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Frying bacon :) - Baard Overgaard Hansen via Bookmarklet

اوخی:-* - نگین

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BACON! UMM! :D Just be sure someone is supervising the kid! - Ron

The first bacon is always the most special =) Sadly, it's also the most likely to leave scars (at least, mine did...). Hope you two had fun! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

She's adorable Baard! :) - Anna Haro

such a cute face. she looks like she's enjoying the cooking duties - Cee Bee

her first bacon-frying experience, and it went well :) She ate every piece of bacon as well. Just a small one for me :) - Baard Overgaard Hansen

Whether she's making it, frying it, or cooking it...she is very talented! - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

cute!! me wants bacon now! - Susan Beebe

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“When I manually update my Flickr feed it causes all of the Like's and comments disappear on the latest items. That is really bad thing to happen...”

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“Awake but still luxuriating in bed, complete with coffee, newspapers and laptop...”

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Good morning... :D - Aline

Morning! :) - Emma

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Morning, Emma/ Aren't Sunday mornings the best? :-) - Kol Tregaskes via twhirl

Definitely! :) - Emma

I can see an accident in the making here with the coffee.. - Joe Dawson

Morning Emma! :) - Mona N.

good morning! - Colide81

Hi Mona...you ok? ...and Joe *fingers crossed* but coffee is safely on the bedside table at the moment! ;) - Emma

Of course, lovely :) - if you're wondering why I'm not spamming people's feeds, it's because I'm parked in the confession room LOL. Though beware, if you join? Your main feed will be filled with confessions lol. - Mona N.

LOL Oooh, sounds very interesting...I'll have to go and take a look! ;) - Emma

Mona, thanks for invite and OMG, I now see why you're parked there...lol *love* ;) - Emma

Good morning... - Mitchell Tsai

Emma: That room is insane lol. Enjoy! - Mona N.

I'm reading FF on my iTouch over Corn Flakes. Sunday mornings are heaven. - Roberto Bonini

I just decided to jump right out of bed and hit the keyboard. Morning everyone! - Ernie Oporto

Good Day, Emma - RAPatton

mornin - Michael W. May

MOrning! :D - Ron

Enjoy your luxuriating! - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Hurrah for Sundays! - Patricia Hanrahan

Shawn Farner posted a message

“Just woke up. Bahhh this sucks.”

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But does it both suck AND blow? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Did you the vacuum cleaner wake you up again? - Andrew Trinh

We shall see :) LOL no Andrew, not this time - Shawn Farner

Baard Overgaard Hansen posted a message

“Teaching my daughter how to make bacon. Pictures follows.”

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You = WIN - Mona N.

They grow up so fast, Remembers the great bacon fire of 94. - Earl E Morningwood

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"make" bacon? Ingredients: 1 piglet, shed loads of food and a couple of years to spare... ;-) - Slippy Lane

@Slippy Lane, English is not my native language,so excuse my spelling. But I think you understood what I meant - Baard Overgaard Hansen

Baard: native English speakers would say "make bacon," too. It's all good. - Mark Trapp

No cook bacon and make bacon very different..make bacon refers to the process of butchering the hog, preparing the raw meat, and curing the meat to turn into bacon. - Fred Grott

Only a pedant or a butcher would make that distinction. It's perfectly acceptable to a native English speaker to say "make bacon" when cooking up some bacon; it's a natural language, and everyone would know to what you refer. - Mark Trapp

Do we make lard or do we cook lard? - Fred Grott

Do we make ham or do we cook ham? - Fred Grott

I cannot help wondering how many languages Fred speaks and writes. Great morning set, Baard. - Michael W. May

Pictures were way too cute. She is gorgeous. Thinking about it I use 'make' and 'cook' interchangeably. Most likely say make, as in: "I'm going to make some bacon and eggs. Who wants?" Horses for courses and right now I'm hungry. Brekkie is a'calling. - Patricia Hanrahan

When native Germans speak English, they tend to use the verb "make" more than a native English speaker. I don't know if this applies to other languages. P.S. I'm hungry. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

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Anyone is welcome to ass me: kolint @ gmail - Kol Tregaskes

That sounds weird ^^^^^^ (: ... BUTT i added you. - Mladen Srdić

Kol, if you haven't managed to add me, or all the others, you can do it via google reader, or you can enter those addresses in the textbox in google reader. Just go to your Shared settings, and there is a little textbox on the lower right part of the screen. - Mladen Srdić

Andrew Trinh posted a message

“I've come to realise I've got a mild case of OCD. It should really be CDO, rearranged the proper way.”

