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Compete.com Friendfeed vs Twitter

2 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link

Rakesh Agrawal, Atul Arora, Dave Martin, EllieJavadi and 2 other people liked this

The August numbers are in. For the past 3 months I've been tracking compete.com's traffic report for FriendFeed vs Twitter. For the previous 2 months FF has had a faster growth rate than Twitter according to compete. This month though paints a much less optimistic picture for FF with FF actually going negative (barely) in unique visitor growth while Twitter turns in a healthy 17.7% growth rate. Take it with a grain of salt of course, compete is flawed, inaccurate, etc. etc. blah blah blah. - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet

Friendfeed seems to have a fairly international user base, so hard to know whether that paints an accurate picture in terms of overall growth. Interesting that their growth in the US is slowing though. - Gabe Ragland

it felt slower to me for most of August, but felt like it was picking up again after the launch of the beta. It will be interesting to see what the Sept. numbers look like. - Thomas Hawk

Twitter had the BIG jump right about the time of last year's sxsw, FF is just getting started and the convo is a BIG + here. - Dave Martin

John Worthington posted a message

“OK, I'm now at 997 all time comments... Who wants the 1,000th?”

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Thomas Hawk, AlexScoble(Robert'sBro), Pete Delucchi, Yolanda and 2 other people liked this

W00t? - Josh Haley

[like] :) - edythe

I do! - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

Congrats! I'm coming up on 3K :) - Phil (scribkin)

carlotta fancypants posted a message

“i got an email from Victoria's Secret with the subject: New Fall Trend: Pants. Try them now with free shipping....". Pants? PANTS???”

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Mathew Ballard, Sacca, Michael W. May, Adam Turetzky and 13 other people liked this

[like] :) - edythe

you out of likes again, Edythe? :/ - Pete Delucchi

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Hmm...pink lace? Lots of slits? There has to be something more. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Suggest and sell. Retail's #1 rule. - Dave Martin

pants...definitely a new fall trend. every fall, i start wearing pants. - faboo mama

You mean Americans go commando all summer? o_O - Sally Church

would you have like it better if it were fancypants? - RAPatton

pants are over rated. - Thomas Hawk

Somehow the phrase, "New Fall Trend, Pants! Try them now!" made me start laughing - Nathan Rein

Dave Martin, when will People and Us carry pictorial spreads of the Gossip Girls in their pants? - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Step 1: Pants. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit! - Phil (scribkin)

pants... it does your body good - Herb

As if this were the internet and people didn't have pants on... oh, wait... - Michael W. May

In the UK they would say, Pants... - Dennis Goedegebuure

AlexScoble(Robert'sBro) posted a message

“Heh, the alleged list of books that Sarah Palin is making the rounds in the email circuit now. If true it's a pretty shocking list of books one would try to ban. Catch-22? A wrinkle in time? The Harry Potter books? Still waiting for snopes to confirm the list.”

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Mathew Ballard, Robert Haas, MikeAmundsen, Richard Walker and Pete Delucchi liked this

From what I'm reading it most likely is a fake list. Have to wait and see. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

Catch 22 is my favorite book. - Thomas Hawk

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Just from an interesting side-point... How would that go for digital audio books? - John Worthington

I taught two of those books to fourth and fifth graders in downtown San Jose -- nobody wanted to ban them then. - Pete Delucchi

Why push this if you think it is fake? Heh. This is a word for word cut and paste job from here: http://tinyurl.com/5qh5bu Keep trying. Something will stick. Or "wait" for snopes. - Jay Tannenbaum

I believe that it's fake, but having said that it would be interesting to know what she was trying to ban. Book banners = not good people - Duncan Riley

bogus: http://michellemalkin.com/2008... - Laura Norvig

Does it really matter "what" she was trying to ban? Would we feel better if she was trying to ban Stuart Woods novels? I don't need to know what books, only that she expressed an interest in doing so, pressured the librarian and was only turned back by the community. - AJ Kohn

Of course it doesn't matter AJ. It won't matter that she didn't do it. You guys are desperate. - Jay Tannenbaum

