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“Market snapshots: three hours ago and now.”

September 29 at 11:17 am - Link

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Says it all: http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=184... - Morgan Warstler

wow - that'll do it.... - Susan Beebe

l0ckergn0me posted an entry on Discussion Forum - Geeks!

What is your dream car?

September 29 at 4:42 am - Link

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Red MGA soft top with V8 conversion - John Worthington

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I can't pick just one, but for purposes of discussion, the Porsche 959. http://tinyurl.com/4p4qdy - steplow is Steve

1965 GTO white convertible, the car I learned to drive on. - Denise

2009 BMW M3 Sedan - Daniel Miessler

Aston Martin DB9 - AJ Batac ♘

Renault Espace - marcantonio severgnini

R34 or R35 GT-R - Mo "Killer Bee" Kargas

78 Trans Am would be fun to have: http://www.chooseyouritem.com/... - Yolanda

Veyron - Mark VandenBerg

A Limo with a driver. - Paul via twhirl

One that has a gas tank filled for eternity. - Michael Kogelman

Bugatti Veyron or Merc Black - Stephen Pierzchala

1953 Lincoln Cosmopolitan http://tinyurl.com/3nesne - Joey Gibson

The New Chevy Camaro - Jaemi Kehoe

One that doesn't need gas. - IAmGHOSTBLOGGER.com-BradW

Either the Bugatti Veyron or an Aston Martin Vanquish - Kol Tregaskes

'69 Convertible Shelby Mustang, really it's not too much to ask for damn it! - Damien Franco

Porsche 911, any model or VW Karmann Ghia, early 70's models. - Carmen

Mini Cooper S (the old kind) - Grant Fitzgerald

I've been lusting after the Bugatti Veyron since the Top Gear folks demoed its top speed. I'd be afraid to actually drive it on the street, but boy, wouldn't it be cool to have... - Garrett Fitzgerald

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Creationists unfit to teach science: Kroto

September 28 at 3:46 pm - Link

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the big bang fundamentalists differ only in the small step from faith to evidence .. but there is a long way to go on this road .. we are still in neanderthal times - Gregory Lent

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GL -- "big bang fundamentalists" is an oxymoron. Big bang theories are based on the latest and best empirical data, and are subject to endless revision and outright discarding in light of the continuing stream of new data. Science uses more rigorous truth standards than religion for understanding the structures and processes of the physical world. - Sean McBride

yes i understand that sean ... i sometimes park out in the future about 500 years and look back, and realize how dumb we will appear to that time ... and already cracks in the big bang theory are starting to show up, at least in the area that there was something before, and even empiricism is not going to last forever ... "knowing" itself will change as we understand the relationship between consciousness, individuality, mind, matter, reality ... - Gregory Lent

Imagining all kinds of things is great fun, but doing science requires a bit more discipline. Science requires moving one careful step at a time, and testing all your beliefs against reality. I'm a full-spectrum kind of guy -- I respect both left-brain and right-brain approaches to understanding the universe. But pure imagination, ungrounded in rigorous method, is not science. - Sean McBride

I don't think that there is such a thing as right brain or left brain thinking. Your brain filters everything through the emotional processes at some level, which is why you get a feeling in your gut when doing a math problem for instance that tells you whether it is right or wrong. And most of the brain you have no direct control over anyhow. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Alex -- all cognitive processes may be emotional at the root. I was using "left-brain" and "right-brain" mainly in a metaphorical way to refer to the polarities of hard science and engineering on the one hand and arts, literature, humanities, etc. on the other. Great scientists use the same intuitive, imaginative and emotional channels that drive great art and literature, I think. Textbook definition: "left brain/right brain: logical/random, sequential/intuitive, rational/holistic, analytical/synthesizing, objective/subjective, looks at part/looks at whole." - Sean McBride

Gregory, don't you think the kinds of knowledge are different? Understanding "consciousness, individuality, mind, matter, reality" won't produce the periodic table and it won't reveal the ultimate nature of energy. Insight and deduction hit a wall that empiricism leaps over for material understanding. - todd

Alex, did you watch "Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight"(http://www.ted.com/index.php/t...)? My understanding is the brain creates a synthesis between the two sides. Specialized networks link and the same stimuli is analyzed by many brain regions for specific tasks and results are selected by competition. The synthesis/weighting can be influenced by training, situation, genetics, and brain damage. The brain is pretty programmable. - todd

