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Review: Hi-Tec-C Coleto - The Pen Hunter

August 17 at 11:51 pm - Link

The Hi-Tec-C, or G-Tec-C4 as it's known in the UK. JetPens bring lots of interesting variations of it over from Japan, though, which Pilot UK and Pilot US don't officially import. - Michael Randall

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Hello Kitty Sushi - Hello Kitty Hell

August 8 at 1:59 pm - Link

Om nom nom nom. - Michael Randall

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Hello Kitty Sushi - Hello Kitty Hell

August 8 at 1:59 pm - Link

Om nom nom nom. - Michael Randall

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Cult Pens Tombow - More new stuff!

August 8 at 3:08 am - Link

More new things from Tombow - branching out a bit for us. - Michael Randall

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Character encoding issues upgrading MySQL to 4.1 | Wim Mostrey

July 27 at 4:28 am - Link

Not really very useful unless you happen to have this exact problem, but this just got PigPog working again after our hosts upgraded us to MySQL 4.x - Michael Randall

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Using Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer (version: 0.0.4)

July 13 at 2:22 am - Link

Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer finds all of your Tweeps on Friend Feed and automatically subscribes them. - Michael Randall

l0ckergn0me posted a message

“I want a new Canon PowerShot, but I don't know which one to buy. :P”

July 11 at 7:59 pm - via Ping.fm - Link

Glenn Batuyong, Adam Bullied, edythe, Deepak and 3 other people liked this

panasonic ftw any luminex. only because canon pictures always have this odd yellow-ish tint and the post processing is a PAIN. plus panasonics have this anti-shake feature that is OH so bad ass (and i have a powershot and an xti) - Mona N.

I bought the 890IS and like it. flaws: too much plastic and the power button is weird - RAPatton

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I have the 870. It has image stablization, 8megapix, and a huge view screen. Love it. - Christian Anderson via fftogo

image stabilization, that's what it's called. i only knew the name in Japanese. Thank you Christian :) - Mona N.

Wait....Chris, have a look at the Lumix Range. Very good cameras. I have the FZ30. :) - Toastpaint

Sorry to spam your thread Chris, but my friend's Lumix Food pictures http://bit.ly/panasonicLUMIXfo... - Mona N.

I have to agree with the folks who are pimping the Panasonic Lumix line. I have a Canon XTi, but our point and shoots are all Panasonic Lumix and we're getting great pictures. - David Thomas

Go with either the Powershot SD870 IS (not the 890) or Panasonic Lumix TZ5. The 870 is smaller but the TZ5 has one sweet zoom range. Both start at 28mm which gives you a bit of a wide angle that no other P&S compacts have which is why I like these two. - saeba

Canon PowerShot A720 IS 8MP / 6x Optical Zoom Digital Camera $169.99 shipped at Dell Home - http://accessories.us.dell.com... - Bradley McSpinn

G9. You wont regret it. - Nick Humphries

G7 is my weapon of choice. - Veronica

C: I've always been impartial to Canon but check this out.. http://www.google.com/trends?q... - Mona N.

http://dealnews.com/digital-ca... Filter by Canon ...great deals abound! And yes, go for the IS models for the clear anti-shake photos! - Glenn Batuyong

I have a little SD750 Elph. Fitd in my short pocket & takes amazing quality. You may want soething geekier but I really love the camera. - shelisrael1

Even the cheapest ones (A590 IS) take good pictures. Canon is good. - Dillon K. Hoops

I have heard good things about the Canon Powershot G9. But I have the S3 IS and I love it. It does not shoot in the RAW format however. The G9 does. - Jim Williams

Have a PowerShot Elph SD600 and a S5is. The Elph is great to take anywhere, the S5 is excellent for the "serious" shots. - Jared B. Luther

Chris, if you go with the 870, which you should, grab it at Costco (kirkland or woodinville). Costco has a great return policy. They give you cash back. Return for any reason. - Christian Anderson via fftogo

