Obama just became President of the United States, deal with it.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Really? I hadn't heard about that!! Imma gonna let you finish your announcment, but I want to let everyone know that.... ummm... I don't have anything else to let people know... oh well.
- Lindsay
Google just showed off the most amazing application at Google I/O, it's called Google Wave.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Dude, Jimminy, bro, guy, chico. Make a Twitter account out of this. 1 million followers guaranteed.
- Vezquex
First Tweet: Breaking News: @aplusk just beat @cnnbrk and became the first Twitter user with a million followers.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Vez, I might try that once I get my new video card, I prefer apps to tweet and currently, my monitor is giving me headaches, I've been breaking away to study algorithms and let my head eyes relax.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
In-order to keep up with so many things in my life I need at-least 48 hours in a day :)
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
And the bad new is I HAVE to keep up with them coz all of them are important and not to miss..So what say ? ...I suppose I need time management for them. How do you keep up guys/gals ?
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
I usually have blues on monday :| for exmaple Hard to get up etc, etc
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
I would like fewer hours in a day though, may be its just me. Its not for coping with tasks but for better scheduling...
- TrafficBug
Nah, we don't need more time. Just the hands off of those who don't have a right to it from stealing it from us and our families. Pssst. Big Business are you listening?
- Melanie Reed
The Great Google Wave invite thread. Anyone who wants an invite post your Gmail address here and anyone who has invites available please use to invite the people on this list. There are also a bunch of requests in the Invites group here: http://friendfeed.com/invites
I have a few but holding them for a few people who have already asked me. I'm at kolint [at] googlewave [dot] com btw. A pain I know but if you can, could you update your comment when you have an account or just delete your comment. Ta! :-) EDIT: Try this site for invites: http://googlewaveinvites.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Are people on this list getting invites or at least been told they have an invite on the way? You might have to be patient, it could take a long time for one to come through.
- Kol Tregaskes
Adam, yep agree. Maybe because I did that (month ago though) helped me get mine through from Vijay so quickly!
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol, the invitation process seems to be based on nominations. For example, everytime someone nominates/invites you, you get bumped up the queue for an account until you're at the top and you get sent an invite by the team
- Ema Nymton
Ysabel, ah I see, So lots of people must have nominated me. Darn, so a few users I have nominated could be waiting a looooong time. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
if that voting system is right I'm very annoyed. I asked for an invite months ago, now all the numpties are all over it I'm not going to get a look in. It's like I've been sat at the front of a shop queue and everyone's just walking right past me into the shop. I am British but I detest both queuing and waiting, so this is pretty tough going
- Toby Graham
Like most other people, yesterday I wasn't aware of that I «needed» a Google Wave invitation this badly...but now I am!!! quackofdawn at gmail dot com
- noname
neternity@gmail.com and i promise to send a wave of 100,901 twitter followers to your doorstep each of whom will have averaged 1 tweet in their existence - this might not get me an invite but surely it will get some notice - must have that something special - my google wave invite special sauce ingredient is twitter juice PS Not to be construed as an offer, not valid in any of the 53 US states, do not try this at home, caution: contents are hot.
- Ross Button
Purdy Please! (expecting [dot] rain)
- Jeremy Kunz
Anyone have already a wave invite?. I'm a developers anxious to take a look at wave. jmiguel.rodriguez at gmail.com . Thank you very much in advanced!
- jmiguel rodriguez
trentono gmail com...thanks in advance, mysterious stranger...
- Trent Olson
lol at this point i gotta think that by the time an invite makes it this far down the list i may already be at the top of the official invite list but doesn't hurt to try right? marco [dot] nunez @ gmail - thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I'm also trying. As Marco said, it doesn't hurt :) iamclem at gmail. thanks!
- Clément Simon
Hello, I would love to have a google wave invite too. ilteris@gmail.com thanks!
- ilteris
Oops! You said gmail address: marybaumcreative (at) gmail. Although I run marybaum@marybaum.com through gmail servers too.
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
from email
I'd love an invite. I was sort of expecting to get one from Google, as I have been in all of their other betas, but to no avail :( carlton.prest@gmail.com
- Carlton Prest
Plesae send an invite! jwatson820@gmail.com
- Jonna Watson
damn, the pretty please guy will get one for sure, that steve guy @hotmail.com is likely last on the list - but we all will get one if that scobilizer guy notices that we are all here and asking and so cul cuz we are all on friendfeed - maybe if we twitter too it might help - hello google !!!!
