absolutely. I can respond to those forms when I want. Besides, even though I'm supposedly an adult, talking on the phone makes me very nervous and uncomfortable.
- Craig
from twhirl
My sentiments exactly, Felicia. Everything Craig siad.
- Kristina Gerwig
Ersan, nice blog suggestion. Thanks. So hands on with the technical discussion and the writing quality itself is superb. I'm subscribing now.
- Micah Wittman
OMG, Dani - that's fantastic! YOU ROCK!
- WorldofHiglet
Sweeet! Yeah, the video demos look like it lags behind what you're doing - is that true? Do you just get used to doing things a tad before they actually happen?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
A Quick Thought: The future's most valuable personal commodity will be the ability to focus for extended periods of time. As the Web continues to train society's brain to concentrate only on momentary digital bits, those who are able to maintain absolute awareness will flourish in the face of a world who thinks in blinks.
I do. They think in blinks and are on the brink of becoming dinks in a wink. Seriously, though... those who can maintain an extended attention span should be able to have a leg up on the rest of society.
- Brad Williamson
Ubuntu developers are working on improving the software development experience in Karmic: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Desktop... Really great idea. Python FTW!
"Scientific fact, even in the goddamn sixties UHURA was fiercer than anybody. In fact, she was the motherfucking inventor of the entire concept of fierceness, so just fucking deal with it, shit."
- cecily
Did Tarantino write the copy? If Samuel L. Jackson would read it... rofl:)
- Roney Smith
This is fucking great. Yeah and no fucking "*" in fucking. Say it if you want to or not if you don't. Self censoring sucks. Do you fucking get this?
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
If you guys don't want it to be I will call Johnny and harass him until he agrees.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Amazing. :) Uhura is still pretty much the most bad-assed female in Trek history (well...Alfre Woodard was pretty damn badassed in First Contact). And for some reason after reading this, I now have an urge to go watch some old Pam Grier films too. :)
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
One thing I didn't notice about Zoe Saldana's Uhura until I saw this photo - her eyeliner is her tribute to Nichelle Nichols' Uhura. Subtle, but sweet.
- cecily
"Own stupid way"? How is it possible to be complimentary and insulting in the same sentence? :O
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I haven't watched last night's yet, but I was thinking during the previous week's that I hope they give her more to do! She's very cute.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
it's not necessary an insult, it's "The Office" kind of stupidity ;-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Well since they finally gave her a name on last week's episode, I think she's here to stay (I hope!).. she definitely has more to do on the latest episode.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
1. Smart people spent more time on achievements than on relationships when growing up. 2. Smart people feel that they're entitled to love because of their achievements. 3. You don't feel like a fully-realized sexual being, and therefore don't act like one. 4. You're exceptionally talented at getting in the way of your own romantic success. 5. By virtue (or vice) of being smart, you eliminate most of the planet's inhabitants as a dating prospect
- Cee Bee
"Several pairs of eyes follow the girl as she pedals around the playground in an affluent suburb of Baltimore. But it isn't the redheaded fourth grader who seems to have moms and dads of the jungle gym nervous on this recent Saturday morning. It's the African-American man—six feet tall, bearded and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt—watching the girl's every move. Approaching from behind, he grabs the back of her bicycle seat as she wobbles to a stop. "Nice riding," he says, as the fair-skinned girl turns to him, beaming. "Thanks, Daddy," she replies. The onlookers are clearly flummoxed."
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
"And the time when well-intentioned shoppers followed Mark and Katie out of the mall to make sure she wasn't being kidnapped. Or when would-be heroes come up to Katie in the cereal aisle and ask, "Are you OK?"—even though Terri is standing right there."
- Robert Felty
Racism! Still alive & well I see! Wonderful :'(
- Rudolf Olah
Rob: Although that's a great example, you have to realize that when you see a 7-year-old Irish girl was walking around with a 40-year-old black woman, the last thing you would assume is that the woman is the girl's sister! The reason we assume that the white girl isn't the black adults' daughter isn't out of some ignorant or malicious stereotype, it's because most of us will never see such a pairing in our lifetimes.
- Gabe
I would love to see this more often! Cute family :)
- BEX
I dated a black guy in college back when I was still very blonde. That was about 1979. I got tired of all the nasty looks, nasty comments, and nasty questions. But it came from EVERYbody, not just whites.