@Jay, yes, I'm desperate to keep a person who would ban books out of the White House. You should be too if you care about the principles that the USA was founded on. That is one of the most repugnant thing I can think of for an elected official to do. It's the basis for the best new nickname for Palin: Mooselini. - Jason Carreira

as far as digital audio books go, Biden would probably throw you in jail if you ripped one. - Thomas Hawk

@Laura, and I wouldn't believe anything from Michelle Malkin without seeing it from other sources... in fact, seeing things that Malkin says makes me believe things LESS. She's a frightening pathological liar. - Jason Carreira

Jason: Here's the list, word for word. http://www.lib.fit.edu/pubs/li... Namecalling and calling everyone a liar makes you seem even more desperate. - Jay Tannenbaum

http://www.truthorfiction.com/... - Jay Tannenbaum

Hope! Change! Lies! - Jay Tannenbaum

keep in mind, *the list* is not the issue. the list is a smoke screen. the issue is banning books. Sarah Palin considered banning books. that's the point. one book, 100 books, doesn't matter. - MikeAmundsen

A Wrinkle in Time was my favorite Madeline L Engle book! WTF! - David Cook

I didn't say the list was correct, but the accusation that she tried to get a librarian to remove books and tried to get her fired when she said no is another matter. Michelle Malkin is demonstrably a liar along the same vein as Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. Of course, the genius of Karl Rove was realizing that facts don't matter. - Jason Carreira

What exactly did she do? - Jay Tannenbaum

Do a search for "Michelle Malkin lies"... there's really too many to list... Her book defending the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII and suggesting the same for Arab Americans now is a particularly disgusting piece, and, while not lies, technically, is all anyone should need to discount her opinion. - Jason Carreira

So it's not that she lies, Jason, it's that you don't like her ideas? Oh, I see. Differing opinion = lies. Sounds like a dangerous line of thought. You sure you wanna go down that path? - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

Jason: Bush, Rush, Michelle, O'Reilly, Rove! Show me when she tried to get the woman fired. What's her name? Show me when she tried to get the books removed. Show me the facts. - Jay Tannenbaum

@Jay: "In December 1996, [librarian] Emmons told her hometown newspaper, the Frontiersman, that Palin three times asked her -- starting before she was sworn in -- about possibly removing objectionable books from the library if the need arose." http://www.mcclatchydc.com/hom... - MikeAmundsen

Rhetorical. Did she ask her to remove any book? - Jay Tannenbaum

@Jay: LOL - MikeAmundsen

@Jay, if you're going to take the oppostional role in these threads, you should at least do your research beforehand. http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin... - Jason Carreira

Oh, so if she wasn't actually burning the books it's ok? I see. - Jason Carreira

@Gregory, did you actually do the search I suggested? There's literally hundreds of different links talking about Malkin's lies. - Jason Carreira

Mike: I am reading from the article you posted. "Were any books censored banned? June Pinell-Stephens, chairwoman of the Alaska Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee since 1984, checked her files Wednesday and came up empty-handed. Pinell-Stephens also had no record of any phone conversations with Emmons about the issue back then. Emmons was president of the Alaska Library Association at the time.Books may not have been pulled from library shelves, but there were other repercussions for Emmons. Four days before the exchange at the City Council, Emmons got a letter from Palin asking for her resignation. Similar letters went to police chief Irl Stambaugh, public works director Jack Felton and finance director Duane Dvorak. John Cooper, a fifth director, resigned after Palin eliminated his job overseeing the city museum. - Jay Tannenbaum

Jason, no, no, no. You don't get off that easy. You called Michelle Malkin a liar. When questioned on it, all you offered were ideas you disagreed with, proving that if one doesn't think like you, you say they are liars. My question to you: Are you *sure* that's a path you want to go down? - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

Sounds more like a patronage deal to me. Happens on the south side of Chicago all the time. "Emmons survived the loyalty test and a second one a few months later. She resigned in August 1999, two months before Palin was voted in for a second mayoral term." - Jay Tannenbaum

