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cecily
This photo tells you all you need to know about Canada [view large] (via @dbarefoot)
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<3 Lake Louise - Micah Wittman
Nope. Where's the Tim Hortons? - Kamath (नमः)
'scuse me while I shovel all this cold air. Oh, wait. =) (boy, I hope I don't suffer snow karma later.) - Andrew C
Hush, Andrew. We're supposed to get "wintry precipitation" later this week. - cecily
It's just behind that clump of trees on the right, Kamath. - cecily
LOL, that's a great picture. However we have separate overpasses for wildlife through that area, so they shouldn't be using the roads. Have to report them. - Kenton
Are they on the road? I thought they were on a special bridge just for wildlife to keep them from getting hit by traffic. - cecily
We do have them, but that isn't one of them. Those are either on the road or the railway tracks. The animal only ones are basically tunnels for traffic with soil, trees etc built over top for the animals to travel. - Kenton
They're lawless. Blatantly ignoring the signs and walking where they damned well please. Renegades, I tell you. - cecily
That is hilarious, Canada is really awesome though and is a lot more than just an overpass of moose :) - Nicholas Kreidberg
eh? - AJ Batac
I don't see any igloos. - Shey, Jamaican of FF
Doncha Know....Yah, yah. - Morgan Haley
Shey, see that patch of snow up on the left? That's the driveway leading to the igloo. - cecily
i second micha's <3ing of lake louise. but the moose (or are those caribou) on the highway? that's dos muchos. sort of related: went to kananaskis once. we passed a herd of mountain goats on the way in. that was the coolest sh*t ever. - tiffany
The first time I saw a mountain goat I was driving up the Coquihalla highway in BC, and nearly lost my everlovin' mind. I had to pull over and gawk. http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighw... - cecily from IM
Those are actually Elk. - Kenton
And Cecily, I'd still stop and pull over when I saw wildlife if I could. - Kenton
I don't see much wildlife in Vancouver, unless you count raccoons and skunks. I keep going when I see them. I'm a little afraid of raccoons. - cecily from IM
ah, thanks kenton - tiffany
Replace the wildlife with Amish kids and it pretty much looks like Pennsylvania. - April Russo (app103)
ROTFL! - Kenton
Heh, I think I've actually been through that exact spot about 20 years ago, although it was summer at the time. - Victor Ganata
Cristo
Here's a couple of long range shots of our loft with the LED lights changing
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Haha. You have a poofy dog. - Rochelle
Rochelle, correction. My wife has a poofy dog. :) - Cristo
Cool.... is this a re-construction building? Oriental warehouse? - Bindu Reddy
Cristo, I want to make out with your loft. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I still want to see a picture of you and your wife. I'm not yet convinced you're not a bot and she's not made up. - Rochelle
Your place looks fabulous! And the puppy is cute, too. - Katy S
Rochelle, yeah, well some people want to see a photo of Akiva also. - Cristo
You've seen some. They've been posted before. I posted one of us on our anniversary two months ago, in fact. - Rochelle
Actually, we're both in the photos here. Some beings can't be captured by mirrors or cameras. ;) - Cristo
Vampires? - Akiva Moskovitz
You need to get into hoarding. There's lots of empty space there. - Hayes Haugen
Cool! - Anne Bouey
WOW. - Mona Nomura
Absolutely swank. Give me your place. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Cristo, your place is pure bad ass. 8^D - Chieze Okoye
Drool. - Rachel Garb
That would be a great place to party when Friendfeed will shut down :) - Jérôme Flipo
Very cool! What kind of LED lights are you using? We have old rope lighting that we are planning to change out for color changing LED rope lighting in in several rooms, but we have a bunch or research before we begin that project. Any tips from your experience? - Rachel Lea Fox
Also, are the color changes tied to any data or just rotating on a cycle? - Kevin Fox
We're using Color Kinetics: http://www.colorkinetics.com/. Beti actually ordered these, and I haven't investigated them deeply. There are two types of controls, one which is a dial on the wall that changes color, modes, and frequency of change. The other is an ethernet/RS-232 solution. We don't have the advanced one right now, but we may upgrade to it sometime after I look into it. I'm not sure how much work needs to be done to time the lights to something like Sonos. - Cristo
I want one that ties to my brain according to my mood - Jesse Stay
Ewww dats Purdy! - Bryan Lee
Bryan, is that good? - Cristo
Thank you Cristo!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel, also I think you like hidden doors, right? I don't think I've taken a photo of our finished hidden door, but I'll try to upload one soon. - Cristo
Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
ooov :) - sakarteke
hahahha süper :)) - Selin Yaşar
Soner zorla izlettiriyoruz :) - Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
رونوشت به مخمل :)) - MAS
anammm o ne super yahu:) - Nilay Kızılok
biç biç biç :) - Soner (Lucid) TÜMER
eller yukari hehe - Kenan Atalay
yerim ben onu yahuu :) - casilo
kandırıkçı :P - perilicem
Ne sersem bişey buuu :) - Betul Aydin
şaşkın şey - İlkay TURAN
bunu varya, of ya, tatlılığa bak alllaaaaaam - keiser
allaaam bu neee bu neeee cinsi ben bunun? - zeynep s gonenc
kedi - ilya
Süper ya :) - Can TALAYLI
Süper ya - Can TALAYLI
=) bu da içine insan kaçmış kedilerden,yok böyle birşey.. - Aysegul
çok mükemmel bir bebek. - Salza Antonova
o patiler nasıl güzeller öyle ya,nasıl bişey bu - Vvertigo
اوووووففففف - سرری
ahhahahahah tipe bak.. ısır ısır bırakma :))) - Serpil Şahin
oooff çevremde 1 tanecik bile kedi yokki mıncıklayayım, çok özledim - Didem
çook güzel bu ya - Ilknur alparslan
ahhah - talentosprecato
so sweet! - talentosprecato
çok şapşal bi bebek yaa, nerden öğrenmiş o hareketi:) - Neşe Uyanık
bence arkadan biri iple çekiyor heuhe - Doritos değil Panço
her gördüğümde içim gidiyor, patilerini ısırmak istiyorum - Ezgi Ceren I.
:)))) - Nima Nilian ★
eşek sıpası :D - Cem Altun - MEDYANKARA
bu nası bi sevimlilik ya - nazlı ülker
puhahhah süper bittim kediciğe.. - Tuğba Yetim
Hahaha, that's so funny and cute! - Jan Ole Peek
nası bi tepkidir o ya adamın yaptığının aynısını yapıo, çoook sevimli yerim onu ben(= - nazlı ülker
Jérôme Flipo
This is very, very, very cool
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I fail to understand. - Richard A.
