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A Blog by Franklin Pettit

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Ah-Ha! Now I know why you haven’t posted in a week! I thought that voip router story was a bunch of hooey!

Comment on September 4, 2007 12:06 pm

Test

Comment on April 1, 2008 06:44 pm

So… I could: 1) Post the blog post, 2) Post it to FriendFeed, 3) Add it to Del.icio.us, 4) Submit it to Digg, 5) Hype it on StumbleUpon, 6) Share it on Google Reader, and 7) Send a Twitter about it.

On FriendFeed, that would get annoying (one reason I usually don't do that). But there are definitely people who only get it on the blog, or on Google Reader or on Twitter, so there are often duplicates.

What is the proposed solution?

“Louis Gray added a new post “TechMeme Such and Such” and shared it on Google Reader and sent a Tweet: “TechMeme Such and Such”…

Comment on April 3, 2008 10:27 pm

My proposed solution is for FriendFeed to group the links together and show all the conversation together in one block. All the likes together. Then a display of all the comments. This would be a lot less confusing on the FriendFeed. Then you could submit to 7 different places and it would not be as annoying. Also then someone could more easily use the API to get the conversation back on the original blog.

Comment on April 4, 2008 07:19 am

My proposed solution is for FriendFeed to group the links together and show all the conversation together in one block. All the likes together. Then a display of all the comments. This would be a lot less confusing on the FriendFeed. Then you could submit to 7 different places and it would not be as annoying. Also then someone could more easily use the API to get the conversation back on the original blog.

Comment on April 4, 2008 11:19 am

Hi Franklin,

Thanks for mentioning Toluu to your readers! Please let me know if you need any more invites.

Also, if you have any suggestions for ways we could improve the site please let me know.

Caleb
Toluu

Comment on April 5, 2008 08:36 pm
7. cyprien

Hi from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I am in the Higher Education world and I would love a toluu invite.

Comment on April 6, 2008 04:14 pm

[...] noticed this last week when Louis Gray linked to my post “The FriendFeed Disjointed Comments Problem.”  I noticed then that it was not in his [...]

Pingback on April 7, 2008 08:41 am

I'd noticed the same thing. I recently deleted del.icio.us as a service, and re-added it, in hopes that it would fix itself, but that didn't happen. It's not the first time del.icio.us bookmarks have broken in FriendFeed. The first time (late last year, I believe), they changed the way they handle their RSS feeds.

Comment on April 7, 2008 10:04 am

I need your email for the invite. Post it or email it to me at fpettit AT Gmail.

Comment on April 7, 2008 11:23 am

I'd noticed the same thing. I recently deleted del.icio.us as a service, and re-added it, in hopes that it would fix itself, but that didn't happen. It's not the first time del.icio.us bookmarks have broken in FriendFeed. The first time (late last year, I believe), they changed the way they handle their RSS feeds.

Comment on April 7, 2008 02:04 pm

[...] this case I blog posted “Are Del.icio.us feeds broken on FriendFeed?” and Louis Gray quickly responded to my post and eventually found the [...]

Pingback on April 9, 2008 07:27 pm

You are right, we need to make this clearer. We will add a link to our support discussion group to the page this week.

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback.

Comment on April 9, 2008 08:42 pm

I love your site just a little detail forgotten by many.

Comment on April 9, 2008 08:49 pm

I definitely support this movement, especially for beta sites! I think they should make it a lot clearer and easier to both find and do. Isn't that the reason why it's in beta anyways?

Comment on April 9, 2008 10:06 pm

You beat us to the punch. We will be rolling out an easy to find feedback form on Toluu tomorrow morning.

You are absolutely right that young sites really need to make it easy for users to get in touch with the devs.

Comment on April 10, 2008 09:28 pm

You beat us to the punch. We will be rolling out an easy to find feedback form on Toluu tomorrow morning.

You are absolutely right that young sites really need to make it easy for users to get in touch with the devs.

Comment on April 11, 2008 01:28 am

[...] feedback and report bugs and had been working on such a page, but a blog post by Franklin Pettit ‘Beta Feedback should be much easier’ really lit a fire under us to get it [...]

Pingback on April 11, 2008 07:49 am

Hi Franklin,

You have pointed out two of the major issues we are working on right now.

Improving the matching speed is a major technology challenge and so we are working on some smart solutions. We need to crunch a great deal of data to make the matches and so we need to be smarter about how and when we process that data.

Regarding the duplicate items, once we saw an influx of different OPML files we saw how we needed to improve the importer to be more robust in how it handles different variations of the same feed. It is amazing how many feeds point to the same content!

So we have made improvements to the importer and now we are working on cleaning up the DB and merging the duplicate feeds, which will also improve the accuracy of the matching algorithm.

I think your idea of saying 'Not interested' is quite cool and will be going on our list!

Thanks again for your honest feedback and support of Toluu. We will certainly be making these improvements.

Caleb Elston
Toluu

Comment on April 11, 2008 10:18 am

I have tried Toluu a bit, but so far I remain mystified.

example: I imported by 400+ feeds via OPML from Google reader. I coninue adding (and ocassinally deleting) feeds at google. that means my Toluu data is out of date, (over time)

2: (I think) Toluu is NOT a feedreader. so if I discover an interesting feed, what do I do next? add it manually to my feedreader?

3. Toluu site needs a crisp “about” that explains the purpose of teh site, and lays out advantages. also needs a “how to use” so far it is a puzzle to me.

(I admit I have not invested much time so far).

http://twitter.com/RonKJeffries

Comment on April 11, 2008 12:09 pm

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the constructive feedback. It is our fault for not communicating clearly the reasons why you would want to use Toluu. We have been so focused on making it work and fixing bugs that we have not invested enough time in explaining the service for new users. You will certainly see improvements in these areas as we continue to grow, and certainly before we open up to all users. We are currently invite only.

Toluu is not a feed reader. It is a utility that helps you discover interesting feeds and see what your friends and others actually read day-in and day-out.

On the import page we have a Bookmarklet you can use to seamlessly add feeds to Toluu and your feed reader of choice when you find a new interesting blog or feed. Also, when you add a feed from within Toluu we can automatically add it to your feed reader if you want to do so. We are still trying to figure out the best way to know when you remove feeds from your reader.

Cheers,
Caleb
Toluu

Comment on April 11, 2008 12:20 pm

Hi Franklin,

You have pointed out two of the major issues we are working on right now.

Improving the matching speed is a major technology challenge and so we are working on some smart solutions. We need to crunch a great deal of data to make the matches and so we need to be smarter about how and when we process that data.

Regarding the duplicate items, once we saw an influx of different OPML files we saw how we needed to improve the importer to be more robust in how it handles different variations of the same feed. It is amazing how many feeds point to the same content!