Science differs from other types of knowledge because of reproducibility. Given the right books, some basic materials from Radio Shack, and enough time, you and I could also directly witness the cosmic background radiation that supports the idea that the Big Bang is the most plausible cause for the creation of the universe. - Victor Ganata

In the case of many "mystical" states of consciousness, it is difficult to reproduce what was unable to be measured the first time around. What a great concept: reproducibility. - Sean McBride

Victor -- if I may be purely intuitive for a moment: I sense something huge and vast surrounding the big bang and this particular universe. Sense = feel very deeply, with near certitude. But of course that is not science. - Sean McBride

Contrary to popular belief, intuition is probably quite widely used by scientists. It's probably how most hypotheses are generated. The entire theory of General Relativity was almost entirely crafted through intuition. But intuition is useless if you can't turn it into an actual experiment that can be readily replicated by other people. Einstein would simply be another eccentric wacko if not for the thousands of other scientists who crafted experiments that found corroborating evidence for his theories. - Victor Ganata

a mystic accepts science, because mysticism is broad and all-inclusive .. a scientist does not accept mysticism because of the characteristics of the discipline that you all mention .... it is like a person who can accept all religions as true, but a fundamentalist within any one of them cannot, and despises the broad-minded ... science is fundamentalist by its nature, structure, codes, adherence to certain fundamentals ... nothing wrong with that, but good to recognize it .. reality is larger than science - Gregory Lent

religion needs belief, science needs proof, mysticism needs direct experience ... - Gregory Lent

No, science is not fundamentalist, nor does it exclude any kind of experience or aspect of reality. It also puts a high priority on direct experience and observation. Science focuses on that area of reality that is subject to the scientific method, measurement, testing, reproducibility, etc. It turns out that science has been a highly productive and interesting human endeavor. If there are more advanced civilizations out there in the universe, no doubt they have bootstrapped themselves to that position through the discovery and application of science to the physical universe. - Sean McBride

You see, guys, I've blocked Gregory, so all I see here is sane thought. It's much more relaxing that way. - Alexander Carlill

sean you exactly make my point ... "Science focuses on that area of reality that is subject to the scientific method, measurement, testing, reproducibility, etc." ... what does it do with the other areas of realtiy? - Gregory Lent

Science doesn't pretend to have much to do with areas of reality and experience that aren't subject to scientific analysis and investigation. But what science does it tends to do very well. - Sean McBride

yeah, that is without doubt ... funny reactions in this thread when i suggested the great god science has limits ... - Gregory Lent

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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“Milan is really close to walking. It is fun to watch humans bootstrap.”

August 14 at 3:34 pm - Link

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Totally agreed - Emotion Tad

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watch you! Ulisse first learned to climb then to walk. Now (18 months) he's doing both extremely well. :) - Federico Bolsoman

How old is Milan? - Mike Fruchter

11 months today. - Robert Scoble

Wow, that's a great milestone Robert. My little girl is 3 months this week. We are still on the "tummy time" phase. - Mike Fruchter

Congrats! - Prolific Programmer

lovely. hope you are backupping this little miracle day by day by pictures and movies :) - Elvira

@Mike. three months, time flies! Is she sleeping through the night yet? http://tinyurl.com/6ysasd - Capn' "One-Eye" Longman ☠

Awww... I hope you catch his first steps on camera! :) - Daynah

@Geoff, wow that's a memorable tweet. She is not sleeping through the night consistently yet. She is getting close, she can go about 6 hours without waking up, that's 3-4 nights a week currently. - Mike Fruchter

precious moments buddy. ;) - Rodney Rumford

Cool! Holly is just about crawling....doing that one arm, one leg balancing thing that makes me laugh so much. - Chris Nixon

Once they walk everything's within reach and when they add climbing to walking, it's a bit like an alien invasion. - Halley Suitt

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[Washington Post]: McCain's Focus on Georgia Raises Question of Propriety

August 15 at 3:47 am - Link

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"The extent of McCain's involvement in the military conflict in Georgia appears remarkable among presidential candidates, who traditionally have kept some distance from unfolding crises out of deference to whoever is occupying the White House. The episode also follows months of sustained GOP criticism of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who was accused of acting too presidential for, among other things, briefly adopting a campaign seal and taking a trip abroad that included a huge rally in Berlin." - newsjunk.com

Robert Scoble posted a message on identi.ca

“identi.ca is one place my wife and son don't yet hang out. So it's one place I can escape and be myself. Heheh.”