- Dawn
We tend to ignore the common and focus on the uncommon. My kids are half-Chinese. In the Bay Area, it's so common, no one bats an eye. Outside of major cities in China, would catch attention, not because, as in this story, people would fear 'something's wrong', but often because of a fascination with the way mixed kids look. We kind of lock on things that are new and interesting, and sometimes we fear it, sometimes we're just very curious. I might be worried how we'd be perceived in West Virginia. :)
- Ray Cromwell
Mona posted this the other day. Nice article.
- Amani
@Gabe, I get your point, but it can happen biologically as well. I mean that a black woman, or black man, could have a child that looks far more white than black. It's not common no, but it happens.
- Lynne d Johnson
Lynne: I went to high school with about 2000 African-Americans, so I've met plenty of black people who could pass for white. None of them had red hair.
- Gabe
Gabe - The excerpt I pulled out didn't mention racism. I definitely agree with you to some extent, but I think the point is that people don't tend to do those things to white adults walking around with black children. Though also quite rare, they probably assume that the black child is adopted from Africa. It certainly is a case of prejudice, but I don't think that prejudice is all bad. For example, we assume that animals which look like cats meow. That sort of prejudice can be helpful.
- Robert Felty
@Gabe -- You made me Laugh. That's a good thing.
- Lynne d Johnson
Lindsey: I think it's lack of experience, not lack of thought. I recently saw a white woman with a black boy, so I assumed he was adopted. It turned out that he is her biological son.
- Gabe
We need to stop assuming that skin color has anything to do with anything at all. We all live, laugh, love and die, and somewhere in the middle we want what's best for ourselves and those we care about. Its time we started gravitating to these similarities rather than focusing on our differences, and leave behind a world of acceptance and understanding for those who will come after us.
- jcunwired
jcunwired: I don't see how your comment relates to the article. It seems like you're saying we should not use observations about skin color to help us understand a person we don't know. Are we also not allowed to use height, age, clothing, hair, or speech? What observations may we make assumptions based on?
- Gabe
You probably shouldn't be making assumptions. Sure, it's natural, but that doesn't mean it's right.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
+Rahsheen. Exactly. Worth noting that black people do have "white"-looking kids biologically sometimes. It's called albinism. One of my sisters has it. What are people going to say about that? Racism is stupid and annoying. At least we're taking steps toward getting over it finally. I'm glad I wasn't born any earlier than I was. I don't know how I could have tolerated the decades of ignorance and discrimination.
- Kamilah Gill
All a kid needs when growing up is loving parents. Why should race matter? Love and care matters.
- Mo Kargas
I grew up with a adopted black mother and then with a white step-mother. My siblings are white, mixed and black. Our family always thought we were what the world outside our home was, diverse. I remember the stares however.
- Anti-Racism.TV
"[Chrome] Extremely skinny, but very cool and friendly. However, when it comes to the bedroom, she is very inexperienced and has little to offer. [IE] For most, she's the first woman they tried. She's really easy but can get you infected." LOL
- Mona Nomura
The pictures are the right choices for the captions, imo. Lighten up, people. It's a joke!
- Mona Nomura
from IM
The only reason I'm staying away from chrome is because of they have terrible RSS. I haven't used Opera in a long time and I love FireFox because of what it can do with Twitter.
- Patrick
from twhirl
funny. I like Firefox the best. But in seriousness, the chrome gal is dangerously thin.
- Rick Cogley
I would take firefox anyday of the week :-) Out of those, how would internet explorer look? Would it be an eighty year old granny or some such?
- Richard A.
I don't agree.... try manging online without google....
- Rob Sellen :o)
@Rob, That girl seems so unhealty. As a man I am just considering the look of the girls :D not the actual functionality of the browsers.
- Hakan Yuksel
I love Firefox for the extensions, of course. Safari and Chrome, for me, anyway, are one and the same.
- Mike Nayyar
lol... the firefox gal sure looks great tho ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
& Google starves it's employees & keeps them in cages
- sofarsoShawn
lol... ok.. whatever, so you just state online that they ARE investigating it... which aint what I asked... I asked if YOU wewre in the CIA?
- Rob Sellen :o)
Not really. My sister uses it when she visits and so I have an account set up for her but for the most part I don't like when people touch my stuff.
