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FriendFeed: It's time for BBQ in Half Moon Bay. Anyone want a burger? (via FriendFeed)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:15:27 GMT

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“It's time for BBQ in Half Moon Bay. Anyone want a burger?”

5:15 pm - Comment

Mike Doeff, J. Abdul-Qahhar and Aaron Brazell liked this

Cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickle on mine please - Brian Sullivan

Medium rare please. And can you toast the bun? - Mike Doeff

Mike and Brian: I'll send yours over via Qik. :-) - Robert Scoble

Qik ?-- quality will definitely be crappy then ;-) ? - Brian Sullivan

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Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:57:13 GMT

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“@Hank_DeBar I haven't tried Kwippy yet. If I tried all the microblogging tools I'd never get any real work done. :-)”

12:57 pm - Comment

Bryan Landers liked this

Amen. As I sit here F5'ing FF, instead of doing the mundane work I should be doing. - Spinn

twitter: @Hank_DeBar I haven't tried Kwippy yet. If I tried all the microblogging tools I'd never get any real work done. :-)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:57:13 GMT

Scobleizer: @Hank_DeBar I haven't tried Kwippy yet. If I tried all the microblogging tools I'd never get any real work done. :-)

FriendFeed: open source doesn't always kick beep. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop. (via Twitter)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:56:17 GMT

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“@oliverg: open source doesn't always kick *beep*. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop.”

12:56 pm - Comment

Evan Sims, Tony, adolfo foronda, Matt Horton and 3 other people liked this

Linux's time will come. Just like Firefox can come from no where Linux can do the same. - James Robertson

Wishful thinking, James. Even as friendly as Ubuntu is, the vast majority of the world isn't ready for Linux on a desktop. - Spinn

that's not the same. Firefox is leveraging the platform, Linux is a much bigger jump. Also, Firefox isn't winning just because it's open source. Quite the opposite: as it is open source, it's much better in terms of feature vs Explorer. For Linux to do the same, it must really step change the way we use our OS. I don't see this happening. The OS is now a commodity, web and mobile are the new platforms, and maybe that's where Linux can play a bigger role. - Simone

If by "the vast majority of the world," you mean China, India, Latin America and Africa -- there are a lot of Linux desktops being used today. And what do you mean by "ready"? - Mike McCallister

Yes, there are absolutely a lot of them deployed. The 1% is still a very big number. I still don't think that the 99% is necessarily wrong, though. Their Win or Mac boxes do exactly what they want them to do, so they have neither reason nor desire to switch. - Spinn

The vast majority of the world can't afford Windows. ;-) I think we'll see distros like Ubuntu starting to beat Windows or OS X in developing countries first due to economics. While that's taking place, the distros will continue to become more and more end-user friendly and sport prettier UIs. - Joanmarie

@Joanmarie - A good point. There's also the major brand + linux aspect. Buying a Dell with Linux on it can certainly lead to increased affordability. I honestly wish that Linux were more of an option for me, as I'm a big fan. But with some of the programs that I use, there's simply not that option. - Spinn

James, are you related to Michael Robertson, who just threw in the towel on "Lindows?" http://www.informationweek.com... :-D - Karim

Maybe because Linux doesn't really have giants behind it like Microsoft and Apple? - Cem Catikkas

"Beat" is subjective (as is everything) it all depends on what the end user really wants from their soft/mach, no? - thecolor

I prefer in many cases to just save doe on the OS all together. - thecolor

I believe the mainstream end user doesn't care what platform he runs. How many iPhone users know what's running under the hood? - simonpure

@JamesRobertson: I agree with u :) - amin

I can't agree - at all - that Linux adoption is smaller than Windows or Mac OS adoption. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty much convinced that Linux is "better" or "readier" to the desktop than Mac OS, and certainly than Windows. There are LOTS of others things playing around - and that's the big issue for its adoption. You can't forget you're comparing "Microsoft's OS" and "Apple's OS" with "an open source OS". If you see the huge amounts of money spent for user awareness of Windows and Mac OS you'll see... - Marcos Marado

EEE PC is a great example for this. Most people prefer the Linux version to the Windows version, and would choose it even if they were the same price. That happens - of course - because people don't really see it as "a real computer", so they don't have that weird idea that "PCs have Windows", and so they look at that machine as "a tool to do stuff": read mail, web, IM'ing, video conference, word processing... the kind of stuff they use their "real computer" too, anyway. - Marcos Marado

