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Re: How to get the Friendfeed hornets nest all riled up

kadesoto — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:46:11 -0000

And the nice thing that I noticed when I used to write on tech was that if
you write a well thought-out piece about Friendfeed, like this one is,
whether critical or complimentary, you can always be assured that you'll get
a lot of good conversation here on FF. It's a nice way to revitalize
interest in your site and get people talking about you even more than they
already are.

Re: How to get the Friendfeed hornets nest all riled up

kadesoto — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:57:43 -0000

Love this post, Steven! You're absolutely right with that turnaround you point out at the end of this article. Pretty ridiculous.

Re: A video tour of Megan Fox’s day

kadesoto — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:35:04 -0000

Seems awfully lonely, if you ask me!

Re: mary.bonney. - Gahh I cut my bangs tonight. I wish I wasn’t so...

kadesoto — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:55:15 -0000

If this were a hair exam, you'd get an A+!

Re: Hello, 911? McDonald’s is Out of McNuggets! (Hear the Actual Audio Here)

kadesoto — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:07:20 -0000

Great audio clip! But the YouTube video annotations seem in poor taste...

Re: Psstt.. don’t let Louis Gray hear about this .. kthxbai

kadesoto — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:14:37 -0000

Don't put your kids into a moving seat like that-- it'll make them nauseous. If a child falls asleep in a rocker or something like this, it's not a good thing-- it means their body's shutting down so they don't throw up!

Re: mary.bonney. - Andy and I made this very quickly tonight....

kadesoto — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:57:45 -0000

Re: Actors and non-actors (Scripting News)

kadesoto — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:50:20 -0000

I'm more than a little curious about what concrete event this is all in reference to...!

Re: Suspect in custody after murder at Virginia Tech

kadesoto — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:30:12 -0000

Thanks for covering this story-- as a Virginia college student, it's nice that one of my favorite blogs covers another tragic event in my state's greater education community.

Re: How The iPhone Makes My Day More Productive Every Morning

kadesoto — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:33:09 -0000

Hi Corvida! Thanks for the article-- believe it or not, I've actually found that I have too few things to check on my iPhone for the time I give to it. For instance, when standing around in lines, etc. I might check something-- FF, e-mail, Twitter-- again, even though I know nothing's happened since the last time I logged in.

Which makes me wonder: what can the iPhone offer me that I'm not taking advantage of yet? There's definitely room for one more daily app for me. It used to be Pownce, but without that service in my life anymore, there's an empty hole!

Re: I need to stop bringing my camera everywhere

kadesoto — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:18:26 -0000

Yikes! The photo was worth it, though.

When we get back to school, I'll help you enable Facebook Connect on these comments so your FB buddies can more easily take part.

Re: On Apple, FriendFeed, and TechMeme | Mark.

kadesoto — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:30:06 -0000

Woohoo! Someone who dislikes the FF LOLcats as much as I do!

Re: The Absolute Weirdest Thing You’ll See This Week….or Longer

kadesoto — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:20:18 -0000

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Re: louisgray.com: 40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media

kadesoto — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:35:01 -0000

EXCELLENT article, Mike. You knocked it out of the park. Submitted this to Digg here: http://digg.com/educational/40_Key_Elements_to_...

Re: louisgray.com: What FriendFeed Needs to Do To Grow and Keep New Users

kadesoto — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:59:35 -0000

Hi Louis, thanks for the link and the EXTREMELY well thought-out article. You give me hope for FriendFeed yet! I can't disagree with anything you say here, except I'd just like to suggest that the service has got to be careful when courting inactive users-- one of the most annoying things to me is when a service I haven't used in three months suddenly sends me a notification about some incremental update of theirs. (I've marked messages like this, especially on repeat offenses with no clear unsubscribe options, as spam in Gmail, so it's really not doing these companies any good as far as I'm concerned!)

Of course, a conscientious drive to engage inactive users is a great idea.

