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hey thats NOT me..i've been in this yellow meeting the whole freaking day!
- Paul Moss
Don’t!
The secret of self-control. - http://www.newyorker.com/reporti...
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"At the time, psychologists assumed that children’s ability to wait depended on how badly they wanted the marshmallow. But it soon became obvious that every child craved the extra treat. What, then, determined self-control? Mischel’s conclusion, based on hundreds of hours of observation, was that the crucial skill was the “strategic allocation of attention.” Instead of getting obsessed with the marshmallow—the “hot stimulus”—the patient children distracted themselves by covering their eyes, pretending to play hide-and-seek underneath the desk, or singing songs from “Sesame Street.” Their desire wasn’t defeated—it was merely forgotten. “If you’re thinking about the marshmallow and how delicious it is, then you’re going to eat it,” Mischel says. “The key is to avoid thinking about it in the first place.” In adults, this skill is often referred to as metacognition, or thinking about thinking, and it’s what allows people to outsmart their shortcomings. (When Odysseus had himself tied to...
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- Paul Buchheit
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This is an interesting quote because it implies that "will power" is more about mental strategy, not some kind of mental strength for forcing yourself to do something. I have the same strategy with food -- I eat whatever I see, so in order to not eat something I just need to put it out of sight.
- Paul Buchheit
effectively "out of sight, out of mind"
- alphaxion
This is where the magic of science is: you spend time and resources to prove a proverb.
- .i.m.a.r.s.o.r.a.m.a.
"The child who could wait fifteen minutes had an S.A.T. score that was, on average, two hundred and ten points higher than that of the kid who could wait only thirty seconds."
- J.D. Deutschendorf
Sometimes I worry my metacognition is slowing me down because I'm spending less time just cogniting. (that oughtta be a word.) But no, in all seriousness, I think something, then realize the thought was there before I subvocalized it, and then I go in a circle several times subvocalizing those same thoughts as I examine the process of thinking. Frustrating!
- Andrew C
Some friends and I refer to this study often, pointing out when we've failed the marshmallow test. Staying up late is my most common mashmallow test failure (sacrificing morning time to enjoy a few more bleary hours NOW), but it's easy to spot this sort of behavior and fun to have a standard vocabulary to highlight its ubiquity.
- Seth
Episode on Mischel's marshmallows on RadioLab -- http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiola...
- Alex Haar
As a parent, I consciously used this strategy to distract my children whenever they got in mischief, behaved badly or acted out. As a grandparent, I often send a box of tricks, things like super balls, an "uno" deck, paints, a book, a yoyo or top, for my daughter to use with my grandchildren when they are driving her crazy and need to think about something other than running around screaming.
- Phil Boiarski
OK, that makes sense, but let's flip this on its head - How do you instead keep your mind on something and prevent yourself from getting distracted? You can't distract yourself from your distractions. Andrew C, the word you're looking for is cogitating.
- Mr. Gunn
Mr Gunn, thanks. Though I think 'cogniting' is a touch funnier.
- Andrew C
Some chimpanzees use this strategy as well, though not all of them.
- Björn Brembs
i think bhudda had some theory on this too...:/
- Paul Moss
I'm going to marshmallow-train my kids!!
- Jess Lee
Today my 4yo daughter was having trouble waiting for a treat, so I told her (and my wife) about reading this article last night. I talked about the ability to distract - and I thought I was doing a pretty good job of explaining it in 4yo terms. When I was done with my paraphrase/lesson, I asked her if she understood. "Uh-huh," she said. Then after a few moments, she asked if we could stop and get some marshmallows on the way home. All I could do is laugh!
- Gary Walter (gwalter)
I read a different writeup of this experiment a couple years ago, when our daughter was about 1 year old. Its something that can be taught, and encouraged. She's now very good at distracting herself from something which she knows she shouldn't do or would get into trouble over. She's not easily distracted in general: she can focus quite well on something she wants to do (and is allowed to do).
