I believe word "feed" is very wrong for non-technical people - most of them live better with "stream" & "tape" (or whatever is in your language for paper-tape-style typewriter http://www.etypewriters.com/hi... ) - silpol
I believe the word “friend” isn't quite right either, as I'm following several people who aren't my friends. So maybe PeopleSteams. And I'm sure, as with Twitter, there will be role accounts that aren't people at all. So EntityNews. Once FF buys Google though you get their brands, so you can rename FF to Google, and get rid of web search. - Amit Patel
Oh, geez, now my wife is on FriendFeed and is going to appeal to the community to get me to do things for her. This is a dangerous new world! I better navigate it very carefully. :-) - Robert Scoble
به به بچه های ایرونی بیایید اینجا مریم پرسپولیسی اینجاست :)) - Mil∂d
Ok, this fascinates me, how do the people typing in squiggle-text read the english, then pop in and comment in squiggle, have a brief conversation with someone else in squiggle, and then it goes right back to english? Is there some on the fly translator they have that doesn't work in the other direction? - Adam Turetzky
You tell him!! Bwahahahaha!! @scobelizer - Robert Couture
Ah, i see. I grew up between Iraq & Kuwait. Hence, why I was curious - Zee.
Adam: many Iranians can read English but are more comfortable in communicating in Farsi. Maryam doesn't have the software loaded to write back in Farsi, though. - Robert Scoble
Dear Robert Maryam Can Type Fingilish !! It Meanig For Typing Hello Type Salam :D - Mil∂d
Ahh, ok, so they're Language-dexterous. Does anyone do this in spoken conversation? Like one person speaks in English and the other answers in Farsi? That gives me a headache just thinking about it! LOL - Adam Turetzky
Thanks for all the community support. Mokhleseh hameyeh bachehayeh Irooni. Crowdsourcing is the best way to get what you want. I am soooooooo gonna get a foot massage tonight! Now about that Italian vacation :) - Maryam Scoble
ma ham mokhlesim abji , bego perspolisi hasty ta in ehsan bere donbale karesh - mahyaa
Maryam age cheshato doos dari in harfo nazan :))) - Ehsan Moslehi
Hatman Perspolisie , Vaghty Robert Perpolisi hast maryam ke dige hatman perspolisi bayad bashe - Mil∂d
I love how the Iranians are starting a fight here about their favorite soccer team. Turns out we are classified as fans of Perspilise whose color is red. In California saying you are a red means you are either a Republican or a fan of Stanford. Problem is we are Democrats and fans of Cal, which are both blue. By the way, Maryam is planning a trip to Iran in October, she should hold a FriendFeed party there. - Robert Scoble
نه پس فکر کردی استقلالیه جواته ؟ این مریم و شوهرش با کلاسن عین منو آنام . اسمایلی همه ی پرسپولیسیها با کلاسن - mahyaa
hmmm...sounds like we'll need a whole stadium for such a party ...but it'd be so much fun! :) - Selma
hey go reds ...viva Persepolis :D ...by the way you are a real Iranian wife who order very good ...hey man come back home right now ok?now i mean now!:D:D:D very good - zos
Dear Robert We Invite you to iran , Iranian Like to see you and Maryam :) - Mil∂d
@Adam Turetzky Yeah I do the whole language-dexterous thing with my parents all the time. They talk to me in Hindi and I reply in English, mostly out of habit. It's not as hard as you think ;-) - Mohit
Oh and I didn't know you were a Cal fan, Robert. Go Bears! - Mohit
"So last September, Ms. Zhang decided to take over where nature left off. She checked herself into a hospital here and a doctor cut her shinbones in two, applied a medieval-looking brace to her legs and taught her how to turn its screws so that metal pins would pull her bones apart nearly a millimeter a day, or around four-hundredths of an inch. Today, Ms. Zhang is three and a half inches taller than she was six months ago, though she can not yet walk." - Ana
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This is from a few years back (I'd read it when I was still living/working in China). The recent article I posted about bridesmaids being asked to get botox and boob jobs reminded me of this article. - Ana
I can't believe this, but I can understand it. We want to have bigger breasts, bigger dicks, longer legs, etc. When are we going to be happy with who we are? - Eric Thompson
The surgery worked well for Ana though. - Paul Buchheit
If I stopped to read something, if the pictures are good, if it makes me click a link, it almost always gets a like. - Jason Toney
i'm not stingy with my likes, but sometimes i have a problem *liking* something that seems inappropriate to *like* (for instance, something that is sad, etc.). - carlotta fancypants
I like when I like too, though only once for a particular post. On another note, I notice there is a feature (?) that auto-likes? Really korny, if you ask me. - JC unwired
I like dthis for 2 reasons I thought it was interesting discussion and I found someone named carlotta fancypants to subscribe to. That name was good enough I just did it without investigating. Don't do that very much. Good discussion Mona. I only like ... If I like it. - Cody Heitschmidt
yep, gotta be a good post or funny ;) - videopixil
right. agree with carlotta, I didn't want to "like" the story about the Spam King killing himself and his family even though I know that "like" really means "share" or endorse as something of interest. Not sure what the answer to this is. - Thomas Hawk
Liking for me is as much a bookmark I can return to - Chris Nuttall
I typically "like" something if I found it interesting (or even just funny/fun). Am with Carlotta/Thomas on the discomfort issue. Am also with Mona on redundancy issues, But when I see people say stuff like "I am on a mission to like 3000 items this week!" it kind of freaks me out. - Robert Seidman
Yuvi: can you settle the ongoing contest (in my head) about who has the most likes and most comments with one of your patent-pending statistical analyses? - Mark Trapp
-raises hand- Question: Are postings shared even if I leave a comment only? - Mona N.
