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Michael Fidler

These are all done in Pencil.

March 18 - Comment - Like - Share

ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,, HealingBrush, veo and 257 other people liked this

Impressive - M F

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Great work! - Nia

I reshare this to Ideas & Inspiration room :) These are so realistic! - Kristian Salonen

I'm sorry but this is unbelievable:) I'll give credit to the artist upon more convincing proof! The photogenic look of the tiger and lion really helps the artist's case though:) - Roney Smith

I'm with Roney... I find this hard to believe... or maybe I'm just jealous that I can't even get stick people right! - Jasmin Smith

I don't believe it. Too amazing. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I'm with Rah - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Only the lion looks like its drawn - embee

The bear and rhino look drawn, too. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

very very talented. Wow they look like B&W pics you know photography. - Gabriella Sannino

These are amazing, were they done by you? - Angelo Rodrigues

Nice photographs - Rafael Robayna

@michael, if they weren't drawn by you, at least tell us who the artist is and the link - LouCypher

Link please? - Jason Wehmhoener

wow - Carolyn Chan

being slightly skeptical, i'm going to say these were done with pencil by a printer of some sorts... #justsayin - Enrique Gutierrez

they're beautiful, but skeptical as well - Jennifer Van Grove

Would need to see higher quality images to see if they are pencil or not - too many jpg artifacts to tell. - Luke Addison from twhirl

Stupefied. - Parth Awasthi

want proof - Jérôme Flipo

Wow!! Yeah it's pretty amazing what they can draw with a pencil nowadays, deviantART has lots of great pencil art. - Kol Tregaskes

Michael, who is the artist? - Kol Tregaskes

wow, cool! - Sarah Perez

you cannot win on the interwebs. draw some crap it doesn't get noticed. draw something amazing in pencil and people say it's not real. - Joe Breen

I'm really happy everyone liked these. They're my most liked entry to date, Thanks! There also seems to be some question about whether these are actually Pencil Drawings.I can assure you that they are.When I get home, I should have the links. I have more drawings, too. - Michael Fidler from fftogo

O_O WOW...Stunning - Anna Haro

Wow, these are stunning!! - Susan Beebe

Yes, especially the tiger. Reminds me of that "Tiger, tiger burning bright." - Melanie Reed

Alright, Mike - I believe you. These are awesome. Good job! - Enrique Gutierrez

HOLY CRAP. - Chieze Okoye

no way! - Mister Groonk

Thanks Enrique, I'll post some more soon. They are a little more obvious than these ones. As Luke points out; without being able to look closely it's impossible to tell. He's right; but up close it's more obvious. I'll upload the originals to Picasa later, and then you'll be able to zoom in with any photo viewer and see for yourselves. I can't believe how many people liked these. A few people have reposted them already. Thanks! - Michael Fidler

Absolutely awesome, Michael. You are extremely talented. Everyone should repost these pix and help to make you famous. You should be doing this full time - you obviously have some passion for this. Bravo. - Chris Loft

These are really beautiful, Michael. Do you sell them? - Shannon Jiménez

Chris, I would love to say they're mine, but it's not true. I've had them for a while, but I'll find the artists names. It will just require a little backtracking. Besides, they deserve the credit; all I did was find them:-) - Michael Fidler

Cut the bullshit! :) Photos are very good. - Burçak Çubukçu

I draw alot in pencil, but they are amazing, the best for me is the girl, that is the most photo-like one. :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I agree Rob, the girl is amazing. My favorite by far! Wait until you see it close up! It's really had to tell, even up close! - Michael Fidler

Burçak Çubukçu If these were photographs, they would be very good. As Pencil Drawings,(which they are), they're amazing. - Michael Fidler

Wow, amazingly realistic - Threepwood

@Michael Fidler did you draw them? How can you so sure? - Burçak Çubukçu

That is my pencil drawing :) http://picasaweb.google.com/Burcak... - Burçak Çubukçu

dont look like it - Prakash

@ Michael Fidler don't push so hard :) - Burçak Çubukçu

@Burçak Çubukçu I can't tell if your serious now or just kidding around. I hope your just having fun! If you are serious, I've never given you a reason to question my integrity, nor do I ever intend to. However, the second set is up now, so judge them for yourself, but don't judge me! http://ff.im/1BJh5 BTW, I messed up and reposted the shot of the women again. Oh well. Hope you like them:-) - Michael Fidler

@Michael: try deviantART, not Picasa, to submit your artworks - LouCypher

WOW "I can't believe it's in pencil" - sofarsoShawn

LouCypher, I know it well, but I don't see why I would want to do that. I hope everyone knows by now that they're not mine? I'm sorry, but I can't say it any clearer than that. - Michael Fidler

nah, i don't believe it is done in pencil. i am sure it is photoshopped :) - hasin hayder

These would be great even for photos. - tomit

i'm not able to comprehend - Varun Shenoy

More comments here: http://www.bannination.com/comment... - donato

I'm finding this both interesting and humorous at the same time. There's a separate message board where this post is being discussed and it has another forty comments on it already. I think its great how this has created some lively discussion, considering that when I posted this I was doubtful if anyone would even like it. When I went to sleep last night there was only had 3 or 4 likes... more... - Michael Fidler

Very interesting. I would like to see them up close and in person...just to make sure. Bill said it's real and possible. Your 2nd set of picts look like pencil. Nice work in finding these! - LaFern Cusack

Kol, I can't thank you enough! Kol found another post which helps to prove that these are done in pencil. I had my doubts about a few of them because I collected them from several different sites over time, but the site Kol found has done a great job pulling together an impressive collection of these drawings and more. Take a look - http://www.flickzzz.com/2009... - Michael Fidler

Actually there are more than what this site shows. There's an entire set with the cats(little cats), which I have, and there's a new portrait set. - Michael Fidler

Found your post here, Michael. :-) I tried my best to find the artists. - Kol Tregaskes

Amazing and very very very good.... Very impressive ... - Linda Zeek-Bobinski

fake. http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2009... Even if your not claiming to be the artist, these are photographs, well except the woman, thats pencil - james foor

Yeah we know, thanks though, James. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Excellent pictures - how long did it take you to scan the photographs into Photoshop and then edit them? The only pencil that has come into contact with these "drawings" is the Photoshop pencil. A tip - stop trying to fool people into thinking you are a "real" artist, because all you are doing is cheapening proper artist's works whom have spent hours creating real pictures as opposed to a few minutes on a graphics editing package. - The Wimp

A bell does ring here. And I am remembering why I was so attracted to the tiger...and the lion for that matter. These are exact replicas of prints I had in our bedroom when I lived in Dallas. I had bought the prints (in color) at a department store, - Melanie Reed

Actually, I have learned quite a bit about these drawing since I made this post. Not only have I discovered all of the artists, but I've learned more about how they are created. They are always copied from a photograph or painting, but usually a photograph. It is extremely time consuming and detail orientated work. There are many other artists besides the ones featured here who practice... more... - Michael Fidler

Most of them have portfolio's on deviantart.com and their work is truly amazing even if they are copies of other artists work. I suppose with this level of detail, they have to start with something. Nevertheless, I'm still in awe of their talent. Melanie, the animal prints you refer to are from a very well renowned photographer. The originals are B&W I'll look it up later but I do have... more... - Michael Fidler

wow; they're unbelieavably beautiful. - liladreams

Bret Taylor

Happy holidays from the FriendFeed crew! - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2008...

December 23, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

HealingBrush, Pelin Hazar, Nicholas Kreidberg and 292 other people liked this

Thanks to Kevin for another great logo... - Bret Taylor

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YAY! Snowmens! - Yolanda

Cool logo! :) - Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ

I think they need scarves. They look cold. - Yolanda

Great logo! Simple and fun. - Brandon Titus

great :) çok sevdim bu logoyu :) - Burak Budak

Cool :D - Pedram

Kevin - that is an awesome logo!!!!! - Susan Beebe

A nice tribute to Bill Waterson :) - MVB (Grinch of FF)

+102 for Bill Waterson references in picture Kevin or words Sinterclas - Steve C

cute but what happened to festivus this year? - Laura Norvig

Merry Christmas to the FriendFeed team. You guys rock! FriendFeed reacts quickly and you're adding wonderful features all the time (Thanks soooo much for the "edit" feature.) - Mitchell Tsai

Happy Festivus! - ◄ani625Ξ

Happy festive season to you all as well :) - Niki Costantini

Happy Holidays!!! - David Cook

love it~ - Sunny

Love!!! - BeeLing

Glad you like it! (And glad people picked up on the Waterson influence :-) - Kevin Fox

Merry Christmas! :D - Ron

Happy Holidays FF crue -- you've made this an excellent and memorable year for many of us. Facebook couldn't have done it without you! :) - Christopher Galtenberg

w00t you gave me the best online year in 15 years!!! ;p Thanks a lot, everyone, for what you've done here XD - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

Merry Christmas to all - Craig Eddy

Merry Christmas! - Svein Håvard Djupvik

Haha! I love horrified snowmen. Merry Christmas to FriendFeed! - Chris Lasher

Joyeux Noel a tout le monde! - Mathieu Ayel

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! - Anne Bouey

Feliz navidad a ti! - JA Castillo

Thanks! Happy Holidarys! Merry Christmas! - Bill Romanos

happy christmas, chanukah and kwanzaa. - D. Eda Goze

happy chrismas and a happy new year!!! - ethan meccage

That's when they loved us :( - Christopher Harley

Awwwww sniff - Kevin Fox

Happy holidays! Take good care of yourselves and... enjoy those days off! <o> \o, - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

Merry Christmas! - Ian May

Tks and love you all !!! - Renchin(Reina)

ahh, the good ol' days. - MikeAmundsen

Happy Holidays FriendFeers! <superbump /> - Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ

cool!! - Ferzvladimir

*bump* - imabonehead

Sigh. Sometimes it is the little touches, like seasonal logos or easter eggs, that mark a site as a living project, and that you really miss when the developers have all moved on to something else. - Michael R. Bernstein

ای جان چقدر خوبه این - WALL.E

1 yıl geçmiş üzerinden bretim taylorum vay anasına dimi.. - Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)

Kol Tregaskes

Eco-Friendly Van Meets All-in-One Mobile Home | dornob #shareit - http://dornob.com/eco-fri...

