I'm still not clear on what's good about this...
- Cliff Gerrish
please ask Dennis when Foursquare will roll out in europe
- HansVanRock
Cliff: there are three things that I get out of Foursquare: 1. I see what my friends are doing. That lets me meet them in real life and keep track of what they are doing. 2. It's a game, so I can play it to compete with my friends. 3. I can get tips from my friends for the location that I currently am at.
- Robert Scoble
Hans: it just launched in London last week.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, the tips seem good. Do you need to check in to get them?
- Cliff Gerrish
Checking-in is like closing the "sales" loop for venues. FourSquare is a disruptor in mobile marketing and users are happy and engaged....
- Antonella Stellacci
Cliff: yes. Because checking in is how you tell the system where you are.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: London i don´t consider as europe, it´s an island lost at sea ;-)
- HansVanRock
Mobile advertising is a multi-billion dollars business. ....even Twitter with geo-location API and Facebook mobile will want a share of it..
- Antonella Stellacci
Loop and latency are also key elements.
- Cliff Gerrish
Hey, Gillmor, nice camera angle of your studio!
- Robert Scoble
widgets will soon start talking to each other and exchanging data. that's when user constructed solutions start getting interesting.
- scott anderson
Are there enough economics in a distributed widget mesh?
- Cliff Gerrish
widgets will be front end for services. that's where the economics come from.
- scott anderson
If you wrap up 5 widgets in a package - high risk, great leverage, low economics
- Cliff Gerrish
If you are dependent on more systems, doesn't that increase your risk? It seems like it's a downside unless you have failover to other services
- Martin May
Do we really want our phones making decisions for us? No matter how much context they have...
- Cliff Gerrish
Have any houses been broken into based on negative location information?
- Cliff Gerrish
Cliff: I heard of one, because of a Facebook post (or it was just a bad coincidence). But I've also heard of thieves getting caught because of Google Latitude.
- Robert Scoble
As long as thieves are also on foursquare and check in as they are robbing your place -- I guess that's ok...
- Cliff Gerrish
No 4square in Reno yet. So there must be a population threshold for cities covered at this point?
- ursi
Cliff: if someone tries breaking into my house while I'm not here they might be a little shocked. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Homeless people will "check in" the easy mark homes for their roaming buddies...
- Robert J Taylor
Aren't explicit place gestures fictional? That's their important social information content...
- Cliff Gerrish
I'd love to be able to check in on the Gillmor Gang.
- Robert Scoble
"Democratic members of the House of Representatives now represent most of the nation’s wealthiest people, a sharp turnaround from the long-standing dominance that Republicans have held over affluent districts."
- ursi
from Bookmarklet
GOP TechTard Epic Fail! Unfortunately, we will not be taking this moment to Laugh Out Loud at M.C. Steele’s gangsta’ walk through the grassrootiness of the “new GOP,” as it seems to have been disappeared, all of it, the entire site, GONE! - http://freerangetalk.com/...
Someone should really tell the ReThuglicans to step away from the computer. The GOP launched their new website today, to howls of laughter at their lame attempts at hip-hop cool. Sadly, the lameness of the style was the least of their problems. The hastily-posted site included Site Administration access and their own g-mail password, FAIL!
- Head Ov Metal
from Bookmarklet
Marc Ambinder reporting on the conference call: "The first question on the conference call was from an Hispanic Republican who asked why the GOP site didn't have a Spanish-language page and noted that the White House had one." http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009... - Yeah, that would go over well with the Tancredo wing of the party.
- Andrew C
Geez, Who decided on the Red China theme?
- Rob Haas
LOL Rob we were discussing that this morning. And I mentioned that CCCP-esque font on that video didn't help either.
- Admiral Anika
I wonder how many of the Republican Heroes would be proud of their party as it is today... "What up" indeed.
- Internet's Tad
I watched their video - it was pretty well made. I like their new message too. The problem is that it doesn't represent the way the GOP really is today. When I think of the GOP I think of "You lie!" and Sarah Palin and Tommy Tancredo and distrust of science, attempts to infuse religion into education, disrespect for women's rights, homophobia, immoral unilateral war, huge spending, the Patriot Act and on and on.
