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*Tech in Europe [TinE]: Nicole Simon posted a link
Facebook Recruits Street Troops To Grow in Germany
Facebook Recruits Street Troops To Grow in Germany
September 26 at 2:28 pm - via Reshare - Link
""Facebook may be the world’s largest and fastest growing social network, but apparently Germany remains a tough market to crack for the company. The site is just ranked 19th on Alexa’s Top 100 list for this country, ten positions behind StudiVZ, its local clone. While Facebook currently has a German user base of 800,000 (according to the site’s ad placement tool), StudiVZ boasts a membership of over 10 million, making it the largest social network in the German-speaking world. Facebook has been available in German since March of this year and reportedly grew by just 200,000 members since then. Comscore numbers suggest that number might be higher (see below)." - Nicole Simon
http://www.schuelervz.net/ is also a big SN - Erhan Erdogan
@Erhan - SchuelerVZ is part of the StudiVZ network and part of the 10 million members. StudiVZ itself is actually declining since the beginning of 2008, they're only growing because of the insane growth of SchuelerVZ. - sebmos
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Wahlen 2008: Andrea Sturm posted a message
“Langsam wird's ernst. Und ich als grüner Stammwähler bin diesmal unentschlossen. Wie schaut's bei euch aus?”
September 24 at 11:30 am - Link
Ich bin grüner Stammwähler und sehr entschlossen. Hab vor einem Monat kurz überlegt, anders zu wählen, mich dann aber wieder für die Grünen entschieden. - sebmos
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FriendFeed Feedback: Morton Fox posted a message
“In beta.friendfeed.com, I find it jarring that some of the bold black text are links. It's an interface inconsistency.”
August 26 at 2:02 pm - Link
Yeah, so far it trips me out too. - Steve Isaacs
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I actually quite like it... - Daniel Bruce
I don't, it's not what I expect from links (I expect them from being visible as links) and makes it appear as if the page suddenly has less features. There are enough studies that show that it's important that links are underlined. - sebmos
I added this userstyle to Mozilla Prism to turn those links blue at least: .l_person, .name a { color: #0000cc !important ; } - Morton Fox
Are there any instances of bold black text not containing links? I'm with you that it is weird (much like the choice of very light gray for comments), but I don't think it's an inconsistency. - Andrew Burd
Yes, there are. "Room Admins" and "Room Members (#)" are bold black text that are not links. - Morton Fox
On the othjer hand, the page isin't crammed full of links. I think it helps clear up the theme and keep the focus on content ( which is the whole point of the site, by the way). I like it like this. - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini
I think it's a smart way of reducing visual overload. It only takes a small amount of effort to get used to, and then you know there's a rich trove of more information available within a click without the page having to be weighed down with underlined blue all over the place. - Earle Martin
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sebmos posted a link
Poor Finder » alexander kirk » Blog Archive
Poor Finder » alexander kirk » Blog Archive
August 22 at 10:22 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Today my Dock was playing a little weird. I am not aware of any crime that my Finder should have committed." - sebmos via Bookmarklet
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German: Ryo posted a link
Krieg am Kaukasus SPD kritisiert Georgien
August 9 at 11:54 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Erler äußerte Verständnis für das russische Vorgehen in der Bergregion" - Ryo via Bookmarklet
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Erler ist ein Trottel. Das Vorgehen von Russland wie Georgien ist absolut Skandalös. Wegen eines sinnlosen Gebietskonflikts beginnen die Deppen von Georgien einen Krieg, die Russen eskalieren ihn, beide haben hunderte tote ZivilistInnen zu verantworten. Erinnert mich ein bisschen an die Situation der deutschsprachigen Gebiete in Osteuropa am Anfang des letzten Jahrhunderts. Die haben sich auch abgeschottet und die Umgebung gehasst. Sie sollen sich damit arrangieren oder weg ziehen, Punkt aus. - sebmos
Tot haben sie nichts von einem kriegerisch gelösten Konflikt. - sebmos
Finde ich nicht. Wir sollten nicht vergessen, dass Georgien hier massiv, eine Nacht vor der Eskalation, in Südossetien einmarschiert ist, und die dort stationierten russischen Friedenstruppen angegriffen hat. Georgien ist hier der Aggressor. - Ryo
Der Begriff "russische Friedenstruppen" gehört immer in Anführungszeichen! - Thomas Hoppe
@Hoppe: Jede Art von Friedenstruppen gehört in Anführungszeichen. Ich traue den russischen genau so viel wie den Anderen. Fakt ist aber, das diese Angegriffen wurden, also ist es völlig legitim zurückzuschlagen. - Ryo
Ich glaube aber auch, dass die Russen darauf gewartet haben endlich mal wieder den Kriegstreiber zu spielen. Da kam das kleine Georgien gerade recht. - Thomas Hoppe
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Dave "Maverick" Winer posted a message
“Shudder to think: What if Edwards had won the nomination instead of Obama.”
