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JCB posted a message on Twitter

“Love doughnuts!.... Yes, I'm eating a doughnut now . m m m”

August 29 at 4:11 am - Link

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yummy. wish I could have doughnuts atm. :( - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

Oh man, I might have to hit Krispy Kreme on the way to work... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Jason Calacanis posted a message on Twitter

“I think after not selectong hillary, obama is now in second place...”

August 24 at 3:15 pm - Link

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He certainly lost my vote. - rambn via twhirl

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Blugh. If people are willing to flip to republicans just bc Hill's not on teh ticket. they're not progressive anyway. McCain's stance on such things as, say, women's rights, should offend them to the core. - ωαřмaiden

I'm glad he didn't select Hillary. She's too controversial... She would have been a major liability. Obama already has enough liabilities with a large segment of the population who's over the age of 50 and lives in the South. He didn't need that baggage that Hillary would have brought. - Lindsay Donaghe

I see, so if a person is going to fli-flop, fuck 'em. nice. - rambn via twhirl

Not mine. McCain, er, republican, is worse. It'll take a lot to push me to vote for Barr over Obama. I'll never vote for McCain and will be hard pressed to ever vote republican again unless they reel the party back in. - ·[▪_▪]·

after everything she pulled, she should get VP? why, exactly? - Neal "thePuck" Jansons via twhirl

@rambn - no, not 'fuck em," but I'm awed by the number of people who would vote republican tickets because they dislike the dem VP candidate (as in, not Hill). Does policy not override your dislike of an individual? (Genuine question.) it just seems to me - and I don't like either choice, honestly - that there's such severe difference in policy that swapping to another side is counterproductive. - ωαřмaiden

Agreed Neal. Hillary lost all my respect with her campaign tactics. If she had pulled out of the campaign when it was obvious she lost, months ago, I'm certain I would have wanted her as VP. Not now though. I think Biden will just be a better VP anyway. Not the best maybe but x1M better than what we've had the past 8 years. - ·[▪_▪]·

Seriously? After the campaign she ran? What you need in a VP is someone who can muck in and do a bit of mud slinging. But if that was Hilary, and she showed strength and started pushing McCain on the issues, the easy (and effective) counter to that is "So who is in charge?", "Who is the leader". You can't have two dominant personalities on the one ticket without opening yourself up to leadership questions. - John Worthington

Based on what? - Ryan

Wow - I can't imagine any of Hilary's old supporters voting for McCain. He stands almost diametrically opposed to almost everything she supported... I can understand not being thrilled with Obama, but he's the only horse you've got in this race. - Emotion Tad

If Clinton's supporters are willing to endure 4 years of McCain just in the hope of getting Hillary to run successfully in 2012, then I have no use for them, because as WarMaiden said, they're not progressives anyway. Inflicting McCain on the country intentionally, knowing he'd be a disaster, is unconscionable. - steplow is Steve

I disagree. Mudslinging is exactly what politics shouldn't be. It should be about negotiations and compromise and to do that, you have to be able to retain respect and be respectful. - ·[▪_▪]·

Holy hell, Hillary is the only choice that would have made me think twice about voting for him. - Jason Carreira

Clinton supporters who vote for McCain in protest should begin writing personal apologies to everyone who voted for Nader in 2000. - Chris Baskind

Yeah, if this somehow pushes a "democrat" into voting republican then they weren't much of a democrat to begin with. Hillary was definitely the wrong choice and was never in serious contention for the position. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

news flash, mccain is going to choose hillary, his win guaranteed, hillary's too - Gregory Lent

He won't choose Hillary. But if he did, he'd shatter the GOP. Go for it. - Chris Baskind

The GOP's not already shattered? If McCain doesn't win the current incarnation of the GOP is dead. I'm hoping to have a new party come out of the dust that'll be fiscally conservative and socially liberal, but I know that won't ever happen. - Emotion Tad

Hillary was way too polarizing for Obama to ever take seriously as a candidate for VP. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

I agree Alex. I might have sat out the election if he'd picked her. Choosing the lesser of two evils with a Clinton is always a tricky job. - Emotion Tad

I was nervous that Obama was going to allow himself to be pushed into selecting her out of fear due to the polls. Putting aside, as if I could, her campaign tactics and continual reference to her "opponent" who in their right mind would want a 2x President dropping by in the west wing. - Ruth Ferguson

Tad: I think there are cracks. But, no, I think most of the GOP will fall in line. Their defectors will probably be about the same as those on the other side of the aisle. It will be a very close election. - Chris Baskind

I'd be happier about the state of this country if this election looked more like Ron Paul vs Joe Liberman. - Brian Norwood

Wow, so many assumptions that a Clinton supporter who can't vote for Obama has to be voting for McCain? Are there really only 2 options available? That's rhetorical, but if you were thinking "yes" you're part of the problem. - Scott Bannon

