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Re: White Castle Sucks

drew olanoff — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:08:05 -0000

shut up, you shut up, shut up!

Re: Team Disqus T-shirts

drew olanoff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:04:09 -0000

i can has?

Re: Upgraded! Interface and Performance

drew olanoff — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:05:31 -0000

great work as always folks!

Re: Upgraded! Interface and Performance

drew olanoff — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:05:31 -0000

great work as always folks!

Re: How Yahoo! Can Get Out Of The Microsoft Bear Hug

drew olanoff — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:36:38 -0000

Who WILL compete in search thougH? If it's not Microsoft or Yahoo or "MicroHoo", then who? Google having a 75, 80% or (gasp) more stronghold on search isn't a good thing for users....or for Google.

Competition, and I'm talking true competition will give users choices, and they may very well stick with Google, but at least Google will have to work for their stronghold, rather than winning by default.

Re: Why does Twitter go down? (Scripting News)

drew olanoff — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:46:30 -0000

Nobody really knows what goes on behind the scenes at Twitter. We can take their word at face value or not. But hey, at least they're eating their own dogfood, and using Twitter and their blog to keep us updated. That's more than a lot of companies do.

Honestly, being passionate about a service is awesome. I'm pretty passionate about communication, the web, and naturally twitter, which brings both together.

But at the end of the day, they're a company. Google doesn't open its doors to discuss infrastructure with just anyone, and time will tell whether Twitter can get geared up for the masses.

The way I see it, early adopters have obviously been extremely valuable to Twitter, but with early adoption comes growing pains (see iPhone). Many web companies have closed their doors because of lack of passion. Twitter has our passion, and while I'm sure they appreciate people talking about Twitter, they are a company of human beings who say they are working as hard as they can.

They're hiring too, so all of us who know talented developers and programmers should send them their way!

Re: Dembot - Twitter is Dead, Weep!

drew olanoff — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:57:23 -0000

You're onto something here. I've been reading that Twitter is killing the blogosphere and causing content writers/creators to become lazy and to not only write, but think in 140 characters and its context.

Tumblr as a platform, with its simplicity has a chance to build a community of real content creators and more importantly those who like to share. Not everyone creates. But why create if you can't distribute. No other system on the web makes it as simple as Tumblr does.

Re: Dembot - YouTube Streams

drew olanoff — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:09:33 -0000

Blip implemented something similar with 5head.

Re: Dembot - Yahoo 9 Ends Run

drew olanoff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:11:54 -0000

*
2
Years
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400
Shows
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3600
Segments
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76
million Visits
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9
Websites at a Time

And 2 Drews annoyed.

Good riddance!

Re: ReadBurner - Please reconsider

drew olanoff — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:12:04 -0000

We agree, and that's why we've purchased it (keeping Alex on board as an advisor)

Check it out:
http://www.readburner.com

Re: You stay classy, Engadget

drew olanoff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:45:54 -0000

Damn you just went "Full Christian Bale".

Give em hell MG, that's some bushleague shit there.

Re: Seesmic: Still don’t really get it

drew olanoff — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:19:21 -0000

If video isn't in a "format", I just don't see it as compelling, and quite honestly, it's a chore to keep up with. I can scan text, I can't scan over video. If people are making 30 second video posts, why not just use twitter's 140 characters? I love iChat for 1 on 1 video chats in REAL time. I get that. Same with Skype for group video chat. It seems like a chore to me to do video. I love Loic's passion, and I respect the group that has invested, but I don't personally get that "Oh wow, this HAS to get funded" feel.

And i'm all about video.

Now that it's not beta, we'll get to see if a real crowd will come in and use it on an ongoing basis. I wish them nothing but the best of luck!

Re: Lacy and Mark Z: Train wreck or lynch mob?

drew olanoff — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:44:01 -0000

The attendees pay a lot of money to attend SXSWi. Lets also stress the "i", which means Interactive.

The man is the peer of the attendees. He started a social network. SOCIAL. It's a no brainer that Sarah should have employed more of a social style of interview process with Mark and with the crowd.

I wasn't there, but got a call as soon as it was over. It *was* that bad.

Re: Final Boss Form

drew olanoff — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:08:01 -0000

amazing.

Re: If Taye Diggs is there you probably can't afford it.

drew olanoff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:46:58 -0000

LOLLLLL.

Taye got bank, man.

Re: Next New Networks raises $15M more for video channels

drew olanoff — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:53:32 -0000

Congrats to everyone over at NNN!!!

Re: Mashable Breathes New Life Into ReadBurner

drew olanoff — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:22:53 -0000

Thanks for the support and vote of confidence. It is greatly appreciated.

Our passion for the web tied with the passion for ReadBurner made this an easy decision for us. We're already heads down working on bringing the site back up, and also planning for the very near future.

Keep an eye on us ;)

Re: http://dev.readburner.com/item/797/venting

drew olanoff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:09:30 -0000

HILARIOUS!!!

Re: http://dev.readburner.com/item/30627/techcrunch-labs-our-experience-building-and-launching-an-app-on-google-app-engine

drew olanoff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:06:30 -0000

I like the little app, seems like it got up there quickly!