Mona, yes. Unlike likes, comments always share and bump things to the top of your followers' feeds. - Mark Trapp
I've never commented before, and I've never liked something. So consider yourself honored - I do exist! Just not too easy to "like" something from one click in google reader, so I don't. Same with comments. - Steve Butowick
""They cannot depend on weather modification. Nature is bigger and stronger than the Chinese people and rockets," Rahn said." This Rahn guy has no idea. - Ana
"Ana Yang, who ran the Obama office in Erie, has returned to her job with hot start-up FriendFeed. Yang worked on campaigns in five states for Obama. He lost all five primary races. McCain supporters must hope she decides to help out in the general election." - Ana
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I am a big fan of Thomas Hawk, and he is big fan of FF. This is one of my favorite TH photos. As of a few minutes ago it has received 54,470 views, and 593 favorites. He posted it over 2 yrs ago and Flickrites are still commenting on it. - Russellreno
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I am confused. 2 hrs or 27 months ago. I merely comment on the timeline of the comments. - Mathew A. Koeneker
Big ups to the Hawk, the official unofficial photog of my blog. The dude rocks, consistently. Very, very hard act to follow. Check out his favs. Amazing. - Dave Martin
Mathew - Two years. I need an editor! - Russellreno
If you need one than I need a team of them. I just wanted to clarify. TH's pix are easy on the eyes. Plus, I find myself subscribing to many of his FOAF's that also are photographers. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker
Hey thanks Russell. I took this shot on Bourbon Street in New Orleans at Jazzfest in 2006. I wanted to go check out New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The damage was unbelievable. I shot a bunch of that as well. If you ever get a chance check out Robert Polidari's book of photographs "After the Flood" it's well worth it. One of the best books of post Katrina images. I was always surprised that this image of a stripper giving me the finger got as much attention as it did. - Thomas Hawk
Thomas, another great portrait! I love the expression on his face, he looks very happy considering he is homeless. What is your sense about the homeless people you have photographed so far. Do they seem at peace with the fact they are homeless or is there an underlying sense of despair? - Jeff P. Henderson
I think this is one of my favorites so far. Well done. - Justin Korn
Beautiful shot. I think your $2 portrait project is a fantastic idea. - matt hollingsworth
Nice one again! It's easy to just ignore these guys (that's what I do most of the time). By taking a picture you give them some time and show respect. I think that's great! - Daan
I truly look forward to reading your $2 portrait stories. I think I like most that you talk to them about their lives. That shot was amazing. I love the emotion. - Jeremy Kunz
you ask the 500 people standing in line in hot sun if this is anything less than a disaster. - Robert Scoble
Robert: I think this what is known as a self inflicted wound. Hard to have any sympathy - Brian Sullivan
Definitely self-inflicted. All over the place, people are having problems. Apple has a mess on their hands today. - Candace Holly
While I think this situation might have been avoidable, I would hardly call it a disaster. I would reserve that word for Iraq, hurricane Katrina, etc. - Otto R. Radke
I'll ask them right after I ask the folks who were at the Superdome if its the same. They are standing in line FOR A PHONE. A PHONE. A P-H-O-N-E. - Eric @ CS Techcast
I look at it as a tech disaster, but also a PR nightmare... - Nathan Finley
Just further proof of the bubble that Robert and others in the Valley live in... - Harish V
I think I can hear Jobs screaming somthing. Can't make out what it is.... - Roberto Bonini
That sound you hear is somebody getting fired... - Nathan Finley
I'm not sure that the slowdowns today qualify as either PR nightmares or disasters. For example, I think the price drop of iPhone 1.0 was a bigger PR problem than the signups being slow. Some things just end up taking time, particularly when they are new and there is a high demand for them. I wonder if some of the language here is influenced by tech myopia. In other words, I wonder if most people will just see that the process is slow and come back later. Who is going to forego buying an iPhone because of this? But I might be in the minority. - John
