This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Beatles’ completion of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a tour de force that elevated the rock album to art form and taught generations of bands to play - Murali
They certainly went all out in the fireworks and torch lighting department! - Melanie Reed
that truly was absolutely amazing. wouldn't expect anything less from the Chinese, really. - ::Kristen::
That was awesome... must admit I got a little misty during the very very brief Aussie part of the parade of nations on US tv. usually supress homesickness pretty well... epic fail tonight. :( - Scott Lockhart
I missed some of the beginning. I did see the torch lighting. Pure Awesome! - Bryan Lee
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flying around the stadium to light the torch!!! - Nathan Eckenrode
after a quick glance it reminds me of ping.fm. I'm off to sign up and check it out! - Richard Kannegieser
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can i have a tool to manage my tools please ! - Murali
Good problem to attempt solving. Every profile need not have all fields (need a way to turn off some fields), need for profile groups. On second thoughts isn't it simpler to point to a web site url after some standard about me text? :-) - arunram
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I'd like to see this as an air app on the desktop. Seems like a lot of passwords to give to one service. - Shawn McCollum
seems like a neat idea but its too damn slow. Arrgh! - Rahul Das
Looks like this cuts across the identity problem space and the problem that information cards are intended to help resolve, with disclosure under the users control - Dennis E. Hamilton
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Less than two days after Scrabulous was yanked from Facebook under threat of a copyright suit by Scrabble-creator Hasbro, Scrabulous' developers are back with something a little different. - Leo Laporte
it's like the black monolith disappearing in 2001 - this means something! - MG Siegler
just because you dont see it does not mean that it does not exist. The Black Pixel is just colured to match the skin color. ITs still there.. but merged inside..like the Alien vs Predator movie :)- - Peter Dawson
I'm making it the top story on my email newsletter as we speak... - Sprague D
Was that a "tracking pixel" in Gmail? what was it for? - Susan Beebe
Peter: oh, cool... thanks Peter! that was fast! - Susan Beebe
the Neo Cons did it. ...lol... mysterious black pixel will take over the world - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Woah, a single pixel generates so much conversation. FriendFeed can be a weird place. :) - Jake (aka Jawee)
@Jake, but a single pixel also sold for $1 , remember the guy who made Pixel ad's page and made about $1M bucks. The lowest element on a screen is valuable :)_ - Peter Dawson
@Peter Dawson: The topic was about a million pixels. I don't ever remember reading about any specific pixel from that website. - Jake (aka Jawee)
Does this mean I can remove my tinfoil hat? - Chris Baskind
here is the real conspiracy http://simonstudiotheatre.blog... TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008
twitter is social media abuse (@jack @Biz n @EV is under the influence of the leftist bigots of aMANdaChapel PurpleCar and eMailOurMilitary) - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
probably a bug, and so they fixed it. big deal ! - Murali
oddly, I've never been a big Delicious user until I started using FF, so now I use it as a way to share things I find. It has undoubtedly though been damaged by Yahoo, where it has stagnated as others have innovated. The bigger question though: will Flickr share the same fate? - Duncan Riley
without question, never had a chance even if FriendFeed never was - Lou Paglia
They aren't the same thing and don't serve the same purpose IMHO. I love the two. - directeur
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friendfeed is for explicit sharing, delicious is for myself, others can lookup if they are interested - Murali
seems like ff adds strong motivation to take action in services where you would not have in the past.. in order to bring the content back here. like every button in other social sites is now a ff share button - Travis Parsons
Murali - I agree, that's how I use ff and del.icio.us. I wonder if that's how most others do too...? - Sonciary Honnoll
Delicious is much more about explicit action. Take for instance their resistance to auto suggesting tags in the beginning. Where FriendFeed is more about capturing the actions you take about the web and consolidating them without any extra ongoing effort on the part of the user. - Caleb Elston
the "social" aspect of delicious is greatly enhanced through the use of friendfeed (or in my case in addition to another site like diggo as well). as is, delicious has a big barrier in trying to make those "connections" between users personal in any way. - Cee Bee
@Travis: That's a good point. I've found myself trying to keep a balance of services, so I use more than I usually would. And the good thing is that everything you do on those services comes back to FF - you share wherever you are. - Cyvros/fyc
