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Daily Trick 12. How to Trim MP3 Songs with iTunes - http://www.usingmac.com/2009...
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ianf ⌘, Todd Brunner, Rob Michael (Atmos Trio) and Shawn Hickman liked this
Speaking from a purist's standpoint, not so sure why you'd want to do that, but hey it's your music
- LANjackal
Chrome Tests an Updated New Tab Page - http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009...
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Jason, mridul, Seltoon and 6 other people liked this
"Chromium, the open source version of Google Chrome, includes a more customizable new tab page. You can easily pin, remove and reorder thumbnails without having to enter in the edit mode. Pinned items are always displayed in the new tab page, which now shows only 8 thumbnails, even if they're no longer frequently visited. The list of search engines and the recent bookmarks have been removed and there's a new section of recent activities that includes recently-closed tabs and recent downloads. Another new section is called "recommendations", but it's still a work in progress. You can hide the thumbnails, hide the list of recent activities and the recommendations if you don't find them useful."
- Arnaldo M Pereira
from Bookmarklet
i thought chrome was open sourced and then packaged in google logos :s you think this new tab page will make its way to the full version :D
- Rollz Chamberlain
Web Site Story - CollegeHumor video - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1...
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Yachay.pe, JD Lasica, Anıl Eren and 28 other people liked this
/me curses veronica for causing him to find more College Humour Original Videos so he is destined to get nothing done tonight
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
I've been watching them for like 20 minutes now :/
- Veronica
I'm now reminded of how I don't like musicals. Still, that's darn clever.
- Fleagle
they got it so right about evite: why i don't use it. feels like it's only the 1st act... will share w/ a few theatre friends. (they probably wouldn't get the web stuff. lol)
- sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq
That was brilliant. Thanks!
- Matt Griffin
Very clever
- Fee501st
my favs are these two! http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1... & http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1...
- Fee501st
FriendFeed even gets a shout. Awesome!
- Josh Haley
Speaking of FF, anyone see the new Themes? Helvetica FTW!
- Fee501st
Gadget Porn Alert: Palm Pre Calendar Demo (new) -sigh- http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Tyson Key, Rob Boek, Susan Beebe and 46 other people liked this
If the Pre works as fast in practice as it does in that demo--I am IN! I am sick of waiting on my (slow) iPhone all the time ( a geeky complaint perhaps--but true.)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
If the demo was of the data, I would have my doubts, but it's the calendar. I'm optimistic, since information is goign to be stored in the cloud as opposed to locally (like the iPhone). I can't WAIT.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
For me--the Calendar is a very big deal. Palm was always great at it--my biggest iPhone gripe has been the slow (local) calendar.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Did you see the accordion like motions? I like it more than uber scrolling like on the iPhone.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Mona, agreed--Palm totally 'gets' calendars--and the whole PDA thing in general.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Jeez, I should hope so - they've been in the business forever haha! RIM should be worried, not Apple.
- Mona Nomura
yeah, thats pretty retarded stuff. love the dragging on the calender. nice improvement over iphone. this thing is really well thought out...
- tommy payne
from twhirl
Dragging appointments on a palm device--a great feature that Palm has had for YEARS.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
LOVE that - makes life so much simpler. Right now I'm using Google calendar because I REFUSE to use MobileMe. GoogleCalendar (love Google) but the unintuitiveness makes me want to Hulk Smash my screen. And can you imagine? No more cables. No more synching. Omg, I am getting excited.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
I love how ex-Apple employees are kicking Apple's ass in it's own game. These guys should start an Industrial Design school. They could teach the world a thing or two. Like I said earlier - http://is.gd/jF31 - Pre/Nova UI > iPhone UI.
- vijay
this really shows you what's the value of running multiple apps at the same time. The home button UI on the iphone sucks for multitasking.
- Davide D'Incau
Mona: when you say "since information is going to be stored in the cloud" where is it stored? At Palm? Your Google Calendar?
- Benjamin Golub
after watching this video it made me wonder why nobody has incorporated flight status into calendars? if we can bring in real time weather, why cant we check on flight status and make the necessary adjustments automatically?
- Chad Stoller
When that guy was typing "andr" I immediately thought of Android
- Alfredo
Benjamin: For the Pre, it would be Palm. @Chad - That is a very good question.
- Mona Nomura
While the Palm intrigues me, I'm more interested to see WebOS on a multitude of Palm devices. A Centro or Treo Pro-type device? A horizontal as opposed to portrait QWERTY? WebOS has some real potential behind it.
- Mike Nayyar
Exactly, Mike - I've been saying this from day one. I am excited for Nova, not inclusive to the Pre. If you look at Palm's job search site, they have tons of hardware related engineering opportunities - http://www.palm.com/us... I can't wait to see the next form factor!
- Mona Nomura
from IM
They could even put WebOS on a netbook and call it Foleo 2 ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, idea: Asus is releasing a touchscreen EeePC, right? Put WebOS on that...whoo nelly.
- Mike Nayyar
I love the palm pre and I found a great Palm Pre porn site at http://www.ipinkvisualpass.com
- Suzie Pie
I'm a fan of both the Pre and iPhone, but note that part of the Pre's performance comes from the significantly faster CPU and more system RAM. They're the same specs the new iPhone runs, so they can both be quite snappy. That said, AnandTech did some real benchmarks and the Pre needs some optimization. The iPhone outclasses a bit in web surfing, but a LOT when it comes to app startup times.
- David Chartier
FYI to Twitter Users: If you follow me and you use the default Avatar, I will never follow you back. Also to spammers, at least you could make a little effort and come up with a fake face.
Majento, Roberto, Hendrik Neumann and 6 other people liked this
+1. Actually I don't automatically return follows on Twitter because Twitter's lack of specialized feeds like FriendFeed means my home page would rapidly turn into the noise nightmare that my FB home page currently is. Filtering is key to any such service being usable, and Twitter has no such native feature. Thus, returned follows on Twitter are reserved for people who *really* interest me
- LANjackal
A friend of mine, serial entrepreneur, crack programmer, etc missed the Twitter boat until yesterday when he signed up. I immediately DM'd him to change his avatar away from the default for exactly the reason you stated.
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
metagoeff - yeah I would def recommend anyone to do that before they follow anyone. :)
- Mike Bracco
Also people who have no profile or one with no real information in it, don't get followed back by me.
- Todd Brunner
I also go as far as blocking the obvious spammers too
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
^ I used to block spammers, but don't bother any more since my Twitter updates are public and anyone can grab the RSS feed anyway
- LANjackal
it just feels good to block them
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
I always wonder why one eye is bigger than the other.
- david
David, I always thought it was two birds on a wire or something, but I could be wrong of course. By now there are actually more actual newbies without an avatar/photo than spammers. The spammers are getting cleverer by the day in terms of creating semi-realistic profiles (including importing tweets from a number of other peeps). Some newbies can benefit from a friendly DM asking them to fill out their profile + photo for better results.
- Alex Schleber
"Web 2.0 was created so that people could publish cute photos of their cats. But this same cat dissemination technology has proved extremely helpful for activists, who’ve turned these tools to their own purposes." - Ethan Zuckerman (http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog...)
Chris Myles, Eric Johnson, Vincenzo Visciano and 42 other people liked this
haha awesome quote.
- Geoff Schultz
Nice. The Cute Cat Theory. From @EthanZ in 2007. Reading old blogs? Great find!
- thinkQuick
I thought Web 2.0 was created to more efficiently deliver Porn
- Bastard Operator From FF
Bizarre. I was under the impression Web 2.0 was created for people to publish cute (and not so cute) photos of themselves. :)
- Mona Nomura
Web 2.0 was created *for cats* to publish cute photos of themselves.
- Amit Patel
Heck, a cat can program a robot, why not? http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Paula W
: ) - "Twitter lets Robert Scoble tell me what he’s doing 200 freaking times a day… but it also lets me know whether Egyptian activists have been released from the police station when they go in for questioning."
- Sarah Miller
Cat dissemination technology. LOL. :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
BULLETIN -- IRAN'S GUARDIAN COUNCIL SAYS IT HAS MORE VOTES CAST THAN PEOPLE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN 50 CITIES.
Daniel Rowley, Aaron Schaub, امير کبير and 42 other people liked this
*SHOCK*
- Johnny Worthington
Actually it's a huge deal that the Guardian Council would come out and say that the there is voter fraud.
- Eoghann Irving
البته می دونی که این دلیل تقلب نیست
- سیدعلیسنائی
doesn't necessarily mean there's been cheatings done in these 50 cities
- سیدعلیسنائی
More votes than eligible voters means fraud.I don't see how else you could interpret it. The questions are was it organized and if so by who?
- Eoghann Irving
They took lessons from Chicago, apparently
- Craig Eddy
I am shocked - Shocked! - to discover VOTE FRAUD in this election!
- Joey Gibson
They just reelected Daley as mayor of Tehran.
- Mistletoe Glen
Can you say "fixed election"
- Robert O'Connor
But this all misses the point. It's not that they found voter fraud, it's that the Guardian Council said so. They've effectively contradicted Ayatollah Khamenei.
- Eoghann Irving
Nope. That's illegal to say.
- Brock Haffner
Where do they think they are, Ohio?
- Bob Young
Acorn in Iran?
- Ben Newton
It may be a big deal for the Guardian Council to say that there was fraud, but (they?) also said that "it isn't enough to change the outcome of the election" Right. Exactly a chapter out of Chicago, or US National elections. And let's all be honest with ourselves....How many elections really aren't fixed?
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
It is nothing like any US election ever. The political system in Iran is entirely different and it's a mixture of religion, non-elected officials and democracy. The non-elected officials hold most of the power. The fact that they are not all on the same page is very significant.
- Eoghann Irving
Did Chicago move to Tehran?
- Don P.
The NYT Lede blog yesterday posted a link to a Chatham House study that reported a turnout of more than 100% in two conservative provinces. (http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publica...) However, this is not as damning as it appears at first because it is *nothing new* for Iranian elections. Quote, "In a country where allegations of ‘tombstone voting’ – the practice...
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- Karim
The Chatham House study has other, more disturbing findings on the recent election than a simple excess of votes. EDIT: good summary at cnn.com: http://www.cnn.com/2009...
- Karim
Shared this with folks on Facebook.
- Miss Elle
Screw You! I'm Done. Play Arrington off, Keyboard Cat - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Peter, Rene Granado, Matt McCarty and 66 other people liked this
Love this
- Bobby Edwards
I don't love it, it is out of character and I suspect the tip of the iceberg.
- Kevin J Hatton
I agree with you, Leo is a man of integrity and Arrington was way out of line
- Lillian Banchik
ummm... wow.
- Andrew Terry
Leo doesn't look good in this video if you don't know the actual story.
- Chris
So where is the apology?
- Kevin J Hatton
@Kevin Hatton - Mike Arrington has posted an article entitled "Ouch" at TechCrunch.
- Andrew Terry
Thanks guys, I will check them out
- Kevin J Hatton
FYI (to those curious) Leo's comment on the incident is on that post from Arrington ( http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... ) as an "Update."
- Jason Nunnelley
Questioning Leo's integrity was uncalled for. I don't know Leo other than listening to his netcasts since he started and despite our limited digital one-way interaction I trust his judgment and wait to hear what he says about a gadget before I seriously considering purchasing.
- Anant Gairola
I think Leo was cool with the "full disclosure" comment. It definitely sent him over the edge when Arrington suggested his review was influenced by a free review phone. It was definitely disrespectful. And, Arrington has acknowledged that.
- Jason Nunnelley
What pissed me off MOST about arrington, is that I think he was deliberately baiting Leo..arrington is all about the 'page hits"..see techcrunch v. Last.fm
- David J. Garcia
from twhirl
Do you think Leo has a comment to make? or is it now best left alone, as apologies have been made.
- Kevin J Hatton
Leo +1. What Arrington did was way out of line
- Goktug Okan Oguz
So what does John C Dvorak make of all this?
- Kevin J Hatton
Arrington is pissed becuase he didn't get one. He ego is out of control and it shows.
- Chris Patterson
@jaymartinez Check out the audio Gilmore Gang Part2 for the 'actual' story http://ia311238.us.archive.org/3...
- Chris
@macjunction (Kevin Hatton) http://www.dvorak.org/blog...
- Chris
Thanks for the link Chris
- Kevin J Hatton
Go Leo! You Rock. You did the right thing getting this asshole off the air. So WHAT if its a review unit? You're not entitled to an opinion of it? geez the nerve of some people!
- Rustic Thoughts
@cptcomic [Chris] Secondary thanks for the URL. Better than Google :)
- Jason Nunnelley
Well done
- Joe Demartino
Hey everyone, if you do nothing else listen to part two because I think Mike Arrington comes out better, while Leo is still not over it. http://ia311239.us.archive.org/3...
- Kevin J Hatton
I think it was big of both Arrington and Leo to apologize.
- Garin Kilpatrick
i hate you Adobe Updater
Kol Tregaskes, Jason R. Hunter, Eric @ CSTechcast.com and 6 other people liked this
Yeah, I've got an aversion to Adobe products generally, not being a graphic-designer type.