March 23 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"The Volkswagen Microbus is a classic - even to those of us born after its time. Arguably unlike the newly remade Beetle, this remake of a VW classic is remarkably true to the original on the outside - but on the inside it is a bio-diesel hybrid stuffed full of high tech gadgetry and eco-friendly innovations." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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*swoon* - Ňicķ

sounds awesome. live the hippie dream, only it probably costs about $50,000 or something. - Thomas Hawk

It's kinda cute. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Not a fan. Then again, didn't like the original ;) - Mo Kargas

Afraid not Thomas, $129,000 - Steven Cains

Super cool VW Bus making a comeback... - Walt Ruppar

First of all, I'll cop to wanting one of these. That being said, Jason is right. This is for rich hippies (who probably aren't hippies at all). The VW microbus became the darling of the Flower Power crowd because it was cheap, easy to repair, and big. You could camp in it. Is there a car today that fits this bill? - Chris Baskind

wow, you can buy an awful lot of pot with $129,000. - Thomas Hawk

I don't know a self-respecting hippie that would prefer this over a really nice indoor greenhouse. ;-) - Chris Baskind

@Chris, Most cars today aren't as simple, but with the wealth of knowledge online, it just takes more time. The minivan/SUV can become a camper van with a few mods. They'll never take the place of the VW, but they're an updated version of the 70s panelvan conversions (hopefully without shag carpeting & a disco-ball). - Steven Cains

Nope: there will never be anything that simple again. That's not all bad: I can't imagine a 1960s VW Minibus would satisfy *any* federal safety standard these days. You're right. A used minivan might be the closest thing. - Chris Baskind

Very Cool. You can't drive your house but, you can sleep in your Van !!! - Eric Logan

Want. - Ken Sheppardson

Want!! - Sarah Perez

Very intriguing. How much steel is in that thing? Chris, that would be my next question after fuel consumption: how safe is this thing? And I agree, when we can go back to making transportation that costs less than a small home, we may have achieved something amazing. ;) - Melanie Reed

However, I have heard (and I'm not remembering where at the moment) that there has been a movement growing of people seeking alternative housing and substituting things like this as the new "mobile" home. - Melanie Reed

AWESOME! - tomit

@drewdomkus ... you need this for your move! - tomit

So wanting one! Cute ^__^ - Nia

Hehe, it's dinky, isn't it? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

lovelovelove! - esther ♥ ♫

-) - Kol Tregaskes

It looks like it could almost fly in the first pic. ;-) Well, maybe not. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Looks a bit different than the 76 Kombi @imbutafool and I owned several years ago - ThePicMan

Oh, shit, it's so beautifull! - Igor Kuzmin

Everyone is loving this! We should have an FF one and use it to travel to all the FFers around the World (like Pea seems to be doing ;-)). Hehe. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

cool idea, kol. the ff-stream of this tour would be alltheawe. just imagine the photos. - esther ♥ ♫

Look it is my retirement home. - John Flynn

Oh no, don't say that, John. That puts me right off it. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I want one! - TranceMist

I've owned 5 VWs, two of which were split window vans. I'd love to have another, this is awesome! - Rick Bucich from twhirl

I have had more VWs than other cars...starting with a 71 Superbeetle, and a Split Window Microbus. I would LOVE to have something like this. - Kreg Steppe

Good for grandparents to visit grandchildren and children through the European continent (or another one as well)...nomadism-revival! - Isabelle Ayel

wow i posted this a while back and now can't seem to find it for some reason. friendfeed's search function really sucks! - Cee Bee

Want. Cannot afford. - Jules

So after reading this article yesterday, I found myself this evening in front of a local place that specializes in reconditioning old VWs. It was closed, but there's an awesome red and white microbus out front with a For Sale sign on it. Ugly, underpowered -- and probably dangerous, by modern standards. Want. ;-) - Chris Baskind

Cee, really? I find FF search is pretty good. - Kol Tregaskes

I love this Mobile...owned a few Vdubs, lived in a VW camper, but this is off the hook..I would become a true nomad with this... - bcultral

It's just so cute, LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

love it - chance

Perfect for the recession :-) - Richard A.

I'd like to have something like this, something small. What do you really need? A bed, perhaps a TV and room for your computer. Then you can live anywhere you like, in theory. - Kol Tregaskes

so cute ;) - sakura

Richard, agree. No council tax bill, no utility bills, just petrol I guess? - Kol Tregaskes

I Love this - Nima

Who is this Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier? Seems like he is on Facebook, Linked In but I can't seem to find anything else about him. - Brian Sullivan

We had a wesvalia built Micro when I was a kid. I loved that thing. It was a little flimsily built; but boy it was perfect for my family of campers and road-tripping warriors. Too bad this one is so pricey - Bill Rawlinson

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Andrew Dobrow

IZE SORRY I ENDANJURED U - http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008...

July 15, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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LOLing. - Clay Newton

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I'm in - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Here comes the man hug express! *hug* - Andrew Dobrow

Luk atz mai uid! - Yuvi

I guess this is technically an LOLHuman. - Andrew Dobrow

awww - Bryn Youngblut

Panda's are quite possibly the most absurd looking animal second only to the duck billed platypus. It is for this reason that I <3 dem. - Geoff Schultz

Kungfu Panda is showing his sensitive side! :) - imabonehead

*bump* - Micah Wittman

Mona Nomura

The only way I'd go camping. ;)

October 29, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA - Anna Haro

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ahahahaa - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

Been there, done that. Many, many, many years ago, we brought computers to a week-long music festival just so we could play games. - Akiva Moskovitz

Switch that to someone else carrying all that and I'm there with you. - ♥patricia♥

Akiva, you went to burning man? Sweet! Tell all... - Pete Delucchi

Hah, no. It was a regional festival. - Akiva Moskovitz

That guy needs to ditch his eMachines and get a MacBook Air. - Louis Gray

What in the hell resolution is he running at? The IE icon takes up the entire screen. - Akiva Moskovitz

I wonder what battery he used... - Ming Tsai

He's writing "e"-mail - Morton Fox

.LOLz - .LAG liked that

Wiindows Fit - Jemm

L ... O ... L - Mike Reynolds

LOL that would be my bf! - Brandy Lea

Dude. Get a Shuttle case at least. - Cyndy

Heavy pc and crt, ok, but the subwoofer too? You know how heavy those things are? This would work in space maybe. - Josh Haley

And I wonder where it's getting powered from. Is there an extension cord behind him, or maybe he's got a generator attached to his feet? - Costa Walcott

But which way would it point? Or should there be two, one aimed at his face, and one on the visor of his hat, to see what he can see? - Ladybug Heather

It's a 'Trojan Horse'!! The hollowed out tower contains 8 Macbook Airs, 25 iPhones, a G1™[product placement by Google] and a handful of Newtons - just waiting to be deployed! - Micah Wittman

There is a distinct lack of cup holder. - Rochelle

True... where does the Mountain Dew go? Or coffee or Jolt Cola or whatever caffeinated substance he drinks? - Ladybug Heather

Rochelle: thats what the CD Drive tray is for. - Roberto Bonini

hehe - Kamilah Gill

Hmm, needs more counter-balances on the front. Right now it's just a touch off-center. :D - i80and

amazing - johnpiercy

*bump* - Micah Wittman

*bump*^2 - imabonehead

WIN! - TheHenry

COOL! :d - selma hurkan

either that or my laptop and my Rocket stick with me lol - Rob Cairns

Louis Gray

FriendFeed Stats from December 2008

December 22, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Mark Essel, Cristo, Eril and 30 other people liked this

I can't say this is the first time I've posted these (probably not). But no major surprises. This also debunks Mona's comment previously that I didn't like her enough. - Louis Gray

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I am also glad that those I follow have a much lower percentage of activity coming from Twitter. Diversity FTW. (See Scoble for his example: http://friendfeed.com/e...) - Louis Gray

Sarah Perez is worthy of your likes. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Sarah gets lots of my likes. But there are a lot of people I like. I wish I could extend this to 25, 50 or 100. - Louis Gray

Louis - Mona's comment...that's funny LOL!!! - Susan Beebe

Very honored Louis! Wow. - Robert Scoble

Almost all of my likes are your posts, LG - how come I'm not on yoru list? BIZARRE. I LOVE YOU LG! - Mona Nomura

Interesting... Louis and I both share a strong "LIKE" on Robert's content and conversation...neato! - Susan Beebe

Mona - LOL tooo funny! - Susan Beebe

Wow - compared to the group of people I'm with, I'm very honored as well! - Jesse Stay

no one will dethrone me :-) - Mike Fruchter

Louis Gray doesn't find me interesting! sniff...first Scoble says I have no signal, now this. That's it, I quit the internet. - Sarah Perez

Any one can game the system. Just go to Mona's feed and 'Like' every post. You aren't fooling anyone, Louis... Oh and Happy Festivus! ;) - MVB (Grinch of FF)

Hi Sarah, you're wrong. And guess what, your picture is going in my very next blog post! - Louis Gray

Bump for the good times - remember when we had FriendFeed Stats? (Louis is a great database of FF history) - Jesse Stay

I ranked # 1. Those were the days :) - Mike Fruchter

I miss "Like" Fruchter. :) - Louis Gray

I thought it was "Like" Ffruchter - I miss him too :-) - Jesse Stay

Louis Gray

TweetDeck: New Twitter AIR App With Summize Integration, Groups - http://www.louisgray.com/live...

