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TWiT 169: The Donkey Of The Week - http://twit.tv/169
Cornelius Toole, Christopher Harris, MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) and 5 other people liked this
For God sake, never have a show without John again. He keeps you guys on topic and on a flow. That and put a muzzle on Calacanis.
- Steve Gillette
from twhirl
Yeah right never do a show w/o Dvorak ever again ... yeah right the traffice that TWiT itself brings I don't think Leo will just skip a week to suit you
- John Blanton
from twhirl
Wow, sarcasm is totally lost on the interwebz.
- Steve Gillette
from twhirl
I totally disagree, Steve. I like the fact that the shows go different ways with different panelists. a Dvorak show is a Dvorak show (though he'll even ramble about wine, etc.) A Calacanis show (aside from 57) is just a nice change of pace.
- todd
I'm not saying I don't like the change, it's very welcome. Sometimes, it's just over the top, this was one of those weeks. Sometimes when Calacanis is on, it just seems like it's This Week in Calacanis.
- Steve Gillette
from twhirl
I actually liked this weeks TWiT just as good as any other the discussion was very interesting all the way through...
- Chris Heath
from IM
I really liked this weeks show. The discussion on tech and the Presidency was great!
- Mike
I enjoyed it too. I agreed with Patrick though about Obama twittering as the President. I thought of it as more of a campaign tool than something he would keep doing forever. Now that he's won, I think he's probably done with Twitter.
- John Massaglia
This is news for me that any "applicant to the staff at the white house to list (and if possible provide copies of) all posts and comments made on all blogs and websites as well as names and nicknames ever used". First: what 20+ year old can do that nowadays? Second: Shouldn't this rule change so as to adjust to today's tools and not risk turning down technology savvy applicants?
- lelapin
MY favourites are the shows WITH Calacanis - really smart guy...
- cyberjack
NASA: "We have water" on Mars. - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
John Staton, imabonehead, Steve Lynch and 13 other people liked this
http://projectlore.com/ last one wasn't a click ;) Join the Army! Help add content to this WoW community email editor@projectlore.com
Monica Mel D and Steve Gillette liked this
Brilliant idea. Makes me almost wished I knew anything about WoW
- Paul Reynolds
oh no. this is not going to aid the addiction recovery at all.
- Ree Linker
Congrats on the new show! Hope this coop battle-and-banter format catches on. :)
- Mike Abundo
enjoyed the first show but next time play the dungeon on heroic to keep the encounters interesting
- Robert Wheeler
Is it weird that I'm not in a huge crazy rush to get the new iPhone? Like, I'll get it this weekend at some point... I don't know. Whatever.
Sawyer, Steve Gillette, Dan V and 7 other people liked this
not wierd.
- Sidney
Nothin weird about sanity.
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
I am actually skipping this one for a 32GB with better battery. Still diggin' my v1 iPhone.
- Tracy
I hear ya.
- Jonathon
@Tracy I think I am with you. All those apps and 3g are going to suck the life out of that really quickly.
- gfurry
may sound cheesy but I am also kinda attached to my v1 iPhone as it was the first iPhone AND a gift from my soon to be wife (getting married in Saint Helena, CA next Wednesday!). I refuse to sell it and the only person I would give it to would be her. I know, I know... cheese.
- Tracy
Tracy, that is so romantic and geeky at the same time! Love it :)
- Veronica
yeah, I agree. Gps would be nice, but I'm not going crazy over upgrading.
- Dennis Jackson
Personally, I'm excited because I never bought the first one. It's time I catch up with the gadgetry crazyness.
- Justin Korn
@Tracy I agree the 32GB is the one to wait for. The new software far out shines the new hardware this time around. And yes, that is some serious gouda!! :)
- Ryan Cates
Not weird at all. I wish I didn't have to get one right away, but I'm writing part of the Ars interview *and* my wife and I gotta hit the road for a Chicago road trip asap Friday. Otherwise I'd wait through the weekend or into next week, at least after the nutball campers are gone.
- David Chartier
I think just having to sift through 8 gazillion iphone fluff stories to find some real news has me burned out to the point that I just could care less about it.
- Michael Melton
My employer only replaces phones every two years, regardless of whether a kewl phone comes out before the two years are up. And my employer doesn't buy Apple phones anyway. :)
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
I'm never getting one, which must make me the ne plus ultra of weird on friendfeed.
- Zach Landes
i don't think it's weird - i think its more weird if you're freaking out about it right now...
- Morgan
I waited a whole year on my 3-year-old sidekick while like 15 people at my company all got iPhones and danced around like they were lollipop kids. I'm not waiting any longer.
- Phil G
I'm probably getting mine sometime today, but I'm not in a rush either - if there is a long line at the AT&T store across the street tomorrow morning, I'll just come back in the afternoon.