The G9 ! that is all - Vox

I have a G9, but they're all good. My wife had a Panasonic Lumix, but dropped it for my old Ixus (Elph or SD depending on market). The G9 is great if you want RAW images to get the best quality, but it's big, heavy and expensive, so not the best option if you don't care about RAW and full manual control. - Michael Randall via twhirl

Another vote for the G9. :) Currently the ultimate PowerShot for image quality and controls. If you don't feel the need for RAW shooting, then the S5 IS is probably the next in line as far as pro features go. Actually, I've found the G9 to be light and easy to carry, certainly a lot more manageable than my previous S3 IS. - Alan Ralph

My favorite PowerShot of all time has been the A650IS because of the Vari-Angle LCD screen. The specs are very similar to the Canon G9 but a lot smaller. - Michael Narciso via NoiseRiver

I'd love a Powershot but my Panasonic Lumix DCM-FX3 does everything i need it to do. - Zach Underwood

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Installing Dovecot IMAP server - Wolf's Ubuntu corner

July 10 at 1:49 am - Link

I may have just found a new favourite error message: "Fatal: Time just moved backwards by 9 seconds. This might cause a lot of problems, so I'll just kill myself now." - Michael Randall

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Freestyle Horse - Biertijd

July 7 at 10:06 am - Link

Presumably done by filming *lots* of takes, but it's still fun to watch, and must have taken some real dedication to do. - Michael Randall

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Using Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer (version: 0.0.4)

July 3 at 1:07 pm - Link

Twitter to Friend Feed Contact Importer finds all of your Tweeps on Friend Feed and automatically subscribes them. - Michael Randall

Tad - just Tad posted a message

“Dear Microsoft, I know full well that the software I just installed requires a reboot. Please quit bugging me every 5 mins about it. I'll reboot when I'm good and ready.”

July 3 at 11:02 am - via fftogo - Link

Lisa L. Seifert, Lindsay Donaghe, Lindsey Smith, Anthony Farrior and 7 other people liked this

The worst part is if you happen to be typing when it pops up. I think the default is 'yes, reboot now', which is pressed by hitting space. I end up leaving the prompt on the screen, just pushing it off to the corner so it's almost gone. Lived that way for about a fortnight until rebooting this morning. - Michael Randall via twhirl

Dear Microsoft, why the hell do I have to reboot every time I install software? Surely there is a better way. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Of course you don;t have to reboot after installing all software, or even most of it. Even most OS updates these days do not need a reboot. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

doesn't stop windows from asking. that message sucks... - Chris Harris

@Rahsheen Porter no reboot with linux :D - Anthony Farrior

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Targa Mania Part 1 - RichardsPens

July 1 at 12:32 pm - Link

I only have one Targa, and it's the bottom of the range steel-nibbed brushed steel version. Still a nice pen, though. - Michael Randall

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Visible Ink Supplies - RichardsPens

July 1 at 12:31 pm - Link

I hate running out of ink, so I tend to go for pens where I can see the ink level. - Michael Randall

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Pelikan in talks with Texas Pacific Group - FT.com

June 22 at 6:34 am - Link

Pelikan aiming to go private, and considering buying out MontBlanc and Faber-Castell - Michael Randall

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Canon launches EOS 1000D / Rebel XS - DPReview

June 10 at 12:09 am - Link

They're fighting back against Nikon's D40. About time, too. - Michael Randall

Paul Buchheit liked a story on Reddit

I wasn't allowed past airport security at Heathrow Terminal 5, as my t-shirt had a picture of a gun on it. It was a picture of a transformer holding a gun.

May 31 at 1:46 am - Link

artemy tregubenko, Kreg Steppe, Robin Barooah, scott jarvie and 41 other people liked this

id say "arrest me" and make money off the interviews and media attention - Tyler Gillies

Was the transformer looking menacing at the time? - Damien Franco

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This is what happens when you put poorly defined rules in the hands of an underachiever with a double-digit IQ and an inferiority complex. What's next? Requiring passengers to be fully anaesthetised when they fly? - Andrew Terry

no matter what I wear ... my full name always gets me SSSS on my boarding ... - Raza via Alert Thingy

dont mind them, just transform away! - Alemsah via Alert Thingy

*ashamed to be English at this point* - Slippy Lane

this sounds like USSR in last years of its existence... tho, for me all *Western world* in general looks as "USSR in last years of existence" -- all this crisis from mil overpsending, problems with wars abroad, domestic idiots en masse, etc - silpol

