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This first episode really is quite sweet. - John Flinchbaugh

Abby is so bright and articulate. How proud you must be of her, Leo. Really enjoyed her show. Maybe a chip off the old block!!? - shelter watch

Great Episode, keep up the good work! - Bryce Campbell

Great show! Abby, it was great to hear your back and forth banter with your dad. Your connection with the older generation was what made it so interesting. Getting your peer group to do more of that might be a good theme to come back to now and then. As a member of the fossil generation it was captivating to hear. Your ability to get the guest to explain how things happened to them is the reason that I want to come back to Abby's Road again. Keep up the good work. Allen Majewski - allen majewski

Abby's Road needs to be placed somewhere else it doesn't fit in with the rest of your shows on twit.tv. I don't enjoy it at all. - DeMedici

I think Abby does a great job and she is just learning and developing her "style" I think all the people who keep complaining about her show need to just back off and let Abby be! obviously Leo thinks it is a good idea for her to have her own show and that should be good enough for all of us. - Shane Davis

Congrats to Abby!! - WazNeeni

Way to go. I wish my Dad was like your Dad. He let's you create things, mine bans everything. But I can get around everything. LOL. - Zachary TG

Way to go Abby. I hope you keep your obvious confidence when talking to other guests. "A chip off the old block." - Royston Marshall

Much like FriendFeed I couldn't understand it properly. But unlike FriendFeed I didn't persist. Perhaps I should. - Stu Andrews from twhirl

The title reminds me of the song... "all we are saying.... is give peace a chaaaaance" - Paul Reynolds

How did the plugin work? - Socom

Thanks, VB. You've convinced me to give it another shot. I shall be backing up my OPML first, of course. - WazNeeni

WazNeeni: feedly automatically backs up your opml in your firefox profile folder the first time your run the welcome wizard. - Edwin Khodabakchian

Ooo....requires the acceptance of 3rd Party Cookies. Someone's lost a few Super Geek Reporter points. (j/k) - WazNeeni

Commented on the blog ... Not seeing the FF plug-in (at the moment using Chrome) ?? ... more ... Double-checked - Not there. I had the same problem with another blog until the second post. - Charlie Anzman

Not seeing FriendFeed either. Hmm. - Shawn Farner

Thanks, Edwin. And after installation, my head exploded from the sheer mass of information I was looking at. I'll try again once I catch up on all my feeds, but I shall be avoiding the Twitter, FriendFeed, and FF Bookmark import options. It was just way too much. On an AWESOME note...Uninstall went flawlessly. Feedly extracted all changes to GReader perfectly. - WazNeeni

wazneeni: we are trying to better address overload in beta 2. It is not any easy nut to crack. - Edwin Khodabakchian

Edwin, no worries. I think my problem is simply the fact that I have over 5000 unread articles, and I've simply joined too many SocNets. So, Feedly seems to have worked flawlessly. I just couldn't handle the enormity that is my social network. - WazNeeni

I really like the integration with Google Reader and how it pulls in my feeds. I just wish that it wasn't a two step process to have an article I want to share show up on my Google Feed widget on my blog. So far the only way I can find to have it do that is click the "save for later" link. Then I have to go to Google Reader, go to my "starred items" then click on the "share" link to have it appear on my blog. **Update** Just figured out if I use the "recommend" link on Feedly that is the same as the "share" - David

Even though I have subscribed to some RSS feeds in Google Reader, I still prefer to go visit the web sites directly. Maybe because I feel like I'm missing something if I don't visit the web site. - Sylvain Nadeau

yeah, i was looking at old pics and found this one! such a great trip. - Veronica

When are you going back to Japan? Isn't there an event over there you need to attend? - Sylvain Nadeau

yup, i'll be back in mid october! - Veronica

I knew I had read something about you going back soon. Have a nice trip! - Sylvain Nadeau

"I can haz cheeseburger?" C'mon! How could no one have beaten me to that?!? - WazNeeni

