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6 invites to Wave -- anyone? Upd: please delete your comment after your invite has been secured. If you have a spare invite, please consider sending it to someone in the list.

September 30 - Comment - Like - Share

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mea-mea-mea! - Andrew Kovalev

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а в каком домене? wavesandbox.com пока ещё? - Alex Kapranoff

мне - Странный маркетинг

+1 - mikolka

:) silpol@gmail - A.T.

мне - Oleksandr Rakovets'

How did you get six? - Shevonne

Please :) - payalnik from iPhone

Если еще есть, то буду благодарна. - Teinett

путем случайного бросания монетки: @ckovalev -- done (it's not instantaneous); @silpol и @payalnik -- напомните адреса, плз - cheran

А остались ещё? (только трём же раздали, вроде) rotuka@gmail.com, если что - САКИРМАХРЕПЯКА

И мне ) - Pavel Rogozhin

Еще 4 пинга пришли одновременно с первым в этой записи напрямую. Осталось еще 2, сейчас будет повторное бросание монеток. - cheran

мне можно? @rambler.ru :) - Свинушок

Если я там в этой лотерее выиграю, то yuriy.marin@gmail.com - Странный маркетинг

sure... if any are left. - Gus

черт! :) update: это был вист, если лотерея - Michael Yakovis

вист, если ещё есть шанс =) (anton@setia.ru) - Anton Volnuhin

Чёрт :)) - אלף

Everything's gone for now, waiting for silpol and payalnik to get back to me. And yes, it was a lottery (and some coins were very biased towards people whom I owed favours). - cheran

ну, теперь можно и лайкать ;) - Michael Yakovis

йа лузер) ежели будет eugene.kostylev@g - тут не место для

Ых. - vxixiv

@kkapp нет, не песочница, уже поехало в большой мир http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009... - cheran

i would like one... junkymails@free.fr - fwed

yeah me too.. soner.gonul@gmail.com - ★ Soner Gönül

если вдруг когда нибудь ещё будет xekc@xekc.com тоже хочу. - xekc

@cheran, о, спасибо! значит и я должен сегодня получить :) жду. - Alex Kapranoff

на будущее — vlad19@gmail.com - Vlad Rafeyev

+1 j.brain@gmail.com - brain

На будущее =) tkospb@gmail.com - exdeniz

nlupus@gmail.com - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

Предлагаю раздавать инвайты по этому списку, кто получит! - Vlad Rafeyev

я-я-я-я-я! dolphin278@gmail.com - dolphin278

Да было бы не плохо, обязуюсь раздать по этому списку 5 инвайта при получение =) - exdeniz

тоже хочу на gWave: salus.rex@gmail.com - slsrx

Моя хотеть. zemlanin@gmail.com - Anton Verinov

@cheran payalnik@gmail.com and thank you very much! - payalnik

Желающих смотрю много. Не откажусь :) - delaf

kaipila@gmail.com please.... - Paavo Einari Kaipila

voi ei, suomalaiset... - A.T.

silpol@gmail if not too late ;) - A.T.

lady luck around? saint@ghost.lt :)) - Martynas

atnerus88@gmail.com - atner

блин ( - mama_ari

ага, блин - zador

me please! - Cittadelmonte Pressonline

yes please - Thomas Power

if any... peskov@gmail.com - Dmitry

me thanks.. mikael@norrfors.se - Mikael Norrfors 

daemith@gmail.com - Лиова

люди не оставляют надежды - Странный маркетинг

if its not too much to ask - scorpest@gmail.com - ernoig niopjo

woof [at] stopme [dot] net - Лучше не знать

linux.usrs at gmail.com. I'm so anxious to get one. Thx - Charles Peng

спасибо :D - A.T.

Спасибо большое - payalnik

Спасибо - brain

м? в смысле есть еще? - Roman Leibov

@r_l: on the way from the second generation :-) - cheran

@mama_ari email? - A.T.

@silpol: @mama_ari's & @xekc's & @zador's invites on the way, thanks to 9000 - cheran

ok, then mama_ari will get two - sometimes I am _too_ quick :) - A.T.

oh, looks like i will get three. thank you friends, love you. - mama_ari

@mama_ari share one with me!) - Странный маркетинг

thanks! - xekc

ничего себе, столько народу набралось :) Так держать! Главное чтобы когда тестить начнём, это количество народа не разбежалось бы! А ведь разбежиться... :( - atner

yegorma на джимейле, если можно. спасибо большое! - egor

А мне тоже очень хочется! nightly.me на джимейле. Если не опоздала конечно - Нузая

vxixiv на gmail. Спасибо :) - vxixiv

inque.geek at gmail.com будьте добры - Инк Лонгтан

Кто за инвайтами последний? Я за вами: sinezub+wave@gmail.com - cc00ffee

заранее - спасибо! рубан в тикр.ру - Саша Рубан

Ооо, как тут плотно! а можно еще и мне инвайт? интересно же! - some

vilius.zigmantas@gmail.com > if there are some more left :) - viliusz

Johannan Edelman

@onyxtic Got 5 Google #wave invites left. Follow me and RT to get the invite to Google #wave!

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Robert Scoble

Tweakers Pricewatch for Android – never pay a dime too much - http://thenextweb.com/2009...

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Donuts, roadmaps, and Android 2.0 | Android and Me - http://androidandme.com/2009...

July 18 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"So while Donut will be released this year, Android 2.0 is quite a few more pastries away in the future. If you are wondering when Android 2.0 will drop, there is no answer in site. Keep an eye on the official Android roadmap, but it hasn’t been updated since early 2009." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

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"While we are on the subject of updates, let’s discuss the lifespan of the T-Mobile G1. The phone should receive the Donut update, but there are concerns if it will be compatible with later Android builds. The problem should be no surprise to heavy Android users – the G1 is limited by its small internal memory." - imabonehead

Shouldn't the core OS always be compatible, regardless of low internal memory? Wasn't the G1 designed around the minimum requirements for Android? I would say, as is the Hero build, that it should be on 3rd parties to make more robust builds built more specifically for their phones. - Tim Hoeck

Unfortunately, they have already said (I think Diane H. said it) there was very little possibility of them incorporating apps to sd for official builds. Obviously at some point they will need to ramp up for improvements. I just don't want my phone becoming outdated within a year of purchasing it. I mean, the G1 came out in October. I know what I was getting into purchasing a first... more... - Tim Hoeck

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for chocolate lovers from 2 chocolate lovers (via http://friendfeed.com/gokcego...) LOVE..Gokce!

July 19 - Comment - Like - Share

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thank you Myrna :) - GokceGoksel

You're always welcome Gokce! Such a wonderful post! - Myrna

Android: Joe Bonner

I finally got my hands on a G1 over the weekend, and the phone itself feels pretty solid to me. The keyboard snapped in and out nicely. I was expecting something less robust. So, what's the consensus on the G1 keyboard? How easy is it to use? I've read some complaints about the "chin" getting in the way? Is this a real issue?

July 13 - Comment - Like - Share

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The main problem I have is the battery life. Way too short. - David Schmidt

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Coming from a Treo, the 'chin' took a bit of getting used to, but I certainly don't consider it a huge problem. The apps and location awareness more than make up for it. Awesome device - but yes, plan on getting a better battery. - John Craft

John, I've currently got a Treo as well. Are higher capacity batteries available? - Joe Bonner

Once I got used to the chin, I don't even notice it's there. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

The G1 comes with an 1100mah battery. Seidio makes a 1400mah replacement in the same form factor, and a 2600mah with a replacement back. Also, mine's almost 9 months old now, and it's not lasting as long as it did in November. - John Craft

I only notice the chin if I have something plugged into the mini-usb port (charger, usb cable, headphones). I have to wrap my fingers around the plug. - Brodie Austin

When typing your right thumb and forefinger wrap right around the "chin." It forms sort of a natural handle. It does not get in the way. The keys seem jusssst a bit too flat for me, but your fingers adapt. - Mike Cassidy

Yeah the only time i notice the chin is the same with Brodie, when i have it charging. But other than that, best phone I've had - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

Not the sexiest handset in the world, and there will be much more powerful Android phones coming out soon, but it's solid in a piece of military hardware sort of way. I can type much faster on the G1's keyboard than I can on my friend's Pre. - Christopher A Carr

Thanks everyone for your comments. Christopher, besides the myTouch and the i7500, what else is coming this year? - Joe Bonner from PeopleBrowsr

i don't really like the phone its self - i got my G1 got the Android side of the coin. Although with the update to cupcake - the phone feels more natural - i haven't used my slide out keyboard since the update. - Chris Jackson

@Joe HTC Hero is probably coming this year, though apparently not to T-Mobile USA (possibly AT&T and/or Sprint). "Lancaster" is coming to AT&T, though it looks like a lower-speced device. Samsung is supposedly working on a CDMA/WiMax device for Sprint. Huawei and (especially) Sony-Ericsson have fancy handsets in the works -- not sure if any US carriers will be picking them up before the... more... - Christopher A Carr

Did I leave anything out, Ryo? - Christopher A Carr

Christopher, thanks for the rundown. The HTC Hero looks great, I just don't know if I can wait for it to come out :) - Joe Bonner

G1's keyboard is a huge plus and useful, too. However, the build quality and the battery life of G1 sucks, really. - Ozkan Altuner

Johnny Worthington

How many people have actually used a typewriter? What is the average 'cut off age'?

