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November 23 at 1:46 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Sweet, I am so going to get this book. I loved Naked Conversations. - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

Roger Kondrat posted a message on Twitter

“What is Twitter? I know its a basic question for so many of you but I would like to include your thoughts in my presentation! :)”

November 18 at 3:34 pm - Link

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What are you doing? - Andrew Trinh

Hi Andrew, sorry I didn't see your FF comment until now. My presentation was yesterday and it was to a crowd interested in Social Media 101. And I thought asking Twitter users that question would help me communicate aspects of that topic better. - Roger Kondrat

PS. That is why I probably acted funny when I saw your twitter response to this as it just popped up out of no where for me.. :))) - Roger Kondrat

Roger Kondrat posted a message on Twitter

“@jcleftie nothing I did with my socialtoo worked, so I gave up pretty much right away. I am glad you got yours to work.”

November 15 at 7:08 pm - Link

What didn't work? I'd love to look at it for you and figure out what went wrong. - Jesse Stay

Hi Jesse no worries, I was just chipping in saying I had problems too. One of these days I will get back to you, but I only haven't raised it because it hasn't be a priority yet. TY for the offer. :) - Roger Kondrat

Feel free to e-mail me if you ever want me to look at it. jesse@staynalive.com - Jesse Stay via twhirl

Roger Kondrat posted a message on Twitter

“@Scobleizer does Zuosa have any APIs like Twitter that we developers can latch onto as we do with Twitter? I am very interested to hear :)”

November 15 at 7:13 pm - Link

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I don't know. Will try to find out. - Robert Scoble

We are sitting with the CEO. He says they do have an API. It is like Twitter's. http://groups.google.com/group... has info, but it is in Chinese. - Gregory Lent

Here's a Qik video of him: http://qik.com/video/575419 Alex Mou. I finally got video to work over Wifi. Very cool. And off my old iPhone, too. - Gregory Lent

Thanks greg. I really appreciate it. :) If you could pass along that I will be in touch that would be great. - Roger Kondrat

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November 15 at 12:03 pm - Link

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The Conversation Prism

November 6 at 8:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Amazing and easy to understand. - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

I just love this stuff. Much better than cute pictures of cats and dogs. - Chris Loft

. . .. or otters or koala bears . . . - Chris Loft

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Brand Autopsy: Great Advice for All of Us

November 6 at 8:39 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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So True! - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

FriendFeed Feedback: Gregory Lent posted a message

“i hate clicking on somebody's link in twitter and getting sent to bleeping friendfeed .. it feels like a manipulation from friendfeed to get an extra page view .. eff that ... i learn to distrust certain twitter users, and there is nothing good about this ... get rid of the effing middle-man please”

November 2 at 6:36 am - Link

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What would you rather? Everyone has to make money, and I'd rather see FF than Digg...... - Aaron Krug

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it makes me value some twitter users less .. why burden me with extra clicks for the sake of your money .. and digg has become a joke not worth visiting, with a manipulation mentality similar to what you are suggesting .. not sure it was friendfeed's intention, or quick and dirty code to get the functionality for posting to twitter from ff ... it wastes my time .. you don't mind? - Gregory Lent

technically, when you see "this tweet was posted from FriendFeed" next to the Tweet, that should be marketing enough. At the same time, the link could be added value when there's a conversation going on, and those are usually better in FriendFeed. It's a tough situation, for sure. In the end, it's a limitation of Twitter more (by not allowing for embedded links for example) than FriendFeed (even though that has something of the same limitation) - Vincent van Wylick

totally disagree! FF is a great service and deserves extra clicks for self-promo! everything else would be stupid! - Dieter Schwarz

@Dieter this is not a pool party with your mates so get over the 'clicks for mates' syndrome. @Gregory you are totally right but unfortunately @Vincent makes a smart and valid argument as to why we spend more time in this pickle than we (you and I) likely would otherwise. Twitter needs to build out their feature set more, but we can all agree on that. I keep waiting for OAuth myself. - Roger Kondrat

dieter .. lol .. a fan, i see ... me, i don't want to waste time .. say i click on 10 links a day .. if i have a slow connection, that is doubling my waiting time .. i lose respect for friendfeed - Gregory Lent

@Roger "clicks for mates" is what keeps us all in business - it´s a valid "marketing syndrome" ;) - Dieter Schwarz

it is the implicit message that many marketers don't understand .. the marketer is being selfish at my expense, and sooner or later, i am gone ... the time for that is over .. serve me, i will use you, use me, i will leave you - Gregory Lent