- ♥patricia♥
Hellz nah! No one touches my Mac. They can use my PC desktop though
- Shevonne
I don't even like my family touching mine. And I have ZERO porn.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
My work laptop? No...My desktop? My fiance can use that.
- Alex Scoble
Not if I can possibly help it. Computer = my job, so if someone horses around with it and hoses it up, I'm royally screwed.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
There's no one here who would want/need to use it. Akiva has plenty of his own and Audrey can't type yet.
- Rochelle
They wouldn't want to use my laptop after finding out where I've used it. :)
- Morton Fox
This is why both my kids have their OWN computers! There are now 7 computers in this house (where either 2 or 4 people live), including my two work machines. :-)
- Ladybug Heather
I set up a separate account for my girlfriend, but that's mostly because booting into mine invokes a bunch of startup programs and custom settings that she has no need for.
- Eric P
Only family, otherwise don't like if someone else uses it.
- Nia
I let everyone in our family use my MacBook all the time.
- Thomas Hawk
I've got my kids stuff set up though on Safari so they don't do too much damage to my Firefoxy.
- Thomas Hawk
this is the first time in 4 days that i have managed to have the laptop for more than abou 10 mins! never letting people use it again lol
- ♥ Stephiepooos ♥
my wife gets malware, love her, but she has a bad habit clicking OK buttons. we are a windows family so we obv. are more at risk for malware/fighting because a computer is broke.
- sean percival
I generally prefer not to, but I have let my cousin use my laptop when she's over (mainly because she's been debating buying a Mac and wanted to check mine out).
- The Bohemian Penguin
My desktop at home, yes. But my laptop no. It's the one I use most and has all my important stuff on it. If I leave my son with his father for the weekend and they stay at our house, I take the computer with me.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
I don't like to, but I don't really have a choice.
- Nine
nope. it's like letting someone use your toothbrush: very unsanitary. .LOLz
- .LAG liked that
It's a very short list, but it happens. If they're doing stuff on the internet I will make them use IE so they don't "accidentally" get into my accounts.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Yea! I let my boyfriend all the time cause he will fix them for me!
- Brandy Lea
just my wife, but she uses her own mostly.
- Alan Le
I have a stand-by notebook lying around for anybody who wants to use one. Somebody using my mbp makes me uncomfortable - I hover.
- Kamath (नमः)
No. I'd let people that I trust use it, but my setup is so customized that no one can figure it out anyway.
- Nathan Howell
yes, people used to get confused on my pc, with all the custom tools, but recenly it has become pretty barebones and standard again.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Not if I have anything to say about it.
- JA Castillo
Only when necessary... there's a reason why everyone in my house has his/her own computer (or two). I hate it when Tad uses mine and closes all my FireFox tabs... Thank goodness for the Session Manager extension.
- Her Lindsay-ness
Depends on who these "other people" are.
- Jordan Hofker
Its a home business computer, but i get annoyed even when my wife uses it. Mainly because it means I have to wait or find something else to do.
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
Not much of a point. Everyone I know has their own laptop.
- Steven Perez
Sometimes if people come over and want to check email or whatever, , most of my friends have their own laptop/smartphone
- matthew john ernisse
I'm the only one who uses my computer but have no problem with others using it. My laptop in the other room is used by everyone.
- Kol Tregaskes
Desktop: No way. It's pretty well personalized that a lot of people can't find their way around anyway. Tablet: From time to time. I let my sister borrow it for a week to do some sketching. Eee901: I let people play with it. Girls think it's cute.
- Brooks Bishop
from Two Fedoras
I have no choice, I use a family computer, so I have to share. But when I have my own computer I will not let anyone use it.
- Colide81 (James)
Begrudgingly, under their own login!
- Sarah Perez
Most of the time no, but don't get asked by people that often.
- Richard A.
Letting people use your computer is like letting people use your wallet.
- Dave Winer
Nope. If it's necessary, I log out and log them in under the guest account. Trust no one.
- Jeremy Brooks
I struggle with this.. my wife likes to use my home desktop. I bought her a laptop, got her a nice desk as close as mine is, desktop mouse.. still likes to use mine. I might put a new password on it since the hints don't seem to be working. Am I being a jerk?
- Andrej Kyselica
Yes, with a very restricted user account (basically, internet only).