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Hardly a disaster, but I like how Robert quickly corrected his son about who's to blame for the issue. Just funny how Apple fans quickly defend. It's okay to complain to Apple. :-) - Jim McCusker
To quote The Who, "this is no social crisis, just another tricky day..." - Robert Seidman
i think this whole thing is obnoxious and sheep-like standing in line for a bloody phone, there are so many more devices out there with much more features and better functionality, but noooo, just because it's an EYE phone... sometimes I fear I do not understand my fellow human beings at all! Iran threatening to bomb everything in sight, China violating Tibetan rights, starving AIDS orphans in Africa, Katrina, 911, Columbine, Virginia Tech, THOSE ARE DISASTERS! Priorities people, come on... FFS! - Mario Olckers
Only a mindless sheep would stand in line again for another iPhone.. :) - Tim
mario cmon - you should also know apparently robert didn't even wait in line with his son - they cut the line - what does that say? - Allen Stern
Yeah the instore activation was a bad bad idea.. - Shawn
All I get out of this post is that Robert was able to spend time with his son. That's a good thing. - Eric Thompson
All the non-US customers that are not reviewers/bloggers, what the F are you thinking? I love tech galore but please, This is radical fanboyism I want no part off. GPS, 3G and yes The iphone have existed prior to July 11th. - Tatenda Mbavarira
+1 Shawn. That was one of the game changing things about the iPhone originally: you spent 5 minutes in the store buying it, you took it home, plugged it into iTunes *at your leisure*, spent another 5 minutes activating it. Done. Flipped a big middle finger to every other phone requiring in-store paperwork. Only now they take it away? whiskey tango foxtrot. So glad I wasn't in line this year. (hugs iPhone from last year) - Karim
Allen - there is no white 8GB....so the answer is "yes" - Jeff Douglass
There's no malice when I say that I hope this event causes Apple to lay off the PR line that everything they make "just works", e.g. "I'm a Mac...I'm a PC". - Jim Ierley
a disaster to a very specific subset of people... walking around NYC today I didn't notice many shrieks of terror or people crying in the streets - Nathan Manley
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I'm feeling pretty smug about my decision to wait a week before upgrading. - Kevin D. White
I was in the store for 9 hrs today. Fido here in Canada was hit hard and their servers were not working to even activate the phone. By the time I left iTunes was still not unbricking the phones, that was at 3:40pm EST. My phone is still not unbricked. - Ryan
Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina, Indian Ocean Earthquake were disasters. This was just a magnificent f*ck-up. - Michael Markman
I had a really great experience waiting, receiving and activating my new iPhone today. - Jordan
lol about techmeme... yes but this would still fall under my "very specific subset of people" also reports are coming in that the activation servers are back up, so like any good disaster 2.0 it is getting fixed pretty quickly :) - Nathan Manley
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although keeping technology addicts in the sun (or outside at all) could be disaster... we melt easily - Nathan Manley
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I can't really understand all the hype regarding new mobile phones, IMHO they are nowadays more or less commodities and technical innovation is rather limited. - Arnd Gronenberg
Didn't Apple say there would be no shortage of phones? I don't know why everyone had to be there today, I'll wait till Monday and probably be setup in less than an hour. (Said with fingers crossed.) - Bob
I was there at the Apple store in downtown SF at 6am, for my first iPhone, finally walking out of the store at 12:30 after some activation trouble. Took a lot longer than expected but you could tell this one was out of the hands of the store employees, who I felt did a very good job considering the circumstances. I chalk this one up to the idiots at AT&T who demanded in store activation. - David Nichols
Boo...No Sarah Perez or Corvida. But congrats to the ones I do follow: Veronica Belmont, Gina Trapani, Emily Chang, Leah Culver, & Justine Ezarik. - Mark Krynsky
There's always a few missing on these lists (especially niche bloggers including the above ... Ann Smarty, and Shana Albert) but this is an incredibly good list (with descriptions). Well worth exploring! - Charlie Anzman