All the dems who are considering voting for mcain because Hillary isn't on the dem ticket - this exactly why the repubs won the last two elections. The dems keep fragmenting their vote. You were pissed when many of us voted for nader, now you're considering doing essentially the same thing. Think! - Jason Kaneshiro

Nah, remember, HALF the country hates Hillary's guts. It's not that she's a woman. . .she's a conniving <bleep>. I miss the McCain of the 90s, when he didn't have the neocons and telecoms telling him what to do. - Peter Ghosh CISSP

@Peter - exactly, I have no problems with a woman as president, just not THAT woman. She ran a terrible campaign - snatching defeat from the jaws of victory - and I lost a lot of respect for both Clintons. - Jason Kaneshiro

@Scott - no, not thinking that those not voting for Bar/Biden are automatically going repub, but many say they are. And not voting or voting 3rd party doesn't help the cause either, other than to fragment the vote. 3rd party candidates are still not viable in the US system, unfortunately, and it's naive to argue that they are. - ωαřмaiden

I'm baffled by the idea of a Clinton supporter flipping and voting for McCain, or, what amounts to almost the same thing, voting for a third-party candidate or sitting out the election. They'd essentially be throwing away their vote out of bitterness. How is that progressive? - Nathan Rein

I think that this selection, though not the best (I was hoping for Kathleen Sabelius as it would get some Hilary voters while not pandering to Hilary) is a good choice. Biden matches McCain in the oldness factor and has more experience than all but four Senators, plus he has the foreign relations experience. - Andrew Fielding

I just shake my head at the Clinton supporters who are flipping their vote. Talk about voting for the complete opposite of what you were once voting for. Make up your minds on what you really want ... more of the same or a chance at a better country not only for yourself, but for your children and grandchildren. - ::Kristen::

After she spent the campaign painting him as a scared little boy too small for the sizable shoes of President, implying that if elected he'd have her and Bill on speed dial, and wouldn't even truly congratulate him in her concession speech, who in the world though he was really going to pick Hillary? Really? I think passing her over was one of the best decisions Obama ever made. - Brian Norwood

Evernote posted a link

Mashable: Top 10 Online Note Taking Applications

August 19 at 4:29 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Does being first in the list mean they think we're the best? - Evernote via Bookmarklet

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Doesnt matter whether they think or not! I know, evernote is the BEST! - Jigar Mehta

Awaiting for API access to the Evernote platform.. It can be a killer stuff opening rows of new opportunities for developers! - Jigar Mehta

Evernote is the greatest, simply. I'm sure you are full of ideas, but take this vote and the results for a bit of benchmarking? :) - Sin Trenton

Evernote is definitely the best. I love it. The iPhone app is really nice. - Sam Allan

Evernote, all day!! - Dukeswharf via twhirl

Evernote rocks! - Warner Crocker

Love what you guys did with the iPhone app! - Rubin Sfadj

Nothing compares to Evernote :) - Baard Overgaard Hansen

Loic Le Meur posted a video on Seesmic

Chemical Party

August 24 at 1:52 am - Link

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very funny, i forwarded this to a friend who works at european commission. she answered to me that her unit was responsible for this spot. so little world ^^ - Baptiste Cadiou via twhirl

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Baptiste, indeed, please congratulate her for me - Loic Le Meur

Great work indeed. But after the "words", there must follow actions. - Ryo

so awesome! - MyTherapyNet

these elements are very hostile to heterosexuality. frankly. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

not sure what the tune is, but it sounds really like the collaborations Mark E Smith (from The Fall) did with Coldcut (early cut'n'paste house music pioneers) back in the late 80s ... http://www.mp3sale.ru/track.ph... - Tobias Peggs

Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins posted a message

“If you really want the government to run all aspects of life, can you please move to one of the pre-existing socialist or fascist countries in existence and stop ruining mine?”

August 23 at 5:01 pm - Link

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I don't...That's why I'm voting Democrat. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

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You need to confer with some of your fellow democrats then, please. I had one argue in the comments at Mashable that privatization of *anything* is a disaster, and a National CTO is a great first step to getting the country's tech sector under the thumb of the government. And also that I've never made any sense. He may be right on the second point, but the first really bothers me. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Also, it occurs to me that both republicans and democrats are very guilty lately of taking over our lives, just from different parts of it. Can we just reboot our government? Is that possible? - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

I am not a democrat, but agree that if you want to avoid fascism, best way to go in November is Democrat, and I'll (obviously) be doing so. Although yeah, the national CTO chatter this week was ridiculous... - Anthony Citrano

I'm down for a reboot. Or at least a Defrag and a Fsck - Rahsheen™

I don't see what the issue is with a national CTO. Why *wouldn't* you want someone in an administration who helps it make more informed policy decisions? Would you rather have a government make decisions that affect the technology sector with nothing? Not everything has to be a slippery slope to fascism. - Mark Trapp