July 4, 2008 from louisgray.com - Comment - Like - Share

CannonGod, Hao Chen, Dobromir Hadzhiev and 15 other people liked this

what is this twitter AIR app #1000 :) those things things mate more the bunnies! - (jeff)isageek

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Now, now, Jeff. I mentioned in the article that I typically prefer native apps or Web apps to AIR apps, but this one is very interesting, at least to me. I dig it. - Louis Gray

im just trying to be funny...hehe good post btw. - (jeff)isageek

Wow, twhirlscope down -- gotta try this out - Shey, Jamaican of FF

ah! and I was wondering why my twitter vanity search hit on that topic as I do not like the air apps. but grouping actually would be a reason to try it out. problem: as long as twitter decimates the request rates it is unreliable, but a first step in the right direction. will download it now ;) - Nicole Simon

Louis, I think you're right - there is still innovation happening around Twitter, fortunately. The fact is there is still a huge audience on Twitter and that audience still has the potential to be monetized. I'm even building something around Twitter at the moment. There is still that threat though, that developers could leave if Twitter keeps neglecting them - it's in the back of the mind - Jesse Stay

"feels" like Twhirl. Wish it had FF support...if it does it wasn't obvious from the website. I agree with others that I'd really like to see these Adobe air apps with some better skins - Rob Neville from twhirl

"Now, now, Jeff. I mentioned in the article that I typically prefer native apps or Web apps to AIR apps, but this one is very interesting, at least to me." - That's part of why I like the platform so much. Most people like native apps but AIR apps are pretty easy to build so there's bound to be a few that people really like. (Ryan - rstewart@adobe.com) - Ryan Stewart

Bump, for good times - Jesse Stay

Louis Gray

Family Togetherness Time

July 1, 2008 from email - Comment - Like - Share

Kimitake, Johnny Worthington, M. Serdar Kuzuloglu and 106 other people liked this

Look at them sleeping. So daggone cute! - Hutch Carpenter

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Looks like Dad got a bit of schwag, too... :) - Mark Dykeman

awesome! - Thomas Hawk

Where are the FF onesies?! :-) - JA Castillo

The FF onesies are way too big. My "biggest" kid is five pounds. When these guys get 3-6 months, let the schwag wagon roll. - Louis Gray

FFTwins FTW! - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Link bait! :) - Andrew Baron

@Louis you are such a product pimp ROFLMAO .. god love ya and yer family :) - Steven Hodson

awwwww - Michelle Trent

Do they have FF accounts yet? - Johnny Worthington

aww gorgeous :) and the babies too! - Allison

LOL that is alll kinds of win - Mona Nomura

I've always thought it's important to establish brand awareness early on. Good job ;-) - Jonathon

So, what are their domains and RSS feeds? I need to add them as imaginary friends for now. - Rob Diana

Peace. That's the word that comes to my mind :) - directeur from NoiseRiver

good thing they are always this happy. right! - Tim Connors

I want that shirt! - James Hull

totally got a cool idea for new schwag... two items: for new Moms, a friend feed shirt with slots for easy feeding of infants... and for new Pops like Louis, nipple with bottle attachment inserts with one nipple coming out of the first f and the second nipple coming out of the second d... saweet! - Rob Reed

FF schwag and twins! best picture of the day! - Sarah Perez

Cute as a button. Akiva you crack me up. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker from fftogo

@Rob Reed: Awesome! - April Buchheit

Kinda wished I had some FF schwag to wear with the newborn on the way. - Randy Hall

The first marriage on FF cannot compete with this. - Russellreno

Congratz. - Bill Bittner

Mega awesome ;) Congratulations to you and your family, like the Friendfeed t-shirt ;) - Mario Olckers

Tiny... little... eentsy... lumps of yum. There, my estrogen has officially shown itself. - Carla Thompson

No way - they have FF onesies??? How do I get my hands on one of those? - Jesse Stay

The Gray family Babies!!!! Sarah and Mathew look sooo cute in your arms! and sooo tiny my goodness!!... still LOL @ Rob's wacky comment..whoa! - Susan Beebe

cool beans! workin on those biceps! - TheMacMommy from twhirl

So cute! - marinka239

bring on the schwag, very cool pictures indeed - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Bump for good times - Jesse Stay

Louis Gray

I TCP/IP but mostly IP

October 9, 2008 from email - Comment - Like - Share

Darren Heydon, OnuRC, Andrew Speers and 165 other people liked this

Thanks to Ana and the FriendFeed team for the baby tech gear! - Louis Gray from email

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haha Brilliant BRILLIANT! - Zee.

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha - Mona Nomura

awesome - Yolanda

How can you not Likey this? - Charlie Anzman

Awesome! Got one in an Adult XL? - Anthony K. Valley ©

:D Adorable - Mo Kargas

beautiful baby - johnpiercy

We've taken to calling Matthew "Bubba". This outfit, though still a bit roomy, is a 6-month outfit. He's just past three months. Hog. - Louis Gray

totally freakin love it - Dustin Harris

Get the outfit here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts... - Louis Gray

Best post title today. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

It's when you check for "packet loss" that there's an issue. - Chris Brogan

"Technology doesn't solve everything - humans do!" ;-) - Jesse Stay from twhirl

Yeah, heart feels like it's smiling. - michael sean wright

THAT IS FUNNY!! very cute indeed! IP ...ha, ha!!! - Susan Beebe

Thanks for that - I needed a laugh this morning :-) - Tim Chemacki

I am still giggling about this. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Hehehehehehe. - Roberto Bonini

FFundercats moment of win tonight :-) - mandyvan

I LOVE this. - Mona Nomura

Oh holy crap. FFundercats hoooooooooooo! - Akiva Moskovitz

LOVE - Johnny Worthington

I tried to re-LIKE this. :-D - Lisa L. Seifert

can we talk about a hand me down program for these shirts for me in a few months? :D - sean percival

TCP/IP. What's THAT? *non-tech type here* - Derrick

The source. I bow. - Josh Haley

Derrick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Rochelle

What? This one is back? :-) Here is an UPDATE: http://www.thegrayeffect.com/2008... - Louis Gray

This was raised from the dead in order to have you accidentally participate in the FFundercats Moment of WIN... - xero

Tonight's ffundercat podcast "moment of win" - Michael W. May from twhirl

Louis, do you listen to our podcast? - Josh Haley

bad louis --retroactively - Amber, Random Time Lord

:) - Josh Haley

I have seen this in person - Jesse Stay

the "technology generation" :) lovely baby! - HollyHobby

Bret Taylor to Bret's feed, FriendFeed News

We have received numerous reports of excessive FriendFeed posts showing up in Facebook this evening. While we are not 100% sure, it appears to be an issue on Facebook's end due to ignoring application settings. We have disabled all FriendFeed updates to Facebook until we are sure the problem is resolved.

July 29 - Comment - Like - Share

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See http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... for more information - it seems to also have impacted Twitter's Facebook app. Again, we are not sure if it is a problem on our end or not, but we are investigating now. - Bret Taylor

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Thanks Bret! FWIW when I checked the FF app settings in FB they were not the same options as I saw when I first set the app up. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

my freindfeed application is not working on facebook, and fr rest of.. - Madhav Tripathi

Click. Flip a switch and that's it. You guys rule. - Pete Delucchi

Thanks, Bret. I've disabled it on my FB page and hope that cures what ails me. Appreciate the FF peeps being on top of it. - Derrick

Yet another reason I'm happy I don't have a FaceBook. :P - Trey Crossan

Good thing I only posted once to Twitter tonight. The duplication only happened once. Thanks for letting me know. - Louis Gray

Yay for communicative admins! - Brett Kelly from iPhone

*looks at own FB account* HOLY SHIT, WTF?!? - Joe Silence is not Santa

Yep, I have drug references now due to not having context. Thanks alot FB. Thanks alot. - Jimminy Fuller

I had the same with Twitter - Mo Kargas

Thanks Bret! - Andrew C

No problem, if I knew it was on your end, I wouldn't have cared, but thanks for letting me know about the situation. I was confused because it happened right as I was trying out a new twitter game. This was compounded by the fact that the game has no controls for turning off public messages. I'll bet they plan to add them later, but right now they want everyone to hear about it. It’s a... more... - Michael Fidler

Is it fixed? I'm afraid to go look:) - Michael Fidler

So, is it fixed?Every tweet, every everything is showing up as individual news feed posts for all my friends, this is too much and I'm likely to piss them all off. Options ... 1.Stop tweeting etc. 2.Ditch the FF Facebook application. Hmmm, it's a no brainer. Anyone got any updates on this? - Michael M Bailey

Louis Gray

The Cal Bears are Winning 24-7 vs. Eastern Washington Nearing Halftime. The Twins Say "Go Bears!"

September 12 - Comment - Like - Share

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OMG, those twins have gotten big! - Francine Hardaway

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DAD!! WHERE'S OUR HAIR!?? - Chrimmus Tad

the cheerleader outfit is fabulous. - pea

So cute! - Laura wishes you peace.

Yay! :) - Rochelle

They are growing like weeds, Louis! Sooo adorable! - Carmen

they're so adorable! - zʍıɔ

Cute! And rooting for the right team! - Stephen Mack

Wow, they look so much older all of a sudden. - Dawn

The cheerleading outfit!!!! *dead* - Yolanda

...cute kids, but they'd look cuter in cardinal and white. happy to send you some, from the Stanford Store...hahaha! - .LAG liked that

I just love them!!! - Martha from BuddyFeed

So cute. - Give 'Em DBizness

How adorable .... - fatima

Holy smokes! Who are these huge kids?! What have you been feeding these two, they're ginormous! - April Buchheit

Sara's outfit just slays me - she is *ready* to cheer! - Laura Norvig

sarah has a very keen sense, she is a curiosity driven child, she has that something that innovators need - testbeta

OMG, totally adorable. Luv it. GO BEARS!!! - Miiko Mentz

WE GET IT LOUIS YOU HAVE SUPER CUTE BABIES GIVE IT A REST :) - Andrizzle Gizzle

JUST KIDDING NEVER GIVE IT A REST - Andrizzle Gizzle

/blocks Andrea and then /unblocks Andrea. :) - Louis Gray

Susan Beebe

I think the Google Chrome browser logo is a rip off copy of the 1970's "Simon" electronic game. What do you think?

