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Museum 2.0: How to Develop a (Small-Scale) Social Media Plan - http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2009...
Sandra Williams liked this
@solipsistic Re: Napster: I do too. I was also realizing that some of my favorite music from childhood is over 15 years old. Yikes.
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No-one Reads Your Stupid Tweets t-shirt ($21) - http://rumplo.com/tees...
Darren Heydon, Didier Lahely, Louis Gray and 208 other people liked this
A+++... I tweeted this.
- Phil Essing
Want.
- Joel Webber
i need to wear this to remind me of my own insignificance
- Cee Bee
good. and maybe our g.o.v. also agree of this, so they just blocked the Twitter site.
- yagami
Pretty funny! And in most cases, pretty true.
- Colleen O'Donnell Pierce
I want a shirt that asks "if your followers are so loyal why don't you leave twitter?"
- Noah David Simon
Gotta tweet this :)
- Stephanie Segel
Two things strike me as amusing about this. 1) The fact that so many of us liked this entry (and, by extension, undoubtedly like the shirt). 2) The probability that many of us actually still use Twitter, conscious of the fact that practically no one really cares what we tweet :D
- Adam Lasnik
it could've been funnier if there was an another line of text => 'about 1 minute ago from txt in reply to @aplusk'
- Ozan Caglargil
Hi Jess, thank you for spreading the word about my cheeky t-shirt design ! If you'd like me to send you one just message me !
- Tweet Tees
WANT.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
+10 Ozan!!!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
from PeopleBrowsr
yes, finally somebody says it!
- Jacob
Hotel wants me to fill out customer feedback survey? Fine, can do. Hotel wants me to switch to Internet Explorer to do it? FAIL.
Sandra Williams liked this
Write For People, Not Search Engines - http://www.searchenginejournal.com/write-f...
AJ Kohn, .LAG liked that, Uriah Cty and 5 other people liked this
Search Engines can't Retweet, I try to make my tweets between 120-130max so that there is plenty of ReTweeting room.
- Garin Kilpatrick
Who says these are mutually exclusive? And who is the bigger audience, the people reading your blog (subscribers) or people using Google to search for things? [edit] Just posted a rambling response on the post now.
- AJ Kohn
blog owners. as i never seem to check RSS anymore, if you don't offer a twitter feed for your blog, i can't keep up. this is all.
Kol Tregaskes, Wayne Sutton, Steve Rubel and 16 other people liked this
So if I manually post blog updates to Twitter, you will find them there? Okay.
- Louis Gray
Dear publishers. As i never seem to check my twitter stream anymore, if nobody engages with your content, hence it's not on friendfeed, i can't keep up. this is all
- Kirill Bolgarov
GReader is the center of my online life. Everything else is a way of feeding content into it or commenting on things that come out of it.
- Alex Scrivener
I agree, this new "movement" away from RSS is ridiculous. Striking a balance between RSS & Twitter is more important. There's too much noise in between links to post on Twitter (either from that account or just from all the other people you follow).
- Tyler Hayes
Maybe we could get 20% or so of the people building yet another URL shortening service to help build out a webhook/pubsub notification network instead.
- Ken Sheppardson
+1 Kirill - I'd say content has to be noticed to get noticed. Twitter RT is one way. FriendFeed likes/comments is better. Digg/Slashdot/yourfavoritesite is another.
- Eric Johnson
content has to be noticed to get noticed - absolutely!
- Kirill Bolgarov
I don't want them to go away from RSS. I just want the Twitter option, as well.
- dannysullivan
Dear twitterers. If all you publish in your tweetstream is the RSS stream of your blog, I won't follow you. That's what my G Reader is for.
- TobiasVerhoog.com
Why does posting a blog to twitter make it more digestible than using an RSS?
- James Ketchell
So how do I balance getting posts into twitter -- where danny can find them -- but also not into twitter, so they won't turn Tobias off? One twitter account for RSS, and second one for me? Mix up the RSS and other sharing posts? Only send the best RSS stories to Twitter?
- Eric Johnson
Eric it sounds to me like your describing what friendfeed does already....
- James Ketchell
from fftogo
Bring everything into FriendFeed and have it drop links into the Twitterstream when appropriate
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken that's exactly what I was thinking. Its what I do already. Everything into friendfeed and then just select which items to go onto twitter.
