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Re: Feedly – Delicious – Digg Synergy FTW

eng1ne — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:46:13 -0000

No problem Edwin. Looking forward to hearing about this new development! Also, great news about z.feedly.people! Ahh, gReader is returned to its pristine state! I love it!

Re: Ben's Place

eng1ne — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:18:47 -0000

Oddly, that sounds exactly like what the conservative party is doing to Obama.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for the link and quote, I have read Naomi Klein's book (the Shock Doctrine) and for some reason I didn't realize that Libertarians would be so offended by it. But it makes sense.

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

eng1ne — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:16:07 -0000

This is a good article. That it was written by a conservative (probably to appeal to the McCain campaign to change their tactics) is surprising.. but it makes sense.

Re: The social media experience of Superman - a parable | Broadcasting Brain

eng1ne — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:32:20 -0000

As a parable that applies to me, this hits directly home. I'm no Superman, but I definitely believe that I have burned cycles trying many things that were not 'me'. Time to get back to basics!

Re: Tell Me About Diigo

eng1ne — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:56:55 -0000

Thanks so much for stopping to comment, Maggie! You're right, I totally overlooked the Diigo user forum (http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum) which is actually a standard Diigo Group that is set up specifically to discuss Diigo topics!

Glad you liked the review, if I did leave out a major bit of functionality, please let me know..

Re: Someone Please Put These Idiots Out Of Their Misery

eng1ne — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:00:32 -0000

Media productions.. like new CBC shows or something? Sounds like a pocket liner tax to me.

Re: 100th Post!

eng1ne — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:02:13 -0000

Thanks Matt! I appreciate the comment.

Re: Stay N’ Alive Now on Your iPhone!

eng1ne — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:06:56 -0000

I use the same plugin! Good stuff!

Re: 100th Post!

eng1ne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:46:17 -0000

Definitely. I haven't been keeping track, personally, but it's probably more like 140 if you count other blogs, and 600 if you count my LiveJournal site (which I generally don't -- haha).

Hmms? Don't like the site redesign? Aww!

Re: 100th Post!

eng1ne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:44:45 -0000

Up high! Haha, thanks Mike. And thanks for swinging so many fans over to me on FriendFeed! You are the man.

Re: 100th Post!

eng1ne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:42:23 -0000

Definitely, Mona. If I had to list all the awesome people on FriendFeed I couldn't possibly do it! So on this post I wanted to list the people that found my site when I was totally obscure and hyped it up. Corvida, Sarah and Steven especially were very awesome to me back then!

Thanks again, Mona!

Re: http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/09/24/listenToYesterdaysFreshair.html

eng1ne — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:33:20 -0000

Listening to this now.. a really clear, reasoned description of a number of financial market tools and how they work together.

Re: Are you a sequential or random-access doer? | Broadcasting Brain

eng1ne — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:58:13 -0000

Definitely more on the random-access side. In fact, yeah, I have trouble with set sequences.

Re: Google In Quotes and Our Million Dollar Idea

eng1ne — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:47:37 -0000

I'd pay a dollar to see a blogger edition of Google Quotes.

Re: Diigo Tests Group Thumbs

eng1ne — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:13:42 -0000

No problem! I liked your article very much, a great breakdown of all the different things that Diigo can do.

Re: Diigo Tests Group Thumbs

eng1ne — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:21:15 -0000

Well, in a way it is limited. Thumbs do not appear in community message boards or on general tags or tag comments... or anywhere actually except groups, at the moment.

Re: Diigo Tests Group Thumbs

eng1ne — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:26:47 -0000

If you have a Diigo account, log in and on the web page, go to communities > groups. You should get a groups directory, and you can join one (like scribkin) and then you will see the thumb icons on the group discussion entries.

Re: Diigo Tests Group Thumbs

eng1ne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:45:42 -0000

I agree, I think there are a lot of hidden gems in Diigo that people could be taking advantage of. And I think it's great that Maggie (a Diigo cofounder) is responsive to suggestions and ideas from the Diigo user base.

Re: Diigo Tests Group Thumbs

eng1ne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:43:32 -0000

Thanks for taking time out to comment here, Maggie! I've been enjoying using Diigo for most of the year now.

I agree that Diigo has a lot of unique features, and in fact it has been on my to-do list to write a primer like I have for FriendFeed and Digsby, among other products.

Re: The Social Media Burden

eng1ne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:54:48 -0000

Yeah! Now what was I gonna write about again? Hmm....

Re: The Social Media Burden

eng1ne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:53:55 -0000

I think that is the inherent promise of all applications and web sites in the social media space. And it is definitely a great goal! My eventual point though, is that the exposure and activity that these things give you in a social space is still quite dependent on your innate ability to network.

Re: The Social Media Burden

eng1ne — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:54:56 -0000

Thank you Corvida! One of my first fans.. I always love hearing from you!

Re: The Social Media Burden

eng1ne — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:52:57 -0000

I think I said this on FriendFeed, I'll say it again here, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way!

Interesting comment on social media vs. real world 'norms' .. I'll have to ponder it a bit, but I agree with you there are key differences between the two.

Re: The Social Media Burden

eng1ne — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:49:10 -0000

Thanks for your support.. and I think you get it, as a creative type.. sometimes we need to focus on what we create.

Re: Wisdom Of Crowds Is A Load Of Crap

eng1ne — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:34:51 -0000

I would call the term 'wisdom of crowds' is a misnomer. I agree with you that people act differently in crowds. They are more manageable and any individual distinctiveness gets masked, as you said.

Personally though, I use social media sites like FriendFeed more for networking than as a tastemaker for the next big thing. I grew up mostly as a loner, so I still have a bit of an allergic reaction to 'group think' and step back if I notice I am getting sucked in too much.