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Zee.

Countries that are Least Affected by Recession - http://www.zee.me/blog...

May 27 from Zee Slash Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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yay Canada - Steven Hodson

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If Aus, NZD and Canada were all so lightly affected, why have their exchange rates against the US dollar fallen so much in the last 8 months? (granted, they're coming back slowly, but so is the Dow) - Kevin Fox

But exchange rates aren't the whole picture, right. - Micah Wittman

why is South America considered a country? I read that, down here, Brazil and Chile are the countries in better shape. - Alejandro

Yay us! - Glenn Slaven

Micah: They're not. I just honestly want to know what caused the NZD to crash against the dollar last fall. Real estate over there was looking pretty darn attractive. - Kevin Fox

Hmm - I'd like to know too. We need an econ specialist over here stat! - Micah Wittman

Mhm... from what I see here in Colombia, things are MUCH worse in the States than here. MUCH MUCH worse. - Juan Pablo González

@Kevin: Canada's exchange rate met USD at par strictly on the strength of oil. When oil fell, so did CAD. - Andrew C

The AUD tends to be pegged to resource prices, which have taken a hit in the recession. - Toby Hede

Where's Norway? - Eivind

next to Sweden! - Andrew C

"The data is based on the results of a business confidence survey that was done on international business people of 24 nations to identify which countries they believe are surviving the crisis the best." - Not super impressed with the methodology. - Andrew C

Thanks, Andrew, I was getting all disoriented :) - Eivind

The AUD was also up last year because our high cash interest rate meant that there was a very attractive spread for currency speculators borrowing Yen or USD and buying AUD. - Warren

Blame Canada! - John Graham

John, LOL - Kirill Bolgarov

Blame the U.S.!! Us Canadians are just fine, thankyouverymuch ;) - Robert Couture

Not entirely true. Norway is not as much affected as Sweden. The Swedes are travelling to Norway to look for work now.... - Baard @ Pixum

Nathan Chase

Is Your House Prepared To Hold An 82" 1080p LCD TV? - http://i.gizmodo.com/5156234...

February 18 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Features include 120Hz motion-blur reduction, a 178-degree viewing angle, 3 HDMI inputs (only 3?), and a stated dynamic contrast ratio of 120,000:1." - Nathan Chase from Bookmarklet

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Of more concern is the weight...300 lbs? Yowch! No thanks. Wake me up when they come up with one that's half that. - Alex Scoble

I bet this costs more than my car - Rodfather

WANT! - imabonehead

YES! - BEX

No, but I could try my best to prep for it. - Derrick

house is, bank account not prepared even slightly to pay for it however :( - Warren

Alex Scoble

'Buy American' stimulus alarms US businesses, trade partners - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/s...

January 29 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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The sort of thing that sounds good on paper but could have some possibly nasty "unforeseen" negative consequences? - Alex Scoble from Bookmarklet

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Yes. - Patrick Jordan

So, no Wal Mart, I guess. - Josh Haley

That appears to only be a restriction on iron and steel used in the construction of stimulus-funded projects. Still, it's a step towards protectionism. - Morton Fox

I like it. Maybe it'll help save some of the steel jobs that are left. - David Potts from twhirl

They are broadening it out beyond that, Morton. - Alex Scoble

They spelt "China" wrong! ;) - Tyson Key

and the last piece of the self destruct mechanism slips quietly, but firmly, into place. - David HC Soul

+1 David... sigh... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I have one of these logos on my new treadmill! Thanks USA! :D - Mo Kargas

So everyone loves the free market when times are good, but now, protectionism is the go? Lame. Remember those Free Trade Agreements so US companies would get equal access to overseas markets? You can kiss those goodbye... Here's a hint, if it's cheaper to buy steel and ship it half way around the world, your steel industry is doing it wrong! - Warren

@Warren You're missing a big part of this. Companies set up factories in countries where they don't have to pay for safety and environmental measures required in the US. The point of the package is to create jobs and boost the economy. What good is that if the jobs are in China? - David Potts from BuddyFeed

Special exceptions may have to be made for Canada and Mexico regardless of the protectionist clause, thanks to NAFTA. And if America tries to worm its way out of its obligations, thanks to the current political climate here in Canada, we are sure to give you Yankees a lot of grief, whether or not our current government survives. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

@David: Bluescope Steel, look them up. Not every import into the US comes from 3rd world countries - if we can sell you Australian steel for cheaper than you can buy it in the US then that's an inefficiency in your local manufacturers, not corner-cutting in ours. US-AU FTA still applies. - Warren

This isn't an economic argument, but local buying is key for various reasons; keeping local businesses (that you prefer), less $$ in upcharge shipping and distributing, and other green concerns. I think this will be a check on the "let's send a tanker full of paper napkins to China" abuses going on in world trade. - anna sauce

Robert Scoble

Does Bill Gates read friendfeed? He just told me thanks for the nice comments I made about his annual letter there.

January 30 - Comment - Like - Share

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ooh.. Bill is around us =) watch out - Qbat

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Will we see a comment from Bill? - paul mooney

Yeah! well, i think he's got plenty of time now - Constantine

It'd be awesome if we do see a comment from him. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

i think he needs to do it to stay connected and to see what's going on. - Sascha Pallenberg

well why not? would you expect him not to? or anyway, someone that briefs him - sofiagk

At last he is a geek, too. Nice to know. - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

we won't see his comment, because anybody seems to know his account; that clearly means he's not going to use FF as a main [and public] tool of communication. Why should he burn his hidden identity here - if he really have one? -- Anyway I just think his press office has done a good job, telling him what Robert wrote here. - Markingegno - Donato

Markingegno: knowing Bill I seriously doubt it was the press office. The dude does use all social networks. - Robert Scoble

Ironically, Bill Gates could pop in here and say "Hi, I'm Bill Gates" and no-one would believe it now... - Warren

*waves at Bill* There are few people who could change this from ScobleFeed, and he's one of 'em. Heaven help me if Jobs has a covert FF account, I'd be using the hide button like a mad woman. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Maybe he's stalking you, Robert. Or maybe he has a mancrush ;) - Ron's Home And Hardware

But is he on Twitter? ...Sorry, had to drop that in here. :) - phil baumann

@Robert - I believe you about his attitude towards social networks, but still think he doesn't want to pop in. I'd be glad to discover I'm wrong ;) - Markingegno - Donato

Markingegno: he won't participate because he gets too many requests. He was on Facebook for a while and deleted his account. - Robert Scoble

Hi Bill! i think your a kool guy. (now call me and say thanks) lol - @robert whats his twitter? - Chris Clayton

He probably reads it for the same reason many of us to to stay up to date and in touch - Rob Cairns

If he does, his personal stock just went way up in my book! - Aaron Strout

HE is watching us :-| - ◄ani625Ξ

I hope so, he owes me a computer! - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

Which reinforces the point that the readers/lurkers are often more important than the participants (or more precisely shouldn't be discounted and can surprise you considerably) - Shannon Clark

Hi Bill. If you're reading this. Please come back to Microsoft. We miss you - Marcus Beagley

If you're reading this Bill, I'm writing you from Nigeria and need help getting my money... - Kevin Leroux

ROTFL, Kevin... Are you having a serious amount of Spam-Mails per month ? :) - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

Everyone listens in on your conversations Robert; have you heard from the pope? : ) - Mark Harai

what happened was that Bill did a Live search for entries/critiques/analysis of the report and nothing came up...then he ran the same search on Google. First hit = FriendFeed.. - Carlos Ayala

ok, now I can tell you, my real name is Bill: http://is.gd/hO6f :) - Markingegno - Donato

Maybe somebody who knows him uses FF and told him about the comments. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

awesome! - Davide D'Incau

that's eerie yet cool... - Anthony Farrior

Hey Bill. Loved you in Stargate! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

That is cool, Robert. And I thought the annual letter was interesting and very well written. I'd love to work for the Gates Foundation. - asiriusgeek

Would Bill even use his real name?? ( apologies in advance to Bill if he does read this)??? - Roberto Bonini

Like it or not, a message like that is EXACTLY why Scoble is such an influencer on here and other places. How many people could say that Bill Gates had personally thanked them for a comment they made about him while arsing about on social networks and you know straight away that it's true. - Philip Tomlinson

I'm sure he has a "listening strategy" like a google alert on his own name - or maybe he creates specific alerts for his name plus a keyword for a specific event/topic. - Laura Norvig

YAY!! I hope Bill does check out and participate in FriendFeed. Perhaps he saw it on your blog. You mention FF quite a bit there too - Susan Beebe

Gates=authority - Wallace

OMG! Wait, and you're sure you didn't post those comments anywhere else but here? Nice! - Sarah Perez

Bill is a nerd, why wouldn't he read and do all the other stuff other nerds do? That and in between meeting with heads of state and playing WoW on a real set :-) - Todd Hoff

Wouldn't a system like Twitter, FriendFeed be better for someone like Gates? Even if 1,000,000 people follow him, he's not obligated to follow back, and people wouldn't be offended by this, there would be respect of his privacy. Whereas on Facebook, he would be inundated with requests for various apps... - Mike Nayyar

Now I have to say more nice things about Microsoft. :) - Paul Buchheit

It would be cool if Bill Gates was a lurker here, but all I can say is that he better get along with Derrick. Otherwise there will be all kinds of drama! :-) and just in case...Mr. Gates, longtime customer, first time commenter. Just keep on doing what you feel you should be doing. It's worked for you thus far. You is, be da man. So if no broke, no fixin.... nuff sed - Morgan Haley

Paul, I'll give you one: Microsoft is all about innovation. When it comes to innovative software companies, nobody's bought more of them than Microsoft. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

moive: Dead Man on Campus - "Bill Gates wants my brain" --- i just had too, one movie quote i always think about when i hear his name! - shayne catrett

Bill wants his annual letter ritual to eventually rise to Warren Buffett level, so guess it's not surprising he's blowing kisses your way Robert. Or he just plain misses you. - mark ivey

Full on lurker or might he have an alias account? - AJ Kohn

Wouldn't Bill Gates employ someone to manage his social networking accounts? Or is the risk of mis-communication too great? - Bill Romanos

If Bill went on Twitter I am sure he would get a gazillion followers... Though Jobs would probably get a gazillion+1 - Peter Efland

BIG microsoft fan...Until I gotta macintosh that is. - Zee.

i'm sure someone e-mails him a daily ego-blast of all such things said throughout the Web. - Andy Sternberg

He has people read it for him, of course. - Monica Bower

Why do people assume he has people looking at Friendfeed and Twitter for him? Bill might like to read Twitter and FriendFeed feeds. - Nicholas James

first even before google: omniscient/omnipresent would be the Gates himself ~ he's watching.... - sofarsoShawn

Maybe this is really Bill: http://friendfeed.com/bob - April Russo (app103)

I bet he's pleased as punch about all the positive feedback on Win7, and should be. It's the best OS since Win95 came out. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Bill needs to grab this username quick@ http://friendfeed.com/billgat... ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Time to out myself, I'm actually Bill Gates. I've been watching you all. - jjprojects

jjprojects - LOL ... so Bill is running earthhour now too?! :) - Susan Beebe

tell him the credit check passed & yes, he can borrow some money, just wanted to make sure, you know financial crisis & alll... - sofarsoShawn

Wouldn't it be funny if Steve Jobs was here with an outrageous avatar? - Phil Boiarski

There could be a private room for tech CEO's, except Jerry Yang, of course - Roberto Bonini

@Jason, You have a camera on his office? - Phil Boiarski

لایک برای بیل عزیز. به فارسی نوشتم که نفهمین. هه هه - مرتضی

paul mooney

@Scobleizer The link on your BillyG video is still broken

January 30 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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My Bill Gates video has no audio. Major bummer. We talked about Polio and the breakthroughs in Malaria and education he's seeing. - Robert Scoble

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I think you'll find this interesting Gates Annual Letter http://bit.ly/KNa0 - Ryan Petty

@Ryan: Heh, the gates foundation site is in "Beta" - how web 2.0 of them! - Warren

@Warren, I saw that too. Got a chuckle out of it. I am really impressed with what Bill and Melinda are trying to do. - Ryan Petty

@ Scobleizer Maybe you could find someone good at reading lips to transcript for you.. - Mauricio Fonseca

Robert Scoble

The real problem with Davos: not enough focus on small business - http://scobleizer.com/2009...

January 28 from Scobleizer -- Tech geek... - Comment - Like - Share

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If you keep bailing out bad big companies, the good small ones never get to grow up. - Mike Seidle

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here's an idea, cap salaries/bonuses at $1 million or else the rich/powerful will keep on pillaging - Bob Sonin

yep, here's where bailing out the banks failed spectacularly, they were supposed to turn around and re-lend that money, rather than putting it in "safe" investments. "Bubbling up" money through small biz through generous lines of credit may be the only other real option. - Warren

We keep hearing of bail outs for large business that are not fit to survive in the modern economic climate but there are a lot of small business who have made preparations to cope with this sort of thing and they are being overlooked. Now would be a good time to start investing in these well run smaller business so that they can pick up the slack when the poorly run larger businesses go bust. - John Cooper

Warren: I just talked with someone who said the bailout was controlled by banks' interests via their lobbies. He thinks we should have dramatically increased regulation in exchange for the cash. He says we have setup a bad precident where bank executives don't care about the consequences for taking on too much risk. - Robert Scoble

Small business are created in countries with a strong middle class and not too many countries have much of a middle class. - paul mooney

Really good post, Robert. More like this please! :) - Ian Betteridge from BuddyFeed

like monarchies, big businesses don''t realize that they are being obsoleted because they are ineffective at providing solutions .... the dying financial "system" should be a good sign of whats changing ... - Iggy Kin

Good for you I'm glad someone is finally talking about this. I travel to Central America a lot and I think they are underdeveloped partly because of there small businesses. They have really small shops and American companies but no medium sized businesses that are so important for the economy. In the US those businesses make up 1/2 of our GDP. Also for every $1 spent in corporate business 13 cents goes to the community compared to 43 cent in a small business. We have to do more to support those businesses! - Nelson de Witt

I agree - although that has never been the point of Davos, which always been a fairly elite project focused at the "big" stuff. But the future out of our current mess goes through small, entrepreneurial, bottom-up inititatives, I think, and at the moment it is small and medium businesses that are hiring, as long as they are given the chance (and not squeezed to help the big guys get their health back together) - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Warren

Hash#Jobs - Jobs direct from the twitter stream - http://hashjobs.com/p/1

January 21 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

I just launched this today, hope it helps someone out there find a new gig... - Warren from Bookmarklet

Warren

You've been had: Sydney Cinderella's 'jacket man' exposed as viral ad - http://www.theage.com.au/news...

