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Storytelling Tips from Salesforce's Marc Benioff - BusinessWeek - http://www.businessweek.com/smallbi...
The co-founder and CEO of the $1 billion company offers advice on how to shape and articulate your vision for your own brand
- Bill Sanders
Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet) - http://www.slideshare.net/DavidGi...
Absolutely worth your time to watch this slide show on "The Intention Economy" Great work David-Thanks!
- Bill Sanders
Social Media Resource List - http://www.mufranchisee.com/article...
Editors' Note: These resources run the gamut from unabashedly self-promotional to sober, detached analysis. In their own way, they all have something to offer. What you make of them is up to you. We hope it's helpful. And if some of the sites listed are history by the time you see this, it's all part of the rapid-fire nature of the new social media.
- Bill Sanders
Part 1: Lessons I Learned as a Project Manager Converting to Agile - Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft - http://port25.technet.com/archive...
Before I became the Program Manager for CodePlex.com, Microsoft's open source project hosting site, I worked on the Visual Studio team on four different product cycles. Since Visual Studio uses traditional Microsoft product lifecycle releases, I had to learn about Agile development alongside learning about open source development when I joined the CodePlex.com team. Making the switch from releasing every three years to every three weeks didn't happen overnight!
- Bill Sanders
The five kinds of tribes that we form - Holy Kaw! - http://holykaw.alltop.com/the-fiv...
David Logan explains the five kinds of tribes that people form. Dr. Logan is the Associate Dean and Executive Director of Executive Development, and Associate Professor of Clinical, at USC’s Marshall School of Business.
- Bill Sanders
Starting to see it more and more: Friends who are too old to hold down the only kinds of jobs they're qualified for.
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In a culture that celebrates youth it's inevitable. Another reason we all need #evilplans
- Bill Sanders
Here I am in #alpinetexas, can't get a date to save my life, with all these REALLY CUTE women wanting to friend me on Facebook. WTF?
You might have to rethink that "not leaving alpine unless someone else is paying" rule...;-)
- Bill Sanders
Effective Twitter Backgrounds: Examples and Current Practices « Smashing Magazine - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009...
Great summary of the issues related to Twitter backgrounds and best practices: Effective Twitter Backgrounds: Examples and Current Practices
- Bill Sanders
PostRank Launches New Dashboard to Track Engagement Around Blog Posts - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
"PostRank just launched a new analytics tool that promises to give publishers a better way to track the social engagement around their content across the web. To do so, PostRank Analytics, which costs $9 per month after a free 30-day trial, combines engagement metrics its already collects from social networks with traditional analytics data from Google Analytics."
- Bill Sanders
CFMulti CompactFlash Type II to Eye-Fi + Multi-Card Adapter, Synchrotech - http://www.synchrotech.com/product...
CFMulti opens new possibilities for CompactFlash (CFII) equipped devices. Most excitingly, CFMulti enables CFII based digital cameras to use Eye-Fi™ WiFi SD Cards to wirelessly transfer their photos just like SD based cameras do! Simply slip a configured Eye-Fi™ card into the CFMulti, and plug the pair into a CompactFlash Type II (5.0mm) slot. The Eye-Fi™ CFMulti tandem behaves just as if the digital camera has a native SD Card slot. Since most current high end DSLR and late model midrange digital cameras feature CompactFlash slots, CFMulti's ability to provide them with Eye-Fi™ wireless protects camera investments, while still allowing switching back to high performance UDMA CompactFlash when WiFi capability isn't needed. CFMulti also allows the use of SDHC, SD Cards, MMC +Plus, and MultiMediaCards in place of CompactFlash.
- Bill Sanders
HOW TO: Write a Novel Using the Web - http://mashable.com/2009...
Though you’ll still have to do your writing using the old fashioned method — one word at a time — web applications and social media have made the process of writing a novel considerably easier and arguably more enjoyable. Here is a toolkit for using the web to write a book. If you know of any other great applications useful to aspiring writers, please leave them in the comments.
- Bill Sanders
You've been working hard. Take a break and look at this random photo I just uploaded. http://mtile.us/eng1ne
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Now that gives me an idea...
- Bill Sanders
What I like best, is that it's usually something I could use at that moment or something I've been thinking about doing. I can totally go for a lay down right now.
- Anika
@technacea Tx for the RT Bill.
np! We need to catch up soon.
- Bill Sanders
Executives and Social Media - eMarketer - http://www.emarketer.com/Article...
Executives and Social Media SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 Channel is valued but also cause for concern: US executives have come to value social media very highly to enhance relationships with customers and build their company’s brand, according to the “Social Media: Embracing the Opportunities, Averting the Risks” white paper from Russell Herder and Ethos Business Law.
- Bill Sanders
There's nothing quite like FRESH ramen.
There is such a thing as "fresh" ramen?! ;-)
- Bill Sanders
Groundswell - The Forrester Technographics Profile Tool - http://www.forrester.com/Grounds...
The Forrester Technographics Profile Tool has been updated with 2009 consumer data
- Bill Sanders
Watch next week what @davewiner does with RSS (decentralized Tweet distribution):
HealingBrush, Rui Pereira, Stephen Edgar and 53 other people liked this
If this is all working Dave Winer will see this post, via Twitter, in his RSS aggregator via the RSS Cloud. What does this mean? We will soon be able to build our own Twitters that interact with both Tweets as well as old-style blog posts via RSS. Oh, yeah, all in near real time. At most a minute between publish and reads. Right Dave?
- Robert Scoble
from email
By the way, the bridge is beautiful tonight and a good metaphor for what Dave is building: a bridge between Twitter and other things.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
I like this because I have faith in Dave, not because this paragraph was completely coherent.
- Jimminy
Jimminy: it took me more than a year to get RSS. Hopefully I can explain this better soon.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
After finally getting RSS and now Twitter, now we have to figure out how they intertwine. Hopefully that will be easier.
- Robin Whitson
This is Scobles cloud-enabled feed, emanating from Twitter. http://twitter.rsscloud.org/Scoblei...
- Dave Winer
Robert, It's just the one sentence in the middle that I'm still trying to understand, I'm guessing you mean we can use our source to interact with Twitter and Blogs. I'm guessing this is posting to both locations. I still can't use Google Reader, it doesn't feel right to have to sit on a site to wait for feeds, my browser should update me when something new comes in.
- Jimminy
What does it mean Dave?
- Chris Saad
oops, I tried seeing mine. Access denied. :)
- motownmutt
Dave, you must tell me more. :-) How is this different than just subscribing to Scoble's Twitter feed RSS in your favorite reader? (PM me if I can try it)
- Jesse Stay
I have a client doing simultaneous video viewing and messaging in a viral, shareable platform now
- Karma Martell
Hey Robert I heard you were dissing my friend Mahendra, whats up with that?
- Joe
You leaving him out in the cold?
