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"never noticed but now you draw my attention to it.. I like it. Clean and elegant. It made me update my out of date profile as well.." - Riaz Kanani

"I have been thinking on this as well - I like your idea from a previous post of being able to select people from a pre-existing social network to create a subset within the new social network. I agree that the contact list is a special subset in itself and that presence indicates stronger ties - but that doesn't necessarily correlate to the mobile app. For one, I end up mixing my work and personal contacts too much even for my own liking. The mobile contact list itself still needs work done imho. The inmaps feature form LinkedIn (inmaps.linkedinlabs.com) quickly showed me the various groups I interact with - and even then missed out probably a further 3-4 groups. But it was interesting to see what is technically possible just within linkedin. What is needed is a central social graph that maintains a connection with all the other apps and allows you to select relevant connections over time. Even better would be the ability to have new connections from one of these sub networks..." - Riaz Kanani

"Tracking the volume is only one important metric for marketers executing today.. tracking percentages is potentially an important indicator for tomorrow. Obviously in the case of social media, that potential is rapidly being fulfilled. With all the hype surrounding social media though, sometimes it is useful to be reminded where the volume is :)" - Riaz Kanani

"one log in definitely - but the functionality requirements are too different and the social graph is also separate for me. I tend towards a desire to login with one account (ideally FB/Twitter right now) - and then having a separate social network which is connected to all the others, allowing me to add only those that are necessary. Making it feel like your personal life and work life are separate is key. Obviously there is always some crossover." - Riaz Kanani

"yup - was wondering if you knew it was backed by facebook - ie receiving Facebook resources :) looks like I wasnt being clear - sorry!" - Riaz Kanani

"Branchout are a startup out of San Francisco using the Facebook platform - the post implies its a Facebook resourced effort, is that correct?" - Riaz Kanani

"hmmm - I am not convinced you can come to your conclusion just using Google Analytics - that is not tracking the amount of time I spend reading each one of your posts - just the time spent visiting your site. I only do that when I have a specific action in mind - ie to comment. I only browse to another page rarely. What I find interesting also is the approx 25% of new visits under the feedburner stats. That seems high unless you are getting a lot of subscribes off site?" - Riaz Kanani

"Agreed - though I'd be happier as a user if I could see and respond to comments inside my RSS reader :)" - Riaz Kanani

"Agreed - though I'd be happier as a user if I could see and respond to comments inside my RSS reader :)" - Riaz Kanani

"Agreed - though I'd be happier as a user if I could see and respond to comments inside my RSS reader :)" - Riaz Kanani

"Agreed - As a long time RSS subscriber, I rarely visit this blog directly (though ironically I saw this through Twitter this time around). Saying that though - for the sites I manage, growth is relatively flat over the course of the last 12 months, after single digit growth the year before. Are you seeing any growth over 12 months in subscribers? I suspect that the underlying concept of RSS will always live on - just consumed in different services - be it Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook. The latter 2 need work in my view though before it can truly replace dedicated RSS readers." - Riaz Kanani

"Agreed - As a long time RSS subscriber, I rarely visit this blog directly (though ironically I saw this through Twitter this time around). Saying that though - for the sites I manage, growth is relatively flat over the course of the last 12 months, after single digit growth the year before. Are you seeing any growth over 12 months in subscribers? I suspect that the underlying concept of RSS will always live on - just consumed in different services - be it Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook. The latter 2 need work in my view though before it can truly replace dedicated RSS readers." - Riaz Kanani

"dont think so - possibly the update before. It coincides with my change of webserver (from nginx to apache) though so I sense that is the most likely cause." - Riaz Kanani

"dont think so - possibly the update before. It coincides with my change of webserver (from nginx to apache) though so I sense that is the most likely cause." - Riaz Kanani

"I see your point - fixed!" - Riaz Kanani

"This is a really interesting space and has the potential to transform TV advertising over time. Of course forgetting about the revenue opportunities from advertising, it is going to be a huge leap for consumers as well. Tivo et al are great but this really brings ongoing innovation into TV hardware." - Riaz Kanani

"This is a really interesting space and has the potential to transform TV advertising over time. Of course forgetting about the revenue opportunities from advertising, it is going to be a huge leap for consumers as well. Tivo et al are great but this really brings ongoing innovation into TV hardware." - Riaz Kanani

"lol - here is hoping this place does not turn into the next techcrunch ;)" - Riaz Kanani

"lol - here is hoping this place does not turn into the next techcrunch ;)" - Riaz Kanani

"I think we will see both - it doesn't seem to be a priority for social networks today to build out their email-like offerings. It is only a matter of time though." - Riaz Kanani

"Which Mac version? dev or canary? I am not seeing it in dev.. (8.0.552.0)" - Riaz Kanani

"Which Mac version? dev or canary? I am not seeing it in dev.. (8.0.552.0)" - Riaz Kanani

"Maybe this is one step closer to people starting to share content into facebook and have wider conversations there. Today it is really just friend conversations in the majority - maybe facebook will fully roll out its follower capabilities so that we can shift there." - Riaz Kanani

"Maybe this is one step closer to people starting to share content into facebook and have wider conversations there. Today it is really just friend conversations in the majority - maybe facebook will fully roll out its follower capabilities so that we can shift there." - Riaz Kanani

"err.. didnt skype already partner with a whole load of manufacturers to bring this to market already? http://www.samsung.com/us/vide..." - Riaz Kanani

"err.. didnt skype already partner with a whole load of manufacturers to bring this to market already? http://www.samsung.com/us..." - Riaz Kanani

"My guess is Paul is revelling in the debate right now. Loving the NSFAOL :)" - Riaz Kanani

"My guess is Paul is revelling in the debate right now. Loving the NSFAOL :)" - Riaz Kanani

"it doesn't happen when you set realtime updating to "paused"" - Riaz Kanani

"it doesn't happen when you set realtime updating to "paused"" - Riaz Kanani