January 19 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Ahhh, the irony of the headline. Should be "We've been had" since the media lapped this stuff up without stopping to wonder if it was legit... :-) - Warren from Bookmarklet

Live4Emma (L4S)

fun games for baby

January 13 - Comment - Like - Share

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So I should stop playing scrabble with my 10 month old? Check. (btw, she beats me easily) - Penny

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Nah, baby's just in training! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Penny, m'dear...it's time to step up your game! - Live4Emma (L4S)

L4S, I know, I know. Meanwhile I kick her ass at long distance running (or any running for that matter) - Penny

I thought chess is good for baby; like the violin is. - Robert Miller

well that's not fair, penny...she has no motor skills to compete despite her dominance in the mental sports! ;-P - Live4Emma (L4S)

Why isn't chess good? Should we start with checkers? - Morton Fox

So I should get Stephen Colbert to take off his glasses and play peekaboo with our 3 month old? got it! :-p - Warren

hahaha at the baby's face! - *Tiffany Diamond*

Duncan Riley

Prison Break Cancelled - http://www.inquisitr.com/15219...

January 13 from The Inquisitr - Comment - Like - Share

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<whew> - Steven Hodson

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I was wondering how much longer that would go on... how many episodes can you make of a show about a prison break? - Aram Zucker-Scharff

They don't need it anymore. Jack Bauer has come to save the day. - Shawn Farner

I heard Fox also cancelled "My Own Worst Enemy" which I liked :( - AJ Batac

It's about time - Sean

There was a distinct amount of shark jumping going on this season, so I'm unsurprised... - Warren

Steve Isaacs

Ok, Galactica fans: Who is the final Cylon?

January 13 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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My brother. - Alex Scoble

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It's me but I didn't tell you that! - Cem Catikkas

Alex's Brother. - CW™

The other Scoble son. - CW™

Don't know, and not willing to bet much on any guesses. I think not Kara, not Adama, not Lee. Probably not Baltar. Maybe Roslin. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

ron moore - Amber, Random Time Lord

Don't you know? The answer is here: http://bit.ly/5s2v :-p - Warren

Caylie or Seelix would be my guesses, but I would love it if it were Admiral Cain - RAPatton

@RAP Cain?! No! After the way she treated Gina? That would be...awkward. I have a friend who makes a pretty good case for Gaeta. Seelix would be a good dark horse candidate, too. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

I want it to be Helo for some reason. But of course that means its not. - Amber, Random Time Lord

Robert Scoble

If you want more followers on Twitter and friendfeed here's what to do:

January 11 - Comment - Like - Share

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1. Stop begging for followers. It turns off all the interesting people. - Robert Scoble

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2. RT smart people's stuff but add onto it with a good comment. - Robert Scoble

3. If you have something smart to say, say it to someone directly like "Hey @techcrunch you should check out the new Palm Pre." - Robert Scoble

I now await the inevitable flood of "RTs" of this message ;-) - Warren

4. Send wine or other bribes to people who make lots of noise. - Robert Scoble

Sounds like someone's running low on wine :) - Eric Florenzano

5. If you are friends with a real celebrity bring them around at blogger/twitter parties. Make sure you get them to follow you and remember your name. All good twitterers have iPhones or other phones that they can tweet from. - Robert Scoble

6. Put your twitter and friendfeed addresses on your business cards. - Robert Scoble

7. Talk shit about Eric Florenzano. :-) - Robert Scoble

Ok, well that's *someone's* blog done for tomorrow, then! :) - WorldofHiglet

8. Follow people back if they add value. 1938media has added 1,000 new followers since he started following everyone back. - Robert Scoble

What kind of wine goes with bribe? Did you ask GaryVee while in Vegas? - Dave Cadoff

9. Talk shit about that Scoble dude. Yeah, me. Sometimes it gets a link and a follow. Especially if you teach me something while you are calling me an idiot. - Robert Scoble

LOL *hands Robert a bottle of wine* Please add the "don't pout or make a twitter fuss when you notice someone drops you. Insecurity isn't a attraction" - Sprite

10. Be interesting. Craig Newmark got hundreds of follows in first evening (I was the first to follow him) after I tweeted about him. Why? Because he was interesting already. - Robert Scoble

Remember it's not about the followers - it's about the relationships. Your purpose of having many followers should be so you can build relationships with as many of them as possible. - Jesse Stay

11. Do something sensational like tatoo your twitter address onto your face. - Robert Scoble

BTW, (real-life) relationships then bring more followers - Jesse Stay

Wine? Bribe? Anything will get noticed. Better yet, put a custom label on it and include your Twitter address on it. - Robert Scoble

Liked for the 'talk shit about Scoble'. Also, Scoble, do you accept Mead? - Will Higgins™

12. Hang out with Jesse Stay. Better yet, bring him to Twitter's headquarters for an interview (that's what I did and it worked). - Robert Scoble

I've tried to do everything on this list, but the tattoo isn't going to work. I've already branded my twitter address onto several steers. - Mike Nayyar

13. Stalk Guy Kawasaki until he calls the cops on you or follows you. - Robert Scoble

14. Get naked. Take pictures. Include your Twitter address. - Robert Scoble

er - we've seen most of your body, Robert, so where's *your* tatoo? - WorldofHiglet

15. Tweet from a burning plane. - Robert Scoble

16. Tweet from jail. - Robert Scoble

17. Tweet your marriage proposal. - Robert Scoble

Robert, so you're saying I got you more followers? - Jesse Stay

18. Tweet you are dying. - Robert Scoble

19. Be a member of congress, or better yet, Barack Obama. - Robert Scoble

This would loose me followers. Trust me on this. It would also get me a few lawsuits I think. :D - MarkCarras

this is going to go on for like...days...isn't it :P - Erin @queenofspain

#18 is reasonable, as long as you don't actually die. Lowers your productivity. - Ken Brady

Jesse: hanging out with you made me far cooler than I was previously. - Robert Scoble

If I'm gonna get naked, I've got to have some sort of revenue coming in. At least enough to buy a netbook with. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Write a FriendFeed post about how to get others to follow you - Jesse Stay

20. Get your picture on the Twitter blog. (Actually that didn't work that well because they didn't include my Twitter address). Heheh. - Robert Scoble

be yourself and those that fit with you will follow? or at least seem a certain way for that audience? - David

21. Tweet while having sex. Or getting drunk. Or, better yet, doing both. - Robert Scoble

Robert, no, I must say I became much cooler hanging out with you - Jesse Stay

Will: Mead? Absolutely! - Robert Scoble

Jesse: that's what you think. Ask your real friends and they will probably tell you otherwise. :-) - Robert Scoble

22. get on Leo Laporte's show and have him order his listeners to follow you. He did this last Sunday to my son and you should have seen the followers roll in. That dude has POWER!!! - Robert Scoble

Robert, I asked them and they said you're the man - Jesse Stay

23. Get @garyvee to take you wine tasting. Tweet it. - Robert Scoble

24. Write a book about Twitter. - Robert Scoble

naked pictures drunk sex and dying. got it. Oh, also, be Barack Obama. ANything else? - Erin @queenofspain

25. Get Chris Brogan to say you are smart. - Robert Scoble

Be hot and make sure your avatar shows it - Chris Saad

WTF how pathetic do u have to be tohave this desire to be followed.Ppl follow u cuz they find u interesting & if not they will dump u period.Being a Personal Ball washer is just lame to get to have followers.be sure to hold ur ground. - Baba

26. Get into an argument with @techcrunch. - Robert Scoble

I've mentioned my Twitter account on The Tech Guy but I think my last name throws people. :D - MarkCarras

27. Question @loic's Frenchness. - Robert Scoble

Go to breakfast with @techcrunch and he tweets about it randomly - Chris Saad

"Have Scoble say you are interesting." Just worked for a few people I am going to "try follow". - Dean Clark

Erin, welcome to Twitter ;-) - Jesse Stay

28. Be like Baba and call everyone who worries about being followed an idiot. Or 28B. Agree with Baba. Personally, he's right! - Robert Scoble

Tell any blogger they're wrong - Jesse Stay

29. Claim you are above this stupid game. - Robert Scoble

Quit Twitter, come back after 2 months - Jesse Stay

All bloggers are wrong at least every few posts. Especially me! :D - MarkCarras

30. Follow more interesting people. That's why I've said for a year now it's most important who you follow, not who is following you. What I really was trying to say there is if you want better followers you've got to follow better people. - Robert Scoble

lol Jesse. Twitter? What's that? I thought I was learning how to sell a shamwow - Erin @queenofspain

What kind of wine are we talking here? - Chris Poirier

Mark, you bet, but we are all type-A personalities. We hate to be told we're wrong and will defend it to our dying day. :) - Jesse Stay

31: Give away something. Hold a contest. - Robert Scoble

Launch a great Twitter service and stick your twitter name in the footer - Chris Saad

32. Invite Louis Gray over for dinner. Make sure he brings his twins. Take pictures. 1000 extra points if you bring shirts for the twins with your Twitter address on them. - Robert Scoble

be in a warzone and don't die - Simon T Small

33. Do something outrageous for followers. - Robert Scoble

Start a thread going on and on about it on FriendFeed :) - Chris Saad

imagine what'd happen if you had sex with Obama on a burning plane heading for a warzone, whilst drunk, and piloting the plane? - Simon T Small

@Simon ROFL too funny - Chris Saad

34. Chris Saad is right. Speaking of Chris, if you party with him in Amsterdam you'll get more followers. Oh, and if you are the guy who wrote http://www.twittervision.com you'll get more followers. - Robert Scoble

Take a pic down a girls shirt and post it on FF. - David

Not 'Chris Saad' robert - @ChrisSaad :D - Chris Saad

Get in with the Mommy Bloggers and #GNO Tweeps - Jesse Stay

35. Get your Twitter address on CNN. UPDATE: Hey, Chris Saad here you have to put http://www.friendfeed.com/chrissa... heheh. - Robert Scoble

Good call Jesse, I was going to say piss off the mommybloggers , but getting in with them works too...lol - Erin @queenofspain

I've had 2 new FriendFeed followers just from this thread. - Jesse Stay

Follow Garry Vee (don't ask me to spell his full name out at this time of night, please?) what kind of wine goes with Twittering. *lol* Well, Gary Vee is THE wine expert on Twitter. :P - Mol, Time Warping

be Robert Scoble - Simon T Small

36. Jesse Stay found a new one: comment on lots of friendfeed threads! - Robert Scoble

@simontsmall post your Twitter feed here http://twitter.com/simonts... - Simon T Small

Erin, it is my goal to be King of the Mommy bloggers - Jesse Stay

Follow just 1 online multi-level marketer and you'll has a ton start following you - Paul Povolni

I buy dinner for anyone who comes to my area and contacts me through Twitter...and is following me. :D - MarkCarras

I find that not following people back increases the rate at which I gain followers - Simon T Small

Simon: being Robert Scoble is pretty hard. You've gotta keep coming up with new ways to find followers. It's easier to call him an asshole on twitter. Even better, call him, TechCrunch, 1938media, JasonCalacanis, Guy Kawasaki, and a few other people assholes. - Robert Scoble

37. Jeremiah Owyang found this one: stop Twittering. - Robert Scoble

I'm amazed I don't get called an asshole more often. I think this should be my New Years Resolution. :D - MarkCarras

38. Follow someone, then when they don't follow you back, call them out on it and say they are lame. - Robert Scoble

Robert: haha! I'll try it now :) - Simon T Small

39. Come up with a new Twitter game. Get it retweeted by Chris Brogan. - Robert Scoble

Make a real funny stream on Friendfeed, but better yet put it on your blog so SEO really gathers people to it and put your Friendfeed/Twitter handles right in the post - Ian D. Nock

40. Pay Magpie to spam everyone with your Twitter address. - Robert Scoble

41. Go to Gnomedex. - Robert Scoble

Oh don't tell people to talk shit about you. It's kinda sad to see people talking crap about you, then when you're some place they are, they turn all fanboy. - Anika

Robert: wait, not change in plans, I don't hate those people, damn it! - Simon T Small

No one gets to be King of the mommybloggers until I deem it so dammit - Erin @queenofspain

42. Hang out with @newmediajim at the Inauguration. - Robert Scoble

I figured it out before Jeremiah: http://staynalive.com/article... - Jesse Stay

43. Hang out with Hillary Clinton in Davos (my dream). - Robert Scoble

Erin, but I thought you were the Queen of Spain - Jesse Stay

44. Come up with a new set of rules for Twitter behavior. - Robert Scoble

Oh boy, Mr. Scoble. I hope you are not Tweeting while getting drunk and having sex... Poor Mommy and son... Some things need to stay sacred. Do you really want the world at large to know what you are doing at all times? Quit goofing and send us more tech info we enjoy. Great videos from CES by the way. I even got my partner to come and watch some of them. Thanks for the good stuff! - Colleen