- Joe
Jesse, it's explained here. http://rsscloud.org/
- Dave Winer
J: not that I know. Huh?
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Dave - very cool, so is this competing with Hubbub then? Robert, you can already create your own Twitter by publishing to your blog and subscribers getting updates via RSS. :-) This makes that stream real-time, which Twitter doesn't have.
- Jesse Stay
http://ff.im/7Fmve Robert this is what I mean, he feels left out in cold!
- Joe
Jesse, this was developed in January 2001. http://www.thetwowayweb.com/soapmee...
- Dave Winer
I wondered why I can't read my rss stream in twitter, other way round is possible but not functional.
- Michael Jung
from Android
J. deakins: I had no idea who he is. I've followed him now. Jesse: the thing that this opens up for me is real time RSS and the potential for building Twitters we control. The world feels a lot like 1993 right now. Apple controls mobile. Twitter controls microblogging. Sort of like AOL and Compuserve did. Then things changed in 1994, and I see this as a step toward that.
- Robert Scoble
I know that folks in business and media are all asking themselves why they are giving Twitter control over their brands and lives. Think about all the free advertising CNN has given Twitter this year. For what? So that we can take away their news brand. That seems monumentally stupid to me even though I'm benefiting from this stupidity on media's part big time.
- Robert Scoble
Holden: I think they should say "follow our Twitter at CNN.com/twitter" instead of at "twitter.com/CNN." Get it yet?
- Robert Scoble
oh GOD yes - finally :)
- Chris Saad
totally unrelated but what were you doing up there tonight? it has been ridiculously beautiful lately.
- metalerik
Robert, the only thing different about it that I can see is that it's real-time. You've been able to create your own Twitter since 2000 (or whenever RSS came to be).
- Jesse Stay
metalerik: I picked my son up in Petaluma and are now driving home. Well, except now we're in an Apple store. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Jesse: real time is very important.
- Robert Scoble
Dave, so the only advantage is that it pre-dates Hubbub? I'm just curious, constructively, what the advantages are.
- Jesse Stay
Robert, Twitter isn't real-time though
- Jesse Stay
Holden: it's more than an oversight. Of course, I have the same sins (I give my brand over to Twitter and FriendFeed and Posterous and Facebook). Maybe that's why I recognize that sin in others. :-) Of course I didn't have the world's #1 news brand and don't charge thousands of dollars per minute for advertising, which CNN is now giving away for free to Twitter.
- Robert Scoble
Robert - Apple store good. Getting home on time unlikely
- Arthur Coleman
I'm glad YOU said it Scoble :)
- Chris Saad
Jesse: Twitter is real time enough. Note that Dave got this original Tweet within a minute.
- Robert Scoble
Arthur: I pay $6 to cross the bridge and $50 to buy Snow Leopard. Steve Jobs tax paid. Now we can go home! :-)
- Robert Scoble
"yeah, you wouldn't belieeeeeeeeeeve how bad the traffic was..." heheh
- metalerik
Holden: yup. This is why RSS Cloud is interesting. It is yet another bridge between Twitter and owning your own brand again.
- Robert Scoble
metalerik: it was horrid. It seems like I've been driving all day. Oh, wait, I have been. Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
Dave is on a roll. This is super!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
i'm pretty sure i never lost my brand dude...
- Jeremy Toeman
Robert, when I post to my blog you get it immediately as well.
- Jesse Stay
i can't help but feel this is all about something relevant to the 0.000001% of people who *both* create AND consume a tremendous amount of content, not the majority of people who barely do either...
- Jeremy Toeman
Jesse: excellent. Now you'll get everything I do immediately. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Jeremy: true. Most people don't care, which is why most people use Facebook. But anyone who has a monetizeable content brand, like CNN, should care deeply.
- Robert Scoble
so you think CNN has "lost brand value" because they use twitter?
- Jeremy Toeman
BTW - here's your missing bridge piece. :) http://images.earthcam.com/ecnetwo...
- Jeremy Toeman
Here's an example: http://friendfeed.com/staynal...
- Jesse Stay
Or even faster: http://friendfeed.com/jessest...
- Jesse Stay
Jesse FTW.
- Jeremy Toeman
super happy that robert is trying this out. i hope this makes RSS more interesting to you again :) these are good times. REDUX!
- sull
Need to play with this and think through it but I believe that several of our brands are going to be interested in this - thanks for sharing Robert, and thanks for continuing to push the boundaries Dave.
- Bill Sanders
Robert: Have a good weekend syncing Snow Leopard with Exchange - it's big new thing, I hear
- Arthur Coleman
Next piece in this thread: RSS has no Fail Whale. http://www.scripting.com/stories...
- Dave Winer
That last comment is spam.
- Garin Kilpatrick
BTW -- Robert has oversold here a bit. First, don't look to what I do with RSS next week, look to what others do with it. And it may not happen next week. That's why I, as an engineer, generally don't make promises like the one Robert made. Slippage happens all the time, the best laid plans of mice and men... http://wiki.answers.com/Q...
- Dave Winer
Does anyone - besides Dave and Scoble - still use RSS? I always wanted to love RSS, but I simply don't don't see the reason. It's a solution looking for a problem. Even without all the scalability problems - Twitter already delivers much more value than any other rss-based method ever did. I like the idea of a distributed microblogging system like Dave proposes for rssCloud, but don't think this will happen with RSS ever.
- gui ambros
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love the "grove flag setting sun"- nice work!
- Bill Sanders
Edit a Web page live in your browser window. Clear the address bar and enter: javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0 [Stop there, then drag images and text blocks around.]
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that is really cool!
- Laura Norvig
Agreed - that is cool. Thanks Chris.
- Hutch Carpenter
sweet!
- Bill Sanders
Awesome!
- Justin Jacobs
But where's the save button?
- Zenon Tigerpaw
love this long time
- Kevin Hood
Amazing! Way more fun than Firebug :-)
- Fredrik Matheson
Designing for Social Traction (slide deck) - Bokardo - http://bokardo.com/archive...
Each problem is a major hurdle in what I call the usage lifecycle, or the stages people go through as they use and adopt software over time. These three hurdles come directly out of the work I do with clients…I’ve been focusing almost exclusively on these specific problems…I hope the slides help you focus on them as well.
- Bill Sanders
Eat your heart out @chasejarvis @thomashawk @kk check out pics of #indy motorcycles at 140+ MPH (in the rain). More details and photos:
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#46 is Valentino Rossi, #1 in the world right now. #99 is Jorge Lorenzo, #2 in the world. I'm here to study innovators and these two are at the top of their game. The team behind them is doing interesting stuff with social media, too.
- Robert Scoble
Nice!
- Luke Kilpatrick
600 mm F4.0 lens FTW!
- Robert Scoble
More about Rossi here: http://news.google.com/news...
- Robert Scoble
just awesome!
- michael sean wright
It is a lot harder to shoot these than jet planes. The pictures don't do justice to just how fast these things are going. This is turn 1 at Indy, by the way.
