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Re: Death to Twitter’s “Older” Button

Jason Nassi — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:58:59 -0000

Invite sent!

Re: Death to Twitter’s “Older” Button

calamityjake — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:11:10 -0000

Jason:

Interesting. Well, as you say, plenty of Twitter's direct (and indirect) competitors have much more useful interfaces/APIs, but as long as Twitter has the lion's share of users it'll be hard to dislodge. For example, FriendFeed can do everything Twitter can, and much more, but outside of my geekiest friends nobody uses it (and if few people use *FriendFeed*, it's safe to say that almost nobody's using Plurk or any other competitors, either). And as long as all my friends are on Twitter, I will be, too.

So I guess my point is that Twitter is in a lucky position, because of the network effect of its critical mass of users, and now that they seem to have at least muffled the uptime problem I'm hoping they'll start addressing some of the more glaring interface problems. If they don't do it, and soon, I'm pretty sure Facebook is going to figure out a way to make its status feature as easy to use and ubiquitous as Twitter ever was.

I don't know anything about Socialthing, but if you can send me an invite I'll definitely check it out (calamityjake at gmail dot com). Thanks!

Re: Death to Twitter’s “Older” Button

Jason Nassi — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:03:03 -0000

Jake,
Some of Twitter's competitors have the timeline functionality that you describe, like Plurk. The problem there for me is that none/very few of the people I follow are using Plurk. Twitter is the leader in the clubhouse, as far as I'm concerned.

Something you might want to try is Socialthing! Aside from the way that it integrates various social networking services, it also has a different way of displaying updates that might be more to your liking. Not the timeline concept, but you'll easily be able to see what's been updated since your last login. They're in private beta (I can send you an invite), and have just been acquired by AOL.

Re: Since we last spoke

snowmit — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:37:29 -0000

The gelatto place was on Denman for sure. Turn left when you walk out the door of Tanpopo and then keep an eye out. It is on the same side of the street and I remember yellow /orange decor.

Re: Since we last spoke

kat — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:59:11 -0000

sweet. i'll add them both to the list.

Re: Since we last spoke

calamityjake — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:24:01 -0000

To save you the googling: http://www.tanpoporestaurant.ca/

Re: Since we last spoke

calamityjake — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:22:22 -0000

Sushi: Tanpopo Japanese Restaurant (1122 *Denman* Street)--$24 for
everything on the menu, including a bunch of cooked stuff as well as basic
sushi options.

Gelato: I don't remember the name of the place, but I think it's also on
Denman. I highly recommend the green apple, grapefruit, and lime basil
sorbettos. We didn't even make it to the real gelato section.

Re: Since we last spoke

kat — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:17:47 -0000

where did you have sushi and gelato? i'm heading up thataway in a couple weeks.

Re: Tilting at Windbags?

steveballmer — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:38:55 -0000

keep it up dude, good blog.

Re: Tilting at Windbags?

Tracy — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:53:54 -0000

Hey, nice post. :)

It's good to read someone else's perspective on the whole thing (especially when it's someone I know and whose opinion I respect). I had NO IDEA the can of worms I was opening with that post, but I certainly don't mind having done it.

Re: I’m 3000 miles and 18 hours of testing away from a vacation.

brandon — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:51:00 -0000

i am hoping that you will not be too tired on the 7th because i have a non-seattle date on the 8th and then go on a three day hike on the 9th. but if you are up for the 7th, i think we should hit the alibi room so i can take a picture of you adding a piece of gum to the gum wall. let me know if you want me to invite a few other seattle area bloggers.

Re: I’m 3000 miles and 18 hours of testing away from a vacation.

calamityjake — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:16:12 -0000

Thanks, kat.

Re: I’m 3000 miles and 18 hours of testing away from a vacation.

kat — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:09:34 -0000

good luck, jake!

Re: No original content today. Maybe in August.

dan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:06:59 -0000

i kept waiting for comic sans to show up and i thought it was going to be represented by someone tickity tack and gauche... NOT THE HERO. COMIC SANS IS THE ANTI-HERO.

Re: I’m pretty upset they omitted Starship Troopers.

Wade — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:52:47 -0000

Miller's Crossing is a great movie. Its very Coen-y, perhaps a little too Coen-y for some people, but it is just a very well done movie - the plot is interesting, the acting is fantastic and, as with all Coen Brothers films, the sound and cinematography are first-rate. I definitely would have it on my list.

Unrelated, but I watched Barton Fink last night for the first time in years and that is another incredible early Coen Brothers movie.

Re: I’m pretty upset they omitted Starship Troopers.

wip — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:47:58 -0000

you should see blue velvet. it would probably be good to be a little drunk.

Re: I’m pretty upset they omitted Starship Troopers.

calamityjake — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:43:50 -0000

I have never seen Miller's Crossing! Onto my netflix queue it goes.

They also left off Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which if you're gonna put dumb comedies on the list is a pretty glaring omission. But, as you say, the omissions are basically the whole point.

Re: Nobody cares about my other posts, however.

calamityjake — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:42:07 -0000

A) It is a cropped image of molten lava, which I picked because it matches the color scheme. I don't love it, but it's an improvement over the old design.
D) I will probably move again some other August, but hopefully not for a few more years. And I will never, NEVER, do it myself, no matter how much it costs.

Re: I’m pretty upset they omitted Starship Troopers.

brandon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:35:06 -0000

wow, i have seen most of these as well, and these lists are almost always better known for their omissions, because, otherwise, who would care? i mean, it's the 'I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT OFF (A) AND PUT IN (B)! ka-ching!

still, three glaring omissions (unless my search function is not working): pan's labyrinth, english patient and good god i can't believe they left off Miller's Crossing!

really, miller's crossing is just a perfect film.

Re: Nobody cares about my other posts, however.

Lauren — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:01:27 -0000

A) nice redesign, I just saw it for the first time! But what is that picture of in your masthead??
B) I have definitely googled the ipod reset before...but it usually always happens when I'm not in front of a computer and forget how to do it.
C) I take personal pleasure in the Basedow post because I was a part of making it happen! Also, I would still like to have it as my cell phone ring...
D) funny how on your ipod post, you also mention that you are moving in august. and here you are two years later moving in august again. i hate moving!

Re: I’m pretty upset they omitted Starship Troopers.

dan — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:38:25 -0000

you are quite the movie watcher

if i get ever break down and get netflix, this is a convenient little list

i've only seen maybe 30%-40%

Re: 100 best reads of the past 25 years

Julia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:59:07 -0000

Blech. EW making a 100 best books list? They stick to Brangelina, mostly because this list #$()*-ing sucks.

J.

Re: 100 best reads of the past 25 years

dan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:40:49 -0000

goblet of fire over prisoner of azkaban? stop ittttttt

i could see you hating love in the time of cholera

and... i can't wait to read again!!!

Re: 100 best reads of the past 25 years

calamityjake — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:29:05 -0000

But I was an english major --I should really have read most of the "literature" on this list, if not the popular trash that made it on because it sold a lot of copies (looking at you, Da Vinci Code). I guess that's what retirement is for.

Re: 100 best reads of the past 25 years

kat — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:04:21 -0000

i've read exactly three of these books, one of which i HATED. busy or not, you're doing far better than i.