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Happy Birthday, Alix Whitmire. And one of the invading ladybugs.
I'm not sure who the gent is with Alix in this picture. Once someone tells me, I'll update this message.
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Interessante videguida all'utilizzo ragionato di Friendfeed
It's All Monitoring, Where Is The Retweet?
There are several ways to monitor your social stream but why isn't there easier ways to share it? By sharing, I am thinking beyond having it duplicated to Friendfeed. I want to be able to post the interesting Tweets I see and that spark additional thoughts or opinions. Since everything IS about monitoring I am satisfied I won't miss anything. When I'm watching.
With Threadsy you can monitor your email (aol, gmail, yahoo, hotmail), Twitter (multiply accounts even), Facebook, and even IM (if you're still using it), all within your browser. One tab and in real time. It's not all inbound because you can also compose an email or update your status. Directly to each service.
Friendfeed offers such a wide variety of feeds it will digest. You usually end up duplicating your posts and the content you're watching. This is how Friendfeed becomes it's [your] own worst enemy. You end up sharing so much from the song you're listening to right now, as you're reading this, to what you'll be eating at a lunch meeting. It can get noisy quick. In order to turn down the noise you need to focus in on one user, one group, or do a search. Not an appealing way to post or share your content.
Everything seems to be in real-time. This is true, but I still like to read certain blogs. So you'll still need a reader. I like to use Google Reader but prefer to read it through Feedly. Feedly in Chrome is best. It's not all reading either. Feedly offers nine 'share buttons' that allow you to share anything you've read with your social network. One of them is my favorite...see below. It is however missing a source: Twitter. My choice, yes, because I could add an RSS feed of my Twitter stream. The downside is that it will be a LOT of updates to sift through in Feedly.
Posterous makes my blogging easy. As easy as email. I know, cheesy and straight from their site. However it's true. If you're not familiar with Posterous, all you do is send your blog post via email to post [at] posterous [dot] com. Posterous will then send that post to any additional social network you choose. My posts go to Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook, and an old Wordpress blog I stopped posting to after the election. I picture Posterous as a mega-phone.
So yeah, I have several services I like. They all work extremely well. The only thing is they are all still missing something. Posting. Not just the ability to post but what I want to post. I could see any of these three services filling my need. I am purposely leaving out Friendfeed.
I need the ability to make a blog post out of any status update I want.
If it's from Twitter, I want to turn a status update into a blog post. With the quoted status update and users avatar in the post. As it would if you linked to a specific update. I want this blog post to be done through Posterous. I don't want Posterous to loose site and become a funnel too. I'd rather they stay a megaphone and handled it through their bookmarklet or an added service to something like Threadsy. If it is added to Threadsy then I could comment as I see it coming through my Twitter stream. Allowing me to have my thoughts when I have them; in real-time.
As I was writing this something struck me. I am looking to redefine what it means to "RETWEET". If any of the services I love would think of it as redefining 'retweet'. I believe a solution could be integrated into any of them. (Hint: Threadsy add a Posterous box below the 'retweet' button in the unbound window under each update.)
I left Friendfeed out because I think Facebook is going to do exactly this. Redefine the 'retweet'. Facebook isn't the service I want though.
UPDATE: Wouldn't you know it. Scoble said it first. Better too. He dives deeper into what I want and he gave it a name: Curation. You definitely need to give it a read. Especially if you want to make sense of what I am trying to say. There is something positive to take from this though. My idea is legitimate. Someone else feels the same way I do. For that someone to be Scoble, that feels pretty good too.
My first completed Best of Week drawing. Cecily was at the top a few weeks ago. I would have had this ready last week if it hadn't been for the fire.
I hope this works properly. My other post through Posterous a moment ago left out the first image on FF for some unknown reason. If that happens again, I'll delete this and repost. You should see a new drawing of Cecily, not the sketch that I've posted a couple of times before.
La búsqueda del 'stream' perfecto
El lector regular y observador de este blog habrá notado que bajo el dibujito ilustrativo del señor dándole a la máquina de escribir hay una serie de enlaces que corresponden a mis actividades paralelas en internet. Como seguro que la mayoría de los que entran aquí no se miran ninguno de esos enlaces (y bien que hacen, ¡menuda pérdida de tiempo!) déjenme que les cuente el porqué de todas estas presencias simultáneas y qué cuernos pretendo encontrar con tanto desdoblamiento de personalidad.
