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Re: 2 Solid Reasons Bloggers Should Be Thanking FriendFeed & Twitter

Eyebee — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:22:07 -0000

I am only here reading this blog article because I saw the link on my FriendFeed! It's a great tool to use to both find useful and interesting links, and also to have another channel to publicize one's own. If you get a reputation for posting interesting articles I think it will help get more traffic to your blog, and not less.

Re: Did You Know?

Eyebee — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:47:18 -0000

Imagine if humans hibernated all winter...

Re: Now the Deal is Closed: Plaxo has Become a Business Unit of Comcast Interactive Media

Eyebee — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:12:06 -0000

These things are rarely a good thing for the customer. Since when did corporations exist that put the customer first? Comcast are a good example. They'll readily sell me more and more TV channels containing ever more dross, but the internet service sucks, because they don't make money out of it like they do TV. I don't want 300+ TV channels, I want 50MB+ internet, but until or unless they see some kind of maximized shareholder revenue in that, they're not interested.

Re: louisgray.com: The Talk About Rules for Social Following Is Getting Out of Hand

Eyebee — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:21:55 -0000

Quantity rarely equals quality. I can remember back when there were 3 TV channels. Personally , I watch very little TV, and I think the quality of the output has gone down faster than the number of channels has increased.

Also back in those three-channel days, one would perhaps plan an evenings viewing. These days, many people just channel surf, not really watching anything all the way through.

It's the same with Social Media. Subscribe to too many, and you don't have time to separate the wood from the trees, and you end up, skimming past a lot of things, that you WOULD find interesting, if they weren't lost in the noise.

Re: 147xxxx - Did you know that they’re closing hundreds of...

Eyebee — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:21:32 -0000

yeah I heard that was happening. I don't go in them much, but I do buy the beans sometimes. I work from home mostly, and usually drink coffee there, and anyway, I really can't justify to my weight or my wallet, those $4 lattes!

Re: Estelle Getty Dead at 84

Eyebee — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:50:20 -0000

Going a bit green now if you ask me...

Re: grateful for travel

Eyebee — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:40:30 -0000

I was last in Scotland in 2003, for a long weekend. Most of it was spent exploring the north coast, and the north west highlands. The highlands remind me of a miniature California in many ways.

You can see a few of the photographs I took in my Flickr...
http://flickr.com/photos/ey...

Re: one month of gratitude

Eyebee — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:01:38 -0000

I started doing a 'Three Beautiful Things' series, which is three things that have made you happy each day. Thing is in my busy life, I l never seem to get time to write them anything like every day.

The original concept was started by Claire from Tunbridge Wells, in England at http://threebeautifulthings...

I think I might look at doing a month of your idea though, Halsted. It's one of those great positive things, which are always good.

Re: The Charleston Coffee Crew

Eyebee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:48:46 -0000

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Re: Lifehacker

Eyebee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:40:49 -0000

I'd like to say I'm sorry, but I can't really, as we're all in the same boat here, Carla!

Re: Lifehacker

Eyebee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:12:24 -0000

Did you ever see the movie "Brainwaves" with Natalie Wood a few years ago? I think you're probably right, that we'll be able to tap into each others thoughts. Mind you, that's kinda frightening!

Re: kwippy: A Biased Review.

Eyebee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:14:36 -0000

I have to say that I've had twitter for some time, and got to rely on it for various bits of information. I'm not in anyway a Twitter hater, but then I can't be assed to hate anything - it's a waste of energy, and negative energy at that - to hate.

Re: ha. someone might've thunk it but it wasn't me.

Eyebee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:28:48 -0000

I don't have my Tumblr connected to my FriendFeed, as there are just too many echoes otherwise. But I can drop stuff in here I want to find in a while, but that I don't want to put on The Eye (my main personal blog at http://wildcabbage.net)

Re: Lifehacker

Eyebee — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:40:36 -0000

Private thoughts... that could open a whole can of worms in many ways. Conviction rates would be 100% accurate, but murder rates would probably increase somewhat!

Re: Lifehacker

Eyebee — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:38:25 -0000

Do people still go to the post office? LOL. Actually I was there tonight, but only to empty the box!

Re: Walmer Lifeboat

Eyebee — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:51:53 -0000

It did feel like a special photograph at the time, in as much as I was excited to be able to take my own photos. Back then I got one film for a whole week - 8 black and white shots - so I had to be careful what I took!

Re: Palmetto Acoustic Series!

Eyebee — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:27:39 -0000

yes it was another very enjoyable evening. I'm already looking forward to the next one!

Re: 5 Predictions on The Future of Social Media

Eyebee — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:22:30 -0000

You complain about the noise from FriendFeed. Well, then, you're not using it correctly. Filter the noise by removing those creating it in your feed, that's quite simple.

I look for CONSUMER reviews when I am buying online (which I prefer to do than go to the mall, generally speaking). I tend to head to the sites that offer that. Mind you I won't necessarily buy the product from that site. I also look for value for money, once I've decided the product I want.

I do work for a client that realizes that content is king. They produce much of their own content, and they then spread that around their network of sites.

I've never found any attraction in virtual worlds, such as Second Life, and now, Lively. Then again, I'm not a gamer. Perhaps if I was I would find them more fun. Myself, I'd rather have words and images, and perhaps audio and video where required. I don't need to be playing around with an avatar. It doesn't help in any way.

Portable networks? That's why I like Twitter so much. I can start a conversation on my desktop PC, and go seamlessly to SMS.

Re: Strike A Light, Guv

Eyebee — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:46:14 -0000

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Re: Users Fight Back Against the New Facebook

Eyebee — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:56:37 -0000

Facebook isn't my major social networking outlet, but I have to say that the new interface is a lot cleaner.

Re: Misuse Of Social Tools-Guilty As Charged | My Philly Network

Eyebee — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:32:26 -0000

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Re: Comcast: The More You Surf, The Slower Your Speed

Eyebee — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:46:03 -0000

I couldn't agree more. Right here the freeway is being widened as it clogs up during the peak hours. I suppose the authorities could have imposed a 30 or 40 mph speed limit to try and keep the traffic moving, albeit at a lower speed, but they don't. They spend the money (from the taxpayer), and make the road bigger.

Why can't Comcast do that? Make the pipe bigger. Because Comcast are only really interested in TV, and the net is a very poor second. They'll gladly send me another 30,40,50 channels of dross down that cable, but they don't want to increase what is already one of the slower broadband internet speeds in the world.

They even charge me more if I only want internet and none of the TV dross. That sucks too, but proves the point above.

I'd quite happily pay more for Verizon FiOS, except it's not an option here.

Re: Blackberry

Eyebee — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:18:52 -0000

I guess that sums it up really, Jared. It works. For all the singing dancing gizmos we find on various bits of kit, sometimes we all just need something that works without having to spend hours hacking it.

Re: louisgray.com: There is No Social Media Overload

Eyebee — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:18:35 -0000

I agree. No need to read everything. I did that very early on, when I had 3-4 feeds on my feedreader, and have never tried since.

There are always going to be things that you would have found interesting that you miss. That's life. If you want to keep a life, you have to let it go, or I guess social media networking could turn into a demon monster - much the same as anything else can become an obsession too.

Filter out what you consider noise, and then for the most part, it's interesting, it's educational, and it's fun.

Re: Team Forty

Eyebee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:33:13 -0000

I very much agree