So we have made improvements to the importer and now we are working on cleaning up the DB and merging the duplicate feeds, which will also improve the accuracy of the matching algorithm.

I think your idea of saying 'Not interested' is quite cool and will be going on our list!

Thanks again for your honest feedback and support of Toluu. We will certainly be making these improvements.

Caleb Elston
Toluu

Comment on April 11, 2008 02:18 pm

I have tried Toluu a bit, but so far I remain mystified.

example: I imported by 400+ feeds via OPML from Google reader. I coninue adding (and ocassinally deleting) feeds at google. that means my Toluu data is out of date, (over time)

2: (I think) Toluu is NOT a feedreader. so if I discover an interesting feed, what do I do next? add it manually to my feedreader?

3. Toluu site needs a crisp “about” that explains the purpose of teh site, and lays out advantages. also needs a “how to use” so far it is a puzzle to me.

(I admit I have not invested much time so far).

http://twitter.com/RonKJeffries

Comment on April 11, 2008 04:09 pm

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the constructive feedback. It is our fault for not communicating clearly the reasons why you would want to use Toluu. We have been so focused on making it work and fixing bugs that we have not invested enough time in explaining the service for new users. You will certainly see improvements in these areas as we continue to grow, and certainly before we open up to all users. We are currently invite only.

Toluu is not a feed reader. It is a utility that helps you discover interesting feeds and see what your friends and others actually read day-in and day-out.

On the import page we have a Bookmarklet you can use to seamlessly add feeds to Toluu and your feed reader of choice when you find a new interesting blog or feed. Also, when you add a feed from within Toluu we can automatically add it to your feed reader if you want to do so. We are still trying to figure out the best way to know when you remove feeds from your reader.

Cheers,
Caleb
Toluu

Comment on April 11, 2008 04:20 pm

I'd love an invite. Thanks!
le.ffler@gmail.com

Comment on April 13, 2008 01:21 pm

[...] blogosphere is a buzz. The conversation is about comments. I wrote the other day about “the FriendFeed disjointed comments problem.” My post was pointing out how FriendFeed could help move the conversation back to the [...]

Pingback on April 14, 2008 07:08 am
27. Brian

Franklin,

I'm Brian — a local developer evangelist for NC and SC and the guy who gave the first session in the afternoon. It was the one that covered Web Development in 2008, including LINQ, AJAX, and a few of the designer features.

To be honest, I'm concerned you found the event, the content, and the speakers (including myself) this terrible. It certainly concerns me since this, after all, is my job. To clarify a few things: Launch Event content is often a tad lighter than you may be accustomed to at other events. That's not to say it should be a “train wreck,” though.

As for Powerpoint, personally I keep slides to an absolute minimum and instead try to stay in VS, and at no time will I ever read from notes. Regarding my session specifically, I'd appreciate comments so we can make them more valuable. Although we collect the evals, by the time they make their way through the system and rolled up, sometimes it's hard to get actionable items. What didn't you like about my presentation style? Did you find having guests on stage to co-present useful, or distracting? What didn't you like about the AJAX demos?

Comment on April 14, 2008 11:19 am

I just discovered Toluu and it is exactly what some friends and I have been doing via email for the past year! This seems like it would be far easier and I would love an invite!

my email is cafourek [at] gmail.com

Thanks in advance!

Comment on April 17, 2008 02:41 pm

Franklin,

Ok, I get it, you didn't like the event but you say “I have no idea what is new in Visual Studio 2008″ and “presented NO useful information”. How much have you used Visual Studio 2008 going into the event? Did they NOT demo the new ASP.NET Javascript debugging features? How about the new ASP.NET Javascript Intellisense features? Did they NOT demo the new HTML/Design view split pane feature? Did they not demo any of the new ASP.NET CSS features? I wasn't there though I can't imagine they didn't touch on some of these in a Visual Studio 2008 launch event.

As someone who often presents at user groups, conferences, and so on I depend on the vibe I'm getting from the audience AND the evals submitted after a session. Your comments like “The speakers were just plain bad” don't really help anyone improve their presenatation skills so they can do a better job for you next time. Imagine being a chef and someone sends back a bowl of soup with a comment “the soup is bad”. You can't help wonder, did I use too much salt? Not enough? Maybe it wasn't warm enough. Did I over cook the pasta used in the soup? Should we have put in more vegetables? Maybe I used too much pasta… the questions go on and on. Send back a bowl of soup with a comment like “the soup wasn't warm enough and the pasta was undercooked”. NOW the chef can make adjustments to produce a better product for you next time.

Since you singled out Glen Gordon I'll tell you Glen is a friend of mine and I agree, he is VERY GOOD though I have to tell you I've seen him flip through a script or two just to be sure he covering all the content he came to present. :-) That by NO MEANS is a slam on Glen. We all do it to ensure we deliver the best presentation possible.

In closing, presenters always treasure feedback, both good and bad, because it either validates our approach and style or it points out areas where we can improve. What gets frustrating is when we receive general negative feedback because it tells us we need to improve but provides no direction on how to achieve that improvement.

Comment on April 21, 2008 12:36 pm

Jim — Your points are well taken. If I am going to be critical the least I can do is be more specific. I do want to reiterate that I like Microsoft technology, Microsoft events, and the developer evangelists. In this case I just did not enjoy this particular event. In hind site my post should have been more critique and less rant. I will try to post again and clarify a couple of my specific issues. Also I attended with 3 other colleagues. We are all in agreement the event was a little off. In any case perhaps I can persuade one of the others to post some specifics as well.

Comment on April 21, 2008 08:49 pm

Brian — I will post some specifics as soon as I can. Let me just quickly say that your presentation was fine just not very interesting to me personally.

I will get into this in a follow up blog post but if I was say a VB6 developer and was coming to the 2008 launch event to see if .NET was worth my while for my next enterprise application I am not certain I would have even been able to tell what LINQ is.

I just wanted a clearer description of the topics presented. If this was done and I totally missed it let me know.

Also If I am using 2005 why go to 2008 right away. What is the most have feature in 2008? Again if this was presented I just must have missed it.

Also I attended with 3 other colleagues. We are all in agreement the event was a little off. In any case perhaps I can persuade one of the others to post some specifics as well.

Comment on April 21, 2008 08:56 pm
32. Brian

Franklin — thanks for the follow up, I appreciate it. You know, I know most people shouldn't necessarily think of the time that goes into prepping content for these events — I think any show worth going to should look “easy” — despite the time commitment.

Now, I'm going to level with you (and everyone who reads this): I wasn't a huge fan of the content for the day. VS2008 — at this stage — is a tricky product to have in a launch event. because it shipped (relatively) so long ago. I'm not sure if you're active in the local user groups/code camps, but we've done a bunch of install fests (where we gave away VS2008 Pro), and the previous MSDN Event (Nov-Dec time frame) covered most of this content in more depth.

