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An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but if the doctor's beautiful, throw the apple away:) #perkytweets
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Twitter buys Mixer Labs to map tweeting locations http://beta.thehindu.com/busines...
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bee merry / chotda
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:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
i love beach! this is the beach near my home....
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Gorgeous!
- Roshan Ramachandran
Nice!
- AJ Batac
Let's Crack Episode 2 (with @ekalavyab) http://www.letscrack.com/2009...
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Marbles - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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See-ming Lee 李思明 SML to See-ming's feed, SML Universe, RWW: The Future of Tech, TheNextWeb Forum, Web & Teknoloji, All Things Google
Aviary Screen Capture « Google Chrome Extensions = screengrab + immediately edit in browser / save to desktop #tools #smlrecommendation - http://www.chromeextensions.org/utiliti...
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"Take a screen capture of the visible portion of any web page and it will open in an editor where you can crop it, add text and arrow markup, get color information or move around areas. You can easily save it to your desktop or host it online. The extension also lets you quick launch any of Aviary’s web editor design apps. View extension screenshots by clicking on the thumbnail and using the arrow keys."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
from Bookmarklet
Cool. I use FireShot to do that now. Wonder if Aviary has any better options (FireShot is pretty full-featured).
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Aviary is a full suite of image editing tools built on Flex: http://aviary.com/ - but that it integrates with Chrome was a true find.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
If anyone is interested I started a FF room for Chrome Extensions: http://friendfeed.com/chrome-...
- Mark Layton
Awsome Mark. thanks
- Roberto Bonini
@Mark.Layton Thanks. Very helpful! :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Sure no problem. I plan to add the official Google Extensions page to the room when they release it to the public.
- Mark Layton
BTW, I like this plugin however I wish it had more features that are included in FireShot.
- Mark Layton
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Free up memory in Chromium with a single click - http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009...
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nice little feature
- Mitchell McKenna
I havent yet had a chance to try the Chromium OS, how is it?
- TrafficBug
This is about the chrome browser, not the OS. Chromium OS is still buggy and not worth using unless you are a developer.
- Renji Thomas
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iPhone or Droid, What is a Better Buy? | Tech Inspiration - http://www.ekoob.com/iphone-...
Eric Geller, Jeff P. Henderson, denise and 15 other people liked this
prefer Droid
- Странник
but why?
- ugurarcan
open source, scalable
- Странник
maybe later. not yet tho. good potential but i dont believe it can beat iphone overall. i agree w/ the article.
- ugurarcan
think apple better then google? this like microsoft and linux, yeah
- Странник
The momentum behind the iPhone is the key. There's so many people behind the iPhone now, better technology can't affect it (and Apple does a good job of keeping the product competitive). Android would be wise to provide a simple solution for porting of iPhone apps. They need the apps.
- ·[▪_▪]·
i think this is a little beyond apple vs. google. i agree above, its the momentum behind it. its quite possible droid has many more advantages but as of today also has a lottt to catch up and iphone isnt slowing either.
- ugurarcan
DROID
- Pavlo Zahozhenko
AnDroid!
- atner
right now!! iPhone , Andriod is not ready for primetime yet
- Tate DA FF MVP
Bought a Droid last night. Quite nice.
- Mike Reynolds
I love the droid keyboard. Once you get used to it, you can't stop the urge to open up the hw keyboard for every single typing task. It's awesome.
- Berk D. Demir
Droid
- raphaeL
I was tempted to buy my first iPhone. I decided to wait for the new iPhone so the current is only $100. Now I will research Android too. As you can see I really don't need either so I will just wait.
- Russellreno
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Brown book breaks record in hours - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
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"Dan Brown's follow-up to The Da Vinci Code has sold more copies in its first 36 hours of UK release than any other adult hardback novel, say publishers."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
I'll get this when it's out on paperback. I've enjoyed most of Dan Brown's books so far. Anyone else read them?
- Kol Tregaskes
Yup, all of them....amazing writer he is!
- Roshan Ramachandran
You might not think he's such an amazing writer after reading this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture...
- Glen, Bespectacled Elder
Amazing writer? He thinks up compelling stories to be sure, but his actual writing is shockingly poor.
- Dawn
Ha! Glen beat me by a split second. The truth is, if you're used to good quality literature, Dan Brown's books are going to seriously annoy you.
