"Really, all I knew was that the cool startups seemed to be located in Silicon Valley, and so the only plan I could think of was to find out where this "Silicon Valley" was located and move there (I went to school in Ohio). Luckily, my friend Chad had recently taken a job with Intel in Santa Clara, and he reported that Santa Clara was in fact a part of "Silicon Valley", so I joined Intel too." - Shakeel Mahate via Bookmarklet
"Of course there are many things that people call "social networks", but that's more confusing than enlightening. The "social network" aspect of these products is just a mechanism, not the purpose, and their purposes are often more different than similar. It's like saying that something is a "Javascript". Many websites use Javascript, but hopefully the Javascript is only there in order to accomplish some other purpose. LinkedIn and Twitter, for example, both use Javascript and social networking mechanisms, but clearly they are very different products and have very different uses. Facebook likes to call itself a "social utility", but to me that's just as meaningless." - Shakeel Mahate via Bookmarklet
Paul demos a simple bash script to upload images to ff. It really should belong on the ff blog or ff tips. I read it in March and I am sharing it for the benefit of the new friendfeeders - Shakeel Mahate via Bookmarklet
if it has any military capability, it is then only looks-like-mobile-missile-launcher -- there is nothing defensive in standing (erected) building... but somehow I am not freaked over pictures. - silpol
That is awesome. I love that interior space between the silos, that's some big glass! - felix
looking over the other offerings on that site... man, what you get in Denver compared to what I'm getting, not even staying in Manhattan, but moving to Williamsburg? Ouch. Sigh. - felix
Wow, did any of the commentators actually watch Clark's statement? Amazing. - Dennis E. Hamilton
I hate FOX news. I mean Faux news. I mean Faux crap. - Grant Gochnauer
Take the perspective of an ordinary American who does not follow the news and read the newspaper, when they watch FOX news the only message that they can take is that Wesley Clark is questioning the patriotism of John McCain. FOX news has in effect achieved what it wanted all along. - Shakeel Mahate
An argument could be made that neoconservative billionaire Rupert Murdoch (the owner of Fox News) is the most destructive personality ever to afflict American politics and the American people. At some point the victims of his mischief (pretty much all Americans) are going to want an accounting. - Sean McBride
Neal Katyal (Georgetown law professor) describes how city planners, architects try to prevent crime by creating open spaces that are visible and create a sense of community. Neal then applies the lessons of crime control in cities to software. - Shakeel Mahate
Neal Katyal is more famous for his work on behalf of the Guantanamo Bay detainees. He is my favorite guest on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. - Shakeel Mahate
"Such findings open up a fascinating prospect: perhaps many patients whom doctors treat as having a nerve injury or a disease have, instead, what might be called sensor syndromes. When your car’s dashboard warning light keeps telling you that there is an engine failure, but the mechanics can’t find anything wrong, the sensor itself may be the problem. This is no less true for human beings. Our sensations of pain, itch, nausea, and fatigue are normally protective. Unmoored from physical reality, however, they can become a nightmare: M., with her intractable itching, and H., with his constellation of strange symptoms—but perhaps also the hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone who suffer from conditions like chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain, tinnitus, temporomandibular joint disorder, or repetitive strain injury, where, typically, no amount of imaging, nerve testing, or surgery manages to uncover an anatomical explanation. Doctors have persisted in treating these condit" - Shakeel Mahate via Bookmarklet
"Nexting." I like that term. I compulsively next an entire week, then get paralyzingly overwhelmed at the plethora of things I have to do, and wind up only accomplishing 10% of what I planned out. I'm interested to see what strategies work for you over the next few weeks/months. Oh God, did I just next not nexting? - Mark Trapp
I think it is much more healthy to spend time thinking about the future than the past. Myself I am more of an eat whatever is around when I am hungry person like your husband. But my lack of planning means I miss out on activities and later regret the lack of planning. - Brian Sullivan
"I clapped my hands over my ears and chanted, 'NA NA NA NA NA NA,' until I realized I was driving, and turned the radio volume down instead." :D - possible248
