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Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

way to go, kill that twitter :( . - abdellah

This calls out for a graph. Hmm. - Stephen Mack

5000 in 09. - grant fox

@matthewbaldwin: "I prefer to think of the DOW as 'half full.'" - Glen Mistletoe

What, do you take joy in making me cry? :D - ChiliMac

I don't think this means much except that it shows what terrible damage has been done to the market since 2007. - Thomas Hawk

Graphed here: http://www.zeigen.com/blog... (blog post is http://www.zeigen.com/blog... ) - Stephen Mack

Now there's a chart begging for a logarithm. :-) - Kevin Fox

I think logarithms are hard to conceptualize, and it reduces the impact of the last few years. But for you, Kevin, anything! - Stephen Mack

http://www.zeigen.com/blog... - Stephen Mack

Am I correct in realizing BIRTHDAY congrats are in order Thomas?? (little off-topic :) - Charlie Anzman

Yep. Thanks pal. - Thomas Hawk

It's your birthday, Thomas? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! - Admiral Anika

Happy Birthday Thomas! :) - directeur

Many more ... keep the great stuff comin' :) - Charlie Anzman

I'm playing around with it now. Quite nice; has great potential. - Brent Newhall

Yeah! it's not working very well! Waiting for better version! - netvista

The streams are still separate. I'd like to see an option to interleave FF and Twtr and Identi.ca. - Cliff Gerrish

Yes, that would be perfect. all in one window, tied together. but a database nightmare, I imagine. - Karoli

Separate streams are a nightmare from which I'm trying to awake. - Cliff Gerrish

Hello Everyone, it's great that you want this feature! It's coming up in the next weeks. Thanks for the amazing feedback. - SHHHE

There's something very important I forgot to tell you. Don't cross the streams. It would be bad. Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. Total protonic reversal. - Ken Sheppardson

Actually, it looks like you can mix it up. There's a MIX button that allows you to choose which services you want to mix in. Still kinda sketchy, but it's a foot in the door. - Cliff Gerrish

Cliff, you're ahead of us! You got it, that's exactly what I was talking about. - SHHHE

Nice, so let's work in some de-duping-- oh and track. And then you'll be running along side FF. And that level of competition is a real good thing. - Cliff Gerrish

Cliff, you're very kind. De-duping is in the radar, we are working on it. - SHHHE

Cliff, you can track. Create a stack, Eg: Twitter/Everyone, search for a keyword in it and let the stream play. - SHHHE

I don't really want to cross the streams. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

MiniMage, the mixed stream is just one of the options, you can use the separate streams, if you like them better. - SHHHE

Excellent, I was hoping it would be optional! Thanks. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

I've just started using it, and it's quite amazing. i think it's found most of my other accounts, I'm just having a little trouble with one. Somw of the twiitter feature are really interesting. What is meant by mixing the streams? - Michael Fidler from twhirl

Michael, 'Mix' builds a stream combining posts from several social networks. - SHHHE

Lots of bugs to work out, but I am definitely into the concept ... good stuff! - Nadine Schaeffer

Thanks Nadine, we would be very thankful if you could report any bugs on our feedback forum http://groups.google.com/group... - SHHHE

it crashed then I tryied the url http://www.peoplebrowsr.com/login (not linked) and was abe to login again reseting my password. - marcel from Alert Thingy

Man, how cool is that? - Rolf Schewe

Senator Biden is now his homeboy. - Jon Parise

You know someone is gonna say, "That's great, but the Vice Presidency isn't about talking to little kids." And it's those people who ruin our country. - Eric Geller

Nice job. Glad he asked the 'right' questions.... - Craig Mische

"heh heh...that's funny............thank you." hilarious - Josh Haley

damn liberal media elites and their gotcha journalism! - Jeremy Toeman

'Go out of your way for other people if you want them to go out of their way for you.' (paraphrase). Dead on. - JP Adams

me-mail... I like it ;-) - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

One weird thing: it actually felt like Tom Peters was off on a mental island. I respect Tom's work a lot. Very rah rah and got my thinking charged in the late 90s. But did you see it that way, too? - Chris Brogan