Remember as well that there is a lot of open source software under the OSX hood. They are using the mach kernal developed for the NeXT, but the rest is based on Free BSD. The proprietary stuff is mostly eye candy. - Brad Collins

yeah, a nice example of how the only thing needed to boost Linux (or something like that) is just a huge marketing effort... Of course that Windows is so bad that it makes competing easy (that was probably the most important key for OS X's success...) - Marcos Marado

What's needed is for Linux to be preinstalled. I've an eeePC, and it just works. Few home users ever install an OS. Platform neutral tech like Google Docs and AIR will help. - David Sim

twitter: @oliverg: open source doesn't always kick beep. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:56:17 GMT

Scobleizer: @oliverg: open source doesn't always kick *beep*. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop.

FriendFeed: Pownce I can't sign into. Plurk's UI turns me off. Identi.ca has no replies or track. Jaiku? too slow. Shall I go on? (via Twitter)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:52:32 GMT

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“Pownce I can't sign into. Plurk's UI turns me off. Identi.ca has no replies or track. Jaiku? too slow. Shall I go on?”

12:52 pm - Comment

Fuad Arshad, Nikpay, David Sim, Candace Holly and 14 other people liked this

Jaiku is always fast for me but you raise a great point about 'track'. That is the single most underrated and underused feature of Twitter. Well, apart from the 'community'. - Andy C

For me, Twitter is perfect for what it's supposed to be. Save for the server issues, of course. - Spinn

its July 4th...grab a couple beers and your family and go outside...enjoy your life, everybody is out now. - Pokai

I thought I was the only one turned off by Plurk's UI. I can't stand their Karma system either. - Gerard Barberi

I don't need Pownce, I don't like Plurk, Identi.ca doesn't offer me anything I need. I'm more than content with Friendfeed. - tsudohnimh

My issues: Pownce has no conversation, Plurk has no one I know, Idecti.ca = useless and what is Jaiku? :) - FF or Twitter plz - Tony

Pownce's best feature is the conversation... which makes the fact that it just doesn't load so much sadder. Aside from FriendFeed, it's my favorite service and it is just broken. - Andrew Burd

Twiter is what it is and does what it does and we like it that way. Why so hard for people to understand? - Andrew Feinberg

bright kite! what about bright kite? - Mona N

FriendFeed rules - Fred Grott

Twitter's SMS is absolutely vital feature. There's no real replacement for Twitter at this time.. - Jiri Fencl

again...I agree, Robert...Twitter is what emergency management professionals will use to spread the word quickly about natural and man-made disasters. You're China earthquake post was the cat's meow! - Bruce Curley

How do you track? I used to be able to do it with Jabber IM/Google Talk, but it doesn't work for me anymore. - Bjorn Tipling

are people getting spam after joining identi.ca? i just got 3 spam emails direct to my email account....i just sent an email to the admin - Pokai

Ping.FM Robert all the kids are doing it :) - Fred Grott

I love Friendfeed, but want SMS texts. Please. Maybe I could write something to pull FriendFeed posts into a twitter account. - David Sim

I use Ping.FM whenever I post. It's really very nice. So far I haven't experienced any negative issues. - Niall Connellan

Twitter...regularly down - Duncan Riley

@Duncan, +1 LOL - AJ Batac

Duncan: what's funny is even though Twitter is regularly down I'm still getting 100x more messages on Twitter than any of the other services. - Robert Scoble

friendfeed, for the win! - Randal Schwartz

Identi.ca has no replies or track, Twitter didn't have them either for a long time - Bob Ngu

Scoble, I know. The magic ingredient still remains community. It is changing though, I don't have hard proof but I know Twitter is quieter now than it was 3 months ago, for me at least - Duncan Riley

Duncan: it's not quieter for me. I'm still seeing a new tweet almost every second. - Robert Scoble

Twitter, even with all it's downtime will still be the microblog service of choice. As we say in Mexico: "El que pega primero, pega dos veces." The rest are just copies. - Michel Bechelani

twitter: Pownce I can't sign into. Plurk's UI turns me off. Identi.ca has no replies or track. Jaiku? too slow. Shall I go on?