July 24 at 11:03 pm - Link

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cute LOL - Mona N.

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at how many places a person can be there at a same time ? before it was twitter then friendfeed and now identi.ca :) - Abhishek

Don't worry, they'll catch on. - Louie

They'll be on there, too, before you know it. ;-) - Cathryn Hrudicka

two-timing bastid ;-) - JodyC

Abhishek: you gotta get Twhirl, then you can be in four places at once! - Robert Scoble

If only you didn't crosspost to FF (which nullifies your assertion). ;) - l0ckergn0me

l0ckergn0me I wish you would spell your name in some way that's easy to type. But, yeah, you're right. I forgot that my identi.ca messages are brought into FriendFeed. - Robert Scoble

Except that it posts to FriendFeed - so it's kind of like hanging out someplace with a 2-way mirror ;) - Lucretia Pruitt

LOL - I was thinking the same thing. My wife knows everything I do because of Twitter. She's going to be clueless if I stop posting there. - Jesse Stay via twhirl

Robert, when are you not yourself? heh - Daynah

Try ping.fm. You can say the same thing at the same time at a lot of places. - Rutger Blom

never heard of identi.ca, what is it anyway?? but, being on FF and Twitter at same time using one program is more than enough, I guess.. - Sebastiaan van den Akker via twhirl

Sebastiaan, identi.ca is another microblog. http://identi.ca - Daynah

Yeah, just checked it out, kind of like twitter without the fail whale issues? - Sebastiaan van den Akker via twhirl

Yes.. and without the user database too. It seems to be working well, but personally, I only post on Twitter, Friendfeed, and random stuff at Plurk. - Daynah

I hear ya!! One good thing about having a small userbase :) You can worry less about all of the eyeballs. Unless of course you add the identi.ca account to Frienfeed :)) - Danilo da Silva

LOL - fbrunel

Talked my wife into not blogging three times so far ... Whew :) "Why does my husband sit in front of that thing for hours every day .... Does yours?" - Charlie Anzman

:) - mhmazidi

So you're honoring your word to stevegillmor to bring everyone on over? ;) Well, everyone except said individuals. - Dr. Apps via twhirl

lol - right http://tinyurl.com/scoble-iden... ;) - mike "glemak" dunn

@robert - so you aren't being yourself at all other times? - Jeremy Toeman

I'm debating linking it to FriendFeed actually - Sarah Perez

Here we go. identi.ca is next. - Andrew Baron

I can hang out on Jaiku. No one knows me there. :) - Morton Fox

there goes the (identi.ca) neighborhood [Scobleizer will drive down property values] <g> - ron k jeffries

Well there goes identi.ca . If Leo Laporte gets on it too, we're going down. *snickers* - Candace Holly

I like identi.ca because, as a developer, if anything does go wrong, I can at least have some part in fixing it. Twitter is closed doors, all the way. - Jesse Stay via twhirl

this is really funny - John Tarter

Dave "Maverick" Winer published a photo on Flickr

Wow what a picture.

July 24 at 3:01 pm - Link

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if Hitler could only see "his people" now - Ranjit Mathoda

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I super-like this. It's quite amazing to see that large mass of people in front of Barack Obama. - possible248

Mind if I say that this people most probably aren't "his" people?! (btw he was born in Austria, if we'd only knew *SCNR*) - Michael Klier

Reuters is reporting 200k came to the speech. - Rex Hammock via twhirl

@Ranjit, sorry, but that was a rather stupid comment, +1 to what Michael said - Gina Häußge

if @Ranjit's point is that it's great to see how far humankind has come in terms of racial/ethnic equality, then I agree. But regardless, kind of an insensitive way to put it. - graham mudd

Amazing! - Bill Sodeman

I don't care what anyone says. Both McCain and Bush have to be wicked envious. - AJ Kohn

Have you seen the original size? Almost everyone has a camera! Whoa! - AJ Batac ♘

