Disqus - Friends of dccrowley

Re: Should Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail block Facebook?

Louis Gray — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:23:15 -0000

I mentioned this on FriendFeed, of course, but as I see it, I believe the TOS for many different services is largely ignored and full of so much corporate speak that not even the authors take it seriously. Just about every service (like LinkedIn, for example) offers the ability to import contacts from Webmail or your Address Book. Even after this incident, I don't expect that to change. It's not in any of the Webmail providers' best interests to get in a war with Facebook and its users.

Re: Stopping the Lazysphere? … Maybe when Pigs Fly

Louis Gray — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:58:21 -0000

I hope the lazysphere isn't a tag you'll be using often. We've talked a lot about why we blog, and it certainly isn't to follow the A-listers and beg for Diggs. We don't mind the occasional traffic spike, but it's hopefully organic through good content and discussion.

We appreciate your often unique view and insight, and have you in our personal A+ List as well.

Re: Equipment wish list for the year

Louis Gray — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:54:11 -0000

Silly boy. You're confused. Your hardware list should include Mac, not be the result of eating it. Go visit the Apple.com site after Macworld and rewrite this. :-)

Re: Cool … A Disposable Laptop

Louis Gray — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:19:23 -0000

You're a #5 (Windows Bigot) and there's nothing wrong with that. :-)

Re: Dembot - Joost Bytes Dust?

Louis Gray — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:01:41 -0000

I had hoped Joost would be more than it ended up being. My wife and I watched the 4 episodes of Bullwinkle, and that was about it. I was more impressed with their ability to insert ads between clips that forced me to watch, quite unlike my TiVo. I found that innovative, less so than the entertainment itself. It's now out of my Mac OS X Dock.

Re: I’m glad Louis Gray called out Mashable

Louis Gray — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:53:37 -0000

Mathew, in fairness, Mashable did give credit for the ReadBurner story, and the screenshot they gave had my name mentioned about 4 times. It was the best handled of the three specific articles. (Just thought I'd clarify that)

Re: Twitter: What’s your Dunbar number?

Louis Gray — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:55:35 -0000

So... if Scott came back to Twitter the same day I finally gave in and registered, does that mean:

1) There is a bubble, and we're the last indicator prior to a recession?
2) The end of the world is coming?

Re: Is it really about the conversation?

Louis Gray — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:30:56 -0000

And Blogger typically uses "labels", which are like Tags with a Google brand. That's what mine do. I assume I might have been in your "62" bucket.

Re: ParisLemon was right to rip Window 7 Post

Louis Gray — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:14:10 -0000

I am so going to write a post about how Windows 8 will be 14.3% better than Windows 7 in just about every metric.

Re: Why that blog post may not be worth the page views

Louis Gray — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:54:50 -0000

Probably true, especially in the light of developers giving us early access to their hard work. I certainly got some flack for calling out Mashable a few weeks ago, but had tried via e-mail to resolve it. But I expect FriendFeed, AssetBar, Spokeo, Twitter and other services are doing the very best they can, and bugs are to be expected.

Re: What a write off

Louis Gray — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:17:22 -0000

First step to fixing the computer? Making her homepage www.apple.com/store. :-)

Re: And yet another powder puff for the A-Listers

Louis Gray — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:59:21 -0000

I think Alltop is not useful, and will not do any better than Truemors has. Who is so dumb that they can't figure out RSS on their own? And even for a Mac guy like me, the Mac channel has zero value. If I want all Mac news in one place, I'll instead go to www.macsurfer.com. I'll pass on this one.

Re: Email problems

Louis Gray — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:24:01 -0000

Steven, I did get some bouncebacks the last few days. I assume it's all fixed then?

Re: Aggregator Overload

Louis Gray — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:59:57 -0000

Nick's absolutely right. By adding your post to my link blog, it then goes to many services - ReadBurner, RSSMeme, Shared Reader, FriendFeed and LinkRiver, to name a few. They all are interesting and worth watching. They're all filling gaps that Google has left open thanks to their own lack of innovation in this space, which is surprising. It is partly due to this gap that I am rooting for the underdogs. They can't all win, but I like their ideas, and appreciate them looking at a new way to harness the data.

