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Re: Boo Ya

vdegeorge — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:10:39 -0000

Leo, are you using an iPhone to record these, with the app? The sound quality is very good.

Re: xero: The 20 Unhealthiest Drinks in America - Page 1 - MSN Health & Fitness - Nutrition (via FriendFeed)

vdegeorge — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:56:47 -0000

That is both amazing and eye-opening.

Re: Are You Desensitized to Racism?

vdegeorge — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:24:50 -0000

Ryan, it's not just the word, it's the context - and from what I've seen over the past two days has disgusted me. I really didn't know we're so far away from where we should be as a society and it's really disheartening.

Re: louisgray.com: Seeing The Web's Racist Underbelly Is Saddening and Shocking

vdegeorge — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:49:13 -0000

It's disgusting to see such things, but it's all too common. Spend a day on Xbox Live and you'll hear much of the same out of the mouth's of 10-15 year old kids. Where are their parents? Even worse, do their parents CONDONE such talk? In the end it comes down to "ignorance" and I've said it before: I feel pity for those who live their lives with such hatred and ignorance - their lives must be a miserable existence to have so much rage. Their parents must not have been the caring and compassionate people that I've been lucky to have, to raise me with kindness in my heart and teach me that we're all equal, regardless of race, religion or gender. I honestly feel sorry for these people.

Re: gReader Comments

vdegeorge — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:45:47 -0000

This isn't working for me - in Google Reader it just says 'array.' Suggestions?

Re: FriendFeed

vdegeorge — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:44:05 -0000

What, nothing?

Re: gReader Comments

vdegeorge — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:35:28 -0000

Just now came across this - I like it!

Re: My Rant on Loren Feldman

vdegeorge — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:43:18 -0000

The whole thing was embarrassing (and sickening) to watch. If he truly has that perception of the black community, then I feel sorry for his ignorance. He must live a miserable life being so detached from reality.

I'm also glad he was exposed for who he really is and Corvida took the stand she did, opening eyes and ears. The biggest shock to me through all this has been the fact that only recently was there a big ruckus about this guy and puppets. Puppets. THIS was out there, but people focused on puppets. Crazy.

Re: louisgray.com: TweetDeck: New Twitter AIR App With Summize Integration, Groups

vdegeorge — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:55:41 -0000

I really like this and I'm happy that it doesn't FriendFeed integration (more clutter) - with Greasemonkey, the web version is still the best. With summize included, this app is very handy!

Re: Identi.ca Apps & Why It Could Blow Twitter Away

vdegeorge — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:03:25 -0000

If it's the "twitter killer" then it just needs to hurry up and kill it, because I (and I suspect many others) simply don't have the time for follow multiple services, which many will have to do until everyone jumps over to identi.ca (if that even happens).

I feel like each time something like this comes like this it just causes more schmuggling (social media juggling) by everyone involved, which hurts the community overall.

Re: Identi.ca Early Adopter Tips

vdegeorge — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:02:02 -0000

You are QUICK Sarah! Nice early adopter rundown.

Re: Widgets Are Go!

vdegeorge — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:31:23 -0000

Looks great Nigel! Nice job!

Re: Is FriendFeed Doomed?

vdegeorge — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:04:06 -0000

Ah, but you've already alluded to the next problem. Do it all with your Google identity OR Facebook identity -- then comes option "C" identity or option "D" identity. Then the whole process starts over again. While I'm sure they would love to become the standard for everyone, no service ever will be, thus will always be fragmentation and the need for a FriendFeed. Ubiquity on the Internet simply doesn't happen. Email is another example. I can think of many reasons Gmail is the best service and everyone should be using it, yet I still get email from yahoo, hotmail and aol accounts, though Google offers a "near perfect" service.

Re: The changing face of FriendFeed.

vdegeorge — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:46:49 -0000

You made a great point about FriendFeed being (at its most basic) a blog. You can post about what's interesting to you and people can discuss it.

What's the difference? Accessibility. You can skim, and hit with a like simply from the title or you can read or look at the entry and start a conversation. If things are interesting enough to a group, the likes and comments can keep it on top or it just fades into obscurity - that is, until one of your friends sees it and bumps it back up for another pass. It does all of this seamlessly and fast. You can tell this was started by ex-Google folks as it maintains the simply and fast UI that made (in my opinion) Google popular.

Re: Is FriendFeed Doomed?

vdegeorge — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:07:12 -0000

Jarred, I have to think that FriendFeed will only become more useful over time as they add more services to the fold. New sites and applications will continue to persist, with and without integration with Google or Facebook to pull it together, which is where FriendFeed comes in. As I follow my "friends" they do not have to add me to their new service, only add their service to be followed on FriendFeed. Every time I personally sign up for a service, I dread the "be my friend again" email that I need to send out to connect with friends from other services.

As best as I can tell, you're right in both ways, FriendFeed does fragment the web, but no site (Google or Facebook) can be the end all, be all for social interaction, so FriendFeed is a necessity. So while it may be counter-productive, it is far from doomed.

Good post though. You give a good counterpoint to those who feel the opposite with their religious following of FriendFeed and its progress.

Re: Are social news sites like Digg useful anymore?

vdegeorge — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:16:21 -0000

Digg lags so far behind my FriendFeed that it's hardly useful to me.

Re: FriendFeed Hand-Wringing

vdegeorge — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:49:39 -0000

Anyone who has posted anything of substance has probably had this feeling. I think it's natural that we want others to "share" in our thoughts, as that helps us affirm our feelings on a subject.

I recently wrote on my own blog that we're each a "brand" now, but it shouldn't be something that we should have to put much work into. Just be natural and express yourself and as you've noted here, those who want to share in your ideas will do so.

Great post, and very well put.

Re: The Blogosphere’s Changing Opinions on FriendFeed

vdegeorge — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:59:39 -0000

I consider it akin to listening to the radio or having CNN on in the background while you work. There is a significant amount of "noise" in both of those. Songs or items that may not interest you, but you listen to catch the things you ARE interested in.

Now, granted, the examples I gave are more passive in nature than being active on FriendFeed, but you must come with it with the same attitude in hopes you'll catch those interesting items.

Re: How Seesmic will communicate with partners and users

vdegeorge — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:08:40 -0000

Shaun, it's the fact that the downtime of Seesmic also caused the blogs that had it integrated to go down. I think Loic has taken the appropriate steps here, and things should be find going forward. This is really where it all begun: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/17/dont-screw...

Re: Test picpost

vdegeorge — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:47:57 -0000

It looks like it worked.

Re: The end of the internet is at hand - seriously

vdegeorge — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:36:25 -0000

Yep, this is pretty much the end.

Re: louisgray.com: FriendFeed Friday Tips #1: Five Ways To Use the Hide Function

vdegeorge — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:28:19 -0000

Absolutely ESSENTIAL for a positive FriendFeed experience. Great guide, Louis.

Re: Twit-Out: 24-Hour Twitter Boycott

vdegeorge — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:12:41 -0000

The main thing I want to do with this is to show FriendFeed as a viable, if not better, alternative to Twitter.

Re: A Perfect Storm: Twitter and FriendFeed Kick It at the Same Time

vdegeorge — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:40:27 -0000

Sarah in Tampa, huh? You sure it isn't... Burmuda? What would be the third service to be the "triangle." Gmail?

Re: Disqus Saved My Site!

vdegeorge — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:25:27 -0000

I think the adoption of disqus will grow and it will only get bigger.