Vic Podcaster

Classic. - Monique

Your poor kids...when they grow up and find out how you sold them out they might exact revenge! Or they'll just be the coolest kids ever. - Josh Haley

totally renaming you Louis Gray, Mommyblogger. lol - Erin Kotecki Vest

Cute kids. - Daryl aka Lil Trumpet Boy

Should be default Google Image result when searching for "twins" :) - Mark Krynsky

@Erin, that would be awesome. :-) - Louis Gray

@Louis, is your wife aware of this? http://friendfeed.com/e/c21cad... - Mark Krynsky

That is cute, love the hats! - Sally Church

Yes, but do you have the LouisGray.com onesies??? - http://jessestay.smugmug.com/g... - Jesse Stay

Haha Nice Photos - To Google Forever hah. - Ray Marr

most adorable SERPs ever! - sean percival

@Mark, she certainly has seen it now! Thanks a lot. :-) - Louis Gray

Those pics are so cute. They are full of personality already! - Trish R

awesome * 2 ! - Mattb4rd

Is that the latest from Google Labs?? Babies delivered by email? Great no more morning sickness, and mood swings! I'm sure it's still in beta... - Daan

+1 Daan - Voyagerfan5761 via fftogo

The expression on Matthew's face in the 3rd pic! (At least, I *think* that's Matthew.) - Yolanda

=D - David Cook

These twin-geeks have played all web yet.:) - Igor Poltavskiy

My favorite baby geeks! - Daynah

hey these cuties showed up again! :) - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

ha! love it! - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

These are architected to resurface every three weeks. It's a feature, not a bug. - Louis Gray

babypimping.com - the way to beat the economy slowing! HAAH - Allen Stern

Don't let them find these when they're older and Google is the new Evil Empire that everyone hates. ;-) - Jared B. Luther

cuteness overload. - Monique via fftogo

I felt like I was taking too long to read this post. I got anxious about what else I was missing! - David Smith

@David LOL, I tend to get carried away once I get going. I rarely write posts under 1000 words ;-) - Alexander van Elsas

One of the many reasons why I have little use for Facebook. No other major site cares much about psuedonyms, and given Facebook's history of privacy problems, I'm don't trust them with much. - Logical Extremes

Kind of BS in my opinion that they disabled Vic Podcaster's account for this. - Thomas Hawk

Terms of Service are only useful if they are reasonable and even-handed in applying them. If they can't explain why, they shouldn't. - Andrew Feinberg

Why do they have to explain why? It's their ball and they'll take it home. If you don't like the rule don't use the site. It's that simple. - Adrienne Van Houten

If you can't explain how you are applying your own terms of service, either you aren't following them or need new terms of service. - Andrew Feinberg

Insane. Why do people use Facebook? - Ryo

I'm perceiving a shift in social networks and forums, more people using their names instead of fancy pseudonyms. Maybe I should say "names" without presuming that they are the person's real name. - Jack Carlson

Facebook is a joke for this reason, on your birthday you obviously get a few messages. I hadn't spoken with some of these people in a while so I got involved with them. I received two warnings about my conduct and I backed off from talking! Incidently Louis I see that we share the same birthday from your profile! - Joe Dawson (beta)

@Ryo I still really enjoy what Facebook offers, I get benefits from other sites but the majority of my friends are active on Facebook! - Joe Dawson (beta)

There's nothing wrong with pseudonyms and there are lots of reasons to use one, not just 'hiding'. Don't ask why people use Facebook, it's simple. People use Facebook because people use Facebook. Momentum, name recognition, user base, and it's a good product. - David Knight

I've already cut back a lot from using it so I won't care if they eventually delete my alias. One more reason to move to A|N only - Divided By Zer0

But hey, many have been calling it Fakebook for a long time. - Daniel Schildt

Despite what they say about aliases, it does seem to be very hit and miss - I know of one person who is on as "Troubled Pink" and has been for a while, whilst others seem to get locked out pretty swiftly. - Richard Peat

as they should, identity is really important - Jeremiah Owyang

When I joined FB a year ago, it was as "Somerset Bob" - a pseudonym I wanted to use as I built a new online persona based around my revamped blog. After three weeks I was duly suspended until I changed it to my real name (Bob Kingsley). It rankled then, and still does to a certain extent - especially as I, too, see FB users who are using obvious pseudonyms. It's been the only social networking site that's made a fuss. - Bob Kingsley

Agree with Jeremiah and David. Keep it real, Facebook :-p - Jamie

Jeremiah: The policy should be applied evenly. Check this out http://tinyurl.com/6mz2zo now tell me what do you think? BTW Vic Podcaster is the real name I use in real life. - Vic Podcaster