In the UK now, a picture of something is the same as the thing itself. It's the law. - Michael Randall via twhirl

@michael, what have we become? - Tyler Gillies

Next time come to acquire the tickets wearing a t-shirt with money. A picture of money. - 9000

Maybe because it was Optimus Prime.. If it had been Bumblebee, Britain's favorite and most fuel-efficient Autobot, you'd be OK... - Chris Reed

Whoah. The British government is getting more retarded with every passing day. This makes the James Bond movies even more unreal than they were. - Raoul Pop

I wouldn't want you on my plane- your clearly a dangerous terrorist who is going to take us down with your shirt gun. - Chris Hollander

Well first they have to make the thing illegal. Then they have to make a fake representation of the thing illegal. Then they have to make talking about it illegal. Then they have to make a picture of the thing illegal. Only THEN can they make the picture in your head illegal. You can't expect to implement thoughtcrime overnight, people! - Karim

Some bits of the UK system are a bit weird at the moment, we've got councils 'spying on individuals right now' - http://is.gd/oLt - Andy Davies

Are you serious ? How was this resolved ? Did you have to change shirts ? Did they confiscate the Transformer 'gun' shirt ? - Andy C

Actually, if I'm honest, something about that story screams "made up"....lol - Slippy Lane

Now covered by the BBC and more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_... http://news.google.co.uk/nwshp... - Simon

More than meets the eye... - Clare Dibble

Anesthetizing travlers pre-flight would solve all sorts of problems. Plus you could stack 'em up like cordwood, get lots more passengers on each flight. - Jason Wehmhoener

Jason: Cory Doctorow once suggested the same thing on a podcast (TWiT, or Mac Break Weekly, maybe) He called it something like Ninja Airlines. A ninja would shoot you with a tranquilizer dart, pack your stuff, and put you on the plane. Once you arrived, he'd give you the antidote and slip out the window before you completely came to. - Harvey Simmons

Cory++ - Jason Wehmhoener

I went through LHR T5 this morning. Now they actually have flights and passengers, they are really struggling to meet the '5 minutes to clear security' pledge. Some passengers were politely asking about the queues and complete lack of organisation but BAA security really are the most arrogant, self-satisfied, patronising, lazy, humourless people I have ever had the misfortune to meet. - Andy C

that is ridiculous, will post to http://tcritic.com - karl

Yah, covered by the press and the BBC now, so I revise my earlier declaration of shenanigans. Still, it's not policy, it's just one officious, ignorant, jumped up little oik with a rule book and the power to tell people what to do. We call them "jobsworths," as they can be identified by their cry of "it's more than my job's worth to let you through with that on." - Slippy Lane

omg You got to be kidding me - john conroy

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Hello Kitty Hole Punch

May 30 at 10:50 am - Link

Oh dear. We actually have one of these. - Michael Randall

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Back to Windows - publicenergy

May 25 at 10:00 am - Link

publicenergy is a photographer. He made the switch to Linux recently, with the aim of using only that, for all his computing. He's just decided to switch back to Windows. I can't say I blame him. I'd love to switch to Linux in the long run, but there - Michael Randall

Tad - just Tad posted a message

“FriendFeed is also bad because I can spend "just a few more minutes" refreshing it over and over and all of a sudden it's 11PM!! G'night!”

May 21 at 11:02 pm - Link

Benedikt Koehler, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Thomas Hawk, RAPatton and 5 other people liked this

It does that :) - Simon

You'll get over it. I was like that with Livejournal at one time. Then with Twitter too. - Morton Fox

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Good night! - Morton Fox

the whole internet is like that! :) - edythe

http://xkcd.com/386/ - Morton Fox

Morton Fox: ha. yes. - edythe

Hm. I'm looking at this at 22:58. Maybe I should go to bed. G'night! - Michael Randall

Shey posted a message

“Do you ever realize you "Like" someone on FriendFeed a little too much, and make a conscious effort to tone it down?”