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I diagnosed myself with FOMO, and i try to fight it. So far so good. - Mladen Srdić

You're not missing out on anything, Mladen! - Andrew Trinh

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Oh, that didn't convince me! d: - Mladen Srdić

Actually, it should be OCO (obsessive compulsive ordered) so it's all symmetrical... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Palindromes for the win! - Andrew Trinh

Taco cat is a palindrome. - Mladen Srdić

CDO is becoming a real problem, everything has to be consistent in my books. That means when I find an issue with something, I start from scratch to fix everything up. Just like I'm doing with my Flickr… - Andrew Trinh

Do you really think it's OCD or is it perfectionism? Subtle but significant difference. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Crap, the Flickr thing is another story – that's my go at being a perfectionist. The OCD is still valid, I still wipe all my cutlery and crockery when I'm at a restaurant (except when I have no choice because there's food already on it) and tend to set up my items in a certain order. It annoys me when I have to rearrange items because someone's moved them slightly and I can't seem to let it slide. - Andrew Trinh

Yup, that's verging on OCD territory... Do you find it's just annoying right now, or has it started to interfere with parts of your life? I ask because so many people w/ OCD don't recognize what's going on with them and don't know to speak to a doctor early on when it's more easily treated. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Actually I was sort of brought up that way with the cleaning (strangely enough), further up the family line a relative wouldn't eat any food that wasn't prepared by his wife. I don't believe that it's interfering with my life, it irritates me to see someone else arrange things in a certain way but I don't take it out on anything or anyone. - Andrew Trinh

By interfering with you life, I'm thinking along the lines of: not going out to dinner with friends because you know you won't be able to wipe items down or rearrange items. That sort of thing, where the habits you have start influencing the choices you make. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Thankfully, no. I'm fine with the way others do their thing, it tickles a nerve and sometimes gets me pissed off, but it doesn't stop me from going out with my mates or the like. - Andrew Trinh

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doof doof - Caroline

This came out when my daughter was in 2nd grade, and was in heavy rotation on the Disney Channel...so *I* bought it. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

doof doof doof doof... untz untz untz untz... i will deeedle i will die.. or something like that. - Brandon

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@thevixy: You're an homework.

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Caroline posted a message on Twitter

“Arrived home after a heated fight and my moms home last person I wanna see ....should I tell her? Ugh.no.”

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So you told us instead...you must have confidence in us. As I said earlier, I'm sorry you're going through this. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Caroline posted a message on Twitter

“first time i wrote a blog post YEA i write you know. it'z 5 13 am i'm going to bed now. more math homework tmw”

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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“I'm going through all the startup websites from Demo. Boy do their Web sites really suck, or what? Amazingly bad. The whole group of them.”

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It's the classic power curve: Good ideas are oft swamped by dismal execution. Guess that's why they have Demo; to find them. - Dion Hinchcliffe

I'm a fan of making a designer a founder or at least offer an equity stake in order to get decent design (app & site) with no / tiny budget. Highly recommended. - Dean Terry

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the problem with giving a developer equity is that it's hard to get them to do the work. i think the idea should be judged by the idea, not the website. a website is the easy part. a bad idea can never be adjusted. - Patricia

Looking for compelling mobile ideas in the Demo group - seen any? - Dean Terry

-500 points for any website that doesn't gracefully degrade with Javascript off (are you listening, http://www.awindinc.com/ ?) - Chris Weiss via twhirl

it's so early for mobile. - Patricia

This, opposed to many of the entrants last year at TC40 - where they had simply amazing web design and really really crappy ideas. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Patricia - it's early for some things, others remain to be seen. We are going to demo at gigaom Mobilize so we'll find out soon :-) - Dean Terry

Dean: I haven't seen any companies here that really made me want to try their products out and I visited all of them. - Robert Scoble

Mark: well, I know of at least a couple companies going to TC50 that will show off next week (I am under embargo) that made me go "wow." None of these gave me that kind of feeling. - Robert Scoble

This whole business is an extortion racket (I've paid). Mike has 100 companies in his demopit at 10k each. I hope they see value. - Jay Tannenbaum

