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Comment on Twitter’s Failure and FriendFeed’s Shortcomings by JJT

JJT — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:25:30 +0000

@Alex: Well, there are times where texting makes sense–loud places, early stages of planning, etc. Sometimes its easy to text–especially when killing time in meetings.

@Spam: I saw your comment initially, and I had a brief moment of “Oh great, spam comments are getting through.”

I agree with you on the simplicity of Twitter–from the web, a client, or phone, it is pretty darn easy. The whole concept of calling it “microblogging” is just plain silliness, though. My problem with the drumbeat of “FriendFeed is awesome and my conversations are there” is that it is just plain wrong. You still need to create content on your FriendFeed, so, you need to Twitter, Blog, Flickr, etc. Calling it the new microblogging platform is just plain silliness.

Have you seen the hubbub around identi.ca. I created an account there, but I have to ask why. I just don’t see it as easy as Twitter.

Comment on Twitter’s Failure and FriendFeed’s Shortcomings by Spam

Spam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:44:35 +0000

HALLELUJAH.

I cannot for the life of me understand what makes the ubergeek community think that FriendFeed is the same kind of utility as Twitter is. Until reading your blog just now, I had heard no one but myself correctly label FriendFeed as an AGGREGATOR.

Beside that point, one of the biggest reasons (maybe THE biggest reason) why Twitter became so popular in the mainstream so quickly is because of its simplicity; the moment you see the site, you see how it works. FriendFeed isn’t tough to understand, but its design is certainly not nearly as inviting and intuitive as Twitter’s is.

This feels to me like an “Emporer’s New Clothes” kind of situation, where everyone refuses to acknowledge the obvious. Hats off to you, sir, for seeing what others won’t let themselves see.

Comment on Tool Time: Upgrades at Home by Notorious R.O.B.

Notorious R.O.B. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:43:02 +0000

Just be careful about randomly approaching Home Depot employees and demanding “what color caulk do you have”.

In other news, the judge was thankfully very understanding.

Comment on My Nephew: Completing 11th Grade by Notorious R.O.B.

Notorious R.O.B. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:40:10 +0000

Congrats on your nephew, but, geez… when I finished 11th grade, all my parents did was make me start paying rent.

Comment on Twitter’s Failure and FriendFeed’s Shortcomings by Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:26:24 +0000

I’m not on board with Twitter, myself. I don’t think I’d update all that much, so for most people subscribing to my RSS is update enough. Then again, I’m one of the folks who prefers phone calls to text messages too.

Comment on Tool Time: Upgrades at Home by JJT

JJT — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:37:47 +0000

@acw: It was actually 2 funnels before I started streaking through the quad. Then I had some KFC afterwards, and it was awesome!

Comment on Tool Time: Upgrades at Home by anonymouscoworker

anonymouscoworker — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:03:55 +0000

So you just did the one beer-funnel before streaking the quad?

Comment on Tool Time: Upgrades at Home by Carol

Carol — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:57:14 +0000

I don’t know what color caulk you’re looking for, but Home Depot had grey and dark brown.

Comment on Relaxing by JJT

JJT — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:39:12 +0000

@Satevis: Actually, I had a good time at your shindig. I just caught it as it was winding down, so ultimately that was my fault. I just need to be there from the get-go for your next shindig.

Comment on Relaxing by Satevis

Satevis — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:49:35 +0000

Dude, I regret you felt that you had to drag yourself away from a party you were enjoying, just to make a courtesy appearance at mine. Had I known, I would have bid you to stay where you were having the best time.