they scanned a biz card from a Android ... into an Address Book ,. - johnpiercy
Looks like on the fly OCR, properly parsed into contact data. That is win. - EricaJoy
Two weeks ago, my boss came back from a big event with 60+ visit cards. He had a scanner and a software. Guess what I suggested and then regretted? :) - Jérôme Flipo
This feature will save a lot of time, for many users, and move many of them to Google Contacts. - Jérôme Flipo
Richard, it's one possible use of the new Google Goggles product http://www.techcrunch.com/2009.... It recognize the text on visit cards and makes it useful. That's a pretty convincing application of Google's mission IMO. - Jérôme Flipo
I was just thinking how much I would like smartphone OCR. - Andrew C
If you have this installed on your Android phone, for fun go to Amazon and start taking pictures of book covers. Its nuts! - EricaJoy
Erica, does it read the book in the language you want? What, not yet?! :) - Jérôme Flipo
Another reason to get an androphone soon, very soon ;-) - Stanislas Jourdan
When is the Iphone vers,,, I want NOW - johnpiercy
I bet they'll merge this Goggles thing with the current iPhone app. If they release their branded phone with Google Nav and Goggles, I'll feel old school with my iPhone. - Jérôme Flipo
Erica, the existing Amazon Android app does book covers. And so does the standalone app SnapTell. =) - Andrew C
;) - EricaJoy from IM
Just DL'ed from Android Market. Doesn't work all the time but very cool! - Mike Reynolds
It's been hit and miss for me, but when I took a picture of a business card, it Goggles scanned it and gave me a list of the contact information just like the picture depicts. It messed up a couple of letters ("e" was "o", etc), but overall did a decent job. It /does not/ do facial recognition. - Jason Huebel
Took a picture of a bag of potato chips and got some demon wicca sex blogs. But then took a picture of a coffee table art book that's just a figurative painting on cover and it correctly identified it as a Julian Schnabel book. Definitely entertaining but definitely labs level results. - Hayes Haugen
Can't see it in the [Canadian] Market. Does it work with Android 1.5? - Andrew C
Nope, 1.6 and newer. Turning into a trend. - Hayes Haugen
Then Rogers *really* needs to get off their asses and release the 1.6 update. - Andrew C
Ahhhh.so it's for people with crappy input devices ;-). One day will people have forgotten how to type. It's a good idea. We'll see when they make it available to all platforms. - Richard A.
If a device hasn't been updated to 1.6 already I don't think it's likely it ever will be. Everyone has their hands full with 2.0.1. - Hayes Haugen
Ergh, maybe I'll just root the phone then. =P - Andrew C
Bluesun 2600
imgfave | OMG... Russell has been Cloned! - http://imgfave.com/view...
imgfave | OMG... Russell has been Cloned!
haha now, where's the look a like of the old man, I'll bet that would be funny as well - Ibrahim El Issaoui
is this the result of the latest makerbot? ;) - alphaxion
sooo cooolll - johnpiercy
That's such an awesome lookalike. The real model for the old man was Spencer Tracy, right? - Carl Cabading
Bash
Moxie's favorite place to sleep...
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OMG soooo funny!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Umlaut likes to sleep up there too! And sometimes she watches me, watching TV, which is a little weird. BTW just got back from first weekend away- she is super lovey. - anna sauce
awww, she missed her Meowmy! - Bash
LOL! I bet the top of the unit is warm. Kittehs love heaters. - rowlikeagirl
Yup, and there's only a little clearance between the top of the DVR and the TV stand top shelf, so the heat is captured a bit. Upside: extra warm kitteh. Downside: she'll soon be too big a kitteh to fit. (She's 4 months old...) - Bash
I love the arm position. still makes me giggle. And she has gotten so big!! - Rachel Lea Fox
OMG only 4 months?!? She looks big already! - rowlikeagirl
It's been so long since I've had a kitten that I don't have a sense of how big she might be for her age. She's long when stretched out, but she's very light and sleek. And OMG, SOOO soft! - Bash
Oh she totally looks like she is the right size. It is just so odd and fun to actually see them grow up. I usually only see them so small. I've only gotten to see a handful get bigger!! And that little Moxie was always the softest of the bunch. One of the softest of all the kittens we have had. The only one that ties with her that I know of would be Milo! - Rachel Lea Fox
Umlaut also has super short and soft fur- I've never had a short-hair cat, and it's so nice and ... soft. - anna sauce
It's been ages since I have had a short haired cat - Moxie is mainly short haired, but she has a hint of a ruff and a little plume to her tail fur. It's fascinating how much of their musculature is revealed when their fur is shorter and sleeker...amazing creatures! It's great for cleaning, too - she doesn't leave tufts lying around, so now it's just Sebastian's fur tumbleweeds I'm chasing. :) - Bash
I'm sorry to be so delinquent in photos- but Umlaut moves around *so much*. She is a spry little sphinx. - anna sauce
I do think we might need to make this photo into a LOL cat. I'm horrible with coming up with what they should say though. - Rachel Lea Fox
IM IN UR PVR, DELETIN UR RECORDD TV SHOWS. - AJ Batac
THAR, I FIXD IT. THAR WUZ LOOSE CABLE. - AJ Batac
1UP, AJ. - Kamilah Gill
NO I LOVE YOUR DVR MORE THAN YOU - anna sauce
I find it ironic that your cat is named Moxie, and you have a Comcast box. - Cristo
Cristo, it's FriendFeed's fault. We voted to name her Moxie! - Rachel Lea Fox
They should get a Moxi box then. :) - Cristo
IZ MINE! NOT 4 U!! - Rachel Lea Fox
LOL!!! She's trying to be the Moxi box! :) That's my little angel...I should post her to I Can Has Cheezburger to see moar funnies... - Bash
You totally should! - Rachel Lea Fox
double that emotion - anna sauce
Alex Scoble
So far the winners are: CW, Davis Freeberg, Scott of Two Countries, MVB, Alex Scoble, Scott of Two Countries, LogEx, Glen Campbell, John Flynn, Chris Greene, Alex Scoble, Imabonehead, Veƶqueӽ: Blank of FF, Jimminy Fuller, John Flynn, Imabonehead, GENiE (Mohomed Abdullahi AKA genieyclo), Nicholas James, Dave - SustainedEuphoria...
Davis Freeberg, jcunwired, Davis Freeberg, Mohomed Abdullahi, Mike Reynolds, Alex Scoble, Dave - SustainedEuphoria, John Flynn, jcunwired, David HC Soul, John Flynn, Shey, Mike Reynolds, Nicholas James, Mike Reynolds, Jason T Fleming, John Flynn, Vezquez, John Flynn, Andrew, Steven Perez, Aviv and David HC Soul. - Alex Scoble
Bump! - Alex Scoble
Cheers Mohomed :) - Nicholas James
Bumping for the memories.... - David HC Soul
Heh, right now you are the alpha and the omega, eh, David? - Alex Scoble
Doesn't happen often ;) note the date on this post.... I was at front and back on March 6; now its official on May 15. - David HC Soul
Now on week 43. - Alex Scoble
Finally on a list of WINNERS! WOO HOO! I'm scrapbooking this! - CW™
Cristo
Same Wii game playing in 3 different rooms
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This now works for Wii, Xbox 360, TiVo, Blu ray, Apple TV, and I'll be adding the Mac Mini soon. - Cristo
So when I add the second TiVo and another Apple TV (for Boxee), I'll be out of sources! No room for Vudu or Roku. :( - Cristo
Hrm, I thought the Wii communicates from the remote to the system and the bar is just for triangulation. Do the remotes have enough range to cover your whole house? Likewise, what about Xbox controllers? Also how are you getting around the annoyance of switching disks when the player/system is tucked away in a cabinet? - Benjamin Golub
Benjamin, the house isn't that big (~1700sqft). Most of it is open or partially open, and the media closet is in the center. I've had no problems yet with either Xbox or Wii controllers. As for switching disks, I have not gotten around that problem, and if I do, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to talk about it online. ;) - Cristo
So if you have two screens within wiimote range and you get another ir bar, you could have two people playing multiplayer on different screens in different rooms! Cool! - Kevin Fox
and they say the family unit isn't what it used to be! - Morgan Haley
Kevin, yes. I have 3 wireless bars, but I only have one in the photos. The kitchen makes a great bowling alley, but Beti told me she doesn't want people in there bowling when she's cooking. :) - Cristo
Drool... - Jesse Stay
/invites self to Cristo's house. - Louis Gray
/accepts Louis' invitation to Cristo's house. :) - Cristo
/joins louis, uninvited - Jesse Stay
Maybe we'll have a friendfeed party.:) - Cristo
Add a screen in the bathroom along with a rock band drumset that slides out of the wall and consider it complete. - Rodfather from Android
We have a place in the downstairs bath we were originally going to put one, but it seems unnecessary, and probably takes away from the zen-like atmosphere of the spa-bath. I know. But hey, I live in San Francisco, right? :) - Cristo
Rod, were you planning on playing rock band on the toilet? Not sure everyone would want to use those instruments. - Cristo
And replace the wiibar with candles - Rodfather from Android
Wow Cristo. Zen-like definitely describes that bathroom. Well done. - Steve
Thanks Steve. - Cristo
Here's a nice photo of the bath at night: http://friendfeed.com/cristob... - Cristo
What's your high score? - Mike Reynolds
Mike, I suck at games. I'm doing this for the intellectual challenge as much as anything, and also so people will come to my house so I don't have to go anywhere. :) - Cristo
Hey can I move in with you??? :) - Jan Ole Peek
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Mona Nomura
How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger via Giz #hot - http://mona.posterous.com/how-to-...
