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Roger Kondrat posted a link

Announcing Twitterville--My Next Book.

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

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

APPLE Quartz Display Services Reference for Screensavers

November 19 at 3:59 pm - via Reshare - Link

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CREEPY...do you keep important stuff on your desktop? Have a screensaver installed on your Mac? Here's how it captures a picture of your desktop and sends it back to Apple. - sofarsoshawn

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

Andrew Trinh liked this

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

*Europe's Mobile Tech & Social Media Hub*: Kevin Singarayar posted a link

Sniff lets you find your friends in real-time | Webware - CNET

November 17 at 1:46 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Louis Gray posted a link

I just added a "Most Liked Items on FriendFeed" widget to my blog from FFHolic. Check out their new widgets.

November 13 at 1:44 am - Link

Roger Kondrat, Svartling, Mihalcea Razvan and 43 other people liked this

cool! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

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Oh! : ) - Erhan Erdogan

Thank you Louis, it's nice to see our work in action :) - FFholic.com

I think it's cool FFholic actually *uses* FF too!! :) - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

Time to put on my lemming hat. Me too... Let's go! - Bwana

great job on the widget guys. Love what you've done and I'll love it even more if you eventually provide styling options in the future. - Bwana

I grabbed a widget for one of my blogs. - Ian May

We'd like to know more about the styling options the user's would like - Baris Seker

Baris, I've posted some ideas in the ffholic FF room - Bwana

Duncan Riley posted a link

welcome to fail

November 16 at 1:13 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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HAHHAHAHHAHAA...love it! - Anna Haro

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Saturday Night Duncan FTW! - Mona N.

Sunday night,but yes ;-) - Duncan Riley

Duncan, don't you know? The world revolves around US. (pun intended) :P - Mona N.

I keep trying to move out of town, but... - Jim Jannotti

Now, to turn that into a stamp, and pass it along to some high school teacher friends of mine... - Pete Delucchi

Duncan opened a big can of funny today :D - Zee.

LMAO - johnpiercy

once you stay , you can never leave - johnpiercy

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

Robert Scoble liked this

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

Twitter Apps: Roger Kondrat posted a link

Twitblogs is coming soon. Signup on Twitter and join the list of those who will get their first invites!

November 15 at 12:03 pm - Link

I am affiliated with this project. - Roger Kondrat

*Europe's Mobile Tech & Social Media Hub*: Kevin Singarayar posted a link

Under the Radar Conference Preview: Palringo | This Week in Lidsky | Fast Company

November 11 at 2:08 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Jonas posted an entry on socialmedian

Clipped on socialmedian: Why You Need a Social Media Marketing Department

November 12 at 1:45 am - Link

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Apps: Leandro Ardissone posted a link

CandyBar allows you to change the system icons in Mac OS X that you normally can't, including including the trash can, volumes, default folder, and more!

Panic - CandyBar 3 - Change and Organize Your Mac OS X Icons and Dock.jpg

November 10 at 5:04 pm - Link

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I use this :) - Simon Wicks

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I tried it a couple of years ago, but found it awkward to use. Has the ap improved at all? - Bill Sodeman

Version 3 has a lot more of changes. Not sure if good or bad, I haven't used it before - Leandro Ardissone via IM

Oh yeah, version 3 is excellent. I bought this. - flammable

I used to like (and use) it when it was a simple and small application. - Ozkan ALTUNER

Yup, I use it too... - Brad Brooks

Roger Kondrat posted a link

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

Roger Kondrat posted a link

Brand Autopsy: Great Advice for All of Us

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

Glenn Slaven, Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ and Mo Kargas liked this

So True! - Roger Kondrat via Bookmarklet

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How to Take a Nap that Enhances Your Mental Skills

November 2 at 10:18 am - Link

Siavash Safi, Flippity, آدمیرال and 9 other people liked this

I agree that my ideal nap time is around 1-2PM. Unfortunately, I don't think my boss would like me napping at my desk! - Rochelle

Telecommuting ftw! Except for the whole "no human (adult) companionship" part. Even for an introvert, that part can sometimes suck. I talk to my kitties, birdies, and random wild animals (not to mention computers and other household appliances) way more than is probably healthy. - Ladybug Heather

Great tips on taking a nap. Useful for the light rainy day we're getting in Orlando. :) - Mike Reynolds

Heather, again I ask myself why I picked a career field where telecommuting is pretty much impossible. :P - Rochelle

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

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

Apps: Carlos Granier-Phelps posted a link

iSpring Free | Free PowerPoint to Flash Converter

October 30 at 7:22 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Lu Tao, Roger Kondrat, Matt Horton and 5 other people liked this

Anyone know of a Mac app that does this? - Carlos Granier-Phelps via Bookmarklet

there must be a webapp somewhere! - Joelle Nebbe

Apps: Carlos Granier-Phelps posted a link

Experimental Firefox Extensions: Six Experimental Firefox Extensions We Love

October 31 at 12:05 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Roger Kondrat, Russellreno, misca mihaela and 5 other people liked this

WANT (the first one) - Marko Bon

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

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

clarke thomas shared an item on Google Reader

Daylight Saving Time Ends November 2nd [Daylight Saving Time]

October 31 at 7:58 pm - Link

Alan Le, Roger Kondrat, Lisa L. Seifert and 6 other people liked this

Thanks for the reminder! Fall back! - Mona N.

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PITA - but thanks for the reminder - Ian May

I wish they'd just get rid of DST...it serves no purpose anymore...it's been dark here at 7am...just ridiculous. - Alex Scoble CISSP

I read somewhere that having DST saves a ton of money. It's still a PITA though - Ian May

It used to save money in our agricultural past when it was invented. It actually costs today. - Bora Zivkovic

Yay. An extra hour of sleep tomorrow - Monique

if DST saves money... cool... let's be on DST year round... the back and forth is the problem - Sean Reiser

My best friend lives in Arizona where they don't do DST, so it's a double adjustment twice a year... - Kev

Careful it may be a Republicn scheme to steal the election.:) - Alex Nesbitt

Outsanity posted a message

“I have passion to do nothing”

October 31 at 8:37 pm - via Ping.fm - Link

Alex Scoble CISSP, Roger Kondrat, Morton Fox and 3 other people liked this

They say you should follow your passion. - Jill, Superhero Librarian

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so don't do anything. - Monique

You have a talent for that too. :) - Morton Fox

Need tips? I am pretty good at this. - Kamath ॐ

Il dolce far niente - Laura Norvig