- DGentry
The experiment: http://friendfeed.com/haggis...
- Jérôme Flipo
Also, @ChrisBrogan and Pete Teo (15 Malaysia) will appear at Social Media Club - Kuala Lumpur Meet #0. w00t. http://www.facebook.com/event...
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very cool!
- Paul Moss
The first video on YouTube, uploaded at 8:27PM on Saturday April 23rd, 2005. - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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i was expecting something more 'symbolic' and less 'zoo', but then it is youtube..home of the laffing baby and skateboarding cat.
- Paul Moss
mobile.8tv.com.my is a mobile browser based website which gives you free access to stream the latest Catch Up TV programmes from 8TV using 3G or WiFi. You can also check the 8TV schedule to see what's on when, synopsis and get downloads. mobile site: http://apps.netbiscuits.com/59945... Online FAQ: http://www.8tv.com.my/mobile%... Twitter: @mobile8tv
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What is significant here is that its an effort from a large media group (Media Prima Berhad) to create a platform, independent from the mobile operators here in Malaysia but still available through their data networks. 8TV is the first TV station in the stable to launch, but the remaining 3 stations, including the nation's most popular, TV3, will launch within 2 months. Being sub free, and wifi available creates a disruptor to current Operator content models.
- Paul Moss
Bring it on! >> Smartphones: Data Tsunami Coming - http://www.dailywireless.org/2009...
The logical half of my brain says this is going to hurt a media company like us as much as it helps us. Inability to deliver, misguided blame etc..and so be patient and work WITH the telcos as they transition and provision - but the BIGGER half of my brain says, Hell Yeah! bring it on, i hope it brings down your network and your greedy, arrogant, non-ethical business practices with it.
- Paul Moss
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love it. opens up all sorts of creatives
- Paul Moss
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How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live - http://www.time.com/time...
Once just a fad, Twitter is developing into a powerful form of communication. What its growth says about us — and the future of American innovation
- Cynthia Seow
and the future of "american" innovation?
- Paul Moss
How are Twitter/Facebook/friendfeed/blogs changing how you learn? I'm speaking on that topic tomorrow: (PDF) http://innovationsinelearning.gmu.edu/2009Pre...
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I'd love to know if you have any stories I should pass along.
- Robert Scoble
I will definitely be showing off friendfeed, because I learn something from it every day.
- Robert Scoble
Expanding what I see, and then I can dig deeper. The socials give you new and different outlooks, viewpoints, etc. This does not happen with TV, newspapers, or friends.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Oh, and cats. Lots of pictures of cats.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Learning is much more targeted and still organic. Like a good flower patch, you can pick and chose unlike traditional media. The real time web is awesome. News come faster and you can ignore the mundane conversations. It's democratically global at your finger tips. It has HUGE room for improvement.
- Yann Ropars
Do you think that people will eventually use friendfeed as something more than just an aggregator? Or is this the space that Google Wave is aiming for (in which case it will render ff useless)?
- Nate
adding Wikipedia on that and yes that changed everything I have ever learned and will ever learn in the future in a big way!
- Alex M.
Robert is there an agreed hashtag for the "5th Annual Innovations in eLearning Symposium" conference? Would love to tune in. These social networks are changing the way we learn - we're learning, sharing and collaborating in exciting new ways. We're learning faster and distributing this in near real-time - well, with FriendFeed you could argue it is in real time! I believe these tools are a paradigm shift in how we are communicating, and learning.
- Tony Hollingsworth
Tony: I don't know. They aren't very web savy. Took me a long time to even find the PDF of the conference, which is funny.
- Robert Scoble
Nate: I'm already using friendfeed as a non-aggregator. You gotta find the power in the groups here. I have to do a video on those.
- Robert Scoble
Tony: plus, I hate hashtags. Why do you need them? Friendfeed's search engine is so good you don't need them to find this post anymore.