Heh, well some people are going to be more socialist than I am. I think that deregulation has it's pros and cons. Particularly if done poorly (see how California deregulated power in the 90s as a poor way to do it). Some people will never like big corporations and some people will never get how the government can effectively regulate industries. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Many European countries have had the equivalent of a "national CTO" for many years. It hasn't helped Europe in the worldwide innovation race. Pretty much the opposite. - Rubin Sfadj

I'd say that the government's job is to regulate large corporations to prevent Enrons and the current housing crisis as much as possible. But of course the regulations have to be smartly written and serve purpose and the regulators also have to have the tools/personnel required to enforce them. When you don't have both of those things regulation is ineffective or can actually make things worse. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Rubin: that's totally because the CTO is hampering innovation, and definitely not because Europe has never really been that strong in that sector, has other high-tech unfriendly labor laws that were enacted long before the idea of a CTO, and generally doesn't have the same level of infrastructure as the United States, right? - Mark Trapp

@Mark Trapp: I think you missed my point (assuming you were addressing me.) See my comments here: http://friendfeed.com/e/152d2f... and here: http://friendfeed.com/e/703c22... - Anthony Citrano

Democrats are all about more government. I guess some people would be happy if they gave their whole paycheck to the government and let it spend the money for them. The perfect Democratic government would be where the government ran everything and ran it poorly. - Michael Tefft

to be fair, if you look globally you'll find in Western countries that it's the right that preaches small government but actually is worst at delivering it. The left may embrace a more open social agenda, but they tend to have the sense of not allowing it to get as out of hand as the right does. - Duncan Riley

No, Michael...that would be Communism not democracy. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Michael: which is why the government has increased its spending and infrastructure more than any other time in the Reagan and Bush administrations? How does that make sense? The Bush administration spends more per year than any other administration in the country's history. - Mark Trapp

The 10 US cities with the highest unemployment rate have had Democratic leadership for the last 45 years. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITI... - Michael Tefft

Michael: but that's not relevant to the argument you made. Your claim that Democrats would love nothing more than to take your whole paycheck isn't based on a statement of fact. In reality, the Republicans are worse at it than Democrats. Talking about unemployment rates is just an inane diversion from the point you're attempting to make. - Mark Trapp

Rebooting the government won't work. The software's been replaced many times to no avail. The legacy hardware is clearly at fault. - abacab

You made my point for me Alex. I wasn't talking about Democracy, I was talking about a country in which the Democrats had their way in everything. Take from the rich and the middle class, give to the poor until everyone is equal, i.e. Communism. - Michael Tefft

Two things @Michael: 1. Perhaps the incidence of cancer is higher, too. Does that a connection make? Plus - here you are arguing for smaller government, then implying it is city officials' responsibility to ensure the employment of the citizenry? 2. Traditional Republicanism advocated for small government. I hope you're not asserting that Bush 2, nor the freshly-hijacked Republican party has done so. - Anthony Citrano

Anthoney.It should be city officials responsible for ensuring the welfare of its people, not the federal government. That is my point. You want the federal government to be responsible for everything. The federal government can't run everything and should not even try. What do you think local and state governments are for? - Michael Tefft

Mark, It is relevant. The point is whether at city or federal levels Democratic policies don't work. - Michael Tefft

Sorry I misspelled your name Anthony. - Michael Tefft

Actually Communism is where the government takes from everyone and creates a ruling class (because you have to have that) and of course they live great, while everyone else waits in line for toilet paper. Our country's tax system was based on the fact that the more you make the more you pay as being fair. And this is fair because the more you make, the more you can afford to pay in taxes. And yes, some of this money goes back to the poor, but it is to create a safety net for everyone... - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

@Michael: I do? You know what I think about federalism, states rights and so on? How? Before you presume to know what someone thinks, you ought at least make an effort to know who they are, for Christ's sake. I *was* a government CTO, perhaps even the first (although I am not sure.) I don't need to be lectured about the different levels of government, especially from someone intent on painting the world thusly. The patronizing comments from some of you are a little hard to take. - Anthony Citrano

To keep corporations in check. To protect us against invaders. To control crime and build up/maintain infrastructure vital to the nation's security and economy. To regulate industry as required. To keep us safe in times of disasters both large and small. And to give everyone an equal opportunity at succeeding in life. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Yeah, I don't know how I feel about the whole CTO thing. For one thing, government bureaucracies tend to slow everything down, and technology has really thrived without a lot of that oversight and regulation over the past 40 years or so. I can see technological progress slowing down with a CTO. On the other hand, there are some reckless and ruthless corporations and other entities out there that would certainly play nicer if we had someone enforcing tight standards and watching out for us, the little guy - Pete Delucchi