August 8 at 10:11 pm - Link
Would it have mattered? Seriously, would this cause you to vote for McCain instead? - Brent Logan
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"Shudder" doesn't cover it. Yikes! - Joanmarie
Brent it would not cause me to, but it might cause quite a few "undecideds" to decide. And if the election were pretty close.... - Joanmarie
Brent, I think something like this would have the potential to disrupt a campaign in a big way. Wouldn't matter to many people, but those on the fence, it certainly would. - John Walker
Well I hope I have the opportunity to vote for Elizabeth Edwards for president in 2016. - Adam Mordecai
I always wonder about those on the fence. Even with McCain being a "maverick," the differences between him and either Obama or Edwards is immense. What are those on the fence waiting for? And then I wonder if those on the fence aren't smarter than I am, that maybe someone's claimed policy isn't worth that much if he has no integrity. Doesn't it make more sense to vote for character? And I'm stuck looking for integrity in this race? - Brent Logan
It wouldn't have stopped me for voting for him, but it certainly would have destroyed his campaign and he would not have been elected. Such is the nation in which we live. What bothers me, I suppose, about Edwards, is what bothers me about many politicians. Their arrogance causes them to believe that they will never be caught for the things they do. You simply cannot hide your skeletons when you run for President (unless you get your father or his appointees to seal records and hide them for you). - Dennis Metzcher
Brent, no of course I would have voted for the Democrat. But he would have lost anyway, not that he would have gotten the nomination, he would have withdrawn in disgrace once it came out as it was sure to. I'm surprised he didn't understand that. He couldn't have been President, all he could have done was destroy the Democratic Party. - Dave "Maverick" Winer
And it's not about the people on the fence -- it's about the press. They have the power to delete a candidate. Look what they did to Dean. - Dave "Maverick" Winer
If Edwards had won the nomination, he wouldn't have had enough free time to go back to the hotel and get caught ;-) - Kirk Kittell
Edwards made a big mistake by running. He had a shot at a cabinet position in the new administration, although his confirmation hearing was a hurdle he would have had trouble with. He should have kept his dick in his pants. What an idiot. Unbelievably stupid, self-destructive. - Dave "Maverick" Winer
Now everyone should have a good idea why HRC can't be the Democratic nominee for VP. The skeletons in her closet are much worse, and they aren't in the closet. Obama didn't call her on it, and the press gave her a pass in the primary. It wouldn't happen in the fall, she'd be held to account for them, there was outright bribery in the last days of the Clinton Administration, and she was part of it. Not a bystander. - Dave "Maverick" Winer
@Dave Winer (davew): You're right, it would have basically given the nomination to the Republicans. Whether right or wrong, something like this can be a deal-breaker for many people. The Rupublicans' attacks would have probably tied to him to Bill Clinton and all that good stuff. - Thomas B via NoiseRiver
Well, whatever way you look at it, the candidate has the power to delete the candidate. They all know, or should know, the the forum they're competing in. - John Walker
@Brent Logan: Probably not, but the media frenzy alone would have destroyed his candidacy. - Pete Brown
only in america .. prissy folks - Gregory Lent
I don't get the claim that the differences between Obama and McCain are "immense." Ever looked at the spread of various European political parties? McCain and Obama aren't all that different from each other, but in America their differences are viewed as some huge political chasm. It's weird. - David Worrell
immoral? yes, but it doesn't necessarily make him a bad leader. - Bob Blunk
people in other nations never understand how Americans view taxes. McCain and Obama have very different tax policies and thus are immensely different candidates. - Andrew Burd
Would you refuse to buy a product from a company because the CEO screws around? Would you know anyway? - Ian May
Andrew, that's crap - no one likes taxes. Ian: Many people in America probably would do just that, if corporations made a habit of running advertising campaigns the way politicians run political campaigns. - David Worrell
@David Worrell - I only need to look at the US to see why I happily pay higher taxes. - sebmos
He would have moved to the center to capture swing votes like Obama and diluted his base. - Andy Wibbels
jeez, if having affairs impaired the ability to do your job, the world would be in the tank - Gregory Lent
I am never happy about paying taxes, particularly as much of it is wasted in bureaucratic inefficiency. Governments never do anything as cost-effectively as private enterprise . - Ian May
It wouldn't matter for democrats. Look at Obama. He could slaughter a lamb on stage and people would cheer him. - Spencer Scott
Dave's right on this one. Edwards had a clear shot at a cabinet position. His arrogance in thinking that he could hide the affair shows poor judgement and would have been great fodder for the Republican candidate. - Jim McCusker
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Geoff Schultz posted a link
John Edwards admits affair: report | Reuters
John Edwards admits affair: report | Reuters
August 8 at 2:05 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
I can now conclusively say I know who Obama is NOT running with. - Geoff Schultz via Bookmarklet