March 23 - Comment - Like - Share

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its pretty close. - Alfredo

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You should send this totallylookslike.com - Mike Nayyar

guitar hero is a heavy rip off of simon says too, pretty inspirational game - Yunus Tunak

Mike - I might just do that! - Susan Beebe

The device name is not "Simon Says"...just Simon. "Simon Says" was on of the modes of play on Simon. </ComicBookGuy> - Josh Haley

Yep. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

That's why it looked familiar - M F

(in germany it was called "senso", and the colours were even more like the chrome logo.) - esther ♥ ♫

@Josh Haley - Thanks! I just corrected it... much appreciated - Susan Beebe

i remember that game. god, how i hated it. - Nathan Rein

in the other news ... http://www.youtube.com/watch... ;) - A.T.

and little more chrome 80s styled http://www.youtube.com/watch... :) - A.T.

I bet kids today have never seen the "Simon" electronic toy... makes me feel old! - Susan Beebe

I saw my name mentioned a few times, things ok over here? - Simon Wicks

Pft, it's obviously a pokeball - Daniel Bruce

I loved that game! - JA Castillo

hahaha! - Susan Beebe

omg, totally!! - Sarah Perez

I knew it reminded me of something! - Mary DeSive

since you put it that way, yeah ;) - Doug Schumacher

Lots of folks saying the Google Chrome logo "makes them want to play Simon" - LOL - Susan Beebe

to me it looks like how a non-computer-using artist type would design a trackball -- either that or they are trying to get a HAL vibe without creeping everyone out - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Uh-oh, Google, you've been caught with your hand in the electronics bin! - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

I got my son a travel version of Simon, so there's at least one kid who's seen it. (He needs hand-eye coordination practice.) This does seem very, very similar. - Kisha, Well Conditioned from BuddyFeed

I remember it ! :-) - Roberto from fftogo

I get the Simon apps for my phones. WinMo and iPhone. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

I can see where you may have a point there susan :) - Jeunelle Foster

Not sure why I didn't mention that I still have my old Simon. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

exactly! awesome idea :) congrats! - `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN

http://img.labnol.org/di... - Can TALAYLI

:) @Doğuş lol This is more than same :D - `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN

Marshall Kirkpatrick

if unclear: RSSCloud will help readers get your blog posts right away, just like RSS lets them get your posts at all.

September 7 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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How ? Like many others, I use GReader. How will it help me ? - Andy C

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GReader, if and when it supports RSSCloud, will deliver blog posts to subscribers immediately after they are published if they are published through RSSCloud. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

does that make sense? right now you subscribe to a blog's feed in GReader and GReader checks the RSS feed like once every 30 mins. Depending on the feed, sometimes it only checks once a week if you're the only person subbed to it. With RSSCloud, GReader could act like an Instant Messaging client for you and be told, thus telling you, the moment a new post is available. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Right -- Google Reader would be instant, like Twitter and FriendFeed are. - Dave Winer

OK - but I thought Google/Feedburner were firmly behind PubSubHubbub that isn't fully rolled out yet either. Are these protocols complimentary or competing ? - Andy C

+1 Andy C agree its getting confusing - Kim Landwehr

Ultimately they'll have to decide whether they want to give features to their users. I supported Atom in River2 in less than a day. It won't take them much longer to support rssCloud. - Dave Winer

makes me think that Google owning both the dominant feed publishing service and the dominant feed reading service probably isn't very good for the feed ecosystem. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall, this gives them the opportunity to prove that it's not a problem. - Dave Winer

:) - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Winer makes a good point. Google should support rssCloud so the market decides - Steve Gillmor

The market will decide regardless. Google will be making a mistake by not supporting it. - Jesse Stay

exactly Jesse - Steve Gillmor

@Steve - seriously - when has Google done anything serious beyond its obsession with search based ad placement? - Dennis Howlett

supporting Pubsubhubbub was a good start, rssCloud a good next step - Steve Gillmor

@dahowlett Google does a lot of serious stuff: gmail, google apps for domains (incl enterprise search appliances), deeply serious stuff around power usages/management for their own datacenters (and even more serious BigTable & the other underlying technologies within those datacenters), Google Earth & Maps (incl the massive effort to get Streetview data), Google Books & the scanning... more... - Shannon Clark

Rss Cloud discussion. Interesting stuff... - kevin fitts

Glad to see you pushing Dave - Congrats on getting Matt/Wordpress onboard. - PXLated

I don't understand: why RSSCloud over Pubsubhubbub? You can talk about "choice" and push Google to support RSSCloud, but if there's no real difference between the two, the market can't differentiate and there isn't going to be a real choice. Like right now, I'm asking why didn't Dave Winer and Automattic get on board with Pubsubhubbub? What's the material benefit for pushing RSSCloud instead? - Mark Trapp

Fine. It's the other way around. When they decided to implement realtime feeds, why did they invent something new? RSS already provided for it. Since 2001. So bring this argument to them. Thanks. - Dave Winer

BTW, to be clear, I don't have any issue with the Google guys who did Pubsubhubub, just with arguments like this that get their chronology backwards. - Dave Winer

You didn't really answer the question, Dave. Is there a material difference between Pubsubhubbub and RSSCloud such that RSSCloud is better? Why would I choose RSSCloud over Pubsubhubbub, or vice versa? All I know right now is that there's one standard that's supported by Google, and one that's supported by you and Automattic. Why shouldn't I go with Google's version? It reads like Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD - Mark Trapp

Mark, I stated a few reasons as well here: http://staynalive.com/article... - but frankly, Dave was first. Google's a bigCo. Dave's isn't tied to a bigCo. I think his is more appealing because of that. I'll support both though until I see wider adoption. - Jesse Stay

Guys, we plan to integrate RSS Cloud to Lazyfeed very soon. We've just announced it on our blog: http://blog.lazyfeed.com/2009... Hope people will like it :) - Ethan Gahng

Jesse: Dave's version might've been first, but the one that seems to have gotten wide adoption first was Google's. So when that happened, why fight it? I'm assuming there's a good reason why RSSCloud is better: being technically first doesn't seem like a good enough reason. I do see the part about 24 hour expiry: I'd have to think about that some more. Seems like something easily added to PubSubHubbub, though: and doesn't seem like enough to keep two competing specs alive. - Mark Trapp

rssCloud is a done deal. Mark, you should take your own advice and stop fighting. - Dave Winer

What happened to the Hide command in FriendFeed? This thread is so over, totally needs to be hidden. - Dave Winer

All I'm asking is for some information on why there are two seemingly competing specs and which spec one should one adopt, Dave. If you can't deign yourself to provide that information, by all means ignore or block me: perhaps someone besides you who gets the difference between the two can fill in the rest of us mere mortals on what the concrete differences between the two specs are. - Mark Trapp

@Jesse: This is why - 'This thread is so over, totally needs to be hidden.' - Andy C

Andy, I agree with him - this is a dumb argument. - Jesse Stay

It's not a dumb argument, but one that should be rendered moot by Google supporting rssCloud - Steve Gillmor

Dave, it's right next to Comment, Like, and Share... Hide is the one on the right... no your other right - Chris Heath

Does this mean I won't need Sudar's Post to FriendFeed plugin for WordPress? - Skyler Call

http://www.youtube.com/watch... I found this helpful as a primer in understanding RSS. - kevin fitts

Anyone remembers VHS vs. Betamax? Nowadays willy whacking is sooo last century, isn't it? - Sebastian

wasn't vhx vs betamax settled by the adult film industry? - Chris Heath

Prolly many adult entertainment services have implemented PuSH spreading near real time smut moments before supporting rssCloud. Why miss out on any opportunity? - Sebastian

Regarding Jesse's argument that "Dave was first" is sufficient justification for preferring RSSCloud, it was dead for more than five years and implemented by no one. When he chose to take it out of mothballs, PSHB was implemented by Google and others. His choice to revive RSSCloud has splintered pub-sub support into two efforts and a lot of programmers will now be asked to support both. I'm not clear on the benefit either. - Rogers Cadenhead

Eventually it boils down to wether you reader app implemented enough real-time "clients". An easy option for this is to use Superfeedr, since we have implemented MANY of them... and we push forward the content to your reader. - Julien

Anthony Farrior

LG announces the Android-infused LG-GW620 - http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009...

September 14 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

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Louis Gray

Regular Geek - http://regulargeek.com/2009...

September 14 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

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"Mint.com’s offerings are the best online I’ve found, and Quicken needed to get the product to stay relevant in this space. I hope they maintain the Mint.com brand, but these things rarely work out the way I want them to." - Louis Gray

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I still can not believe people will put financial info out in the cloud and lose control over it. mint.com is a great site. Why don't you put all your personal medical info on Google's medical database? - earl wallace from twhirl

ugh, I don't like this. I bailed on Intuit's products for mint in part because Intuit's integration with other services sucked. I hope they don't destroy it. - Bill Kinney

Bill, on TechCrunch they have an update stating that the Mint team is going to be in charge of Mint and Quicken Online. They may even get responsibility for other Quicken personal finance software. - Rob Diana

Steve Rubel

Google Real-Time Search Bookmarklet - http://www.steverubel.com/google-...

September 13 from The Steve Rubel Lifestream - Comment - Like - Share

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Duncan Riley

2 monitors are passè, 6 monitors borderline cool, try 24 monitors [Video] - http://www.inquisitr.com/37178...

September 11 from The Inquisitr - Comment - Like - Share

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Mitchell Tsai

Extreme Earth - National Geographic [Taringa.net] - http://www.taringa.net/posts...