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:52:32 GMT

Scobleizer: Pownce I can't sign into. Plurk's UI turns me off. Identi.ca has no replies or track. Jaiku? too slow. Shall I go on?

FriendFeed: Why do I keep coming back to Twitter, even with all its problems? Because the competitors (pownce, jaiku, identi.ca, plurk) all suck more. (via Twitter)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:51:39 GMT

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“Why do I keep coming back to Twitter, even with all its problems? Because the competitors (pownce, jaiku, identi.ca, plurk) all suck more.”

12:51 pm - Comment

Nikpay, Orli Yakuel, rambn, Rom Feria and 42 other people liked this

Please stop trolling and expand on 'suck more'. Maybe a blog post if it needs > 140 chars. - Andy C

How is it trolling? Seems obvious enough to me, as a user of all of them, at some point or another. - Spinn

for me it's easier. I like twitter more casue it's on twitter that I first experienced microblogging. You don't just have to "not suck" if you want me to move, you have to give me something totally different. Like.. Friendfeed? :) - Simone

I don't see that as trolling. Identi.ca was supposed to be "the competitor" for Twitter. The site itself is messy, subscriptions are weird, the tracking ability is lacking. I never cared for Pownce at all and Plurk looks like something a kid painted in kindergarten. - Candace Holly

I like it because you get the excitement of never knowing when it's gonna work - Blackopsmanners

sheesh... ;) - Zee from WeDoCreative

Cross fertilizing to this FF thread - http://is.gd/M3H - Andy C

i sorta agree, twitter usage seems to be resilient to fail-whale's mystic powers. loyal loyal base.. - Ruben Llibre

Twitter has the right user experience but the wrong internal architecture. The other sites don't even have the former and from what I've seen they don't have the latter either. Identi.ca seems to be amateur city as does Pownce. Plurk was too ugly to try out and no one I know uses Jaiku. - Dare Obasanjo

Jaiku is a pain to join, but the conversation features are nice. - Ontario Emperor

Maybe it is just me, but I don't look at identi.ca to compete with Twitter. Rather it is more about what might be possible from an open source perspective when you're able to make multiple microblogging sites work together. I'm not looking for a "Twitter killer" from it, rather some real technology innovation for distributed microblogging. - David Recordon

plurk is only "ugly".. so why not use just the mobile version. - thecolor

I too enjoy the vertical layout over the horizontal, but prefer the threads in plurk and "stability" over twitters "just tweet". - thecolor

plurk is more of a game as well as a communicative social network. Twitter, feels more like a "statement made" only type of SN. - thecolor

@David Recordon +1. In fact, you truly are a visionary. +2. - Andy C

Isn't it also because FriendFeed lacks whatever it is that Twitter gets right? - blackmailismylife

I agree with David. I think its going to be more about supporting the people that are contributing to the development of a new way of doing Tweet like micro-blogging. - Chacha

@blackmailismylife: FriendFeed isn't constrained to 140 chars. Twitter/Jaiku/Pownce/Identi.ca are. What some would see as a feature, others see as a restriction. Sometimes, you need to be constrained to 140 chars. Less is more. - Andy C

Much as I find Scoble the arse-hole of the A-Lister Blogger body, he has a point. Twitter is for all its flaws, the best out there. - Adam Wilcox

I tend to agree. I've tried pownce and din't like it in the least. Twitter is simple and easy. They just need to get their issues fixed. - Richard Miles

Agreed. - Clay Newton

Seems to be the way things go. We stick with whatever "sucks less." - Jason Shultz

People stick with Twitter because Twitter has the community and the cool API applications. - possible248

@Andy Apples and Oranges. This has been discussed to death but friendfeed doesn't fill the same shoes..er..rackspace as twitter. - Kamath

Scoble: What an unpleasant and uncharitable comment to make about Identi.ca, a free service (that will remain free forever, something you are not guaranteed by any of the others that you mention) in early alpha testing. I was already unconvinced by the inexplicable personality cult that you seem to have generated for yourself, but now you've given me the last reason I needed to flip the bozo bit. Thankfully FriendFeed has a button I can use to do that. - Earle Martin

There is a difference between what something is and what it will be. Or what it may be. - Ontario Emperor