45. Get more followers on Facebook then get them all to join you on Twitter. - Robert Scoble

46. Be @god. Even better. Be @god and hand out beta invites to something cool coming soon. - Robert Scoble

Colleen: I didn't say I use all these ideas. But I've seen them work on other people. :-) - Robert Scoble

Don't forget the with @mchammer part - Jesse Stay

Give a talk at a geek event and make sure you give out your Twitter name for feedback - Chris Saad

47. Twitter the birth of your new baby (high risk, if you aren't there mentally during contractions you might see your iPhone thrown across the room). - Robert Scoble

Pay @MrTweet to recommend you to everyone - Chris Saad

48. Tweet exclusive Apple news before anyone else does. - Robert Scoble

49. Be the first to retweet a big earthquake tweet. - Robert Scoble

Got any more? - Robert Scoble

Throw popularity out the window and somehow measure influence (stay tuned) :) - Chris Saad

Make a list of ways to get more followers. - Scott Kingery

change your name to your @twitter handle - Simon T Small

Chris: hah, even better, have so many followers already that you break MrTweet. :-) - Robert Scoble

50. Post cleavage pictures of yourself with your Twitter name plastered on the picture CLASSY! - Mona Nomura

Ustream the birth of your new baby (even higher risk, but at least you have proof): http://www.ustream.tv/blog... - Jesse Stay

51. Follow everyone then unfollow as soon as you get a follow - follow that? - Mona Nomura

Chris: Influence is gold, like it, am tuned - Simon T Small

This post alone lets me see the value of FriendFeed over Twitter for conversations. Glad the list above isn't documentation of your personal twitter conquest, but a record of some of the looneyness of Twitter follower greediness - Paul Povolni

52. Move to SF and go to every. single. Tweet-up! YAY HOW FUN! - Mona Nomura

Be Warren Buffett or similar. - Moushumi Kabir

Scott: I don't know that this list helped me that much. But, how about a list of things that will get rid of followers? I bet that one would work better. - Robert Scoble

53. Set text alerts for Brightkite and follow all the huge Tweeter's comings and goings - show up and SUBTLY introduce yourself so you'll be name dropped. Keyword = SUBTLY - Mona Nomura

54. Go to every single conference and shamelessly pass out your Twitter in lieu of email! - Mona Nomura

Streak at the Supebowl with your twitter name on your front and back(side) - Simon T Small

Be a default on FriendFeed - Jesse Stay

Nice to see this list here instead of scattered across oblivion---I mean Twitter... - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

use http://search.twitter.com to find people that like what you like, @reply them and RT their stuff. :) - Simon T Small

Jesse: that only used to work. There are no defaults on friendfeed anymore. In fact, if you don't have any friends it won't recommend anyone to you. - Robert Scoble

Name drop as much as you can and do whatever it takes to get written up on ValleyWag (wow, I've learned a lot in six months!) - Mona Nomura

Get Robert Scoble to tweet that he can't believe what's going on at your birthday party even though it was a tame house party with friends - Chris Saad

Tell people to NOT follow you. I mean it. Don't. - Andrew Smith

Get your name on Alltop - Jesse Stay

another posting sponsored by Palm *yawn* - Dieter Schwarz from Nambu

Post a bajillion pictures of your kids, pets, and more kids. - Mona Nomura

Make sure you participate in every. single. Robert post and name drop him as much as possible. ;) - Mona Nomura

Mona, great one - Kids, Dogs, and Kittenz - Bacon, too - Jesse Stay

@Dieter if a post was sponsored by anyone scoble would let u know - trust me - Chris Saad

Go to every. single. event and take + post as many. pictures. as you can w/ the "famous" people and PING.FM THOSE PICTURES! - Mona Nomura

Here's a novel idea - Have something interesting to say and focus on producing value instead of your follower count :) - Chris Saad

Mona, Facebook and Flickr tag them as well - Jesse Stay

Always respond to people with an "@" ie: @scobelizer WOW this thread RULES - since you never know what Google's indexing! - Mona Nomura

Dieter: Huh? If anything this post would be sponsored by Seagate. You can follow them at http://friendfeed.com/seagate (Seagate sponsors my video show, not my friendfeed account). - Robert Scoble

Mona: 'post famous pictures' Love it. Works a charm on facebook. - Simon T Small

i have a new one: use Browser bugs to greet your blogvisitors with their twittername http://is.gd/eMdF @andreasklinger - Andreas Klinger

Chris: having something interesting to say? No, that couldn't work, could it? I'd rather talk about my followers. :-) - Robert Scoble

Retweet this thread (no, that's not a request, it's an idea) - Jesse Stay

Robert: U do both so its all good :) - Chris Saad

Chris Saad: yer talkin crazy with that last one. Focus on content? Insanity. - Scott Kingery

55: Dieter reminded me of one more: talk about products that already have Twitter accounts. When I talked about HR Block they followed me. So did Ford. So did Zappos. - Robert Scoble

56. Don't auto-DM followers just follow them back or RT their next tweet - Damian Holmes

Get a tshirt made with your twitter name on it... - Luke Harvey-Palmer

Find a unique thing that you can help another Twitter user on - the bigger the user, the better. Fix their problem. - Jesse Stay

So did @HeavyAsHell Oh wait, that's my site. :D - MarkCarras

57. post a comment to a robert scoble FF feed - Damian Holmes

Luke: T-shirts are so common. How about shoes? Jeans? Underwear? Don Box used to have his company logo on underwear. Called them "Boxer shorts." I still remember those, even though I've forgotten all the lame Tshirts I've ever gotten. - Robert Scoble

Only a slut is going to be able to advertise well with branded underwear - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Compete for the most followers on Twitter - didn't Leo and Calacanis do that at one time? (or am I getting the contenders wrong?) - Jesse Stay

58. write your twitter name on your eyelids then go to a tweetup or large tech conference - Damian Holmes

MiniMage: not true. Don Box is no slut. He now runs a team at Microsoft. - Robert Scoble

Spam FF with your useful knowledge - WorldofHiglet

Be an early adopter - be one of the first, get in early, and build a follow base early - Jesse Stay

Another one? Take pictures of Twitter users and follow them. They almost always follow back. - Robert Scoble

I aint never heard of Don Box, and that means I didn't see that underwear! ;). No, seriously, I concede, but I had to make a retort. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

This thread is my bucket list. - Eric Florenzano

I think a good way to make more friends is to live an interesting life. Life is a journey. You meet people just around every corner. Twitter happens to be one of them. - Helge V. Keitel

Build up and help out a non-A list, but up-and-coming A or B list Twitter user or blogger. They will be more appreciative (it's those people that like the shirts and swag). - Jesse Stay

Tweet something like this: "I'm looking for funny people to follow, do you know any?" - Robert Scoble

Never sleep - Jesse Stay

#ces09 hash #mwsf09 tags #cwc09 use #sxsw09 them #snl as #jackiepetersspawn much · #gaza as #hiphop possible #burritos every #dubstep other #microblogging word = KEY (relevance matters not) - Mona Nomura

Get @gapingvoid to use your twitter address in one of his cartoons (he designed my business cards and you would be amazed how well that works). - Robert Scoble

@Mona use a hot suggestive silhouette as your avatar - that alwasy helps too - Chris Saad

Mona you are *so* followed - Jesse Stay

Take Louis Gray to a Vodka bar. You might not get any followers, but you will have a good time and he doesn't drink so you'll have a safe drive home, too! - Robert Scoble

follow A, B, C, D, E, F, X and Z listers - Damian Holmes

Create a custom T-shirt with "I Love Your Stream" (mine) on front(or your own words) and your Twitter name on back. I did it with @crypticfragment at zazzle.com. Still waiting for it. I didn't put twitter name on back though, should have, but not trying to gain HUGE followers, just the ones that would like to hear about furniture,interior design and eco home stuff! I put: twitter:FTW, on the back. - Leslie Carothers

Robert, not to mention get on the front of Valleywag - Jesse Stay

I keep hiding this but it doesn't stay hidden. :( - Mona Nomura

Follow the Top 500 in your City then Top 500 in your Country that's at least 500 follow backs - Damian Holmes

Jesse: I find that I get a lot of followers by keeping the A list on the A list. Who wants to deal with those assholes if they fall onto the B list? - Robert Scoble

I'm with @garyvee & how he encourages us to *execute the best YOU* - don't try to be anyone else but the *best* you... your passionate self. Peeps who resonate with you will follow. And for sure add value, retweet good resources, build peeps up, thank those who comment on your blog & RT you. - Mari Smith

58. Post to a list to get people to follow you. such as the one explaining how to get people to follow you... - Sheraz Mahmood

ROFL Robert! - Jesse Stay

share links to awesome blog posts - Simon T Small

Sheraz Mahmood I just tried that, thought i'd do something, but 10 minutes later and nothing *cries* - Simon T Small

59. Be the center of the universe...the rest will follow - Sheraz Mahmood

Unnecessarily talk about iPhones. - Mona Nomura

Start browser wars. - Mona Nomura

Re-Tweet all of Tech Crunch's posts. - Mona Nomura

Start Steve Jobs rumors - Mona Nomura

Name drop Hollywood celebrities even if you don't know them. - Mona Nomura

By the way, I'm following everyone who has participated on this so far. Why? Because only geeks would be online on a Saturday night and I want to follow all the geeks. So, everyone here has at least one follower on friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

write a dramatic post about a family from Romania with a child with down syndrome and ask people to donate money. - Simon T Small

Robert: You'll need to unfollow me, its 6pm Sunday here in Aussieland, so I'm not a commited geek sorry - Simon T Small

Robert: Gotta do something while Windows 7 downloads :) - Scott Kingery

Haha!! So busted - very good point re your last comment, Robert. Thank goodness for fab understanding spouses is all I say. hehe - Mari Smith

60. Get on FriendFeed and Twitter super early and become de facto popular. And yes, #32 is a must. - Louis Gray

Robert: were not all in Silicon Valley - its 16:30 in China - (awaiting the flames or unfollows - which is worst?) - Damian Holmes

... and always listen to Scoble! Ha-ha. Robert, we admire you! - Alan Kodzasov

Another tip: Don't live in Australia nearly NOBODY here is on Twitter - Simon T Small

Compliment the crap out of "A-listers" and always laugh at all of their jokes. Make sure to add at least seven exclamation points. ie:"LOL!!!!!!!!!!" to stand out from the crowd. - Mona Nomura

Note: above only works if you participate in every. single. one of their posts on both Twitter and FriendFeed! - Mona Nomura

Mona: absolutely! :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert: 5:30 pm in Tokyo. I'm pretty much just getting going for the day. :-) - Ken Brady

Say something that makes a 200 + comment thread ;) - videopixil

When you send bribes, make sure to research. ie: LG doesn't drink but Robert likes wine. Subtly ask for preferences so they'll get something they actually _like_ <--KEY. - Mona Nomura

Use Tweetdeck and apply filters to see subjects you are expert in. You'll notice lots of people look for advice in certain fields so you can reply and show your expertise. I notice those people you help are happy and more likely to follow you even if you don't follow them. - Luca Filigheddu from fftogo

Have a sense of humor! - Mona Nomura

Not to forget: You need to stress that Mac and iPhone are cool and superior. - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

@videopixil Of course, that applies to most things Scoble says. - Ken Brady

@tkpleslie says," Ask people like @scobleizer sincere question about whether Nokia's new phone works for people, like me, that wear hearing aids when's he's in Japan in middle of your night at the actual Nokia conference where phone is being intro'd for first time. He did respond,nicely,but did not follow so I guess it doesn't work too well. - Leslie Carothers

Send Mona lego art wrapped in bacon. Oh wait, that'll get you friendfeed follows. - Yuvi

better yet. take Robert AND Louis to a Vodka bar - Erin @queenofspain

OMG iPhones are SO 2008. Becoming a Palm, Pre, and Nova fanbois = FUTURE - Mona Nomura

@Mona Humor is key. What better length at which to be witty? Any longer than this and most of us become dull. - Ken Brady

Robert, I kinda bagged you, with a positive spin, it got me on openzap 'today's best' http://openzap.com/ - Simon T Small

Crap, #palm #pre #nova #followme #ILOVEROBERTSCOBLE!!!!!!!!!! - Mona Nomura

This was before I really understood as @marismith says, that true value in twitter for me is having followers and following those people with intersecting paths because, like in real life, that's how interesting real conversations have a chance to develop into fuller, deeper, more lasting relationships. - Leslie Carothers

Robert, It's Sunday Morning in Loviisa, Finland ;) - Helge V. Keitel

Leslie: I did follow you here on friendfeed. I still haven't been able to find out if it works well for hearing impaired. I'm sure it does, though. The speaker phone on that device is pretty darn good. - Robert Scoble

Speak in SAT verbiage at all times to make yourselves sound smarter. - Mona Nomura

Never admit: ay kin knot reed end rite... :( - Mona Nomura

This is a great list Robert, I love making new friends. All those awful things people are saying about you must be wrong - aren't they? -] - Chris Loft

Post YouTube clips of classical music to make yourself seem more cultured. - Mona Nomura

Share everythign popular on digg because if it's on digg, it MUST be cool. - Mona Nomura

stop following people who post about following and follow people who don't try... - Ryan

mention yourself on Scobles friendfeed (@mattrendo) - Matt Rendo

Keep up with memes since everyone wants to hear what's been repeated on the web a trillion times without contributing a new opinion. ie: CES looks cool. - Mona Nomura

All great points. I've always hated requests for follows. I'm only attempting something like it for charity. In that instance, those who do the same should be very clear about WHY they want followers in the first place. Otherwise it looks like you're just in it for yourself. - Brandon Mendelson

@mattrendo, already been said up there! But you FAIL since you forgot the hashtag: #scoblizerrulesOMGWTFBACON. - Mona Nomura