- James Ketchell
from fftogo
Do you want a Twitter feed or just that the blog posts show up in my Tweet stream? I certainly do the latter manually.
- AJ Kohn
See mates, FF is way, way more valuable than Twitter. Scoble, where are you? Say your word =)
- Kirill Bolgarov
Eric, yes, you run two accounts. Look at my personal blog, http://daggle.com. Want to keep updated on the content? You can (1) visit via web (2) get email alerts (3) take the RSS feed (4) subscribe to http://twitter.com/daggle and get a ping anytime I put up a post. Offering a Twitter feed of blog posts is just another option. It's more choice for the reader. I'm not saying dump any of...
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- dannysullivan
To thin that twitter replaces anything other than RSS "Headlines" is ludicrous. I get the best news via RSS. I see the Hottest news via FriendFeed and twitter (more so friendfeed). I may even see the links first in friendfeed and twitter, but I like having my rss reader keeping track of the days news that's important to me. Oh - and yeah publishing your entire blog via twitter is just lame, headlines are fine thanks. (pics and excerpts on FF though!)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
I can't say this enough, so I won't keep going on about it. Offering a feed on Twitter is not a replacement for an RSS feed. I didn't say that. That won't work for everyone. But yes, some people are relying on Twitter more and more for news. It's a huge source of news IN ADDITION TO other ways that people find news. Offering a Twitter feed for a blog is easy to do, secures your blog's...
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- dannysullivan
I send my blog posts to twitter/identi.ca via twitterfeed. I always take feedback via twitter/identi.ca. I do prefer RSS to a pure twitter feed of a blog though. I will miss something from twitter/identi.ca. RSS allows me to read it on my terms in my own time, not as the twitter firehose streams by.
- Amy H.
danny - Thanks for sparking the great discussion. I can see how the two-Twitter stream does make sense for Twitter-centric folk. But I've gotta say I wish everybody was on Friendfeed, in which case the multi-channel problem would go away. We're not there yet.
- Eric Johnson
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do ~ Bob Dylan
ha3rvey (Ho)^3 and Sandra Williams liked this
@abiteofsanity my blog pays it's own internet bill. that's it. I am clearly not posting on QofS for the huge wads of cash
AMBI JI, Sandra Williams and Yolanda liked this
A digital divide of usability - http://www.duncanriley.com/2008...
william_randolph, Anne Bouey, Nicolas Caitan and 7 other people liked this
My mom does the exact same thing, as it turns out.
- Bret Taylor
I shouldn't be too harsh on my 59 year old mother. She realized about 7 years ago that it's cheaper to build a PC than buy one, and she knows more about putting together PCs today than I do! She's built at least 8-10 in that time, including for other people! :-)
- Duncan Riley
Wow your Mom is great! Maybe she can build a space ship 4 us? Better be ready than sorry!
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
My mother was the one who introduced me to Prodigy, AOL, e-mail and Mosaic. She has been blogging since 2004, and once had AT&T providing funding for her educational technology Web startup. She's on Facebook and FriendFeed and uses Firefox. It's the generation above her who has trouble.
- Louis Gray
My mom is 63 and smoking on the internet. I doubt she would switch either but she knows how to get around.
- Sandra Williams
It is a good point to remember. While I doubt the Chrome team thought about that demographic when putting together the UI, at least the OPTION of doing so would be nice. I'm all for keeping apps simple to use ( including the ones I write - i avoid using the file menu at all costs), but there are something that you do need to include.
- Roberto Bonini
Firefox has the option to keep bookmarks open in a sidebar (or browsing history, or my delicious bookmarks). View > sidebar
- Robert Felty
Actually, I don't keep a sidebar open with my favorites (didn't know I could!), but I do still use IE. I've tried Firefox, in fact use it to edit my business website, but haven't found any compelling reason to switch. And without a compelling reason, I am a creature of habit. Looking forward to trying chrome, though. Just haven't had time to download it. .....Bret's mom
- Sheila Taylor
Inside the vaccine-and-autism scare | Salon Books - http://www.salon.com/books...
brittenhouse, Sandra Williams, Louis Gray and 9 other people liked this
"A pediatrician traces the rise of the anti-vaccine movement that falsely linked thimerosal with autism and turned parents away from the most lifesaving medicine in history."