- Robert Scoble
I use both services as a magazine surfing through a myriad of topics, sometimes digging deeper into one when I find one that interests me. Sometimes I am reading for specific topics, sometimes general knowledge, sometimes for no reason other than just for fun.
- Dave Ploch
robert, could you expand on that 'non-aggregator' terminology a bit? do you mean getting more out of it than just aggregating feeds? like the discssions etc?
- Chris Heath
yeah tony: http://friendfeed.com/search...
- Chris Heath
Chris: yes. I have a private room where I just talk with a small group of people. VentureBeat and Wired Online use rooms to do their workflow.
- Robert Scoble
I meet friends I would never have met on the street.
- Randy Allen Bishop
ok, yeah - i though you meant that robert, but in the back of my mind i was thinking 'i use groups to aggregate...'
- Chris Heath
Randy: yeah, but what are you learning from them? How is your learning changing?
- Robert Scoble
here's where i tried to do a bit of teaching late last night when i should have been sleeping http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
- Chris Heath
via FF, et al I get news/info through a *human filter* - swineflu was a great example - hype has less effect unless it's legit - if we'd only just discovered that the Earth wasn't flat, there'd still be sites floating around saying it is - to add to this, we can now edit the record on the spot - adds value to the bandwidth in a new way
- chad calease
Thanks guys - I'm a n00b at FriendFeed and keep reverting to Twitter and hashtags/Twitter Search to find threaded conversations and "virtual watercooler" stuff
- Tony Hollingsworth
I learn from people that I would never have the chance to learn from otherwise - I seek out social media heavies, because I want to learn about certain web 2.0 tools and I look for real estate tech heads so I can see and learn what they are up too. My job combines technology and real estate - so this gives me loads of material to share with my 600 + agents. My FF filters help me decipher and fine tune the information.
- Stefanie Hahn
Online social media tools significantly change the learning process, taking it from linear to intuitive and integrative - a multi-spoked wheel. Learn new things everyday from Twitter and blogs, much of which I did not intend but learning resulted as by-product.of exposure.
- Carol Lynn Martens
Im not sure if this is a thought but we talk about micro blogging I got to say that Im seeing micro learning. A lot of the interns I get know a good deal but they are missing the context and the ability to put the individual bits together. still it is a fantastic way to find information and interact.
- Terry Bruce
Btw, you commented on the savviness of educators and I'll share that Education does digital technology at a very grass-roots level and much of it bootstraped by teachers or others in the classroom. So a broad level of sophistication isn't there - it's in pockets.
- Carol Lynn Martens
Gee Scoble, ask and you shall receive. :)
- Lon Cohen
We learn a broader range of information relating to our interests, but the great thing is that we focus the learning through consensus, interaction, and reactions to validate the content.
- James Stratford
inquiry-based learning is more gratifying than ever before thanks to the social networks. cross-disciplinary inquiries are more accessible, too, because of the range of folks participating, so results return with more relevance - learners should be able to customize the kind of information they're after to a fine degree. the flexibility of these tools allow me to learn in the...
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- chad calease
My take on the classroom/lecture analogy/metaphor (whatever): Any given friendfeed discussion has the capacity to become a learning experience about almost anything. Those who participate are akin to those in class who raise their hand and question/challenge the teacher. There is no designated teacher here, so everyone who participates 'can' be a teacher (and probably is to someone)....
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- Chris Heath
For me, it's kind of like speed reading. You don't learn every detail but you do get a quick, somewhat comprehensive understanding of the topic. Took speed reading classes in summer school when I was a kid. Thanks mom :)
- padric toman
Robert, much of learning is about making meaningful connections through meaningful experiences and learning through apprenticeships. These tools provide the ability to experience thought leaders on any/many topics from anywhere and if you participate in the conversation you begin to build your own understanding. As the filters (search & social connections) allow you to fine tune that engagement it can become very effective.
