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Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

tad — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:12:56 -0000

I think the problem here is if the inaccuracies are corrected the entire tone of the article will have to be changed, and the very premise of the headline will be even more ridiculous. "Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right" because I said so.

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

tad — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:59:34 -0000

There's still the fact that a lot of the "shortcomings" of FriendFeed pointed out in this article are simply not true. I'd like to see those addressed as well.

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

Lochnload — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:55:51 -0000

I fear for the word 'friends'.

Social media has reduced its meaning to 50,000 people I don’t know and have never met.

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

digideth — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:47:29 -0000

I am sorry but I agree with Christina.

If the common person (she is far from common btw) can't figure it our EASILY its the developers PROBLEM not the users.

Bad user interface design

So far i have been with both services since the begining and I am happier using Cliqset.

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

louismg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:06:33 -0000

Good question, Tad. I would assume that if you were going to claim that X service was Y service done right, you would have to be familiar with service Y.

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

Scobleizer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:55:55 -0000

Interesting, on FriendFeed I have 50,000 friends and most of them had no trouble figuring out there was a "hide" button that let you choose which services from people you want to see. Reporters need to know their technology better than, say, Oprah does. Come on!

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

tad — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:43:46 -0000

Before suggesting that FriendFeed was unable to do some of the things you mentioned, you should have done a bit more research. If you had asked in any of the pertinent rooms, we (the FF community) would have been happy to help. Articles like this perpetuate myths. Perhaps the title could have been "Cliqset: FriendFeed done for a simpler audience."

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

film_girl — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:38:31 -0000

That might be true -- and I've never been the biggest FriendFeed proponent (but I've had an account basically since the beginning). This is easier. This is easier and it has a Boxee app. But the ideas of the service are similar, yes.

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

film_girl — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:37:26 -0000

I have -- I've had an account since the beginning, but I wasn't aware you could do anything that granular. I guess if you don't know that those features exist (and I didn't), to me that's a problem.

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

tad — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:30:30 -0000

What are you talking about? You can do all of that in FriendFeed right now, and have been for quite a while. Have you ever used FriendFeed?

Re: Cliqset: FriendFeed Done Right

tad — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:34 -0000

I'm not sure what's wrong with FriendFeed. What does this do that Friend Feed can't again? Instead this article seems to show a lack of use of FriendFeed.

Re: The Point You’re Missing About Google Wave

tad — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:04 -0000

Thanks for writing pretty much exactly what I was thinking. :)

Re: Manual WCF - An extension

tad — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:24:37 -0000

EDIT: I see the issue now Philip. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

:)

Re: tadSpot – Tad’s Jan 2009 Digital Lifestyle Part 2

berial — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:58:52 -0000

I dunno. I kind of like the way this WP design works. I'm using it for my blog right now. Anyway, why don't you use the web version of Pandora? What about it do you dislike?

Re: Flickr WCF Part 1 - Basic Manual WCF Component

tad — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:07:07 -0000

Apparently it's a very bad idea to use Microsoft Live Writer with WordPress. I updated this article via Live Writer and it's destroyed my code setup. I will get this fixed ASAP - probably not until I'm home tonight.

Re: louisgray.com: 10 People To Follow On FriendFeed For The Month Of February

BlueCockatoo — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:13:12 -0000

Wow, thanks, Mike! Tad sent me a link (I've been swamped at work and haven't checked FF today) and I'm blushing now. :)

You were one of the first people I subscribed to on FF as well and still one of my favorites. :)
Thanks again for making my day!

Re: louisgray.com: 10 People To Follow On FriendFeed For The Month Of February

tad — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:10:04 -0000

Thanks for the mention Mike! I can't speak for Lindsay, but I will anyways and say she appreciates it too - especially once she sees this! :)

Re: A metadata race? (Scripting News)

dave — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:09:31 -0000

For now, I'm doing it the non-hack way -- I've got an app running on one of
my servers with a very simple XML-RPC interface. It works. At some point I'd
like to integrate it with the back-end services I'm using at FriendFeed, or
with some other service I replace it with at some point down the road.

Re: A metadata race? (Scripting News)

tad — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:53:21 -0000

Dave, maybe you could create another private room and store user data in XML or JSON or what have you in comments. It'd be cumbersome to set up, but once set up you should be able to call against the FF API and "reconstitute" your user's data in this way. Sounds like one HELL of a hack - but it'd probably work. :)

Re: ZumoDrive is going to change EVERYTHING

tad — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:44:07 -0000

ZumoDrive.com is currently broken.

Re: ZumoDrive is going to change EVERYTHING

smstextnews — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:00:12 -0000

Working perfectly for me as I've just upgraded to 200gb :)

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Re: tadSpot – Tad’s Jan 2009 Digital Lifestyle Part 2

tad — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:09:49 -0000

Ugh - this WP design needs some work. Oy.

Re: NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

Eyebee — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:33:57 -0000

/echo too

Re: NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

mona — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:05:15 -0000

As participator of said "entertainment" and self-proclaimed "meme maker" of FriendFeed I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us for increasing the noise to the point where FriendFeed has been rendered useless to those looking for a dull, dry, collection of tech stories. /echo

Re: NoiseRiver developer quits FriendFeed, says LOLCats to blame

tad — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:00:21 -0000

As the primary purveyor of said "entertainment" and self-proclaimed "meme maker" of FriendFeed I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us for increasing the noise to the point where FriendFeed has been rendered useless to those looking for a dull, dry, collection of tech stories.