- Robert Scoble
Envious much! Being able to see The Doctor at work. Amazing!
- Steve Farnworth
Thomas Hawk would be jealous. I snuck through another team's garage (with permission) then got kicked off the track after 20 minutes of shooting.
- Robert Scoble
These are practice runs, tomorrow the racing starts. We're doing a meetup at the track, by the way, at 1 p.m. -- if you are here, call me. 425-205-1921 will be fun. Another meetup is at 10 p.m. tomorrow night in downtown Indianapolis.
- Robert Scoble
These guys drive faster in the rain than I do in my car.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Are these shots are only a percentage of the resolution of the camera? I can only imagine the full detail of the shot. 1600x1067 resolution feels like it doesn't do them justice. Nice work.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Luke: yeah. The full things are over 5,000 pixels across. I'll put up full res ones on Flickr.
- Robert Scoble
nice pictures scoble
- Joshua Smith
from twhirl
Really nice work! What lens are you using?
- Bill Sanders
Joshua: thanks. You didn't see all my failures, though. This was the hardest shooting I've ever done. It's amazingly difficult to get good photos of things going so freaking fast with such a long telephoto. I have no idea how the camera people on TV do it (except they have huge tripods).
- Robert Scoble
hot.
- Drea
Bill: a Canon 600 mm F4.0 with a Canon 5D MK II.
- Robert Scoble
<insert envy here> missed you last night at the panel btw...
- Bill Sanders
By the way, all these pictures are in the public domain. My gift to you. Bill: yeah, sorry I wasn't there. I heard I took some abuse from Guy Kawasaki, though. Tell him that Yamaha's are beating the Kawasakis here. :-)
- Robert Scoble
SWEET!!
- The Catz Meow
Fiat, by the way, is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Fiatont... and FriendFeed at http://friendfeed.com/fiatont...
- Robert Scoble
Jeff: NASCAR goes slow compared to these bikes. :-) But I would love to catch some NASCAR action someday.
- Robert Scoble
Thanks for the "social media compliment" Robert. We all share a big passion and are simply trying to share the best content we have.
- Marco Massarotto
@Robert ... ummm darlin' depends on what track they are on. Right now they can get up to 205 on a super speedway WITH a restrictor plate. (eg. Taladega & Daytona) Before the Restrictor plate was required... they would get speeds up to 220 mph. (Yes I am a HUGE NASCAR GEEK!!)
- The Catz Meow
Great pictures!
- Tamara
So I guess the shots of me catching a wave was like shooting fish in a barrel compared to the speed of these shots. Looking forward to seeing the full res shots, I wonder if you can tell the type of screws used on the bikes :)
- Luke Kilpatrick
The Catz Meow: I was just yanking your chain. The MotoGP is running about 205mph too. These bikes are amazing. Especially when you consider the rain. Those tires are awesome. Yeah, Luke, shooting you was a bit easier.
- Robert Scoble
Marco: thanks for the access and being great hosts. I'll upload a lot more to my Flickr account shortly.
- Robert Scoble
But cars are huge compared to these bikes. Easier to get focus on a large target. Astonished that the 5D handles that well...
- Holger Eilhard
from iPod
Nice. I'll be out there tomorrow. May see you at a TweetUp
- Mike Nelson
Holger: I love my 5D. It's an amazing camera. By the way, these have NOT been altered in any way and are straight off of my camera. If I did a little bit of processing on them they would look even more amazing.
- Robert Scoble
@Robert Oh yes I am well aware of what these bikes can do... I did my Motorcycle mechanic apprenticeship for Vance and Hines Racing back in 86-87. I used to watch them at Laguna Seca when I was stationed at Fort Ord.
- The Catz Meow
Can you tell I really LOVE Speed and things that GO FAST?
- The Catz Meow
The Catz: yeah. And these things DO. I will shoot the turns tomorrow (on the back of the track the bikes go through a series of turns, which make a lot better pictures than just all-out speed).
- Robert Scoble
Robert: next up: some nice HD video maybe? :)
- Holger Eilhard
from iPod
It's very difficult to shoot video at the paddock, organization won't allow videocameras, so it's gonna be a tough time for Robert to share some video, but, you know... you never know, he's Scobleizer :-)
- Marco Massarotto
Holger: I will try to sneak in some video here and there, but Marco is right, video is hard to shoot on these tracks. Plus, I can't use the 600 mm and get video worth watching.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: How come you can't do video on the 600mm? Too much shake?
- Luke Kilpatrick
Luke: yeah.
- Robert Scoble
Beautiful photos of a great team. I think race photographer would be my dream job.
- Stephen Masiello
Stephen: I met the official photographer today and he wasn't willing to give up his media pass. Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
Nice. I was there last year, soggy then too. Didn't have a 600. Use a slower shutter speed while panning for that blurred feeling of speed.
- Jeremy Tanner
Jeremy: yeah, I'll try that. First I just had to get used to capturing these things. How slow? I bet 125th of a second would do the trick.
- Robert Scoble
I just posted some more photos over on Flickr; http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Robert Scoble
Guy only had a little fun at your expense. Something about not being sure that all those egos could fit on one panel - even with you missing. We'll get you back for another one soon. Enjoy the trip - looks like you are having a blast.
- Bill Sanders
Great lens choice for the conditions & targets.
- Bryan Duke
You had me at "motorcycles."
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Robert, very good job you are doing there. Chase commented earlier that he IS jealous.
- Johnny Sewell
The full resolution shots are awesome. Great detail, you can count the links on the drive train for the bike! amazing.
- Luke Kilpatrick
Scott Kelby - eat your heart out !!!
- Alan Morris
Good work, Robert
- James Myatt
@coverby my hiring manager and friend at Forrester gives news of my departure http://blogs.forrester.com/marketi... (also seeking my replacement)
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Congrats - love to hear what your next thing is
- Erno Hannink
Congrats and cheers. All the best to you, JO
- Dave Martin
Congratulations, Jeremiah. Don't tell us you're going to Dachis too!
- Daniel B. Honigman
Best of luck to you, Jeremiah!
- MichelleBB
Ahh, you keep the world guessing for a week ... ;-)
- Zoli Erdos
Best of luck, Jeremiah! When do we get to see the news in your "on the move in social media" series? ;-)
- Jesse Stay
Good luck on your new endeavor, Jeremiah
- Chris Duffy
Good luck in your next venture!
- Kevin Krewell
Best of luck !
- Nir Ben Yona
Good luck! "going back into the field to apply the trends" huh?
- Kevin Sablan
Kevin --it means I'm going to apply where I see the future headed.
- Jeremiah Owyang
It's a brave move to leave a job in this economy. But I imagine there are many opportunities in your future! Good luck!
- Liz
Good luck!
- Rafe Needleman
Moving target. Very cool. You know we'll be following.