Thinking about the future can be dangerous if it takes you away from enjoying the here and now. I sometimes can't relax and enjoy what's going on right this second because of obsessively contemplating what's going on later... - Jason Kaneshiro
Yoda had a lecture about always looking to the future, of course if would have planned ahead a little more we could have avoided that whole Empire thing - RAPatton
Your description of how your husband thinks about eating vs. you is classic. Exactly describes my wife and me. Cereal for dinner? Not a problem! - Hutch Carpenter
I think you're onto something: it's often a lot more relaxing to just stop and breathe and stop thinking about the future. - j1m
I think I'm a NEXT-er and a LAST-er. The future and the past both seem more important than the now usually does. - Wm Scott Rees
@Amit Patel Yeah, he was the mastermind behind blowing up the death stars and runs a terrorist training camp on Dagobah - RAPatton
Isn't thinking about the future what's supposed to get us to drive Priuses and save for retirement? Americans seem to be accused alternately of being short-sighted and of being unable to focus on the moment. Maybe it's all about being smart about what to next and how much. For example, if you did plan your meals (or a default choice) on paper a week ahead of time, it might free you from having to think about it as much. Not that I could bring myself to do that. - ⓞnor
I like the friendfeed comment widget on your blog. - Shakeel Mahate
as my mind is just about ready to explode on some of those issues, thanks for linking it so I can get my mind back! ;) - Nicole Simon
"“You just have to try everything, and you can’t expect a doctor to know precisely what’s going to happen to you,” my sister said. A physician’s training is based on caring for an average patient, “and you may not be an average person.”" - Shakeel Mahate via Bookmarklet
"The chart also listed other techniques used by the Chinese, including “Semi-Starvation,” “Exploitation of Wounds,” and “Filthy, Infested Surroundings,” and with their effects: “Makes Victim Dependent on Interrogator,” “Weakens Mental and Physical Ability to Resist,” and “Reduces Prisoner to ‘Animal Level’ Concerns.”" - Shakeel Mahate via Bookmarklet
"In the first case to review the government’s secret evidence for holding a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a federal appeals court found that accusations against a Muslim from western China held for more than six years were based on bare and unverifiable claims." Where is the outrage among decent law-abiding Americans? What has become of us? This was common knowledge even among the administration and it is really a shame and a disgrace upon us. - Shakeel Mahate via Bookmarklet
Like Napoleon's army after the defeat in Moscow, straggling west, fleeing the hideous frozen hell, we are moving into the (for me, at least) unknown... - Dave LaFontaine
Ok, trying FF as well. Still like twitter and will be sad if I have to leave it - Lide Winburn
Ive been following you for awhile but I dont think youve been following me because Ive replied back and you never answered and it said you wasnt following... :) but im still following you!!!!! - Christopher
It seems to me this is kind of a moot point. You draw those who follow you into your convesation and if someone makes a comment that continually intriques you all you have to do is simply subscribe to their ff. No need to wage a big dick contest with numbers of followers here. Its all about the conversation. Just an observation at this point.. I'm just now starting the migration from twitter to FF myself;-) - Curtis Cross via twhirl
Just subscribed to you, feel free to follow back! - Kyle McEachern
Hi Jason, thanks in advance for the follow. - Larry Kless
Yes please - it is a challenge how to parallelize your twitter connections on FriendFeed. They really need a good import interface with automatic notifications via DM back to twitter followers. - Jed White
Great stuff Jason, fan of your work. It would be great to have a Twitter/FriendFeed contact sync application. I'm sure you know some peeps to make that happen. =D - Grahm Skee
Mustafa, have you played around with the new Jazz platform http://jazz.net COLA plus the Jazz platform would be a killer team environment - Shakeel Mahate
@Shakeel: No, I haven't and probably won't get around to do so until the end of July. I might read up on/fiddle around with Jazz after that. - Mustafa K. Isik
Ex-MS, worked a year for Google, returns to MS - I really don't want to flat out bash the post, but some of his comments make me wonder why on earth he joined Google in the first place. For instance he does not seem to think much of most of Google's products, considering them to "primarily help people waste time online". There are more statements along those lines ... - Mustafa K. Isik
Looks like he also wanted to have a Microsoft like structure of PM, QA, and Development at Google. - Shakeel Mahate