- Jennifer Dittrich
I let people use my computer....as I watch intently over their shoulder...LOL. EDIT: My desktop has always been off limits to anyone. Unless you have the only accessible computer, there is nothing wrong with locking everyone out of it. It's YOUR computer. They can use THEIR computer.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Depends on who it is and why they're using it. But I had an ex that used to take my laptop and start using it and not understand why it bothered me that he would use it without asking. Had he asked me, I might not have minded so much but the fact that he didn't made me hate it.
- Tamara
Not really, mainly because my computer scares and confuses people (screenshots: http://friendfeed.com/e... ), and besides...most people can't use my vertical mouse. The only person that is comfortable with the layout of my desktop is my daughter (hers is similar), but even she can't use my mouse.
- April Russo (app103)
No. We have an iMac that we all can use, I have a MBP and I bought my hubby a MB Air so he wouldn't touch my stuff! (I, however, am allowed to use the Air :P )
- Penny
Yes, but I'm such a freak about it (make them login under secure guest acct) that they don't ask twice.
- Abbas Haider Ali
I have an account for my fiancee and her daughter because I trust them. Otherwise, nope.
- jcunwired
I don't like people logging on EVEN with guest accounts - I think it's cuz SO many people don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Gross.
- Mona Nomura
It annoys me when people think they can just sit at my computer and use it. I also can't stand using other peoples computers. They are Personal!
- Joe Pierce
Sacred. Just like my phone - or any electronics for that matter. You touch you DIE.
- Mona Nomura
Only in extreme circumstances, like when the GF needs to check e-mails or somethin'
- Sean Dunn
Not even then - you touch. You DIE!!
- Mona Nomura
sometimes my wife, but i cringe when she does. it is my livelihood after all.
- cjmart
Nope, I but don't have a choice... My bro needs it for school.
- Ron
I have multiple computers so that visitors do not have to use my main ones.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Thats what I do normally, I have a second "public" computer set up for the others.
- Joe Pierce
Only my laptop, only at work, only when it's very necessary and only if I'm running Linux. Otherwise (or the desktop), no, sorry. Too much potential for unforgivable error.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Oh my god. I never let ANYone touch my Linux machine - are you CRAZY?
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
Not even with an emergency - I look stuff up fir them...
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
One time I had a fresh Linux install on when a friend stopped by, I had Fluxbox on there. He asked if he could use it so I said ok. He had no idea what to do. That was a little fun.
- Joe Pierce
Joe, ha that's awesome....should have left it on the CLI to see what they would have done lol
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
I wanted to have a laugh at his expense, not watch him get confused and smash my computer to bits with his confused fists.
- Joe Pierce
no way, when I used to allow people...something would always go wrong. I have now been problem free for several years.
- Rajiv Doshi
I will still blame my wife for everything wrong with my comp, even though I never let her use it. So, there's not even any need to let her use it, and I apparently can screw up my comp fine all by myself.
- Peter Efland
Only people who use mine are fussier than me so I don't mind :)
- Nicola Quinn
Yes, but I create a guest account for them, first
- Ozkan Altuner
If you let someone into your house you can let them use your computer, sayz me.
- Kostantinos Koukopoulos
yes, I created a guest account with no install rights
- Olivier
Not any more, I have another one for guests.
- Michael Fidler
My son uses my home computer under his own userid occasionally because his CD burner is way slow... He can't access any of my files and he only has User rights.
- Kev
oh god no, i have 2 kids, they have their own computer to mess up...noone touches mine :)
- Nick
"You’re watching the Super Bowl tonight. You’re watching 300 pound men smash each while running at full speed, in full pads. You know what the average life expectancy of an NFL player is? Fifty-five. That’s about 20 years shorter than your average non-NFL player. Yet you watch. And cheer. And you jump up spill your beer when a linebacker lays out a wide receiver on a crossing route across the middle. The harder he gets hit, the louder and more enthusiastically you scream. Yet you all get bent out of shape when Ricky Williams, or I, or Josh Howard smoke a little dope to relax. Why? Because the idiots you’ve elected to make your laws have, without a shred of evidence, beat it into your head that smoking marijuana is something akin to drinking antifreeze, and done only by dirty hippies and sex offenders."
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
That's my pet peeve as well. Please don't touch my screen. That's why i'm not so sure about the multi-touch features in Windows 7 that encourages this behavior.