So we're left in a tough spot: do you keep it high level with a marketing slant, where folks are bored having seeing everything before, or do try to dive in a little? The larger the event, the harder it is. I polled the audience to try and decide this on the fly, but there was such a mix of people — it's a tough call.

For example, one decision I made was to can about 3 or 4 marketing slides that talk about code metrics. I believe these are _very_ cool features of VS2008, however, I didn't think people would really remember them. Besides, code metrics don't work well in Web Projects due to the compilation model, and this was a web dev talk. So I decided to ask Scott Forsyth to give a 5 minute demo on IIS7. I thought it was a good idea, I thought it went off well, but you might not. (I tihnk Scott's amazing — if you haven't checked out his book Professional IIS7, check it out — the best book on IIS7).

As for cohesion and clearer descriptions. I agree. I actually did try to discuss that in my session (I can't talk much about the other sessions — I was in and out during the other sessions). I had a slide up of the agenda, then I had a slide about what we wouldn't be covering (like silverlight, MVC, etc.) But I do agree the event as a whole needed more cohesion.

RE: 2005 to 2008, why upgrade? That's a good one. I'm going to underscore that one in Raleigh — I think I glossed over some of the multitargeting a bit. In short — 2008 has much more refined IDE experience. The design surfaces work smoother (particularly for web, but also WCF and WPF). Because you can continue to target .NET 2.0/3.0 projects with it, it's finally nice to have only 1 tool installed. Of course, if you're working with pre .NET 3.5 projects, you don't get LINQ (for example), but you do get the better IDE experience and can being working with new projects as applicable.

Anyway, getting specifics is very useful and I appreciate the dialog. Although you know Glen as the MSDN guy, I do a huge number of events across NC/SC. Always feel free to come up to us — for example, if you didn't like the session, heck, let's make it right.

Comment on April 22, 2008 01:30 am
33. Brian

Franklin — thanks for the follow up, I appreciate it. You know, I know most people shouldn't necessarily think of the time that goes into prepping content for these events — I think any show worth going to should look “easy” — despite the time commitment.

Now, I'm going to level with you (and everyone who reads this): I wasn't a huge fan of the content for the day. VS2008 — at this stage — is a tricky product to have in a launch event. because it shipped (relatively) so long ago. I'm not sure if you're active in the local user groups/code camps, but we've done a bunch of install fests (where we gave away VS2008 Pro), and the previous MSDN Event (Nov-Dec time frame) covered most of this content in more depth.

So we're left in a tough spot: do you keep it high level with a marketing slant, where folks are bored having seeing everything before, or do try to dive in a little? The larger the event, the harder it is. I polled the audience to try and decide this on the fly, but there was such a mix of people — it's a tough call.

For example, one decision I made was to can about 3 or 4 marketing slides that talk about code metrics. I believe these are _very_ cool features of VS2008, however, I didn't think people would really remember them. Besides, code metrics don't work well in Web Projects due to the compilation model, and this was a web dev talk. So I decided to ask Scott Forsyth to give a 5 minute demo on IIS7. I thought it was a good idea, I thought it went off well, but you might not. (I tihnk Scott's amazing — if you haven't checked out his book Professional IIS7, check it out — the best book on IIS7).

As for cohesion and clearer descriptions. I agree. I actually did try to discuss that in my session (I can't talk much about the other sessions — I was in and out during the other sessions). I had a slide up of the agenda, then I had a slide about what we wouldn't be covering (like silverlight, MVC, etc.) But I do agree the event as a whole needed more cohesion.

RE: 2005 to 2008, why upgrade? That's a good one. I'm going to underscore that one in Raleigh — I think I glossed over some of the multitargeting a bit. In short — 2008 has much more refined IDE experience. The design surfaces work smoother (particularly for web, but also WCF and WPF). Because you can continue to target .NET 2.0/3.0 projects with it, it's finally nice to have only 1 tool installed. Of course, if you're working with pre .NET 3.5 projects, you don't get LINQ (for example), but you do get the better IDE experience and can being working with new projects as applicable.

Anyway, getting specifics is very useful and I appreciate the dialog. Although you know Glen as the MSDN guy, I do a huge number of events across NC/SC. Always feel free to come up to us — for example, if you didn't like the session, heck, let's make it right.

Comment on April 22, 2008 05:30 am

Louis,

Today, Plaxo and Disqus rolled out integration with Plaxo Pulse, enabling comments posted there to flow back to the originating blog!

http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-th...

Comment on April 22, 2008 06:45 pm

Sorry, didn't mean to direct that last comment at Louis!

Comment on April 22, 2008 06:55 pm

Louis,

Today, Plaxo and Disqus rolled out integration with Plaxo Pulse, enabling comments posted there to flow back to the originating blog!

http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-th...

Comment on April 22, 2008 10:45 pm

Sorry, didn't mean to direct that last comment at Louis!

Comment on April 22, 2008 10:55 pm

[...] had commented that I attended with colleagues who felt the same way as I did. Check out David Knight’s [...]

Pingback on April 24, 2008 07:27 am

[...] first discussed the multiple link problem in conjunction with what I called ‘The FriendFeed Disjointed [...]

Pingback on April 25, 2008 07:49 am
40. Hutch Carpenter

Franklin – I think you're right. I could see trying both person-centric and link-centric. Link-centric would be really interesting, with the one concern that it creates an echo chamber effect. Everyone focuses only on the link with the most action. But Techmeme shows there is interest in those kind of approaches. Perhaps link-centric could be in a separate tab.

Comment on April 25, 2008 10:02 am

Now that would go over great with the entire community. I would definitely like the option instead of having people left out. Both views are pretty interesting and could work well for controlling duplicates and for organizational purposes. I just think the person-centric view is more manageable for me :P

Hopefully we can see both options implemented though.

Comment on April 25, 2008 12:59 pm
42. Hutch Carpenter

Franklin – I think you're right. I could see trying both person-centric and link-centric. Link-centric would be really interesting, with the one concern that it creates an echo chamber effect. Everyone focuses only on the link with the most action. But Techmeme shows there is interest in those kind of approaches. Perhaps link-centric could be in a separate tab.

Comment on April 25, 2008 02:02 pm

Now that would go over great with the entire community. I would definitely like the option instead of having people left out. Both views are pretty interesting and could work well for controlling duplicates and for organizational purposes. I just think the person-centric view is more manageable for me :P

Hopefully we can see both options implemented though.

Comment on April 25, 2008 04:59 pm

I would really love an invite. ^_^ will@willolbrys.com

Comment on April 29, 2008 02:07 pm

FF Apps is definitely a great repository!

Comment on May 1, 2008 06:17 pm

FF Apps is definitely a great repository!