- Frederic
I'm not rusing to get one, like I wouldn't say "I won't" but I'm not planning on it. Just doesn't interest me - which is funny cos I love gadgets just this doesn't interest me
- Ben Metcalfe
from twhirl
I'm waiting more better 3G coverage, AT&T is expanding it around here
- Robert Hafer
from fftogo
I really want the 32Gb. Hopefully one will be out by Christmas
- David Wilson
Not weird at all! Shows that you don't buy into hype easily! Hope you enjoy it when you DO buy one! Personally I LOVE my Blackberry Pearl 8120! Almost all the iPhone goodness without AT&T and the new apps!
- Jeff Garlick
Big whoop. Another phone that's going to make me pay thru the nose for non-all you can eat services. I'll stick with my pre-paid phone thank you very much.
- Steve Gillette
from twhirl
Follow @LenEdgerly for reasons why NOT to get an iPhone today.
- Steve Garfield
from twhirl
philip: like your analogue of iphone fan"persons" = lollipop kids (works for me)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
You never know how valuable a scroll wheel is until it stops working.
Jared Smith, Robert Couture, Aaron Draczynski and 16 other people liked this
scroll wheels are the mark of the devil - multi touch trackpads are what we all need ;)
- h1ro
I'm finding out the same is true for the tab key.
- Chris Baskind
@h1ro - coming soon: apple mouse with touch top. the mighty mouse has one of the worst scroll balls IMHO
- MG Siegler
My mighty mouse's scroll ball doesn't really work anymore; it only scrolls up, not down. Can't wait for the new Apple mouse.
- Nathan Reale
this reminds me that I need to get a new mouse for my home desktop.
- Alan Le
@MG Siegler heh well there was a patent ages ago for a mighty mouse with a touch top - but it didn't seem to go anywhere. i just want an external macbook pro multitouch touch pad to use with my desktop. and friendfeed please allow reply to comments i.e. threading soon. pretty please. with sugar and stuff
- h1ro
especially the clickable scroll wheel
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Multitouch trackpads, bah! I am waiting for mind control!
- Robert Couture
from twhirl
Ironically, I've a text wheel that has stopped working. It wasn't working for at least a year. All of the sudden, it is working fine now on my Mac. How ironic!
- James Mowery
from twhirl
I almost thought she was going to say 'you never know how valuable a scroll is until you recite it'
- Rachel R.
My command (cmd) key on my MacBook broke once. The machine was unusable! I'm a kb shortcut junkie.
- Dillon K. Hoops
I've tried most of the "quick fixes" for the mighty mouse, and none of them have worked for me. I have resigned myself to only scrolling up a page. Ironically, this works well for FriendFeed if you start at the bottom and go up in chronological order.
- Nathan Reale
mighty mouse is great! moisten your finger and run the ball in all directions for a few seconds and it's back to new.
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Working on Mahalo's mission statement. Would love some feedback on it: "We're here to help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust." - http://any feedback?
Bryan Landers, accesine, Marcello Del Bono and 15 other people liked this
Go with the Jerry Maguire manifesto
- stephen o reilly
It's nice, and accurate, but it would be great if we could get something in there about curation. I feel like that's the best description of what it is we actually do.
- Lon Harris
from twhirl
How about mentioning that "We're people helping people easily find info, etc." to differentiate from algorithms?
- Tom Guarriello
Simple and to the point. Thumbs up!
- Will Hirsbrunner
We are here to assist people by easily finding the right information, answers, and resources with a human touch ;)
- Robert Barr
how about something about free pizza and tshirts?
- Stefan Hayden
I think it needs to be more proactive . . . like "We help people find information, answers and resources they can trust."
- Telemill
Yeah Cason I don't think you could've put it more simple
- John Blanton
from twhirl
Jeez, you've been hanging out with Leo too long...sounds like some of the TWiT network's catchphrase has rubbed off. However, it does sum up Mahalo to a T.
- Steve Gillette
from twhirl
It's a great mission statement. Especially with FTGs creating pages, and link checkers (such as mike, debbie, and jeffhoard) checking all user-submitted links. I say that mission statement is a keeper - nice and accurate. PS, Jason, I've left you a few pieces of feedback to your Mahalo email address. ;)
- Chris Thomson
"Don't be google"
- Stefan Hayden
Lon Harris: a mission statement shouldn't get into execution as that is secondary to purpose. Our mission is to help folks find this information, but the way we do that is going to change and evolve. The fact that we currently do curation of links is really not super important to the mission... if we wind up getting a better product using another process (i.e. social bookmarking or semantic search) then we will do that. So, that's why i left out "with humans" or "by using human intelligence."
- Jason Calacanis
Or even . . . "With Mahalo find the information, answers and resources you can trust."
- Telemill
I see your point, but regardless of the process, think Mahalo would always involve some form of curation. Even social bookmarking would "curate" the Web, albeit differently than we do now.
- Lon Harris
from twhirl
Well, it COULD be simpler . . . "Mahalo, information you can trust" but then you sound like a bank for something.