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What's interesting to me here is that Reuters doesn't credit the National Enquirer for first getting the story and second, sticking with it. Sometimes, they actually get it right! Reuters should have acknowledged they were scooped. - Louis Gray
Louis Gray, defender of social media and...tabloids! We need to get you a cape! - Robert Seidman
Actually, Alexander Williams called this when the story first came out, and said something to the effect of "Enquirer is often more careful than other media outlets because they got sued so often in the past." - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
@Mark, that's correct. In one of my journalism courses at Berkeley, we saw a piece on the Enquirer which discussed how careful they are to get stories sourced and correct. It was eye-opening. - Louis Gray
The Enquirer isn't as wrong as people often think they are. And I'm still not buying that the baby isn't his. Why risk everything to go to the hotel room? I have NEVER liked him. - Cyndy
They got it right with Bat Boy for instance - Jason Carreira
In other Enquirer news, "Eliza Dushku hunts, eats Bambi-mom": http://www.nationalenquirer.co..., and "Bernie Mac is Still Alive": http://www.nationalenquirer.co... - Kevin Fox
lol - Geoff Schultz
Jason, I despair of ever getting you to not be a smart-ass. That was News of the World, and they went under. The Enquirer never had Bat Boy. - Cyndy
Opinion poll: Which is worse, an extramarital affair or seeing a call girl? I'm trying to decide where Edwards lands in relation to Spitzer. - Kevin Fox
Well one is breaking the law and the other is being a douche bag. 1is sort of in direct conflict of being a government official and the other really isn't, it just shows a lack of integrity. Which isn't really a conflict with the position it is more of a prerequisite to being a politician. - Geoff Schultz
Spitzer is worse because he actively railed against the horrible sins of prostitution. I don't know how outspoken John Edwards has been about extra-marital affairs... - Emotion Tad
Wow. Excerpt from his statement: "In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up -- feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself." I hope McCain doesn't use this as fodder, ala 'See how the newfound attention might be making Obama egocentric and narcissistic? McCain became gradually famous over decades so he's immune.' - Kevin Fox
Good point Tad. :-) Taking the specific individuals out the picture, I think the extramarital affair is definitely worse. That is, among other things, a huge violation of trust and of a commitment you should stand by. - Joanmarie
holy shit... I didn't want to think the National Enquirer got it right? another Democrat with moral problems. go figure. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Spitzer is worse for his self-righteous approach to everything. Plus he committed an federal offense by paying for sex across state lines (idiot). Edwards is a scumbag to cheat on his dying wife after she supported him going for the nomination. Way to put yourself first champ - across the board. - Morgan
Totally agreed Joanmarie. - Emotion Tad
I feel for his wife, who has an incurable cancer -- and has to deal with this on top of that. ARRGH. - Shey
anything I say about a Democrat will turn out to be true if I wait long enough. prediction: Obama has sex with Elton John! - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
I'm still picking Edwards FTW in "more abhorrent." Dying wife + still lying about illegitimate child PLUS paying off married campaign worker to claim baby was his, even though HE was married with little kids trumps the hooker thing, self-righteous or no. - Cyndy
At first I thought, "Oh, that would be silly for Reuters to credit the Enquirer." But in the past (and maybe even today), TV news would not go forward with a story until after the New York Times or Washington Post had blessed it. - Ontario Emperor
Didn't Newt Gingrich leave his dying wife at the hospital to carry on an affair? - Emotion Tad
True, Tad, but I never voted for Gingrich. I voted for both Spitzer and (well, really had no choice), Kerry/Edwards. - Cyndy
Spitzer was worse, not because he broke the law (the law is stupid), but because publicly, he railed against prostitution. As for a politician in general, I don't think it matters. Lots of people have affairs, they can still be competent. Lots of people don't have affairs and they're incompetent. A politician marriage really hasn't much to do with their ability to do their job. - sebmos
wikipedia claims that is not true Tad Donaghe. nice try at spin though. He has divorced... as Reagan also did. His wife was a lot older then him. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
let us call a spade a spade. these Democrats are following a pattern that reflects their leadership - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Whoa it said it on wikipedia? - Geoff Schultz
this is nothing compared to this: Gore Oil Man Scandal is about to pop as. seems Gore benefits by the price of oil going up. http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com... - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
So it's going to melt down because he is invested in a company that converts dirty ass coal to clean burning natural gas, a company that uses computer software to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of exploration which directly would reduce the ecological impact that would other wise be caused by drilling willy nilly and a third company that also decreases environmental impact by improving the yield of already existing wells. He is an opportunistic sob but that's what being an American is all about. - Geoff Schultz