- ~C4Chaos
from Bookmarklet
When we have national leaders openly espousing suspicion of science, stuff like this shouldn't be a surprise.
- Chrimmus Tad
@Tad - this has nothing to do with that - there have been people for decades convinced about all sorts of insane conspiracies. Whether a politician is "suspicious" of science or not won;t ever change that. The internet just lets these paranoid types congregate. Hell, the more the politicians say somehting is good the more these freaks dislike it.
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
i sent my sister this article, Jaden my nephew is 4 month we are still debating this in our house it is a very real topic at home she just wrote back to me : Hey thanks for the article, It cleared up some things. I bought the book this guy wrote I wanna see what he says. (my sister is a molecular biologist)
- Caroline
"Baby tone" (448×301) [Gigaimage - 7/25/08] - http://gigaimage.com/images...
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K.D., meeeel, Daniel Schildt and 36 other people liked this
http://gigaimage.com/viewer... Thanks to Amir Homaly for finding this cute one http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Mitchell Tsai
from Bookmarklet
Adorable
- Corie
So cute... Wish I had kids. :-( At 28, I suddenly had laser-eyes for kids anytime one came in the room. It took about 3 years to get used to this new "kid-fascination". Alas, still looking for a soul-mate...
- Mitchell Tsai
This is how I feel inside all the time
- Bwana ☠
i just can't help giggling when i see this kid ...you'd think the photographer was holding am ice-cream before his eyes
- Selma
awww...lil sweetheart! :p
- Anna Haro
Selma: Some kids are real "hams". It's a shame our US school system drills the creativity out of so many kids. Sitting in chairs for 8 hrs a day, listening to teachers even when they are boring. Good practice for boring-9-to-5-employees. Awful practice for entrepreneurs starting their own businesses, organizations, and projects.
- Mitchell Tsai
@Mitchell --AMEN!
- Anna Haro
yeah ...true ...it's the same here in Iran too(probably even worse since the creativity is closely controlled and limited here even after the school years are finished)
- Selma
How many of us on FriendFeed do you think would be labelled ADD if we were 5-8 yrs old?
- Mitchell Tsai
That's really cute!!!
- Anthony K. Valley ©
from NoiseRiver
What Mitchell said. Worser in other parts of the World (like the school I just finished. College doesn't promise to be much better)
- Yuvi
Well said, Mitchell. The system we live in needs an upgrade.
- Vincent X
I agree with Mitchell. we need renovate the school educational system.
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
Vincent: I think one of the major upgrades is shifting from the "doctor, lawyer, teacher, policeman" careers to the make-your-own-dream career - which can be scary, financially risky (note - most blogger lifestyles), but amazingly rich. How can we mix (1) delivering what others want (2) with what we want to give. Traditional US schools are for baby-sitting farmer's kids and creating "yes" people. What are the next steps? (e.g. in semi-VC words, not just how do you monetize, but how do you survive?)
- Mitchell Tsai
I wanna nominate this kid for president.
- imabonehead
good point mitchell
- R. Ferguson
Funny little kid. :D
- Daniel Schildt
I'm such a joiner: here's my crappy webcam MagMyPic
(jeff)isageek, mjc, Nia and 46 other people liked this
I was disappointed until I realised that you were only Nerd of the Year. That means I can still hope to be awarded Geek of the Year! :)
- WorldofHiglet
Indeed, Geek of the Year is still available. However, GotY doesn't sound nearly so fun as NotY =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
That's pretty, uh, _naughty_, Tina.
- Jordan Hofker
I'm wearing a tank top Jordan, not naughty at all.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
(I think he was making a "NotY" joke)
- Nathaniel Payne
We're gonna hope so, 'cause after the topless jokes today and the fact that this is only getting liked by guys, my husband might start to wonder about me!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
At least Nathaniel got it!
- Jordan Hofker
Guys only issue: fixed
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Thanks for the solid Amber: my reputation is again pure =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
nice photo
- Cee Bee
Er - I'm not a guy!
- WorldofHiglet
Can't wait till i get home and make me some tonight. I'm sure Lindsay will wanna play too!
- Chrimmus Tad
I know, WoH, but I was going on the 'like' count up top which was chock full of Y chromosomes. Not so any longer, so all is right with the world!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Dude, you're HOT
- Mona Nomura
mona .. take it easy :)
- Naor Mark
sweet!