- Kevin Sablan
Can't wait to see what's next Jeremiah.
- Hutch Carpenter
very nice to hear the news from Forrester...you keep raising the bar on us, Jeremiah!
- Zena Weist
Thank you for what you have contributed so far, I'm sure there is more to come. I look forward to watching and reading your next chapter! Good luck!
- David Cole
So I saw. It was your decision, then, to move on? What's next for the big J?
- Ari Herzog
we don't even know what you are up to next but anxiously await the news because we know it will be good for all
- daniela barbosa
onwards and upwards. work out a gig that means you can spend more time at home, and less time washing your hands with steriliser!
- James
Good luck to you! And from a selfish point of view I hope your new gig allows for your insights to continue being published. I know I'm not the only one who's learned a lot from your writings.
- Matsis
Everyone will be waiting to hear what the next gig is and all will be following as usual. Your shoes will be hard to fill at Forrester but I know that they know they had quite a guy and will do what needs to be done. Best of Luck to a real professional social media guy!
- courtney benson
looking forward to your next move - Best of luck!
- Bill Sanders
good luck!
- Kingsley Joseph
Wishing you the best, Jeremiah, and I look forward to seeing you soon!
- Cathryn Hrudicka
All the best!
- ravi karandeekar
Wishing you the best, Jeremiah! You've made a major contribution to the social media space. It will be exciting to see what you're up to next.
- Cathryn Hrudicka
Best of luck Jeremiah! I hope we will continue to benefit from your insights in your next venture.
- Kaan Bingol
good luck dude!
- imabonehead
Good timing.
- Francine Hardaway
Nice! I knew they couldn't cage you up much longer, Superman!
- Rocky Barbanica
Good luck!
- Mitchell Tsai
Well done - a great send off, too!
- WorldofHiglet
I enjoy The Bourne Identity every time I watch it.
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I enjoy The Bourne Identity every time I read it. ;-)
- Bill Sanders
Have you read the books? They're pretty good. You totally should! (Sorry. I have to do it or else they kick me out of the Obnoxious Reader's Club and I can't let that happen. They said if I'm good, next year I can be treasurer!)
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
I have, actually. I read the books 15+ years ago, but I enjoy the movies (somewhat different).
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
I love the movies. Came to read the books only a year ago. Was surprised at the changes but I read the books and saw the movies far enough apart that I could enjoy both without doing the usual annoying comparison between the two.
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Yeah, the books are almost completely different
- Alex Scoble
I've never seen the first movie
- Rodfather
what about the other two in the trilogy? I think it's one of the tightest trilogies in moviedom.
- Mark Interrante
Oh, I like those, too. I happened to watch "Identity" this evening.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Best trilogy ever! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I have been LOLing all the way watching this video http://www.youtube.com/watch... "I even remember how FF was before @scobleizer" huge.
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What do you think of the FF/FB deal? Yeah or Nay?
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not sure yet, have to think it over... initially a bit apprehensive though
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
Apprehensive and trending toward depressed.
- James (!?)
If facebook will do a better Twitter with the FF tech - it will be great
- Johni Fisher
I use my real name on two services sparingly. If FB plans to play that stupid game with FF (should it survive), I'll check RScoble's tweets for the next playground. Watching and waiting.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Time will tell. Hard to take for those who invested a ton of effort into Friendfeed, but we don't have any choice but to hope that Facebook will morph into something resembling what we like here.
- Louis Gray
Facebook will never be able to morph into what we have here. To do so would alienate the bulk of their users.
- LogEx
Too early to judge. Depends on what happens between the services. Some sort of merging? Abandonment? Each serves a unique purpose for me...too much consolidation would ruin both for me.
- Sally Robinson
Facebook hired some engineers and killed a potential competitor. That's it. There will be no "merging."
- Christopher A Carr
+1 christopher
- Allen Stern
Mark true - but it's still very sad. The question is, where do we go now? identi.ca?!
- Matt Hooper
Agree with Louis - we can hope that the small crew at FF will have a disproportionate impact at FB, but I think it's highly unlikely. Best case scenario is that FB really does see this as acquiring an R&D Lab and leave Paul & Bret alone to continue to innovate, but I'm not holding my breath.
- Bill Sanders
Hate it. Christopher Carr - EXACTLY - "Facebook hired some engineers and killed a potential competitor. That's it. There will be no "merging."
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I'm a serious FF loyalist and not ready to jump to ANY conclusions yet. Echo Matt Cutts sentiments
- Charlie Anzman
Mark lol or Jaiku? Charlie - we can only hope that FF will remain intact, but I have grave doubts. I have NO desire for my activities across the web to be pulled into FB if they decide to 'integrate' FF into FB
- Matt Hooper
"InYeahvitable": the roll-ups of pieces will help us all experience the information in more enriched ways.
- lisa padilla
Logical ...good point. A lot of people I know who are FB-savvy never got the point of FF when I showed it to them. If you're not somewhat of an info-junkie, FF has limited appeal. I think that for the majority of people, FB may be enough -- that's why it has mass appeal.
- .LAG liked that
If anything, FB will adopt more FF technology... I don't think FF will change much. They might tie in your Facebook profile as other sites such as Lala do, but beyond that, I don't think it'll change much.
- Gus
cue the song: "Turn out the lights, the party's over"
- Graeme Thickins
Gus: What makes you think that FF will continue to exist as a separate entity?
- Christopher A Carr
Good mediatisation for FB and Mark Zuclkerberg who is in dire need of good news. But alas no strategical sense or content in this move apart from hiring 4 brains and hope they will be welcome by the FB tech teams. Sam for the innovations they will be bringing, does their culture corresponds to Facebook public and flavour ? I do not know, it seems to be a big mess ahead. Let's not forget the poor move Yahoo made in buying out Geocities...
- Thierry Lhôte
Yeah but wont work for me personally. Two different use cases
- Mel Buckpitt
I agree with Matt Hooper: "I have NO desire for my activities across the web to be pulled into FB if they decide to 'integrate' FF into FB." I have different ways I use each and don't want them merged, but there's probably not going to be a choice here. It will put more pressure on Twitter.
- Pat Lovenhart
Yay. It's like anything else where a group of people "knew" about something before it went "mainstream". People get upset when the secret is out and they are no longer elite.
- Ben Foster
To be honest. I would have been more excited if FF and Tweetdeck merged. I like FF but I think it lacks the systems to filter and sort your conversations and channels properly.
- Timo Luege
The whole point of me not using facebook is I don't want facebook in my business. i'm afraid I'm gonna have to go. Lemme guess, tho... Facebook already claims ownership to my data and I can't take it with me and have it dusted out of existence...? Hell,my posts here are probably already selling shampoo or cat litter over on FB. NO thanks.
- abacab
Yeah, good move for FF. But still wonder whether FB could do a similar service like FF on their own and merge into their existing site, their current home page had a lot of "inspiration" from FF anyway. May be it's only the FF team, they just wanted ex-googlers on board.