- Lee
good point, Chris
- chad calease
Robert, as a theory to back up your thoughts, check out the Social Learning Theory by Albert Bandura.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
'Study Groups' self-assemble here on friendfeed - once track is back then there will be no excuse for not finding the group you're looking for
- Chris Heath
The jury is still out on my appreciation of the social aspect, recently dropping in appears to increase my creative flow. The speed reading concept is also viable, imo.
- Carolyn Wood
i don't agree with the speed reading aspect. part of the solution for me is getting away from this partial learning and into something significantly more comprehensive. many of us think a 3-page article on a topic leads us to *understanding* it - surely there's a happy medium somewhere
- chad calease
Would like to see more on harnessing the power of groups on FriendFeed and how businesses are using the platform with private workgroups
- Carol Lynn Martens
Twitter/FF - I agree with Chad. Well put. “inquiry-based learning is more gratifying than ever before.” The focus for me is on the social aspect of sharing data; both legacy and real time. I follow people with similar interests. People who have a passion for exploring new media paradigms, products, and services that shape the way through which we disseminate information. That social...
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- Benjamin Taylor
yeah chad, i'm with you on that... this format allows for a more in-depth interaction - i do get the speed reading part, but that's just so i can find the bits i want to get in-depth with (like this thread, for instance)
- Chris Heath
By the way, to answer the earlier question, the hashtag for the conference is #iel09
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
#ieL09 for clarity
- Chris Heath
Robert: I use FF to alert me of new blogs in areas of interest, I then use the blogs to help me find answers to the problems or design decisions they don't talk about in school or books. I think of blogs as one of the best ways to mentor the masses and FF as a way to find out about them. Its like having millions of agents looking for material I'm interested in.
- Jim Lavin
Look at what I made: http://friendfeed.com/law-blob Dozens of legal experts commenting in their fields on recent issues, and I'm adding more all the time. Easy to skim, easy to tag, and deeper than the sea. Just as one example... e-discovery is a fast moving area of the law, and by following less than a dozen blogs, my briefs blow the doors off my opponent's.
- Maxwell Kennerly
Thanks for the tip, Robert. This conference looks really interesting and I may try to attend.
- Sterling Zumbrunn
from BuddyFeed
Social Median has been great for taking many sources and shooting back the content from them that interests me on a particular subject, it is good tool for learning about topics relating to current events.
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
We no longer need to retain "loose" knowledge - we just need to maintain loose networks of smart people. This is where FF and social learning kick in
- Gavin Heaton
Robert: Discovery = Learning -- FF/Twitter accelerate Discovery -- So FF/Twitter = Learning x Learning
- Paul Moss
Robert, also consider including excellent Q&A sites like stackoverflow in your talk
- Arvind
Robert you have likely seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch... How one teacher uses twitter in the classroom
- Peter du Toit (S.Africa)
Peter: yes, but I'm glad you reminded me of that. Thanks!
- Robert Scoble
my interest in social networking is in "knowledge management", now everyone knows that you can not manage knowledge, you also can not "capture" knowledge, that is a fallacy, what you can do however is facilitate better information sharing and especially involve different groups in different means of problem solving, twitter, ff and others are very useful tools in aggregating /...
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- Paul Tudor
Just reading these comments is a great learning experience! I find the level of brainpower, imagination and creativity from the friendfeeders to be so exceptional. I have always been an info junkie and now I have these excellent creative info miners-from Twitter and FF giving me great new gems second by second. My problem is managing the time. I can lget caught up in the flow and hours go by in seeming minutes, as I share and connect the various dots in the matrices.
- Karma Martell
Oh Robert! You triggered a couple of interesting conversations over 10 hours ago and then, while I was sleeping, you started this one!! I am sure that I have not fully understood your question, but my comment(s) grew so fast that they outgrew this format, so I threw them into a hastily written blog post here: http://johnwlewis.wordpress.com/2009...
- John W Lewis
I am late to the conversation and this has proab been said, but using social media I have access to thought leaders and innovators. I have had ff conversation with you in the past and I would never have that opportunity 10 years ago (well maybe blogs).