Hitler identified with the Germanic people, Stalin identified with the Russian people. to me all such definitions are kind of stupid, what with us being 5% removed from the chimpanzee. but such people have always tried to establish boundaries and a monolithic identity within such boundaries. a picture/event like this puts a lie to such separations. i wish people, like Hitler, could see how far the future is from the "truth" they saw - Ranjit Mathoda

graham, i don't think people have come that far in terms of racial/ethnic equality if they are still defining separate races/ethnic groups. i do think we are happy being mostly nicer to people of "other" groups, but that's not quite the same. check out an online dating site and see how many people prefer to date people of a particular group. - Ranjit Mathoda

Throughout the speech there are jabs at the Germans. I'm surprised they were still clapping when he mentioned "Never Again!".... in Darfur. - Sam Pullara

Amazing. looking at it in larger view, and THEN in original view. The reduced views don't cut it at all. - Susan A. Kitchens

Susan is right. Amazing photo and love all the digital cameras. - Robert Scoble

great photo, and EVERYONE was taking a picture of Obama. - Baard Overgaard Hansen

I see a guy holding out a laptop lol - ani625

The laptop guy is amazing! Great picture. Funny to see most people looking at the screens of their camera's and not straight at the stage - Peter van Teeseling

Laptop guy did it for me too - Toby Graham

Looks like he's already won the election then. - Sam via twhirl

Incredible! If only Americans felt this passionate about our global image. - Shawn Smith

And then 100000 + people uploaded the same picture from their point of view to Flickr. It would be interesting to compare them all. - DivemasterDoug

Obama campaigning in the 58th state. I think that he forgot that we live...over here. - Kreg Steppe via twhirl

Great photo - Jamie

it would be really cool if those 100000 + people uploaded their photos into Photosynth :) - Jeff Douglass

I would like to think that these politicians feel humble when they stand before a sea of humanity. I hope they remember that they are supposed to be working for our greater good. I can't imagine standing where he's standing. - Yolanda

Absolutely! A Photosynth database of that event would be awesome! - Soulhuntre via twhirl

@Shawn: If all of us Americans had speechwriters like Obama, we could make it look like we were as passionate about our global image as he does ;-) - Kirk Kittell

@Rex Hammock: Yeppers, i was there and the officials said, that about 250.000 people were there. It was really a very awesome event, hey - 250.000 people came to the Berliner Siegessäule and Barack Obama isn't even yet the next president :-). Don't know what happens after the elections ;-) - Ronald

Man, the brush-lipped Fuhrer is finally gone...this is a sign. - Metta (Kamath)

It's just so sad. People really want to believe. But Politics is just a dirty game. There's probably no genuine saviour out there. - john conroy

It was more like people were awaiting a 'rock star' ;-) - Ronald

Duncan Riley posted an entry on The Inquisitr

Randy Pausch: 1960–2008

July 25 at 7:47 am - Link

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I had a professor read the last lecture as part of his retirement; it's definitely a good read. It's so sad to see Pausch go. - Mark Trapp

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It's so Sad! He made our world richer with is intelligence and good humor. I wish all the best to their kids. - Fernando

I am so happy I got to interview him. One of my favorites! - Robert Scoble

This really hits home. Great guy, great message. May he rest in peace. - Dave

I just looked back on my blog from meeting him: http://scobleizer.com/2006/01/... -- interesting that he had a big impact on me even back then. - Robert Scoble

Really very sad. I saw his last lecture and was very impressed. Always hoped, he would get through this... - Matthias Schwenk

So sad - he gave one of the great speeches of all time and in such an unassuming, selfless way. I'm glad his kids will at least have that to treasure. - JMaultasch

An inspiration to many. He will be missed - Tim Finucane

One of the finest. Some people are great a reminding us how to live, mainly by example. He was one of them. His web page doesn't seem to be loading..does anyone see where we can leave thoughts for his family and friends? - Loren Heiny

A real loss. I never met him (obviously) but I know of him through the eyes of those who did. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

The book was amazing. - Steve Rubel

Fuck. fuckfuckfuckfuck. Randy was one of my favorite HCI teachers at CMU, and I'm so glad that his 'Last Lecture' got the world-wide attention that it did. I can't imagine being as brave as him in this place, and he fought off the cancer for about 6 months longer than the 4 months his doctors gave him. Even though I've known this was coming for months it's still really hard. - Kevin Fox

I keep putting off the book, which is ironically exactly the opposite of what I should be doing: moving forward and living life instead of treading water and letting life happen. Peace to you, Randy. - Kevin C. Tofel