Well said Alex, but I think that some Democratic tax policies are unfair in this regard. They take more than their fair share from the rich and the middle class. That is one of the differences between Republican and Democratic tax policies. - Michael Tefft

@Mark: I'd say that's because of the flawed view that the government's job amounts to more than setting the right environment when it comes to innovation. Collectivism at its best/worst. - Rubin Sfadj

less of a tax rate results in more taxes being paid though by the higher income earners - Jeff Quinton

Anthony, the first version of your comment addressed "Mark," so I figured you were talking about Mark Hopkins. I wasn't addressing you with my original comment: I was addressing Mark Hopkins. I don't think it's a slippery slope towards fascism or socialism just to have someone in an administration who helps shape policy regarding different labor areas, and considering the rational difficulties of a slippery slope argument, I'm quite taken back that one would use it. - Mark Trapp

Michael- You obviously did not look at the data on Obama's tax policy vs McCain's then. Obama would give the largest tax reductions across the board, except to the wealthiest of Americans, which can afford to pay the most in taxes. He's keeping capital gains below the historic low (not counting the huge reduction that GW put in place "temporarily") which provides incentive for investment. His tax policy is more progressive and therefore more fair to the average american. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

@Mark Trapp - that's why I put in your last name... sorry, I'm cranky and sunburned. - Anthony Citrano

Sorry that the rich have to pay more, but that's the cost they have to bear for the privilege (and yes it's a privilege and not a right to be rich) of being rich. Sucks to be them. I won't be crying for Donald Trump, Simon Cowell, or even my brother. As my dad likes to say "I'd love to pay more taxes, because it means that I'm making more money." - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

"Our true choice is not between tax reduction, on the one hand, and the avoidance of large Federal deficits on the other. It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenues to balance our budget just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits… In short, it is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now - Jeff Quinton

sorry, that quote was JFK - Jeff Quinton

And Obama will cut tax rates for just about all americans. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Silly people that buy into Republican talking points of the last 30 years without bothering to check any facts. I really loved the unemployment quote. If Republicans ran those cities they would be proud of the incredibly higher unemployment rates they would intentionally cause and the atrocious manner in which those governments were run. Republicans are incompetent at running anything well and that includes corporations, government, the Republican party(ie embezzlement) and their personal lives. - Brad Nickel

Brad - painting the Rs with such a broad brush is no better than when they do the same to Ds. How, exactly, does that kind of tripe advance our discourse or our national condition? - Anthony Citrano

Actually, as the WaPo graph shows, Obama is raising taxes for some, whereas McCain is lowering them for everyone. Back to the topic at hand, though, I'm curious as to why socialized <insert industry here> doesn't equate to socialism for Democrats. I hear socialized medicine, socialized insurance, socialized retirement investing ..... all I think is that we're on a long slow march to socialism. Enlighten me. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Anthony, there is nothing generalized about it is their governing philosophy. Why would you bother to run government well when you don't want government to survive. Their party is a financial mess. I guess I have to take back the corporate comment, when their corporations are feeding at the trough of government spending they created for them with misleading evidence about wars, so that one I am wrong about. Besides that, I stand by the point. - Brad Nickel

Call it socialized, socialist or communist, I am damn ready for socialized medicine and so is a majority of this country. The only competent form of medicine in this country is medicare. It is efficient and well run. Privatized medicine is a complete f'ing mess. So, bring it on with whatever label you like. - Brad Nickel

Go ahead and stand there, then, and point fingers and claim those with differing viewpoints "are incompetent at running anything". That'll surely fuel progress. - Anthony Citrano

I'm definitely not ready for socialized, socialist or communist anything. I can tell you from first hand experience that medicare is a much bigger mess than any private insurer. I've had both, and medicare is a much worse mess. DO NOT WANT. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Anthony, I don't expect Republicans to ever be competent at government or compassion. I do expect them to be good at misleading, stealing from government, distorting the message, attacking, harming people, corruption, and hypocrisy. When they stop that, they've become Democrats. What progress can I expect from a party that cuts funding for our veterans and soldiers protection while their corporations reap billions from the same war. Republican and progress do not belong in the same sentence. - Brad Nickel

They've proven their incompetence, I don't have to point it out. Its why a majority of Americans think George Bush is one of the worst presidents ever. - Brad Nickel

Anthony, there is truth to discourse that is reasonable having value. But, I've been watching Joe Biden videos all day and the man speaks truth to bullshit. While I am fired up he is our VP nominee, I am more outraged now than ever about what has been done to our country, our freedom, our reputation, our soldiers, and our people by the Republican party in the name of greed and power. I am sick to my stomach at what we have done to the world and how much opportunity we have lost. - Brad Nickel

