Andy A. - Comments

we posted, and we're going to keep posting every time they go down. this is no way to run a company. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - michael arrington

I blame Rob La Gesse (@kr8tr) - Robert J Taylor

same. - Kevin Nunez

looks like it.... - walidmREALTOR

Could it be a hack attack again? - courtney benson

Yep. Social Fresh is going on in Charlotte. Twitter likes to crash whenever social media enthusiasts are gathered together in person. - trey pennington

it's back up - Travis Tasset

seems to be back up now. - Kevin Nunez

This fits into Scoble's prediction that people are going back to blogs because they are tired of twitter going down, not owning their own data, etc, etc - Andy A.

"LinkedIn Events is temporarily unavailable" so my guess is Monday afternoon code rolls for the social web world (only mildly joking) - Jay Cuthrell

my 'bots started collecting search results again - guess she's (Twitter') back up - Robert J Taylor

Still down... - Carlo Nasuti

"The pulse of the planet"? I think it needs a defibrillator, at this stage... - Tyson Key

Or a transplant..... - Roberto Bonini

Andy A. I got a DM from our local press on Friday admonishing me to not add any comments to my RT of their news. "KING5Seattle If you retweet us, could you do it directly? Please do not add extra words thank you." - Sherry Reynolds

its back up.. I got in - tattoocats

Now Twitter is back here... - Carlo Nasuti

no Scoble name allowed! or else this thread will be buried under spam and flood the same way as the Scoble's was )) - massagin

It was just a mandatory govt sponsored potty break.. Too many people are addicted to twitter and getting kidney stones and we need to cut down on the growth of our health care spending. - Sherry Reynolds

The ProcessOne XMPP gateway is still down. - Tyson Key

A fail without the whale just seems wrong. Doesn't Twitter love us enough anymore to amuse us? - Jennifer

LOL - yep, you can count on the ol' fail whale... dang! - Susan Beebe

l0ckergn0me

FriendFeed ate my balls.

August 10 - Comment - Like - Share

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Wait a minute, I though you said that Twitter ate your balls? How many balls did you have? - W. Kirk Crawford

ummm.... eeeewwwww???? - Andy A.

Jennifer Van Grove

@danielzev realistically I either spend most of my working days at sbux, cbtl, it's a grind, or at home in PJs...now too much variety

July 15 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

That sounds like Heaven. I too hate to leave my PJ's... that is until it's happy hour ;) - Andy A.

Kevin Rose

Sad about MJ, gotta admit loved him as a kid. RIP

June 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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so did i... - Andy A.

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His short films ..Thriller and Ghosts were both EPIC! - John Blanton from twhirl

lol short films... the birth of the high budget music video we owe to those white gloves. Also reckon he lost it in the end, but loved him as a kid - Andy Hadfield

I shouldn't be, but I'm surprised at how many people feel this is an opportunity to tell jokes. Yeah, I understand about the controversy surrounding the later years, but MJ is a legacy. He's created something in entertainment that will never be duplicated or rivaled. He deserves to be remembered for that. - Fleagle

The ultimate story of "Too much, too young"; whatever the truth of his story, an incredible talent. Hopefully he has found peace. - Jim Gablick

James D Robinson 4.0

World's biggest IPO's happening on the exchanges of São Paulo and Hong Kong, not Wall Street http://online.wsj.com/article... What hath SarBox wrought?

June 25 from Facebook - Comment - Like - Share

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The super-power is starting to sputter... - Andy A.

Kieran Daly

Lifehacker News | Best Free System Restore Tool? [Hive Five Call For Contenders] http://lifehacker.com/5302542...

June 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

I like Acronis... - Andy A.

Alejandro Reyes

http://twitpic.com/8fdf9 - Feeling the love @theurbanhive Thanks to @jamespierini @interweber hookin me up w/ MJs first album!!!

June 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Awesome! Hope we get to meet up soon... - Andy A.

