Jeffrey Sass - Discussion

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Pretended, Recommended, Offended, Suspended, Contended, Amended

Wednesday at 3:17 am - Link

"Definitely a gray area. In this case, perhaps the fans were behaving true to the characters and in support of the "brand," but it could have just as easily been the opposite. With that in mind the brand has the right to maintain consistency of their image. IMHO, the mistake was in issuing a DMCA takedown. Perhaps It would have been better handled by AMC contacting the individual accounts, and offering to either take them over and continue "professionally" or arrange to moderate the fans activities with guidelines that ensured a presentation consistent with the show..." - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: louisgray.com: There is No Social Media Overload

Monday at 7:28 am - Link

"Social Media overload is perhaps a symptom of social media addiction. A year ago I started a humorous blog at www.socialnetworkingrehab.com to poke fun at Facebook and Twitter and our growing reliance on being connected to SocNets, but I as I write most posts I realize I am almost half-kidding -- truisms are often said in jest... As Robert said, "regular folk" just don't get it (and, perhaps never will...). When I interrupt my vacation "relaxing" to post pictures to TwitPic and videos to 12seconds and Qik, seeking notice from mostly strangers, my girlfriend may smile and chuckle but if I am honest I have to wonder if she is laughing with me or at me. Am I just being one of the "weird" folks Scoble is referring to? That said, I do enjoy it and have found real world benefits and real meaningful connections and friendships, both business and personal, so I guess I will continue being weird." - Jeffrey Sass

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OBSIDIAN: Episode 20

Monday at 3:26 am - Link

If you like this story and 7th Son Obsidian, also check out Episode 16, which was written and performed by moi! - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Ten Things I Want On My Mobile Phone

August 21 at 4:34 am - Link

"Hi Fred. You can take care of #7 at www.Myxer.com (full disclosure, I work there). ;-)" - Jeffrey Sass

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BigFoot is Pulling Our Leg!

August 19 at 3:30 am - Link

BigFoot: Breaking News or a Podiatrist's nightmare? - Jeffrey Sass

J.C. Hutchins posted a message on Twitter

“ZOMFG! My cryptozoology expert friend @sass has documented Bigfoot!! http://tinyurl.com/5vb7bl”

August 18 at 7:21 pm - Link

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Love Thy Neighbor (Obsidian 16)

August 4 at 9:48 am - Link

Nice review of my Podcast story for JC Hutchin's 7th Son Obsidian project. If you like scary stories, please listen and tell me what you think! Thanks! - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass posted a message on Twitter

“I'll be heading to San Francisco next week on Wednesday, Sunnyvale area on Thursday and Friday... Hope to Tweet you there...”

July 16 at 3:47 pm - Link

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Jeff, follow tweets from me, @pistachio, @hardaway, @socialmediaclub. There are tweetups, not sure if they're on the days you'll be here. Feel free to call or ping me if you want to get together. - Cathryn Hrudicka

Thanks Cathryn. Would love to TweetUp Wednesday evening in San Fran. Will be in Sunnyvale Thursday/Friday... - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass shared an item on Google Reader

OBSIDIAN Episode 16: “Voices From the Darkness”

July 18 at 9:06 pm - Link

Enjoy my story! - Jeffrey Sass

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Love Thy Neighbor

July 18 at 7:47 pm - Link

This is my first attempt at Podcast Fiction. Please listen and let me know what you think! - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Thinking About Blackberry Apps

July 13 at 8:58 am - Link

"Yep, I know Vindigo well. I was a co-founder of BarPoint.com, an early (too early) mobile commerce player and Palm partner, and was close with Vindigo, AvantGo, etc. at the time. I am playing with Skydeck, Jason's latest, but haven't used it enough to draw a conclusion yet..." - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Thinking About Blackberry Apps

July 13 at 8:58 am - Link

"Yep, I know Vindigo well. I was a co-founder of BarPoint.com, an early (too early) mobile commerce player and Palm partner, and was close with Vindigo, AvantGo, etc. at the time. I am playing with Skydeck, Jason's latest, but haven't used it enough to draw a conclusion yet..." - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Thinking About Blackberry Apps

