shawn farner - Latest Comments

Re: Star Wars and Apple

BP_Smith — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:04:19 -0000

You quoted one of the only good lines of dialogue from that POS of a movie. But them again this isn't about the whore that is George Lucas, dream killer and destroyer of childhood memories . . .

Sorry but Apples rejection of Google's voice app was a dumb business move. there is no longer a common enemy for these two giants (Microsoft). So, your enemy's enemy is not always your friend.

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

damondnollan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:06:19 -0000

I agree, nothing lasts forever. One of the lessons I learned as a child, because we moved a lot, is to keep necessary items to a minimum (pack light). Another suggestion is to do what many financial investors do and that is to spread your work over a number of places so in an event of loss, you won't lose everything. One example, I send pictures to my family. Should my house burn down all is not lost.

Thanks for sharing!

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

disqusbeta — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:24 -0000

wise post, i too felt shaken, i can't have a blog because i haven't got much in my personal life to write at a blogging scale and i don't have any social account the ones i have are anonymous type i don't want to be tracked by people i hate/ i don't like, so i was doing this nibble logging thing at twitter and friendfeed but friendfeed's decision shook me and i even wrote on friendfeed that it would be better to have a P2 blog than going in for facebook( social account, again i don't want to be tracked down) even though i am no celebrity

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

orangwutang — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:28:37 -0000

Great post! I am an American lawyer living and working in Vietnam for the past 2 years. I use Friendfeed, Twitter, Facebook, etc., but my main avenue is a blog I write chronicling my experiences in Vietnam and the places I've been since I moved here (Myanmar - where I happened to be when Typhoon Nargis hit, Tibet, etc.). My blog is at www.orangwutang.com, and my Twitter and FF usernames are also both orangwutang.

Thanks for this great idea!

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

travisbhartwell — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:25:55 -0000

Shawn -- good point. It is hard relying on some service -- especially a free one -- to store your content and to be your window on the world. It is nice that we can have self-hosted blogs and be the masters of our content and make sure our interactions get out. This has motivated me to get back to blogging too. So, check me out:

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Travis B. Hartwell
Software Toolsmith

Blog:
http://www.travishartwell.net/blog

Where to find me:
http://www.travishartwell.net/blog/static/where...

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

shawnfarner — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:22:59 -0000

If my hosting company suddenly folds, I could just go to a new one, restore my WP database and only lose a day or so. I'd still have the same content and would still be at the same URL. In that scenario, at least I wouldn't have to start from scratch.

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

nicefishfilms — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:16:55 -0000

Perhaps this 'change' will result in us finding a way to share the social-net pie rather than relying on a private co to do the heavy lifting for us. Like your idea of searching for an alternative/ clone that we all contribute to.

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

webalong — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:14:38 -0000

I don't know if you remember PopFly by Microsoft. It was a dev sandbox a la google gadgets. MS, to the best of my knowledge, shut it down and said AMF. Agreed-free is not free, at least it's not free for long. If no ads, you very well could be a number, i.e., a tool to prove value for a prospective buyer.

Re: Nothing lasts forever (and why I’m back to blogging)

bizsumpark182 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:13:56 -0000

Is that so true though. Who maintains your sever space? If you do so yourself then you are 100% correct. But, if you don't then what if that company decides they don't want to keep it anymore and just pull the plug without letting you know. Yes, I know that pretty much will never happen, but still.

Re: Stabbed in the back by FriendFeed

DGentry — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:51:17 -0000

That seems likely. The acquirer gets to control when and how the news breaks, barring inadvertent leaks.

Re: Stabbed in the back by FriendFeed

louismg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:39:56 -0000

I learned about the acquisition on FriendFeed, when Bret posted his note. You can see my one-word comment of "Boom" under his entry. Real-time news is typically very sensitive. I don't have insight, but assume a contact at Facebook reached out to TechCrunch.

Re: Stabbed in the back by FriendFeed

DGentry — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:48:26 -0000

The thing I'm disappointed about? They let the news break in TechCrunch. Scoble or Louis Gray could have at least gotten a traffic spike with even a little advance notice, but they apparently learned about it from TechCrunch.

Re: Stabbed in the back by FriendFeed

twitter-51366890 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:05:07 -0000

Your title says it all. Let the FriendFeed deathwatch begin...

Re: Stabbed in the back by FriendFeed

fajaronly — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:29:55 -0000

Well said. This is exactly how I feel when I found out FriendFeed acquired by Facebook.

Re: Stabbed in the back by FriendFeed

SashaHalima — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:02:53 -0000

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!

I thought about what you said earlier actually -- well, specifically, the bit about Google was going through my head.

I hope you don't mind, I linked you in my blog post tomorrow, for Tuesday http://sashahalima.com/blog/?p=3940

Best wishes,

@SashaHalima :)

Re: If you can’t tip, don’t go out

jim telen — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:49:56 -0000

hey dumb ass, servers get 2.83 an hour and your tip is there way of living. So dont tell anyone in here its bonus cash. This isnt Europe so lets get that strait. If you want to not tip then maybe you should move there. If you have money to order food, you have money to tip good. If not, stay home, or go to McDonalds. Its people like you that are cheap and ignorant and its people like you that should stay home with there tv dinner. I would LOVe to see you serve a three table section with rude ass's like yourself sitting in the seats who think your tip is keeping your job and getting paid 2.83 an hour, fucker.

Re: Where I’ve been and where I’m going

Jim Armstrong — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:20:23 -0000

I just stumbled across this, and resonated with the "staying in the loop" business. I don't know if this either quacks or waddles like a solution, but there is a fellow who creates filtered compilations of topical links that I use for a purpose different than yours. You can check out his Cyanova Science News headline/link compilation. I do something similar with science/religion, but he automates his - I'm not that sophisticated. I don't know if you'd be interested in doing something with Jeff Clark, -- www.cyanova.com/JeffClark.html -- but just in case, I thought I'd point you to him.

The value of these is that the headlines can be skimmed, and the links clicked for only the ones of interest. The former offers awareness value, the latter the specifics.

Regards -

Re: My little project

shawnfarner — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:10:44 -0000

Which organizations do you mean? That is definitely something I could look into.

Re: My little project

shawnfarner — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:10:12 -0000

Thank you! :)

Re: My little project

MattyFo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:38:56 -0000

Awesome work so far and a great idea. It's like idealist.org but more nichey and so better served, have you also considered working with local government organizations?

Re: My little project

Alicia — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:49 -0000

Good for you!

Re: Are we sharing too much on social networks?

slotsonline — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:04:17 -0000

I think that we share too much of our lives online. Sometimes, I think that we should spend less time online.. and more time interacting with people in the real world.. where we tend to say less.

Re: Stop talking, start doing

technosailor — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:27:05 -0000

Lead the revolution, dude.

Re: Stop talking, start doing

Alicia — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:54:32 -0000

I really like this approach. :) Honestly, it's what matters in life, isn't it?

Re: Why I’ll skip the iPhone and keep my BlackBerry

william — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:01:42 -0000

i agree with u i like the blackberry better anyway you are not alone