- Dawn
I've read The DaVinci Code and I wasn't impressed at all, so gonna give this a pass.
- Rene Wirtz
Yeah i've read them all as well. There is nothing in there that makes me want to read it again. They are titting on the shelf gathering dust.
- Roberto Bonini
I liked DaVinci because I enjoy solving riddles. I liked Angels and Demons for the Pagan references in Rome's fountains and statues. I had fun looking up all the locations and checking out the clues. I think this one's about the Masons - not so interested in them.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
@m9m: Have you have ever read Umberto Eco's The Name Of The Rose and Foucault's Pendulum? I do hear that Angels and Demons is the better Brown book.
- Rene Wirtz
Yep, read 'em both. Semiotics is Teh Cool.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
This time, I'm with Glen (and Dawn, too): "Hated it."
- Kamilah Gill
@m9m: :-) Those two were about 10x as good as Dan Brown's. My contention with Brown is that he writes his books like a screenplay, they are not so much meant to be read as they are to be seen. Then again, the movies kinda sucked, too.
- Rene Wirtz
Sometimes a book is a praiseworthy work of art. Sometimes it's a way to stuff your eyes and brain full of words. I read both kinds. (Name of the Rose for the Win, though.)
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
waiting for the paperback is a good call, Kol
- chrisofspades
Is it going to be released as a Pop-up?
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Dawn - Have to agree. I was floored DaVinci Code was as popular as it was, when it reads like a script for a bad 40s serial.
- Ciaoenrico
You guys are obviously reading too slow...it's a page turner, meant to get you from point A to point B with a sense of adventure...it's not literature meant to be soaked up word by delicious word.
- Alex Scoble
Alex, you didn't feel a little let down by Lost Symbol? I did, and I've enjoyed all of Brown's previous works.
- chrisofspades
I haven't read it...just saying that if you stopped to notice that his writing wasn't Shakespeare or Hemmingway, you were reading too slowly. :)
- Alex Scoble
Dan Brown writes the epitome of beach reading: mediocre writing, fun plots that keep you turning the pages. That said, if the paperback is out by next summer, I'll read it on the beach then.
- Shannon Jiménez
TechCrunch: iDroid Wars on Gillmor Gang http://bit.ly/3O9Nkn by @stevegillmor - http://twitter.com/TechCru...
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RT @mollywood: Blog post: my totally unofficial and personal review of the Droid: http://themolly.com/blog... (Good review, thanks!)
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See-ming Lee 李思明 SML to See-ming's feed, SML Universe, All Things Google, TheNextWeb Forum, Web & Teknoloji
Window Resizer « Google Chrome Extensions #tools - http://www.chromeextensions.org/appeara...
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"Resize the browser window to emulate various screen resolutions. Useful for designers/coders for testing their work on various resolutions. It has the ability to set the window size or the viewport size."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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Google Chrome Extensions - this has got to be the nicest Wordpress site I've seen to date. #clean #design #ui #tools - http://www.chromeextensions.org/
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Pics of me from the early 1980s in my awesome glasses. (As promised)
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My mom says she has pictures somewhere of me wearing eye patches, but I don't have it yet.
- Louis Gray
In Pic #3, I am holding my youngest brother (picture in 1984). In pic #4, I am with my younger brother who was a year behind me. He is sporting one of our Superman capes.
- Louis Gray
Extending this conversation: http://friendfeed.com/louisgr...
- Louis Gray
x_x
- Derrick
Those specs are epic!
- Parvez Halim
Awesome plaid couch!
- Kristine Gray
Kristine, that couch (where 2 sisters and a brother were born) had a pull-out bed. Note I am wearing an Oakland A's shirt. Go A's!
- Louis Gray
I don't think I could love these photos more if I tried.
- pea
Oh my gosh, that first pic. Your little plaid sportscoat and stripey tie. A-DOR-A-BLE!
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
They made a prequel to Napoleon Dynamite? Dude!
- nakachi
:)
- Johnny Worthington
These remind me of Chris Pirillo's kid pics. Do glasses predestine you to become a geek? :) I think I'll ask the government for millions of dollars to study that question. Fascinating.
- Dawn
too cute!
- esther ♥ ♫
Adorable !! Thanks for sharing :) I wish I had more pics of my childhood (they're all at my Mom's house!)