Are you kidding, Robert - now I'm looking through the companies listed at DEMO, and now I know you aren't doing anything but blatantly pimping TechCrunch out of some mis-guided loyalty to Mike. There are some real interesting ideas in here as well as some startups we've covered before at Mashable. You are *literally* judging books by covers. Discounting every company out of hand for no reason other than you like the venue of the opposition better. Brilliant analysis, I must say. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Mark: that's all I have to work on this weekend. I'll link to you guys when you have something from Demo that looks good. But these sites almost all suck. - Robert Scoble

And, Mark, I visited every Web site and linked to everyone (which is something that even Demo itself didn't do) so you can judge my words yourself. Which sites do +you+ think are brilliant? If you disagree with me, let's have a conversation about that! - Robert Scoble

those sites really are pretty remarkably useless... - Nathan Rein

I don't see how you can make judgments about stuff you haven't seen and can't see since you'll be at TC50. Stuff like hardware maker Awind, and their presentation equipment or facial recognition stuff BlueLava's I Love Photos... you can't test either service out, and thus can't say it all sucks. It bias is showing, no matter how much you deny it. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Mark: I'm making a judgment about their Website. Not about the products themselves here. Was I not clear? Damn, I didn't say "their service sucks." I said "do their Web sites really suck?" - Robert Scoble

I'll link to the best reviews of what gets actually introduced to Demo this week. I take it you're going? I look forward to seeing what you like and what you think has value. - Robert Scoble

I'm really not getting why you panned a lot of these sites. You say there's no use for things like http://www.openacircle.com/ No use to whom? Have you ever worked with people in multiple locations? This seems like a killer app. Sometimes I really don't get who Silicon Valley people are trying to convince. - Mark Trapp

Mark: explain why you'd try this product just based on their home page? Nothing there makes me understand the pain it solves. Or how it's different from, say, Google's Docs and Spreadsheets or Zoho which does supposedly the same thing. What does it DO? What pain does it solve? Do you really get excited by visiting that site? You're a better man than I am. - Robert Scoble

Man, like this: http://www.radiantlogic.com/ma... You wrote it off because there are too many words. If what they're selling works, this is genius. What are you rating these things on? These actually solve real world business needs and aren't toys like Twitter and Qik. - Mark Trapp

Mark: if you think that style of site actually convinces anyone that their product is better, then you're a better man than I am. - Robert Scoble

Mark: toys like Twitter or Qik? Hmmm, is that the latest slam? Excellent. I'll have to remember that. By the way, I was on a panel with enterprises yesterday and you should have heard what they said about tools like that. GE just adopted Zoho and I interviewed their guy yesterday at http://www.kyte.tv/scobleizer too. Also, look at the interview I did with Cisco's CIO when it's up on Monday. What does she talk about? All sorts of video stuff. - Robert Scoble

Robert -- can you point to any site or style of site that convinces anyone their product is better? - Brian Sullivan

Yeah I looked at that Radiant site for 10 seconds before I hit the back button. The stock looking photo, too many buzzwords and cookie cutter design didn't hold me. If I send someone a link, I shouldn't have to tell them where to look or dig to explain what the site is. I think a good example is a lot of the Mac software sites: http://www.flyingmeat.com - Paul Reynolds

Wow, GE adopting Zoho is hot! That is really neat to hear. Looking forward to the Cisco CIO interview... Video is great for business. We need video conferencing so bad it hurts (employees are located everywhere)... wishing this was more mainstream than it is... getting there - Susan Beebe

I don't really see Open a Circle as competing with Google Docs, but with WebEx and Acrobat Connect. Business collaboration with Google Docs or Zoho aren't really turnkey collaboration tools: it's more "here we have an series of apps. Figure out how to shoehorn it into your workflow." Does Zoho even offer video conferencing? And really? Qik? What business need does video streaming from a cell phone solve? - Mark Trapp

@Brian Sullivan: http://iscrybe.com made me think their product was awesome and that I would use it all the time...well, now that I have a beta invite, I used it maybe twice...I did not find it practical, and their product didn't live up to the expectations I got from their site. - Sean McGee

