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Matt Albiniak posted a message on Twitter

“on the topic of lessons - rookie friendfeed question: can i "share something" in FF & have it update twitter? can from replies, not posts?”

yesterday at 11:36 am - Link

If you figure out how to do that, let me know. - Robert Fischer

Wish that were possible, I sure don't know either. - Rick Mahn

l0ckergn0me posted a link

“What is your favorite Excel function? Mine is CONCATENATE.”

Sunday at 10:00 pm - via Reshare - Link

Baratunde Thurston, Greg Hollingsworth, AJ Batac, Lucretia Pruitt and 2 other people liked this

Mine is SUM. - l0ckergn0me

Close Application. :) - Aaron Brazell

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iff()! - Jeff Scott

pivot chart http://www.mrexcel.com/tip105.... - Andrea Baker

alt+ f4 - Wolfsbayne

MROUND() (requires Analysis Pak) - Steven Buehler via twhirl

Array functions are schweet too. - Steven Buehler via twhirl

Mine is indirect. It changed the way I use excel, especially for pulling data from millions on external sheets. - Richard Bradshaw

definitely VLOOKUP - Angel Smith

SumIF - Tom Carroll

OFFSET is the secret Excel weapon. I have probably saved millions of dollars with the offset function. Don't sleep! - Baratunde Thurston via twhirl

countit, sumif, iif - Al Degutis via twhirl

Possibly COUNTBLANK. For no darn good reason. - Rick Mahn via twhirl

AVG ftw! - Michael Garrison via twhirl

@sum :-) - AJ Batac

Concatenate has definitely saved me the most time, VLOOKUP is nice too, it's hard to say which is my favorite though. - Greg Hollingsworth via twhirl

Steven Hodson had a new status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“gonna be a cool announcement later today - looking forward to it”

June 24 at 11:03 am - Link

Frederic and Rick Mahn liked this

Hmm, cryptic but promising. Looking forward to hearing whatever it might be. :) - Rick Mahn via twhirl

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& Who is a social media expert?&by&Christopher S. Penn&8217;s Awaken Your Superhero

June 24 at 9:50 am - Link

Christopher S. Penn is spot-on as he talks about the road to mastering a discipline and if there is/isn't experts in social media. What that means and why. - Rick Mahn

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A Fierce Battle Ignites Between AP and Bloggers - Covering All Thats Social On the Web

June 16 at 1:59 pm - Link

Over at the SocialTimes, Nick O'Neill gives us the background on the Drudge/AP uproar. - Rick Mahn

Jed White posted a message on Twitter

“@Scobleizer In some enterprises Facebook is aready becoming a guerrilla employee directory. People use gmail to avoid their Exchange quotas.”

June 14 at 5:35 pm - Link

Michael J Cohen, Rick Mahn, Prolific Programmer, Bill Sodeman and 2 other people liked this

Except when the enterprise blocks their access to gmail ;) - James Beake

James: EVDO. Solves all IT control problems. :-) - Robert Scoble

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not in Australia....to damn expensive - James Beake

Robert, I use EvDO every day at work to circumvent the IT people and get more work done. - Andrew Feinberg

I have an Outlook rule that forwards any incoming Exchange Inbox message to Gmail where I archive them just in case I have to delete them on Exchange to stay under quota - Thomas Ho via fftogo

Andrew, your not really circumventing them unless you are linking the two networks with something other than what's sitting on the chair. - James Beake

Employees are more and more giving up fighting IT. They work out how to get around the IT department to get their jobs done. And there is a generation coming through who simply won't work places that restrict their access to tools, resouces and connections. Most IT policies are based on the technological separation of work from life. Work and life are blended though and the barriers are all articifical. - Jed White

@James - I am when I can get more of my work done using my laptop and EvDO than I can using the tools they provide me with. - Andrew Feinberg

@Andrew @Jed The things that you are suggesting would be a sackable offence where I work, if they found out. For the record, I agree with what you are saying and have spent may hours with the security guys at my work arguing that they are making decisions that should be made by the business areas. - James Beake

Some enterprises are already starting to block most webmail services. - Rick Mahn via twhirl