Robert Scoble

Someone just asked me if there's a good way to get a holistic look at Twitter or friendfeed followers. I don't know of any. Do you? Answer here:

May 20 - Comment - Like - Share

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She wants to know, for instance, how many of her friends on Twitter live in San Francisco. I'd love to know that, and how many of them use Google Chrome, for instance. - Robert Scoble

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look at the list of likes and comments on a thread where Robert tries to give away money. - Geoff Schultz

sovereignjohn: no, the search engine on Twitter isn't that good. - Robert Scoble

She needs this: http://twitterless.com/ - Qbat

I'm looking for a Tweetie/tr.im/Delicious/CRM app myself. Perhaps a bit more holistic than this, but do let us know if you find one. - Kawika Holbrook

http://nearbytweets.com/ will identify nearby tweeters - Carrie Krinock

http://twittersheep.com/ is close - Paul E. Ester

also atlas http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/ and geofollow http://geofollow.com/ - Carrie Krinock

exactly.. I would love to be able to group friends and followers by their location.. This can do much on getting relevant group conversation.. Tweetdeck has a grouping feature but Twitter certainly can do more... eg. I like to be able search certain keyword within a group just because a word can have multi interpretation depend on where you live and what language you use.. - Pico Seno

Perhaps your friend just found a niche worth filling. I don't know of any good Twitter apps with decent address books. - Kawika Holbrook

nearbytweets is cool!! Thanks Carrie... - Pico Seno

This yahoo pipe can plot your twitter followers on a map: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes... but it stops at 100. (this one does your friends: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes...) I could probably whip up a quick script that shows them all. - Daniel Sims

Wow! Thanks for all the suggestions. So far the http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes... is the closest. Thanks! Anyway to make it hide my twitter password though? - Susan Barnes

Here's a good tool to find locals, Twitter Local http://www.twitterlocal.net/ - jcunwired

Yup use http://geofollow.com - Andy A.

@Susan, @Daniel I wrote the pipe and there's a 200 friend version here http://pipes.yahoo.com/mmmeeja.... I did have one that would list all friends but it got deleted because there was too much recursion :-( Haven't figured out a way around the need for a password for a map of followers but the API has changed since then, so I should revisit it. - Andy Murdoch

I'm looking for the same thing. We need this, and some sort of twitter quality index... - Andy A.

David Armano

Most significant death of the week? You decide: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Neda Agha Soltan. (via @cshirky)

June 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Abe Vigoda. - Steve Rubel

Awww, it's sad... when I die all I will get it some people sittin in a room crying :D - Andy A.

Robert Scoble to Robert's feed, building43

I'm talking to a bunch of marketers showing them Twitter and FriendFeed. Come here and tell them good examples of "now marketing:"

June 24 - Comment - Like - Share

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I'm showing them Zappos. Tiny Prints. Four Seasons. And a few others. - Robert Scoble

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You'll be up on the screen, by the way. - Robert Scoble

Ah man. those guys don't need help. They already beat me half to death with direct mail. - Jason Nunnelley

Jason: heheh. - Robert Scoble

Zappos was on the Apprentice, weren't they? And on Oprah? After that, they need marketing? - RobinDotNet

Robin: Zappos has 400+ people on Twitter. They did a billion in sales last year for a reason. - Robert Scoble

And I'm very happy to have contributed to their success. :-) - RobinDotNet

http://www.mavericksroadhouse.com/ is a new restaurant near my house. I like their instinct to use Twitter and Facebook. - Robert Scoble

don't forget threadless - viv j

Most businesses around the world don't know how to use Twitter and Facebook. - Robert Scoble

isn't there a bakery somewhere that tweets when the fresh bread comes out of the oven? - Capn' One Eye - adrift

I like it when companies have people online tweeting. There are a lot of positive stories on the Consumerist web site about experiences using twitter to get help from businesses. - RobinDotNet

Viv: threadless is a great example, thanks for the reminder. - Robert Scoble

metageoff: URL? I'd love that example. - Robert Scoble

It is like searching for people using adwords and talking directly to that person NOW - Matthew Hillis

Advice, if you're on Twitter, and you are a brand Respond to your @ replies. It looks selfish and like you don't care if you don't. - Dan Harbison

A client, OrangeSoda uses it to track happy and unhappy customers and people that might buy their product. - Jonathan Bacon

bakery: http://twitter.com/AlbionsOven - Capn' One Eye - adrift

Smithsonian Institution's FB page is awesome: http://www.facebook.com/pages... - Vital Design

Just the fact that the Consumerist keeps printing the stories (I get their RSS feed) makes people think that's going to work, so I don't see how it can not benefit a company to be on twitter and/or FF. (Unless they're annoying, but don't get me started on the Lands' End e-mail overuse). - RobinDotNet