- Morgan
Mona sounds like my husband ;) 'Cept without the deep voice and scruff (I hope!)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Sorry Higlet....Had to make sure.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
ah... nice face
- Noah David Simon
Tina is hot.
- Kyle Lacy
Stupid Blogger is most definitely not a guy. ;) Great pic, Tina!
- Josh Haley
Yes Tina is hot. Did I say that out loud?
- Russellreno
Oh dear sweet jebus, this stupid post is gonna make it onto FFHolic =P
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I'm jumping on the bandwagon too. Tina == teh hawtness.
- Chrimmus Tad
Go Go Go Go
- Kyle Lacy
Of course, now I can't 'unlike' it....:P
- WorldofHiglet
:D Nice one Tina
- Mo Kargas
Goin' with Mona, Kyle and Russell - Tina's = FF Covergirl. Did I say that ??
- Charlie Anzman
Whoa SB those eyes! I have a new crush.
- Geoff Schultz
:-)
- Rich Harris
hubba hubba hubba :p..
- Anna Haro
Nerd?
- Ron
I like the "Killer look" it says it all in one phrase! "Do not Fuck with me!" LMAO
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
*sigh* FFHolic page 1 in less than 8 hours... For someone that was generating gender confusion a couple of weeks ago, at least I can say for a fact that's all cleared up. And yes: I'm quite the nerd.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Nerdtastic even...
- Johnny Worthington
Cute NERD! :)
- Randy
I think there kinda cool!
- Michael Fidler
from twhirl
No.. nerd is the person who saw the pic and thought "Bella?"
- Cyndy
Cyndy, when I was growing up people thought I was the princess from 'The Never Ending Story'. Frustrated me, since I always thought she looked a tad sickly.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
The Childlike Empress? Yes, she did look anorexic.
- DGentry
Tina you are as bad as Mona! Will have to get a restraining order against you! <joke>
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Go hang out with Michelle Miller! Smart Ass girl. ;-) http://friendfeed.com/girl2fa...
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
hot.
- mjc
Tina, you GOTTA make this orig pic as your avatar!
- Josh Haley
agree with josh.
- mjc
You did it! You go, girl.
- Josh Haley
how willing are you as a blogger when realizing that over time and circumstances you viewpoints might have changed to write about those changes - positive or negative
Kol Tregaskes, Sandra Williams, Mark Trapp and 7 other people liked this
Very. It's part of personal growth.
- cecily
I'd like to say very willing. Have to see where I've changed my mind. I notice Robert Scoble is quite willing to do this.
- Hutch Carpenter
NEVER! More seriously, I'm always willing to say I was wrong, and I'm more than willing to change my mind about any topic. I know some who read stuff I've written here and there might think it impossible, but it's really true! Now I just have to wait until I'm finally wrong about something... ;)
- abacab
Sometimes I look back on my old posts and think they're not as heavily trafficked so I leave them alone -- unless there's reason to revisit the issue(s). If I feel that my viewpoints changed drastically (and I have reason to discuss it), I'll make a new post to say "hey, I was wrong, and I learned from it."
- Tamar Weinberg
One of the great benefits of blogging is the trail of ideas you leave behind. Looking back at what we've written should give us an idea of how far we've come in our personal knowledge growth. It also gives us a benchmark to how willing we are to go out on a dangerous limb of uncertainty. Looking over posts from a year ago I've come to realize that I need to do more "thinking" out loud, not play it as safe.
- michael sean wright
Very much so, as I'm not going to hold back my opinion for any reason.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Willing. It's something I think that is important to do -- rather than all of a sudden showing up with a different take
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Totally agree with Shey - I'd go further though, and say that it's necessary.
- Slappy Line
and I'm crying because my 92-year old grandfather saw me on CNN this morning and says he can die happy now.
Sandra Williams, Michelle Martinez, Tony Lopez and 13 other people liked this
Oh wow. That about made me cry too =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
He's been waiting for this a long time. I've never heard him sound so happy. Suddenly, all this work is TOTALLY worth it.
- Erin @queenofspain
TheHill.com - Westmoreland calls Obama ‘uppity' - http://thehill.com/leading...