I hate following someone on Twitter, and instantly getting links to their commercial web sites. It's rude, dude. At least make conversation first. Oh too late. I unfollowed you, just as quick. - Ian May

@Dieter its not valid, its unethical and its undesireable behaviour that inflates traffic and diminishes the return an advertiser gets which is bad for everyone including the ad seller. - Roger Kondrat

well - this is not about ethics, being selfish or any other religion... it´s about business...bringing traffic to your service is unethical? ok...i see... - Dieter Schwarz

if you manipulate me for your gain dieter, it only has short term value, long term it guarantees a fail .. look at wall street in america - Gregory Lent

Actually, it is less sinister than you imply; it was a feature request a lot of users had - they wanted to be able to filter by service more easily. Your point is taken though. - Bret Taylor

thanks bret, glad you stopped by - Gregory Lent

@Dieter I don't think we were talking about someone driving traffic to their site or have I missed the convo here. Its about people linking to their site as a pass through to another site e.g. Twitter - FF - Info. That has been on the hate list for years. It became popular once on Digg when guys there made clips on their blog & then submitted to Digg. This practice hurt relationships with your potential customer because it is irritating. Believe me choosing not to do it IS good business. - Roger Kondrat

Bret is amazingly on top of things @ FF - very cool! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

@Bret I don't think anyone is saying anything is sinister at least not me. Its just a discussion about a specific instance and that certain behaviour may not be positive. I could be wrong but that is how I came into this convo. - Roger Kondrat

from above... "not sure it was friendfeed's intention, or quick and dirty code to get the functionality for posting to twitter from ff ... (but) it wastes my time .." - Gregory Lent

The new FriendFeed landings serve a needed purpose. We FF users want to be able to have our FF activity show up on Twitter. - Mike Reynolds

Ah, yes, I misunderstood. We are going to add that as an option. Some people wanted to link back to FF to get to the conversation, but that is clearly annoying in some cases. I will keep you all posted. - Bret Taylor

Gregory, I replied in the other thread, but if you see→ ff.im as the link shortener, it's coming here. Sometimes I just take note, and join the conv later if I want to stay on Twitter. - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct

and a lot of the world has slow connections, so making double clicks to get to a link is cruel !! :-) - Gregory Lent

I see that Bret has already chimed in so I'll make my comment brief: The way I see FF to twitter publishing is not so much as a link to the source, but a link to a discussion. The discussion on FF is the value-add. Otherwise, I sort of agree with you Gregory that it's more annoying than say, ping.fm. - Phil Glockner

yeah, i love my friends for their links, and to have to delay that with another click, well, i said it already .. enjoy, all - Gregory Lent

FWIW, I've been publishing my FriendFeed to Twitter since Friday, I haven't had any complaints, I've gotten some positive feedback, and I still have the same number of followers I did on Friday. So I'd say FF's behavior is having no negative impact on my Twitter experience, or that of the people following me. I'm more concerned about publishing links back to FriendFeed comments (like this one). - Mitch Wagner

I lost one Twitter follower during my 3 day FF-to-Twitter tenure, but that's probably because of the political content with my messages in recent days. Completely understood. - Mike Reynolds

I wrote a background script that does back linking differently based on various criteria. e.g. If I post an external link to FF and add a comment, my twitter stream gets my comment and a link back to the original website. That way discussion can go on simultaneously on Twitter and on FF. I'm trying out the new FF feature but am inclined to go back to the script. If you'd like to use the script, search for ff2tweet. - samgrover

I see no problem with this. If you see the short url and the comment being originated on FF, then don't click on it. - Alejandro S.

Charlie Anzman posted a message

“Robert's rankin' right up there with Michelle Malkin ?! :) (MSFT Xrank)”

November 2 at 7:45 am - Link

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Thats cool. Where can I find this ranking too? - Roger Kondrat

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Roger: http://search.live.com/xrank/r... - Jemm

Thanks Jemm! :) - Roger Kondrat

jemm, the service at the link is not supported in my area (thailand) ... is search.live geotarded? - Gregory Lent

@Gregory: I dunno.. works here in Europe/Finland, but the site says it is still in beta (aren't they all?). Could be some legal thing, too, as that complicates things... - Jemm

thanks jemm - Gregory Lent

I wonder if Ariana knows her ranking is so much lower than Michelle - possible catfight there - Michael P. Williams

and jerry brown? - Gregory Lent

Charlie, how did you get this? the link for Jemm shows Sarah Jessica Parker :-) - Duncan Riley

