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Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:11:01 -0000

Your fight is with FriendFeed then. Not me. As you indicated, it is my account and my content. If FriendFeed is built flawed, then that is outside of my control.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:06:25 -0000

I think you tend to make enemies when you tell people what to do and use. It's not very community-like, when participating in other communities anyway, when thats the tone you take. I think you have enough capital to command respect for your opinions, but when that respect is not mutually lent, then you get into sticky situations where you piss people like me or Mike off.

I left FriendFeed for very legitimate reasons and offered those very legitimate reasons. What happens after that is up to you and other people in the community. Agree or disagree but do so respectfully.

Like you said, onward.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:33:35 -0000

Robert- you're not part of that community. That's not an insult. It's real life. You shouldn't want or need to be a part of every community. You said that in your post. Do you want to be a part of the Midnight Golfers community, or whatever the hell you called it? Of course not.... My community is a very specific community - NOT a general one.

I hope you get value out of stuff I do and write, but you're not the target nor should you be. You're in a different world than me and have a different set of people you cater to. Your community is very much a tech heavy community that is early adopter-ish. Mine is a very conservative (not-political) group that is trying to get up to speed with the lowest impact to their business. Simple. Not the same community. If you take that as offensive, then that's on you.

Re: The chat room/forum problem (& an apology to @Technosailor)

technosailor — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:13:19 -0000

Robert:

I feel like you deserve more than a simple acknowledgement of this post. It's only fair.

I do accept your apology on a professional level. I do believe you're sincere. However, this is more than just about FriendFeed, Facebook or Twitter. It's about a common respect for people and their right to choose.

When I left FriendFeed, you not only attacked my decision based on platform, you attacked me personally. And you continued to do so on Twitter and the other social networks. You were not content to let me make a decision for myself. You come from a world where people make decisions based on others wishes.

That's fine. I'm a small l libertarian though. Live and let live. You do your thing and I'll do mine. The only time I'm going to push back on anyone elses decisions is when they go to war with me. If you read my blog, you know I don't attack people. I can count a handful of times in the past 5 years of Technosailor.com where I went to war with someone personally. It's not my style. I'll go to war with ideas. I'll go to war with companies. I won't go to war with people. You chose to go to war with me. Whatever.

Also, if you read my blog or my Twitter or anywhere else where I have a presence online, you will see a very distinct pattern in my behavior. On the surface it may be erratic. I may be less than your corporate drone mixing personal and professional without thinking of it. Chaos theory. Out of chaos comes order. The pattern that exists and is distinct everywhere is that I am a filter for my audience. I use services, products or engage with people based on actual value to my community - a community that is largely made up of small business owners and, more recently, gov and journalism types.

I am not a SV boy nor do I cater to SV. I cater to a specific group of people who are looking for a voice to help them navigate the web and help them do business better. I am not just a geek who lives and breathes the Internet.

That voice that I bring is highly important and valuable to that community and as such, I make decisions like dropping FriendFeed because... it's just not valuable to them. That's my choice, not yours. You went to war with me. I did not go to war with you until you challenged my position and role in this matter.

I accept your apology, Robert. I'm glad to see that you are making a distinction between old Robert and new Robert though, to be fair, I don't see a difference yet. What is changed? You're moving around on services like a child with ADD. You're evangelizing products. It's all the same. Now, Arrington and I are namedropped to accent yet another move by you. No harm, no foul but... new Robert?

This is not about FriendFeed. This is about respect and until I see a pattern of that, I don't know if a new Robert exists yet. I accept your apology and you may not care what I have to say here. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on this level but it will take a lot more than a post to convince me long term.

Cheers.

Re: Twucked Up Twit in Social Media

technosailor — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:30:12 -0000

Priceless. :)

Re: When Will This White House Learn You Cannot Negotiate With Terrorists?

technosailor — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:46:18 -0000

Like it or not, it's a Constitutional right guaranteed. Any one of these so called terrorists have a right to say or do whatever the hell they want to say or do. This right was also exercised prolifically, though in different forms, during the last administration as it has been used prolifically throughout our history. You don't have to like it, but it's not an act of terrorism and equating it as such is sensationalist.

Welcome back.

Re: Verizon unlocks Samsung Omnia GPS

technosailor — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:42:18 -0000

GPS is unlocked on the BlackBerry Tour for VZW as well.