Comment on May 1, 2008 10:17 pm
47. Mike Damon

I too would live an invite! ~ newsletters@micahdiamond.com

Comment on May 5, 2008 02:35 pm

[...] now my first ever note has a freaking TYPO! How do I fix it? Geez. I wanted Google Reader to update already but the enhancements need to be clear and valuable. Get rid of the bugs and complete the [...]

Pingback on May 6, 2008 07:57 pm
49. ryansv

I ran into all of the same problems/complaints as you.

However, I also noticed a new feature that can be easily abused. When you add a note to a post and share it, you are given the option to edit the html markup of the original post. When it shows up in your shared items, it gives your friends no indication of what you changed. Read about it in more detail in my post <a href=” http://duffsdevice.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-...> Google Reader allows me to (surreptitiously) alter the text of any article.

Now I'll have to go check out Profy. keep up the good work writing here.

P.S. I like the giant RSS button, I was thinking about putting one on my site too. :)

Comment on May 6, 2008 09:19 pm
50. ryansv

It seems like Disqus doesn't let you edit comments.

The url is the correct link, but I'll try it again

Google Reader allows me to (surreptitiously) alter the text of any article.

Comment on May 6, 2008 09:22 pm

Ryan thanks for the kind words. I read your post yesterday. You make a great point about being able to edit the HTML of the original.

This is a big complaint of Profy as well. Right now they left you free blog the post and you can change whatever you want. This is not good and will lead to content theft.

But in David's interview over at the KnightKnetwork he questioned the Profy VP and they indicated that they intended to fix the problem. She indicated they would delineate the source more clearly.

Comment on May 6, 2008 10:27 pm

@Franklin: Thanks a lot for mentioning Profy in this post. And yes, you are quite right, we really should rethink exactly how we allow people to use blog posts from other blogs as sources on their blogs and we are already discussing it here to make sure the additions to the feature will be exactly what is needed. Anyway I appreciate your kind words about Profy very much – it is great to see that people already like our platform even at this early stage.

@Ryan: I'm always happy to hear feedback from our new users so I'll appreciate you sharing your thoughts about Profy very much.

Comment on May 7, 2008 02:16 am

Ryan thanks for the kind words. I read your post yesterday. You make a great point about being able to edit the HTML of the original.

This is a big complaint of Profy as well. Right now they left you free blog the post and you can change whatever you want. This is not good and will lead to content theft.

But in David's interview over at the KnightKnetwork he questioned the Profy VP and they indicated that they intended to fix the problem. She indicated they would delineate the source more clearly.

Comment on May 7, 2008 02:27 am

@Franklin: Thanks a lot for mentioning Profy in this post. And yes, you are quite right, we really should rethink exactly how we allow people to use blog posts from other blogs as sources on their blogs and we are already discussing it here to make sure the additions to the feature will be exactly what is needed. Anyway I appreciate your kind words about Profy very much – it is great to see that people already like our platform even at this early stage.

@Ryan: I'm always happy to hear feedback from our new users so I'll appreciate you sharing your thoughts about Profy very much.

Comment on May 7, 2008 06:16 am

1. What do you mean by integration? Your comments show up on your feed already. Was there something else you had in mind?

2. There's an option for this in the e-mail settings I think mine was defaulted to on.

Something else I found when digging for that setting that I'm really going to take advantage of are these two fun facts:
You can reply to the email notification to post your reply as a comment.
If you are a moderator, reply with “delete” to remove the comment.

Comment on May 7, 2008 10:35 pm

By integration I mean comments in FriendFeed on a blog post posting back to the original post. They are doing this with MyBlogLog. I would like to see this for FriendFeed as well.

Comment on May 8, 2008 07:21 am

I got an e-mail notification about your reply, and I'm writing this in an
e-mail reply to the notification. cool!

Comment on May 8, 2008 07:58 pm

Cool. I am trying as well.

Comment on May 8, 2008 08:32 pm

Finally, I get a good idea of what Louis Gray looks like! His icon on MyBlogLog is straight-up creepy looking. He looks like a vampire.

In fact: <img src=”http://f3.yahoofs.com/coreid/4709d4f4i18bdzul2sp1/2pI.Y489dLM1zaHnukof8Mi2hw–/2/tn96.jpg?ciAQcTIB.IHPDaGu”>

Comment on May 11, 2008 02:11 am

I wish Disqus would post some rules about which tags work. LOL. You can see the icon in question here: http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/louismg/

Comment on May 11, 2008 02:12 am

Alright, alright… fine. I'll see what I can do. :-)

Comment on May 11, 2008 02:25 am

MUCH better! Prince of the Night no longer! :-P

Comment on May 11, 2008 02:35 am

Finally, I get a good idea of what Louis Gray looks like! His icon on MyBlogLog is straight-up creepy looking. He looks like a vampire.

In fact: <img src=”http://f3.yahoofs.com/coreid/4709d4f4i18bdzul2sp1/2pI.Y489dLM1zaHnukof8Mi2hw–/2/tn96.jpg?ciAQcTIB.IHPDaGu”>

Comment on May 11, 2008 06:11 am

I wish Disqus would post some rules about which tags work. LOL. You can see the icon in question here: http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/louismg/

Comment on May 11, 2008 06:12 am

Alright, alright… fine. I'll see what I can do. :-)

Comment on May 11, 2008 06:25 am

MUCH better! Prince of the Night no longer! :-P

Comment on May 11, 2008 06:35 am
67. Tim

Hey, do you still have any invites?

Comment on May 16, 2008 12:07 pm
68. Tim

timwirght at csskarma dot com

Comment on May 16, 2008 12:08 pm
69. Tim

no, timwright at csskarma dot com

thanks

Comment on May 16, 2008 12:08 pm

I would LOVE a toluu invite if you still have any left! In case you do, my e-mail address is Brandon.blattner@gmail.com. Thanks so much either way!

Brandon

Comment on May 26, 2008 10:58 pm

[...] I said before I am using FFapps.com to expand the FriendFeed functionality. One of the Greasemonkey scripts they [...]

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72. Zaibatsu

Cool

Comment on June 5, 2008 03:24 am
73. Zaibatsu

Cool

Comment on June 5, 2008 07:24 am

There's a good post on O'Reilly Radar about Twitter's downtime with graphs: http://radar.oreilly.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/10214

Comment on June 5, 2008 07:08 pm

I couldn't agree more.

Comment on June 5, 2008 09:28 pm

If only they made a press release in India!

Comment on June 5, 2008 10:36 pm

I would appreciate an invite.

Comment on June 8, 2008 07:42 pm

[...] other significant change out today is speed to the contacts page. Speed is good. I commented early on about Toluu’s speed and the need to get faster. Caleb indicated that they sped up the [...]

Pingback on June 11, 2008 08:32 am
80. carter

but I like twitter…

it was first, and it's everywhere. why not just fix it?

first goes a long way.