Just what I needed to read while I'm eating... Thanks for that. You're the best! - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge from twhirl

More like *why* do you buy poop? - WazNeeni

Wouldn't eating poop just be redundant - or did you buy another iPhone 3G? lol! - Jeff Garlick

I'm thinking of selling mine on eBay, what did you pay? /;) - Robert Hafer

I really can't believe that someone as involved in new media as you can't tell how much of a step backward a Republican vote is during this election. I'm sorry Cali, but I'm really reconsidering my respect for you. - Chris Menning

Oh God Cali, you're smarter than that...aren't you? - David Jacobs from twhirl

Cali is VERY smart, as is the reason for her comment. - WazNeeni from twhirl

@Chris Menning Wow, man...harsh. Why would you not respect Cali after her comment? She's still the same person she was before she said it. - WazNeeni from twhirl

Being a republican isn't a step back! Geez guys can't you respect some ones opinion differing from yours? Also I've been into tech all my life but I'm a republican does that mean I dumb, stupid, or whatever else you may care to call me? No I'm none of those things I just care about this country just as much as you but I don't believe voting for Obama is the right path for this country.... more... - Colide81 (James)

There's nothing wrong with being a Sarah girl. Keeping it online for the rest of the country is! Palin is analog & dial up;) - Roney Smith

The republican party is viewed as the evil party, here in england. - MarkFromIreland

look at all the rednecks in the audience waving their "real american" signs at the convention speeches. man its so embarrasing - MarkFromIreland

@Mark I'm not a redneck and I'm a republican and i know a lot of people who are not even the least bit redneck who might have been in the audience. So come on is that really necessary to rip the Republicans like that. Please stop being rude. - Colide81 (James)

@Mark also why call people names aren't you above that? - Colide81 (James)

I apologise, Colide - MarkFromIreland

Thank you. I just feel we can all be civil. I have to admit I have been in the heat of a debate wanted to yell at someone because I get so angry or call a person names but it doesn't serve your side that you are on to do that. Mark you are forgiven. :) - Colide81 (James)

for me, sarah has a questionable character since there are too many corrupt or simply wrong choices she has made. under investigation for the sacking of someone, campaigning for polar bears to be taken off the endangered species list cause they're getting in the way of oil drilling in alaska. She looks like a corporate shill that is there not to serve people and prefers to fill corporate pockets with tax money! - alphaxion

Don't you guys have better things to do than rip on Cali for stating her opinion? Hurricane Gustoff just tore through Louisiana and the government did a fairly good job of taking care of the people there. Where are you with all the praise for the government during Gustoff as you were with vitriol during Katrina? - Richard

not ripping on cali, just giving my opinion as to why I wouldn't support palin. Being from the UK and living though the Thatcher years, I have no problem with women in power - Maggie was wildly unpopular for impoverishing the majority of the North of the UK by destroying their industries, selling off public services etc, though I fully understand why she did some things such as breaking... more... - alphaxion

Cali, I commend you for posting that knowing that your audience is vastly liberal in nature. - Mike Lewis

Wow, really?? She was chosen hastily for shallow reasons: She's a woman and she's a Conservative Christian. Choosing her so quickly is an insult to women who have struggled to be considered equals to male politicians and who have accumulated a lifetime of hard won experience. Kay Bailey Hutchinson was an infinitely better choice but McCain is desperate. Palin wants to legislate her morality upon those who don't share her views. Conservative Christians should be insulted that they were so pandered to.. - Kevin Leroux

Many Liberals believe that all Repub. are ignorant white male rednecks. When an intelligent woman (like Cali or Sarah) is a Repub. it shatters their world view and they lash out with venom. - Robert Hafer

"Mega Dittos" to Colide81, Richard, Out Wrong, Mike Lewis, Robert Hafer and, of course, Cali (except for the fact that I'm a guy). Over the past few years (I'm now 34), I've finally learned that someone's political views does not define them as a person. It's their actions that are the true mark of their character. There are a number of people whom I know are on the left politically that I, being on the right, respect immensely. A perfect exam...*$%^&*...Ran out of room. Continued at http://www.wazneeni.com - WazNeeni

