So now he is a noun and a verb... Awesome! That is a tipping point in and of itself. I don't suppose we needed Doc Searls to tell us Robert has indeed arrived ;-) - ChangeForge | Ken Stewart
Do we get to crawl through a tunnel and take over his body like a puppet? - Jason Carreira
One without the other is like an ankle without a foot. A brain without a heart...etc. etc. etc. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble
I agree, it's just too tempting for capitalists to try and gain unfair advantages for themselves. - Tac Anderson
Assuming government can be effectively run, of course. - Morton Fox
Yeah, Morton... and when does THAT ever happen? - Lindsay Donaghe
Never assume that government can be effectively run. The only types of government that are efficient are the ones you wouldn't want to live under. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble
I'm not sure the private sector is capable of effectively running the private sector. ;-) - Chris Baskind
Effectively would mean staying out of our business when we don't need the input (social issues) but helping us out when we do (for those who are unable -not unwilling- to take care of themselves), and coordinating things for the greater good (such as highway systems and common defense). That's all we really need. - Lindsay Donaghe
I think I agree with Alex. Though what I usually say is that there's no way to effectively govern a country of this size and diversity. Clearly we have to keep trying, and could do better, but I don't think it'll ever be everything we want. - Jaemi Kehoe
@Alex - your last comment ("...Never assume...") is exactly right on. - Forrest Cox
“Funny thing happened today someone was really stupid on my plane and tried to use their cell phone and make a call at 30,000 ish feet. LOL! Just thought I would share the joy of knowing that people are really that stupid! I am so going to write a blog about being a flight attendant! :)”
Not so stupid - in a matter of months, some airlines will be carrying cell to UHF (I think, but it may be VHF or even satellite) tech. allowing the use of cell phones inflight. The person in question probably heard this story and decided to give it a try. - Slippy Lane
No she was just stupid. You can tell most the time just by looking at them. And they are going to try out having the internet on planes. That's the latest I have heard. I highly doubt the FAA will allow people to have the option of using their phone in flight. Before you leave the gate one of the main reasons why you can't have it on is because it is a communication device and we don't know who you are talking to or what about. You never know who is planning to do what! - BrandyLea Photography
That's a bad idea. I'd hate to have to throw someone out the door at 30,000 feet. Unless someone has invented a cone of silence I haven't heard about? - Brian Norwood
I was just going to let her try and then figure it out on her own that she couldn't get any service but the girl I was flying with told her that she couldn't use her phone. I wanted the entertainment! lol! - BrandyLea Photography
The whole ban on communication/electronic devices is just another example of knee-jerk security that has no basis in fact. A link between electronic devices and plane crashes has never been found...in fact it was disproven in the one or two accidents in which it was suspected as the cause. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble
Didn't Mythbusters do a whole episode about this? I think what they found was inconclusive, mostly because the FAA wouldn't let them do their test in while in flight (rightly so, I suppose.) - Haggis (Sean)
if phones on flights were dangerous, do you really think they'd allow you to take them into the cabin at all? You can't take more than a litre of liquid on with you in case it's a bomb, but they just trust you not to use your phone? - Graeme Shaw
Using a phone does nothing to the plane anymore! It use to but everything now is pretty much digital. So cell phones have no effect on the planes. You cannot get service seconds after take off. Trust me on that one! - BrandyLea Photography
some of the best photos are taken while driving. - Thomas Hawk
@Jeff, because I think those things are less intrusive than other non-banned activities, and because I only do them if I'm stopped (intersection) or not around other cars. I think these new rules are silly. Given how much time we spend in cars, we shouldn't need to be disconnected. - Louis Gray
@Louis, I have no problem with people talking or texting while stopped at a light. I'm glad you use some common sense. What I do have a problem with is some jackass driving in the fast lane during rush hour going 50MPH with a cell phone glued to their ear and trying to take notes, totally oblivious to those behind and around them. That is who these laws are for. - Jeff P. Henderson
Another reason to use mass transit - you can play with your iPhone all you like. - Jason Kaneshiro
Louis, I trust that you would still drive responsibly. But would everyone? I am sure the lure of a near-real-time SMS conversation would cause people to attempt to drive and text at the same time. It probably happens all the time. - J·Phil·Glockner