- Jeff
Robert: this just came past http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica... (Embracing the Twitter Classroom) some intersting stuff here.
- Peter du Toit (S.Africa)
On the off chance that you may possibly mention FriendFeed :) I'll share one of the FriendFeed saved searches that I use to keep up with job information http://friendfeed.com/search...
- John E. Bredehoft
Web 3.0 Might Be Really Stupid http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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Oh, thank you Marshall. You nailed my concern. I use the activity streams of my friends to find out how they are, or what they think, how they are feeling, or what's happening in their lives. I would hate to think all this is just marketing fodder, when it has so enlarged and enriched my life to meet all these new people and learn about them.
- Francine Hardaway
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Maybe to make it less "stupid", we could start by quitting the 2.0/3.0 nomenclature :)
- Antonella Stellacci
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Francine (and others), i think your fears are being realised, but perhaps you don't have to worry:) It looks to me that services and content are becoming bait. Yes we use Twitter and consume Hulu and share Facebook, and they're really useful to us - but in the patterns of that usage lies the real value. Media companies for instance, realise they're in the data collection business, and...
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- Paul Moss
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Comment on: Web 3.0 Might Be Really Stupid - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Francine (and others), i think your fears are being realised, but perhaps you don't have to worry:) It looks to me that services and content are becoming bait. Yes we use Twitter and consume Hulu and share Facebook, and they're really useful to us - but in the patterns of that usage lies the real value. Media companies for instance, realise they're in the data collection business, and that the content (hate that word btw) that formerly had such a premium value, is now just...bait. And the best bait gets the most fish:)
- Paul Moss
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Amplifeeder: FriendFeed's Much Hotter Sister http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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Love how the url reads "frienfeeds much prettier sister" and the article headline screams "...friendfeeds much HOTTER sister"
- Paul Moss
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I don't see this as similar to friendfeed as much as it is a way to aggregate and archive activity on one's own server. I like that idea. I'd like everything aggregated and archived on my blog server.
- Karoli
Comment on: Amplifeeder: FriendFeed's Much Hotter Sister - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Love how the url reads "frienfeeds much prettier sister" and the article headline screams "...friendfeeds much HOTTER sister"
- Paul Moss
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The Next Media Company | chrisbrogan.com - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-nex...
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usual high quality lead off from Chris, and this time with some quality comments:)
- Paul Moss
Deny This, Last.fm - Great story from techcrunch. - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
"CBS in the analytics business" - i suppose all the big media publishers are now. Is it the best way to monetize content, or just the easiest?
- Paul Moss
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BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | F1 teams unite ahead of key talks - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2...
does this not look mafioso-ish?
- Paul Moss
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3D Avatar Fashion Games - Frenzoo - http://www.frenzoo.com/beta/
My friends, who are girls (just make the point clear!) say this rocks!
- Paul Moss
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I don't like Twitter one bit; but, next week, I'm going to be interviewed by a newspaper about the brainless platform. Please help me out with some nasty zingers about the service that I can throw at the reporter. Make'm scandalously witty, why dontcha... ;-)
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I know you FriendFeed lovers have some mess you wanna talk about Twitter. Give me your thoughts and I'll publicly air them out for ya ;-)
- Brad Williamson
you don't like twitter ... try meemi.com ;)
- Capobecchino (Enrico)
@Enrico Wow, that looks interesting. I'll definitely give that one a once-over ;-)
- Brad Williamson
This is our little project that in recent days has renewed ;)
- Capobecchino (Enrico)
Keep up the good work! It looks very intriguing!
- Brad Williamson
try and give us a feedback ;) ... this is my meemi http://meemi.com/capobecchino ;)
- Capobecchino (Enrico)
in theese days we developing chat and groups ... and many features ;)
- Capobecchino (Enrico)
I just wrote a [long] missive with tons of ammo for zinger development here http://friendfeed.com/louisgr...
