this is my first time listening to gillmor. i don't like it. steve gillmor is a rude interviewer. i bailed after 11mins. he's pushing friendfeed to clone twitter. they don't want to. he should let it go or build this clone himself - @baratunde

Baratunde: you should listen after I come in. I want some of the same things. My four features I want? 1. XMPP so I can get FF in real time and talk with it via Google Talk. 2. SMS compatibility so I can get to it during disasters on my cell phone. 3. Much better filtering and querying abilities (aka Twitter's Track). 4. Ways to privately message people. That sure sounds a lot like I want FF to clone Twitter, but on the other hand, I don't want to lose FF's unique features, either. - Robert Scoble

Baratunde: start listening at about 33 minutes in. - Robert Scoble

I have to agree with Baratunde. I've just started to listen to the gillmor gang and steve was rude. It didn't really feel like Steve was interviewing the founders of FriendFeed but tell them how to run their company....via feedalizr - Chris Rodgers

Chris: that's exactly what he was doing. And I think he's right to do so. I hope they listen. - Robert Scoble

Plus, a big reason a lot of us do this is to have our side of the story heard. If we don't get to do that, then this turns into a job and/or a PR event. Screw that. - Robert Scoble

Baratunde: you should especially listen at about 50 minutes when Marc Canter gives Steve Gillmor crap and he explains himself. "All the heroin has been taken off the streets." - Robert Scoble

If I'm the FF guys, I don't mind very direct criticism. FF is on to a good thing -- they have plenty to be proud of -- and this sort of feedback is as good as pricey market research. It'll show them where the next level could be. - Chris Baskind

Baratunde - I agree with you. Gillmor is a bit of a snob and very interrupty. - Dino

I've listened to a few of these shows now, and though I agree that Gillmor is very rude and agressive I think he gets a very difficult job done, there are quite a few big ego's he has to deal with on his show - Stephen B from Alert Thingy

The last few minutes of the show were funny too, where Gillmor thanked the FF guys for putting up with his BS. - Robert Scoble

known steve for years but can't listen to him podcast, to cantankerous, feel the same about mike vizard & he's a good friend :( - mike "glemak" dunn

Wasn't that rude. Though the stuff with Chris Saad - wow. I was listening live on Ustream and it was *awkward* - Jamie

Now that I'm coming down to the end of this episode. I'm glad I gave it a chance and listened to the complete episode. Gillmore raised some very good points but he is still very brutal to listen to. - Chris Rodgers

Was my first time listening to Gillmore as well. The devil's advocate, "squeaky wheel" attitude works for him to a point. Some interesting arguments got fleshed out but I don't think I could listen to him for as long as I did in this interview. Things got better when Robert was able to chime in. - James

Robert! No wonder you seem so bitter or angry lately. Get off of that show man. FIrst time listening, and it was BRUTAL! - E.B. from Alert Thingy

I listen to the Gillmor gang for the same reason I listen to right wing radio sometimes. To remind myself that I am sane :) - Deepak Singh

I was a long time Gang listener, but I stopped when they went to Podshow, lost Jon Udell, and started splitting the show into 18 pieces. I've tried to go back a couple of times, but I just don't enjoy Calacanis or Arrington. It's just not a thoughtful show any longer. - Ryan Toohil

@ Ryan listen to the show with Chris Messina the other day. Brilliant stuff - Jamie

Agreed. That was the best Gang I've heard in a long long time (like Ryan, I miss Udell, Carr and the likes). - Deepak Singh

horrible quality - horrible interviewer - but it´s about FF, so I had to listen *gg*...via feedalizr - Dieter Schwarz

whoops. i left this thread for a bit. I will give the show a chance and listen through till the end in the next few days. thanks - @baratunde

i finally listened to the rest of the show. you were right robert. it got better and more interesting. i get gillmor's style a bit more. still think he's a bit coarse, but listening to the entire show allowed me to see where he was coming from and why. i have a lot of respect for friendfeed for participating in such an exchange. i definitely learned a lot from all of you - @baratunde

IMHO, placing Friendfeed in a "Twitter box" in terms of discussing it (by the show, not by Robert!) does a disservice to the company (Friendfeed) which should be judged on its own merits. - Alex Hammer

Finally listening to this one. I suspect there's a vast global conspiracy to keep me from hearing this. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3