Chris Loft: everything said about me is absolutely true! :-) - Robert Scoble

So it's true that you have huge... giant... socks? - Chris Saad

Thanks for the follow here on FriendFeed, Robert. I know this is where you interact. But,because home base for me is Twitter, I never saw your follow here until I went to comment on this thread! It's too much for me to constantly go back and forth and also keep up with work, life,friends and family.How do you guys do it? Thanks, tho, Robert,for letting me know. I learn from you ALL the time. - Leslie Carothers

I really am not obsessed with more followers. Sure I appreciated them as much as the next person. It is not a popularity contest for my use case. Hence, I will never be a "Top 100" person on Twitter. ;) - Rodney Rumford

If it's on the Internet, it is ALWAYS true, Robert. ;) - Mona Nomura

Try to explain yourself out of being a geek when you really are - Jesse Stay

I am indeed a failure, all the more reason to follow me... and that BACON Mona N. mentioned - Matt Rendo

Get Robert Scoble to Foreward/Afterword your book for you - Jesse Stay

@Jesse I'm incapable of explaining myself out of being a geek. Better to embrace it. - Ken Brady

61: Add on to a Robert Scoble numbered list with an incrementally interesting item. - Steve Garfield

Bacon IS the future, Matt! - Mona Nomura

#monanisaddicatedtohashtags :P #simonlikeshashtagstoo - Simon T Small

Is this the biggest thread ever on FriendFeed? - Eric Florenzano

Get Rodney Rumford to Foreward/Afterword your book for you - Jesse Stay

This is an EPIC thread. Thank you Robert and THANK YOU INTERNET! - Mona Nomura

62: Follow Steve Garfield in a Scoble numbered list - Jesse Stay

bacon - http://www.browniepointsblog.com/2008... - Matt Rendo

#WWRD - videopixil

I wonder how long it will take Friendfeed to add comment ratings like Digg? - Simon T Small

Hey Mr. Scoble! You make it sound like a bad thing to be online on a Saturday night. -Mr. Geek ;-P - Eddie Soto

Refrain from hijacking someone's thread by digressing with bacon - Focus, Matt. FOCUS! - Mona Nomura

Hilarious thread BTW!! - Eddie Soto

Content is king!!!!!!! (Mona see, 7) - Amit Morson

See... Me=failure A sense of humor seems to attract followers too. - Matt Rendo

Memorize this entire thread by EOD Monday and recite it back to Robert - on video! - Mona Nomura

Re-Tweet all 264 lines Googleplex times - or until the FailWhale / FailRobot appears. - Mona Nomura

Talk about how much you love Twitter and Facebook. - dont' forget the hashtags: pound facebook pound twitter. - Mona Nomura

Jesse. OK. Now I am smiling man... lol. By the way thanks for writing the afterword for my twitter book: Twitter as a Business Tool. - Rodney Rumford

Deem yourself a Social Network Expert and write a bajillion blog posts on "How to Use Twitter for Business" - Mona Nomura

Oops. Sorry Rodney. Bad timing... :) - Mona Nomura

Be consistently random - wait, no, then they will unfollow you :( - Matt Rendo

Always use emoticons as disclaimers! - Mona Nomura

What is this thread about?. I forgot by the time I read to the end of it. - Jim Bednarz

Bash on mattrendo - Matt Rendo

Always use *this* emoticon: :-) - WorldofHiglet

Have foot in mouth moments. Oh, wait... - Mona Nomura

63: Profit!! - Aaron Baer

Be a spam artist - Matt Rendo

Follow everyone posting here - Sheraz Mahmood

back up your success with nothing more than 140 characters - Sheraz Mahmood

I've noticed that people who start a controversy, especially with a high profile person, get an immediate boost in followers. You'd think it would backfire but it seems to have the opposite effect. Maybe it's the trainwreck factor? People curious what on earth will be said next? - Liz

Apparently posting on Scoble's Friendfeed works... 6 followers in the last few minutes. - Matt Rendo

Woah. 278+ comments. Impressive! This is definitely one that will stick on FFholic for a while. - Phil G

You forgot to add being Karl Rove to the list: http://twitter.com/KarlRov... - Roberto Bonini

Wondering is anybody will read all these comments. I do believe if twitter doesn't get it together, that a large group will flock out to another destination. ala: Poof! - Dave

Hey @scobleizer, your post would have been more appropriate on a blog. - Klaus Alexander Seistrup

Post photos of cute puppies on FriendFeed. - Amit Morson

To get followers, jump into a Tweetchat "room", get into the convo, follow folks then tell them in the chat room that you are following. For the "Happy09" chat, there were tons of people in there. Better yet, start your own chat/chat meme! - Jesse P. Luna

@ reply like crazy to let the person know you followed them ie: @Scobleizer HI I FOLLOWED YOU FOLLOW ME BACK repeat until FailWhale/FailRobot shows up. - Mona Nomura

Well, that's starting to work . . . anyone else getting lots of new friends? . . . and I didn't have to insult anybody. I think I might have to post one of my classical video clips for Mona http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Chris Loft

Leslie, the N series work v well with the hearing impaired, but the iPhone works even better from my experience FTW! - Sally Church

One thing that annoys me: people who discuss their follower numbers on twitter. Its just not interesting! I just subscribed to someone and unsubscribed the next day as 4 tweets were about passing 10000 - I'm very glad for you but it is just noise in my feed. Now I understand the feeling - I was amazed the day 100 people followed me (it is all relative :) ) - but it is not necessary to tweet about it. - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

I was going to send you some Swiss wine Robert, but I was told it doesn't travel well, so drank it myself. Just so you know, it was good :-) - Paul Shadwell

I'm paling up with several here, in spite of what Mr. Scoble says about Saturday night geeks. -Mr. Geek ;-P - Eddie Soto

Participate in a Robert Scoble's friendfeed conversation on Saturday night, have him follow you, post the screenshot of him following you - Bertrand Doux

On the subject of more followers, arrrrrgh! *runs screaming from room.... * - Sally Church

Tweet about Windows 7(or something equally as interesting), which I'll be doing a lot of in the coming days, It's installing as I type this! - Kevin Lloyd

Tweet, but don't tweet too much because people apparently don't want to hear from you (or is it just me! ;)) THAT much! :) - Christopher Kusek

I'm using Windows 7 right now! I've posted tweets and videos of it on YouTube - check it out! http://friendfeed.com/e... - Will Higgins™

Paul, what's that about swiss wine not travelling so well? It travels beautifully (but you need to get the good ones). It is so hard to find outside Switzerland because the swiss tend to drink all of it. - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Liz, I thought that was really funny cos it's Sunday evening here. I'm not some z-list geek sitting here wasting my time on a Saturday night. -[ - Chris Loft

point 4 above is shameless self-plug :) but entertaining :))) - A.T.

64. Comment on a Robert Scoble list at 2:21 AM in bed becausse you could not sleep - Tyler (Chacha)

65. Plan to write a blog post on thisentry in the morning - Tyler (Chacha)

66. Fail at placing a space between in this and entry on a scoble list ( iPod recognizes Scoble as a word and auto completed it) - Tyler (Chacha)

You guys are awesome by the way. - Tyler (Chacha)

Tattoo your twitter/friendfeed address on other people. - Kevin Leroux

lmao!!! great one Robert - Kaysha

get stuck on a bus in death valley in the middle of the night with robert scoble. - Christine Lu

Follow an obscure norwegian and get incoherent conversations about whales, blåbærsyltetøy, and the semantic web;) (which may make people curious.. or unfollow you actually..) - Thomas Bøhm

Get up at 6 am on Sundays if living in Europe because otherwise you miss Robert Scoble's craziest moments and most interesting threads = people *damn* I should have never slept in! - Gaby K. Slezák

A real one: Upload a sexy picture on your profile or your twitter bg !! - İbrahim Uzun [ j ]

Claim that Scoble and Techcrunch are simply manufactured entities by a mysterious corporate power using Coke vs. Pepsi tactics to polarize the masses in an effort to conquer the world. - Bob Starr

RT @scobleizer Robert this is good advice, except I don't see any reference to bodacious tat-tas. ;) - John Craft

RT @scobleizer Robert wow, your post generated so many comments, is this the most number of comments from a single tweet in Twitter history? Can anyone confirm? - Alvin

Sorry not Twitter, this is from FriendFeed :) - Alvin

67. write about stuff you are enthusiastic about and that's only covered by a handful of people yet (like virtual worlds, metaverse) and shamelessly reveal that you are enthusiastic about that in one of the most commented on @scobleizer threads ;-) - Gaby K. Slezák

stop reading half way but say it was awesome anyway - Stephen Breen

You forgot about having a whole lot of time on your hands! - John D Reasor

yet still looking busy kthxbai - Thomas Bøhm

Stop caring who follows you! - Elias Bizannes

I can't scroll to the bottom ;-) This list is hilarious! Robert, I'm glad you have been taking notes this whole time! - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Do NOT use the phrase "social media" in your Twitter bio. - Frank Scavo

"16. Tweet from jail" ahahahahahahaha :) - Lucio

I knew I should have tweeted from the back of that police van on the stroke of new year's eve, watching the fireworks. And walking away. Walking. With a big grin on my face. We'z not dus photoz. Doh. - Chris Loft

Write an "unofficial biography of Robert Scoble" and have it published? ;) - Tyson Key

Post a picture of you with someone famous... http://tinyurl.com/8xbcds - geekazine

“Scoble's law of unfollows: for everyone who you get on Twitter that says they will unfollow you will get 87 new followers.” http://tinyurl.com/9oahwc - Tapio Kulmala

Talk about the versatility of bacon - BACON - crisp, tasty BACON - BEX

Just noticed this is a very dude-heavy thread (not all but mainly) and that I mainly subscribe to guys on FriendFeed. But on Twitter I have about 60/40 men/women Following mix, I think. It was the comments about ta-tas and sexy profile photos that made me realize the difference. - Liz

Lock Robert Scoble, Mona N, Jesse Stay, Louis Gray, Jason Calacanis and Techcrunch in a room. Only release them when they've retweeted every single of your tweets and told all their followers to follow you! - Nicholas James

nope its nun of the above; .they are just hacking into your FF account;If you really want more followers on Twitter and friendfeed this is what you do, its...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.they got me. - tomartomartini

Set up a low-wage tweet farmer in China. - Richard Sprague

Use Jennifer Aniston's cleavage as your avatar. - Jim Mitchem

omg I go to bed and you people KEEP GOING. unreal. - Erin @queenofspain

Yep .. I think this has reached the most active discussion .. ever (It past Dave Winer's post which is most discussed in past 30 days) - Tyler (Chacha)

Come on people! We need to reach 500 comments! - Tyler (Chacha)

Tweet unto you as you would like to be tweeted. - iamkhayyam

Create a Robert Scoble fan blog and title it Mr. Awesome. :) - Bill Romanos

69. start a list and slowly move out of it as other members of the community move in to pick it up (there is no 68) - you are now running things without even being there. - Valeria Maltoni

Be a more interesting what Robert? :p oh and maybe follow the fastest top ten commenters here. - mrsha

I am reading this in friendfeed on my iPhone and immediately regretting my decision to tap "read more..." I made it through the first 12 then began skimming and my thumb began sobbing... - John Reynolds

I don't remember any friendfeed item getting more than 300 comments. I think this is now the new high water mark. Wow! - Robert Scoble

Or: Post a “If you want more followers on Twitter and friendfeed here's what to do:” tweet :-) - Marco Massarotto

Not being in this comment stream is so embarrassing. Wait, so is BEING in this comment stream! - Tom Guarriello

i wonder if you did it all wrong, would you really get no followers... - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Joelle: if you did it all wrong you would still get followers but they just would be all spammers. - Robert Scoble

Robert - define spam... Is this post spam? - Brian Roy

Comment on the longest thread in Friendfeed history. - Mike Lewis

You're right! I forgot about the spammers :D - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

it seems pretty simple: post interesting things, interact thoughtfully, and be patient - Kelly W.