Gore is putting his chips down where he benefits. this is like inside trading. Drive the price of oil up with Green rhetoric and make Americans pay the bill. I'm sorry... but this will not do. I prefer John Edwards and Spitzer to what Gore is trying to do. This is the end of the line for Gore. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Oil's price is driven up by demand and speculative buying that it's demand will continue to increase. If anything green initiatives and "rhetoric" would decrease it's cost. If we said tomorrow we making government mandated switch off of oil in 5 years it's price would sink like a rock because it's Future Value would no longer be calculated into it's Present Value. - Geoff Schultz
ba wah ha ha ha ha ah ha... and you really believe that? Not even Obama believes that. that is why he is changing his mind about off shore drilling. you swallowed the BLUE STATE pill didn't you? I know this is hard... but supply and demand. GET IT? if there is a demand and no supply... then the price goes up. nothing will stop the momentum to electric cars now... but till we can all afford Chevy Volts... we still have gas. Gore is invested in oil. NPR and PBS get their money from oil!!! duh! - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
things are never as they seem - Umberto Eco - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
notice all the biggest anti war people are the big oil names. even Republicans like former secratary of state Baker. BIG OIL! you are right that oil is screwing us... but it isn't Bush oil... but rather Anti American OIL. too complex for you people to understand, but oil makes money when the supply is short. OIL wants to sell Iraqi oil to China and Russia... you dumb asses. we are screwing ourselves. Another example of the LEFT creating a GREEN ghetto. you don't know what you are doing! - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
I spent most of the 90's studying these issues. I worked at Envirolink.org. check my resume http://simonstudio.com/resume Gore was considered public enemy #1! his green stunt is all P.R. you Fools! - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Weirdly, until I fixed it just now, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R... led not with the fact that she had an affair with Edwards, but with "She was the basis for the character Alison Poole in Jay McInerney's novel Story of My Life, a character that also appears in the novels of Bret Easton Ellis, including American Psycho and Glamorama." Not that that's not interesting too. But I guess wikipedia is not very fast. The 2nd paragraph did mention Edwards' admission. - j1m
who cares... we all saw Edwards was a slime ball. Obama is a slimeball. Clinton was the better slime ball... the democrats are slime, slime, slime and... I don't care anymore what they say or do. they are not the people's party. they don't care about our suffering with oil prices... they are scum. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
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Dave "Maverick" Winer posted a link
Social WordPress to Launch in December - Webmonkey
Social WordPress to Launch in December - Webmonkey
August 8 at 2:05 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"During his interview at The Start Conference, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg announced that BuddyPress will be released before the end of the year. Based on the multi-user version of WordPress, BuddyPress has the features we all expect from a social network: friends, profiles, and tasteless photo galleries." - Dave "Maverick" Winer via Bookmarklet
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so ning? :) - Jeff Woelker via twhirl
@Jeff But it's open source (that alone is an advantage) and it's integrated with Wordpress, giving it a potential install base of millions (or at least hundreds of thousands) of blogs that can use the software. - sebmos
And it supports all the common weblog formats and protocols. It's compatible with lots of stuff that social networks typically are not. Tooools. - Dave "Maverick" Winer
As lame as "BuddyPress" sounds, I can actually imagine it becoming the backbone of an open-architecture 'social' web. Cry havoc and let slip the plug-in scripters of war! - Rob Sterling
Sweet. Very interesting - Jason Kaneshiro
now i see the light - Jeff Woelker via twhirl
Seriously folks, check out Elgg: this funtionality is already available for you to host yourself without relying on Ning. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Wow, that's quite interesting! - Daynah
So, speaking of thousands of sites using this, I expect there will be some common method of post and commenting based on something like openid? - Ernie Oporto
Hmm, it'll be interesting to see how much of this they hack into wordpress.com. I imagine people are screaming for this stuff already. :D - Stephen Shores
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MG Siegler posted an entry on VentureBeat
Yahoo allows you to opt-out of contextual ads knowing you probably won’t want to
August 8 at 12:20 pm - Link
Yeah, I hate those relevant ads :). I don't understand why someone would want to opt-out of contextual ads. Maybe they it's just something that sounds nice if you don't think about it. - Paul Buchheit
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Yes, that's a big choice between watching relevant ads and preserving privacy. What I find the most interesting is that only a tiny persantage of those who see those ads are aware of any privacy issues or opt-out capability. - Svetlana Gladkova via twhirl
