"I'm sure there's no sane answer about as to why this gentleman has mixed in with his display of real firearms one paintball CO2 gun and the two video game trigger fake guitars." - Adam Turetzky
"And repeal the entire Patriot Act! Also begin Treason and War Crimes trials for President Bush and Vice President Cheny, along with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeldt and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice." - Adam Turetzky
"omg, I KNEW I heard the officer call in the address and it was Dundee Road. I'm like, wait a second, that sounds like Buffalo Grove. What a small world." - Adam Turetzky
Watch out. I was told by a whole foods employee that I couldn't take pictures in their store (with my iPhone). And on GetSatisfaction they claimed no pictures for "competitive reasons". - Brandon Titus
Haven't been approached by them, but if I ever am, Photography is not a crime and if they wish for me to shop at their competitors store instead of theirs I'll gladly change my spending habits if asked to leave. :) - Adam Turetzky
"Vocito is a desktop UI for GrandCentral for the Mac. It allows you to easily dial anybody from your desktop. Using GrandCentral it will dial the remote phone and your local phone simultaneously, and connect you together." - Adam Turetzky
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"Back at the end of August, Urban Velo visited Chicago for the NACCCs. While there we made a few trips outside the official events, one of which was for dinner at the Handlebar Bar and Grill. The promises of a bike-friendly establishment with good food, good beer and fair prices lured us in and did not disappoint. The menu is vegetarian/vegan/pescetarian friendly, with just about everything within a buck or two of $10 per plate, leaving some room on the bill for whatever craft beer is on special that day." - Adam Turetzky
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The difference is that Google keeps their products around, Yahoo axes them shortly after releasing them in most cases. I don't even know why they bother anymore. - Javier Altman
I can't remember the last time I used a Yahoo service really. - Bhavishya Kanjhan
Google has kept its focus on developing the coolest cutting-edge Internet software possible. Yahoo got distracted by some Old Media people, and, in some respects, tried to become a traditional mainstream media company. Brin and Page exercised better judgment than Yang and Filo. Perhaps they are simply smarter. - Sean McBride
Yahoo! brings cool stuff too, eg: searchmonkey, pipes, open strategy. But somehow it's not as viral as when it comes from Google. I love Yahoo!. Hopefully they won't disappear anytime soon. Come on Yahoo! Let's grow in Asia. - Akhmad Fathonih
They havent done anything useful with Flickr & delicious! Meanwhile google has innovated with picasa with facial recognition & integration with contacts. Yahoo has all the components, its about tying them together and coming out with useful services. Unfortunately either they dont know how to do it or dont have the back bone to execute on it. Yahoo shows flashes of brilliance but thats where it ends.. Case in point fire eagle. Might as well acquire Brightkite! Yahoo get back innovating! - Arjun Ram
I love that in the announcement, he said that they're the world leader technology and product... have they heard of Google? - Simon T Small
The only Yahoo service I use? Flickr. And that's a old product. - Leon Ho
there is delicious of course...flickr like leon said...pipes is pretty damn cool. They're huge in China i believe...i reckon they'll come back. - Zee.