Off topic, but picking up from Duncan Riley's comment re Flickr. Just in case Flickr dies a slow death, are there any real alternatives to it? - Paul Rees
friendfeed is very different from del.icio.us, here there are no tags and even if it did I would compare it to stumbleupon. Yet I don't use SU for bookmarking but rather for sharing so they're not in the same league - Dobromir Hadzhiev
my boss has a quote from mike tyson - "everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face." it has inspired me to always have a plan b, and sometimes c. - Apollo Gonzales
Apologies are empty - own up to your decisions and don't repeat the mistakes. Also, never use the words: can't or impossible. Finally, the is never such a thing as perfect... Always improve things and always move forward. Seriously, I picked up thousands of pieces of good advice from outstanding leaders when I was in the military. - Vince DeGeorge
The opportunities to improve are endless ! - Murali
If you want to hear God laugh tell him your plans. - Michael Tefft
Sadly, I have heard nothing even remotely inspirational at my current job. I'll be glad to bail out of here as soon as possible. I do this job well because it's mine. - ha3rvey
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt - mark ivey
"Follow your bliss" and "First class is only 80% more." - Dave Martin
those determined to find an excuse will always be passed up by those determined to find a way - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that every has." - Margaret Mead - This quote is one of the reasons why I'm working on my current project, BizUnite. I have to believe that 'the people united, will never be defeated'. - Sonciary Honnoll
"And here's the breakroom where we have different types of Starbucks coffee brewed daily"....OK, just kidding, but truthfully, the answer is that it's not something I heard, it's something I figured out for myself, and that is that *I'm choosing to be here. If I don't like it, I can quit.* Sometimes you get caught up in the negativity and realizing that you're in control and this is your choice helps. - Sarah Perez
@sarahintampa Good point, Sarah. I'll keep that tidbit in my back pocket. - Sonciary Honnoll
"Ummmmmmm yeaaaaaaah. Did you get the memo?" In all seriousness, it's probably a quote from our SVP Systems Engineering, who recently told me that: "The global SE team would be in bad shape without your expertise & desire to win" - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
"As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired. You get the picture?" - Andrew Smith
Don't work at the level for the job you have, work at the level for the job you want. - Kevin C. Tofel
Learn from failure and don't be afraid of failure. True successes is alway built on failure. - Peter Dawson
"Work hard so you can end up doing something that you enjoy, helps others, and gives you satisfaction." - Conrad Quilty-Harper
"Peter, thank you for saving my home from foreclosure" - Petes2Cents.com
My father always told me "trust no one" when referring to working for others. Every mistake I've ever made in my working life was based on ignoring that advice. - Duncan Riley
the real job of a consultant is to get paid with pleasure... - Luigi Centenaro
Only recently I heard some apparently famous Wayne Gretzky quotes (paraphrased) : "I miss 100% of the shots I don't take, and I skate where the puck will be." Nice. - Paul R. Grant
Independent filmmakers followed the Mozilla team from March 1998 to April 1999, as they worked to open Netscape Communicator's source code to the world, in a last-ditch effort to save the company. The result is an amazing snapshot of computer history, cap - Murali
Independent filmmakers followed the Mozilla team from March 1998 to April 1999, as they worked to open Netscape Communicator's source code to the world, in a last-ditch effort to save the company. The result is an amazing snapshot of computer history, cap - Murali
I wonder how this chart competes with FriendFeed's internal data. Paul, do you want to comment on that? - sebmos
If you compare it to Twitter, you'll see Twitter growing ad a lower percentage but higher numbers despite the recent string of outages they've had. http://siteanalytics.compete.c... - Joel Gray
We need a room in FriendFeed to display growth stats and info on breakdown of new users entering FF arena. Of course we'd need Bret / Paul to supply the data and visualization chart info, etc. - Susan Beebe
prediction. Within one year FF has more unique visitors than Twitter. - Thomas Hawk
@Thomas Hawk: Having used FF for a few days now, the only way I can see Twitter growing is if it is acquired by a larger company (Yahoo!?). - Jake (aka Jawee)
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I love FF, but I'll take you both up (thomas & bwana) on that prediction, unless Twitter completely implodes and loses significant portions of it's userbase, I don't think FF will catch up within a year. - felix