May 23 at 2:37 pm - Link

Michelle Martinez, Andrew Smith, Matt Harwood, Jandy Stone and 11 other people liked this

Maybe that's why FriendFeed didn't implement the "super like" idea. They didn't want to contribute to marriage breakdown. - Ontario Emperor

where is the "Gay" button? - Noah David Simon

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Made me hesitate to Like this. But I haven't filled my quota of Likes for you yet Shey! - Hutch Carpenter

I 'Like' the content, not the user who shared it. If more often than not I like the content the user shares, I subscribe to them. - Geoff Longman

Just what are you trying to say? Hmmm..... - Colin Walker

Not so far on FF, but on Twitter, my favourites list is pretty much identical to Merlin's (@hotdogsladies) tweets list. - Michael Randall

I love each and every one of you equally!! xxxooo - Tad - just Tad

LOL Noah. I definitely tone down my liking of some folks at times. Don't want to seem like a doof. - Carla Thompson

lol thanks Hutch! - Shey

Crap, I must have a crush on Andrew Dobrow. - Kevin Bondelli

@Noah - LMAO - Yolanda

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Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi Review - DPReview

May 23 at 1:24 pm - Link

Looks like there's a nice space at the bottom of Canon's range now for a new competitor to Nikon's D40. Nikon seem to be pushing into the lead a bit at the moment for much of the DSLR market, but I'm sure Canon won't let it last for long. - Michael Randall

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Inner city snail - a slow-moving street art project

May 23 at 11:56 am - Link

Found via B3ta. The artist is using snails as canvas. Very small, slowly moving canvas. Wonderful - Michael Randall

Andrew Dobrow posted a message

“Went back to Twitter today to add friends. The site is so slow that I can barely do it. FriendFeed is becoming my new #1 for quickly.”

May 22 at 11:53 am - Link

Hutch Carpenter, Akiva Moskovitz, Jason Kaneshiro, George Donnelly and 2 other people liked this

I've been using twhirl primarily so I haven't been to the site. Lots of people have been complaining about the slowness. Hasn't hit me yet as I'm using the API interfaces and Jabber primarily. - Bwana McCall

"for quickly"? What, am I on crack? Jesus. - Andrew Dobrow

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Haven't fooled with the API yet today. - Andrew Dobrow

There's a delay posting tweets through the Twitter API too. twhirl probably uses a separate thread to post to Twitter in the background. That's something I can't do yet in TwitVim. - Morton Fox

But nevermind. My FFeedVim plugin is halfway there so I can post my lunch tweets to Friendfeed. :) - Morton Fox

So how to I unhide Twitter in the friends tab. - Andrew Dobrow

FFeedVim? Are you trying to lure me away from Emacs? - Michael Randall via twhirl

Scott Beale posted a message on Twitter

“talk like Yoda today, you must http://www.talklikeyoda.com”

May 21 at 1:18 pm - Link

Jerry Chacon, Greg Tarnoff, Karl, jason burton and 3 other people liked this

Missed it, I did. Fun day at work we could have had. - Michael Randall via twhirl

Thomas Hawk posted an entry on Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection

A Bad Service Experience at Tall's Camera

May 21 at 11:04 am - Link

Mrsth, Russellreno, Rachel L Fisher, Martin Taylor and 4 other people liked this

Fortunately for me, I haven't run into that kind of attitude in my Orlando area stores. However, the prices are retail and the selection is limited. Unless local stores embrace the Internet to expand their customer base, they're doomed to this business model. One store (Harmon Photo) does provide me with good service and also has a great printing and training range of services. - William Beem

I've never purchased from a local store; and my dad used to own 2 of them in Cleveland, Ohio (Laurel Camera...since out of business though). I feel bad but I frequent local stores to test out new equipment and then purchase it online. - Benjamin Golub