- Internet's Tad
I'm all for a "New Repulican party," but until they clean house of the crazies, I think they're screwed.
- Internet's Tad
And the video ends with " A word from the Chairman." Hilarious. Rush would have a week's worth of material and Glenn Beck would try to start a revolution had the Dems made a site that looks like this.
- Rob Haas
“In an extraordinary breach of congressional decorum, a Republican lawmaker shouted ‘You lie!’ at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress Wednesday ... right away, Wilson seemed to sense that he had fouled up...” [You think?]
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
Woulda been more awesome if he had tried to run up to the podium and tried to tackle the president.
- Internet's Tad
“[The Congressman] tried to call Obama to apologize ... but ended up speaking to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.” [I'll bet he did.]
- Anthony Citrano
I can't quit giggling about it. At least he resigned and basically said he knows he was in the wrong, but that was mind-numbingly stupid - ESPECIALLY considering what he called the president out on. DUMB ASS AWARD OF THE YEAR
- Internet's Tad
and the downward spiral continues...
- MikeAmundsen
I think by "resigned", Tad means he basically backed off and changed his tune.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Ah. Suppose I would have used something like "retreated."
- Christopher A Carr
when are we going to require politicians to pass a basic intelligence test before running for office?
- William Harryman
Is this guy new to Congress? He sure as hell doesn't look like a Junior Congressman, so there's no excuse for his breach of conduct and stupidity!
- Bonnie Foster
I think people have worked themselves to such a fever pitch that they just don't even know what they're saying or doing these days. It's amazing the things I'm hearing coming of out what I always believed to be perfectly sensible people. Everyone's talking, nobody's listening, and there's nothing good can come of it.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
From Boing Boing Opponent of Republican who shouted "You lie!" at Obama is given $25,000 $69,000 by outraged votershttp://www.boingboing.net/2009... - Act Blue fundraiser up over $70K
- WarLord
Not the best career move. I'm happy to see both sides of the aisle condemning this type of behavior.
- Jim Goldstein
I'm sure Stephen Colbert will have something to say about SC... again!
- Jim Goldstein
I just feel sorry for the guys sitting next to him...
- kristophersaim
bad joke coming: maybe what he said was July! and not "you lie".
- David Rodriguez
McCain said Wilson should be ashamed.... I think Wilson's stupidity probably helped Obama's cause more than hurt it... definition of backfire.
- Gus
It seems like the GOP is determined to shoot itself in the foot at every opportunity. This on top of all the lame "response" speakers like Bobby Jindal. They're a joke of a party right now.
- Kevin Pedraja
Wow, talk about marginalizing yourself and your party. I mean seriously.
- Chieze Okoye
According to The Fix, donations to Rob Miller's campaign are now over $200k. Ah, yes, the word I'm looking for here WRT Joe Wilson's outburst is "schadendouche".
- vicster
@David R: mighta been bad, but it made me LOL. And @vicster - I like your new word.
- Anthony Citrano
ProsePetals, nice. I'm liking Rep. Frank more and more. A thoughtful and hilarious at times interview.
- Chieze Okoye
Chieze: A lot of the time, I find him abrasive - but over time, he's grown on me. :)
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
BTW, the best single line of the speech: "I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than to improve it." He FINALLY said it for everyone to hear.
- Chieze Okoye
This kind of thing happens all the time in the Canadian House of Commons. No decorum here.
- Kenton
He made over $70k off that? Jeeze. Edit: Woops, misread. His opponent got the donations. :D
- Tanath
@Tanath: no one made $70k off that. But this idiot's opponent's campaign raked in some dough. I'm going to make a token contribution I think, once I make sure I ACTUALLY SUPPORT the guy. ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Also, Barney Frank is as imperfect as we all are, but as a Mass native I'll tell you he is one smart, quick-thinking MF.