Comment on June 11, 2008 07:56 am

Franklin,

Thanks for the great post! Cool to hear you like the clean design of the feed pages, we always wanted them to be streamlined so you could, at a glance, see if the content was interesting. Hear that you found your self exploring the site more because of the new Subscribers tab is fantastic.

Also, about speed, we are working very hard to continue to increase the speed of the site while we continue to grow in usage and in functionality. Many of these pages are quite complex to create, but we think we have some smart solutions to keep them loading fast.

Cheers,
Caleb
Toluu

Comment on June 11, 2008 08:39 am

Excellent write up Franklin. Toluu just became more social, this is a great improvement.

Comment on June 11, 2008 08:46 am

First certainly does go a long way. People are mostly staying around. I just wonder why someone else does not use this as a springboard for their own application.

Comment on June 11, 2008 08:55 am

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Pingback on June 11, 2008 11:00 am

Very nice! I have to wonder if Caleb ever sleeps. This Toluu update provides more access points to the data and that's always welcome. I am, however, very disappointed that you have more subscribers than me, gotta work on that.

As Toluu gets more members and more constant activity I'd love to see the Activity feeds update live similar to the way WeeWar.com does. It'd just be for show, but I don't underestimate the usefulness of little eye candy.

Comment on June 11, 2008 10:36 am
86. prattmic

Nice post. Could you send me an invite? prattmic AT gmail DOT com

Comment on June 11, 2008 10:54 am

Done. Enjoy.

Comment on June 11, 2008 11:13 am
88. carter

but I like twitter…

it was first, and it's everywhere. why not just fix it?

first goes a long way.

Comment on June 11, 2008 11:56 am

First certainly does go a long way. People are mostly staying around. I just wonder why someone else does not use this as a springboard for their own application.

Comment on June 11, 2008 12:55 pm
90. ThinRedLine

I'd love to give Toluu a try :P I just heard Leo and Amber talking about it on TwIT Live, and ran across your blog posts about it. Do you have any invites left? morgantable@yahoo.com Thanks.

Comment on June 11, 2008 08:10 pm

[...] ← Toluu Feed Page & Speed Enhancements [...]

Pingback on June 11, 2008 09:47 pm

Just sent! What did Leo and Amber say about Toluu? I was on another radio interview hehe

Comment on June 11, 2008 09:12 pm

I agree with you here. Thanks for the link back, but I think I actually come to the same conclusion as you here, that for a small blog it doesn't make a lot of sense to post an insane amount in a short period of time. It's better to concentrate on quality.

I alluded a bit, but didn't cover a lot of the tips you cover here.

I would like to add something: When I started my blog, I decided that I would not try to 'break' a story. I decided I wanted to concentrate on writing more in-depth posts about products and services.

That said, I admit that I got caught up on the excitement of the Toluu updates and kinda forgot my rule. I am glad I could contribute to running up some well-deserved publicity for Caleb, but it really was well covered by some big names.

Finally, I'm sorry I didn't get you re-added to my RSS reader until today.. as you know I dumped all my feeds and I am re-adding them as I 'rediscover' them. That oversite has been corrected, though, and you are back on my reading list!

Comment on June 11, 2008 10:45 pm

Franklin,

I just have to say, we saw a solid amount of traffic because of your post and the shares and other distribution. Toluu is where it is because of many fantastic bloggers like yourself, and so I want to make sure you continue to have the opportunity to see what we are launching so you can post something thoughtful (like you did) rather than just something reactionary.

I know a few people in Toluu are now subscribed to your feed and I hope we can help you grow your readership 1 reader at a time!

Caleb
Toluu

Comment on June 11, 2008 11:02 pm

I'm going to disagree with a couple of points. You wrote a good post and you had a day that's much better than average. How was that lucky? Luck helps but it certainly doesn't matter more than anything else. The bigger blogs got more views because they are bigger. People aren't going to wake up and ask themselves if Toluu had any new enhancements and then go hit Google (you'd win if they did).

Posting timely can be important too, it can certainly help w/ Google and lets you promote your post on the people that follow later on or they might even link back to you – with services like Zemanta providing related link suggestions, getting your post out there first can be beneficial.

Comment on June 12, 2008 12:20 am

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Pingback on June 12, 2008 08:55 am

[...] 06/13/2008:  Toluu is gaining alot of momentum.  The latest enhancements are great.  For about the founder Caleb Elston go here.  I have 25 invites.  Leave a comment if [...]

Pingback on June 13, 2008 03:53 pm
98. ThinRedLine

Thanks for the invite. Look forward to using Toluu :)

Comment on June 15, 2008 03:42 pm
99. ThinRedLine

They both loved the concept and discussed the implications. Specifically how Toluu opens the door for individuals to create their own mini newspapers and editorial pages, by following the comments of an author across multiple blogs. This also gives exposure to blogs and discussions they might not have come across otherwise. Leo and Amber both noted how Toluu addressed the need for commenter to have a central place to coordinate their thoughts, opinions and observations across multiple sites of content for themselves as well as sharing.

Comment on June 15, 2008 03:42 pm

I think you might be thinking of Disqus, which has to do with comments. hehe

Comment on June 15, 2008 06:05 pm

I am a new reader and I agree, write what you want to write. Be who you like to be. Let God sort out the rest!

Comment on June 15, 2008 10:57 pm
102. ThinRedLine

Hi Caleb. You're right. This is what happens when one tries to listen to a podcast while read something completely different. I went back and realized they were discussing Toluu and Disqus simultaneoulsy. I exercised the invite and created an account. My thoughts so far
1. LOVE how easy it was to import all of my RSS feeds using the OPML – thought a quick explanation of what an OPML is might be helpful for people who are not aware of what it is. I only knew about OPML files by chance.
2. As Toluu matures, consider ways to organize feeds and organize them by rank. The first RSS feed that shows up in my list is a blog that I rarely read.

I'm looking forward to exploring the site more and seeing what I run across as far as new blog :)

Comment on June 17, 2008 03:36 am

Glad to hear the import process was simple and easy for you, I agree a bit more info would be helpful or less savvy users. And I also agree that better organization of your own feeds will help with the discovery process a great deal.

Let me know if you have any other ideas or suggestions!

Caleb
Toluu

Comment on June 17, 2008 09:46 am

Glad to hear the import process was simple and easy for you, I agree a bit more info would be helpful or less savvy users. And I also agree that better organization of your own feeds will help with the discovery process a great deal.

Let me know if you have any other ideas or suggestions!

Caleb
Toluu

Comment on June 17, 2008 01:46 pm
105. FHER

para los que a estas alturas no pueden descargar firefox 3 y no les importa el record mundial y sí tener la nueva versión del mejor navegador de la historia de la humanidad, descarga desde http://rapidshare.com/files/123137998/Firefox_S...