July 8 from IM - Comment - Like - Share

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I used one until university. so, cut-off was, what, mid 80's? - MVB (Grinch of FF)

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i used one very frequently until sometime in 1994. - Joe Silence is not Santa

I've used one, many many years ago. Probably late 80s - Glenn Slaven

I used a typewriter once when I was fairly young, around the beginning of the nineties. We had a "modern" one and I was curious to see it in action. I made a typo in the first word. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato from Android

You will probably still find them in use today in a lot of law firms. - Alex Scoble

My dad had one when I was little, and I managed to type a paper or two on it. Nothing major. - Carlton Hackett

typewriters are still used as backups in case our 486 pc's die at the firehall .. - johnpiercy

I used one in elementary and Jr high. Some in a work training job that I had with OC County in Jr High. - Santa CW™

my first two were manuals, my last one was an electric Smith Corona from the early 1970s. the only reason i stopped using it in 1994 was becos a cousin of mine walked off with it one day. - Joe Silence is not Santa

We had a typewriter at home until the early 1990s. I used to type opening paragraphs to the Tolkien-rip off fantasy novel that I never finished on it. My dad may actually still use one in his office on a daily basis even though he has a computer and a printer, too. - Victor Ganata

We had one of those big green IBM ones that I use to type my assignments out on until about the 90s. Just strange that my nephews (8 and 5) have never, ever seen one or used it. - Johnny Worthington from IM

I remember using my dad's when I was six or seven (mid-1980s). And when I worked at a bank, we used one to type up a few forms that had carbon copies in them. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

I love typewriters. - Mona Nomura

Probably early 90's in typing class - Rodfather

I took a typing class over the summer in '92. That's the first and last time I used a typewriter for any length of time. I took a typing test on a typewriter when I interviewed for a temp agency in late '94. I think that was the last time I ever touched one. - Fa La La La Lindsay

Very early 90's - Mo Kargas

I've used one before. but yea. early 90s - John Wang

I used a typewriter in the late-80s / early-90s. Parents thought my bro and I (hunt-and-poke typists) would best learn to type and that was in the days of typing class. Even though we needed to learn typing such that we'd type on the computer better. - Wirehead

I did, I'm 27. - Joshua Schnell

My Dad used to type up his tests for his students back in the mid-80's. I used his typewriter a couple of times to type up papers before we got our first computer around 88 or so. I'm 32 now. - Give 'Em DBizness

When we donated dad's library we also included his beloved Selectric. They sent it back... - MVB (Grinch of FF)

I used one until I got decent word processor software for my C-64, around 1989. My sister actually took a word processor to college her first year; second year, it was a PC. - Ladybug Heather

I took typing in 1989. Never used one again after the class, because I took computers the following semester - Matthew DeVries

I learned to type well before computers. - Janet

I had one when I was kid, early to mid 90's. - Sarah Peterman

I've used one. I'm 22. My dad had some old manual ones. - Aaron Hood from BuddyFeed

32 here as well. Used one to write up book reports. - Arlan Koizumi

I worked at a tiny 50 watt AM radio station in high school, and we used typewriters. I am 33. - Michelle Martinez

I'm 28 and I used one quite often as a kid. - Joe Pierce

High school typing class -- 1988 - Christopher A Carr

High school typing classes: 1960-63 Best thing I ever did (though I hated it then). I can fly round the keyboard, touch-typing too. Cut-off when I got my first Mac (1984). - Kate Foy

I'm 24 and I remember using one a lot as a kid... I don't even think I used it to type schoolwork, I just liked typing random stuff on it for fun. Also, when I worked at an elementary school in 2004/2005, we had a word processor in the office that we used frequently. - Penguin It's Cold Outside

I was using one at work in the early 90s. Maybe '92 at the latest. - CAJ, somewhere else

I've played with one before but never actually used it for anything. - Andrew Trinh from IM

The interesting bit is when you try going back to a typewriter from a computer. Messes with your head! - Kate Foy

Used one and I am 43, but never gone back to try and use one since moved to the computer. - Lyndon Washington

I'm 43 too and learned on one. Used them half way through college, and then they made us start using WordStar word processor. Dot commands, FTW?! - Rick Cogley

When I started working at Social Services in 1997 we used ballpoint pens and carbon paper. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

I used one until 1995. Only used one once since then. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

I kind of want an old skool mechanical typewriter (Although I have no place to put it) so I can preserve the antiquity as long as possible. - Wirehead

Although, I think I want a proportional spaced typewriter most of all. - Wirehead

I have one in my bedroom. Though, it's for fun. All of my work was always done on a computer. The typewriter was for zines or creative projects. I like the click click click. - joey

Used one regularly until I was 23 or so. I used one infrequently at my last job, some grants are required to be typed but people don't supply e-copies. Madness. - pea

I used one when I was at college. I was a "secretary" for the undergrad music department. It was a workstudy - jamar78

I used one as a kid, maybe 3 or 4. It was cool, but huge and not as cool as Nintendo. - Mike Nayyar

Took typing class first year of high school and used one sporadically in the 60's. Not since though. - Brian Sullivan

I used one up until 1987 or so when I got a computer with a printer. My mom had an IBM Selectric that she was quite proud of. - Joey Gibson

1990. My mother had one never used one since. - M F

I used one in the mid-90's, didn't get far with it. I'm almost 20. - Jimminy Fuller

I certainly have! And I'm only 25! - Amy℠

Many times. I'm 27. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

< used. 25 - mjc

I still use one occasionally at my parent's office when they want me to type an envelope up or something. - ronin

I used one a LOT in the 80's. I just used one two weeks ago as well. It felt very quaint. - Jeremy Brooks

I took typing 101 in 1969, then took one to USC until 1973. - Russellreno

I just almost had an argument with my husband over his wanting to give away my old Brother typewriter........just seems wrong not to have one in the house. You know, for ransom notes and stuff. - suzanne

yep, learned how to type on a typewriter in the early 80s - Herb Hernandez from iPhone

I grew up with typewriters (and was hit by lighting while typing on one in my parent's basement). When I started college in 1982, there was only one computer among 40 students in my dorm. By my senior year 1985-86, there were 0.75-1.00 computers/student (helped by the Lisa/Mac release in 1984). In the 1990s at UCLA, we used typewriters occasionally to type on forms, but I left UCLA in 2000 and haven't used a typewriter in about 9 years. - Mitchell Tsai

I took typing in high school (82-85) and I owned a typewriter while I was in college. I didn't use it much because we got Macs at my college in 85-86. I think that typewriter is still at my parents' house. - ha3rvey (free hugs!)

