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Re: Flip Blackberry heading for T-mobile??

anon — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:56:20 -0000

You guys realize RIM didn't make that samsung phone right?

Re: My two cents on this week's Bitchmeme (Scripting News)

anon — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:10:26 -0000

Funny enough, everyone's acting like this is a new thing. For year's people have been posting links on message boards, IRC, and having their own conversation there.

On the RSS 2.0 <comments> - If I'm understanding correctly this element contains a single url and can only exist once. Isn't the real problem that we'd like a way to discover all comments? Kinda sounds like an opportunity, methinks.

Re: Japanese Twitter has ads (Scripting News)

anon — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:14:17 -0000

I'm sorry but serving ads is not a business model.

Re: del.icio.us question (Scripting News)

anon — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:41:12 -0000

Hate to say it, but that's not the role of del.icio.us. For me, del.icio.us is all about bookmark synchronization. And bookmark synchronization doesn't involve automatically submitting a slew of content but rather, actively choosing what interests me.

Re: Arrington, Feldman & Israel (Scripting News)

anon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:33:00 -0000

Thanks Dave. I honestly thought Scoble would have been played this role.

Re: Quick question (Scripting News)

anon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:49:21 -0000

No. But I guess my opinion probably doesn't count since I'm Canadian.

Re: I would buy an Apple netbook (Scripting News)

anon — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:26:45 -0000

I still don't understand why the manufacturing process is important.

Re: John Gruber is wrong: for some customers, email is more important than the web

anon — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:02:04 -0000

I agree. Most web-oriented folk don't simply don't realize that for many businesses, especially outside of the technology industry, email is indeed far more important than web. And obviously web mail doesn't cut it due to the amount of time it takes to get a simple task done.

Re: BitTorrent service is built to fail

anon — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:58:55 -0000

Wait - so they expect me to contribute my bandwidth while they charge me with ludicris prices? Wow, simply unbelievable.

If they're gonna charge these ridiculous prices, the least they could've done is hand down the bandwidth savings.

The sheer stupidity of the movie/record industry is unbelievable.

And let me guess - these aren't HD and won't come out faster than the pirate versions right?

Re: Can Sony get anything right?

anon — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:32:56 -0000

It's killer because it's Second Life for the mass market. It's more natural to control yourself in a virtual world on a television, using a joystick vs. on the computer with a keyboard.

Re: Congrats, Mike — nice April Fool prank

anon — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:06:48 -0000

The prank was so perfect - one day early so he wouldn't get "scooped" I love it.

Re: Is the Web half full or half empty?

anon — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:36:29 -0000

Definitely half empty. Just look at all the Twitter hype and ask regular people whether or there's any value in anything like it.

Re: Days of Our Lives, the blogosphere edition

anon — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:10:21 -0000

I'm not sure why he's surprised at the reaction given his approach.

Re: Chrome: Do we need a Google browser?

anon — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:08:07 -0000

Yes we do need a Google browser. I'm finally glad there's a company that sees that how we use the web today is vastly different from when it was conceived. Web "browsing" doesn't even make up my core use of a web browser anymore. These days, I typically have preconceived destinations yet the only tools in a web browser that aids with this use case model is bookmarks. For this simple reason, I'm incredibly excited about Google's browser.

Re: Firefox Personas Updated

anon — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:13:26 -0000

perfect, except for the aluminum titlebar on my macbook pro :(

Re: New Comments System - Disqus

anon — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:50:32 -0000

And here's an anonymous comment using Disqus.

Re: Bad Idea, AT&T

anon — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:44:23 -0000

OH WAIT nothing happened

Re: 2007/01/10/dovetail-tv/

anon — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:53:31 -0000

Um, look at some of the top videos at YouTube - millions of views. How on earth would they be able to afford doling out something like $100,000 for potentially each successful video? That sounds ridiculously infeasible!

Re: 2007/04/06/youtube-thai-king-hate/

anon — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:29:14 -0000

This is a dangerous precident. First, acts of censorship will only encourage users to post more videos. Second, other nations will request censorship from YouTube. And both of these things are already happening.

Re: 2007/05/12/supermoviesdownload-the-youtube-virus/

anon — Sat, 12 May 2007 17:41:13 -0000

The worst thing of all is that sometimes people haven't seen these videos, so they actually do want to watch them. But lately, probably due to criticism, SMD has started disabling comments in their stolen YouTube videos.

There's a big difference between posting videos without the consent of the author and attaching branding to a video that isn't yours.

Re: 2007/05/18/pirate-bay-youtube-killer/

anon — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:29:42 -0000

If there's one site likely to succeed in this area, it's TPB. And if they let people upload videos without length limitations, wow.

Those guys simply don't care about copyright. Not good for movie networks et al, but I can definitely seeing such a site becoming ridiculously popular.

This will be "NewTube's" real competition, so they better produce a superior product. It's more than half a decade and the music industry is finally brining a superior product over napster to the table (or at least a product that's a bit more comparable).

Re: 2007/06/19/snapshots-myspace/

anon — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:22:37 -0000

This just needs to tell me whether or not there is audio enabled on default so I can avoid visiting the page!