En principio, yo lo que busco es lo que podríamos denominar el "stream" perfecto, entendiendo por esto una web que recoja todas las actualizaciones de mi actividad internauta, las clasifique por orden de importancia (no es lo mismo un post elaborado que un "me gusta" en last.fm) y permita que cualquier indocumentado las comente sin registrarse. Un blog convencional me permite reflejar los posts currados pero no recoge los artículos que he leído por ahí y que me gustan. Alguno dirá: "pero si nos interesan esos artículos ya iremos a sus blogs a leerlos, no los queremos en el tuyo" y yo respondo "sí, bueno, pero es que a veces ese artículo compartido me evita tener que reescribirlo entero para que llegue a mis lectores": si se fijan, últimamente me gusta recoger alguna cita impactante de un texto que he leído y la comento en tres líneas. Si me veo obligado a hacerlo así es porque no hay forma de automatizar el proceso de incluir ese texto en mi blog sin pasar por el consabido "copiar/pegar". También me gusta subir archivos sueltos, ya sea una canción que me gusta por algún motivo (ver post anterior), ya sea una foto impactante, ya sea un vídeo de Youtube. Usualmente estos posts van sin texto porque se comentan solos, y también es un engorro tener que subirlos aquí cuando podrían recogerse de la otra punta de la red con un simple enlace. Finalmente, me gusta compartir enlaces puros y duros que voy pillando al vuelo sobre cualquier tema, y ya sería la repanocha si mi "stream" pudiera recoger los comentarios que hago en otros blogs. Vaya, información completa de mi actividad cotidiana clasificada por orden de importancia y convenientemente filtrada.
Posterous ha simplificado mucho el proceso con el envío de mails y su fantástico y versátil bookmarklet, dejando por el camino en bragas a todas las otras plataformas de blogs. Aun así, le faltan cosas. Mis compartidos de Google Reader sí recogen automáticamente los artículos que me gustan y permiten añadir mi aportación (texto en azul) sobre el escrito, pero no dejan comentar a usuarios externos (sólo pueden ver y comentar los usuarios de GReader que estén suscritos a mi feed, y aún así). Twitter va de narices para los enlaces eclécticos y rocambolescos (una muestra) aunque es una birria para los comentarios y las conversaciones, y además no se ve directamente el contenido a no ser que se use un servicio diseñado para ello (y no siempre funciona). Friendfeed sí permite ver el contenido y comentar, pero en cambio no permite parrafadas largas como las de este blog. Facebook es el que más mejoras va implantando día tras día, pero aun así no deja subir audio ni demás zarandajas sujetas al copyright y está todavía demasiado enfocado a "los amigos del cole" (hecho que tira para atrás a muchos usuarios, dicho sea de paso, tanto posteadores como comentaristas). Ninguno de ellos, a día de hoy, filtra las entradas por contenido automáticamente para que un usuario, echando un vistazo rápido, pueda acceder a lo que le interese. Idealmente, aquí tendrían que salir los posts, y al lado una especie de menú con los demás elementos para que cualquiera los pudiese consultar y comentar. De vez en cuando, yo mismo debería ser capaz de insertar alguno de esos elementos "secundarios" como post principal, si quisiera que los demás lo vieran nada más entrar.
Pues eso. Todo este rollo para decir que el que tope con la piedra filosofal que lo una todo se quedará con mi contenido y, sospecho, con el de muchos otros. De momento aquí estamos, pero es evidente que el día sólo tiene 24 horas y la gente una capacidad limitada para ir repartiéndose entre las diversas redes sociales. ¡Por Dios, que alguien haga algo YA!
From jamar78: "Popeyes was so good, dancing ensued." I completely understand.
Also, joey has more fun at Disneyland, and I got Luna looking over her shoulder. I might have gotten me with the sassafras leaf if I had been able to get on about an hour earlier. Anyway, very nice to get to draw a new kid today :)
TEST 5: What happens when I post three images?
And a comment?
Saturday Summary
Hi! Welcome to the Saturday Summary, my weekly link-dump of all things interesting. Again, I'm posting through Posterous so I can share with all my blogs. As always, you can see my links on Delicious and Diigo. Enjoy:
Eli Bendersky’s website » Blog Archive » The C++ bashing season is back"It seems there is a lot of dislike and hate for C++ out there. This isn’t new - it has always been like this."
Actually, C++ is my first programming language. I can't really bash it myself.
The Hero Is In Your Pocket « Blog « WordPress.com"Today we’re launching a couple of mobile themes that will automatically be displayed when your blog is accessed with a compatible mobile phone."
10 Useful WordPress Coding Techniques « Smashing Magazine"In this article, we have compiled 10 useful WordPress code snippets, hacks and tips to help you create a WordPress theme that stands out from the crowd."Essential Blogging - Google Preview - O'Reilly Media
"Essential Blogging -- An O'Reilly manual."