@Paul It's a two-sided sword. Companies like Google (but also social networks, etc.) often know more about us than intelligence services. That's no problem, as long as this isn't abused. The problem is that there are so many parties involved that could abuse this information. Another Bush-like gov't and Google could be forced to work together with intelligence services. The step to have this information abused isn't far. You only need one person out of that many people that potentially have access to [...] - sebmos
[...] to that data, who sells the information, or something. It doesn't really matter if this is *unlikely* - it is possible, and that is a concern that has to be respected. The other point of view is true of course, too - relevant ads are better than irrelevant ads and can actually be useful information. - sebmos
Oh please, Svetlana! My credit card company sells info based on my purchases to anyone who will buy! Here in the US, if you give to the Democratic National Committee they will sell your info to the Republican National Committee and vice-versa. Wherever there is money to be made on your data, it is being made. Yahoo contextual ads hardly scratches the surface when it comes to utilizing "private" information. - Robert Seidman
@Robert: I'm not sure about how exactly privacy is handled in the US but I actually hoped that better than here in Rusia. But one thing I'm sure of is that Yahoo's invasion is very minor compared to what can be experienced elsewhere. - Svetlana Gladkova via twhirl
Someone told me about a test email, which was sent to two large groups. One email had opt-in checked, the other had decline checked. 95% of both groups accepted whatever choice was pre-selected. Sounds like people won't opt-out, even if offered the choice. - Paul Rodriguez
I'll definitely opt out when given the choice. Contextual ads are preferable to non, but I don't care for any form of advertising. Same with do not call lists, junk mail. - Jason Kaneshiro
@Paul: Thank you, very interesting and it really confirms my own suspects that only a small number of people will care about the opt-out. - Svetlana Gladkova via twhirl
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Robert Scoble shared an item on Google Reader
Microsoft Speed Launch
August 8 at 5:24 am - Link
Isn't this the purpose of the Vista Start menu search? - Wictor Wilén
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Wictor: That's the first thing that came to my mind too. - Dileepa Prabhakar
I guess they wanted to compete more directly with Launchy and other similar app-launching applications. I can't imagine, from the screenshot on that page, that this will give Launchy any serious competition, though. - David Worrell
I think it's more for data collection and see how they can improve stuff in general in Windows. - Dileepa Prabhakar
it reminds me somewhat of launchy.com - Jason Shultz via twhirl
@Wictor & Dileepa You have to use an application launcher for a few days to understand its usefulness. I use Launchy for some time now and I miss it on computers that haven't got it installed. Yes, it doesn't do much more than a search box in a start menu. It's still more useful. Having said that, I didn't try the Microsoft product. It looks like a app launcher with more UI, something that kind of contradicts the idea of an app launcher in the first place, but one never knows. ;) - sebmos
been meaning to try Launchy for some time now. Does anyone out there use Find & Run Robot from DonationCoder.com? - Nathan Rein
sebmos: Have used Launchy on XP and yes, it is very useful. - Dileepa Prabhakar via twhirl
i started using launchy when i switched from vista to xp and loved it. recently i switched back to vista and tried to use the search box in the start menu but it's just not the same. you get so used to hitting alt-space and quickly type something that it becomes ingrained. on top of that, launchy "learns" what apps your wanting based on what you type. vista never figures out that when i type photoshop i'm wanting photoshop, not photoshop lightroom just because that's first in the list. so, i'm reinstalling launchy on my system today. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Yeah the search box inteh start menu is slow when you search. It could be alot better at just searching for programs. - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini
I'm using Launchy. I wonder how this compares. - Morton Fox
Jason, actually Vista does learn. It moves the most-used result of a query to the top of the list. I used to use Launchy back in my XP days but haven't needed it since Vista came around. - Akiva Moskovitz
@Akiva. I wonder why it wasn't working for me? If I typed photoshop, "photoshop lightroom" kept coming up first even thought I wanted regular photoshop. of course, if i typed lightroom, it came up first which is what I wanted. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Jason, not sure. Possibly check the Start Menu properties and see if set to sort All Program menu items by name? - Akiva Moskovitz
@Akiva. Yep, "Sort All Programs menu by name" was checked. I unchecked it, but it didn't make a difference, though. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
It's basically the Vista start menu search except you can give command aliases to it and it has some common items like weather and stocks built in. Watch the video on the site. Looks useful, it'll probably become part of Windows 7's start menu search. - xero
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Hutch Carpenter posted a message
“08 08 08: Will today have the most ever weddings globally?”