I only saw a combined 5 minutes or less, but I think Seth really "spoke up" - and was on-point. I did like Tom's comment on "decency" though. There is not enough of that in the world... I'm hoping social media will help us all get a little more love ;-) - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

lol, I cant wait to hear what olbermann has to say about this - Kyle Weller

interesting showing some polls are now within the margin of error, including the zogby poll which is now within 6 - Jonathan Jesse

Jonathan: if you talk to pollsters, though, they say the actual results aren't that close. The polls that are closer aren't using cell phone only voters, like me, which tend to break younger and more educated and which are breaking for Obama big time. - Robert Scoble

A great read. Amazing how much interest there was in Europe while i was there about our election. Everyone I talked to over the past two weeks was scared of McCain/Palin and rooting for Obama/Biden. Fascinating to see how citizens of other countries took such an interest in a foreign election. US citizens are so far removed from such affairs abroad. It was good to see the interest and concern. - Jim Goldstein

No one calls me which is good anyway. If they did, I might not tell them what I really felt, as pollsters and telemarketeers calling get me pissed anyway. - Ian May

I was in Europe in April/May for a month and everyone was interested. Many doubted that Americans would ever elect a Black President. I told them to "just watch us - it will happen this time!" - Bora Zivkovic

If the obama campaign called me I would be happy about that - Kyle Weller

Oh wow, a media outlet endorsing 0bama. How surprising! - Spencer

Call Guinness. - David Risley

that's one good nucular tidbit I have not heard until now? :) - Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa

Not surprising at all - since the choice is between a candidate and a caricature. - Bora Zivkovic

Actually the choice is a marketing campaign, which 0bama has been good at, but still has no substance. - Spencer

So, you've gone and read the articles on his website with the specifics and still believe that? It's okay to say no substance if you've read and feel that way, but if not, it's pretty silly. - Karoli

Anybody can write marketing materials, look at 0bama's past, look at his voting record, that is more telling than what some marketing strategist posted on a website. - Spencer

Voting record, and record of bills introduced and/or passed, which for a senator with 2 years, is quite impressive. If nothing else, the guy is a workaholic. I'd say the conduct of his campaign also speaks to management/governing style. - Karoli

4 years. I was living in Chicago in 2004 when Obama rose through a crowded Dem primary field to absolutely dominate the election. Even before Ryan's scandal, he was up by 35 points. I remember seeing the first "Obama" signs at the Wilmette Metra station and not knowing if that was a first or last name. - Dave Slusher

http://friendfeed.com/e... - Mitchell Tsai

Every one of those kids seems to know something I don't and never will... - Michael W. May from twhirl

Isn't there a way to "fave" all of these in one shot? They're universally awesome. - ha3rvey (sup homepants)

Harvey: Have you looked at koknia's favorites? Koknia's latest faves (as a FriendFeed imaginary friend) http://friendfeed.com/e.... She's got a good eye for other people's "people" shots. koknia's favorites page http://flickr.com/photos.... - Mitchell Tsai

Nice Mitchell, I've been wanting to share some of my favorite flick users here. I'd love to see more of this kind of thing. - Rafael Robayna

Thanks, Mitchell! Koknia's faves are awesome, too. - ha3rvey (sup homepants)

a great photographer! - Thomas Hawk

With her eyes, the little girl seems to say WTC? What the Cake? :) - directeur

Anyone got other favorite Flickr photographers? Is there a way to search for other people with 1+/5+/10+ million views? I've only learned this morning how to use PicLens and Sizes to see bigger Flickr pictures, so quite the Flickr novice here... Any help would be much appreciated. How do Flickr users find other photographers? - Mitchell Tsai

Mitchell - I typically use the 'friends' features of Flickr much more than any search. I usually just look at people I like, then look at their friends for the same styles of photos. It was worked for me in the past at least. - Bryan Pearson

Bryan - Thanks for the help. I haven't tried the "friends" feature of Flickr yet. I'll give it a shot... - Mitchell Tsai