- Grey Drane
Ther worst updater ever.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
Flash is about the only adobe software that I use - I moved to foxit and/or nitro after version 7 of acrobat reader came out
- Chris Heath
What I hate is the fact that when I got CS4, I had to install the useless program that is Bridge! You can't uncheck Bridge unless you also uncheck and don't install Photoshop...grrr
- Mike Bracco
Zee: Thanks for this link you sent out on Twitter - http://dearadobe.com/top_rat... Very entertaining to go through.
- Mike Bracco
I think I'm in love!! sobees – your social desktop aggregator. http://link.brightcove.com/service...
Francois Bochatay, Malevi4, Nicholas James and 15 other people liked this
Sharon, looks interesting, will try it later.
- Kol Tregaskes
Sharon, have you received your confirmation email yet? I'm still waiting. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Unfortunately Kol, I'm unable to use this because of my archaic Windows 2000 OS.
- Sharon McPherson
I'm just downloading and trying it. Looks interesting although it requires .NET 3.5 so it will likely be as much of a memory hog as most AIR apps.
- Kenton
tried this today, and my biggest complaint is that it seemed to insist on using IE to open items.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
second complaint was the response time...very slow. - I Did like the RSS feeds in it. but that's not enough to give up my PeopleBrowsr.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Installing now. On the face of it, this looks like exactly what I'm looking for.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
Ah, shame, Sharon. Rob, really? That's pants! :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol: yes I played with it for a while, and didn't see the means to change it (and IE is certainly not my default browser!) Though this app looks like it could be cool, the .NET and Microsoft reliance are not for me. I thought on first run that the interface needed work. I liked the design layout and the multi-network connectivity, but it seemed to have been missing a lot of the features...
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- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
wow that demo is really impressive but from what rob has to say i have to agree that id stick to peoplebrowsr for now. need to read up more on this, looks exciting
- Freddie Benjamin
I retried this app, and it did not use my IE. Very weird. I haven't figured out what makes it use the one browser instead of the other. It was a pretty nice app, but I still think that it needs some work to be ready for the big time. Basicall there's nothing in sobees that's not in PeopleBrowsr BUT it's considerably less complicated than PB's advanced mode. The sobees response time was still not very good on my second run.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
IMO, For more casual users this application may be a nice solution. If you aren't a power-tweeter, and want an integrated "social desktop" application, give this a try. If you're more of a power user I would recommend PeopleBrowsr.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Finally gave PeopleBrowsr a whirl on the strength of Rob's endorsements. Wow. It's TweetDeck done better!
- Kathy Fitch
Kathy: In Lite mode it is exactly that. In Advanced mode, it's a complete "Social Desktop" (And Thanks! )
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Kol - Switched from Sobees to BDule ... Much more stable under Win 7 here
- Charlie Anzman
bdule is only a small part of the sobees application. useful, but not the full experience by any stretch.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Hmm. Guess I am too old to figure out how to make it all work...Seems a bit overwhelming!
- John Apps
No linux no party
- Giulio Ardoino
The light version is faster, more stable and no log-in necessary
- Charlie Anzman
Tried it for a while, but stopped. I found it way too slow to be useful.
- Kenton
Charlie: When you say light version you mean the bDule version?
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
i install this but is giving me an error because it won't start (application say that there is one process that needs to be made...) how can i solve.
- Laurentiu
my suspicion is that you don't have .NET 3.5 properly installed. I've also noticed that exiting the application once running will not necessarily clear all of its processes out of active memory. A false start may leave the partial set running. You may need to use the task manager to end any associated processes (or reboot if that is easier)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Shame its not available for the mac :(
- James Ketchell
Charlie, is BDule just for Twitter and FB?
- Kol Tregaskes
Just for fun, let's imagine what it would be like if they did a new Star Trek movie for The Next Generation. Who would they cast in the roles? I know the original actors are still young compared to TOS, but this is just for kicks!
Jeff Stonebraker, TVTechGrl, yost wade and 32 other people liked this
I'll start: Amy Adams as Dr. Crusher!
- Veronica
No-one can replace captain picard
- Dominic Dale
jason statham as jean luc picard (but he'd have to shave his perpetual 5 oclock shadow so i think he'd turn it down)
- MG Siegler
Kevin Spacey or Jason Statham as Jean Luc Picard
- Srujan Ameda
Dave Chappelle as Geordi LaForge
- Matthew
Jason Lee has Riker
- Fee501st
Jim Carrey as Data.
- imabonehead
Don Cheadle for Geordi. Balki from Perfect Strangers for Data
- Rodfather
Vin Diesel as Picard. No, wait, I think that's the wine talking.
- Mark H
matthew macfadyen as data (cause i keep thinking it's the guy who plays data anyway) http://www.monkeywrenchproductions.com/pics...
- MG Siegler
Joaquin Phoenix as Riker! If he stops being crazy.
- Veronica
MG, he would look perfect as Data!
- Veronica
how about Jim Parsons has Data, (Sheldon Cooper from Big bang theory) lol
- Fee501st
@Fee501st: I like that suggestion.
- Mark H
I was just thinking about this.
- Fancy Fembot
Chuck Norris as Warf (worf?)
- Dominic Dale
Monica Bellucci for edit: oops. I mean Troi
- Rodfather
i like the idea of joaquin phoenix playing riker while STILL crazy. (needs the beard anyway)
- MG Siegler
Shia Lebouf as the fifth member of the away team
- Matthew
HAHA! The red shirt?
- Veronica
Nat Portman as Deanna Troi
- Srujan Ameda
Would the Enterprise D still be the same? or would it be redesigned, the ship is a character too
- Fee501st
Kim Kardashian as Deanna Troi. She could tell us all about it on FriendFeed. You know. Because she hangs out here. Really.
- Mark H
The Enterprise D was destroyed
- Veronica
Catherine Zeta Jones as Deanna Troi!
- imabonehead
Veronica, oh i though we was doing a prequel like the new movie
- Fee501st
Nathan Fillon As Picard. Jewel Stait as Geordie. Adam Baldwin as Wesley Crusher. Alan Tyduk as Riker. Summer Glau as Troi.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
Haha, you're right! Sorry, I got all TNG nerd on you there...
- Veronica
Charlize Theron as Tasha Yar
- Matthew
gunny, ha yes that would be awesome.
- MG Siegler
Gunny, I'm seeing a trend...
- Veronica
Hugh Jackman would make a very nice Riker too!
- Veronica
LOL Was watching Serenity this morning.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
Reggie Miller for Quark
- Rodfather
Simon Pegg could also play Miles O'Brien
- Matthew
yes, Riker has to be tall. Wonder if Hugh could learn the trombone?
- Matthew
What about Wesley Crusher?
- Fee501st
Wesley Crusher DIE DIE DIE...
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
Bryce Howard Dallas as Dr. Crusher
- Matthew
Sigourney Weaver as Picard
- Ryan Stanley
All i know is i want Michael Emerson (Ben from lost) to play a Cardasian or Romulan
- Fee501st
oh, Matthew Fox as Riker?
- Matthew
Jamie Lee Curtis as Lwaxana Troi. That's right, I said it.
- jojo, adventurer
@sub yea she would make a good Lwanana
- Fee501st
Javier Bardem for Picard, Eva Longoria for Troi, Anna Friel for Crusher, Josh Holloway for Riker, Clive Owen for Data.
- Kevin Pedraja
Steve Nash as the Borg
- Rodfather
Robert Scoble as Neelix. Oh nevermind, that's Voyager.
- Rodfather
I stayed with the historical racial casting thus my picks are: Ben Kingsley as Pickard, Pierce Bronson as Riker,Lawrence Fishburne as Worf,William Hurt as Data, Cuba Gooding Jr as Geordi (on the edge with this one),Rene Russo as Dr Crusher, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Troi (Look them up, you will agree.)
- Travis
Ben Kingsly as Picard??? He actually might be older than Patrick Stewart, and he's short. I like William Hurt, he's a great actor, but I'd say he's a bit old for Data as well. And I don't know what you mean by historical racial casting.
- Matthew
Chris Rock for Laforge...................
- Kevin J Hatton
Natalie Portman for Counsellor Troy
- Kevin J Hatton
Dakota Fanning for Beverly Crusher
- Kevin J Hatton
Shared into Trekkies. This is awesome.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Quagmire as Riker
- Jeff Stonebraker
We added a 1-click login for Twitter users, so now it's easy for all your friends to try http://friendfeed.com
Liz, hIpPy, Adam and 418 other people liked this
To RT, click http://twitter.com/home... It uses OAuth, so no password is required, and it automatically finds your Twitter friends on FriendFeed! It also imports your profile and picture. Big thanks to http://friendfeed.com/bgolub for making all this happen! (also, existing users can go to http://friendfeed.com/friends... to find Twitter, Facebook, and Gmail friends)
- Paul Buchheit
fan bloody tastic! So we can post here and Twitterers can comment away without any complaints! The only think you need to try and do is bring in comments (about a share) from twitter into here! :)
- Zee.
This is great...should help new users quite a bit.
- Mark Krynsky
Bravo!!! Very nice!
- David Cook
nice
- Joe Azzara
thanks for making it effortless
- Vedran Agovic
That's fantastic! Keep it up guys!! :)
- Chrimmus Tad
I'm hoping this will help to entice people over here. I'd much rather talk to people via FF than Twitter
- WorldofHiglet
FrF + OAuth. Like.
- tobe
Refresh your FriendFeed to see an updated first comment from Paul, including a link to RT this news: http://twitter.com/home...
- Dan Hsiao
OK, I admit I'm dense. As an existing user will this help me find the folks I follow on Twitter?
- Laura Norvig
Cool, is it possible we could have the ability to bulk import or non-FF Twitter friends as private feeds so we can track them in FF? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Laura, existing FriendFeed users should just go to http://friendfeed.com/friends... and click on the Twittter (and Facebook and Google) icons to find their friends. Kol, not yet, but I'm hoping to add something like that soon (improved imaginary friends).
- Paul Buchheit
Thx, Paul - guess I haven't been to that page since the launch. btw, I'm definitely coming around to the new friendfeed (colors notwithstanding).
- Laura Norvig
Great to see the standards working -OAuth fro Gogole and Twitter login on Friendfeed
- Kevin Marks
That's a great tool, Paul! Found a few from Twitter and Facebook I didn't realise were on FF...:)
- WorldofHiglet
Oh man, that is suh-weet. Works really well.
- Laura Norvig
Paul, that would be wonderful, thank you. I'm keen to use FF as a kinda Twitter client. I'd love the ability to import my group I've created on Tweetvisor too but that would additionally require exporting facilities from Tweetvisor, and from asking them they've told me it's low priority (which is fair enough).
- Kol Tregaskes
That's fantastic! Sharing with all of my not-yet-friendfeedified twitter friends. Thanks, Paul!
- Eric Johnson
This IS good. Thanks for the hard work, Benjamin Golub.
- Micah Wittman
Love that you guys are making the entry more enticing. What about refining what FriendFeed is further? Like: Twitter + conversation. For new people who don't get it and most without the time to get it, simplifying the message or experimenting further with your "first impression" on your splash page might be worth a try. Example: wouldn't it be cool to have a live conversation streaming to show just how FF has a leg up on the scattered Twitter stream?
- kilbuda
this is fabulous!!!
- Angela P.
It's so convenient for new comer like me!
- tsssimon
Just tried it and it works great.
- Iván Abrego
i have tried this too and am richer by 33 Twitter friends
- jagannath rao
Nice work. Keeps getting better around here :-)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
WOW! 313 new Twitter people! Amazing what the OAuth did. Amazing. That just completely Rocks!
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
That was just too easy, and found a bunch of Twitter people. I just subscribed, but I hope they participate. I'm sure I'll have to trim later.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Thanks for everything Benjamin and the others, that is really great. :)
- Alp
I was subscribed to exactly 100 of the people I follow on Twitter. Added 93 more. Funny, this is actually helping me find people I *don't* want to follow in either place.
- Laura Norvig
I'm looking forward to the "advanced imaginary friends" section which lets me as an existing FriendFeed user view all the twitter updates from people that don't use FriendFeed.
- Brian Sloane
很好，继续努力
- Kunshou（困兽）
Sweet!
- Don Strickland
Just posted this to my stream then saw this, Cool stuff Paul
- Charlie Anzman
Some time ago I spent lots of time in removing my Facebook-Friendfeed integration, and didn't succeed, Facebook refused to remove it. Since that - no info about any other my services to Facebook, ever.
- orie
Happy to hear that there will be an improved imaginary friend option!
- Jacob
The improved imaginary friend feature will be great. No need to visit Twitter much then!
- Pinksy
How do we give virtual bucks to Paul, oh I see a like button here. Off to work on the influence funnel, who cares about dollars, I want eyes ;)
- Mark Essel
FriendFeed is constantly bringing new value to the service. I'm loving it!
- Amie Gillingham
its relay cool
- Kaspar Minosiants
great idea
- andy brudtkuhl
Oh Thanks i was looking for something like this
- Asahi
Is the imaginary friends feature completely disabled for the moment? Or am I just not looking in the right place?
- Mark Jacobs
Mark: imaginary friends have been replaced by groups.
- Robert Scoble
When is OpenID coming up?
- Mohammad Abdurraafay
This feature is AWESOME :) Bravo!
- Iain Baker
I just imported 8,000 new Twitter friends. Worked MUCH BETTER than last time.
- Robert Scoble
Smart move guys. A quick way to grow FF users is to tap into the current hot properties. Can't believe other Social Networks are so slow to respond.
