life experiences and imho justice will take that into political account - Marshall Kirkpatrick

chris posted:“I did vote for Obama. I have a lot of hope for what he might be able to do, but my biggest hope is that all the racists of this country will finally leave it. That, and we can start talking about race as Human rather than by heritage. McCain's speech tonight was the best one of his entire campaign---->I voted for McCain but i realy dont care for him that much..I have no issues with Black vs white,I have no issues with Democrat vs Republican.But i am VERY CONSERVATIVE and vote that way normally - Edward D Webb

As I've asked before, "Where was THIS McCain throughout the campaign?" This was a more genuine, humble person who finally saw the forest from the trees about our universal struggle, who finally took control of his supporters, and gave a little bit of inspiration and reflection. When the race was finally over, it appears the RNC just released him from captivity and he could finally speak as himself. - Glenn Batuyong

He tried being the real him back in 2000 and it didn't work out. This time, with old age creeping up, I think he got nervous and listened/relied to much on his advisors who led him astray. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

The one similarity no one can really say is each has the same blood flowing through their veins, even if on the outside they look different, we as human beans all work the same, it is only on the shallow view of only seeing the outside that is different and basing false assumptions on that. - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa

McCain is not a neo-con. The whole invented "neo-con" thing was a stupid attempt to brand Bush and Co. as extreme right even though they passed far more left-leaning legislation and spending than right-leaning. It's a pejorative against conservatives that sounds innocent, just like an Arab calling an Israeli "Zionist." Most of us understand the true meaning when those terms are used. - Chris Mayer

While McCain is not a neo-con, the term wasn't invented last year. Bush and Co. were neo-cons and the people they alligned themselves with coined themselves that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - PC Easy from twhirl

I am from Indiana and didn't vote for Obama but I was glad to see it close all night and didn't mind that he won. When looking back at the Clinton wins I was embarassed for the states below Indiana. They had no problem voting for a white democrat with Clinton but clearly couldn't yet handle a black democrat With Obama. This is just sad. - gfurry

True story about McCain's speech. Thank god he didn't orate that well during his campaign :) - David

Rocky Barbanica

Ok, done being pissed off- time to find the positive & start making the most of this-situation- congrats Dems- please do the best U can 4 us

November 5, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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I think the party needs to rapidly distance itself from the right wing religious, war monger, image that it appears to have blidly stumbled into. Tricky. - Phill Price

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I agree with Phill. I used to be a Republican, but the the far religious right really turned me off to the party. I think fiscal conservatism and a smaller government is a good thing, but I can not stand the injection the fundamentalists morals and religious beliefs into the government. The separation of church and state has become so blurred that it is often hard to find the line.... more... - Jeff P. Henderson

@Phill, I don't think the Republican party stumbled into where they are today by accident. It started back with Ronald Regan, who began to embrace Fundamentalist Religious groups in order to win the southern vote. If you look back only a few decades, prior to Regan, Fundamentalist Christians used to be predominantly Democratic. - Jeff P. Henderson

As I said earlier this week, "fundamentalist Christians" like myself will soon not be welcome in either major party. Then both major parties will pretty much look the same, and the Democratic party will be in control for a long time to come. - ComicList

Robert Scoble

CNN calls Virginia for Obama.

November 4, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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220 now, that's all folks. - Will Higgins™

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Now I will believe :-) Time to wake up the wife who actually could vote in this election... Why do I always stay up late while she sleeps? Shes the citizen... - Rasmus Lauridsen

This is the first time Virginia has voted for a Democratic President since 1964. - Karim

My old home state elected the nation's first black governor, Doug Wilder, a Democrat. But the state was stubbornly Republican in presidential races. Now it votes for the first elected black President. Nice. - Hutch Carpenter

"stubbornly Republican" is putting it mildly. The last time Virginia voted Democrat for President, 44 years ago, interracial marriages were a *felony* in Virginia. The Voting Rights Act didn't *exist.* Today, they've voted the Democratic son of an interracial marriage for President... :-D - Karim

Mitchell Tsai

Obama inspires historic victory [CNN - 11/4/08] - http://www.cnn.com/2008...

