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Comment on: Times Extra: The New York Times Opens Web Front Page to Outside Content

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@Eric Schwartzman It's unfortunate, but these things do happen from time to time. I do, however, have to apologize to any RWW readers who clicked on the link only to find a 404. That's my responsibility to ensure that I'm providing accurate information, not the PR person's. And thank you, again, for taking the time to point it out to me. - Rick Turoczy via FriendFeed MT Plugin

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“Times Extra: The New York Times Opens Web Front Page to Outside Content http://bit.ly/41nBrY”

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I've said it before: Blogs will be the new AP of journalism. - Tac Anderson via FriendFeed MT Plugin

@Eric Schwartzman Thanks for the heads up on that link. (It was provided prior to launch, so we had no way to test it.) It has been removed. - Rick Turoczy via FriendFeed MT Plugin

@Eric Schwartzman It's unfortunate, but these things do happen from time to time. I do, however, have to apologize to any RWW readers who clicked on the link only to find a 404. That's my responsibility to ensure that I'm providing accurate information, not the PR person's. And thank you, again, for taking the time to point it out to me. - Rick Turoczy via FriendFeed MT Plugin

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Comment on: Times Extra: The New York Times Opens Web Front Page to Outside Content

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@Eric Schwartzman Thanks for the heads up on that link. (It was provided prior to launch, so we had no way to test it.) It has been removed. - Rick Turoczy via FriendFeed MT Plugin

Robert Scoble posted a message

“I've seen it all now. An event for bacon lovers: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/even...”

yesterday at 12:09 am - Link

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Scoble posting about bacon...? *goes off to check the time-space continuum* - Johnny Worthington

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Are you kidding ?! Love the event title, "Masterbacon" wow! where's Mona? - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

I was thinking of Mona when I saw this on Upcoming. - Robert Scoble

...makes you wonder what he was searching for, and whether Mona has been holding out on us... - WorldofHiglet

John, I did a double-take, too! Scoble...bacon...wha?! - Jandy Stone

haha - in the time it took me to type my other comment 'Mona' is mentioned twice! - WorldofHiglet

WorldofHiglet: I just added tons of events to my calendar and was looking through various events. I don't know how I found this one. Just appeared and I thought "Mona has to see this." - Robert Scoble

That's nothing. I've got your "event for bacon lovers who love bacon lover events" right here... _________ No never mind, I don't have that. - Wade Dorrell

And, of course, it's in Portland. Bacon capital of the world. - Rick Turoczy

:) I'm sure she'll appreciate it. - WorldofHiglet

But it's all slight of hand! It says a *day* for bacon lovers but it's really only 4 hours. I mean c'mon. It's bacon! (and Mona will be here shortly, I'm sure - the lure of bacon is strong!) - Lucretia Pruitt

I refuse to believe that that there is very much approximating to real bacon in the continental US. - Simon Lucy

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Rael Dornfest and Firm "Values of N" Aquired By Twitter

November 24 at 5:36 pm - Link

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Sad to see Sandy go, but really, really happy for Rael. - Rick Turoczy

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Redesigning America 2.0

November 21 at 12:41 am - Link

I stumbled this, but it's such genius I have to share it here, too. - Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy commented on a story on Digg

Casual Internet Use Is Good for Kids

November 21 at 12:35 am - Link

"I love research that ostensibly supports my parenting techniques. More NickJr? Sure!" - Rick Turoczy

Louis Gray posted a message

“How's Your Portfolio Doing? Mine Is a Complete Disaster.”

November 21 at 12:24 am - Link

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From eTrade after today's trading (if you can call it that). - Louis Gray

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I have stopped looking. I try to work out instead. - Edwin Khodabakchian

My idea of working out consists of baby lifts and the Wii Fit. But the only thing losing weight is my wallet. - Louis Gray

That looks my kids' 529s. Misery loves company. Or whatever. - Rick Turoczy

The mega millions lottery has a $86M jackpot currently, looks like a worthwhile investment to me. - Nigel Stolting

its all about the ultra shorts right now, keep in mind they are also etfs also - sam via twhirl

Mine's all invested in entrepreneurial activities - nothing but up to go here :-) - Jesse Stay

Ugh, it makes me sick to look at my 401k. It's a good time to buy though. I doubled-up my contribution from 5% to 10%. - GeekLad

GeekLad, you only know if it's a good time to buy a year later. Right now it's just gambling, and the Dow can easily go down another 1500. - Chris White

Take comfort that you're not alone. ... - Jason Kaneshiro

looks like houses weren't the only things artificially inflated. DJIA is back to where it was before W was in office & worse some. - Enrique Gutierrez