- Neill Adamson
Paul, is there a way to sync it so that people I no longer follow on Twitter are unfollowed on FriendFeed?
- Jorge Escobar
Great news on the advanced imaginary friends. That plus the ability to comment back to Facebook posts as easily as we reply to Twitter would be killer.
- Kevin Kuphal
Finally! :-)
- Richard Joerges
Not sure why this wasn't implemented a while ago but it's a welcome addition.
- Jason Williams
None of my Facebook contacts are on ff.
- JECO Photo
So how do existing FF members use it?
- Tiffany Monhollon
Ca passe 50 fois par jour ce truc là sur FriendFeed ! C''est pas possible d'arr^ter, j'en ai marre de le voir franchement ... ^^
- Jean-Marie Gall
from twhirl
Tiffany, existing FF members should go to http://friendfeed.com/friends... to find their Twitter, Facebook, and Gmail friends.
- Paul Buchheit
Encore ?? C'est pas possible ! ;(
- Jean-Marie Gall
from twhirl
RT'd ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
@Robert cannot seem to do that with groups. What I want to do: Concentrate different RSS feeds (e.g. newswires) which do not necessarily have an account in any other social network into one imaginary friend's collection of feeds.
- Mark Jacobs
Mark, "groups" (formerly "rooms") are able to import feeds just like regular users (and imaginary friends). See https://friendfeed.com/xoogle-... for example (imports the blogs of all known xoogle startups). The only thing special about imaginary friends is that they don't have usernames (or rather we assign a random 128 bit username).
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, the DM option on imaginary friends should perhaps be removed. Also, imaginary friends do not show up on the search dropdown list when you type in their name in the search box.
- Kol Tregaskes
Paul, is it possible to automatically create "imaginary friends" from twitter following list? What I would like is to read all my Twitter in FriendFeed; many of twitterers though are not on FF, so I have to create them by hand which is tedious. Also, it would be nice to allow to add them to some special list.
- Ihar Mahaniok
Ihar, see my comment up in the middle and Paul's reply. Looks like FF are working on it. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Nice tool, discovered some more contacts !
- François Granger
love this guys wonderful
- Thomas Power
This must be the reason for all the new follows I've been getting over the last few days. Congrats!
- Michael Fidler
That's actually quite useful. Thank you!
- snapixel
Still would like an imaginary friend than making bunch of Groups to simulate peoples that doesn’t use FF. BTW, unlike the Facebook Connect login, when I tried logging in using Twitter, it made a new account for me on FF instead of opening my own (which also has Twitter activity added).
- Natsuki Seika
ditto to natsuki...
- Steve Austin
Wow, real nice and simply to add my Twitter friends :O
- Rosenkrieger
Good move!
- Lantrix
Is it possible to add this to a wordpress blog?
- Arturo Pelayo
@Arturo: http://wordpress.org/extend...
- Saxtus
hi me sid m new member of dis site.........
- Sidra Kanwal
Myst now in the App Store, 730Mb Download - http://www.9to5mac.com/Myst-hi...
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Wow, so tiny! I'll take 3!
- Bwana ☠
Nice - I would kill for that on my G1. Myst was my favorite game for years. Tried the sequel (Riven?) and it was so big and open-ended I just got lost. Could never find the corner of the tape to start peeling, so to speak.
- Mike Hartman
Downloading now - must avoid playing in church ;-)
- Jesse Stay
I never played it, but was always intrigued by it. Maybe I'll give it a go.
- Derrick
Whoa, really? Hmmm...I put so many hours into that back in the day. Never finished Riven, though. Got totally frustrated and quit. Now, if they get THAT into the app store, I'll be impressed. Four discs in the PC version.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
They need the Kings Quest series now. I really miss that.
- Jesse Stay
Yeah, at the time I think Riven was the biggest game I'd ever come across, if not actually the biggest one released. And King's Quest would be awesome. I think I tracked those down for some emulator or other a while back, but I can't remember what I did with them.
- Mike Hartman
I thought, 8GB, surely I'll never need more than that...
- Bob Morris (polizeros)
Definitely some memories in Myst. Actually kept a PAPER notebook.
- Denise
Denise, me too! Some of that stuff required DIAGRAMS.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Wow. If i do install this, I may never do ANYTHING again :)
- Roberto Bonini
Myst came out when I was in high school, and me and two of my friends played it every day after school until we beat it. I felt very nostalgic hearing the (wonderful) music in the linked video review. I'm not sure how much fun it would be now, though, having already figured out the puzzles before.
- Tom Small
Tom, I'm pretty sure I've forgotten all the puzzles, so it'd be all new again! I think I'm gonna do it - I got and enjoyed the iPhone version of Oregon Trail out of nostalgia, why not Myst?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I still have my Myst notebook too. Trying to decide if it's worth $6 (and how many hours?) to do it again. EDIT: LOL, tucked inside my Myst book is my hand-drawn map of the PS2 Baldur's Gate world.
- LogEx
Jandy: True. I'm sure I've forgotten most if not all of them, too. I'm thinking about buying it, too, if only to enjoy the ambience and music in some of the worlds again.
- Tom Small
I remember at the time, it was one of the first CD-ROM games and we though it was a huge amount of data for a game.
- fbrunel
This may be the first iPhone game I'm interested in purchasing. I never played the original but always wanted to do so.
- Kevin D. White
Artist creates invisible car - Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
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"The 22-year-old student at the University of Central Lancashire spray painted a battered Skoda Fabia to match the car park and entrance to her art studio. Her work, created as part of her drawing and image making course at the university, creates the illusion that the car is see through."
- Zee.
from Bookmarklet
Cool! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
smart girl
- Matthew
But it's probably as difficult to take a picture like this, because you would need to find out the exact angle. But it looks great!
- Oliver Bouchard
Probably the location to take the photograph from was provided by the artist -- I think she would have had to carefully determine that before starting the project.
- Brian Sullivan
Is it me...or can i still see the car?
- Nicholas James
That's pretty cool I'd like to see what it would look like in person.
- *Tiffany Diamond*
Well, here's a practical application of Intermediate Algebra.
- Melanie Reed
She created an "invisible" car. From a certain point of view...
- CAJ, somewhere else
but then everything seen is seen from a certain point of view
- David HC Soul
In this case, I'm being literal. :) (Plus had Jandy's most quotable movie post going through my head.)
- CAJ, somewhere else
And I'd just closed "Zen and the Brain" that I'd been reading to take a break here ;) .... Context doesn't affect matters much would you say?
- David HC Soul
David, no doubt!
- CAJ, somewhere else
it would be really cool if car could take the color of the surroundings dynamically!
- chirag
thats why geeks are super people :) I imagined that too ;) Chirag, if we can achieve that, its invisible cloak !
- Alemsah Ozturk
wow that's amazing!
- Michael
Yea Michael the car is not so bad either.
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Mulholland Drive - http://likaholix.com/rsingh...
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I just got it from Netflix. Jandy reminded me that I need to watch it again.
- Christopher Harley
from Likaholix
You do need to watch it again. And again. And again. And again. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
One of my top, top, top favorite movies - brilliant. Also, what Jandy said.
- Anthony Citrano
I guess I need to add this to the queue right now.
- Dave Roth
@Dave: yes, you do.
- Anthony Citrano
sigh David Lynch....
- Chrimmus Tad
Oh, I like this movie.
- Derrick
Hmm. I must have missed something. I just thought it was weird and incomprehensible.
- Leo Laporte
Leo - Did you like Blue Velvet or Wild at Heart? some people just plain don't like David Lynch. And I found Mulholland Drive to be weird and incomprehensible as well, but brilliant.
- Chrimmus Tad
I liked Blue Velvet a lot. Twin Peaks, too. Mullholland Drive is much less coherent than his earlier stuf.
- Leo Laporte
I saw Blue Velvet at too early an age. :(
- Derrick
Anthony. What makes this movie brilliant? I use the term movie loosely because it was originally a pilot for ABC which is one of the reasons it's narrative is horribly incomplete.
- Gregg Scott
The scene I just posted is absolutely brilliant.
- Chrimmus Tad
Leo, just wait until you see INLAND EMPIRE. Mulholland Drive is like the most coherent movie ever made in comparison. :) MD is actually very coherent, you just have to watch it two or three times first.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Apparently Leo's never seen Eraserhead. Or Lost Highway. Both make Mulholland Drive look like There's Something About Mary.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Watching Eraserhead is like having your brain pulled inside out and then set on fire.
- Chrimmus Tad
I think Eraserhead and Wild at Heart are the only two Lynch films I've never seen. Oh, and Fire Walk With Me.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Jandy - you totally need to get with the Wild at Heart. wow - Can't be a Lynch fan if you haven't seen that!
- Chrimmus Tad
It's on my DVR, actually, unless it deleted it. *checks* Nope, still have it. Ooh, also have Diary of a Chambermaid, which is Bunuel, so it's probably trippy. And Blowup, which is at least mod London... I should watch some of these.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Dunno about that, Tad. Wild at Heart is, by far, my least favorite Lynch movie. It's the closest he ever gets to losing it and going straight into accidental self-parody.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I've seen them all and am a big Lynch fan. @Gregg - at a very high level I found the multi-layered storyline brilliant (while challenging), esp. with regard to human delusion and fantasy; I found the film's visual landscape incredible; and there are countless moments in the film that are touching in some way (sometimes more than one way.).
- Anthony Citrano
also called, "backstabbing prop8 protesters vs. little tiny old people"
- Noah David Simon
Gregg, yeah, it's incomplete - you're right, when you know the history of it as a TV pilot, you can see those seams, but even in general it's incomplete because it's a dreamscape. I've never had a dream that was complete. Not everything ties up absolutely, but that's okay...it doesn't have to. It works thematically and emotionally.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
the best part about this movie is in the end the little tiny old people bring the lesbians to hell. am I wrong here?
- Noah David Simon
@Noah. You are wrong.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
elaborate. I see the little tiny old people punish the backstabbing lesbians. maybe you got lost in the metaphor but I'd say it's a pretty right wing take on gay relationships. those big city LA people punished by humble old conservatives and their family values. not exactly flattering for the Janeane Garofalo set. by the way Swine Flu? http://ff.im/1hqgl
- Noah David Simon
It would have made agreat TV series but as it is, it's still my favourite Lynch film. And I'm a big fan. If you want incomprehensible check out Inland Empire, which is amazing but probably not for everyone.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
I get that you ass kissers like the movie... but don't you think about what it is about? what are you afraid of? there is a message here and I don't hear any of you saying anything beyond "surreal".
- Noah David Simon
Mulholland Drive is my second favorite David Lynch film (Lost Highway is my favorite). Naomi Watts performance in MD blows me away. I haven't been able to get through Inland Empire though.
- jbrotherlove
@Noah There are no messages in Lynch films. They are just surreal journies that leave you wondering. Some of us like that kinda stuff.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
@Noah, the message is that Hollywood is a soul-sucking hell of a place that offers you dreams and gives you nightmares. If there is a message.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
and what was the lifestyle reflected in the movie Jandy? were they Muslim Conservatives? there was meaning here. you just don't want acknowledge it. the fact that it was chosen to reflect a Hollywood Gay relationship was no coincidence. keep in mind the context of when the movie was made!!! when Ellen Degeneres relationship was a media story. Todd. you are very wrong. I assure you the reason you like it is because it is able to say things you know, but are afraid to articulate
- Noah David Simon
For a minute I was wondering WTF is Noah, then I realized it's the Noah I blocked a long time ago.
- Anthony Citrano
I know it is hard to think Citrano. but I'm asking about the movie... not your attempt to libel me. what is the meaning of the movie? is the context of the people of any implication? I refuse to buy that you people are looking for a meaningless film. and btw... sometimes writers articulate feelings subconsciously as well. subconscious is still within context. also the fact that the...
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- Noah David Simon
@Anthony: NDS just got my first ever FF block.
- Roger Benningfield
within the context of this thread your hostility is a smoke screen, that is also obvious. yes... we all know you don't like to debate... forget the gay issue. in the story written: can we agree that someone because of the choices they made, ended up badly based on the writer's intent? or is that not arbitrary enough for you? you can argue that maybe the criticism was not her lifestyle,...
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- Noah David Simon
I'm not understanding Noah's point. are you suggesting that Lynch is homophobic in some way or wants us to believe lesbians & gays should be punished?
- jbrotherlove
I'm saying that many great writers and stories reflect bigotry and bias. it has no effect on the value of the media. there is obviously a criticism of a lifestyle in this movie. are we saying that gay people could not possibly collectively reflect a narrative? is this not what writing is all about. to create a reflective context. I refuse to see this movie as arbitrary
- Noah David Simon
I don't think anyone would doubt "many great writers and stories reflect bigotry and bias". it's how you are applying that idea to Mulholland Drive and Davind Lynch that doesn't compute.
- jbrotherlove
the woman's desire is to take part in a gay relationship and a Hollywood dream. instead of recieving her dream she is punished by the narrative. you say it doesn't "compute" but you don't elaborate. I didn't write the story. I believe the details of the woman's life are related to her outcome
- Noah David Simon
@jb i think you're feeding the troll, as they say.