July 31, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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#1 Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef, Belize (great snorkeling!), #2 South Dakota Tornado, #3 Breaking Surf, Bora-Bora, French Polynesia - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

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We're going to be in Belize in 1 week! - Benjamin Golub

Benjamin: The juices in Belize are amazing. They make fresh juices at road stands, and fill used 1 liter Sprite/Coke bottles. Water is amazing. Sharks and rays swam through our legs. So used to tourists, you can touch them. Budget place for water stuff (as is the Red Sea - around Egypt & Sinai Peninsula). Egypt was 10 Euro for an 8-hr boat ride (including lunch & snorkel gear). Forget how much Belize was... - Mitchell Tsai

I had such a GREAT time in Belize a few years back! What a great trip. Have a most excellent time Benjamin! Be sure to check out "Dready's" on Ambergris Caye and stay away from the kids who feed chickens to 25' crocs! :D - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Love the of the Blue hole, my home country Belize - jamar78

Joel: What are your suggestions for Benjamin? - Mitchell Tsai

We are only going to be there for 1 day (part of a cruise) - Benjamin Golub

I would definitely visit Altun-Ha, a Mayan Ruin. - jamar78

Joel: How does Altun-Ha compare to Caracol? I went to Caracol a few years ago. Met a guy from Houston who grew up there and never knew it was a Maya ruin until it appeared on the news ~5-8 yrs ago - "Hey, that's my hometown." - Mitchell Tsai

I grew up in Belize City, I prefer Altun-ha - jamar78

Thanks Joel! I'll check out Altun-ha next time I'm in Belize also. Have you visited Tikal or any of the Mayan sites in Guatemala? I was thinking about visiting Tikal last visit, but did the closer Caracol instead. When I visited Caracol, it had only been excavated for 2-3 years, so it was new.. - Mitchell Tsai

Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to do so. Have you ever been to the Belize Zoo? - jamar78

Nope. What's it like? - Mitchell Tsai

It's a very nice zoo, smack in the middle of the Belizean rain forest - jamar78

#tornado - Mitchell Tsai

Louis Gray

That Twitter is having 503 errors during a non-crucial update from a tech company does not bode well for an actual emergency.

September 9 - Comment - Like - Share

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at least it's my area code - Brian Hendrickson

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i'm hoping one day, we'll all have our own Twitter rather than rely on one company to handle the infrastructure. - Zee.

...I'm glad that just wasn't me. Reloaded three times, still get 503s - .LAG liked that

Lol @ Brian...good one ;) - Dennis Bjørn Petersen

That's what open microblogger should be. Twitter should be an implementation of that, not the other way around. It should be decentralized OR they should get their act together OR they should be purchased by someone who will. - Louis Gray

love the background Louis...the number of people that must have tried clicking on your dock...(including me). :) - Zee.

Have you seen the right side, Zee? - Louis Gray

:-) - Brian Hendrickson

TweetDeck is still working for me though - Sarah Perez

503s have been driving me nuts, too. FF seems to have enough of a user base to keep us amused without getting bogged down/timing out/crashing. - Jolie O'Dell

O hai Sarah! ;) - Jolie O'Dell

Twitter's never understood how to scale. It's just never been a management priority on their end. - Seth Blank

Seth, that's ludicrous. - Jolie O'Dell

people are looting stores around the world in protest - Allen Stern

I don't know about you guys, but I constantly have the phrase "We're having an earthqu-" typed into my Twitter box so I can be first to post it just by hitting return. - Louis Gray

lol Louis - Jolie O'Dell

Dear god, you've bruised Twitter again, back to the API Apps. - Swaroop

Louis: you're funny! - Robert Scoble

@Louis no - i can't see anything. It won't scroll to the right any further for me either - Zee.

Gee, Twitter should give me my money back! Oh wait. nvm - RAD Moose

I'd pay for it, at this point. I... I need Twitter. I'm pathetic, but it's true. - Jolie O'Dell

They should give you your time back :) - Micah Wittman from iPhone

jolie - we can get you help - i sure hope you really didn't mean that last line! - Allen Stern

Allen, if needing Twitter is wrong, I don't want to be right. - Jolie O'Dell

If twitter is right, I do want to be wrong. Twitter bores me. - Joe

and so do FF feeds full of tweets. - Joe

jolie - give me your location, i am sending some people to your location for help :) - Allen Stern

I do admit TweetDeck has worked great during all this event. I just close the Twitter column and all is well. :-) - Jesse Stay

What platform is Twitter using again :? - Jason Nunnelley

Jason, Twitter's using the Twitter platform - not sure what you mean - Jesse Stay

Hilerious Louis..... - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Jesse, I'm trying to pick on the framework underneath. But, I actually don't know if they're still messing with Rails. - Jason Nunnelley

Twitter's problem is an issue of priority, if you consider their downtime a failure. I don't. I think it's working out just fine for them. The more they go down, the more people realize they're addicted and continue to use the service. They've almost proven downtime doesn't hurt growth. - Jason Nunnelley

Jason, I think that's a mistake for them to have that attitude. I use Twitter less and less the more they go down, and the more of these shenanigans they keep pulling, both as a developer and user - Jesse Stay

Jesse, not to be a jerk (and I know I'm a broken record), but I assure you they don't care. - Jason Nunnelley

Jason, that's okay - I'm a broken record in trying to get them to care. :-) I do know they're listening though (I've been on a panel with Doug Williams and Ryan Sarver, and chat with Alex and others frequently via e-mail), and they'll apply the things that make the most sense to them, or at least that they're allowed to implement by management and their investors. - Jesse Stay

My hope is my "complaints" are constructive though. I've included a lot of information and suggestions with those complaints, so they can take them as they please - it's not my business in the end, but I'll share the knowledge I have at least. - Jesse Stay

Maybe I should use the Twitter page less and TweetDeck or Seesmic more... - Dennis Jernberg

Dennis, it's an API vs. web interface toss up. There's no doubt their biggest problem is with the web interface, but I've had API fail also. So long as you just want to read tweets, the API seems to be the best route, meaning Seesmic/TweetDeck, etc. seem to work best. - Jason Nunnelley

Maxine

A single author identification system - http://blogs.nature.com/nautilu...

December 11, 2008 from Nautilus - Comment - Like - Share

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The advantages are so obvious. What are the real-world problems for getting this established? Thanks for posting this. - Björn Brembs

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would be nice to have it as an OpenID as well ;) and have it really open, not owned/authored by a for-profit organization.. - Yaroslav Nikolaev

OpenID+. Having a site that (a) function as OpenID provider, (b) contains information about you (e.g. department, contact details) that _you_ are in control of (i.e. edit/hide), (c) can autogenerate your publication list, and (d) allows you to manually add other contributions to the advancement of science (e.g. open source projects). We'd need the backing of one or more major publishers, but stranger things have happened. Can't we set something up like that? - Jan Aerts

Sounds like a good idea. One ID to rule them all.... - Allyson Lister

+1 Jan. Between OpenID and the auto-publication-list generators at places like Nature Network and BioMedExperts, it seems like most of the necessary functionality exists, just not in one place. - Bill Hooker

There are initial investigations being made (certainly within the field of publishing and the library community) towards institutional identifiers which may well be easier to handle than trying to do the individual author identifiers. - Jill O'Neill

But institutional identifiers alone will not work. I've moved quite a few times and saw that people still try to contact me on the email address from two jobs back, because that was the email of the "corresponding author". - Jan Aerts

Would it help if journals suggested to authors that they include their OpenID with their address details, if they have one? That should be pretty easy to do. - Maxine

Maxine: Yes ! That would be great ! It would be nice to see that OpenID just like we can see the DOI of the paper ! This would motivate the other publishers to do this ! - Pierre Lindenbaum

Maxine: Yes, yes, yes! That would be absolutely brilliant! Are Rafael, Simon, and Peter (or Bora) about? This might actually work! - Cameron Neylon

I'm not a guru about OpenID. Can it be then used later to find the publications/geoloc/social networks ? - Pierre Lindenbaum

In the medium term I agree with Maxine: let journals suggest to authors to include their OpenID. But I'm also with Deepak's comment in the "related entry": we should separate our author ID from our general online identity. I'm still brooding on how this all could be incorporated into a system where you as a researcher can update your scientific contributions yourself in a central place... - Jan Aerts

Pierre: I suppose you still need a central website/database, like researcherID.com for example (I know: not open and stuff...). Ideally you'd log in using an OpenID which would also be your researcherID. Even better: the system could function as an OpenID provider itself (that would keep your scientific identity separate from your general online identity). But the website would then have all functionality to find publications/geoloc/social networks. Am I (a) kicking in open doors or (b) making no sense? - Jan Aerts

Jan: That makes sense. Of course it would be great if the NCBI could be this OpenId provider (well, at least for the biologists... ) - Pierre Lindenbaum

Pierre: NCBI could indeed be an OpenID provider, but it should be limited to that. We need a separate entity doing the publication/geo... functionality. This is important enough that it should be the core function of the entity providing it. Also: would be nice if we could add contributions like "have helped in discussion about blabla on FriendFeed" :-). (Or is that "distracted discussion from blabla") - Jan Aerts

All you really need is a unique identifier - it could be an openid or it could be a random string. The advantage of openid is that it acts as a pointer to a service which treats you as a resource. Services can then connect that to any other information that is available. The other advantage of openid is that the provider is completely irrelevant - it can be anybody from the journal to NCBI to an institution to a third party. You're never tied into one provider. - Cameron Neylon

I'll say there was an interesting meeting early this year sponsored by CNI to bring publishers, A&I vendors (like Thompson Scientific), library reps (including OCLC and LIbrary of Congress), and others with interest in this to talk about it. OpenID was mentioned but many publishers and vendors already have their own (internal and not eager to share) identification systems. I'm not sure if anything definite came out of that meeting unfortunately (and I was there). - Sarah

Maxine, if you get this proposal rolling, your name will be legion :) - Neil Saunders

previous discussions about this subject on FF: http://tinyurl.com/6p3evw http://tinyurl.com/6m3w88 http://tinyurl.com/564amw http://tinyurl.com/5arawr http://tinyurl.com/5vnmxu - Pierre Lindenbaum

Sarah - quite a few of these points were made in the EMBO piece at the link. In fact, probably the article is a report arising from that meeting - though there is not much information of that sort, or about the author, there (ironically!). I will ask about the "display openID" and get back to you - will not be instant because one person is away until new year, but I won't forget. - Maxine

BTW there has been a lot of discussion on this in Nature over the years too - since 2006 when I started the author blog I have attempted to capture the discussion there, see: http://blogs.nature.com/nautilu... (includes Raf's correspondence in fact). - Maxine

Finally got round to blogging about this. Let me know what you think....http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs... - Chris Leonard

@Chris : in my view, this central repository (CrossRef/NCBI?) would associate this ID with a FOAF file containing all the information you want to publicity release :, your interests, your web accounts, your contacts, your publications.... - Pierre Lindenbaum

Yes, sounds good Pierre. According to the EMBO article at the link and various others, one issue is all the world's registration systems recognising the ID. Other issues, also. As we mentioned in another thread very recently, I am following up on this and it is on the agenda of a wider discussion about authorship and related issues that is going on between various journals - I will keep people posted with what I hear. - Maxine

One major problem with setting up UAIDs seems to be the identification of a single provider of these IDs, and the monopoly that would result from it. So I feel like asking a provocative question: does one really need to have only one UAID provider ? When nucleotide databases were started, new sequences were communicated either to EMBL or Genbank, or even to other, more specialised,... more... - Etienne Joly

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Twistory Adds Your Tweets to Your Calendar - AppScout - http://www.appscout.com/2009...