- Kaan Bingol
Everyone on Mashable/Twitter wants to tell me how lame I am and how I'm doing it wrong. Here's your chance to tell me I'm clueless:
Thierry R. Andriamirado, Hutch Carpenter, Peter Murphy and 40 other people liked this
Lots of people are saying I was always doing Twitter's following wrong. It's funny how social media experts have it all figured out. So, here's your chance to tell me how screwed up I still am.
- Robert Scoble
you're clueless.. :P
- Rob Sellen :o)
I think you tried a noble approach. It just was ruined by spammys. You did what you had to do to fix the problem.
- Drew Lucas
from iPhone
Tell me something I don't know. And tell me why. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Everyone thinks they're right in Social Media. I try to ignore them.
- Jesse Stay
were you? In hindsight? now you have done this big purge?
- Rob Sellen :o)
Drew: the real reason why I'm clueless is cause I am on FriendFeed, where I can put people into lists. Which, by the way, make AWESOME filters for searching.
- Robert Scoble
which list am I on?
- Alex Scrivener
Robert - I think you're always interesting and thought provoking.
- Andy C
I agree with Jesse, everyone thinks they are a social media "guru". I loved your approach, well done.
- Johnny
Alex: pay me $20 and I'll tell you. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I don't think you're clueless...just so cutting edge it doesn't make sense! haha I really like friendfeed, and if more people would more over here, I would use it more than Twitter. Actually, I'm already starting to use it more than Twitter.
- Sam Guzman
Your clueless Robert. You have no clue how to do the whole social media thing. Please teach me your cluelessness Master. :-P
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Everyone needs to "reboot" their twitter strategy once in a while, there's no harm in it at all. It's just those out there who still think that thousands of followers is the only metric that everyone should go by to determine if you're using twitter successfully.
- Richard Arblaster
Richard: bing!
- Robert Scoble
What? That's ridiculous. You don't look anything like Alicia Silverstone.
- John Craft
There is no right or wrong way to use (except maybe spam). Who cares what other people think about your social media habits.
- Shawn Hickman
I covered the topic of mass unfollowing awhile back when @Loic and @AriHerzog unfollowed everyone. I think you might enjoy the comments in particular. http://blog.tweetworks.com/2009...
- Mike Langford
Scoble is clueless like Socrates was foolish.
- Pierce Presley
Rob: in hindsight, yes, I was clueless. I just didn't get quite how clueless I was, because on FriendFeed I could follow small groups, like everyone else.
- Robert Scoble
Pierce: Good point!
- Sam Guzman
Loic is not around much anymore
- Mark
The reason you are clueless, is because we ALL are at the start.. how could you have known the "right" way at the start?? Couldn't.. so you NOW changed things... :o) Big difference now then?
- Rob Sellen :o)
the thing you HAVEN'T been clueless about is friendfeed... ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
your clueless, just like the rest of us !! We are all trying to figure things out.. each have their own way of doing it. To each thier own posion !
- Peter Dawson
The only way to know if your Twitter/Social Media approach is working or not is by looking to see if it is accomplishing your goals. There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach in a dynamic growing space. This Right/Wrong game is tiring at best.
- Bill Sanders
I have learned that there is no one set way to do social media right or wrong. Is there an echo in here?
- Mike Lewis
For half a sec I thought it was a FAB publicity stunt! Seriously Robert I adore and respect you. There are 2 different views. Twitter is different things to different people. You and I can agree to disagree. But, won't you MISS the amazing view of your HOME stream???
- Arleen Anderson
Arleen: the thing is I was looking at that screen less and less. Now I look at it a lot. Well, except for today cause Twitter has been mostly down.
- Robert Scoble
I find that alot of people are a bit... selfish in social media. I follow people I find interesting. They don't need to follow me back. Maybe they don't think what I post is interesting even if I find theirs to be. We got to cut down on our ego tripping sometimes and let people enjoy the social tools, the way they enjoy em. I bet ya, there are not two people out there, that use all of this in exactly the same way, and that is great.
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Steve: that's absolutely not true. Sit next to me sometime. I can follow many thousands of people.
- Robert Scoble
Your comments make the conclusion that everyone that disagrees with you is a social media expert, spammer, or non-techie. Are you sure you are not a politician in disguise? LOL Putting people in groups on Friendfeed did not require a massive un-following on twitter I know what you are doing. I like FreindFeed. I would not like twitter near as much if FriendFeed was not there. I am grateful for FriendFeed and it champion. Cheers for Robert
- RetiredTeacherD
Sorry Scobe, but you innovate, care deeply about all of this, and are fun to read. You don't even budge my Lame-O-Meter. (As for lame, well, AP is the King aren't they. And Reuters just told them to stop whining. Heh.)
- Bob Morris (polizeros)
Seems funny to me that everybody is still talking about this issue. What's the difference between this and telling people what you're having for lunch? Twitter is chatter but from time to time, a clear interesting idea comes through and sparks a reaction. Reminds me of the thought process in my own brain... tons of ideas, lots of chatter and some gems. Meditation helps me quiet my mind... perhaps unfollowing does the same. In any case, less chatter is always better.
- Yanik Falardeau
RetiredTeacher: heheh. But, sorry, the main reason I did the unfollow isn't the home feed, but DM's. They just became more and more filled with spam and useless stuff. Getting my home feed back is like icing on a cake.
- Robert Scoble
@Robert, There's no right or wrong answer to social media usage. Only you can decide your goals and if you're successful in achieving those goals, that's all there is to it. You're anything but clueless, not that you need me to tell you that :)
- MiaD
I was a big critic of your Swisher/Mossberg article as I think you are misguided about where in the social chain FF falls-- HOWEVER... although I had a FF account for awhile doesnt mean I 'tried' it. In light of the non conversational approach twitter is taking ( @replies) and the fact its getting spammy and many people are talking AT me not WITH me I concede. I don't agree with some of your tactics or selling points but I do agree FF IS ABSOLUTELY on to something in a big way.
- cheapsuits
Auto following everyone is not good idea...
- k00pa
ROFLCOPTER!
- k00pa
IMO. Your following deletion was good thing :)
- k00pa
I just use Twitter differently than most. Regardless whether I "follow" you or not, I still follow millions of people because I mostly use search for getting what I want.
- Jesse Stay
you did an experiment. you learned something. take the learning and move on. economic theorists are doing the same thing:-) maybe spammers were Twitter's Black Swan.
- Francine Hardaway
from BuddyFeed
Let's assume for a moment that you are, indeed, clueless. Since you follow the same methodologies as most other "social media experts", then they, themselves, are clueless, as well. Since most "experts" (like yourself, Pirillo, and Conn) are generally smart people, then all clueless people are geniuses. Therefor, you are a genius and are, beyond a shadow of a doubt, not clueless.