I'm very sad but will always be inspired by the way he spent his last several months. - Dimitrios Diamantaras

I was a huge fan of Randy's; his work will live on far longer than this in the lives of those he influenced. - Aaron Krug

i love the "bedside conversion" line... - Don Martelli via twhirl

Inspirational. Will be watching his video many times throughout my life. Brave, wise man... - Hao Chen

What better way to go than knowing that you made every day count and that you touched the lives of so many people around the world! Even though his departure is a huge loss, we are blessed with the inspiration he leaves us with! - Gabriel Biguria

I'm going to order the book, finally. - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini

We knew this day would come but it's still sad just the same. The way the man approached his death, is an inspiration. My prayers are with him and his family today. - Peter Simard

He understood life and therefore death. He was attached to what was important in life, not to life itself. He was proof of the fact that scientists and engineers are the most spiritual of people. My thoughts are with his family - I hope they know how many are thinking of them today. - Metta (Kamath)

death is overdramatised, it is the coolest thing that will ever happen to anybody, and is the culmination of everything embodiment was about - Gregory Lent

Robert Scoble posted a message

“Barack Obama on FriendFeed? Don't believe it. I met the guy who set up the account and it actually is done by a Republican lobbiest. He said he set it up to keep track of Obama and also to keep Obama's staff from using the account. I wish there were a way to authenticate that people are who they see”

June 23 at 6:03 pm - Link

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Liked 'cuz I think this is hilarious. That lobbyist gets the Good Job Badge of the Day. - Craig Eddy

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just like the folks who grabbed "robertscoble" on plurk. That seems like identity theft to me, it's one thing to have the same name but it's another to imply you are a another person. - Doug Brooks

Yet another proof of the classic comic: "On the internet, no one knows you're a dog." - Craig Eddy

It was Patrick Ruffini. http://friendfeed.com/patrickr... - Louis Gray

Was? Patrick ain't dead yet. - Andrew Feinberg

Louis knows everyone. Yeah, it is Patrick. - Robert Scoble

Heh, you can tell he's committed to integrity, too: "McCain Nearly Outraises Obama in May" So you mean, he didn't. Friendfeed gave back the Engadget account to Ryan Block when he requested it: who do you have to talk to at the Obama campaign for them to make the same request? - Mark Trapp

brand squatting is a rampant problem. who should get to create the salesforce.com account on any service? i think this needs to be tied to domain ownership, possibly via OpenID - Kingsley Joseph via twhirl

Ahhh. That probably explains some of the items fed to the Obama-2008 room. http://friendfeed.com/rooms/ob... - Robert Seidman

O so you mean the man running one of two active campaigns in the US doesnt actually use FF? Well I never... - Anthony

Mark I am talking with someone from the Obama campaign on Thursday. I will ask. - Robert Scoble

plurk all over again... lame - Susan Beebe

Excellent, Robert. Now, I wonder who's squatting http://friendfeed.com/johnmcca... ... - Mark Trapp

classic. let's see how many comment this gets :) - Tim Hoeck

So is this like *real* politics where there's a real dude and a fake dude all with the same name? - Susan Beebe

I thought I read somewhere that Ruffini had the McCain FriendFeed account. Why haven't Obama's people complained? Are they gunshy after the MySpace account incident? Or is it unimportant? Same question to McCain, if Ruffini controls that too. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

what a fucking loser - Ryan

unless they use OfficialBarackObama. but i figure knowing this info couldn't they sue? - Outsanity

Pretty simple solution. Obama campaign creates a FFtogo account. Posts it on their site. The unofficial one gets ignored or blocked. - Bill Bittner via fftogo

By the way, John McCain is also Patrick Ruffini. http://www.readwriteweb.com/ar... - Louis Gray

This name squatting across socnets is silly. Fork over your DNA @scobleizer and only then shall you get that coveted @scobelizer moniker across socnets. Bow down to thy namesquatters. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I believe it. Their Internet strategy was beyond awesome. - Charlie Anzman

Louis, what you don't know is that Patrick is merely a vessel in which McCain will enter when his body gives out. Sort of like Being John Malkovich, except Patrick is more interesting. - Andrew Feinberg

This is hilarious. But on looking at the stuff in the channel it is clear that he is promoting Obama. Why is he doing that.... baiting the folks to believe that this is the real official channel? - Vic Podcaster