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
not in-touch with my inner-smart-ass tonight. maybe have a zinger or two after a bit though
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
You don't need to do anything except quote Oprah's Tweets to them: http://twitter.com/oprah that should alone tell the reporter what's wrong with Twitter.
- Robert Scoble
+2 Robert heh.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
+10 Robert
- Charlie Anzman
man, you're asking for a huge fight but, here's one - I think the media coverage is too much..
- Monique
@oprah hasn't even replied to once person ... SMH ...
- Amani
Its a service - and people will use twitter as they feel like, and that may be different to how the founders intended - double-edged for sure and still in transition. opens a larger debate around 'intended' market segments, (niche vs mass services) vs expectation, accidental success
- Paul Moss
Twitter is great mate I dunno what there is not to like about it really. I think most Twitter dislikers dislike the hype around Twitter because they think it doesn't deserve it, or they wish they'd thought of it first. It's simply a communications medium plain and simple (seriously, it really is *plain and simple* and that's why it beats every other service on the net hands down - sorry FriendFeed, but you're only for geeks really. No hard feelings, but Twitter beat you to it)
- Josh
Josh: you've done six likes and you are already telling us all about what friendfeed is good for? This is this shit I left Twitter for. I want to listen to people who actually have a clue about something before they shoot off their mouths. Please go back to Twitter cause that's the kind of deep analysis we've come to expect of people there.
- Robert Scoble
lol
- Cee Bee
You see, Robert hits the head on the nail again. There is nothing wrong with Twitter except for the people who use it.
- Gilbert Harding
Gilbert: there's nothing wrong with my Windows PC, either, right? Hah!
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Yep.
- Gilbert Harding
Tell the reporter that Twitter plans to sell our tweets to reporters - then offer him a discount on yours if he gets in early. Not kidding about Twitter selling everyone's tweets. http://ff.im/2UzlW
- Debi Jones
I don't like the idea that many of the twitterers just try to catch as many followers as possible without tweeting anything helpful, sometimes they don't have a single tweet and 1000 followers just by following themselves about 5000 different persons. They even want to give you advice how to do the same - nothing to be proud of for me!
- Claudia
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SHORT AND SWEET CONVERSATIONS ONLINE, GET ON FRIGGIN' MEEBO.COM AND INSTANT MESSAGE ONE ANOTHER! Seriously... what's the point in leaving a two sentence tweet, then three hours later some MIGHT respond to it? And then you don't receive that response until five hours later, when you then get to leave a two sentence reply. CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO OPERATE THIS...
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- Brad Williamson
As a search engine, I see the value in Twitter. But, as a conversation tool, there is zero value. Mainstream users of Twiter will recognize how much of an ass-whip it is to have a conversation with someone in due time. And then once they leave Twitter for better alternatives, such as FriendFeed, Facebook, etc., then - OH! - there goes the search engine value! So sad...
- Brad Williamson
And Bryan... you're right about them being useful to their own degree - it just so happens that they are useful to a very small degree. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree ;-)
- Brad Williamson
Brad: As much as I might have to say that's critical of Twitter, I've certainly gained a lot of value from it, and do start some very good conversations and friendships there. I'm also quite certain that considerably more than 1% of my followers are paying attention. Surely you've used SMS before? Perhaps even for a conversation? Was that a valid conversation? Twitter is certainly still...
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- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Robert: You're right on about what you said about people needing to actually use the service before they tell us what its good for, and whether is will succeed.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
HAHA , Rob. I think it's hilarious that I'm talking mess about TWITTER of all things, and it's upset you. I also find it funny that you've lost sleep over me promoting the group I just started. If my practices hurt you so badly, then unsubscribe. I love ya, Rob, but all this is still very funny.
- Brad Williamson
FriendFight!!!
- Lokei Atikus™®
I find it amusing how people rip on twitter of being a mindless waste of time but they turn around and status update on facebook and friendfeed. It's the SAME THING!