Re: http://www.readburner.com/item/52051/elusive-twitter-ads-spotted-in-the-wildor-not

drew olanoff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:14:37 -0000

Is this for real?

Re: ReadBurner

drew olanoff — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:43:32 -0000

nice.

Re: Microsoft Sent An Acer Ferrari Laptop With Windows Vista

drew olanoff — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:59:43 -0000

i know you'll be honest in your assessment, looking forwarsd to it!

Re: WHITE CASTLE SUCKS

drew olanoff — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:08:05 -0000

shut up, you shut up, shut up!

Re: 2007/05/16/flektor-myspace/

drew olanoff — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:47:22 -0000

my boy mike d just said "widget bubble?" heh.

Re: 2007/06/04/zooomr-flickr/

drew olanoff — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:51:19 -0000

great post. i can't wait to play around with zooomr, i love the fact that people will be able to sell their work.

flickr is totally missing the boat on that. not only that but who will buy zooomr?

Re: 2007/08/06/apple-sued/

drew olanoff — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:37:55 -0000

that's it. i'm suing apple for the apple. i ate one once. and it's mine dammit.

Re: 2008/03/14/readburner-acquired/

drew olanoff — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:20:34 -0000

@ben metcalfe He means Adam Ostrow (along with me and Eric Kerr) :)

@reddknight - that's definitely a huge reason why we did it.

Re: 2008/03/14/readburner-acquired/

drew olanoff — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:30:07 -0000

@Steve we've acquired it. Alex will stay on as an advisor.

Re: 2008/03/14/readburner-acquired/

drew olanoff — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:45:10 -0000

That's what we like to hear Chris. Heh, thanks for the support!

We love Google Reader, would like to hear what you think about it too...info AT readburner.com

Re: 2008/03/14/readburner-acquired/

drew olanoff — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:46:41 -0000

James, that's a neat suggestion, thank you for sharing!!!

Re: 2008/03/18/mashable-video-comments/

drew olanoff — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:25:19 -0000

[viddler_video=8db1becd]

Re: 2008/04/14/wordpress-new-features/

drew olanoff — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:53:48 -0000

I'm not the normal host of the show, Paul (the australian) is. And honestly, you totally described the show as I had envisioned it.

You rawk, thanks for watching!

_drew

Re: 2008/09/08/the-new-mashable/

drew olanoff — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:57:28 -0000

very clean, seems to be the way all of the blogs are going now.

disqus plz???

Re: 2008/12/30/john-lennon-olpc-ad-poor-taste/

drew olanoff — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:19:22 -0000

If this is Yoko approved (which it would have to be right?), then I think it's fine. If she feels like this is something he'd support, nobody knows better than her.

Re: Want a Free iPhone From #Squarespace? Read the #FinePrint

drew olanoff — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:50:41 -0000

It's deceptive. Period. Their official tweet says "You did just win an iPhone". They clearly did not.

Re: http://gary.tumblr.com/post/78884559

drew olanoff — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:56:16 -0000

i'm on team switzerland.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Big Picture Patch My happiness stems from a tool...

drew olanoff — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:26:38 -0000

Amen brother.

Re: I’m on a Panel - Technology Trailblazers

drew olanoff — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:49:06 -0000

sweetness. i'm there.

Re: Next Steps for Alex - Team Anthillz

drew olanoff — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:58:48 -0000

Congrats to you and to Anthillz, big win for them!

Re: Publicly testing Viddler’s video commenting plugin for Wordpress

drew olanoff — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:19:02 -0000

[viddler_comment=ed8334a]

Re: If by 800 followers you mean…

drew olanoff — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:22:44 -0000

a lot of my "real followers" aren't even signed up to twitter. they view my twitter page (http://www.twitter.com/drewolanoff plug plug ha ha) as more of like a blog or landing page for me.

but thats what web 2 is all about, giving people options. as long as people are interested in what i'm up to, i don't care what they follow :)

Re: Back Up Your Gmail

drew olanoff — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:30:58 -0000

Brilliant advice Chris, I'm reposting this over at BestDamnTech.com for our listeners/viewers with a link back. I'm not lazy, but I just couldn't put it any better.

Re: Interview with Drew of Pluggd In Podcast

drew olanoff — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:21:41 -0000

Love ya Brogesy. Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule, good call on those low cost cams!

Re: Visit Clintus NOW

drew olanoff — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:23:10 -0000

Rock on Clint.

Re: 100 Comments- Mojo for Video

drew olanoff — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:10:05 -0000

people are visual. blogs are fantastic, but video transcends. even the idea of video is compelling. wouldn't it be interesting if some of the most popular bloggers did even a weekly video chat?

face to face will beat the internet any day. thats what podcamp taught me. its people. video is a stopgap for not being able to be in person.

Re: 100 Comments- Mojo for Video

drew olanoff — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:13:55 -0000

that last comment sets up my advice (hit enter too fast)

- Don't give everything away. Build a relationship with your viewers.
- When something flubs production, be transparent. As transparent as possible.
- Read the comments and feedback. Take both good and bad seriously, don't take either TOO seriously though.