- Thomas Ward
Thomas: I like your thinking! :-)
- Robert Scoble
So Ashton Kutcher can have 3+ Million followers and only follows a few, so why can't you filter the noise too? Double standard...
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Robert: Glad you liked it. Hell, I'm glad you understood it! Even I began to believe I was only rambling!
- Thomas Ward
would you please change your green #Twavatar ? .. my baby cries .. Thx :)
- Marcel Bloingo
My favorite thing about you is that you do your own thing. Go with your gut.
- Ted Murphy
Marcel: that will also cost you $20. This is how I will monetize social media! :-)
- Robert Scoble
An 'auto-follow everyone regardless' is just nuts. I don't think you're clueless. I just think you *were* nuts :)
- 1x29
Ted: In this case his "own thing" is what many of us have been telling him he should be doing for months now ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
It's your SM experience, so you get to do as you wish. Personally, I think it's great you're not chasing numbers so much anymore. But the next time I experiment and you tell me I'm doing it wrong, I'm gonna remind you of this and demand a one-time pass, OK?
- Chris Baskind
OneGear: my heart was in the right place. I was doing that so everyone could DM me. Of course that let in spammers and other bad actors. So, turns out you are right.
- Robert Scoble
Chris: we're all doing it wrong. :-)
- Robert Scoble
I think you did it right: the conversation is going again and everyone is thinking about things. Job done.
- WorldofHiglet
Surprised you lasted this long with that many users.
- Mark Chandler
Forget about them, Rob. Heck, I may even follow in your footsteps! Seems like all I'm getting anymore is links to products I don't want or sites I have no interest in visiting. Oh ... as far as the green avatar goes, you should have it say "Scoble Smash!" underneath you!
- Thomas Ward
I miss the Robert Scoble with long thoughtful blog posts and video interviews. I understand that it is not easy to find the balance between the conversations/interactions thingy and the content thingy.
- Edwin Khodabakchian
Edwin: I've been posting a LOT of video. But, yeah, need to get back to doing long blogs.
- Robert Scoble
I'll give you that $20 for your lists! *giggle*
- Arleen Anderson
We should remember Twitter is Sociability.
- Felipe Aneudi Campana
from fftogo
Hmm. Do you post all your videos on your blog? different content on blog, building43, somewhere else? I liked the Office 10 videos.
- Edwin Khodabakchian
you were telling people that they didn't "get it" for doing exactly what you are doing now
- Eber Irigoyen
Edwin: I post them all here. Pro videos at http://www.building43.com Videos shot with my Canon 5D on http://scobleizer.blip.tv Finally, live videos at http://www.kyte.tv/scobleizer -- but they all are aggregated here.
- Robert Scoble
lame, wrong, and awesome. Keep it up!
- motownmutt
Eber: yes, I told Loic that. Again, my heart was in the right place. I wanted to get DM's from everyone who wanted to follow me. Turned out that was a bad strategy because of spammers. So I was wrong. I'm often wrong. Keep that in mind when I tell you off. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Twitter is the one doing it wrong. They should just read our minds and learn what information we need and publish it to our home page. No need to follow anyone in that case.
- Sumanth Kolar
dont worry Sumanth, google will take care of that ;)
- Kashif Khan
There could come a time when I reverse strategy, in six months, as you did, and you can mock me then. But right now, I am keeping the door open to new contacts and not wiping them away. FriendFeed is my high quality network.
- Louis Gray
Thanks Robert! It just occurred to me one alternative to domain squatting is embarrassing Avatar adoption. Your $20-at-a-time strategy is more credible than most monetization schemes (scams?)
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
It would seem to me you did it "right" as it brought a strategic challenge to light. It's been the source of some great posts and conversation. It's not as though things are unsalvagable even if you made a miscalculation. As a strategist I don't think there is a generic right or wrong way. You have to align your social media activity to meet your goals. If your approach on Twitter wasn't working to meet your goals then you did the right thing.
- Jim Goldstein
There is no wrong way to use a resource that is infinitely customizable. Well, perhaps there are illegal or immoral ways, and thus "wrong." But not the case here.
- Justin Long
I've seen everywhere (it seems) that social media is all about the user's experience, that they should determine what's best for themselves. Yet, I constantly see posts and threads about how to do it right. I don't care what Robert is doing, because he has other reasons for using it than I do, and on down the line. Too much of social media "time" is spent discussing social media.
- Steve Lowe
One question, Robert: What would you guess is your reach in terms of unique users? (if you combine all the channels you are on?)
- Edwin Khodabakchian
Do your thing man. You know leaders are always jeered before they are applauded -- don't wait for the applause <grin>
- Pam Baker
Very much in agreement with what Steve Lowe just argued.
- Marcos
" Too much of social media "time" is spent discussing social media. - Steve Lowe " SOOO TRUE!!!
- cheapsuits
Robert I agree. The lists feature is one of the most valued.
- Drew Lucas
from iPhone
Robert, "right" or "wrong" is immaterial here. Each user gets something different out of their use of social media. So each user constantly adjusts their social media experience to fit what they want to receive. Your mass unfollowing is not wrong. Your user paradigm changed.
- Jack Wilson, K4SAC
Not clueless. You're simply learning more-and-more about web 2.0 and social media as you go. Trying different approaches. Ultimately it's your #Twitter account and you can do with it as you please.
- Eric D. Wilson
Robert: My heart was in the right place too when I followed back my first porn tweet follow from an email notification - I honestly didn't realise at the time ;-) Boy did that open up the flood gates! My main advice on twitter now is to stay away from any girl with three numbers as her surname :D I can only imagine the spam you got from auto-following to 106,000 follows. Each day we get older and wiser :)
- 1x29
Robert: can you write a blog post about how you setup your groups in friendfeed? I this it would make for an interesting read.
- Bryan Lee
When you were using auto-follow, it made the most sense to do so. Twitter changed, you examined what was working and what wasn't working, and made some adjustments. You are still doing it right. You also invested your time in FriendFeed pretty early on. That was also a good decision. (That will be $25, thank you.)
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
I'm no expert and I don't care how you handle your tweeples... I'm just curious how you were able to avoid being suspended for mass unfollowing. My account was suspended after I cleared out 20 or so folks I didn't want to follow any longer. It's against their latest TOS to mass unfollow or follow. Your celebrity in the tech world probably gets you the free pass on the TOS violation, yeah?
- Michelle
I'm not of that mindset, if all adopted that mindset and only followed very close knowns what would you have? A phone call
- JuneM
Tinym: He used one of the premium services on SocialToo.com You have the ability to either Unfollow everyone that isn't following you back or you can unfollow everyone.
- Bryan Lee
Thanks Bryan. I used a third party service to unfollow too - I still got suspended. I guess my third party service wasn't as good as SocialToo...
- Michelle
i dont really understand their argument...i had to mass unfollow some people as well, as I was getting spam and it was clogging up the stream.