- Alan Le
My boss slider her fingers all over my lcd, 'this over here la la la' etc. I have screen wipes on hand.
- Simon Wicks
worse then finger prints is people who draw on their lcd's with their pin when they are pointing at things.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
yes, I hate that. I usually grab their hand and pull it back. :)
- Tsega Dinka
I hate this as well and co-workers are always touching the screen with gel laden fingers and then I have to follow them. I go crazy - use machine arrow or just point! OR wear a glove on the other hand too.
- Janet
having to use company ie "public" computers. Ranks up with public bathrooms, only sometimes less maintained.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
*holds fingertip 3mm away from Mona's LCD* I'm not touching it! I'm not touching it!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
My biggest pet peeve? People who park the wrong way...you know, pull up so that the driver's side is against the curb. Who the eff are you, Starksy or Hutch? GRRRRRR.
- Derrick
Drivers who don't use their signals/blinkers. That may be my biggest pet peeve.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
OMG Alan if someone did taht to MY screen? I would HULK SMASH their head in.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I used to freak out on people who touched my LCD. They're all dead now, so it's not a problem anymore.
- Josh Haley
*grabs a slice of extra cheesey pizza, picks up Mona's iPhone and rubs the screen into the pizza*
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Thank you, Mona - it's good to know I'm not alone 8-)
- Andrew Terry
People who misspell things, know it's wrong, and don't care. I hate the whole "as long as you understand it, who cares how I spell it?" attitude.
- Rochelle
Rochelle must HATE any communications from me then...
- Sparky, a big deal
People who point with their middle finger.
- adolfo foronda
+infinity Rochelle. That ties with the use of "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" and hearing people chew as my top pet peeves.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I think it should be legal to taser people that do this.
- ld
You think mine's bad? Read Alan's. Seriously, if someone left a red dot on my laptop screen, someone will be hurt REAL BAD.
- Mona Nomura
Srsly, Mona, I wanted to relieve him of his arm. But luckily, it was a work computer.
- Alan
David Cook, it's not the commercials so much, as I realize they pay for the networks, but the fact that most of them are so dumb, or trying to sell you crap like junk food or soda, and there are way too many of them. I can't enjoy something on the history channel, when there's a batch of commercials every 7 mins. It's too distracting that often.
- Ian May
Oh, and I was able to clean it off quickly. A few months later, he was pointing at a 100-year-old newspaper with another red pen. Got within a quarter inch of the thing.
- Alan
My pet peeve are people posting their pet peeves which in turn remind me of mine. Now I'm peeved! :)
- Mark Krynsky
Heh, I understand. I have no kids or pets to share photos of there! I can't help on the rich part but can on the husband and baby part. Interested? Dial 1-555-LEKEVBO. Visa/MC accepted.
- Kevin Leroux
yeah, always surprised me the lack of comments and discussion for his videos on fastcompany. I think you're right regarding the text element but also frankly videoson the web (at least for me) just a) you never know what ur going to get b) it's not skimmable as u said c) playback on nearly all browsers is never smooth. One final point though is the length of the interviews...I always feel like I have to reserve time for them and by the time I do, it feels too late.
- Zee.
i could do a video :) too bad the bloggerking is on a tour of australia right now - he'd be perfect for this
- Allen Stern
@Allen only if it has trains. More trains please. I watch those.
- Steve Rubel
when are we meeting - it's been too long!
- Allen Stern
Allen: Bribe with NBA or NFL tickets. Didn't you learn ANYTHING from Robert's thread? SHEESH!
- Mona Nomura
Allen we need to, I agree. But only if I get to be in a video. It's king of the web ya know?
- Steve Rubel
from IM
@Mona Too late for NFL tix. Unless someone gets me into the Super Bowl (us lowly PR people don't go - only the ad guys/gals).
- Steve Rubel
Steve: you're right but doing video was the best thing I've ever done for my career.
- Robert Scoble
This is so on the money. Just left a comment on the blog, but my reason is that I can read it a heck of a lot faster than I can watch it.
- Karoli
@Scoble, I don't doubt it. And I love what you're doing and it's where the ad money is flowing too - but I do wonder about the attention issues.
- Steve Rubel
Wish I could post this comment in audio or video but text still remains the king of the web.