I'd also like to see some sort of filter on the posting end. I would be curious to know what'd happen if users labeled their updates as "personal," "professional," etc. as I would love to be able to separate these streams (as I've remarked to you before). Unfortunately, putting this burden on the shoulders of the submitter is unreliable at best and a tool for spamming at worst.

Thanks for the great read!

Re: louisgray.com: What FriendFeed Needs to Do To Grow and Keep New Users

kadesoto — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:40:12 -0000

I know that sentiment well. I see in an earlier comment you think
FriendFeed has the best community you've ever encountered in a social
network-- I felt the same way about Pownce back when they were slamming that
site (and it was still alive). Gotta be a champion for the causes you
believe in!
I used to get a lot of utility out of FriendFeed, and then something
changed. Perhaps I should try and put my finger on what...

Re: louisgray.com: 10 Predictions for 2009 In the World of Tech

kadesoto — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:13:53 -0000

Great predictions, Louis! Your thought about the White House site is particularly interesting and I think could turn out to be quite accurate. I'm sure that the government will be beefing up physical security for President Obama-- hopefully they'll be sure to do the same online, as well.

Not sure about the real-time Web yet, though, myself-- although I certainly see its value as a novelty (and if even Facebook is offering a real-time view, it's got to be worth considering), I agree that it'll be difficult to make it useable. We'll see.

Major alternative to FeedBurner, eh? Does ReadBurner have anything planned? Don't know why that comes to mind, probably because the names are so familiar!

Re: louisgray.com: Well, There Goes My 'Perfect' Driving Record!

kadesoto — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:38:51 -0000

Hmm, that's an interesting thought! When I think of my own record (clean but more like 5 years instead of 15!), the reason I've had an accident-free history is BECAUSE I drive slower rather than faster. I think if my record increased my own personal speed limit cap, I'd find myself in just as many mishaps as everyone else!

That's funny, we should institute "good driver" fast lanes! Woohoo!

Re: Making a joke of Social Media

kadesoto — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:54:43 -0000

Great article, Steven. I think you hit the nail on the head with your closing thought: "as long as it is the CONTENT that is being ranked or given authority," rankings are okay. For instance, I'm comfortable with people giving my YouTube videos star rankings because they're ranking the content itself. However, if people use my comments on other YouTube videos to rank the videos I myself upload, that's where it stops making sense.

Just look at popular athletes or musicians. They may produce great work, but we don't judge them on how they act in their interviews! (If we did, they'd be in trouble!)

Re: Amazing Los Angeles Timelapse Film

kadesoto — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:52:16 -0000

Pretty fantastic! Wonder how they did this.

Re: louisgray.com: Well, There Goes My 'Perfect' Driving Record!

kadesoto — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:29:11 -0000

Sorry Louis! It's okay, most folks can't boast twenty spotless years anyway, so you're still on top of the good driving rolemodel list as far as I'm concerned!

Re: What your e-mail address might say about you

kadesoto — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:09:04 -0000

Weird, you know a lot of people going lastname_firstname? I don't bump into that often at all, but then again, I'm not as in touch with the "working world" as you are. Very curious!

It seems to me that choosing a very neutral e-mail address is the best bet... unless, of course, you're communicating with an individual or group well-known for being crazy, spontaneous, ridiculous creatures!

Re: What your e-mail address might say about you

kadesoto — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:07:25 -0000

Good question, Bjørn-- the authors don't make any recommendations; perhaps that'll be something they'll want to look into across future studies. Presumably, you would want to appear high in extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience and low in neuroticism and narcissism. Unfortunately, the article does not delve into which characteristics of specific e-mail addresses suggested these traits.

Re: Looking for love? Telling Facebook might hurt your chances

kadesoto — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:06:22 -0000

Hehe, you're right, this might be one of the instances in which psychology catches up to our own intuitions. At any rate, though, this is some interesting research as it suggests that even the most desirable individual in the world can shoot him or herself in the foot by not showing some restraint.

Re: Introducing Technimentis

kadesoto — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:10:29 -0000

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