I can't wait to check this out, haven't seen it yet today. However, I have to reboot before I can hear it... because Vista thinks it knows better than me which Sound card drivers works better. On SP1, and I still think Vista sucks. Again.. dying to see what is so great about this. Great article, spectacular demos are great to get someone interested in the product, but the full product still has to be great to continue using it (I assume why Macs are doing so well). - Tim Hoeck

Look at computer games... I'll download tons of demos because they "look cool", but I only continue to play a handful. - Tim Hoeck

ugh -- I despise Camtasia -- what a horrible piece of software. - Shey

my work uses camtasia but I rather use screenflow on the mac. What are software on windows that can do screen recording like camtasia? - Wayne Sutton

OK - no offense but I ended up with a headache - from the sliding all over the place. - LPH™

Yeah...motion sickness. He's got Camtasia zoomed in WAY too far. Camtasia is a decent piece of software, but its interface is a bit too rudimentary. - Bradley McSpinn

I love Adobe Captivate - Bwana

Not to mention, he's got the audio settings screwed. If you're doing a mono recording, there's NO reason to do a 48 encode versus a 44.1. All it's going to do is increase your size. 44.1, mono at 64k is perfectly fine for voice. - Bradley McSpinn

Wayne - Wink would be my recommendation but doesn't work on MAC (just Linux and Windows) .... would something like Flowgram do? http://beta.flowgram.com/ - Mlibrarianus

Seconded, Bwana. It's a flawless piece, in my opinion. - Bradley McSpinn

Ah, sarcasm. - Phil Glockner

Yeah. Bad call. - Mitchell Tsai

I disagree. It was absolutely the right call. If someone steals my intellectual property, I should just buy it back since the other version is cooler? Problem is that it went on way too long. - Cyndy

Reports are that Hasbro offered $10 million but were turned down. So I think not a good business outcome for them but probably better than paying more than $10 million - Brian Sullivan

Cyndy: The "way too long" is a big part of the bad call. Poor decisions. - Mitchell Tsai

i wonder if there's any truth at all to the 10m figure cited at RWW. seems incredibly hard to believe that they would really turn that down. - Deva Hazarika

Good point Cyndy, but would this really hurt Hasbro financially? I guess it's not about the money, just protecting the product. - Dennis Jackson

Lame move, Hasbro. :( - Nathaniel Payne

yeah, this sucks... that was the only app I really liked and used - Shawn Duffy via twhirl

another thing that makes hasbro look stupid is that their iPhone app crashed often, and now can't launch at all. Their's gonna be a helluva pissed post in the App Shop in a matter of minutes. - Marko Bon

awesome... I lose more females because I refuse to play. ha ha ha - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ

:( I loved that game, now no need to sign onto FB. - clarke thomas

http://simonstudiotheatre.blog... SCRABULOUS MAKES ME ITCH! - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ

@Cl Attr -- is there a price per month or per year that you think DOES make sense for a brand like Hasbro to charge the FB crowd for their self-made app? I think that number exists, and I think that's the whole point of watching this space for the last 12 months ... - Marko Bon

... if not the "whole point," at least a particularly crucial one ;) - Marko Bon

I wonder how Literati on Yahoo Games continues on unchallenged by Hasbro... - C. K. Sample III via twhirl

time to play chess... - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ

Facebook didn't kill scrabulous. The owners pulled it. - Jonathan Beckett

I'll admit that I tend to use folks as filters - why I don't use a feed reader, actually. I get better passive advice on what to read thru FF and Twitter. Not everything that any one person writes is going to be spectacular - but when several people whose opinions I respect share something, it tends to be worth reading. - Lucretia Pruitt

My information filter are my GReader friends primarily and then twitter and friendfeed friends - Nikos Anagnostou

My brain - Frédérick 2 Baro via twhirl

You are. You make it easy for me to understand the relevance and essence of Web 2.0 tech. - Tokyo Dan via twhirl

Who replies "me" is a bit arrogant, who says "you Robert" is too much deferent. Filtering is [or should be] a process, not a person. Isn't it? - Markingegno - Donato

The little voices inside my head ;-) - Jemm

i would like to know it, because the information that i have are already filtered and i can't avoid. :D - Felter Roberto via twhirl

Why is it arrogant to be one's own filter? I read a lot of sites each day (both liberal and conservative, scientific and psychological, artistic and technological), compare points of view, consider my own views, and filter the information I receive accordingly. Should I trust others to do this for me? The real question is whether or not we are "open systems," capable of accepting information that counters our own viewpoints and beliefs. - William Harryman

Not filters, faucets. - Amit Morson

I think "filter" is the wrong term and it is leading to some "ick" responses. I'm with Harryman. Also, I see Robert as a connector (since he's analyzed in the piece), not a filter. Also, the degree to which Scoble points to things that I have an interest in changes as our respective interests and attention change over time. I find myself adding other connectors to my sphere of connection, although I still keep an eye on Robert. I think that is a social phenomenon. - Dennis E. Hamilton via twhirl