Actually, the 'vanilla' xRank page is here (Scroll down for 'bloggers') http://search.live.com/xrank/ .... enjoy :) - Charlie Anzman

xRank™ beta· * See all... Sorry, xRank™ is not supported in your location - Gregory Lent

William, CPU Media posted a message on Twitter

“@rogerkondrat yeah, North America was last night”

November 2 at 7:54 am - Link

Thanks Will. I figured as the computer is usually right but I had been so sure! :) - Roger Kondrat

Apps: Kerem Ozkan posted a link

Magpie

October 31 at 3:45 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Magpie is an ad network for Twitter. Advertisers sign up and create campaigns which consist of magpie-tweets (i.e. ads). Twitterers allow magpie to post magpie-tweets among their tweets and get paid for it." - Kerem Ozkan via Bookmarklet

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Ya and loose all your followers in one day! - Sweyn

I'd very likely drop anyone I knew did this... - abacab

"Magpie: Get money for ads on Twitter!* *Note, we are not responsible for any emotional damage you may incur due to follower loss." - Zach Flauaus

Perfect for me. No one reads my Twitter - Outsanity

magpie may very well be the death of Twitter. too many folks start using it and we lost the conversation and connection. - Scott Overpeck

Leo Laporte posted a tweet saying that he could make over 1.5 thousand euros a month. The problem is that by the end of the month he would have no more followers. On the other hand this may be good for accounts like NPR and big name news accounts. - Sweyn

and is twitter making the money? or magpie? - Gregory Lent

The user makes the money, and Magpie must have their share in it. Twitter is not earning anything - Keshav Khera

I signed up for Magpie. After I saw the very first ad go out to everyone that follows me I realized that it wasn't worth the purported 15 Euros a month and I cancelled it right away. I'd say that the purported value is inversly proportional to the number of followers you have too. - Troy Forster via twhirl

funny, all the good ideas twitter lets slide by - Gregory Lent

I am going to try it out for a month, already adjusted my tweets to one every 10. Honestly I don't think they will notice it. Also agreed if everyone did it then it would be a disaster but in all fairness most (90%) of Twitter'ers only follow 10-50 people so it is us 'connectors' that will do most of the hating. Either way I will give it a go as I want to be able to validate it for clients in the future. - Roger Kondrat

I'm not sure if I want ads on anything that is that "personal" as twitter.... Wouldn't want to annoy my friends... - Markus

I dropped the two peeps I followed using this as soon as I saw they were using it, I think its a horrible idea and hope it fails. At the very least its a way to loose followers! - Dave Pook

not worth it, rather have the folllowers - Kim Landwehr

bumped due to duplicate - Zee.

I don't seem to like it. Ads in my twitter timeline is like spam. Better put ads in the profile sidebar - Keshav Khera

*Europe's Mobile Tech & Social Media Hub*: William, CPU Media posted a link

French user gets G1 to work on SFR network

November 1 at 11:25 am - Link

French language but still interesting all the same.. G1 is going everywhere fast. Lots of developer interest. Not sure why Google gets an automatic thumbs up in todays Web Dev world. - Roger Kondrat

Paul Denlinger posted a message

“I'm just waiting for the wing of the Republican party which believes that America should look like a Norman Rockwell painting to field a presidential candidate who is so dumb that he has trouble talking because it would interrupt his breathing cycle...”

October 31 at 8:43 pm - Link

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Duhhh... Bush? - Roger Kondrat

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Does this make you feel good? Did you go around in school telling the other kids how stupid they are and how much smarter you must be because you don't like them? I honestly cannot fathom the self-centeredness and intellectual snobbery it takes to compose a post like this. - Glen Campbell

Roger beat me too it I was gonna say we just had that. - Monique

Glen C: My mother is Chinese and my father Caucasian. I spent part of my time growing up in Kentucky and going to high school where I had to put up with being called a chink every single day at school. (I look Chinese.) I will never forget that. The reason kids say things like that is because they hear it from their parents at home. Sorry if you cannot understand how that makes someone like me feel. I don't get angry at people who think and act like you, but I do something else. I remember. - Paul Denlinger

i wonder if glencsuburbanredneck has the capacity to understand that - Gregory Lent

Felicia posted a message on Twitter

“Handing out candy at a friend's house. I love using my power to deny surly teens without costumes or manners candy, MUHAHAHA!”