Google brings cool products - Yes. Yahoo for me as bought in some cool products like Flickr and Delicious which I love. - Tejas Patel
Brin and Page have a grand vision of how to best organize all the information in the world. They see how all the pieces fit together. I'm not sure Yang and Filo ever quite reached that level of consciousness. Google has unlimited potential if they stay on track -- they've barely scratched the surface of what is possible. - Sean McBride
I give Yahoo money for Flickr and fantasy sports. I have yet to give Google a cent but use all their services. I know it's different for businesses. - Andrew Smith
yea, they have a very clear vision, to digitize and make available all the information in the world... and credit to them, they've stayed on track! Yahoo!? just trying to sell advertising. - Simon T Small
Although I have an affection for how Flickr has aged, ie. fairly well, I'm also getting tired of the many lil' pesky UI gaffes and the chug. Gotta treat a lady right, Yahoo. - Marko Bon
Yahoo voice chat was the awesomest thing I had ever used in the world as far as social interaction at one point in time. Yahoo chat period was awesome. Sure, there was IRC, but this was different. Now, it's like Yahoo has let all those services, even the newer video stuff, get overrun by....crazies - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
I don't know, they may end up naming a cool new CEO shortly :-) - Duncan Riley
Google does nothing but KILL cool things. Their search engine is great. Earth and Maps are good, everything else? Meh. I wish Yahoo would have kept Live! going. It was a really nice and robust personal broadcast service. Their MyYahoo page is pretty nice too and so many people still use Yahoo! Groups. And lets not forget they own Flickr and Delicious. - Adam Turetzky
Adam - you didn't mention Google Reader, Gmail, Google Docs, Google News, Google Blog Search, Google Book Search and Google Voice Local Search, all of which I use heavily. I practically live out of Google Reader. - Sean McBride
Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo News, Yahoo Pipes, YUI, MyBlogLog, Flickr, Yahoo Finance.... yeah, if Yahoo were to disappear tomorrow, I'd definitely notice. BrowserPlus was just released and it was covered. Yahoo is much bigger than the drama we make about them. - Bwana
I have to say, though, I am hoping Yahoo can pull through this current slump. I am a big believer in what they are doing with Y!OS. - John McCrea
Agreed, its just relative to Google. - Simon T Small
YUI is really the only innovative thing I've seen in quite some time. - Hal
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My favorite source for good product info used to be a Yahoo Labs search engine (Mindset). They axed it about a year ago though, sadly. - Dan Byler
I think Yahoo Pipes is pretty innovative, not sure how many use it though. I can't even scratch the surface of all the features - Rick Bucich
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I use Yahoo Fantasy Sports. That's about it though. I suspect it's the same for many others. - Nathan Johns
Jerry's done inovating. I think that portion of our brain fossilizes at a certain point. He'll probably be better off, and weathier in the end - but would have done much better to have realized it 8 months ago. - Hal
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no way! yahoo location database api, yahoo query language, search monkey, semantic indexing, have you seen the stuff mybloglog is still coming up with? wordpress recommendation widget, blogjuice reader demographics. i think yahoo comes out with more cool stuff than google by a long shot - Marshall Kirkpatrick
Yahoo was my default e-mail and messenger client... untill Gmail and Gtalk happened... Love Google, - Devakishor
Yeah not sure how Google can pump up innovation so quickly! - Alvin
We had something unusual go out today; oh, wait, that was the CEO.... - Glen Campbell
Did Google learn from Yahoo's mistakes? Or did the just got so big and so diversified that a (potential) fall from grace will be even worse? - Sofia Gkiousou
"Yahoo! brings cool stuff too, eg: searchmonkey, pipes, open strategy. But somehow it's not as viral as when it comes from Google." Akhmad, not sure about that -- do more people know about the Google Mashup Editor than about Yahoo Pipes? - Philipp Lenssen
"The difference is that Google keeps their products around, Yahoo axes them shortly after releasing them in most cases." What do you make of Yahoo Answers vs Google Answers then? Google Answers was deserted by Google and then stopped, whereas Yahoo Answers had promotions with people like Oprah Winfrey or Stephen Hawking asking questions. - Philipp Lenssen
Google develop with the user in mind and take on board and incorporate the users feedback. Can't think of a "net" life without the big G now. - Rob Brammeld
Flickr is fine as it is ... it just grows. Yahoo has other good, homegrown properties that actually need something doing to, but not Flickr necessarily. - Robert Denton
I don't want to be overly harsh, but my god, isn't there more important things than a glib comment to get worked up about. The whole response to this is overboard by a factor of 1 million - Duncan Riley
Aye, agreed. I'm tired of reading it too, people being a bit too sensitive. - Mo Kargas
It's Sunday. No hard news, and sometimes, piling on is fun for some. Note that my comments were more toward Motrin getting their act together on brand management, and not dumping on them for the ad, which did miss the boat. - Louis Gray
Must have been a really REALLY slow news day - Adam Turetzky
Tired of it too, and am suspect that it's representative of the actual target demographic. At least it's better than the asshat who started the Save My Starbucks site when they closed a whole bunch of shops. - AJ Kohn
