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Re: Social Media: I Think My Buffer is Full

chrispalle — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:22:36 -0000

Sure thing, Sarah. You have some really good insight. After re-reading something occurred to me, perhaps the biggest question is: Is it possible to make this all open so it really doesn't matter where your attention is spent? The answer we know is "yes," but it will take some letting go. Transparency will be key. We can't hold on too every little bit that go about.

Thanks for the subscribe. Look forward to more reads from ya!

Re: louisgray.com: Take FriendFeed Mobile With FF To Go

chrispalle — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:20:55 -0000

Nice find, Louis. Thanks for sharing.

Re: 3G iPhone 2.0 Rumor Round Up: 5/25/08

chrispalle — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:45:10 -0000

Love how Apple has this many rumors _always_ floating about. I'm excited about the release. I just hope I can get an upgrade discount from AT&T (to get that subsidized price) Generally, AT&T – and most providers, I believe – will make you wait 18months before upgrading with subsidized discounts. I bought my current iPhone on the day it came out last year, but that's still only 12 months... which would mean nobody with a current iPhone would be able to get the new one on the launch.

Re: Google Reader’s share feature is socially addictive

chrispalle — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:29:56 -0000

I'm a NetNewsWire user. I need the offline functionality because I have 1.5 hour commute. The "share" functions tie in nicely with del.icio.us , twitteriffic, MarsEdit, et. al. and the UI is simple, slick, and versatile. I get the appeal of GR, though.

Anyone have experience with a workflow for combining Google Reader with NNW? Thanks, CP

Re: NYC Tweetup. Or, Face-to-Face Support Groups for When Twitter’s Down

chrispalle — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:36:24 -0000

Yeah, thanks again for putting it together. Look forward to the next one! ;-)

Re: Carcinogenic People

chrispalle — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:40:14 -0000

Thanks, Sarah. We all have the capacity for toxicity :-). It's one of the many imperfections that makes us human. When writing this, my hope was that it would encourage anyone who read it to know that there is a better way to look at circumstances which can rob them (and those around them) of their joy. Glad you enjoyed it!

Re: NYC Tweetup. Or, Face-to-Face Support Groups for When Twitter’s Down

chrispalle — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:01:52 -0000

and have to play *against* you!? the "Founders" look like a tight team.. ;-)

Re: Social Media in Plain English

chrispalle — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:18 -0000

Totally. And now you can purchase them in HD to communicate to clients, bosses, parents... :-P

Re: Livingstone - Disqus is Big. REALLY BIG. A.K.A. "The Disqus Effect"

chrispalle — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:56:11 -0000

I believe you are dead-on. I've been recommending it to a lot of people via email and twitter because interestingly, there is no "invite" feature. Which may actually pay off with better returns for their community, but yes, I'm telling a lot of people about it too.

Another feature I like about Disqus is that I have control over it's look and feel via CSS. This is going to enhance their adoption as well.

Finally, they're kinda solving that conversation-leaving-my-site problem many aggregators are facing. For instance, I could see something like feeding responses and favoriting made on FriendFeed making it's way back into the Disqus feeds. In fact, http://www.louisgray.com/li...

BTW, Guess how I found this post: from Disqus' site where Charlie's (ceonyc) comment came up in my feed. ;-)

@RAGZ Where is there mention about not installing MyBlogLog?

Re: Disqus integration

chrispalle — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:26:34 -0000

Nice, man. I think Disqus is about to some disruptions. There is a ton of buzz across the interwebs.

Re: Disqus integration

chrispalle — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:13:19 -0000

you hope the QoS isn't affected by it's growth? If you mean like twitter, i agree. I hope to see Disqus thread off-site discussion back into the originating sources. It would be cool to see conversations that happen on twitter, FF, whatever, logged somehow.

Re: Disqus integration

chrispalle — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:02:56 -0000

These are some really good questions. Maybe we should move this over to http://getsatisfaction.com/...

Re: Carcinogenic People

chrispalle — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:45:09 -0000

We all have been there. A yielded spirit acknowledges this, though. And therein lies, the difference. You acknowledge it, so you're mindful of it's consequences.

We can be tricked into thinking that we're insignificant. Fact is, we're not. We impact others around us all the time, both for good and bad.

Both believers and non-believers acknowledge this, though. I guess the question is to whom do we attribute credit with the driving force?

Re: TwerpScan – Good Name; Good Way to Zap Them

chrispalle — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:47:24 -0000

Hey Sedgewick, You bring up some really good points. In fact, I would love to hear more about your experiences with this approach. Especially because I've met you personally and know you're not a "twit-bot."