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I've had the same experience with camera stores in Seattle. They need to be more like my local fly fishing shop. He accepts that many people will buy rods/reels/etc online. While he stocks those, he focuses on the little things that are needed and lots and lots of customer service. I can't count the number of times he's spent 20 minutes helping me pick out flies - or shown me how to tie a new pattern. The result is, I buy from him simply because I NEED him to stay in business. - Diane Ensey

I have found a local store with good service, but it's about 45 minutes from where I live. There aren't many around, and the Wolf Camera's of the world are no better than Wal Marts. - TreJack

Back when I asked about the Canon 400D at our local (Tiverton, UK) camera shop (Cameras Plus), they told me they didn't have it, and couldn't get it at a price I'd like, but were still happy to spend a while telling me how good it was, and how happy I'd be with it if I went off and bought one online. The result is that I go in there fairly often, and have bought quite a few bits from them since. I settled on a Nikon D40 some time later, and have recently added a Canon G9. - Michael Randall

I'm not sure that I agree with the practice, but I've got a friend who goes to the local store and has the salesperson help him pick out a camera, and then goes online to find the cheapest price. More and more I think better resources are online nowadays, so you can just do all of the shopping online and skip the lousy clerks altogether. - Eric Florenzano

By the way, if you ever have the chance to go to B&H's bricks and mortar store in Manhattan you'll find that they have a *huge* amount of knowledge about their products and will take the time to make sure you get the right thing. Somehow that makes me feel better about buying from them online, even if they won't let me do it on a Saturday. - Kevin Fox

Tullys sucks. I recently went to buy some accessory at a Tullys store at Northgate Mall, Seattle. The person in the store behaved as if he is doing a service for me. It is time these people realize that it is pure business and they gotta treat their customers with due respect. - Krishnan Hussein Subraman

I visit a local (Long Island) shop when I want trival, relatively inexpensive accessories. But for bodies, lenses and anything it's worth the trip into Manhattan to B&H because 1) I get the better price, and 2) both B&H and Adorama store your purchasing history in their computer systems, giving you bargaining leverage in future transactions. This is especially useful when selling or trading used gear. - Tom Harrison

This has happened to me. I was looking for a lens one day for my Nikon and B&H was out of stock. The lens was about $1,649, a 70-200 f/2.8. I called a local camera store here in NJ and was told they had it for $1,949, which is a huge markup. I mentioned their price was high. They said they "needed to make a living." Obnoxious, if you ask me. Needless to say, I did not buy from them. - Farrell Kramer

Thomas Hawk posted an entry on Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection

10 Friend Feeds Worth Following

May 21 at 8:37 am - Link

Jeff B, Tyler Gillies, Mitchell Tsai, Todd Jordan and 64 other people liked this

Thomas, you are too kind. Thanks for the mention! - Louis Gray

Louis, you do more to help people on this site than anyone. I think that's great. - Thomas Hawk

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Hey, I'm in there! Thanks :) - Shey

Your note about adding Flickr imaginary friends reminds me of Dave Winer's FlickrFan. I've been turning on a spare Mac just to let the FlickrFan screensaver run. When people come over, they just stop and stare at it. - Harvey Simmons

Extremely appreciative of the mention, Thomas! Thank you! Though... um.. Matt Hardwood? ;-) - Matt Harwood

Wow I made the list! *blush* - Benjamin Golub

ha3rvey, I still need to try out Dave's FlickrFan. My problem is that it's Mac only and I only have a MacBook Pro (that I'm typing on now and that is my primary computer). For media consumption at home though I use a Vista Media Center PC and three XBox 360 extender units. I use Slickr to download all my Flickr faves on the internet and then run similar slideshows with my Media Center PC. - Thomas Hawk

Thomas, that is a great tip: to see my Flickr connections faving photographies on FF! - Jeroen De Miranda

Great post. Additionally another random source is to check the "everyone" tab occasionally - I've found more than a few interesting things that way. I also like to randomly search for topics of interest and subscribe to the posters. - Doug Brooks

Thomas, Thanks for the link to the app for importing Twitter friends into FriendFeed. FF should do this on its own, but the app provides a great service. - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