Louis, I don't think it did miss it though. A couple of heated up people on Twitter doesn't equal the majority of the population. I could immediately relate to that ad, and I bet my wife could. I can relate to the fact that putting my son in a sling did want to make me cry from the pain in caused my back ,and the peer pressure to do so (which started I might add pre-birth at the compulsory anti-natal classes the state dictates here.) - Duncan Riley
thank goodness for some sanity - what is this the weekend so everyone needs even the stupidest thing to get all worked up over jeezz. - Steven Hodson
I think they are just looking for something to pick on them since they are a J&J company. And J&J companies are on the hit-list for the anti-prop 8 crowd. Just the vibe that I've gotten from this non-event. - John Rubier
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bah. who cares. there's worse ads out there than this. seriously if anyone finds this offensive they need a life, stat. - Terry O'Fee
Amen, Duncan - you said it exactly. And I like Motrin, nothing will change that. They've already built a reputation with me. - Jesse Stay
I think this is hilarious about a bunch getting upset over a Motrin ad that is in itself harmless when there are ads out there that do everything they can to make men look like complete idiots and mothers who let their kids run rampant throughout the house and act like nothing is wrong with a great big smile on their face. If you want to get pissed off at stereotypes in advertising there are a lot better ones that treat the family unit as nothing but a complete joke .. - Steven Hodson
I'm offended that people are disregarding those of us that are built differently and require Motrin for carrying babies in slings. You think they could be a little more considerate, sheesh. :-P - Jesse Stay
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god, there's more "serious" sites writing this story up as a "Serious" pr disaster. three words: gigantic fucking bubble. Oh, and lazy reporting with a complete ineptitude to offer independent reasonable opinion. Pass the crack pipe, I want to get off! :-) - Duncan Riley
Duncan, the Social Media Trolls have nothing to talk about after the election! ;-) - Igor The Troll
301 million people in the United States. About 50 complained on Twitter, and apparently that's a PR disaster :-) lol - Duncan Riley
Motrin is Smart! Getting free PR via Guerrilla Marketing! - Igor The Troll
A new category is born -- IN: Blogger Moms --- OUT: Soccer Moms - Wayne Schulz
Duncan, good job pointing out this BS! There always needs to be a contrarian in media! Enlightened minority is more powerful than ignorant majority! - Igor The Troll
this seems to follow my sheep post from last week - Allen Stern
We have become so PC in this country that it's kind of sick. The commercial, like all commercial nowadays, sucks, but who cares. I'm a mom, and I really could give a damn cause I actually have a life. - Shevonne Polastre
Allen: I think that you are right and we are seeing the lemming effect again. I have seen comments that folks are sending e-mails to their pr folks to not let that happen to "us". - Mathew A. Koeneker
What I though when I read this was ' Patronising? Really?' I just don't see it. Even if it was, so what. Calling advertising patronising is like calling politicians political. She has her own silly agenda, which appears to be working. - Chris Nixon
Well this is either great Guerrilla Marketing or Brian Connolly 2.0 - Igor The Troll
I found the commercial pretty cool, in that the animation, on-screen text, and voice over really did push the message. I don't think I have to ask my mom if she carried me in a sling, but if there is research out there to say that it does cause neck, back, and other skeletal aliments, why not bring it up? - Terence Washington
As a Bjorn wearing dad, I liked this commericial and didn't find it offensive at all. Also, I love these typography driven commercials. - Alan Le
Alan, of course you didn't find it offensive. Baby Bjorns give you backaches! Good carriers, like wraps and Mei Tais, do not. - Laura Norvig
Laura, so that's the secret, I had a Bjorn thing as well. God it hurt :-) - Duncan Riley
Look, my wife just gave birth a month ago. Believe me when I tell you, no matter how well or ergonomic they make a baby carrier, it's still gonna hurt a mom's back. Heck, they hurt my back (I should disclose that I have many other back problems non-mya wrap related.) I wish the feministas and others who didn't like this ad just STFU and go back to protesting Prop 8. - Sean McGee
"Northwestern University student Trever Boehm was reported missing on Sunday after having not been seen since a week ago. Boehm, 20, a freshman in the School of Communication from Monument, Col., has not been seen in classes or used his WildCARD at dining halls since Wednesday, said Al Cubbage, vice president of university relations. He was not able to confirm who had last seen Boehm, a South Mid-Quads resident, but said there was no indication of foul play. Anyone with information to contact Northwestern University Police at 847-491-3254." - Adam Turetzky
Great for close trusted friends and family. Good mechanism for meeting new people (i.e. the dating scene). As for the general public, it's my recommendation to fine tune the privacy controls otherwise it becomes a creepy stalking tool. For me, I only show city level checkins with Brightkite unless I've met you face to face and know you pretty well. - Bwana
It's more experimental. I don't use it that often especially since it seems no one around me uses either. It was kind of neat at first, but I realize it's more of a time sink then anything else. - Jason Shultz
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Hey Bwana!! Are you back in the FF scene?? We have missed you. :) - Lindsay Donaghe
Bwana - does your family know how to use BrightKite? That's great!! - Mona N.