Re: 2007/08/23/afterworld-myspace/

anon — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:32:22 -0000

Fuck Afterworld. The company used YouTube to build up a fanbase and completely abandoned them.

Re: 2008/07/08/billshrin/

anon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:54:35 -0000

If you're in Canada, you definitely care.

Re: 2008/07/16/nerdcore-nas/

anon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:56:45 -0000

That's so asinine. Just because you heard Fox News talking about his lyrics that's now what he's 'known' for? Wow.

For people who didn't begin 'knowing' Nas because of sensational media coverage, they know this is the Nas who's most popular/successful single is the positive hit, "I Can": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtuKisW35VU

And for the people who religiously listen to Nas, they'll also know of "If I ruled the world".

Please do your homework (hint: you didn't bother pulling up Nas' wikipedia profile) and stop perpetuating the same tripe perpetuated by the media.

But I suppose I shouldn't expect that much from a tech blog. As much as the blogosphere rails against mainstream media for not fact-checking, they sure do an aweful job of it themselves. You simply for the bitchmeme dramas that draw lots of traffic.

Re: We Are Hunted: A Social Formula for Finding Great Music

anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:27:48 -0000

No libre.fm ?

Re: Merry Christmas!

anon — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:04:31 -0000

Hey Robert, also check out Santa Stars, a Google Maps project plots the location of Christmas Lights along with photos:

http://www.santastars.com/

Re: Joel says teaching Java is bad for CS students

anon — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:23:35 -0000

"I wonder if programmers who’ve done things in C make better .NET or Java programmers?"

I'm personally trying to obtain a solid understanding of lower level languages so that I know the consequences for my actions at a higher level.

In my university (University of Waterloo), it's Java first year and C/C++ thereafter, which I think is a good thing.

Re: Memeorandum, my favorite memetracker, sports new design

anon — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:10:05 -0000

I wish Gabe would enable comments on his blog.

It'd be nice to have the option to select what look we want. I really liked the old one. But then again, I said the same thing about Digg.

Also, he should be wary of following the AJAX mob...I often visit memeorandum on my BlackBerry and would hate for that experience to be compromised due to new "rich" AJAX features.

The mobile web, while very useful handy, is still quite primitive. Lots of web developers seem to forget that.

Re: The new A list

anon — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:07:57 -0000

It's so depressing to see people I admire in conflict. We should all have tried to pay more attention to Mena Trott's message.

Re: Marc wonders why I’m speaking at Supernova

anon — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:52:22 -0000

Marc has a point worth addressing. For non-newbies, what's the point of attending conferences annually just to hear the same people speak on the same topics?

Maybe what would be more interesting is if content was centered around what's changed or happening. Or perhaps talks need to become conversations and newbies should do their homework.

I'm not entirely sold on unconferences but it embody interesting ideas.

Re: Podcasting not a good name? Huh?

anon — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:04:27 -0000

PodTech eh? What ever happened to full disclosure? ;)

Re: Why Vista slipped

anon — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:03:52 -0000

Phil, you could simply disable commentson the entry. People are still interested in at least reading your post.

Re: Off at Gnomedex

anon — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:50:45 -0000

Whoa, I'm surprised - Mr. Scoble's not a GMail user yet ;)

Re: Why Ozzie doesn’t think the Web is the be all and end all

anon — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:53:14 -0000

I sort of agree with Cody on this one.

"It gives me peace of mind to know I’m in control of my access to my email."

I honestly have no clue what you're talking about. Zero. As far as I know, if I fire up Outlook, I have to wait for my mail to be delivered to me. Now, correct me if I'm wrong but I think that means Outlook actually has to make a network connection to some box that has my mail on it. Who cares if that box is an exchange server or Google? You're still in the same amount of control.

Ok, so lets move away from the enterprise. What are my options now? Outlook magically giving me full control to my mail? Chances are my ISP is running an email server for me or I'm using a web-email with Outlook.

If you want to argue that you have more control to access to your email over a local network connection as opposed to the Internet fine. But that's a pretty lame argument if you ask me.

Also, Robert it's painfully obvious you don't play video games. In Starcraft & Warcraft we could create our own games inside it. And in case you missed it, some one ported the original doom into doom 3: http://battleteam.net/tech/fis/

And obviously Robert's never heard of the Quake console, which has been there since v1.0: http://console.planetquake.gamespy.com/commands...

Second Life is definitely interesting. But don't act as if the gaming world hasn't toyed with such ideas before it came along.

And most importantly, what's the coolest thing you wrote for second life (before you were banned)? Or were just praising it with minimal interaction?

Re: I’m sorry about Apple hype

anon — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:58:42 -0000

Umm...it's a Developer Conference. I'm stumped as to why the media, marketers, evangelists, and other non-engineering types have come expect announcements about consumer products at any Apple event.

Re: Thank you Dave Winer: now I can read TechCrunch on my cell phone!

anon — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:33:55 -0000

That page has is gigantic. Luckily I'm on EDGE. There should be an option to turn off images.

Re: Is Microsoft really the largest blog vendor?

anon — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:03:38 -0000

I've always hated Microsoft for creating MSN Spaces. In a nutshell, they did essentially nothing to innovate when they created MSN Spaces.