August 8 at 10:21 am - Link
my wife made a similar comment last night - acedanger the maverick
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I know of two personally and have heard of several others. - Rochelle
Attending one today - Hutch Carpenter
7-7-7 had a lot, and it was on a Saturday. I wonder what it was like in Vegas. - Kevin Fox
I'm hoping for 101010. That date appeals to the nerd in me. - Erica Baker
ya 7/7/7 was much bigger, 7 is a lucky number and coveted by christians - sean percival
8 is also a good Christian number... symbolizes new beginnings. :-) I know of 2 new beginnings today, but I'm sure there are a bajigglion. I love weddings!! :-) - Lisa L. Seifert
Good points on 07 07 07. For some reason I perceive that 8 is more important in Asia than 7 is in the Western world. - Hutch Carpenter
Weddings on these days (8/8/08, 7/7/07, etc.) have a considerably higher risk of being divorced. Many people marry in a hurry only because of the date. - sebmos
....or the most olympics? - Brian Ries
the triple 8 is being very good to the stock market in the US so far... - Robert Seidman
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FriendFeed Feedback: Benedikt Koehler posted a link
“Friendfeed bug: In the search results, the comments of my friends don't have a yellow speech balloon. They're all white.”
August 5 at 5:08 am - via Reshare - Link
anyone else experiencing this? - Benedikt Koehler
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Yes - Brian Sullivan
Yup - AJ Batac ♘
Search results aren't personalized at all. They don't respect the black list, either. - sebmos
@sebmos but there are three kinds of search a) me-search, b) friends-search c) everyone-search. so the results of a) + b) are personalized. - Benedikt Koehler
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Thomas Frütel posted an entry on Webmaster Blog
Wenn Facebook StudiVZ kauft
August 8 at 3:17 am - Link
Darüber habe ich mir auch schon Gedanken gemacht. Dürfte kein einfaches Verfahren sein, all die Netzwerke zusammenzufügen. Ohne Kollateralschäden ginge das wohl nicht. (Wobei facebook einfach die Freunde von den VZs importieren und in eine eigene Freundeliste mit dem jeweiligen VZ-Namen packen könnte. zB) - marcel weiss
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Hmm, je länger ich darüber nachdenke, desto mehr komm ich zu dem Schluss, dass die Freundeslisten auf facebook gut geeignet wären zum Integrieren eingekaufter Social Graphs. - marcel weiss
Ob's zum Verkauf kommt oder nicht, weiß ich nicht, ich erwarte aber, dass Facebook StudiVZ von selbst verdrängen wird. Facebook wird nur panisch, weil sie überall schneller als in Deutschland wachsen. Tatsächlich ist StudiVZ selbst aber im (leichten) Abwärtstrend (Oktober 07: 5 Mrd. Page Views, Jänner 08: 6,3 Mrd, Juni 08: 4,8 Mrd.). StudentInnen verwenden mittlerweile immer mehr Facebook. Ich kenne immer mehr Mitglieder. Facebook sollte sein Geld bzw. Anteile nicht an StudiVZ verschwenden. - sebmos
@sebmos: Die schlechten Juni Zahlen könnte man aber auch mit dem Sommerloch erklären. Zudem kann es gut sein, dass WKW da einiges am VZ-Kuchen abgräbt. Ob Facebook es noch schafft, sich hierzulande aus eigener Kraft durchzusetzen, bezweifle ich. - Thomas Frütel
@Thomas: Wäre fb nur ein weiteres SN, würde ich Dir zustimmen. Mit der Plattform, dem neuen Design und facebook connect ist facebook mittlerweile aber 'a different beast'. Von daher stehen die Chancen langfristig da besser als bei anderen SN-Angeboten. - marcel weiss
Ich sehe das wie Marcel. Facebook sollte das einfach aussitzen und die Zeit für sich arbeiten lassen. Behalten die Amerikaner zudem ihr Entwicklungs- und Innovationstempo annähernd bei, haben die VLler dem bald nichts mehr entgegen zu setzen und werden nur noch alt aussehen. - Matthias Schwenk
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Robert Scoble shared an item on Google Reader
IE8 Beta – Pointers for making your website compatible with IE8 standards rendering mode