- Susan Beebe
great pics! #OhGodIFeelSoOld
- Joe Silence is ashes
viva le 80's, ;)
- chaz2b
So cute!
- Jess Lee
TweetDeck Promises to Add Twitter Lists Support Soon - http://blog.louisgray.com/2009...
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any other twitter app started/going-to support Twitter Lists??
- Roshan Ramachandran
Jon Reed: SAP to start paying more attention to R/3 users - http://itknowledgeexchange.tec...
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The Google Wave team at #sapteched09 - http://akpetteroe.posterous.com/the-goo...
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via tweetie ...
- Anne Kathrine Petterøe
Beauty Of Lavender Fields http://www.sonergonul.com/
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street photography series (http://www.turkayyilmaz.com)
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SAP Mentor - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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watching @dahowlett video on SAP mentors
- Roshan Ramachandran
Unbelievable Anamorphic Illusion - http://www.dailycognition.com/index...
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Işıl Kocaoğlan, Tuğba Yetim, Charlotte Mazeyrat and 6 other people liked this
Very cool!
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
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great expression!
- Dan Freeman
First, FriendFeed is _not_ going away. (in fact, we're working on switching it to new servers) Second, I know everyone wants to know what the team is working on, but we don't pre-announce things, so for now all I can say is that there's good stuff on the way. Re: http://friendfeed.com/jworthi...
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I know that doesn't answer everyone's questions, but I hope it helps.
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, working on friendfeed.com stuff or facebook.com?
- Kol Tregaskes
I like the first sentence. The rest is just gravy.
- Derek Coward
I'm totally happy if we just reside on decent servers, and get occasional IT help... We'll keep the rest of the ship running :)
- Christopher Galtenberg
Paul - is that why it's been slower lately vs.pre-fb ?
- Allen Stern
Paul please repeat it in re-phrased form: Friendfeed is NOT going to repeat destiny of Jaiku? Y/N
- A.T.
*processing statement...*
- Micah Wittman
Can't wait... **Fingers tapping desk impatiently**
- AJ Batac
But what does "going away" mean, Paul? And what does "team" mean? And when you say "pre-announce", are you talking about the Palm Pre?
- Ken Sheppardson
Allen, the slowness is due to growth (more users and more data), but I put in a few fixes yesterday that should speed things up a bit.
- Paul Buchheit
thanks paul
- Allen Stern
Paul, sometimes when I open up threads I get the Opps... error. Is that related? It has been happening more and more these last few days.
- Kol Tregaskes
Still better than twitter and facebook. Thanks for the update!
- Mike Nencetti
Paul, thanks for the incredible work with FriendFeed. Please, keep it alive! and most importantly keep it FriendFeed!
- Ciro
as long as FF doesn't go dark or fall to pieces due to lack of maintenance, i think most ppl would be appeased.
- Joe Silence is ashes
Does this mean that the sky is not falling and we should stop running around screaming GODZILLA! and pointing in the direction of FB?
- Tony C (Unrated)
from fftogo
also, thank you for making such a great service in the first place!
- Joe Silence is ashes
Paul: Did you see http://www.thetechnewsblog.com/2009... & can you understand why it got so many people talking / blogging?
- Jim Connolly
I second that!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Paul.
- CW™
Always nice to hear Paul talking about Friendfeed.
- ashish
Thanks Paul for the update.
- Roberto Bonini
Thanks for the update! Would like to know if there will be actual development done on FriendFeed in the future (other than bug fixes/minor updates) but I understand if you can't really talk about that too much.
- Brandon Titus
Paul: so still no answer from you as to if your 'good stuff' is being developed for FB or FF? The silence suggests it's FaceBook you're working on, or at least transferring FF into an 'add on' for Facebook?
- Jim Connolly
Kol, fb platform and openness, primarily.
- Paul Buchheit
David Recordon FTW
- Jesse Stay
i made a post here - http://www.centernetworks.com/friendf... - one interesting note - maybe FB keeps FF running nice and smooth to keep the early adopters happy as it's a great way to get new features out to them via this channel... just a thought.
- Allen Stern
Wow. I've had to eat my words before but these are the best-tasting ones yet!
