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Re: Join us for the blogworld & New Media Expo Photowalk 2009

lux — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:25:43 -0000

Wow, this sounds like a blast!

Re: You’re not on Twitter’s suggested user list but you are in good company:

Scobleizer — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:38:58 -0000

I'd agree with you, but there are a ton of people, even some geeks, on the SUL that your inlaws wouldn't care about either. Truth is, they still add them.

Re: You’re not on Twitter’s suggested user list but you are in good company:

lux — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:25:47 -0000

Scoble -- you've put a great list together here and I thiank you for it.

However, it doesn't pass what I call "the in-laws" test. -- would my in-laws back on Long Island know or care about those people and want to follow them? For better than 80% of that list the answer is "no". They want to follow Kanye and Oprah and people with more mainstream fame, not the people who matter to us here inside the Valley Bubble.

Frankly I think any SUL is going to be problematic to someone, given how big Twitter's userbase is now. A better approach would be for Twitter to suggest some of the people your friends are following (a la Facebook).

Re: Foursquare: will it be bigger than Twitter?

lux — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:00:38 -0000

I don't disagree Robert. And in fact the time I was assaulted and the time I was mugged, both happened long before I got online.

I'll think about it some more.

Re: Foursquare: will it be bigger than Twitter?

wordsforliving — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:56:12 -0000

I'm leery of the location-based services too because of my belief that females have to be more careful. I was stalked once by a stranger (very briefly & was able to elude the stalker) and because of that very traumatic experience, I think it caused me to want to keep my physical whereabouts private and even be overly cautious. Oh - I have no doubt I'm quite horrible at judging real risks. Maybe it's a good sign that I was curious enough to want to investigate and possibly try it out.

Re: Foursquare: will it be bigger than Twitter?

Scobleizer — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:37:22 -0000

I understand this, but really if someone wants to do you harm they probably won't be the type that stares into an iPhone all day long and, like that woman at Yale, will be done harm by someone who knows them anyway. Humans are very bad at judging real risks. We get all up in arms about kids on social software services like MySpace and Facebook because of the few times when harm has happened, but we ignore the 1,000s of times when kids get harmed by someone already in the home. Same with women. It's not that bad things won't happen because of these technologies -- they will -- but that you should worry 1,000 times more about people already in your life and with FourSquare you check in when you want, not when the software does it for you. Oh, and even with something like Google Latitude you must have missed that it already has helped catch a thief or two who stole a handbag. Our fears will subside after we realize that we get more goodness than the increased risks of some wacko doing something to us.

Re: Foursquare: will it be bigger than Twitter?

empoprises — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:30:06 -0000

Rachel, you're probably not being too cautious - I'm male, and also have concerns. I'm going to try the service, however, and limit the very personal information. I figure that if I inadvertently let something slip, I could just as easily do it on Twitter or FriendFeed or whatever - Foursquare itself isn't going to necessarily change that.

Re: Foursquare: will it be bigger than Twitter?

lux — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:26:21 -0000

Other than finding the Foursquare / Twitter integration a little annoying at times, I think Foursquare is a great idea. I have a generalized aversion to location-based services, and blogged about this back when Latitude was announced (link).

It seems to me that the potential for Something Bad to happen is a little higher for women, so a bit of extra caution when it comes to location sharing seems wise. It's possible I'm being too cautious and missing out on the fun, though -- I've been tempted to sign up for Foursquare and may yet do so in the future if I feel safe enough.

Re: Where’s the gang of 2,000 who controls tech hype hanging out today?

lux — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:25:46 -0000

The thing about Dopplr is that it's so focused. If you're a frequent flyer, it's pretty useful. If you only travel a couple of times a year, not so much.

Re: The day Twitter kicked CNN’s behind & @ev bought me a whisky

Rachel Luxemburg — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:31:21 -0000

I had no idea who @ev was when we first met either, since he entered the conversation talking about when he'd worked at O'Reilly on a now defunct product called WebSite Pro that I used to use. Funny the way the world works.