The same client uses Twitter to build credibility in the industry for recruiting. - Jonathan Bacon

The Tea Garden in New York always uses Twitter http://www.teagarden.com/index... Finest Tea from the Master Dr. Tea - Randy Nacol

Sweet Leaf Tea is using Twitter/Facebook to provide customer service, let people know about discount promotions, notify certain areas of events they'll be giving product away. Now I'm helping them produce a slew of rich media content we'll be using to showcase their product, people & fans at events & we'll be using T/F to be the primary promotion point for it. - Lyn Graft

Sorry, but marketing people of "the old" don't belong in the new. Their tactics are unchanged, un-evolved, and will provide little to no value to Twitter, the now, or FriendFeed. Thankfully I don't have to pollute my timeline with their nonsense. Maybe that's short-minded, but my target subscription base is innovation, technology, and tomorrow. Rarely does it include "Marketers" - Enrique Gutierrez

Yeah Zappos is the Golden Boy. - anna sauce

In PR I use it for keeping up on reporters (aka Robert Scoble) and finding out about opportunities for clients. Excellent tool. - Jonathan Bacon

Robin- I totally want to hear about Land's End email abuse! - anna sauce

When Ashton Kutcher was racing to a million, one of the digital billboard companies threw up free ads for him. I think this is going to be one of the most effective ways to get a now message out. Because they can update the billboards by throwing a switch, it allows companies to respond to whatever the hot topic of the day is. Even if only a few people see the billboard, because it will end up on twitter and what not, the innerweb will still see it. - Davis Freeberg

bakery: I seem to have been mislead - don't see any "come and get it!" announcements in that twitter stream - Capn' One Eye - adrift

guess anything or any business that evokes some kind of emotion ought to be on FF, FB or Twitter - viv j

Enrique - but new or old Mkgt is about forming the relationship with the consumer - it's just faster now. - Jeff Bishop

anna -- I signed up to get marketing e-mails from Lands' End (rare for me), and I get like 10 a week. Every day all the time. My friends complain abou the same thing. But you hate to unsign up because they have those free-shipping offers all the time, and sometimes you DO want to order something. - RobinDotNet

The interesting thing is that "now" marketing is more about a long-term strategy than instant "bang for the buck". You've got to put yourself out there for a good long while and have unique and genuine interaction before anything "big" ever happens. Get involved, but with a long-term view. - Inside Alaska

I'm all for people trying to learn to do things differently. - metalerik

Being able to connect directly with your customer. Give invites to or announcing special events via twitter. Giving your business a "social face". Why just today I got an invite to Google Voice (well I'm still waiting), because I follow the Google Team on twitter, and they (out of the goodness of their heart) offered to invite all their followers. I think it strengthens your brand by... more... - Wilfredo Guerrero

You can follow the event on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/CrownPe... - Robert Scoble

If you want a lesson in how not to do it, check this. Habitat spammed Twitter with voucher offers etc that incorporated iran election # tags. Egregious.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1... - Mark Littlewood

taco truck on twitter, tweets location http://twitter.com/kogibbq - Capn' One Eye - adrift

Oh, and don't treat it like another marketing project. Just share things that are cool or interesting about your business. If you're genuine, and the things you share 'really are' cool or interesting, people will catch on and spread the message. - Inside Alaska

Dave- can I quote you on that? I will write a blog post- I do "adventures in email marketing" and always on the lookout for folks' experiences. http://www.banane.com/workblog - anna sauce

The great thing about the real-time web is that it makes people attention to what is going on with your account. Think "Blue Light Special", but instead of having to be IN your store, they just have to be on the internet..... - Steve Lynch from twhirl

Jeff, yes -it's all about connecting to the customer - but how the "old" will go about it will typically include legal filtering, PR loops, spin, etc, and lack the genuine interaction Social Media actually requires to make it work the way it should. Even when it is done the "right way" Marketers will just copy what's already been done in hopes to mimic results of the people who innovated. Creates a meaningless Twitter/FF existence. - Enrique Gutierrez

For marketing, it is just like all the basic social media laws: be honest, be transparent, be interesting, be creative - anna sauce

show them this: http://www.twitscoop.com/search... and activate the graph button - twitscoop