The only reason people uses MSN Spaces is because it was pushed to them as part of MSN Messenger. People on my contact list barely write anything and they simply use it as an avenue for posting pictures, which I definitely don't consider blogging.

Microsoft is lucky to have such a large userbase to push these services to. Otherwise they'd be dead in the water. They are definitely not one to brag about blogging.

Re: The blog counting game

anon — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:50 -0000

I'm not certain how to properly define a blog but I can define what I don't consider a blog - regularly published media with little to no context.

To me, Rocketboom is a (video) blog. Posting the daily top videos from an Internet site is not. The context of Rocketboom is the daily coverage of Internet pop culture (or however you'd like to describe it). Posting daily top videos has no context - a regularly published zeitigeist is not a blog. At a miniumum, categorization of videos into categories like comedy and music would make it a blog. Commentary on these video trends would make it a blog.

Likewise, dumping photos of yourself on MSN Spaces is not a blog. It's simply a zeitigest of your life. At a minumum, adding the context of category makes it a blog to me. Commentary like "party last night" does not make it a blog. Creating a new photoset for every event is not a blog, it's simply zeitigest based on collections of media.

It's very tricky to define a blog but that's my take. If MSN Spaces users are creating a new photoset for every new event that happens to them, without any context, that's not a blog. But if they're adding commentary or even have a theme (eg. My University Party Space) which provides a context to which they are posting pictures, then it's a blog. Sure, "Lisa's MSN Space" is a theme. But posting pictures/photosets without commentary (or some other way to provide a context) is not a blog.

A lot of my friends are posting random photosets of events in their life with no context. That's a personal zeitigeist, not a blog. And if the trends I see from my friends constitues a large portion of MSN Spaces, then Microsoft is kidding themselves if they think the usage of MSN Spaces has much to do with blogging.

Heck, even using tags would make it a blog in my book.

Re: The blog counting game

anon — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:13:36 -0000

A picture is worth a thousand words. Those thousand words are the context.

By the way, you could argue Scripting News is not a blog because there is no context. But you see herein lies the paradox - it's inherently easier to extract context from text than from other forms of media. If Scripting News were a collection of links with _zero_ commentary, I would not consider it a blog. Instead, Dave mixes random/interesting links with his own thoughts. His own thoughts are what make Scripting News a blog, not the links.

Re: The blog counting game

anon — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:17:20 -0000

And private blogs are blogs as long as the there's context to the content posted on the blogs (i.e. not a personal media zeitigest).

And advertisers are irrelevent in defining what is a blog and what isn't.

Re: “Where’s the blog?” in Windows Live Spaces?

anon — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:53:37 -0000

noob that's not the point. Postings of photos/photosets does not constitute blogging. It's simply a collection of photos posted to a website, not a blog. The automatic insertation of a timestamp by Microsoft's system does not make it a blog.

There's nothing wrong with people posting pictures that interest them, but such websites are not blogs.

Re: Why my ego never gets out of control…

anon — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:15:13 -0000

Some of your talk on advertisers and private blogs seems kind of egotistical. But you do have a point about MSN Spaces (or blogs in general).

The MSN Spaces Team is irresponsibly (and possibly blatently) mis-classifying blogs, which makes my blod boil as well. I've already posted my thoughts on the issue so I won't repost them here. Every single MSN Space created is not a blog. Similarly, every single wordpress blog created is not a blog.

I think you've got the right idea in brining up this discussion, it's just that no solid definition of a blog exists. And yeah, you're probably gonna get lynched for the stuff you did get wrong.

Also, it appears Maryam just voices her opinion on topics wihout giving it a thought first, no offense :).

Re: Ex-Rocketboomer partners with PopURLs

anon — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:29:07 -0000

"popurls has been around for half a year and is quite popular among the web-savvy club."

Silly me, I thought marketing was about drawing new users.

Re: I thought Google was a search company…

anon — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:33:54 -0000

Hehe, funny that you gave it so much praise when it launched. That and Newsvine...do you even use Newsvine these days?

Re: I thought Google was a search company…

anon — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:00:29 -0000

Wow, Robert, how soon you forget:

"Google blog search with a query for any blogs that are linking to Channel 9. Wow. Fast. Fast. Fast."

"Let's go to Technorati and do the same query. First off the result took more than five seconds. The Google query took less than half a second. This is a HUGE deal for me. I can get a lot more searches in because Google is so much faster. Oh, and Technorati has 20 links.

I like Google's design too. Very simplistic. Some might like Technorati's better, though.

Oh, with Google's blog search I can see 100 results all on one page. I don't see how to do that with Technorati. So, actually, Technorati's page is a lot slower even yet cause I have to do two searches to see all the results."

"But this thing really shines when you click on advanced search. For instance, I did this query for my last name that includes the word "pdc" in any of the posts.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

Why wow? Because it's so freaking fast.

The speed is what kicks all the other blog search in the teeth. Oh, and you can subscribe to a query via RSS. Look at the bottom of the page.

Nicely done."

"But, not all is lost for Technorati. Technorati seems to have more up to date results than Google.