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Hakan: I love how you upload pictures w/ your BrightKite updates, I can see the world with you. :) - Mona N.
If I was still 24 years old and had friends I'd have a much greater use for it to find out what bar everyone was at or what's going on during the day and where everyone was hanging out. Now that I'm 40 and I KNOW everyone is at home taking care of their kids, well it's little more than a curiosity and a way to see if any cool strangers are around and/or frequent the same haunts I do. - Adam Turetzky
Have you guys heard of notifu.com? I wrote about it last week. - Mona N.
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i like to know where the stalkers are at. Honestly, i never use it. - Chet Lewis
I experimented with it. It was nice when I was traveling more. Now it's kind of like - oh, I go to the same frickin' 5 places - my life is boring! It also isn't as useful because I'm a bberry user and there's no app for it...booo - George Smith
I have only just started using BrightKite, doesn't work too well for me though! Either that or I am in multiple places at once, I am just testing at the moment I will probably just use when at a known location! - Joe Dawson (beta)
BrightKite is my pet hate - it seems to just generate a lot of pointless noise. I've literally just posted a blog post about it too! http://is.gd/6VH8 - Martin Bryant
Actually, depending on who you have added, BrightKite's neat. Like Hakan and Rutger Bloom, who upload pictures. I can see Europe - from their view. :) Martin, I'm sorry you hate BrightKite so much lol. - Mona N.
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I don't use it and it's one of the few services that I've hidden entirely from my FF views. - Thomas Hawk
I was wondering about the exact same thing - Rubin Sfadj
I like it more for geotagging pictures -- I'm in private mode and restrict my checkins accordingly so I don't attract random stalkers (except for the trusted friends). I literally just restarted using it when I got a camera phone. - Jared Smith
if FireEagle could do sms, I'd probably use that wholly. But till then, BK or Dopplr I use for saying where I am - clarke thomas
literally, i have a terrible memory. checking in on bk is akin to dropping breadcrumbs. i can now see where i've been or what i've been doing... - albert kim
I'm with Albert and a couple others on this one. I tend to check in as I'm leaving, too, to minimize the "stalker" effect. :) - Oliver Ortega Chua
Part of me wishes this was not a one of a kind so I could get one. The rest of me is quite glad this is a one of a kind so I CAN'T HAVE IT. - Sparky
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Wow. Thank you neighbors from the North! Seems odd for you to get so emotional over our politics, but then I remember how emotional I can get about great things that come from our Great White North neighbor. Hmm, I probably shouldn't listen to Trees by Rush right now. :) Thanks for being our friend, pal. - Adam Turetzky
Just listened to your podcast and heard your call asking for contact from the FriendFeed team. You've got at least one FriendFeeder listening. Great podcast! - Benjamin Golub
Benjamin! Is it really you? Do you have a photo ID on you? ;) Thank you, sir. We will be in touch. Thanks! - Josh Haley
Listening to this now! Rah is a great interviewee. - Phil Glockner
"Lifelong hater of shirts" a minute in and you guys are already bringing the awesome. nice. - pea♥ fierce as a woozle
this has been properly synched to my iPhone and shall be assimilated during my commute tomorrow, NO SPOILERS! ;) - Carlos Ayala