I hope they've taken a bath today. Suggest the book Groundswell. - Benjamin Taylor

check out dell's latest twitter announcement: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009... (our client fyi) - amanda

One of the biggest issues I've seen with marketers embracing social media: losing the control of message they had with broadcast media. - anna sauce

You can't forward the twitter to PR and wait a week for htem to get back to you, regarding an issue with the product. That just doesn't play well. And like Motrin, you can't create an anonymous "mom" (see: transparency) - anna sauce

Murphy-Goode Winery hit the right note with their combined HR/PR/SMMarketing stunt http://www.areallygoodejob.com/overvie... - Ben Robbins

Show them the comcastcares and Bank of America on twitter. Helping people causes great word of mouth advertising. http://twitter.com/COMCAST... http://consumerist.com/5137806... - Karl Evard

Realizing that SM is not like any other channel you've used for mkgt before. If you're not going to have dedicated people to staff it (and not once a week) don't get into it. If you don't do it right - don't bother. - Jeff Bishop

Example: A cool paper was published, and I share it on FF through a bit.ly link. Then people see it, maybe follow the link to read it; I can then track the number of follow-ups through bit.ly. - Jason Miller

@Karl - New media channels make these companies appear much smaller than they really are. A sense of intimacy is a huge benefit to any conversation. - Benson Miller

a customer just tweeted that a certain (software product) feature isn't working great for them - Alexei Zheglov

How not to market: http://friendfeed.com/poppy... - J.D. Deutschendorf

Agree with J.D., you have to show them how not to market on social media. - Dilip Dand

Jeff Barr of Amazon uses products like Tweetdeck to observe real-time conversations about each of the AWS offerings in a separate stream. This has changed the way I consume activity streams. - Benson Miller

Who is to define "right", the vagueness of the proper way to approach Social Media platforms is at best an underwhelming set of platitudes. Get in and get some rug burn, there is nothing wrong with that. - Patrick Boegel

I might add: Keep it simple and creative. Don't SPAM your potential customers (followers); That's the fastest way to have them UNFollow you. - Sean E Brown

If you're a company and you're on twitter, you need to answer your tweets. I tweeted Tweetdeck to ask a question, and they didn't answer. That's just annoying. I think they use it to post new info about Tweetdeck and do marketing. :-P - RobinDotNet

South Food and Wine Bar (@SouthFWB) letting locals know about new dishes, new wines. Symantec (@netbackup, @enterprisevault, @nortononline, @backupexec, and so on) connecting with customers both happy and unhappy, helping to resolve complaints and letting users know of new articles, releases, and more. I could go on. - Nick Wade

Illustrate good examples with bad examples, Feedly, as recently as Tuesday provided a direct response, even though I was about to uninstall their product. Once I sort out my mess of an RSS feed list I'll go back to their product. It was a simple @reply that made the difference even though I wasn't an active user. Marketers don't like hearing that people don't like the product they represent, but once they start listening, it changes the dynamic. - Benjamin Taylor

It was said above, its about relationships. Social media provides another channel to connect and make an impression with people... its part of the communications engine that needs to stay well oiled and tuned. - Jeff Fishburn

http://twitter.com/wholefoods - Carlos Ayala

http://twitter.com/jetblue - Carlos Ayala

Provide a service AND market a product, if the MTA can do it - NYC subway system now has Twitter alerts by line: @NYC_F_trains, @NYC_2_trains, etc.. - Benjamin Taylor

The interesting dynamic to me, a large brand needs to work a bit harder whereas smaller businesses have a lower threshold for problems. There are tons of examples of crappy executions of mindless quotes streaming from smallish brands on twitter. This behavior is politely ignored, imagine if Microsoft, Google or GE decided to tweet every famous quote in history? - Patrick Boegel

I'm tired of the famous quote tweets. If someone starts tweeting famous quotes, I unfollow them. - RobinDotNet

If they want to talk about the famous quotes and discuss ideas around them, that's a different matter. Like Jeff Fishburn said above, it's about relationships. - RobinDotNet

Hmmmmm - Study: Twitter Drives a Lot of Traffic to Media Sites, but Doesn't Bring a Lot of Customers to Online Retailers http://bit.ly/13JyDE - ReadWriteWeb - PXLated

