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It's no wonder they don't trust us - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b...
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yeah, why do I keep getting pop-up from iTunes to download it when I've removed iTunes a long time ago?
- Tim Jones
Why make your credit card purchases public ala @blippy? Think about the buying club power! http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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The only problem though is that you've already bought the item...need to combine with what @jowyang was saying about intent. If a company can know about you and a thousand other people's intent to buy xxx thing in the next 2 months, could make for some interesting potential.
- Michael Turner
.@johnobeto there are no viable alternatives to Facebook until all my wife's elementary school friends move to something else.
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How American Health Care Killed My Father - http://www.theatlantic.com/doc...
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"Would our health-care system be so outrageously expensive if each American family directly spent even half of that $1.77 million that it will contribute to health insurance and Medicare over a lifetime, instead of entrusting care to massive government and private intermediaries? Like its predecessors, the Obama administration treats additional government funding as a solution to unaffordable health care, rather than its cause. The current reform will likely expand our government’s already massive role in health-care decision-making—all just to continue the illusion that someone else is paying for our care. But let’s forget about money for a moment. Aren’t we also likely to get worse care in any system where providers are more accountable to insurance companies and government agencies than to us? Before we further remove ourselves as direct consumers of health care—with all of our beneficial influence on quality, service, and price—let me ask you to consider one more question. Imagine...
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- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
This is a very good article.
- Paul Buchheit
My paternal grandfather died pretty much the same way (hospital-borne infection), so this article hits home. But is the proposed solution workable in the current political environment?
- Dennis Jernberg
Yeah, unfortunately it may be impossible to actually fix the system due to all of the vested interests, though the author points out that perhaps after the current round of changes fails, perhaps greater change will be possible. Regardless, we should spend some time thinking about what the "right" system would look like instead of limiting ourselves to that which is perceived to be politically feasible.
- Paul Buchheit
Great read indeed, thank you Paul for sharing this article which is highly thought provoking and sad all at the same time. Why do we as a country only wake up after Epic Failures?!
- Susan Beebe
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Personally, I want more options for small businesses that want to innovate in healthcare. If we just get rid of the major powers and allow for competition again, I think we'll see serious change.
- Jesse Stay
I say this, having worked for UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest health care companies in the world. I learned there that these Health Care companies themselves are too big, and at the same time the government isn't any better.
- Jesse Stay
I've consulted to both Gov't and BCBS Heathcare Plan clientele across the U.S. My Govt customers had better operational maturity than BlueCross and way less red-tape and politics. healthcare is deep in the hole.
- Susan Beebe
from BuddyFeed
Susan, and Gov't Healthcare still has problems! That shows you how bad it actually is. Dealing with Healthcare EDI technologies at UHG the government entities we worked with were always the ones still sending data over dial up, breaking HIPAA rules, and were the hardest to deal with from a technology standpoint. There are huge problems and huge holes in both the big health care and government if you ask me.
- Jesse Stay
Maybe on really good health care plans nearly all expenses are covered, but on more basic plans only a minimum might be.
- Mike Chelen
You can't order health care a la carte. That's simply not the way medicine is practiced in this country. You also have to get the people who actually provide the health care to play along. Atul Gawande http://www.newyorker.com/reporti... covers a lot of the same ground that David Goldhill covers, but Gawande seems skeptical that a consumer-driven system would actually succeed in keeping costs down.
- Victor Ganata
Yeah, I think Goldhill's proposed solutions aren't workable. ( http://friendfeed.com/silas21... )
- Andrew C (✓)
The problem with the LASIK vs MRI scenario, is that a consumer knows enough to seek elective LASIK surgery on their own, but what consumer can determine whether they need an MRI, CT, contrast MRI, Ultrasound, etc? Self-referral has its own share of misallocation of resource issues. It's a traditional libertarian model that is simple and appealing, but I'm not sure it solves the problems...
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- Ray Cromwell
sorry people, but I think you are missing the real point: HEALTHCARE IS NOT A BUSINESS! and I would run away from any system that would see me primarily as a customer. Putting a price on something is NOT a way to make it work better for my health and that of my family is priceless to me. Now tell me which economic system will take that into account? The only reasonnable approach is to...
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- Yann Abraham
Ultimately, things do have a price, since we live in a world of scarcity and there will be limits, therefore, some people will encounter economic rationing or time delay, and hence die waiting. The arguments are over the best way to allocate these things, simply ignoring that things do effectively have prices won't solve the problem.
- Ray Cromwell
@Ray I am not ignoring the fact that someone has to pay for doctors, hospitals and drugs; I am questionning the fact that we accept some people will die because those things are expensive. The point is: are we, as a society, wealthy enough to afford it for everyone? Since I think the answer is yes, I think politicians hiding behind cost arguments are just dishonest
- Yann Abraham
Yann: the problem is that everybody will eventually die of something. Researchers can keep inventing more and more expensive ways of keeping us alive, but at some point you have to accept that it's not worth it and must cut people off. Right now the cut-off point is determined by what people can afford. How would you determine a cut-off point?
- Gabe
@Gabe is this a joke? Are you suggesting it is perfectly fine to let poor people die from a disease because they cannot afford a cure? And if you are asking me for a cut-off point, may I offer that one: http://tinyurl.com/nseyjq ?
- Yann Abraham
@Gabe Indeed, choices must be made. But having the cutoff point determined by what people can afford is heartless. Cost/benefit analyses can be made, even in emotionally fraught circumstances. (Witness the 9/11 Victims Fund) What I would argue is that the analysis should be made as a society, as a group, as a family, together-NOT to enrich Aetna's CEO.
- Michael
Yann: Who pays? Are you paying? Are you donating your funds to charities? Or do you just think that it's okay to have your say over other people's money instead? The problem with your arguments is that you're not talking about *your* money going to help others, you're talking about everybody else's money. And yes, at some point I would indeed stop paying to keep a person alive. The...
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- Otto
One more comment: Anybody who is for this health-care plan and who does not right now give at least 10% of their income to health care charities or toward health insurance is a hypocrite. The current plan requires everybody to get health insurance, and the estimated cost of that for the average family is around 13%. I agree with the article in that health insurance should be made much...
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- Otto
@Otto I live in a country that has a health care plan (Germany), which means that a percentage of my monthly salary goes to pay for my health insurance and that of my family: so much for the hypocrisy. And, your point goes back to what Michael and myself are saying: I want doctors to decide what to do and when to stop. Not you, me or anyone: doctors, and certainly not 'money'. To quote...
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- Yann Abraham
The point where you withdraw care is going to be different for everyone, but I do agree with the sentiment that when that decision is made, it should be made with the patient's best interests in mind, and not in the best interests of the CEO or the shareholders of an insurance company.
- Victor Ganata
And health insurance coverage for only catastrophes strikes me as foolish, because, unlike fires, floods, earthquakes, or tornados, a lot of medical catastrophes are actually preventable--or at least they can be mitigated--if you come in for timely care instead of waiting for the paramedics to wheel you in.
- Victor Ganata
@Yann: Well then I'm in full disagreement with you, because under absolutely no circumstances would I want *doctors* in charge of my medical decisions. I want to be in charge of my own medical care. I get to decide when to stop, and I get to take all the relevant factors into account. You just enjoy your medical system over there, and let the government decide when you are not worth saving any more. I'll enjoy my freedom over here instead.
