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Marathoner 'a' winner; Nike looks like a loser
Marathoner 'a' winner; Nike looks like a loser
October 23 at 9:24 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Faced with a blast of criticism from all over the country, Nike issued a statement Wednesday saying that it "recognizes Arien O'Connell as a winner." Did you catch that? It says a winner - not the winner. Even though she ran 11 minutes faster than the "elite" woman who was given first place, O'Connell's career-best finish will exist in an odd parallel universe where, no matter how fast you run, you can't win the race unless you're among a special few." - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet
looks like Nike decided to give her her due afterall, sort of... they still didn't call her "the" winner. They are calling her "a" winner. Spineless weak Nike if you ask me. - Thomas Hawk
This has been a textbook example of how even a well-heeled, media savvy company can totally screw the pooch. Could it have been handled more miserably? I don't think so. They just keep digging a deeper hole. - Chris Baskind
If New Balance were smart they'd sign her up for an endorsement deal pronto. Nike looks like mud in all this. They could have handled this so much better. - Thomas Hawk
Nike has always sucked, as a company. Its complete lack of corporate ethics is never a surprise. - Bob M. Montgomery via twhirl
Throughout this whole thing, I'm just wondering how a group of people who got a 20 min. head start didn't notice a person not in their group passing them by. - Anika Malone
New Balance could do Apple/PC like adds with her wearing NB shoes vs. Nike with the ending tagline being, "real winners wear New Balance." They could do it smart and with humor and get good traction off of Nike's total blunder. Nike should declare her "the" winner and maybe give her $50,000 and give number 2 $25,000 to make up for their mishandling of the situation and give the charity another $25,000 to boot. It would be a small price to pay. - Thomas Hawk
@Hawk: You're right. NB or someone should sign her, then do a Joe the Athlete campaign around her. - Chris Baskind
Who is Nike's PR agency anyways and why aren't they handling this better? - Thomas Hawk
That's bullshit. You run the fastest... you win. The fastest runner doesn't get a consolation prize. Clearly nike is unamerican, and a bunch of terrorists. - Joshua Schnell
Major opportunity for NB, agreed. Enjoyed the post and comments on Paul Isakson's blog some months ago re Nike's most recent campaign vs. NB's : http://tinyurl.com/2vrqjm . This event would fit in to that discussion nicely (Nike's "slickness" vs. NB's "real" runner). - Marko Bon
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October 3 at 11:03 am - Link
Nice to see Paul laughing and having a good time in this one. I will have to listen to it when I get some free time. - James Mowery via twhirl
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iPhone Cupcakes: so. much. win.
September 15 at 11:57 pm - via Reshare - Link
Yum! - Orli Yakuel
Mmmmmm... - Anna Haro
om nom nom - imabonehead
Only one thing to do: I'm going to throw one at you. - Eric Kerr
Do you clean up your messes, Eric? - Mona N.
iyum! - Zee.
makes me hungry just to see them. Should be mounted on springs so they wiggle! - Bill Thompson via twhirl
Shut your hatches, haters! These cupcakes are awesome. - Mona N.
How's the battery life on those cupcakes/ - Michael Markman
yeah - do they jiggle when you press on them? - Zee.