- Anthony Citrano
Last time I checked, the healthcare debate was about his constituents lives. A sad day when illegal aliens are the most pressing, emotional topic to loose control over and shout about.
- E-Advocate Network
Anthony: I will say, Honorable Frank lives up to his title...and actually *earns* his respect. There are those of us 'round who still know what that means. That includes matters of disagreement as well.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Ah the hypocrisy. When democrats boo'd Bush they were praised. For the last month they have called protesters un-American, right-wing terrorists, angry mob, etc., and this is what they get upset about. LOL.
- Spencer
Spencer: WTF are you talking about?! For the past eight years, any- and everyone on the left has been called unAmerican! And we're *still* being called such. You find our response at vindication a surprise?!
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Oh wait, let me guess...Spencer either views Palin as honest...or at the very least as a MILF. /sarcasm
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Wow! I wonder what else Wilson could do to help raising money for Miller like that?
- Mahmood Padura
Spencer, really, that's just embarrassing. There is absolutely no need to defend Republicans against every single real and perceived criticism. Many criticisms are valid and not all have a reasonable counterpoint, including the one discussed in this thread, which is unprecedented.
- Ayşe E.
They lied for 8 years or more: Guess they made it a tradition in that level of responsibility???
- ThatDBD
This guy needs a Youtube, Wiki, 4chan, and mocked to no end on the Internet and be bucketed with the Cheney pile-o-doodoo DIE A TRILLION DEATHS stack. He does not deserve major coverage. #MakesMeSick
- Mona Nomura
Ron, I also don't like useless appearance of hecklers.
- Mahmood Padura
OK, if that is so, where were you guys at when the Dems Boo'd and heckled Bush in 2004 and 2005 State of the Union speeches? especially in 2005 when they heckled him for mentioning that SSI is going broke and needs reform! which was 100% accurate! He wasn't calling his opponents LIARS in his speech either!
- Brian
Then the fact that it is OK for the President to call his opponents in the audience LIARS and not expect any response is the height of ARROGANCE! Especially when he is the LIAR, Dems in the House voted down requiring proof of citizenship for getting insurance, so illegals WILL be able to get coverage if he signs the current version of the bill into law and that was confirmed by the DEM run and independent Congressional Research Service.
- Brian
@Brian: you've missed the point. Wilson's behavior was boorish and uncalled for. that's the point. Wilson was not the only person in the room of the opinion that Obama was less than truthful. his actions were foolish and uncalled for. that's the point. this is _not_ about who lied, it's about who acted out inappropriately.
- MikeAmundsen
@Brian: sorry, but I find it really depressing the lack of perspective people like you bring to these conversations. The “other people did this too" logic is infantile, not to mention disingenuous and irrelevant (as Mike just said above me.) Even if it *were* relevant, what Wilson did is unprecedented.
- Anthony Citrano
@Anthony - I guess you can't figure out that my point is the left and most of their allies in the media didn't express much concern with, what was at that time, an unprecedented event where Dems heckled and boo'd Bush during his State of Union address and doing so when he mentioned SSI's troubles.
- Brian
from BuddyFeed
@Anthony - I guess I find it laughable to listen to Dem Congressman, some of which boo'd & heckled Bush, declare outrage at Wilson's outburst. Tell me what exactly is the difference between the Dems disrupting Bush's speech & Wilson disrupting Obama's?
- Brian
from BuddyFeed
@Anthony - You are flat out wrong when you say Wilson's outburst was unprecedented! Dems beat him to the punch in 04 & 05 SOTUS speeches! I would argue that prolonged booing while President is speaking is at the very least as disrespectful & certainly more disruptive & distracting than a short "you lie" statement.
- Brian
from BuddyFeed
Brian, why don't you go ahead and make a youtube video that compares the events using the actual video footage and then post it back here. When was the last time you saw that SotU speech? 4 or 5 years ago? Your memory might not be serving you very well. To me there's a big difference between yelling a cheer or a boo than calling someone a liar. But that's just me... and i just...
