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Re: RSS is dead? My ass... (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:08:47 -0000

The Connections series really is wonderful. Everyone who studies technology
should watch it.

Re: RSS is dead? My ass... (Scripting News)

ppidgeon — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:42:19 -0000

I heartily agree! Every time I read things like RSS is dead I want to buy the people that write things like that a copy of the PBS series Connections. Things may change and evolve or become something they were not initially intended be, but they never die. Or they become so much more a part of the fabric of what we do, we don't realize it is even there (you said that much more eloquently).

Re: Could Google be the N.Y. Times salvation?

ppidgeon — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:15:05 -0000

Google doesn't have to buy NY Times. A deal that injects cash in NYT and provides Google with something for Google News may also do the trick.

Re: Is Twitter journalism? (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:06:15 -0000

Yes that's what triangulation means.

Re: Is Twitter journalism? (Scripting News)

ppidgeon — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:00:17 -0000

Twitter is just one of many ways to gather information. It's important that one have a variety of sources of information in order that they can come to a rational conclusion about an event. A person should also be clear about the reliability and accuracy of the information they get from specific sources and rank those sources accordingly.

Re: Cheney meets with Biden.

ppidgeon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:30:46 -0000

Someone should ask Biden how it felt to to stand so close to evil.

Re: Early Voters Deluge States

ppidgeon — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:58:47 -0000

Interesting piece on early voting by the Brooknings Institute.

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / Speak Your Mind, Pingers!

ppidgeon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:32 -0000

Social Thing is s what I downloaded. I like a lot of the Adobe Air apps. I like Social Thing flexibility. I like apps that provide me with options. That's why I like Ping, I have options.

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / Speak Your Mind, Pingers!

jyoseph — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:39:47 -0000

I'd agree with you on those points :-)

Have you used socialthing at all? It requires having a tab open but i've found that between posting to ping and pulling from nearly every social network it makes a pretty good complete tool.

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / Speak Your Mind, Pingers!

ppidgeon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:06:43 -0000

Yes. Thank you. I found what I was looking for. I not saying a desktop client will make it a better service. That I agree with you on. But I see extensions, plug-ins and desktop clients as tools. Ping.fm is a tool. The more tools I have at my disposal to use the more I can do. I'd use Ping regardless. It's a great tool. Now I can do even more with it.

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / Speak Your Mind, Pingers!

jyoseph — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:51:03 -0000

Did you click the link? Several options in there that don't involve having another tab open. I'm not disputing the value in a desktop app. But the chatter I hear is that it's not a complete service until it has a desktop app is ludicrous. For 2 reasons:

1. Posting to ping via many different IM clients, mobile phone, terminal, dashboard widget, api, air app, email, voice, firefox plugin, ubiquity, IRC, and more isn't enough; we NEED to have an official desktop client is just strange logic.
2. This point makes #1 moot, because ping has a desktop client, as noted in the link I posted above ^.

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / Speak Your Mind, Pingers!

ppidgeon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:39:05 -0000

All of which explains the popularity of Twitterific, Tweetdesk, Twhirl......Having a multitude of tabs open doesn't thrill me. Besides I use gmail, greader, google docs.

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / Speak Your Mind, Pingers!

jyoseph — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:17:17 -0000

All of this calling for a desktop client is silly. This is the web and it's 2008.

http://pingfm.pbwiki.com/What%203rd%20Party%20A...

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / Speak Your Mind, Pingers!

ppidgeon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:44:36 -0000

Desktop client! I love Ping.fm but you need a desktop client.

Re: Ping.fm / Blog / A Great Day For New Stuff

ppidgeon — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:53:13 -0000

I love Ping.fm. I use a lot. But I have two words: DESKTOP CLIENT!

Re: Palin Claims She Reads All Newspapers

ppidgeon — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:26:16 -0000

Not possible. Even if she read the NY times she'd have a much better grasp of the world then she has.

Re: Palin a 'fast study', aides say

ppidgeon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:22:08 -0000

The world is to complicated to reduced into sound bites.

Re: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9622

ppidgeon — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:33:11 -0000

A good look at Joe Biden.

Re: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/22/mccain-flip-kool-aid/

ppidgeon — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:20:20 -0000

Excellent run down of McCain's flip-flops.

Re: Free Trade Comes to Wall Street

ppidgeon — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:44:44 -0000

I'm not exactly sure what my reaction to this should be.

Re: A day late and a dollar short?

ppidgeon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:13:16 -0000

It didn't occurred to until reading FP Passport that once again in the midst of crisis, Bush is less then engaged.

Re: MORE SUSPICIOUS BUNDLING.

ppidgeon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:30:49 -0000

This story should make your hair hurt.

Re: Let's pick a day and all inflate our tires together (Scripting News)

dave — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:15:00 -0000

Yeh but now the Dems have a guy who doesn't get all flustered on calling them on their bullshit and doesn't ignore them hoping they'll just go away. Obama just threw it back at them and then they STFU.

Re: Let's pick a day and all inflate our tires together (Scripting News)

ppidgeon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:03:08 -0000

Republican's these days seem to never want to let the facts get in the way of a political campaign.

Re: Did HRC lose to sexism? (Scripting News)

ppidgeon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:18:46 -0000

I think if the reverse happened and Obama lost we'd be asking the question was the reason he lost because of racism? To a certain extent the answer to both these questions is yes. Simply put there is a segment of population out there that will vote against their interest and the reasons for that generally are irrationalism, bigotry, and ignorance.