- Anthony Citrano
I didn't get any statement from the narrative of a meaningless nature of the plot. Anthony Tu Quoque. You are the troll because you give nothing. I'm sharing my thoughts. this is sad. I didn't write the movie. I'm just articulating the plot. I'm still waiting for an alternative explanation as to why the woman's explicit lifestyle was such a large part of the film.
- Noah David Simon
jbrotherlove, you are spot on. any attempt to review this film as anything other than a semi-surreal Lynch romp is misguided. And I find the attempted pointer towards homophobia laughable at best.
- Cathy Brooks
from twhirl
@Anthony well I saw a lot of words but didn't get where he was going with them. and since Lynch is one of my favorite writer/directors, I was curious. btw, I'm no longer curious.
- jbrotherlove
Michel Foucault kiss my ass! surreal? that implies a subconscious to objectify! what are you afraid of @Cathy Brooks? this is the problem with academia these days. Analysis Paranoid! I'm still waiting for an alternative explanation as to why the woman's lifestyle took such priority in the story. sexy? yes.... but the implications of narrative cause and effect are glaring. also the...
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- Noah David Simon
the old people are indeed punishing the main characters. there is a definitive plot. why must people abuse the word "trippy" or "surreal". as if something complex had no context.
- ❁ⓟⓘⓝⓚ❁ⓖⓐⓡⓓⓔⓝ❁
cowards are afraid to look into their subconscious. this film indeed had a plot and an intent. the outcome and resolve is meant to reflect an existential truth. it isn't that it is beyond comprehension it is just that the collective will around friendfeed is afraid of their own minds. indeed the backstabbing lesbians are punished by the heterosexual older couple! libidinal desire led them down a dark path. couldn't be more conservative a concept
- Noah David Simon
why is it when people around here block they always have to proclaim it to the world?
- ❁ⓟⓘⓝⓚ❁ⓖⓐⓡⓓⓔⓝ❁
passivity phobic? your elders in a paradoxical cycle will bring you down
- Noah David Simon
Almost too attractive...
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The thing with her is I find her crass and vulgar as soon as she opens her mouth, and it would the same could be said of me I said that I only find her attractive when she is not speaking
- RAPatton
My husband had to ask me who Cheryl Cole is.
- Helen Sventitsky
Who is Cheryl Cole?
- Rochelle
If only she could act... ;)
- Jordi Soler
Wife of Ashley Cole, a soccer player
- nouhad
I don't really know who she is either, but they talk about her a great deal in the british papers. I think she is on the original American Idol in the UK
- RAPatton
Never heard of them!
- Rochelle
wow, she's 13 years younger than her bf
- anna sauce
She says, "I'm not the marrying type" Sure, who is at 22?
- Jess
she has a very long torso- not bad looking, but on a short person, kind of odd
- anna sauce
She's a member of the band Girls Aloud, who are awesome.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
@anna That's like saying you wouldn't date the handsome and successful guy because he wore the wrong shoes. Seriously, every single guy on the planet would get with her as would 90% of taken ones.
- Ben Parr
yeah, seriously Anna...you're on another planet
- Zee.
I think she's actually American, not Australian as the article says...
- Charlotte M
LOL who is it?
- Patricia
Patricia, that is Megan Fox from Jonah Hex and Transformers
- RAPatton
Oh ew. I don't like her at all. Though I'd be happy to be as attractive as she is, she looks average to me for how "hot' the media tries to portray her - I think it's all spin, angling by her PR and what not
- Patricia
@Anna -- My wife is half my age...is that not good in your book? Just curious...neither of us object to it.
- Douglas Hopkins
LOL Patricia "ew"??
- Zee.
The neat thing about Megan Fox though, is that crazy up close HD slow motion shot of her face being panned around in Transformers, and you could see she actually has pores, acne scars, and some oil. I can't believe she agreed to that shot.
- Matthew DeVries
@patricia I think I like her for that reason! I don't know if I'd say average, but she seems more human...with real body proportions. Unlike the surreal look of models like Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Campbell or Daniela Pastova.
- Jess
To all my naysayers- it's the diff. between being attracted to her, and not. As someone who is not, I notice weird things like long torso... I could point to a hot guy and you would be like "his hair looks slimy" etc.
- anna sauce
...no such thing as: too attractive.
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Why is paper not dead? Answer CEO of Levenger here: - http://ourdoings.com/roberts...
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I am talking to Steve Levenger CEO and co-founder of Levenger http://www.levenger.com (his blog is http://blog.wellreadlife.com ). He is trying to convince me that paper is not dead. He has some great ideas, but needs more. Leave them here.
- Robert Scoble
I ♥ Levenger. There will always be people who like the high-touch pleasures of reading well-typeset books and writing on fine papers with high-quality writing instruments. I'm waiting for an order in the mail as we speak.
- LogEx
Not sure what it's like in the US, but here in Australia a lot of government regulations still require paper based records to be kept. Add to that the fact that only a few companies are setup to distribute letters and bills electronically. Also junk mail / paper-based advertising is a big part of the reason paper is still not dead.
- Jason Cartwright
Answer: electronic alternatives are not ubiquitous and universally accessible. it's making great strides, but not quite there. Also, universal wireless has something to do with it as well.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Index cards will ALWAYS find a home http://i.friendfeed.com/797be3c...
- Dave Ferrick
Hah. He said friendfeed makes paper look boring.
- Robert Scoble
The interface is both intuitive and ubiquitous. Paper's lighter in small quantities and the form factor is more adjustable. Also, most things that destroy paper will take out a computer as well.
- Terry Robinson
Bring back the Circa Compact organization pages (ToDo / Goals), Steve!!!!!!! Paper is dead if you quit supplying great products for the medium!
- Jack Collins
Ask him why Levenger doesn't accept Paypal. I'd buy a lap desk this second if it did.
- Kent
Unfortunately, I can't agree, would love to hear Steve's points. I feel that the soon to be released flexible OLED devices will take the place of current newspapers, electronic forms are replacing paper forms, electronic medical records are replacing filing cabinets of patience history, digital media storage are making library contents accessible from almost anywhere in the world. Yes, this means that we are placing reliance on digital media, but weren't our forefathers placed faith on stone tablets
- Vinko
Vinko: the point he made that stuck with me is that things on paper that are signed are worth more.
- Robert Scoble
Yeah, there's no such thing as a digital original.
- LogEx
auditors. auditors want more then just electronic proof. first they screw up accounting; then we pay them to fix it (SOX); then they make us have dupes of everything in paper.
- clarke thomas
Brian: you are absolutely wrong there. Paper is MUCH more expensive.
- Robert Scoble
I love Levenger, Moleskine, and Franklin Covey stuff, but I have this mental block where I'm not willing to "mess up" the nice stuff, so I end up writing on index cards instead.
- Jon Adair
I have at least 8 Levenger products in view of my right now (not counting the one in my pocket). I think the vast amount of information will someday be transmitted electronically (newspapers, etc.) but paper will still be around, if only for the durability of it.
- Mistletoe Glen
What I really love about paper versus digital is that, especially with index cards or loose sheets, I can spread things out and see much more at once than on my phone or even my laptop. I'd love to see someone make a really good Moleskine-like sketchbook that really opens up flat. And would it kill anyone to make journals, sketchbooks, etc. that have a built-in slot for a full-sized pen or pencil?
- Jon Adair
People who don't have computers (especially those that don't have easy access to computers, either) need paper.
- Rochelle
Both! I love physical notebooks. I also love the NET. I've debated this keep notes on paper or digital for ages. I've a little symbol system that has 'hyperlink' symbols from the NET (e.g. Google Doc) to the physical notebooks and a filing system (based on Star Names) that covers both. As a filing system it's bizarre but as a context in which I know I'm putting everything in a findable place it works well for me. I often start a note online, and continue it in one notebook and finish it in another.
- Julian Edward
Leave a comment here on why paper is not dead? I think I'll just mail the guy a letter. Where's my quill?
- shelisrael1
Several reasons come to mind: First the effective resolution of paper is much larger than that on a computer screen. (Of most screens, anyway) It's much easier to look at a big drawing, long chunk of text or pagefuls of equations on paper than on the computer. Second electronic ink input options like the Tablet PC are decent but very far removed from the actual mechanics of writing on paper. The PC is heavy and expensive and the format of the Windows electronic notebook is not portable in editable format.
- Jiahao Chen
For people like me who have to think carefully before buying gadgets, it's hard to beat the cost of pen and paper. Third, you don't have to power up the paper before writing on it. You can write notes on a bus where you'd fret about ruining a HDD. Fourth, if you drop paper or spill on it, it's usually no biggie. Try saying that for your laptop! Fifth, and most importantly, the current state of hardware and software is well-suited only to the input of ASCII (and some limited Unicode) text entry.
- Jiahao Chen
It is an incredible pain to work with information that is not easily notated in text form. Drawings are ok, but try working with chemical structures or mathematical equations on a computer. It's often an exercise in frustration reading documentation and/or shelling out lots of money for specialized software to deal with these data. Sixth, I write and scribble pretty fast, so much so that the time lag for Tablet PCs to process what I'm doing with the stylus is noticeable and distracting.
- Jiahao Chen
Sometimes Windows will hiccup and part of a scribble will disappear off the input buffer while Windows deals with disk paging or something like that. Having said all that, computers are great for many things, especially for typesetting documents and page layouts for things that are ready to show to other people. However they are still far from ideal media to play around with ideas and words, and scribbles often do a far better job than dealing with the intricacies of data entry on a computer when thinking.
- Jiahao Chen
OK, sorry for the terribly long answer and possible abuse of medium, but paper and pen works far better for me when jotting down ideas as they are forming, and are usually better than the computer for organizing these ideas as they coalesce into coherence. Once past that stage however, computers are far superior for producing legible output that you wouldn't be embarrassed to show people. BTW I love Levenger stationery! If I could afford it, I'd buy it all the time. Too bad I'm still stuck in grad school.
- Jiahao Chen
Remember Minority Report where Tom Cruise rearranges information on a big board in front of him? You can do that today with paper products.
- Bruce Lewis
I love the Levenger catalog!!!! Really nice, high quality paper / pen / ink products. Geared towards execs who remember the virtues of writing
- Susan Beebe
I confess, I am a Levenger addict. I am also an IT professional, who uses many paper based systems for managing GTD, as well as a paper based planner, which is wrapped in Levenger's Bomber Jacket leather. I have several notebooks with Bomber Jacket leather, and for some reason, it adds to the enjoyment of putting pen to paper. I also use "The Hit List", which is a Mac GTD app, but honestly, the feel of good paper, with a good pen can't be beat. Instant archive, and no worry about media failures.
- Bruce Garlock
It's just a flesh-wound! ;)
- Meryn Stol
I don't want any time-sensitive information via paper, it's too old. However I like paper for portability, longevity, tactile sensation and smell. Moleskines, post-its, notepads etc are all part of my daily life. BTW, love Levenger.com . I'm an old customer in Australia.
- Cait
I dispute that paper is always more expensive. Digital storage requires data conversion (if it's old), redundancy (if it's important and you want to keep something for a long time), hardware, monitoring and eletricity. But yes, sometimes it's more expensive.
- Cait
I do the vast majority of my work in digital form, but I also love paper, a fountain pen, good ink. Each tool has its place.
- Rob McNair-Huff
Paper can do so much more than computers can at this point. Try making a 3-D tactile model with a computer in just a few seconds. You probably don't want to see how far your computer can glide, unless you're mad at it. Paper is easier on the eyes than most monitors and screens at this point and even the ones that are getting closer to a soft medium for viewing paper is quicker. Paper is extremely cheap for area and the ability to write multiple contextual ideas down. Paper has at least another 20 years.
- Jimminy Fuller
It's not dead because my parents and my wife still use it. It is going away though.
- Jesse Stay
It's also not dead because there are still art-forms that revolve around it. I will always still love drawing and painting on paper or canvas.
- Jesse Stay
i hate paper clutter. i am forced to collect them in order to document write-offs for taxes. it's unfortunately still a necessary evil.
- sɹǝɥʇɐǝɟʞɔɐןq
blackfeathers, check out Evernote - I've gotten rid of most my paper through them.
- Jesse Stay
I'm sure when Guttenburg first published his books, some people clamored for scrolls. Humans tend to be sentimental about technology. It's only a matter of time until paper is gone, and I say bring it on.
- Ian Wright
Dunder Mifflin will be pleased http://www.dundermifflin.com/ :)
- Jim Connolly
It's simply a massively entrenched technology. People joke around about stone tablets, but clay tablets really were the dominant medium for information storage for probably almost 4,000 years. Modern paper has been around for less than 2,000 years. I'm thinking its probably going to be around for a least a little while longer.
- Victor Ganata
Still always handy having some nice, solid records. Assume a worst-case scenario, if we had it ALL electronic...one decent, world-sized electro-magnetic impulse, there goes the entire planet's accumulated knowledge in one hit. Those ancients at least still have their stuff around 4000 years later because clay tablets and other solid mediums LASTED the distance.
- George Hall (Australia)
Wow. I'm awed by the dialog in response to Robert's question about paper. We are living in interesting times as so many of us seek and find new balances between old technology and new--balance points that are themselves in a state of flux. We feel it's our duty at Levenger to side with paper and help it evolve in the face of the tremendous evolutionary pressure from advancing technology. If ultimately paper goes extinct, let it be a gradual and noble death.