- Otto
In response to this quote from the article "Imagine my father’s hospital had to present the bill for his “care” not to a government bureaucracy, but to my grieving mother. Do you really believe that the hospital—forced to face the victim of its poor-quality service, forced to collect the bill from the real customer—wouldn’t have figured out how to make its doctors wash their hands?" My...
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- FFing Enigma
FFing Enigma: that is where the article seems incomplete, it lists a number of legitimate issues, then asserts somehow these would be addressed if patients were billed directly
- Mike Chelen
Hypothetical scenario: civilization becomes so rich, that food, water, shelter, transportation, power, and other basics are practically non-scarce. Everything else produced is surplus. In this scenario, why would it be bad if 80% of GDP was spent on HealthCare and Education? You've got to spend the money on something (foreign aid?). What I'm saying is, IMHO, improving health and life...
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- Ray Cromwell
Mike, it somehow implies that billing a crying family would make it all more 'real' and 'important' to the doctors giving the care than if they're billing an insurance company. Which is a load of crap: doctors already deal with the crying family, it's the hospital's business office that handles the billing and they don't see the crying family until they can't pay the bill and come in to try and make arrangements after the fact.
- FFing Enigma
Andrea G: Yes, in fact I have experienced that with a family member. Insurance paid for it just fine. Also, fuck you for thinking you know anything about me or my opinions. If you don't like what I say, then learn to disagree with civility instead of with personal attacks and generally being an obnoxious bitch.
- Otto
@Otto setting aside your argument with Andrea, could you please tell me what makes you so certain that your judgement is better than the one of doctors, and by the way, how good would you trust your judgement after a stroke that left you with no speech and hemiplegic? And, just to emphasize it once again, I want (and currently enjoy having) doctors deciding what's best for me: it's...
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- Yann Abraham
@Andrea G: When you start throwing personal attacks my way for absolutely no reason (note that I never used caps once, or "yelled", or anything else that you're accusing me of), then yes, I'm going to respond in kind. However, since I did ask you to be civil, and this is apparently not possible for you, then by all means, welcome to my block list. You are user number 2.
- Otto
I'd also like to point out that anyone who has had treatment for a serious disease has probably paid less money for their health insurance than the cost of the care they have received. That is really the whole point of insurance - to spread risk. Why is it that the same people who don't want the government option also don't want to get rid of Medicare?
- Robert Felty
@Yann: It's my body and my health. That makes everything that happens to it solely my decision. Not yours, not the doctors, not the governments. Mine and mine alone. I may listen to my doctors or I may not, but in the end I'm not trusting anybody else with my health except me. Are you seriously any different? Do you *really* want to give control of your health over to somebody else? That strikes me as frankly insane.
- Otto
@Otto: No. Health care decisions involve at least two parties. The patient and the physician. You have no right to compel your doctor to do something against their judgment, either.
- Victor Ganata
Which people are you referring to Rob? There are obviously many points of view on this topic (all of them wrong ;). This article does a good job of explaining many of the fundamental problems with all of the present systems. Unfortunately it's very hard to fix because there are so many vested interests and because it's such an emotional topic (as demonstrated by this thread).
- Paul Buchheit
@Robert: Your notion is wrong, because you're basically suggesting that insurance is some kind of magical money creation fairy. You cannot get out more than goes in, period. If everybody was to pay less for health insurance than they get out of it, then they'd be negative on funds.
- Otto
@Victor: There exists more than one doctor, and I will not give control over choice of my doctor to anybody else either.
- Otto
Otto: shouldn't that be a joint decision between the patient and doctor? installing piping in my house is at my discretion, but i'm certainly going to involve a plumber in the discussion
- Mike Chelen
from IM
Otto, the idea with normal insurance (such as car insurance) is that most people pay in more than they get out so that nobody risks bankruptcy by being unlucky. Health "insurance" is broken in part because it covers all costs, just as car insurance would be broken if it also covered gas.
- Paul Buchheit
@Mike: No, it absolutely should not be a "joint" anything. It's MY decision. End of discussion. I will hear input from the doctor and take it into due consideration, but in the end *I* make the call. Period.
- Otto
@Paul: Now yes, I agree with that 100%.
- Otto
@Otto: yes, you can choose your physician, and yes, you can refuse treatment, but you can't compel anyone to treat you in a certain manner just because you feel like it and are willing to pay. That's all I'm saying. Of course it's your call. Except when you no longer have decision making capability.
- Victor Ganata
@Robert, there are public option opponents who oppose Medicare as well. They're usually either fringe nutjobs or keep the latter opinion under wraps because they know it won't fly.
- Andrew C (✓)
@Victor: You're not making any sense. You don't need to "compel" anybody to do anything. If one doctor won't do it, you find one that will. Simple.
- Otto
@Paul, I think making people pay for checkups has as big a downside as upside. ... see Victor's comment from yesterday.
- Andrew C (✓)
I oppose Medicare, mainly because it's hemorrhaging cash and is highly inefficient, like any government run bureaucracy.
- Otto
How inefficient is it?
- Andrew C (✓)
@Otto: Trust me, there are lots of things people ask for that no doctor who had an interest in keeping their license and not going to jail would ever perform. Obviously, there are those who are willing to cross that line, like Conrad Murray.
- Victor Ganata
Medicare has been far more successful than private insurance at keeping costs down.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: I assumed that *I* was the one making the decisions here. I am not a crazy person who would ask for stupid medical procedures.
- Otto
Medicare keeping costs down? Are you out of your bloody minds? You have the internet, people. Use it. Medicare regularly pays *twice* the cost of any other means of obtaining the same services.
- Otto
@Otto: Sorry, but I don't know anything about you. But all I'm saying is that, in the bigger picture, the idea that only the patient and no one else has any say in the treatment they receive is simply flawed.
- Victor Ganata
"You have the internet, people. Use it." ... Thing is, "I don't have my supporting evidence at hand, please google it for me" is never convincing.
- Andrew C (✓)
The reimbursements from private insurance and from Medicare are usually pretty close, since most private insurance companies peg their payments to Medicare RVUs. But most physicians will say that Medicare pays them less than private insurance does.
- Victor Ganata
So Medicare sucks because it pays double what private insurance pays AND because it pays less than private insurance. This is better than having tea and no tea at the same time.
- Andrew C (✓)
According to CMS, since 1970, the cost per Medicare beneficiary has gone up by 8.8% every year. In contrast private insurance premiums have gone up by 9.9% every year. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Nationa...
- Victor Ganata
@Andrew C: "I'm too lazy to look it up myself, so I'll just argue complete nonsense and force you to continually disprove me" doesn't really work well either. Again, you have the internet. Use it before writing commentary. Learn the facts yourself, don't expect other people to continually set you straight.
- Otto
@Victor: No, it's not flawed, it's the only ethical way to operate. I mean, are you seriously suggesting doctors should perform procedures on a patient without their consent? The patient must sign off on everything, every step of the way. Anything less is simply abhorrent, and I find it hard to believe that anybody could possibly argue against this. The patient is the only person *allowed* to make medical decisions for themselves. Nobody else can override him. Nobody else can overrule him.
- Otto
@Otto You still have not answered this very basic question: how do YOU know what is good for you when anybody else is taking the opinion of someone who was trained for at least 5 to 6 years before even coming close to a patient with a simple cold?!? I mean you sound a little extreme when you claim that you know better, and again, what if you suffer from a stroke or other disabling disease that takes your judgement away?