People are innovative. They will keep finding ways around blocked services and new services to use that aren't blocked yet. Until they reach frustration point. Then they'll simply go somewhere where they don't need to fight against the organisation to do their jobs. And the next time they look for a job, they'll go somewhere that let's them focus their energy on results and use the tools they want. - Jed White

@James Business just writes a policy that says "If we catch you doing this you're fired." They can also monitor for it. I work in a hospital. They are paranoid about health info being divulged. Moving emails that discuss patient info to a cloud application is really not a good idea. Yet we are still limited to 180MB limit for Outlook, and it's impossible to convince management that this is ridiculously small. Make your internal service as good as the third party service and no one will want to use them - Kevin Shannon

Anyone remember who commented that the last generation of knowledge workers lived in Outlook, the new generation live in Facebook? - Jed White

Steven Hodson posted a message

“can anyone recommend a poll widget for WP that can go in the sidebar .. no it won't be a regular thing but I do have one specific question that I want real feedback from my readers on and a poll seems the easiest way”

June 13 at 6:58 pm - Link

Voyagerfan5761 and Rick Mahn liked this

hmmm .. wisdom of the crowd eh .. okayyy - Steven Hodson

Steve: 18 hrs later I am proud to say No I cannot. I don't feel so bad about my posts that fell through to the bottom of the pit. - Russellreno

Only thing I know of was Polldaddy - but not sure how good it fits in the sidebar... - Rick Mahn via twhirl

http://lesterchan.net/wordpres... - l0ckergn0me

thanks ChrisP that worked out just great. - Steven Hodson

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Is Freemium Really the Way to Go?

June 14 at 12:25 pm - Link

Steven Hodson talks about the "Freemium" advertising model of Web 2.0 at Mashable. - Rick Mahn

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Models and Masterminds - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog &8212; The Broad Brush

June 8 at 4:30 pm - Link

Todd Jordan gives a great overview of the "Models and Masterminds" business advisory groups that Liz Strauss is putting together. These groups are built of complementary people, who help each other build their business. Good stuff. - Rick Mahn

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Small Biz Survival: Helping small towns and small businesses

June 8 at 4:23 pm - Link

Becky McCray talks about how she helps small towns with no small tasks. Covering funding, tourism, planning, management, business; it's what helping small towns and small business is all about. - Rick Mahn

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I&8217;m not an African-American. I&8217;m not Black. I&8217;m not a Minority. - 24/7 with Ronald Lewis

June 5 at 12:34 pm - Link

Ronald Lewis knocks it out of the park in his post on being an American. This great post lays it out, clearly, passionately, and with honesty. Ronald: I love this post! - Rick Mahn

Rick -- Thanks for understanding what it means to be an American. - Ronald Lewis

Dave Fleet posted a message on Twitter

“OOOOOOOH look everyone, a shiny new social network! Let's all run over there (Plurk). Oh... wait... no, let's not. I have enough already.”

June 2 at 1:46 pm - Link

Cyndy, Andy C, Jason Kaneshiro, Ryan Kuder and mathew ingram liked this

Oops, too late. - Rick Mahn

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June 2 at 5:26 am - Link

Mathew Ingram talks about the issues Twitter has been having and how they're trying to open dialog with users. - Rick Mahn

Andy Baio posted an entry on Waxy.org Links

Back to the Future courthouse square destroyed in Universal Studios fire

June 1 at 11:06 am - Link

Jason Toney, krug and MG Siegler liked this

Loved that movie - should watch it again soon with the kids... just to see their expressions. ;) - Rick Mahn via twhirl

:-( Now I'm never going to get a chance to see it. Wasn't a lot of the BTTF set destroyed a few years ago too? - Tony Ruscoe

Why don't they just go back in time and stop the fire? - Mike Hochanadel

Louis Gray had a new status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“Are blog comments a "conversation" with the author, or just answering and responding to the author? Do you expect the author to respond to your comment?”