October 31 at 8:06 pm - Link

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and do u have a costume? - Dani Figueiredo

I think that passes the "Uncle Ben" power use test. Good work. - David Monroe via twhirl

wait for the flaming poo on your friends doorstep then we will see how powerful you feeling cleaning that up. :) - Roger Kondrat

Surly teens fail vs. Felicia - XDpaul

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Presenting Vimeo Plus

October 30 at 1:28 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Sweet! And the price is nice too. - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

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I just called, to say, I love you. I just called, to say…

October 30 at 9:34 am - Link

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That's a cool solution for a mobile box text. - Sebastian Werner

hilarious and true. - Roger Kondrat

Neville Hobson posted a message on Twitter

“Uh oh, Vaio laptop producing some interesting error messages at Windows startup. Definiely time for a fresh from-scratch install of Vista.”

October 30 at 8:30 am - Link

Since you have had to reinstall Vista from scratch, just wondering how long until that alergy to Vista develops. :) - Roger Kondrat

Armando Alves posted a message on Twitter

“Be afraid. Twitter reached a tipping point in Portugal. Better get ready to become a Twitter consultant in the next few months ...”

October 30 at 9:33 am - Link

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How do you know it reached a tipping point? Do you have a link on some data or analysis for Portugal? I am interested - Roger Kondrat

Akiva Moskovitz posted a message on Twitter

“Obama's as much of a Socialist as Bush is a Republican. Discuss.”

October 29 at 11:17 pm - Link

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Both terms that have lost there meaning by way of spin-doctoring and scare-tactics... It also denotes both these as negative attributes. On man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. - Johnny Worthington

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LOL someone tonight said he was criticized as being"Ayn Randian" when he cranks up his ranting... I tried to get him going but I wasn't impressed with the result, you McCarthy witchhunt bait you :-) - Richard Walker

I don't understand the comparison, Obama is more 'social' but labelling him or any politician in a derogatory way is self-defeating and pointless. He is social because he talks about the common good. Bush is not an ideological Republican (generalized) in every way except abortion which he clearly thinks is not the woman's right to choose. He believes in big government and that is very very anti-republican. What I think is interesting is how Obama is like Bush. He wants to keep spending as Bush has but.... - Roger Kondrat

..in different areas such as health care, education and other social programmes. He is willing to cut programmes which is very Republican of him, but he doesn't want to act as McCain implies he will act e.g. cuts across the board. He does recognise intellectually that supporting workers within reason is wise economically which is win win really.... - Roger Kondrat

...The only difference between Obama & a typical republican is his precision when acting. He wants to cut, but just not everywhere. He wants to keep the military but not hand out contracts that make no sense. He wants America to be respected abroad but doesn't feel it always needs to be at the point of gun.He believes tax cuts are important but feels targeting them to the poor(as economists universally agree)will have a greater impact on the economy thus making shareholders(the rich)more wealthy over time. - Roger Kondrat

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Why BlackBerry Storm Is An iPhone (and G-1) Killer - GigaOM

October 29 at 10:51 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Great article and definitely contradicts much of the iPhone hype. - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

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Why Using the Social Media News Release is a Big Mistake

October 29 at 6:33 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Wow this blog post is a real sh$t stir. Take a read I would love to hear your thoughts. - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

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Your Gmail Account is Now An OpenID

October 29 at 11:04 am - Link

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"By joining the OpenID movement, Google completes the trifecta and adds all of its Gmail users to the hundreds of millions of Yahoo and Windows Live accounts that can also be used as a single login for any Website that accepts OpenID." - Mack D. Male

It only serves OpenID though no eating allowed so really just a PR gag at this point in my opinion - Roger Kondrat

Roger Kondrat posted a message on Twitter

“Feature features features, no creeping going on at Twitwall http://bit.ly/2hz7Gm”

October 29 at 5:26 pm - Link

blog post using twitwall - Roger Kondrat

Apps: Jonathan Kong posted a link

[Mac, for now] Elements SBM - Mac CRM Solution for SME

October 28 at 9:32 am - Link

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Elements SBM is an easy-to-use CRM solution for managing contacts, calendars, sales, inventory, projects, documents and much more. Elements SBM streamlines company processes and boosts customer satisfaction. Organizations can enjoy unparalleled productivity, revenue growth, and business intelligence with Elements SBM, a CRM solutiuon for the Mac. - Jonathan Kong

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It will set you back a whopping $2.35/User/Day. Elements SBM for Windows for Windows will roll out at Phase II. System requirements call for Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later, an active Internet connection, and 1024 x 768 or greater resolution. - Jonathan Kong

MacWorld has a article on this one. http://is.gd/51ju - Jonathan Kong

interesting i tried this quite a while back as a beta tester...just didn't cut it for me unfortunately - Zee.