Dave Winer, Darryl and Sandra Williams liked this
""Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they're a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they're uppity," Westmoreland said. Asked to clarify that he used the word “uppity,” Westmoreland said, “Uppity, yeah.”"
- R. Ferguson
from Bookmarklet
Doesn't she mean"thinks they're better than ___________". The "uppity" person never "thinks they are uppity".
- B. Hatin
I'm gonna be a star
Mitchell Tsai, Susan Beebe, Andrew Trinh and 67 other people liked this
Make your own magazine covers at http://www.magmypic.com
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I really like the Bride Cover
- RAPatton
i dont know what is going on in your group wedding photo but it screams mafia to me
- Bartek Ciszkowski
I need to make my own Moron mag cover! Awesome! Shey we'll have to have a Moron-Off to see who's the Moron of the Century!
- Chrimmus Tad
@Tad I got more moron than you can handle :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
It would have been sweet if it was spelled MORAN..hehe
- Far
shey "more moron" = win
- Toby Graham
lol@Far +1
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Nomination for best post so far today - Shey ... 'You are funny man'
- Charlie Anzman
pretty believable looking.
- edythe
Haha .. those look great ! I love the one in the center. "Shey gonna have relations .. Shey gonna have relations"
- Mattb4rd
I can't get beyond the "Moron" face...it's priceless!
- Far
Even Shey the Moron looks like a guy I would have a lot of fun with over conversation and a glass of wine.
- jcunwired
Inspired by Mona: http://beta.friendfeed.com/e...
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Those pics are way cool - much more interesting than the newstand I just passed.
- Sally Church
Shey...these are frackin' great!!
- JA Castillo
Thanks all :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Shey, they looked just right for each cover. I reckoned you took awhile selecting the respective images for each cover?
- Jonathan Kong
@Jonathan Not really, after seeing the covers they just came to mind
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
OMG!!!! Shey, what have you done!!!!
- Jasmin Smith
OMG!!! Speell my name right!! :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
LOL!!
- Lisa L. Seifert
@Shey.. I was in such SHOCK when I saw it! besides.. you know I can't speel! :P :)
- Jasmin Smith
Thanks Abby :) Yes, it's quite the "money shot" :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Shey, the "fashion icon" cover is classic, totally original gangsta meets mafia. CLASSIC!
- Rob Diana
@Rob Yeah it's one of my favs :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
That Fashion one is definitely gangsta. The Bride one is awesome. They should pick that up :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
heh - I used to do my own magazine covers, about ten years ago. But for actual magazines. http://tindale.dyn.nu/folio/
- Ian Tindale
The middle one looks like a real mag pic - gorgeous :)
- Dom
Except that a real graphic designer wouldn't run type right across someones eyes. Slide the whole photo down about 10mm, and it'll be fine. And flip it left-right, so that she's on the left edge - for visibility if competing mags are stacked horizontally with just the edge showing.
- Ian Tindale
*love* the middle one
- Anna Haro
great pics Shey!! I love the middle pic the most! moron pic is 2nd!
- Susan Beebe
Shey... not that you're a moron by any means, but that is TOTALLY an awesome pic for moron of the year.
- mjc
Who I Am Hates Who I've Been
Sandra Williams, Michael W. May, MiniMage TKDteacher of FF and Shey, Jamaican of FF liked this
I hear that
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
But it's true:P
- Gordon Swaby
Oh, the irony, I constantly misspell "genius" as "genuis". Every... single... time.
Sandra Williams, James Williams, Larry Kless and 3 other people liked this
Genuises don't bother with trivialities such as conforming to the spelling conventions used by the masses.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
So you're the guy behind "Cuil," huh? ;-)
- Chris Baskind
Good point Ontario. Yes, Chris, I'm the guy who registered Cuil. I think it's dumb too. I keep wanting to say "see uil.com" or something.
- Jim Kukral
from twhirl
I Am Not a Cow: Why I Don't Care About a Personal Brand - http://www.profy.com/2008...
Sandra Williams, Warner Crocker and A.T. liked this
Fight The Most Recent Smears Against Barack Obama - http://my.barackobama.com/page...
Jamie, Sally Church, EcoAussie and 6 other people liked this
I love the way his campaign is catching the smears and answering them immediately. Something that may have cost previous candidates' elections.