One of my friends, Adrienne Su, http://users.dickinson.edu/~sua (now Poet-In-Residence at Dickinson College) went with me to the Harvard Bookstore browsing. I heard a strange music coming from the typewriter area. Adrienne was typing soooo fast and so musically - just dreamy. I've never heard anyone type like that since. - Mitchell Tsai

I learned to type on one in like 1990. - Brett Kelly from iPhone

Many friends typed papers in college for extra money. My roommate Howard Pollack was typing in the dark one day (on a manual typewriter), when the four of us turned on the lights to se what Howard was typing. He had been typing a transcript of our conversation (script-writing style) in real-time! Me, I never took typing in high school...ended up being a 40 wpm hunt & pecker... - Mitchell Tsai

I used my mothers as a kid, but I actually bought one for my first wife when she graduated college. - Ian May

Did in my high school typing classes, but not after that. I'm 32 - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

I learned to touch type on mechanical typewriters in 1986 at school (no Australia is not a third world country!). Electric typewriters were introduced in 1987. But I have never used a typwriter at work since then. - Matt G

Used one right up until the end of high school. - Steven Perez

I played with my grandparent's when I was a kid, but I had computers most of my life. - Neal Jansons

Typing class, high school. Electric, but an actual typewriter. Yes. - Micah Wittman

Early 80s - maybe 1982 or 83-ish? We actually had our first office PC hooked up to a typewriter as the printer because the typewriter type looked better than the dot-matrix type. Naturally, once I met the Mac in 1987, I never went back. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

I used my grandparents' one when I was about 8, so 1993. - Mitch

In the 90s, we dug out the old Olivetti and set it up for our daughter as a toy. She's now 19 and thinks of her MBP pretty much as a body part. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

I actually used to own one and used it in college, until I bought an Osborne computer and Epson RX80 dot matrix printer my senior year. I think I gave my typewriter to my younger sister when she was in college. For some reason I never asked for it back ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson

I used to sell them when I worked at Staples. I worked there until 2005ish and still sold them. I used one as a kid too. I'm 31 - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

I have a '40s-vintage Royal sitting on display in my living room, and I type letters on it from time to time just for the fun of it. It works beautifully, and I find the mechanical feel and sound very satisfying. But then, I'm a bit odd. - Bren -- Loves Chrimmuh

I got a C in typing class in middle school. (35) - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I have. (32) - Louis Gray

I first learned in high school about office machines and one in particular was the wondrous typewriter, I have not used one in awhile but at the very least I do remember. And really sometimes a simple typewriter can be a great thing, so I have used it but I don't make it a point to use it regularly. - Rem-Sleep w Ray

I actually did my college thesis on a typewriter (all 120 pages of it) - that experience was what drove me into computers - never looked back since then. - ian kennedy

I owned a manual typewriter and learned to touch type on it in 7th grade in 1982. My mom may still have it and I don't remember much about it, but I can picture it in my head. It's really fuzzy though, like my memories of Shell Beach, can't put my finger on it... - Adrian

I learnt to type on a typewriter way back in '67 - one of the best things I ever learnt - srsly - I'm still really young -] - Chris Loft

I did a typing course at school. The famous Scheidegger typing course. I was 12 or 13 in those days. So that was around '76/'77. It's probably the best thing I learned at school, because I'm still enjoying what I've learned then. - Ton Zijp

I used to use a typewriter, and I'm 24. - Will Higgins™

Some involved in air traffic in the 90s still used typewriters. - Bernie Goldbach

I have, in the 90's I am 31. Also, I believe the high school office where my mother works still has a couple that they use for adding names to certificates and the like. I will double check this with her tomorrow. - Rachel Lea Fox

I learned how to type on a manual typewriter, but haven't used one since maybe 1986. - Bonnie Foster

i'm 23, used one briefly when growing up not because we didnt have a computer (had some P1 box and a Mac Centris) but because i liked the cool mechanical sounds it made. ;-) - Paul Stamatiou

What's a typewriter? ;-P - Jeff P. Henderson

We were taught to use a typewriter at school - that was actually the only time we ever used a typewriter, for most of us, since computers were already taking over (except perhaps for form filling). We had the typewriter class and a computer class the same year, and the typewriter class did not even help for computer typing because it was on the horrible french key-layout whereas our computers had swiss keyboards - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

I have. 29 years old now. Last time was probably 2 years ago to label envelopes (I think printers remain bad at this). - Sajida H Khan

I used one many Moons ago but only because my parents had an old one at home. - Kol Tregaskes

I had, I'm 26. It was my mother's, she used it at school. But I remember her using it at work in the late 80's too. - albameccanica - Arianna

I had to type the personal info on my college applications (in 1996) but I got my Mom to help because I was afraid I wouldn't line things up correctly. - Shannon Jiménez

I did, back in the 80's as well. - David Cook

I learned to type using a typewriter during high school (mid 90's). - Kevykev

I saw one once & think i tried it, but it was like 15 years ago or so - immaterial

Yes, up until 1994, I think, I often helped my father type academic papers on our typewriter. I didn't have a computer of my own until early 1996, I believe. Used campus labs from fall of 1995 until about February. - Scott of Two Countries

I used one up until about 1988. It was an IBM Selectric. - DGentry

I'm 23 - I have seen them, but never used for anything. - Rich

I'm 36 and used one. We were tought type writing at school, but that ended in the mid 80's when the school got computers and we had to learn Basic - Martin Liechti from fftogo

i used one in jr high and part of high school in the early 80s before i saved up enough to get a printer for my apple ][e - Imabug

used one till late 90's. I found it kind of cool for "creative writing"... :)) - diego morelli

Wow.. I actually used one in junior high.. I still remember the smell of burning oil! Gee.. that was in the early 80's I think? - Sean

I'm 26 used one until HS. - Amber, Random Time Lord

I'm 41 I owned one. Used it in HS and college. - Gunny doesn't side-hug™

im 21 and own 3 typewriters - Anthony Feint

I used one in high school typing class, circa 85, that I took as an elective to better learn how to type on the computer keyboards I had for the 4 years previous. My dad used typewriters in his small business until about 89-ish when he switched over to the wordprocessing unit he had used at home for year or so prior. Actually slow for him given he had car phones when they were huge radio units, a pocket TRS-80 in the early 80s ( http://www.trs-80.com/wordpre... ), and such. - Michael W. May

i took it in high school around 1990. that was probably the last time i did - (jeff)isageek

I learned to type on one when i was 11 or so, which was in 1996. It was a very modern one, as it could store documents typed and such. I only used it for that class though. - Tom Ribbens

I'm 36, typing class in HS used electric typewriters as PC's were too expensive at the time. Had IBM "lugables" for computer class :) Teachers in school did not like the printout from dot matrix printers so even though I had a computer at home since about 1981, we still used typewriters throughout school for reports etc. - W_B_K

I learned to type before I could hold a pencil. Well, the 2-finger hunt-and-peck method of typing. I'm 38 now... I think I regularly used a typewriter for things until sometime around 1987. - Nine

i did,since i was 9 to my late teens. no computer and a writer's spirit . I'm 31 now, the typewriter belonged to my grandfather, who gave it to me before he died. It's one of my most important possessions. - Alexandre Gamela from twhirl

I taught myself to type on one, so once we got a computer I used to bash the keys really hard. We got our first pc with printer in 1986, but I still used the typewriter for letters and stuff after that til the ribbons ran dry and we couldn't buy replacements - probably around 1990 I think. - Mellissa Claus

I used to carry around a portable electronic one in my briefcase that I'd take to high school with me every day. - Thomas Hawk

I'm 40. My mom had a typewriter, I used it once or twice just to see what it was like to type on... - Chrimmus Tad

I'm 50. Actually took typing in high school. That was mid-70's. - Norma Dennis

I'm 37 and used a typewriter in my middle school typing class. Had a computer at home too though. I feel like I'm on the cusp. - Graham English from iPhone

I have attempted to use a typewriter before. My typing career suffered a major setback when I was kicked out of the typing teachers class on the first day of school. I decided after that that taking typing would not be a good idea. - Alan Simpson

by the way check these out, this picture was taken a month ago or so: http://twitpic.com/7t485 - Alexandre Gamela

I am 30, and used to use it - Shevonne

28 and I used my dads at home for school work when I couldn't get time on the computers at school until we got a computer in 94. The typewriter even had a delete key! - alphaxion

I'll admit it ..... not the age part :) - Charlie Anzman

I've used one. Also used a word processor until 95 or so. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

i learnt to type on one. Used one until 2nd year uni (1991) when we got all cool with computers. - Sue

I still use the old typewriter for post cards and special mailings (USPS) found extra ribbon on ebay. - Tricia

I had one until my third year of college, in 1989 . . . then a Commodore something or other (128?) - William Harryman