Enrique, now watch as real estate values adjust to similar levels. Exercise for everyone, ask your real estate agents if prices ever go down. - Chris White

Mine is looking like my life expectancy graph - Floyd Davenport

Oh, it'd be great if real estate adjusted to where it was in the late 90s. I could go buy that $125K house in Freehold. - Morton Fox

I'm not looooo-kiiiinngg - Lah, lah, lah <hands over eyes> ;-) - ChangeForge | Ken Stewart

[Chris White] I didn't bother messing with real estate during the boom/fail - but - mid-next year? I might flirt with the notion - Enrique Gutierrez via twhirl

think long-term... - .LAG

LAG, long term I want a better house than I can afford right now. I think that time may be coming. - Chris White

@chris... if people are looking at their current portfolio value, or current home value and comparing it to just a few months ago, all they're going to do is get scared and pissed off. - .LAG

LAG, what about all the people who didn't buy that expensive house because they thought their real estate agent was lying? Don't they have a say also? I've been warning people about bay area real estate since 2004 and the stock market since 2006. I've had financial advisors tell me I should be more leveraged and that I was in danger of losing purchasing power. - Chris White

So did you pick your stocks for that portfolio, or did you diversify outside the US? - Ernie Oporto

@chris... i was one of those people who DIDN'T buy that expensive house... like two years ago. it wasn't that i thought the real estate or mortgage brokers were lying to me... it was this: i looked at what i was potentially getting for the offered prices, and i'd say: "you gotta be goddamn kidding me...this house is not worth THAT!" i live in the Bay Area. i think a lot of people got bamboozled...and were greedy and foolish. now, we're all going to have to pay. so nut up, and tighten your belt. - .LAG

Louis, I think we must be holding the same stocks. http://img.skitch.com/20081122... - Mike Doeff

@Mike, we just might. I'm amazed that the 401k mutual funds are doing even worse than I am! According to Mint.com, if I lost the average amount that I've been losing over the last two weeks, my total value will hit $0 in two months. - Louis Gray

Looks a lot like mine - Mike Hussein Cohen

Some good companies are getting close to their cash value. Non- financials my be a good buy. - Robert Hafer

Robert, which companies are those? - Chris White

I attended a talk by Mary Hunt on Thursday night. Her advice: if you're not about to retire, don't look at your 401k balance right now. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

we are on the same boat... well cruise ship, the Titanic was not a boat http://cli.gs/MyPortfolio - Julio F ~ @SocialJulio

First,quiet contemplation. - Igor Poltavskiy

mine is doing really awesome, sorry to say. :-/ also +1 @LAG - Anthony Citrano

I'm afraid to look at my 401k. - Mike Reynolds

Whoa that looks absolutely terrible. *hug* - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

just to clarify: my short term money (say this year and last) has done phenomenally well. my longer-term money, however - such as old-age dough - has been whacked, although not severely. - Anthony Citrano

puta mierda - Ferran

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RSS Hat Meme

November 19 at 10:06 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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RSS Hat Meme. As shot at the Chinese BloggerCon in Guangzhou over the weekend. - Robert Scoble via Bookmarklet

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Thats great, simple & elegant. - Nicholas Kreidberg

I want one that is for sure - John D. Lemke via twhirl

باهاش فید مغزمونو شیر میکنیم! بده که آخه! هیچی توش نیست! - Farzad Zamani

Soooo if I want to subscribe do I go up and push them in the head ? :D What would be cool is if you could scan the symbol with a mobile phone and get the bloggers feed - Mo Kargas

Mo: Closer than you might think http://www.techcrunch.com/2008... - David HC Soul

David, that's fantastic! Additionally, the last argument I need to finally purchase an iPhone. - Mo Kargas

WANT - Ariel Torres

I like it, how can i get one, scoble? - jimmy howe

I want one! - Michael Fidler via twhirl

I want as well. - Adam Helweh

Drew Olanoff has an RSS tattoo. Who's man enough to start that meme? - Louis Gray

I'll take an OPML hat. I look better in blue. - Mark Krynsky

ugggg, RSS overload - sofarsoshawn

Louis that is so tempting - wonder what my wife would say - Jesse Stay

Hotness. - Vera Hannaford

Every time I wear the hat I get a bar at the top that asks me if I want to wear it with Live Bookmarks, Google Reader or another outfit. - Kevin Leroux

@Kevin: ahah! - Jérôme Flipo

I so want one of those hats. Where can we get them? - Rob Diana

Nice hat. I wonder if it comes in newspaper. - Col. Tribune

You can contact @digitalboy at twitter for this hat :) - number5

I guess it has a QR-code pointing to the feed url at the back. Right? :-) - Panayotis Vryonis