@Zee Hmm.. why not? Share. :) It's not stable and intuitive at time of testing or? The UI and features looks very much well thought out. - Jonathan Kong

Too much $$ for me Jon and I made my other suggestions to one of your sales people already as I considered it for my own company. - Roger Kondrat

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Streamy - Discover and Share

October 29 at 7:29 am - via Mento - Link

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WOW! Feedly on Steroids!! - Dieter Schwarz via Mento

SWEEETTT... Does anyone have an invite for me? - Roger Kondrat

*Europe's Mobile Tech & Social Media Hub*: Roger Kondrat posted a link

QR Codes Can Digitize Your World - And Back Again | MakeUseOf.com

October 28 at 7:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

More about QR Codes - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

Alex Scoble CISSP posted a message

“Duncan Riley: Calling me stupid on your blog won't get you friends or help you to prove a point, particularly when you DIDN'T EVEN EFFIN' READ WHAT I SAID.”

October 27 at 3:32 pm - Link

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Who do you think is more stupid? The guy who sees a situation in society and tries to explain/talk about it, or the guy who sees what the other guy writes and doesn't even get what they wrote? - Alex Scoble CISSP

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I dunno, Alex. Calling you stupid is the QUICKEST way to earn my friendship! LOL???????????????????? :( - Akiva Moskovitz

Coming from you, Akiva, that really hurts. I'm taking back what I said about you earlier today. :p - Alex Scoble CISSP

At least he didn't call you a c*nt. :) - Cyndy

Hrm...now I guess I gotta go read what Duncan wrote about what you wrote so I can write what I think about what I read - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Damn...off to delete blog post - Alan Simpson

TBH, I've said much worse about certain folks here on my blog. Usually after they started up with me first, though. +1 Cyndy, though I've used that word to describe certain bloggers, myself. - Helen Sventitsky

Helen, I never use it, but one of Duncan's most notorious bitch fights happened when he called Louis that. :D - Cyndy

Duncan Riley didn't call you stupid. He called the "hate the rich" meme stupid. There's a difference. - Morton Fox

If he had said I say some stupid stuff and actually paraphrased what I said instead of a lame-ass parody of what I said, that would be fine. But to turn what I said into a stupid parody of what I said to make his point that I'm stupid...that's over the top. It shows a complete and utter lack of respect when the same level of disrespect was never shown towards him. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Alan won this thread. - Mohomed=genieyclo

Alex, you dumb SOB. - Geoff Schultz

See, Geoff has the right idea...just say it to my face. :) - Alex Scoble CISSP

And just for the record, I reread what I wrote and it's just as true today as it was when I wrote it. http://friendfeed.com/e/10ac10... If stating an obvious fact makes me stupid, then so be it. - Alex Scoble CISSP

is this real or is this one of those Alist staged fights that Loren Feldman does with Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrington and Loic Lemeur? - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ

You blog? :) - Roger Kondrat

This is definitely real Noah. Oh and while I'm at it, I apologize to anyone if I've ever called you names. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Alex, I propose you end every sentence with 'Pew Pew Pew' just to cover yourself in the future :) - Johnny Worthington

Pew pew pew! - Alex Scoble CISSP

Inside voices please ! :) - Patricia

JEEZ O PEET I take a couple days off from teh interwebs and the whole place goes straight to heckins! So, What else did I miss? - Mark VandenBerg

<small_voice pew pew pew </small_voice - Alex Scoble CISSP

Pew pew pew! http://icanhascheezburger.com/... - Cecily

big things, Mark, big...oh, yeah, while we're at it...friendfeed is now officially the staging zone for wars on other sites in the interwebs, most notably blogs...to defend your self, end all posts with a short Pew!Pew!Pew!--like so: Pew!Pew!Pew! - Mohomed=genieyclo

Duncan who? - Josh Haley

LOL, Josh. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Thanks for the update babe-aliciousness. Now, who to start a war against... *eyes the entire Scoble quartet...* - Mark VandenBerg

quartet? i thought there were only 2 of them, plus their millions of bots..hmm, i smell something fishy...no clones here, are there? - Mohomed=genieyclo