Mitchell I wrote a post on how to find great photos on Flickr here: http://thomashawk.com/2006... - Thomas Hawk

Wow! Thanks Thomas for the article. Have to find time to read the last few years of your blog. Your articles are so good... Great insights (1) Scout (2) Archive (9) Flickr Toys. See http://friendfeed.com/e... for a partial summary. I'm headed out for a walk & some photos. The birds are calling. Yesterday saw amazing fireflies, but couldn't get any decent photos without a bigger lens and more sensitive camera. :-( - Mitchell Tsai

I love ko-knia's work - and I was lucky enough to book him to shoot my (edit: upcoming) wedding in August. - Brian Glick

Brian - You are one lucky guy! How was the wedding? Do you have pics on-line? - Mitchell Tsai

Sorry - wasn't clear - my wedding is coming up in August, and I booked him earlier this year. - Brian Glick

چه لباي خوشگلي داري دختر! - DoodingHouse

One of my 2 favorite Flickr photographers. - Mitchell Tsai

Link to her slideshow http://flickr.com/photos... http://friendfeed.com/e... - Mitchell Tsai

God, I love this photo. I should revisit my likes more often. Turns out I have pretty good taste. - Alexei Tolkachev

Alexei: You're lucky you've got under 400 likes/comments. I would love to revisit the stuff I liked in March, but with 12,900, I can't see most of them. :-( I wish I could see "stuff I liked in March", "stuff I liked in April", etc... - Mitchell Tsai

I love how all the pictures are just called 'kid'. - Tim Hoeck

Tim: I wonder if it's a privacy thing with the kids names? - Mitchell Tsai

@Mitchell Tsai I posted this a little while ago: http://friendfeed.com/e... [big list of favourite Flickr photographers] - Kol Tregaskes

@Mitchell Tsai Links to your imaginary friends will not work for anyone else by you, shame really I as I would like to share mine too. I've added all my favourite Flickrers to my Imaginary friends and now used the new FF and added them to a friends list. So I can go to this list and search my imaginary friends ONLY. Dream :-D Now I just want to see published photos only - Kol Tregaskes

Kol: Thanks for the list of your favorite Flickr photographers. My list is much shorter http://friendfeed.com/e... Maybe we could make a public FF room & add the Flickr feeds for everyone... - Mitchell Tsai

Sounds a good idea, I'll have a play with a new room in a tick. - Kol Tregaskes from NoiseRiver

@Mitchell Tsai (mitchelltsai): I've created a Best of Flickr room (ideas for a better name are welcome). You can find it here: http://friendfeed.com/rooms... - Kol Tregaskes from NoiseRiver

@Mitchell Tsai (mitchelltsai): What I've done is create another room for my personal favourite Flickrers (Flickr Photography at http://friendfeed.com/rooms...) and then added that FF feed to the Best of Flickr room. I've added a few Flickrers (manually entering their Flickr feeds - means the room displays their published work only) but will adds more over the next week or so. For the moment I've set it to admin posting only, so anyone who wants to join and post let me know. - Kol Tregaskes from NoiseRiver

Kol: Thanks for the Best of Flickr room, and sharing your favorite photographers with us. I'm going to spend some time locating photographer's home websites & portfolios...and post them to my account. At some point, we may want to create a Favorite-Photographer-Portfolio room, or something like that. How about a vi.sualize.us room? The pics are imported into FF much larger than the tiny Flickrs. - Mitchell Tsai

@Morton: "examining benchmarks" huh? - JP Landry

Aren't the TWIP guys coming out with a "Photography is Not a Crime" t-shirt soon? - Andy Roth

I must agree with Jasmin. Is this really the right ad for this demographic? - AJ Kohn

It's not like you can set out on a 2 year journey to 'discover' that Vista doesn't actually suck. And Columbus died still thinking the earth was flat, so how does that figure in to the metaphor? - Kevin Fox

Thomas modified the original ad in response to the comments at http://friendfeed.com/e... - Alan Le