- amarquart
Actually, no one "status update[s]" on friendfeed. They have conversations.
- Glen Mistletoe
Sorry, Amarquart, but it's really not.
- Brad Williamson
Like I said, Brad, I'm pretty critical of Twitter, but I don't insult the users, and I do make it clear that I get some value out of it. In fact, I'm using it right now. But, see, I don't think that your talking "mess" about Twitter is anything but angry yelling, and not at the right parties either. You're yelling about the users of twitter who may not have heard about better ideas. The...
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- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Glen: Um, not quite true. I see plenty of "status updates" on friendfeed. there are just more conversations about people's statuses. Facebook has some about them, but friendfeed much more.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
@Rob I forgot to mention that I still love the sheeple I referred to. I, too, have been a sherpson (or whatever) on many occasions. I didn't mean it in a derogatory manner, I simply placed a label on a collection of people who flock to something for reasons they don't quite understand. NOW CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO YELLING!? ;-)
- Brad Williamson
I would prefer that we type more quietly. I've only had a few hours of sleep. Thank you :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
It is a little early, isn't it? I'll keep it down a bit... ;-)
- Brad Williamson
@Evryone stop crying over twitter, you sound like you guys are twit your pants over this. And if your gonna cry over twitter do it in 140 characters or less :)- . *NOTE* This is meant as a joke - Joy
- Lokei Atikus™®
its beautiful, almost mesmerizing. www.twitter.com
- Sara
Brad, you've simply let your hate of a service blind you from its usefulness. Different types of communication have different advantages. There is no better platform for me to ask a question and get an answer.
- Ben Parr
Ben: than friendfeed. Why? Because I can't do this on Twitter: http://friendfeed.com/scoblei...
- Robert Scoble
I'm blinded by my rage towards Twitter!!! My eyes are red and my heart's palpating! I just burped a FAIL whale outta my mouth and pooped an Aston Kutcher!!! (Note: I would never have been able to type all that brilliance in 140 characters.)
- Brad Williamson
We should only be so lucky as to be limited to 140char here today LOL!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Touche, Rob... touche ;-)
- Brad Williamson
Twitter's main competitor is yelling out a window.
- Andy Bakun
I wish I could yell out a window and be heard 12000 miles away. Nobody would dare piss me off again if I could ;-)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I can't think of a caption for this pic. Will you do me a favor and caption it for me? (Vulgarities are encouraged ;-) KThxbYe
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This is MY FUCKING ACCORDION!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH!!! CALL 911!!! WHY THE HELL DID YOU LET ME PLAY THIS THING NAKED?! YOU AND YOUR STUPID ACCORDION FETISH!!!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I got my man bits stuck.......help!
- Janet
Veloci-cordion
- Matthew
that looks like Mark E Smith... I'm scared!
- alphaxion
WTF! You better not put that on the internet!
- Shevonne
So far, Janet is winning the "Caption This Stupid Ass Pic" contest!!!
- Brad Williamson
Thanks Janet, I'm now crying AND giggling ,-)
- Jess
I'm mentally writing a whole story to try and explain WTF is going on in this picture and how it happened. Because honestly it makes no sense. "Bob's girlfriend hired the cast of Cheaters to see if her boyfriend was cheating on her. Sadly, they had to tell her he was fucking an accordion, because it had more response than her, in bed." This is an image from when Bob found out he was being filmed.
- Jimminy
IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN OR ELSE IT GETS WALTZING MATILDA AGAIN
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sadly, Naked Punk Polka never really took off. Bob was force to relive the good ol' days in the comfort of his bedroom.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Akiva just won!
- Candace
As a fan of Cheaters, I'm a lil biased towards James' illustration. May the game play on!
- Brad Williamson
Yeah, I think Candace is right. Akiva wins.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
"WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, WE GOT FUN AND GAMES!!!..."
- Brad Williamson
I think I'm going to have to go with Akiva on this one. Although, Brad, that's hilarious.