70. When all else fails, make interesting crap up about Robert, Gary, Brogan, etc.. - Todd Jordan

It isn't how many follow you... it is the quality of those you follow. But... that makes it hard to keep score and determine who is "winning". - Brian Roy

patient? I want 1000 followers and I want them now! ;) (actually, I am with Kelly on this one) - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

How to get Robert et al to follow you - http://friendfeed.com/e... - Todd Jordan

Commentate on sports during the game or politics during debates. - Nicki Laycoax

Put a nice Twitter Icon on your blog like mine http://marketingtechblog.com - Douglas Karr

You know... Chris Brogan liked a post of mine and retweeted it letting everyone know... it ended up bringing me about 800 new visitors in the span of 2 hours. There's definitely something to be said about being seen with the right people. :) - Steven Sanders

Hey Robert, say something positive about each of us today? Really be a boost. - Todd Jordan

AVG works just fine for me under Windows 7! - Dave Oliver

Todd: you all are beautiful. And smart. That's why I am following everyone on this thread. - Robert Scoble

It's simple, but just do two things (in order): 1. Create good content. 2. Market that content in an intelligent, non-spammy way. - Daniel Miessler

Daniel: marketing part is what we're really talking about here. How to/who to/when to/where to/what to market. - Todd Jordan

OMG this is STILL alive?! WOW - Mona Nomura

Keep it going!!!! - Tyler (Chacha)

I'm wondering at how many comments this will start crashing browsers - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

That said: Talk about Twitter and FriendFeed all day every day. Don't forget to include: "I AM A SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT" in all of your profiles. - Mona Nomura

Make special badges that scream your self proclaimed title. You know, kind of like flair? Or girl/boy scouts? - Mona Nomura

@Mona - heck yeah, huge % of new followers claim to be soc media experts. - Todd Jordan

Todd- FAIL. You forgot Rule #163. NAME DROP. @scobelizer (I'm just namedropping but really addressing Mona... err @monaaa) - Mona Nomura

Not call anyone out but I think it should be: " I AM A SOCIAL MEDIA SLUT!1!" ;-P - Mathew A. Koeneker

Mathew - CRAP you stole my thunder... I'm working on a blog post entitled "How to know if you are a social media slut"... thanks! - Brian Roy

Brian - I hope that comes after: "10,000 Ways to Effectively use Twitter for Business" - Mona Nomura

I wish FF would timestamp comments. It'd be interesting to know how this conversation flowed...or jumped around. - Liz

Mona - pretty sure those two are the same post... No? - Brian Roy

Liz: Just hang out over the little convo balloon to the left of the comments. It shows you how long ago the comment was left. :-) - Lisa L. Seifert

Be serious at ALL times since analyzing Social Networks with charts and graphs is THE FUTURE! - Mona Nomura

Announce your twitter address after saying the pledge of allegiance over the school intercom system. - David Rose

I drunk tweet all the time, and it doesn't help. People just email you AA invitations. - Alex Wilhelm (FF BLOWS)

+1 Mona! I'll make a video of this :D - Yuvi

Since you are all here... I was wondering. Have you seen my car keys? - Brian Roy

Another would be to make a Bacon Fan Club Room. - Nicholas James

Will find out soon if becoming a social media diva pin-up acquires more followers :) - Nicola Quinn

PLAY with your followers and build a community of FANS. Start a meme, host a trivia session (@linnetwoods), do fun thematic Blip.fm sets (@jesseluna, @Dave_Malby), start a fun-spirited smackdown battle with another Twitterer (@Dana_Wilhoit and @SeanAMcAlister). UStream and play Wii while you're lightly toasted with a fun friend (@queenofspain) - Jesse P. Luna

Start your own threads using all and only Robert's suggestions. Originality means nothing, it's all about being a Robert clone! - Mona Nomura

Be imperfect, fragile, human - someone everyone can relate to. - Tomi Itkonen

Participate in memes where you can post old pictures of yourself from 70s, 80s or 90s. - Larry Kless

71. Create a list that combines Sex and Windows http://friendfeed.com/e... - Tyler (Chacha)

Hate on someone enough for them to write about you. It worked for Sean Hammons (Clicky) and Techcrunch.......... - Alex Wilhelm (FF BLOWS)

i'm afraid some of those won't quite give you the right kind of followers - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

entertain! - kosmar

I'm wondering if everyone who has commented here is at least following each other now. - Nicola Quinn

Nicola - no. I think I have a block on my account that I can't figure out. ;) - Jim Mitchem

Oh dear Jim, that doesn't sound good. Just managed to subscribe to you so that's ok then. - Nicola Quinn

Nicola Quinn: I have not had one new follower from this, but I did have an entertaining conversation. - MarkCarras

There Mark, you've got at least one :) - Nicola Quinn

@nicola you followed me :) - kosmar

I tweet from jail on a regular basis - Alan Simpson

Kosmar, I did! You following me? - Nicola Quinn

@Scobleizer so far I tweet from party, wc, roadtrip, first minutes of the new year, wc again, meeting, boring meeting, boring presentation, wedding, engagement, hospital... I think I am on good track !!! - Alemsah Ozturk

Talk like you are deluded into thinking the iPhone and Apple computers are superior machines. - Mark Stahler

Help Robert getting 400 comments or any other all time high on friendfeed! - Gaby K. Slezák

Wow. 400. - Robert Scoble

Here's the 401st for good measure! I kinda use Twitter and FF to keep up with new, and record ideas and thoughts for myself, but if some people out there find a common ground with me, that's very cool! I think too much is placed on these online friend / follower counts overall tho... BTW, this comment is probably on the "How NOT to get more followers on Twitter or FF" list. :) Keep feeding me the knowledge Scobs! - AdPanda

You can order custom wine labels to bribe Scoble with at http://www.bottleyourbrand.com/ - Internet Strategist

Spell @Scobleizer correctly when trying to drop a name ... lol. - Robert Couture

Bump .... @charlieanzman. I can't believe this thread! - Charlie Anzman

Charlie - the sheer #s of comments or the fact that this is such a popular topic? - Susan Beebe

How can you possibly read all of this and get anything done? This is an example of FF overkill. - Scott Maentz

@Susan folks are now commenting for the fun of it. :) - Todd Jordan

Wow! I remember when this began as three items, then Scoble got all giddy and inspired and started this hilarious chain of absurdity. Well done Mr. @Scobleizer - Paul Povolni

Make sure to be a hater and nit-pick on every. little. thing. someone does online! - Mona Nomura

Take everything someone says as a personal attack and rant! - Mona Nomura

Complain about every. little. thing. - Mona Nomura

no Mona you are wrong. - Brian Roy

Change your display name everyday aNd mAkE sUrE tO tYpE LiKe DiS - Mona Nomura

Make sure to kiss a whole buncha *ss and name drop, name drop, name drop! - Mona Nomura

every 3rd comment should be "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooopooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooopoopoooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooppooooooooooooo oooo" wow... It is hard to enter that many o's on an iPhone. EDIT -> I put in spaces - apparently I annoyed Brandon... - Brian Roy

@Brian: Please edit your post so it doesn't break everyone's feed. I'd like to not hide this item. Thanks. - AJ Kohn

oh... Ok. It is hidden now. - Brian Roy

@Brian: Thank you. Greatly appreciated! - AJ Kohn

423 comments? :O - Will Higgins™

I think that I made a comment on this post but I can't find it. And Mona, you are cracking me up!! - BEX

I wonder if there is a limit to how many comments can be added to a post on FF - Susan Beebe

The funniest part about all this is that I've gotten a *ton* of followers for posting on this thread. Weird! I think once my programming-related FF activity resumes people will drop from my feed like flies :) - Eric Florenzano

Too bad I can't tweet the link (yet) -- of this 400+ comment -- I don't know how to call this. Not a Tweetversation by any means. A FFversation? Anyone come out with any sensible terms? - David Feng

I have some ideas, none of which are usable. - WorldofHiglet

subscribe to Friendfeeds for Twitter Celebs and read their Twitter hints... Start with Scoble.. - TechMama Beth Blecherman

I see "423 more comments". That's the most I have ever seen so far in FF! - Winston Teo

TechMama: that will work very well. Of course then you'll only be fed shallow news. The real good stuff is on the K list. They aren't on the bottom, so they have a few followers, but they really don't give a shit so they are very real and teach you stuff. Unfortunately they usually don't stay on the K list very long. They either get moved up pretty fast or they get put in rehab for social media addiction. - Robert Scoble

You don't. - David Spinks

What was this thread about? I forgot, AGAIN! - Jim Bednarz

Jim: me too, it's taken on a life of its own. Oh, yeah, it was about how to make money with friendfeed. Heheheh. Yeah, right! - Robert Scoble

Quick! Scoble's about to do a 'How to make money on friendfeed' post now. Looking for the hattrick ;~) - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

Ed: heheh. how to make money in friendfeed? Get a million followers. The money will come. Or maybe not. :-) - Robert Scoble

Robert: I guess you could charge for seminars on how to get a million followers ;D - Seth Greenblatt

Robert - Think you broke your own record with this one. 255 Likes and 437 comments ?! Guess nobody's embracing Friendfeed tonight :) - Charlie Anzman

Nobody's gonna read this, but I can't help observing that "I've got 10000 followers" is kinda like saying "I have 1000 books on my bookshelf", as if the number, not the content, is the important thing. - Mr. Gunn

Charlie .. his last one has 300 comments and over 300 likes I believe ... But this thread is 70 people away from reaching every single person on Friendfeed. (Given the 500 like rule) - Tyler (Chacha)

Better than the cover of Rolling Stone!! http://blog.twitter.com/2009... - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

ChaCha - Ya gotta love it. Now when he reaches everyone on the Internet ... :) - Charlie Anzman

Susan - Wasn't ignoring you ... just got lost in the middle of this ScobleChaChaMeMeWhateverItIs ... night all :) - Charlie Anzman

Most importantly, get followed by @scobleizer hope he retweets, likes and/or comments on your posts. - Christian Anderson

Christian: that's fair. I keep hoping you retweet, like, or comment on mine! :-) - Robert Scoble

Yikes, I see there are 442 "collapsed" comments that follow Robert Scoble's teaser! (I won't dare to "expand" them - it would take ages to read them all.) The subject clearly preys on people's minds... Scoble has a knack for hitting the right button! - Yule Heibel

I wonder if Mobile Safari would have such an implosion that the iPhone would shatter in my hands, if I tried to expand that thread. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

doing video works pretty well too :) - Loic Le Meur

great, robert, this is *really* pushing the limit :) - Alberto D'Ottavi

tweet about the size of Robert's ..... =X - Rachael Depp

whoa comment frenzy! @FriendFeed can you please build a Comment Quality filter before I attempt to make sense of all this user generated erm "content"? Now there's a question: how do we measure Comment Quality? - Bob Hitching

And then you hate IM... - Dario Salvelli

I was lucky enough to arrive at his 3rd or 4th point... it was amazing to see it happen on the fly, as I and other people jumped in. It was like a chat room or IM chat. - Simon T Small

Oh, and by commenting a couple of times on this post, I got 36 new twitter followers and about 6 new friend feed followers in 12 hours - Simon T Small

omg.. why isn´t there a comment link on the bottom as well ? Especially useful on the iphone. I forgot the witty remark that would ensure me thousands of followers by the time I finger-scrolled to the top and to the bottom again on this insanely long thread. Oh, well, at least my comments are seen sometimes.. hello ? - Thomas Bøhm

I do like how #1: Stop your bloody begging and whining for followers is still showing though. :-P - Mathew A. Koeneker

this is so last week... - Edward Zwart

Robert: You need to add one more. "Send Tweets from a Ferry when a plane crashes on the Hudson" like http://twitter.com/jkrums - Alex Sauceda

"Hudson-Plane" and the Web2.0 viralism response http://friendfeed.com/rooms... ; http://friendfeed.com/e... - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

Re: 18., Tweet from the great beyond. INSANE follow numbers then. ;-p - mtlb

This is certainly quite interesting thread. I wonder how many Likes this will get. :D - Daniel Schildt

This thread has become a meme unto itself. As I once said, Robert Scoble plays social media like a virtuoso musician. FTW - Sheldon Steiger from twhirl

this stuff works for real! wow! - Siddharth Parmar

I felt like bumping the most discussed conversation ever on Friendfeed. Here ya go - Tyler (Chacha)

or tweet about this friendfeed-post! - bumping ;-) - Torsten Eckert

Become a Needle in a Haystack - geekazine

Have them join up on sprnch and watch them walk around in real time. http://sprnch.com/search_... - SpRnch

Duncan Riley

Good Australian news: worlds first internet car radio powered by Melbourne Company http://www.inquisitr.com/15037...

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Bad Australian news - car internet radio hellishly expensive to use due to obscene 3G pricing :-/ - Warren

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Obama to the Right - http://www.duncanriley.com/2009...

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That's exactly why I get a fit of giggles watching Republicans accuse Democrats of being raging left wing socialists. - Warren

Yeah it's absolutely funny - and maybe tragic - the way Americans perceive the right/left divide. But also, maybe like K.Rudd who won office from an unpopular leader on the back of empowering rhetoric of change, you can already see Obama tracking rightwards to the centre of the country's political discourse, from the "obvious" left wing interpretation of that rhetoric (which if you carefully analyse what was said, many of these 'new' centrist positions are consistent with the rhetoric anyway). - Scot Mcphee

Kol Tregaskes

Can you tell us an interesting fact about your local area? Where you live or work, any interesting facts about it?

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Perhaps something to entice a visit from us. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

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You mean in the UK? - Roberto Bonini

It's snowing. That's it -

The TV shows "Homicide" and "The Wire" were filmed here, set here, and about life here. Oh, wait. Maybe that's not such a selling point. - Nine

Hmm, Santa Monica is by the beach, warm, full of beautiful people and delicious food. Hollywood is nearby and LA in general has a lot of history worth exploring and some of the best tacos in the country. :D - Tsega Dinka

Albuquerque is a high-elevation desert area in a mountain valley. One of the finest sights one can see is the sunset reflected against the mountains to the east, which displays shades of red, purple and orange. And no, I didn't copy that out of a book. - Steven Perez

Hever Castle, not far from here, was the home of Anne Boelyn, second wife of King Henry VIII: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Kol Tregaskes

Roberto, anywhere. - Kol Tregaskes

Robert Owen started his own version of socialisim in his factory way before the term was coined down the road from my place. - Roberto Bonini

I live near the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, CA: http://www.jellybelly.com/visit_j... The visitor center has murals of President Reagan and Gov. Schwarzenegger made from jelly beans. http://www.jellybelly.com/Art_Gal... - Kevykev

I work in Lexington MA which is where the war for American independence began. The so-called "shot heard round the world". - You.