Back to doing advanced searches. I just did a search for "PDC" that contained either "Day One" or "1." Google's result seems a lot better than Technorati's."

http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/09/14.htm...

I also could have sworn you made a post on Newsvine saying something to the effect of "...this is definitely a service I'd use". Can't find the post, sorry if I'm wrong.

Anyway, carry on :)

Re: Newsflash: 98% don’t use RSS

anon — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:19:57 -0000

The way I explain RSS is, "Instead of visiting each of your favourite websites daily, you can see headlines/snippets from each one and decide if its worth your time".

But the problem I've found is, I've subscribe to so many feeds that any time-savings have probably been lost. I'm happy because I get to learn more but I'm addicted to following all the links about various discussions. It wastes so much time, I'm not so sure if I like it better.

I need software to predict what's most important hahah.

Re: Why Om Malik turned down Google’s new business suite

anon — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:49:09 -0000

It's cool to have a vendetta against Google these days. I honestly don't see what's wrong with the privacy agreement, especially for a hosted service.

Re: HP has a major ethical problem, day 7

anon — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:20:35 -0000

Dunn has resigned.

Re: Why I’m disappointed with Zune and latest iPods

anon — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:40:09 -0000

I love how scoble thinks he's Apple's primary target consumer.

Re: I’m sorry to Patricia Dunn

anon — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:29:08 -0000

"I’ve been thinking about it all day and I’ve decided that my reader is right."

Hrmm, you sound so reluctant to admit this.

Re: Big monitors make you more productive?

anon — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:32:57 -0000

Yes. A must have for developers. I can be productive without one.

Re: Big monitors make you more productive?

anon — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:42:02 -0000

can't

Re: Microsoft’s answer to YouTube

anon — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:51:37 -0000

Every single movie on the internet should be in a Flash player. Period.

Re: The great Firefox 2 vs. IE 7 memory test

anon — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:40:10 -0000

I've always assumed IE to be faster than firefox...but maybe it's because I have a fair bit of extensions in FireFox.

Re: Can a corporate blogger use the "F-word?"

anon — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:25:13 -0000

Interestingly, technorati's seeing 35,000 posts with the word "fuck" (or varients) from blogs with a lot of authority.

http://technorati.com/search/fuck?language=n&am...

Re: Dave Winer was right about river reading

anon — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:38:59 -0000

I love Google Reader. I wish they had more than 10 posts at a time for their mobile version.

Re: Windows Vista is done?

anon — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:53:12 -0000

If you were a developer, you'd know that software is never "done" :)

Re: What a year!

anon — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:49:08 -0000

Why didn't you buy a Prius and send the money you saved on gas to Katrina relief?

Re: Big gadget sites don’t link to blogs (I went overboard, read updates)

anon — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:04:14 -0000

Damn Scoble's doing this snap BS too? Can anyone please tell me what the usefulness of being able to see a preview of a link is? Or a study on the subject?

Presumably, it's to help me decide whether or not I want to visit a website. If I've never visited a website, why would I decide not to if the link interests me? And why would I decide not to if someone reputable like Scoble is linking to it?

I honestly don't get it. As per the subject, I have no problem with them not linking to blogs. Blogs aren't official sources of information, unless it's a corporate blog. Or they could link to blogs and say it's unverified. These gadgets site are fantastic because of their credibility and I wouldn't want that to change because blogs need a little love.

Re: A bug with TechMeme…

anon — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:12:15 -0000

Yep it's the weekend. Scoble is it fair some google searches yield Digg articles as a top link instead of the source?

I understand your position, but the reality is software cannot naturally determine the quality of an article, so heuristics like number of links or chronology are employed. And if you were bring back the conversation starter, do you disregard all the previous conversations?

If you kept previous conversations, Techmeme would sort of suck. Due to delayed feedback, Apple would own a chunk of Techmeme real estate for a week whenever they announced something big.

Re: How do we keep up?

anon — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:26:17 -0000

Just keep skimming the head lines and Shift+N, scan, Shift+A is your friend. Google Reader should order the feeds based on the ones with the most unread entries.

I typically scan headlines for larger sites - engadget,digg,gizmodo and take time out to read smaller/individual blogs.

Re: How do we keep up?

anon — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:32:46 -0000

Oh and I read feeds on Google Reader, Google Personalized Homepage, and on my BlackBerry. There's a handy "mark all as read" link at the end of 9 posts for the mobile version. I wish they had the same thing on Google Personalized Homepage.

And on mobile and Google Personalized Homepage, I omit digg to get some variety. Digg is fantastic for finding awesome news, but there's tons of crap there too. It comes with the territory I guess. And Digg doesn't link to the source article in their RSS feed, which completely frustrates me on my mobile device (not to mention Digg has a huge web page, that takes forever to load on mobile devices...and think of the data costs!).

DiggRiver, the mobile verison of Digg, is excellent since they link directly to the source article. But there's no RSS feed on that site :(

Re: Wii Fighting

anon — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:03:02 -0000

Hehe, Nintendo has done such a fantastic job. The event just wouldn't be the same with the other consoles. Plus, the ratio of guys to girls actually seems even (gasp!).