- Crackle
I just joined FF today due to a few factors: 1) Twitter went down and a light bulb went off 2) I've been following you for quite awhile and you're not lame nor do I think you're doing it wrong and 3) I finally acted upon all the advice you've shared about FF. If you follow me back, fine. At any rate, I'm following you here. I do like the threaded message form, which trumps any Twitter app. I'm also looking for value, not noise.
- MR
It just signified your preference to communicate with high numbers on FriendFeed where everyone can be organized, searched and found- it is thus more meaningful. On Twitter it was chaos for you that way and everyone lost. Why lie?
- E-Advocate Network
MR:Welcome to FriendFeed.
- Bryan Lee
I thought you should've done it sooner.
- Ben Parr
agree w/ Ben
- michael sean wright
LOL. Just a theological point: God's following everyone (or not) is not a theological explanation for why bad things happen to good people. But I'm guessing you're speaking tongue-in-cheek?
- Justin Long
Change is natural. It's part of innovation. We adjust to new tools and technologies as they evolve, and because our methods of using them change, the tools evolve. Sometimes they (or us) take even a bigger leap and revolutionize. Then we get the next big thing, or take the next significant step in history. It's far better that you adapted, Robert, based on your findings, needs and experiences, than continued on with previous use patterns.
- Cathryn Hrudicka
People are haters. Ignore the idiots.
- Nile Flores
I second Nile even when I disagree with you Robert! (((pu liki))) spreading Aloha!
- Arleen Anderson
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- Bill Sanders
I haz a job!!!! :-D
Ludwik C. Siadlak, Snipergirl, Mark Jepsen and 208 other people liked this
I start next Friday and able to work from home for the majority of the time. It's an admin role for 3 months but it's better than nothing, which is all I have now. :-) And back to the previous company I worked with doing the task I did several years ago - so in my comfort zone. Thank goodness, such a relief! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats Kol!
- Travis Koger
Thanks, Travis. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
WELL DONE
- Mo Kargas
Yay!
- Kandeezie
Ta, Mo!
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay! Awesome news Kol, congrats!
- Charlotte M
Yippee. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Charley. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats! Great news!
- Wang Yip
My current job started 3 months then became perm. Never know what will happen
- Mo Kargas
AWESOME. Congrats, Kol. What a way to kick off the weekend, mate!
- Derrick
Mo, the contract might get extended but I don't think it's a role I'd take on perm unless they give me something more to do.
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Nia
Derrick, agree. I can chill out for a bit. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
YEAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! I am so happy for you!
- Shevonne
Thank you, K.D and Nia.
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome, Kol! Congratulations!!
- Holger Eilhard
Shevonne, I'm pretty happy too, hehe. Thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Ta, Holger.
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay!!! Congrats Kol =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
WOOT!!!!
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Congrats! I'm so happy for you!
- Michelle Martinez
I'll be keeping an eye out for another role in 3 months but glad to have something after such a long time and so much searching. And in the end the job comes through my previous work, i.e. of word of mouth. The best way, by far, to get work. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Tina, Michelle. Woot indeed. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
woohoo! awesome!
- Imabug
AWESOME! congrats Kol!!! :D
- vijay
Thanks, Vijay. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Well done Kol. Someone needs to tell K.D to get busy living or get busy dying
- Toby Graham
Thanks, Toby.
- Kol Tregaskes
I am so happy for you Kol! Break a leg! ;)
- Jorge Escobar
That's great. Congratulations! :)
- jan geronimo
Awesome!! Congrats Kol :D
- Praveen Vasudev
Jorge, ta.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Jan, Praveen. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm going to sleep well tonight. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations, Kol!
- Brome
Congratulations, man!
- Anika
Thank you very much, Brome and Anika. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats :-)
- Rene Wirtz
Ta very much, Rene. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats.
- Meryn Stol
Woo hoo! Good for you (and anyone else that lands a job after being out of work)!
- Larry Hawes
Congrats!
- AJ Batac
Congratulations! :)
- Niki Costantini
Thank you, Meryn, Larry, AJ and Niki. I'm not sure I'll be around much: http://ff.im/5F6us
- Kol Tregaskes
Hurrah!
- Iain Baker
oh wow! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! This is so great! I'm overjoyed for you... it couldn't happen to a nicer or more deserving guy. Maybe it will turn into something longer term with increased responsibility? Now all you have to do is post a PICTURE of you doing your new thing. ;-)
- Jim Hearts FF
Jobz Good!
- Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
Awesome congrats :)
- Rodfather
Iain, :-) Jim, thank you!!! Hehe, you'll be lucky. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yep, Karnatos. :-) Ta, Rodfather. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats, Kol.
- Louis Gray
Thank you, Louis. No more Spymaster. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Sincere congratulations, Kol! Please don't stop posting, though, ok?!
- Zackatoustra
Thank you, Zackatoustra. I'll be posting very little I'm afraid, certainly no much during the week: http://ff.im/5F6us
- Kol Tregaskes
Good news, well done :)
- M F
Thank you M F. So this surely must deserve me know your name now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations :)
- Eric Logan
Thanks, Eric. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay!
- Tyson Key
Gratz!
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Ta Rasmus. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Good "job"! :)
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Hehe, thank you, Steve. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm chuffed for you, Kol, well done!
- Andrew Terry
Gefeliciteerd :-)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Thank you, Willem. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
congrats! that's great news
- William Harryman
Thank you, William. Indeed it is. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Good for you :)
- Joe
Ta, J. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Sweeeeeet! At least it takes the pressure off for a few months.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Jandy, yeah but hopefully next week's activities might ease things if I'm out of work again but that's another story for then. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations Kol. You worked really hard for it, you totally deserve that. Hey, see if your office lets you use bit of friendfeed during work time ;-)
- mridul
congrats on the new job kol
- (jeff)isageek
Yay!! Now can I babysit?
- Myrna
mridul, thank you. I'll be at home but won't have any time during the day for anything other than work. It really is a bum-on-sit role admin role.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Jeff. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
oh guess Kaz doesn't need a baby sitter then.
- Myrna
YAY!
- Alix Whitmire
Yea! Congrats!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Congratulations!
- joey
Hehe, Myrna, he's staying right next to me. Thank goodness I can work from home. I'll still be able to walk the dog at lunchtime. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
ALix, :-) Thank you, Tut and Joey.
- Kol Tregaskes
Tomit, good luck to you!
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Bill Sanders
Thank you, Bill. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Whoo hoo!
- Justin Korn
from iPhone
Hehe, Justin. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations!
- Brett Kelly
Thanks, Brett.
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay for Kol.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Yay indeed, Jack. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
HURRAY!!! Congratulations!!!
- Anna Lynn M.
Thank you, Anna. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Finally! Congratulations!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats:)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
I am so happy for you! Congratulations!