I am 43 and I used one up until 1999, which was when I got my first computer. I have it stored away in the basement. Should I ever need one for filling out a form, I'll go down there and drag it upstairs. It's a big heavy machine with a built in word processor. I stocked up on print & correction cartridges awhile back, just in case they stop making/selling them. - April Russo (app103)

I'm 28, and I last used a typewriter about 4 years ago. Usually I own one, and now that you've posted this I want to go buy another. Love them! - Lo

23 but my grandma had one, probably is still around, my impressions: the loudest keyboard I've ever used - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I stopped using a typewriter completely in '85 when I got my first PC... with an extra keyboard that allowed it to double as a typewriter! LOL! - Arleen Anderson

used one at college, sometime in the late 80's haven't used one since though - unicomunica

I used one until probably 1993 - Steve C

I still have a typewriter. - Morton Fox

I did and we had a mandatory typing class Freshman year of HS. :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

I learned to type on one. Around 1989-90. - Derrick

The last time was when I was a kid in the 70's. Then the ZX81 happened... - Andy Bold

at my grandparents. probably mid-80's or so. - SolidSmack

I still have to use a typewriter. It's a monster. IBM Wheelwriter 30 Series II - MicahBear78

I had to take typing in high school. I got a 42. On a 100 point scale. It was definitely not my sport. I'm 44, btw. - Kevin Pedraja

i have! I'm 35. I wish I still had one. - Anna Lynn M.

I have never seen a functional typewriter. I'm 22. - Garin Kilpatrick

We had the opportunity to learn how to type when we were young at school, age 11 I guess. That's how I actually learned typing! - Kris

I've used 'em, even had a junior high typing class which I did horribly at, but surprisingly learned rudimentary skills. Remember having to retype entire pages every time I made an error on a paper that was due the next day. I used to always seem to be miserably sick the nights before papers were due, and miraculously cured the next day when I turned the paper in.. I'm about 43. - motownmutt

through 92. got my first puter in 93. - Matt Soreco

I took typing in 9th grade. Glad I did too. Now can I remember margins? Not like I can in Word... - Mike Lewis

I'm 27 and I used one in elementary school for my reports - Shey, Jamaican of FF

In my senior year of college (1982-1983), I decided to write my undergraduate thesis using nroff and some macros, rather than typing the whole thing on a typewrite. - John E. Bredehoft

I had an electric typewriter when I was in college - but I didn't use it for much more than applications when I started using emacs and a dot matrix printer in 1983. - Bill Sodeman

Does a MOD-40 Teletype count? - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

I learned to touch-type on a manual (non-electric) typewriter in junior high school in 1986. Born in 1973. - Kevin Fox

Related question: when was the last time you used a pencil sharpener? - Paola Bonomo

1st used typewritter in 1988 at highschool typing classes, actually five years after using an Apple at primary school in 1983 - Yant

Me. Played with parents' one in the '80s, used one for work right into the early 2000s (was a bank teller, had to type to make cashier's checks and money orders). - Kamilah Gill

Robert Scoble

Why I love America: - http://ourdoings.com/roberts...

June 17 from Robert Scoble - Comment - Like - Share

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You can rub a bull's balls in public. What a country! @rjamestaylor has video of a girl kissing the balls. This scene is happening every few seconds here in New York. - Robert Scoble

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Rob hasn't posted his video yet but it is hillarious. - Robert Scoble

you cannot, not if it's a real live bull, that would simply be gross!;) - Adri Munier

Yep! Thats the measuring stick alright! - ZuDfunck

Just one set? Where's the bull market? - Robert Matney

Did he tell the bull to turn his head and cough? - Kyle Kappmeier

lol, what a brave guy! - chris faron

lol, way to go...now if only you can get it mad at the bear, we all will be very happy to mark the turnaround day. :) - Dilip Dand

Chris: in just a few minutes I saw dozens of people do this. By the way this is my first photo with iPhone 3.0. - Robert Scoble

iPhone OS 3.0 you mean, it's not from the new camera on the 3GS is it? But disappointing if it is. - Richard Matthias

Better than Fort Worth--we were forced to turn our topiary bull into a topiary steer. - Steve Wright

forced? - Joe Silence is not Santa

It was public art commissioned by the city that the city council decided needed a "fix". - Steve Wright

that sounds about right for Ft Worth. ...not that my city is any better. - Joe Silence is not Santa

gotta love the states.. its just not same here in holland - Sebastiaan van den Akker

Right. New OS, old hardware. - Robert Scoble

We Are Dutch: Ton Zijp

Beer Bikes may be Outlawed in Amsterdam - http://www.inquisitr.com/26007...

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Grappig dat je dat als A'dammer via een australisch blog te weten komt. - Ton Zijp from Bookmarklet

Gistermiddag was er eentje in Utrecht die stopte voor de Bijenkorf en daar een bus en een ambulance enige tijd op wist te houden...aso's. - Marc van Waardenburg

Aron Michalski

http://twitpic.com/6zspl - Sunrise over the pacific

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Robert Scoble

How I read Tweets http://m.kyte.tv/ch...

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Brilliant. I'm filtering/searching twitter messages through notify.me - Orli Yakuel

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This is a great kyte cast. Is that the right word for it? I'm always trying to figure out the best way to utilize these social sites to proper filter out the garbage for the nuggets. - Daniel Norton

To learn how to use Friendfeed effectively, where do you suggest starting? Watching your video here and interested in leveraging its capabilities so would like to know a good way to get my feet wet here. - Lyn Graft

Excellent live video...thanks! - Keith Neisler

You should do a similar one on just Friendfeed, try to get more people over here :) - Simon Wicks

Robert that was great. Thanks for doing the video! Can you do one on Friendfeed like Simon asked? I think that would be very helpful! :) - Daynah

Thanks for sharing - good segment. Now I just need more time in the day! Can you do any split screen interviews like the Peter Himmelman show a few weeks ago? - Lyn Graft

That was awesome live video you did. - Amar Shah

Thanks for the live video! Inspiring me to spend more time working out FriendFeed. - Jalada

Lyn: I did a separate video on how to use friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Robert Scoble

I like tweetdeck a lot but I can't live without navigation w/keyboard and the two-fingers horiz scroll so they really need to get this for me to definitely switch! - Jean-Charles VERDIE from twhirl

I missed the Friendfeed one, thanks for the link again Robert - Simon Wicks

Check out the Unofficial Guides to FriendFeed included in the post at http://www.growmap.com/friendf.... - Internet Strategist

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It was really helpful - Pelle Sjoqvist from twhirl

Excellent video Robert. - Jim Connolly

I second the request for a friendfeed video as well. Oh, and good video Robert - Peter Efland

Thanks Robert. I always learn something about using FriendFeed or Twitter more effectively from you. - Tom Landini

I'm behind a terribly unstable and slow 2G connection. Anyone care to summarize the video? - Jan Ignatius

brilliant - Thomas Power

This is really helpful. Sco. I like the "media snack" term. And "attention thief." Would like to see your GTD vid when you do it. And less so your google reader one. Search.twiiter.com. And generally how you drink valuable memes from the firehose is helpful. Is there a "channel" of these vids from you? "Feedly.com" I couldn't parse the verbal- google grabbed it based on sound. - moon_shadow70

I'm finding kyte interface a bit annoying cause I paused and walked away and can't just reload to where I was!!!! (is it me?) Arg, I may redo the first 15+ minutes. - moon_shadow70

It would be helpful to have your "must follow" list in non-verbal format that was too fast.And Kyte's rewind is way too inexact to keep rewinding it. Thanks. :-) - moon_shadow70

Has this changed in recent times? I heard on the gilmore gang that 90% of your friends are on FF, so is twitter still as prominent? - Chris Lloyd

Chris Twitter is becoming less important. - Robert Scoble

paisano

Why don't people use friendfeed instead of twitter as their primary service? FF is closer to micro-blogging (including commenting) than twitter is.