- Aaron Hood
Pounce on the lies like a cat after a mouse. Excellent!
- Ron Rink
The GOP machine is always good at these campaigns
- Sally Church
McSexist: McCain's War on Women - http://digg.com/2008_us...
Sandra Williams and Caroline liked this
A former womanizer who relives his glory days, yet who would deny women reproductive freedom or equal pay, has no place in my world. I hadn't realized until now just how unsuitable McCain is for any leadership position, including head of the household.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
from NoiseRiver
If I were filthy rich, I'd design custom websites and blog templates for all my friends all day long, for free.
Dave Martin, Toby Graham, Susan Beebe and 27 other people liked this
Workin' on it! :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Really? :) I'm a webdev/designer and I like more coding stuff that designing layouts...
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
@directeur I can get by with code, but I try to stay as far away as possible. Unless it's CSS :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
If I ever win the lottery I want a developer and designer in residence :)
- Erica Toelle
@Shey, let me know if you need a server side guy or even db knowledge. I would gladly help when I am filthy rich.
- Rob Diana
You guys should quit your jobs, team up, and become the next Google.
- Hao Chen
Can you design Legos too??? :)
- Mona Nomura
lol@Hao/Mona
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
if I get rich too, i'd be happy to be your web dev guy, but I would have to split the time with photography :)
- Justin Korn
You could probably get rich doing that, too
- anna sauce
Pretend your rich and hook me up! :)
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Shey, have you ever done a single free blog template?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@Rahsheen Yeah, for myself :)
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
LOL, ok.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
One of my favorite cartoons from Hugh McLeod: "I can't decide to be a millionaire or an artist" "Can't you just compromise? Become a millionaire artist or something." http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveabl...
- Jason Wehmhoener
I'd hire someone else to do it and go and do something else that could have more of an impact on the world. How rich are we talking?
- jjprojects
from twhirl
Agree with Corvida .... Have a bunch of blogs that need a serious tune-up. Let's get with it Shey
- Charlie Anzman
ok Charlie and Corvida setup an donation account and lets get this thing rolling! :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Somebody give Shey a winning lotto ticket please!
- Susan Beebe
WTH is wrong with tap water? You don't even know where the bottled water comes from. Ozarka? I don't bloody think so.
Tyson Key, Bryan Landers, Steve Spalding and 7 other people liked this
I have tap water all the time. However, the tap water in NYC is better than here in northern NJ.
- Morton Fox
Our tap water tastes horrible. Yech. Even the filter on the fridge can't make it taste better. I don't mind the stuff that goes through the dedicated "triple osmosis" type machines like we have at work, but the only straight-from-the-tap water that goes into my mouth is for is brushing my teeth and cooking.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Tap water rocks! I liked it when someone first told me a few years back to spell Evian backwards.
- Thomas Hawk
Aquafina tap watet comes from - wait for it! - tap water. http://www.cnn.com/2007...
- Mike Doeff
can't stand tap water for some reason
- Chris Harris
I miss NY tap water, which tasted like chlorine. KY and TN water taste like dirt, and I bet there's ameebas in there trying to give me Ebola.
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
We push our tap water through a Brita filter but I'd never drink the stuff straight. It has an unfortunate flavor and, unless we run the tap for 30 seconds, comes out cloudy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
tap water in florida (orlando or jacksonville) doesn't taste good unless it's filtered
- acedanger
I like my tap water as it's from a local well although it is filtered through my fridge. The only bottled water I buy is Fiji or Dasani if I'm not at home to drink tap water.
- David Ward
Tap water in Austin is good drink it unfiltered all the time
- Patrick Jordan
Evian spelled backwards, is 'naive'. Is true.
- Eric Rice
dasani's filtered tap water from what I understand.
- Paul Whitaker
from fftogo
I have a friend in the water treatment biz and he never drinks tap water. Why? They found toilet paper in it. Think about it.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Yeah, bottled water is a scam. Check out Penn & Teller's Bullshit! episode on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Gregor Morrill
Gotta love those waiters who approach you at the restaurant asking you if you want "still" or "sparkling." No thanks, I'll just be the cheapskate who takes the regular old tap water.
- Thomas Hawk
Recently a friend of mine was telling me about how much safer bottled water is for you over tap water and I was like, but, but, but, you smoke. Isn't that far worse for you than drinking tap water ever could be? He didn't get it.