- Anne Bouey
oh wow!!! That's wonderful news...congratulations! I am so pleased for you! :))
- Emma
Thank you, Abhishek, Anne and Emma. :-) Emma, how about you? Any news?
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Nation Hahn
yayyy.. congratulation :)
- Gtp19
Thank you guys. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
awesome news , hope they extend the contract ,,, showing them your worth keeping
- johnpiercy
congrats
- Jaap Willem
from fftogo
CONGRATS!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Awesome!
- Rutger Blom
Good stuff Kol - hope even better things will follow on from this stint.
- Patrick Jordan
Way to go Dude. Hope your good luck rubs off.
- Brent - Long Live Rock
Congratulations!
- Alex Scoble
Congrats!
- Mike Reynolds
John, hope so but also hope that I can find a longer and better job in the meantime. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thatnks, Jaap, Dobromir. It certainly is, Rutger. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Me too, Patrick, Brent. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Mike. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
That's excellent, Kol. Congratulations. :D
- Bette Cooper
Congrats! That's good news.
- Alex Hellstrom
Thank you, Alex, Bette. Yeah great news. At last! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay, Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)))
- Susan Beebe
yay
- Caroline
Wow. Congratulations
- James Myatt
That's wonderful news!
- Kisha, Well Conditioned
from BuddyFeed
Woo congrats Kol!!
- Simon Wicks
from iPhone
I haz congratz fer U :)
- directeur
Congrats Kol! :)
- Dee S.
Sweet, Kol, congrats!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Congrats man. I have an interview on Monday, wish me well :). Happy for you
- LANjackal
congrats Kol.
- Oğuz Serdar
CONGRATS
- Bindu Reddy
Awesome!!! Congratulations to you Kol!!!!!
- JA Castillo
Missed this...congratz man. Good luck with the new spot.
- Carlos Ayala
CONGRATZ! I will hopefully be making a similar announcement in the near future.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
congrads, mr tregaskes
- chaz2b
you deserve it, hope it's just the beginning!
- Charlie Barone
Yay, nice one.
- Timothy Griffin
Yay! So good to hear. Congrats!
- SportyGeek Adj.
congratulations :) :))
- Sajida H Khan
Right on!
- Jeremy Brooks
Congratulations!
- Laura id stubbed ub.
Thank you, Susan, Caroline, James, Fikisha, Simon, directeur, Dee, LAN, Oguz, Bindu, JA, Carlos, Rah (I'm sure your announcement is not far off), Chaz, Charlie, Timothy, Sporty, Sajida, Jeremy and Laura. Gosh, thank you everyone! Hope I didn't miss anyone there? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Way to Go
- Kim Landwehr
Kim, :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome!
- CW™
Congrats, Kol! What a blessing!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
Indeed, CW. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Chris, I couldn't agree more. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Phil G
Congratulations!
- Mona Nomura
That's just wonderful!
- Bonnie Foster
Thank you, Phil and Mona.
- Kol Tregaskes
CONGRATULATIONS, KOL!!! :-D
- Ladybug Heather
Wahooo! Kol.
- Micah Wittman
Congrats!!!
- Lu Tao
Great news, I'm really happy for you.
- Michael Fidler
Thank you, Heather, Micah, Lu and Michael. I celebrated by listening to the live ffundercats podcast for the first time ever: http://friendfeed.com/ffunder... :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations Kol :)
- Bhowmik Shah
Thank you, Bhowmik. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats Kol!
- Amit Morson
Ta very much, Amit! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hmm, bit late to the party but want to add my congrats anyway. Well done :)
- Nicola Quinn
Hey, Nicola. Thank you very much! Hope you're well?
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Ton Zijp
Thank you, Ton. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
YAY KOL!! Go kick some booty!
- Helen Sventitsky
Congratulations :)
- Vicey
Thank you guys! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
muchas gratzias Kol.
- Mark Essel
Thanks, Mark. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!!
- Nicholas James
Congrats Kol !
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
I missed this earlier - congrats Kol!
- Andy Bold
Thank you, Nicholas, Ahsan and Andy! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
CONGRATS!!!!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! \\O//
- rowlikeagirl
Thank you Carlos and rowlikeagirl. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay, congratulations. It's nice to hear. And I hope you can soon move to your dream job, we talked about. :)
- Carlina Xavier
Carlina, me too. Thank you very much! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yeah doing well thanks. What's this 'Johnny' business?
- Nicola Quinn
Nicola, see Johnny's comment here: http://ff.im/5IIKz ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lol got ya :)
- Nicola Quinn
I thought this was your job
- Noah David Simon
LOL, Noah. Alas not. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
That is great, and helps to give the rest of us a little hope.
- R. Ferguson
Congratulations Kol!!
- Dan Smith
Attaboy, Kol :)
- Ivan Zuzak
Ruth, I hope so. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Dan and Ivan. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Nicola, see what Johnny has done: http://ff.im/5KCp0 :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats! I'm glad to see companies are still hiring. I'm still looking, but this is encouraging!
- Danielle Closs
Danielle, thank you. It's an urgent requirement and only for 3 months but I'm not complaining. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
alpha, no worries. Thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
can you be my suger daddy
- sofarsoShawn
Congrats Kol! Nice to have some money to pay the bills...
- Mitchell Tsai
Hehe, Shawn.
- Kol Tregaskes
Mitchell, it will be but I have a long wait, I get paid a month after my invoice is put in and that's a month away. So at least a 2 month wait! :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
at the very least - could work on other income producers in the time - long time to wait but if the money is worth it, [correction sent to wrong one]
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
from IM
Raymond, much easier said than done. It's worth the wait.
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats, Kol!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Thank you, Thierry.
- Kol Tregaskes
oh, sorry, I missed that - of course big congrats from me also, kol! I guess you had a super-weekend :)
- ★ Esther Rudolph
Thank you, Esther. It was a far more worry-free weekend, for sure. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Presence Mapped to Ecosystem on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
redplasticmonkey with his visual on Brogan's Presence Framework...Interesting take on the social map.
- Bill Sanders
Yep, traded in my Palm Pre for an iPhone. After three weeks with the Pre I was disappointed with it; the iPhone is hands down superior in every way.
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Congratulations! Welcome to the bright side. One of us! One of us! One of us!
- Louis Gray
I'm sure it didn't help when the Pre died and @scobleizer had to do a hard reboot for you!
- Bill Sanders
I'd have to disagree after using both - but that is just me.
- Nation Hahn
Nation: I respect your opinion, but why?
- Mark Evans
Multi-tasking is cool, but the lack of voice recog, quality camera, and video just kills the Pre.
- Mark Evans
Wow... was the Pre that bad?
- Mitch Featherston
It's not terrible, just not competitive against the iPhone.... And it ain't easy to use in the car. :(
- Mark Evans
Having lost out on the features and the price the only thing that could help would be the ease with which developers use the WebOS to get apps into the store. Lets see.
- Prakash
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