I've never been too keen on O'Reilly books, but this one seems suited for me. =)
BREAKING: Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter"While we’re still digesting the news of Bing adding Twitter to its search engine, Google has some news of their own: they’re about to do the same exact thing."
Job market lands more grads back at home
"They feel like failures. Disillusioned, like a runner who trips out of the starting gate. But many college graduates who've been forced by the worst job market in decades to move back home with Mom and Dad say they also feel, to their surprise, fortunate."
This hits close to home...but I don't have the ability to move back in with my parents. =(
"With just one coat, IdeaPaint turns any surface into a dry-erase board."
I'm going to do this when we buy a house.Rape Victim's Choice: Risk AIDS or Health Insurance?
"Christina Turner feared that she might have been sexually assaulted after two men slipped her a knockout drug. She thought she was taking proper precautions when her doctor prescribed a month's worth of anti-AIDS medicine...Only later did she learn that she had made herself all but uninsurable."
This is just sick. I'm showing this to all my anti socialized medicine friends.Blogs.mu - DIY Blog Networks and Communities
"Blogs.mu is a site that allows you to setup your own WordPress based blog community or network - with the minimum of fuss. Set up blogs yourself or let users come to you."Facebook launches new homepage feed.
"The default News Feed that users will see is becoming “Today’s Top News,” which Facebook’s Peter Deng says will have the “most relevant information” when users get to the site. “The spirit of the change is that you’ll see a summary of stuff you missed while you were gone,” Deng says."
Free Programming Classes : Learn How to Program
"A comprehensive real-time course on programming for everyone from total beginner to experienced programmer."Fonts for Designers Series Issue no. 1
"Fonts for Designers is a new series of posts that proposes every week a selection of the best free fonts for web designers. Each new issue will present five interesting fonts you can use on your web projects."
Ooh, fonts! I'm going to love this series!“Friendfeed is not dead. It’s transforming” says Friendfeed Co-Founder
"What is fact, is that Friendfeed as a tool and social medium, ranks above virtually every social networking stream based application currently available – yes, including Twitter with lists. To see it essentially fade into a ghost town would be a huge waste, particularly since the site still maintains an incredibly loyal userbase, whose limits have unfortunately been pushed of late."
Poor FriendFeed. I'm going to miss it when it finally goes. But I'm going to use it until it does. Clip it! Capture Any Web Page Into a Single Image
"Clip It! is a free Mac application that quickly captures and saves web pages into images for easy preview and presentation."PRS's Latest Trick: Demanding Money From Shop Assistant Who Was Singing At Work
"[The PRS] threatened a shop assistant for singing out loud (public performance!) while stacking the grocery shelves, demanding she pay £1,000 for the privilege. Of course, why was she singing? Because PRS had already threatened the owner for having a radio -- so he got rid of the radio."Flickr finally implements the tagging of friend, family and foe
"At long last, after what seems like an eternity compared to the usually-rapid pace that most social networks evolve at, Flickr has implemented people-tagging."Lifestreaming Service Storytlr to Shut Down and Go Open Source
"In a blog post on October 10th the team at Storytlr let users know that they will be shutting down the service at the end of this year. It’s just another casualty in a long list of Lifestreaming services that have shut down over the last year."
More bad news. But at least it's going open source. That's good news at least.Stop Overreacting: Hulu Not Ditching Free Yet
"So... this is really no different than what was said a few months back, when News Corp's Jon Miller started saying that Hulu should add subscription offerings. It's the official News Corp. position, ever since Rupert Murdoch suddenly flip flopped and decided free content online is evil. All News Corp. execs have now been making noise about trying to charge for content."Billionaire Offers $75 Million to End Pet Overpopulation
"Every year, six to eight million unwanted cats and dogs enter shelters in the U.S., and three to four million are euthanized according to the animal welfare organization Found Animals."
51 Web Apps for Web Designers and Developers – Web.AppStorm
"Here are 51 web apps to make web designer’s and developer’s lives easier than ever and crank up their capabilities."
"With just one coat, IdeaPaint turns any surface into a dry-erase board."
I'm going to do this when we buy a house.
Rape Victim's Choice: Risk AIDS or Health Insurance?"Christina Turner feared that she might have been sexually assaulted after two men slipped her a knockout drug. She thought she was taking proper precautions when her doctor prescribed a month's worth of anti-AIDS medicine...Only later did she learn that she had made herself all but uninsurable."
This is just sick. I'm showing this to all my anti socialized medicine friends.
Blogs.mu - DIY Blog Networks and Communities"Blogs.mu is a site that allows you to setup your own WordPress based blog community or network - with the minimum of fuss. Set up blogs yourself or let users come to you."