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I seriously thought about doing that a little more than a year ago. But the problem is my network of people is over at Twitter. A proportional few also use FriendFeed but some of my Twitter friends use only Twitter. Same thing for Identi.ca. I actually prefer Identi.ca to Twitter but the network is so small and so far I haven't been able to convince too many people to make that switch. - Gregory Pittman

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I just wish more people would bridge Friendfeed and Twitter. It would help with the transition much better. No reason to ditch your Twitter network. - Christian Burns

Twitter is a human feed, RSS w/commentary. Friendfeed competes w/whatever you might do in Facebook thus FF competes w/FB, not Twitter. - Catholic Meme

Twitter is people, and I'm in it for conversation and listening, not blogging - FF is a link aggregator with some really nice people who chime in on your content. Two very different things to me. Twitter's links are handy, but not the focus, imo. - Leslie Poston

I have to agree with Leslie Poston and Catholic Meme. Twitter is about people. I use FF only to catch up with things that have rolled off twitter and or monitor other services. If facebook integrated service monitoring, I'd have little need of FF. - Don Thorp

Good feedback. I was careful not to say replace one service with the other b/c I didn't want @Louisgray up in my grill again lol. Seriously, we can have our cake (friendfeed) and tweet it too. - paisano

I personally consider Tumblr more of a micro-blogging service than FriendFeed. Also Twitter isn't really a micro-blog, it's a micro-messaging service where I get to connect with really interesting people. Friendfeed is about content. However the biggest problem with Friendfeed is it's user experience and the noise is tremendous. Friendfeed will never overtake Twitter. - Chris Rodgers

Simplicity. There are 3rd party apps (desktop, iPhone) that make it easy for me to communicate using Twitter. But, I'm open to moving where the community is, that's what's most important to me. :) - L.P. NEENZ FALEAFINE

FriendFeed is as much (if not more) about people than is Twitter. That said, there's no reason to stop using either. Twitter is one service that complements FriendFeed. FriendFeed is the superset, the destination, the completion of all that is holy. - Louis Gray

Don't think it can be said better than what Louis just said - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

lol thank you father Louie sarcastic. I do think there is much truth in your hyperbolic sermon. Friendfeed is more about the aggregating people than merely the social networks they belong to. Without the people it would be rendered useless. Yes, FF & Twitter can co-exist like Apple & Microsoft. - paisano

I have asked this question here, there and everywhere and I cannot get a decent answer out of my Twitter people. - Martha

Honestly, is there an easier-to-use site or app for creating different friend groups than FF? I've tried other sites for creating groups of friends. Either slow or hard to use. I guess Tweetdeck does that, but it's so big. And I'm not allowed to install it at work. - Bill Bittner

I love FriendFeed for grouping and threaded replies, but because it aggregates content from everywhere else, it goes beyond Twitter. That being said, I do like the Twitter bridge that FF has built. - Mike Templeton

I seriously think that when people start to understand what Twitter is all about, then FF will be their next destination. The need for Convesation and Dialogue are key drivers here. Tell me truthfully which service you find more useful in terms of serious dialogue? Twitter is a tool for channeling information and data. As many of you suggest in this thread FF is more about people, in... more... - Jan Friman from Nambu

I've had an FF account for over a year and never used. My friends were other places and I didn't feel like recruiting. I like FF. I know I will be using it more. - robert holiday

i pretty much agree with you, however, now that people break folks off into lists, it can be hard to start the same quality of convos unless U R on the lists of the right folk. - R. Ferguson

Agreed - Fake Elmo

I get far more interaction with weak ties and far more response in twitter than i do here on friendfeed. Those in my network that tried FF said the same thing. Maybe it is the case that the core of my network isn't here (or frankly left and stop using a while ago) so it never felt like my community. It has always felt (and still does - though i keep trying ;) like I"m visiting someone else's neighborhood where I don't really know that many people. - leigh himel

Twitter users wait for other Twitter users to move to Friendfeed: people wait for people waiting. - Jérôme Flipo

Eric Logan to Eric's feed, Android

Android users get a selection of new features. Upload to YouTube and more. - The Next Web - http://thenextweb.com/2009...

May 7 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Google have just announced a number of new Google Mobile features and improvements, many of which will make iPhone users drool with envy. Gmail users can now select multiple-threads to easily archive, delete, label or mute several threads at once, something we tend to take for granted on the desktop. The big news however is on the media front. Android users can now record and upload videos to YouTube as easy as ‘record and share’, something iPhone’s appear to be a long way off. You can also able to select privacy settings making it easy to share video with the world or a select group of people. Picasa users are also in for a treat and can also upload photos directly from their phone to PicasaWeb. Just like YouTube- after taking a picture tap ’share’ when viewing a photo and select Picasa. That’s not all, voice recognition on Android has reportedly been improved, making it easier to find what you’re looking for and fast. - Eric Logan from Bookmarklet

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SAWEET!!! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I would have bought an android phone if it was available in my area (though I wish more than just the t-mobile option were available). However, there isn't even a tmobile presence here so I have an iphone. - Bill Rawlinson

Seamless integration is a huge topic this year and Android is the frontier (with Yahoo Go being it in early 2008, then the iPhone briefly taking over) - Matthäus Krzykowski

Ability to upload Video to a Youtube channel makes Android attractive for travel related activity coordinators :^) - Eric Logan

Discovered YouTube upload last night. Has anyone tried it? What I dislike is the fact that videos cannot be downloaded in the background. Apart from synchronization, it appears that rarely any bundled Android app has background awareness e.g. by keeping threads running and/or temporarily storing app state. - Nenad Nikolic

the onscreen keyboard and the mark-multiple-conversations in Gmail are by far my two fav features of Cupcake :) - Adam Lasnik

Terrible how so? I've never used an onscreen keyboard, so I didn't have anything to compare it to, I guess, and was pretty pleased. Though I do seem to have a pretty regular prob with letters on the right-hand side, like 'p'. - Adam Lasnik

Lovefest: James (!?)

I LOVE The Big Picture... - http://naurunappula.com/hotlink...

April 23 - Comment - Like - Share

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Willem (@wim66) ☠ to Willem's feed, Funny Pics and Videos, We Are Dutch

Noteboek on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/4116727...

April 26 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Amazing stuff! No wonder she won a lot of awards. - Jacob

This is one of those times I'm proud to be dutch ;) - Jorg Jansen

Android

Android 1.5 is here! - http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009...

April 27 from Android Developers Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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Thanks to the Android team and HTC for preparing the ADP images! - Christoph Studer

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Aww.. I want the consumer version already! I want video recording! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

I want turn by turn navigation! And a girlfriend! - Matthew DeVries

Wow, that sounds like an update worth waiting for :P - John μller

Lovefest: Brian Chang

A quote from my brother, which he probably heard from someone else: "Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very important."

April 18 - Comment - Like - Share

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Win. - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

Robert Scoble

Good morning: thoughts for #followerfriday -- we only need one follower to change the world. If you could only have one follower, who would it be?

April 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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Barack Obama? Bill Gates? Oprah Winfrey? Louis Gray? Derrick? Morton Fox? - Robert Scoble

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Bret Taylor :) - Christopher Galtenberg

Oh, Bret Taylor or Paul Buchheit are good ones! We are just players on their chess board! - Robert Scoble

a really good friend I haven't met yet - Tom de Grunwald

Actually, you following me, Robert, was the catalyst for getting me seriously involved in social media in the first place which, without that boost, I may never have become friends with so many wonderful people on FriendFeed. But if I had to choose just one follower now, it'd probably be my wife. Because she means more to me than anyone else here. - Akiva Moskovitz

Me? *dead* - Derrick

Akiva: oh, I'd have to choose my wife too. There's a place I'm going with on this topic, though: the magic of experiences with four or fewer people. - Robert Scoble

I'd have to say Michelle Obama, I really respect her (and our Pres too of course), but speaking as a woman, definitely Mrs. O. - Anne Cossette

Robert, I gotcha. I've often believed that the fewer the participants in a conversation, the more rich the conversation becomes. Some of the best conversations and experiences I've ever had have been one-on-one. - Akiva Moskovitz

God, it's gotta be God. - Zee.