- Thomas Hawk
Like most things in life, there's not one answer here. Some tap water is better than others. Our municipal supply is decent enough but somewhere between there and my sink, it turns cloudy. So, nope, not drinking it just to spite the bottled water industry.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I drink the water filtered through my fridge like a freaking fish
- acedanger
It can take a while until you happen to discover that your tap water is full of lead. I believe those bottled water companies are a bit faster.
- Benedikt Koehler
I <3 Tap water. Free and yummy
- George Smith
lol@Thomas good one
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
apparently one of the sources of Dasani is the Detroit river...yum!
- Trent Olson
from fftogo
Tap water definitely wins. Good stuff. Haven't the cutting edge Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod wannabes decided bottled water is bad because the plastic releases dioxins or something? They say not to drink it if it's been heating up sitting in your car, but all of that happens on the delivery truck long before you buy the bottle. Personally, I prefer the metallic taste of tap to the plastic taste of bottled, anyway.
- Urban Thought Collective
Must see the Penn & teller B.S. episode on bottled water. Most of it is from the local public supply.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
This is why I slapped a filter on my tap. Works just as well.
- Steven Perez
I usually do tap water, but there are some places where tap is disgusting.
- Mitchell Tsai
Sheesh, I have been phone less in the car for 3 and a half hours and am shocked I caused this discussion! I still stand by tap water.
- Michelle Martinez
I'm a tap fan, most bottled water tastes like plastic to me.
- Steve Spalding
Tap water always tastes better if you fill a jug and refrigerate it, which also allows the deposits and crap to settle on the bottom. That's what makes tap taste bad if it does.
- Michael W. May
plus, the biggest problem with bottled water is all the bottles.
- Trent Olson
Daily Kos: 3,000 GIs MOB Barack in Baghdad (Video and Goodies) - http://www.dailykos.com/storyon...
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OK, not to be a squealing fangirl, but he looks bad ass in those glasses. Dukakis, who?
- cecily
I know I love those damn glasses - have you seen the cover of Ebony?
- R. Ferguson
for the record - the solider don't hurt the eyes either....LOL
- R. Ferguson
I am lmao @Ruth and Cecily and agreeing on both counts.
- Cheryl
um yeah. what cecily said. that looks like a scene from the next hot action flick.
- tiffany
Ruth, I live in Vancouver, Canada. Now where am I going to find an issue of Ebony in this town? :D
- cecily
@ Cecily ... is Vancouver that "vanilla"? I would hate to think you can't find a copy of Ebony there.
- James
Essence, and any variety of hip hop magazine: check. Ebony or Jet? Nein.
- cecily
@ Cecily .... that's very curious missing the big two ... but at least Essence.
- James
Am I the only one who thought "The Matrix" with those sunglasses?
- Jason Carreira
Meh, Essence these days is Cosmo dipped in chocolate with a soupcon of spirituality thrown in. It bores me - but at least I get to see nice hairstyles on black women.
- cecily
Oh you guys are so right - it does look like a scene from some great spy flick with President Obama personally flying in to save the day....OK enough fantasying for the day.
- R. Ferguson
Cecily excellent description of Essence these days.
- R. Ferguson
garfield minus garfield - http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post...
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I totally <3 this cartoon - a daily read of mine!
- Sarah Perez
It's like a serial of my life *chuckle*
- Michael W. May
I'm convinced that the most clever people in the world are the ones who understand their limitations and can find others to help make up for them.
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Admitting that you can't do something is very hard for a lot of people.
- John Duff
Harder still is having the wisdom to find people who are "better than you."
- Steve Spalding
There's the flip side. Most people are so engrossed with themselves, they don't provide any opportunity for others to ask for help. In other words, making ourselves approachable is as important as being able to ask for help.
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The most successful people I know all have one thing in common: they've surrounded themselves with successful people, i.e.: the "others" that you allude to.
- Kevin C. Tofel
That's absolutely right. I've never met a really successful individual who was afraid to hire, work with etc . . . people who are better than they are. @nicerobot I completely agree, almost as hard as asking for help is being the type of person who can be asked.