Re: Facebook? Up 10%. Twitter? Up 16%. FriendFeed? Flat

technosailor — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:46:30 -0000

Funny to see you echoing many of my exact sentiments despite mocking me for them less than three weeks ago. At least you're listening to me, even if you childishly took your ball and went home (blocked me). Keep it up, Robert.

Re: Quitting FriendFeed

technosailor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:19:37 -0000

Hey Jason-

Follow your heart on this one. The best conversation is going to be where you're passionate to be, rather than where a bunch of people tell you be. I've made my reasons for leaving pretty clear and I think it closely matches your reasons.

Whatever works for you at the end of the day.

Re: Design An Elegant Featured Content Slider for Wordpress

technosailor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:03:17 -0000

You should just turn this into a plugin and make it easy. A template tag or two. :)

Also, since FBT is using Thesis, did you have to modify the Thesis core?

Re: New Tricks: Does a re-tweet on Twitter equal an endorsement?

technosailor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:26:30 -0000

I use retweet as a "Here's something to think about" measure. I retweet many things that I agree and disagree with and, sometimes, I retweet things that I have no idea about.

Professional journalists probably have to be a little more careful but, if there's room, a comment or hashtag could be added to disseminate position.

Example:

RT: @xyztwitterer Steve Jobs back at Apple soon http://examp.le/short (#unverified #rumor)

Re: Welcome to VentureBeat’s new design

technosailor — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:16:53 -0000

Well done design. Nclud is an amazing shop and did great work. Let's talk this week about the Product Mgr stuff. Might have ideas.

Re: That's not what I ordered...

technosailor — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:15:31 -0000

Dude. So sorry. You're gonna beat this though... you're a fighter, not a lover.

Re: New Tricks: Gain more Twitter followers for your news organization

technosailor — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:03:29 -0000

No worries. Like I said, these are great tools to support the core goals. I'd recommend them too! :)

Re: New Tricks: Gain more Twitter followers for your news organization

technosailor — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:44:25 -0000

In principle, this is a decent approach. However, there's something about it that doesn't *feel* right. Maybe it's the algorithmic approach to this stuff. Really doesn't feel any differently than the old newspaper subscriber recruitment model of sending a carrier around to doors in the neighborhood. If you do x, yand z then you'll have followers and be infuential.

I think that relationship is probably the better approach, not just for personal twitterers and personal brands but for big brands and media organizations as well. Making friends, influencing people.

Participation in general will develop an organic, and much more solid core of followers. The tools above help with that but they should be just support mechanisms, and not the game play itself.

Other than that, great work (since you asked for my feedback) :-)

Re: Dungeons & Dragons Creator Dies

technosailor — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:02:17 -0000

We'll observe a moment of silence in our game on Saturday. :)

Re: Stop talking, start doing

technosailor — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:27:05 -0000

Lead the revolution, dude.

Re: Blogger Loses Home in Fire

technosailor — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:51:49 -0000

You rock, Dave. Thanks for pushing this out there. At the risk of offending someone, the only thing that has been on my mind while pushing this is the verse from the Gospel of Luke: "Give and it will come back to you, good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over." Karma rules.

Re: Not even Obama can stop the car eating rats in Washington DC

technosailor — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:53:27 -0000

How is this different than any other big city? :) Really!

Re: How long will Sarah Lacy last at TechCrunch? (poll)

technosailor — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:50:02 -0000

She'll make it. I know first hand how tough she is and how much she doesn't care what others think. Sarah Lacy is made of steel, even though she annoys me at times.

Re: Twitter Files for an IPO….‘TWEET’ as the Ticker Symbol?

technosailor — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:16:33 -0000

You're smoking crack, Lindzon.

Re: Why is VentureBeat down all the time?

technosailor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:17:42 -0000

Valleywag and all the Gawker network runs on Movable Type, not WordPress.

Re: Why is VentureBeat down all the time?

technosailor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:16:57 -0000

You're moving off WordPress? Shame... I could have helped you scale this thing. Anyways, any insight on what you're moving to?

Re: How To Get The Dual Link DVI Adapter and a MacBook Pro To Work Together

technosailor — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:29:54 -0000

Ah.... actually that makes a ton of sense with the new systems. I wasn't aware the new MBAs had the dual cards tho. Thought that was only the new MBPs. Learn something new every day.

Re: How To Get The Dual Link DVI Adapter and a MacBook Pro To Work Together

technosailor — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:20:03 -0000

That's really interesting. It seems odd that an energy option would affect display parameters. But, whatever's clever I guess.