Brian: compared to the game site on Demo, Kongregate got me into it and fast: http://www.kongregate.com/ Compared to the productivity stuff, Evernote got me in and hooked: http://www.evernote.com/ Compared to the travel stuff on Demo http://www.tripit.com got me into it. Do you see anything that comes up to the bar of these three companies on the Demo site? I don't. But to be fair gotta wait until Friday to really judge the utility of these things. So, let's meet back on Friday. - Robert Scoble

Each to his own taste I guess -- none of the mentioned websites do much for me ( I haven't looked at any of the websites in the demo list either so I can't really compare - I take Robert's word that they suck). I am just thinking the time is past where a website is going to do any convincing of potential product quality any more. - Brian Sullivan

hmmm, so far i'm seeing digital rights management, social network groups/permissions, music recs and slingbox clone, nothing new - Deva Hazarika

genealogy, gift lists, and notchup clone job site... more of the same! - Deva Hazarika

hmmm http://www.mydesignin.com/ - they launched at Demo2007, now launching again at Demo2008, nice. - Deva Hazarika

Actually, Robert, you kinda did say their products would, by extension, suck. You spent what: 30 seconds, a minute maybe, on each site before making your pronouncement? I agree that first impressions matter, but seriously who's being unfair to startups now? - Chris Shipley

Wow Robert. Just wow. I'm stunned by your "analysis." If I analyzed startups for Guidewire the way you just did, I'd be out of a job. I'll take the bullet for not linking to the sites; I was cranking out work to get ready for DEMOfall yesterday and was admittedly messy in my publishing. But my hastiness pales in comparison to this feat. - Carla Thompson

carla, chris: definitely agree that the pre-launch website -> product will suck leap is a very big and unfair one - Deva Hazarika

Chris: we will look at the products separately and will look at the web sites again later this week. - Robert Scoble

Chris and Carla: you have looked at each of these companies. Why couldn't you include a sentence about what caught your eyes about them on your list? - Robert Scoble

We do just that in the program, which all attendees receive. And all of that information will be available on the DEMO.com site when the conference opens tomorrow night. - Carla Thompson

seems to me what Robert was saying is that, in this environment, when you have a high-profile launch, you want to have a decent website to go along with it. These websites don't succeed in doing what a startup's site should do. Their products might be great, but they're going to be written off by potential funders or customers because their public "storefronts" (front pages) are too confusing, ugly, boring, or uninformative to catch their attention. At least that's what I took Robert's point to be -- right? - Nathan Rein

... the point being that in an attention economy, part of your job is to grab attention. Aesthetics and good user experience design really matter. - Nathan Rein

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“Holy moly i just spoke to, probably, the most beautiful woman i've ever spoken to. Intriguing, funny, and playful conversation and she is just, flat out stunning. Think Lauryn Hill + Erykah Badu. I was completely caught off-guard that she initiated it.”

Friday at 9:51 pm - Link

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go robot! - Pete Delucchi

OH YES - Mona N.

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and ... ? - TDavid

woo! Lucky you! - David Adam

Just don't forget to ask her if she has a boyfriend or husband before you get your head too into it. - mortisha

LOL that could be read in a few different ways, but you know what I mean.. - mortisha

Did she try to sell you something afterward? Most REALLY good looking guys try to do that to me when they initiate conversation. - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy

/sigh Married (to a FOAF of mine even) with children. :( - ·[•_•]·

Bummer - Charlie Anzman

:( - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy

There are plenty of other fish in the sea for you. No point in wasting energy over this one. - mortisha

Yea, and even though she's married, i'm still gonna claim it as an ego boost :D - ·[•_•]·

'Ego"? Pictures or its fake my man. - Adam Helweh

Robot - you've never given yourself enough credit. - Squirrel Girl

what do we actually call you? - Zee at WeDoCreative

coz the heck i'm copying & pasting ·[•_•]· everytime i want to address you - Zee at WeDoCreative

:) @zee my username is nicerobot. Others have called me robot or robot face. - ·[•_•]·

Wonderful! - Mitchell Tsai

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The best music Ts

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that first one is funny - Cee Bee

(insert band name here) sold out when they tuned their guitars. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

I heard about that band before you did. - Pete Delucchi

"So what do you do / Oh yeah I wait tables too / No I haven't heard your band / Cuz you guys are pretty new / But if you dig / On vegan food / Well come over to my work I'll have 'em cook you something that you'll really love" (Dandy Warhols) - Nathan Rein