- Akiva Moskovitz
from BuddyFeed
Akiva, just add salt. You know which kind :)
- Micah Wittman
I'm anxiously waiting for FF->FB Platform integration (drools...)
- Jesse Stay
These are the best words I could have expected by Paul. There is obviously a cultural difference between the two platforms and audience and I'm assuming both the former FF team and the FB team recognize that and are sensitive to the community. Thank you Paul and I hope you are feeling better....
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Allen, you're in good company on that thought - there were musings on that concept right after the buyout.
- Micah Wittman
Damn, 20+ likes within a matter of 2 minutes.
- Itachi
When the leader speaks, everyone listens.... :-)
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I feel a few "I told you so's" coming though... :-)
- Jesse Stay
Thanks Paul. Glad you're working on maintaining/improving performance. I've definitely seen issues here. Looking forward towards your influence and changes over at the blue giant.
- Mark Krynsky
Paul - thank you for letting us know, and I do hope you feel better!
- Jennifer Dittrich
The big question though is will FriendFeed continue to add new features? There's a difference between that and it going away. (and hence my argument w/ Scoble the other day)
- Jesse Stay
Paul: Seriously weird that you're there reading this, and totally ignoring each relevant, yes no question. No one's asking you to pre announce anything - just genuinely concerned (and increasingly so) that they do NOT include developing for FF.
- Jim Connolly
Jesse +1
- Jim Connolly
I for one want to say: I'm excited!
- Jorge Escobar
Jesse: Paul answers that question - BOOM - rumour mill dies and we finally get something positive to say. Ya know what - we won;t get an answer though. He's reading this, he knows the answer, but he won't.
- Jim Connolly
Jesse: For now, FF has more features than any other platform for this type of niche. There's some catching up to do before I'm worried about new features.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
AWESOME!! Thanks for helping to quell some concerns Paul. Looking forward to what comes next, but hope that FF never dissappears also.
- Travis Koger
from iPhone
Shouldn't we be asking the facebook guys, and let Paul keep working? Or is he wearing many hats (friendfeed head honcho and facebook openess builder)?
- Mark Essel
from iPhone
Paul: I'm right, right? There's something stopping you from saying that you are no longer adding new features to what 'we' know as Friendfeed?
- Jim Connolly
Not for nothing, but I took my friendfeed embed off my tiny blog for a few weeks after the facebook buy out. There was just this empty spot on my eyesore of a website, so I put the embed back. We care because we like the connections we've made here and don't want to lose them. It's personal for us to.
- Mark Essel
from iPhone
Paul: Amazing how quickly you guys have adopted the Facebook attitude to silence. Pity.
- Jim Connolly
Paul: blink twice if you will add new features to FF. I won't tell anyone, honest.
- Edward Zwart
FWIW he did just upgrade servers. My e-mail notifications are almost real-time. Sounds to me like they're still improving the service.
- Jesse Stay
Jim: Don't blame Paul on that, it's not fair. He's only allowed to say so much at this point but I'm very satisfied on what he said.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Jesse: The questions not if they keep the servers running - we want to know if this is a dead platform.
- Jim Connolly
Jim: in Paul's defense Facebook's PR is more controlling than FriendFeed's was. I'm sure he's having to consider the effects his words will have on other people inside Facebook. But, I'm VERY HAPPY that Paul is here giving us hints as to what's coming. I wish it had happened six weeks ago so we wouldn't have lost so many people, but maybe that would happen anyway.
- Robert Scoble
Jim, there may be a few new things, but as I said, the team is mainly working on fb platform and openness, so it's unlikely that there will be any big new features of ff (except maybe one that I've been thinking about for a while...).
- Paul Buchheit
Did the Walrus think about Feed Splicing? :-)
- Robert Scoble
Paul: Finally - THAT'S what we were wondering.
- Jim Connolly
Cool Dude: Need it to have a classier forum than the parent; Parent is still good but the options here make it just a bit nicer.
- ThatDBD
Paul: Pity. At least we now know not to expect any developments or improvements. Thanks for answering the question. Whilst it confirmed my fears, it's good to know what's happening.
- Jim Connolly
Johnny said it nicely here: http://www.johnnyworthington.com/...
- Mark Essel
I have no problem with FB integration (notice my drool above). Hoping for good friend conversion tools to bring subscribers over as friends or fans on Facebook from FriendFeed. (Connect.registerUsers FTW!)
