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Re: louisgray.com: I'm Evangelizing RSS With Google Reader's E-mail Function

louismg — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:23:10 -0000

Kathleen, the topic of mainSTREAM is very much on my mind these days.
It was fun to see Drew the other week, and give an attempt to describe
Twitter in a short, succinct way. It's got me thinking I should be
mainSTREAMing a lot more apps, and devising ways to get it done.

Re: Performance Alerting: Is Louis Gray the Canary in Your Coal Mine?

louismg — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:14:33 -0000

I would say I'm fairly objective. :-)

To be honest, FriendFeed knows about issues and typically solves them before I know about it. Paul's a good guy, but he gave me too much credit here.

Re: EXCLUSIVE: Apple to launch $800 laptop

louismg — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:15:55 -0000

I certainly hope this is true. Apple knows how to innovate through downturns.

Re: State of the blog - By a Z lister

louismg — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:47:54 -0000

Mike, while thumbing through feeds on the iPhone and trying to convince Sarah to sleep, I came across your post this evening, and was astounded. I'm so pleased you're having such great traction with the site, and I'm glad I was able to help in some small way. I hope we do get to meet in person. Your upbeat attitude and omnipresence on FriendFeed are much appreciated. You are way too nice to me.

Re: rizzn's personal blog

louismg — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:20:47 -0000

I like the phrase "masochistic joy-gasm". It's no doubt cathartic to laugh at ourselves a bit, given how out of control it is.

Re: louisgray.com: A Recession's Impact: Lower Expectations Across the Board

louismg — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:25:21 -0000

Ken, the idea of the chart was to smirk at the problems that are
clear. In the Valley, the pressure to "keep up" cannot be understated.
For every minivan I pass on the way to work, I see BMWs, Mercedes and
Lexus all around. My 10 year old car with 140k miles on it, featuring
a cassette deck in the dash, doesn't exactly scream early adopter, for
example.

And, being Mormon, I have seen many friends who have found the costs
of Silicon Valley to be too much, and when they start a family, many
head back to Utah. That my wife and I are not from Utah, and plan to
stay in the Bay Area, as we raise our family, at times seems to be the
exception and not the rule. That's why I teasingly put Utah as the
extreme alternative to Atherton or Woodside.

The chart may be somewhat tongue in cheek, but parts of it are real.
Only a few months ago, I was getting new startups coming out of the
woodwork asking to be covered. Now, it's a lot quieter. But that's for
another post altogether some time.

Re: louisgray.com: Tech Employees' Political Contributions Dramatically Favor Obama

louismg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:44:44 -0000

Good catch on Adobe. I combined AOL and America Online, as well as Sun and Sun Microsystems. I didn't expect this to be a comprehensive list, and hope others can find more companies to review.

Re: louisgray.com: Tech Employees' Political Contributions Dramatically Favor Obama

louismg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:43:54 -0000

Andrew, I have no doubts that if you're looking for corporate donations, PACs and the committees would come into play. My goal here was to use the publicly-available resources to highlight donations from individual employees, who are limited to $2,300 apiece, as you know.

Re: My shit don't stink. No lie!

louismg — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:10:54 -0000

Oh Kalong. You were but a beautiful flower - tantalizingly perfect. One with a permanent smile and enthusiasm on video. And now... this. :-) How will your image ever recover?

Re: My shit don't stink. No lie!

louismg — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:07:54 -0000

Poor Kalong. This should never have been disclosed! I don't want to hear anything about this ever ever!

Re: Does New Media “Journalism” Have Standards?

louismg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:25:01 -0000

Dude. That's why I didn't report on RWW reporting it. :-)

Re: Does New Media “Journalism” Have Standards?

louismg — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:16:44 -0000

It's doubtful we'll get to one right answer that makes everyone happy. I do think when there's something of this nature, it would make sense to get multiple sources of verification, or one that was trusted.

In the last couple months, there have been some real doozies out there, including:

1. Jared of Subway being declared dead (via Twitter)
2. The LDS Church bidding for Facebook (via Blogs)
3. Steve Jobs has a heart attack (via iReport)

Truth is that ReadWriteWeb and Mathew Ingram, well-intended or not, are very unlikely to have original data on any of those stories. They don't have the unique sources and relationships needed to get the truth before more traditional media does.

I'd suggest starting with a "common sense" test, which I got yelled at for saying last time (re: #2). If it sounds odd, it likely is, and some inquiry is needed, whether you write for a blog or the WSJ.