How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger via Giz #hot
Well, if everything ran off of USB this might be cool, but it doesn't. I'd be more impressed with 4 USB ports running down the side, but still including the two 110/120V plugs. - Cristo
Justin, no I didn't. Very cool. - Cristo
Jackie
"New edition of photo collection of Japanese people sleeping. Still don't get tired of taking pictures of Japanese people sleeping, it still amazes how it is so easy for them to fall asleep in any place and how they don't care about it. Notice how they don't worry about their purses, bags or other belongings being stolen." - Jackie from Bookmarklet
Kevin Fox
Put ya hands up! Put ya hands up!
Put ya hands up! Put ya hands up!
Oh, its an animated gif now!!!! Awesome!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
♫ ..for Detroit! Our lovely city ♫ - Mo Kargas
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww - Alix Whitmire
LOVE IT! - Christopher Harley
again again!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
koochee koo! - AJ Batac
Still great, but I think the sound from the YouTube version Rachel posted (http://friendfeed.com/kitteh...) really adds a lot... (Why am I analyzing and comparing cuteness of kitten animation formats?) - Stephen Mack
That annoying voice isn't there but OMG how cute is that kitty? hahahhaha - Mona Nomura
ROFL... Too funny! - John Tastad
it is soo stupid, in such an adorable way:) - Neşe Uyanık
bump!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
It's mesmerizing. - Christopher Harley
AGAIN!!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Victor Ganata
You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia!"
Hmm, let's see. What's a country that starts with 'A', is in Asia, and is frequently in the news.... - Micah Wittman
Yeah, that is exactly what I'm thinking of. - Victor Ganata
But we aren't in a land war in Afghanistan...it's a counter-insurgency. - Alex Scoble
Maybe we should hire Osama Bin Laden to help us fight there. - Cristo
I thought we already did? - Victor Ganata
They obviously never played Risk as a kid. 7 extra men at the beginning of every turn but you just can't hold on to it. (Thank you, Eddie Izzard.) - James Ferguson
Tom Stocky
Past 15 Years of Consumer Spending - http://flowingdata.com/2009...
Past 15 Years of Consumer Spending
Past 15 Years of Consumer Spending
Past 15 Years of Consumer Spending
"How has consumer spending changed over the past 15 years? Do we spend more on some things and spend less on other than we did in the early 80s? In this interactive, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you can explore just that." - Tom Stocky from Bookmarklet
Hm.. looks like the insurance companies are getting rich. THe amount spent on personal insurance and healthcare has gone way up! - Piaw Na
What's interesting is that personal insurance growth is non-linear. There was a huge 2% jump around 2000. What explains this? Besides the recession, was there some big legislative change that year? 9/11? - Ray Cromwell
Mona Nomura
LEGO Sushi - A Set on Flickr. The details blow me away. - http://mona.posterous.com/lego-su...
LEGO Sushi - A Set on Flickr. The details blow me away.
Posted via web from Mona's Posterous - Mona Nomura from Posterous
...and non fattening. - pazzer1
Mitchell McKenna
Twidroid 3.0 Launches with Plugin Support - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Twidroid 3.0 Launches with Plugin Support
Twidroid 3.0 Launches with Plugin Support
"Now available in the Android Marketplace, is a major update for this mobile application, introducing new features like geolocation, in-app image previews, threaded conversations, and, most notably an extensible plugin platform." - Mitchell McKenna from Bookmarklet
Twidroid is a very nice Twitter app for Android. - Mike Reynolds
Tate DA FF MVP
milus
Android Application Manager to Manage Applications on Android Phone - http://www.blogsdna.com/5862...
Android Application Manager to Manage Applications on Android Phone
imabonehead
"A demo of a smartbook prototype from Qualcomm may have provided more details of Lenovo's smartbook for AT&T, including its choice of OS. The design, which cosmetically resembles the publicly displayed Lenovo system, runs on a comparatively fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and has been shown running Android, suggesting Google's OS is at least a candidate for the system. Previously, it had appeared that Lenovo would use a proprietary Linux release instead." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet
Srikanth AD
prefer Droid - Странник
but why? - ugurarcan
open source, scalable - Странник
maybe later. not yet tho. good potential but i dont believe it can beat iphone overall. i agree w/ the article. - ugurarcan
think apple better then google? this like microsoft and linux, yeah - Странник
The momentum behind the iPhone is the key. There's so many people behind the iPhone now, better technology can't affect it (and Apple does a good job of keeping the product competitive). Android would be wise to provide a simple solution for porting of iPhone apps. They need the apps. - ·[▪_▪]·
i think this is a little beyond apple vs. google. i agree above, its the momentum behind it. its quite possible droid has many more advantages but as of today also has a lottt to catch up and iphone isnt slowing either. - ugurarcan
AnDroid! - atner
right now!! iPhone , Andriod is not ready for primetime yet - Tate DA FF MVP
Bought a Droid last night. Quite nice. - Mike Reynolds
How's the keyboard? I think I tried a dummy model at the shop but it was very difficult to use. - Antony Jepson
I love the droid keyboard. Once you get used to it, you can't stop the urge to open up the hw keyboard for every single typing task. It's awesome. - Berk D. Demir
I was tempted to buy my first iPhone. I decided to wait for the new iPhone so the current is only $100. Now I will research Android too. As you can see I really don't need either so I will just wait. - Russellreno
Bindu Reddy
I am beginning to finally get it... If you post on Friendfeed you get comments... If you post on Twitter, you get followers. If you are marketing something (e.g. your blog/brand, your product/service) getting followers is much better than getting comments.