Clones? If I had clones I'd be #1 in activity instead of just #5 :) - Alex Scoble CISSP

+1 for Noah's question. All the manufactured controversy and drama that ensures A-listers lots of hits gets really old, lame and tiresome. Like this "DON'T REPRINT THIS EMAIL" crap from Calacanis. YAWN - Dawn

Well, we got team captain Robert, his lovely wife Maryam, their prodigy son, Patrick, and Patrick's weird uncle Alex. So, yup, that's four. Pew, Pew, Pew! - Mark VandenBerg

When did I get placed into the A-List...I'm the brother of an alleged "A-lister"...that does not mean that I am A-List...I'm C or D-List at best. At worst I'm rated F Grade (mostly hoofs and snouts). - Alex Scoble CISSP

Alex, you're on my A-list ;) - Dawn

thanks Dawn and Alex... I'm not always right, and I'm a big fan of Andy Kaufman and inside jokes... but it happens too much (it is all promotion) and when you go in to break up an Alist fight they all bark or laugh at you. - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ

Thanks, Dawn. :) - Alex Scoble CISSP

Dawn, you blocked me so well I can still see your comments...lol :-) Alex, see what Morton said. I've got a lot of time for you, but your hate the rich stuff is beyond me. If you can't separate the two, that's your issue, and I wouldn't expect you to agree with me all the time either. That you've responded in this way now really just proves the general meme of the post: civility is lost. - Duncan Riley

Duncan, when someone blocks you, you can't see their posts but you can still see their comments. - Akiva Moskovitz

I always though it was both...least it has been for me. Oh well. No great loss either way - Duncan Riley

The fact that you used me as an example while misquoting what I said in your personal blog, instead of by making an intelligent dismissal of my ideas proves your point and makes you a hypocrite to boot. And nowhere have I ever said that I hate the rich. Next thing you are going to tell me that Teddy Roosevelt hated the rich. What I do not like are people who use all that society has to give and then do not want to pay taxes appropriately. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Alex, I've responded on some of your previous threads, for example in relation to your idea that people shouldn't earn interest, I pointed out at the time that the money was used to makes loans etc... I don't have to repeat myself every time because you can't remember my line from the avalanche of people who disagreed with you. I'm sorry you feel this way, we disagree on tax, nothing more, but you're the one making this more - Duncan Riley

My idea wasn't that people shouldn't earn interest. My point was that when you have large sums of money, the mere fact have having that money gains you more wealth. This is an advantage that rich people have over the poor and much of the middle class. It's like a katamari ball. The bigger your ball the more stuff it pulls in...it's not in anyone's interest to have people out there with so much money that they can corrupt governments. That is why we have a progressive tax system... - Alex Scoble CISSP

To prevent the UNFETTERED accumulation of wealth. - Alex Scoble CISSP

And I'm not the one making this bigger than it is...you did this by using my name on your blog and misconstruing my comments in an inflammatory way. You are doing the exact thing that Mark Hopkins quit friendfeed over. - Alex Scoble CISSP

So I earn money - I get taxed on that - I save it - I save like a fiend, and now I'm relatively well off. So I should get taxed *more* because I've worked my ass off to get to where I am? Sorry, I don't buy that. - Matt Craven

Speaking of "rich" in web terms please don't forget to LINK. I found it curious that neither Duncan or you, Alex, linked up the source so readers could easily draw their own opinions. He didn't link this FriendFeed comment in his blog post and you didn't link his blog post here. Accidental? Intentional? This seems like a classic case of: "I disagree with XYZ and won't link to them but believe me ___ is what they meant." Wrong. - TDavid

And for others who don't want to sleuth the link. Duncan's post that Alex is talking about is here: http://www.duncanriley.com/200... - his exact quote begins with: "...stupid hate the rich meme that’s come up of late, driven in part by Alex Scoble. If you ever wanted to prove that Obama supporters are socialists, read Alex’s stuff." - TDavid

The full quote is "If you ever wanted to prove that Obama supporters are socialists, read Alex’s stuff. Dumb stuff, like the rich are only rich because they already have money, and should be taxed so they are equal, or people shouldn’t be allowed to make interest on money because that’s not a productive use of money." Which is just a lame parody of what I've said...and by the way, if you think this stuff is socialist...then you are calling Teddy Roosevelt a socialist and that makes your opinion... - Alex Scoble CISSP

on this matter very suspect. - Alex Scoble CISSP