- Yann Abraham
@Otto and last but not least, I disagree with you as much as you disagree with me, but in the end, my position does not deny you the right to die your way, while your position is denying me the right to be cured regardless of what I can pay for. Sorry to say but I would favor the position that gives most people the most options
- Yann Abraham
Paul, I can't cite anyone in particular who opposes a public option and supports medicare, but I haven't heard many people arguing that we should get rid of Medicare (mostly because people on Medicare would have a fit, and old people like to vote). Unless I am mistaken, I think that health insurance functions under the same principal as auto or home insurance. People who are healthy pay...
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- Robert Felty
If I had to decide how to cure my cancer, I think I would try bloodletting. I have heard that works pretty well.
- Robert Felty
@Yann: What in the hell are you talking about? I never said that every person had to know how to self-diagnose. I said that they have to make their own *decisions*. "Making your own decision" is not the same thing as "not taking your doctors' advice". I mean, get a grip dude, you act as if I'm saying that listening to doctors is a bad idea. I'm not saying that at all, I'm saying that...
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- Otto
On a more serious note - thanks to Victor for pointing out that Medicare actually does keep costs down more than private insurance. On a related note, Canada spends about half as much per capita on health insurance than the U.S., and has lower infant mortality rates and longer life expectancies. http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues...
- Robert Felty
@Yann: Furthermore, you seem to be saying that people should not have a choice. That they should be forced to do everything any doctor tells them, ever, and that all of society should be forced to pay for it. That's the only interpretation of your words that makes any sense. Otherwise I cannot possibly understand why you're opposed to the idea of making your own decisions.
- Otto
@Otto: I don't dispute the fact that patients are entitled to autonomy in their decision-making (unless, of course, they don't have the capacity to make decisions.) All I'm saying is that a patient can't just demand whatever the hell they want and expect to get it. That would be just as abusive to the doctor-patient relationship as the doctor trying to force the patient into undergoing some procedure or treatment.
- Victor Ganata
@Otto well if I go to doctor and he tells me I am going to die in a month, however much I disagree with him does not make a single difference and going to a different doctor will not change the diagnosis. What kind of decision am I supposed to make when I do not have a single clue about what is going on? And please, don't try to tell me that you would ask a doctor to cut your life support simply because it's getting too expensive...
- Yann Abraham
Otto: patients have a right to refuse treatment which supersedes the doctor's suggestion, still the medical opinion is crucial to the process
- Mike Chelen
Paul: probability is a relative measurement, on a reasonable timeline all events can be determined to occur at a statistical rate
- Mike Chelen
Health insurance no longer works in the presence of side information like family history, genetic predisposition, and pre-existing conditions. Even if the insurer isn't allowed to use some (or all) of these in determining rates, there is nothing keeping the consumer from using it. As a result, there will be an inevitable trend for those likely to need more medical converge to choose the...
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- Eric Borisch
@Victor: If the patient wants one thing and a doctor refuses to provide it, then the patient should seek out a new doctor. Duh. If you want your plumbing fixed a certain way, then you find a plumber who will do it your way. Doctors are no different. @Yann: Second opinions are critical to all fields. Doctors are not magical fairies that are incapable of error. Judgment is involved in...
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- Otto
@Eric: Players at the high roller tables *are* the ones most likely to win. "Streaks" are a real and statistically valid phenomenon. Thus, large winnings can only occur in the short term play, as the law of averages means that the house always wins in long term play. So, if you're betting more, then you're likely to win more in the short term. Success at gambling is all about knowing...
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- Otto
@Otto: *shrug* All I'm saying is that just because you pay good money for your health care doesn't mean you can order health care providers around like you own them. It's a partnership, and if you don't accept that fact, all your encounters with health care professionals are going to be adversarial, and you're probably not going to get very good care.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: Speak for yourself. I do not pay anything for health care, as I have not been to a doctor in ~20 years, nor do I expect to see one for around another 15 or so. I do not have, and have no current need for, health insurance.
- Otto
@Otto: so basically you're talking a lot of trash about something you have no experience with even as a consumer. Excellent.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: Not once did I talk any trash, of any sort. I think you're reading subtext into my words that is simply not there. I would request that you go back and read them again, only this time without your pre-existing bias. Thanks.
- Otto
@Otto: At this stage I think it's pretty disingenuous to be disavowing your stance on the health care debate. Of course, maybe I'm wrong, and you don't really think doctors (and other health care professionals) should always do as you say.
- Victor Ganata
The Future of the Social Web: In Five Eras - http://www.web-strategist.com/blog...
Rajif Krobat, Baytech, Björn Klose and 109 other people liked this
Interesting stuff...thanks for sharing
- Hugo Guzman
Great info! I agree fish where the fish are :)
- Peter du Toit (S.Africa)
Agree on the whole. I always find these categories a little artificial: Really "Forrester-speak". :) I think the recommendations are the most interesting. I'd make a separate post out of that.
- Meryn Stol
You say it yourself: "What’s interesting isn’t this vision for the future, but what it holds in store for brands, " . I'd like these recommendations to be fleshed out with concrete first steps to take. Doesn't have to be more than links to relevant resources.
- Meryn Stol
Meryn The recommendations are fleshed out in the actual reports. Our clients (brands) have access to see them.
- Jeremiah Owyang
Hmm ok... Then I'll need to get the details elsewhere I guess. :)
- Meryn Stol
There will be a give and take between communities and brands. The thing is, Facebook doesn't have a competitive alternative that users could go to. In my report, we suggest that active communities could define specs for products, and bid MULTIPLE companies to build it.
- Jeremiah Owyang
good stuff Jeremiah, enjoyed and some good thought provokers there for the future
- Richard Binhammer
Nice paper but really expensive for young people. $750 means $41 for page.
- Alp
Great information, understanding the future's potential is more important than ever on the social web.
- Maria Reyes-McDavis
Interesting, but very general and hard to apply. I see companies more as å provide of tools/stage for conversation, aka the gold rush mining vs selling tools
- Anders Dahlberg
Alp, Many of Forrester's clients are large brands who have a subscription. We're still sharing a great deal on this blog, and have given the report to bloggers to cover, so there's value to be had there.
- Jeremiah Owyang
Jeremiah (and the team), a great piece of work and, I imagine, a labour of both love and loathing at times! I have been very interested in this area as I have looked at the shift in skills to deliver social media activity changes from one of basic coding knowledge to much more human, interactive skills.
- Paul Fabretti
Fantastic article! I found it SO intriguing that I've even printed it out!
- J. D. Ebberly
"How Brands Should Prepare" is a great bit of information. Jeremiah, it would be nice (i'd be reading) if you expanded in future blog posts about the "How Brands Should Prepare".
- frank barry
That's likely to be a research report I'm thinking about writing Frank
- Jeremiah Owyang
Probably correct in assuming that most online social networks will neither spawn nor solidify to the point of being considered ‘affinity groups’ with the level of cohesion, unified budgetary authority or organized implementation capability of NGOs, churches, or employee aggregations. Even in the era of social commerce. I hope I’m wrong.
- A Mitchell
Great post, understanding the future's potential is more important than ever on the social web.
- Vlad Hrouda
Just found this... great stuff!
- Gerd Leonhard
billschrier: Seattle trash- 800 kilotons yearly - where does it go? MIT attaches RFID tags to 3k pieces - results revealed 18 Sep - http://bit.ly/13qirX - http://twitter.com/billsch...
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It is American to consider both sides. I hated what Bush did but still took my son to see him. Where did we lose the ability to do that?