- Sweyn Venderbush
steve - i'd totally love to come by and do a video interview with you - and @mona - i didn't read any of robert's silly booster threads this weekend :)
- Allen Stern
Allen, in the video do I get to say "Ronk-onk-oma. The next stop is Ronk-onk-oma followed by Spe-onk." Then I am there.
- Steve Rubel
from IM
wait - let's do it ON the LIRR! off-peak of course
- Allen Stern
And, purely from a user's point of view... text is extremely efficient to consume (even for a visual person like me). Audio requires more effort. Video monopolizes several senses, and several distinct chunks of the brain. Videos need to be occasional, short, and impactful.
- LogEx
Great post and text is certainly king and in some ways I hope it stays that way.
- AJ Kohn
It think it should be an integration of different tools. The written word is always on the top and will stay so. A real hard-cover book is hard to beat. Online text is easy to scan, using different tools like RSS feeds, and then to decided to read more about. I am using a video email tool there you could see the response rate and follow the statistics in a neat way. Who has read it, how...
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- Martin Lindeskog
Video always feels like too much of a commitment to me. It's supposed to grab your attention for some length of time. Text is just faster, easier, simpler.
- Nathan Howell
Nathan: do you watch the Superbowl in ASCII? You must be very fun to take on a movie date "no, dear, I would rather just read the Amazon movie reviews."
- Robert Scoble
When I want to be entertained, I watch video—movies, TV, YouTube, whatever. But when I want something explained to me, if it's not face-to-face, then it's gotta be text. I don't have time otherwise.
- Victor Ganata
Video, podcasts and text all have their advantages and disadvantages. The problem arises when either of them is used for something for which there's a better match (e.g. reviewing a phone in video form - would be better if done in text with some pics and perhaps an embedded video of something specific). Another thing you might not be aware of: text is much easier to deal with for us people for whom english is a second language.
- karchesky
On his first day in office, President Obama put former president Bush on notice. His administration just released an executive order that will make it difficult for Bush to shield his White House records--and those of former Vice President Dick Cheney--from public scrutiny by invoking the doctrine of executive privilege
- Chris Baskind
from Bookmarklet
This is actually a good policy in many ways. However, I wonder if there is a dispute over whether records should be released, if the default action will be to release first then retract if deemed necessary, or withhold until the AG and counsel determine it is proper to release.
- Kevin L
I think this is GREAT news. Kevin: Anything security sensitive would be redacted before they're released anyway.
- Trish R
show and prove. all this press is nice, but i'd like for it to actually happen
- Cee Bee
I think it's fantastic. Bush was unusually shielding of his and Cheney's papers. Obama is just rolling it back to the more usual levels of protection. (Now can we reinstate drawing & quartering as punishment for treason??)
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Wow, Jason. Bush Sr. had 2, one revoked later & Bush Jr had, um, 50+?
- Alix Whitmire
@Alix Bush was addicted those executive orders. :)
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
President Obama needs to keep in mind, what he does to President Bush's records, future Presidents can do to his. And Obama has a record of keeping records and documents out of the public eye.
- ComicList
If President Obama really comes thru with his Open Government policy, there really won't be much hidden, save for those things that need to be for the sake of others privacy, or for national security.
- Ian May
It's almost like we got a shot of vitamin B. The fog is clearing so quickly. It feels good.
- sean808080
Trust me. This will come back to bite him. I'm looking for the text of the EO now, but I'm pretty sure there's going to be some unintended consequences here.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Mark, I posted my response to your post on your blog. But bottomline I cannot imagine the President of the United States being restricted from email in 2009. Particular has he is not planning to use it as a means of conducting business but to stay in touch with friends and family.
- R. Ferguson
As far as the BlackBerry is concerned, it would be great if we could trust that all of his correspondents would honor a request not to email him anything that has even a minor relationship with his new job. However, someone always has to do something wrong, just like my users know they're supposed to call the Help Desk, but they always wait for me to show up in the hallway, call me directly, or email me. What's the solution at that point? I want him to keep his BB, but how can he be protected?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
vijay, unless it's a Monday, Wednesday or Friday ... and your name is Randall Munroe ... and you can garner over 700 blog post comments (that aren't spam) on a single post http://blag.xkcd.com/2008... ;)
- Micah Wittman
Didn't know xkcd had a blag! But man is that post cracking me up... "“Luke, I am your grandma” - 320; Luke, I am your third grade teacher - 0." ROFL :-D
- vijay
"Recently, I’ve begun an expedition with jQuery. My first major experiment has been in improving the commenting system on this blog. Sparked by an email discussion with Tomas Carrillo I’ve implemented a handful of small interactions which make it much easier for you to get involved in the conversation."