- Ross Button
how do we know which ones are sent? I'm just doing my own thread.
- Vezquex
meemmtype at gmail dot com Thank you!
- Jonathan Kong
I would also like an invite if anyone has one -> aaron915 at gmail.com
- Aaron Berman
I'll take one if you can give it...desktopsbyduck@gmail.com
- RICHARD E. MOORE
id love an invite - allen074 - at - gmail.com - thank you
- Allen Stern
I've been too busy to get on FF the last few days....figures something important happening and I missed it! I knew about Google Wave but didn't know there would be a thread to post a request. In any case, better late than never, I'd love an invite at madeliene2007 at gmail.com. :)
- Bonnie Foster
re.renus@gmail.com somebody please send me a invitation... ^_^ : )
- Emad
wimmulder@gmail.com. Am really excited to try this out for a collaborative research project I'm working on. Hoping someone has an invite to spare!
- Wim Mulder
giuliocc@gmail.com . Keen to see if we can shake M$'s cage about messaging and collaboration.
- Giulio Campobassi
Would love an invite - jonathonc at gmail.com
- Jonathon
VitaArdiyana (at) gmail (dot) com, Thanks before Kol. I will delete my comment when i have my google wave account.
- Vimala Vita
Just digging into the comments now but let me begin by saying that you did an incredible job with this thread Kol, 473 (474 after I post) comments!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Google Wave : Could anyone invite me ? : jean.charles.blondeau[at]gmail.com Thanks
- Jean-Charles
Would appreciate an invite. joe@joeperrin.com (Thanks!)
- Joe Perrin
System Messages Invite Status: 17559 invite requests in the system. 7 invites confirmed as received by requester. 199 invites claimed as sent from giver.
- oliv21
How does anyone know if someone has already been invited? You could go back and edit your comment when you receive an invitation, but since that takes days, it could be ages before you know.
- marziah
I've not even had a nomination, RK. At google dot com I'm suezanne , in the event anyone wants to make a nomination. I've asked before on friendfeed. It's kind of humiliating to beg.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
i have decided that if i do indeed get an invite, i will decline, forward my gmail account to windows live and put ie back as my default browser and i will bing it
- Ross Button
@Ross: why punish yourself for something you didn't do? :)
- François Dongier
I just want some google love; just like the rest of us do; but n,o they wave at us as they have their private, invite only party; thumb to nose, fingers a waving - that's the google wave; we need a tshirt
- Ross Button
al86shaw@gmail.com :) Not expecting anything, but thanks anyway!
- Alan (Giraffes)
Send to me plz ,,, mxina.com {a} gmail {dot} com
- Mohammad Sharifi
Has anyone received their invite? I haven't yet.
- Rodericus
from email
I'd love an invite to Google Wave pls. non-geeky bf got one before me! that's just not cricket.. hehe :) icetigerza (at) gmail
- Kim
Hello, if there's any invite left, you'll make me more than happy ;-) matthieu.beauval [at] gmail [dot] com, thank you !
- matthieu beauval
Of all the people posting here the chances of me getting an invite are slim but I'm still willing to try. If someone wants to shoot an invite over to jcallahan126@gmail.com I'd REALLY appreciate it.
- John
from iPhone
Aww Did I miss the Wave of invites? Come on Kol... Hook me up! :)
- JR
It looks like it, although you might be able to use the hyperlink on the front of the Wave homepage to request an invitation, if it's still available.
- Tyson Key
Google Wave Anybody? I needz one plz... walt {dot} ruppar {at} gmail [dot] com
- JR
from iPhone
allanbesselink<at>gmail<dot>com ... please!
- Allan Besselink
I'll wager that some of the folks on this list have received their invite by now, or no longer want one - I have 16 invitations at this instant. It's probably easier for me if you DM.
- Sue - Friendfeed is best
fifiquimbo(at)gmail(dot)com. I would love one, thanks!
- Fifi Quimbo
I have 8 invites to Google Wave, if someone is interested, please DM with e-mail address. Ciao, Andrea
- Andrea Romoli
"An online notebook, which will help you organise your informations. It will allow you to create Pages consisting of notes, images, to-dos, files... You can keep them for yourself or share with your coworkers, friends and family."