Comment on June 17, 2008 02:35 pm
106. FHER

para los que a estas alturas no pueden descargar firefox 3 y no les importa el record mundial y sí tener la nueva versión del mejor navegador de la historia de la humanidad, descarga desde http://rapidshare.com/files/123137998/Firefox_S...

Comment on June 17, 2008 06:35 pm
107. Sajid

Please send me an invite, Thank you!

Comment on June 19, 2008 12:49 pm
108. wdejong

I've heard a lot about it, and I'd love an invite! Thanks!

Comment on June 19, 2008 04:04 pm

Invite Sent.

Comment on June 19, 2008 06:53 pm

Invite Sent.

Comment on June 19, 2008 06:53 pm
111. Bill

Invite please. This sound very useful.

Comment on June 20, 2008 08:54 pm

[...] a different perspective about Toluu. Where is Toluu heading? I previously wrote a post title “My Problems With Toluu.” This was several months ago as Toluu was in it’s [...]

Pingback on June 23, 2008 09:44 pm

Thanks for this fantastic post. We get so much fantastic feedback everyday from users, but this is certainly the most comprehensive set of requests which will certainly spark a discussion about what everyone wants to see in Toluu and how you all want to use it.

Toluu is really about helping you discover feeds you will love but have not found yet. It got started because I wanted to know what my buddies were reading and there was no way to easily do that. I knew they read interesting things that I didn't know about, but would enjoy.

As you mention, we have been rolling out updates that enhance the ability to discover the feeds in Toluu. We started with the personal Activity page, then expanded to a global activity page, and most recently updates to the feed pages so you can see who subscribes to a particular feed.

When we think about new features we give priority to those that will either make it faster to discover new feeds, hence the dramatic matching algorithm speed improvements, or make it easier to discover new feeds, the activity page or subscribers view.

I can tell you that we are working on your top request as well as many others. We also strive to keep the UI as simple and clean as possible which is often a contradiction when adding new features.

We are working hard to improve Toluu everyday, whether through infrastructure improvements, new features, tweaks and polish, fixing bugs, looking at analytics, or simply chatting with users. We are just a few months into what we plan to be a very long journey. We couldn't do it without our amazing community of users and fans, so thank you.

Comment on June 23, 2008 10:02 pm

Haha! I would so use your nerfed corpse as a shield if the support center ever attacked

Comment on June 24, 2008 09:31 am
115. J. Phil

I really like this article, because it really shows that you like Toluu and want to see it get better.

Comment on June 24, 2008 11:27 am

I do like Toluu. I am glad it shows. Thanks for the comment.

Comment on June 24, 2008 01:19 pm

Not Funny.

Comment on June 24, 2008 01:37 pm

I really like this article, because it really shows that you like Toluu and want to see it get better.

Comment on June 24, 2008 03:27 pm
119. Shey

Since I've tried Windows Live Writer, it's been great. I'm still on the lookout for other tools, so I'll check out DarkRoom and Notepad++.

Thanks!

Comment on June 24, 2008 04:56 pm

I do like Toluu. I am glad it shows. Thanks for the comment.

Comment on June 24, 2008 05:19 pm
121. Shey

Since I've tried Windows Live Writer, it's been great. I'm still on the lookout for other tools, so I'll check out DarkRoom and Notepad++.

Thanks!

Comment on June 24, 2008 08:56 pm
122. Stephen Kelley

Do you still have any invites?

Comment on June 26, 2008 02:32 pm

Friendfeed is my first desitnation for thoughts, ideas and research. It has proven
to be such an invaluable tool. Like i had commented, in some aspects more powerful then google. There is no better forum out there for “Temperature Taking” then Friendfeed. Friendfeed to me is becoming the new Wikipedia of social networking .

Comment on June 26, 2008 03:16 pm

FriendFeed is one of the first sites I visit in the morning, I look at the first few pages and then do a couple of searches to see what I missed while sleeping. The amazing expansion factor of commenting or liking a post then being shown to everyone who subscribes to you is what really amazes me. How it can draw in so many different people and still feel quite targeted.

Comment on June 26, 2008 06:47 pm

I admit FriendFeed is the place to be in my opinion too.

Comment on June 26, 2008 07:03 pm
126. michaeltwofish

Interesting post, thanks. As an aside, it would be great if you linked to the FriendFeed permalink when quoting from there.

Comment on June 26, 2008 07:08 pm

Good point about the conversation link. Simple oversight. I have linked it now.

Comment on June 26, 2008 07:27 pm

Good post summing up jhow FriendFeed is being used today.

Comment on June 27, 2008 08:11 am

Invite Sent

Comment on June 27, 2008 08:27 am
130. Theresa White

I would love an invite if you've got one! theresa.white16@gmail.com

Comment on June 27, 2008 11:33 am

[...] realm people just update to update. I’ve been guilty of it too. My brother wrote a very good post about writing content for blogs. Even if you blog readership is small, keep writing good content [...]

Pingback on June 27, 2008 12:56 pm

I'm not sure that's really the point though. If you write crappy content, it's just noise. No one really cares about it. Sure you might get some hits or something but is that the point? Some blog about life and their thoughts. Others actually think through those thoughts to form rational opinions or even theory's about how some thing should or could be.

I guess were edging on the fine line of what exactly is the difference between journalism, blogging, and noise?

Comment on June 27, 2008 01:04 pm

Invite sent.

Comment on June 27, 2008 01:06 pm

Not sure what's the point?

Comment on June 27, 2008 02:55 pm

Well I'm taking from your first post that you blog everyday for SEO purposes. My question is why do you care about SEO for a blog? Is there some kind of financial gain to be had for you that motivates this? If so, yeah you missed the point completely. If not, never mind.

Comment on June 28, 2008 08:32 am

I find your overly judgmental attitude, naivety, and poor reading
comprehension refreshing! Do you perhaps have a political radio show or
newsletter I could subscribe to?

Comment on June 28, 2008 12:19 pm

Let's start again. David, your two points were that:

1- Luck, does not play as big of a part as I stated.

2- Posting timely can help.

I agree with Ben in part. You did kind of miss the point. When you try all the blogging gimicks out there its easy to lose sight of why you are blogging in the first place. My point is that what you can control is blogging not for SEO but because you want to. You can also control the quality of the content you put out.

Which leads me back to the luck part. It is not easy to predict which content will be successful and which content will not. Certainly there are factors involved that increase your chances but then you risk losing perspective. Are you really adding that much content value to the blogosphere if you are just posting to be successful. I do not think content should be geared solely around SEO.

My point was and still is write good content about what you want when you want and the audience will arrive.

The rest as I said is just bologna.

Comment on June 28, 2008 12:56 pm

haha yeah I'm voting for ted nugent as a write in. I don't even own a gun but I love this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QjEL0uUgo

Comment on June 28, 2008 01:58 pm

[...] or what I would call the Wikipedia of social networking.Franklin Pettit recently blogged about Temperature Taking on Friendfeed. This is one of the many examples of how Friendfeed is being used as a powerful research and [...]