- Steve Leveen
One bit of advice that I gave to Robert and I'd like to share with all of you. In the waning days of the Golden Age of paper-based books, grab hold of the books you cherish and write in the margins. Write in the front and back and everywhere in between. History has shown that the most valuable books of all are those written in by famous people. And you are all famous to your family and descendants. Actual ink leaving physical impressions on natural paper in your own hand--it will never come again.
- Steve Leveen
One curious little followup to this...I took a look today at the Twitter hashtags #vicfires and #fireupdates. NO tweets from #fireupdates showed up, even though it was a busy hashtag during the Victorian Bushfires. #vicfires only goes back to 30 days ago. Very good example of the IMPERMANCY of the electronic form. Any of us wanting to refer back to February 2009 for historical data on the Twitter record now really have nothing to refer to. Makes me wish I'd done my February 2009 tweets on clay tablets
- George Hall (Australia)
I can't believe that the media feels they have a right to be upset about Obama speaking directly to the people.
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They were pissed when Bush bypassed them as well, though he definitely was not speaking directly to the people. The media has become increasingly irrelevant to the government in the past 8 years or so. I don't believe half of what I read from MSM anymore, myself.
- Helen Sventitsky
I guess I don't understand how the media is supposed to work. Seems like an unnecessary filter in most cases. A filter that doesn't necessarily have the sources best interests in mind.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I think the filter is historical -- at one time going through the "press" was the only way to get your message out (and the only way for the public to make assessments of the message). Like the new reality of failing papers and TV networks there is a new reality for elector to elected official (and vice versa) communication.
- Brian Sullivan
Well, since they elected him, I guess they feel they have right of first refusal....
- Mike Shields
Rah: I can, because it's all about them: http://gawker.com/5184692...
- Steven Perez
"Unnecessary filter"!? Oh, so you want the administration to tell the people what they need to hear and cut out independent journalists who can sniff out stories that aren't so positive, is that it? Why not just move to one of the many other countries where the government controls the media.
- Dawn
Uhm. I think you're missing the entire point, Dawn: Why should the media be upset if the government wants to talk directly to the people? That doesn't prevent them from discovering other things that "aren't so positive" to report on. Of course, that implies that they actually have the ability to find and report actual news.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
It's just like sports writers being upset when athletes blog or Twitter stuff directly to their fans with out going through them first. Do your job. Find and report news. It all shouldn't be handed to you just because.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Having a seat in the White House means many millions of dollars in revenues. It's the most profitable job in media and because only about 40 people can fit into the White House briefing room it means a built-in lack of competition. The fact that Obama is going around them means a major loss in revenues for the media organizations. Oh, and Dawn, give me a break, these guys don't sniff out negative stories. They pretty much just take what the president gives them each morning and run with it.
- Robert Scoble
Anyone notice that Obama didn't take a question during his press conference from a single business reporter? And he's so "open" and "transparent." "Let me talk directly to the people" means "I want to set the conversation and not allow opposing rhetoric." That's why they have a war room in the white house to personally crush people who don't agree with Obama's policies. You people better take off your rose colored glasses and open your eyes. This is Nixon's enemies-list White House all over again.
- Dawn
Everyone knows that if you get too negative you get kicked out of the room, which means your organization loses millions of dollars in revenues and a LOT of prestige. (All the TV networks sit in first few rows so everyone sees that the big networks are there).
- Robert Scoble
I don't like the media's line, "He's just falling back on his strong public speaking ability." So what it's one of his strong points use it! Though I see Dawn's point as to not accepting questions regarding openness.
- sofarsoShawn
Dawn, what are you talking about? I'm actually confused. This is a townhall, not a press conference. Why would he be taking questions from reporters?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Boo, Robert. That's why there is no real journalism any more. All the questions are softballs so as not to offend, and no real questions get asked. Would the Watergate scandal have been exposed if that were true, then?
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Dawn: Seriously? Where were you when the Bush admin was hand-picking people to attend "town halls" and actively preventing people from asking tough questions.
- Kevin Pedraja
Robert, I agree that the press haven't been doing their job. But the press's fawning over Obama is going to stop. It already has in some circles. But they need to be given access and not be shut out.
- Dawn
Hey the Media runs a Union shop. How dare he not let the talking heads spin his words. ;)
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
Dawn: I agree that they need to be given access. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. By the way, I remember hearing the same complaints when Microsoft started up http://channel9.msdn.com -- the journalists thought their revenues were being attacked.
- Robert Scoble
Sorry, Rahsheen, but we didn't like it when Bush pulled this shit. We should not accept it from Obama, either. Cheney used to "Speak to the people" too, which translated into a speech at a PAC rally and shaking a few hands.
- Peter Ghosh
I don't think they've been shut out, the general public has just been let in, rendering them useless. Why watch the media's interpretation of what Obama said when I can go to his website and watch him say it himself?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Hmm if I don't do my job I get fired, maybe the press is getting fired?
- Bill Pennington
from twhirl
Peter, when Bush did his townhalls, it was with pre-selected (GOP donors and staff) people asking questions given to them. As for Cheney speaking to conservative groups, that's not even the same thing as this, he had every right to speak to those groups.
- Admiral Anika
Kevin: exactly. Every president controls his image through control of the media. Reagan did it. Bush did it. Clinton did it. Now Obama is doing it. It's the media's job to get around the gatekeepers and figure out the truth. Remember Watergate? How did that get broken? A secret source that met with journalists away from the briefing room.
- Robert Scoble
Bill: ask yourself, why does ABC TV have a seat in the White House briefing room, but not YouTube (or, better yet, not Huffington Post)? Obama just gave YouTube a seat there and the rest of the news organizations are pissed because their revenues are under attack. The rest of this discussion is just noise. Truth is, by going directly to the people Obama is giving more access and will get more attention on his ideas. The press hates this cause now we're watching ABC TV (or CNN) even less.
- Robert Scoble
@Rahsheen - I am referring to his Press Conference where he didn't interact enough with the press IMO. He was clearly POed at some of them, but has an obligation to interact with them. I've seen better performances from him.
- Peter Ghosh
A lot of you are missing the point of what I said: The media has no right to be upset about Obama conducting live townhall meetings and speaking directly to the people instead of talking only to them. The only reason they would be upset about him doing this is that they have no real skill in finding news on their own and rely on the administration spoon-feeding them the news.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Whether you love or hate Dick Morris or Bill Oreilly, you should watch this: http://tinyurl.com/y2sl9n
- Dawn
Robert -- http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp... -- the Huffington Post does have a "seat" along with a whole host of traditional "outsiders" - I am sure the revenue is what the "major" news outlets are upset about -- the reporting tide has changed and they are being shunted to the side in favour of less traditional news providers
- Brian Sullivan
He's obligated to talk to the press? Not sure I agree on that. He talks to enough press to satisfy me and he does in fact speak directly to the people on a regular basis. What function does him speaking to the media/press serve? Whatever questions they would have are answered at some point.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Which they do Rahsheen. Keep in mind this group spent 8 years being stenographers. Most of them have no real journalism skills any more, if they ever had them in the first place. The media feels it's the gatekeeper. The reason they are upset is because Obama is giving us the info without the layers of pundit asshattery included on the news shows. With the Bush WH, they had the questions already, they knew the answers already. They didn't have do any real work.
- Admiral Anika
Why should he allow the press to distort his message? http://scienceblogs.com/clock...
- Bora Zivkovic
Dawn: if by "fawning over" you mean being ridiculous, then maybe. See, as proof the "analysis" of Obama's last press conference. He got dinged by the "fawning" press for talking so much about the economy, the budget, etc. when he was responding to THEIR questions.
- Kevin Pedraja
There are really three distinct modes here, and I think we're lumping two together: There's (1) let the press ask questions, (2) let specific, random citizens ask unfiltered questions, and (3) generate questions by some democratic nomination/vote process. Personally, I find (3) the least desirable. That seems to generate the most general, mundane, middle of the road Qs ala "What are you going to do about the economy/health care/education/etc." I'd rather see specific questions about implementation...
- Ken Sheppardson
...and you get that with (1) or (2). With (1) you get (we hope) thoughtful, probing questions from people who understand the issues... if journalists are doing their jobs. Not so much with (2). Come to think of it, I like (good) journalists. Who'd have imagined.
- Ken Sheppardson
But heck. You can do all three. Is somebody in the media complaining that they don't have enough access?
- Ken Sheppardson
London burning - http://naurunappula.com/z...
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eek!! :-/
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Place this image alongside streetview from this angle.
- Richard A.
This is totally going on my wall. Not that I'm morbid or anything.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
I wonder if it's part of a set?
- Duncan Riley
The hellgate,sweet.
- Tantian
hellgate london, failed MMOish
- Yunus Tunak
Facebook Integration Arrives on TweetDeck - http://mashable.com/2009...
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"Over the weekend, SeesmicSeesmic reviewsSeesmic reviews announced their own desktop application for Facebook, as well as plans to integrate Status Updates into their own TwitterTwitter reviewsTwitter reviews client - TwhirlTwhirl reviewsTwhirl reviews. Today, popular Twitter client TweetDeckTweetDeck reviewsTweetDeck reviews is beginning testing on a new version of its software that includes integration with Facebook as well. In a blog post, TweetDeck describes the functionality offered in what for now is an optional test version of the software: “You can click on the Facebook icon at the top and, once you have signed into Facebook and given TweetDeck authorization, this will add a new column full of each of your friends most recent status update which updates automatically once a minute.""
- Amani
Thoughts?
- Amani
yes, FriendFeed!
- PaperDoll
Friendfeed indeed. Facebook is not a network, it is a way of life. If I want that way of life, I'll go there. Microblogging apps need to fit into YOUR life. It seems that no one other than Twhirl understands the importance of other networks. This is just a bandwagon jump on the part od tweetdeck. Pah!
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
Link to announcement (and installation link to the AIR package) here: http://tweetdeck.posterous.com/tweetde...
- Niklas Pivic
Coffee drinkers...how many do you tend to have a day?
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I usually have three cups of coffee a day.
- Tim Chemacki
5 -6
- Morgan Haley
Back when I was a researcher, 15 - 20; now, 2 - 4
- Robert Hafer
4
- fatacarabina
oh ok, i'm starting to feel better at my average of 3 now...
- Zee.
four to six cups
- Jim Is Not Smart
5/6
- Stefigno
3
- natzuka
3/4
- v per vitzbank
0-2.
- Akiva Moskovitz
2.5 cups.
- Admiral Anika
Don't ask
- Charlie Anzman
12-14...ish.
- Mona Nomura
0-1
- Rodfather
2
- Mike Reynolds
Maximum of 3 250ml cups.
- Mo Kargas
Perhaps 1-2 a week when I'm catching up with mates.
- Andrew Trinh
barely 1 a day now. drinking tea too so sometimes I switch up
- Bwana ☠
3 average now a days. "One cup's too much, a pot's not enough." -OH in a family restaurant.
- Micah Wittman
64ozs, easy. Then switch to tea.
- Jess
I'm a coffee drinker: 2-3 soupbowl-sized lattes per day.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
6
- AJ Batac
one or two
- Shevonne
Lately, two espressos a day.
- Ricardo Vidal
Usually 2 cups.
- Kevin Whalen
from fftogo
2. Sometimes I'll got to 3 or 4.
- James Piggott
half a pot, whatever that is...
- Russell Wagner
above shows us how much variance there is in the term "cup"... generally a "cup" of coffee is supposed to be 6-8 oz. I probably consume 20 ounces or so in a day (at most)
- Anthony Citrano
4 or more espresso shots
- BEX
Usually 1-3 triple shots a day (which I guess equates to 3-9 cups?). BTW, Robert Hafer should have signed an endorsement deal with Folgers...15-20 cups/day?! That's impressive.
- Thomas Tracey
I usually have a mug of about 10 oz for a cup
- Robert Hafer
I try to limit it to 2. End up with 3 or 4. I used to be up to 7 to 8.
- Helen Sventitsky
I do 4-5 espresso shots generally.
- mikepk
I try to stick to no more than 16oz a day. Cream, sugar varies with brew. White mocha occasionally.
- xero
1-2 cups a day
- Verena Fuchs
1 cup a day, usually, but now I saw this thread and craved a second one.
- Tudor Bosman
3-4
- Todd Hoff
5-6
- Seth Greenblatt
Cups or Pots?
- Paul W. Swansen
I drink about 12 cups (as in the measurement) of espresso ground, dark Sumatran in a 24hr period. Some is drip made, some is espresso machine made. I'm a freak.
- Michael W. May
Usually 2 espresso shots and 2 cups of the dark roast at the local coffee stand. Not nearly as bad as I used to be.
- matthew john ernisse
2-3 cups or a latte when I get a treat.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Couple of espressos - maybe a coffee here and there.
- Mattb4rd
About 8 to 10 cups a day. Just regular fresh ground coffee, that I , or my wife, makes ourselves. A dash of milk, no sugar. None of that expensive fancy stuff.
- Ian May
allot, like a pot a day (a pot is what 12 cups?)
- chaz2b
Just 1
- TheHenry
5-6
- Ravindran Navaneethan
2-8
- Kevin Johnson
'bout 12
- vijay
Never more than three cups. The annual average would be 1.3 cups per day.
- Parth Awasthi
Parth - 1.3? So do you keep a coffee logbook somewhere? :)
- Mike Reynolds
Can I plead the 5th?