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
from Bookmarklet
Mark, it feels like a mix between love and heartbreak
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Sunny, I'm 20, I don't think it's love, I've got noone to love here.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Then deffo no love ...may be its adrenaline..go out have party yaw
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
No that m against love but i don't understand the concept of falling in love and then breaking their bones ops I meant heart :S
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
No parties here either. O_o, there arent' any people. LOL
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Ok besides people stoned out of their minds, and crazy people, ok I might be the latter but as to the former I haven't had anything for a long time
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I figured it out it's just mania, the butterflies in my head was just the cobwebs knocking themselves off, I haven't felt like this in 6 months. Welcome back brainfog
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Mark, i've only go one way to go on that train and that is up. I've had maybe 5 beers in the past 2 years. Down from a dozen or so a night. No thank you.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
well that what they are charging for. By providing security by having control of the production and features release but still major development is going on in community
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
But they don't charge for that, that's part of the free product, they make money off of helping companies install the product and set it up.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I suppose they do charge for enterprise edition of red hat linux servers
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
Freemium not social media they had revenue since before social-media they make $$ on enterprise solutions.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Freemium exist because of community which believes in certain concept which is freemium and open source in this case and if there wasn't any community of red hat then I doubt red hat wud have made billions. that's wot red hat says and it make sense
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
Ha Ha, very well said. BTW we have a meeting tomorrow about the thing. :) I think, I have a cool idea but little side track will let you know tomorrow 8:00 AM my time :) Peace
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
from email
@sunnykapoor how goes the architecture for friendfeed enhanced?
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
I had couple of things in my mind and after reading the last comment of the discussion i found out the there is already an project called openFF as result I think we should make a little change in plans for the service will let you know coz i have to goto a meeting now so have to prepare for it.
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
And when I am done with talking usually my friends says "say again" and that pisses me off coz i have go through all the blabber again :)
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
Jimminy, not sure Q & A is appropriate though where this is a Keynote. I may do it anyway though.
- Jesse Stay
For a keynote I'd take a highliter and emphasize my key points then after each one a nice long pause with good eye contact around th eroom - let the really important information settle in before you move on
- WarLord
also for a longer term soulution visit Toastmasters.org look for a club to join - good organiztion that helps speakers muchly
- WarLord
And speak lower. (You talk high by nature) :)
- Louis Gray
This is just a quick service announcement: Twitter is investigating an issue with users becoming locked out of the service after changing their email address or username, or resetting their passwords. oh sigh Twitter whale yet again!
- polou/indigo_bow
from Bookmarklet
Twitter need more developer on Board .Well after 100 million I suppose they can afford it
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
I think something deeper might be happening. Geeks seem to be disappearing off of social networks in droves. I am seeing this trend across all social media but biggest on FriendFeed which definitely was affected by sale to Facebook and it is clear that Facebook doesn't see FriendFeed as important.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
We have a secret underground network we haven't told anyone about yet
- Jesse Stay
@scobleizer the team's been pulled off friendfeed, according to what my sources are telling me
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
friendfeed will gain momentum in the months to come
- Alexander Herrera
@jessestay except my sources told me that Russian Oligarchs and the Taliban were going to buy Facebook and turn it into a botnet to attack the CIA/MI5
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
Alrighty, lets chat on Gmail, Shall we.. and @scobleizer, you will be our mentor ..Deal ? Lets make this happen y'all
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
Jesse: I have heard the same thing (that the FriendFeed team is now working full time on Facebook projects) but will interview Paul in next week to find out what he sees happening over next year.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Robert, wait for the interview. My perception is that if they are working on other projects, that's a good thing. They should be working on other projects and learning the Facebook environment. Then, my hope is that they'll be able to take that and integrate it into the FriendFeed environment in a way that respects the FriendFeed culture and brings the good parts of Facebook in as well....
more...
- Jesse Stay
Prolific, your sources may be right on that one. I've heard similar (the Taliban thing). :-)
- Jesse Stay
@jessestay about the Taliban/oligarchs/botnet takeover?
- Prolific Programmer
from IM
I see no problem currently, but always welcome an open solution. :-) FriendFeed works great for me at the moment.
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: sorry. The best we will see is an improved Facebook. I don't think there will be any willingness to come back and work on FriendFeed.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Robert, we'll see. I don't think we know that yet. It's still too soon.