I don't think you're dragging the system down. You may really be getting a personal value out of this and no, there's nothing wrong with that. Especially if you're giving back to the community. And I know you are from our discussions at d.b.a.

And actually, to your point, I don't always care who follows me, but there are some who are nefarious in their intentions and it is these folks who bother me.

Can you please share some of your personal experience with using Twitter in the way you have?

Re: Social Media & The Web: 4 Tools I Wish My University Used

chrispalle — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:00:28 -0000

Fax machine? I think I heard about those... they plug into... what's that called again? Oh, yeah! A phone line. ;-)

Yeah, the new design is nice. Caught that the other day. Too bad about MyBlogLog forcing us to use that thing.... i need visual control over my widgets. Can't deal with it. </csssnobbery>

Update: Okay, sorry. Which is the new design? The MyBlogLog widget looks better with the white background.

Re: New “Everything” Skit on God Tube

chrispalle — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:20 -0000

It really is. Some people get irritated when Christian try to do the Me-Too thing with the world, but i think these guys do a good job of developing community.

Re: Dear Twitter: It’s Over. And It’s for The Best

chrispalle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:40:26 -0000

Stinkin' hilarious post. I agree that Twitter has been less-than-desirable lately in the sense of letting it occupy my productivity time, but I have to say that I still love jumping in and rolling through my friends' micro-posts. Maybe it's because I'm in a metro area, but it's great that when I do jump in, i see a lot of friends making plans, tweeting about where they are, etc. love that. Even when i can't make it out, i can keep a pulse and stay connected.

The stand-alone clients have been put to rest, though. They're just too distracting. Except for Hahlo when I'm on my commute.

Friendfeed is taking a place for more practical purposes. It's becoming more of a news source as more netizens plug in their feeds. Friendfeed itself is terribly unusable - or atleast too difficult - so it's going to require third-parties to develop the most useful tools. That concerns me because it's more links in the chain.

Nice design and content, btw. Subscribed! :-)

Re: Pending Sign of the Twitter Apocalypse: It’s Being Talked About By Internet Marketers

chrispalle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:51:28 -0000

ah, man. just got barf on one of my favorite shirts...

Re: Intelligent Design in Louisiana Public Schools; Internet Sings with Praise

chrispalle — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:12:35 -0000

@cd good thought, Science has found there are many species that adapt and modify even at the DNA level for the survival of the species through tough times. (droughts, floods, etc.)

@bobxxxx Thank you for proving my point. At first I laughed that someone would have such an emotional reaction to this post. Actually, I was just going to delete your comments because at first it looked like you were just looking to get a rise with nothing important to add, but actually your comments add tremendous value to my point. You're obviously an intelligent person and I appreciate the time you took out to remark, but your crassness shows that your "studies" in science have done nothing for your manners.

However, I did want to point out something for you. The definition you cited for "theory" does nothing for your case. Just because it's widely accepted (typically by people who want to believe it for their own selfish reasons) doesn't make it absolute truth. And if you're saying that theory is the highest understanding for science, you're only saying that suppositions (uncertain beliefs) are as good as science is going to get.

Truth is, science itself is not bad and it is not mutually exclusive to spirituality. The Scientific Method has given us an amazing framework upon which to build experiments that help us better understand the world around us. I have no beef with science. This post was about the Theory of Evolution contributing to the devolution of society and people. Which, through scientific deduction, your tone and demeanor has successfully proved a correlation. ;-)

Re: Pending Sign of the Twitter Apocalypse: It’s Being Talked About By Internet Marketers

chrispalle — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:08:52 -0000

Actually, "chicaweb" we really don't choose. We have the opportunity to block, but what a stinkin' inconvenience. I get enough bacn. Invitation to "friendship" for one's personal, selfish gain is no friendship at all. Don't think you are doing us any favors by asking for friendship just so you can sell us your stuff. If we need your wares, we'll google it or ask a friend – a true friend – for a recommendation. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with selling products on the Internet, or using the Internet for marketing, but following twitter folks just to get them to follow back so you sell products defeats the whole purpose of "friending." Go back to your SEOP, please. kthxbai.

BTW- what's with all the trackbacks below?

Re: Intelligent Design in Louisiana Public Schools; Internet Sings with Praise

chrispalle — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:16:59 -0000

Hey Matt, Thanks for the thoughtful, rational response. You're mistaken, though. The fossil record does NOT show that lifeforms evolve over time as fact. It shows that at some point, a lot of animals died. It is a fact that said animals' remains still exist, but the fact of its existence does not prove sequential changes over extended time, aka The Theory of Evolution.