I bet Caryl could make these easy. - Will Higgins
the iphone is soooo del.icio.us! - (jeff)isageek
Geez, how much do those cost? ;-) - Jordan Hofker
First browser cookies, and site breadcrumbs, now these. - Rick Wolff
Ingenious. They look delicious too! - sean808080
ummm.. little to far on the iphone thing. Next is the knitted Iphone. - Chris W
Awesome! Do want. - Stellina
I don't own an iPhone but I would like to try to make these. - Melissa
Christopher, I bet the knitted iPhone already exists somewhere. Or crocheted. Check Craft: magazine. - Kamilah Gill
i soooo want that ipod icon cupcake in the corner. - (jeff)isageek
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Rice Library from the front
Rice Library from the side
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August 6 at 1:44 pm - Link
Another one of my articles has been Grayed! Hehe. But with this article, i just thought it was amazing how the focus has gone from sites/blogs to the actual people. :) - James Mowery via twhirl
It's a really good one, James! I think I've been more interested in the author of the material from the get-go since my focus is...uh...unfocused. Personal blogging. Finding cool sh*t on the internet. Brilliant, incisive essays that make me see the world differently. I've seen other people with my same kind of un-focus list their blogrolls by author name, rather than blog name--very telling! - colleen wainwright
I agree Colleen. Definitely should be a welcomed change. :) - James Mowery via twhirl
Very good article. I finally understand why I fell in love with FriendFeed ... - Jaime Navon
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Louis Gray shared an item on Google Reader
August 5 at 11:04 am - Link
The ultimate FriendFeed client is the URL, it isn't as needy as Twitter is, and doesn't need a client to make it more usable (at the moment). - Steve Isaacs
Perhaps FriendFeed doesn't need a client to make it more useful, but it is certainly needed to make it more accessible (for me anyways). Also, thanks for favoriting this, Louis. Also, thanks for commenting at Performancing and adding me as a friend on FriendFeed! - James Mowery via twhirl
that missing hide feature is indeed a good point. really messes up ff in twhirl. - Martin Spindler via twhirl
Above all else, I don't understand why FriendFeed and Twhirl have not agreed on the display of comments. Why on earth do they have the order of comments different on each one? Personally, I like the reverse chronological order in Twhirl, but when I visit the FF site, it always takes a moment to adjust seeing the older comments first. Regardless, consistency would be appreciated throughout most first and third-party applications. :D - James Mowery via twhirl
I like using FF on the web.. tried twhirl and it sucks... I agree with @Steve - why do we even need a client? - andy brudtkuhl
Andy: I would ask if you believe that Twitter is as useful without a client? If your answer was no... either you don't use Twitter or you are a madman! :D - James Mowery via twhirl
"Client" doesn't necessarily mean a desktop app. I do, however, see a need for alternative web interfaces. IMO, the successful third-party FF apps will be improved and advanced web clients. - Aviv
Yeah, I agree with Aviv. Especially with smartphones coming in their prime with the likes of the Apple iPhone, I see greater importance being put on third-parties. Who knows what could be created to utilize FriendFeed's functionality? I don't think we've even seen the true potential of third-party developers come out yet with FriendFeed. - James Mowery via twhirl
One area of opportunity for a FF client would be w/a native iPhone app. While the FF iPhone interface is fairly good, but an app could introduce some additional functionality (i.e. improved filtering). - Monty
I have been considering the creation of a site specific browser for use with FriendFeed. You get the web interface without the browser fluff: http://www.fluidapp.com/ or http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/1... - James Mowery via twhirl
James, I think the Twitter concept itself makes it that much more suitable for 3rd party desktop clients, pretty much in the same way that we have IM clients. I think FF is fundamentally different, especially usability-wise (ie. we comment, we check back for replies, there are rooms, different types of content being shared - from images to Twitter-like messages). Unlike Twitter - and IM for that matter, it'll be difficult for desktop apps to keep the users engaged in the FF experience for a long period of time. It works for Twitter - messages in, messages out. But FF requires the user to pay more attention and interact with the system in ways that I think are bound to be inefficient if using a simplified desktop app. - Aviv
James, while FF's current API implementation is great, I don't think we will see serious alternatives to the FF web client until FF lets developers hook into the constant stream of updates (XMPP is all the rage, it seems). It's still possible to aggregate FF data, but at this stage I think it's the main reason for the lack of rich FF clients. - Aviv
Aviv, while I agree, you just can never know. I wasn't specifically talking about desktop clients with this discussion. I think that web-based applications could be developed to better harness the FriendFeed data. For example, I'd love to see a more in-depth view of the activity that takes place on my FriendFeed account (somewhat like Socialistics for Facebook) or have a third-party develop a site that could allow you to aggregate different content types into one single feed for FriendFeed, or perhaps something like a third-party application that could notify you whenever your name or brand is mentioned on FriendFeed (like summize). - James Mowery via twhirl
I'd love to see a live activity heat-map of some sort that can display the relative activity happening throughout the world on FriendFeed. A simple map with color signifying the amount of activity that has taken place within the past hour, day, week, month, and year would be an excellent application. It could be made more useful, but even having something just like that would be astounding to check out. Stuff like that is what I'm interested in. - James Mowery via twhirl
I think a mobile client would be great... But I don't think we need another client for the desktop... @James I only prefer using a Twitter client because it pushes the updates to me - andy brudtkuhl
Andy, I also only prefer Twhirl because it gets the updates to me. When I want to share content from the web, I much rather prefer using the FF bookmarklet. I also use the FF web interface when attempting to catch up on information that I have missed. - James Mowery via twhirl
I like Twhirl, but not for FF - I would give a client that did all of this a try. - Leslie Poston
No client needed for FriendFeed. FriendFeed is the first service where I feel I don't need a local app. - Rutger Blom
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August 4 at 10:53 pm - Link
Looks like some of the early Longhorn prototypes I saw at Microsoft before I took a job there. Never showed up. But I like where the Surface computer is going more than what I saw the first few minutes of this video. I also really hate scripted videos. They just grate on my nerves. Why not have someone human just talk me through what the UI could do? - Robert Scoble
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Heh. Leo the perennial ham! - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Too amazing! - James Mowery via twhirl
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“Five People I Would Love to Have Dinner With: Christopher Hitchens, Anthony Bourdain, Thom Yorke, Richard Branson and David Gilmour - you?”