- Steve Spalding
I recently asked someone I look up to for help and was disappointed in their response. they liked my work and what I showed them. When I asked someone else that I didn't really expect to have any great advice, he pointed out every flaw in my design, explained what was wrong with it, and a couple possible ways to go about fixing it... help can come from the most surprising places and people.
- Kyle A Koch
Good quote. Very true
- Cody Heitschmidt
i have half of that down. i know my limitations :)
- Chris Harris
Not claiming to be one of the "most clever people in the world" but I have never understood people's desire to suppress the ability of people around them to grow - the way I see it the better the people I am surrounded by become, the better I will become.
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
It's exactly the test I use with FF and all that. I love following interesting people because I think I always end up with the better part of the bargain.
- Steve Spalding
Closely related to the idea that good leaders delegate.
- cecily
totally true.
- Liz
@Cecily agreed that good managers delegate
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@Shey Definitely. Sure you can learn anything in the world if you wanted to (and there are bunches of stuff that you should), but especially if you are managing a project you need to be able to know where your real strengths lay.
- Steve Spalding
This is also the sign of a good manager.
- Mark Krynsky
And what about those other people that help the clever people making up for their limitations?
- Benedikt Koehler
An earlier commentator brought that up, and I think that's equally as important. I think people underestimate the benefits of helping others. You never know when the five minutes you take out of your day to do something good for someone else will turn into something great for you. Even if it doesn't, you probably still "gain" more than the cost in time.
- Steve Spalding
I think anyone that tries to suppress the ability of those around them to grow, is usually insecure in their own achievement levels. If I need help I'll ask, but the responses can be a sort of "protectionism." The person you've asked for help doesn't want to help as they feel it somehow reduces their own value by sharing knowledge with you.
- Ian May
That's also a good point. We're all guilty of it, especially in situations we don't feel "control over." The old saying is pretty dead on, knowledge is power and sharing that knowledge can be pretty painful. At the end of the day though, I think you gain a lot more than you lose. I always learn something from getting the perspective of others.
- Steve Spalding
A true sign of arrogance is blaming someone else for your ignorance
- Bwana ☠
Also, what is a limitation, and what is simply an underutilized skill? How can you tell if you're inherently bad at something, or just not good at it yet?
- Brent Newhall
There's the art. My test is whether I have an intuition for how it could be done if I just had the skill set. A good example is that I know how to write and as an extension I know how to arrange podcasts (even though my audio editing skills aren't that great). Video, on the other hand, is an entirely different animal and when I'm dealing with it I defer to the wisdom of others when I can.
- Steve Spalding
In the VC world, we often say "A people hire A people, B people hire C people, and..." A major part of this "ranking" (which I tried to fight for many years) is that many people (i.e. the supposed B and C people) are afraid to hire people better than them - for fear of (1) losing control (2) employee learning stuff & jumping ship (3) employee stealing stuff. It's sad. I tried for ages to fight the mentality of "rating" people, but it's so much a reality. It's HARD to find open-minded people.
- Mitchell Tsai
Very good wisdom Mitchell
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Shey: Funny thing is receptionists in Internet companies are usually much better than CEOs at predicting whether companies will succeed or fail. Why? Receptionists have often worked 20-30+ companies, whereas the "Internet" CEO has only seen 1-3 companies before starting one. Also, very sad, something is missing in our college/MBA/MS/PhD education in entrepreneurship, team-building, etc... It's a very good education to have been in Google, Microsoft, or some company that has seen int/ext scaling issues.
- Mitchell Tsai
I agree on the MBA/MS etc . . . portion. It's so rare that anyone focuses on the mechanics of team building and leadership. It seems to run counter to the way most academic programs are taught.
- Steve Spalding
Socrates will suggest that philosophy consists entirely of a sincere admission of ignorance, and that whatever wisdom he has, comes from his knowledge that he knows nothing.
- Peter Dawson
I loved when Clint Eastwood said that line, "A man's got to know his limitations."
- Sandra Williams
Self Confidence - Does Doing Beat Telling? | Catherine Lawson - http://cathlawson.com/blog...
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From the page: "The sad thing is, many people don't even take a step towards achieving their hopes and dreams, because they lack confidence in their abilities. And this lack of self confidence is due to their own thoughts about themselves or their abilities. Trouble is, none of us are born with these thoughts - they're thoughts they've learned through the words and actions of others."
- Jennifer Mannion
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