I live in Sleepy Hollow. It's an actual place. There are a ton of pictures of the Headless Horseman all over the place. Come see where Irving wrote the story! - James Ferguson

We have lots of beautiful thoroughbred horse farms in this self-titled Horse Capital of the World. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Nestled at the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas and LOTS AND LOTS of casinos. :p - Helen Sventitsky

Well, Boston itself certainly has a lot of interesting facts about it, but I live in the pseudo-suburbs just outside the city where the only interesting things I can come up with are that "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" was filmed less than a mile from here, and that some of Mel Gibson's "The Edge of Darkness" was filmed down the street. Like Ninth, I'm not sure those are really selling points. - PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK

Anheuser Busch also has a brewery (with tours and samples) in Fairfield, if you like their beer. I don't. - Kevykev

Home of the Bambi walk - Amber, Random Time Lord

In 1992, a girl saw the Virgin of Guadalupe on a tree. People by the thousands flocked there and to this day, there's a shrine at the tree with flowers and candles. http://pintolakeshrine.org/... - Rodfather

The inaugration is heading this way and this area is super political - Shevonne

Albuquerque's film industry is growing and frequently called 'Tamalewood'. Our elevation is actually higher than Denver's, but the climate is much warmer here, and we have the Rio Grande flowing through the city. - Michael R. Bernstein

Right. My hometown in Norway is known as the "whaling capital" of Norway. Not anymore but it used to have the biggest fleet of whaling ships, and in the middle of the last century almost all of the men here used to leave for whaling in Antarctica (that´s the south pole!) for most of the year. Now it´s a quiet town on the south "sunny coast" with the most beaches and longest coastline in this part of Norway, and lots of IT companies. Own airport and ferries to the EU. The name means: Sandy Fjord. - Thomas Bøhm

You can still walk miles along a perfect white beach and hear nothing but the surf. - Chris Baskind

The ghost of Jack Kerouac supposedly "lives" in Haslam's (bookstore). - Alix Whitmire

apparently (i just learned this the other day), there are more restaurants per capita in Winnipeg than anywhere else in Canada. - Trent Olson

British motor racing was born here and until a few years ago there was a sign saying that TV was invented here though that seems to have been taken down now, not quite sure why, you'd have thought they'd have got their facts straight originally. - Nicola Quinn

York, Pa. The first Capitol in America (at least we got a plaque somewhere that says that), the hometown of the awesome band Live, York Peppermint Patties, and York Barbell :-) And we aren't to far from the Gettysburg battlefield. - Sarah Peterman

I live in Winter Park, FL snuggled up next to Orlando which has many obvious attractions. Winter Park was here way before the Disney explosion and a place where wealthy people kept their winter homes--ergo the name. Now it's just a nice pretty town with lots of lakes, Oak-lined streets, and close but not too close to the many Orlando attractions and still has beautiful winters--75F and sunny right now... - Kelly W.

The British we about to fight George Washington in what became known as "The Battle of the Clouds." It rained so hard everyone's gunpowder was wet so Washington's troupes retreated to fight another day. - Bob Gannon

Austin, TX. Fun Times. You already knew that right? - bill giltner

I live in an area of the US where a local business is know nationally for their 'wings' - Sean

You all live in far more interesting places than I do. I need to move. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

There is a old-home/museum in Kewanee called the Francis Park Woodland Palace. It's filled with amazing engineering. " This is the first house in the state to have air conditioning even before there was electricity. He dug an air chamber 350 feet long into timber on the southwest corner of the home. With disappearing windows and doors it seems everything in the home works in harmony." http://cityofkewanee.com/francis... -

Why should you visit my city? Maybe to see what happens when a huge industry nearly dies and moves overseas. Hint: this city was the home of Michael Moore, Will Ferrell, and General Motors. - Kevin L

We have an old fortress overlooking the main town, and it's floodlighted at night. It used to be lighted so that it looked golden, but they abandoned it for a more "natural" light. I was sad. Also, a swedish king was killed there, halting the swedes' advance into the country. (City name: Halden, in Norway) - Daniel Bruce

I live in one of the oldest fishing ports in the US. The Perfect Storm happened here. The Unitarian church was founded here. Although I face the Atlantic Ocean I watch the sunset over it - one of the few places you can do that on the east coast. The last pristine unfished clam flat in Massachusetts is in my back yard. - Martha

Lakewood, CA. There are 3 Home Depots and 2 Lowes within 5 minutes of our house. Sorry we're the bastard child on the border of The OC and LA. - Steve C

Hamilton , Ontario Canada we are the Waterfall Capital of the World . http://www.cityofwaterfalls.ca/ - johnpiercy

Tehran! the whole city is interesting and tricky, like you're in a new world. trust me - Seltoon

I am close to Ephrata PA,home of the Cloister http://www.ephratacloister.org/, about 45 minutes from Hershey,home of the candy bars and street lights with Hershey Kisses. 30 minutes to Reading - home of the Clark Bar. My general location is near tourist trap for visiting Amish things. - Janet

Mlebourne has the largest tram network in the world. A tram goes past our front door. 245 kilometres (152 miles) of track http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Duncan Riley

Detroit has the second largest theatre district in the country. Second only to Broadway in New York City. - Mattie Kenny from fftogo

The Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin boasts America's largest urban bat colony - each night at dusk some 1.5 million bats emerge, and tons of people go to check it out. We also have great live music, a gorgeous green and outdoorsy city, the Colorado river running through town, and just a great, friendly vibe always :) - Patrick Jordan

Born in Kansas City, MO. The City of Fountains. KC has more fountains than any city outside of Rome, Italy (http://www.kcfountains.org/educati...) It's also home to the best BBQ in the country (YEAH, I SAID IT), and is well known for it's Jazz and Blues clubs. I'll let someone else talk about Los Angeles. :) - Anika

It's the murder capital of the world! I'm so proud of my city. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story... - Guillermo Esteves

Knoxville, Tennessee: Home of the 1982 World's Fair! Yeah, that's pretty much all I've got. We aren't too far from that gigantic coal-ash spill! - Devon Campbell

The city I work in (Atlanta) was burned to the ground during the U.S. Civil War. It's also the birth city of Martin Luther King, Jr. Coca-Cola is from there. Home Depot, Delta, CNN, and Turner Corporation were founded there. UPS has it's corporate headquarters there.... - tiffany

Atlanta is also home to the world's largest aquarium (but I forget whether it's by gallons or by # of specimens). The county I live in (DeKalb) is the Georgia's most ethnically diverse. I also live just east of the city that was home to the first Waffle House (Avondale Estates, Georgia). Avondale Estates is also on the National Historic Register because it's the United States' first planned community (I may be wrong about that reason, but I'm 90% sure). - tiffany

I work at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Lots of fun things to do for people of all ages. - Mike Reynolds

My niece worked at Disney in Orlando as well. She told me they worked her to the bone. Do you like working there? - Adriana

I live a block away from where the United Nations charter was signed in 1945. - scott anderson

I grew up near one of the largest public parks in Los Angeles 'Westchester park' -- it's very near the LAX airport and is always terribly empty. It's rather sad. - Daniel Morgan

I can see Mt. Rainier from my office window - Deepak Singh

My 3.4 sq mi town is the Cherry Blossom Capital of America, and the true birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. We gave the world Connie Francis, Joe Pesci, Frankie Valli, and Sarah Vaughan. If you are a Sopranos fan, you have seen my town (all the funerals were held here), and the character Junior Soprano lived here. The movie "A Beautiful Mind" was filmed mostly here, in an... more... - April Russo (app103)

Acres and acres of vineyards. Hundreds of both large and boutique wineries. Lots of wine! And it's beautiful...Napa Valley, CA. - Anne Bouey

There is no public transportation where I live. Used to be farms, now it's a mixture of new housing sub-divisions, farms, and mini-mall/strip-mall development. Constant construction. - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

I live in Launceston, Australia, which is one of the oldest cities in the country. It was the first city in Australia to have hydroelectric powered street lighting and underground sewers and the first city in the Southern Hemisphere where anaesthetic was used. It's also the birthplace of one of the co-founders of QANTAS, Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting and the star of 'The Mentalist', Simon Baker. Melbourne was founded from here, the Batman/Fawkner Inn, a local pub, is named for the founders. - Warren

Currently live in Fenton, MO, hometown of Ken Schrader and Rusty Wallace (NASCAR) - cjmart

Beaverton OR supposedly has the highest number of strip joints per capita in the US. - Alex Scoble

I live across the street from MGM Studios which is now Sony Pictures - So much history there. And the greatest thing is that I work there! Long live MGM and Culver City, CA. - Drew

Yes, really...that's what I've heard and what I've noticed. - Alex Scoble

I live in Chatsworth California. Known as the porn capital of the world but if you visit there are absolutely zero signs of that. - Mark Krynsky

The canals that are in Venice, CA today were not part of the original Venice Canals designed and built by Abbot Kinney. They were, in fact, a later addition, named "New Amsterdam". - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

an interesting fact about my local area? It's where hats were most famously made. Kangol used to be based here. Yeah, Samuel L Jackson used to buy hats made in Luton, UK. ;-) - Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane

We in Portland, Oregon are allowed by law to frolic in the city's fountains. The Ira Keller Fountain is of particular interest. http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Christopher Harley

Wow, you all have been busy overnight, I'll read through all these later. Thanks all!. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Adelaide is a much nicer city to live in than Melbourne, Sydney or Brisabane. But it is going to be about 41C on Tuesday, that's getting very hot. Hope you guys all enjoy the snow. -] - Chris Loft

Fort Worth, Texas has a twice daily cattle drive http://www.fortworthgov.org/uploade... - Greg GuitarBuster

Brisbane, QLD, was the headquarters for General Macarthur for much of WW2. Also, unlike Melbourne, but like Sydney and Hobart, it was settled in the Georgian period. Before I lived in Brisbane I lived in Sydney. The most interesting fact I have for Sydney is; the proper name for "Sydney Harbour" is Port Jackson. - Scot Mcphee

Gosh... keep 'em coming. Great read. Any more from New Zealand? That's definitely one place I want to go to. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Pasadena, CA. Drive past the Rose Bowl every day. One thing I look forward to every year is the Stealth Bomber wing flying contraption fly over the beginning of the Rose Parade every year, and then looking out the window to see it in real life. - Derrick

i live in the one city in the U.S. where it is illegal to post the price for gas :-) - Cardeen Martinez

Fullerton was, historically, the center of agriculture, especially Valenica oranges. - Katie: Witch Of The West

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Robert Scoble

If you had $3,000 in your pocket, which would you buy? Canon 5D MKII or Apple 17-inch MacBookPro. Discuss here:

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We are arguing about that on the CES bus. Geeks! - Robert Scoble

Canon 5D MKII hands down. - Andrew Hyde

pro for sho - Bradley Will

Canon camera. I need a great camera more than a Mac - Keith - @tsudo

5d Mk II - Scott Loftesness

5D MKII, since I've already got a Mac Pro. ;) - Cory OBrien

Have a Nikon D300 and my old MBP is on the fritz, so this woud be a slam dunk for me - Gregg Gallagher

17 inch MBP because I love it. Then I'd buy a cheap 40D. I get more use out of a laptop than I do a camera. - Michael Yurechko

Apple 17-inch MacBookPro with a matte screen. - Arturo Puente

People who get a good cannon keep them forever, I go through a macbook every few years - Michael Struening

Macbook Pro. Only because I'm a Nikon fan. D300 is definitely my choice of camera ;) - Tamar Weinberg

mac - David Banes from IM

Mac - Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)

Would have to be the MacBookPro - Jason Townsend

The Canon. A solid peice of hardware and I'm after a camera - Mo Kargas

5D MKII of course. - Jeremy Franklin

The Canon. I'd have so much more fun with a zippy camera than a Big Mac. - Mike Neumann

Probably the computer. I'm happy with the first gen 5D I'm about to buy and as awesome as the camera is, the MBP doesn't need another $5K in lenses. - Derrick

Neither, you need at least twice that for glass & equipment to get the "rig" you should want for a Canon MKII - sorry, 3K isn't enough for that toy; and spending 3K on disposable technology (Mac equipment) isn't a wise investment. - Enrique Gutierrez

MBP....i miss my macs! - Brian Bufalo

5D MKII hands down. I can hold onto the memory cards until I get to a desktop :) - Austin

Without question: 5D mark II - Rodney L.

MBP - it's a means of production for me, once i make some extra cash with it I can always buy the 5D ;-) - Warren

which are you going to get more utility from? I'm guessing the Canon. - Peter Warnock

I already have a 5D MKII but I would take another one in a heartbeat, or a couple of nice L glass - Bill Pennington

5D Mark II..... no doubt. - Albert K

Canon, without a doubt. - Brad Butner

Definitely the MacBook Pro...but then again I'm not a photographer. - Charlie Flowers

Canon - Tyler (Chacha) from IM

Neither, I'd use it to buy food for a year. - Will Higgins™

Considering I can make quicker cash with my Photography work I would say the Canon 5D MKII and then I would buy the Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro with some of my earnings! - Patrick Greer

5D Mark II. And then throw the remaining towards some new glass. - Andy Hannon

2k into the bank, 1k for computer upgrades and other stuff. - Grant Bierman

5D Mk II everytime ... unless I don't have a Mac at that particular time ... - Stephen Taylor

I would go for the Macbookpro - Troy Malone

5D MKII...already have a MacBookPro and I'm willing to ditch my Nikon gear! - Dan Shust

Canon 5D MKII since I already have the 15" MBP. - Alan Le

I don't need either one--but I think the Canon would have much better resale value--so given the choices: Canon. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Canon 5D MKII - for sure! - I really want one.... :( - Brad

MBP - not a photographer - Matt Faulkner

A 50D and a fast lens. ;-) - D. Lambert

I've already got the 15" unibody so I'd go for the 5Dmkii - Sparky, a big deal

If I didn't have a laptop, then I would get the 17" MBP. If I already had a lappy, then get the camera... - William Sellers

Well, I recently moved from a 30D to a 5DMII because it was a huge upgrade for my "system". With a 2 year old Macbook Pro still serving me well for my needs, it's an easy decision. Additionally, I can't see using a 17" notebook over a 15 for portability sake, I'd just as well get an iMac and keep using my Macbook Pro for mobile use. - Ryan

Aren't you in Vegas? I think there are a few other options in front of you.. - LA Snark

5D!! - Wil

The camera. I have a new macbook already. - Jim Williams

The 5D is more than a $3k investment. It's $3k upfront but thousands in lenses, flashes and other gear over the years. - Michael Yurechko

Canon 5DMIII... - Greg Kamer

MacBookPro 17-inch. I am a Nikon guy. So, Canon 5D MKII if I had $7K for all the lenses, too. - Chintan Zaveri

The camera! I already have the 15" MBpro. 17" is just too big. - Sherry Main

My 1 yr-old MacBook doesn't thrill me; it sits on the desk unused, and I just couldn't pay more than $200 for a camera, unless I was dreadfully rich. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

5DMKII - sell some images on istockphoto, and then buy an MSI Wind and install OSX. It is faster than my 15" MBP! - Darren Mak

Definitely the 5D MkII - Christopher Chan

$3,000 worth of NOODLZ - Bwana ☠

MBP. I just got a brand new camera. - Glen Campbell, B.A.

