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Re: Traffic to Top Social Networks Stablizes as Facebook Nears Yahoo!

John Maloney — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:27:14 -0000

I agree with Patricia, and you, Compete is a flawed service.

Louis you didn't include Tumblr in your roundup here, hopefully next time? There's a really impressive growth story happening here - worthy of inclusion. Thanks.

Re: Traffic to Top Social Networks Stablizes as Facebook Nears Yahoo!

louismg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:08:14 -0000

Patricia, I did note a disclaimer at the bottom, which reads: "Disclaimer: Compete statistics are known to be imperfect, but they are always interesting." Alexa is bad, too, and they don't even provide enough content at this point to make similar charts or comparisons. So we make do with what is available for now.

Re: It Just Might Be the Droid You Are Looking For

nikolay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:45:06 -0000

Well, there's no problem to launch iTunes on yet another platform - Android.

Re: TweetDeck iPhone Update Fail Makes the Day "Manic".

louismg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:03 -0000

Looking forward to extended TweetDeck mania next week - of a positive variety. Like many others, I've been trying to get the iPhone app throughout the day, and hope to see it soon. Want me to drive over to Apple HQ and give a little knock on the front door? :)

Re: Louis Gray’s “five stages of early adopterism” chart

milesas — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:50 -0000

Graduate direct also offers lots of resources.

Re: Why I Wouldn't Accept $25,000 To Stop Using Google Reader for a Year

MartinB — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:28:20 -0000

Thank you for the hint, Louis. As a Feedly-beginner who installed it last week for the first time I should read your article this evening to get a better introduction.

I like most that Feedly is fast and great to post to Twitter, and if I can also manage to save my bookmarks in Diigo using Ping.fm I should integrate my opml from webanalyticsupdate.com back into my Google Reader. ;-) For me it was a reason to put these feeds onto a separate page, because my Google Reader appeared to be too "full" and slow with more than 600 feeds.

Recently I heard from a group of journalists who attended a course on better internet research. They were introduced to RSS and taught how to use the dynamic bookmarks feature and newsfox... In fact I have no idea why they still rely on these kind of solutions. ;-)

Re: Why I Wouldn't Accept $25,000 To Stop Using Google Reader for a Year

louismg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:01:26 -0000

Martin, glad to hear you like Google Reader. I also know Feedly well,
and enjoy that product. I was the first ever to write about Feedly,
and have covered the service several times since its launch last June.
See:
Feedly Brings New Social Experience to Start Page, Leveraging RSS http://blog.louisgray.com/2008/06/feedly-brings...

Re: Stalqer: A Location Sharing App for Real Friends

louismg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:14:06 -0000

That can't be good! Now the world will know how boring my life truly
is! Scoble, you will expose the ugliness!

Re: Louis Gray’s “five stages of early adopterism” chart

twitter-15109069 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:37:23 -0000

@louisgray What can we do to get you beyond the discovery phase with Arktan? What can we do to improve?

Re: Seesmic Desktop To be First Major Twitter Client With Built-In Lists

louismg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:18:56 -0000

Hi, Robert! I think your lists are great. One step at a time. You
can't get all the fame in one day!

Re: Sorry FriendFeed, But I Agree With Robert Scoble

louismg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:55:12 -0000

Holden, stop trolling Scoble all over the web. (Signed, your boss) :)

Re: Louis Gray’s “five stages of early adopterism” chart

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:12:02 -0000

Thanks!

Re: Louis Gray’s “five stages of early adopterism” chart

louismg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0000

Feel free to use the chart, BTW. http://www.louisgray.com/graphics/earlyadopters...

Re: Louis Gray’s “five stages of early adopterism” chart

louismg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:41:23 -0000

That's one of those posts that keeps on giving. I didn't expect it to be as accurate as it is, but it's not only served to chronicle the process you and I go through, but it's helped to be a reminder to me to avoid acting like the stage 4 and stage 5 person I can be. When things get tough, I use it as an internal check to avoid looking like... what do you call it... an arrogant baassttarrrddd? :)

A service like FriendFeed is a combination of technology and community. The technology is beyond measure, in my opinion. The community that is there has grown and become great on that platform. That it has changed over time is without question. Much of that has accelerated following the awkward and quiet Facebook acquisition. But the truth is that if every single person left, and kept their feeds intact, it would still have value for me.

I am working with a few sites that have interesting technology and interesting communities to see if they can fill the perceived void. But I don't think Twitter or Facebook are 100% the answer yet. We'll see!

Re: That's not what I ordered...

louismg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:24:54 -0000

Congratulations, Drew. This has been an amazing journey. I am happy to have seen it and to know you and help in a very small way. You kicked cancer's butt. Keep fighting. Enjoy the next two days of nausea because it will be the last time! :)

Re: It Just Might Be the Droid You Are Looking For

scott — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:46:40 -0000

I believe that if the device says "with Google" on it then Google has licensed their apps to the carrier. I have no idea what the terms are. However, there are carriers and device manufacturers that are not partnering with Google and enhancing the base OS with their own UI and bundled apps. It will be interesting to see the reception the Sony Ericsson XPERIA receives ...

hardware: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKv4OXLWZqE
software: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvsl5IBSZh0

Re: It Just Might Be the Droid You Are Looking For

louismg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:17:26 -0000

Jay, you are not the first to mention that bluetooth out works with the 3.1 release. I got that feedback on FriendFeed and via Google Reader as well.

Re: It Just Might Be the Droid You Are Looking For

louismg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:16:32 -0000

Thanks, Cole. The Droid is the first Android device that I have been impressed with. I don't think it will be the last.

Re: It Just Might Be the Droid You Are Looking For

louismg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:15:46 -0000

I can't speak officially for Google, but assume they may have a licensing agreement for the OS or apps to each mobile carrier? Maybe I should Google it. :)

Re: It Just Might Be the Droid You Are Looking For

louismg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:14:57 -0000

The likelihood of Apple giving Android access to the iPhone, given their revenue on iTunes, is pretty close to zero. :) But I like your different approach.

Re: It Just Might Be the Droid You Are Looking For

louismg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:30:14 -0000

Exactly. Amusingly, this morning a friend was trying to convince
another friend of mine (who happens to work at Apple) that someone he
knew had purchased the new mini iPhone from Apple while in Japan, and
that it had a keyboard. The Apple employee simply held out his iPhone,
and said "there is only one iPhone."

While he was clearing up the young man's delusion, it had me thinking,
there is only one iPhone. There will be many other Droids - lower case
or upper case.

Re: A loss for words.

louismg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:00:55 -0000

Sorry to hear about this, Micah. Thanks for sharing with us. You know your true friends care about you. Stay strong and take care of yourself. Everything else can wait.

Re: Google’s Walled Garden

jessestay — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:37:30 -0000

Louis, I agree wholeheartedly there. This criticism is intended
constructively. I hope they can take it as such. Regardless there is still
no better solution at ensuring I get the news than Google Reader.

Re: Newsome.Org

VictusFate — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:19:22 -0000

Aren't we all. It's such a great newsy/info/sharing service. Although I prefer threaded conversations on Disqus/blogs more. Posterous' comment stream is obnoxious (like. 300 comment ff post)

Re: Newsome.Org

louismg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:46:45 -0000

Twitter is not a replacement for Google Reader. Neither is Facebook. Google Reader has no parallel and it will continue to be my foundation for absorbing and distributing the news for a long time, I bet. I like Scoble a lot myself, but he is suffering from PTFFSS (Post-Traumatic FriendFeed Sale Syndrome).