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We haven't lost the ability to consider both sides - your actions with your son testify to that. Throughout history, some people have been able to consider multiple views, and some haven't.
- John E. Bredehoft
I am appalled at this concern about the President's address to school children, as if he is going to pollute their minds. So disrespectful of the institution and his position. It makes me wonder about deep-seated, unacknowledged racism.
- Teri Gidwitz
We lost it when mainstream media over-covers rhetoric vice facts and the mindless drones of the general public blindly follow. I'm not a Big Obama "fan" but you still have to respect the office and the guy sitting in the big chair even if you don't "Like" him you can still respect and disagree.
- Stan Augustyniewicz
Stan: yup. Media business has turned politics into a sports team.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
I don't attribute it solely to racism - some whites didn't like it when white presidents spoke to children either. It's this "my way or the highway" mentality that refuses to even listen to the evildoers, be they Commies or Baby Seal Clubbers.
- John E. Bredehoft
I'm not sure how many people believed in the ideals of the US when it was started. A system based on laws, checks and balances, a democratic republic, protection from the government. But enough people went along so that it worked. Now it seems people are tired with the experiment and feel entitled to remake the country as a theocracy. It's just easier that way.
- Todd Hoff
Blue Cross presents the Senate Healthcare Reform debates!
- Stan Augustyniewicz
It's unfortunate we've become so polarized; for or against, no appreciation for nuance or complexity.
- Teri Gidwitz
News delivery is such an open market people can go and look and find whatever news they like that agrees with what they think. Combine that with "news" having such a wide ranging definition and much of it not being "and that's the way it is" anymore, we've reached that divide. I really think it'll have to get a lot worse until people start to wake up and realize they can't just listen...
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- Dean Clark
My impression of this (from the UK) is that people are more bothered about their kids writing a letter about "how they are going to help President Obama". It does sound kind of creepy.
- Rob Fisher
Why aren't these same parents so concerned about the politics of the teachers and administrators who get to speak to their kids all the time? I've pretty much decided to wait and see how many people I know really hold their kids out and how many are just running their mouth. Not sure which is worse. My kids? They're homeschooled so we'll watch the speech together and talk about it. We'll also get to talk about their friends and their parents that didn't want to let them see that speech.
- Jon Adair
The speech itself isn't that bad, however I can pretty much guarantee it was re-written. The worst part was the lesson plan that followed that sounded like it was written by ACORN. The other problem is Obama's cult following and how his narcissism has affected his ability to govern.
- Spencer
Good point, Jon Adair, and a good solution too. Dean Clark, "they can't just listen to what they want, or bad things will happen" -- now *that* sounds kind of sinister. If you mean that people need to apply critical thinking, then you're right. I think the idea that *any* news reporting is unbiased is naive. There will always be the possibility of picking and choosing. That's why I like blogs: a much wider range of views than the MSM's narrow left vs. right.
- Rob Fisher
Spencer: did you talk like that about Bush? I really hate that media has given us all permission to call each other names.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Robert: I think it works both ways. Remember bushitler?
- Rob Fisher
I think most people can actually consider and respect both sides. It's the passion and consequent fervor that arises around specific issues. People want to have their views heard and respected. When they do not get this emotional-based reactions crop up. It has been there for ages and will continue to be so.
- Altan Khendup
One of the major themes that was presented after Ted Kennedy's death was his ability to work with the Dan Quayles and John McCains of the world.
- John E. Bredehoft
I believe racism is a big part of it. There's quite a few people out there who have issues with their children seeing that a black man can be president (and at the same time be more eloquent they can even dream of). Maybe they fear that he will empower all the black kids ...
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
1UP Rene
- Derrick
The last 16 years have proven that the moderates are way to quiet in this country.
- Tony C (Unrated)
I'm just sad
- Wayne Sutton
from iPhone
I think Rob Fisher's hit the nail on the head twice here: the vitriol against the 43rd President was far, far harsher than anything the 44th has faced so far, and the suggestion about "writing letters about how you can help the President" — what about the majority who are opposed to his current agenda? Are they expected to help achieve something they oppose? It could easily and should...
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- James
I grew up in the 60's and I can never remember the President speaking directly to me as a student. I 'm not sure its a good idea no matter who the President is. That being said, if the President did speak I am sure my parents would expect me to be respectful. You respect the office of Presidency, even if you don't respect the current occupant.
- Kim Landwehr
Over the past few years the American fabric has been broken down. People have embraced ignorance over knowledge. We listen to the talking heads on television and let them shape our beliefs instead of making our own decisions. We view disagreements as personal attacks w/o attempting to see the other side's point of view. Sad indeed.
- Vaughn
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To everyone who made fun of me for not backing up my blog my readers have backed up for me via RSS!! RSS=Robert's Stuff is Saved!
Bluesun 2600, Tracy Benham, Jimminy, CoG of FF and 3 other people liked this
I'm with you Robert! yes we did!...we didnt lose any stuff that you wrote on your blog :)
- Junal Rahman
Good thing RSS isn't dead
- Jesse Stay
_If_ RSS is dead, then it's an abled body zombie at the very least.
- Micah
Joe Satriani - Always With Me Always With You - http://www.youtube.com/watch... (http://friendfeed.com/alpozgi... üzerinden)
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Michael Turner and Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu liked this
Eline sağlık Alp. Hakkını vermişsin, minik hatalar olsa da takdire şayan. Hiç bir zaman birebir bi şarkı çalamam sanırım, konsantrasyon ve teknik eksikliğinden.
- Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
Teşekkür ederim, açıkcası bende uzun bir süredir lick ve riff çalmaktan bir bütün olarak parça çalışmayı ihmal etmiştim ... Şimdi o ihmallerimin telafi zamanı :))
- Akustik Dokunuşlar
I am seeing a lot of my Friendfeed followers asking to follow me on Facebook but I treat the networks differently - for now.
testbeta, Eric Gourmet, Marco Castellani and 40 other people liked this
Me, too. I'm trying to think about what to do with that.
- joey
Might actually make more sense to gather around Google Reader for now, in case Google advances it towards a more FF-ish interface.
- phil baumann
I made a special group called "online friends" Now the question remains, can you have different privacy settings per group in facebook? That would be the best fix.
- BRҰANSAҰS
My FB friends are soooo different from my FF friends. I dread the day when I need to merge the 2 groups..
- Winston Teo
yes, total worlds collide problem. http://friendfeed.com/metaler...
- metalerik
I can only accept more connections on my page at http://www.facebook.com/scoblei...
- Robert Scoble
I think people are being prepared, and they will continue to be worried until they get answers. I am more than happy to invite all FriendFeeders into my Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/louisgr...
- Louis Gray
Same here, it's a different level of connection
- Amit Morson
I was already on FB. I set up lists to separate my family from my FF friends on FB. I'll set different privacy settings for each when I get to it.
- Dennis Jernberg
My Facebook is here: http://jessestay.socialtoo.com - request away!
- Jesse Stay
I'm loosening my policies regarding who I befriend on Facebook. Of course, I have separate lists for different groups of people.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
And I also operate under the assumption that nothing is truly private, privacy settings or no. I don't use Facebook to discuss confidential info with my work friends, or private family issues with my family friends.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Fans aren't really connections, Robert--at least not in the same way. Not diminishing that, by the way. In many respects, I far prefer the sensibility of fan pages. Meanwhile, I'm here http://www.facebook.com/kfitch and happy to accept FF connections as friends. (I have more than one account on FB. Some who are concerned about boundaries might try that.)
