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Re: Why I don’t use Google Reader anymore

blogan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:20:53 -0000

Seems ironic, but I found this post on Google Reader. On my Twitter stream, it was water under the bridge, long gone. Google Reader kept it where I'd find it later. My online life is *not* real time. I have a day job, a family, dare I say it, a life.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

blogan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:42:44 -0000

You can hide applications, including quizzes. I've blocked hundreds: http://blogan.net/blog/2009/08/12/facebook-we-h...

Scoble's right: you do need to hide or unsubscribe from some friends--they're just noise. I'm hoping FB adds the ability to hide specific friends of a friend.

If you haven't tried FB for a while, give it another try. It's not your father's FB.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

blogan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:30:32 -0000

No, never saw the need. I don't really notice them.

Re: The biggest difference between Twitter and Facebook

blogan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:34:16 -0000

Facebook is halfway there. You can hide friends. Now all we need is to be able to hide friends of friends.

Re: http://reinventingsdawheel.blogspot.com/2009/10/abominable-blister-beetle.html

blogan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:50:16 -0000

I'm not convinced that Andy is suggesting a third option as much as hoping for one. Without a third choice, the blister beetle larvae's complex and cunningly deceptive behavior either resulted from evolution or was designed by the Creator.

For those who are interested, the original sources for the cited information are found in:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2009/08...

http://www.pnas.org/content/103/38/14039.full?s...

Re: Obama to Kids: Want to Be President? Be Careful on Facebook

blogan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:50:36 -0000

Why? Is it safer to make a bunch of admissions about drug use in an autobiography instead? Seems that we give people passes for youthful (and sometimes not so youthful) indiscretions. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, just pointing out what I see.

But yeah, be careful what you post online... :-)

Re: Real time comments will piss off pro bloggers (at first)

blogan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:44:14 -0000

Is that true? When I look at the very bottom of this page, I see a trackback URL.

Re: Real time comments will piss off pro bloggers (at first)

blogan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:33:49 -0000

Seems to me that if you want the real-time comments to encourage a "chat like" environment, you'd want the most recent comments to be at the top, so I could see both the comment box and the most recent comments at once. Too much scrolling as is.

Re: The problem with Facebook for public conversations

blogan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:29:27 -0000

Facebook won't replace FriendFeed until asymmetrical following is the standard. Allowing conversations to be aggregated elsewhere is also necessary.

Re: Saying Goodbye to the Password - SocialToo Launches OAuth

blogan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:42:14 -0000

Yup. It's working now, even using Chrome.

Re: Saying Goodbye to the Password - SocialToo Launches OAuth

blogan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:38:57 -0000

Even after removing all cookies, I'm getting:

(en) Please come back later
(fr) SVP veuillez revenir plus tard
(de) Bitte versuchen sie es spaeter nocheinmal
(at) Konnten's bitt'schoen spaeter nochmal reinschauen
(no) Vennligst prov igjen senere
(dk) Venligst prov igen senere
(pl) Prosze sprobowac pozniej
(pt) Por favor volte mais tarde
(ru) Попробуйте еще раз позже
(ua) Спробуйте ще раз пізніше

OAuth is working for other sites.

Re: Tweetmondo Finds Local Twitter Users in Realtime

blogan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:02:29 -0000

For some reason, Tweetmondo thinks it needs both my Twitter name and Twitter password to tell me who's nearby. And that's after I tried to opt out having Tweetmondo tweet that I was using it. Unacceptable. :-(

Re: Taylor Guitars Responds to “United Breaks Guitars”

blogan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:48:49 -0000

I won't travel with guitars, at least not by air. I can't imagine a case strong enough and padded enough to protect against typical baggage handling behavior.

It turns out that Dave Carroll has a statement about the response to his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay7hFIYQFnw I'm looking forward to song 2.

Re: inessential.com: Weblog software

blogan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:32:02 -0000

After your post, I'm almost (but not quite) afraid to suggest it, but have you considered WordPress using the P2 theme? It's very Twitterish.

Re: Thriftway’s Shopping Cart “Float” [video]

blogan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:51:33 -0000

Agreed! We just had to laugh when we saw the shopping cart had a seat in the normal place, with people sitting on it. Thanks for uploading your video. :-)

Re: Hillsboro Fourth of July Parade

blogan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:44:29 -0000

Thanks! We just love the Hillsboro parade.

If you're looking for any clips of us, we were *before* the start of the parade, on Grant, just east of Third, on the right (north) side. I can't believe we were the only ones smart enough to bring buckets for the candy, though.

Hoffman Farms still gets my vote for the coolest handout. I ate some of their blueberries for lunch today. Mmm.

Re: Quick Thought: God Bless America or the Whole World

blogan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:26:40 -0000

Reasonable people seem to disagree on this issue: http://blogan.net/blog/2007/03/02/god-bless-the...

Re: The Stranded Traveler Scam

blogan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:25:09 -0000

Ha! Sounds like grammar can be a clue, too. I guess it all depends on who has you in their address book.

Re: Google Wave

blogan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:43:16 -0000

Wow, that was a long lunch! ;-) Google Wave would be more than an upgrade to gmail -- it would be a complete and total replacement.

I'm curious to see how Wave will be extended to handle to do lists, voice mail, etc.

Re: Twitter Landing Page

blogan — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:31:27 -0000

Thanks, Charlene! I knew you'd like it. ;-)

Re: Intel: Sponsors of Tomorrow

blogan — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:47:37 -0000

Thanks! I feel like I'm drinking the Kool Aid to be writing about this campaign but I can't help it. ;-)

Re: Intel Rock Star

blogan — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:36:30 -0000

You know it! I'm already practicing the wink and the acknowledging wave of the hand in the mirror. That, and the "bong ... bong bong bong bong."

I have it covered either way. ;-)

Re: Jon Stewart Interviews Cliff May On Torture

blogan — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:42:48 -0000

In retrospect, using "interviews" in the title was wrong. Stewart debated, or argued, or "shouted down" (the privilege of being host, I guess).

In Stewart's defense, he retracted his statement calling Truman a war criminal, and even apologized.

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Re: Heh…

blogan — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:47:51 -0000

Ha! If you like this, then you'll love my two companion posts: Ha! Ha! and Ho! Ho!. ;-)

Re: What’s the point?

blogan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:58:45 -0000

Church is community. For most people, community requires face to face communication. After all, not everyone has blogs, is on Twitter or Facebook, and even if they were, a :-) and a <3 isn't the same as a real smile, handshake, or hug.