A few twitter opportunities include, listening to your customer base- polls, announcements of discounts, new products, giveaways, asking for help and helping others, generally broadening your horizons. - Donna Boley

I agree that companies need to answer their tweets! And, it's okay to use humor. A local retailer in my town gets a lot of traffic by making silly offers like, "Make me laugh and get 10% off." It makes me want to visit their shop even though I wouldn't ordinarily think to go there. http://twitter.com/merchbot - Coyote

the simply elegant way for a bizz to get started on twitter is to stream the comments customers are making. Trader Joe's let's their shoppers speak for them. I like how Vetrazzo suggests home and design conferences as events on Facebook. - Lane Rapp

Dell has had great success marketing over Twitter. It isn't traditional marketing, but when done well it's very effective. - Keith Bourgoin

Remember this is all about turning business models on their heads. Do all your aftersales first , be helpful, be an ally, be useful first and then hope you've done enough for someone to come and purchase. - Crispin Heath

Mint.com's a pretty good example in the FS space - Crispin Heath

There is a lot of arrogance in this thread. Perhaps the old school needs to be better learners and the new school be better teachers. - Matt Soreco

Great Mashable article, how to twit for brands: http://mashable.com/2009... - anna sauce

Please ask them not to respond to every mention of their brand on Twitter. I don't always want to be asked "Can I help?" when I moan about something's poor performance. You can't own the conversation like that. - Ian Betteridge

Commenting on posts can be a surprise, and it helps to have professional feedback. - Mark Essel

Brilliant post. This is a huge problem, how can a company engage people without using robots? Ultimately, they need a transparent culture (eg. Quicken Loans.) That way the employees can respond on behalf of the company. - Greg

I'm from Chicago, I found Leo on a podcast and have been following him since! - Mark Williamson from BuddyFeed

I meet people online that I find interesting and follow them like Robert Scoble. - Randy Allen Bishop

Show them @habitatUK as a counter example - 77Agency

Thanks for the Tiny Prints plug @scobleizer! somehow I missed the conversation yesterday. Threads like this are very useful to us to help mature our social media strategy. Lots of great examples. - Rick Bucich

http://adcause.com of course. I hope to demo it for you someday soon in half moon bay over some beers at the fire pit ;) - Andy A.

my involvement with #areallygoodejob has brought some great opportunities for me all the way off in Germany--surprising for me is that twitter has been the key driver for traffic and leads for me (for employment options in Germany). - Andrea Schmitz

Michael Banovsky

http://www.wolframalpha.com is awesome. I think…

May 15 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Not really, at least not yet - Andy A.

Jason Calacanis

Wishing you a great weekend! Dine well, exercise, read a book… Whatever makes you happy! - http://calacanis.com/2009...

May 15 from The Jason Calacanis Weblog - Comment - Like - Share

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Some of us have to work for the MAN on the weekend :( - Andy A.

Jessica

i'm heading to bed. my husband, @eyesoftheworld turns 33 in a half hour!

May 15 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

happy birthday to him! - Andy A.

Robert Scoble

I'm showing Gary Shapiro, the guy who runs the International Consumer Electronics Show, friendfeed. Say hi! We'll do live video in 15 minutes.

May 13 - Comment - Like - Share

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hi! - Brian Hendrickson

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sup - Richard Lawler

Hi! - Maria Reyes-McDavis

hello! - Andy A.

Hello from New Mexico - Holly Rae

Hi Gary - Tracy Benham

Hi Gary. - Daniel Rowley

Yo yo! MY CAPS LOCK IS LOUD! - Kevin Kuphal

CES is pretty darn awesome. - Andrew VanderVeen

Hey there! Great show. - Bailey McCann

Mark and Andrew: Gary liked your comments! - Robert Scoble

You can't like comments on FriendFeed. This isn't digg :) - Kevin Kuphal

Thanks, I like your Show ;) - Andrew VanderVeen

Hello from San Francisco. - Kevin Murray

Hello - Andy Hedges

yello - Eran Even-Kesef

Greetings from Portland, OR. - Christopher A Carr

Does CES still coincide with that "other" show over at the sands? - Kevin Murray

Greetings Gary, and welcome to FriendFeed - jcunwired

hi - Kashif Khan

Hi Gary - Jeff

Hey Gary welcome! - Bill Pennington from twhirl

Can't usually attend CES physically - but ALWAYS attend virtually! - Michael Listberger

oh and hi Robert - Jeff

HI! :) - Fred Garrett

Hello Gary and Welcome to friendfeed - zsafwan 

Hi Gary, So you're the guy responsible introducing all those gadgets. Great work. :-) - Jon Winters

