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Jan 28, 2011
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Am I the only one here?
- beersage
fodder time?
- Aron Michalski
always good when Father Time makes an appearance
- Jerome Hughes
lots of noise
- Jim Posner
@Kevin - ip address shortage? [impending doom or equip boom]
- clive boulton
Scoble must be in the Swiss bunker with the ruling class...
- Aron Michalski
He is out. Doubt there is a way for him to stay in power.
- Jim Posner
It's only a matter of whether Mubarek pulls a Saddam on the way out.
- Aron Michalski
Daily show did a good bit on how's taking credit http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch...
- Aron Michalski
Really disappointed that CSPAN is not show the Al Jezeera live feed. AJ has been doing a stellar job.
- Jim Posner
AJ CC'd it all, live stream has been amazing.
- Aron Michalski
Cory was good on whether it is a twitter revolution or not: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...
- Kevin Marks
Also surprised that the Egyptian gov. has not shut down the AJ feed.
- Jim Posner
How about the Vodafone story? http://www.rawstory.com/rs...
- Aron Michalski
Verizon owns 45%
- Aron Michalski
AJ are using a satellite uplink. Shutting down satellites is really hard
- Kevin Marks
The army seems to be siding with the protesters, which is a good sign.
- Jim Posner
If they shut off the cell service here in the US, all the iPhone /iPad users would go home from the demonstration...
- Aron Michalski
precedents for egypts shutdown: http://opennet.net/blog...
- Kevin Marks
With the army siding with the protesters it seems Mubarak days are very numbered.
- Jim Posner
I also heard reports that there are protest in Jordan. http://www.reuters.com/article...
- Jim Posner
Tweets were going out with DIAL UP numbers to Egyptians to get the story out...
- Aron Michalski
Downgrade work-a-rounds...
- Aron Michalski
Like I've said elsewhere ... the internet is like water ... it gets in the cracks and tears structures apart
- Xenophrenia
ive heard the DSL lines are up
- Tina Chase Gillmor
gradually - bit by bit wears away calcified reality
- Xenophrenia
hard to shut down ICANN's DNS root zone?
- clive boulton
Check ins have leveled out
- clive boulton
foursquare are moving to become a source of useful information with tips emphasized
- Kevin Marks
Check ins become threats to some, spam to others. As I travel for work having my location pushed is handy, especially when I don't exactly know where I am.
- Aron Michalski
Now the maps and check ins are great for finding services in unknown areas.
- Aron Michalski
I doubt location broadcasting will ever reach the impact of Twitter. I thought the internet made the world small and flat, so location loses some of it's importance.
- Jim Posner
foursquare has the challenge of working outside dense urban areas...
- Kevin Marks
FourSquare was smart to make it a game and to offer deals in the venue lists. Allowing users to post venues too. Now with Google and Facebook (& Twitter) all in the game, it's a matter of where you want your main stream to hit the network.
- Aron Michalski
Foursquare has game mechanics. Couple with Yelp, OpenTable, others it would be very powerful. But they operate somewhat as silos.
- John Taschek
check in demographic > 80 pct male
- clive boulton
It says to me that a lot of people don't want to be part of a large organization being another cog in the wheel - for some at least (the others want to get rich ;-) )
- Xenophrenia
Smart to let 4SQ pump to FB and TWR. Women are concerned about stalkers understandably. As some should be of burglars.
- Aron Michalski
Xeno: u defined "maker generation"
- clive boulton
I thought Twitter was making good money.
- Jim Posner
added to FB and Googlemaps, one click bypasses the other location and hits the stream in one less move.
- Aron Michalski
Twitter: $150M to triple - http://bit.ly/hlzbze
- John Taschek
To anyone watching that actually clicks on ads so that I can continue using these services for free: Thanks!
- Michael Breslin
Yet real time information is not necessarily reliable. Right now, there are tweets that say Mubarak is on his way to Switzerland. Who can confirm?
- Alex de Soto
just saw this come across twitter: Al Jazeera Releases Egypt Coverage Under Creative Commons http://rww.to/hfXK3x ;-)
- Xenophrenia
The Onion tweets:
Hosni Mubarak Reaches Out To Twitter Followers For Ideas On How To Keep Regime Intact #Egypt #jan25
- Jim Posner
how many of our media giants would release news stories to Creative Commons?
- Xenophrenia
maggot brain?
- Jerome Hughes
touche.
- Aron Michalski
The hubs need to develop and support the 5th guy.
- Aron Michalski
speaking of tech books "The Master Switch" by Tim Wu is getting good press
- Jim Posner
The 5th guy is the next level. Everything else is neoteny.
- Aron Michalski
it's not about what I can get from you ... roi is becoming passe
- Xenophrenia
when I see a start up create a Jeopardy competitor I will be impressed.
- Jim Posner
it's about sharing not 'investing'
- Xenophrenia
that is what I mean when I say we think far to much about 'monetization' ... and the real value is human relationship
- Xenophrenia
and not about monetizing relationship either ;-)
- Xenophrenia
@cliveb - ;-) yes and more hehehe
- Xenophrenia
YES.
- Aron Michalski
yes @kevin - there are a lot of people who can't afford Apple products
- Xenophrenia
a vast number of people in the US make less than $50,000 a year
- Xenophrenia
families - not just individuals
- Xenophrenia
With Android you see people using the same OS with $500 superphones and free throwaways.
- Aron Michalski
Mind you, not all the same version but still the same framework.
- Aron Michalski
yes, exactly Aron
- Kevin Marks
we don't even have consistent internet on Highyway 1...
- Kevin Marks
And as the OS is adopted and a user becomes comfortable, they can move up as they can afford. Near Field will continue to consolidate our money flow into a single bill. As long as it's legal.
- Aron Michalski
best dictators educated at Sandhurst
- clive boulton
looks like Mubarak is finally speaking
- Jim Posner
It's bundling for the rest of your daily life.
- Aron Michalski
NFC will demonstrate more promise when the tag-emulation mode works properly and it can be used when your battery dies.
- coldbrew
Mubarek on air.
- Aron Michalski
He four squared from a Starbucks in Zurich.
- Aron Michalski
He totally has a Lugosi thing going on...
- Aron Michalski
It's Tithing for the Apple Lord...Amen.
- Aron Michalski