@Jay:do you think that this question is appropriate from the mayor of the city: "What would your response be if I asked you to remove some books from the collection?" - MikeAmundsen

Wow, it doesn't take much to clear your burden of proof, does it? Pressure her to remove books 3 times, then try to fire her, but as long as you don't name specific books or succeed in actually removing any books you're ok. Super. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke - Jason Carreira

ironic that a liberal is quoting Edmund Burke - Jeff Quinton

@Gregory, I don't feel it's necessary to do your research for you. I've seen several specific cases of each of them blatantly lying, but I don't feel like doing the searches to find the specifics for you, for you to likely just slip it aside like Jay is doing with Palin's attempts at censorship. I used to waste my time like that all the time, but I don't bother anymore. - Jason Carreira

You still haven't answered the question, Jason! Do you think those who disagree with you are liars? - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

@Jeff Ironic that people consider the modern Republican party conservative, and that you consider people whose base views undermine the basis of the Constitution of the US as the same. - Jason Carreira

@Gregory, no... there's plenty of intellectually honest conservatives, but the ones I mentioned became the mouthpieces of the Rovian neo-cons who felt no need to be restricted by Truth. There are plenty of pundits from whom I will accept the basic facts of their argument, and then disagree (or possibly agree) based on those facts. From the ones I mentioned, I don't make any assumption that the "facts" they quote are based in reality. - Jason Carreira

Mike: I had a patronage job in Chicago. You didn't get a job if you didn't tow the line. Obama is a product of the Chicago Machine. If the administration changes, lots of people will lose their jobs. And lots of people will write their resignation letters on the first day of their new jobs. Because they serve at the pleasure of the administration. That's the way political appointments work. They are political. Appropriate? I dunno. That's just the way it is. - Jay Tannenbaum

@Jay: LOL - MikeAmundsen

Librarians are not political, and anyone who views them as such is a frightening political monster I'd want to keep as far from power as possible. - Jason Carreira

Jason, I would be interested to know which pundits from whom you might potentially be willing to accept facts. But thank you for finally answering the question. - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

Bil Bennett doesn't make things up. I always listen carefully to what George Will has to say. Bill Kristol doesn't make things up either, although he's often very selective in the facts he's willing to take into account and I almost never come to the same conclusions as he does. These are people who have intellectually honest conversations and are the models I wish the new Republican party would base itself on. Instead McCain brought in the same Rove team that smeared him with false accusations in 2000. - Jason Carreira

@JasonCarreira you're so cute when you get angry over one line designed to do just that - Jeff Quinton

Although I don't like Palin I doubt its true. Its just like all those emails that went around about Obama. - Mathew Ballard

@Matthew, which part? Palin has admitted she asked the question of the librarian, and there's plenty of corroborating evidence that she attempted to fire her before there was an outcry. There's no acceptable reason for that question to be asked. - Jason Carreira

The meme is out there. As you can see above, people are outraged that their individual favorite books were banned by Caribou Barbie. Downright Rovian, if I do say myself. - Jay Tannenbaum

Thanks, Jason. It should be pointed out that neocons, which you use a pejorative, are likely much closer to the viewpoints many left leaning folks might have. So I find the hatred to McCain (who, of all the Republican candidates, is most like Obama) quite interesting. It is, however, understandable (not excusable) when that hatred is exercised toward Sarah Palin, who doesn't necessarily fit into the neocon mold. - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

Matthew Ballard has it right. - Jay Tannenbaum

2000 McCain was like Obama, and I was a big fan... then he sold his soul to get into the inner circle and try to position himself for this run. He's completely sold out to lobbyists and the same team that got Dubya into the White House. 2008 McCain bears little resemblance, beneath the surface, to 2000 McCain. - Jason Carreira

@Jay, sure, if you ignore facts. - Jason Carreira

Jason, you may very well be right on McCain. But the very same thought applies to Obama. He's running a campaign much closer center (although it isn't very close) than his actual beliefs are as they are described in his own writings and statements. Rest assured that once elected, both would return to their roots. Which scares me on both counts. - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

@Jay: You dispute that Palin asked the librarian about banning books? And once again, it doesn't matter what book! It could be 'Clifford the Big Red Dog', banning books is wrong. - AJ Kohn

This aside. I'm not fond of a tax (the little guy) and spend government, running up debt, increased pork (most per capita), giving taxpayer money to sexual harassers, putting U.S. companies and workers out of business by exporting to other countries, or the idea that the Iraq war is a 'task from God'. - AJ Kohn

Davis Freeberg posted a message on Twitter

“Just discovered the Parselmouths and am really digging their music. If radio would just play bands like this, I'd tune back in again.”