- Jimminy
I feel stupid. I simply don't get Akiva's. No offense to her, of course, but could someone explain her caption to my dumb ass? If it's a crude caption (which, I think it is), please be use the most descriptive words possible.
- Brad Williamson
+1 Jason. You've made me feel even dumberer. Akiva... Sorry dude / lamb in a suit. ;-)
- Brad Williamson
Brad has now won the comp!
- WorldofHiglet
Akiva is a man. It comes from "The Silence of the Lambs" movie.
- Candace
Brad - it's a line from Silence of the Lambs. The crazy suspect holds a hostage at the bottom of a well and lowers a basket of lotion and then yells, "It puts the lotion on its skin."
- Jimminy
I'm sorry, James, but that made zero sense to me. Once again, color me stupid.
- Brad Williamson
WTF?? They cancelled The Lawrence Welk show???!!!
- Steve
Brad - Here is the scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Jimminy
Nice, Steve! I had to Googlay the dude, but now I getcha! Good one!
- Brad Williamson
Wow, I haven't been accused of being a female on FriendFeed since someone wanted to include me on a list of influential female bloggers. I'm pretty awesome, you know.
- Akiva Moskovitz
"Who lives in a pineapple, under the SEA!!!!!"
- CAJ, somewhere else
LOL!! IJSMP, Akiva! If I were you, I'd be proud of that!
- Brad Williamson
Heck yeah, I'm proud! Look at my beautiful plumage!
- Akiva Moskovitz
He was filled with rage when his friends told him, he couldn't be in the band, because the accordion didn't fit in a Metal band.
- Jimminy
DO YOU FOLKS LIKE COFFEE?!
- Candace
F#$K the Cowbell. I got a fever for some more accordion.
- Steve
I love me some fucking zydeco!!
- Bill Rawlinson
WATCH ME PLAY MY VIAGRACCORDION
- Akiva Moskovitz
Lol, pronouncing Viagraccordion out loud makes me laugh.
- Jimminy
In the end, Lyle decided to accept the job as greeter at the Musical House of Horrors. It was easy work. He got a chance to play again. And they let him scream all he liked.
- MikeAmundsen
Weird Al started out like many young musicians, performing for imaginary audiences in the privacy of his bedroom, naked.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
who filled my squeezebox with JELLOOOOW ?!
- bob phillips
I didn't know Gollum played the accordian.....
- Stephanie Segel
'whaddya mean, YOUR instrument looks a bit different"
- Paul Moss
"wtf it was'nt a dream sh!t"
- eric
"The World Accordion To Garp"
- Timothy Griffin
"You can take the kids, the house, the car, and the dog, but you will not take my ACCORDION!!"
- zephyrlily
POLKA gone WILD: Get your first video for on $1.99
- Jonathan.Rivera
Never play an accordion naked.
- Valley
So far, I'm diggin' on Candace's. It made me smile ;-)
- Brad Williamson
I´m gonna DANCE WITH SOMEBODY! (just had the song in my ears when I saw this)
- esther ♥ ♫
Oooooh! THAT'S A GOOD SONG, Esther!
- Brad Williamson
His first naked accordion lesson was going well until the first squeeze of the bellows found his genitals in the way.
- CAJ, somewhere else
yes brad, even better without accordion ;)
- esther ♥ ♫
YOU CAN HAVE THIS ACCORDION WHEN YOU CAN PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!
- MikeAmundsen
SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND
- Daniel Bruce
Why don't you knock, MOM!
- Alejandro
is that Tim Robbins?
- cooper
BOOM, Cooper! I like, I like!
- Brad Williamson
wondering if this twitter change is based on complaints from new users and only breaks the service for early adopter types
Matthew Gifford and Paul Moss liked this
But it was an OPTION before. How are options bad? New users can turn off replies, early adopters can leave them on. #fixreplies
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
crazy. how to castrate your service in one easy step..
- Paul Moss
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