I don't see the advantage yet to viewing Flickr photos in friendfeed vs in your RSS Reader. I was already seeing what my favorite Flickr people were fav'ing by subscribing to their fav feed in Google Reader. Plus you get to see the "unsafe" photos in Google Reader too (I think). - Kevin Reed

@Doug I've found a couple folks that way - Shey

I only have a handful of my Flickr contacts added to FF via "imaginary friends", but it's been a much better set-up than via RSS. I don't have to subscribe to both their stream and their faves; I simply get both. - JA Castillo

And the subscribers start coming; 7 so far since you posted this have subscribed to me. - Benjamin Golub

Benjamin: one more :) - Matt Harwood

Thanks for the mention! coolio! Yep, the subscriptions are on fire baby! woo hoo! <Twit-Out! FTW!> - Susan Beebe

@Kevin Reed, the design and layout of imaginary friends Flickr feeds on FF is a much cleaner, better, look than the Flickr RSS feed. Plus I can see it all here where I already am without having to go to an RSS reader. I've stopped using RSS readers entirely now. - Thomas Hawk

@Doug Brooks. That's another GREAT tip! - Thomas Hawk

Lots of useful information here! Thanks... - Simon Bisson

Thanks for the mention! I commented on your blog entry too but the Blogger comment system doesn't like me. Hope it went through. - Morton Fox

feling... shunned. :( - Jeremy Toeman

No mention here either but I'm fine with that. You see, I would never join a club that would have someone like me as a member. Heh heh heh. - Akiva Moskovitz

Just finished reading it - really great post. A few good people, and a few good ways to find more people. And a few tips to get the best out of those people. Nice one, Thomas. - Michael Randall via twhirl

@Thomas Wow, stopped using rss readers. I was wondering how to handle the balance/overlap between rss reader and friendfeed. - Kevin Reed

@ Thomas - how are you now keeping tabs with what you gathered via RSS feeds? - JA Castillo

Excellent post; really good to see so many posts explaining how to get the most out of FriendFeed- really preventing me from doing revision! - Fearghas

This is the first time I was mentioned in a top 10 list. Speechless. Thomas your involvement here will help the FF community grow. - Russellreno

Jeremy, you know I love you. That's the problem with these sorts of lists. Inevitably people get left off simply because they didn't come to mind right away. You are definitely someone worth subscribing to and I think the work that you do to introduce business to social media is invaluable! - Thomas Hawk

Agree @thomashawk @Louis Gray is the patron saint of FriendFeed - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Michael and JA Castillo, RSS is dead to me now. Like Twitter. At some point I may need to take some of my top RSS feeds and make imaginary friends out of them, but hopefully those bloggers and news sites will just join FriendFeed instead and I can subscribe to them here. RSS was way too noisy without effective hide functionality. FF is a far better way to consume content. I'm also finding much more interesting new phtography news here like the story I just found from JA Castillo and blogged. - Thomas Hawk

Thanks for the reference, Thomas! Now I have to live up to being interesting :O! I was wondering why I was getting all those subscription notifications all of the sudden! - Lindsay Donaghe

I follow pretty much everyone in this article already! And I try hard to follow more people than are following me. Ok, it's not that hard actually. - Phil (scribkin)

You're becoming the ultimate feeder amongst my friends! - Steve Rubel

I'm still surprised by the amount of people on Twitter who haven't yet jumped on the FriendFeed bandwagon. - Eric Florenzano

BTW I would argue that Scott Beale (laughing squid) needs to be on that list as well :) http://friendfeed.com/laughing... - Doug Brooks

Doug, Scott Beale's a great guy as well and a good San Fran photog pal. - Thomas Hawk

Thanks for the mention TH. Much appreciated. - Chris Nixon

Thanks for the mention Thomas!! Appreciate it! - Bwana McCall

just looked through it and found myself. lolthxbai - kosmar

i like the point on the noise - Tyler Gillies

apparently I'm not good enough for you :-( - Duncan Riley

People have this habit of following some top users just for the heck of following and reading what they talk among themselves. I'd rather follow my friends and have a good time then follow some A listers who won't know you exist. - Palin Ningthoujam