July 27 at 5:44 pm - Link
Thomas Pynchon, Christopher Hitchens, Jeff Mangum, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and David Lynch. - Akiva Moskovitz
David Fincher, Clint Eastwood, Hunter Thompson, Gary Oldman and Bootsy Collins - Mark Forman
Oh, if we were including dead people, my list would be quite different. - Akiva Moskovitz
Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Pol Pot, Mother Theresa, Che Guevara :)- - Peter Dawson
Do they have to be all at once? I'm kind of officially an introvert. - MiɳiMagɘ (AlwaysMiniMage) via NoiseRiver
@MiniMAge, no not all at once.. 1 for each day of the week :)- - Peter Dawson
Nate Hawthorne, Joseph Campbell, Lao Tsu, David Sedaris and my nephew Cary Grant. - Boo
Thomas Pynchon, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bridget Fonda, Jon Stewart and Bono. - AJ Kohn
Of the dead: Bruno Shulz, Italo Calvino, Andre Breton, Stanley Kubrick, and George Carlin. - Akiva Moskovitz
Robin Williams, Alan Greenspan, Lance Armstrong, Scott Adams, and Stephen King. - Aaron Schaub
Ronald Reagan, Pete Rose, Stephen Covey, Jon Anderson and John Candy. - richrecruiter
sry should have clarified was just keeping my list to living people. Am finding a bunch of people I don't know and am interested to learn about! @forman YES Gary Oldman! he would be fascinating. @Aaron Robin williams and scott adams would be awesome! @reich Covey would be cool - @minimage lol I was thinking about that - all at once would suck, the conversation would be fascinating but you wouldn't get the full benefit - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
This is reminding me how much I loved and miss Dinner For Five on IFC. - Michael W. May
Robert Downey Jr., Barack Obama, J.J. Abrams, Graham Greene, and the so-what-if-he's-fictional Howard Roark :) - Stagekid
@ blake I'll second JJ Abrams, I'd imagine he would be facinating to talk to - Keke
If they have to be living: David Lynch, Stephen Colbert, Robert Scoble, K Eric Drexler, Neal Stephenson - maybe also Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man), Grant Morrison, and I could probably think of many more. - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy
Wow - hardly anyone wants to have dinner with any women.... Let's see I'd love to have dinner with: Kathy Sierra, Melinda Gates, Cali Lewis, Yuu Watase (Fushigi Yuugi).... oh! and Mona. With Lindsay along of course! ;) :P Oooh - and Diane Keaton (have had a crush on her since I first saw Annie Hall. - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy
Russell T Davies, Joss Whedon, Warren Ellis, Neal Stephenson, and Phil Lesh - Occasional Headbanger
Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman. - Shawn Farner
Michael, I miss that show, too. - Akiva Moskovitz
Joss Whedon is great too. I just thought of Burt Bacharach too. - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy
Dinner For Five FTW - And now that I have started thinking about Dinner for Five I want to add David Cross and Carrie Fisher to my list but I don't know who to remove. :( - Occasional Headbanger
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lauren Bacall, Tad Williams, Queen Elizabeth II, Edythe - Michael W. May
dinner with women? Does Waterboarding with Arundhati Roy count as dinner? ...because that would be a blast! Porn watching with Gloria Steinem! Fisting with Catharine MacKinnon... er hmmm why not Condoleezza Rice and an Ann Coulter menage toi... bring the whole Blogher group with 'em - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ
Gina Trapani, Robert Scoble, Dare Obasanjo, Pat Helland, Edythe. The fact that i've had dinner with 3/5 of these folks is not a coincidence. ;) - Chris Hollander
What? You don't want dinner with your girlfriend Amanda Chapel? [Why am I doing this.] - Akiva Moskovitz
Hunter S Thompson, Scott Bourne, Leo Laporte, Adam Duritz and Michael Palin - The Last Sound You Hear
Terry Gilliam, Alan Moore, John Stewart, Kevin Smith, and Woody Harrelson - Pete Delucchi
I thought this tangent was going towards women for dinner. aMANda Chapel is exempt from my feminist orgy. oh and I would never invite Robert Scoble over for dinner even if he would come. He's a bitch, but he would eat all my food. - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ
Classy Noah! - Occasional Headbanger
if your saying that robert is a "eat all of the mashed potatoes" sort of guy, then you're putting him in very lofty company. :) - Chris Hollander
really... I would like to meet. Sarah Cudo, Justine Ezarik, Beth Cleaver, Orli Yakuel, Leora Israel, Michelle Oshen and my own girlfriend. I'm kidding about my porn fantasy. come on that was rare sexist form for me. don't I get at least one knee slap? ...er also maybe Christine Cavalier if she can stop calling me a stalker - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ
Gary Coleman, Emmanuel Lewis, and I'll have to think of the other three later - Nathan Rein
BTW, my list wasn't just hypothetical... i'm free for dinner all this week. :) - Chris Hollander
Scoble will eat ur potatoes Chris Hollander - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ
I want to hear Scoble's list, since he's already talked to so many interesting people. - Jeff P. Henderson
Nathan just google famous midgets - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ
Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, Andrew Wiley, Herman Melville and Alan Moore. - Blake Robinson
@Boo Joseph Campbell is dead. I'd like to meet him as well - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ
@noah, tnx, i now phear midgets, necrophiles, and potato eaters.... GASP! - Chris Hollander
lol @nathan are you making your list off of Bloodhound Gang lyrics? ; p Terry Gilliam, Robert Downey Jr, Terry Gilliam and JJ Abrams would be interesting - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
Aden Pennington, John Lennon, Mozart, Charles Manson, Clint Eastwood - Eric Truman
Oh living people. Only two of mine were. Subbing Bill Bryson, James Burke and an unknown. - Boo
on a more serious note... I would like to have dinner with all living former supreme court justices. I wanna talk about porn with the pros. hey Clarence... LONG DONG SILVER was the bomb! - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ
The Pope, Clint Eastwood, My Dad, Queen Elizabeth, Dahli Lama... - Kathy
After some deep contemplation, I would like to respectfully un-invite Obama to my dinner party and replace him with Cal Ripken Jr. - Stagekid
I'd like to have Bill Kristol and Noam Chomsky over and make them talk to one another - Nathan Rein
Ian McEwan, Haruki Murakami, Nick Cave, Richard Dawkins, Werner Herzog - Robert Stribley
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“Post the RSS Feed to your blog in the comments. I just set up a FFF folder in GReader and I'd like to fill it + you can share with others”
July 17 at 11:11 pm - Link
http://www.joedawsons.com/feed... I have a lot of images of my family adventures which get uploaded so I wouldn't subscribe if you don't want that fed into GReader! - Joe Dawson (beta)
http://operabouffe.wordpress.c... - can you read Italian? :) - MacGiorgia
Giorgia, no, but I'm quite capable of using Google translate when the pictures look good :-) - Duncan Riley
keep em coming, so really good reading in this list - Duncan Riley
May I change mine to: http://www.nicefishfilms.com/b... thanks! - Nice Fish Films
Duncan - alrighty, here's my architecture blog's feed too, then :) http://aisforarchitecture.word... - MacGiorgia
There will actually be more of me here, Duncan: http://feeds.feedburner.com/li... - Chris Baskind
Duncan: do you want any kind of blog or specific topic blogs? - Justin Korn
Justin, which ever you'd like to share with me and others. - Duncan Riley
I'm just getting started with my own blog: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ju... - Justin Korn
Flickr RSS to pretty things up: http://api.flickr.com/services... - Justin Korn
This is my going to bed mark so I know where to start adding feeds in the morning. keep em coming, and anyone reading this, feel free to add as many people as you like - Duncan Riley
http://www.benparr.com/feed/ , although I'm transforming into a new blog next month, right before the New Media Expo. - Ben Parr
http://codingrelic.geekhold.co... though why anyone would want to read it is beyond me. - Denton Gentry
Ripe for RSS Spam :)- - Peter Dawson
http://feeds.feedburner.com/co... - am I late to be added? - Lou Paglia - Lou Paglia
weird...my entry just did this http://www.flickr.com/photos/7... - Sarah Perez