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"Is Dean's fly down?" - Ryan Twomey

I had this problem until I became a weekly nag on At&t. Now I have great service in my home and it now works in the basement. - sean808080

@ryan I gave it a look, but I don't really want to spend anymore money on a service that should already work. Thanks tho. - Shawn Hickman

"What would make you feel more comfortable with Apple? At what point would such compelling fundamentals make it possible to overlook things like their management transparency track record, or are you out no matter what?" - Ryan Twomey

"There are trolls out there that regularly send their brilliant "ideas" to lots of companies, and sue when they think the company stole it. Apple has a legal notice whenever you try to contact them about unsolicited ideas. Movie companies are constantly dealing with these idiots. A lot of people have this sense of entitlement: my idea is so great, it's guaranteed to make a ton of cash, and you owe me for coming up with it. Doing away with software patents is the first step, but really we need to remove the notion that ideas are worth anything. This means overhauling the patent system to encourage development, rather than encouraging do-nothing holding companies to sit on thousands of patents and looking for infringement." - Ryan Twomey

"You think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it. Well guess what? They cost 8 bucks to make and I pee on every one!" - David Bisset (sn) from Bookmarklet

I like how the cube indicates it's turned off by glowing. - Ryan Twomey

Seems a little early for a Christmas tree, right? Probably be dried out by the time Christmas comes around... - Ryan Twomey

I think it's a fresh tree, and it's got all the water it wants, so I hope it lasts well. - Matt Cutts

This was written by a coworker at my company - interesting wrap up if you missed the live thing. - Ryan Twomey

"We just got a tip that in addition to the iPhone 3G actually making its way to Walmart, as we exclusively told you, there will be a 4GB model priced at $99 with a 2-year agreement." - Anthony Farrior from Bookmarklet

An iPhone a day at Wal-Mart keeps the recession away by going to the masses as quickly as possible:) - Roney Smith

"The big post-Thanksgiving shopping day known as Black Friday wasn’t as awful for retailers — at least for online retailers — as some had feared, according to new data from comScore. That’s a good sign for the online economy, since Black Friday is usually seen as an indicator of how the rest of holiday shopping season will go. Online shoppers spent a $534 million on Friday, up 1 percent from last year. That’s not a dramatic increase, but at least it’s growth. PayPal did even better — it told Reuters it saw almost 34 percent more transactions on Black Friday this year than last year. In comparison, for the first 28 days of November, online spending is down 4 percent overall." - Robert Worstell from Bookmarklet

I find it so interesting that online deals for Black Friday were better than Cyber Monday. I heard a lot of people saying that because Cyber Monday wasn't great that Christmas would be doomed. This data is encouraging. - Ryan Twomey

Nokia is definitely targeting iPhone customer base...that's pretty clear - Susan Beebe

Hi Phil - I seem to remember Microsoft pitching that idea about 5/6 years ago - that users could seamlessly move from their Windows products to using their WINCE ones on the basis that everyone knew Windows. The trick to mass market appeal is not releasing a heavy weight tech beast but engaging with the non tech and releasing something they feel they can just pick up and use - focusing on good old fashioned user experience - look at the Wii as another perfect example. - Mauricio Reyes

via Mona http://friendfeed.com/monasfe... - Zee.

Yep same here, no support when handshaking with the iPhone. So I synched via USB, and then you can see all of your events, but you are UNABLE to add an event to a calendar from your iPhone. Not impressed. - Drew Lucas

"For now, a marriage between Twitter and Facebook is not meant to be — but the courtship between the two Web 2.0 companies could be rekindled in the future. That was one message from Evan Williams, the chief executive and co-founder of Twitter, in a talk at the Churchill Club in San Francisco Tuesday night." - Anthony Farrior from Bookmarklet

The comments there are so short sighted... - Anthony Farrior

Many of the commenters aren't realizing that with FB stock, they really *can't* walk away with some exorbitant pile of cash. I think selling anything to FB for stock would be a major blunder. - Ryan Twomey

"It will definitely be interesting to watch. I liken this to the Internet video industry: it wasn't until YouTube proved that online video could be a commercial enterprise did the media companies become interested in working with the trend (Hulu) instead of against it. I'd bet that the success of streaming radio via Yahoo and AOL (and Pandora and Last.fm) has shown the media companies that it's possible to work with this audio trend rather than against it." - Ryan Twomey

via Mona http://friendfeed.com/monasfe... - Zee.