Facebook launches new homepage feed."The default News Feed that users will see is becoming “Today’s Top News,” which Facebook’s Peter Deng says will have the “most relevant information” when users get to the site. “The spirit of the change is that you’ll see a summary of stuff you missed while you were gone,” Deng says."
Free Programming Classes : Learn How to Program
"A comprehensive real-time course on programming for everyone from total beginner to experienced programmer."Fonts for Designers Series Issue no. 1
"Fonts for Designers is a new series of posts that proposes every week a selection of the best free fonts for web designers. Each new issue will present five interesting fonts you can use on your web projects."
Ooh, fonts! I'm going to love this series!“Friendfeed is not dead. It’s transforming” says Friendfeed Co-Founder
"What is fact, is that Friendfeed as a tool and social medium, ranks above virtually every social networking stream based application currently available – yes, including Twitter with lists. To see it essentially fade into a ghost town would be a huge waste, particularly since the site still maintains an incredibly loyal userbase, whose limits have unfortunately been pushed of late."
Poor FriendFeed. I'm going to miss it when it finally goes. But I'm going to use it until it does. Clip it! Capture Any Web Page Into a Single Image
"Clip It! is a free Mac application that quickly captures and saves web pages into images for easy preview and presentation."PRS's Latest Trick: Demanding Money From Shop Assistant Who Was Singing At Work
"[The PRS] threatened a shop assistant for singing out loud (public performance!) while stacking the grocery shelves, demanding she pay £1,000 for the privilege. Of course, why was she singing? Because PRS had already threatened the owner for having a radio -- so he got rid of the radio."Flickr finally implements the tagging of friend, family and foe
"At long last, after what seems like an eternity compared to the usually-rapid pace that most social networks evolve at, Flickr has implemented people-tagging."Lifestreaming Service Storytlr to Shut Down and Go Open Source
"In a blog post on October 10th the team at Storytlr let users know that they will be shutting down the service at the end of this year. It’s just another casualty in a long list of Lifestreaming services that have shut down over the last year."
More bad news. But at least it's going open source. That's good news at least.Stop Overreacting: Hulu Not Ditching Free Yet
"So... this is really no different than what was said a few months back, when News Corp's Jon Miller started saying that Hulu should add subscription offerings. It's the official News Corp. position, ever since Rupert Murdoch suddenly flip flopped and decided free content online is evil. All News Corp. execs have now been making noise about trying to charge for content."Billionaire Offers $75 Million to End Pet Overpopulation
"Every year, six to eight million unwanted cats and dogs enter shelters in the U.S., and three to four million are euthanized according to the animal welfare organization Found Animals."
How Social Search Increases the Value of You.
For example, I have a Google Profile here. On that page, I’ve listed my Twitter account. This means when I’m signed into Google, it can tell who I am and what my Twitter account is with certainty. Then when I search, it can offer to show me web pages that are related to other people in my Twitter profile.
More specifically, if I were do to a search relating to journalism matters, because I follow a number of people in the journalism field (not everyone might see this Twitter List yet), I’d get back both “regular” search results as well as those that are from people who I follow. News.com notes that Mayer said these would appear at the bottom of regular search pages.
Other links from social sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn could also be added to your profile (any link can be added to it). To the degree Google can see your network, those can be used to filter your results.
Above, Danny Sullivan on Google social search giving a foretaste of how it will work.
My own Google profile lists all of my friends activity across many networks, including music, videos, tweets and blogposts,all of which will influence my Google searches when I'm logged in.
A key account listed there is Friendfeed which collects all of my social activity at once giving maximum connection with my social web graph, including Facebook status updates.
Facebook is the missing piece for Google: fuller unadulterated access would mean searcher's closest friends and family habits could influence your search results - I can imagine in the future who you know heavily influencing what you find and learn via search. Facebook isn't giving this up in a hurry, its their prime asset - information about you and your relationships.
Just split up with your girlfriend? A search for life insurance favours single's policies. Terrible in some way, that your life could potentially be examined in such detail just to serve you up better ads.
Added to all this will be location based search - upcoming browsers and smart phones all having you pinpointed to a few hundred yards. And the results will be terrifically useful - I just hope we don't give up too much in return. I really see a big privacy issue brewing in the future - potential international political debates on user privacy - China's internet population offering huge revenues protected by the state.
Will the spammers of the social search future spend their time creating virtual AI personas? It already happens in chat rooms, Russian chat bots looking for personal details.
As the technology to manipulate your data evolves, the data's value becomes higher and higher.
How much are each of your tweets worth?
