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Re: louisgray.com: After Monkeying Around, I'm Not Going Bananas for Chi.mp

louismg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:14:19 -0000

Brian, thanks for following up. As I told Tony via e-mail last night,
it's easier for me to write glowing reviews than negative ones. As he
and I discussed over e-mail and via FriendFeed, it looks like we have
a disconnect of expectations. I understand your note on "not bundling
up early adopter social networks", which I wouldn't necessarily
advocate, but with that said, Twitter was the first one I saw, which I
believe qualifies as much as any.

Do you believe that users will use their *.mp designation as a domain
they can control, and that this will be the future? As I noted in the
post, it's quite the flexible ending, assuming most of the good names
aren't gone. Keep me posted. By no means will I delete the account.
I'm eager to see what you can do next.

Re: louisgray.com: After Monkeying Around, I'm Not Going Bananas for Chi.mp

Brian Oberkirch — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:17:43 -0000

Louis: I'm glad you took the time to review where Chi.mp is today, and I know you've been watching FF and other social aggregation services quite closely and have lots of ideas. Certainly a fair read of where things sit today. What I will say is that I, Tony and the rest of the team don't really think aggregation is the (a?) big idea. A blog *is* a great calling card, but, guess what -- most people don't have a domain of their own with a blog to anchor it. Don't they get a calling card they can control?

I'm also equally interested in the idea of real contact management and shaping my content for the various registers of my life. If Chi.mp can offer up solutions for simply gathering up my data exhaust and making it useful for me and the people I choose to connect with, then we will have done something.

I'll also tell you a secret: the future of online identity is not bundling up early adopter social networks.

Re: Bandwagon Blog - Free DreamHost account for bloggers, twitters and powncers

Brian Oberkirch — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:08:10 -0000

Pownce'd it:

http://pownce.com/brianoberkirch/notes/176714/</p>

Re: Muxtape, A Super Simple Way To Make Mixtapes

Brian Oberkirch — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:06:22 -0000

Scott: I started a wiki for sharing muxtapes, too: http://muxtape.pbwiki.com

Re: 10 Awesome Things About Dungeons & Dragons

Brian Oberkirch — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:57:28 -0000

Chaotic neutral. Which may be the alignment of most Coen Bros. flicks.

Re: A Picture of Homer Simpson Every Day of His Life

Brian Oberkirch — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:22:04 -0000

If Homer is only 39, then I'm feeling pretty good about how I'm aging.