2 hours ago - Link

will check it out on Hype Machine. - Thomas Hawk

then it would not be radio ... at least as I now understand the term ... - Scott Moskowitz

RAPatton posted a link

Brown's Hero : UPS driver hits million mile mark

yesterday at 3:12 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Robert Couture, Robert Haas, J. McConnell, Thomas Hawk and 6 other people liked this

"Today, marks Boyd's 22nd anniversary as a UPS driver, and like a good friend, 903 had a special gift in store for him when Boyd got behind the wheel this morning — she hit her one million mile mark. Boyd said the milestone isn't that uncommon for the big rig UPS trucks. But for the smaller package cars predominant among rural and urban neighborhoods, it's almost unheard of. He said it's even more unusual that the million miles would be driven by one driver." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet

wow, that's amazing... give that guy a huge bonus! - Susan Beebe

how long before Michelle Miller responds? - Jeff Quinton

the Louisville game is on now and she is going out tonight so it may be a while - RAPatton

Man, imagine if he took a Canon 5D everywhere he went. He'd have an amazing photostream. - Thomas Hawk

edythe posted a link

Modern Love - It Was Oddly Flattering to Have My Very Own Cyberstalker - Amy Klein - NYT

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Thomas Hawk, Abby Martin, Michelle Miller, Mitch Wagner and 4 other people liked this

"My life was like that Seinfeld episode when the comedian Kathy Griffin starts using Jerry in her act, and all his complaints — an answering machine message, a lawsuit — appear in her act “Jerry Seinfeld Is the Devil.” At least Ford wasn’t devoting his entire blog to me, or writing anything scary about me. Until, one day, he did: “I’d like to bonk Amy on the head with a Talmud and drag her back to my Aborigine-style hovel and make her mine.” A week later, he followed up with: “I have this weird stalkerish fixation with writing about her on my Web site (never unkindly). Why was I not invited to her birthday party Saturday?”" - edythe via Bookmarklet

Some great passages in that story. - Michael W. May

Are my ears burning? - RAPatton

your ears should not be burning, roberto. - edythe

RAPatton posted a link

Doug Ellin rides 'Entourage' to the top - Los Angeles Times

5 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link

Mahdi Ebrahimi, veronicaromm, Cornelius Smith II, Morgan and 6 other people liked this

"When making a television series about yourself and your friends, the hardest part is making sure the stories are entertaining to others. The next hardest part is making them fit into a half-hour. And when the town you and your friends inhabit is Hollywood, it really helps if the community likes it. "This could be humiliating in this town if we didn't get it right," said Doug Ellin, executive producer and creator of “Entourage," one of HBO's few remaining hit original series. "And you got to walk around, 'Oh, you did that [mess]?' "" - RAPatton via Bookmarklet

Tonight is the start of the new season, I hear. My wife digs it. Well, she digs Vince and E - RAPatton

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Love that show. - Ňicķ

[like] :) - edythe

I think I have the next season cued up and ready to come on Netflix soon. - Thomas Hawk

Now this I liked. Predictable, but that's what's great about Entourage. - Mark Trapp

love love love - been waiting so long for this season to start and its finally here!!! - Nick Munson

I love this show. Love Ari and Lloyd. Lloyd! - Trish R

I love the show, but only because of the Ari character. The rest of them are disposable IMO... Nikki Finke told me "you're the last person not to know that ari gold is ari emanuel of endeavor" (Mark Wahlberg's agent) I told her yeah, I'm always the last to know. Hooray for the new season! - Richard Walker

wow, well the 1st show of this season was as sexually graphic as californication, not saying it wasn't pleasing on the eyes, but wow - clarke thomas