- Kathy Fitch
Robert has no choice but to use a fan page. And you can still interact on the wall of the fan page. I just wish fan pages weren't limited to one incoming feed.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
As I said, I far prefer fan pages in many respects. Very good for organizations and brands (and Robert is definitely the latter). Just a different sort of connection. (I have fan posting entirely off for one fan page. We'll see how that goes over time.)
- Kathy Fitch
I see Facebook as a different animal. Hey there's a staggering amount of content here on FriendFeed, but it's not as overwhelming. I agree, different audiences.
- Rob Schieber
I put two of my blogs on fan pages, primarily to keep them off my main feed.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
Yep I am the same. Friends on Facebook, business contacts on LinkedIn, Everyone on Twitter
- Tony "Frosty" Welch
I think these walls are getting tougher to build, though, and maybe not as useful. When I built a new FB page more for my business/non-academic persona, friends from my other account started adding me. There's a fluidity about it that's appealing. Tsunamis aren't so appealing, though, so it's all about balance, I guess.
- Kathy Fitch
It's funny. When I began with FB, *nobody* that I count as a friend in my personal life was there. Some of my nieces and nephews were there, but I didn't friend them--too intrusive. So, my early connections there were all academic--not classmates, but fellow professors. From the beginning, it has been a professional space, for me--friendly and silly, but professional. I don't do the post baby pics, frequent update on personal life, etc. thing at all, on any network.
- Kathy Fitch
I'm waiting for the coming Fan feature.
- Hugh Isaacs II
I got a friendfeeders list and a limited privacy list for the "others" Friendfeeders are more than welcomed to hit me on fb
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Same here. I use FriendFeed as a way to monitor what my contacts are doing, and occasionally to interact. I use Facebook primarily as an interaction vehicle.
- Daniel B. Honigman
I plan to keep things totally separate; Facebook is for people I deal with in real life (with a few exceptions). If I can't find a similar service to FriendFeed, I and anyone following me are pretty much screwed.
- Chris Charabaruk
A while back I cranked up the public aspect on my Facebook account, and forgot all about privacy there. If my friends want to have a private conversation with me, the can use old-standards: Email and IM. Facebook is now the place where I get to know people. (and FriendFeed, but who knows about that now...time will tell)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I use LG as my model.
- Pete D
Up until recently I kept everything separate mainly out of respect and concern for my daughter, her privacy, and overwhelming her with stuff, but I have discussed it with her and she feels I shouldn't restrict myself and in her words "bring it on, it might be more interesting than your lack of posting has been."
- April
Regarding Steve's post on his blog, I'm going to share this tidbit (which I also posted to Steve's blog): "I'm really hoping that FriendFeed stays as-is and integrates lots of nice features into FB. It'd be really unfortunate if we lost all of our dedication (I share stuff on FF I like referring to) for nothing. Still, I begin to wonder if FF would have been sold to FB if the FF members...
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- Tamar Weinberg
I was on FB before FF and only opened the account because of some cousins, neice, nephew, sister.....even my mother is on it for god's sake....but I found it silly and drab. None of my family knows anything about technology to speak of. I even have some friends who won't go on FB because they know nothing about social media. When I found FF I was thrilled....exactly what I wanted, and...
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- Bonnie Foster
I use Facebook with my family and because of their lack of privacy I cannot accept business connections.
- Eric Gourmet
RT @jimgaffigan: Biting into a chocolate chip cookie and realizing it's an oatmeal raisin cookie is kind of like finding out she's a dude.
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Facebook Begins Testing Facebook Lite, A Faster Simpler Version Of The Service - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Tyson Key, Neya, Michele Lorito-Chase and 66 other people liked this
I hope my account gets this soon :)
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
heh, so did you know about this paul? :)
- MG Siegler
Hmm.
- Micah
Someone mentioned it earlier today. It sounds very promising.
- Paul Buchheit
Umm... Facebook Lite == Friendfeed
- Bindu Reddy
It looks like a FriendFeed-version-of-Facebook to me :-)
- Florin Grozea
is it against twitter? :))
- K.D.
thx paul :)
- MG Siegler
i agree with bindu. i'd like to have a light FB with a smooth & powerfull FF in it :-) and of course, the iPod/iPhone app to it
- Laurent Dieterich
if only google and fb got a long
- :}(o|O){:
If this is what I think it is...well done, sir. Rabbit out of a hat.
- Vezquex
That's good.
- Madhav Tripathi
twitter copy! :) I want to be a beta tester
- Susan Beebe
The problem with Facebook for public conversations - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
Stéphane Favereaux, stanjourdan, Satnam Narang and 48 other people liked this
This is one reason why Facebook doesn't work for me the way FriendFeed does. It'll be interesting to see how this is fixed now that the two will be joining.
- Robert Scoble
Conversations was the main reason for me to join friendfeed.
- Ashish
It's impossible: you cannot mix FB friends with FF friends. Unless you create a "FF Room" in FB and import all your FF contacts there, and keep it private. But it's way too complicated, don't you think?
- Jordi Soler
Jordi: yes. Too complicated. But now that we'll be rolled in there, that leaves opportunities for innovation.
- Robert Scoble
Robert most of my FB friend's do not give a shit about wether the new Mac tablet is subsidised with 3g carriers, or that on TWiT last week Leo talked about new HD cameras coming for his studio. Friendfeed is geeky, and i don't want it to be part of Facebook!
- Mark
Anyway, IF FF disappears in its actual form (which I doubt), I'm rooting for a.tinythread.com. Their timing was excellent.
- Jordi Soler
@Mark you will get new friend lol (my first lol I swear) the situation inspire me a family that change a location and where kids are crying, they don't want to leave they don't want to loose their friend, all this is a kind of magic.
- abdellah
What I suspect will happen will be that there will be a "Facebook Conversations" area, which is much like the current FF - public conversations on a wide range of topics, but reskinned to fit the rest of Facebook. Groups functionality will transfer fairly easily. And everything - public and private streams - will have the FF real time engine and search capabilities underneath it.
- Ian Betteridge
Last night Paul from FF.com staff said "Obviously I can't provide a lot of detailed plans and guarantees, but I can tell you that I'll do my personal best to ensure that the FriendFeed users and community are treated right. I love this product too, and don't want to see it disappear."
- Mark
Well, I was just starting to use FF 'cause most of my friendster at FB are either family, former coworkers or classmates and they all share distinct discussion interests; I was just discovering how cool is to have instant and simultaneous discussion possibilities ranging from what's the best chic shot on flickr today up to what would be a good Business intelligence strategy for a medium...
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- Marco ILLESCAS
from iPhone
The future for Facebook is what they did with the CNN Election page. That was a CNN hosted page with Facebook widgets and Facebook community. FF will help them with that.
- Leo Laporte
Facebook can never be a FF replacement for me. On FB, I have family members, relatives, co-workers and people I went to church with. On other social media sites I can be more myself, vent and talk about subjects I'm not comfortable discussing with those other groups of people.
- Travis Owen
I completely agree... I have a lot of non-techie friends and slowly they join Twitter, although they don't know why. We've had lots of great conversations in Facebook, but they are personal conversations. They're my friends, we're having conversations among friends. Nothing I expect would be very interesting to the public in general. Twitter, however, is public interaction with people...
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- Art Stanton
I have my FB open to everyone. I dont understand why people would want to post on a social site but lock it down to only a few people.