Scoble curious what would Bush choose after leaving white house - Fred Grott

I have to agree with @earle on this one, comparing twitter and identi.ca is impossible, identi is very early stages, twitter has been around. I doubt you would compare a alpha release of a program with a final version. As far as the others sucking, how so? I find plurk to be more fun, enlightening, and easier to follow than twitter. - BCK

Identi.ca isn't ready for prime time. It doesn't even keep me logged in. Pownce is good, but no one is there. - Francine Hardaway

And Twitter has the people - Francine Hardaway

BCK: what do you mean we can't compare the two? That's the lamest thing I've read in weeks here. A clone of a service (and that's all that Identi.ca is so far) DAMN STRAIGHT BETTER BE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL. So far it's not. Why should I pay any of my attention time to it if it isn't going to be as good. And anyone who says that they are different is drinking on this 4th of July. At least Plurk looks different. - Robert Scoble

identi.ca was released prematurely, imho. if they waited til they got *all* twitter functionality working before opening it up, would have been a great Twitter clone. Now, it is struggling. Plurk, otoh, tried to look different with all those ajax thingamagigs but too much ajax is not really good! - Rom Feria

Rom: I totally agree with you. I'm also getting tired of trying all these Twitter clones. FriendFeed proved to me that even if something is better in a lot of respects you'll never get enough people to switch to really matter anyway. - Robert Scoble

But some of these services are a great place to talk to a very small number of people (which makes them fun in of themselves). - Robert Scoble

AndyC: Pownce is very slow and I can't sign into it. Fails to let me in. - Robert Scoble

AndyC: Jaiku? Slow and hard to comment on and I don't like the UI. - Robert Scoble

AndyC: Identi.ca has no way to look at replies, participate in conversations, not to mention no search, no direct messages (even though I hate them), no real community yet, and has lots of bugs like what Francine said. - Robert Scoble

AndyC: Plurk has a UI that 13-year-olds love, but isn't simple to track thousands of people on. - Robert Scoble

Twitter has a huge userbase. But like it or not, many users have moved on to a better Twitter and that's called FriendFeed ;) - Muthu Ramadoss

twitter: Why do I keep coming back to Twitter, even with all its problems? Because the competitors (pownce, jaiku, identi.ca, plurk) all suck more.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:51:39 GMT

Scobleizer: Why do I keep coming back to Twitter, even with all its problems? Because the competitors (pownce, jaiku, identi.ca, plurk) all suck more.

FriendFeed: Twitter Killer or a Distraction? (via Google Reader)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:09:20 GMT

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Identi.ca: Twitter Killer or a Distraction?

12:09 pm - Comment

Gregory Flap Cole, Jim Cahill, Joanmarie, Susan Beebe and 3 other people liked this

Identi.ca sucks. No search. No replies. No track. At least that I can figure out. - Robert Scoble

no it's fucking stupid and can be made in 3 minutes or less - Matt Kaufman

More to the point - identi.ca: another FriendFeed plugin. - Spinn

@scoble: Louis Gray's twins' can't walk, talk or use a computer (yet). Identi.ca is similarly young so please give a new product a chance. OpenSource and the federated architecture makes identi.ca very interesting. - Andy C

Andy... that's all true. But Matthew is working for CenterNetworks already (barring his getting two more write-ups after going AWOL today) - Louis Gray

Don't hold back, Matt. Tell us how you really feel. - Spinn

Useless imo...no point moving to it. - Nicholas James

It's too soon to tell. Right now it's just a distraction. - brian junyor

I got an account just to check it out. Right now, I'm not impressed until things are a bit less messy and, it integrates with a lot of other services (like Friend Feed). Twitter has "something" despite their issues. They've got things cornered right now. - Candace Holly

I couldn't even register the account on the machine at work and haven't been back since - LPH

Not impressed yet... Giving it time. - Lisa L. Seifert

distraction at best. needs more functionality (search in particular) - Cee Bee

Robert, it 'sucks,' but it still managed to get covered by a host of bloggers ... so they either have good PR or everybody's that desperate for a twitter killer. - David Adewumi

distraction, although seems to be as non-functional as twitter (at least with my first attempts. :( - thecolor