The ship is looking for a Fail Whale ;-) - AJ Batac

Pirates ROCK! Go Pirates! Pirates are much cooler than Columbus ever was. - Thomas Hawk

Ninjas are way cooler than pirates, though. - ha3rvey (sup homepants)

++AJ Batac ;) - Sean Savage

It's about time they did something....anything - maxim shevertalov from twhirl

AJ, great idea on the Fail Whale theme. I added a second targeted ad around the concept of Microsoft looking for Twitter's lost fail whale. http://thomashawk.com/2008... - Thomas Hawk

The original ad is here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott... - Philipp Lenssen

I think this is smart. They can't directly go up against Apple on "coolness", and they're not. This is more of an end run. In a way, it's similar to the Think Different (sic) campaign: popular wisdom says that Vista is bad, but those who are dispensing the popular widsom, though well dressed, are uninformed. - Jon Galloway

i guess i'm super old school... in my early days of modem surfing (circa late 80s), this ad would essentially have windows saying: it is cool to illegally copy us! - Rob Reed

I do not get it. - Dan Parsons

I've already been through this with some other people the FriendFeed thread mentioned by Alan Le above. I'm not going through it again but I will say that I think it's a great ad campaign and I wish Microsoft the best of luck with it. - Akiva Moskovitz

This is in no way real. - Aaron Myers

the campaign appears real; the crap on the bottom seems to have been added by somebody in photoshop. I like this quote from the zdnet article: "Vista is now actually better than its reputation. That’s a marketing issue" - Paul Whitaker

Not the new campaign. - Sean Alexander

Alright so this is the real ad: http://www.tothepc.com/pic... -- They're trying to say "Everyone thought the world was flat" saying "Everything thinks Windows is the same, but get the real facts about Vista, etc, etc," or something like that. Who knows, it's not very straight forward. - Aaron Myers

are you sure that they are not just trying to say everyone should just be pirates because pirates are cool? ;) - Thomas Hawk

Who messes with Pirates? Nobody, that's who. - Kristopher Tate

I'm laughing because reading it out loud or in your head sounds stupid. - Outsanity

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Vista Gold - Outsanity

is this real? - Jeff Woelker from twhirl

Searching my registry for Spanish dubloons. - Akiva Moskovitz

But if everyone is a pirate, then it wouldn't be cool anymore, because everyone is doing it. Thankfully, not everybody is a pirate, though, so it's still cool to be one. Argh! - Jason Shultz from twhirl

I think the ad says everyone should drink Cutty Sark. Odd tack: if you don't love our product you're a blighted medieval-minded slug. - Michael Markman

Zzzzzzzzz - Sally Church

Arrrgghhhhh, ahoy matey, off to Limewire to get this pirate some new tunes for my zune. Arrrghhhhhh.... - Thomas Hawk

Arggggghhh, need me some Captain Morgan's spiced rum to go with my Microsoft Wording this morning. - Thomas Hawk

Hehe, I can't get the image of Ballmer as the annoying parrot sitting on Bill Gates' shoulder out of my head - jcunwired

Ballmer should wear a pirate eye patch to the meeting with analysts tomorrow. Arggggghhh. - Thomas Hawk

Do I smell a tie-in with Pirates of the Caribbean 4? ;) - Jorge Escobar

Thomas Kincaid EAT YOUR HEART OUT ARRR. Seriously, it's like those crusty-old 70's paintings you can find in your mom's attic. - Eric Rice

Weird. Don't get it. - fbrunel

Dead Macs tell no tales. - Thomas Hawk

I think it's important that he has people who know the internet (it wouldn't be a good trait if he/she didn't do that, and I'd consider that behind the times) but I don't think the actual president needs to know how to do that. Frankly, there are a MUCH more important things that I feel the president should master than the web.... I might actually consider the president to be wasting time if he decided to take that task on just to take it on. - Kate Brodock from twhirl

The President will never need to use their own computer while in office; however, knowing how the web functions, its role in the economy, and how 90+% of the country uses it is very important in the 21stC - Nicholas Molnar from twhirl