June 15 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Twistory supports Thunderbird, Google Calendar, Apple's iCal, and any other application that supports feeds using the iCalendar format. This means you can even download your Twitter posts to Microsoft Outlook or any other Web service you use to keep yourself organized. The service stays on top of your Twitter feed and adds your new tweets instantly, so it's not a one-time export that you have to repeat every time you say something new." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

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Would be nice for it to not be web-based. Or rather: Would be nice if someone makes some sort of script equivalent that could be run to create an ical file or something. - Jalada

@jalada: It actually does that. Sign up and see, an iCal file is one of the output options - LANjackal from IM

however it's still web-based, e.g. Twistory are trawling my tweets, rather than something I'm running myself on my machine - Jalada from IM

Hmmm well I've added the calendar feed to GCal, but nothing's showing up. It's not working for me on this end :( - LANjackal

It's working now. Guess it took a while to import all my Tweets :) - LANjackal

Cool idea :) - Svartling

I had is for some months, but it laid a heavy load on the functioning of iCal. And I realized I never ever read them back or something. It was just cool it exists. - Ruud van Wijngaarden

Twistory archiving of your Twitter updates to e.g. GoogleCalendar is better than nothing, though I find that the lack of back-link to the original Twitter status, as well as any links in the tweet not being clickable from the pop-up view in GCal are a major drawback. I have been importing my tweets into Tumblr (via the RSS feed), and it solves those two issues, though it's definitely... more... - Alex Schleber

Is there another way to sort/search my own Friendfeed (or Twitter) by date? I have Friendfeed going to Twitter, then Twistory, then Google Calendar already, but it skips some days. - Kamilah Gill

Loving this mash - Majento

Great，i try and share it - 阿石

Great, I wish emails can be sorted out this way. - TrafficBug

I've been using this for a while now and overall its pretty good, but then sometimes it just randomly stops working for a day or more. Probably a symptom of being a web-based product. - LuluGirl896 from Viigo

I have used this for about a year, intersting to go back. - Sean Oliver

Google Calendar に反映されレ無い日がある。 - Mrs.Hiromi

No sync with Google Calendar since last Tuesday. Is Twistory down? - lelapin

I really like this. Been using it for quite awhile with GCal - Melanie Reed

really a nice idea - Ian Yang

Importing Tweets into GCal will be very useful. Now my public Calendar will be updated, as well as a hard copy synced to my iPhone calendar :) - CannonGod

Frederic

Motrin Bows to Social Media Pressure From Moms - Removes Controversial Ad - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...

November 17, 2008 from ReadWriteWeb - Comment - Like - Share

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Yeah, this is a bit of a storm in a teacup, the ad was hardly "controversial". The result of this is more an example of how much noise a bunch of bloggers and twitters can make. Sure, it's not a great ad, but really, you want to take a company to task for this? One of the major amplifiers in this case was a lot of social media experts and SMORES commenting on it during providing a very... more... - karl from FriendFeed MT Plugin

What a shame that Motrin didn't seize this opportunity to connect with their customers via social media and make themselves transparent and open to communication. What a great example this is for me and other companies who want to connect with present, past and future customers! We http://www.heponline.com/ are very much into open communication on sites like twitter, facebook & friendfeed! Thanks for the post. - Janet Crance

Robert Scoble

I just saw http://www.my6sense.com/website... and it is a personal Techmeme for your Iphone except it learns. Coming "within days." Awesome!

July 28 from iPhone - Comment - Like - Share

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yeah, a personalized step closer to that "right context" i'm referring to. - Yann Ropars

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Super! - Amir

Looks like a great idea! On a side note, tho — I'm always a little annoyed that iPhone app sites aren't optimized for mobile (iPhone Safari, at least) display. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ from iPhone

please don't laugh at me guys, just opened my first iphone but I cannot even make a call or anything, I get no service. Do I have to call o2? - Mark

Been using it, and it rocks. you will all enjoy. - Scott Klauminzer

My6Sense is another really interesting app, but remains iPhone only. I know we're seeing a variety of apps like that. The same holds in reverse for Blackberry only apps. I wish there was a better mix of cross platform tools so we could use the same ones on our Blackberries and iPods. Not likely any time soon. - Ken Camp

Mark: the iPhone should already have a sim in it but if it doesn't you need a small paper clip to open the iPhone drawer at the top of the phone. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Ken: they will port it eventually. Picking one platform to develop on makes sense. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

thanks Rob! Had to insert sim card myself but the iphone manual "Finger Tips" doesn't actually tell you how ;P P.S sorry for hijacking your thread, but im excited to make my first post on my iphone on friendfeed - Mark

They have a mobile web version that predates the iPhone native app. iphone.my6sense.com, so it should be no trouble to add platforms - Scott Klauminzer

iphone.my6sense.com is great. Can't wait to see the app. - metalerik

When/will it be available in the app store? - Amir

Amir: We're shooting for a release on Thursday, but ultimately it's up to the App Store's approval process (which is unpredictable to say the least). - Brian Remmel

Robert, I'm not sure I agree they will port it. I agree they've made those noises, but in reality, there are *very* few companies porting anything between iPhone and BB. And by the time they get too it, my take is that it will be to catch up to a competitor who's beat them to other platform (in the case of porting either direction). Competition is the driver really. And losing face or... more... - Ken Camp

Scott: I know they have a web version. I use a Blackberry, and any web version of any service is useless in general. The browser is the weakest link in Blackberry. Functional but not strong at all. - Ken Camp

Brian: I know what you mean. - Amir

Damnit, I got beat to the punch once again. Another breed of relevant personal search powered by our browsing - Mark Essel from iPhone

people-powered search has a lot to be said for it... harder to game the system than google... - Fred Davis

Looking forward to loading this. Have to many "feeds" apps on my iPhone. Hope this means I can reduce them to something workable. - Jamie Craig from Nambu

Jamie: Will be available soon - hope you enjoy it! - Barak Hachamov

Just checked their site out, it looks sensational. I'll probably buy although I have just forked out of a NewsReader last week which, I have to say I'm completely delighted with, "RSS Flash G." The lack of a landscape browser in NNW just proved too much to bear but I'm glad in a way because without that irritant I wouldn't have found RSSFlashG. RSSFlashG is a very feature rich... more... - JSLeFanu

David: THANKS! you don't need to buy it. It will be for free. We will add more features in the next version. - Barak Hachamov

I'm surprised to find out that my Digital Intuition is hot, but also has an annoying voice :( - Tech Introvert

Barak, even better. TBH the app store is so insanely competitive in terms of pricing I don't mind paying for the good stuff. I don't t begrudge RSSFLASHG people the €3.99 for the app (I actually consider it to be worth more). My issue with the appstore is all the useless stuff I've bought. The stuff I actually do use is, if anything, cheaper than it should be and at the same time I've... more... - JSLeFanu

I am trying my6sense out right now, but it's making me really nervous to enter passwords for all my social media accounts. - Scott Magoon

Scott, please keep us posted on how it goes. Btw, I'm guessing you have a preview copy or else it has hit the app store in your part of the world a deal more quickly than it has over here in Ireland. - JSLeFanu

Anymore news on this anyone? Scott did you overcome your concerns about feeding this app your Social Networking codes? It's a concern I didn't even have until you raised it so I've been checking back here to see how you got on? Is your silence indicative of a disaster, or is your mind now at peace with the world again on this issue, and if so why? - JSLeFanu from BuddyFeed

David, I did not overcome my concern about typing so many logins into My6sense. I abandoned the setup process. Also, I wasn't using the app, but accessing the mobile page (iphone.my6sense.com) via my iPod touch. Maybe it shouldn't bother me so much, but that Twitter stolen documents thing has made me nervous. - Scott Magoon

Scott thanks for the response. I'd be interested to know what type of reassurance someone like Barak could provide that would make you more comfortable about this? I suppose that's a question that applies to users like you and developers like the My6Sense people. This looks like an app for the geekiest among us and, no offense, you're probably, like most people on FF, geeky. So you're... more... - JSLeFanu from BuddyFeed

Tech Introvert: Well, I'm your digital intuition....so thanks! But that is not my real voice...it's pitched higher than usual :-) Didn't you watch the interview with Scoble? - Ilana Gurman

Scott, David: thanks for bringing this up. We'll actually be converting to the OAuth Protocol in just a couple of weeks (although our current database securely holds your SN credentials, no worries) so this will help you to feel more comfortable about accessing your social streams and/or sharing messages on them via my6sense. Regardless, you can enjoy the service by adding regular RSS... more... - Barak Hachamov

Barak thanks for the response. I guess "OAuth Protocol" is a good thing (frankly I haven't a clue) but I don't know how bad a thing no OAuth Protocol actually is. I'll be downloading the app in any case and, depending on what, if any, further information attaches to this discussion, and my own level of paranoia on the day, I'll be signing up for some, or all, of the service. I'm... more... - JSLeFanu

any update on this application. I've been checking into AppStore every day or two since and still no sign. I know the approval process can be drawn out but the overshoot on my6sense eta is mega at this stage. - JSLeFanu from BuddyFeed

David: Thanks for checking in. We're still pending approval but do expect it to happen any day now. As @dhrac would say, "they're testing our buddha skills" ;) Frustrating as it is, we're exercising a great amount of patience and we look forward to delivering digital intuition your way..! Will keep you posted :-) - Ilana Gurman from email

Ilana, thanks for getting back on us on that, best if luck and I hope they upload it soon. - JSLeFanu

I'm pleased to be first with the news my6sense has landed in the app store, at least in the Ireland AppStore anyway. Just downloaded it now. Don't know if I'll get a chance to play with it for a while but for those who are interested it's there waiting for you. - JSLeFanu

Thank you David! We are super excited about this. We actually planned on officially notifying everyone tomorrow so we could get in a bit more testing in...Hope you enjoy it, and please please get in touch with your feedback!! Cheers :-) - Ilana Gurman

Mona Nomura

No Regrets: The Best, Worst, & Most Ridiculous Tattoos Ever - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...