I don't like banning of phones in vehicles. What's next? No radios? Those are distracting. Or, how about a navigation system? I'd rather see them stop people for driving in the passing lane, running lights, not using turn signals, and blocking intersections (not stopping by the stop line) then go after all phone users. Fix the other stuff first please. - Becca
+ A LOT, Becca. I was just thinking that myself... - Lisa L. Seifert
Can't agree with Becca more. Have watched more people drive off the (main part of the) road messing with Nav systems ... Either all or none? - Charlie Anzman
I'd offer anything that distracts both eyes and hands simultaneously should be banned while driving. - Jason Kaneshiro
I know a few drivers that should be banned from driving - Charlie Anzman
i have a GPS and i've texted while stuck in traffic. the GPS is dangerous to use while driving, there's no way i'd text. still i wonder if on those occasions i'm checking the traffic on my GPS will i get pulled over. i use my GPS to talk on my phone too - Faboo Mama
I'm leaving this comment via iPhone while driving home. - Nathan Chase
On the other hand ... not too sure any of this matters. Have people with no toys tailgating me every day?! - Charlie Anzman
@Jeff 50? Try 90. I remember a guy on the phone who used me as a pace car once. (This was when I was younger...) I kept speeding up and at around 90 MPH he realized what he was doing and abruptly slowed down! - Oliver Ortega Chua
need to ban women putting on makeup, mascara in the vanity mirror...gawd i hate that! how about people reading magazines, newspapers. hey what about smokers...that ties up 1 hand for a good 10 minutes - Susan Beebe
I'm surprised it's taken this long. Five girls were killed here last year due to driver texting. - Cyndy
Would have to think the train accident was the immediate motivation ... even though it wasn't a car - Charlie Anzman
I feel like ramming drivers sitting in front of me at a green light that just turned but the driver in front of me didn't notice that the signal had turned green because he/she was texting. - Tokyo Dan
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Here in the UK, we don't mess about with having one law to ban something when we can have three. Using a mobile phone (texting, talking, gaming, whatever) falls under "Driving without due care and attention", "Using a handheld microphone whilst driving" AND "Holding an active telecommunications device whilst in control of a motor vehicle". The first is a catch-all ruling, the second was brought about in the 70s to curtail the use of CB radio, and the last is a couple of years old. One would have been enough - Slippy Lane
Hey, Slippy. I LOVE the way driving works in the UK. Doesn't eating whilst driving also fall under "without due care and attention?" And I REALLY love that you can be ticketed for being in the passing lane when you're not actively passing! Slower traffic move OVER, please! - Lisa L. Seifert
Yup, all of the above. Basically, if you're doing ANYTHING other than driving the car, you can be ticketed for it. If you're on a multi-lane highway, you must ALWAYS be in the leftmost available lane. Driving too fast? That's a paddling. Driving too slow? That's a paddling. Paddling the school canoe? You'd better believe that's a paddling. - Slippy Lane
While I believe this is a MUCH NEEDED LAW, I know I would be tempted to break that law in traffic jams. - Shelly Weiss
Highly dependent on what you are looking for. For "tech" I would say Louis Gray and Sarah Perez. For "general" friendfeed goodness, Mona and Anna Haro. - Rob Diana
Deepak, Maxine, Michael Nielsen [oh damn - my four most connected connections are...] - Cameron Neylon
That's easy: Friends->Stats->People You Find Interesting - the top two are Jill O'Neill and Duncan Hull. - Richard Akerman
Josh Haley, Pete Delucchi, Cee Bee, Bren, Carmen, Mattie Kenny, Far, Carlos Ayala, Emma, etc, etc, etc (that's just off the top of my head). I can't pick just 2. And of course Akiva Moskovitz - Mark Wilson
Michael W. May and Mark Wilson to name but two, but there are so many other greats! :) - David Young
Way too many to name....the "Night Crew" is pretty cool in general...Mona and Anna Haro are everywhere...Cee Bee, David Ward, Mark Wilson, Far, Josh Haley, Zee, etc, etc...too many to name! Lots of quality... - Live4Soccer
mate, no way i'm picking just two - this isn't what this is about. - Zee from WeDoCreative
Everyone I subscribe to brings something interesting. No way could I pick a few even, much less just 2. - Yolanda
Grabbing the top two off my stats: Alan Le and Thomas Hawk - Jordan Hofker
I just looked at the list of people I'm subscribed to and wondered whether I could trim any of them. Answer? No. - Cameron Neylon
Anyone who recommends Thomas Hawk, Louis Gray, and Duncan Riley will get an automatic subscribe from me, cause they are my three top stats other than Techcrunch. - Robert Scoble
I refuse to pick just 2, here are some of my favorites: /orli , /andrewbaron , /monasfeed , /bitfaker , /molzy , /krynsky , /l0ckergn0me , /louisgray - Majento™