+1 to Akiva's sentiment tho -- Robert you've been a great one... When I have things to share, I think you'll be the one that helps me most change the world. I'm already extremely appreciative. - Christopher Galtenberg

Wife is a good call, although she already follows me on email, phone and in the house...so I'll say Ashton Kutcher, because one retweet by him can jump start something. - Hutch Carpenter

My boss - Mitch

Robert: but why all those big names that most of us are probably familiar with. I think the point is to introduce a stranger, and make him/her familiar with our subscribers. There are some talented people hiding there (AKA: Susan Boyle). - Nir Ben Yona

@zeldman or @LeoLaporte. Problem is I think I'd annoy both with hockey score updates. - Andrew Smith

you. :) (as that one post I write that is a game-changer would be recognized as such by yourself and RTed) - James Rodmell

I think the question is only powerful if that follower is truly following you, ie keeping up on you. Otherwise it's purely a status play. So who do you want to hear your thoughts, and why? For me the "why" is because "they could make the difference I'd like to see made". I think that person oddly enough, for me, be Jack or Biz or Ev at Twitter, because I think the tool changes the game and has the potential to be for good. - Derek Shanahan

Robert: honestly, I do think it's our job sometimes, because the system has already failed time after time (specially in close places like Hollywood and the entertainment world, in tech the picture might be different). - Nir Ben Yona

probably #1 @lancearmstrong , he motivated me to get my ass on a bike after my Dads death , I heard his Audible book and that made me pedal faster . If I had a second choice it would Robert Scoble , always entertaining and always interesting . #3 would be Leo Laporte met in TO yrs ago , was super friendly and sat down and chatted with me , ZERO Ego .. very generous guy ,,bought the whole tweetup a beer ;0 - johnpiercy

My ideal follower would be someone who shared/liked several of the same links I've shared/liked. If we think alike (and like alike), there's an extremely good chance that they'll eventually share things that will resonate with me. And resonance is a life-changer. http://beta.friendfeed.com/friendf... - Christopher Galtenberg

... and why not introduce "FFollowFriday" word in title for suggest in FriendFeed about peoples to follow? then with a filter "intitle:ffollowfriday friends:yourname" can have a selection about it. - CantorJF

@god, but @TweetJeebus is okay too :) - Morton Fox

@Tom ++++ - Shevonne

I don't know who it would be. As long as I make a positive difference, big or small, it doesn't really matter who it is, does it? - Crystal Tillman

Ben Bernanke - Matt Martin

Mogambo Guru. He rants about the economy all the time in his blog. - Morton Fox

RAPatton. - Alex Scoble

any technophobe who is smarter than me ... a large group - Edward Zwart

Ceiling Cat - AJ Kohn

have to agree with Akiva that You Scoble who have engaged so many people through Twitter successfully, I also like your strong opinions on the technology. Person to have as a follower, my wife. - Kemp Edmonds from twhirl

If only Tim Geithner would follow me and take my advice. - Robert Hafer

Robert Scoble ;) - Nicholas James

Oprah, hands down. Inarguably, she is one of the greatest influencers of our time. If you know her bio then you know she epitomizes what it means to be a grinder. - John McCullough

John, you mean like the sandwich? - Akiva Moskovitz

I thought she was more of a hoagie. :) - Morton Fox

Definitely @MichaelScott - Rex Hammock

My dad used to say " There are 2 Kinds in the World ,, The Monkey or the Grinder " who do you wanna be ! - johnpiercy

Felicia Day. She gives me the warm fuzzies. - Steven Perez

Who needs followers? It's about who you follow that counts. ;-) - Jesse Stay

@Jesse: +42 - AJ Kohn

it would be fun to have a really successful tech/IT entrepreneur as a follower (and mentor), e.g. Reid H., Sergey, Larry or Bill - or some top researchers, e.g. Craig Venter or Gonzalo Navarro. - Amund Tveit

Here's my sneaky plan for #followfriday http://friendfeed.com/e... - Mark Krynsky

Can we choose temporally displaced followers? How about myself, 10 years ago? - Dion Hinchcliffe

@lolcrunch is another good user to follow - Nicholas James

Only one follower? My son. But first he has to learn to tidy up his room. :) - Victor Panlilio

My wife, whom I'm only gotten to get on MySpace so far. - John E. Bredehoft

Bill Gates or Tommy Tuberville. - Adi

a small child - you know those little creatures with infinite potential to change the universe - Bahiyyih

Lee Iacocca or perhaps Zig Ziglar. - Admiral70

Someone smarter than me to see the errors in my arguments, polite enough to point it out gently and without (much) ridicule, and gracious enough to think it worthwhile. - DGentry

Already got the wife on Twitter, so I guess my son would be next (unfortunately, he is only 4 years old at this point). - Bob Blunk

AJ Batac

6 Pics to Make you Mad, Laugh or say WTF - http://www.photobasement.com/6-pics-...

April 17 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Second picture made me gag a little bit... - Mike Nayyar

<3 - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

Dave Winer

Twitter is at least a dress rehearsal - http://www.scripting.com/stories...

April 14 from Scripting News - Comment - Like - Share

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At best...an overture? - Wallace

Dave's a pioneer in the blogging world and is onto something here. - Robert Scoble

So is he like saying Twitter is training wheels for Friendfeed? - George Hall (Australia)

bcultral

Star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel - - http://www.newscientist.com/article...

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"The crust of neutron stars is 10 billion times stronger than steel, according to new simulations. That makes the surface of these ultra-dense stars tough enough to support long-lived bulges that could produce gravitational waves detectable by experiments on Earth." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

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yeah, but what is it actually made out of? is it metal? they don't really seem to say. - Ňicķ

It's made out of neutrons, not a specific element. - Mistletoe Glen

wow, and they can form a crystalline solid? (edit: it says "The crust is composed of crystals of neutron-rich atoms"... but i'm not sure exactly what they mean by that) - Ňicķ

It's been described elsewhere as a "plasma paste." Do a Y! search for "neutron star crust" - Mistletoe Glen

when its that strong does it mean its really heavy or not necessarily - Alfredo from fftogo

This isn't new. It's a hyperdense star, go figure. - Mo Kargas

wikipedia is also somewhat vague: "On the basis of current models, the matter at the surface of a neutron star is composed of ordinary atomic nuclei as well as electrons. It is possible that atomic cores at the surface are iron nuclei, due to iron's high binding energy per nucleon. It is also possible that heavy element cores, such as Iron, simply drown beneath the surface, leaving only light nuclei like Helium and Hydrogen cores." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Ňicķ

Steve Gillmor

The Realtime Genie - http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009...

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I'm smoking real time. Want some? :-) - Robert Scoble

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dude...primo stuff. - Karoli

Robert, you *are* the Realtime Genie - Jesse Stay

Tottally man, you gatta try this stuff. - Christian Burns

Real time music I'm listening to right now: http://www.peterhimmelman.com/furious... - Robert Scoble

I can hear Jason Calacanis doing his Marc Cantor impression as we speak. - Christian Burns

Christian: heh, me too. - Robert Scoble

Christian, LOL! Me too. While I agree that FriendFeed has the tools in place, Twitter still has the social graph, and they're holding it in their cold, dead, stiff-with-rigor-mortis hands, which limits the reach of the discussion here, much to my chagrin. It's extremely frustrating to me to have to bridge conversation here and there unsuccessfully, so I find myself migrating between, depending on my mood and ADHD. not especially effective. - Karoli

Karoli: I totally disagree. But I've said too much. When I was at Kozmix today I laid out why. Twitter just doesn't have what is needed to hit the gold mine. Will they add it? Maybe, but then Twitter will have to copy Facebook which is copying friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

Hey Steve, you may want to change the link in the article to be the realtime beta post instead of the old boring MSM version of FF http://beta.friendfeed.com/geniodi... - Christian Burns

Wow, Steve gets it. Nice writeup. Now come play with us :) - jcunwired

Christian: even better, if you click the timestamp on that link you'll get a popout window so you can watch just this conversation evolve in real time. - Robert Scoble

Robert: I didn't say Twitter would dominate. Just that their stranglehold on my Twitter Stream limits the reach of the conversation here. It frustrates me to no end that there's such latency between twitter and FF, and that I can't simply get a timeline stream from Twitter here. - Karoli

The popout needs to be changed to a one-click operation. Until then opening streaming conversations in another tab wins over for me. - jcunwired

Karoli: oh, I agree with that. But there's a gold mine out there and Mark Zuckerberg is VERY close to it. I figure his drill bit is a few yards away from finding it. Twitter is hundreds of yards away and friendfeed is close to a small offshoot of the gold bearing ore, but doesn't have either enough people or the expectation of interaction with business that will let them get there first. Maybe later. - Robert Scoble