Ditto Mark, plus congrats to our Tamar, and Amber MacArthur as well (fan of her stuff as well) - finally a list of females in tech and blogging that doesn't involve "sexiest" or "nakedest." - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
No Natali Del Conte either. Seems more like a "Female Bloggers Influential To Other Females" list. Not so much a list of bloggers that have appeal to men and women, except for some like Gina, Veronica, Cali, etc. - Jim Bergman
Well Female bloggers usually gets 'popularity' faster...but nice list. - Saad Kamal
This reminds me that had I not given up on the first blog I started back in 98, maybe I'd be on this list. But I don't have the drive and passion these very worthy women have! Congrats to you, Veronica and all on the list! More importantly, keep doing what you do, because it is important and valuable. - Shawna Benson
What an impressive list! Quite a few I follow already, but nice to have some more to check out. - Sally Church
ok which one s/we get Playboy to cover ? Remember TC's post of late ? - Peter Dawson
Why does there have to be a separate list for most influential male/female bloggers? Why not just a list for the 50 or 100 most influential bloggers? Why the gender distinction? - Michael Tefft
After posting about the bikinibloggers of Urlesque & the wish for naked bloggers of Playboy at http://www.aboutblank.nl it was worthwile to pay some attention to influential female bloggers. Really influential, I'm talking about. But why do all these American sites pay so much atttention female bloggers, I wonder. So sudden, I mean. - Ton Zijp
whole story is suspect due to claim that blogging pair coined term "fugly" - WTF! :-) - Deva Hazarika
What does it have to do with America, Ton Zijp? - Andy DeSoto
Andy, just that the attention is there so suddenly, in such a way that they all make a list (20 bloggers Urlesque wants to see in bikini, 9 Playboy wants to see naked, 50 really influential according to N x E). I follow news about weblogs worldwide, I publish about it daily, so for me it's really surprising that in just a few days all these sites are concentrating at female bloggers. I don't take conclusions on that, but it really surprises me. July = bikinimonth? Like Urlesque said? - Ton Zijp
I know a few, and have a few others in my rss reader. But this blog post is screaming for an OPML. - Laura Scott
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The term fugly is as old as beauty (or lack there of) it's self. - Brian Norwood
nice resource, re: formatteddad's comment- as long as there is no bias or exclussion. anything that brings more voices to the conversation- the better! sometimes we need to identify the voices that might not be getting the BIG exposure. - Nice Fish Films
perl helped me to dump a quick opml of the blogs. i won't host it myself. instead this link gives you a netvibes startpage where you can read the blogs and export them to opml: http://is.gd/QH7 - now i'm busy reading. - igor
“My son is teaching World of Warcraft to Maryam. She finally turns to him and says "this is way too complicated." She says she's going back to PacMan and Zuma. Heh.”
reminiscent to the time I tried to introduce my wife to a great game that is Football Manager - Fajar Jasmin
Did you know that Pac-Man was originally called "Puck Man" in Japan? It was renamed for US markets to avoid obvious abuse of the first letter... - Jemm
I sympathize with your wife. I'm horrible at most video and computer games. which is why I like the Wii. My 3 year old can play it. And so can I. - adam christensen
Hell, I think WoW is too complicated. And I do tech support. I felt the same way about Dungeons and Dragons. - Helen Sventitsky
الان خانم اسکوبل دست به کار میشن واسه ترجمه متون دوستان:)) - Zahra HB
@Lucretia: I definitively can't understand how can anyone like Guild Wars... I still have the idea that the only advantage (that appeals to many players - I know some) of Guild Wars is that you don't have to pay monthly... - ☂Marcos Marado
من اصن از بازیهای جنگ و خونریزی بدم میاد. نمی تونم درک کنم چه لذتی می تونه داشته باشه آخه ؟ اسمایلی بازیه پک من برای کبوتران دل نازک - mahyaa
Yes! I just don't get WOW - I'd much rather play Sims2 or Mass Effect - I like relaxing, not stressful "shoot that guy!" or "hack, hack, level up" <grin> - Cheryl Allin
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My younger brother and I use WoW to keep in touch. We've tried multiple times to teach our Mom how to play it. She finally threw up her hands and gave up. However, I do have her playing the Wii a bit. - Candace Holly
Robert, please don't let your son play MMOs. I wish my dad had never let me start. - Andy DeSoto