Hello from Atlanta! - Jason P. Brown

Hey! *I'm* a consumer. Yay me! Oh...and hello Mr. Shapiro. (Got any goodies for us?) :) - CAJ, somewhere else

Hey there. - David Kadavy

Hi there. - Roberto Bonini

Greeting from Malaysia. Welcome to FriendFeed, Gary - Thomas Chai

Hi Mr. Shapiro. - Rob Fahrni

Welcome, from London. - Iain Baker

Hi Mr. Shapiro, from Denver, PA. - Janet

Hey there. Why are you scheduling all of the shows for the weekends, now? A lot of the Israeli companies had to abandon their booths for the Sabbath. Kind of sad seeing booths just sitting there, abandoned for 1/4 of the show.... - Steve Lynch from twhirl

Greetings from http://UGLY.COM, Mr. Shapiro. - David Newman

hello! - Stuart

Hi Mr CES from Denmark - Charbax

OK then... Hello! - Joe

Hi, Gary!! :D - Draykh Xero

That's a lot of love. Hey there from Canterbury, Gary. - TheLovableRogue

Hello Mr. Shapiro, nice to see you here. - ashish

Hi from Virginia, MN - Linda Wadman

Hi fro CO...now bring CEDIA show back here! lol - Matt Kramer

Aloha, Aikane! - Penne Ard

greetings from Mountain View - adam silber

hello from iowa! - andy brudtkuhl

Love your event Gary! Hello from Colorado - Steve

Howdy Gary! Long live CES. I'm a five-year survivor, er, I mean attendee! ;) - Kevin C. Tofel

Hi, Gary, long time! DTV finally comes full circle next month! Congrats. - Bob Loder - Bob Loder

mashable

http://mashable.com/2009... <-- "You Can't Give Us" & "Feature Then Take" are trending topics. Users have spoken! #fixreplies

May 13 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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I agree! Let the users decide what they can and can't see - Andy A.

Yep, time to do something boys... take it down. Twitter revolt! oh wait... where am I? LOL - Drew Lucas

Stephanie

Its great many new faces. Great crowd RT @adriereinders: E factor event in Amsterdam just started

May 13 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Your in Amsterdam?!!? SSSooo not fair :P - Andy A.

Robert Scoble

The power of a thank you: a United Airlines employee personally thanked me and another guy I was sitting next to for being loyal customers. We both looked at each other in amazement. Gives me some ideas for my own career. I don't say thank you enough.

May 8 - Comment - Like - Share

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Saying thank you and being polite should be a universal behaviour, not just a Canadian behaviour. ;) - Chris Luckhardt

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Thank you. - Michael McKean

Thank me very much. ;) - Craig Eddy

I agree. A simple thank you or expression of appreciation goes a long way. - Trish R

Thank you!! - Roberto Bonini

Robert, thank you for that free consulting the other day. I've already implemented some of it. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Sincere thanks shows empathy and respect. Even thanks by protocol (less sincere) _can_ be good, and potentially leads to the real thing - even better. Great thought to share, Robert. - Micah Wittman

Did the United Airlines employee thank you for your friendfeeds? - Charbax

Starting at home, too. Maryam does a lot for me and I don't say thank you enough to her. - Robert Scoble

It's too easy to take things for granted. - Michael McKean

Apology accepted - Dave Hodson

Robert, thank you for improving yourself by thanking others more often. ;) - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Saying "please" and "thank you" is always welcome, thanks, Robert. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

A great reminder. Another thing I'm learning is to be more gracious when others say 'thank you' and to say 'you're welcome.' Often, I say 'no problem,' which is kind of self-diminishing and also doesn't convey that they are worth doing a favor for. I don't know if this makes any sense, but I'm trying to train myself. - joey

One airline used to say "Welcome Mr. xyz as soon as you were on your first class seat and asked what you wanted for a drink ... they have the list of passengers with the frequent flier level. Basic customer service. - Julio F ~ @SocialJulio