And if you are not wanting to get marketed to? - Cristo
You need to than unfollow those users...:)) Twitter is a lot more about broadcasting and getting followers is like a drug.. the more you broadcast the more followers you get :) - Bindu Reddy
Are you getting high right now? :) - Cristo
Getting followers doesn't really mean anything: 390 of the 400 followers I have on Twitter never act or do anything with what I say on it. Getting them to convert is the meaningful part of the marketing proposition, and conversations, I've found, are far more effective at that. - Mark Trapp
Mark is right. - Robert Scoble
So, what's the FAQ for interaction on Twitter? I had a post that got 100+ comments the other day here on Friendfeed but no response on Twitter. I must be doing something wrong over there. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com
twitter seems to be great for people who are lazy and not really savvy about marketing. it's sort of like shouting into the void, and you might get a few people to respond, but do you really get people to act? - Bren, Not Grinchy
@Mark, I agree with you.. However to a lot of people having a follower number like 10K/20K, which seems like a relatively easily thing to do on Twitter, is not only just a high but it is also a good way to keep in touch with your audience without spending too much time... Here keeping in touch with your audience is way more time consuming - Bindu Reddy
Bindu, but keeping in touch doesn't mean anything if they're not listening. You can have a million followers, but if you're not getting any of them to act on what you're saying, it doesn't mean much. Getting conversations going with people, who may or may not be followers, which Twitter is pretty bad at, are more effective at getting people to convert. I just had a relatively popular... more... - Mark Trapp
Bindu, I'm following you (FF) and I just commented too :) - Micah Wittman
@Mark, Curious how did you get them to go to your website? - Bindu Reddy
Bindu, if I knew that I'd have it made. Near as I can tell, people were doing Twitter and Google searches for "twitter list," and then started retweeting it and sharing it from there. - Mark Trapp
Following is such a low-risk endeavor that people don't put thought into it: they'll follow anyone and everyone. You even have people thinking it's common decency to automatically follow people if they follow you without even thinking about if their content is interesting. Following is the 21st century equivalent of receiving a phone book or the yellow pages: you do it just in case you need to contact or get ahold of someone in the future, but nobody ever realistically does. - Mark Trapp
Yep, it's like collecting business cards that get neatly filed into a big binder. It's about the self-satisfaction of the collection - you feel more connected / networked / important and avoid doing the hard work of cold calling or meeting with people and building something or whatever. - Micah Wittman
I agree with following being a low-risk effort... However I have also heard of ppl gaining value from Twitter without much effort. Take for example this coffeshop I am a big fan of - sightglass coffee. They get a lot of customers from Twitter. It takes them relatively little time to tweet and they get customers. It would be very hard to achieve the same on FF. - Bindu Reddy
Bindu, I get lots of conversation on Twitter, too. One of the reasons I am there more than here is because people with common interest in my political obsessions are there, but not here. - Karoli
Karoli - Yes, the Twitterverse is way more diverse than the FFverse. Curious do you get more comments/conversations per post on Twitter as compared to FF or is it that you you post more stuff because time spent per post is lower on Twitter - Bindu Reddy
Bindu, I get very little response to political conversations/comments on FF - a couple of folks follow here but a very small percentage compared to twitter. I tried to pull people over here, but they didn't understand why they should leave tweetdeck and their twitter setup for new territory. - Karoli
Geeks (+ early adopters, influential folks, the elite ...) are on FriendFeed and the proletariat on Twitter? Long live the dictatorship of the proletariat? Calls for action work best when the audience actually cares, so prolly that's all about choosing the right medium for the targeted punters? - Sebastian
Sebastian... yes agree the geeks and tech bloggers are on FF... However if you are marketing say a fashion or beauty blog. You won't get much interest here. twitter is the place for you :) - Bindu Reddy
I disagree with that statement, Bindu. There's a LOT of non-tech getting traction on FriendFeed. So much so that it's the number one reason Scoble no longer enjoys being here: he says he doesn't see enough tech for his liking. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Just butting in here to mention that there are tons of uses for both twitter and friendfeed that have nothing whatsoever to do with marketing. In fact, once could make the argument that social networks such as these were designed to get away from marketing. Unlike radio, TV, or even a web search, you choose who you'll be receiving information from. If you're looking to exchange... more... - Mr. Gunn
Marketing, schmarketing. - Christopher A Carr
Bindu, what I'm sick of is marketers broadcasting their sales pitches to all social media outlets out there, regardless whether the audience might fit or not. Anyways, i'ts possible to attract a few somewhat intelligent responses to geeky topics at Twitter, at least when xmas and independence day share the same date. Most probably I wouldn't try to sell wonder bras at FF, though. - Sebastian
@Tina ... umm I have not been an avid user of FF lately so maybe it has become pretty diverse. Are you saying there are a lot of people on here with specific interests such as politics, beauty etc? - Bindu Reddy
Sebastian - LOL.. agree :) - Bindu Reddy
Bindu: Ning is a better place to go if you have very specific topics you want to talk about. They are growing a FriendFeed every 12 days (they are getting a million new users that often and have just passed 38 million registered). FriendFeed is fun if you aren't sure what you want to chat about and you're cool with seeing lots of family pictures and goofy stuff. Tina is right that the hard-core geeks are mostly on Twitter or Facebook now, I keep watching here, though. - Robert Scoble
Karoli I get all kinds of action here on political topics. I have more followers on Twitter but rarely get a response there. Here I got 80+ comments yesterday. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod
MVB, Karoli is a prolific voice on twitter. Twitter seems quite effective for political advocacy/activism even though longer form convos have to break out somewhere else. Also, just like friendfeed, volume / steady presence can make all the difference. Your tweet count is ~2K; Karoli's over 63K. - Micah Wittman
My presence here is similar to Kaoli's on Twitter, then. So, presence is a mitigating factor. But, Micah, as you so deftly point out, for a long conversation there needs to be a move to another venue. That's where here works better, since it can stay right here. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod
We agree, and can agreed at length right here, folks :) - Micah Wittman
So link your twitter to your friendfeed. Get followers and comments. The best of both worlds. - Hareesh Nagarajan
Does it make any difference here whether the original post was to Twitter and reposted here automatically or the original post was directly here? In other words, does the FF community prefer to comment on direct posts rather than Twitter reposts? - Jimmy Walker
Jimmy: it honestly depends on who you interact with on FriendFeed. There are people who get irate about people only posting to Twitter and openly advocate using FriendFeed directly, and yet, there are interesting people who always get a conversation going around their tweets. One thing that sometimes helps is coming back to FriendFeed and elaborating on your tweet, or to do more than... more... - Mark Trapp
Mark, that sounds like good advice. Thanks. - Jimmy Walker
B.Reddy is right.I complately agree with her.A good view,and a good advice for us.Thank you Bindu... - Dedegi
Following only happens after several good comments. Consistency is the key. - Jeremy (cropmarks)
Jeremy, I am not sure... Someone body or the other seems to come and follow you based on pretty much anything you twitter. Of course most of these ppl prob. do that expecting a follow back? - Bindu Reddy
Bindu: I meant on FF. Twitter...they're pretty loose. - Jeremy (cropmarks)
I don't get followers from posting on Twitter; the only people who see what I post there are my followers. - Glen Mistletoe
I post both places and get almost nothing... so where's your hypothesis now, huh!? ;-)) - Jim Hearts FF
Post more pics of Johnny in a dress. - Jeremy (cropmarks)
If I was marketing something, I would do both... - Johnny Worthington
Bindu: As you had said earlier, most of the followers at twitter don't read what you are tweeting. So it is actually better to get comments as you know those who comment read whatever you post. - Amit
Amit, I completely agree with you about the comments and how no one reads your tweets. As an example I posted a tweet about "anchors" On FF there are 7 likes and 14 comments.. None on twitter. However at the end of the day for every 20 new followers I get 1-2 new friends. On FF much less of that happens. So from a marketing point of view Twitter is better. - Bindu Reddy
Bindu, how many people are subbed to you on FF and on Twitter? What are the total number of subs to each? What is the ratio of your subs to the total subs of each? I bet a crisp dollar bill that you are subbed to a higher percentage of subs on FF than on Twitter. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo
MVB interesting point of subs. # of subs on Twitter and FF are about the same but the quality of subs is much better on FF. As far as ration goes... yes FF is much better than Twitter and that does have an impact. However I am going to contend that even for people who have many more subs on Twitter (e.g. scoble?) there is much more engagement on FF than twitter. he probably adds more followers though on twitter - Bindu Reddy
Bindu, exactly. Unlike you, I, and most others, are not here to market a product or service so we see a different function of Social Media. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod
Social Media 101: It's a two-way street - relationships are formed via interactions, not uni-directional broadcast. :) - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
This, btw, is true for all forms of marketing / business function - consider a customer support hotline that never get answered by anyone but just sits there as a 1-800 number. - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I'd like to think getting sales is even better than followers, come to think of it, getting leads are better than followers too. Followers are overrated. - Justin Hitt
@Justin... completely agree.. - Bindu Reddy
Hutch Carpenter
http://twitpic.com/r6pwg - Amazing. Atari 2600 used to need a console. Now games come loaded on the joystick itself.
http://twitpic.com/r6pwg - Amazing. Atari 2600 used to need a console. Now games come loaded on the joystick itself.