July 13 at 8:13 am - Link

"It is odd and sad that Palm is routinely missing from these conversations. As an early fan of the Palm OS (switching to Palm devices from the awesome Psion Series3), I have owned just about every iteration of the Treo and currently live quite happily by my Sprint 755p (and satisfy my Apple envy with an iPod Touch). Long before the dawn of Portable Media Players and Smartphones there was this thing called the PDA. Palm owned the category, and had a large, vibrant and creative developer community. My guess is that there have been more than 30,000 applications written for the Palm OS since the introduction of the first Palm Pilot. That is why, when the Smartphone category emerged (at the time I was using the original Blackberry, which was a Pager not a phone) I opted for the Palm OS Treo (originally a Handspring device) so that I could continue to use the many portable applications I had grown fond of on my PDA. To this day my Treo is loaded with great apps, every bit as useful as your..." - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Thinking About Blackberry Apps

July 13 at 8:13 am - Link

"It is odd and sad that Palm is routinely missing from these conversations. As an early fan of the Palm OS (switching to Palm devices from the awesome Psion Series3), I have owned just about every iteration of the Treo and currently live quite happily by my Sprint 755p (and satisfy my Apple envy with an iPod Touch). Long before the dawn of Portable Media Players and Smartphones there was this thing called the PDA. Palm owned the category, and had a large, vibrant and creative developer community. My guess is that there have been more than 30,000 applications written for the Palm OS since the introduction of the first Palm Pilot. That is why, when the Smartphone category emerged (at the time I was using the original Blackberry, which was a Pager not a phone) I opted for the Palm OS Treo (originally a Handspring device) so that I could continue to use the many portable applications I had grown fond of on my PDA. To this day my Treo is loaded with great apps, every bit as useful as your..." - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Apple Update Update...

July 12 at 8:05 pm - Link

"Nice comment Francine Were you on a Safari? Or just Apple store?" - Jeffrey Sass

Chris Brogan published photos on Flickr

June 24 at 5:03 am - Link

I feel your pain. I now rise at 4:30 am everyday in an effort to avoid situations like this. It doesn't always work. - Steve

Thank heavens I live in Buffalo, no traffic quite like yours. - Tim Finucane

Hope you subscribe to lots of podcasts... couldn't survive my commute without them! ;-) - Jeffrey Sass via twhirl

michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“Nokia Acquires Symbian - Goes Open Source http://tinyurl.com/5t5ywk”

June 24 at 2:51 am - Link

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mobile market is warming up :) - Naor

The advantage Symbian has is being around for so many years. Android's new still. - Michael Gaines via twhirl

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I can see (not that it isn't already here) mobile phone os wars igniting. - Kreg Steppe via twhirl

I still think the Psion OS, which sort of became Symbian, was the best mobile/handheld OS evah! - Jeffrey Sass via twhirl

What's more...the future looks Open Source to me for mobile. Andoid and Symbian...against, MS and Apple. - Kreg Steppe via twhirl

That doesn't correct the main problem with Symbian: it sucks writing apps for it - Jeduan Cornejo via twhirl

do you see the market split into OS and devices? (sounds little bit far fetch.. yet...) - Naor

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Why I'm Blue

June 17 at 12:00 am - Link

"Scott, congrats on your new ride, and glad you will still be wheeling around the Social Media highways! (We could not aFORD to lose you!) Change is almost always good, and I wish you and your family all success in this next venture (and adventure)!" - Jeffrey Sass

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message

“Fathers: What's the secret to Fatherhood? Share your secrets”

June 15 at 10:52 am - Link

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Patience, sense of humor, lot's of lovin' and more patience! http://joyandluke.com - petermello via Alert Thingy

Oh yeah, choosing the mother of your children is key too! - petermello via Alert Thingy

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Not having secrets. Also: Valuing your children more than your checkbook. Self-discipline. Meditation. Focus. The future of the world. - phil baumann

I look forward to reading these - Barbara K. Baker

Bubbles... never under estimate the power of bubbles. - Michael Maurillo

Remain calm and realize that when the kids are young they get into an entirely different kind of trouble than when they are older. - Brian McCartney

stay calm, don't let them see you get upset, remember that kids remember EVERYTHING you do, have fun cuz childhood only happens once (till you have a kid, then it happens again!) - acedanger via twhirl

I'll let you know when my kids graduate from college in 21 years... - Hutch Carpenter

Being a responsbile leader. Honesty. Talking. Playing. - Tad - just Tad via twhirl