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- Chris Heath
Plus, Obama hasn't really done anything horrible (yet) and GWB was already in office for 4+ years with lots of stuff to dislike/hate about him over that time... not making excuses, just trying to make sense of it.
- Chris Heath
@Chris - I'm sorry but pointing out the fact that SSI & Medicare are going broke and need reform is call for booing? so what you are really saying is that when the President says something YOU don't like it's ok to voice your displeasure!
- Brian
from BuddyFeed
@Chris - Decorum HAD always been that you do not Boo the President during the SOTU address! Dems broke that decorum and now are outraged when a GOP Congressman brakes decorum?
- Brian
from BuddyFeed
@Chris - Was President Bush calling his opponents LIARS in his speech? No, Bush has more class than that! Was Bush refering to citizen protests as spectacles? Was Bush attacking his opposition party in any of his speeches? the point here is that Obama gave a partisan and very political speech where instead of strictly pushing his agenda he decided to attack his critics & refer to them as LIARS, game players, etc... Funny that you wouldn't expect some kind of reaction from those of whom Obama was targeting!
- Brian
from BuddyFeed
Let's be clear on the issue of the bill that Wilson says illegals can be on the public option. He is 100% correct in that assertion and Obama is technically incorrect when he said that his plan (he doesn't have a plan so we have to assume he supports the house bill at the time of his speech) does not cover illegals, it does, they can get on the public option and would have to pay to be...
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- Brian
Brian, you (and Wilson) are just wrong... the only way that illegals can get healthcare under the proposed law (as drafted) is by purchasing their healthcare - they can't get it for free like citizens who meet the requirements can. [source: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o... ]
- Chris Heath
@Chris Heath - I read your Politifact article and it too acknowledges that Illegals can get health care from the public option, I guess you do not understand english, we do not say they get 100% free health care, we say they can get on the public option! Now, if you are aware of our Gov history and SSI & Medicare, Gov said that 15% of our income would cover the costs of those 2...
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- Brian
@Chris - Answer this question: the bill does not require proof of citizenship and the Dems voted down an amendment that would add that to the bill, how do you prevent someone from getting a tax credit when you don't check for eligibility?
- Brian
how would illegals get a tax credit if they're not paying taxes... you're not making much sense, and wasting my time
- Chris Heath
@Chris - Then why did they write that provision?
- Brian
@Chris - These are refundable tax credits where the Gov cuts you a check.
- Brian
Yep, seriously! I agree with the person in the story who said this church must be a cult!
- ursi
Let 'em hate. Let 'em go, If all these 'haters' hate it so much. Just leave. Take them off the tax rolls (Including the tax free rolls I'm sure the church is on) and not allow them to use any government services, period. Policing that is bound to be cheaper than trying to play referee in among the brawls we now have.
- Warner Crocker
Crap likes this makes me mad at this town. Serioiusly....
- Helen Sventitsky
I know. I am pissed. I wish we all could have known sooner so we could have taken some sort of visible action. I can't believe the Reno RDA didn't try to get involved.
- ursi
We are pleased to announce that the Gillmor Gang is back - and delivered through the Real Time Network on building43.com. Gillmor Gang (with video!) will air live on Thursdays, at 1PM Pacific time. Rackspace is happy to sponsor Gillmor Gang, and the Real Time Network. This cooperative effort will continue building43's efforts to educate, inform...
Congratulations, Rob - I know you've been working to make this happen on your end. So, when is that break coming you were talking about taking? :)
- Robert J Taylor
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there will be an archive! I can't watch video on my work pc! Can't wait for the Gilmor Gang to happen again!
- ursi
WOW, just made my day, Gillmor is my dowsing rods for the attention economy the rest of the world is just figuring out we are living in
- David Stratton
How are you guys managing the video feeds from multiple locations for this show? Would love for you to share your secret :-)
- Chris Nadeau
Absolutely not. I go there every day. If they raise MY prices, I leave.
- Francine Hardaway
Weird. I was wondering earlier today if Starbucks was going to do this and what would I do. I'd leave too. Why? Because their drinks are already high.