Thanks for the great list. I really like the one about adding your twitter friends to FF. I shall be working on that. Oh well I guess I will make the list next time ;) - Jeff B

Muhammad Saleem liked a story on Reddit

Chinese Earthquake Captured in Wedding Photos!!! [Pics]

May 20 at 10:54 pm - Link

Joel, David Angier, Andrey Andreev, Andrew Dobrow and 3 other people liked this

wow. - edythe

I don't know how to describe these photos. Wow starts to. - Robert Scoble

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I "liked" it, but not really. Got to go put more food cans and water bottles in my garage now. - Geoff

the bride in her dress against the rubble... - edythe

A comment on the site claims they are photoshopped ... not sure if they are, but they look good anyway - Peter Cattell

If photos are posted somewhere with comments enabled, someone *must* post a comment claiming they are photoshopped. It's the law. - Michael Randall via twhirl

More pictures here... They're not photoshopped. http://news.sohu.com/20080517/... - Joel

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“Wow, amateur footage of China's earthquake is chilling: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl...”

May 20 at 7:09 pm - Link

Sarah Perez, Chris Farrugia, Roman, Stonis and 3 other people liked this

hmm no 'Like' link? - Geoff Longman

Watch and then ask yourself 'Is this Twit-Out really that important ?' - Andy C

If everything has to be as important as an earthquake, I don't suppose any of us will be doing anything today. - Michael Randall via twhirl

Andy: it got you to talk, didn't it? - Robert Scoble

@Scoble: Unfortunately, the context and my meaning was lost here. I should have unchecked the 'Send to Twitter' box. Not because I am playing 'Twit-out' but because my comment was not aimed at you. Indeed, I am very grateful for the thought provoking link. The comment was aimed at your hundreds of readers currently sitting on their hands waiting for the sirens to start wailing, denoting the end of the 24 hour Twitter curfew. - Andy C

Bwana McCall posted a message

“Twit-Out: Let's talk about why we love Twitter so much. We put up with so much, yet we don't hesitate to recommend it to others. Express yourselves.”

May 20 at 9:10 pm - Link

Andrew Dobrow, Andy Kaufman, Franklin Pettit, Sarah Perez and 9 other people liked this

The sex. But seriously. The speed. The numbers of people you can interact with efficiently. The fact that every message has a permalink (I wish I could permalink to specific comments here). - Robert Scoble

I love that it's an avenue to express what I'm thinking right now - Shey

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For me it's the truly dynamic nature of the service. The spontaneity creates an ever-flowing sea of information surrounding so many topics. It's so accessible, so easy, yet so hard to explain to others :) If I had to create a value proposition for Twitter to any executive, I'd be stumped. It's just so darn cool. - Bwana McCall

I also love getting a peek into what others are thinking - Shey

The speed... not always. - Morton Fox

I like the speed, real-time interaction and conversational / debating dynamics that occur here! very cool. I like Scoble's idea of permalinking to a single comment; heck I still want a REPLY feature to a single comment too! - Susan Beebe

I can talk to RTM and reach people via SMS. I can see what people "smarter" than me are reading/writing/thinking - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome) via Alert Thingy

Sex, expression, speed, dynamics. We have the makings of a major motion picture here. Seriously, I echo Rahsheen. Who would have thought that a concept so simple could provide for the sharing of such rich information? Its a true glimpse into the human network. - Jody C

Exactly!! this is why I love FriendFeed and enjoy it so much! - Susan Beebe

Just started more activel using. Got a little bored with Twitter. Miss the chatroom-like energy, but like the links to deeper (and often better) content. - Clayton Donley via Alert Thingy

For me, the greatest power of twitter is that people are listening. When someone tweets they expect a reply...whereas FF seems to be a bit more of a bookmarking utility (which i still enjoy a ton). In addition, there are few things more exciting than using twitter at an event and catching the stream-of-consciousness from all attendees. I've even enjoyed going back and reviewing post event. - Tyler Hannan

I feel like I work in the office of the people who's blogs I admire... I get to stop by thier office and even catch them in the hall between meetings. - Nancy Babyak