I wonder how many people who think it sucks are Windows/OS X users. Sounds snarky, but it's not. My point is this: In the commercial world, you release a product when (you think) it's completed; in the FOSS world, you release it early so that the community can contribute feedback, bug reports, rfe's, and code. Identi.ca is presumably doing the latter. - Joanmarie

socbut.com has search, replies are coming, we have tagging ... what more can u ask : - Jay Martinez

why be so harsh about a service that was released what, 36 hours ago? Let's see where they go with identi.ca I am optimistic. - ron k jeffries

it sucks, yet I know of at least a half-dozen instances of the software have been installed elsewhere. and they're starting to talk to each other. - l.m.orchard

Sure. Robert it is starting. You know the ideas, implementation and OPEN specs behind it: xmpp OOB, oAuth, openmicroblogging new spec for federating and uses XRDS-Simple, OpenID... It will evolve, it is Open Source... so it should get bigger. And I agree @Joanmarie it is about sharing feedback, reporting bugs, etc... - Gustavo Munoz

Meh, skip it. This is just like Plurk. - James Mowery

If you have bugs or features you want to be included use http://laconi.ca/PITS/HomePage that is the way to help open systems to evolve... or you can pick one of them and try to solve it, post your fix and ask for being a committer ... regular open source stuff - Gustavo Munoz

It's NOTHING whatsoever like plurk. This is open source. that's a HUGE difference. Also, Plurk is a bunch of cool kid design with useless features. Very different entities. Does identi.ca have value? That's a whole other question. But please don't compare it with Plurk. They're both from Canada. That's the only connection. - melmcbride

FriendFeed: Oct 24, 2008: Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii at Hawaii Convention Center (via Upcoming)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:33:28 GMT

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Oct 24, 2008: Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii at Hawaii Convention Center

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Are you kidding me? Not if it's going to be in Hawaii (c'mon) - Alex Hammer

Yup, and Podcamp Seattle is this weekend. And BizJam (http://tinyurl.com/69clrn) is next week! - Leif Hansen

o.o you're coming to Hawaii? I have got to find a way to be there and meet you! - Erin

wait, @Leif wasn't #podcampseattle a few weeks back? I was there, at the UW. Did I miss a re-visit? - thecolor

My bad (too many camps, barcamp, podcamp) -Seattle Social Media Camp! July 12th http://upcoming.yahoo.com/even... - Leif Hansen

upcoming: Oct 24, 2008: Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii at Hawaii Convention Center

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:33:28 GMT

We are having a combined Podcamp and Wordcamp 2-day event, the first ever in Hawaii! Lots more details to come soon, so for now, *please save the date!*

FriendFeed: Announcing Tech.NewsJunk.Com (via Google Reader)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:29:29 GMT

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FriendFeed: BoingBoing: It’s our blog, and our rules (via Google Reader)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:29:29 GMT

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BoingBoing: It’s our blog, and our rules

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Interesting condundrum around free speech. Free speech continues to be for those who own the press. - Robert Scoble

It's not a freedom of speech issue, since the publisher is the owner of that freedom. The archive's continued existence at the Wayback Machine is like the Times arguing that the copy at my university library is sufficient and they don't have to keep one around themselves, which is problematic at best. Moreover, it does seem to violate the ethical standards set forth by BoingBoing consistently since I've been reading it. Lots of issues around free speech and the internet remain to be resolved, obviously. - steplow

It only serves to remind us that most everyone with a pulpit is a hypocrite. Really disappointing though. I am not a BoingBoing regular, since the material is not always interesting, but given Cory's stance on openness, it's definitely disappointing - Deepak

Sometimes the Collective blogosphere is less mature than Junior high students but then new products emerge and we all get distracted from the petty. - LPH

Another reason newspapers, or at least the newspaper ethic will not die. Print can't be erased. The NYT still has Jayson Blair bylines in its' archives. We do not believe in a memory hole. "It's our blog" does not cut it. - Andrew Feinberg

question why is deleting articles that talk about Violet Blue's writings so interesting as Violet e Blues own writings can be found elsewhere can they not? They did not abridge Violet Blue's free speech as they did not write the articled appearing in BoingBoing - Fred Grott

FriendFeed: Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2 now available (via Google Reader)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:29:29 GMT

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Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2 now available