- Telemill
A mission statement is about you, your business and your ideals.The best policy to a mission statement is to keep those three things in mind and, keep it short and simple. "We're here to help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust." sounds a bit more like a catch phrase or slogan. What is Mahalo going to do to achieve that statement?
- Candace
Telecommutingmillionaire: I like the "We" It adds the human element vital to Mahalo without beating you over the head. I agree that it seems long so here's a modification that takes out a few words,but not the meaning: "We're here to help you find trustworthy information, answers and resources." Leaving in the We and the You sends the "by human, for humans" message.
- David Jones
I was musing the other day about whether mission statements still make sense. They remind of offsites and consultants.
- John McCrea
The word information makes "answers and resources" redundant, doesn't it? How about "Mahalo is people connecting people to information they can trust.".
- Joe Coughlin
@Telecommutingmillionaire "Mahalo, information you can trust" also sounds too close to "Netcasts you love from people you trust" from TWiT. For the network that Candace Holly and myself work on I picked the tagline "A Community of Creativity", simple and to the point. But that isn't exactly a mission statement rather than an overall tone.
- The Geek Media
Don't forget to add a vision statement. Mission = What is our business. Vision = What we want to become. You will gain clarity by doing both rather than putting them into one statement. I have an outline that will get you there if you are interested.
- Wade Bowlin
I think it's good. I think there can be a distinction between "answers" and "resources" and encourage you to keep the wording if it is accurate.
- Kimberly J
How about adding something like: We sort through the rubbish, so you don't have to.
- Ross Maguire
I think you should include the words "Real world" somewhere. Like "Solving real world problems."
- jonn
needs to include the word "synergy" somewhere
- Mistletoe Glen
Jason, it is alright, however... I would rather prefer the word "guide" to be placed in there. It shows that your company is more active in assisting the user instead of just "help" which seems more passive.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
needs more... "syngergy." And also some buzzwords indicating a strong human algorithm at work. =)
- Andrew Ruess
from twhirl
Andrew and I seem to be on the same path. That is, again, why I suggest replacing the word "help" with a stronger word. One that represents Mahalo's efforts in bringing the users the best quality information available.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
The tech writer in me wants to cut it down to "We help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust." I agree that it doesn't emphasize the human element as much as I'd like.
- Brent Newhall
Comment: Interesting that you're crowd-sourcing a mission statement-- seems that a singular point of view would be important. Suggestion: it helps to define scope, focus, and end-result. Right now, your mission statement doesn't appear to drive employees down particular directions when they hit crossroads. Example: Mahalo exists to guide customers to the most relevant and trustworthy answers whenever/wherever they have questions
- Vijay Goel
We suck less than MS Search? :)
- Fred Grott
@David Jones, I still feel you are softening up the "punch" of the statement with "we're here". Take the here out. Rearrange the last few words so it flows off the mind and the tongue . . . "We help you find trustworthy answers, information and resources." Answers should be first, because we all really want good answers. Information is also what we are searching for but it's such a esoteric concept. And please, is there another word we can use for resources? It's just so . . . corporate speak.
- Telemill
Vijay: This isn't crowdsourcing. :-) It's asking the cloud for comments and feedback.
- Brent Newhall
Revisit Guykawasaki's lecture at last years Gnomedex, you'll end up with "Answers you can trust"
- Greg Birch
I hate to say this but it doesn't really catch my attention. It seems too generic.
- Blaine Fleming
It does sound like a corporate mission statement, I might Leo-ize it to "the answers you want, from people you trust." Just because Mahalo seems to be positioned as a friendlier entity than most corporations.
- Robert Morrison
The test would be how many employees can remember, and recite the "mission" no fluff, all my staff know our mission is "to give patients hope" Guy gave a great talk, mission statements that sound great can be found at http://www.netinsight.co.uk/portfol... but they usually fail the staff test. Disney's mission statement "to make people happy" even a CEO can remember that.
- Greg Birch
"we're here to help you find photos of hot chicks a lot quicker than normal"
- Rick
mahalo: we do search without the suck
- Andrew
We're here to help people enjoy finding answers, info and sources they can believe in.
- Mark Alves
"We're here to help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust by empowering the passionate internet community."
- Techboy2000
Alex Albrecht's First Known TV Appearance Released! - http://uk.youtube.com/watch...
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Brian Brunelle, Steve Gillette, Neil and 2 other people liked this
That gameshow is insane...how many people got busted up when they got "voted off the island?"
- Steve Gillette
from twhirl
Children Of Men Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Steve Gillette, Kevin Hessel, Horst Gutmann and 6 other people liked this
Just watched this movie last week, I really enjoyed it and even though it takes place in the near future, the storyline was very believable/acceptable due to it tying in to issues we currently see in society. It wasn't what I expected, it actually was a bit better than I had hoped.
- cmiper
This movie is fabulous. Like Blade Runner/Apacolypse Now fabulous IMO. Too bad it got a bad shake in theaters.
- Steve Gillette
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