It's hard to say, but IMO Twitter is better suited to the less-technical folks. FF puts a lot of information (potentially) in front of someone and I can see that being confusing to a large cross-section of users. Of course, FF may (hopefully will) continue to add features that might help cut down the noise for those that do not want it which could lend weight to @Thomas' prediction. - Joel Gray
I'll truly believe in the growth of FF when the conversations aren't about FF. - William Beem
that looks like a level off. I think ff loses a lot by not feeding vanity. good for me though, but it chases off the twitter whores - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
I agree with Joel Gray and think FF serves more of a niche than Twitter. - Mike Reynolds
do people still use Google toolbar ? why ? - Murali
@murali I do, but only for easy access to gmail, gDocs, and gReader. I also use the "Send to" button a few times a day - usually to send something to myself. - shaun mclane
If there is a better tool than Google Toolbar to fill in forms, I am more than open to hearing about it. - Aura Mae
I don't understand the need for the Google toolbar when you have the search box - Aaron Myers
murali: automagically hyperlink addresses, quickly see recent gmail messages, one-click search for images/maps/groups/news, easy access to Google Bookmarks, etc. - Adam Lasnik
i gave oovoo a try for at least 4 times over the past year and everytime deinstalled it again - main reason? quality is worse then in skype "bad times" - Dieter Schwarz
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I need something that can do video with multiple panelists, and the quality I was getting, even with six people in a conference, was very good. I'm definitely going to use it for listener calls. Skype keeps popping up windows and stutters every time it does whenever I use it for listener cals. We'll see if it's good enough for host audio, though. - Leo Laporte
I was about to say Windows only then noticed they're finally offering a Mac version. checking it out now - Duncan Riley
and then I did check it out only to find the Mac version doesn't offer recording. Oh well. - Duncan Riley
For some reason or another, they are only offering the pay "options" for windows? Thought you mac users might want to know that. May just be limited for the time being? - Tony C.
what's wrong with skype ? why are you contemplating dropping it ? - Murali
This is great. I was just looking for another incomptiable video phone app. Will this work with Skype or VoIP? - John Cooper
Leo, you need to keep "some" consistency; that may be more important (to holding on to your exisiting & new audience) than the continual "search" for the best software client. I just joined Skype, "because you use it". Listen to the comments above, and work w/ Skype, if you can....just my humble opinion; the same thing is happening w/ the "social network" clients; I can't keep joining them all, just to be able to "participate", and participation (and consumption) is "the" point, isn't it? .....I know, I know ... 6 people in a video conf. will be fun ...maybe....Why am I thinking I'm going to eat some Crow! - mark dekruyter
While we're at it, I love TWiT, but it is soooooo looongg. You should keep it moving with an outline like McLaughlin. - Dino
Can't wait to see the TWiT panel this sunday all using ooVoo. That would be the ideal setup IMO. - Danny M
I agree on length. I have trouble fitting podcasts into my listening schedule if they are over 45 min. - Kreg Steppe
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I think the audio quality is a little better on Skype, but oovoo has a better featureset and the Skype client keeps getting worse every version. Skype definitely needs some competition. - Neil
@duncanriley First thing I noticed about ooVoo was the ability to record video, but then it's Windows-only. Deal killer. - Daniel Shaw
@Neil Agreed, competition, and therefore innovation, in this space is good. - Daniel Shaw
@mark_d If you're making buying decisions based on Leo's flavor of the month, you're going to go crazy and/or broke soon. As a tech industry insider/reporter/whatever, it's Leo's job to try these things. Plus, what did it cost you to join Skype anyway? 5 minutes of your time? - Daniel Shaw
@daniel shaw You are so right; I assumed that someone would point out the weakness in my post; I do realize (now) that it's part of Leo's and others "scope of work" to try these things out, for whatever reasons...thxs. - mark dekruyter
I think for $50 a year you can not beat Skype Pro. It also had great plug-in support. I'm not ready to move on yet... - Brad
Love Ooovoo. And BTW, I've used it on Mac. - Cartfly
Yeah, I just discovered it last week. Sneaky! Would be good if they have the same thing for your FB friends' email addresses. Or is that something I missed too?...via feedalizr - Shannon Low
Wow thats tricky. Didn't know I could get that - Katie
thanks to Sashikumar N on the India-GII mailing list. From the looks of it, changing from Hutch to Vodafone seems to have been a rather huge error (if one were to use Google searches as a benchmark) - Murali
“Screw Plurk. Give me a timeline on FriendFeed (admit it, you want an experimental tab) and let me visualize my entire online life, instead of one facet of it.”
