DISQUS

There are so many niches out there, but how about Dave's "niche of one"?

http://davidseah.com/blog/building-a-niche-of-one/

Thanks Andrew, this post is awesome.

Another +1 for Melbourne :)

How do you keep up with everything that is happening?

That's awesome - good work team!

Hi Amit! Missed your tweet but I'm Ross - interviewed you at HatchThat a few months ago :)

I use Twitter to talk with the wonderful strangers of the world, and Facebook to talk with people I've met in person. It's working well so far.

Thank you for posting them :)

Facebook is my new Contact List. Forget MSN Messenger (yeah, us aussies are big on it) - when Facebook releases instant messaging I think we'll see a big migration in that direction.

Twitter is just a different beast for me. I just can't see MOST of my friends using it. Maybe it was integrated into their phones it could work, but lets face it, unless it is somehow connected to the iPhone mobile stuff just hasn't really taken off yet.

I actually saw the book in Australia and it had a couple with balloons on the cover and looked terrible, and the paper and print was terrible - to be honest I had to read through a bit to check that it was the same book because I never would have bought it in that state and I didn't really want to recommend it to friends.

I'm so glad I got the version in your blog header because it really does make a big difference to the reading experience - why does the cover change in each country?

I just discovered the "track" feature and I think a mix between that and following people could be good. I tracked the earthquake in England a few days ago and it was really fascinating because so many people were talking about the same topic. Following people I like is another way to increase the signal vs noise ratio, but people don't talk 100% about a certain topic, sometimes they just have to mention their cat. At the same time, if I track a keyword and somebody doesn't use that exact keyword I miss it..

Having followers is cool because you can start an instant active conversation on a topic, but following is cool because you discover stuff passively.

I'm a MAYBE for now, but hopefully I figure it out.

Last month Melbourne had its first Facebook Dev Garage :)

I like it :)

Isn't this what Facebook are (kinda) trying to do with Beacon?

Regardless of the specific history, I think this is a fantastic metaphor.

Fantastic post Chris, I'm happy to say I've done about half the stuff you listed but I've still got the other half to go :) Thanks for the reminder.

Great idea, but with twitter we are counting the uptime not the downtime lately so I'm not sure I would want to rely on it for stuff like this.

I recently watched a TED Talk about Slowness, he raises some similar points so you may find it an amusing video.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/73

Throw out the kitchen timer Tim, doesn't your mobile phone have "Offline" mode? Or "Flight Mode" maybe? It turns off the antenna so you won't get ANY calls or messages, leaving your phone alarm clock to do its job by itself :)

SD, try http://maxlevchin.wordpress.com/feed/

I'd love a copy too :)

Smart Playlists are fantastic, I'd recommend a crash course in them. This is a good start http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2005/08/itunes...

Cleaning up the information inputs is the big new years resolution. It is going to be drastic this time :S I think a light diet of rss SU could be just the fix for the hundreds of feeds in my reader that I'm about to delete.

Of course I have! I run Hatchthat.com - where I interview as many interesting people as I can find.

I'll check out your series now, it looks like you have some popular faces there :)

Sure you can have a blog and announce stuff on it, but the huge benefit of going to a conference is the people you meet. Blog comments and email just can't replace a face to face conversation. So, spend those bucks!

I just interviewed Dan and he shared some links to some of the student apps that are already online.

http://www.hatchthat.com/dan-ackerman-greenberg/