June 1 at 9:58 am - Link

Rodrigo Jaroszewski, Bearded_Dave, Mitchell Tsai, Hutch Carpenter and 20 other people liked this

Absolutely, I certainly HOPE a blog author responds to any substantive comment (meaning not the "you rock" or "you suck" comments so much.) - Elisa Camahort Page

The most successful bloggers it seems to me are conversational. - Brian Sullivan

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Of course. Because when I rip on those worthless, repetitive blogs, I expect the author to be able to intelligently break down the post, and if they cant, I WIN! - Anthony

@Anthony I'm assuming you've never left me a comment. ;) - Cyndy

1 'Like' for Cyndy - Steven Hodson

I know the spread of info often perpetuates some repetitive knowledge, and I am not claiming to be some observer on high, but you know as well as I do that when you read some of the blogs out there, they deserve to be questioned. If not, your just running around the web telling people how much you like them - Anthony

this is a good question. I try to leave comments in response when I can, but so few CMSs let commenters easily subscribe to follow up comments that I wonder how often people see them. Definitely something I'd like to be better about doing either way though. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

I always assume that author will read my comment, but rarely respond. Always feels validating when they do, though. - J.C. Hutchins via Alert Thingy

Don't have a tech-related blog, so not sure it's the same. When the comments are just commenting on my thinking, sometimes I reply, sometimes not (there are only so many ways to respond to 'i don't care what you think, CBS was crazy for cancelling 'Moonlight'". When there are specific questions/requests for data, we always respond. - Robert Seidman

Cyndy and steve seem pretty offended by my stating that I wont let crap slip by me. - Anthony

Hate to say this, but, It Depends. It depends on the blogger, the post being commented on, the direction and history of the blog (and blogger) itself, etc. I don't always expect the author to respond to my comment, but sometimes I do, depending on the post. I'm finding it hard to respond to this right now because the post is so subjective. - Paul Short

Are you asking how they are now or how they should be? - Shey

Blog Comments = Conversations with the world; AND yes, most importantly the author. I do not expect the author to respond to me; however, I am always really glad when they do! - Susan Beebe

I don't think it's an either/or question - really depends on the blog and the commenter. I do my best to answer those comments that challenge me or where I sense the commenter wants to engage in a discussion. A real conversation in comments is still tough because you never know if any of the parties will every see the answer. - Frederic

Louis Gray, what is your answer to your question? - Anthony

My answer is that it depends on the comment's content, which can either be dialog or a closed-end response. For example, in response to a post I put up last night, there's some good dialog, but I get self-conscious answering every comment (especially with Disqus tracking it all), so I pick and choose those that left an opening. Also, as some bloggers (Fred Wilson) count comments as currency, when I leave comments elsewhere, I may do it without expectation of a response. - Louis Gray

If i ask a question pertaining to the content, the author should reply but if it is a general comment, authors can expand on it if they wish or just take note of it. - AKs

I try to come up with questions I feel like will start an intellectual dialogue that might end up a totally different conversation. I always appreciate when others do as well. Thanks for the quick respond, and keep rockin, I always dig the queries you pose. - Anthony

On a related theme, the comments threads in blog posts are frequently better than the post itself. A blog post on a particular product, for instance, benefits greatly from the input of someone involved in that product. - john conroy

@john i agree - Tyler

Louis, I think it is a conversation. Not unlike written corespondence in times past. The conversation is not as fluid as it would be in person, or over the phone, but it still is. Yes, I do have an expectation that the author would respond to my comment in most situations. However, when I simply say "I Agree!", I don't really expect one. ;) - Rick Mahn via twhirl

Participating in the conversation is the key, not only for the reader, but also for the blogger. It is this conversation which makes blogging what it is. - Grant Griffiths

Conversation. - Todd Jordan

I have found Disqus to make the conversation aspect much easier. - Chris Nixon

If I'm asking a question, I may expect the author to respond....Then again, it also depends on the number of comments on the post....If it contains 100+ comments, I don't expect the author to respond at all. - Chris Rossini

Both as so you can discuss it and find out other opinions!! - Paul

Great question! I am all in favor of blogs as conversations/discussions, but I can see how it's not practical for the uber-popular blogs with gazillion comments. In which case, it's the blogger's discretion as to which ones (s)he chooses to respond to. - Mia

I try to respond to all comments. Maybe some don't expect a response, but I think everyone feels good when they get one. Greater application of this mantra in responding to customer inquiries/feedback/rants. Most often just providing an answer (even an 'I don't know') will satisfy 80% of whitemail. - AJ Kohn

