i agree with this one. i would love some kind of grouping feature. i regularly miss updates from family and close friends because they get lost in the stream of all the others i follow - Brad Warren

You can use a room to track those that you consider more important. - possible248

possible248 - I don't understand how to do that - I create a room, then do I invite leo, or how do I add his feed directly into that room. - Sean

You add the feeds belonging to those you want to track. It isn't perfect, but it's a pretty good solution for now. - possible248

Well written. In my opinion standards are the problem here. Will there be any company break out and really innovate on e-mail? The risk is, that some new features may not work in every context. This would make things more complicated for "normal" users... - Matthias Schwenk

Google is definitely making the moves. They have taken a lot of steps already, integrated Google talk for example, presence, reduced spam (I never get spam in my inbox). But there is so much more to do as I pointed out ;-) - Alexander van Elsas

Exactly Justin. I agree. - Alexander van Elsas

The problem is that Outlook has too many features and is too big, but Gmail is designed to only have the features that most people use, right? I seem to recall reading that Gmail was mainly features used by, like, the regular users of email (not so much powerusers). I do wish that Gmail was "extendable" - like Firefox's plugins! That would be great - because then you could plugin the functionality that you need while resisting feature creep. - Justin Long

If Gmail was extendable like Firefox that would be great. - Matthias Schwenk

Seriously, I don't get sourdough. - Tessa MacDuff

Me either. I hate it! - Piaw Na

Sourdough baguettes are pretty good to eat while drinking lager. - Alex Mendes da Costa

I like sourdough. Good toast, good for cheese. Have to get the right kind so it depends on where you're shopping I guess. Perhaps you're in SF proper where folks pimp the nasty sourdough. East Bay it can be difficult to find sourdough. - AJ Kohn

I love it. With butter. Mm.. - Lilly Irani

Must be why I seem to get more attention in my old age than I did in my youth - RAPatton

Glad I didn't shave this morning... - Nathan Chase via fftogo

Michael, amen to that. I liked my mustache. And I liked my "petit goatee" as well (weird name, but that's what it's called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...). And I had a beard as well for a while. But my wife couldn't stand them any more, so they had to go. The mustache was the hardest one to let go of, but I did it. - Raoul Pop

Dan Kaplan: "Stubl" :D +1 - edythe

@Diane Um, I'm queer and 46. Wanna bet I've kissed more stubbly faces than you have? ;-) - Rick Powell

I love the like to comment ratio on this. It is a lady spinning. Nuff said. - Sacca

a spinner ;-p - Noah David Simon

"This year, however, proponents of same-sex marriage have found encouragement in both the California Supreme Court decision and in a subsequent order by Gov. David A. Paterson of New York, instructing agencies in his state to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally elsewhere. The California court has also rebuffed several challenges to its May 15 decision, made by two conservative legal groups and by Republican attorneys general who fear that the California marriages will lead to legal challenges brought in their own states." - Bret Taylor

The current UK administration defused the issue of same sex unions by the introduction of Civil Partnerships in 2005 linked to an across the board change of relevant laws to provide parity with married couples - with the exception of those with religiious objections (who should really know better) this has gone smoothly and been introduced across the UK. Its not called a marriage but has all the advantages (and responsibilities!) of the mixed sex varaint. - Jican

@Phil: LOL! This has certainly been a momentous (and good) development. But it would be nice to see these kinds of decisions made through the legislative process. The fact that this decided in the courts will make the outcome more contentious than it would have been had the population been forced to have a legitimate conversation about the issue. The more bigoted corners of our society now have a victim card to play - and play it they shall... - Forrest Cox

@Forrest: The genius of our system of government lies in its checks and balances. In particular, an unfettered democracy would be subject to the problem of the "tyranny of the majority". Fortunately this is offset by our Constitution and our courts, whose job is to ensure that individual rights are not trampled on, no matter how unpopular that individual may be, for whatever reason. Any bigots playing the victim card are ignorant of basic civics. - Ruchira S. Datta

@Ruchira I agree. The Cali court is playing exactly its Constitutional role, and it's essentially a conservative and Federalist approach to reconciling changing societal mores and the demands of a minority. As I've commented elsewhere, we are winning this argument, and we're doing it state by state, rather than through a Federal fiat, which simply is not feasible at this time. All good things... - Rick Powell

Muppet clip with Sandra Bullock. How can you not love Kermie? - Patricia Hanrahan

Oh, that is awesome! Love Kermit, love the song. Thanks for sharing :-) - Adam Lasnik

Gotta love Mr Frog. Also liking that Sandra Bullock is chanelling her innner librarian here :D - Patricia Hanrahan

However, now it appears that the "new" more "friendly" EMI isn't just suing MP3Tunes. According to Boing Boing and Michael Robertson, it's trying to extend the lawsuit to go after Robertson personally, saying that he should be personally liable. As you probably know, one of the purposes of a corporate structure is to limit the liability of the executives of a company. To go after Robertson personally makes very little sense unless the idea is to intimidate. Many executives will quickly settle in such circumstances so as to not open themselves up to such a huge liability. On top of that, the chilling effects are tremendous. Others won't even think of starting innovative services, for fear of being personally liable in a lawsuit. Unless EMI pulls back its lawyers, I think we can safely conclude that the "new" EMI hasn't really changed much from the old EMI. - Erica Baker

Gee, I was just thinking the same thing :P - Kip

Yeah, I want to block you sooo bad - Kris Haamer

agreed ! - aruban via twhirl

Proposal: Can we have different algorithms available for our choice from a drop-down menu? e.g. (1) popular with others (2) popular with friends (3) relevant/similar to me via post content/type (4) relevant/similar to me via comment/like (3) random (4) completely opposite of me (5) new people unusually active or liked or commented (6) by country/language (7) by similar room interests (8) etc... - Mitchell Tsai

the recommended list is the gutter of friendfeed no doubt. but blocking is a bad thing. I don't like the way ff recommends people at all. - Noah David Simon

"Are you SURE, I mean, totally positively sure that you wish to abandon your choice of not using a checking account instead of a credit card which costs us more money so we're creating a hostile user experience EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU BUY SOMETHING?" I hate hate hate PayPal. - Adam Lasnik

You view it as an obstacle. I view it as an opportunity to buy less. To have less clutter in my life, to be less materialistic, to simplify. Amazon Prime on the other hand has undone all the simplicity that PayPal brought me… - Amit Patel

100% with Amit here. My purchases with Amazon have easily quintupled since I joined Prime. But thankfully, not generally of the "clutter" sort. Mostly things I'd buy anyway (toiletries, replacement light bulbs, cliff energy bars, etc.)... only this way I don't have to drive to Target or Costco :-) - Adam Lasnik

Tipjoy is going to solve this. The one-click tip will be a one-click purchase soon - Ivan Kirigin

I've been fairly happy with Google Checkout as a buyer (a bit less so as a seller); purchases take blessedly few clicks. TipJoy seems like a neat service (with communicative founders), but they'd have some major scaling / rebranding to do. Disclaimer: I work for Google, but not on Checkout. - Adam Lasnik

a lot of bad ui for password recovery as well, I still support businesses that choose paypal, but it's such a thorny experience! - Karl

subject to software solutions down the line (can't edit it). - Sean McBride

A stop-gap measure may be to run your blog feed through Yahoo! Pipes - d@vid seaward