JakksPacific has been producing these for several years. - Michael R. Bernstein
Marveling at Moore's Law here, ain't I? - Hutch Carpenter
I only meant that they aren't new. And in the several years they've been out, prices haven't fallen much. As far as I'm concerned, Moore's law is definitely worth marveling at. - Michael R. Bernstein
No, good stuff Michael. I was just reflecting on how advanced these games have gotten since the *old* days. - Hutch Carpenter
I have one of these, and there's only like one game worth playing. And it doesn't have two player support. - Andy Bakun
Nia
AJ Kohn
Fannie Mae to rent out homes instead foreclosing - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
Fannie Mae to rent out homes instead foreclosing
"The government-controlled company, through its new "Deed for Lease" program, will allow borrowers to transfer ownership to Fannie Mae and sign a one-year lease, with month-to-month extensions after that." - AJ Kohn from Bookmarklet
AKA “rearranging deck chairs” - Anthony Citrano
in what way will aid come to the ones who don't own but rent? i say "no fair" - - sally stokhamer
@Sally: don't worry, the helpees don't own, either. - Anthony Citrano from BuddyFeed
@Anthony: Correct, kicking the can down the street doesn't mean the can goes away ... just delaying the inevitable and propping up housing markets for a little longer. - AJ Kohn
This is a good plan. It saves the expense of foreclosure and avoids the owner/tenant filing for bankruptcy to buy more time. More time is good for Fannie Mae if they own the house because they are more likely to get a better price for the house next year. Also, the owner/tenant many be able to repurchase the home next year. - Jimmy Walker
Here is the way I see it: ( http://money.cnn.com/news... ) These Guys divided by ( http://answers.yahoo.com/questio... ) Equals 6.4 Trillions committed to this fiasco, ($62,750- apiece to home owners ) counting 103 million home owners receiving the money. So if the money went to struggling home owners instead of the... more... - ThatDBD
@ThatDBD: I don't like giving that money to homeowners either. Many of these homeowners are as much to blame for this as the banks. Instant gratification and pure ignorance of money matters - they bought way too much house then they could afford. Also, by giving the money to homeowners you're really just giving it to the banks. Home prices were (and still are) artificially high. Who... more... - AJ Kohn
@AJ Kohn Well the home owners are not starting wars out there and they are not subsidizing banks who are using the money both on and off shore. If I were to make a sounder investment with an immediate return, IE money going right back to the Gov, homeowners would make that happen. Banks are paying all sorts of high fees for go-between people and their presidents and high officers. Little of the money is applied to the problem. Just an opinion Sic. - ThatDBD
@ThatDBD: Oh, I'm not saying the banks deserve the money. I'm anti-bailout in general. I'd rather concentrate on getting our money out of Iraq (though Afghanistan is still necessary IMO) and putting money to work for jobs, education and health care. Personal and corporate responsibility means you have to learn from your mistakes. Giving banks or over-extended homeowners a mulligan doesn't lead to responsibility which - IMO - is what this nation needs to get back to. - AJ Kohn
@Jimmy: a better price next year? not likely. @AJ: if they have found themselves in this situation, they are not homeowners. - Anthony Citrano from BuddyFeed
@Anthony: Good point. A type of housing serfdom. - AJ Kohn
10% unemployment means this is pointless exercise in postponing inevitable - WarLord
So now Obama wants to take over the housing industry? This basically makes Uncle Sam the ultimate landlord! Let's make this clear, Uncle Sam "allows" homeowners to GIVE him the deed to their HOME. Then, Uncle Sam charges the EX-homeowners RENT to stay in their own homes?!?!? This must be stopped. - David C. Cooper
David, the homeowners didn't actually own the home, it was mortaged through Fannie Mae. Which means Uncle Sam already held the deed to the home and was taking money in order to theoretically transfer it to the new owner once the balance was paid 30 years down the road. Now the person in question will just pay money for rent and Uncle Sam will keep the deed. The person can break the lease and move if they need to without going into foreclosure and Uncle Sam can sell the property when and if appropriate. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Yeah, I'm not sure I'm excited by the idea of Fannie Mae being a landlord. They do realize that renters generally trash the hell out of a house, right? The resale value when the market improves will be terrible. - Jason Huebel
@warlord: yes, thus my original metaphor. @Tina: don't bother; with David, everything is the President's fault and/or evil plan - Anthony Citrano from BuddyFeed
@ffing enigma You are right to point out that these houses have no monitary value to to the homeowner. Being on a lease that the owner can walk away from is a matter of value to the homeowner. @Anthony Owners evicted ejected from foreclosed home are notoriously abusive to the homes. They tend to take things like dishwashers, light fixtures and mantles. Worse, after they vacate the homes, the vandals go in and take whatever is left including copper wiring and water pipes. - Jimmy Walker
Everyone, mortgages and deeds are not like car titles and car loans. When your name is on a deed, regardless of whether you owe money to a bank or lender for the purchase (a transaction called a mortgage with all kinds of legal precedent on the rights that bestows), you own that property. You are responsible to the community it is in for taxes and duties regarding upkeep. That property... more... - Cole Jolley
Cole, the manner in which you describe mortgages is in fact no different than the way my current car payment works. My name is on the title, I am responsible for the taxes and duties of upkeep, I can use it as collateral, and I am free to resell it. The simple fact of the matter, though, is that my car on which I make payments and my house on which I make payments are mine *in name... more... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, actually it is quite different. If you purchased a car using a loan, the lender will be listed as a lienholder on your car title. Some lenders even maintain copy of that title until the loan is paid. You won't be able to transfer that title (i.e., sell the car) without their agreement. Title to property works differently. Conveyance is a matter of public record. Your rights to the... more... - Cole Jolley
This notion of "ownership" is a curious illusion, even when the property is debt free. You really can't own anything beyond the point where the law will recognize and protect your exclusive possession. Where the property is encumbered by debt, the law still protects the owner, until foreclosure, just as much as if it were debt free. Either way, we enjoy this illusion of ownership. It's no surprise that "owners" in bankruptcy cases propose to pay much more than the property is worth to preserve "ownership." - Jimmy Walker
LOL - I'm going to use that phrase - "ownership is a curious illusion" - sometime! - Cole Jolley
To me, twitter's value is only as adjunct to FF - RAPatton from iPhone
The irony about this is that when a citizen tries to help a homeowner out by taking over the deed an then tries to rent the property back they would go to jail. I guess what's good for the goose is not good for the gander. - David C. Cooper
Jason Huebel
Sync, Play & Send to Android with doubleTwist - http://www.doubletwist.com/dt...