Ruffini is a Republican, but he's very interested in the process, campaiging itself as well as social media. Not everyone is a Republican is evil, surprise surprise. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Sneaky. All is fair in love and politics. - Michael McGimpsey via twhirl

Lay off Patrick. He's a smart guy who happens to be on one side of the line. Every time I read his stuff or talk to him I learn something new. I can't say that for a great many Dems, sadly. - Andrew Feinberg

Dirty tricks in politics. I think Jefferson made them up. - Francine Hardaway

Just like Premier Wen on Facebook - Jia Liu

He is not a lobbyist he is an ecampaign strategist and blogger - identifying ourselves as Republicans (or worse Republican campaign operatives) on FriendFeed and Twitter is bad enough we don't need to be labeled as lobbyists as well. Next thing you know we are going to be "Republican lobbyist lawyers who own used car lots" - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Marco you forgot the words 'extreme' and 'fundamentalist' :) - Erin Kotecki Vest

You guys don't see any problem with him purporting to be someone he's not? - Mark Trapp

@erin get back in your fort! I was pretty certain combining "Republican" "Extreme" and "Fundamentalist" would have been seen as unnecessarily repetitive in FriendFeed ; ) - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Wow, everyone is ready to rip this guy even though he hasn't done anything malicious with the accounts. Has the Obama or McCain camps even asked him to give up the accounts? - Shey

By signing up an account name that is so clearly intended to be someone else, and not disclosing that is really playing on people's trust. If it was used to seed malicious information, surely thats libelous. - Dom Barnes

Yikes! - Mike Reynolds

i'm sure if the obama campaign approached friendfeed, they could get conrtol of the account. this is a non-issue - Baratunde Thurston

I Actaully befriend da obama handle , thinking it was a campaign person from Obama's camp...after all their Twitter handle seemed genuine and worked well. So what is FF's policy for such malicious users ?? Are they going to block account and freeze it or what ? and this is not just about having a prez handle and workin it. rather a community /social question.. we all know the rift on the Loren/Shel issue, but how do we & FF Mod's negate such trolls in this space ? - Peter Dawson

As long as there is no (realistic, scalable) way to check people's identities that works for everybody (so no credit card) and is free (or companies won't implement it), all this talk is useless. - sebmos

@Peter Dawson - Beside being an account that wasn't created by Obama's campaign, this account didn't do anything wrong. It's definitely not a "troll", as it didn't comment useless stuff, etc. I'm having a difficult time seeing the problem with THIS account. - sebmos

The account does not claim to be Obama, and clearly is not slandering Obama. Further, even if it WAS on Obama's behalf it wouldn't "be" him anyway. As for the whole squatting hew and cry, think of the nightmare. How popular would someone have to be before they could demand the special status of "he who gets to use one name everywhere"? Does Scoble get special treatment but a smaller person is just screwed? First come, first served is fine. In cases of slander or fraud there are already laws. - Soulhuntre

"He said he set it up to keep track of Obama and also to keep Obama's staff from using the account" - and you replied..... - Rashunda Tramble

Bret Taylor posted a message

“The FriendFeed office”

June 18 at 4:51 pm - via mail2ff - Link

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Amazing how much we have grown... - Bret Taylor via mail2ff

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How can you guys sit facing each other like that? I'd go nuts. Or at least get some sort of Nerf weapon. - Josh

I think Kevin has the best posture - Casey Muller

Great, how many people are you at the moment? - Leandro Ardissone

I swear the guy in the foreground isn't wearing pants. Cool office rules. - Jack Carlson

Paul rarely wears clothes. - Bret Taylor

The Secret ----> http://friendfeed.com/e/4dc355... : ) - Erhan Erdogan

This also looks like a "Battleship" tournament... Kevin, in fact, appears to be making the "you sank my battleship!" gesture. - Chris Reed

Great to see a company firing on all cylinders - Mike Doeff

Josh: the key is extremely large screens so you can't actually see the person in front of you. - Bret Taylor

Man, do people get sent to sit by the bathroom and public writeboard as punishment? - Stepan Mazurov

I brought a t-shirt to change into after biking to work, but I didn't bother. I might have made a different choice if I'd known it would be blogged... :-) - Kevin Fox