All in all, a pretty awesome video. I still can't find a Wii :(

Re: We won’t hear much more about Aaron’s Google story

anon — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:27:02 -0000

Ever been on techmeme, and after scanning the page finding nothing interesting read, decide to visit techmeme again forgetting that you're already there? Happens to me all the time. I guess I'm a Techmeme addict hahah.

Re: A real Silicon Valley garage startup

anon — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:58:52 -0000

Thank you for not jumping on the LinkedIn bandwagon. I thought I was the only one (I'm a developer btw).

Re: Doc Searls says Scoble is full of it about “social media”

anon — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:31:22 -0000

I don't know why we need a name for it. It's just a natural progression. Gigantic eras like stone age, iron age, information age warrent classification. Something in the making really cannot be named. A revolution usually paves way for a meaningful name - evolutions, not so much. And the web is still evolving.

Here's a good test: In this day and age, is it possible to launch a web-based company without it being labelled "Web 2.0"? If the answer is no, why not just call them Internet/Web companies? If yes, then can someone point me to a new non-Web 2.0 company?

I don't know why business/marketing types need a buzzword for everything. The web is just growing and evolving. It's kinda funny, when I introduced my sisters to YouTube, it went something like "...it's a website that lets you...". Which is the same language I've been using in the pre-"Web 2.0" age. To non-techy friends, a website is a website is a website.

I'm not so much against naming things as I am against meaningless names. "Web 2.0" and "Social Media" are meaningless. "Object-Oriented", "AJAX" and "Design Patterns" are meaningful (no matter your opinion on them). Jargon is fine, buzzwords are meaningless.

Come to think of it - maybe the problem is people who think they know what they're talking about trying to name something they don't really understand? :)

Re: Doc Searls says Scoble is full of it about “social media”

anon — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:04:01 -0000

Web n+1: http://www.w3.org/2006/Talks/07-07-steven-webnp...

Re: What happens after Google loses?

anon — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:10:31 -0000

Although I'm fully aware copyright issues, one the reasons I keep visiting YouTube is that there are so many rare videos. For example, a 1950 Billie Holiday performance. Where on earth would I be able to find such a video? Who owns that copyright and will they ever license the content?

I had the exact same feeling when I discovered Napster years ago. I found so much rare music and till date there's honestly nowhere to find such content.

So, lawsuits be damned, as an end user I'm completely passionate about YouTube.

As an aside, if content providers expect me to visit each and every one of their properties to get the content I want, they're delusional. I simply just won't bother checking out the content. As a techie, I'd probably subscribe to content that interest me, that's if they even have an RSS feed.

For non-techies, YouTube has effectively become the video equivalent of an RSS reader.

History likes to repeat itself...look at the music industry that still can't come to grips with technology. Isn't it hilarious that they thought eliminating file sharing companies would stop file sharing? File sharing is a foundational element of the Internet.

The best part about all of this, like you said, is technological advances will just keep rolling along while lawsuits are caught up in year long trials.

Re: The hype about that micro blogging service

anon — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:26:33 -0000

new code name: warble or should I say warblr. I think it's a pointless service. Is it really that important what you're doing through the day? I can see it being useful for sites who have live coverage. Or maybe a link blog with comments but chances are you don't have a story to link to on hand.

I dunno...maybe it's cool for older people to know every little move you make? Governments should be proud that people are effectively choosing to join survailance networks...who needs privacy anyway hahah ;)

Sounds like it could be popular among teens but I'm a bit surprised at the popularity in the older generation.

Re: I had a good blog post planned but then…

anon — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:41:42 -0000

I've come around to Twitter. I think the more people post on Twitter, the more we'll get more insightful blog posts. Twitter may actually be a good thing in helping us filter information.

Those who care for more info will follow on Twitter and those like me, who want less, will tune into regular blogs.

Re: Apple collaborating with Amazon, Google, and Cingular on new iReader?

anon — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:39:52 -0000

I actually kinda share Sam's sentiments - you took such a hard stance, yet something frivolous like April fools day is enough to break it?

But of course, what should I have expected? The nature of the blogosphere is to get riled up in the moment then move to the next great thing.

I commend for highlighting the issue and going so long without blogging, I just wish you had broken your silence for something more important.

Re: Um, Dave, what Maryam really was hurt about

anon — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:31:29 -0000

I think I'm leaning more towards Dave on this one...

It all comes down to whether or not one is willing to let their objectivity be swayed when the issue at hand involves a family member or friend.

What were the alternatives, anyway? If Dave condemned one side in private and posted a completely different perspective, would he not have been called a hypocrite? Would Maryam not be more pissed off because he "lied" to her? Or should Dave had kept his true opinion locked away?

Sympathy and compassion are very dangerous emotions that can cloud judgment.

Reminds me of the Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera debate, actually: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tLPuGuaZTx8

Re: Um, Dave, what Maryam really was hurt about

anon — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:13:05 -0000

"#39: I love how all of this is like “ultimate fight club” and how there needs to be sides picked. That’s part of what leads to this kind of stuff."

Hate to break it to you, but the very foundation of an opinion is to take a side. We can flip-flop and dance between various sides of issue but that tends to lead to superficiality. I'm not saying we can't critically consider both sides of a story when forming an opinion, I'm saying that at the very end of we're probably sit on one side of the fence or the other.