Seriously... the president needs to pick good advisers and have experience in government. Hire someone to explain Facebook to him. The main decisions involve foriegn policy, not whether twitter is better than plurk. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

Nope. But he should understand Web/tech regulatory issues. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Wouldn't the President need to know how to use email to communicate with the White House staff? - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

I think the President of the United States in the 21st century should be capable of operating a computer and making use of mainstream internet services. - Jason Wehmhoener

Is pushing "The Button" considered computer use? - Andrew Smith

they should know how to read e-mail & google. - clarke thomas

I think a President does need to know how to use a computer. Question is, would he/she use a PC or a Mac - Richie Escovedo

So, so many more important aspects of what makes someone a good leader for a whole nationt han whether they can surf the frickin' web. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

I think there are some very important issues that my grandma does not understand, because she doesn't understand computers and the web - Charlie from twhirl

Technology is already a big part of our lives and will only grow. If a President can't even operate a computer, they are out of touch with the people they represent. That's the truth. - Shawn Farner from twhirl

This is 2008, if you can't surf the web and do other basic tasks with a computer, you are out of touch in a big way. For most people, that doesn't matter. For the president, you don't get to be excused. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Each Human needs to know how to use a Web. Is President a Human?:) - Igor Poltavskiy

@jason, well stated. - Clay Newton

Not sure if the president needs to know how to use the computer but I am pretty sure that he needs to know that he can't keep a war going for 100 years. - Krishnan Subramanian

I would think that it can be expected that a Presidential candidate should have had the time and the willingness to have learned how to use a computer before the duties of the President PERHAPS make it irrelevant. - Matthew Imakyure from twhirl

Similar discussion here: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Jim Stanger

Yes. Not having even basic computer skills in 2008 betrays a lack of curiosity and intellectual rigor. - Chris Baskind

Although my vote would depend more on the vision and positions of a candidate, I think that to be in the position of the most powerful person on the earth, you would need to have at least a minimum amount of knowledge, not just about PC's and the internet BTW. Imagine Medvedev or Putin sending an IM message that goes lost without a reply :-) - Marc Dierens

Of course. 80% of the country uses computers, and over 50% is on the Internet. It is a way of reaching his audience, the voters. It's now part of basic literacy skills. Does he have to spend the day online? Of course not. - Francine Hardaway

Yes. I'll second Chris Baskind's comment. - Eric Thompson

FYI: I blogged about this yesterday - http://tinyurl.com/42fqcp - Mike Keliher

communication is key. Yes. - Sean Oliver

This is a dumb question and a non-issue. It should be: Can the Candidate function as an everyday American using the tools, institutions and opportunities available to everyday people? - Andrew Feinberg

YES! Doh! - Susan Beebe

Andrew - Isn't that a bit harsh? There are no dumb questions? It is an issue whether or not you think it should be. To answer the question, I would like to see overall literacy and competency in my elected officials. - Mathew A. Koeneker

No. I'm tired of the issue being parsed and based on videos and sound-bites when the underlying one is whether or not the candidate is aware of the issues that everyday Americans face. It's one thing to be driven around and have people take care of your correspondence, advise you, and speak for you. That's ok. But you still need to be able to drive a car to really understand traffic and fill up a gas tank to see the price. Remember George H.W. Bush at the grocery store in 1992? - Andrew Feinberg

So by that logic, you would throw out McCain or Obama? - Mathew A. Koeneker

Neither of which, I am pretty sure, fill up their own cars with gas. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Although (and I can't believe I'm having this conversation) Obama's filled his tank a lot more recently than McCain has. But yes, a leader ought to be reasonably clued into what his constituents are doing / how they are interacting, etc. McCain's cluelessness about the 'net is obvious and a bit troubling. Having said that, I was annoyed when MSM was giving McCain crap for saying he "watched" Drudge, implying that he was describing it the same way as a TV show. That was unfair, because a lot of us... - Anthony Citrano

..would say we "watched" people online who we found interesting. I don't know whether McCain meant it that way or not, but I'm as sick of seeing people unfairly jump on McCain as I am the reverse. Let's stick to the real issues instead of this "gotcha" shit. - Anthony Citrano