Re: San Francisco, Redux

stoweboyd — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:18:47 -0000

When are we going to get together again? And how is Meathead?

Re: San Francisco, Redux

lux — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:29:22 -0000

I'd been wondering if you were leaving too Stowe, thanks for clearing that point up.

I'm profoundly ambivalent about calling SF home despite having lived here almost 10 years. New York will always have first claim on my heart, but as time goes on, I find that calling SF home comes more easily.

For those of us who make our living in the tech world it's hard to find a better place to build a career.

Re: Latitude

Rachel Luxemburg — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:22:17 -0000

It's not just you. I am extremely uncomfortable with that level of visibility.
And by and large I am quite comfortable with lifestreaming.

Re: Lewis Gray on Why Friendfeed Will Fail

Rachel Luxemburg — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:47:25 -0000

I don't disagree, actually. Just trying to think through some other angles.

Re: Lewis Gray on Why Friendfeed Will Fail

stoweboyd — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:51:47 -0000

I think it is also a feature set issue at the social architecture level.

Re: Lewis Gray on Why Friendfeed Will Fail

Rachel Luxemburg — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:37:10 -0000

It's possible that FF is simply too far ahead of the curve. Outside the Valley, there's very few people who participate in so much lifestreaming that they need a tool (FF or otherwise) to aggregate it all. A few years from now, it might be a different scenario.

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

louismg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:44:44 -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

lux — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:47:58 -0000

Search on "ADOBE SYSTEMS" not just Adobe and you get more donations:
$3,375 from 5 people to Republicans
$42,188 from 49 people to Democrats

Re: drew olanoff dot com. - Big Announcement - No I'm not Quitting the Blogosphere (Sorry)

drewolanoff — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:36:51 -0000

Thanks, its good to be back!

Re: drew olanoff dot com. - Big Announcement - No I'm not Quitting the Blogosphere (Sorry)

Rachel Luxemburg — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:34:51 -0000

Welcome to Community Manager land! :)

Re: It’s the content of conversations that really matter

Rachel Luxemburg — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:46:16 -0000

The scaling issue is one I have to think about a lot right now, as that's precisely what I've just been hired to do. I'm a newly-minted community manager serving a growing number of worldwide user groups. Systems and methods of communication that worked fine with a small number of groups start to break down as the numbers increase. Solving that issue is going to be a very big indicator of my success in this role.

Re: It’s the content of conversations that really matter

Rachel Luxemburg — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:52:24 -0000

Great post.

This is an issue I've thought a lot about, and I think part of the disconnect comes from the fact that it is incredibly hard to scale "being real". The Dunbar number will change from individual to individual, but even the most hyper-connected will hit it eventually.

The implications for conversational marketing are significant.

Re: Why Twitter Matters : It’s Your AP Newswire

Rachel Luxemburg — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:48:10 -0000

@BreakingNewsOn is a good source of (mostly US based) breaking news on Twitter. I don't know how he/she/they manage to beat the other news sites so often, but they consistently get items out long before CNN, AP, etc.

Re: More lawsuits against Starbucks and tips

lux — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:52:19 -0000

I am a former Starbucks barista, and I can tell you from firsthand knowledge that "shift supervisors" absolutely deserve to be in on the tip pool.

They get about $1 or $1.50 an hour more than baristas for the privilege of being able to open the store safe, tell people when to take their breaks and lunches, and hold the key that lets them override errors or give refunds on the cash registers. They are not true managers. They spend better than 90% of their time doing the exact same job as baristas do. They've earned their tips.

The salaried managers are a different story, but they weren't in on the tips anyway.

Re: Gizmodo on integrity…

Rachel Luxemburg — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:45:33 -0000

What's particularly pathetic about that Giz piece is how they frame the situation as a false dichotomy -- either you support Giz, or you're a corporate shill. Bah.

If namecalling their critics is the best defense they can come up with, it just goes to show how wrong they were in the first place.