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Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:37:41 -0000

Looks like it's finished now, nice work and very fast conversion. I <3 Brizzly.

Re: Why Gaming is the Future of Everything

jkuramot — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:07:28 -0000

I've seen that one, excellent video.

Re: Why Gaming is the Future of Everything

jkuramot — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:06:48 -0000

Who said anything about pr0n and yachts? I don't get why you add that concern here, since we didn't mention it. Maybe I missed something. Or did you wander off the reservation a bit there :)

Re: Why Gaming is the Future of Everything

jkuramot — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:15 -0000

This was worth the wait.

I'll always remember one of my favorite Pedrazzisms, about playing a game of email. In my head, it's said by the WOPR voice from Wargames.

How freaking awesome would it be if Foursquare could get an IRL tie-in with a nightclub, e.g. the mayor jumps the line, VIP-style, with x friends.

Re: Feeds: Dead to You or Still Kicking?

jkuramot — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:10:40 -0000

We vomit blog posts :) I tend to agree that generally, a Twitter account that only broadcasts posts is redundant for me. However, in our case, we polled to see what people wanted from the Twitter account, and as this post suggests, a lot of people use Twitter to follow blogs over feed readers.

I don't agree that following certain people's tweets (and their blog posts) is always redundant. It tends to humanize the blogger in many cases. Maybe you have to find the right person.

The solution I've found to short URL madness is Brizzly. See my post on it if you want an invite, not that you care, just saying :)

Re: More Fun with Twitter Lists

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:29:36 -0000

Everyone will be assimilated.

Re: More Fun with Twitter Lists

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:54:59 -0000

And yet you still know this so somehow you've got the stink of Twitter on you :) It's not so bad. You'll see.

Insert Body Snatchers music here.

Re: More Fun with Twitter Lists

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:28:23 -0000

Does this mean you want off the list b/c no one leaves the list. You understand that right.

:)

I don't think of lists as topical. Anyone who uses Twitter for five minutes knows topics vary wildly from one second to the next. Even if people try to group by topic, they're bound to be disappointed at times.

The point of the list is to showcase the people who loosely belong to the community around this team and/or blog.

I've actually warmed to hashtags for creating topics; they're frictionless and powerful. The #oow09 hashtag had tons of good content, but even then, some off-topic stuff.

I generally disagree that focus on people creates problems, since people do work. Sample any work environment, and you'll see tons of off-topic content. We need ways to filter out content, e.g. hashtags, search, etc.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:15:17 -0000

Agreed, saved searches are huge for me, especially seeing when they're updated. Lots of good stuff in Brizzly.

Re: Feeds: Dead to You or Still Kicking?

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:13:46 -0000

I got what you meant. The IRL stuff strengthens (or weakens I suppose) the connections, and it's a group not an audience. Makes perfect sense. I think it's a good rule of thumb, and I've actually seen a few Twitter lists for people the user knows. Solid.

Re: Feeds: Dead to You or Still Kicking?

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:06:52 -0000

Thanks, exactly how I feel about the slow, social features that the Reader team keeps adding. Maybe they'll listen to Scoble again.

Re: Oracle Gets Social

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:05:54 -0000

Thanks. We're seeing the same wins from Connect and Mix. It's funny to look back to when this post was written and see how far social has come since then.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:05:15 -0000

Agreed, there are a lot of nice interface enhancements that seem small until you go without them.

Re: Feeds: Dead to You or Still Kicking?

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:51:44 -0000

Interesting comments. I've seen Feedly, but it didn't stick for me. If I remember correctly, it wanted too much effort from me, and I couldn't see a huge value in the results (just like the Semantic Web). Probably need to revisit it.

I tend to agree with Carr's point, at least as it applies to me, but like many things, training is key. I've trained myself to drink from the firehose, and I can likewise train myself to read cognitively. Just like physical exercise, it takes time to return to form, but it can be done. Since I've done both types of information consumption, I know what to expect and the rewards of each.