There are more important things to worry about, but not gonna lie.. if my grandma can figure it out, I'd definitely love to be confident that our president would be able to check his email in a dire situation. - justine

The bigger issue is the one Andrew brought up. I want to know that the President has some basic understanding of the issues that will be coming up in the next 4-8 years. Those include amongst -many- others: mid-east politics, oil, stem-cells/genetic engineering, and yes regulatory issues surrounding the Internet. It's hard to deal with anything if you rely completely on your advisers. - Steve Spalding

Steve: scratch Mideast politics, as well as information technology, as a domain in which John McCain possesses any expertise -- he doesn't even understand the differences between Shiites and Sunnis. Basically, Lieberman whispers into McCain's ear, and McCain produces garbled renditions with a single message: WAR, WAR, WAR! Scary, considering that the Iraq War is costing Americans trillions of dollars while playing perfectly into the hands of Muslim fundamentalists. - Sean McBride

No, let him try to learn how to run a country first. Oops, silly me, ti's too late, he's leaving soon! - Ian May

Yes, they do, it is an important issue, the internet is quickly becoming or currently is the major means of communication in the world a basic lack of understanding of such a tool of communication and commerce - Justin Yost

Presidents have to know how to use computers & Internet. So they can understand how these tools can (have to) impact on the country and on the whole world's future (present!), regulation issues and so on.. a good balancing is required.. and it depends on the country in question. Presidents -have to- understand: they have to use them, and it is really important that they have good advisers. - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Thierry - McCain's advisers are dominated by the same neoconservatives who engineered the Iraq War. So not to worry. - Sean McBride

Thats great and we have tickets to the Frida show on the 15th of July, just in time. - Jon Erickson

An improvement. How rare... - Håkan Dahlström

Great news. - Mike Doeff

Congratulations! - Daan

Jon: It specifically says photography will be restricted in special exhibits (i.e. Frida). - Justin Korn

This is really good news! - Justin Korn

Does anyone know the NY MOMA Photography Policy? I searched both their site and google and could not find anything. - Espen

Espen, the NY MOMA allows photography in their permanent galleries. - Thomas Hawk

If I knew that, I would have better constructed content :-) It's all over the place now. - Henk de Kruyff from twhirl

Chris you are spot on again. Much of my time on the (practical side of) the web is spent yelling "didn't anyone try this site as a prospective customer might?" It is often obvious (hotel site: rates, availability, facilities, nearby) yet countless sites, especially Flash sites swirl around and make it impossible to get satisfaction within a few minutes which is when I look elsewhere. The question you ask is the question every site owner needs to ask herself. - randulo

It is amazing like such a simple concept like Friendfeed could turn into something so complex, so complete. What is even more amazing is seeing how Twitter had it all and was able to go down in such an idiotic way. - Rodrigo Leme

Let me know how you like it! (Gridjit) - Ray Grieselhuber

Refugees unite - tear down the walls of single vendor-ness - break though the barriers of 140 characters - unite in your FriendFeed-liness! - Marc Canter

I tried Alert Thingy most of the day today. I've come back to twhirl... like it... keepin' it! - BlueMoonMultimedia from twhirl

i was half expecting the lion to eat them at the end of the video. glad that didn't happen. - MG Siegler

ha, me too, on both accounts - Michael W. May from twhirl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Vincent X

That made my day... Thanks V. - Vincent X

Shortly after this video was taken he devoured both men, leaving only their hair and bell-bottoms behind. - Leo Laporte

Nice poster. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images... http://amazon.com/Christi... - Vincent X

I think I'll order the documentary... http://amazon.co.uk/Christi... - Vincent X

WOW just WOW animals do have a great sense on love... - John Spencer

if only we humans learn to remember to love like animals- how much better the world will become !! - Peter Dawson

All that was missing was both of them drinking a Coca Cola. - Mike Lewis from fftogo

mike if you are on a game reserve, its best not to have any food /beverages on you at all times.. thats the way it is.. :)- - Peter Dawson