So *everyone* in the Republican party is just some sort of evil monster that only diminishes freedom and the reputation of the country... that's what you're saying? The whole party? You realize you're indicting over half the country there? Do you realize how unreasonable you sound? - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Well, those that still proudly wave the banner of the party after the last 8 years have serious issues to consider. So called moderates that have chosen not to fight back are as guilty as those that support the party as it is. When I speak about the Republican party, I am speaking to what it is and has done as a party. If you support the party of today, then I guess you are indicted or will be shortly at the rate they are going. I will always fight that in my party and will stand with Rs that do in theirs. - Brad Nickel

Actually Rizzn it's only a bit under a third of the voting public, so perhaps a quarter of the country or so. *But* the issue overlooked here (again) is that the Republican party in its current form has been hijacked. Traditional small-government R philosophy is long gone. Most of my smart Republican friends are infuriated that their party was stolen by a few dozen neocons. It is likely dead. The party influencers are to blame for allowing this to happen. - Anthony Citrano

@Brad: I've been following Biden for decades and you're right he's a truthful guy. He is also exceedingly fucking smart and "gets" geopolitics like few others. But since you see things so black and white, I'm surprised you haven't written him off because of his 2002 authorization and support of the Iraq invasion and war. - Anthony Citrano

Anthony, I am never black and white. I always believe people can redeem themselves. So far I haven't seen much of that in the Republican party. I am waiting though. Chuck Hagel is making a good run at it, so far. It won't change how I feel in general about the philosophy of the Republican party and government that has been core for much longer than 8 years, but at least makes them tolerable. - Brad Nickel

"The party influencers are to blame for allowing this to happen." Its worse than the demise of the party. Those are the people that allowed the party to get away from civil liberties and be run by the religious right. They have to take responsibility for not only ruining that party, but doing great harm to the country. So far I haven't heard you reply to the core point I am making about who has been in charge and what they have done to us and that party. Your smart R friends were cowards. - Brad Nickel

Honestly I worry less about the religious right and more about the neocons, although they've merged frighteningly well over the past half-decade. Brad - which "core point?" I just hear rambling anger. And now you start calling my friends names? Jesus Christ, might you consider stopping with the personal attacks and vitriole? Have you any idea how badly this distracts from constructive debate? Do you realize this is a large part of what's broken in American politics? - Anthony Citrano

Unfortunately, constructive debate left us with the lies of "compassionate conservatism". Its nice to think that we could all have a pleasant intellectual discussion about big government vs. little, but the Republican party had their chance and they blew it. Those that let this happen to our country are cowards in both parties and those that "let" the neocons and religious right take over their party gave up all rights to being treated with civility. A lot of "smart" Rs sat back and watched this happen. - Brad Nickel

Tell the screwed over victims of Katrina, the innocents in Iraq, and our soldiers returning home missing limbs for a war of lies and with a decimated VA unable to help them that we need to have a civil discussion. Tell the innocents that were imprisoned and tortured and the families of Americans tortured and murdered in retaliation that we need a constructive debate. - Brad Nickel

You know what Anthony, you are right. My anger is going to get us nowhere. I just rocked my 2 year old back to sleep and had the time to think about what you are saying. So, my apologies to you and your friends if I've been offensive and for the personal attacks. After 43 years on this planet, I've seen R's in power consistently since the 70s disregard people, liberty and our constitution. My anger cannot be justified, but my son is going to have to clean up this mess and I don't know why. - Brad Nickel

Understood. And on the anger and name-calling, glad to hear it. But since nature abhors a vacuum, it seems like Alex Scoble will be stepping it up in your stead. ;) Look, you're right, but you act like one side is to blame. The Ds are just as much to blame. To take one tiny example, they basically ran (and won) in the mid-term Congressional elections on two issues: getting us out of Iraq and holding the WH accountable for their crimes. They have done neither. - Anthony Citrano

also, required attendance for all Americans: http://friendfeed.com/e/1fbd8c... - Anthony Citrano

Anthony, sorry to dredge this up again, but I definitely agree that there are serious "problems" in the Democratic party, but I am doing what I can whenever I can to root them out and will continue to do so in order to protect what I believe are important values. One point of contention I have with your last post though, is the idea that the Dems have had the type of majority they needed to accomplish those election campaign promises. We knew full well that plenty of conservative Dems would not be on board. - Brad Nickel

I think we've long forgotten what the word conservative means. If they were truly conservative, they'd be the first aboard. But (for example), in the Senate there are a lot of things they can do without 60 votes and they have opted not to. The same is true in the Congress. It ain't just about vote-counting. It's about re-election, again and again. - Anthony Citrano

Valid points - Brad Nickel

Steve Rubel posted a message

“After a long lull, I am suddenly using Facebook a lot more. Anyone else?”