100 shares of CRM ;D - barl0w

What would I do with a Mac? - drsPIX

5D MkII - want! I already have a Mac, iPhone, 2 PC's and a laptop. <sigh> gadget budget is small right now though. - Jim Bergman

canon 5d. already have a 15 mbp - Kiran Patchigolla

5D MK II You can always get the Mac later. - Yu Yu Din

I'd pay my bills and buy some groceries. - ::Kristen::

Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro. - Chris Luckhardt

What's an Apple 17-inch MacBookPro and why would a person need one? - Michael Krigsman

Mac book pro - Randy

MacBook Pro because I have neither a mac or digital SLR and the Mac does many things where as the canon does one thing well/ - Bryan Lee

Canon 5D MKII - منصور

I'll take the MacBook Pro - Rob

MacBookPro...or a Martin 12 http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product... and use the difference to buy a copy of logic pro for my 15" macbook pro - Armen Chakmakjian

I'll go for the MacBook. My heart beats nikon so.... - studio_juan

5D MKII - do you want to lug around that 17" beast? - nicholas einstein

MBP - already have a nice Canon - but my Mac sits firmly on my desk - shaun mclane

MacBook Pro, but I would need another $1200 for the 8GB of RAM. - Shawn Hickman

5D MKII. Even though I already have one. - Kathleen McGivney

Neither. Maybe 3 coins :). I have a Macbook Pro which I don't use often comparing to my PC. I am not into the consumer electronic stuff, only got a digital cam last year :). - dexin

Canon. Can't believe Apple ditched the matte screen on the 17" - FCP users and photographers don't want a glossy screen - the idea of the 17" is the ability to use it out in the field for photo/video editing. - Peter Clayton

So limiting, Robert! If I could pick whatever I wanted, I'd get one of those sweet Asus multi-touch netbooks coming out - and then use the rest to buy Yahoo! stock. :P - Shawn Farner

MB 13'' and the external cinema display. MBP17 is huge to carry out - Jean-Charles VERDIE

canon - jtothea

17" MBP FTW! You should create a poll on SocialToo.com Robert, then we can see graphed results! - Joseph

Craigslist in Cincinnati - 5D for 1200: http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/ele... - D. Lambert

Wow, what a great argument! 82 comments in 17 minutes! - Robert Scoble

MacBook Pro. I really, really, really want a new laptop even though my current MacBook works just fine. - Nation Hahn

Camera. Droooooooooool. - Alix Whitmire

Well part of it would have to go towards fixing my car, http://preview.tinyurl.com/9dz2kz. Then the rest would go towards buying a second camera body to be my main and at least one lens if not two. Then the rest would go towards bills. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Robert: Apple products plus awesome SLR cameras...response is a given :) - Mo Kargas

the camera is nice - especially all the HD video. friend of mine in the movie post-production business reckons this sort of Camera will KILL the movie camera business in a few years time. especially at the low-budget movie (<$30 million) of the movie business. RED already making big inroads. much cheaper than an ARRI. - Scot Mcphee

The MK II as I already have the MBP 17 inch...older but it works. - Semipro

Canon 5D is the winner for me. Great digital photography is the gift that keeps on giving.... ;-) - John Uppendahl

Well.... Given that I have 4 PC desktops, 2 PC laptops, and 1 iMac, all of which are operational and regularly used, AND that I suck at photography, I'm going for what's behind door #3: A whopping big HDTV -- which will get hooked up to the living room PC, of course. ;-) - Joanmarie

17" Mac. Already have a camera. . . - Scott Whitney

Nikon D3 - Bill Sanders

Macbook Pro for me. Would be my first Mac. - Jim Bednarz

Nikon D3 - ThePicMan

MacBook Pro. Don't need such a super-duper crazy camera. Not a real photographer. But a very real Mac geek. - Louis Gray

5D for sure! - Daniel Pourasghar

I'd go the MacBook - but I'd also load it up with the full 8gb of RAM I see as an option (and not many people mentioning). Sadly, a nice 17" MBP setup it just over NZ$10k :( - Mark Derricutt

MacBook Pro. Hands down. I'm a computer engineer, not a photographer. - Logan Leger

well since I've already got a Canon 5D Mark II... hmmmm... - Thomas Hawk

I'll buy neither. What I would rather do is try to buy one share of BRK-B if it gets to that price. :) - imabonehead

The 17" Mac Book Pro, I already have a 5D MkII ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson

I'd buy the camera, I have always loved photography and wanted to learn. - R. Ferguson

The Canon, all the way man!! - Finding The View

Apple! I don't like the fact of the hd video recorder on the 5D and I want the Sony alpha! - Brandy Lea

Canon. 15" MBP is the largest I'll go. - ronin

I would take the cash and build an ultimate gaming PC !!! :D - ralphsaunders

When you buy an inexpensive camera, you really sacrifice quality, and that lack of quality endures (you want to keep your photos forever, right?). When you buy an inexpensive computer, that's not the case (I don't need a unibody case :) - David Andrzejewski

Canon 5D - easy answer! - Susan Beebe

Ouch, this one hurts. I suppose I can't opt for a Nikon equivalent to the Canon? If this is the choice, I'd opt for the MacBook Pro. But if I had 3K, I'd buy myself the Nikon D300 - Karoli

The Canon. A 17" laptop is too big unless you plan to use it as a desktop. - Hartley Spurlock

Mac for sure.I have a first generation Macbook and I need a new one. Kaya Singer - Kaya

I'd pay off my credit card. For all that stuff I, like, already bought. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

the Macbook pro but only because I need to upgrade my computer. - Anna Lynn M.

the Camera for sure - Tai

5d Mark II - Jauder Ho

None - a super-gaming rig. :) - carrotmadman6

Definitely a Canon 5D. - Maria Colacurcio

5D Mark II - Hands down. - Seagate

I would save it until I had between $8-15K for a CO2 laser cutting machine. I like my macs small, and while full frame sounds nice, I know I'm not nearly hungry enough to go pro in photography, so 40D suits me just fine. - Jason Wehmhoener

That's a tough one because I have been wanting to get my first Mac (have to start somewhere, right?!) but am a hard core Canon fan/user. So if push came to shove, I would have to go with the Canon. - Laura Zickus

Mmm, CO2 lasers. - Mo Kargas

That would be either a trip to another continent or a Fujitsu LifeBook P1630, but it would not be either of the options in the question. I seriously cannot understand $3k for a camera, unless you're going to make that money back in a month or two WITH said camera. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Neither, I would invest in the stock market. - DGentry

I'd prefer a D300, however no matter what brand I'd take the camera in a second over the MBP. Save up another $500 and get a Windows Notebook as well. - Kenton

The Canon 5D MKII for sure. Cameras bring me a lot more joy than flashy computers. Though a 17-inch MacBookPro would be nice to edit those new photos on too ;-) - Ian Holton from twhirl

Probably the Mac. I would never carry around a DSLR. Too big. - Rodfather

Neither. The new full frame format with HD Movies (wow! Woopee *rolls eyes*) is crap - only 3.9 FPS?! Who are they kidding?! - Adam

Seeing my Macbook Pro is 5 months old. I would buy neither...but I would buy a MacPro with more RAM. - Ryan

I take a cruise with Lindsay - big ass stateroom. - Internet's Tad

Neither, I'd get a Canon Rebel XTi and build a new gaming PC, anything left over would go toward the new home NOC - xero

I would take my lover to Italy :) - Maryam Scoble

The Canon 5D, I find the photographic process calming, a welcome diversion from the ones and zeros. - cornedbeefgents

Awwww :) - Mo Kargas

Nikon D700 - Rod Bauer from twhirl

There's one in every crowd. - Rod Bauer from twhirl

If I had the $3,000, Canon 5D and a larger donation here http://tinyurl.com/daniela Pros: it's more portable, takes better pictures, and connects to my more compact 15" Macbook Pro. Of course, it doesn't work with my Nikon lenses, so... - Lee Dale

Canon 5D MKII only cause I have a Macbook Pro. If I didnt it would be the Macbook. - Bob Maltais

Nah. Patrick's college fund. 5D Mark 2 or the Macbook isn't all that exciting. - Joshua Hayworth

cannon.I kill computers, so not worth spending 3 grand on one. Plus I have a (beat up) macbook pro already. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

Photos shoot at 3.9 fps, video shoots at 30 fps. @AdamGiovane - Jim Bergman

The MacBook of course. - Rob Fahrni

mac - Vishy

5D, but I wish it had XLR audio. - Gus

the new MBP, without a doubt ... my current ones needs a refresh (I'm accepting donations btw) ;-) - Jeffrey Canton

Since I'll be getting the new MBP anyway, I'll take the 5D. BTW, is anyone keeping score? - Brad Kligerman

I would buy the Canon, but of course, I would need a MacBook Pro in order to edit/view the photos the way they were meant to be viewed. - Robert Peña

Blatant self-promotion, but if Robert used re-searchr.com it would keep score for us... I wrote it to suck down inline multiple choice selections so no ne would even have to leave ff - James Ostheimer

Robert, you're asking the question that's been pondering in my mind from some time (albeit it used to be with the 15" and Cinema display v. 5D/a900/D700 -cannot make my mind-). I want to be able to make a decision before March. I think I'll be going for the Mac, since I might relocate in part of the world where carrying an expensive piece of art around my neck might be more dangerous than here, in JPN. - Paul Papadimitriou

I'd go for a MBP, mine needs an upgrade and I just bought a 50D not long ago which is just fine for me. - Andrew Trinh from Nambu

I need cash! :) - Randy

Some of us are Nikon people. Some of us are not Mac people. I'll just take the 3 Gs. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Nikon D700 + 50mm 1.4 prime lens! - Guillaume Lemoine

More lenses. My camera is fine, and this Thinkpad is a good 'un. - Paula W

Seems like Apple design the 17-inch MacBookPro just can use in 3years.the battery can only use in 1000 times,1time per 1day,3years.But Canon 5D can take more beatuful pics for me,and can stand by me more than 3years.if i really have 3000dollers,i real do this.kick off 17-inch MacbookPro. - jedorstar from twhirl

Lenses, like Paula sez. - Rob Kramer

Buy half and half :) - Michael Forian

Wow, I came late to this convo. Well, for what it's worth at this point, I'd probably get the lappytop, sell my old MBP and then use THAT money to buy a cheaper camera. :D - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Canon 5D MKII, no doubt. I have a 1.5 year old 15-inch MacBookPro which is still more than OK. Going from Canon 400D to a 5D MKII however would be a major upgrade. - Rutger Blom

Macbook I think. I have a 40D but REALLY want the 5D. Which do you think you could get your hands on first? - Andrew Smith

The 5D. The MacBookPro can wait. - Chris Nixon

5D, I have enough laptops as it is. - Amit Morson

The $2800 MBP becomes a lot more compelling when converted to 2080€. - Brad Kligerman

I'm a Nikon guy but the 5D MKII has me seriously considering a switch - Bryan Thatcher from twhirl

As I don't like Macs and into my photography the choice out of the two is simple. :-) But I've rather spend the money on say the Nikon D3 and if you gave me an extra grand or 2 then I'd go for the Nikon D3X. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes from twhirl

Without though, the Canon 5D MKII. First up, you don't want to trust another "first gen" Apple product. And with the unimpressive lineup yesterday, maybe the 15" laptops are coming out real soon now, with similar features, and all quirks ironed out - Colin Charles from twhirl

MAC!!! - Orli Yakuel

(Friendfeed needs a poll feature) - Jérôme Flipo

5D over the MAC Pro. - Robert Miller

MacBookPro - just bought myself a nice camera with a fracking big lens! - Joel Hammond-Turner

Canon! - Janet

Canon. I have a laptop and rarely use it - well not as a laptop. It sits on a desk as a permenant fixture. - Ian May

Canon 5D mk 2 :) - Joe Dawson

Camera, I never liked the 17". It's too heavy for a "portable" - Melissa dela Merced from twhirl

neither, a big ass HDTV :) - Terry O'Fee

17-inch macbookPro is way too big. so I would go for the camera. Problem is I would need to learn how to use it then... - Davide D'Incau

If you have good lenses to take advantage of the MKII (extra $3000 needed here), go for the camera! - Joao Pedro

I would buy a Apple 17-inch macbook of course.! I don't have an apple and I would really like one. I have a camera thats good enough for me. - Qbat

nor this neither that! i will send money to help people in Gaza or at least I'll send 1000 $. - خیزران Has gone

canon 5d mk ii based on the videos I've seen - i mean just look at these http://is.gd/cP6x - planetMitch

The Canon, surely. No use for a laptop that big. - Ryan Sholin

5D over here too - Simon Wicks

Macbook Pro 17! - Greg

The camera. Already have three computers but have no camera. - Martha

I am not pro enough to need the 5D, I am actually looking at a D60 or D90. But the 17 Macbook is something I can use :) - TheSleepyGeek

I'd buy the Nikon D700 - David Parmet from twhirl

neither - cash is still king - viki saigal

its the lens, not the body - spring for L glass - @jessewright

MacBookPro - Stewart Rogers

New MacBookPro 17". I would probably get more use out of it than the Canon. But my, oh my, ya'll, the Canon sure is sweet. - Matthew Freeman

I have the glass. I have the Mac, I'd get the 5DMKII - stretta from twhirl

5D - I don't need a macbook. I'm happy with my PC and laptop - they cover my my needs perfectly. - Roberto Bonini

MBP. - Michael Molinar

Donate it to @armano. - Jim Mitchem

given my current status .. I am happy with my Canon XTi so I would go for the MacBook Pro. - Kapil

5D, but that's cuz I've been saving up for one. A new MBP would def. be on the list of future purchases (current computer is 3 years old) - Michael

Canon 5d Mk II, far more useful than the new laptop. More fun. One encourages you to sit around, the other encourages you to go out :-) - Richard A.