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“i need a hug”

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how about a man hug? :D - Mladen Srdić

:) All hugs are good hugs. - ·[•_•]·

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[MANHUG] Cheer up dude! - Mladen Srdić

*bear hug* :) - Anna Haro

ANNA! :D GROUP HUG! - Mladen Srdić

Hugs to you (and all who need them). - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Yes, gather around kids. It's time for a big ff lovin' show of affection. *GROUP HUG* - Anna Haro

*hug* - Mo Kargas

I found the hug thread. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

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The Association – Windy

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Instalove - Michael W. May via twhirl

~@;-D Doggy AND HUMAN Power!!! - Jason Brooks

Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message on Twitter

“My take: scoble is being an unfair jerk in saying the DEMO companies suck but is right in his critiques of their marketing.”

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WOW....when did he say the companies SUCK? He said their WEBSITES suck...in fact...repeatedly, he's said that he would reserve judgment on the products until Friday...(Hell, Scoble's site used to suck (design-wise), but I still went to it cuz I liked what he had to say...) - Sean McGee

Sean, I assume the reaction there is because Robert insinuated their products were likely no better than their sites. - Louis Gray

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Louis: with people you often only get one impression. That is what I was saying. If the site sucks the liklihood that you will go deep isn't very high. - Robert Scoble

well, yeah...it could have been read that way, I guess...But it's a valid point...if you're selling a product/service, you have to give 110%...you have to be so enthusiastic that people will think that either you're crazy, or they're crazy for not giving you a try...and he's right...most of these websites epically FAIL in that department. I went to each one and felt, "Meh." Most early adopters don't give a damn who you are, it's what you have that counts, and each of these sites were in no way engaging. - Sean McGee

That's a tad superficial. I mean, what if they poured their money into the product and made that the priority? - Vincent Ferrari

@Vincent: It costs NOTHING to evangelize...and you can pour all the money you want into a product...but if no one is interested in it because of "meh" marketing skills, the you have a failed product. Marketing and evangelizing are just as important as research and development. - Sean McGee

Is he really being an unfair jerk, Marshall? I mean....the sites DO generally suck. How is saying so unfair or jerky? - David Rothman

I don't think saying the sites are crap is what's causing the problem, it's as Louis says, the implication that because the sites are crap, their accompanying products are also crap. - Vincent Ferrari

my take "no such thing as bad publicity. just spell my URL right." - Steve Follmer via twhirl

sorry robert if i was an unfair jerk in saying you were being an unfair jerk. the advice you give is very much like the advice i give companies too, i was just put off by the tone for a few reasons. i think the pre-event silence requirement doesnt help (nor does it justify these shortcomings, though threats to kick co's out don't help either - Marshall Kirkpatrick via fftogo

i've also had a lot of good times at demo (had a lot of criticisms as well) and am concerned about people being bullies to chris & demo. u have been so positive about tc50 co's that this latest post rankled me a bit as i read it while walking to the store on a beer run. your critiques are right on, but i'm cheering for all these startups. - Marshall Kirkpatrick via fftogo

I'm with Sean here. It was a little 'harsh' and sure Scoble is a judge at TC50 (I think) .. but they were still valid points. Throwing people a heads up isn't necessarily trashing them especially with 'the style' some bloggers use today. Marketing is as important (if not more important) as the product. - Charlie Anzman

It's apparently playing out in a new Scoble piece that I didn't notice. Marshall - the other point is that Scoble's blog does have a pretty far reach and if you read through it, he hotlinked to all the companies making it easy for you to explore their stuff, and if you really wanted to, the comments about the websites (IE: Free Press?!) - Charlie Anzman

I think this is an opportunity for each one of those. This is an opportunity for each and every one of them to now come out, join the Meme, and say why they don't suck. This is an opportunity for added exposure and explanation for each one of them. - Jesse Stay

the cult of the holy startup has some problems if they react like he besmirched allah. - Gregory Lent

He's an author, blogger, evangelist & has come a long way. It's just another person's opinion and he's entitled to it. Entrepreneurs must learn to cope, handle and take criticisms gracefully. You're given a choice, learn from it, discard it or move on. Just my $0.02 worth. - Mark L via twhirl