I worked for some folks as a horseback trail guide when I was a kid. Everyday, no matter what, they thanks me for coming in and doing my job. Taught me the power of a thank you from a group that normally takes you for granted (your employer) - the same holds true for thanking customers. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Julio: I have flown 300,000+ miles and hearing thank you is a rare enough occurence that it is notable when it happens. - Robert Scoble

Wouldn't it be great if @ev said thanks to some of the early adopters who tirelessly promoted Twitter? It struck me when he tweeted from the Time awards dinner thanking his employees. He doesn't get how hard we work, for free, to make him successful. - Dave Winer

@Dave - do you want some stock or something? If you feel like you need to be recognized and aren't, use another service - Dave Hodson

"Thank you" is something you don't notice unless it's missing. My previous job I got very few "thank yous" from the management, it was a little upsetting. I still did the work of course but it would have been very nice if people simply replied to mails, for example, with a thank you. It seemed there that that was wasting an email. No it's not! :-( - Kol Tregaskes

What does being a "loyal customer" mean? I have loyalty to ideals, to my country, to my family ... not so much to companies. There are exceptions, but I don't think any airline would apply ... - John Koetsier

John: I did 120,000 miles with United last year. That is loyalty. - Robert Scoble

I had a patient carry business type cards with a lovely verse about how little the world recognizes good service, kind nature and such. I truly was taken for a pause when she gave me one. - Janet

Janet, that is a fantastic idea. - joey

Just give thanks that you actually have a career as many do not right now in this country. - Steve

One of my friends trains dentists and their staffs how to boom their new patient numbers through word-of-mouth referrals without ever saying the "r-word". It's basically done through very well-worded thank you messages. Extremely powerful and the staff absolutely love doing it. - Hans Eisenman

I agree and the power simple gestures have always amazes me. - Craig Mische

You are welcome Robert, LMAO - John (ColderICE)

Funny. My boss's birthday was today. We have to give words of wisdom on our birthday's at work. He told us a story about the importance of thanking and acknowledging. - amarquart

I think it is easy to forget the times we get good service, because the bad service sticks out so much more. But it is a worthy note to take, pay it forward. - Patrick Boegel

Steve: I'm always thankful for that. Not to mention that about half the world's people live on $2 a day. I thank my dad for being the first to go to college in our family, get a PHD, and moving me to Silicon Valley. Of course if we had stayed in Jersey maybe I would be working with Gary Vaynerchuk now. That would be fun too! - Robert Scoble

Awesome! Amazing how something so small can be so big - Andy A.

Amazing how a simple "Thank You" goes a very long way.. - Ricardo Bueno

Look at all of the positive press UA is getting from this and it didn't cost them a cent! Just good policy and good employees. - Jeff P. Henderson

When said honestly and properly, thank you can be very powerful. We all should use it more. - arik

Thank you. - Jack Humphrey

I like to ask speak to the manager of anyone who has been very helpful to me so that I can request that it be noted how great he or she was. - metalerik

metalerik, that's great. - Bruce Lewis

I had a very positive experience the other day after being delayed for five hours and being stranded overnight in Denver (United put me up for the night). About 20 minutes after landing at SFO, I got an apology email with a $250 credit for future travel. http://bit.ly/AMEH4 - Rocky

Robert, thank you. - Michael Forian

Leo Laporte to Leo's feed, TWiT Conversations

Live now: This Week In Fun with @SarahLane and @MartinSargent and @KevinRose. http://live.twit.tv - discuss here...

May 8 - Comment - Like - Share

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Three minutes late? That would never happen on PROFESSIONAL TV. - The Web's Wendell Wittler

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Kevin's biggest regret: the one that got away. - Leo Laporte

Why does the digital clock over Sarah's shoulder say SAT instead of FRI?!? - The Web's Wendell Wittler

they are from the future? - Giancarlo Caparo

MORE dancing!!!!! - Matthew

Random guy FTW! - Anton Tanderup

Do the TWiF Chair Dance - Anton Tanderup

best thing about TWiF is Sarah dancing - Matthew

BTW, the clock has the right date but the wrong day. - The Web's Wendell Wittler

BG workin fine here Lorri Cooper - Anton Tanderup

Back when there WAS a draft, when I turned 18, it could've come to get me. - The Web's Wendell Wittler