- Jesse Stay
Jim: I'd modify "any" to "many."
- Robert Scoble
As a result - Jim has left the platform.
- Jim Connolly
Jim: this is a change from last week, by the way. My sources were telling me that we weren't going to get any new features and now Paul is refuting that and saying we might get one new feature here.
- Robert Scoble
I'm still drooling - anyone have a towel?
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: I'll buy you a virtual one over on Ning.
- Robert Scoble
personally, i would be happy just to have FF not fall apart and die. given the post-acquisition situation, anything beyond that is gravy!
- Joe Silence is ashes
Robert, I heard Ning is dead - care to send me one on Facebook? ;-)
- Jesse Stay
Robert, think of it as 20% time. If there's a feature I want, I'll just add it :)
- Paul Buchheit
Thank you for the clarification, Paul, and hope you are feeling better.
- WorldofHiglet
a communication channel that will be around and getting improved no matter what happens, our blogs :D I'll be commenting on yours Jim. 20%, that's a helluva light better than 0%, that's actually much more than I expected. Could we crowd source funding to buy you more %?
- Mark Essel
Even if there no new features in Friendfeed, I am happy with Friendfeed just staying on.
- ashish
how many users are there on friendfeed is there any chance we could buy it out (and get a full time dev staff back)? This platform rules, the dev team is incredible (albeit on facebook stuff now).
- Mark Essel
Paul, if you wanted me to bake you some cookies, all you had to do was ask, GEEZ.
- Derrick
Question: how many facebook bucks do we have to buy in total to get Paul and team working on friendfeed more of the time (100% ;)
- Mark Essel
Twitter doesn't accept cupcakes any more (just check Foursquare when at their offices). How about FriendFeed? :-)
- Jesse Stay
Mark, I'm okay with better Facebook integration. There's a lot of power in that (hence my drooling).
- Jesse Stay
I've got mixed feelings Jesse. I have friends on facebook. Then I have people that get excited by the same stuff that I do on friendfeed
- Mark Essel
Mark, I'm really hoping it ends up the best of both worlds - that would be really cool
- Jesse Stay
im going back to efnet - i got a bus for 7pm - anyone want on? :-P
- Allen Stern
I don't think you can mix the two sites at all. This has been repeated over and over. FriendFeed's technology might be portable, the concept, no.
- Jorge Escobar
Is it too late to do something about it. If it's a question of funds, can't we raise some? I mean this is the best communication platform I've come across yet. Facebook could be, if they just handed over the reigns to Paul, but its unlikely that sort of shift could happen.
- Mark Essel
Is the user perceived need of a full time devoted dev staff a fallacy?
- Mark Essel
I think you could make the case that some sites and services can in fact be "done" at some point, and simply require resources to keep them up and running.
- Ken Sheppardson
Thanks, Paul.
- Josh Haley
Ken: That's a potential advantage of turnkey application-level hosting such as App Engine: the resources to keep them up and running are almost entirely outsourced. ~All costs are variable costs, monetization improves over time, variable costs decline over time, so services that are "done" can literally just coast.
- Daniel Dulitz
They could open up something like friendfeed. Distributed social networks, with many servers would make search more challenging (search like status could help). The Internet keeps on chugging, it's a distributed information network that's been alive for many years. Our social networks should live, as does the underlying Internet.
- Mark Essel
Nice Daniel, I've been having fun playing around there (frankensearch.appspot.com). I'm using it to get to learn a little more about scala and lift now.
- Mark Essel
might be a full-time job times 2 or 3 for any fresh devs - safe to say Paul's got a bit of a head-start which changes that equation significantly! .... Also maybe almost as important is simply keeping spammers in check - that makes the difference between a ghost town vs the happy place here we want to keep coming back to enjoy ...
- Dan Freeman
Yes, this helps a lot. Thank you, Paul. We were beginning to fight amongst ourselves over these things.
- Kamilah Gill
I bet a good contextual advertising box off to the side could generate 35-50million dollars in 6 months with a user base of 1 million people. The assumption is that the average user spends 100-200 bucks on the site making purchases they'd normally make anyway and the affiliate percentage goes to the social host.