11:29 am - Comment

Chris Chua, Steve Holden, Parth Awasthi, Kreg Steppe and Arthur Guy liked this

I downloaded it. Works well. Much like the beta did. - Kreg Steppe

Just downloaded it. Seems to be slower than the CoRD beta. Hm.. Disappointing. - Chris Chua

FriendFeed: You can’t help yourself, you will get an iPhone (via Google Reader)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:29:29 GMT

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You can’t help yourself, you will get an iPhone

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I will buy a 3G iPhone. Most definitely. The #1 thing I do on my iPhone is participate in the Web, and having a faster one will be worth the expense. - Robert Scoble

Sorry, I won't be getting an iPhone now either. I didn't get one when they first came out and still not getting one. Maybe if someone wants to send me one to demo/test and write about I might be more inclined to consider the phone. - Paul W. Swansen

Yes unfortunately I will! But I actually might be saving $$, my AT&T plan is really high right now AND I get a 12% discount. Not sure if I'll get that when I get a new contract...I'll be going to an Apple store, not AT&T so I'm not sure they can make the same deals. - Kat

I currently have Verizon and a AT&T account. I have a Blackberry Curve as my phone right now with AT&T but I only use it for texting and email. Web surfing on the BB is not very good. I am getting the iPhone 3G to try and replace my BB for those needs as well as web surfing. The one thing I am pissed about is the text messaging is not included with the unlimited data plan so that's an extra $20 for that. Good thing I get 15% discount on my rate plan. - Andy Breeding

I took a wait and see attitude with the first release: I patiently waited a whole two days! Probably do the same this time. The link Scoble posted was about the Canadian iPhone release, though. I'd probably think about it a while if I was there. - Tom Landini

Like hell it will. ;-) - Tris Hussey

Nope not getting an iPhone. The author underestimates the power of an affordable, unlimited data plan that comes with the Instinct. Time will tell - Shey

Yes, count me in too! - Larry Kless

I'll be hanging on to what I have. The iPhone didn't impress me the first time around. After what I went through with AT&T the last time, I'll never use them again. - Candace Holly

The bad thing is that I just broke my iPhone 2G bought in California (and jailbreaked) so I'll have to do something, but I don't know if I'll buy a new iPhone 3G; it's ridiculously expensive in Canada. - fbrunel

I'm getting this - not sure what the reason for getting the new iPhone will be if I have this: http://www.rfwel.com/shop/prod... - Jesse Stay

I dropped my 2g iphone a couple times and had to do the HW unlock the first time, so scratched the case a bit. I will probably end up getting the new one as I am really annoyed with the speed as well while on edge. Anyone interested in buying Ireland's 1st unlocked iPhone :) - simonpure

er, that was supposed to be, "I'm getting the cell phone hotspot (in the link)". Not to mention I get to stay on T-Mobile if I do! - Jesse Stay

Wanna bet? ;-) - Jody Carbone

I'm considering getting an iPhone... I was 100% on-board, but Rogers' plans for it are dreadful, so I'm just a "maybe" now. Very disappointing. - Dave Fleet

Italian plans aren't much better. Vodafone is giving 500mb x month and 900 minutes / txt messages for 99 EUROs. Don't know yet about the other carrier (TIM). :( - Simone

IPod Touch, yes. iPhone, no. I'll keep my BlackBerry for now. I had AT&T as a wireless provider once before, and I don't want to go through that again. - Harvey Simmons

best thing that ever happened to my combs was my iPhone. the faster the better :0 - Tim Aldiss

cone to think of it it's the best thing that ever happened to my 4 yr olds comms ;) - Tim Aldiss

Me? Apple? NO - silpol

nope... my N95 8GB still beats it in more ways than one. And, I'm lucky enough to have an "Old Blue" plan with inexpensive unlimited data on ATTWS. - thecolor

I won't even consider replacing my 1st gen iPhone until 3G is available in my area. By that time, the iPhone might be available through other vendors -- which would be a good thing for consumers. - Chris Baskind

Robert, you know my feelings about this one...keyboard, keyboard, keyboard. show the accessory, make it work WELL, and I'll show at&t the money. - Andrew Feinberg

Reminds me of the mantra of the Borg - Resistance is futile! Yep it is. - Roberto Bonini

I'm not getting a new iPhone because if the Gen 1 that I have works I want to save the $ boost in the actual plan if I can. - Tony