April 27 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Iván Abrego, Bret Taylor, Marco and 58 other people liked this

HOLY CRAP these tattoos LOL!! - Mona Nomura

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WTH? - Darren Heydon

Well, at least it's not backwards - Rodfather

The Nike Swoosh and the Jesus "OMG LOL" made my jaw DROP. - Mona Nomura

hahahaha - Shevonne

At least they ended it with a unicorn chaser. Sorta. - invariant - farewell FF

ew ew ew is that hair growing from a mole? what does he do? comb it? - BEX

That's a stamp if ever I saw one & I'm NO tatoo specialist but, Teachers know stamps!!! - Disa Albanese

Oh sheesh - Mike Nayyar

What. The. Hell. - Zach Flauaus

This is one slide show worth looking through. The entire gallery made me EL OH EL. - Mona Nomura

One more from Alejandro http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news... - Mona Nomura

I'm sorry but the "OMG <insert Jesus image here> LOL" one made me laugh. - Nicholas Kreidberg

And the Lacoste OMG - Mona Nomura

I laughed at OMG Jesus LOL, but they had me at Patrick Swayze centaur Chippendale tattoo. - Andy Bakun

I love the stoned Pegasus unicorn sex with rainbows. - Sparky

XAXAXAXAXAXA - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I have to share this w/my sis so she has some sort of defense about why hers "isn't that bad" when dad freaks out - Sarah Perez

I love these collections. Makes me feel better about my own choices. - Nurse Katie

<----- I'm With Stupid - Mike Lewis

Some people get the most idiotic tats. lol - orionstarr

wow just wow - Alfredo

in my view, any and every tattoo is deplorable, rather disgusting para-culture .. where did it start? in prison, with gangs? ... and tattoo on a lady is doubly questionable, and unelegant ... I mean, where is this world going to? - Petr Buben

Petr - tattoos can be beautiful works of art, it's just that they often are not. - Sparky

Petr, tattoos have been around as long as man. Tattoos have been found on mummified bodies from as early as neolithic times and present in cultures around the world. These are awesome though! I love bad tattoos :) - Jason

Petr, you are very judgmental and I'm not just talking about this thread. You need to relax a little. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I am judgmental, yes ... relaxed,also ... was it over the line what I said about tattooes? ..../////. IF the comment was over the rules, would the esteemed author of the post please delete it :] other than that, thank you for the advice :] - Petr Buben

KICK ASS FACE TATTOO - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

This book is available for the Kindle. Seems like the pictures would be the main draw, and I don't find that the Kindle is all that great for pictures, at least illustrations. Anyone have the Kindle version want to comment? - Andy Bakun

Robert Scoble

#gnomedex "Surface" badge sex: - http://ourdoings.com/roberts...

August 21 from Robert Scoble - Comment - Like - Share

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Annother cool innovation at Gnomedex: everyone has a little card. You drop it on the Microsoft Surface table. Then you can drag your contact info to other people's cards. It is badge sex. A lot more fun than business cards. - Robert Scoble

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I totally want one of those surface tables. Let's go MS, drive that price down so I can have one in my living room. - Ryan Jones

Very cool. What Swine Flu?! ;-) - LA

It's definitely a sexy demo. - mikepk

BADGE SECKS!!!! - Andru Edwards

Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

FriendFeed did WHAT?! - http://pikchur.com/t30

August 10 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Chris Hofmann, Amir, EricaJoy and 179 other people liked this

A picture is worth a thousand words and this is no exception. Well "said" Rah. - Nicholas Kreidberg

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About the only laugh I've had today. Thanks Rah! I needed that. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

this picture rocks - Violet Mae Lim

Amen. - Yolanda

++ Rasheen. - Jimminy Fuller

Totally excellent! - Warren Butler

lol, I know right - Wayne Sutton

Your reaction is priceless :) - Jeunelle Foster

The iconic Rahsheen face. Good for a number of occasions. - Hutch Carpenter

Yes...definitely applies for various occasions :) - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

That's the face :) - Micah Wittman

Hahaha - Rodfather

that picture kills me LOL! :D - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

What's weird is he's wearing a shirt! - anna sauce

lollllllllllllllllllllll - Mellissa Claus

If RahRah is wearing a shirt, hell must be freezing over! - imabonehead

Rah needs to do a video like I did. - Outsanity

best avatar eva!!! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Love that expression man :D - Praveen Vasudev

ahahahah :D - Sinan İŞLER

ahaha excellent expression! - Jacque

*bump* This is so perfect. - Andrew Smith

hey man this is really perfect =) - Ahmet UZUN

Retitled: 2 Social Networks and a cup, reax - Christopher Galtenberg from iPhone

I gave this a "like" yesterday, but every time I scroll past it I have to laugh all over again! Great shot! - Mark "DerBingle" J

HUH ? - johnpiercy

OH MY GOD!! that look is priceless. I know that look! - Scratch5150

Love it! Great face!! - Mitchell Tsai

hahaha man that facial expression is damn priceless !! - Bora Mesut PALAS

Jejeje - Stalyn☂

They took the 50 mil and went to San Mateo without us..... - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

...but I LOVE this pic!!!! - WorldofHiglet

Seriously - it makes me LOL everytime I see it! - WorldofHiglet

Bwana ☠

FeedFace?!!?!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!! (Edit: Thanks Brian)

August 10 - Comment - Like - Share

Bebekvegebelik, Hunt, Jason A. Samfield and 218 other people liked this

I wanna laugh but can't! - vijay

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come on... really? - Andrew Smith

Feedface more likely - Brian Sullivan

lol Feedface! - Fee501st

Well.... FriendFeed is going to start to suck very soon >:O - Gamerx287

it's facefeed - ben bloch

:D - zsafwan 

Updated. :) - Bwana ☠

:( - Josh Haley

:( - FFTornado

damn that pic really describes what i feel lol - Edgar Rodríguez

Could be a good thing, just hope they don't change much. - David Bain

I just clicked 'like' but I can definitively say that I truly 'unlike' this development. - berchman

"Damn you Salazar!" - not sure why that quote popped into my head with this pic. - Rob Diana

The first social site where I really feel comfortable... *sniffles* - Yolanda

I think this is a good thing for both FriendFeed and Facebook, and bad for Twitter. - Kirkland Reynolds

@berchman I like the "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!" ;) - taline

Seriously, my jaw is still open - Bwana ☠

s'cuse me, i gotta go vomit again. - Joe Silence is not Santa

still sitting here stun and confused - Kim Landwehr

I bet the API will be taken down as well. - David Bain

"Where does all this blood on my shirt come from...? OH NO!! I was SHOT!!!" :( - Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic

Already named by Bwana. LOL - Michael Fidler

the worlds cats association stages a strike over this buyout... am sooo joining it!! - Gtp19

My reaction.exactly! - Krishnamoorthy

That is me right now. - Lurking Grue

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH it's a bit hard to laugh :-( - Dobromir Hadzhiev

That's why I pulled out the cat Dobromir. We need to laugh around this :) - Bwana ☠

OMG i just read this and am freaking out... . *gasp* - Susan Beebe

XD I mean >___< - Nia

ADS! here they come ! waaaaaa - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

Facefeed ... yea thats what i think its going to be :) - Bhowmik Shah

First I was like :o then I was like :/ then I was like :( - Jemm

Oprah, Aston and Demi! I can't wait! NOT! Bwana: You'd have got a like from me if not for the cat pic. - Dale

Doubtful it will be good... - Rick Cogley

Funny cat picture, tho. - Rick Cogley

Aahahah.. that's it! I think it will be good to lunch FF to another level. - PiresMachine

Hez took the wordz outta my mouth - sofarsoShawn

Arleen Anderson

I am SOOO tired of Twitter having issues! I wish more of my friends there were here on FriendFeed!!!

August 11 - Comment - Like - Share

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You need to start telling them about FF, I like the format as well, because you can follow the conversation. - David Cole

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Hello! - Chris

depends on how much longer FF sticks around for... - Kim

Chris subscribed to ya! Mahalo! David - I DO! I tell them at least once a day to join me here for a more in depth conversation. I even stopped one conversation cold this morning and told him it belonged here not on Twitter. - Arleen Anderson

Kim - sadly it is a concern. I just see FB messing up FF in the future... and people don't want to keep jumping networks. - Arleen Anderson

I so agree! Tired of Twitter Twissues! - Jeff Hurt

FriendFeed is a MUCH better communication arena, but it's just not as "catchy". Very little customization. - Nick Armstrong

My Twitter is running soooo slowly. - Jason Pollock

I'm here :o) - Kimberle Kelly

Sadly, no need to tell anyone about FF anymore - We've been sold out :-( - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Jason! Chrome says Twitter... that link is BROKEN! LOL! - Arleen Anderson

Jeff, Nick, Kimberly... Twitter's twashy twerrible architecture will be the death of it! - Arleen Anderson

This IS getting kind of old! - Stephen Kruiser

Jennifer sadly I agree... but there must be something we can do! - Arleen Anderson

So what could we do @Arleen? - Jeff Hurt

Okay let's go get everybody HERE where we can have real discussions... then we can plan our Long Term strategy for Citizen Journalism! They won't do away with this FF for at least a few months! - Arleen Anderson

All ideas for saving a FF like community (or if we must plan a mass migration) post HERE! - Arleen Anderson

yeah FF is cool, hope it doesn't change now that FB bought it, hope it gets better...not sure why twitter keeps going down,but FF seems more reliable&works w/twhirl, FB doesn't - Patty from twhirl