- Chris Messina
from Mento
A proposal for a real-time text stream to go with the streaming TWiT video. Real-time show notes, if you will. I'd really appreciate your comments.
- Leo Laporte
That would be better than having to back scroll the IM's to find links or have to ask over and over again in the IM. Where would it be displayed? On Stickam or TWiT.TV?
- Sgt Ret
I think it would be interesting so that people watching live can follow along with the stories you are talking about. A scrolling ticker would be nice. I usually miss the 1st part of the show live since I forget the time and rush to the Mac when I am off from work. I would say test this out for a week and see what people in the chat say about it. After all, they are the ones watching 24/7
- Andy Breeding
You could use an IM client, read it on Friend Feed, or watch a ticker on live.twit.tv - really because it's RSS/XMPP it could be read, stored, and searched anywhere, even in a feed reader.
- Leo Laporte
Is there really a need for hashtags if you are using XMPP? Would it be better to simply have the "message" be XML and have a <type> element which will describe the content? I just don't like hashtags in general, I think its messy and will pollute the river because its truly an organizational tag and not the content.
- Ryan
Absolutely - I abhor hashtags. But until we have a dedicated client I don't know of a way to insert <type> tags using standard IM clients. Maybe we can do it programmatically?
- Leo Laporte
Well I guess then you would need some way to parse it for other feeds like an IM client or for FF, all that XML would be messy. Might need a river@twit.im which would contain all of the raw data then sub accounts which would decipher that stream as needed for a particular feed. I.E. a ff@twit.im account would reformat the river for something that is friendfeed friendly.
- Ryan
I really like the idea of having it work within Adium. one less window to theoretically bobble about on the desktop, just another tab. Leo, very exciting!
- Bob M. Montgomery
from twhirl
Also, I already subscribed to river@twit.im with my GTalk account, so I'm all ready for it :)
- Bob M. Montgomery
from twhirl
I also think it would would be a good idea to feed this stream into a new IRC channel. In which only the stream would be voiced. Should be fairly easy, as I have messed around with java + irc + xmpp with very little XMPP knowledge.
- Ryan
Leo, as I posted on LOL, I think the best client is not actually an IM client, but Twhirl. You can create a FF room and hen allow users to subscribe to that room.
- Joseph
from twhirl
@Joseph - perfect. One of the nice things about using a Jabber server (Tigase) is we get XMPP and RSS for free, so we can integrate with existing solutions easily.
- Leo Laporte
Leo: I've been looking forward to this since you and stpeter started talking about it back on http://twit.tv/floss49. If there's anything from twitterspy/identispy/Enjit that we can apply to help you move this along, we'd be happy to help
- Ken Sheppardson
I like the IM client option best, but if a custom app is written, some sort of slider that allows you to select More content by sliding up or Less content by sliding down would be nice since sometimes I'm doing other things and can't follow content as quickly and other times I'm purely focused on the content and want to see more. Maybe prioritizing content such as participant comments and links priority one, moderator content and select quality comments lower, everyone posts lowest.
- Ken Pruett
Would be useful to have a "PAUSE/RESUME" button next to the scroller to make it easy to copy/paste text before it moves... I've always had trouble with this in IRC and Stickam chat windows.
- Calgary Guru
Nice writeup and very true! Trying to balance many things while trying to drive one challenge ahead just leads to being completely unsatisfied with nearly everything.
- Arnd Gronenberg
key quote "Getting out of balance, gives you the momentum to set a new balancing point for life" with change, life will always feel unbalanced.
- Brad Coy
I've often wondered about this tension, only I phrase it more as contentment. How does one reconcile being content with what one has when those who really make a difference are the ones who constantly thirst for more? I find the lack of common ground between the two to be very... unsettling to say the least.
- David Wynn
from fftogo
In my opinion, there is the healthy and the unhealthy. Being present or content with where you are at and what you "have" can exist while still being engaged in being productive towards a goal (this would be healthy.) Never being satisfied and trying to fill a void for ego's sake can be very unhealthy. Unfortunately, the later is one that I witness far to often.
- Brad Coy