So...what's Simpson proving, then, by writing this article? I guess JC hired a PR firm on a temp basis in order to help get this article published. Or, maybe Simpson did? What?! No PR firm? I guess I just imagined it all. - WazNeeni

Wow, the tone of Simpson's article makes him the last person I'd call for PR. - John Sirman

You fail to understand my qualm, Jamie - I take no issue with app developers who charge for their wares, it's when they release an app for free to boost ratings / rankings, then switch to a paid version and land themselves in the top X list instantaneously. It's just as janky when the App Store launched and developers were renaming their apps to appear at the top of the list. It's just *BAD MARKETING* that pisses me off. - l0ckergn0me

Well, good marketing, because it works. But bad ethics. It's basically figuring out a way to lie without actually doing it. Anyway, it's manipulating their way to higher rankings. - WazNeeni

Chris, could you share the app names? - Akshay Dodeja

What you're pointing out is that these "Top" lists are too simple to be useful to you in a highly competitive environment. Any system is going to be gamed. Think about it: my guess is the tallies are going to be biased towards early developers too. A good system will have to avoid this too. - Loren Heiny

Loren...how 'bout Sales (not d/l's) per Month. That would wipe out both of those issues. - WazNeeni

I noticed an app or two doing the same thing. I immediately uninstalled their app. I don't support such gimmicks. - Corvida

I haven't paid for an app yet on my iPod touch. Figured I'd let the market mature a bit. - Bill Sodeman

But you are assuming that THAT is the SOLE reason they switched to paid. How do you know? Maybe the app got popular, and they thought, I could make some money from this instead of giving it away. Should they have instead waited until it was no longer popular, off the Top list, and THEN switched it to paid? :P - Andru Edwards

Andru, c'mon - even you're not so naive to believe that "Crazy Lighter" was worth free two days ago, with other ezone apps going for .99, then suddenly ezone saw the light (no pun intended) and raised the price right at the moment it could outseat the #1 paid app? That's a slimy tactic. - l0ckergn0me

He's gotcha there, Christopher. Maybe they wanted to test the waters to see if *anyone* would want it, with the plan of being a paid app the whole time? - WazNeeni

I dont misunderstand your qualm Chris. I just don't think its valid. Is it taking advantage of a loop hole in the AppStore? Sure. Is it *wrong* to do so? Hell no. Its great marketing and a chance for the dev to make money on his app. Are you honestly saying you would not take advantage if the same situation applied to you? Its effectively SEO what is taking place here. And something as trivial as changing the price of an app is entirely within his rights as the developer. Blame the game, not the player. - Jamie

Jamie: "Is it *wrong* to do so? Hell no." Are you ethically bankrupt? Clearly , no need to answer. No one is saying that he shouldn't make money on his app. Of course he should. I feel like I'm watching a presidential campaign ad that is taking what someone said and spinning it.The bottom line is he's taking advantage of a loophole and gaming the system. Certainly not illegal, but certainly not ethical. Apple should close this loophole by resetting the counter or creating a new counter for paid downloads. - Greg

I agree with you completely .. business or not .. it's just plain shady - Todd Loren Sinclair

@Jamie @Andru @WazNeeni - Looks like Apple agrees with me. The Top 100 list doesn't include "Crazy Lighter" anymore. It must've been removed at some point this afternoon. Hopefully, they've set it up so that when an app goes from free to paid (or vice versa), it also loses its rankings / ratings for that app type. - l0ckergn0me

Bravo Apple. Ethical business practices prevail in spite of those who live off the scraps. - Greg

