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Re: Contest: MacWorld Announcement Predictions

Karim — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:54:21 -0000

Let me guess... a very thin, I mean a very very thin new notebook? :)

Re: Contest: MacWorld Announcement Predictions

Karim — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:55:19 -0000

@Derek : I got you to understand... you made my day Sonny! :)

Re: louisgray.com: NoiseRiver Shuts Down After Developer Ditches FriendFeed

Karim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:41:49 -0000

Louis, I'm not closing it actually. It's just a technical issue with DNS. The website is still available on http://www.noiseriver.com (working on getting the naked domain working again) This said, I won't close NoiseRiver because I'm leaving :)

Re: louisgray.com: NoiseRiver Shuts Down After Developer Ditches FriendFeed

Karim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:03:59 -0000

Louis, yes, I should have closed it ;-) No seriously... Thanks for the attention! I really appreciate it. I doubt that i'll really be back on Friendfeed... It's a combination of two parameters: people and the tool. For the "people" part. It's the way it is since the very first day of this planet. For the tool part, I still humbly think that the web MUST evolve to much smartness using concepts like Attention Profiling (APML).

Re: louisgray.com: NoiseRiver Shuts Down After Developer Ditches FriendFeed

Karim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:42:28 -0000

Sure! Can you please shoot me an email to directeur at the gmail dot com? I'll be glad to study this idea with you!

Re: Scribkin Stats

Karim — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:10:16 -0000

congrats :)

Re: Omnidrive: Lessons in Failure

Karim — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:38:22 -0000

Thanks for the great article Duncan! Very wise and inspiring!

Re: NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

Karim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:50:54 -0000

Mona. Yes this the 2nd time. I thought that I was wrong the first time and was back. But now, I'm done with it... "LOL"

Re: NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

Karim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:56:52 -0000

Duncan, thanks for your good words, though I humbly think that it's really not worth an article. See? You call me directeur (a nick) This is exactly what I'm about. I believe that content is more interesting than people and friendfeed is shifting interst from "feeds" to "people". And to end the rumor, no, I'm not closing Noiseriver. It's still available at http://www.noiseriver.com

Re: NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

Karim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:44:37 -0000

Duncan, No, really you shouldn't apologize. *i* choosed to be a nick. That's my vision of things. I was saying that I'm a nick to say in a way, that the person (me) is not important and doesn't deserve attention.

Re: NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

Karim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:37:29 -0000

Louis, you do understand that in the case of FriendFeed "likes" and "comments" are really used by some as real "money"? Right? Now this is stupid. People are running away from digg because of "diggs"... "Like" is just another name for "digg".

Second and actually more important: Friendfeed was nice when it was a tool for content, now it's a tool for the cult of "person". I don't need heros, I need smart (funny too!! How much times should I repeat that I'm not against fun?) content. I'm not looking for recognition or whatever... it's not about my "person". It's about the way content is served and consumed. Anyways... I should just shut up and let things go slowly, all this will just vanish within a day or two :)

Re: 2007/10/07/xml-toolbox/

Karim — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:15:27 -0000

Where are Zvon tutorials and references?
http://www.zvon.org

Re: Who Is That New Follower? Ask Socialwhois

Karim — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:42:14 -0000

Hi Adam and thanks for the review!
Actually, socialwhois is more than a flat directory. The whois part is just a feature of it. What makes it "special" is connecting people by interests rather than popularity wich is IMHO wrong "by design". The more people sahre your interests, the more likely you'll have better interractions with them. If I'm looking for some help in, say, Python programming, I know who to ask. If I want to chat about jazz, I know who are interested too :)

Re: Who Is That New Follower? Ask Socialwhois

Karim — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:42:14 -0000

Re: Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

Karim — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:36:24 -0000

Eugene Schwartz, the guy who was paid more than 250.000$ for a single sales-letter he wrote, often says:

- Be simple: talk to the chimpanzee brain ; that is talk to people's desires. Give images, people buy on an (animal) impulse.

- Don't create a need, create a solution for a need: Do not think that because your car is totally electronic driven that people will by it. People buy cars depending on things that help them, make them make economies, answer a need.

- Your sales letter is the bridge between your product and the client, and the very first part of this slaes letter has more than 80% of the whole importance: your HEADLINE.

There's a lot, really a wealth, to learn from copywriters, especially those from the past century :)