As a blog author I like when my post generates a further discussion. I try to reply to any valuable comment or question. To make it easier I have installed "Subscribe to comments" Wordpress plugin. Disqus and like are another option, perhaps better. And I expect other bloggers do the same. Of course not if my comment is one of hundreds. - Jan Horna

My opinion on this topic has been changing on this of late. I used to think that the blogger should answer or acknowledge every comment or question. I think every on-topic question should be acknowledged and answered if possible. However, I think that sometimes you have to use some judgement on what you answer - some comments aren't really there to engage the blogger as they are to publicize or promote the commentor. I really don't like thinking that way, but there are times when it's true. - Mark Dykeman

Depends on the quality of the comments, doesn't it? Some are substantive and others are relative chit-chat. Much depends on the original quality of the posting. - Jill O'Neill

I think that when the blog author responses, you see a conversation unfold. The biggest problem with the web as we know it is that its still way too one-way in the flow of communication and data. Something needs to step up and change that. - Micah Baldwin

If it was a RoC, I expect him to at least acknowledge through some mean that he has read my oppinion. When it was not a request, I assume I am trying to start a conversation, unless I saw something wrong on the post and tried to suggest a correction. 2 out of 3 timese, then, yeah, I want a conversation. - Rodrigo Jaroszewski

l0ckergn0me posted a message on Twitter

“Where do you get your haircuts? I usually just go to a random walk-in chain. I'm at Fantastic Sams right now. Ears need lowered. :)”

May 30 at 3:26 pm - Link

Anthony Farrior, edythe, Morton Fox, Ontario Emperor and 3 other people liked this

I have lived in the same n'hood for 30 years -- always go to same local barber for the past 10 years (and before that other local barbers 'til they retired or died). - Brian Sullivan

My bathroom :) - Bwana McCall

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supercuts the last 12...0 on the sides and back blended in on top. - Jeff Day via fftogo

I go to Tony & Guy's, quite expensive though £45 for a cut! Would go to a local barbers but they just don't cut it how I want! - Joe Dawson

random? walk-in? chain? ponzi lets you get away with that? - Steve Lynch

I don't remember where I went in Seattle. In San Francisco, there's a great Spanish place in the Mission district with $7 haircuts ($10 for flat-tops like mine). In Los Angeles, a guy in Westwood I went to for 12 years. In Ohio, Supercuts - one lady there free-hands flat-tops, like my guy in Los Angeles. NYC never really settled on a place. Jerusalem was great - you could get a super-fancy cut for $15-20 (like a $50-100 cut in the US). - Mitchell Tsai

i don't cut my hair - Tyler

Same as Bwana...umm well my bathroom. Not Bwana's bathroom :P - Ben

Schick Quattro - Shey

It's all about Rudy's. Cheap. Good haircut. There's a couple of the in SEA and one in BVUE - Shawn L. Morrissey

I haven't cut my hair in 3 years. - Bill Sodeman

Supercuts - Jason Wehmhoener

I go Supercuts, but not because I like them, it's because I don't know who else I can trust. It's like McDonalds, they don't have the best burgers, but at least the food tastes the same no matter which one you go to. - Davis Freeberg

Fantastic Sams here too - 'cause they give a decent scalp massage. - Rick Mahn via twhirl

the barbers shop :-) - Rohan Pinto

Great Clips, just a walk-in chain. - Andrew Dobrow

usually from gay men. - rambn

I cut my own - Jacob Burke

SuperCuts. Fast and reasonably priced. - Morton Fox

Everywhere from The Haircutters to Great Clips to Sport Clips to a black-owned place (I'm white) to whatever. But not in someone else's bathroom. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

I like Sportclips - Thomas Ho via fftogo

Haircutter "What the heck are you doing?" Chris "What does it look like I'm doing, Twitterring, just keep cutting". - Charlie Anzman

Chris, just shave your head - join us - the free and the brave. - Vince DeGeorge

I usually walk into a random chain as well. Lately i have been using Supercuts. - Mike Fruchter

i go to the wondrous Kay Lim at Kim Sun Young salon in Koreatown. - edythe

I go to see Ellen at Modern Male. Feel free to laugh - RAPatton

Been cutting my own for the past 6 years, three kids economics... - Anthony Farrior

ever try a flo-bee? - JohnBfromMemphis via twhirl

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Midwest Media Conference - St. Louis &8212; The Broad Brush

May 28 at 7:41 pm - Link

Todd Jordan talks about the upcoming Midwest Media Conference in St. Louis on May 31st. Are you planning on being there? - Rick Mahn

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Social Networking Sites: Dead in Two Years - Covering All Thats Social On the Web

May 21 at 11:38 am - Link

Nick O'Neill talks about how social media will evolve to scale outside single-source "walled garden's" like MySpace and Facebook. - Rick Mahn

Todd Jordan posted a message

“FriendFeed "Like", do more 'Like' votes count for something?”