Pingback on June 28, 2008 03:14 pm

I find your overly judgmental attitude, naivety, and poor reading
comprehension refreshing! Do you perhaps have a political radio show or
newsletter I could subscribe to?

Comment on June 28, 2008 04:19 pm

Let's start again. David, your two points were that:

1- Luck, does not play as big of a part as I stated.

2- Posting timely can help.

I agree with Ben in part. You did kind of miss the point. When you try all the blogging gimicks out there its easy to lose sight of why you are blogging in the first place. My point is that what you can control is blogging not for SEO but because you want to. You can also control the quality of the content you put out.

Which leads me back to the luck part. It is not easy to predict which content will be successful and which content will not. Certainly there are factors involved that increase your chances but then you risk losing perspective. Are you really adding that much content value to the blogosphere if you are just posting to be successful. I do not think content should be geared solely around SEO.

My point was and still is write good content about what you want when you want and the audience will arrive.

The rest as I said is just bologna.

Comment on June 28, 2008 04:56 pm

haha yeah I'm voting for ted nugent as a write in. I don't even own a gun but I love this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QjEL0uUgo

Comment on June 28, 2008 05:58 pm

[...] mold.  I keep writing about Toluu because of its changing growing feature set.  I also see the enormous potential for an application like [...]

Pingback on June 30, 2008 09:17 am

Hi Franklin,

Thanks for the post about the new functionality. We have seen so many services that have a cool idea or an interesting twist on a concept but languish for a multitude of reasons. We want to keep improving the product and listening to the feedback we get on a daily basis. We do our best to focus the majority of our time and energy on things that users will actually notice.

Iterating quickly also has the added benefit of getting feedback faster and being able to tweak things quickly. Just last week we launched enhancements to the match system, and because of that we heard from the community that they wanted even more ways to dig into their matches, today's release is because of that feedback and our own usage desires.

Caleb
Toluu

Comment on June 30, 2008 09:54 am

[...] last week I wrote a quick post about a Firefox extension and the post ended up on Scoble’s Google Reader shared items feed. [...]

Pingback on July 1, 2008 01:08 pm

[...] much hyped download day was not without its problems as we remember.  But the record was set and FireFox 3 is [...]

Pingback on July 2, 2008 10:33 pm

found your site from a louisgray.com post. saw you're from sc. what part? i'm from greenville, but live in orlando now

Comment on July 3, 2008 06:16 am

I am over in Spartanburg.

Comment on July 3, 2008 07:04 am

Congratulations and well deserved!

Comment on July 3, 2008 10:34 am

Thanks David. It is just a matter of time before the <a href=”
http://www.KnightKnetwork.com/“>KnightKnetwork</a> gets a mention as well.

Comment on July 3, 2008 10:37 am

I have already planned a series of posts to grab his attention starting with
FriendFood – A social network where you are shown stories and comments based
on how a users eating habits match up with yours and a review of a script
that adds pictures of breakfast foods to every page you visit -
BaconGreaseMonkey. I think I've got August for sure!

Comment on July 3, 2008 10:55 am

Congrats, Franklin!

Comment on July 3, 2008 11:10 am
153. J. Phil

Congrats! Louis only picks out the best!

Comment on July 3, 2008 11:40 am

Thanks.

Comment on July 3, 2008 11:57 am

Thanks.

Comment on July 3, 2008 11:57 am

Thanks for the nod and congratulations!

Comment on July 3, 2008 12:29 pm

Sure thing. Your blog is great. Thanks.

Comment on July 3, 2008 12:43 pm

[...] kick myself about it. But check out Franklin Pettit’s blog post about getting “Louis Grayed” along with me, and you’ll get a great sampling of the excellent Z-lister content out [...]

Pingback on July 3, 2008 03:57 pm

how can i make the close x on tabs bigger? i think it must be possible. stabbing at the little button with my mouse cursor is too tough

Comment on July 3, 2008 04:58 pm

how can i make the close x on tabs bigger? i think it must be possible. stabbing at the little button with my mouse cursor is too tough

Comment on July 3, 2008 08:58 pm

I will be interested in the following options:

1. Bacon
2. Black Olives
3. Anything involving Old Time Candy (http://www.oldtimecandy.com)

Comment on July 3, 2008 10:08 pm
162. gutini

Hey,

I am new to your blog but I like what I'm reading. Keep up the good work. I am also interested in an invite to Toluu. I am more of a bookmark man, but I love discovering new sites.

Comment on July 7, 2008 11:16 am

[...] a proof of concept? Is active development taking place? – Toluu is my greatest example of this. Toluu enhancements have been implemented and rolled out so quickly that there is no doubt that the application is in [...]

Pingback on July 7, 2008 03:20 pm
164. gutini

Hey,

I am new to your blog but I like what I'm reading. Keep up the good work. I am also interested in an invite to Toluu. I am more of a bookmark man, but I love discovering new sites.

Comment on July 7, 2008 03:16 pm

I know what you mean, you sent me that invite to Xoopit and before I realized what I was doing I gave them my e-mail password and full access to my GMail account. It looks like a great service but I prefer my privacy over the added functionality. Luckily for me they have great customer service and are going to purge me from their system.

Comment on July 7, 2008 03:56 pm
166. J. Phil

I used to, Franklin. Now I am in a state of happy denial when I sign up for a new service.. I shrug and say, “Yay, a new adventure!” and off I go. I am pretty sure it will catch up to me sooner or later, but I'm having fun in the meantime.. lol

Comment on July 7, 2008 04:47 pm
167. shafqat

Good post. I'm glad you tried out our service – we've been rapidly trying to scale, so the past few weeks haven't had that many obvious user-facing features added. But I'm excited to say that's all changing this week as we push out some great additions.

As for emails, I hate getting spammy emails from new services I try out. The number of emails we've sent out users? 0. Yup zero. That's obviously bad from a marketing standpoint, we strongly believe in waiting until we have some real news that will add value to the user before we message them – simply emailing to remind them we are still here is not good enough. It won't always be zero, but I can assure you it will be close!

BTW, congrats on getting on Louis Gray's list! Well deserved.
Shafqat (Cofounder of NewsCred)

Comment on July 7, 2008 05:02 pm

I am in the same boat. I love trying almost all of the new web services that pop on the scene. My biggest concern is always around spam and hoping they continue to develop and make it more useful. It is also great to know there is a real person working on the service and that they are active in the communities where their users hang out.

With Toluu we do our best to respond to feedback as quickly as possible and implement new functionality that will either make it easier or faster to discover new people or feeds. Going dark is a bad idea if you want users to continue to have faith in your app.