- Deepak Singh
One ginormous one first thing. Then PRN, maybe one or two more. And then there is tea.
- Martha
About two, only on sundays. Depends on how tired I am.
- Robert Young
I average about 3 cups and don't really like drinking after 5pm as it may keep me up at night.
- Mark Krynsky
Depending on the day, 1-3. Sometimes more.
- Jeremy Brooks
Hmm, I would say 4-7. It depends:)
- Patrik Johansson
Just 1, but very strong and large.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
Usually between 4 and 6
- Alastair Montgomery
I have one coffee drinker: my wife, and that's enough for me ;)
- Jemm
2-4 cups every morning before I leave the house for work. No more. No less. LOL
- Sean
2 cups every morning and on very rare occasions a coffee in the early afternoon. When the in-laws visit we have decaf after dinner.
- Heather Solos
I have an obsession with my Keurig KCup brewer and will have a minimum of 2 8 oz. cups each work day. When I'm more tired, cold, or enjoying a particularly good coffee blend I'll drink more.
- Sally: baby flier
i must drink at least 7 mugs of coffee
- eric
2, usually: Morning and after lunch/afternoon. Sometimes more (conferences, or if I haven't slept well last night)
- Jemm
5-6
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
usually 2, maybe 3 on a bad day
- Shawn Duffy
from twhirl
2-4. Can't afford the cals!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
3 in the morning; maybe another 1 or 2 in the afternoon, but not always; sometimes a decaf in the evening.
- Steve Lowe
Three not really big mugs. I really need the caffeine. Might be a little bad...
- Meryn Stol
I have 2 cups at home and if I have time I stop for a 3rd on the way to work. If not, I will sometimes have a 3rd midmorning if someone is going to Stabucks
- Alan Simpson
It depends on the kind of day I'm having. At work I will tend to have anywhere from two to five cups in the morning and at least one more cup post-lunch. I would say 90% of the time it's just two cups in the morning, one in the afternoon. On my days off, I don't usually have more than whatever my French press can make.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I don't drink coffee because I don't like having it, may be I am the wrong one to comment here !
- Jayavasanthan J
IM FINE I CAN STOP ANY TIME I LIKE THERES NO PROBLEM HERE
- Mistletoe Glen
Does my coffe IV drip count?
- John Flynn
Between 0 and 1
- Pete Delucchi
1 french style espresso.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
1. The coffee at work is like gasoline. I hate it but it keeps me to one a day which I think is good.
- Nurse Katie
one to two pots - black only, dark roast preferred
- Janet
I'm starting to wonder if FF users have a propensity to drink large amounts of coffee.
- Thomas Tracey
Usually 2 Starbucks medium extra shot cappocinos.
- Roberto Bonini
around 10 cups give or take, starting early in the evening if I have some thing to do. 3 or 4 cups if I am hanging out at home or kicking back with friends
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
It's 3am, has anyone seen my ZZZZZZZZs? I blame coffee.
- Carolyn Chan
2.
- Steven Perez
3 espresso macchiato and a cappuccino
- Manuela
Usually about one to three a day, depending on how long I'm at school. Try to keep it low.
- Daniel Bruce
3-4 cups from my French Press, black no sugar.
- Christian (Simply X)
2-3 cups a day w/ sugar, depends of the TODO list
- David Guyon
max 2-3 cups :D
- Praveen Vasudev
2 in the morning and 1-3 throughout the day
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
2-3 cups
- andy brudtkuhl
1-2 usually.
- Meredith
1 16oz cup of freshly ground, freshly brewed while I walk the dog in the dark a.m.
- Kevin Pedraja
3 cups
- Alan Le
4–6
- Alexey Ivanov
2-4
- Dennis R.
Increases with my stress level. These days only 1-2 cups (very relaxed) of strong, black coffee: never ruin good coffee with sugar or milk
- Kristine Lowe
5
- Ivy /composmentis
from twhirl
Do you realize there are now people who call themselves "professional tweeters." I've lived too long. Please shoot me.
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sounds like speakers to me
- Logan Lindquist
I'm a professional "liker"
- Ben MacNeill
+1 Ben
- jerobins
I've seen folks add it to their CV as professional skills. Along with "Professional Facebook user". It's beginning of the end!
- Ricardo Vidal
Seems risky to add to CV unless specifically related to the job, no? Like "Hire me and I'll spend most of my time surfing the Web."
- Herb Hernandez
wait, wut?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
and there are people who are called dickheads for decades, the beauty of life is in the mix
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Must be code for "I have no job"
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
They used to be MySpace consultants.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Just shoot me. Financial crisis is one thing, but this...?
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
fortunately for them, ramen noodles are cheap. I can't think there'd be a way to make significant money tweeting today (yet!)
- Stephane Kasriel
gross
- Denise Young
yes, we call them twits.
- Sean
I think Leo Laporte would have a major problem with them being called Twits. :D
- MarkCarras
where does one get paid to tweet? I'd like to apply for that job!!!
- Bastard Operator From FF
I don't think it's that strange, but people hiring might, esp if it's not for a marketing job.
- David Lynch
...that's asking for trouble... the 'shoot me' part. .LOLz
- .LAG liked that
Like telemarketers...
- sofarsoShawn
That's hilarious! Reminds me of ppl who put "Java: 5 years of experience" on their CV when Java was only a public language for 3.
- Kevin Elliott
A profession usually nets one some sort of financial compensation. Who's paying these "professional tweeters' for all of their time spent tweeting?
- Jeff P. Henderson
I need some names and output to judge what they're up to. I might be interested in supplementing my income :)
- WorldofHiglet
Whatever happened to all the Professional Friendsters?
- James
@ James, They got real jobs.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I'd like to hear their answer to the interview question, "What is your biggest challenge as a professional tweeter?"
- Carolyn Chan
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse... How do they fit any of the dictionary definition criteria?
- Neil Barnwell
from twhirl
And I appreciate that "meeting the dictionary definition" is short-sighted, but the point is, how do they do it as a job? How do they make a living out of it? Assuming they mean that they're "experts", then who defines the criteria of "expert tweeter"? Crazyness.
- Neil Barnwell
from twhirl
with the influx of celebrities into twitter, it was only a matter of time before people started taking advantage of the situation. These celebrities are probably more than willing to shell out a few dollars for individuals who can manage their twitter accounts for them. More importantly, I wonder how much longer before the lawsuits start over misuse of someone's name or persona.
- Bob Blunk
@Bob Blunk: Sure, I hadn't thought of people *employing* people to Twitter on their behalf. Strange world we live in.
- Neil Barnwell
from twhirl
@Bob Blunk - Ewan Mcgregor is 'threatening action' over a fake Twitter profile - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news...
- James
Here is Why Facebook is not as Cool as FriendFeed and Why it Totally Makes My Head Hurt Sometimes - http://flickr.com/photos...
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No. Way.
- LogEx
-nuff said....or not said. I don't want any more snowballs thrown at me...PLEASE!
- Jennifer Windrum
Yeah, all that crap is pretty annoying.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
and you people complain about a little chapstick and lips every now and again. sheesh. I'd much rather see chapstick and lips any day of the week over getting a "crush jason alexmi" request or getting *two* sammy is sexy requests in the same day!
- Thomas Hawk
=O
- Shevonne
You know you can turn that off right?
- Eric P
hahahahhaa
- Shevonne
horrible
- andy brudtkuhl
OUCCCCH (E.T. Voice)
- sean percival
no doubt. i'm always blocking apps. i don't want play around with hatchlings or pieces of flair or get involved in any dang food fights.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
wow
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
That right there is the biggest reason I can't stand Facebook and I would dump it in a heartbeat if it didn't mean that all of my family and distant friends would instantly have a shitfit.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Also - Facebook = "Real life Friends". If you only friend people you're actually friends with it's actually a terrific application for keeping in touch. If you try to treat it like a Friendfeed/Twitter/MySpace then you wind up with a load of crap and its utility takes a nose dive.
- Eric P
PREACH!!
- Derrick
thankfully i've avoided this kind of garbage
- chrisofspades
I block just about every app invite I get. I'm glad some people like it, but I despise ANY application, social network, or whatever that the second step in adding the app is to SPAM all of my friends with it. This is a terrible process and needs to be done away with.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I didn't add them. They are invitations.
- Thomas Hawk
Totally agree with you. couldn't have said it better.
- Karoli
Sean hit it perfectly. It's why I use Facebook as nothing more than an address book for people from my past. That has always made me sick, screen 2 is "Tell me who to spam!"
- Matthew DeVries
@Haggis: Agreed. And I too block pretty much every app invite I get. The irritating part is when someone gets all uppity with me because I didn't return their snowball or superpoke them back. I'm like...srsly? You send me that ridiculous crap and then have the nerve to get mad at ME for not participating?
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I am blocking most apps, because things can get outta hand ...
- Rene Wirtz
@Amanda: I tell/have told all my friends that they can send those requests, but that I categorically deny all of them. It's surprising how that already decreases the number of requests.
- Rene Wirtz
I do get tired of all that crap. My bro sent me a video to watch on Farcebook a few days ago, but to see it I would have to download yet another silly wall. I don't need more than one, nor do I need to install multiple calendars so you can see when my birthday is. Go to my profile.
- Ian May
For every app invite i block, i seem to get twice as many the following day. Its better now their not all over people profiles pages when they do get added though.
- Simon Wicks
Thomas - I think you're really gettign confused between Facebook and these leeches trying to suck off the Facebook platform. Just ignore them and these requests would never appear. Or better yet - DEfriend anyone who would be so stupid as to include you on a list of requests. JUST DUMP THEM - and everything will be fine.
- Marc Canter
But seriously...you really should accept my Pirates vs. Ninjas request.
- Adam
You're just waaaay too popular, Tom ;-)
- Dave Fortheloss
Yep. I put a moratorium on adding apps and made that abundantly clear, but I still get all the cr@p.
- Julie Barrett
from twhirl
this is just one example of the silliness and boring nature of facebook. Frankly it's just not engaging. There's so much wrong with it and this is just the start. FriendFeed is a far superior platform for probably 100 different reasons.
- Thomas Hawk
I have found that blocking invites from certain users and applications is very helpful.
- Adam
@Thomas I agree with you 100%. I think FB is near unusable.. You're right it's not engaging - it's more of a distraction and there's very little value proposition for me to connect with people. I get the same with email/IM/flickr.. FF is far superior in my estimation
- andy brudtkuhl
that's just crazy! insane! crazy?...insane?
- .LAG liked that
Holy crap and I cry when I see 3 of them on my bar.
- Admiral Anika
Just looked at this and confirmed that I have no interest in joining Facebook.
- TranceMist
I'm not a fan of the tons of virtual goods and apps either, but I've got tons of friends who would qualify as "normal people" and cannot imagine living without FB. It's a rich way for them to keep in touch with people. I like FF a bunch but I also recognize the bandwagon effect that exists with FB.
- Cecyl Hobbs
A picture is worth a 1000 words.
- Eric Logan
*Brain cramp*
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
HOLY FRAKKIN' FRAK
- Josh Haley
Sweet baby Jesus
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I've just been blocking all Facebook apps.
- Morton Fox
INSANE Bro!
- Francis Aldana
@Morton Fox: I do the same. Problem is that you have to opt out of each crappy app that anyone you know has managed to dig up. If you don't log in often and deal with these head-on, the simple act of opting out can be daunting.
- Keith McCammon
It's striking how many people hate Facebook who nevertheless for various reasons feel unable to abandon it -- not so much a virus as a fungus. It's depressing to think that due to network lock-in my daughter may be stuck on it for years to come.
- Tim Ostler
something will come along to replace it. it's the inevitability of things.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
I don't get why people who don't like apps don't block them all, or why people who do like them feel the need to send invites to everyone, let alone whine that you haven't accepted. Most apps I use have a button that shows your friends with the app, and I only send to those.
- Alix Whitmire
@Keith IIRC there's a greasemonkey script that lets you block them all at once.
- Alix Whitmire
Yep. Stuff like that's why I get the heebie jeebies about 5-10 mins after logging into Facebook.
- Susan A. Kitchens
Ahhhhhh, the voice of reason! I'm so glad I'm not alone.
- Rob Fahrni
RT yourself from June 2008?
- ThePicMan
Sweet baby jesus on a stick!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Jebus Herschel Krustovsky! That's ridiculous!
- Abbas Haider Ali
You should make that your Twitter background. :)
- Pete Delucchi
This post is what made me finally deactivate my Facebook account. I've had enough.
- Rochelle
HUGE LOL
- Kamilah Gill
aw man, what happened to the flickr image?
- Kamilah Gill
yep, I just IGNORE these types of apps/notifications- I have SO many sent to me and I would literally need to quite my job to attend to them full-time. It's insane. I think 95% of them are a waste of time imho... there are always going to be those people who love to do the spamming but it doesn't mean you need to pay attention to them :) One part of FB that I also do not love.
- Deanna Belle Govoni
This is one of the big reasons why I try and limit friends to people I know in person, and a few others who I can trust to not act like invite-wielding idiots.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
that's crazy!
- K.D.
Why would you blame facebook for you having idiot friends?