WANT x5 or whatever. - Tamar Weinberg

This is my cap, pls follow me via Twitter @digitalboy. - digitalboy

OK...but where is the RSSmeme hat? - Shey

I Want!! - Sarah Perez

That is nice, I almost want to wear a hat now. - Aram Zucker-Scharff

I want one. - James Hull

@vista models the hat (which also comes in black): http://www.flickr.com/photos/s... - Robert Scoble

That'd be kind of a cool shirt. Does it exist? - Wade Dorrell

Why do I want this? Why? - tehKenny

Where can I get one? - Aad 't Hart

want - Richard Akerman

I think I just found @marshallk's Christmas present - Rick Turoczy

here is anothter. http://www.flickr.com/photos/h... - digitalboy

I got one of their T-Shirts,I should have got the hat. - Steve Chou

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Iterasi unveils bookmarklet, glimpse into potential for Web archive » Silicon Florist

November 19 at 4:29 pm - via Mento - Link

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Iterasi now offers saving of web pages using a bookmarklet! - Chris Messina via Mento

I always think of Iterasi as another way to save your UI screenshots. So glad you keep doing that kind of stuff. ;) - Rick Turoczy

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Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina

November 20 at 9:37 am - Link

"Now if only we can get some commercials of Zamfir actually playing Ocarina, my life will be complete." - Rick Turoczy

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Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina

November 20 at 9:34 am - Link

"Clearly, I too suffer from the indelible mental scars caused by "the master of the pan flute" and his renditions of "popular classics."" - Rick Turoczy

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How To Get People To Link To and Talk About Stuff You Write Without Being a

November 19 at 11:31 pm - Link

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Great tips from Josh Bancroft (especially considering they caused me to link to and talk about his stuff). - Rick Turoczy

Whoa. That stuff DOES work! ;-) - Josh Bancroft

Rick Turoczy commented on a story on Digg

5 Tips for Startups and Entrepreneur's

November 19 at 1:56 pm - Link

"Grammar humor FAIL err... failure." - Rick Turoczy

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Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina

November 19 at 1:04 pm - Link

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Catch up on Ocarina phenomenon. Can pass the "sheep test" of Tim O Reilly I guess ;) And good piece of write up, a pleasure to read. The reviewer conveys the quirky sense of pleasure that the application provides! - Mahesh CR

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad that came across as intended.;) - Rick Turoczy

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“Wishing we still used Adobe Connect as WebEx is so incredibly ugly!”

November 18 at 10:27 pm - Link

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Webex also leaves droppings on particpants' PCs. Adobe Connect way nicer. - Rafe Needleman via twhirl

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I'm not finding droppings but haven't looked too hard either. Adobe Connect was all (or seemed to be) Flash which meant nothing new to install. WebEx is this ugly old school Java applet. - David Recordon

I feel for you. I hated using WebEx in the late '90s. Fast forward 10 years and you can still hate using exactly the same app I was using then. - Rick Turoczy

You kids should count yourselves lucky. Intel people can't seem to stop using NetMeeting. What do you think the REAL reason that they decided not to deploy Vista? That's right. It doesn't have NetMeeting. ;-) - Josh Bancroft

Wow, when I search for NetMeeting I get a Microsoft knowledge base article titled "What happened to NetMeeting?" - David Recordon

MS stopped letting people download NetMeeting in 1998. But it stayed in the OSes until Vista. It's quite handy in a pinch, actually. But I can't tell you how many hours of meetings I've sat through on the phone where we're all staring at someone's PowerPoint over NetMeeting... :-) - Josh Bancroft

Dawn Foster posted an entry on Shizzow Blog

Expanding to the Bay Area & Bootstrapping

November 18 at 11:01 am - Link

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Really happy for you guys. Congrats! ;) - Rick Turoczy

Aaron B. Hockley posted a message on Twitter

“No whale sightings over on Identica... just sayin'”

November 13 at 2:13 pm - Link

Are there any people sightings over there? - Rick Turoczy

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Just me and some dude named Evan :) - Aaron B. Hockley via IM

(and gwalter is arriving via ping.fm) - Aaron B. Hockley via IM

Hrmph. I'll be sitting over here on FriendFeed watching the real-time stream. - Rick Turoczy

If we all go there, won't the same thing happen? Just sayin'. - Kathleen McDade

Aaron B. Hockley posted a message on identi.ca

“Twitter down? Why yes... yes it is. And here I am on Identica.”

November 13 at 2:06 pm - Link

And here I thought it was just Twhhirl... - Gary Walter

But all my frequent flyer miles are with Twitter. - Rick Turoczy

Ignite Portland: Rick Turoczy posted a message

“If we added the Summize... err Twitter search stream for #ip4 as a feed and viewed it in real-time, this could be a streaming backchannel for the event. (And a bit geeky to boot.)”