[like] :) - edythe

RAPatton published photos on Flickr

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Josh Haley, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Candace Holly, Thomas Hawk and 9 other people liked this

First Football contests of the Autumn - RAPatton

the gear makes alex look so grown-up... - edythe

Alex's team looks smaller and younger then Michael's. However, they are far better coached - RAPatton

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Justin on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Friday at 6:33 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

RyanEs, Mark Wilson, Michael J Cohen, Kevin C. Tofel and 13 other people liked this

Yesterday Justin Korn and I found this amazing old 10 story abandoned concrete Navy barracks structure down at the Hunter's Point Shipyard. I thought the long lit hallways were perfect for making some silhouttes and this is one I made of Justin. This was the first time to the Hunter's Point Shipyard for both of us but I'm sure we'll be going back lots more, so much amazing abandoned stuff down there. Can't wait to shoot this place at night some time. - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet

Hope you do go back and keep up the great photo posting - Cecil Sandus

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not sure how important this is for you but it may affect your workflow and exif data (i am considering LR and submissions here). The date on your camera is off (year 2000). awesome silhouette, btw. - Carlos Ayala

You have Korn on your blog. - Yolanda

Carlos, yeah, the date is off in the EXIF data. My 5D's internal battery is dead at this point so it defaults back to 2000 whenever I switch batteries. I changed the date manually using lightroom with the other shots from this shoot. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to change the 5D's internal battery on your own and I'm not ready to be without it for a few weeks to send it in for service. - Thomas Hawk

really cool! :) - Tim Hoeck

Child(ren) of the Korn! - Josh Haley

really? I never knew that. I guess it's the same, or worse on the xti. I'll have to research this later. - Carlos Ayala

That's one good looking silhouette, no? :) - Justin Korn

haha, just wait dude, I've got about 12 different versions of this shot. - Thomas Hawk

I'm sure you do! Haven't looked at my pics yet, but can't wait to post the one of you climbing the wall :) - Justin Korn

That's a really great shot. - Candace Holly

at least it won't be the shot where I ripped my pants. - Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk published photos on Flickr

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Mahdi Ebrahimi, RyanEs, Charlie Anzman, Candace Holly and 4 other people liked this

What is that...thing...the 14th picture... - Justin Korn

It's some sort of mask, I think having to do with the Church. I saw it in a store up in Sonoma. - Thomas Hawk

Zee at WeDoCreative posted a link

8 Amazing Holes

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Mo Kargas, Steve, Chris Loft, Far and 61 other people liked this

these creep me out - especially the water based ones - Zee at WeDoCreative

Great pics. Horrid title ;-) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

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ahahaha SB - Anna Haro

and I thought it would a guy who brought that up... :) - Zee at WeDoCreative

Has anyone scrolled down to the see the last "hole"? - Brian Sullivan

lol, yeah - i was gonna put it in here but the others were too impressive - Zee at WeDoCreative

can someone please explain the hole in the water? how/why does that occur? - Zee at WeDoCreative

There is no way I could swim/sail/boat over that blue hole. No way in Hell. - Timothy Griffin

They're created by water soaking through limestone fractures in the surface, Zee....a looooong time ago. http://www.blueholes.org has good information on them. - Candace Holly

and I thought this was about Golf... - Victor Ryden

haha Victor - Zee at WeDoCreative

That last hole looks like water was seeping somewhere more recently. - Ernie Oporto

Candace, thank you - that is seriously interesting & the pictures on that site...incredible. - Zee at WeDoCreative

those are some sweet looking holes. - ::Kristen::

a line you don't hear every day... - Zee at WeDoCreative

These are beautiful. Do I have a dirty mind for thinking the title is full of innuendo? - Sparky

the one in Bisbee, Arizona is a pretty big one too - Jeff Quinton

That was a great ending! - Michael Fidler via twhirl

Here's the Wiki on the second pic, the Great Blue Hole of Belize, The hole is circular in shape, over 1,000 feet across and 400 feet deep. It was formed as a limestone cave system during the last ice age when sea levels were much lower. As the ocean began to rise again the caves flooded, and the roof collapsed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G... - Christopher Harley

sweet Christopher, cheers - Zee at WeDoCreative

nice natural uhmm.. holes! =D - Anjo Miranda via twhirl

Dan Kaplan posted a message

“Sometimes, gravity and concrete conspire to wreck havoc on my life.”