November 4, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Police estimated that 125,000 people gathered in Grant Park to hear Obama claim victory. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

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[Text & Video] Duncan Riley has text of Obama's speech (and video) at the Inquisitr http://inquisitr.com/7363... I can't get Duncan's video to work. Does anyone have a link to the full speech? - Mitchell Tsai

[Text] Washington Post http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn... - Mitchell Tsai

[Text] CNN http://cnn.com/2008... - Mitchell Tsai

[Video - part 1 - 1st 6 paragraphs, 2:12, CNN] 'Change has come to 'America' http://www.cnn.com/2008... [after this video, it plays commercial & then continues to part 2] - Mitchell Tsai

[Video - part 2, paragraphs 7-12, 1:45, CNN] 'Obama pays tribute to McCain' http://www.cnn.com/2008... Ends with "And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama." - Mitchell Tsai

Does anyone have video of the last ~50 paragraphs of Obama's speech? - Mitchell Tsai

[Full Video] Obama Victory Speech: "Change Has Come To America" (VIDEO) [Huffington Post - 11/4/08, 18:11] http://huffingtonpost.com/2008... Thanks to Gregory Lent for this link. It's a nice clear recording, and streams much better than the CNN videos. - Mitchell Tsai

Jeremiah Owyang

Obama FTW

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Robert Scoble

@tamccann: Obama won, but no one has called it yet. They need the ad revenue on TV. :-)

November 4, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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No, they're calling it. - Tanath

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They called it at 11:01, both CNN and MSNBC. - Rob Diana

katie couric just called it on CBS - Jericho

Well, this should teach the GOP not to nominate a RINO - Robert Hafer

Yes they called it as soon as the polls closed on the Pacific Coast. Actually, one minute later. It was already inevitable but they waited. At 8pm they immediately colored CA-OR-WA Blue and it was clearly decided. So we all get to go to sleep with it decided. A welcome change. - Dennis E. Hamilton from twhirl

*Samantha Murphy*

Everyone's in agreement that McCain was gracious. What kind of an idiot crowd boos our new president?? FAIL Arizona!

November 4, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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You must be new to concession speeches. :-) - Jordan Hofker

Vera Yu

God bless America! We love the change.

November 4, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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dave mcclure

Miracles DO Happen... UnBelievable :)

November 4, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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shelisrael1

Nice to see John McCain go out with high road classiness.

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Francine Hardaway

stevegillmor. Do you feel confident now?????? I thought of you while I was crying, because you remember the 60s.

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Robert Scoble

Today my wife and I have been married for six years. She has added so much to my life. And every year she reminds me to vote! :-)

November 2, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Congratulations Robert & Maryam!! woo hoo!! Good reminder!! yes go VOTE! - Susan Beebe

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Mazel tov! - Akiva

Congratulations, Robert and Maryam! - John McCrea

Aww man, congratulations! That's wonderful for the both of you...hope you have a lovely night planned together. - Zee.

Congrats Robert & Maryam! - Rob Diana

Congratulations! Well whoever had 6 years in the pool just lost. ;) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Congratulations, Robert & Maryam! - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

Happy Anniversary, Robert. Get off the $#$@ computer and spend some time with her ;) - John Craft

Congrats! - Johnny

Congrats Robert. MAy you have another six and more years. - Roberto Bonini

Happy Anniversary Robert. You are a lucky guy and it seems like you have some pretty cool kids. - Craig Mische

Congrats U Two! - Mr.Tiggr

congrats robert! - Alemsah Ozturk

Congrats! - Mathew™ aka Youngblood

Congratulations! - tinro media

Congrats :-) - Sarah Peterman

What are you voting for the other 3 years? ;) Congratulations Robert. There's nothing to life if you're not actually sharing it with someone. - Douglas Karr from twhirl

Happy Anniversary - Josh Haley

Congratulations and best wishes for the future! - Mo Kargas

Congratulations Robert & Maryam! - Holger Eilhard

congrats - Duncan Riley

Congrats, Robert & Maryam - Warner Crocker

Congratulations! - Jeff P. Henderson

Congratulations!! - Loren Heiny

Many congratulations, Robert! - Kol Tregaskes

OMG. what a stalwart she is:-) - Francine Hardaway from twhirl

Happy Anniversary - Cyndy

Happy anniversary. - Anna Lynn M.

congratulations you two! that's really great. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Congrats! - Charlie Anzman

Hearty congratulations and many splendid returns of the day! - Parth Awasthi

Congratulations!!! - Mitchell Tsai

congrats!! You're one year ahead of me and Joel. :) - Sarah Perez

Thank you all very much for the kind words. - Maryam Scoble

manuscrypts

very disappointed that Facebook status updates cannot be integrated into friendfeed :{

October 17, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Facebook is too closed. They think they can keep growing by keeping their current user base satisfied with a wide range os apps and external service integration. - vimoh

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but why should that prevent friendfeed from allowing import of Fb status messages? - manuscrypts

Facebook is too cluttered. It's gonna become orkut soon. - Roshni

all the more reason for me to want an integration here.. - manuscrypts

I feed my Facebook Notifications, Facebook Posts, Facebook Friends' Status Updates, and MiniFeed into a private room (since they contain private stuff). Tried the imaginary friends thing, but I don't always check FF each day, so leaving them in a room helps. - Mitchell Tsai