It's much riskier for young people who have grown up with only the firehose method though b/c they tend to find deep thinking very difficult, not having a lot of experience with it. Again, think about physical exercise or sports; if it's tough and new to you, you might quit.

I like your approach to add consciously only the people you know IRL. That's a good rule of thumb for keeping your information hose manageable.

Re: Feeds: Dead to You or Still Kicking?

jkuramot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:41:04 -0000

It's not a privilege really. I used to think about this stuff anyway, even when my job was to design EBS features. I've always been a geek.

I don't think it's weird to add tweeters to Reader; it's a good way to keep up with specific people, which is why I want feeds for lists.

I guess I use the share feature a lot, but then again, I read a lot. It's not all interesting.

The most recent bunch of Reader features left me cold, especially Magic, which makes no sense to me and seems like a waste of effort. I guess I didn't spend enough time on it.

I don't know what it is about readers, but I guarantee if Facebook added a reader, people would use it. That may be their way to becoming an intertubes unto themselves, i.e. by importing content.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:23:58 -0000

On its way, share your thoughts here if you like.

Re: Feeds: Dead to You or Still Kicking?

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:18:36 -0000

Agreed: Twitter is great at discovery, Reader is great at research. The latter is probably due to the fact you tell it what you want to read, which isn't terribly conducive to discovery. Lists do close the distance between the two.

Google doesn't have any version of Reader other than reader.google.com, which is a huge bummer. Adding it to apps would make a lot of sense, but wouldn't benefit me at all :)

Eddie and lmau (above) pointed out http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com/ for generating RSS for lists, but I tend to agree there has to be a reason Twitter skipped feeds for lists.

And FWIW, I'd totally dig a Reader+Twitter client. That would be information nirvana. I wonder about Reader and its future though, which seems to be dimming as Twitter gains momentum in Reader's wheelhouse.

Re: Feeds: Dead to You or Still Kicking?

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:12:37 -0000

Nice, Eddie Awad also put me on to that RSS creator for lists, but I worry about the limit problems. My guess is there will soon be a slew of RSS creators for lists. It's baffling that Twitter would omit feeds, so I have to think it's strategic in some way.

Anyway, once I get feeds for Twitter lists, I'll be adding them to Reader. I can't imagine going w/o Reader, so I guess I'm in the same boat as Louis.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:09:14 -0000

I run Ubuntu too, and although I've never really looked for a Twitter client, I'm sure there are some good ones out there. Anyway, Brizzly works great on the Chrome dev build. You didn't provide an email address, which I'll need to invite you.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:37:20 -0000

Hmm, didn't know Twitter lists had limitations. Makes sense I suppose. Found the Facebook account setting, thanks. Bummed to hear you're not integrating another authentication mechanism. Seems easier for a new service, vs. managing credentials. Anyway, appreciate your input thanks.

Update: Just read that lists can have up to 500 members.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:07:31 -0000

On its merry way.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:58:49 -0000

Thanks for commenting and good on ya for your work on Brizzly. I've only used the photo service once and obviously the guts behind it didn't stick. So, thanks for clarifying that. Glad to hear about lists, sounds like the right plan. I assume you'll relax the 5 groups/50 members limitations for importing lists?

Did you release the Facebook integration yet? I don't see it. My number one request (not that you asked) is make it faster, followed closely by please-please-please support FB Connect and/or OpenID.

Awesome work, keep on truckin.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:54:41 -0000

Great, thanks for chiming in with invites.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:54:26 -0000

Excellent review, very concise. Like the egomaniac I am, I only covered the features I use and like :) Eventually, all the Twitter clients will have to support lists, but only the ones that filled that gaping hole in Twitter's functionality with groups will have a load of development work.

Normalizing the client's groups with lists will be a fun process for developers.

Re: Meet Brizzly, My New Twitter Client

jkuramot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:25:04 -0000

Re. lists, I'm a bit bummed b/c I invested the time to create groups in Brizzly (and TweetDeck), so now, I'm hoping they can convert my groups to lists. Fingers crossed.