yesterday at 10:25 am - Link

Richard Peat, Squid, Jason Kaneshiro, AlexScoble(Robert'sBro) and 11 other people liked this

D'oh! Is this the same iPhone which was returned by a taxi driver? Was that you?? Bummer... :-( - Lisa L. Seifert

I blame Newton! - Toby Graham

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ouch! - Kevin Johnson

Oh no! I will see this in my nightmares. Very sorry! - Shellee

that sucks - Cee Bee

I feel responsible. - Chuck Fishman

That's why the first thing I got with my iPhone was a rubber case. Unfortunately it ripped and I had to get a hard case which is just slightly less slippery than the real plastic. Now I just have a death-grip on the phone any time it's in my hands. - Ernie Oporto

Aw man Dan! What happened?! - Corvida

Call Apple and have them troubleshoot it *inno* - Michael W. May

Damn. - Timothy Griffin

I'd blame AT&T if I were you. They are always screwing everything up. - Thomas Hawk

What's the problem? :p - ChiliMac

Ouch - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

This is the stuff nightmares are made of. - Jason Kaneshiro

Corvida: Getting out of a car, it fell from my hands. @Thomas: I think it is, in fact, AT&T's fault. I'll call them and demand a solution or some cash. - Dan Kaplan

Thomas Hawk published photos on SmugMug

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the creepy drunk clowns always freaked me out, but that Butch was always an asshole. - Chris Kim A

I vividly remember playing with these Fisher Price things as a wee lad :) - Michael W. May via twhirl

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OMG... "Little people!" - Kim Mahan

me too! - Susan Beebe

Wow, same here. - Jordan Hofker

FP = totally cool - Dave Martin

Childhood Memories.. Thanks for sharing Thomas. :D - Daynah

hmmm.. not sure why a few of these double posted on SmugMug. - Thomas Hawk

Yay! It feels like my childhood all over again. - Cecily Walker

Thomas: are you using Omar Shahines Send to SmugMug? if you are there is an old version that double posts your photos. Update it by going to http://www.shahine.com/garage/... - Roberto Bonini

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Potrero power plant - Thomas Hawk

went out and shot this plant the other day. Interesting place. - Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk posted an entry on Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection

Chrome Represents 4.38% of Visitors to thomashawk.com

Thursday at 3:43 pm - Link

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As somebody who takes exception to Reuters and Yahoo! News taking all but ownership of photos without compensation, I'm surprised you agreed to become a user of Google Chrome, which claims "a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services." :) The fact that anything typed into the address bar, even if you don't press enter, is logged alongside your IP address in Google's leaky barn, was my last straw. It remains installed for dev testing purposes only - floogy

floogy, somehow I'm just not worried about Google asserting rights to all my digital content. Call me naive that way. - Thomas Hawk

and theres an addition TOS telling they do that only to offer the service, not for using for anything else. - Oscar Juarez

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Number of Residents per IHOP

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No IHOPs and no iPhones in Vermont. What does Vermont have against the letter "I"? - Mark Trapp

sigh, no blue states. - Chris Hollander

Hooray for IHOP! - Anthony K Valley

Breakfast is for WINNERS! - Thomas Hawk

hilarious! - Fancy Fembot

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“Twitter is bringing about 10x more traffic than FriendFeed. YCombinator brings even more. TechMeme is in there too below YCombinator.”

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Susan Beebe, Aaron Draczynski, Aviv, Dave Martin and 20 other people liked this

How long has FriendFeed been around in comparison to Twitter? - Ernie Oporto

I think friendfeed is just to complicated for people to get their head around it. Recently, I have been using FF more and more thanks to its conversational element. - ....