August 7 at 11:57 pm - Link
The fact that MS has to warn users about making their sites IE compatible says a lot about IE. I look forward to the day when a forthcoming IE release will be no big deal, because devs will be able to write standards complaint web pages that just work in IE. - Paul Grav
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@Paul Applause! - ※Fu※
@Paul You're wrong. This day won't come as long as the old releases are there and as long as no browser is 100% standards compatible. Folks will have to optimize for IE8, because they optimized for IE in general. From my tests with the first beta of IE8, I could remove all the IE7- and IE6-extras, because actually it was as standards compatible as Firefox. You will always have to optimize CSS and HTML for browsers, simply because they interpret standards differently. - sebmos
I have stylesheets for different versions of Firefox, and I could have a separate stylesheet for different versions of Opera, if it luckily hadn't only .1% market share among the visitors of our site. - sebmos
@Sebmos. Wrong about what? I didn't state any facts. There's nothing that you wrote that would contradict what I wrote. - Paul Grav
@sebmos: I have used older versions of Firefox (0.10, Firebird, Phoniex) lately and have noticed no problems rendering webpages. Only web apps. And I very rarely have problems with rendering pages in Konqueror who very few people actually optimize for. The only different with Konqueror is that I have to occasionally falsely identify my user agent. - Jake (aka Jawee)
The one thing that I hate about web development is the amount of time spent getting CSS to display correctly across IE and Firefox. Ie8 looks promising, no doubt. - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini
Not going to be happy if I need to make another set of CSS hacks for IE8, as well as IE7/IE6 just so MS can persist in a non-standards compatible platform. I know that's not what the article says, but we've been disappointed before. Get it right MS. - Mo "Killer Bee" Kargas
@Jake Certainly depends on the complexity of a design. I try to design less complex so that differences in appearance don't matter and optimize for the latest versions of (relevant) browsers (FF3, IE7). I'm happy if the site looks good in other browsers. (<FF3, Opera). I don't care about IE6, though - I do what I can so that the site *works* there. - sebmos
@Sebemos No need to be so patronising. I wasn't being serious. I thought that "web pages that just work in IE" might have given that away. I was wrong about that. - Paul Grav
Ie is piece of crap, forever, this fact cannot be changet. - k00pa via twhirl
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marcel weiss posted an entry on netzwertig.com
Facebook wollte StudiVZ kaufen
August 8 at 2:18 am - Link
Ich hoffe StudiVZ bleibt unabhängig, sonst haben wir bald die ganzen nervigen Apps auch auf StudiVZ.. Und die sind ja wohl ein Grund, FB nicht zu benutzen. - Timo Heuer
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Apps kommen zu StudiVZ - wurde bereits angekündigt. Ist aus Sicht von StudiVZ auch wichtig, weil das etwas ist, das nur wenige stört und sehr viele gefällt. (Mit entsprechenden Vorsichtsmaßnahmen kann man das Problem mit nervigen Newsfeed-Einträgen ja auch halbwegs in den Griff bekommen.) Die Differenzierung schreitet voran. Wer ein reines Business-Netzwerk will, geht zu LinkedIn oder zum "kleinen (schlechteren) Bruder" XING, wer Spaß will, zu Facebook. - sebmos
@Timo: Was für ein lahmer Troll-Versuch. - marcel weiss
Mist, und ich merk's wieder nicht :( - sebmos
@Marcel: Hm? Ich weiß zwar nicht wie genau ich das verstehen soll, aber versteh mich nicht falsch, ich mag Facebook. Aber die Apps sind - so gut manche auch sein mögen - ein Grund für mich, dort nicht wirklich aktiv zu sein. - Timo Heuer
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Trish R posted a message
“How many people do NOT have any tattoos?”