Social Network Law: Every social technology evolves until it recapitulates the horrors experienced in grade school. In this case, not being picked to play in any reindeer games :-) - todd
"intensedebate_automattic_logo.pngAutomattic, the company behind the popular blogging platform Wordpress, has acquired IntenseDebate, a blog commenting plugin that works on almost every blogging platform. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. This is the third major acquisition for Automattic after buying Gravatar in 2007 and bbPress in January 2008. Automattic promises that IntenseDebate will remain platform agnostic, just like Aksimet, Automattic's comment spam blocker" - Tac Anderson
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I finally decided on adding Disqus to my blog but maybe I should wait to see what WP has in store. - Tac Anderson
No offense intended to you, Zee (or anyone else here) but I actually find this image more offensive than the "Abu Ghraib Coffee Table." I wonder, did the photographer offer this man recompense for the use of his likeness? - Slippy Lane
Sometimes I use about:blank, sometimes iGoogle, sometimes Remember the Milk, sometimes portal.ungroundedoutlet.com. It all depends on my mood. - James Williams (willia4)
Yeah, iGoogle with Gmail, Google Reader and FriendFeed gadgets. - Grant Fitzgerald
the thing that stopped me using a homepage altogether is the command-k in firefox to search. The only reason i ever used a homepage was to search... - Zee from WeDoCreative
I have some default sites that I use in Chrome and/or FF and label as Start up so they all open in tabs. - David Ward
yeah, i getcha Dave. I use permatabs for that & so they open up automatically whenever i launch firefox - Zee from WeDoCreative
about:blank but I agree, Chrome brings some usability - Kerem Ozkan
it is an igoogle page that has twitter, friendfeed and google reader at the top - Ruth Ferguson
I can't find a start page that works for me. I also open up to whichever tabs I left open, at work and at home. Gmail, Reader and FriendFeed are always amongst them. - Jaemi Kehoe
yeah, igoogle w/ gmail, reader, weather, and multiple tabs for different widgets. - Tac Anderson
Joni, is that NOT a pair of boobs on your screen? Get with me in my office later for a little coaching about your company resource utilization. - Geoff Schultz
I couldn't handle that Glen - everytime i catch a glimpse i've distracted for 15 minutes - Zee from WeDoCreative
@Zee...you don't count iGoogle as one of the other players? I've tried Netvibes and PageOnce but preferred my tabs. - Jaemi Kehoe
(I was trying to be funny, I think I might have failed.) - Jaemi Kehoe
iGoogle with Reader, FF, Twitter, BBC news, weather - chet
iGoogle, and I have a toolbar folder (in Firefox) called "Start" with a few sites I open whenever I sit down at the computer (iGoogle, Gmail, FriendFeed, Google Reader, Google Calendar, etc). The first thing: Start / "Open all in tabs". - Tudor Bosman
(Yes, I know that you can set your homepage in Firefox to more than one tab. But then opening a new Firefox window opens all those tabs, and that's annoying.) - Tudor Bosman
really interesting responses on twitter about this... about 75% do, and the rest don't because they "don't want other people's opinion's coloring their own." - Veronica
Totally depends on the forum/post/website and on the number of responses there has been. For the most part, yeap! I am not worried about other people opinions changing my own, sometimes there's a valid point and it helps me reflect on the topic. *shrug* Like Tac said above "usually, but not always." - Karnatos
I think of it as a conversation: I have my own opinion to begin with. But still prefer to listen to (read) all first and comment on post last. - Handem
Well said, Wilma! It depends on how many comments there are and the topic of the original post. I don't want to spend all day reading through everybody else's $0.02 just to throw mine in the pot, but a sampler: say about $0.30 -$0.40 worth is enough usually to get the general tone. - steplow is Steve
When the bulk of the comments are "First!", then why bother? - Jason Wong
Oil prices will close the year above the $100 threshold. - grantdoug
Yes, of course when writing a long comment, invariably someone writes a comment first that I don't see when writing my long comment. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble
I like to read the comments, but sometimes I jump the gun a little. - Pete Delucchi
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I was driving and couldn't comment until now. Generally I don't read them all, first I search them.. good ol search button, then I read the first page, if its really good.. ill read more. So, do you read them all?!. Now on to more important things.. did you get more replies via Twitter or FF? :) ps. I love the FF edit button, tho I think I use it to much.... - Socom
I often comment on already-highly-commented articles such as those on Yahoo and Engadget. Trying to follow those comment streams, as well as trying to process the various rating systems (such as Engadget's Highest/Lowest Ranked), is often too much for my little brain. - Eric Geller