Funny how two people repeated "Staying Calm" - Jeremiah Owyang

Jeremiah - when a baby is screaming relentlessly, remaining calm is the best possible advice. :) - Tad - just Tad via twhirl

Have thought and written about this in "Dining Philosophers and Quarrelling Kids" - http://tinyurl.com/4kvajw - but it is easier to write about it than following it :) - Amund Tveit

Listen, listen, listen, listen. Then speak. But most important,set a great example. Kids learn everything from their parents. - Steve Furman

Great secret: Father and Son - Igor Poltavskiy

Patience....Love....and remembering they're only kids. - Chris Rossini

Patience and love. Spend TIME with your kid(s). Read to them. Make sure they eat right and get enough sleep. Give them limits. Tell them you love them. Encourage them to TRY. Foster their sense of curiosity. So much more. But in the end, take being a parent seriously. - AJ Kohn

Mastering the law of distraction..."Oh, you really like that knife you're holding, but how about this nice, new, shiny spooooooooon? Hmmmmm?" - Toby Holt

I guess the best advice is to just "forget everything you thought applied before" and just "do it" (with all the best intentions). And: stay calm. Serenity is "it". - Alex von Halem

I am enjoying all of these comments... awesome!! Good wisdom here for everyone. - Susan Beebe

What Chris Rossini said: "Patience....Love....and remembering they're only kids. " - Mike Reynolds

house work before asking for favors or concessions. with the kids its all about focused engagement. spending time is meaningless unless your paying attention to the person you spend it with. keeping on trying to be a better dad - really all you can do. - Hasan Luongo

Learning to say “ Go Ask Your MOM” so she cant hear you ;) - Earl E Morningwood

Put yourself in their shoes once in a while and remember how you looked at your parents when you were a kid... - Jeffrey Sass

Love your kids and let them know they're valued by listening to them. Always, always, always be available when they need you and learn that nothing in life is more important than them. - Brian England

remembering that all other achievements don't mean anything if you screw up raising your kids. Give them your time. Yes! There is always time for your kids. - Brent Schlenker

Lots of hugs, lots of time. Spend time with them early and it pays off later. - Chris Christensen

So far...making them laugh. - Chris Nixon

Teaching them to love, laugh, work hard but enjoy life--and realize we're only here for a short time... - mark ivey

Showing them they are important, being patient, having fun, letting them experiment, play - enjoying them - Tony Eyles

I can't claim to know all the secrets (in fact, I think there's a treasure trove of knowledge out there that SOMEBODY's got to be holding back) but things that I try to keep top of mind are: a) you are the original role model b) consistency and fairness pay dividends in the long run c) you have to keep more people in your thoughts than just yourself d) try to remember that you were once that young and inexperienced, too and e) show your interest. - Mark Dykeman

I am a new father for just 6 days and this is what I said for the last 2 days: http://friendfeed.com/e/06d2da... - Turker Keskinpala

remember you are a father first and a friend second - inspire them to stretch themselves, encourage them when they fall, and hold them accountable with natural consequences when they cross the line. - Scotty Hendo

patience, love and lots of diaper wipes! - John Cass

A charged cellphone and gas money. - Chris Baskind

Keeping the channels open and communication. Knowing how to express love - Charlie Anzman

It is not a secret it is full on discovery - antonio

Listen - live the life that you hope for them - in the end it is what you do vs what you say that counts - Rob Paterson

Definitely patience, I seperated from my children's mother two years ago and it's been hard as I don't get to see them as much as I would like. Makes the times together great though, I love them so much and the adventures we get into are crazy. Happy Times! - Joe Dawson

Here's my advice - Be involved with them - 5 Years as cub scout master and den leader, 5 years coaching little league, 4 years managing and running travel baseball, 3 years coaching girls softball, attended every Volleyball game and tennis match (still attending college tennis matches) Getting home early enough to sit down to dinner every night and have some fun with them. With our work schedules it's not easy but it can be done. I saw many kids that never had Dad attend a game or scout event. Sad... - Kevin Shannon

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Do The HARD Stuff First! (or, What Are You Going To Blow Up Today?)

June 14 at 6:23 pm - Link

"Thanks Tony, Twila Marie and Mike. I appreciate you doing the hard stuff and taking a few moments to comment here!" - Jeffrey Sass

mashable posted a message on Twitter

“@jimj yeah, "Tweeting on a Jet Plane" is a late Twixties classic. Adding it to my 5 CD compilation album. Infomercial imminent.”