Only if you're buying - Adrienne Van Houten

Canadians are not happy ,, no unlimited data from Rogers http://www.iphonebuzz.com/roge... - fotographic

No, because I will not sign another contract with AT&T. I want my freedom from them. - Gerard Barberi

going to party inline at the Thousand Oaks Apple store next Fri. AM. Join us! - Mark Sylvester

no I won't. And my blackberry is already ordered :-P - Marcos Marado

I've an eeePC with a mobile broadband adaptor. Works brilliantly for portable web. - David Sim

I live in Canada and I am *not* happy. Rogers is asking for a 3 yr contract and doesn't even order unilimted data for the high priced plans!!! They are taking both consumers and Apple for a royal ride eh? - Kamath

FriendFeed: The Top 50 Productivity Blogs Of The Year (via Google Reader)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:29:29 GMT

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The Top 50 Productivity Blogs Of The Year

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Nikpay, John Cass, Mike Fruchter, Bryan Landers and 15 other people liked this

no lifehacker.com? - Derek Coatney

I concur, Derek. In fact, both Lifehacker and Digital Inspiration should have made the list. - Jack Carlson

that is appalling that he forgot lifehacker...shocking even. Poor research. - Zee from WeDoCreative

Out of 50 he couldn't mention Lifehacker? He wasn't even trying then. - Jason Shultz

FriendFeed: @roxannedarling I doubt I can get to Hawaii for Podcamp and Wordcamp. Sounds very tempting, though! (via Twitter)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:59:49 GMT

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“@roxannedarling I doubt I can get to Hawaii for Podcamp and Wordcamp. Sounds very tempting, though!”

10:59 am - Comment

twitter: @roxannedarling I doubt I can get to Hawaii for Podcamp and Wordcamp. Sounds very tempting, though!

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:59:49 GMT

Scobleizer: @roxannedarling I doubt I can get to Hawaii for Podcamp and Wordcamp. Sounds very tempting, though!

FriendFeed: @TheNonProfitOrg yes, I'm seeing all your Tweets. I don't respond to every one anymore. Too many inbound. (via Twitter)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:59:24 GMT

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“@TheNonProfitOrg yes, I'm seeing all your Tweets. I don't respond to every one anymore. Too many inbound.”

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FriendFeed: It's time for BBQ in Half Moon Bay. Anyone want a burger? (via FriendFeed)

FriendFeed: -) (via Twitter)

twitter: @Hank_DeBar I haven't tried Kwippy yet. If I tried all the microblogging tools I'd never get any real work done. :-)

FriendFeed: open source doesn't always kick *beep*. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop. (via Twitter)

twitter: @oliverg: open source doesn't always kick *beep*. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop.

FriendFeed: Pownce I can't sign into. Plurk's UI turns me off. Identi.ca has no replies or track. Jaiku? too slow. Shall I go on? (via Twitter)

twitter: Pownce I can't sign into. Plurk's UI turns me off. Identi.ca has no replies or track. Jaiku? too slow. Shall I go on?

FriendFeed: Why do I keep coming back to Twitter, even with all its problems? Because the competitors (pownce, jaiku, identi.ca, plurk) all suck more. (via Twitter)

twitter: Why do I keep coming back to Twitter, even with all its problems? Because the competitors (pownce, jaiku, identi.ca, plurk) all suck more.

FriendFeed: Twitter Killer or a Distraction? (via Google Reader)

FriendFeed: Oct 24, 2008: Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii at Hawaii Convention Center (via Upcoming)

upcoming: Oct 24, 2008: Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii at Hawaii Convention Center

FriendFeed: Announcing Tech.NewsJunk.Com (via Google Reader)

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FriendFeed: @roxannedarling I doubt I can get to Hawaii for Podcamp and Wordcamp. Sounds very tempting, though! (via Twitter)

twitter: @roxannedarling I doubt I can get to Hawaii for Podcamp and Wordcamp. Sounds very tempting, though!

FriendFeed: @TheNonProfitOrg yes, I'm seeing all your Tweets. I don't respond to every one anymore. Too many inbound. (via Twitter)

FriendFeed: open source doesn't always kick beep. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop. (via Twitter)

twitter: @oliverg: open source doesn't always kick beep. Linux still hasn't beat Windows or OSX on desktop.