@Kevin: You match the rug and lamp so it's working. :) - Tsega Dinka

Awesome window into FF Bret. Really like the transparency and willingness to speak openly with the community and those who are critical of FF. Enjoyed that Qik inteview by what's his name... - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Wow you guys have really grown and your office looks more colorful than the "garden variety" Google office space! - Bindu Reddy

Keep up the good work. You'll all have corner offices soon :) - Andrew Smith

i hope one of those people is working on the "page 11" bug! - Ňicķ

I'm with Josh - I'd probably go crazy, no matter how large the screen. - Ontario Emperor

Wait, there's somebody on the other side of my monitor? - Casey Muller

im all up in paul's code now! and that guy in the orange really sits up straight - Allen Stern

I want to go and meet Bret, Paul, Dave, and the gang!! - Susan Beebe

I see nobody will finish off that Old Time Candy. As your mothers likely told you, you can't have more until you finish what you already have! - Louis Gray

Louis: we ate all of our favorites. Apparently no one wants to eat the wax lips. That was the best gift we have ever gotten, by the way. You rock, Louis. - Bret Taylor

Bret, but shouldn't the interns _have_ to wear the wax lips as some form of initiation? - Louis Gray

So that's where all my attention went! :-) - Robert Scoble

I want FF schwag! :) - Leandro Ardissone via twhirl

Looks Cool! Good working environment. BTW, the guy on the left with the white jacket in the back looks like Sayid from Lost :-) - Guido Rossi

wow, looks much better than the IT cubicle hell that I work in! - jerry

It looks so different from when I visited two months ago! - Lyndsey McGrath

can i work there :) - Jay Martinez via twhirl

I like this place - accesine

Weird! I don't see the picture on freidnfeed.com - but in Alert Thingy it works!!! - w0nk0

"Paul's code?" I thought that was a kernel panic. (squints at picture) - Karim

..and now, 10 minutes later, I see it. Flock ff3 bug maybe? - w0nk0

hah! looks like you guys are gonna need more space soon :-) - tracy apps via twhirl

The code isn't a kernel panic. You can see the blue bar at the top showing it's a window. Looks like a cool place to work. - possible248

I wish my office looked more like that instead of a cubical farm - Josh Smith

I forgot the closing </joke> tag on my "kernel panic" crack. Though, of course, if it is a kernel panic, I spotted it first. lol - Karim

The last time my office looked like this was when I was in gradudate school. - Khürt Williams via twhirl

Did they buy that new fan to deal with his bare feet? - Victor Ryden

从这个角度看，似乎有些拥挤了 - Liang ✈

Bret, it was really great to meet you today and do the panel together! - David Sifry via twhirl

looks like the find I was hoping for-mahalo! - Crystal Clear via Alert Thingy

look like comfy chairs - Capn' "One-Eye" Longman ☠

的确是有些挤，正前方那个穿橙色的是不是Kevin？ - liuyuntian

It looks neat and comfortable :) - Herman

I swear, contrary to appearances, I am not an obese hunchback. - Jim Norris

More people since spring Scoble's interview :) - Igor Poltavskiy

Congrats on the growth of the team - David Vasileff

Wow! Cool.. You guys keep your desks pretty clean!! - Jigar Mehta

Hi guys! *waves* - Yolanda

I would love this work environment - I hate the isolated office or cube - that's what I get from being a high extrovert... lol - Tony

wow..where are here? - Jaycai

Very cool... - Mitchell Tsai

Scoble's face is blown up on posterboard and tacked to the inside of the restroom door. Eek :) - Aaron Brazell

Father Scoble is worshiped @ FF... OMG that's awesome! how funny! - Susan Beebe

funny to see how people sit - LPH™

Very cool,you guys certainly blow our mind - Steve

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“Info on our Washington DC trip and party: http://tinyurl.com/3pv5ft -- scheduled to interview Nancy Pelosi, speaker of house. Wow.”