- Mark Essel
Friendfeed's health needn't be measured by the team's willingness to add new features. Shovels haven't changed in hundreds of years, but nobody is running around saying shovels are dying. A shovel is a great tool --a simple one, at that. If anything, I'd take away features on FF, but that's just me. Thanks for jumping in, Paul.
- Chris Baskind
Chris: the problem is that a shovel doesn't get more utility the more people that use it. FriendFeed does.
- Robert Scoble
I think the problem is that some people feel extra messianic some days (which is perfectly okay), and then refuse to see/believe/accept when others don't feel the same way AND point it out. The refusing part is not really okay, I guess.
- Michael Bravo
Thanks for these reassuring words Paul. Have been working hard to get more Flickr users over here after the recent rash of censorship there. Friendfeed's TOS and lack of censorship is a breath of fresh air compared to Flickr.
- Thomas Hawk
I wouldn't say lack of censorship, but community moderated filters. ;)
- CW™
I think you're unnecessarily complicating the discussion by adding new vocabulary, Robert. Now you're talking scale, not features. A product needn't expand its feature set to remain useful. Feature creep is the devil, anyway. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
You can’t predict what the future of technology will bring; so trying is a fool’s game. You can only adapt to the new realities as best you can. Paul's word is that it is still worth the time to invest in FF the tool. The tool may stay in this form but that's still a better design for me than Twitter. If FF is a shovel, Twitter is a spoon feature-wise. Audience volume-wise, it is the reverse.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
"Feature creep is the devil." truer words!
- Joe Silence is ashes
Now this makes me feel hopeful!:)
- Patrik Johansson
Ok here's an example of what the social media + contextual ads could like like (sorry can't embed iframe twitter they go full screen so I showed it with friendfeed). But the idea is clear: http://victusmedia.com/social-... This works by sending your tweet stream to zemanta, and then does some backend stuff (which we're working on improving) to get relevant ads from amazon
- Mark Essel
I've been rough on you guys in some comments around, but I'm VERY encouraged to see that you guys see a future for FF. Thanks for shining some light, Paul.
- Scott of Two Countries
Clarification is appreciated.
- DGentry
A respectable amount of information. Thank you.
- Matthew DeVries
Chris: Pownce had more "features" than Twitter did, yet it died. So did other aggregators like Jaiku. It's not "features" that matter in social software. Well, at least not completely. It's a combination of features with crowds that matter. If the crowds leave FriendFeed has a lot less utility to everyone than if they flow in. Look at this item here. Why is it interesting? Because there's people here talking about it.
- Robert Scoble
take your time PB Bear take your time
- Thomas Power
This is definitely more of the answer we were looking for. Thanks, Paul.
- Alex Scoble
Thank you
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
All I can say is "thank you" for letting us know what's going on. I'm glad to hear FF will be around for the foreseeable future. :-) LONG LIVE FRIENDFEED!
- Jason, Craving
yea - happy happy....
- Chris Jackson
I can't find any wave that is even remotely comparable with friendfeed's conversation, if you found one will you invite me? (muzzle at googlewave)
- Emme Ci
Great news, I await the new functions eagerly
- Mo Kargas
looks like good news ...
- johnpiercy
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the best thing I've seen ALL day!! woo hoo!! Thanks Paul :) {{{ HUG }}}
- Susan Beebe
Just a few words of assurance go a long way, Paul. Thank you for finally giving us something more solid to stand on. It's been frustrating for a lot of us waiting for the other shoe to drop and this news makes it much easier to keep investing time in FriendFeed. Please don't be shy about reaffirming that it's not going away on a regular basis because it's always good to hear.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
I will say it for the least time! Friendfeed kicks ass :). The rest who is saying friendfeed is dying. please SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
- alfred westerveld
Good to read.
- Grant Bierman
"As a result - Jim has left the platform. - Jim Connolly" - Was this guy ever on the platform?! A quick glance at his most recent posts [first page] show pretty much 100% of posts made from other platforms. Cut him and his blood runs blue. Twitter blue :)
- 1x29
IF you glance over the Right Wing guys publications-there is some serious Terrorism encouragement from those sociopaths. This looked like a real strong example of what they are encouraging their followers to do??? Been saying we need to pay attention they are respectable foes to intelligence and their agenda is to win at all costs. Dudes they are great foes, need to,got to, have to pay attention to what they are doing. Peace love your neighbors dudes.