Re: louis gray | My Philly Network

louismg — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:41:34 -0000

I was shocked... *shocked* to see my name as a tag in here. Good stuff. :-)

Re: louisgray.com: BackType Launches Widgets and Alerts to Extend Comments Tracker

louismg — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:36:07 -0000

This is solved. All I needed to do was claim the comments as my own,
and my BackType account is unified. Thanks for letting me know.

Re: louisgray.com: Five Creatively Obnoxious Things to Do With Social Media

louismg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:56:29 -0000

I have to totally disagree with you on this.

Re: louisgray.com: Five Creatively Obnoxious Things to Do With Social Media

louismg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:55:52 -0000

That might be the worst idea in the history of stupid ideas. Even your mother is embarrassed by your comments.

Re: louisgray.com: Five Creatively Obnoxious Things to Do With Social Media

louismg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:58:07 -0000

I was thinking it would be fun to make the Disqus auto-responder say,
"I have to totally disagree with you on this."

That usually would prompt a reply, which would give the "I have to
totally disagree with you on this." Should be good for two or three
rounds.

Re: louisgray.com: Five Creatively Obnoxious Things to Do With Social Media

louismg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:31:13 -0000

The big issue now is that I'm almost too nervous to respond to any
Disqus comments in this thread, for obvious reasons.

Re: 10 tools for listening in social media.

louismg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:36:22 -0000

Nice job, Mike. Good summary. Despite your high expectations of me, I don't use a few of these services, and may start soon.

Re: Moms of Geeks

louismg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:50:59 -0000

Lynda, I applaud your bravery and excitement to take on this crazy new world of tech. May there be millions more like you.

Re: louisgray.com: After Monkeying Around, I'm Not Going Bananas for Chi.mp

louismg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:14:19 -0000

Brian, thanks for following up. As I told Tony via e-mail last night,
it's easier for me to write glowing reviews than negative ones. As he
and I discussed over e-mail and via FriendFeed, it looks like we have
a disconnect of expectations. I understand your note on "not bundling
up early adopter social networks", which I wouldn't necessarily
advocate, but with that said, Twitter was the first one I saw, which I
believe qualifies as much as any.

Do you believe that users will use their *.mp designation as a domain
they can control, and that this will be the future? As I noted in the
post, it's quite the flexible ending, assuming most of the good names
aren't gone. Keep me posted. By no means will I delete the account.
I'm eager to see what you can do next.

Re: Disqus Has A Public API - Now What?

louismg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:53:10 -0000

You wrote, "Why should any of those options really be of any interest to a blog owner?"

It's possible the blog owner isn't the target here, but instead those who are building services that would integrate with Disqus are the target. Also, my hypothesis of a firewalled Yammer-equivalent Disqus-powered tool could work for Intranet collaboration, making this a good move for the enterprise (just speculation).

I know you and Alexander are on a "social media low" right now, so the comment "Great idea for people that live within the Silicon Valley bubble." is not a big surprise, but the alternative to being open is closed, and this is a good step for one of the services I know you like a lot. So, let's see what can happen!

Re: louisgray.com: After Monkeying Around, I'm Not Going Bananas for Chi.mp

louismg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:41:23 -0000

Lindsay, I was similarly interested. My feeling is that the *.mp is
the equivalent of service/*, only it's the first part of the domain
that is customized. Would I really be able to take techpu.mp to
another registrar and make that my lifestream dashboard, per se? I am
eager to see what they think is possible.

Re: louisgray.com: After Monkeying Around, I'm Not Going Bananas for Chi.mp

louismg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:42:50 -0000

Typically, I am patient. I usually have a long runway for alpha and beta products. I just got an extensive note from Tony Haile of chi.mp, and that's a good sign, that they are paying attention and have plans to further develop. I won't expect this will be the last time we hear from these guys, and I hope I'm proven very wrong.

Re: louisgray.com: After Monkeying Around, I'm Not Going Bananas for Chi.mp

louismg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:24:25 -0000

Mona - good response.

1) Regarding it limiting who sees what, I've seen that in a few places. Even services like MyBlogLog let you selectively hide some data from friends and not others.
2) The self-owned .mp domain is cute, but not too much better than a directory (e.g. service.com/mona)
3) I did check out the contacts section. Tagging and groups are good features, but that's not really what I was looking for - considering what it bills itself as - a "content hub" and "identity management platform".
4) You say it's an online business card, but to me, that's what the blog can be for. The blog is your brand, and the external services can be included (like I do with the Friendfeed profile).
5) Yes, it's beta (or alpha). I get that. Maybe they can build from my feedback. Some services listen and others get frustrated. We'll see what the chi.mp guys can do.