November 13 at 1:59 pm - Link

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Of course, today could also be the day that Twitter died. A hump like a snowhill! It is the FAIL whale! - Rick Turoczy

Josh Bancroft posted a message on Twitter

“I predict that Ignite Portland is going to show up on the Twitter Trends at search.twitter.com tonight. :-)”

November 13 at 11:41 am - Link

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If Twitter can stay up. Getting a lot of the whale full of FAIL today. - Rick Turoczy

Not only did it show up, it was at #2 for most of the night, and right now, it's solidly at number one. :-) - Josh Bancroft

Richard posted a message on Twitter

“Say What? Google Reader Translates Any Feed into Your Native Tongue http://tinyurl.com/5t4hfd”

November 10 at 5:22 pm - Link

@Mike: If you don't mind mentioning it, which language performed so poorly? I tried a few different languages (Japanese, French, and German). It would be interesting to hear what's NOT working. - Rick Turoczy via FriendFeed MT Plugin

How are you finding good feeds in other languages? It seems to me that the next logical step is for Google to provide language agnostic search results (at the control of the user of course). For example, what are the ten most popular blogs on software in the world (regardless of language)? That should be easier than having to use a translation service ten times and plugging in the translated term to a search engine. - Brian R. Robinson

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Comment on: Say What? Google Reader Translates Any Feed into Your Native Tongue

November 10 at 6:09 pm - via FriendFeed MT Plugin - Link

@Mike: If you don't mind mentioning it, which language performed so poorly? I tried a few different languages (Japanese, French, and German). It would be interesting to hear what's NOT working. - Rick Turoczy via FriendFeed MT Plugin

Rick Turoczy commented on a story on Digg

I Like Turtles - The CD

November 8 at 1:30 am - Link

"Yay for weird kids in Portland, Oregon, becoming memes!" - Rick Turoczy

Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message on Twitter

“omg using Safari Webclips is like, changing my life. 2nd day I've been doing it, have NO IDEA why it took me so long”

November 7 at 1:15 pm - Link

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I'm going to have to check that out. - Rick Turoczy

oh yes u r, sucker! check out my Flickr pics - Marshall Kirkpatrick

seems I must too... - Lidija Davis

well, I will be taking http://friendfeed.com/marshall... off of my webclips now that I've got FF IM!! - Marshall Kirkpatrick

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Clearspace 2.5: Jive raises the bar » Silicon Florist

November 3 at 4:39 am - Link

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Silicon Florist covers Portland Oregon and Silicon Forest startups blogs events and technology news. - Sam

Yes indeed! - Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy commented on a story on Digg

Is that Strands in your pocket or are you…? Oh it’s Strands

November 4 at 11:22 am - Link

"Sweet! Is the next shirt "Strands: The Bacon of Lifestreaming"? Or maybe I should just quit while I'm ahead." - Rick Turoczy

Louis Gray posted an entry on louisgray.com

Web Service Logos from AOL to Zuula Get Spooky for Halloween

October 31 at 12:48 am - Link

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You win! This is the first "Halloween header" post I've seen :) - Rick Turoczy

Vimeo has a neat logo today too!:) - Patrik Johansson

we covered some of these sites last year on fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/art... wondering how many of the same companies took the same approach again this year. - Lynne d Johnson

Rick Turoczy commented on a story on Digg

Binder clipper makes for nice iPhone stand.

October 30 at 2:22 pm - Link

"Yes, but will it be in the Apple Store in time for the holidays?" - Rick Turoczy

Richard posted a message on Twitter

“LinkedIn Applications: Your Resume Just Got More Dynamic http://tinyurl.com/6rqoax”

October 28 at 10:20 pm - Link

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@Andy I'll definitely take a closer look. ;) I'm very interested in keeping an eye on this initial suite of apps - and the adoption you're seeing - as LinkedIn continues to build out the offering. - Rick Turoczy via FriendFeed MT Plugin

In line with some of the other comments, at a recent First Tuesday event on Online Recruitment in London, LinkedIN seemed at pains to not be considered a job board business. Kevin Eyres, the European Managing Director, answered a similar question with a clear affirmation of their broader mission about helping people do business. At the end of the day, the company I work for - Madgex - is growing globally in the provision of white label and bespoke job site solutions because clients can earn a lot of money if they can help match the best, right person with the best, right job for them. Surely LinkedIN are just following the money on this, as well as all the other ways they are monetizing their site over time as they fulfil their mission of helping people open doors to opportunities using the professional network they already have? - Si Conroy via FriendFeed MT Plugin