Sync, Play & Send to Android with doubleTwist
Jealous of the easy media management of iTunes, but don't use an iPod/iPhone? Then this is the app for you! </tv announcer voice> Seriously, though. doubleTwist is a great app for managing your music, photos and music and syncing them between your desktop (Mac or Windows) and your Android phone. It also converts videos and music files to compatible formats when syncing to your device (I haven't tested this). Also has Amazon MP3 store integration for easy browsing and purchase of unencumbered audio files. Highly recommended. - Jason Huebel from Bookmarklet
Works well for synching to Droid. - Mike Reynolds
Yup, I've been really happy with it. - Jason Huebel from Android
have you figured out how to get it recognize (and keep it reference to) a networked harddrive? - Jeffrey Canton
this looks interesting...but judging from this: http://forums.doubletwist.com/default... I will be waiting a long time since I use linux. :( - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
On my Android device, I just copy files onto the SD card. Why do I need this? - sjjh
Well, it includes Amazon MP3 Store support. It also includes support for moving Photos and Videos back and forth between your Droid and PC/Mac. Never underestimate having a nice, centralized drag-and-drop interface for managing your files. That's part of what makes iTunes so popular-- ease of use. YOU may not need it, but the average user will. Personally, I think Verizon should be... more... - Jason Huebel
@slayerboy, you could use Amarok. - Jason Huebel
Hmm. When I plug an HTC Magic or Tattoo into a USB port (without removing the card) on my PC, the device is recognised as a disk drive. I then have a drag & drop interface from Windows Explorer. I agree that some apps should be included though. For example, how about File Explorer on the device? The first app I install is always OI File Manager - sjjh
I use Banshee and it fits my needs, but would be nice to have an "all-in-one" package like this on linux - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ from IM
@sjjh, there's no predefined directory structure on the Droid, though. So you could put music pretty much anywhere on the SD card. WE understand that, but the average user is going to wonder where to put their music, videos and pictures. doubleTwist takes that uncertainty out of the equation. That's important to adoption by less technically-savvy people. - Jason Huebel
@slayerboy, Banshee looks REALLY nice. It supports more than doubleTwist does (for instance, podcasts). - Jason Huebel
Hmmm, does it support photos? Doesn't appear to. - Jason Huebel
nope no photos yet.....although Banshee is really frustrating me on ubuntu 9.10....it's a resource hog - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ from IM
Meh, most media managers are resource hogs, though. All the cover art, special widgets, etc make it so. I don't really worry about memory usage anymore. Now if it's eating up unnecessary CPU time, that's different. I hadn't heard of Banshee until your mention of it. I'm a long-time KDE user, so I tend to stick to Qt-based apps (don't really have anything against GTK/Gnome, mind you). - Jason Huebel
Converts video to MP4 format. - Mike Reynolds
Works for Blackberry too. [FWD'ED] - sofarsoShawn
@Mike, forgot about that. Yeah, it does media conversion, if necessary, when you copy from your library to the device. - Jason Huebel
AJ Batac
Yes, Fox News Really Is This Bad! - http://delong.typepad.com/sdj...
Yes, Fox News Really Is This Bad!
i see no problem with this ;) - Jay Martinez
Makes sense to me. - April Buchheit
OMG AHAHAHHAHA, I can understand Palin but ALL 3 of those are soooooo...exceptional...HUCKABEE & ROMNEY: STILL!!! [FWD'ED] - sofarsoShawn
I assume the percentages are something like 'would back' or 'would consider backing' rather than 'would pick as their favorite candidate', so the wedges should overlap. An interesting question is *how* they overlap. I'm guessing there is a lot more overlap between Huckabee and Palin, but it's just a guess. - Michael R. Bernstein
Aw, come on. Everybody knows that the size of pie is 193%. That's perfectly fine conservative arthritic. It's that other 93% that will supposedly trickle down onto the masses... - Paul W. Homer
Well, this answers the question of whether their previous mistakes are maliciousness or just incompetence. - Rob Haas
For the record, this is from a local affiliate, not the mothership. - Steve
Well, that's one more reason why pie charts should be done with. On a bar chart this would have been perfectly OK - Шалена бджiлка
imabonehead
Are Google Chrome OS and Android Destined to Converge? | Android Community - http://androidcommunity.com/are-goo...
Are Google Chrome OS and Android Destined to Converge? | Android Community
"Google’s execs have agreeing that Chrome OS and the Android platform have “a great deal of commonality” and “may merge even closer.” And now Sergey Brin, one of Google’s founders, has told reporters – after last week’s Chrome OS reveal – that “Android and Chrome will likely converge over time”." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet
Dutch Driver
Droid Does Tethering: How-To Guide (Free!) « Market Matador - http://www.marketmatador.com/2009...
Kol Tregaskes
No Matter How Hard You Try, It Is Impossible To Fax A Cat #shareit
faxcat.png
LOL! - Kol Tregaskes
That poor cat looks so confused. - Kendra <3 Three Lions
but it's so warm on top of the scanner! - DJF
Time for a cat scan! - Jemm
Iz I the right way up for printing? - Vicky
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws. - Soup
LOL, Soup! - Kol Tregaskes
that is one adorable kitten! - Anna Lynn M.
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out... - Greg Lato
Kitty!!!! - Janice
keep trying! - Morgan Haley
FEED ME A CAT - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Kol, it is NOT impossible. And that's all I'm saying. - Steven Perez
Push harder - Josh Haley
LOL@Jemm - AJ Batac
آخی - یک بابک
Hehe, Steven. I won't ask. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Gosh, just noticed this post has nearly 150 likes! :-D - Kol Tregaskes
1 closer....hilarious! - Jeffrey Marsh
There we go 150 likes. :-D - Kol Tregaskes
I'm in ur faxx masheen -- sendin de faxxez.... - Stephanie Segel
I think you mean a LIVE cat… - Glen Mistletoe
thanks, i needed a laugh - chaz2b
FAXCAT IS NOT AMUSED - Karl Knechtel
iz dat some copycat? - bora "head" basman
LOL, now nearly 200 likes! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Thats no fax machine, thats my new patented kitty juicer! - Threepwood
Just one more like... please. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
it's over two huuunddreeeed - bora "head" basman
MOAR! - Pat Hawks
I need 9 copies please ! - Faraz Mullick
A cute cat :) - Mohammad Abdurraafay
Haha, Faráz. - Kol Tregaskes
Next target, 250 likes. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
اخي...گناهي - noonii
Friendfeed loev faxcat :o - Karl Knechtel
Pussy by fax. What will they think of next? - Mattb4rd
X)) - Nia
OMGosh, next up is the 300 likes mark. Anyone care to join in? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Honestly, i'm not generally a fan of the Cat memes... But that is classic. - Alistair (alpinefolk)
You know this is the 7th most liked entry on FriendFeed ever: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... !!! - Kol Tregaskes
Kol, this thread is pure genius. - Alex Scoble
But only almost 50 comments.. :) - Simon Wicks
Simon, there's not much to comment regarding the picture :) But meta-comments are more than appropriate! - Ivan Zuzak
Simon, yeah we need 1500+ comments now, who wants to start? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
there we go then for the 1500+!! - Jaap Willem
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers. - Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
OK, now it's the 4th: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - it's gonna take a huge effort to break the record of 452+ likes here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... - Kol Tregaskes
OK, now this is the 3rd most liked entry: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... :-D Crazy! - Kol Tregaskes
Too bad I am fresh out of likes of I would do it again. - JSNFLMNG
¡Excelente! - Marcos Vicente
I'm using this photo in the latest chapter of can haz murder - anna sauce
Hehe, Anna. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
One more for 350 likes, LOL. This is mental! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Come on, 350 cats for a cat getting crushed? You guys are mean. :-P - Richard A.