- Jesse Stay
Despite the drop in numbers, I'm not seeing a drop in the level (and energy) of engagement here. Additionally, I'm still picking up new subscribers, and finding new and interesting people to subscribe to... For me, Friendfeed is still the most fun place to hang out on, and that's down to the people and conversations I get to engage with - and long may it remain so! :-)
- Andrew Terry
@Sunny and @Prolific - there's an OpenFF group (http://friendfeed.com/openff) looking at writing an open source equivalent, which might be a good place to get involved, rather than reinventing the wheel. It's gone a bit quiet because the key people have been busy with their day jobs, so I'm sure that any contributions will be gladly accepted!
- Andrew Terry
FF needs to be acquired by a non-profit like Wikipedia, and set up as a hub for all things real-time on the web. Which would you rather turn to for real-time information and conversation... Twitter or a properly configured and managed FF topic room/group? "Properly configured and managed" is the key phrase... some group of folks needs to get a reasonable paycheck to find and organize all relevant voices and feeds on the web.
- Christopher Galtenberg
When it comes to finding the latest technology in relation to pictures and images, many of us feel attracted to alternatives that help us to manage our photos uncomplicatedly. It can be certainly affirmed that Plogger is a solution that was developed to provide users with data about a new open-source photo gallery system. Read more: http://www.killerstartups.com/Video-M...
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
from Bookmarklet
The company has issued an alert and said it will release a patch for the flaw on Tuesday. In the meantime users are advised to disable JavaScript, although Adobe warned this may not be a complete solution.
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
from Bookmarklet
Ubidesk can be certainly defined as a new place where people can get together to collaborate on a wide assortment of varied team projects. How? Simply by making use of a document collaboration and task management tool that can be used through any web browser. Read more: http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App...
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
from Bookmarklet
Guess what ... Bomb Afghanistan, you get elected twice. Bomb the moon, you get the Nobel (in advance).
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
Hopefully, from now on, that will make him rethink decisions like 'removing the troops (from Afghanistan) not an option'... Or, perhaps, the next step will be sending troops to the moon instead of overseas.
- Olivia Lovag
I know this sounds so old guy but what is the use of "3D Web" when you can only interact with it in 2D? Get back with me when we can do true holograms.
- Tony
Endless use of 3D environment for example virtual reality (may be virtual wikipedia etc) .
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
The closest we can get to 3d web is the intereaction with 2d web using touch signals (touch screen etc.) and virtual world gaming (which is still 2d that looks like a 3d environment because it is still inside a computer screen).
- TrafficBug
Yeah, but its quite and not that much fun as i was expecting coz of hype and ofcourse not to mentioned the technology is still a baby at the moment. I am sure future will be exciting for wave but as if for now its not much fun
- Sunny (The Geek Lord)
my server side states show no timeline updates for 3 hours but some search updates. also if you go directly to some peoples pages it's hit-or-miss if their timeline shows updates. Nothing mentioned on the IRC dev channel and one status.twitter.com update an hour ago about it. But the feed from twitter to friendfeed is working partially.
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Na fail whale for me, but retrieving tweets from any client seems impossible, posting from clients drags slower than snail mail, and twitter site takes ages to load, but it does load. It's been on like this since yesterday. I dont know what the problem is, but likely another hack attack. Time has come Twitter learned how to deal with bot attacks already! Grrr.
- Olivia Lovag
Yup...last updates over 3 hours ago. Oops!
- Kathy Fitch
from iPhone
My personal updates up to twitter ... but I am not seeing the updates of those I follow. This applies to the API and the Web page. Rather vexing. Using FF as a stand in while Twitter sorts itself out.
- Caleb
I would suggest that there is ZERO or NO truth to the rumor that Twitter is browning out because Jesse and I were at their HQ yesterday. NO truth to it. NONE.
- Louis Gray
Louis - did you guys sabotage Twitter HQ?
- andy brudtkuhl
Twitter is working hard to push updates from M-W now, so that issues don't extend to the weekend. I would expect this resolved quickly.
- Louis Gray
Funny how I used FF as my second go to Social Media Communication/Network. If Twitter is broke I come here to find out why. Then I say to myself, maybe I should give FF a second chance at #1 spot. Then Twitter gets fixed and I forget all about that thought. :)
- Lon Cohen