Most of the time. I don't want to be repetitive, and my memory is so short that I often count on the comments of others to remind me if a point was or wasn't made before I wade in, especially if the post was a link to something sorta lengthy. - MiniMage
Usually, I make an effort to read the comments so that I can not only put in my two cents, but also interact with the other commenters. - J. D. Ebberly
Always. Hate to discover that I pretty much repeated the same thing someone else said before me. It's like going to a party wearing the same outfit as someone else. Ok, men don't wear outfits or even use the word outfit so forget that analogy. k? - paisano
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I make the effort, usually. Unless it's, oh, over 100 comments or so - then I skim. - Karen Mohler
"I've been using Zemanta for a while and love the service. Finally got to meet the guys at BlogWorld. They are obviously passionate about what they do and will be fun to watch them evolve. Great job on the investment." - Tac Anderson
good point Tina, FB is a totally bloated app for the web with altogether too much programming, while Friendfeed is like the winningest soapbox racer - slimmed down, sleek, and with all coded with all kinds of win - Pete Delucchi
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FF = myriad information flow; easy to manage FB = hot mess re: shared info management; personal info more customizable. And agree with Tina. FB is so EFin slow! - Mona N.
Facebook takes forever; FriendFeed is speedy. Facebook is bloated with useless applications and ads; FriendFeed is clean, simple, and streamlined. That's all I need. - Voyagerfan5761
I'm trying to avoid getting a person onto FriendFeed and being told that it looks like a watered-down Facebook. - possible248
Seriously? FF is about life streaming. Everything you do around the internet can be filed in here. FB is all about those stupid applications that are annoying and have no purpose anyway. :) - Justin Korn
But can't everything you do around the Internet also be filed into Facebook? - possible248
FB = interacting with people you know (or they know), FF = randomly picking people that look interesting and seeing what they have to say - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Currently, FF has many early adopters whereas FB is mainstream - imabonehead
FF doesn't confuse my sexuality from one page view to the next - Michael W. May
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Okay, the responses turned more towards the community. I'd like to emphasize that I'm wondering from a feature point of view. - possible248
Information management is easier (more intuitive) on FF. - Mona N.
on FF I see information from many sources, on FB I only see what my friends are doing - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)
FF: More people. More feeds. Tons of info. FB: personal connections to individuals that I know. - Christopher Welle
Founded by ex-Googlers vs founded by some random guy in college. - Gavin
friendfeed is esoteric and full of outbound coversation. Facebook is all about keeping things internal (apps) and more about social relationships. Totally different beasts, no? - GlennIsaac
From a feature point of view FB theoretically enables 3rd parties to create APPS that people engage in and share. That ship, it seems, has sailed, no matter what you say about the App toolbar at the bottom. At this point FB is a good agregator of your various degrees of separation, whereas FF is stronger for conversation and lifestreaming. - Marko Bon
FB renders less than + 3 into hearts, FF doesn't. - Mona N.
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FF's default settings encourages users to post for all the world to see; FB's default settings constrain status updates and wall posts to only people in your network. FB is a lot less threatening to newbies. FF is for power users, it seems. - Victor Ganata
Can't the teshare feature just port the whole discussion? Syncing the two threads is prob a bit tto much to ask for. But would be nice. - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini
“Yesterday, for about 1 minute, I had access to MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube here at work. Then they were blocked again. Now today, I can't get to google docs, picasa, or drop.io. DAMN YOU, SALAZAR!!”
Ouch! Those are some hard restrictions. There's a lot of sites blocked here where I work, but YouTube and Facebook are open, as is every Google site. - Nathaniel Payne
get your own laptop with an EVDO card. Thats what I do. - Thomas Hawk
I'm blocked on all those as well, but since the new Facebook is on www.new.facebook.com they have not blocked that id. As long as I'm still logged into it I can get on it from work! That's the biggest reason why I like the new Facebook. - Chris Rivait
besides the usual blocking, we've got webwasher restrictions - 1 hr per day on all 'non productive' sites.. so it's 10 minutes for gmail, 10 minutes for Youtube, 10 minutes for FB.... etc etc - Kim