June 14 at 4:18 pm - Link

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Amanda Gravel posted a message on Twitter

“@repcor Um, I LOVE Lisa Loeb. Not ashamed of it. Great sign off tune.”

June 2 at 7:34 pm - Link

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I recently met Lisa Loeb in SF and suggested to her that she should call her next album "Ear Loeb". ;-) - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Convenience Beats Quality

June 1 at 9:17 am - Link

"Good thoughts, and something that has really always been true in Consumer Media Consumption - convenience and immediacy trumps technical quality. It's why AM and FM radio took off (the convenience and immediacy of getting content whenever and wherever you could place/bring a radio). 8-track, then audio cassettes were another "lesser" quality but more immediate/convenient format. Television itself was originally substantially worse quality than what a projector could deliver, but infinitely more immediate and convenient. The MP3 format clearly wins due to convenience and immediacy, not quality. Even our old friend Twitter has thrived on the power of immediate and direct communication, where the consumer happily accepts 140 character, imperfectly written messages because their importance and impact is enhanced by the immediacy and easy access. In the end, it's the ease of connecting with the audience that makes the content resonate, not the quality of the recording or writing, and..." - Jeffrey Sass

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Convenience Beats Quality

June 1 at 9:17 am - Link

"Good thoughts, and something that has really always been true in Consumer Media Consumption - convenience and immediacy trumps technical quality. It's why AM and FM radio took off (the convenience and immediacy of getting content whenever and wherever you could place/bring a radio). 8-track, then audio cassettes were another "lesser" quality but more immediate/convenient format. Television itself was originally substantially worse quality than what a projector could deliver, but infinitely more immediate and convenient. The MP3 format clearly wins due to convenience and immediacy, not quality. Even our old friend Twitter has thrived on the power of immediate and direct communication, where the consumer happily accepts 140 character, imperfectly written messages because their importance and impact is enhanced by the immediacy and easy access. In the end, it's the ease of connecting with the audience that makes the content resonate, not the quality of the recording or writing, and..." - Jeffrey Sass

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Gizzy

May 26 at 6:37 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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That's one chihuahua that I don't want to mess with. - Timothy Neilen

LOL, looks like an old man. He's just missing a half burned cigarette hanging from the mouth. Cute shot. - jerry

its cute yet intimidating at the same time - Tyler Gillies

Hehe, it looks like it want to sell me crack :) - Ryo

@ryo, maybe he does - Tyler Gillies

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: PR secrets? bullshit.

May 25 at 2:29 pm - Link

"Seesmic video reply from Disqus." - Jeffrey Sass

Rudy De Waele posted a message on Twitter

“Any more mobile fanatics on friendfeed? Mine's here - http://friendfeed.com/mtrends”

May 16 at 5:24 am - Link

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I use FriendFeed a LOT on my iPhone. It works a lot better than Twitter does, actually. Especially for commenting. - Robert Scoble

I use FriendFeed on my iPhone, but I don't love the overly javascripty interface - the action links are too slow to load in, too difficult to press accurately and clicking links opens a new window *and* changes the main window so I have to reload FF and refind where I was. Urgh. - felix

Did you see Mitchell Baker's talk on new mobile use cases building the future web? I linked to a video here: http://is.gd/ec8 - Ben Hedrington

Jeffrey Sass commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Twitter: A Shoe-In!

May 15 at 6:06 pm - Link

"Andrew, thanks for your comment and THANKS for the link to the Clay Shirky video. Very cool. And yes, the implications of Twitter for business and one to one connections are amazing and yet to be fully realized. Thanks again!" - Jeffrey Sass

Robert Scoble shared an item on Google Reader

Slandr May be the Best (non iPhone) Mobile Twitter App Available

May 14 at 2:46 am - Link

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I can't stand using my Nokia phones for Twittering, but this sounds like it's a pretty good app so I'll have to try it out. - Robert Scoble

@scoble In general, do you find yourself using your iPhone or your Nokia N95 more? I don't hear you comment about your iPhone much as of late. - James via Alert Thingy

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Seems to work well on my Treo. A PLEASURE to finally get replies! Thanks for the tip! - Jeffrey Sass via twhirl