August 23 at 7:52 am - Link

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me too - i'm starting to like the new format a lot - more people are posting content, more people are commenting, and the filtering allows me to digest more information from friends than i could in the past - it's getting more and more interesting jumping over there during the day - Kevin

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Same here. Allowing comments on the Status updates is the catalyst for me. - Mike Doeff

Facebook is the true social network...it looks clean, works seamlessly and more people are joining in. It's my hub. - Miguel Albano

Using it, well no but certainly sharing more to it. I have been adding any photographers I can find on FB but that's it atm - Kol Tregaskes

my 2 aunts who are like 60+ years old are on FB. I just closed my account after finding out. - Mark L via twhirl

Yes. Seems to be more actual communication, less game-playing and showing off. - Timothy B. Taylor

I've never stopped, love FB. Have definitely noticed a downturn in the annoying apps spam though which I appreciate. - Kate

Nope. Not into limiting myself to intranets. I really don't get it.! - Steve 'Chippy' Paine

Nope...I was huge into playing a lot of the racing games for six months, but got bored with that, so now I'm using Facebook rarely. Doing a lot more friendfeed. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Nope. The death of Scrabulous has confused my less techie relatives, who dislike the Scrabble alternative, so games have dried up. - Louis Gray

Nope - Capn' "One-Eye" Longman ☠

mainly use its as an 'outpost' (great term of Chris Brogan); as a content aggregator. Indeed, the new user interface is much more agreable! - Jeroen De Miranda

After a long lull, I am suddenly getting a hell of alot of emails from FB requests and notifications, forcing me to use it more. More than autofeeding is more. - Michael W. May via twhirl

Less for me though. I'm just there to play games with friends. - Carolyn

we can check out at FB Steve, but tell us how in a blog post - we're still following you. ;) - Kevin OKeefe

Yes, the new design makes it much easier - you should give it a try if you haven't already. The filtering is much better than FriendFeed's, but it's more about people and not news - Jesse Stay

i stiilllllll cannot go there, have an account, that's it ... something doesn't feel right, like it is a front for something shady, not literally, metaphorically - Gregory Lent

I just joined this week. Late to that arena. Turns out that a lot more of the folks that I have made friends with in my travels over the past 18yrs can be found there. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Love the new design. Always been a big user of it though. It's my main social portal. - Rob Record

yes, although I am resisting, I'm finding myself checking it again - Ivan Pope via twhirl

I got dragged in to play scrabble.. thats the only reason that I am there - Peter Dawson

My facebook use has become somewhat sporadic. I prefer Friendfeed for now. - Mattb4rd

agreed, except my 1400 facebook inmails late and their inmails management that still sux so bad don t you think Steve? - Loic Le Meur

I just realized that a bunch of my friends used it so I am trying to friend them - Chacha

I am using it less than ever since becoming a friendfeed fanatic. I might play a game or two on there once in awhile, but I can't get any real networking done there. - Laura Norvig

Well it's great to see some support for the site...it's been nothing but negative talk for a while now, which frankly I don't understand. - Zee from WeDoCreative

Not really... - Outsanity

FB is great for storing stuff and for keeping in touch with friends who only use facebook, as well as with friends who network over a wider range of platforms. The games are a distraction. I have found a surprising, diverse number of old and new friends are using facebook. - Chris Loft

Yeah ever since I joined Twitter and Friend Feed I haven't really been on facebook. - Sheraz Mahmood via twhirl

I'm finding the same thing ... seems my real-world friends have woken up to and have pulled me back it. It's great to actually connect with people there - something I honestly was not doing at all for a very long time. - Jonathan Greene

Rebkin posted a link

listening to "In My Life - The Beatles"

August 23 at 4:30 pm - Link

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it's extremely nostalgic - Rebkin

Any friend of Rocketeer is a friend of mine. - Russellreno

Veronica posted a message on Twitter

“@danstapleton built me a nice little gaming box from spare parts! Now trying to remember how to use Windows... Yikes.”

August 23 at 4:59 pm - Link

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After four plus years with Macs at home, I don't even know how to setup a webcam on a PC anymore. - Rubin Sfadj

That's why you need a windows machine: keeps you on your toes :) - steplow is Steve

It's like riding a bike. It'll come back to you very quickly. - Sylvain Nadeau

@Sylvain at least the headaches will :0 - aka Taylor

Thomas Hawk posted a link

JPG Magazine: Photos: "Chanukah on Union Square" by Thomas Hawk

August 21 at 3:46 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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JPG Magazine announced their next issue themes earlier today. I submitted this photo for the upcoming "Faith" theme. It's a photo I took of Rabbi Josef Langer conducting a Chanukah ceremony in Union Square. There are 40 days left for you to contribute your own "faith" photos for consideration as well as their other two themes "Nighttime" and "Delectable." - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet

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I recommend everyone get published in JPG Magazine. It's very rewarding. - Dave Roth

You got my "yeah" - Justin Korn

Not going to submit anything to that "theme" after seeing this brilliant work Thomas. Shalom to you. - Nice Fish Films