- ThatDBD
@ThatDBD I think you're responding to the wrong thread...
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
still curious, but understand
- Kim Landwehr
It's fascinating that so many people seem worried about new features. Until recently Twitter added almost no features at all and yet it continued to grow in popularity. FriendFeed's recent slump is all about perception, not tech.
- Eoghann Irving
Exactly Eoghann.
- Itachi
these conversations take too much time for narcisists with tight schedules (stars). Publicity skyrocketed Twitter to the limelight. Friendfeeds champions are tech geeks, and folks that love chatting and sharing. There aren't many of us though. Give us time, or let us own the platform with a public ipo /buyin from facebook. Free friendfeed!
- Mark Essel
from iPhone
Looks like it's official then: FriendFeed lives! On new servers, even! (At least for now...)
- Dennis Jernberg
Hoorah!
- Ron Bailey
Very glad to hear it!!
- Rosalinda Mojarro
word!
- Dylan Casey
This is great news! Thanks, Paul, for the update, and if you get a hankering for a feature, great! I'm fine with the tech being your personal sandbox in exchange for keeping the service alive. Robert, I hope this means we'll see more of you and your family - and hear from the ones who have mastered the art of rolling over. Johnny, thanks for having the courage to ask the hard questions (and Louis for helping you frame the issues.) wow - life feels good again!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
This is brilliant news from Paul! Now can we put this FriendFeed is dying business to rest please? It's a self fullfilling prophecy because by saying FF is dying, folks begin leaving, causing a downward spiral which would then cause it to come true!
- technogran
Wan't it to stay? Then begin spreading the word! Get others to use it! At the moment its not mainstream so encourage ordinary users to use FF! The more popular it becomes the less likely it is to fold.
- technogran
Yes :) Paul . Thanks. we love ff :)
- sunipeyk
Questions? No just enjoy it.
- ★ Soner Gönül
technogran: sorry, today you see what's going on. Bing? Displays your Facebook and Twitter tweets. Google? Twitter. Where's FriendFeed in this equation? Now do you get why FriendFeed is destined to be a tiny niche player and why the real action is on Facebook?
- Robert Scoble
Good news :)
- Maryam Ardakani
from FreshFeed
Is not FF that is going somewhere else (?). Is its user base.
- Claudio Cicali ♋
Good to know.
- orionstarr
from iPhone
Robert, if FF gives me what I'm looking for, why do I care where "the real action" is? If FF serves its niche well, what's the downside?
- Scott of Two Countries
Robert, do you mean that Google doesn't index Friendfeed posts? Friendfeed is the first site that comes up if you search for my name.
- Victor Ganata
Excellent point Victor - but FF only imports a small % of twitter's posts. Ergo Google is still not getting Twitter.
- Roberto Bonini
@Scobleizer - this item is not interesting because of the conversation. it's interesting because of who it's from, and what he said. The fact that there's a conversation around it and that conversation is easy to find and read is a bonus (a feature) that sets this service head and shoulders above others (IMHO). There's really not much interesting in the comments here, if you ask me. You could get rid of all the comments that aren't Paul's and the value of the entry doesn't diminish that much.
- Chris Heath
That isn't to say that conversations around items aren't ever useful or valuable (or interesting as robert says)... but in this case i would say it's who it's from and what he said.
- Chris Heath
Chris: you nailed, in a single paragraph, why Twitter is winning. You now can choose who shows up on your screen and under what context. Well, I can because I have list support. Everyone else will get that next month. Victor: Roberto is right. I barely see ANY of the good stuff I see on Twitter come over here. Well, it comes here because of my favorites feed, but that isn't in nearly as useful a form as it is over at http://www.twitter.com/scoblei...
- Robert Scoble
Robert, you keep saying that's the reason Twitter's winning - I can do that in Facebook and FriendFeed as well.
- Jesse Stay
Well, the problem is that Google doesn't seem to index tweets as well as it indexes Friendfeed posts. And Google has never been able go inside Facebook's walled garden. Hopefully that will change.
- Victor Ganata
(and I have been able to for the last year or so)
- Jesse Stay
Victor, that changed today - see ReadWriteWeb's post. Facebook is opening up public status messages to search engines now.