- MikeDeal / ZoneDancer
I couldn't agree more. Facebook just isn't good for work conversations. FF is wonderful for watching and commenting on what people are talking about. Mark Z, please don't close down FF.
- Leigh Marriner
Because alot of people put personal photos on of themselves and kids etc they don't want us to see
- Mark
My issue is more that Facebook and Friendfeed/Twitter are just so different as communities. The subject matter is different, the pace is different, and the audience is different. Heck, there are friends of my parents on there. How many times do you want to know what your Friend bought on Mafia Wars?
- chipmason
If and when the two join. I quite honestly see FB simply absorbing the search and sharing capabilities of FF but not swarming its users with the firehose. It'd be suidide. Even if they put all sorts of filters in place, 90% of FB users won't be able to deal with that, complain, and leave. They'll go back to email and we're stuck with a whale of a social network we can't use.
- Nils Geylen
Mark, Paul won't really have a say on it anymore. His team will be put on higher priority projects and that will be that. This is how it works.
- Todd Hoff
I like Ian Betteridge's idea of a "Facebook Conversations" area. That would be the best way to bring Twitter/FF-style conversations, search, discovery and networking to Facebook. The original Facebook can still be solidly grounded in real-life (with mutual friendships, and private sharing of information) while the Facebook Conversations are can be true "cyberspace".
- Meryn Stol
Everyone seems to be assuming the two platforms are going to be rolled into one. Is that going to happen? Can that ever happen successfully? You can't have this kind of conversation on Facebook as it is now and it's difficult to imagine you ever could without substantial changes to the site.
- Gilbert Harding
Nils you're a pessimist the FF coders and MZ are the best in the world they won't *uck it up give them more credit than that
- Thomas Power
It is really disturbing to watch FB mixing your personal life with your business life or interests. As I can see, the first reaction of many users on FF was like that. Hope it works our well for everyone on FF.
- Rabia Sozkesen
Thomas, I hope the talent will prevail, and that FF will indeed be a FB Labs of some sort. But just like the majority here I'm skeptical (okay, not pessimistic) about integrating the two communities.
- Nils Geylen
If FF will add better search capability to FB then that would be good
- Lee Kent
"Most of my friends on Facebook are there not to share industry or work news, but to push pictures of their kids or talk about their personal lives. That’s fine, that’s why I like Facebook, but why it’s horrid for having industry or work conversations." Yeah, I hope that Paul and Bret get that. I don't use Facebook to promote my industry work. I used Facebook to connect with old school...
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- Tamar Weinberg
Agreed with Tamara. FF straight-up seems to have a solid focus on that industry/work--it feels more substantial. IMHO, it's substance over form and flash (even though watching the feeds pour in is one heck of a marvel).
- Rob Schieber
It's two totally different paradigms of interaction, for two mindsets. Usually the acquired gets assimilated, not the other way. Though, FF have released for example the "comment at the bottom" feature after they got acquired. All is not lost?
- Rick Cogley
The problem with Facebook for public conversations - http://www.facebook.com/note...
David Sanger, Iván Abrego, ravi karandeekar and 15 other people liked this
I bet that's an interesting post, but I'm not logging into FB to see it. (which is possibly part of the point).
- Ken Kennedy
Typical FB experience--this link just drops me on FB's main feed. (Is THAT the problem?)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
If you're already logged in to Facebook the link drops you onto your Home page. If you're not a Friend of Robert you can't access the post. That's the problem.
- Gilbert Harding
Exactly! But the post is worth a read on Scobleizer: http://scobleizer.com/2009...
- Eric Johnson
that's the difference between ff and fb. you can call it as problem too
- alperyz
I responded on facebook! Definitely an issue with it not being public.
- Sheryl
Good points. Ff to me is my information source, where I can also read other people's views and articles which interest them. I use facebook to keep in touch with family and old friends. 90% of friends on facebook are either old high school friends or family - most of which don't share same interests as me. Which is why I use twitter and ff to find and comment on information posted by those who share my interests (without neccessarily being their 'friend').
- Jamie Craig
from iPhone
I see my home feed.. Meanwhile, here on Friendfeed, I see a conversation
- Andrew Terry
Robert, not read yet as I can't come up for more than a gulp of air today, but yes, I agree with as much as your meme says. So let me state why this move to Facebook is difficult for me personally. Facebook is an entirely different animal than the pub-room atmosphere that FreindFeed is. FF is like walking into the bar and sitting in the booth or at the bar (not that I do that sort of...
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- Melanie Reed
I can't open this link? weird Robert - please make your notes viewable to everyone :)
- Susan Beebe
Yeah frustrating.. can't get to the place on FB either. Have to go to scobleizer. Hate jumping through so many hoops. But point is what conversations? The average Jane or John Doe doesn't even have enough friends to facilitate a broad conversation on FB.
- cheapsuits
Well, yes, you have to join (or login to FB) to see anything but a public profile (vanity URL) or public page. You can view the page but not interact with it unless logged in. FB doesn't give you the luxury of the "2week remember me" before logging back in again. A day perhaps. ;) It's also all about understanding FB networks and how they work and the levels of privacy available in your...
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- Melanie Reed
Robert, this particular link is originating from your FB profile not your Fan page? At any rate, for me it redirects me to my FB Home Feed (on which you don't appear) ind. So your note must be testing how selective it can be?
- Melanie Reed
Yep. Facebook's disadvantage to you in this case is its strength in another. Because it is a double-confirmation system you have a closed, private group. It can foster more "intimacy" in that sense. Twitter on the other extreme is mostly a broadcast model and is poor for conversations. Friendfeed kind of fit in the middle with the benefit of ease of following (single opt-in) and the...
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- Scott Magoon
We're comparing apples to bananas to oranges - FB is a "true" social networking site that happens to have micro-blogging features. Twitter is a micro-blogging sites that has minimal social networking features. FF is a content aggregation site that has extensive micro-blogging and minimal social networking features. The problem is content discovery... which hopefully will resolve itself as FB evolves.
- Ankush Narula
LOL, my internet provider blocked me from facebook. I'm going to have to view the note elsewhere. Grrr. Or better yet, I'll just visit your blog. Why didn't I think about that? Oh it's 4:14 am.. I need sleep.
- Captain Jack
Anyone know of a way to find all Friendfeed friends on Facebook? Is there an app out there somewhere or we going to have to do it all manually?
Iván Abrego, Susan Beebe, Michael Turner and Morton Fox liked this
awesome video interview today with Eric Bensussen and Jay Deutsch of BDA
Michael Turner liked this
Is that available to view?
- Michael Turner
Is there a WordPress plug-in to automatically push new posts to FriendFeed via the API?
Nicola Greco, Robert Higgins, (jeff)isageek and 93 other people liked this
Instead of just having a new post show up as a title and a link when the system gets around to checking your feed, you could push an excerpt and an image to FriendFeed the instant the post goes up.
- Ken Sheppardson
There is a WordPress plugin to support SUP, which would accomplish the "instant" part of your goal: http://wordpress.org/extend.... To get images you just need to support MediaRSS (I believe there is also a WordPress plugin for that).
- Benjamin Golub
Cool, where do I sign...........?
- Kevin J Hatton
Nice idea!
- Don Bonaddio
Nice. I will use this... Thank ;)
- Semih Masat™
Benjamin: I knew somebody'd mention SUP :-) I'd rather not add some intermediate service/protocol, I just want the ability push directly via a single plug-in, preferably with a UI component that gives you control over what image or images are added, select the excerpt, select what groups the post goes to, etc.