Fantastic shot. - Russellreno

thanks for the suggestion .. india has some great "faith" opportunities .. not the temples, but the jaywalkers... lol - Gregory Lent

excellent contribution TH ,,, amazing composition ,,, this has faith written all over it - johnpiercy

intense and beautiful! - Richard Binhammer

Terrific photo. Does JPG mag accept photos that have been cropped? - Stephen Shelton

Stephen, yes, I'm sure that they would accept cropped photos. Submitted photo originals have to be less than 10mb though. - Thomas Hawk

this is so beautiful! i will definitely get over to give it my vote! - carlotta fancypants

What is the belief system behind the great photo -- the same as Ari Fleischer's? - Sean McBride

Great job, Thomas. Enver! Stirring up the Doctor's Plot again? - Jay Tannenbaum

Ok - the belief system = Chabad-Lubavitch -- pro Likud, pro Benjamin Netanyahu, pro Joseph Lieberman, pro neoconservatives, pro Christian ZIonism, pro Bush 43, pro Iraq War, pro Iran War, pro Greater Israel, pro West Bank settlements, etc. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) And, yes, Ari Fleischer, Bush 43's former press secretary, is a member. Fleischer is now a key player in Sheldon Adelson's Freedom's Watch. - Sean McBride

Chris Brogan posted a link

Seinfeld chews on Larry King- youtube

August 20 at 12:56 pm - Link

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The video is no longer available :( - Stepan Mazurov

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It works for me. - Gregor Morrill

Oh puhleeze. Spare us the egotistical pouting, Jerry. - Harold Green

I think he's trying to be funny. Not sure. - Paul Whitaker

consider my leg "pulled." :-) - Harold Green

Hard to say. Truth in a joke, that kind of thing? - Chris Brogan

i bet larry has never watched an episode of seinfeld - Ari J. Greenberg

Rahsheen™ posted a link

Rejaw: Shout from Mona N

August 19 at 9:36 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Test sharing stuff from ReJaw - Rahsheen™ via Bookmarklet

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i'm on rejaw, but it seems like a 'me too' twitter...with a higher cap than 140 characters. What's the big deal? - .LAG

mahnah mhanah - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

You can't post Media (images/videos/music) in Twitter. Rejaw is like live chat. No page refreshing. - Rahsheen™

"Rejaw is like live chat" ... well, that's kinda cool - .LAG

I wasn't impressed at first either. It actually quite similar to Kwippy, but leaves Kwippy in the dust with it's features. I don't think it would every replace something like Twitter or Identi.ca, but it's definitely something I'm going to pay attention to in addition to Identi.ca :) - Rahsheen™

Liking this because i still want to try that sandwich - Lindsey Smith

http://rejaw.com/noahdavidsimo... does this feed here? I know ping.fm works with it. I noticed there was no rss - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

LAG, Rejaw feels like Twitter or another FriendFeed since you can embed photos and videos - Outsanity

Outsanity: don't knock till you try it.. i LOVE rejaw - Mona N.

My problem is that it will be another site I'll more likely not use. - Outsanity

forget rejaw. look at that damn donut burger. - Monique

The more I keep seeing these pics of the krispie-creme burgers the more I want to try one - Jesse Stay via twhirl

Rejaw... where is RSS? must add to ff! ....can't stop adding useless social networks to ff! - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

The Heart-Attack Donut - Rubin Sfadj

Andrew Baron posted a link

The Largest Swimming Pool On Earth

August 20 at 12:07 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Largest Swimming Pool in the World over a kilometer long (3,323 feet), covering 20 acres and containing 250,000 cubic meters of water - Andrew Baron via Bookmarklet

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one big toilet for me to poop in - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

Does it have a bar you can swim up to? - Michael McGimpsey via twhirl

That's nutty. The ocean is *right there*. A little redundant (not to mention, the ocean still wins in size!). - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

ocean is cold. they should do this in Cananda. Anyone ever been to a Canadian beach? So beautiful.... and clean. but damn cold. heated outdoor pool is a great idea - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

I want to see how quickly Phelps can do a length! - Joe Dawson

Forget the bar, this pool is big enough for an outdoor mall. Shop while you swim. - LiquidLag via fftogo

Wow, how amazingly wasteful... - Elizabeth

Want ..to..be..there..now. - Charlie Anzman

You know how much pee you'd have to get to fill up that pool? lol - Jim Kukral via twhirl

@Jim According to Andrew, it would take 250,000 m^3 ;-) - Kirk Kittell

I kinda wish someone would just make a definitive page with all the world record things in Dubai. I have literally seen 4 Dubai-based links in FriendFeed today. - J·Phil·Glockner

We Americans look at Dubai the same way the rest of the world looked at us in the last century. - Chris Baskind

