Quoted on RWW

I was quoted on ReadWriteWeb. Just noticed it.

I've already asked this question on Twitter itself and am getting some great responses (my Twitter id is rww). Several people have suggested that their family members may use a Twitter-like messaging system embedded in a social network. On this point, Andrew Baisley noted that "the barrier to entry must be much lower". However, said Andrew, if family members "could update Twitter from their Facebook status" then yes it might be used.

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My Facebook Account Was Hacked

Someone broke into my Facebook account and posted messages on all of my friend's profiles about an amazing new site for free ringtones. Yay.

Why the Facebook system let my account post 100 wall postings within about 30 seconds is beyond me. I got a system message from Facebook saying that they reset my password.... about 4 hours after several of my friends told me about the problem and I had already reset the password on my own.

Oh well.

In spite, I am now @Zuckerberg on Twitter.

Hooked on Twitter

I held out for a while, but I've finally started using Twitter. I'm hooked. I update on my iPhone via Thincloud and my Twitters are linked to my Facebook status. It drives my friends crazy that everywhere I go, the Twitter universe knows all about it. I love it. I'm a dork like that, so Follow Me.

Getting Down to Business

My friend Patrick wrote up a funny little post about an IM conversation we had yesterday. Besides the fact that he is getting damn old (he's not really, mind you), I found the whole discovery process interesting:

First, some background, Patrick and I worked together at WPTV around 2001-2002. He had a brief stint in New York where we would hang from time to time, but since then, we largely keep in touch via the intertubes.

1. I IM him a link, followed by a quick conversation
2. I follow link, buy pants, twitter the link
3. This morning, check my twitter feeds, see that he's twittered about his blog post
4. I try to comment, but can't figure out how to log in to do so (we should discuss that offline, Patrick)
5. I try to trackback, but Blogger doesn't support that (boo!)
6. So, I write this blog post
7. Patrick will probably find out about it via this blog's RSS feed (but, I'm just guessing)

I have two thoughts about this. One, it's super cool that we're able to keep in touch in such dynamic and constantly evolving ways. Two, it's super annoying that there's no (perfected) central location to manage all of this.

I'm still figuring out how to deal with comments on this blog and am considering writing a post today replying to several questions asked in the comments of various posts. Of course, if I do that, and people comment, then I'll need to somehow reply to those... this could spiral out of control! I'm not convinced at all that posting a comment on the same, old post is the best way to reply to a specific comment. The person likely has no idea that I responded and readers are missing out on what could be interesting and useful dialog.

Ah, I suppose I need to look for something a little more robust than Blogger.