MacBookPro, Canon sux. (OK, relax, just kidding. I'm a Nikon guy. I have no Canon lenses.) - Trevor Carpenter

Canon!! - Ivy /composmentis from twhirl

I would buy the Mac, get a cheaper camera with the money I have left, and edit and enhance my videos using my Mac. - Shevonne

I'd go the Mac route. I'm looking to buy one anyway and I've already got a camera. Might not be as fancy as the Canon do-dad, but I'll manage. - James Ferguson

Wow 202 comments! How did I miss this thread? :) - AJ Batac

17 inch MCP - johnpiercy

The 17" MBP as my current 12" PB is on it's last legs and needs replacing - need rather than want for me - Sally Church

The Canon. I already have a 17" MacBook Pro. - Carmen

The Canon... even though I already have a 5D and actually need a new laptop - Shawn Duffy from twhirl

Macbookpro - Roger Kondrat

I'd say the MacBook... you can do more with it. - Dejim Juang

EOS 5D - Julien Guyard

Canon, since the MBP that I'd want would actually cost $5823. Not $3000. - Ben Hwang from twhirl

This would be much more enjoyable if there was some kind of poll widget along side comments. - Michael Leggett

The camera..I find apple laptops overpriced for what they offer. - Nick

Would be easier to see at a glance. - Richard A.

I'd by the largest HD display I could... - Clay Newton

Canon 5D MKII. huh.. no: a powerful Linux box - Thierry R. Andriamirado

The MacBookPro, I have a Canon 30d but I do not have a MacBook - Bob Gannon

I wouldn't want a 17'' monster of a MacBookPro and therefore would go for the Canon 5D MKII - Donald Townsend

Neither. Both are overpriced. If no other options; I'd go camera. - Wade Dorrell

5D, the 17-inch MacBook Pro is very big. Harder to find bags for it and its less portable. - seanb

bank it, put in matress, done need either of those things, we need smarter devices that tell us the likelyhood of use-longevitiy in them, "i'm a camera you bought last year, you used me 9 times, i collect dust, owner- please resist replacing me unless you really really really need to, and the data suggests you don't.." - Dan Rockwell from twhirl

Not enough to buy what I want with the Canon, and I wouldn't be caught dead spending $3000 on a laptop. What a waste! - Paul Puri

Neither. A $3000 laptop is not worth it just because of its branding. - Spencer

ohh.. I can't choose. I want both of them... But if i choose, first canon, second mac... İ have canon 40 d and 15'' mac book pro. And i don't like mac's new screen. It's like mirror... - devletsah

Spencer: as a recent PC to Mac switcher, it's more than brand. Much more. - Ryan

I'd buy a netbook for the other three members of my family and put the remaining $2000 toward bills or savings. :) - Steve Lowe

Agree with Aaron, love my 13" Macbook and really want the 5D MKII - Kyle

Definitely the Mac. - John Clifton

Is this thing still going? I can't remember if I replied to this yet, but I say it depends on what will benefit you the most. Robert, you are a photo-maniac. I know that you have a few cameras laying around the house, but I don't know how many Macs you have. You have to remember that a 17" laptop sounds great on paper, but I know that you do a lot of traveling as well, so it might now suite your means. Then again, I would never keep $3,000 dollars in my pocket ;) - Michael Forian

of course the mac - doesn´t matter what the second option is... - Dieter Schwarz

I would buy the Canon 5D MKII but being a Nikonian I would end up buying the MacBook Pro and feel no remorse :) - Carlos Lorenzo

MacBook Pro. I need a laptop really bad. - Nick Humphries

The camera. 17-inch laptops are fricking ridiculous. - Andru Edwards

camera and a box of junior mints - Morgan Haley

I'd definitely go for a MB Pro. My Rebel XTi and Panasonic GS180 video cam is doing me just fine. - emon hassan

Forget the Mac, keep your current camera, and buy better lenses. - Michael Krigsman

17 inch laptop is useless in term of mobility so I would go with the Canon - Hadar Weiss

A Sony a900. :) - Jeff Jones

Neither. I'd start with the Bonobo Pro Ubuntu Laptop for under $2000 and use the $1000 to max it out. http://system76.com/product... - Internet Strategist

Impressive amount of comments here, this has to be the highest ever now right? - Joe Dawson

I'm sorry, can you repeat the question: did you say a "camera", a "computer" or a "shark with laser beams"? - Micah Wittman

save the money for tougher times. as much as I'd like the Canon, it's going to be just an expensive toy for me. and my three year old Inspiron works just fine for the most things I do on it. - Franci Penov from twhirl

5Dm2 because I already have the new MBP 15" 2.8Ghz. Mostly b/c the cam is more revolutionary than the 17", even though the 17" battery life is enticing. - Thomas Bøhm

Wow, 250 comments - OMG ...FF is really growing ...YEAH !!! - Susan Beebe

Yeah, this week has produced several >100 comment threads in my feed. - xero

Not the 5D, but some body+the best lenses, that actually lasts longer. Laptops are out of date in months and often die within 18, cameras and lenses last a lot longer - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

I would buy a Apple 17-inch MacBookPro, only cause I already have a SLR, so I dont need the Canon 5D MKII. - Colide81 (James)

I would not spend it, id rather invest 3000 dollars with 10 shares of google - Kyle Weller

then just buy lenses - you probably already have a computer that can do everything you need - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Exxon-Mobile. Oh wait, what was the question again? - Erik S

Neither- new hardware for the pending Win7 beta drop. :) - Randy Holloway from twhirl

both! - jortai

@Ryan I am a Mac user, have been for a while. It's just my opinion, but $2800 for a piece of hardware in which you can the same or better specs on a PC, is quite a bit of branding. - Spencer

Using the MacBook Pro 17 inch now (love it!)- and I am quite happy with my Canon Powershot G9, so I'll just take the cash and pay down some of my debt--thanks! - Kelly W.

Canon 5D MKII then buy the 15" MacBook Pro later. - John Wang

I would buy a new fast lens for my old 5D (around $1000) and save the rest. - Alexander Arsky

Nikon E90 *and* a 15" Macbook. :) I bend rules. - Daniel Miessler

Nikon E90 like Daniel :P - Mol, Time Warping

I already have the mac so I would take the Camera. - WilliamMuncrief

is someone tabulating these answers? - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Canon 5d MKII, i'm not a mac person so that was easy. - Squid

I've been back and forth on this since the 17" was announced. I am very likely to upgrade to the 5DMKII this year. But I want a more powerful laptop to work on the huge files it creates. Chicken? Egg? Confused. - Jeremy Brooks

Canon 5D MKII for sure. MBP 15 is still chugging along after 2 years. And the 5D is still doing great after 1 year, but I would really like the new 5D. - Johnny Sewell

5D Mark II , without a doubt! - americanm

Caonon 5D all the way - John Uppendahl

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Yeah, Steve. How dare you not show up with AIDS? - Akiva Moskovitz

It's ALIENS! - Eric @ CS Techcast

agree with Steve on the disclosure part and SEC disclosure rules. I touched on this in some earlier posts. Even beside a legal obligation, there is a moral obligation to let share holders know that your CEO is unwell and unable to completely do his job - Duncan Riley

Same caveats as apply to the first part of Duncan's piece. When were those pictures taken? Also should be noted that Scoble's source at the yogurt store was obviously not being straight with him, cause if that's Jobs before he lost the weight... - Dave Winer

A hormone imbalance is a plausible side-effect of having part of your pancreas removed, and some weight loss (usually associated with dumping syndrome) is expected after having the Whipple procedure. Fact is, we went through all these arguments and speculation 6 months ago, Apple chose to bury their heads in the sand and hope speculation would stop. Bad choice. - Warren

Yes, I do not think Steve wants, needs, or can lie about this. So, why not move on, and talk about technology and innovation. But yes, Apple without Steve, won't be Apple for long (they will just roll on their momentum). Nothing like a brilliant founder to keep the competitive edge. - Jeremy Chone

Dave, I'm not sure about the pics Steven has used, but I've got plenty of Jobs not looking well at Macworld last year in my Flickr account http://flickr.com/photos... Looking at the pics in the post though, I'm betting same time - Duncan Riley

I'd say the pics in the post are from the iPod Nano launch a few months ago, in comparison those photos on Flickr despite the grey stubble make him look reasonably healthy Duncan. - Warren

Warren, I haven't looked that closely, so I won't disagree. Only thing I'd note: doesn't he own any other clothes, because the dress is the same :-) - Duncan Riley

Non-issue. I know people who had hormone imbalances and had no clue. Millions of people go to work everyday with hormone imbalances, it's called menopause. SELL SELL SELL! - Bwana ☠

Bwana, so you're saying that it's BS? Interesting, I couldn't find out a lot about it online. Oddly the only things I could find kept saying hormone imbalance= gain weight. That must be my excuse, and not the beer :-) - Duncan Riley

1UP Bwana - Akiva Moskovitz

Duncan, it can be weight gain or weight loss. http://www.testsymptomsathome.com/SYM_mal... There's a bajillion different symptoms for it though. I believe this is why people don't realize they have it. - Bwana ☠

I have a bunch of jokes on deck about Steve Jobs being estrogen dominant and demanding colorful iPods...but I'm holding them in... - Bwana ☠

Bwana: I heard that he randomly fires people in the Apple offices on the thinnest of pretenses... wonder if that happens every four weeks or so? :-p - Warren

Oh Warren, this opens up the ultimate can of jokes :P - Bwana ☠

Duncan: That's kinda like asking whether the members of Devo could possibly not wear yellow overalls and hats that look like freakin flower pots. Sure, they could, but then how would you know who they were :-p - Warren

Random thought: Maybe The Steve is letting the rumours go so he can continue to park diagonally in handicap spaces and claim that he now actually has a disability? :-p - Warren

Must...not....let...jokes...OUT - Bwana ☠

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That's the title of a 2007 book by Joel Spolsky of JoelOnSoftware fame: http://www.amazon.com/Smart-G... - Daniel J. Pritchett

She's very smart ;-) - Sebastian Wain

Joel's essay was much discussed and quoted at Google in my early days. (I sent it around in 2002, but probably wasn't the first to do so.) For a long time, recruiting included in the interview training materials. - Paul Haahr

Duncan Riley

O’Reilly, Rove claim Economic Crisis is a Media Conspiracy to help Obama - http://www.inquisitr.com/11380...

December 9, 2008 from The Inquisitr - Comment - Like - Share

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BS - Jeff P. Henderson

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Oh, poor smirky Rove, lost his permanent majority *boo hoo* :-) - Richard ¿digame? Walker

He is such a nice man as well - Mel Buckpitt

This just in: O'Reilly claims sky actually red, it only appears blue because of liberal media bias :-p - Warren

Mo Kargas

The greatest programming tip ever written - http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend...

December 9, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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LOL! - Mo Kargas from Bookmarklet

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hey, I resemble that remark! :-p - Warren

can i ask.. why do people say "resemble" that means similar?? shouldn't it be "resent" ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

The person(s) who maintained my code committed suicide. *Thats* what you call code coverage. - Kamath (नमः)

LOL Kamath - Mo Kargas

@Rob: err, that's the point? - Warren

With some coders you always wonder... - mikepk

If your code will be maintained by Hans Reiser, perhaps. - Morton Fox

Now, this explains a few things... - Robert Worstell

LOL - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE from fftogo

It would be killer code? - Mo Kargas

I want this posted on my wall, in supersize proportion, hehe! :) - Danielle Closs

I'm with Danielle. Massive poster of this. And one for each of my coworkers as well, but more as an admonishment than anything else... - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

Mo Kargas

Still seething about the loo incident at work. I don't take well to intimidation, especially for no reason.Where's the manners?? Frustrating

December 9, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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was that the first time they said anything to you? - Anika

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Yep, they've never even said 'Hi' before. Trying to grasp what's wrong with these people. They basically said I broke and entered private property, when I have the damn master key - Mo Kargas

what about bldg. management? - Anika

No word, I suppose I'll hear from them tomorrow - Mo Kargas

Yes, because if they're slapping their co. name on the door and your terms changed then bldg. management has something to answer for. still they shouldn't have taken it upon themselves (3 of them!) to even say anything. What's wrong with a letter? - Anika

Hmm, If that's the case, I should have been told and shouldn't have the key. It's moot anyway, because OUR co leases that damn loo. I have a real problem with 3 people waiting outside the loo to give me a dressing down. No one does that to me unless they know me personally and I deserve it. - Mo Kargas

sounds like the arses I walk past in suits here who think they a) are better and b) earn more than me because i'm just wandering around in my ripped jeans and old t-shirt - Warren

Exactly Warren, noses held high. But if they want their noses rubbed in the dirt and brought back down to earth, they're going the right way about it. It's just a damn loo. It's the lack of respect that gets me, I've never treated people like that. - Mo Kargas

Warren

Security guards hired for Melbourne grade 1 BBQ - http://www.theage.com.au/nationa...

December 8, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Considering the entire staff at one of my wife's past schools had a restraining order in place against a particular parent, this is sad but not exactly surprising. - Warren from Bookmarklet

Duncan Riley

Unbelievable, the garden gnome at TC thinks NYTimes linking out is bad

December 4, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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well if NYT has outlinks, then that means the MSM is starting to actually get a clue. They can't have that now, can they?! - Warren

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