June 18 at 11:23 am - Link

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What's the geek angle? - Dennis Howlett via twhirl

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I dare you to bring up Kucinich's articles of impeachment and why she's ignoring them :) - Doug Brooks

Robert, what are you going to talk about in your interview? - Susan Beebe

Yeah, basically, open up with "Why are you ignoring Kucinich's articles of impeachment" followed up by "What happened to listening to your consitituents, or are PACs now considered the true "constituents". - Daniel Spisak via twhirl

Wear a suit and tie. This is DC, not the Valley. Can't wait to see you again, bro. - Aaron Brazell

Susan: I'm still doing research, but the themes are going to be what I laid out in my post. I'm interested in learning about what they are going to do that will affect the technology industries. Daniel: I probably won't ask about that, sorry. Does that have anything to do with technology? - Robert Scoble

I would actually buy a new suit, but that's just me. - rambn

rambn: I just bought a new suit. I'll definitely have suit and tie on. - Robert Scoble

Thats not a bad idea at all, rambn :) - Aaron Brazell

have you guys reached out to any of the associations like http://www.siia.net/govt/ - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

RScoble: new suit? excellent. this is exciting. - rambn

Congrats Robert, looks fascinating. I look forward to what will undoubtedly be fascinating results, and I hope you get the opportunity to educate them on net neutrality - I'm still convinced that most of Washington hasn't got a clue. Safe travels. - JodyC

Marco: not sure. Andrew knows a lot of people in the Capitol and he has a whole agenda for us that's quite good. I'll try to get him to answer here. - Robert Scoble

great - would be interested to see - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

I wasn't the only one who helped with this, but it should be interesting. - Andrew Feinberg

Andrew: I'd like to credit everyone. Can you get me a list? - Robert Scoble

schedule slammed full? - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Nancy Pelosi has the most secure job in the U.S. house of reps. SF would *never* elect a Republican -- ensuring whatever incumbent has that seat can obtain the Speaker of the House position simply with longevity if they start young enough. Arguably the second most powerful position in US politics and third in line to be President. Gavin Newsom will have the seat after she's done with it. - Thomas Hawk

I love all questions to do with open government and getting more public information online in a raw format. And the more specific the better. - Stefan Hayden

Marco: there's a few spots here and there, but unless it's Obama or President Bush or someone really interesting I think we'll keep it full at this time. Gotta have some decompression time in the schedule too or else we'll go nuts. - Robert Scoble

Can't wait for the movie: "Mr. Scoble goes to Washington." Who will play you? - shelisrael1

Scoble: Net Neutrality would be a poignant issue to get her exact current thoughts on - is this still a priority for her? She has a good record of standing up on the "free and open" side of this argument. http://www.technorati.com/vide... http://threeminds.organic.com/... - Matt Bidinger

I think Mehlman would be quite interesting and informative for you guys - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

ask her about impeachment, and why she sucks up to bush so much on iraq .. the heck with tech, go for her jugular - Gregory Lent

gregory: if you can't figure that answer out on your own, you shouldn't ask the question. I'm there to hear about tech and business issues and will stay focused. She gets asked rude questions all the time and I'm sure if I tried to ask one like that she'd have a pat answer down and the interview wouldn't get done what I need it to get done, which is stay focused on the things they are doing that would affect tech workers and businesses and customers. - Robert Scoble

Dennis is right "what's the geek angle?" That's why I'm going. - Robert Scoble

Robert: tried to comment on your blog but for some reason it doens`t like me (again). Anyway subjects for discussion in my mind should include DMCA, Net Neutrality, Patent Reform - Brian Sullivan

from my tweet: dont forget to ask her about copyright reform, PRO/IP act, etc! http://is.gd/Aun - Jeremy Toeman

Brian: my spam filter caught you. And people wonder why I love FriendFeed so much! No spam and no spam filters needed. - Robert Scoble

You have to ask her what her response is to the people who ask what is impeachable if Bush isn't. - Garrett Fitzgerald

Ask her what her Nanotechnology strategy is. How can the government possibly hope to keep up with ever accelerating technology? What's the plan to keep the US at the forefront of technological innovation and not pass the torch to China? How will congress help get more kids, especially girls, interested in science and engineering? Will an Obama/Pelosi government restore science as a priority for the US? - Emotion Tad via fftogo

Wow, indeed! - Eric Hamilton

Tad: excellent questions. However, if she's just going to keep on rolling over for the Chief Executive, what's the point? Bitter? Me? Nah. - Garrett Fitzgerald

its not the Chief Exec she is rolling over for - not a supporter but she is being very smart - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Duncan Riley posted an entry on The Inquisitr

6 Alternatives To Flickr Now Yahoo Is In Full Control

June 17 at 5:53 pm - Link

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stop scaring me! - Shey

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