Just to be clear everyone, in the article, he called them "amazingly lame companies" - it was a bit uncalled for...it was kind of mean. He later wrote that realized that he had detracted from the original argument he was making - about the websites themselves. I think that this information could have been presented in a way that focused on delivering "construction criticism". There was some value to the statements, but the overall tone was very negative, which is why he received such backlash. - Sarah Perez

That being said, I personally am excited to see all the apps introduced this week, from DEMO to TC50 and Web 20 Expo, too. I wish all the startups debuting this week the best of luck...and the conf organizers, too. I don't want to draw lines in the sand and start a war. - Sarah Perez

Abby Martin posted a message

“Small daughter is awake and cross so good night (I'm in trouble- she has that "brows of doom" look going.) More on the Book Recommendation Room Tomorrow. Please let me know if you 'd be interested! Good night!”

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yike...good luck with the brows of doom! good nite! - Trent Olson

Nitey nites Abby...see you soon... <3 - Anna Haro

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niters - Michael W. May

Does this mean that James Dobson's "The Strong-Willed Child" needs to be the first book to be reviewed? :) - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Hi- she's asleep again after some lovely cuddling (and a brief lecture on why mama needs to sleep.) Ok- I will start this room - but can I have suggestions for a catchier title AND a sense of who is actually interested so it isn't just myself and tumbleweeds? - Abby Martin

Nice one Ontario! - Abby Martin

You could go completely retro with "The FriendFeed Society for Literary Discussion." Kind of long, though. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Brows of doom are usually seen directly above the pout of disdain. - Donna Mugavero

Agreed Donna! The Book Room is up. Come take a peek. Good night! - Abby Martin

Bibliophiles (Not So) Anonymous - Lisa L. Seifert

Bren loved a song on Last.fm

Depeche Mode – It's No Good

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Don't say you're happy, out there without me... :-) - Far

sweetness - Bren

Abby Martin posted a message

“There was some talk of a book chat room at one point. Did that happen? If not, should it?”

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Anybody? Bueller? - Abby Martin

Sounds good in theory, but if it's anything like a real live book club...no one seems to read the books or people disagree violently. Once attended one where the mediator started crying and ran out of the room bc everyone thought the book she picked was horrible. (And no one said it in a mean way either) - Far

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Far- ooh. That sounds bad. Never mind. How about a book recommendation room? - Abby Martin

That sounds like a good idea Abby. :) - Far

i think a book recommendation room is a great idea...esp. if people want to import their goodreads feeds, etc. - Trent Olson

Cool. Now, said the technologically inept Torontonian, how do we set this up? - Abby Martin

are you using the beta, or plain ol' friendfeed (asks the ex-Torontonian)? - Trent Olson

Rooms are easy to create, says this person who's visited Toronto. What do you want to call it? - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Where's the ex-Torontonian now? (I go back and forth depending on mood between original recipe and new style FF) - Abby Martin

And do you think we'd get enough/any people? - Abby Martin

the glorious city of Winnipeg! i think we'd get enough people...we can invite the more bookish types on ff...i can think of a few off the top of my head. - Trent Olson

just click on Rooms, and there should be a "create new room" link - Trent Olson

Ok- Let's start figuring out a book recommendation room. Who's with me? (Oh please don't let me hear crickets chirping....) - Abby Martin

I'm in! - Far

count me in! - Sean McGee

Definitely count me in. - AJ Kohn

HI- as I said in another thread (now that wayward child is asleep again) If someone can suggest a catchier name for the room, I'll start it up! - Abby Martin

why not just "The Book Room"...makes me think of that secret room where they kept all the textbooks in school - Trent Olson

BookFeed - Far

Good name, Far. - Yolanda

Good name- already called it the book room- hope that's ok. BookFeed is better. Whoops. It is up and running! - Abby Martin

Yay! Now I just have to think of what I read last that I liked... - Far

Great idea but there's not enough time available for me to add one more thing to FF about :) though I'm sure others will make good use of it. Go Abby! - melmcbride

Mel-- look what you started ;) Social media monster created :) (And I am loving it! Now I must go to sleep.....) - Abby Martin

OK - but when social media becomes nothing more than a sexy version of the STASI you ought to think twice before continually reporting on what you're doing, who your friends are, what you ate for dinner, what your favourite books are, what movies you're watching and how you feel about politics - oh wait, we're already there ... damn. ;) - melmcbride

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