Also, in case you weren't aware, you're post and comments take sides.

Anyway, sometimes when you see someone going through something you've been through yourself, there's a tendency to do a bit of self-reflection first...maybe even more if no one was there to support you. This statement is actually very telling - "I don't know Kathy Sierra, but I do know and have been abused by Chris Locke, Frank Paynter and Jeanne Sessum (and quite a few other people)"

Sure, he doesn't explicitly say he's against the vile speech but I can infer that from the fact that he's been on the receiving end. He really didn't need to add "So I sympathize with Kathy and Maryam...."

Or perhaps it's because I'm so use to knowing/expecting that Dave moves beyond lower level details quickly (friends involved or not) and speaks from a higher perspective. I dunno.

Re: Damn, Kodak does some fun marketing!

anon — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:27:47 -0000

FYI, it was posted in December 2006. This is exactly what fascinates me about YouTube - it enables anyone to discover content regardless of when the content was created.

We often think of time-shifting in units of hours with something like Tivo - YouTube has the potential to timeshift in months and years (and decades and centuries!?). I wish content providers would unleash the vaults.

And the interesting thing is there's always an audience. It's rare that I'm the first one to watch any video on YouTube. Think about it - over 274,000 views and Jason and you only discovered it today.

The long tail of YouTube is incredible.

Re: Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion

anon — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:32:00 -0000

"UPDATE: $3.1 billion DoubleClick. Microsoft was in bidding. New York Times has the story, I don’t have the link yet."

Really?

Re: Is Microsoft bidding up acquisitions on purpose?

anon — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:08:17 -0000

Doesn't sound like it: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/technology/16...

Re: Did Digg do something?

anon — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:13:32 -0000

Hrmm...I was hoping you had a few thoughts on Digg.

Re: A million downloads in 49 days

anon — Mon, 07 May 2007 10:06:32 -0000

Well you just got me to download it, but I probably won't install it.

On another note, there's something to be said about knowing how many people download something. Look at YouTube - it openly publishes stats about each video and channel, it's fantastic. iTunes is the complete opposite - secret numbers for downloads, podcast subscribers, secret algorithms for top daily shows, etc. I think iTunes is actually holding back podcasts, which deserve an atmosphere like YouTube instead of Billboard.

Sorry for going off on a tangent there :)

Re: Twitter vs. Blogger growth

anon — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:25:10 -0000

It's true - I honestly attribute the success of Twitter to Robert and Leo. They said it was cool, everyone tried it out.

I still think it's useless. Bloggers, especially A-listers, probably won't have an issue with thinking they're important enough to be broadcasting their lives to the world. The concept has been around in IM for the longest time. Sure, Robert doesn't like IM, but I bet you the majority of people using Twitter never used the same functionality when it was in IM. So, all of a sudden, the Twitter population thinks this the idea of status updates are the greatest thing ever.

Teens & college kids probably also question the utility. This group (which includes me) most likely grew up with using status updates on IM, and lately on Facebook so they don't see what all the hype is about. In fact, Facebook & Bebo showed that Twitter is a feature, not a product.

Now, all that being said, I don't think Twitter is completely useless. It's a great solution for blogging at conferences. It can probably be very useful when applied to a close network of people, like family or friends. But best of all, it eliminates crappy, trivial posts from blogs :)

As an aside, I'd be interested in knowing how much of Twitter's population weren't influenced by Robert or Leo to join and aren't bloggers. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be too surprised at the results.

Like for Second Life, businesses are merely just jumping on the bandwagon. Honestly, I don't see what the difference is between BBC's Twitter page and subscribing to their RSS feeds. If anyone knows any practical business uses or any practical uses at all, please respond.

Yeah, in case you can't tell, I hate seeing fluffy products getting tons of attention. But we're in a bubble, so, of course, we can expect Twitter to be sold for X million(s).

If you're curious, I think I first heard of Twitter via Tara Hunt for some sort of movie promotion. When all the cool kids, it just turned into who had the most followers, etc.

Re: The Wii isn’t hurting Xbox? Really?

anon — Sun, 13 May 2007 05:47:47 -0000

Hehe, a few months ago I asked for your opinion on the Wii in a random thread.

Glad to finally see your thoughts :)

Re: The counterpoint to Mike’s post…

anon — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:22:07 -0000

Interesting. Mike's perspective is a reflection on the industry and your's is a reflection on your life. These are two very different opinions.

Re: If Technorati can beat Google, why can’t Microsoft or Yahoo?

anon — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:06:02 -0000

Google blog search is still much faster but Technorati is fantastic on my BlackBerry.

The strange thing about the new Technorati though is that the look makes me think search is a secondary feature - the search field seems to be tucked away in a corner. Furthermore, the orange pane containing the slogan has a larger height than the green search pane. If I were a new user, I'd probably start clicking around and maybe eventually discover the wonders of search.

Re: Google beats Technorati in uptime

anon — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:25:55 -0000

You're right - I get sooooo pissed off when I try to execute a technorati search and it fails. I could've already completed a Google blog search, but I wouldn't be able to sort by authority rank.