May 15 at 4:06 pm - Link

possible248, Paula Hawk, Nathan Eckenrode, Rafael Robayna and 6 other people liked this

As far as I know they just bump the entry up in the timeline. And lets other people (who are subscribed to the Liker) see the entry. - Shey

I really have no idea - but I "like" them. :) - Rick Mahn

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Thanks for the replies! - Todd Jordan

I'd love to be able to see items with five or more Likes. They are signals to the world that that item is important. - Robert Scoble

I'd like the same with comments -- some topics get a lot of comments but no likes because of Friendfeeders not wanting to "like" negative issues. - Shey

They count for exactly 7.3 flumkar pix each. - Tad Donaghe

For me, Like serves two purposes: 1) FriendFeed bookmarking - I can go to my Me page and see the stuff I liked, or my friends pages to see what they liked and 2) A way to vote for something without having to comment on it. Like Robert said, showing what's important (buzz). - Lindsay Donaghe

Thanks for the additional replies. I'm really curious about the LIKE factor - Todd Jordan

"Like"ing something is a good way for the original poster to get feedback on what they posted. - possible248

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Social Media Breakfast - Twin Cities, Ustream.TV: Live feed of the Social Media Breakfast in the Twin Cities.Next.

May 15 at 12:31 pm - Link

Video feed for the Social Media Breakfast in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. You can also find recorded shows of our past breakfasts. We talk about social media, tools, and business. - Rick Mahn

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A Day Without Twitter | chrisbrogan.com

May 14 at 8:57 am - Link

Chris Brogan describes how a day went without participating (or even visiting) Twitter. Interesting takes on things from productivity to research. - Rick Mahn

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SOB Business Cafe 05-09-08 - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . Youâre only a stranger once.

May 9 at 11:11 am - Link

Liz Strauss points out some great posts by fellow SOBs from SOBCon. They range across all the wonderful genre's that make up the blogosphere. - Rick Mahn

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Total Twitter Capitulation : TerryStarbucker.com

May 9 at 10:47 am - Link

Terry Starbucker on Twitter. - Rick Mahn

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My Twitter inspired personal business card

May 7 at 11:06 am - Link

Dave Delaney has a Twitter inspired biz card. Check it out. - Rick Mahn

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My Twitter inspired personal business card

May 7 at 11:06 am - Link

Dave Delaney has a Twitter inspired biz card. Check it out. - Rick Mahn

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Is Mobile the Answer to Social Network Monetization? - Covering All Thats Social All the Web

April 24 at 4:47 pm - Link

Nick O'Neill talks about how monetization of SocNet's may be accomplished through strategies used by mobile service providers. Namely, subscription & usage fees. We'll see. - Rick Mahn

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http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/04/is-mobile-the-answer-to-social-network-monitization/

April 24 at 4:47 pm - Link

Nick O'Neill talks about how monetization of SocNet's may be accomplished through strategies used by mobile service providers. Namely, subscription & usage fees. We'll see. - Rick Mahn

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http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/24/qualcomm-throwing-down-with-no-less-than-5-android-handsets-this-year.html

April 24 at 3:30 pm - Link

Hmm, 5 Google Android based devices this year yet? It'll be interesting to see what Qualcomm comes up with - and what carrier they end up on. - Rick Mahn

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Qualcomm throwing down with no less than 5 Android handsets this year

April 24 at 3:30 pm - Link

Hmm, 5 Google Android based devices this year yet? It'll be interesting to see what Qualcomm comes up with - and what carrier they end up on. - Rick Mahn

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Technotheory.com - A quick checklist for making your email more professional

April 24 at 10:10 am - Link

1 reviews - Rick Mahn