(1) The simplicity of Twitter lets you use it for whatever you want. (2) SMS is a fantastic interface for those who don;t "get" the web. I have relatives who ONLY use SMS to Tweet. (3) Twitter is a grea tplace to start a discussion and (4) Twitter has great people. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

1) there's a magic to twitter and all of a sudden it occurs to me that one of the reasons we're so enamoured with it may just be its fallibility. it makes it all the more human. 2) my friends on twitter are awesome. what can i say. 3) i really like the easy way to personalize the look. the change in avatars alone is entertaining. - isabella mori

I started my Twit-out this morning. Being in Malaysia, Wednesday came really early. :P 14:25 now...just a few more hours to go. Strangely tho, I feel kinda ok not Twittering today. - Paul David

Absolutely the speed. Twitter is such a part of my distributed information workflow that when it goes down I feel seriously cut off from the world. But I'm willing to wean myself from the Twitter Teat (tweater?) for a day just to see if this makes a difference. - Cecily Walker

Its simplicity. You can communicate in seconds. Right now I'm emailing posts to a pseudo-microblog, and hopping through many more hoops than I would if I just typed something in slandr. - Ontario Emperor

That you know - It is guaranteed: "Less gab in one entry!" =) - Erhan Erdogan

Twitter solves the tl;dr problem. - Morton Fox

Simplicity. The fact that your messages can be promiscuous or private. The sheer voyeuristic frisson of knowing What Someone Else is Eating for Dinner. The fact that it's a status board, a 2-way communications system, and a blog WITHOUT HAVING A MODAL SWITCH. The similarity to Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park. The fact that it sometimes fulfills our Deep Inner Need to Complain. The fact that it is both CB radio and a Message in a Bottle. - Karim

I thought I was the only one tweeting my dinner. Now it's a Twitter stereotype? Funny! - Morton Fox

Also, the light hypnotic trance achieved by contemplating the question, "What are you doing?" Zen koan or accusation? YOU decide! - Karim

The 140 character challenge... And my own unexpected answers to "What are you doing?" - Lisa L. Seifert

I really don't have much interest in social networks like Facebook - Twitter is a social network, but lightweight enough to work for me. No fending off app requests, or visiting page after page to leave quick messages for people. Simplicity. - Michael Randall via twhirl

in time of social networks, twitter is the best, the reason is the people here, intelligent users give the network it's value - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I concur with most of the comments above: brevity, simplicity, quick(when it works), gets the word out, etc. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Twitter has the potential to be the fastest news reporting services on the planet. - Vince DeGeorge

Communicating with masses in mere seconds, Twitter FTW. I love it for its sexinness, speed, and apps up the wazoo. - Jon Bishop

Another point is the size of the group you are addressing. In FriendFeed, this comment thread is basically a small conversation between us, and anyone who happens to wander in. If I were on Twitter now, I would automatically be conversing with a few hundred people at once (or, for Robert or Jason, thousands upon thousands). A whole different dynamic of conversing. - Ontario Emperor

I agree Ontario -- To me, the beauty of Twitter is it's 140 char limitation. No complex convos involving multiple parties make it easier to say what you have to say. No worries about not getting heard because folks are reading more than they are writing. - Shey

I used to get a lot of my news information and announcements from sites like digg. But now that I have and use twitter I find that the fastest and easiest way to find and get information delivered directly to me instead of me having to dig through my rss subscriptions. Friendfeed is also a great way for me to get new, information and announcements but I still need to dig through the information. - Jeffrey Blais via twhirl

I've got a little twitter fatigue right now (which is why the twit-out is so appealing) but ultimately, I love that it is my life's back channel. I don't care about how many people use it or what the twitter buzz is. I care about what the people in my life, or people I find interesting to my life, are thinking, feeling, finding important. The sense of connection and sense of community in the truest form of that word is what makes twitter special. - Jason Toney

One reason that I love Twitter is because messages can be directed to me and, if people follow the syntax (use my Twitter handle at the beginning of the tweet), I will find them. Look at Shey's comment 3 above this one; I very easily could have missed it. - Ontario Emperor

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