August 8 at 5:06 am - Link
It seems that the minority now is someone with zero. - Trish R
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I have seen one. - ivanandersson via Alert Thingy
I don't have any. - Michelle Martinez
Don't have any. Heck, haven't *seen* anyone with one. - Yuvi
I do not have any tattoos. My girlfriend has enough for both of us. They're sexier on her anyway. - James Williams (willia4)
No tattoos here. - sebmos
I don't have any, neither think of having it in future. Funny enough, in USSR times it was criminals-only "privilege" :) - silpol
i know someone who does not have a tattoo. - Baard Overgaard Hansen
I have zero - I have a zero tolerance for pain.... - Paula Hawk
None here. - Parth Awasthi
I always think to myself: "Would I be happy with a tattoo I would have gotten 10 years ago, now?" Which makes me fairly sure I wouldn't be happy in another 10 years with anything I'd get today which keeps me tattoo free. - Brooks Bishop
Nope, tattoos are not for me. It's been suggested I get one to harden my image, but meh. Knowing my luck I'd get one of those misspelled ones that gets infamy on failblog. - Jared Smith
I told myself I wouldn't get one until after I was married. Weird reason, but after I was married I had no longer had the desire. - Heather
I don't have any. I've considered it, but I also have to consider how it's going to look on my body after 20 years...ugh! - Mavericks of Troy, NV!
@Heather: I'm kinda the same way. Told myself I would wait until I was 25. When I hit 25, I lost all interest. I know a lot of people with tatoos, but I'm just not interested in joining the ranks. - Robert Fischer
I do not have any tattoos. I thought about getting one once, but I couldn't think of anything that I'd still find cool in 10 days, let alone 10 years. - James Ferguson
none for me... but I like taking pictures of them. - Thomas Hawk
0 tattoos - Pavlo Zahozhenko
0. Never felt the urge and they are permanent. My tastes, opinions, likes and dislikes have never stopped changing. A tattoo that might look great one day my seem horrible the next. - Paul Grav
nope, none - Bryan Clark
Zero. - Raoul Pop
I like them on other people (most of the time) but I like my skin the way it is. A tattoo is waaayyyy too permanent. - Corie "Viper" Jones
Nada - Peter Dawson
I don't have any. - Yolanda
I always thought people with tatoo were idiots mainly b/c of the reason stated here many times: how can you possibly think of something that you want on your body FOREVER. Then I had two little girls, and then I understood. I got their names on me. - cjmart
none for me - Kortney Jarman via Alert Thingy
Not me, nor piercings, nor other body mods - steplow is Steve
i have none, but i know man who have and some of them have a lot.. - Hayk Hakobyan
I have none. - Aaron B. Hockley
No tattoos or piercings. Interesting scars from playing football, though. - ha3rvey
No body art here. I am considering a tattoo to raise my street cred though. - Russellreno
I am aware of tattoos. - Shey
What's a tattoo? Isn't that a Russian girlsband? - Fernando
No tattoos, just old scars from bike accidents in Bangalore, India! Some of my friends here have been getting some nice ones- it's much cheaper to get them done in India than in the West- and some of the workmanship is just awesome! - Siddharth Deb
None here. - Duncan Riley
None, And don't want any... - George The Writer
Interesting thing about tattoos is how addictive the experience can be. I came out of my experience with such a rush that my thoughts were "again, again, again!" I'm out of ideas for things that I want permanently on my body. - cjmart
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Chris Messina posted a link
Mozilla Labs » Introducing Snowl: An Experiment with Messaging in the Browser
Mozilla Labs » Introducing Snowl: An Experiment with Messaging in the Browser
August 7 at 8:42 am - via Mento - Link
I'm all for experimentation, but this seems kind of like a waste. It's applying the mail interface to web content, and that, ultimately seems inefficient and outmoded. In other words, it's taking content that's inherently social and stripping it of its social context. I'll wait for further development. - Chris Messina via Mento
In it's current way, it's useless, but the UI could be improved. Also, it could be the basis for something different, namely a mail client inside the browser, based on Thunderbird's code - something I think would be interesting. Gmail is nice, but Thunderbird is fast. - sebmos
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Jan Tißler posted a message on Twitter