Robert: I am. I was referring to a link in the article. - Christian Burns

Christian: I know. - Robert Scoble

Karoli: but you give twitter the power by continuing to post there. Twitter actuall lays your graph wide open, but the tools to mine it are not here yet - Christian Burns

Robert, yes, I'm slowly wrapping my brain around what Facebook has. It actually took me observing non-geeks using it to begin to understand it. Since most of the world is non-geeky, Facebook has some clear advantages. Twitter is simple. Friendfeed is powerful. Facebook appeals to everyone on one level or another. - Karoli

Christian, I know I'm giving Twitter power. It's because I actually LIKE the people on Twitter, and trying to have a conversation from here to there is a little like shouting through jail glass. Twitter knows this, I'm sure, which is why they don't care to offer me the ability to pull that stream over here. I can pull it to clients, even to IM. but not here. - Karoli

Karoli: Facebook has demographics and nine-out-of-10 users. Friendfeed has metadata and real time. Twitter has hype. Facebook is copying friendfeed. Facebook will find the gold first. - Robert Scoble

Karoli: you can even make a list of friends on facebook that you can call, "the non-moose club" :) and filter that way - Christian Burns

Twitter has talking heads on radio and TV saying "I am on twitter" and then posting "call me now about such and such topic" - Christian Burns

Why does 'real-time' dump 6 posts from the same user that are minutes apart and not deliver item by item chronologically from all I subscribe to? - Gregg Scott

Gregg: because twitter holds onto them and then dumps them out at that same time - Christian Burns

And how can I block the Twitter @ replies to people I don't follow in FF? - Gregg Scott

I'd like to be able to pick and choose from amongst all the person's sources of content in the event I only want some of their posts from specific apps. Is that possible? - Gregg Scott

Appreciate the attention Steve. I take perverse pleasure in being the representative of the bass-ackwards viewpoint. - Dave Slusher

anybody know the embed code for this convo (realtime view)? - Steve Gillmor

http://beta.friendfeed.com/stevegi... - Ken Sheppardson

Gregg, yes, you can hide posts from content, but you'll block it all...not just the @replies from twitter. - Karoli

I want to embed it at the foot of the post - Steve Gillmor

Christian, I've got FB lists. I just don't like FB, because too many people cross over my real life/online life conversations there. I know lists do something to limit that, but it's not quite there yet for me. - Karoli

kshep: make it so - Christian Burns

Karoli, what if I wish to just read someone's Tumblr but not their Flickr, can I do that? Sorry if this is an uber-newbie inquiry. IOW can i pick and choose the apps within someone's feed or do I have to take the whole thing? - Gregg Scott

Steve - http://www.fpettit.com/2009... - jcunwired

Gregg: Yes. You can do it from their profile page, and you can do it from an entry. If you see a twitter from them and you don't want the tweets here, just click "hide". You'll have the option to hide all entries like it from that user. - Karoli

Karoli: Thanks! It's nice to converse with you again! - Gregg Scott

Karoli: Its the same for me. Facebook is people I know AFK that don't care about twitter but are updating status and commenting on fun stuff. I like to keep them seperate to a point - Christian Burns

Gregg, you too! Christian: I came dangerously near to divorce a couple of weeks ago over something I said on Facebook that the other didn't like. it was innocuous and anyone online would have understood it perfectly. The spouse, not so much. - Karoli

Facebook is only people I've met. Most Twitters I haven't met. I've started another Twitter only for people I've met in my city(Vancouver-for now). - Gregg Scott

Steve: I think you could copy/paste the source from this page: http://www.kshep.net/genie/ - Ken Sheppardson

Oops wrong bookmark, one min will find it - jcunwired

Here you go steve <iframe style="border: 1px solid #437ec7;" frameborder="0" width="400" height="600" src="http://beta.friendfeed.com/stevegi..."></iframe> - Christian Burns

Karoli. I am baffled. I cannot find either a way to Hide or or from entry. Better Google this. - Gregg Scott

Gregg, i sent you a direct Friendfeed message with directions. - Karoli

I hope that not just anyone can post a comment with an iframe on techcrunchit. - Phil Maxwell

So it's a Safari 3 issue. The Hide command doesn't even show. Just so you know that it wasn't a deficiency on my part. - Gregg Scott

yo, dawg, I herd you like comments, so I put an comment in your blog so you can smile while you blog. hmm I think there was a meme on rocketboom about what's going on right here, embedded comments in Steve Gilmor's comment. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes... now to figure how to embed another comment system into a FriendFeed comment. Disqus? - rob friedman

I just can't help wondering what needs these developments serve. There are many marvels both nascent and alive at the moment but it is feeling in the dark. The only sure touchstone is uptake but even that is problematical in terms of return times.It seems cloud can be cloudy as well. - tom murphy

From Jackson Browne we have the concept of Running on Empty but in this case I think you're Running on Intuition. I think you're right and I'm that you're sure you are too, but I can't help but wish you had more than intuition to guide us through this. Half blind or not we're rushing headlong into something and I'm enjoying following along on this wild ride. Keep writing. - Richard Shulman

Josh Bancroft

10 Affordable Pens Geeks Love - http://www.lifehack.org/article...

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Doesn't include my favorite, the Uniball 207 (make mine a Micro, .5mm tip, please). Got turned onto it at Moleskinerie. It's wonderful to write with, and the ink is fade proof, water proof, acid proof, and all kinds of other proof. Uniball markets it as "Prevents Check Fraud!!" (from check washing), but when I'm writing in my little Moleskine that I use for "deep thoughts", I like the idea that the ink will pretty much outlast the paper it's on. - Josh Bancroft

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I always have the Fisher Space pen on me. It's on that list. So small and convenient! - Sam Grover

Here's the link to the review that convinced me to make the Uniball 207 my pen of choice: http://www.moleskinerie.com/2006... (hat tip to @tiesque on Twitter, who sent me that link when I asked for pen recommendations). It's easy to find (you can get it at the grocery store, Target, etc. as well as the office supply stores) and it's cheap (usually about $1.50 per pen). It comes in black, blue, and red. I love it. - Josh Bancroft

It's also the "official pen of that check forger guy behind the story/movie Catch Me If You Can", because the ink is chemical proof. Or something. :-) - Josh Bancroft

I'm mainly hooked on the Tombow Zoom 414 multipen at the moment - a nice metal multipen that takes standard D1 refills. Parker branded refills are nice - smooth and dark black. He does have some good choices, though. I'd second Josh's points on the Uni Signo 207, though - nice style and good to write with. I'm usually a fountain pen fan, though, and I love the Lamy 2000, and Pelikan Souverans. - Michael Randall

I'd add the Pilot Razor or Razor II (both fine-point felt-tips) and the Zebra F-301 (a small non-gel ballpoint that can go on a keychain). - Jon Adair

So odd that geeks should share preferences in pens. I am all about the uni-ball deluxe micro. And you can quote me. - Ed Guinn

Robert Scoble

Twitter is like paused friendfeed without comments. Without likes. Without play in line YouTube videos and flickr photos. :-)

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But who actually uses the twitter interface, Robert/ - Alec Saunders

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I like the old FriendFeed's speed, with the new FriendFeed design. The old FriendFeed auto-updated, but not nearly as fast. - Jesse Stay

that is just the right statement. Too much focus on 120 chars. Time to move on - Vivek Puri

Do you remember, well... jaiku? :) - Claudio Cicali ♋

But who actually uses Twitter on the web, Robert? Everyone I know uses tweetdeck - Alec Saunders

I use the Twitter web site often, as a complement to twitter clients both desktop and mobile. - Odi Kosmatos

Alec, i do. Why? I hate tiny EXEs taking up memory that my IDE needs - Vivek Puri

Twitter is like Friendfeed with all your friends instead of just a few... - Stephen Foskett

FriendFeed is like Facebook without the Apps - Eli Juicy Jones

that's exactly why twitter is useful... it focuses on one thing and one thing alone, a 140 char message... that's why sms's succeed where multimedia messages fail! - simran from twhirl

Is there a way to collapse the comments once you've opened them? - Pete Smith

simran, mms might have failed cause all phones are not mms compatible - Vivek Puri