Here are some more deductive thoughts on the matter: http://www.answersingenesis...

(The method by which evolutionists measure the age of the fossil record, carbon dating, also breaks down under examination.)

As far as theological discussions not allowed in science class is almost the equivalent of saying that there should be no rulers or exacto knives in art class. Some artists such as expressionists may say that capturing a moment as swift strokes of emotional experience is pure art, but they cannot argue that using tools for measurement and precision to create beautiful craft has no artistic expression.

What you're saying reminds me of a class I took in college (secular, Rochester Institute of Technology) called The Philosophy of Science. Awesome class. At the time, I didn't have much care for the things of God. I was Christian, but not following Christ. Anyway it was there the debate of Religion vs. Science completely fell apart for me.

See, even in scientific research, you start with a supposition; that is, an unsupported belief, also known as a hypothesis. Then through objective observation and measurements you find either support or no support of your hypothesis.

Can this be applied to a belief in God? I believe that God's existence can be seen in the lives of men and women who believe in Him. (Likewise, the disbelief in God can seen in those who don't believe) See, I would suppose that if you take someone who lives like hell with no belief in God and then they believe in God, their life will change. They will stop living like hell out of reverence for the things of God. I've observed it happening in myself and I've observed it happen in countless numbers of other people as well. This can be seen repeated over and over. If it were not for the existence of God, those lives would have never been changed.

You can't see the wind, but you can see the effects of the wind. Yet, we know the wind is there. Think about it. ;-)

Re: Twitter at church

chrispalle — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:05:10 -0000

Dean, I think this is a great way to share the Word and allow others opportunities to follow along. I agree that at first blush it may seem rude and others in the congregation who might not get what you're doing could... stumble. To your point, it depends on how technologies are used and as long as it's not a distraction.
I would add that there are several folks nowadays with digital Bibles on their PDAs, so it's not too uncommon to see someone interacting with a handheld. My problem is that I don't get service in our building! :-(

Re: Intelligent Design in Louisiana Public Schools; Internet Sings with Praise

chrispalle — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:00:13 -0000

It's not the first time it's been opposed, but I think we need to stop worrying about what others will think about our God when compared to other gods. Go ahead, stack the knowledge texts up and see how they compare.
The thing is, as we're discussing below, perhaps these discussions of supernatural shouldn't be juxtaposed to the natural. I would submit that a position to exclude the natural from the supernatural is impossible, though.

I'm not suggesting that taxpayers pay to teach one faith over another, but rather we somehow show the differences. Perhaps throughout a semester, there are different teachers brought in on a day-to-day basis (not publicly funded) for the pure reason to teach one over another. Evangelize for their own case and allow whatever supernatural process to unfold.

That would be a question that I would propose. Would the public be okay with submitting their children to a mandated class that that explained life, how it came to be, and how it continues from a purely "supernatural faith" standpoint? To the complete exclusion of Neo-Darwinism. For the entire semester all teachers of all faiths would be funded from outside of taxpayer dollars; that is, solely on voluntarily basis or private funding. Funding orgs would have to disclose their names and admins.

I don't know, just some thoughts...

Re: Intelligent Design in Louisiana Public Schools; Internet Sings with Praise

chrispalle — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:01:24 -0000

@matt - for the record, nothing in science is unquestionable.

On my analogy of art classes. You would be saying that Intelligent Design has no business in a class solely dedicated the Theory of Evolution, but that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about general, natural science.

Regarding your statement:
"In the same way, the theory of Intelligent Design, in its postulation of a Designer, immediately puts itself outside the realms of science."

Ummm, How? You're saying that if there is pre-defined order and intention, then it is immediately unscientific?

Actually, Isaac Newton was driven to be as scientifically minded as he was because of his belief in God. It was his belief that there is order to the Universe that drove him to discover some of the most fundamental formulas in the study of physics. Which, by the way, is perhaps the most successful area of science.

Re: Intelligent Design in Louisiana Public Schools; Internet Sings with Praise

chrispalle — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:32:55 -0000

@Andy - Forgive me, you're right. I am confusing the line between the natural and supernatural, but that is because one cannot remove the natural from the supernatural.

@matt - A brief, cursory look at your own site tells us that your position in theology is Atheism. Obviously, evolution supports your dogma. So, it's no wonder you would support it. As a matter of fact, a belief in the Theory of Evolution will, undoubtedly, lead to the disbelief in God. The two are NOT compatible.

So, Matt, what you're saying is that a "quite a lot" of fossil evidence shows speciation from one common ancestor? Interesting, because DNA research says the same thing and so does my Bible. ;-)