@Chris: sometimes you are birlliant, sometimes you're a donut - this is one of those occasions. - Dennis Howlett from twhirl

weak sauce - Ryan

@Chris not quite - I admitted its a loophole which Apple needed to close. But thats a separate issue. What I am arguing is that a developer taking advantage of that loophole by simple changing the price of *his* app really isnt that big of a deal. Hes just trying to make money. And to be labelled slimy and talking about shame is a bit over the top. @Greg - I can do without the character judgement from yourself thanks. - Jamie

@Jamie if you base your arguments on ethical issues and then give your opinion you can't then take my ability to offer my opinion off the table. Anyway...on we go. - Greg

Excuse me - but isn't this what Web 2.0 is BUILT on? Release something for free, get traction, user base and good will then transition to a paid model? - Soulhuntre

@ Greg you are completely missing the point. Lets just say that Apple fail to close the loophole; you are effectively saying that a developer can't ever raise the price of his product without being labelled slimy. If by not supporting that notion, that makes me "ethically bankrupt", then so be it. But wow @ folks thinking its that serious. There's much more to worry about in the world of 'gaming' web services than one devs right to adjust the pricing of his very own product. - Jamie

Just to clarify, I am talking in general, not specifics. If this ezone company is taking advantage of it specifically for that purpose, sure, I am against that. I am just saying, I don't see anything wrong with RANDOM COMPANY putting out a free app, then seeing it shoot to, say, #3 free app, and then saying - wait, I can charge $2 for this and can be making a killing. So they do. I am all for it. Now, if a company is doing it JUST to be at the top of the paid apps list, I find that to be dicey. - Andru Edwards

Hi Simon from ezone here. For the record, we're not trying to 'game' the system and land the #1 paid spot (but of course we aren't complaining!). If/when Apple plugs the loophole we will continue to give away all our apps for free for the first couple days to build awareness and then revert to paid. We've never been featured in itune's picks, new, hot, etc., and offering free apps is a way to get heard above the noise. How about supporting us small devs rather than labelling us unethical slimeballs. - Simon Edis

More on this here. http://www.doipod.com/ipod... Seems there are pretty consistent feelings about the nature of this approach to publicity. - Greg

Good work! - Chris Nixon

DAMNED FAST ULTRASOUND! Detailed too! lol! - Jeff Garlick

I was excited for a few seconds, and then...well, you know the rest. - WazNeeni

who is the lucky man? - Noah David Simon

You and Mr. Bean? - Marshall Bose

next time.. please... a small warning.. i almost spilled my coffee :) - Naor Mark

Why on Earth did you have to post that? I LOVE those things! Now I'm going to be obsessing over them until I get some. - WazNeeni

Those cookies look yummy! - Daynah

I think PB is insidious that way. They plant the seed so you start thinking about it. - Cat Laine

When they did this with G4 (GOD I MISS TechTV, Morgan won but they ended up asking all five to pose - no takers - nothing new here! Should be flattered I think! :-) - Jeff Garlick

Never a doubt in my mind about that. In fact, I wouldn't expect you or N. Del C. to take up an offer like that. - WazNeeni

Not sure what "Like" means in this context. Happy you're not posing sans clothes? Or merely finding the discussion interesting? - James Joyner

Its playboy, the megamedia empire, why should they care about being upfront, I'm sure their legal team is bigger than most others especially considering the topics they deal with - Andrew Fielding from twhirl

I think it is awesome that Veronica is running a close second and far ahead of the rest of the field in the poll :) - Steven

What's PB? - Joe Dawson

five days and this topic still won't end?? hmm... how popular! - Pajama Domain from twhirl

@ Brian, You misunderstood! I'm NOT in favor of Veronica posing and wasn't suggesting that she exploit herself for profit! I was merely saying that when they drew up a list of the hottest female bloggers, out of all of them that there are, Veronica was mentioned! - Jeff Garlick

@veronica I hope YOU understand where I was coming from and weren't offended? - Jeff Garlick

Jeff, I understand. I wasn't offended by your comment :) - Veronica

I'm glad Veronica! As long as YOU know what I meant, it's all cool! :-) - Jeff Garlick

Good question - nuncomment