Re: Is Facebook worth the hype?

anon — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:18:12 -0000

yes, and I'm very very picky about what applications I use online. Facebook is valuable because it enables past friends, co-workers, classmates to find you.

I don't really use Facebook for anything besides accepting friend requests. It's essentially provided a clean, pleasant, secure, and perhaps most importantly, private platform for connecting with people.

Re: Something fun

anon — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:26:12 -0000

Someone should give this a shot on a Wii!

Re: Google isn’t the only one going offline…

anon — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:47:56 -0000

Why not just wait till tomorrow noon then?

Re: Cranky geeks is up — where are you going to buy your iPhone?

anon — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:32:32 -0000

Not buying one.

Re: No Java, no Flash, no .NET/Silverlight for iPhone?

anon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:20:17 -0000

This is very disappointing - doesn't this mean no Bluetooth access, no SIM info access, no Contacts access, etc?

Web applications are not phone applications. Google Maps on the iPhone is a true iPhone application. Web applications are not.

What an insult.

Re: Mobile YouTube shows off cell phone app frustration

anon — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:25:06 -0000

Doesn't work on my phone either. As an aside, I hate YouTube for creating this site. It should up to phone manufactures to figure out how to enable Flash support on their mobile devices. Can you imagine YouTube videos being downgraded even further? yeesh...

On the iPhone: I'm waiting to see if teens will abandon their texting habits and chomp on the iPhone. Mac enthusiasts will initially help Apple push product out the door, but I'm more interested in what happens after that (i.e. will average citizens and teens bite).

Re: Report from the line

anon — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:26:27 -0000

I just came across this clip of the today show:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19499360

The host had trouble answering her iPhone - she claims she was pushing the answer button but it wouldn't work.

The reason I mention this comes back to the touchscreen discussion - no matter which way Apple spins it, I think there's something to be said about knowing you've pressed a button, especially for non-techies.

Re: The worst iPhone Web page: Google Reader (UPDATED)

anon — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:40:48 -0000

I hate Google reader on any phone primarily because of the 10 story limit. I'd rather wait a bit longer and get 50 links, decide which ones to read or skip as opposed to keep having to click "mark as read" and wait to jump to the next page.

It's so freaking annoying to wait over EDGE.

Re: Nokia users hate me…

anon — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:45:17 -0000

Robert, I don't really have an opinion about Nokia vs Apple. But as a developer, I resent your comment that "normal people don’t care" about the development platform. Given the opportunity, developers can make some damn creative applications that could change the entirety of a product/platform.

I'm sure you've installed a product on your PC/MAC before. If there were no developers, such products wouldn't exist.

Here's a concrete example of what a developer like myself would be interested in doing - instead of having to plug in your iPhone to your computer to sync your music, you should be able to set a "home" wifi connection which would automatically sync your media when you're in its vicinity.

Re: On the Adobe AIR bus

anon — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:40:39 -0000

Out of curiosity, why do we need to know that it's a Nokia phone? Just like how in many of your recent posts typically manage to turn into a post about the iPhone. What happened to, "I'll have my cell with me, you can reach me at..."?

We pretty much need a variation of Godwin's Law for Scoble.

Re: What happened to ICQ?

anon — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:25:24 -0000

The reason is simple: When I switched computers, I lost all my contacts, since contacts weren't stored on the server.

I switched to MSN because of this.

Re: Facebook: the new data black hole

anon — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:44:57 -0000

"Oh my god! Facebook again, you should working for Facebook, I think."

Yeah, I miss the Robert Scoble that went on a no "GYM" binge and pointed out that Techmeme tends to aggregate popular/press release stories over the little guy.

At least he straight up admits that he plans to talk about Facebook and the iPhone as much as he wants. On the bright side, it's there are PodTech videos thrown in the mix.

Basically, Scobleizer@Microsoft > Scobleizer@Podtech.

Re: iPhone vs. Nokia N95 a month later

anon — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:21:59 -0000

Google Maps on BlackBerry is also a single click and it has GPS support. Not sure what what you're getting at with this metric.

Re: Warner Music: why do you fund this crap?

anon — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:01:11 -0000

It's kind of a strange element in human nature that we try to find scapegoats and take our problems out on them, instead of taking the time to talk about the real issue.

Re: TechMeme list heralds death of blogging?

anon — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:19:16 -0000

I wish someone would do a demographic analysis on Twitter.

Re: Steve Ballmer still doesn’t understand social networking

anon — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:47:21 -0000

"I never even joined Friendster. Enough said about that. It was lame compared to Facebook."

Robert, I agree with the stuff you're saying but you've got such an arrogant attitude saying that just because you haven't tried something it's lame.

If you grew up using these online services, you'll know technology comes around. That's like a filesharing noob saying that Napster is lame compared to Bittorrent. How could one even fathom the idea of Bittorrent at the time? Likewise, when Altavista was king, no one could envision what Google would bring to the table.

Sometimes big ideas just arrive and stick around. Maybe Facebook is one of those big ideas, maybe not. Regardless, these ideas evolve and it's simply naive to dismiss predecessors as 'lame'.