- Richard Lawler
Who ever said Facebook is cool? It's a rambling mess suitable only for people with lots of spare time and nothing else to do with it.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
shit like that is what makes me hate FB. they need an option saying "please auto ignore all invites from everyone". i used to have a greasemonkey script which did it, but the bloody things are getting smarter
- Terry O'Fee
Richard: Who said I have idiot friends? Intelligence has nothing to do with people trying to share their fave FB apps with everyone else, especially before Facebook put in limitations to keep apps from spamming their users' friends.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Thing is, once burned, twice shy. So only people I can trust to not send me lots of invites get to be friended to me on Facebook.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
it's just some people. i know great people who forward every single email online. there's one person, ive given her an old yahoo email adress so i dont hurt her feelings :P
- Terry O'Fee
Smart people catch on to spamming apps quickly, they recognize when they've been spammed, instead of signing up and passing them along, or continuing to request you join (insert game of the week.) If your friends can't figure out what's annoying to you, how can you expect Facebook to?
- Richard Lawler
immediately block app requests as they come in! according to the picture there were not so many apps involved here, but blocking them from the beginning on spares you more invitations..
- Johannan Edelman
I thought my FaceBook was bad when requests piled up, but you definitely win! I don't feel quite so irritated about it, now ;o)
- Seth Greenblatt
Yeah, that's one thing I hate about FB, those cutesy apps. I almost never participate in that...
- Rick Cogley
Try Facebuprofen.
- david beckwith
Just say no to 99.9% of all facebook apps and your problems are solved... :)
- Walt Ruppar
Some of my friends are so annoying on FB that I have to permanently block all invites from them. Bloody Blood-sucking-vampire-stricken-greek-godish-monsters.
- Aman
ha ha
- Saravanan
Aman: Sad to see I'm not the only one who suffers so.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
@Chris: Indeed it is sad. I am in the process of forming a group called "People who hate people".
- Aman
WOAH! You know, I think it is funny, I removed ALL my apps the other day, AND told all my friends that I removed my apps, and they are STILL sending me app invites. If you keep up on it, it's fine. If you don't, it looks like this... /sigh
- Danielle Closs
Friends oh Friends.
- Aman
But FB is still better than the Google counterpart - Orkut. The sleaziest Social Website of all times. Their tag line : "Its so easy to get molested online, let us make it easier for you".
- Aman
Holy Facebook Crap Batman!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Some apps are good but most are just spam. Good apps are hard to find but there are a few nice ones out there, I like the ff app and the twitter app. I also use the slayers app and the compare people app. I'm a little shallow.
- Wesley Robin Guerrero
I hate the updates that I don't need. A large number of apps are useless.
- Palak Mathur
Urgh! So true!
- Vera
I just ignore pretty much everything that's not a message or a new friend request.
- Jim Is Not Smart
NADD
- bifurcafe
DELETE BUTTTTTOOOONNNNN!!!!!
- Susan Beebe
Mine looks almost as bad as that and I only have 8 friends (real life friends & family)
- April Russo (app103)
Use http://www.ignoreall.com/ Cleans up everything in a jiffy.
- Jauder Ho
I like FF for commenting on stories and seeing a discussion. I like FB for smaller discussions. FF bigest minus for me is the lack of a notification if someone specifically responds to me.
- ChiliMac
Agree with ChiliMac.
- Aman
That's a big list... I'm getting tired of hitting the ignore as well.
- Gary Gifford Jr
Believe me, even a good confrontation with those slimy friends does do any good. They keep sending invites even after that.
- Aman
I'd be a rich man if if I got a penny for everytime I click ignore. I'm just not making that much use out Facebook nowadays! That's why I decided to give FriendFeed a test trial.
- Vincent Nguyen
This is why they made the block function, I've blocked over 500 applications and I don't get many requests anymore. I promise, it works.
- Aaron Myers
It looks like facebook just threw up on your screen, IGNORE ALL!! And back away slooowly...
- Peter To
I don't get it. I have 600+ friends on FB (not crazy huge, but not an insubstantial number). About once a week, I do a combo of ignore-app's and ignore-all-apps from a few friends, and voila! In about 1-2 minutes, I'm all set. 1-2 minutes a week. How many friends do you have on FB, Thomas? And how many years has it been since you've cleared things out? While I think FB shares some of the blame, is this situation any different than not cleaning *anything else* out once in a while?
- Adam Lasnik
I've been using RememberTheMilk as a task manager, but @ryanblock says Things is better (http://culturedcode.com/things...). Has anyone used both?
Todd Brunner, ThePicMan and Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah liked this
I need an on-the-go task manager...I've been using http://www.toodledo.com (has a free iPhone app!) I miss iwantsandy.com :o(
- Paul Reynolds
I use Remember the Milk. Not that I'm helping at all.
- Araceli
Have not used either one. I use Omni Focus. Things seems to me a polished version of that. If you have used Omni Focus and liked it then you may like Things.
- walterh
I tried Things, but didn't like that it resides just on my Mac. RememberTheMilk is online and supports adding tasks via Twitter. If the tool isn't easy and convenient, you're not going to use it. RememberTheMilk wins on both counts.
- Brian Shoemaker
Remember the milk has tag filtering (smart lists) and shortcut keys
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Hmm I have to try it out, I have been using RTM
- Fee501st
I use Toodledo thru Todo iPhone app which can also do RTM. As it's on back end, doesn't matter which I use.
- Ernie Oporto
from Nambu
Things is good, but overpriced for what it is. Stick with RTM.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
I use rememberthemilk and I am hapyy with how this works
- Alberto Gómez
As Things is Mac only - and I'm cross-platform, I have to stick to RTM. I still think it's good and don't see anything out there to better it
- Stuart Webb
I forgot to mention Toodledo publishes to various formats including iCal. Too bad Google Sync server doesn't seem to support vTODO objects.
- Paul Reynolds
I use Protopage. I create tabs for different projects and each of those tabs have their to-do lists, sticky notes and related bookmarks. I keep one master page for my every day to-do's and what not.
- ChiliMac
I started using the GMail's task features... suited me fine for a while. I just shifted to doing all that offline on Microsoft's OneNote
- Siddharth Mitra
StupidFilter :: Open source filter for blocking stupid comments - http://stupidfilter.org/main/
Ozkan Altuner, Corvida, Alix Whitmire and 12 other people liked this
Does anyone have experience using this?
- Engin Erdogan
from Bookmarklet
Oh good Lord, I can definitely use that in several places.
- Admiral Anika
Now that is funny!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Sorry, but I'm TOO stupid to be blocked.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
I think this is hysterical too. There really is an app for everything. Now, if someone could get this going in real life (other than earplugs.)
- Martha
If you turn it on, you'll lose 99% of the Internet.
- l0ckergn0me
I tried it but then I couldn't see my comments at all... I wonder why.
- Jemm
including all of YouTube.
- Alix Whitmire
Download and Save HD Videos off Youtube | KeepHD.com Video Downloader #web - http://www.keephd.com/
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- Seth Greenblatt
from Bookmarklet
Look forward to trying this.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
http://www.youtube.com/watch... (Not bad) 2:12 at 960 x 720 AAC H.264 29.97 FPS 33.6MB
- Christopher Harley
Don't know why KeepVid didn't add HD download links yet...
- David Bittencourt
bookmarked
- TrafficBug
Tweetdeck vs Twhirl: It’s a very hard call - http://www.inquisitr.com/18832...
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Chris Ahlers, Christopher Brocious, deakaz and 56 other people liked this
i really prefer Tweetdeck. Twhirl's UI just doesn't jive with me for some reason
- Nathan Chase
I like tweetdeck for monitoring multiple streams but everything is too big, requires so much space. twhirl is a little rough around the edges but everything works the way it should. url shortening plus analytics API key and access to multiple twitter accounts + friendfeed + laconica + seesmic + ping.fm? Wow. Twhirl has the upper hand.
- Glenn Batuyong
Glenn, the observation I made in the post: as a Twitter client, Tweetdeck rocks, but for multiple service support, no contest it's Twhirl. I'm running Tweetdeck now, but I may switch back. It's really a hard call
- Duncan Riley
until Tweetdeck can let you change the font size it is a no go plus I don't know why but AIR apps for Twitter all want to open links as a text file in notepad - that makes no sense
- Steven Hodson
I prefer the Tweetdeck interface but use Twhirl because of support for multiple Twitter accounts, FriendFeed, etc.
- Herb Hernandez
Steven, Im a reformed Windows user as you know, but I'd guess there's a file association issue somewhere in the Windows settings. You should be able to tell we it opens somewhere there
- Duncan Riley
very weird .. for the past while I have had the link problem but now I just tested with both again and it works fine <shrug>
- Steven Hodson
I have used both and I have switched to TweerDeck full time
- Rob Cairns
Duncan, I've gone back and forth forever for some of the same reasons. I'm pretty sure I'm staying with Tweetdeck this time (each time it grows on me a bit more). FF on Twhirl kinda sucks, and I'm not using Seesmic at all these days, so the multi-service utility just evaporated over time.
- Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer, my issue as well. I'm not using the sub-services on Twhirl, particulary not FF because it does suck in Twhirl. Still, I'd like multi-account and Ping.fm support in Tweetdeck, what make it a killer.
- Duncan Riley
The last time I used twhirl it didn't support groups. Until it does I'll continue to use Tweetdeck.
- Keith - @tsudo
i love tweetdeck, good choice.
- Chris Harris
Tweetdeck FTW
- Jeff (the マクダジ of FF)
TweetDeck is without parallel
- Louis Gray
Louis, I think it's ahead as a Twitter client, but it misses stuff. Like play a sound on a @reply or DM only. Or simply an archive option. But in everything else directly Twitter related, yes. cleaner, more friendly. If I wanted something more, Twhirl still wins.Reality is besides multiple account support, I didn't use Twhirl for other services (I had them there, but didn't actually use them)
- Duncan Riley
I'm with Twhirl..
- Jigar Mehta
Having used Twhirl for some time, I found Tweetdeck to be a breath of fresh air, as it makes it easier to track different conversations. I don't feel the need to aggregate everything into one app either, especially if separate apps serve my needs better.
- Sam
i'm with tweetdeck. it's changed how i use twitter and has made it a lot easier to scan
- Snipergirl
from Alert Thingy
i like tweetdeck but it takes too much estate. i would love twhirl adding groups and different window colours for groups/search/account
- Ouriel Ohayon
Twhirl = Freindfeed. End of story.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
Hate way Twhirl scrolls one story at a time rather than smoothly - makes it unusable on small screens because you can't ever read the whole entry!
- Rich
DestroyTwitter: more compact than TweetDeck, less annoying interface than Twhirl.
- Ian Betteridge
Yeah, I already decided to try Twhirl on #ubuntu Linux
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
DestroyTwitter can put lots of information in its clean interface without looking cluttered, I like Tweetdeck but it only shows a few tweets at the same time
- João Almeida
I use both! Tweetdeck for catchup first thing in the morning using the groups (pals group for instance), and then twhirl thereafter during day. Tweetdeck hogs a fair of memory I found out to my cost.
- bairnpunter
from twhirl
i use neither - i use the twitter.com site
- Allen Stern
DestroyTwitter is brilliant, and gets better with every update. A very nice clean interface.
- Chris Nixon
I love TweetDeck, but I'd love it even more if I could have columns stacked on top of each other, as well as miniaturizing columns temporarily (instead of having to delete and later recreate them).
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm stuck with twirl because it supports multiple accounts and that's the only reason. If I had my druthers, and it added a few features, I'd use twitterific, or destroy twitter if they supported multiple accounts.
- Rick Powell
Tweetdeck is unbeatable when your monitoring evens like the plane crash yesterday, but for casual tweet monitoring, and tweeting.. Twhirl is hard to beat. And I just figured out that you can change the theme of twhirl to black as well. Only thing I don't like about tweetdeck is how it's capable of slowing down my brand new macbook pro, withs 2 gigs of memory. If that wasn't an issue, I'd be running it constantly and not switching between Twhirl and Twitterific
- Sebastiaan van den Akker
I love tweetdeck, mostly for the grouping and column layout, but have been making an effort to use the new twhirl so i can get integration into FF,Linkedin and FB (via ping.fm). If only tweetdeck would have that integration i would stick with that..
- John McBride
from twhirl
Anybody using the destroy twitter app? Do you like it?
- John McBride
from twhirl
I LOVE DestroyTwitter :-D
- Alex Conner
I guess I am the only one using Twitterfox: I like its small footprint and minimalism.
- Sean McBride
Alex, What are some of the things you like about destroy twitter vs the other big two? :)
- John McBride
from twhirl
Is there no way to change the DestroyTwitter color scheme? And why does anyone ever think that a black background is a good idea?
- Sean McBride
TEAM TweetDeck ALL THE WAY
- Mona Nomura
While I have a spare monitor (actually, a spare laptop) available I'll be using TweetDeck. But if screen estate is ever an issue, I'd switch to Twhirl.
- Jalada
I like DestroyTwitter because it's very clean and reliable. I had lots of trouble with Twhirl here at work. I also really like the "away" button, which makes it easier to see what's happened when I go away from my desk for a while. Also, DT is very customizable, allowing for either a "wide" view or standard narrow view, and the popup notifications are very nice.
- Alex Conner
Tweetdeck all the way!
- Amy Stewart
I'm with Tweetdeck. What will really be amazing is Tweetdeck as an iPhone app ---- AND, if that syncs lists with the desktop Tweetdeck.
