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Re: Welcome to Shooting at Bubbles – the rebranded WinExtra

frederic — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:12:13 -0000

Great job Steven! Love the new name and layout!

Re: [WinExtra Rebranding] One last word

frederic — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:02:27 -0000

Looking forward to seeing your new digs!

Re: New iMac, Still New to Me

frederic — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:01:25 -0000

Doesn't Apple have a policy that allows you to return the machine within 14 days or so (or even a month when a new model comes out...)? If so, you could just swap yours out for one of the newer ones.

Re: rizzn's socnets: The “Don’t Click!” Twitter Hack Explained

frederic — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:11:26 -0000

Wish I had seen that before - consider me subscribed to your linkblog now :)

Re: The cranky old fart makes a list (of sorts) for 2008 - 2009

frederic — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:21:16 -0000

Steven - getting to know you, work with you, and reading your posts here and elsewhere was surely one of my high-points of the year! Keep rocking the boat!

Re: 10 Top Tech and Social Media Blogs I’d Like to See Redesigned in 2009

frederic — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:50:00 -0000

Thanks Shey! That was just the gentle nudge I needed, so I actually made redesigning the blog one of my priorities for the new year... been looking for a new template to work from already.

Re: Five Web Apps that Deserved More Attention in 2008

frederic — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:32:03 -0000

I have a pretty good idea where I first heard about them :)

But you're right - it's hard for new services to differentiate themselves and find a new niche for their products. The first mover still has an advantage, even if the first service in a niche might not turn out to be the best a year later...

Re: rizzn's personal blog

frederic — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:36:32 -0000

I see a lot of that, too - but I often wonder if a lot if it isn't spam related traffice.

Re: Stop Calling My Generation Dumb

frederic — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:12:56 -0000

Corvida - nice rant (and that comes from somebody who can be a cranky English professor if called upon :)

But don't be too harsh with the reviewer - in the last paragraph, he actually breaks down all of Baurerlein's arguments with one quick stroke:

"The book's ultimate doomsday scenario -- of a dull and self-absorbed new generation of citizens falling prey to demagoguery and brazen power grabs -- seems at once overblown (witness, for example, this election season's youth reengagement in politics) and also yesterday's news (haven't we always been perilously close to this, if not already suffering from it?)."

Re: Regator: smart, well implemented, directory 2.0

frederic — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:07:47 -0000

I guess we both liked Regator for different reasons :)

I didn't think of it too much as a directory, simply because the interface looks so much like an aggregator (and, I guess, because they use that term themselves...). Still, you're making a good point about it also being a great blog directory.

Re: To Pay or Not to Pay for iPhone Apps?

frederic — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:51:04 -0000

I know - the more you think about that article, the dumber it gets....

Re: Moving Along and Posting on RWW

frederic — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:06:05 -0000

Phil - yep - there was a post over on RWW announcing the position - but I
didn't tell anybody, of course :)

Re: FriendFeed Rooms Just Got More Useful

frederic — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:11:23 -0000

I'm a big fan of the FF rooms, but as long as there is no easy way to find them, their use is going to be very limited.

Re: Making a buck is cool – Pissing me off isn’t

frederic — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:02:02 -0000

Some people need to print out this comment and put it on their wall!

Couldn't agree more. Good thing those Snap things don't pop up in our RSS readers - it's pure disrespect for your readers.

Re: Quo Vadis Blogosphere?

frederic — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:23:04 -0000

I do think that for a lot of people the question really is 'can it be done at all,' but you are probably right that asking' what it takes' is the more interesting question here.

To do this to make a living, you probably have to a) spend a lot more time on it b) push advertising a lot harder c) network more online and offline
(conferences etc.) d) come up with great content 24/7 e) have a whole lot of luck (and there is probably a lot more others can think of) - or be hired by the big guys... basically, I would continue what I do, but I would have to at least quadruple my efforts and probably lose the sense of joy I have in doing this in the process.

I should probably think about this a bit more - maybe I will write another post about it after I get some more caffeine into my system :)

Re: louisgray.com: Our Twins' Countdown Enters 20 Day Window

frederic — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:04:54 -0000

All I can say is: Good Luck! Looks like you guys are as well prepared as you're going to be (I would send you Last Podcast swag if I had any :)

Hope you can keep the blog up and running - but if you slow down, I think everybody would understand.

Re: Quo Vadis Blogosphere?

frederic — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:49:05 -0000

Thanks for the navel correction :)

I agree with you when it comes to the "just because it can be done, doesn't
mean everyone can do it" - and I also don't think its a function of
Techmeme, Adsense and FriendFeed. But I do think it's a legitimate question
to ask if it can be done at all - by anybody - and if it can be done - what
does it take? (by the way - I'm not thinking to make a living out of this,
so I wouldn't feel like a victim anyway :)

Re: iPhone 3G - Too Many Unanswered Question: SMS? Upgrades? Activation? Price?

frederic — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:50:05 -0000

From what I've seen - that's definitely true for current 1st gen iPhone
owners, but judging from the memo - it's not clear if the same rules would
apply to those who own another phone and are not yet eligible for upgrades -
would they pay a higher price? How does that mesh with Jobs' $199 max? Why
do we even have to wonder about this?

Re: Post-WWDC keynote blues

frederic — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:37:11 -0000

I didn't get the excitement over the load times either - 21 seconds is still pretty slow. I was also hoping to see more about the rest of the product line-up - even if it had just been small speed-bumps for the Macs. But then, the expectations for a Stevenote are ridiculously high - and they already drew out the show so they could have the $199 announcement at the end...

Re: Woopra: Live Stats Pron

frederic — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:43:04 -0000

Glad that worked - seems they really sped up things.

Re: Woopra: Live Stats Pron

frederic — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:26:01 -0000

J - I heard from some people that they never got an invite, but that they were able to add a website and got approval within a day. Maybe worth a try.

Re: What Ever Happened to Shared Items?

frederic — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:21:56 -0000

You're probably right about Gillmor - but he did get me to think about this.

Right now, I think the momentum is away from relatively dedicated services like RSSmeme and ReadBurner towards generalists like FriendFeed. While they are still doing interesting things, are they picking up a lot of users and mindshare?

Re: Plurk Review: Plurking Away

frederic — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:18:02 -0000

Thanks for reminding me of that. I was mostly thinking about Twitter here, but you are right - Jaiku does allow for comments.

Re: louisgray.com: FriendBinder Throws Hat In LifeStreaming Ring

frederic — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:57:00 -0000

Good review Louis - In their defense, the FriendBinder guys left me a comment on my review and talked about that adding Twitter post-back would be an easy addition and that it was an oversight on their part that displaying items from all your friends isn't an option.

It still seems that they have a very long uphill battle to climb against their competition - right now, FriendBinder is simply too basic.

Re: Michael Arrington tells Twitter’s ex-CTO to suck it up

frederic — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:37:09 -0000

Fun stuff - though I guess one could also argue that thousands of users got countless hours of productivity back thanks to Blaine's failure :)