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hmm, i disagree - my gf gets it and she's not geeky in the slightest. I think it's because half of the time, people don't click the links to view the content - they assume the title of the post says it all or any images/text shared are the most important from the site... if you see what i mean. - Zee at WeDoCreative

where is this traffic being brought to? - Scott Jarkoff

I agree with zee and scoble. But in terms of traffic i get the most in this order: Google (up to 500/minute depending on day and keyword placement), Stumbleupon (up to 16k day), Wikipedia (up to 10k a day), Mixx (up to 600/day), DesignYouTrust (up to 200/day),YCombinator (negligible), FriendFeed + Twitter (negligible). - Brandon

what site are you running Brandon?? - Zee at WeDoCreative

LOL yeah, FF was confusing at first. :) - Ron

@zee... it's a couple different sites... one of them is http://dailytypography.com/ <== out of commission. I pretty much create a new website every time I have a new idea. I have over 180 domain names. The sites that don't net 30k in the first month I abandon. I need to find something and just stick with it. I don't do it for money, I just want an audience. You can find me on http://rummil.com now (i just started it the other day) :) - Brandon

I am still blown away how well the conversational element of FF works. It's fantastic. - ....

@... definitely fantastic. - Brandon

@Brandon interesting stuff - will definitely stay tuned - Zee at WeDoCreative

@zee thanks... :) - Brandon

@Brandon, I have a question for you. I get bunch of ideas but out of touch and have no time to do web development myself. My question is whether you will take on some of my ideas and convert them into websites, and we share any profits or fame :) what do you think?! - Hayk Hakobyan

Top 10 places that send traffic to my flickr photos: 1. Flickr, 2. Google. 3. thomashawk.com 4. images.google.com 5. collegehumor.com 6. image.search.yahoo 7. friendfeed. 8. stumbleupon 9. reddit 10. Pownce. Friendfeed is still less than 1% of the traffic I get at Flickr though. I don't think you do FF for the traffic. I think you do it for the community, sharing and experience. - Thomas Hawk

@Hayk I rarely do spec work but if you're serious tell me what you have in mind and I'll get back to you. allanpartridge[at]gmail.com ... I would of course expect that you'll be involved with each website... And, everything will be in writing via contract. - Brandon

@thomas ... CollegeHumor is a great source of traffic isn't it :D It's not that difficult to get featured in their hotlinks sections either. It's best to get featured in the hotlinks section on a friday bc the links stay on the front page sat&sun and most of monday too. Brings 10s of thousands of uniques a day. (your link doesn't have to be humorous to be accepted) http://www.collegehumor.com/ho... - Brandon

Brandon, sure! Just to make sure we are on the same line. I am looking for a partnership deal (so no seller-client but partner-partner), where I will of course be involved at every stage necessary. Contract and everything will be in writing, sure enough! If that is all fine by you I ll send you summary of few ideas I got in next few days. Let me know. - Hayk Hakobyan

@Hayk We're on the same page. Sounds good, I'll get back to you once I see those summaries. - Brandon

I learned that both Twitter and Friendfeed brings nearly zero traffic. No visitors. - Ryo

@ryo ... well i do get some traffic from FF and twitter each day but it's not a lot. I'd say roughly 60 from FF and 15 from Twitter each day. - Brandon

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FF seemed difficult in the first 30 seconds... Now, SocialMedian is another story. - Victoria/Plautia

Depends who you are. FriendFeed has delivered 10x what Twitter does for me. It's StumbleUpon, then Google, then FriendFeed, TechMeme, Reddit, Twitter, Feedly. - Louis Gray

My low-profile blog gets almost all it's traffic from Stumbleapon (one post in particular is lightyears ahead of the traffic for all my other posts combined), then Twitter, then FriendFeed, then Google searches. - Martin Bryant

@LG agreed ... Even if you are a Jets fan ... - Scott Moskowitz

@Victoria I agree on the SocialMedian issue. I have aboslutely no idea how that is supposed to be useful. - Gavin

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