So I get that a robust Twitter app is nice, but what happened to using SMS or IM with Twitter on a cell phone? - J. Phil via Alert Thingy

Phil, slandr has all the twitter functionality so is much more useful that SMS on a phone. By all means text a quick tweet or reply but you can't do anything more involved. - Colin Walker

I just wish it had number shortcuts for Home, Replies etc. (press 0 for home, 1 for replies...) and there is no delete option that I can see. It's a bit fiddly on a touchscreen but everything is navigable by the Dpad or you can always get your stylus out!!! - Colin Walker

Colin - ok, I think I answered my own question -- for those of us who follow hundreds of twitter users, turning on SMS for them all isn't practical. So having a separate data app makes sense in that respect. - J. Phil via Alert Thingy

Aha! @roelandp has quick access via number keys on his to do list now :) - Colin Walker

Very nice, and a much needed mobile web app. Thanks! - Dan Nimtz

It's good. And it works under Opera Mini 4, which is very important, at least on my phone. - Morton Fox

Very nice. I was frustrated using the mobile version or Twitter on my Blackberry with Opera. This adds a lot of nice functionality. - Kevin Shannon

yep, love slandr :D - David Petar Novakovic via twhirl

gotta try this app out...later - thanks for sharing - Susan Beebe

gotta try it out too ;) - Olubi Ezra via twhirl

tried it out on a treo 755p, works half of the time, when it's working it's great - DDD via twhirl

gonna try it out, but i'm actually quite fond of m.twitter.com :\ - Chris Jones via twhirl

I like my TwitterBerry. Can't wait for a web page to load everytime I want to Tweet, plus writing in a browser's text field is a pain. Maybe it'll be useful for people who Tweet very less and interested mostly in viewing their friend's updates - Sachendra

I use my iPhone for Web and for maps and for stocks and all that. I use my iPhone to make calls and generally to receive them (although sometimes I use my Nokia too). But for making videos? I use my Nokia. Generally I'm happier with my iPhone than my Nokia. - Robert Scoble

This is really great! I use m.slandr.net as a panel in Opera (the desktop version, not mobile). So far I used m.twitter.com in the browser's sidebar, but this - naturally - is much better! Thanks! - Alexander Ebel

Cool! Have been waiting for one. I have been using Opera and Twitter's mobile page, but it was far, far from perfect. Going to try asap. - David Orban

I just tried it... it looks promising... - Fredrik Wennberg via twhirl

I just wish I could make the Opera panel reload automatically. Doesn't work. Any hints? Is it possible? - Alexander Ebel

I love it, one of the few mobile apps that works well on my Blackberry - Sally Church

have been using, but I don't like it because I have to be the one to 'update' it. Why can't there be an updating setting that I can set and forget it? - amarquart

Of course, I am old school with the Treo but Slandr is not a good app for that non iPhone. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Robert Scoble shared an item on Google Reader

Urgent Changes Are Needed To Facebook Messaging

May 4 at 12:39 am - Link

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Deja Vu... - Chris Wallace via Alert Thingy

I don't think its a problem for normal people.. :\ - Jonathan Aird

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define "normal"! - Michael VanDervort via Alert Thingy

Yeah, I haven't had a single message through FB in like 6 weeks. I try to stick to Gmail. - Chris Wallace via Alert Thingy

I really don't see why anyone over 20 is interested in Facebook. - TranceMist

Anyone over 20 who has a job should be interested in the professional networks. Currently, it's more flexible than linkedin. The groups are also ok. With that said, I use it primarily for the private groups I'm a part of. - Bwana McCall

say what you want - In a period of 3 monhs I have connected with at least 20 odd people whom I had totally lost touch with for over a decade or so .... I am positive I would not have managed that without fb. - viki saigal

Managing messages is definitely a mess on FB. If you have your FB messages forwarded to an Outlook or Gmail address, at least you can leverage those platforms to search and manage the messages. Far from the answer, but a slight improvement... - Jeffrey Sass

Totally agree that changes need to be made to the way Facebook handles messages, I am lucky in the sense that I don't get many but seeing some of the inboxes I can understand how out of hand it must get! - Joe Dawson

IMHO FB should provide a professional page, and a personal page. The simple method of putting friends in different groups is juts not enough... - Jez Arnold

FB is still going down. When is the turn around Mark? - DC Crowley via Alert Thingy

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