Just tried Calgoo Connect, but didn't like how it had to always have a status icon in my menu bar, and I have to leave it running for it to sync. - Ryan Twomey

What's the taste like after the clean-up as compared to the taste just before? - Niklas Pivic

Cafè au ant? - Ryan Twomey

In French, the word for "ant" is the same as for "fine coffee beans". Frenchpeople often make this mistake. - Niklas Pivic

"I'd still recommend it. Text messages are very easy to use, and I especially like seeing it in the iChat-like interface. For web connectivity, you can't find a better device: Safari on the iPhone is excellent. And you'll probably like the apps. There's a lot out there and I'm sure you'll find one that's helpful." - Ryan Twomey

As the commenters have pointed out, the math is influenced by more than just the visual reviews. When users delete the app, they can review it. Also, it may take other App Stores from around the world into account in the aggregate rating. - Ryan Twomey

"I'd still recommend it. Text messages are very easy to use, and I especially like seeing it in the iChat-like interface. For web connectivity, you can't find a better device: Safari on the iPhone is excellent. And you'll probably like the apps. There's a lot out there and I'm sure you'll find one that's helpful." - Ryan Twomey

Good riddance to bad rubbish... - Zee.

I really enjoyed Pownce for a while. If they hadn't had all of their technical problems earlier this year I might not have made it here onto FF. - Internet's Tad

Good news. - Halil Gökdal

I'm just surprised Joost is still around. - Ryan Twomey

The recently-launched Boutique iStore, a petite 225 square feet, offers free Wi-Fi, an iPod bar as well as a few useful accessories, like the power cord you left in the office in a hurry to dash. - Joshua Schnell

According to the article, this is a store run by another retailer, not Apple. I wonder if Apple would consider rolling this concept out themselves (should this store prove successful), or if they just aren't interested in airports. It does sound like an interesting idea. - Ryan Twomey

Would they have to sue me if I sit further away from my computer screen while I have Safari open? - Ryan Twomey

Ryan, you WILL be hearing from their attorneys, if you're looking at a laptop screen. It must be portable. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Somewhere along the way the part about an invention not being obvious to a person 'skilled in the art' has been lost for lots of software patents. - John

I'm a big fan of this game. I hope they do well. - Ryan Twomey

I like Aurora Feint sometime, but then I bored. It's get repeat same over and over again... Maybe Arena it's better, hope so - Kristian Salonen

Installed AF long ago (relatively speaking, since I've had my iPhone only a few weeks), but I've never actually run it. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Please don't feel obligated to join just because you know/friends with me. Join only if you are actually interested in tech, keen to get involved in discussions and willing to share *the best* content you come across...Thank you! - Zee.

At first glance, I wasn't sure this room would be for me, but after browsing through some of the existing posts, I can already see that this will be a great room. Looking forward to visiting often. Thanks! - Helen Hoefele

I've heard it's good. They had an interesting bit of controversy on TechCrunch recently though: http://bit.ly/sdh4 - Ryan Twomey

awesome, cheers Leandro :) - Zee.

while this is "cool" I fail to see how it is "useful" in its current form. - Aaron D'Amico

practical applications? edit - i still dig and all... - Anthony

I really like redmine more simple than trac - Sebastian Wain

We're just in the process of implementing JIRA. It will take us months to implement it completely. - Kenton

You have to create an account - Andy Lewandowski

Create an Evernote account. You won't regret it! - Bill Sodeman

Will they be collecting our $375 there? - Ryan Twomey

ahahaah I don't think so Ryan :) - Loic Le Meur

via Bo Stern http://friendfeed.com/bstern - Zee.

i'm thinking about using it just for friendfeed live feed :) - Zee.