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Re: Analyzing Twitter Lists-Follower Ratio As An Indicator of Influence

Zee — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:53:13 -0000

Very nice work Mahendra

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/10/cancer-messed-with-wrong-dude-drew-is.html

Zee — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:56:33 -0000

Inspiring dude you are Drew.

Re: Twitter’s Value: 5 Eye-Popping Stats

Zee — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:36:32 -0000

nicely done Ben

Re: In World of Social Media, Women Rule

Zee — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:49:11 -0000

hey...thanks Brian. I didn't quite expect you to do that, but very much appreciated all the same.

Re: In World of Social Media, Women Rule

briansolis — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:47:16 -0000

Thank you! Added to the post...

Re: In World of Social Media, Women Rule

Zee — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:42:05 -0000

Hey we posted about it too! (http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/03/females-males-...) Not significant enough just yet huh...Don't worry that's soon to change. :] Great research btw.

Re: Antifeatures: big mistake that location app developers make

Scobleizer — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:12:36 -0000

Gowalla is playing hard ball by being incorrect and not getting their facts. Not a good first start.

Re: Antifeatures: big mistake that location app developers make

Zee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:40:31 -0000

woah. Gowalla's playing hard ball! :)

Re: PR people: 10 ways to screw up @techcrunch’s embargo policy

gregorylent — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:12:34 -0000

always thought that was a scraper blog, the defininition of "me-too" ... will have a new look

Re: PR people: 10 ways to screw up @techcrunch’s embargo policy

Zee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:15:09 -0000

all i can really say is, i absolutely assure you that TheNextWeb will be in the top 5 Tech blogs on the planet within a year. And although our quality of content will play a big part in that, there are other reasons too. One of them I will be able to announce on the 13 October, the other...you (and everyone reading this) will need to discover for yourself. It's significant though, very very significant. :)

Re: PR people: 10 ways to screw up @techcrunch’s embargo policy

Scobleizer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:08:59 -0000

Zee, do tell!

Re: PR people: 10 ways to screw up @techcrunch’s embargo policy

Zee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:06:18 -0000

"just give the exclusive to Techcrunch"!?! I dig Techcrunch but you know they won't be the most influential/popular tech blog forever...There are big changes coming :)

Re: Antifeatures: big mistake that location app developers make

Scobleizer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:02:09 -0000

Actually, telling my real life friends I'm home is a big deal. Then they know I'm available to go out for drinks, or go surfing, or hang out. That is a HUGE deal that only people who use these systems with lots of friends will discover (you'll get there, just like everyone else discovered the usefulness of Twitter and Facebook after more of their own real friends joined). But, you are right most people will be very resistant to doing that at first. That's why having GPS reality is an anti-feature. By telling people I'm at the Ritz everyone knows I really mean I'm in the neighborhood and home.

As to gaming. This IS a game. So, gaming is a plus, I think. Just like gaming Twitter is a plus. :-)

Really, there's no real reward to gaming these systems and businesses will soon learn that gaming them is going to mark them as really lame. Here's why: I know who lives in my area and who frequents businesses. I know @hardaway, who is the current mayor of Peets. If some Peets employee is the mayor I'll learn that and think really badly of that business.

I will meet the mayors of my favorite places. That's part of the fun of these systems. If you are gaming you will get found out and reviled.

Re: Antifeatures: big mistake that location app developers make

Zee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:47:12 -0000

Hey Robert, a couple of quick points and a thank you.

First, I still stand by the fact that being forced to be at the location to check in is a good thing - because it means businesses and individuals can't 'game' the entire system.

Second, what I do hope however is that Gowalla will offer a "privacy" option that hides your location from some or all of your "friends"...or maybe even provide a "delayed" option that only shows the world your location some time after you've been there.

Regarding being able to check in from home, I personally would never want people to know when I'm home or not. I'll put money on it that most non-geeks would be in the same boat.

Finally, thank you ever so much for naming me one of your favorite tech writers. Considering your tech pedigree, it's a genuine honour.

Re: Lucky #9? You betcha.

Zee — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:34:36 -0000

DUDE. Amazing stuff...really really amazing stuff.

Re: BREAKING: Facebook’s @Mentions Feature Is Live

Zee — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:26:20 -0000

I found it our via someone on twitter who i linked to in my post

Re: BREAKING: Facebook’s @Mentions Feature Is Live

twitter-14637342 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:22:39 -0000

Sorry to butt in - but just out of curiosity, how did you find out about this Zee?

Re: BREAKING: Facebook’s @Mentions Feature Is Live

adamostrow — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:49:35 -0000

a friend pointed it out to me

Re: BREAKING: Facebook’s @Mentions Feature Is Live

Zee — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:43:27 -0000

How did you find out about this Adam? If not from us, then fair enough. If it was, a link back would be appreciated (http://thenextweb.com/2009/09/14/breaking-menti...). If it was from elsewhere, a link to them is also the right thing to do.

Re: Zee is spelled Zed Eee Eee (Scripting News)

Zee — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:59:52 -0000

A post (kinda) all about me on Scripting News...Flattered is an understatement :)

I think I might just use that tip in fact. Funny, I used to do it in the past, till I lived in the far east for a while and would say "Call me Zee". They heard "Ko Mi Zee"..."Aahhh..Ko Mi Zee san" the Japanese would say. :)

Re: Test post (Scripting News)

Zee — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:45:24 -0000

so difficult to ignore. Anyway, gives me the opportunity to congratulate you. Look forward to seeing what comes out of all this.

Re: I don’t feel safe with Wordpress, hackers broke in and took things

Scobleizer — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:46:22 -0000

I still am treating this as my home. I wanted to wait a couple of weeks to see if any more damage would be done. Looks like things have calmed down now.

Re: I don’t feel safe with Wordpress, hackers broke in and took things

Zee — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:45:12 -0000

on a side note...how are you working between wordpress and posterous? Are you just switching between the two till you decide?

Re: I don’t feel safe with Wordpress, hackers broke in and took things

Zee — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:40:47 -0000

man, that is awful.

Re: HowTo: River2 is a fresh start

dave — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:17:39 -0000

That's the point of the cloud feature -- so you don't have to poll to find the new stuff.