- Ken Sheppardson
What I want is probably similar to what Ken you want - something to push the title & link& image as a post, and an excerpt as a comment to FriendFeed, which would then go to Twitter. The group selecter would be ultra cool on top of that
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Yeah, I'm using PUB-Sup, but what would be even more interesting is something that pushes, and tracks comments of the pushed post at the same time. I'd like to have real-time comments on each blog post.
- Jesse Stay
Matthew: Yes.
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken: Have you seen this one: http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpre...
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Just found it, looking into it now
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
WP-Sup (http://neothoughts.com/wp-sup/) + MediaRSS (http://wordpress.org/extend...) plugins will do the job
- Bwana ☠
Rob: Cool. Looks like Sudar's around http://friendfeed.com/sudar Maybe he'll drop by...
- Ken Sheppardson
Just sent him a tweet. Hopefully he'l join us :) Looks to be in india
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
OK, I get it, guys. I know how SUP works and I know you can use SUP and MediaRSS to accomplish what I want. But I don't want to ping some API to tell it to go pull something from a feed... I want to make a single call to the FriendFeed API designed for creating entries http://code.google.com/p...
- Ken Sheppardson
Shouldn't be that hard to build. You can do it Ken :)
- Bwana ☠
Bwana: I think Sudar has already. :-) I'm going to put his implementation through its paces over the weekend.
- Ken Sheppardson
Oh ok cool... Hmmm.. I'd try it, but I'm not sure how it'll affect Backtype Connect on my blog. I want to be sure the FF comments get pulled in correctly.
- Bwana ☠
Bwana: not sure exactly what you want to try - but in general any entry that links to your posts will be connected by BT Connect -- we do of course try our best to cut out things like auto snippets of text that appear as comments when using the FF bookmarklet.
- Mike Montano
Mike - I just wanted to be sure if I remove my RSS feed from FriendFeed and use this solution, will my comments get pulled back into my blog. I gather the plugin would have to only link to my blog from FriendFeed, and Backtype does the rest
- Bwana ☠
Yeah, it seems like once the plugin creates the entry on FriendFeed with a link to your blog post, you're home free, no matter how that entry is created.
- Ken Sheppardson
I like I like
- Michael Ehline
Hi Guys, nice to know that the Plugin (Post2FF) which I created around 9 months back is of use to someone :) I am take the code dust it off and will add the new features that you requested. Stay tuned :)
- Sudar
Awesome! Thank you very much Sudar!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Of note, Sudar: it would be most handy if we could select the link that is published on the entry - either the linkt ot the blog entry or the ff.im link. (wasn't clear to me if the API actually supports this?) On most of my blog posts, I'd like to direct people straight to the post, but someone or some entries might prefer linking to the FriendFeed post/discussion
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I am done with the modifications to my Plugin to add new features like choosing the room to which the link to be posted, selecting images etc. Will release it after completing the testing. If anyone is willing to do beta testing, just ping me.
- Sudar
I'd love to give it a try :-)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Yay Sudar with his remedy to dust off (Post2FF)
- Janaree Nore
Sudar: Ping. :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
@Ken, Please DM your email address and I will send the Plugin for beta testing. If everything goes well, I will be able to release the Plugin tomorrow by this time.
- Sudar
Sudar, sounds interesting. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So guys, finally I have updated my Post to FriendFeed Plugin with support for rooms. You can get the new version at http://sudarmuthu.com/blog...
- Sudar
Also let me know if you face any issues.
- Sudar
I want it thanks Sudar!
- Robert Freeze
Are we able to do the revere post from FF -> Wordpress, not as a rss thing but as a post?
- Chirag Chamoli
@Chirag, I am not sure if I understood your question. Can you explain it a bit?
- Sudar
nice! like the idea Ken.
- .LAG liked that
I wanted to understand If I can autopost from friendfeed to Wordpress. I am using the rss feed in the sidebar, instead I want the stuff to be added to wordpress as a post.
- Chirag Chamoli
from email
@Chirag, You can install WP-O-Mattic WordPress Plugin (http://devthought.com/project...) and use the FF rss as input to publish from FF -> WordPress. (I haven't tried it, so not sure if it will work 100%)
- Sudar
@Sundar: Thanks I will start working on that.
- Chirag Chamoli
I am interested in using Sundar's plugin. Is it compatible with WordPress 2.8.3?
- Skyler Call
@Skyler Call, It should be compatible, since it doesn't use any functions which were changed in 2.8+ Anyways I will check it and will bump up the supported version in readme file.
- Sudar
Record company embraces use of its music in YouTube wedding video, makes money - http://www.boingboing.net/2009...
Mark, MiniMage, enterRUPPted, Michael Turner and 6 other people liked this
Hmm, sounds like the creator of the video should sue the record company...they're making money off something they didn't create. Ok, yes I'm mostly joking...it really is good to see a record company come to their senses for once. There is a place for this kind of stuff and it's kind of funny to think how much more could have been made had they found common ground instead of fighting it every step of the way. Just think of the lawyer fees!
- Michael Turner
It's good to see, but it's unfortunate that it was Chris Brown...NOT a fan!
- KyNam Doan
Praveen Vasudev to Praveen's feed, Creative Design, TheNextWeb Forum, RWW: The Future of Tech, The Goodie Room, Technology at Play
25 Elegant Workstations for Your Inspiration - http://sixrevisions.com/design-...
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Whether you work on a Mac, a PC, or both - the way your workstation is set up reveals a lot about your sense of style and work attitude. Have a comfortable place where you can do your work can lead to increased creativity and productivity.
- Praveen Vasudev
from Bookmarklet
They actually just make me realize what a slob I am, seriously my place is a BARN! & I won't let the cleaning lady in cuz she messes up my system
- The Real sofarsoShawn
LOL :D
- Praveen Vasudev
Post a link or upload a snap of your workstation, if you got one =)
- Praveen Vasudev
Yeahhhhhh fffffing right...lol maybe
- The Real sofarsoShawn
I'll have number 20, please!
- Tim Tyler
Workstation's one thing, but you also need to think about good chairs. Really good chairs.
- Sung W. Lim
Me just got a crappy PC. Got to buy myself Apple products!! Don't know when :D
- Praveen Vasudev
Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule - http://jeffcroft.com/links...
Michael Turner liked this
Whichever camp you fall into (I identify with both), take a few minutes to read this. Good stuff.
- Kyle
Lots of people liked this building43 how to Facebook video: http://www.building43.com/videos... . I would love to do more of these. Got any ideas?
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Anyone want to come on building43 and teach other people how to do something for the 2010 web?
- Robert Scoble
I would love to
- Robert Burgin
Burgin: what would you like to teach us?
- Robert Scoble
I would be interested in hearing a business talk about how they implement Amazon's Business Services - http://www.amazonservices.com/ - especially their Webstore product http://www.amazonservices.com/content...
- Mike Bracco
Mike: that would be a good topic!
- Robert Scoble
I'd like to see more Open Source developers - Evan Prodromeau, David Recordon, Matt Mullenweg, guys at RedHat, MySQL, etc.
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: that would make me more popular with the Linux guys at Rackspace too! Good ideas.
- Robert Scoble
I would like to see a video of you making the most of our 'social networking' time. I dont have the time to keep up with all the services, but do want to share bookmarks, reader links, blogs, and status...but which ones to choose and why? If I see another "share this on ____ " bookmarklet I'll flip out. I'm starting to lean towards FF, FB, and Google Profile/Reader. I can share bundles and links on my public page... but hmmm.