I'd like again if I could :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev
bump - Simon Wicks
Richard, LOL! - Kol Tregaskes
Awesomely funny! - Martha
Next target: 400 likes? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
theres one more for you Kol - Toby Graham
Toby, you're very kind. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Cute *_* - Sybelle
Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes
Just 6 more likes for the 400 then I'll leave you alone. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
can you spare a cat 6 likes? - JSNFLMNG
sweet - Eric Hofmann
Haha, Jason, wow 406 likes, madness! :-D - Kol Tregaskes
Madness? THIS. IS. FAX CAT. - Mike Nayyar
Well 452 likes is the record, hmm I think that is pushing it. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Awesome. - Alex Scoble
this is underfaksink at its worzt - Petr Buben
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" .. - Petr Buben
Ah, OK, Petr. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :] - Petr Buben
OMGosh, just 23 more likes to beat this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
433 Like ! Wow ! - Like
Freemor, yes very cute! :-D - Kol Tregaskes
cute~ - Chan Pen
that's why is called a cat scan and not a cat fax. - Phil Maxwell
oh ... a scan. not fax?! .... it looked to me like she was faxink - Petr Buben
Just 5 more likes needed. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Try rolling the cat through a press first. Flat cats fit into the fax easier. - Bob Blunk
Fax, Petr. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test) - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Ok, over the top now. - Greg Guitarbuster
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes). - Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little - Steve C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
They fax much better if you flatten them first. What? - Kevin Pedraja
LOL, Kevin. - Kol Tregaskes
i can also imagine the cat going there cause it is snug and warm - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Ey, it would be a tad warm on there, especially after a long working day. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Caption which needs to be said aloud: Uh Ohz, I'm totally FAXED! - sofarsoShawn
Hehe, Shawn. 10 more for the big 5-0-0. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Countdown! 8 more now! - Mike Nayyar
bump for more likes - Josh Haley
One more!! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
I took mine away, too much pressure. - Steve C
Wow, there we go, 500 likes!! Thank you all!! :-D - Kol Tregaskes
I think Fax Kitty deserves a prize for that. - Kendra <3 Three Lions
меня, признаться, подзаебал этот кот - Парадокс Смейла
пиздец как! - getalifejerk
Kendra, absolutely. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all! - Kol Tregaskes
My like is the last one so far :) - 509 afaik - getalifejerk
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician) - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
wish I could double like! - metalerik
Wish I could just like it at all. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
This is also still on the Best of page. That must be the longest running best of post? :-) - Kol Tregaskes
But it's a cat being crushed... - Richard A.
برای چی این همه لایک خورده؟؟؟؟؟ - H.M.Nasrabadi
Hehe, Richard. - Kol Tregaskes
copy cat - gibilix
518 like! most liked post? - Lu Tao
ay yerim yaa çok tatlı kedicikk :)) - Arzu
Lu, yeah but a long way now. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
*bump* - Andre
Blew past 500 likes - LIKE!!!!! - Roberto Bonini
OMGosh, nearly heading to 550!! - Kol Tregaskes
So we know how many people use this site. - Richard A.
So that's what Paws Printing means. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Richard, we getting there. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Jack, hehe. - Kol Tregaskes
this thread is making history. - vijay
Indeed .. this is a most epic thread - Mattb4rd
Hehe. 9 more for 550! - Kol Tregaskes
8... - sofarsoShawn
7. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
Actually only 5...cuz "You, Earl E Morningwood, yasin ghasemi and... 542 liked this" - sofarsoShawn
Who wants to bet how many likes this thead is going to get??? - Roberto Bonini
Gosh, no idea. - Kol Tregaskes
take some bets then come back in a year to check? - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
:) - SokooteDel
Holy smokes .. this pussy cat is approaching 600 likes! - Mattb4rd
552 now, so there are some unlikes going on, hehe, oh well. Still an amazing amount of likes. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
560! - sofarsoShawn
And back down to 559. Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes
And how could anyone not love kitties after seeing this photo? - Susan Beebe
I liked it without reading this discussion - evidentially we have a lot of people who like the idea of faxing a cat! - Rich
Rich, yes, worrying, hehe. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
564! - sofarsoShawn
I think we'll have to recruit more ffeeps before this record will ever be broken - JSNFLMNG
maybe a good way to clone cats :) - Roberto
Hehe, Roberto. - Kol Tregaskes
This surely couldn't hit 600 likes, could it!? - Kol Tregaskes
It could! Keep bumping it up! - imabonehead
It will :) - Roberto Bonini
Wow, not even 600 Likes? Feh. ;-) - j1m
No yet. Close though. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Stuck on 581. - Kol Tregaskes
Most liked FF post ever? - Kristian Salonen
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-) - John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John. - Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی - Maryaminaa
11 more to 600. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
داداش كوتاه بيا، مي خواي ركورد بزني!؟ - Exir
هستم بره این کامنتتو ترجمه کنه اکسیر ! :))) داره از فضولی میمیره الان ! :D - Shayan
Hehe, 6 more likes. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Need 1 more like, by my calculation, to get to 600 - Josh Haley
Another unlike then, back down to 598. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
it's 598+3, at the moment ;-) - Andre
There we go, 601!! Wow, can't believe it. :-D Thanks everyone!! - Kol Tregaskes
3 people un liked :( - Roberto Bonini
I think there have been made unlikes over the last week, oh well. - Kol Tregaskes
too many likes, the kitteh is burning up..stop the madness...;) - JSNFLMNG
Haha, Jason. - Kol Tregaskes
614!!!!! - sofarsoShawn
Whoa! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
man! ..Kol is gaining ... and I saw that pic one day before Kol posted it :X ..and i let it go! :[)] - Petr Buben
Petr, who's he? - Kol Tregaskes
omg, this post passed 600 likes! - imabonehead
@Kol ..well the man .. Mr Photographer .. ok .. let me go there .. - Petr Buben
I see. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
631 likes, amazing stuff. :-D - Kol Tregaskes
Day 11 and this thing's still going! - Phil Maxwell
Why fax yourself when you can get famous via FriendFeed? :-) - Willem (@wim66) ☠
whereas a cat *scan* is totally feasible - Megan Craig
Kol, congratulations, you won the Friendfeed Award for the most likes entry! - Jérôme Flipo
Kol is this from your rival: Squashy Cat Photography? - sofarsoShawn
Haha, Shawn. Have you really bumped this one again? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
LOL I was actually looking at best of month and I thought I'm going to be clever :-) - sofarsoShawn
this makes me laugh every darn time I see it - Stephanie_Thankful
Who is this NShawnFW? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
kitties do like to find new spots to nap :) - Maryam
LOL, now over 650 likes. - Kol Tregaskes
این هنوز در نیومده از لای این دستگاه؟ - Maryaminaa
Wow. this is good..... pleased, Kol? - Roberto Bonini
Pleased? About the number of likes? I'm happy regardless. :-D - Kol Tregaskes
So do we think it will go to 700 likes? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
it will - Seltoon
what do you mean by "it" ? say "he" or "she". :) - Maryaminaa
Haha, I was referring to the entry. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
lol - Maryaminaa
I see someone already posted 'Copy Cat' !! LOL Great picture - Kevin J Hatton
O HAI! I IZ WATIN FR COOPONZ, KTHXBYE. - Kris Roley
Neksnapper 3000 Kitten Eradicator - Kills Kittehs Dead - Mattb4rd
Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes
10 more likes for 700! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
7 more by my count! - Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops, yes you're right, Bec. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Isn't it illegal to fax a pussy? - aerobroken
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or... - sofarsoShawn
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not so bad huh? \u) - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
try harder! ; )) - Didier Lahely
Before faxing it, you have to flatten it out a bit. You're going at it all wrong! :-) - Rick Cogley
Caturday is tommorow ... Fax Cat on Saturday .. - johnpiercy
Must try this at home! - Anthony K. Valley ©
Bumping some old great posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Now THAT is a classic! - Allan Besselink
you have to flatten it first!!! ;) - Neda S.