LOL! the way I tend to use twitter, it's nothing BUT comments and likes.. just not any good threading unless you have peoplebrowsr (and even then) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

It's not paused because Tweetdeck, etc. can refresh automatically. It has RTs instead of likes. I agree a client needs to implement inline YouTube/Flickr/etc. but these are client issues. FriendFeed client may be superior to Twitter's web client but there are other Twitter clients out there. - Aral Balkan

Ooh, that said you can *edit* your stuff... oooh, now that I like :) - Aral Balkan

no one uses the twitter website Robert. I actually like having a second client open to monitor things but that's me - Seth Goldstein

Twitter doesn't have like but it has a favourite option. If spreading the word is the objective there is always an RT =D By the way, I have been using twitter website more since the new design rolled out.. feel snappier than before esp. when shuttling betw @mentions and home - | Balu |

We're definitely intrigued by the convergence of the Friendfeed and Twitter (and new Facebook) UIs and the implications for usability and user conventions. First thoughts here: http://bit.ly/4muyzM - CDG Interactive

@vivek, all phones did not introduce mms capability because the takup rate was abysmal! not all phones were SMS enabled when SMS came out! - simran

@simran, SMS was made part of the GSM standard 24 years back. And current use of SMS is not what it was intended for. For more, you always have wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Vivek Puri

I am thinking that if know one uses the Twitter web interface then it's going to be a tough monetization unless they start charging a licensing fee for the API. - JP Holecka - Jaypiddy

But honestly...does it even really matter? After all having the best product has next to nothing to do with whether or not you have a dominant product in terms of marketshare. - Devlin Dunsmore

I hope FriendFeed is not trying to be the next Twitter/Facebook and stays aware of it's core-feature which was (imho) a quick & dirty way of getting good discussions running.. I don't need real time updates of everything.. HEEEEEELP! - Dan van Moll

looooooooooooooooooool Everyone is freaking out without toying with the lists I think!!! haha This is a funny day online. - Aaron S

I wish Friendfeed had a "dislike" button too. (Not for this post, but others...) - Kevin Trotman

... and this is what I like about Twitter. - Benedikt Koehler

my thoughts - http://beta.friendfeed.com/dffrnt... :) - vijay

Alec, I actually use Twitter.com itself and Tweetdeck. Alot of users do that too. - Nicholas James

try wordster: http://www.mrwiggleslovesyou.com/rehab50... - frank (francesco)

You mean it's not paused? ;) - Joe Dawson

Yeah, seriously using the Twitter website for Twitter is like driving a car out of the factory with just wheels bolted to the engine, nothing else. The API is there but you're only getting the bare magic without the proper experience. - Glenn Batuyong

But, I keep going back to the twitter web interface. It's a matter of critical mass of something something. - Mike Nayyar

@vivek ... case in point... people transform technologies to be useful... they have done so with twitter, they will do so with ff... being part of the GSM spec means nothing... handsets had to support it and support for it grew after a lont time and bitwise... look at the practical uses, not theoretical papers, if you want to understand trending (as opposed to "possibility"). - simran

Chris Baskind

The new filters totally rock.

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No, it's you Chris. - Louis Gray

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Louis, you are so totally on my A-List. ;-) - Chris Baskind

what filters are these of which you "speak?" - Cee Bee

Cee Bee hit the slash key and you're dropped into the search box. enter a search term, and alongside your real-time result, you're invited to create a filter. That filter becomes a way to track keywords. It's not real-time right now, you need to refresh results. but it will be. - Karoli

oh thank you. that's actually very well done. i like it - Cee Bee

Please share your best filters into my thread, Chris. I'm still itching for some good examples to get my mind working. http://beta.friendfeed.com/dpritch... - Daniel J. Pritchett

Jeremiah Owyang

How to Deal with the Real Time Web: Navigating the River - http://www.web-strategist.com/blog...

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Lovefest: Live4Emma (L4S)

...that "EUREKA" moment when you find the solution to a difficult problem

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Robert Scoble

Scoble responsible for destroying the utility of the social graph - http://scobleizer.com/2009...

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Before I build anything, I ask myself both "Would this work with just 10 friends?" and "Would this work with Scoble?". - Daniel Sims

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Rumors of the utility of the social graph's death are greatly exaggerated. I know who my real friends are, it's of no value and solves no problem to have a piece of software enumerate that. Even for advertisers and marketers: they don't care who you're friends with, they want to know who you can reach. - Mark Trapp

How do you define utility? Thats really the point here. - frank barry

Great article. I agree with Frank Barry that the issue is one's definition of utility. Is utility allowed to have an individual as well as collective voice, or must it give sway to the utilitarianism of a larger corporate voice? The former may be much messier, but I prefer it to the sterility of the latter. Keep reshaping the graph Robert! - John A. Taylor

*decides to do similar :)* - ralphsaunders

Why are you blaming Scoble, That's like blaming the wind for making a sail boat go faster. Scoble does create a lot of buzz around everything he does and he does help attract people to certain networks, in the same way as Leo Laporte. I for one used twitter back when it was new as a result of Laporte speaking about it on Net@nite. - Richard A.

What have I done now? - Alex Scoble

blaming Scoble in this case is sort of like being mad at a network because it's described by a power law. network nodes with massive numbers of connections just *happen.* you might as well say peering agreements are destroying the utility of the Internet. maybe what she means is Scoble is destroying Facebook's plan to herd sheeple into buying things because their (real-life) friends... more... - Karim

One of these Malcom Gladwell books ("Tipping Point") talked about the idea of "connectors." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - they're a rare bird, but they exist (you are one) and I think socnets should keep them in mind when designing. Sure, most people will use FB for personal connections only, but how come that small %age of connectors can't use it the way they want too? This is where I think FB still fails to accommodate its user base. - Sarah Perez

If you want something like "a small toolbar that sits at the bottom of Firefox, [that uses] friendfeed’s search API to find people who’ve said stuff about the pages you’ve visited" without having to install Feedly, you can try out this bookmarklet I put together last week: http://ffcheck.com - Ken Sheppardson

Facebook in a lot of ways is playing catch up at this point. I get 10x the number of new relationships from both Twitter (where I'm very unactive) and FF than I do from Facebook. Facebook is failing. It's losing the attention war. - Thomas Hawk

I immediately associated Facebook and Twitter with the Wii and Xbox360. Facebook is getting families by the truckload as the Wii has invaded living rooms everywhere, but the Xbox360 is still the darling of the video game industry when it comes to quality titles and it's become more versatile in terms of media content (Netflix, etc) than the Wii by far. Who will outlast who? - Kevin Kuphal

Kevin, so are you saying Facebook is getting less quality deals and relationships than Twitter? I'm willing to bet that 100% of the major brands on Twitter had accounts on Facebook first. Facebook also hits the families. If Facebook can get their public timeline and search in order I don't really see what Twitter brings to the table any more. - Jesse Stay

BTW, I know Facebook apps with more users than Twitter has. - Jesse Stay

With the exception of a few people, I generally only follow people I know. By that I mean: met in person. - TranceMist

TranceMist: I have several thousand business cards from people who I've met in person (Allen Stern is scanning just a small portion of those, and it's more than 1,100 cards). - Robert Scoble

It - Ankush Narula

It's semantics - followers, connections, friends - you can group them together based on your relational context... on FB with relationship attributes and groups based on schools, companies, residences, etc. More attributes and correlations are emerging every day across all the social networks. So... isn't the "social graph" just an evolving heuristic query? - Ankush Narula

You do have to admit this one though, if you want to stress test a social networking system, Robert is the best QA/Stress Tester on the planet right now. He should charge :-) - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

Lovefest: Cardeen Martinez

I adore waking up to the sound of rain :-)

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make that two of us. Only, I ain't getting any :( sorry to rain on your parade btw. - vijay

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:-( sorry to hear that Vijay I'm in south Florida so more often thanbnot we are drowning in rain to the point that u get sick of it in only enamored right now cuz rainy season is just beginning - Cardeen Martinez

Push a few clouds my way if you don't mind. - vijay

its the best. - Thomas Hawk

Ok woke to the sound of rain today again :-) - Cardeen Martinez

Lovefest: Jon, the Chilled Beartato

I love when I figure something out...especially when it's given me weeks of frustration. It's like the weight of the world has lifted from my shoulders!

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