- Ron George
and Robert, I'm always happy to teach anything - I could share Twitter development, Facebook development, FriendFeed development, or even writing for the SocialToo API. :-)
- Jesse Stay
Ron: yeah, I really need to do another one of those. I'll try to do that this weekend. Jesse: are you going to be in SF anytime soon? Matthew: my son needs that one! Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, possibly, with a client of mine, soon. Still not sure on details though. I will be at BlogWorld Expo almost for sure though if you'll be out there.
- Jesse Stay
Robert: Another topic would be using Google Apps to replace an IT Dept for a small company. I know many of us geeks take it for granted but many small businesses don't know the great tools that Google offers for free or just $50/user as part of Google Apps. I implemented Google apps at the startup I work for and use them as our mail server, shared calendars etc...
- Mike Bracco
Well, I work at MSFT I can take a video of a tour around campus? I think I met you once when you were at Ch9, but not sure. I work in the new buildings.. or what I like to call, Little Bellevue Mall.
- Ron George
I'd like to see you record Louis Gray's social workflow :-)
- Jesse Stay
Ron: I'd love to film you giving me a tour. I'll be in Seattle in August for Gnomedex.
- Robert Scoble
Jesse: +1 on LG workflow :)
- Mike Bracco
WordPress is a pretty popular choice for websites these days, maybe some videos around that? "WordPress for Businesses"
- Bryce Roney
Scoble: Would love to also here from Guy and Alltop - he is always really interesting to listen to.
- Mike Bracco
Web analytics using google analytics
- Ruchit Garg
Using wordpress to build great websites
- Ruchit Garg
Video tour of microsoft's new entertainment hub, sparkling studio west campus
- Ruchit Garg
How to use windows azure services to build scalable global web services
- Ruchit Garg
Robert, sounds like a plan. Ill take you around the 4 new studio buildings with the insane open air cafeteria, mini mall... complete with wireless providers, soccer field, and live entertainment. Drop me a line, ron@rongeorge.com. I'll be here. Maybe get you an interview with Natal or some other 'incubation' products if you like/we can. I can send out feelers this week.
- Ron George
Ron, while he's out there you need to get him an interview with the Mobile and Zune teams. I'd like to get a feel at where you are going there. I know that's a big thorn in the side for Microsoft (I have friends that work there).
- Jesse Stay
Mobile is looking fantastic. I just was reading through the top secret stuff today. Love it. I'm in the Adv Design Team.. we all came from Surface, Mobile, etc. Actually doing some good things for the company as a whole.. and they are listening. Its great.
- Ron George
Ron did you ever do any work with Joel Dehlin while he was over the Surface team?
- Jesse Stay
Robert, let me know if you would be interested covering casual games business(win 7 internet games, MSN Games, messenger games) and PC games (GFWL) which I have worked on and some cool facebook, twitter apps on xbox.
- Ruchit Garg
We ought to take a small business, like your brother's bar, is it near you? and do a case study applying these tools to it.
- Stephen Pickering
Jesse, I don't know Joel. Ask him if he knows me. He would remember me for sure. Loud mouth Interaction Designer that is 6'6" tall and always telling jokes. :) The people I didnt really have much contact with were core engineering and visual engineering. I was more on the design/scrum/looking forward side.
- Ron George
Ron, sure thing - I'll ask him next time I see him. He's CIO for the LDS church now - I talk to him occasionally.
- Jesse Stay
@Mike - We have some more Guy Kawasaki coming very soon. I think you'll like it.
- Rob La Gesse
blogged: Best Practices for Individual Contribution: I just got an email from a GM (General Manager) at .. http://www.hanselman.com/blog...
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Nobody Hates Software More Than Software Developers - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog...
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RT @iheartguitar: FEATURE: Home recording for the frugal guitarist. http://su.pr/1GFN6h <- great post! - http://twitter.com/spinela...
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Musician's FAIL! - http://imgur.com/TxoJ9.jpg
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:)
- Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
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Kafa ya, ses ordan çıkıyordur sanmıştır :)
- Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
Um, I can't hear it so well. ;)
- Josh Haley
No matter what I do, I'm just not getting the tone I want!
- Michael Turner
dude, feedback is a *must have*!
- MikeAmundsen
Super funny
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Miking by a real pro! So much for that classic Marshall sound.
- Martha
Oh man, that guy deserves to have that taken away from him.
- Joshua Schnell
Music geeks can discuss this all they want, but this Amp Needs Input to work. Not unless Marshall amps are different from every other amp I have ever worked with, the Input is in the front of the Amp. There is no input into this Amp Therefore, Fail. Plus the true sound would come from the speaker box below the Amp = Fail Fail. :P
- Brent - Yes I am
It seems this needs some explaining for those unfamiliar. For one, yes there is nothing plugged into this guitar amplifier (the instrument input is on the far right). But that's only a temporary problem. The real fail here is the microphone placement used for recording or rebroadcasting the sound. Where it is aimed at is nothing more than a cloth covered piece of wood. No sound comes from the top piece. It's completely cosmetic. The speakers are on the bottom piece below it.
- Adam Turetzky
this is NOT the original pic. see the pale spot on the grill cloth? there was a second mic there, another 421, but it was shooped out. no idea why some idiot got rid of it cos it made the photo even funnier.
- Joe The Sausage
Adam, quite true, but some ambient noise MAY come in from the side of the Mike, but that is just a crazy setup anywho. I am thinking it is a slow news day at Friend feed for us to be putting this much energy into this Image.
- Brent - Yes I am
I hope they remembered to mic the guitar case.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Who will the Seattle Mariners most likely trade? - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html...
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New Feature: Facebook now offers way to share stuff with everyone or just a specific list. - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
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this is actually pretty damn cool...
- Zee.
smart move
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
love this - have to get in and play around with it
- Stefanie Hahn
"Copying Friendfeed... Please wait."
- Jérôme
funny you should say that Caleb http://thenextweb.com/2009...
- Zee.
ha ha facebook vs ff .same features in same time:)
- Samir Kerimov
yeah Samir, not identical but very similar and ridiculously close in time... :)
- Zee.
Fantastic! Now when I say less than flattering things about work, my coworkers won't see it. Thank you Facebook, you have cut down significantly on office drama.
- Miss Elle
love it
- stanleyyork
cool
- Mike Montano
I also noticed today that on my Facebook wall a popup saying that there was new data for the wall and I could update without refreshing - similar to what we see on Twitter search. They are both getting closet to real time.
- Robert Freeze
I keep refreshing hoping to see this, the custom seems like it could be especially useful.
- Michael Turner
That's an old Pownce feature. Frienfeed doesn't support posting to a pre-defined list; you'd either have to DM them all at once, or get them to join a room.
- Vezquex
I kept waiting and waiting and it never showed up. Turns out you need set Publisher Control Default to Everyone...then it shows up. Of course now that I've done it, I'm not seeing a way to actually search statuses. Seems somewhat pointless...at least for the moment.
- Michael Turner
LiveJournal friends filtering arrives.... oh wait. :)
- Jay Cuthrell
Hotmail Rolls Out Incoming Pop3 to U.S. and Other Customers [Windows Live] - http://lifehacker.com/5304938...
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Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners, MLB - CBSSports.com Baseball - http://www.cbssports.com/mlb...
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Ichiro hasn't gone hitless in consecutive games all year.
- Mike Reynolds
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Woot!! New Dream Theater CD just arrived. "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"
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