- Jesse Stay
Why is Twitter/Facebook/FriendFeed a zero sum game? I use both Twitter and FriendFeed a lot - they have different strengths - and they feed into each other. Facebook I use less, but that's a personal issue because I simply like it less. Why does there have to be a winner? And +1 Scott, if I'm in the niche market that FF is serving and I'm happy with it, why should I care if "the real action" is on Facebook? If that's the case, I'll take FF's "fake action," thank you very much.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Good point Jandy
- sunipeyk
Paul: Thank you for letting us know status as much as you are able. The fact that you took time to write anything says a lot. So thank you for that. And thank you for FriendFeed in general. It truly does rock. Have a great day.
- Morgan Haley
Thank you.
- amygeek
Why don't you just give us all Facebook accounts for the one's that don't have them and be done with it. But the Turbocharged FF/FB accounts!!
- Gene Williams
@Gene, sorry, you'll have to wait for a FB invite like everyone else!
- Andrew C
@Andrew Oh that sucks, I'm still waiting for my Facebook invite. Do you have one to spare?
- Patrik Johansson
FF team needs 20% time at FB to keep inventing the next.
- Christopher Galtenberg
This is great to hear, it would be bad that a major peice of my microblogging arogration just died off.
- denzuko
Bump for clarification and Happy Birthday Paul!
- Charlie Anzman
It’s not just Microsoft. Google and Twitter agreement reached. - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
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now THIS is happening....& we r watching Live!! Go Google...!
- Roshan Ramachandran
Whew, I was worried I'd have to give up my G-shaped security blanket.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
yay. bing sucks.
- Bill Kinney
What annoys you about me? [Be honest, won't hold it against you :D]
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If I told you you had a nice body, would you hold it against me?
- LogEx
Only with baby oil...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
dang, it usually takes alot to genuinely annoy me. i'll have to think about it.
- Joe Silence is ashes
I would agree with that Lindsey...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
The fact that you and your adorable family live in Australia and not next door to me. </rantpants>
- LB - all new for '10!
You still have your Talk Like a Pirate avatar. That's like so late adopter. :)
- John E. Bredehoft
Do I even want to do this? Nope.
- Christopher Harley
You live too far away.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
I basically agree with Judy, but you're not nearly as big an offender as some other people in my feed.
- Curtiss Grymala
You are in Australia...makes it harder to meet you in person. :)
- JA Castillo
Great stuff. Keep em coming :)
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
you don't use nearly enough profanity in your posts.
- Joe Silence is ashes
Woefully insufficient facial hair.
- Christopher A Carr
not enough obscenity, either, but i can deal with that.
- Joe Silence is ashes
If I say what annoys me, somebody else will get annoyed that I'm annoyed about it. I can't win. Why do you ask a question like this? Sheesh, how annoying. Anyway, your merits outweigh any annoyances; I only hope people feel the same about me.
- Bruce Lewis
Bruce, you can DM me if you like :)
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
No I won't tell you.
- CW™
Absolutely nothing.
- Alex Scoble
I'm with Christopher: your lack of beardedness. :(
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
I can't think of anything
- Rodfather
Your attitude SUCKS BALLS!
- Josh Haley
No annoyances here, Johnny.
- Holly Rae
None I can think of.
- Derrick
You're a Queenslander!
- Glenn Slaven
your not a surfer ...
- johnpiercy
You're too far away.
- Jason, Craving
what Jason said. Oh, and the hairless thing. And I wish you had a better sense of humor. ;)
- Martha
I change to what Jason said. Too far/different timezone.
- Rodfather
You haven't visited Toowoomba yet.
- Mellissa
You haven't photoshopped a picture of me.
- Mellissa
Send me one Melly and I'll have a crack :)
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
You're not subscribed to me. Hmph.
- Spidra Webster
I have requested several times Spidra :(
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
GODDAMN QUEENSLANDER
- Mo Kargas
HAH.
- Joe Silence is ashes
Must be an FF bug. I would never have turned you down.
- Spidra Webster
oh yeah, you live on the wrong side of the Tasman!
- Joe Silence is ashes
'Cuz you live under Danni Minogue! (Did I do it wrong?)
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
RT @TheCoolestCool: 10 ways to use Linkedin to find yourself a J-O-B --- http://internsover40.blogspot.com/2009...
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