At least we have each other here... @ least 4 the time being on FF... How're you, Arleen? - CarolAnnB

Oh Me 2. I feel like I'm to loud for the small room. LOL - Carol Rambo

...maybe Twitter's just gotten too big to be supported by just one company? imagine if all telecom service was run by just AT&T. Twitter needs legitimate competition, so that it's millions of users (and growing) don't constantly get inconenienced by inevitable systems problems, hacker attacks, etc. - .LAG liked that

I believe it will be a bi difficult to get everyone over here...Worth a shot though. We ARE going to need to make a change since it seems that Twitter is impotent in running a dependable service. - Alonis

This has been bugging me today too, Arleen. Of course the last time it wasn't an issue with them so much as it was an outside attack upon their servers. - Harold Paxton

Patty, CarolAnn, Carol, Lag, Alonis... we have a finite (and unknown) amount of time to DO something. FF has a simple reliable platform that works well for connection and discussion. But, w/ FB it will eventually be integrated and get cumbersome like FB is! So... we need something else ya? What do you really want/need most in a network community? These guys only care about real time search and how much $$$ they get for that. - Arleen Anderson

Twitter is working again.... - Claudia Rahanmetan

Hey twitter is working fine now check out :) - cheth

Yay! Now to reload tweetdeck. - Harold Paxton

Mahalo Arleen, yes I do believe we need a better platform, this is why I do jump in with both feet on some of the app's. I'm always looking. I do have a lot of tech's that I follow as do you. I'm interested, if you find better, you will let us know, right? LOL - Carol Rambo

FF seems like the best alternative right now to twitter,as long as it doesn't change,not sure what else is out there similar to twitter - Patty from twhirl

I hang my head in shame as I bounced over to Twitter the minute it was up... problem is: though I ADORE and value the awesome conversations with you here... there are others I don't want to ignore on Twitter... so split... damn FB for buying FF! - Arleen Anderson

Okay, I'm kind of feeling like a Yo-Yo with twitter today. - Harold Paxton

Why Harold! Are you a Twitter Yo-Yo or a Twitter Ho?? *giggle* - Arleen Anderson

I'm trying to use friendfeed for the week and seeing how it works out. I just wish there was more apps for it. - Robert Alex

LOL Thanks a lot, Arleen! I think I may be both!! Looks like Twitter is working on the web side of things for me. but the tweetdeck is problematic. - Harold Paxton

Robert I found with the grouping ability and the discussion threads - there's no need for much in the way of user apps here. It's so simple clean and USABLE! Do use the grouping features both for "friends" and "Groups" and have fun with real discussions you can follow! Harold, TweetDeck doesn't work w/ my follower count. I tweet via the Web! - Arleen Anderson

Thanks for the advice to, Robert, Arleen. That's helpful for me too! - Harold Paxton

Do you have any groups you recommend? - Harold Paxton

Harold, I'm in te Hawaii group of course to see my local Ohana! And with the BlackBerry group cause I have one, and with Backlink free and Audiophile... but those are just my personal interests. I also like tech stuff but am in many on Facebook. I organized my friends here in groups depending on what they talk about most. - Arleen Anderson

I do enjoy the groups feature a lot. That only may get me to switch. - Robert Alex

Okay. Thanks, Arleen. I appreciate the info :-) - Harold Paxton

So Robert is asking people if they're leaving FF. Without a plan guys we got same 'ol same 'ol... so WHAT is important to you?? - Arleen Anderson

Roger that Arleen, signed up 15 minutes ago as "backup." I echo your sentiments exactly. - Paul Roberts

FF more important to me as aggregator of my other content but as Twitter has issues I'm liking the communication interface I think twitter still be my primary - WarLord

Welcome to FriendFeed Roger! - Arleen Anderson

Yes, I intend to periodically post a tweet that says, "FEED ME! http://friendfeed.com/tekee" - Ted S

I LOVE Ted's tweet! Works! I didn't know I wasn't subscribed to you and now I am! - Arleen Anderson

you are not alone in that... - Dan

I am a member but haven't really used this too much. Does it work like Twitter? - Beverly Monical

Beverly, yes, but with threads and no whales. - Marco Neves

Yeah, FriendFeed is so much faster in posting, too. I love it. Let's start the next wave in social media! Twitter has jumped the shark. :) - LisaGemini

Robert Scoble

Oh my this video of Hitler discovering FriendFeed's sale to Facebook NAILS it. Hillarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Oh my this video of Hitler discovering FriendFeed's sale to Facebook NAILS it. Hillarious. http://bit.ly/nDkGv

August 11 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Whoever did that was on FriendFeed a long time. Appreciate all the humor! - Robert Scoble

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We still have Plurk, ha! - Michael Ryan

This was originally form Mark Trapp: http://friendfeed.com/itafrom... - Matt Mastracci

F'ing fabulous!! - Larry Hawes

Plurk is just as worthless, especially with the hole Karma Bullshit. - Matt Ruiz

Thank you, thank you: I'll be here all week! Be sure to tip your waitress; try the veal! - Mark Trapp

The inside jokes are great, was LOL this morning. - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Abso-effing-lutely hilarious :-) - Ritesh Lal

Damn. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

"We still have Plurk" haha - Patrik Johansson

I have seen this vid with so many different sub titles, and its always hilarious. - Jordan Patterson

OMG! Great! - Jason Miller

"We Still Have Plurk!" Hahahahahahahahha! - Hugh McCallion

Hysterical! (At first I thought this (FB swallowing FF) was bad for Twitter - but maybe Twitter will end up the real winner. (Such a depressing thought.) - Matthew Blaisdell

Laughed so hard I cried. - Erica OGrady

If FriendFeed got big independently, you would have FriendFeed spam just like you get poked or you get trash messages on Facebook. It's the nature of the beast. - Michelle

Thanks for the humor. I needed to laugh today. - Jeunelle Foster

Mark, I forwarded this to a friend - film school graduate, not a Friendfeed user. He loved it. Great job. - John Craft

Ahahah excellent ! - Jacque

this meme never gets old - Victor Barriga

hahahah - Sinan İŞLER

Hahahaha!! That is hilarious! - zephyrlily

Robert Scoble

The problem with Facebook for public conversations - http://www.facebook.com/note...

August 11 from Facebook - Comment - Like - Share

David Sanger, Iván Abrego, ravi karandeekar and 15 other people liked this

I bet that's an interesting post, but I'm not logging into FB to see it. (which is possibly part of the point). - Ken Kennedy

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me neither. logging in alone won´t work. i am sure we have to be friends, am i right? - Flynn (Michael A. Volz)

Typical FB experience--this link just drops me on FB's main feed. (Is THAT the problem?) - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

If you're already logged in to Facebook the link drops you onto your Home page. If you're not a Friend of Robert you can't access the post. That's the problem. - Gilbert Harding

Exactly! But the post is worth a read on Scobleizer: http://scobleizer.com/2009... - Eric Johnson

that's the difference between ff and fb. you can call it as problem too - alper*

I responded on facebook! Definitely an issue with it not being public. - Sheryl

Good points. Ff to me is my information source, where I can also read other people's views and articles which interest them. I use facebook to keep in touch with family and old friends. 90% of friends on facebook are either old high school friends or family - most of which don't share same interests as me. Which is why I use twitter and ff to find and comment on information posted by those who share my interests (without neccessarily being their 'friend'). - Jamie Craig from iPhone

I see my home feed.. Meanwhile, here on Friendfeed, I see a conversation - Andrew Terry

Robert, not read yet as I can't come up for more than a gulp of air today, but yes, I agree with as much as your meme says. So let me state why this move to Facebook is difficult for me personally. Facebook is an entirely different animal than the pub-room atmosphere that FreindFeed is. FF is like walking into the bar and sitting in the booth or at the bar (not that I do that sort of... more... - Melanie Reed

I can't open this link? weird Robert - please make your notes viewable to everyone :) - Susan Beebe

Yeah frustrating.. can't get to the place on FB either. Have to go to scobleizer. Hate jumping through so many hoops. But point is what conversations? The average Jane or John Doe doesn't even have enough friends to facilitate a broad conversation on FB. - cheapsuits

This shows exactly the bad user experience in FB. If you don´t know what´s going on, you really don´t get any info from FB. Landing on my homepage without any warning is "ugly" - Flynn (Michael A. Volz)

Well, yes, you have to join (or login to FB) to see anything but a public profile (vanity URL) or public page. You can view the page but not interact with it unless logged in. FB doesn't give you the luxury of the "2week remember me" before logging back in again. A day perhaps. ;) It's also all about understanding FB networks and how they work and the levels of privacy available in your... more... - Melanie Reed

Robert, this particular link is originating from your FB profile not your Fan page? At any rate, for me it redirects me to my FB Home Feed (on which you don't appear) ind. So your note must be testing how selective it can be? - Melanie Reed

Yep. Facebook's disadvantage to you in this case is its strength in another. Because it is a double-confirmation system you have a closed, private group. It can foster more "intimacy" in that sense. Twitter on the other extreme is mostly a broadcast model and is poor for conversations. Friendfeed kind of fit in the middle with the benefit of ease of following (single opt-in) and the... more... - Scott Magoon

Maybe robert was making a point by deliberately linking to a page that's not open... - Ken Power from iPhone

Just trying to read this article on Facebook proves the point. You don't even have to read the article LOL. - Hunt from BuddyFeed

hahaha good point - Flynn (Michael A. Volz)

We're comparing apples to bananas to oranges - FB is a "true" social networking site that happens to have micro-blogging features. Twitter is a micro-blogging sites that has minimal social networking features. FF is a content aggregation site that has extensive micro-blogging and minimal social networking features. The problem is content discovery... which hopefully will resolve itself as FB evolves. - Ankush Narula

LOL, my internet provider blocked me from facebook. I'm going to have to view the note elsewhere. Grrr. Or better yet, I'll just visit your blog. Why didn't I think about that? Oh it's 4:14 am.. I need sleep. - Captain Jack

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