Re: Happy Birthday Mom

drew olanoff — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:37:53 -0000

happy bday mom b!

Re: If Communities are Just Marketing Pools

drew olanoff — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:50:25 -0000

My thing is, if I'm talking about it, I like it. And I want my friends to trust me. Or professional contacts, or whatever you like to call them is fine by me.

Obviously I have worked for Pluggd and have been overly transparent about it.

I've also been plenty passionate about other services that I don't work for. Pownce most recently. I think they nailed it.

Re: Lijit Tidies Up Your Presence

drew olanoff — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:58:16 -0000

oooh this looks hot. trying now.

Re: PodCamp Pittsburgh in the Paper

drew olanoff — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:55:15 -0000

nice work guys!!!

Re: 100 PodCamp Topics for You to Cover

drew olanoff — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:14:02 -0000

great post chris. great list. i really want to learn more about #28.

Re: Moving On

drew olanoff — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:33:26 -0000

good luck chris, can't wait to see what you do next. change is good :)

Re: The New Gig

drew olanoff — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:13:03 -0000

congrats chris, this sounds awesome!!

Re: What Does Facebook Actually DO for Me

drew olanoff — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:32:46 -0000

Facebook has proved itself absolutely useless to me.

The only thing ever even halfway interesting to happen on there for me is when I announced my engagement. And at that, my friends already knew.

The news feed is a mess, the applications are spammy, don't get me started on Slide's FunWall....

I was never on the FB bandwagon and I'm definitely not now. I'm on there to have a place for people to find me. Like people I used to work with or went to school with. Other than that? Oy. Nada. Zip. Zero.

Re: ReadBurner Partners with NetVibes

drew olanoff — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:21:04 -0000

Thanks for the support Chris. We're open to any and all ideas, feedback, and suggestions. We've gotten a lot of it, and we've listened thus far.

There's some new stuff still to come ;)

Re: Microsoft sending free computers to bloggers?

drew olanoff — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:58:20 -0000

i think its pretty gutsy actually. i doubt any of these folks can be bribed with a laptop. you don't think apple gave out ipods to celebs? come on.

Re: Dreamhost sucky

drew olanoff — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:50:28 -0000

photonhosting.net is small but has been great for me for like 3 years.

Re: Dreamhost sucky

drew olanoff — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:51:35 -0000

er, photonhosting.com

Re: Dear Jeff Bezos (one-week Kindle review)

drew olanoff — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:14:19 -0000

haven't read your blog for a while robert, but i figured i'd stop by. it's easy to rip things apart, but giving positive feedback is where most people fail. nice job on that. hopefully they listen.

Re: Dear Jeff Bezos (one-week Kindle review)

drew olanoff — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:14:49 -0000

I meant giving helpful feedback is where most people fail :)

Re: What I was using to hit Facebook — unreleased Plaxo Pulse

drew olanoff — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:40:17 -0000

when i entered my private information (including email address and birthday) into facebook, it was under the assumption that it would stay there. :)

Re: Plaxo: the social monster?

drew olanoff — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:53:40 -0000

I'm sure it's been pointed out, but when you import a friend from Gmail, it sends them a friend request. An OPT IN to be your friend. No actions happen until they approve it.

That's the difference.

Re: Jobless

drew olanoff — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:17:25 -0000

good luck on the future gig, we'll be watching!

Re: Why we’re going to FastCompany.tv

drew olanoff — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:18:23 -0000

Sounds exciting. I agree on all fronts, you handle the content, let the business people handle the business.

Re: Twitter raises new funds: you’re worth $42!

drew olanoff — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:02:20 -0000

good job robert, cue someone making the "what are you worth on twitter" app.

Re: Why I haven’t posted for two weeks

drew olanoff — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:21:26 -0000

No doubt that whatever you do next will be inspiring.

Looking forward to seeing you at SXSW!

Re: Facebook is lucky it missed buying Twitter and now should eat Yelp

drew olanoff — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:22:55 -0000

Why buy Yelp? They don't need the userbase.

The functionality can be created in a snap on Facebook.

Re: The things I’m learning from having an ugly design

drew olanoff — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:30:17 -0000

I just figured Firefox was crapping out on displaying CSS.

Re: 200+ Internet Marketing Gurus on Twitter

drew olanoff — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:01:57 -0000

http://www.twitter.com/drewolanoff

Re: Podcamp NYC 2.0 – Overview

drew olanoff — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:53:07 -0000

Dude, it was great meeting you. I really want to hear more of your thoughts on how bloggers handle ethics. it's a hot topic right now, and I think more people should be heard.

Consider coming to Podcamp Philly (and Boston) as well!

Re: NYC Resistor is now a Hacker Space

drew olanoff — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:25:20 -0000

sweet, you set your mind to it and got it done. i owe you a trip to see it!!!

Re: Folder Action to Save Opened Files in Opera 9

drew olanoff — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:36:09 -0000

Sweet!!!

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