- ursi
"I know health care very well. You should call me. I also beat you to it on renting. I haven't owned a house in #phx since 2006 and I am going to do the same in HMB as soon as I can. I figure I won't have to own a house again in my lifetime and I can live in as many places as I want. There's always someone with a house to rent out."
- Francine Hardaway
We knew this tsunami was coming since 2006. We haven't owned a house since selling ours in Aug 06. Right now we are living in a nice 3,000 sf home that was purchased in 2007 for over $500,000. and is now valued around $310,000. The gentleman who owns it is trying to not default because "his generation" doesn't do that. We shall see what happens.
- ursi
I formed a group of the people I actually like and converse with and find interesting. Helps sift through the minutiae for me without offending anyone. :-)
- ursi
I do actually have another purpose for posting al these links, it's forcing me to do something I've been meaning to do for ages and will help me lots with something else later :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, Just found this list, but wanted to let you know, you can share your imaginary friends if you create a room for them. In other words, put the feeds of your imaginary friends into a room and people can join...
- Justin Korn
Gosh, wasn't expecting any comments on this one, I only update this with new Flickrers when I add them to my Flickr Photography room. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
wow, this is like an entire Kol-dominated thread. I LOVE Trey's HDRs, but there are SO many good Flickr photographers out there.
- Tamar Weinberg
Tamar, one of the first posts I did, I only started it for myself as reference. But anyone is free to join in of course. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Maybe it's a bit off topic, but did you ever see the documentary on Flickr the Dutch guy Bert Kommerij made? Flick Radio: http://www.youtube.com/watch... Really fascinating, only photographs from Flickr.
- Ton Zijp
Basically. If you realize that the tea-baggers just can't handle a black president, then yes, they are still tea-bagging. I agree with KO, they don't really care who has health care or not. They hate that America has a black president.
- ursi
"Politics Daily's Walter Shapiro recently put it perfectly: "It is ludicrous to argue that polls taken during the first summer of a new presidency are an infallible predictor of anything. Like the stock market, political numbers fluctuate. In truth, most individual surveys are perishable – seeming wizardly windows into the future that are seer today and gone tomorrow. But the weight of polling over a period of months does help to illuminate larger political trends.""
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
And the polls were wrong about the election too! Obama already proved that once!
- ursi
"Over the last week, MSNBC has led the cable-news charge in covering the George Tiller murder -- and the questions it's raised about how implicated the wider anti-abortion movement is in the violence. Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and Chris Matthews have all covered the story -- Maddow with particular distinction. But until today, one MSNBC show has been conspicuous for its reluctance to touch this major story. That would be Morning Joe, hosted by Joe Scarborough."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
I am not sure $2000.00 tax credit not being in place at the time would have stopped me from buying one, but it did help me decide to get one. For those on the fence 50 MPG even at $2.50PG makes a big different s week to week and I love the car and all they come with.
- John D Reasor
This is also a bit misleading as total car sales have taken a huge hit across the board.
- Alex Scoble
+1 Alex -- and that point should trump any righty headline that tries to spin this as "green cars losing their luster"
- Christopher Galtenberg
Well, we just bought a 2009 Subaru Outback for around $18,000. I wanted a Prius but didn't want the huge payments!
- ursi
People could be waiting for the 2010 Prius also.
- Cristo
Isn't the conventional wisdom that hybrid sales are pretty much directly tied to gas prices? Prices go up, everybody runs for a hybrid. Prices head back down, everybody forgets about it.
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, in part. But now that gas prices are headed back up, and this time probably won't slip, you can bet hybrid sales will pick up too. And with more hybrid models coming on line, economies of scale should start shrinking the price differential.
- Kevin Pedraja
Only 2.7 percent of all cars purchased in April were hybrids? And CYTD the total is 2.5 percent. Did not realize the insignificance of that market.
- Steve
They have dropped the price on the Prius to bring them more in line with the copy cat from Honda
- John D Reasor