This is very good humor! - TrafficBug
Hey, we've hit the 700-like mark. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
just a couple thousand to go - JSNFLMNG
LOL - Smeerch
__awesome__ - Matteo Scotuzzi
and it got resurrected once again! - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I managed to do it once, but I don't think I'm going to do it again. The results were a little fuzzy. - Seth Greenblatt
Bret Taylor
International growth has started to completely dominate on FriendFeed since August. Below is an unlabeled graph of page views on FriendFeed this month, broken down by country. Guess which country is the largest green slice below? (Hint: it is not English-speaking)
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Turkey?? - Roberto Bonini from iPhone
We are still blocked in Iran - Bret Taylor
Turkey - Cliff Gerrish
turkey, imho. - 1Co
Oh and good to see you bret. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone
Turkey is in fact the green slice. Orange is also not English speaking. Guess which country :) - Bret Taylor
france - WorldofHiglet
Japan or Italy? Maybe Portugal? - ...
Hmm.. Turkey is the biggest international... I am not surprised (: - Ozgur Demir
i totally don't know my FF :( - Marshall Kirkpatrick
Orange - Russia? :) - Шалена бджiлка
FF is rising fast in Turkey I guess. And will probably continue to rise for some time. Celebrities are joining too (: - Hakan Deryal
I am guessing the orange is Canada :P - Johnny Worthington
COUNTRY OR CONTINENT?UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.... - Pam Gwenzi
@Brent. is USA one of these countries ? or does chart only show internationals ? - Ozgur Demir
USA is blue. About 23% of our page views now. - Bret Taylor
Does Australia get a slice? - Johnny Worthington
@Bret, Can we get more info about Turkey in FF? - Hakan Deryal
India - Hayes Haugen
The orange slice is actually Italy, believe it or not. Turkey and Italy have been growing like gangbusters the past few months. - Bret Taylor
@Bret. yes, your guess is correct (about gangs) (: - Ozgur Demir
Sweet, correct guess :) - ...
I believe it - RAPatton from iPhone
Turkey. hehe :) - Oğuz Serdar from Android
What is the gray then, Bret? - ...
what is the gray? - Mycaptain
some of our friends from US don't know about FF, lol :) - Ufuk Özgül
Gray is "other" - Bret Taylor
where other is proxied users from Iran. ;) - EricaJoy
If we were not blocked , we would win a big slice for iran :( - Milad.p from FreshFeed
Both China and Iran would have been in there if they were not both blocked currently - Bret Taylor
Is Russia any of the other slices pictured above? (other than gray) - ...
That's where Australia is, in the grey :) - Glenn Slaven
OMG. Friendfeed is going the way of Orkut ;) Btw, is Norway/Scandinavia even visible in all this ? Just curious. - Thomas Bøhm
@thomas. even though Orkut is Turkish (the guy), it is (site) not big in Turkey. - Ozgur Demir
i'm sure finland is forbidden long time ago from this list ;) - Nia from fftogo
Just look at the public feed for 2 secs or 2 hours - yep, definitely. - Micah Wittman from iPhone
Facebook has a very similar story as far as I know.. we are a communicative nation:) - Neşe Uyanık
Who's Gray? It's Gray, Louis of course :) - Micah Wittman
Thank you for sharing this graph, Bret. - Micah Wittman
Interesting - though for the sake of data visualization, pie charts are the worst of all.... :) - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
See-ming, a-hem, take a look at your avatar ;) - Micah Wittman
@Bret, what is the exact number of Turkish people on FF? - Ozkan Altuner
Ozkan, I'd be curious to know too, but I have a feeling there's an internal policy about not releasing absolute numbers, hence the percentages. But it never hurts to ask :) - Micah Wittman
@Micah, it's the page view, however, not the number of users :) - Ozkan Altuner
Good point, Ozkan. But I can't remember Visitor or View counts ever publicly reported before. But today could be the first time! :) - Micah Wittman
Iran :-) - Nimaa
Everyone knows teh fuckin answer Bret. It's Turkey. Mahir loves you http://www.ikissyou.org - Ahmet Alp Balkan from iPod
I'm not surprised that Turkey is the green portion. I've seen more and more Turkish posts in my home feed. I thought it was just a biased sample, but perhaps not. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Iran - Assal
Intense competition between Iran and Turkey occurred :D - Nimaa
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...MOZAMBIQUE luminous orange l guess - Pam Gwenzi
the desire to push the boundaries of internet of the turkish is troubling. the possesive tendecies of the turkish can be observed in the currently popular ''ff bu deYil'' (this is not ff) comment. turks are crowding ff, westerners are in panic! - ferayebend
turks are invading ff!!! call norad - aadagger
international growth dominates FF and yet the USA dominates the world. Not always in good ways either. What is the link? I don't think there is one. All I can say is that I love the USA and I love FriendFeed. What does it all mean? More free, cold beer is needed to find the answers. - Morgan Haley
.. because, Turkish Facebook users are 10-20 years old. FF is very good alternative for older users. (and in addition Twitter is non-useful) - Murat Tatar
Bret would that mean that FF has around 200K Turkish users? http://siteanalytics.compete.com/friendf... - Cem ARGUN
Murat Tatar. So you've seen that Turkish Facebook users demographics ? even though it's unpublished. - Ozgur Demir
SO when are we gonna party BRET? :) - Bahriye
Actually, I wonder when Bret is gonna post something like "FF bu degil!".. - Ozgur Demir
What do we care :) FF is this. And this is the rl. SO THE QUESTION IS: When are we gonna party! - Bahriye
Bret start learning Turkish. You should have guessed from the reactions the days a.) you changed the design, b.) announced the FB deal. :) - Cem ARGUN
I've noticed it on my feed. It's all good. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com
I've noticed a huge increase in Iran, peaking at about 7-8am Eastern - H0llywoodWh0re
Just curious, what's happening with total page views? (I don't trust alexa, compete, etc.) - Bruce Lewis
@Bret, 1- Turkey, 2- USA, 3- Italy, 4- India, 5- Japan, 6- Germany, 7- UK & Russia 8 - Pakistan 9- Iran 10- Canada.. Is it True? - Kemalettin Bulamacı
italian power! yeah! ;) - Dario Salvelli
Anyone worth their weight in tweets knows that it's turkey. - Richard A.
knew it english speaker are way down - ffcode
Turkey? - ★ Soner Gönül
If that is so, can we get some way of filtering by language? I want to follow more international people but be able to ignore them or their friends when they post in what I cannot read :) - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Turkiye :) - Mustafa Çamaltı
italy rules!! :-) - batta
My bet's on India - Rod Nicolson
Country dominating FriendFeed? My guess...Brazil (have to bet on the homeland) - Victoria Harres Akers
Btw, FriendFeed is blocked in Turkish Schools :( - F. Batuhan Icoz from iPhone
It's blocked in US schools that I attended as well F. Batuhan :( - ...
Italy? - Matte
You may have to develop "hide by language" feature very soon. - Bahadır Yağan
Afghanistan - Pam Gwenzi
go italy! - Alessandro
How much does the UK get? - Kol Tregaskes
Turkey is the winner btw. - Kol Tregaskes
YEAH TURKEY ! - Çağatay " SKYLAB " Şama
different kind of widgets? I don't like with blue line. years fighting with it :) and option to change fonts. please :) - Okeane
#Turkey of course ;) - Volkan Özçelik
Iran خودشم تو روحت که دیشب فرفر و خراب کرده بودی . اگه تونستی بفهم چی گفتم ! - حاج مهدی ©
Gotta be Turkey. It is Thanksgiving weekend, after all! - Mark Jepsen
Is there any place to get a full breakdown, including the smaller slices, by country with percentages? Thanks. - Mikeynitle
@bret, what is the number of friendfeed users in total? - elodeon
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