Re: 2nd Look: FriendFeed & RSSMeme

Louis Gray — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:28:32 -0000

Hey! Those services look familiar!

You're an early adopter, whether you like it or not, Steven. ;-)

Re: The most import thing to understand about new products and startups

Louis Gray — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:22:09 -0000

Paul, thanks for the notes here. I've seen services over-emphasize features vs. design, or design vs. features, and usually, it's user feedback that drives them to a happy medium. Those that listen, and collaborate with their users, making them feel part of the process, are those who are usually the most successful. I've enjoyed FriendFeed, not just because it is a wonderful tool, but it feels like a team effort. We're providing feedback, and you're listening. It's a great cycle.

Re: A Golden Opportunity for Bloggers

Louis Gray — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:39:19 -0000

I would hope that there can be some of us who take pride in researching and getting the story right, as well as being first. I like being first, but rushing things can only lead to mistakes...

Re: Being smart isn’t always enough

Louis Gray — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:21:19 -0000

Part of the fun of being the resident "early adopter" is seeing how those companies who develop new services continue to listen and make changes, thanks to feedback from their users. FriendFeed, AssetBar, RSSMeme, and ReadBurner are all in this camp, and it's been exciting to watch them grow. I'm glad Paul wrote what he did, and that the blogosphere is taking notice.

My comments...

Companies That Listen to Their Users Will Win In the End
http://www.louisgray.com/li...

Re: Feedburner - another rush to publish a story?

Louis Gray — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:58:43 -0000

I wouldn't call this a correction to the story. The facts are that on one day, the data wasn't there. Supporting elements to the story were that the users were complaining in the forum for a few days about the missing feature and being ignored. Also, the FeedBurner blog was completely silent. I sent an e-mail to one @feedburber.com e-mail I had, but never got a response. So my post was absolutely true, and not in a rush to publish, per se. Whether it was a bug that got fixed, or a PR issue that got resolved doesn't really matter, as FeedBurner did the right thing by resolving it, posting publicly on my blog, and writing back to TechCrunch, who would have made the story a lot bigger had it gone unanswered. I don't think I jumped the gun at all, just raised the issue publicly. Others... as they tend to do... followed on and spun it in their own way. I even had the graphic I used from my own site, with my own stats, "Borrowed" from one of the site's following.

Re: From the FriendFeed Pipeline - 1.2.08

Louis Gray — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:50:38 -0000

1.2.08? Did we go back in time, or do you Canucks have a funky date system I'm not familiar with? :-)

Re: No more TwitBox

Louis Gray — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:17:14 -0000

Grr. Now I'm cranky! I love that you'll keep blogging, but we never got our Mac OS X port!

:-)

Re: Getting a FriendFeed new friend every minute or so !

Louis Gray — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:27:40 -0000

Wow! That's great stuff. :-)

Re: Would you hammer a nail with a shovel?

Louis Gray — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:22:49 -0000

Another fancy pants article by a fancy pants blogger.

WinExtra is This Year's ReadWriteWeb, But Why?

Re: Duncan Riley: Lessons in diplomacy

Louis Gray — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:18:00 -0000

Just to clarify... this comment is not from me, before I get associated with it. :-)

And I know a lot of folks are expecting me to weigh in and continue the conversation... but I think the posts here and elsewhere speak for themselves.

Re: How FriendFeed Became Internet Famous

Louis Gray — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:14:06 -0000

I missed this part: "People (Louis and others) just saw a parade and wanted to get out in front of it".

I wouldn't say that's true at all. I'd use FriendFeed whether it was popular or not. It's a great place to share information and have conversation with friends and peers. I absolutely enjoy having the opportunity to collaborate with developers of these services early, but it's not for the parade, it's the journey.