Interestingly, with all this social networking craze, email is still the no-frills dependable foundation for the rest world.

Re: Why idiocy rules on TechMeme

anon — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:29:37 -0000

Exactly alan. If a video is longer than, say 5 mins, I always hope that someone has summarized it and captured all the key points.

I used to listen to tons of podcasts on my long commutes to work. But now that my commute is only 10 mins, I simply can't listen to half hour or longer podcasts or videos.

Now I simply want summaries. I find myself reading Rafat Ali's suite of blogs often since he summarizes the content so well.

Re: Kyte.tv ships new player, new API, new iPhone playback

anon — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:41:07 -0000

Kyte really slows down this site. Or maybe it's just my crappy computer.

Re: The you-don’t-need-more-friends lobby

anon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:36:17 -0000

I think the 5000 friend limit is fine. For most, Facebook is meant to be for a network of real friends.

You're an outlier and I respect that you can voice your opinion, but I'm certain Facebook has their priorities and the guts to forego pleasing those with the loudest voices. Frankly, I don't think this is a pressing issue for Facebook's core audience.

But of course, you're entitled to complain and gloat about having 5000 friends :)

Re: The you-don’t-need-more-friends lobby

anon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:37:54 -0000

Scoble - get a team together and build a social network for non-real friends with no limits.

Re: Watching NewTeeVee conference on Mogulus

anon — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:24:17 -0000

off-topic - I just noticed Google is aggregating your recent posts and linking from them in a search result for your blog: http://www.google.ca/search?source=ig&hl=en...

I guessing they're putting links to the most popular articles?

Re: Amazon Reader Hate

anon — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:12:56 -0000

Call me shallow, but it's so fricken ugly. That's already a huge barrier to entry no matter what the product does.

Re: Why are some bloggers turning on Apple?

anon — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:51:50 -0000

Robert, did you all of a sudden forget that this the same Apple that was intentionally bricking users' phones?

The same one that pulled an about face when they staggeringly dropped the iPhone price and said 'too bad' until users called them on it?

After some of these actions that have somewhat surprised their core base of supporters, I'm not sure why you're so surprised that people are no longer blindly following them.

They're a bit more critical now because they're realizing that Apple is as much a company as any other company out there.

Re: Google Reader needs GPC

anon — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:42:53 -0000

This story is so lame. If you share something you share it with the world.

There's no notion of who you're sharing with so long as an RSS feeds exists for those shared items.

Facebook is different because it's a whitelist. These privacy people need to get a life.

Re: Gizmodo on integrity…

anon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:19:53 -0000

Wow, Scoble, you realize you're partly responsible for creating this monster right?

Re: Microsoft=Success; Google Docs=Fail?

anon — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:19:33 -0000

I've found Google Docs is great for collaborative editing. Once everyone's done editing then it's up to someone to take the Google Docs version and properly format the doc using a desktop word processor.

Based on this observation, Google needs to completely clone a desktop word processor or focus on perfecting collaboration (it's so damn annoying when you get moved to the top of the document because someone else made a change).

Hrmm...since online editing is tough, wouldn't Google Docs and Latex work well together? Or a dumbed down version of Latex for the masses? The idea of separating style from content could work to Google Docs' advantage.

Re: Guy Kawasaki calls Mike Arrington a hypocrite

anon — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:27:36 -0000

Is it just me or are there no RSS feeds on Alltop? Just like popurls.com, this is inexcusable.

Re: FriendFeed searches for an API

anon — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:29:17 -0000

I absolutely love everything about FriendFeed. It's everything the Facebook feed should be. I wish I could swap them hahah.

Re: Shhh, no one is on Twitter

anon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:49:15 -0000

I still maintain that Twitter is a feature, not a product.

Re: When Viral Videos Don’t "Blend" As Planned

anon — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:36:49 -0000

It DOESN'T Blend! :)

Re: REI rolls out iPhone biking app

anon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:54:00 -0000

Zzzzz - REI's Facebook app gets a whopping 30 monthly active users.

I bet this'll get about the same.

Re: Success on Digg Is Just Like Success In Old Media

anon — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:14:24 -0000

Excellent observations. I hope Jason glances over this too - he usually spurs interesting discussions.

Re: BlackBerry Video Generator reviewed

anon — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:37:41 -0000

If you're starting to do reviews, you should rate each product out of 5. If I don't have time to read the review, I can just glance at the score to decide whether I'd like to check it out later.

Re: Right on Track: Developing Enterprise Applications

anon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:12:23 -0000

Just thought I'd let you know Google apparently thinks 'this site may harm your computer'. I queried 'blackberrycool' on Google Blogsearch:

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&a...

Re: DLDI Drop – DLDI patcher the mac way

anon — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:56:55 -0000

There is an updated version of the Mac DPG converter available at...

http://www.somefreesoftware.com/?p=3

You'll need to put mencoder in the same folder as the converter app.

You can download mencoder here...

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mplayerosx/ffmpegXbinaries20060307.zip

Re: AT&T To Subsidize The 3G iPhone By $200?

anon — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:07:21 -0000

So all you guys post are rumours now? There's no point if you're not bringing anything new. I like you better when you're reporting real content.