That's an apt assessment, Chris. I still get a kick out of watching public domain footage from the 1939 World's Fair, which I would guess captivated the postwar world. - J·Phil·Glockner

@Chris Baskind You mean as a destination I'll reach from the bowels of a steamship only to find myself living in a rat infested tenement, waking daily to peddle fruit from a horse cart? Hey, Dubai, here's my papers! - Christopher Harley

Dubai?? That swimming pool is in Chile. - Morton Fox

OMG, that is huge! - Ryan

I was going to say that was retarded....but, safe from sharks!! Right on! I'd hate to see the pool cleaner bill. lol. - dafire

evaporation rate? - Gregory Lent

it's pretty cool. you can view it on google maps - Cee Bee

Baskid and the rest of you tree huggers are missing the point. this is in a cold environment and it is heated - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ

Posterous: an entry from The Official Posterous Posterous

Custom domain name support for your posterous

August 18 at 1:38 am - Link

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Thanks guys!! - Rubin Sfadj

Zee from WeDoCreative posted a message

“I'm sick of people putting down facebook when it's arguably the most impressive & successful social network out there.”

August 17 at 3:15 pm - via Ping.fm - Link

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Each to his own I guess. I think it is puerile. - Brian Sullivan

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Facebook is good but, it's annoying. I almost never use it. I just check it once a week or so. TGM had a community there but, none of us really care enough for Facebook to actually make use of it. I'm not too fond of the navigation and the constant app requests are beyond annoying. I'm just not a fan of it myself though I do see how it's a great social network. - Candace Holly

I think Facebook is great, and very useful. The redesign I have some issues with, though. - Steve Isaacs via fftogo

I can't think of one other social network that was so well designed & marketed that it has nearly every single friend I have ever known on there. - Zee from WeDoCreative

Trust me, if you had ever single one of your college contacts, friends, and acquaintances connected to you via Facebook, you wouldn't utter one foul word about the service. - Andy DeSoto

Grudgingly I will admit that I find it useful- Many of my lifelong friends are on there and not on here -- but I don't love the idea of my data being mined and I don't like some of the behaviours its powers-that-be. - Abby Martin

I like Facebook. Before the applications frenzy began, I'd say it was damn near perfect. Even now it's vastly preferable to Myspace, where some pages might induce seizures. - Stellina

How could I be against something that has easily connected me with so many people with whom I had lost touch. Nothing has done that to date, including Classmates, email, Google, etc. It is fantastic and I guess if I was a snob about real people interacting and communicating, it would bother me, but I don't find real life much different. - Brad Nickel

half the people that are on my fb I have never met for real ! Its a good connection platform and as SNS go, its one of the best. But after "beacon" a lot of people withdraw. Secondly its just become such a spammer platform too. - Peter Dawson

@Peter, i find that nearly every popular platform is a spammer platform now...But facebook really does give some great ways to block spammers if you actually go about setting them - Zee from WeDoCreative

except that Facebook is sort of boring most of the time. - Thomas Hawk

"most of the time" Every second of everyday. But so is myspace. - Squid

Facebook is great. It is no where near as intresting as FF but that is according to me. My wife, all my friends and even my mum uses it cause it works for them. They are outside the tech-centric bubble we live in... - John Worthington

word. - dave mcclure

What is really impressive is the crazy history behind Facebook, how Zuckerberg's personality and determination to be an entrepreneur led him to create a company now valued at $15bn. I highly recommend Inside Facebook by Karel Baloun for those interested in learning about the beginning and what happened behind the scenes. A truly fascinating story. - Hao Chen

Graffiti Wall is a great app, haven't seen its equal yet. I wish they would develop more features (i have a nice wishlist.) - sergiooo

i don't think it is a great social networking site, because i don't think it triggers many new relationships - it's mostly used to incubate existing ones. imho, social networking sites should be measured by how well they enable community to form around common interests. - Dan Light

The price of being the leader is catching it from all sides. Everyone is a critic when you're #1. - Dave Martin

I like Facebook as well and will continue to use it until I get sick of it or all of my friends move on! - Joe Dawson

I'm sick of people putting down AOL. - richrecruiter

The apps are out of control. I'm tired of getting "Pirates and Ninjas" or "Werewolves and Vampires" invites. - Nathan Allen Pinard

meh - Capn' "One-Eye" Longman ☠

meh??? Before I go off on one, how do you mean "meh"? As in what are you referring to? - Zee from WeDoCreative

@Zee What's your favorite FB feature? - Igor Poltavskiy

@Igor - i'm still adjusting to the new FB layout. But my favorite feature has always been the ability to click on "friends" and see who has updated recently & what they did (i.e.photos, status update, videos, posts etc...) - Zee from WeDoCreative

Auto Block Facebook Apps .. For all your Pirates and Ninja's problems ... get this script ,, you need Greasemonkey first ..