Apparently TWITTER IS DOWN so this is the only place on the web for totally trival conversation. - The Web's Wendell Wittler

Leo. Still planning a trip to the cottage. Since you don't like doughnuts, I guess I will bring some wine. Requests? - Andy A.

planned downtime, but why would you plan a downtime on friday afternoon. definite planned downtime FAIL - Matthew

sorry everyone - stupid flash player needed updating. - Lorri Cooper

Those damn kids and their defraggin - Anton Tanderup

keyboard cat is hilarious - Matthew

http://playhimoffkeyboardcat.com - Matthew

and the show has come to a grinding halt - Matthew

dannysullivan

Twitter's down for maintenance. Time to see who emerges as the next best alternative!

May 8 - Comment - Like - Share

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Any question there? - Robert Scoble

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My vote goes to Facebook and FriendFeed (I haven't given the latter a shot but lovin' it already!) - Ricardo Bueno

Isn't twitter the next best alternative? - Brian Sullivan

FF! For sure - Andy A.

is this sort of the new apple store down - Eran Even-Kesef

TechCrunch suggestions. Twitter Is Down: 15 Alternative Things To Do http://bit.ly/psNqa - Gregg Morris

back to MSN Messenger? we can all form new groups or just stick with Friendfeed - Kieran Daly

Perhaps fanfou. - Chuck Baggett

everyday i am liking ff more and more the question is will ashton discover it oh no ;) - Eran Even-Kesef

Jason Calacanis

Starting in 30 seconds... http://thisweekinstartups.com/

May 8 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Watching #twitst http://thisweekinstartups.com - Mark Chandler

iirc, the rose parade gets a billion viewers each year. but that may be a myth. kutgw, jason - scorpusmaximus

Jason, you can mention our product ;) http://geofollow.com - Andy A.

Entreprini

Working on contracts and enjoying this mocha @pangaeacafe this morning

May 3 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Sounds great on this rainy day :D - Andy A.

Charissa Cowart

Check out my new Google profile http://www.google.com/profile...

April 30 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

You don't this this is a little creepy!? Don't you have any news 10 stalkers?! :P And isn't news 10 the news team from Anchorman? HAHA! - Andy A.

Duncan Riley

Kelly McGillis confirms lesbian rumors - http://www.inquisitr.com/23171...

April 30 from The Inquisitr - Comment - Like - Share

tom cruise is a lesbian? - grant fox

Ahhh, there goes the 1980's wet dreams for millions of 30 somethings - Andy A.

mashable

Mashable was named the Top UK blog today. We're international now tho. OK, horn tooting over :) http://www.cisionwire.com/cision-...

April 30 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Congrats Pete! Now share the love with the "little guy". Wink wink. Still no Mashable article on http://geofollow.com :( Boo!!! See you made me digitally cry like a baby... - Andy A.

Not just a pretty face! Well done Mashable! - Ewan MacLeod

Good work Mashable, and well deserved. - David Eedle

Jason Calacanis

Some video from the Milken conference the other day... http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events....

April 30 from Facebook - Comment - Like - Share

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Jason, always love to hear you give people a hard time on TWiT. Makes my commute that much easier - Andy A.

mashable

Reading: "Did Google just launch a Facebook killer?" (Slate) - http://www.slate.com/id...

April 30 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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A little spooky if you ask me - Andy A.

Charissa Cowart

wow - friendfeed is out of control today!! I kinda like it :) Makes me feel like I did when I was new to Twitter :P

April 30 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Looks like they are trying to steal twitters thunder.. ;) - Andy A.

totally agree - Samer Forzley

mashable

TweetPhoto: TwitPic Finally Gets a Real Competitor - http://mashable.com/2009...

April 30 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Pete, so far we've gone unnoticed as a twitter app. Please please please check it out! http://geofollow.com Were launching a new design and features this week... - Andy A.

Andy A.

Public timeline - Novadog.com The Micro Blog For Pets - http://novadog.com/

February 27 from StumbleUpon - Comment - Like - Share

A microblog for pets - Andy A.

Kevin Rose

@aplusk if you have a camera in your laptop (macbook etc.) you can live stream to your twitter followers

January 29 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

How can this be done...live streaming to Twitter followers? - Tokyo Dan from Nambu

Mac = too much $$$. Especially for us common folk - Andy A.

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