@William - I mean it's impossible for anyone to read anything is written in a day by millions of blogger. You can see only a small part of the tale. You have to adopt some kind of filters, being them human or not. From the other side, you can't rely on them, or on another person, neither he is called Scoble, :) you have to use your brain. My two cents. - Markingegno - Donato

i don't use rss feeds, it is too much, a shotgun instead of a rapier, and inconsistent quality. in friend feed, with its search, i can follow interests instead of sites, as well as people, and if i understand the person, it is a kind of filter on the information. i will go to, say, www.friendfeed.com/scobleizer, and follow the conversations around one of his themes. if someone says something interesting, i click and go into their world. - Gregory Lent

Experts in their respective fields. No-one can make sense of everything. - Meryn Stol

You - Francine Hardaway

FriendFeed subscriptions - Imran Hussain via feedalizr

FriendFeed works for me. - Vic Podcaster

I think it's hard not too hear the loud voices of the A-list bloggers and media-people. At the same time, information is only as valuable as when it can be put to practice. And that is completely up to you! - Vincent van Wylick

Haha, that's awesome. I wish I was as smart as Steve. - Michael

snort! you made me spit my milk through my nose. No seriously, maybe they meant they need more revenue (from ads) in order to build features that would attract more traffic? Nah, they've got plenty of cash. They must just be complete idiots? or the reporter is? or both? - Jason Wehmhoener

Hutch: here's one for you to ponder. If Seth is the smartest guy on the Internet (and I think he is), why isn't he on FriendFeed? : ) He also doesn't allow conversation on his blog posts! - Robert Seidman

not a big fan of the game, can't dance and can't finger dance either, very interesting viral model however - Lou Paglia

Robert - some people achieve guru status, at which point interactions aren't needed (but would be appreciated). I imagine if Warren Buffett started a blog, he'd dispense his wisdom and not bother with what people thought. Take it or leave it. And people would take it. Same with Seth. - Hutch Carpenter

Hutch, Seth is great with interacting. But he doesn't seem to think FriendFeed adds to the ecommerce stream (that's your thing, right? FriendFeed as ecommerce?). I agree with you completely on Buffett, or Gates and lots of other people too. - Robert Seidman

seth's aversion to comments and the most engaging forms of social media do surprise me, but he's a real family guy and probably is just trying to maintain some balance. - Fred Wilson

Fred - I would think comments are a manageable form of interaction. Blogger can engage as needed. But it's cool. Really not needed for what Seth does. - Hutch Carpenter

Fred, I agree but I see a lot of people write "rules for blogging" and really, there are no rules. I don't believe Seth gets away with lack of interactions because he has achieved "guru" status. I believe he achieved guru status because his ultimate focus was towards providing good content. Everything else is second. - Robert Seidman

I have several interviews with Tapulous at http://qik.com/scobleizer that you might enjoy. - Robert Scoble

Robert Seidman (not Scoble) - interactions aren't really ever "needed". But that is one of the philosophies of blogging. If I turned off commenting and didn't show up on FriendFeed, I'd still have a (very) small readership. Just a matter of how big the audience would be. - Hutch Carpenter

I think twinkle is just as viral, I can't wait for more improvement on the twinkle-front. - Karl

Interactions aren't really ever needed when the content by itself is really valuable. But why do so many people make such a big deal about "the conversation" then? So on the one hand you want to say it is a big huge honking deal, but on the other hand not so much? - Robert Seidman

Robert - you mean like this conversation here? Who is this "you" kemo sabe? Conversations do matter, but all in context. Most of us are trying to figure stuff out, and it's a lot easier to do so by bouncing thoughts off others. If you're a lifelong student, conversations matter. If you're a professor, valuable content matters. And we're all a bit of both. - Hutch Carpenter

Hutch, conversations don't always (or even usually) matter in terms of ecommerce. We both may love these conversations, (and I surely do) but our love of them doesn't really mean much in terms of ecommerce. - Robert Seidman

Hmm...Robert...I'm thinking this is a conversation better held over on the e-commerce thread? - Hutch Carpenter

Back to the iPhone apps topic, analogy to FaceBook app first mover advantage falls short. FB has in-your-face viral features built-in (news feed, invites, shares, profile boxes, etc) which iPhone apps lack (as of now). iPhone app store has 3 things: #installs (doesn't translate to usefulness/quality/fun), user ratings (Apple does not allow sort by rating), and user comments which many people likely ignore. Seems like a smaller % of iPhone apps benefit from network effect, compared to FaceBook apps - Amir Gharaat

Amir, true, but then again iPhone apps have been available for a whole week! - Robert Seidman