- Sonya Smith
What turned me off about Tweetdeck: no keyboard shortcuts.
- Sean McBride
I just started using both Tweetdeck and Twhirl, and both have advantages and disadvantages. I use the former for its groups and to check my replies. The latter posts to http://ping.fm/ and allows me to follow FriendFeed. Before this I was using TwitterFox which I just found irritating. In my browser I use, TwitBar, PowerTwitter and TwitKit. @seanmcbride the keyboard shortcuts in Twhirl are nowhere near complete, but these are an advantage over Tweetdeck. Running both = running into the API rate limiting.
- Daniel W. Crompton
I have an example of how I monitor one corporate Twitter account and handle other info using both Twhirl and TweetDeck. http://www.flickr.com/photos... (with notes)
- Glenn Batuyong
I just discovered the first issue with both, memory leaks. They have been running for a couple of days each and are both over 300Mb. Tsk, tsk, tsk...
- Daniel W. Crompton
yes, the both leak over time. very annoying
- Jeff (the マクダジ of FF)
@Jeff Haven't used twhirl long enough to notice it also has a memory leaks like tweetdeck. Maybe it's an issue with the air framework
- Sebastiaan van den Akker
how do you use Twhirl with FriendFeed??
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Twhirl & Laconica Bar for identi.ca, TweetDeck for twitter, Firefox for FriendFeed. Did I mention my PC runs out of memory?
- Markus Merz
from Disqus
I'm one of the few people that really dislikes TweetDeck. Tried it many times. My biggest problem with it, no shortcut keys. I'm a keyboard nav person.
- tomit
vintage_ads: London Underground.1908-1933. - http://community.livejournal.com/vintage...
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Would you rather hang out with someone you don't particularly like, or be alone? Is any company better than no company?
ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,, Susan Beebe, Rutger Blom and 51 other people liked this
Alone
- Håkan Dahlström
Alone. I can't deal with annoying people
- Shevonne
Alone.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
alone. i'm an only child and an introvert. i prefer my own company over the company of most people ('cept for a small crew)
- tiffany
Alone.
- Joey Gibson
Alone.
- Michelle Martinez
from fftogo
Alone. Hell, i often prefer to be alone than with people i love.
- ·[▪_▪]·
Alone.
- Steven Perez
Alone....
- Nurse Katie
Alone.
- ronin
I'd rather be alone, but that's obvious. We wouldn't be so geeky as to use friendfeed otherwise.
- Richard A.
Id rather be solo .. in that situation ,
- johnpiercy
I'm a loner Dottie
- Robert DeBord
I'd say alone too, but SOMEONE TELL MY ROOMMATE. Co-dependent in bad situations? FTL.
- Derrick
Alone if the someone is a person I do not like - otherwise I love company, depending on the situation.
- Nation Hahn
Alone.
- Christian (Simply X)
Alone.
- AJ Kohn
Alone.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
Alone please.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
I'm guessing there's not a single extrovert posting in this thread.
- cecily
Alone.
- Nine
I like my own company.
- Lisa L. Seifert
Alone- Life is too short.
- Kimberly Nolting
Alone.
- Admiral Anika
Alone.
- ♥patricia♥
The Guess Who - No Time Left For You: http://pittsburghthoughts.blog...
- Jason Wehmhoener
I would always prefer to be alone. I've done the "hang out with someone you don't like" thing before and it made me want to stab my own face off.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
All by myself. I'd rather be. All by myself. Woo ooo ooo
- Morgan Haley
Be by myself. Stabby stabby!
- Mike Nayyar
Depends who it is and what we're doing.
- Rodfather
Alone.
- Carmen
Alone. Nearly always.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Alone for sure
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Alone. I hate being around people I don't like.
- James Ferguson
Ohhhh, much rather be alone. And I am an extrovert for a living. I'd rather be alone 'cause I really like me! Why tolerate someone I do not like when I got this fine bitch at home? Please....
- nakachi
Depends, sometimes I find it interesting to converse with people I don't like to see their "side" of things, though I tend to stay non-confrontational in those cases. =p
- Daniel Bruce
me myself and I....the only ones who understand me anyway
- suzanne
Nakachi, that's what I tell my husband. Interesting because in social situations, I'm the butterfly and he's a wallflower. But he always wants people over whether we like them or not. I'm like "I'd rather chew my toenails than hang with them for 5 min."
- Admiral Anika
So no one wants bad company?
- Richard A.
I feel you, Anika. I get enjoyment from looking out a window answering my own questions. I am never without company! lol
- nakachi
Alone
- Manuela
+1 Robert DeBord and LOL @ Morgan. Depends. Being alone *edit* can be selfish for those who love themselves like Nakachi, but it's hard for Derrick's roommate because she's got issues (I think this has already been established), and then there are the martyrs like me who will sit with someone I don't like if something is to be gained by that person. Or maybe I'm just fooling myself.
- Trish Haley
Alone - no question.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Jason, I'm thinking about a friend of mine, who, well...we hang out from time to time, but it seems like it's a chore. Re: my roommate, the poor thing. She seems to just like chaos. It doesn't matter to her. But the thought of kicking it at home alone (which I love and covet) might as well be murder.
- Derrick
Definitely alone!
- Joe Dawson
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. There is a larger gap than your logic can leap between selfish and loving one's self. If you do not like someone, where is the obligation to be around them? Why am I selfish for having the ability to gain from myself?
- nakachi
alone
- Michael W. May
hey, you're not the only one nakachi. i liked what you said, but it depends on the situation. if someone you don't like could use your company at the moment then choosing to be by yourself would then become selfish. EDIT: I edited my first comment... reread and looked like I was calling Nakachi selfish. Sorry! For the record, I like her style.
- Trish Haley
Alone. Definitely.
- josh neff, geek at large
Trish, I don't see it as selfish per se. I love myself, I amuse me and I'm not going to bore the shit out of myself. I think selfish would be to participate in a charade where you lead the other person to think you're interested in them. Derrick, I have (had) friends like that. I have to mentally prep myself to deal with them for a few hours. To me, nothing is worth that, even the relief you feel when you part.
- Admiral Anika
Alone!
- Emma
Trish, I think choosing to be with someone you don't like as though you like them just because they want some company is false and misleading, much worse in my book than selfish. But, you are right, it may well depend on the situation.
- nakachi
alone.
- Nia
Cecily, I'm an extrovert, but I'm not going to waste my time being around someone I don't like. If it comes down to that, I'd rather be alone.
- josh neff, geek at large
@Derrick: I totally get where you're coming from on the hanging out with someone feeling like a chore. I have a couple of friends like that...nice people, and can be interesting to interact with online, but in person...it's hell. I can only tolerate like very short bursts of them before being with them turns into a chore. And by short bursts, I mean about 10-15 minutes. Tops. Normally I'd think perhaps it was me, but we have mutual friends who feel the same way as I do...
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
OK, ok, glad we're good Nakachi. And you're right Anika, it would be selfish to sit with someone IF you were being two-faced and misleading. I would rather "chew my own toenails" than be that person. But if this person is just someone that could just use an ear and you have no hidden agendas then sitting with them would be what a good human being would do.
- Trish Haley
+1 @joshua. I love people and love being around people, but I don't see the point of being around someone I don't particularly care for.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
alone
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Alone!
- Jeff P. Henderson
alone
- Chieze Okoye
i would prefer alone
- ♥ Stephiepooos ♥
I'd have to agree with everyone here... Alone
- Bastard Operator From FF
I'd rather be alone. Life's too short to spend any more time with unlikeable people than is absolutely necessary.
- Derek Coward
I like to be alone and I like company. But I wouldn't want to waste my time hanging with someone I didn't like.
- Penny
Alone
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Be alone
- RAPatton
Nope, I would rather be alone.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
YOU ARE SERIOUSLY GONNA ASK THESE PEOPLE!? rofl. yea were all a bit hermish... just give them a ipod or laptop and leave them in a room for study..all they would ask for is Cheetos...and dr pepper..
- Caroline
mmm cheetos
- Rodfather
Easy answer, alone!
- Janet
mmm people
- Josh Haley
loner
- Alan Le
Alone, with the Internet. I have all you guises!
- Larry Hudson
Alone.
- Mona Nomura
Alone
- Les Zaldor
alone.
- Jim Is Not Smart
Alone, by far.
- Ted Roden
Alone
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Alone without a doubt.
- Justin Korn
All By Myself...
- Santa CW™
Alone.
- Brad Brooks
from BuddyFeed
Stay to myself
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Alone. I never have any problem with my own company.
- Ian May
Alone for sure.
- Patrick Jordan
Alone
- Sunny
Alone...
- Brandon
I'd rather be alone.
- Nicholas James
Alone....can I have my guitar with me?
- Justin
Alone, but that isn't shocking for me. I sometimes prefer to be alone than with people I like. I sometimes prefer books to people. It's just how I am.
- Katy S
Alone
- Alex Scoble
Definitely alone
- M F
Is there wi-fi?
- Roney Smith
alone.
- Jack Lhasa
Alone. I wonder if most of the people who would answer the other way are off keeping each other company rather than hanging out on FriendFeed. :)
- Ruchira S. Datta
alone
- anna sauce
alone
- Mitchell Tsai
Alone.
- imabonehead
Alone.
- Anne Bouey
Yeap! I would go for alone also
- Spyros Papaspyropoulos
Alone. There aren't many people I don't like, though.
- Will Higgins™
Alone.
- Kol Tregaskes
Alone. And I think being comfortable in just your own company is a very valuable thing.
- Kelly
Alone.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Alone.
- David Cook
Alone.
- Zee.
Dr. Pepper
- Pete Delucchi
I'm never alone, the imaginary friends are real, and more fun than annoying people I don't like.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
Alone. But some of my best friends would go the "quantity not quality" diection. Beats the hell out of me.
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
well I myself sometimes prefer to be alone rather than with someone I hate or I can hardly handle ... but if I'm in the mood I will go out with them but very rarely.
- Viva Vida
alone
- Valley
If it's only "don't particularly like" then it depends on my mood. Of course, its hard for me to imagine someone I don't particularly like. I'm a social slut and I like just about everyone for the unique qualities that everyone has.
- Zach Landes
Alone. Used to be the former, but I'm not that desperate for company, anymore.
- Helen Sventitsky
Alone.
- Rutger Blom
I'd rather be alone vs. hanging out with someone I don't like.
- Herb Hernandez
Alone so I could find new friends to hang with
- Susan Beebe
sometimes i rather be alone than hangout with the people i love, so no
- Peter Efland
With someone I don't like, like that particular person visiting me each 2-3 days that is really non-techie and gets on my nerves by bragging on anything. Since I still don't have the internet at home, it pisses me off to have debates on who's right (the old 'what's the meaning of X?' with no Google's define:X available...). With that in mind, I prefer to have someone to hang out with, in the worst of cases, at least to make him/her learn about new things, else it's a dead end, buddy, I'm leaving.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Realized just now that I don't use Delicious anymore to share links. I use Friendfeed.
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Ditto @Scott
- Todd Brunner
from twhirl
copy, paste, and tell the tweeple
- Pete Delucchi
Tried to log in to delicious yesterday and couldn't remember my login deets
- Christian Anderson
Same here.
- Victor Solanoy
Same.
- Melanie Reed
yeah cause its easier to go back and check your links in delicious if you want to keep it if it's not just another lolcat pic.. things move too fast to go back in here
- Terry O'Fee
uh, yeah!
- Josh Haley
I still do because I find them a bit easier to find later. Plus they get pushed here, twitter and, after a few build up, to my blog as a link post.
- Scott Kingery
I still use delicious! But only for things that I think I shouldn't miss in the future. And as always, I just bookmark stuff there, forgetting everything about them the next second. It's almost like a ritual!
- rampantheart
from twhirl
It's easier following up on a link in del though.
- ◄ani625Ξ
Veronica, that's a good thing. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bookmarklets rule and FF has nicest one so far.
- Rodfather
I wrote a delicious clone and integrated it with my blogging software.
- Wirehead
I use Delicious all the time. Like the fact I can take my bookmarks anywhere that has a internet connection. Use FriendFeed to share funny pictures.
- Hector Ramon
I think the only person I ever shared links with on delicious was myself. In the future. On another computer. The firefox plugin is great -- and I wish Chrome had something like it so the links would more easily go cross-browser in near-realtime.
- lilbyrdie
is there a bookmarklet for delicious? I used to use the plugin for Firefox, but now I'm on Camino and I never looked for a new one.
- Veronica
@Veronica - see here for the bookmarklet: http://delicious.com/help... - I tend to use Google Bookmarks for the stuff I use day-to-day and delicious for all the things I think "that might be useful in the future"
- Andy Davies
I use Delicious for myself, FF to share with others. :)
- mikepk
All of this talk of feeding on delicious friends is making me hungry!
- Paul Reynolds
I use del.icio.us more, with friendfeed. Now they route to Twitter near realtime; before, they were homebodies.
- Denise Howell
I don't share links. I keep them all to myself. Screw you guys. OK, maybe Twitter.
- Mike Nayyar
I never used Delicious to share links. It's a tool for saving links for yourself primarily IMO. Delicious has been so valuable to me personally because of that. I think ur doin' it wrong.
- Fleagle
People share links???? HAHAHA!!!!!
- Benno
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