Comment on July 7, 2008 06:28 pm

Just use Gmail's filters to have social media messages skip the inbox and deal with them on a scheduled basis instead of right when they come in. It helps :)

Comment on July 7, 2008 08:32 pm

I used to, Franklin. Now I am in a state of happy denial when I sign up for a new service.. I shrug and say, “Yay, a new adventure!” and off I go. I am pretty sure it will catch up to me sooner or later, but I'm having fun in the meantime.. lol

Comment on July 7, 2008 08:47 pm
171. shafqat

Good post. I'm glad you tried out our service – we've been rapidly trying to scale, so the past few weeks haven't had that many obvious user-facing features added. But I'm excited to say that's all changing this week as we push out some great additions.

As for emails, I hate getting spammy emails from new services I try out. The number of emails we've sent out users? 0. Yup zero. That's obviously bad from a marketing standpoint, we strongly believe in waiting until we have some real news that will add value to the user before we message them – simply emailing to remind them we are still here is not good enough. It won't always be zero, but I can assure you it will be close!

BTW, congrats on getting on Louis Gray's list! Well deserved.
Shafqat (Cofounder of NewsCred)

Comment on July 7, 2008 09:02 pm

I am in the same boat. I love trying almost all of the new web services that pop on the scene. My biggest concern is always around spam and hoping they continue to develop and make it more useful. It is also great to know there is a real person working on the service and that they are active in the communities where their users hang out.

With Toluu we do our best to respond to feedback as quickly as possible and implement new functionality that will either make it easier or faster to discover new people or feeds. Going dark is a bad idea if you want users to continue to have faith in your app.

Comment on July 7, 2008 10:28 pm

[...] Short Bio: Franklin Pettit is a South Carolina software developer. His blog was recently “Louis Grayed.” Topics: Microblogging, Firefox and Extensions, Web/Social Applications Web: [...]

Pingback on July 7, 2008 11:57 pm

Just use Gmail's filters to have social media messages skip the inbox and deal with them on a scheduled basis instead of right when they come in. It helps :)

Comment on July 8, 2008 12:32 am

[...] recently being LouisGrayed, my subscriber numbers have increased. For the new subscribers if you want to know what I am up to [...]

Pingback on July 8, 2008 08:41 am

Just how much have your subscribers increased in terms of before and after? And do you expect them to go back down?

Comment on July 8, 2008 09:24 am

They have increased by about 20 to 25 subscribers. I do not expect them to go back down but that kind of depends on me.

I realize to keep an audience requires effort via interesting content.

Comment on July 8, 2008 09:31 am

Just how much have your subscribers increased in terms of before and after? And do you expect them to go back down?

Comment on July 8, 2008 01:24 pm

They have increased by about 20 to 25 subscribers. I do not expect them to go back down but that kind of depends on me.

I realize to keep an audience requires effort via interesting content.

Comment on July 8, 2008 01:31 pm

[...] “Write what you want to because the rest is bologna” was a post I wrote about breaking the blogging formulas.  This is a followup post to make a different point. [...]

Pingback on July 8, 2008 03:04 pm
181. asithi

I agree. My post lengths varies and frequency varies like crazy. The only consistency is that I post every week, but as for how many times, it depends.

Comment on July 8, 2008 04:44 pm

[...] applications have given this have it now crowd nearly instant gratification.  I have commented before that I am amazed at the feature development of some of the current Web apps.  Just bursting into [...]

Pingback on July 15, 2008 09:14 am

Why are you saying G-Mail is a social media service? Or are you simply using G-Mail as an example of people's addiction to e-mail?

Comment on July 15, 2008 09:38 am

I am simply saying that GMail is an example of a web application that I am
addicted to.

Comment on July 15, 2008 09:45 am

Okay. I just view any e-mail as addicting, not just any particular e-mail system. It just sounded out of place to me.

Comment on July 15, 2008 09:59 am

Come live on the farm with me and find out what it is like to be social media free: the cell phones don't work inside the house, the dish goes out when it rains and the internet, well…it holds out pretty well, but with the amount of chores that need to be done and the beauty of the mountains surrounding you, internet becomes a very man made construction that pales in comparison to God's majesty in my front/back/side yard. Makes a girl hard pressed to be addicted to media.

Comment on July 15, 2008 10:24 am

Rachel, yeah I can see how the farm life would certainly put things in
perspective. It must have taken some adjustment after growing up in the
city and suburbia.

Comment on July 15, 2008 10:42 am

Why are you saying G-Mail is a social media service? Or are you simply using G-Mail as an example of people's addiction to e-mail?

Comment on July 15, 2008 01:38 pm

I am simply saying that GMail is an example of a web application that I am
addicted to.

Comment on July 15, 2008 01:45 pm

Okay. I just view any e-mail as addicting, not just any particular e-mail system. It just sounded out of place to me.

Comment on July 15, 2008 01:59 pm

Come live on the farm with me and find out what it is like to be social media free: the cell phones don't work inside the house, the dish goes out when it rains and the internet, well…it holds out pretty well, but with the amount of chores that need to be done and the beauty of the mountains surrounding you, internet becomes a very man made construction that pales in comparison to God's majesty in my front/back/side yard. Makes a girl hard pressed to be addicted to media.

Comment on July 15, 2008 02:24 pm

Rachel, yeah I can see how the farm life would certainly put things in
perspective. It must have taken some adjustment after growing up in the
city and suburbia.

Comment on July 15, 2008 02:42 pm

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Pingback on July 16, 2008 08:36 am

Thanks for sharing this Franklin and for the kind words. As you mentioned, I have already found the new feed preview functionality to be super useful, discovering a few new feeds I would never have clicked on otherwise. We are focused on making the discovery process more fruitful and making the site easier and faster.

We are big believers in quick iterations and then making improvements based on feedback. We get ideas from our community and from simply using the site all the time and looking for opportunities to make some part better.

The site has grown a great deal in the past few months and we can't wait to see where we are 3 months from now.

Caleb
Toluu

Comment on July 16, 2008 08:57 am

Thanks for sharing this Franklin and for the kind words. As you mentioned, I have already found the new feed preview functionality to be super useful, discovering a few new feeds I would never have clicked on otherwise.

We are focused on making the discovery process more fruitful and making the site easier and faster. We are big believers in quick iterations and then making improvements based on feedback. We get ideas from our community and from simply using the site all the time and looking for opportunities to make some part better.

The site has grown a great deal in the past few months and we can't wait to see where we are 3 months from now. Caleb Toluu

Comment on July 16, 2008 09:37 am

Thanks for sharing this Franklin and for the kind words. As you mentioned, I have already found the new feed preview functionality to be super useful, discovering a few new feeds I would never have clicked on otherwise. We are focused on making the discovery process more fruitful and making the site easier and faster.

We are big believers in quick iterations and then making improvements based on feedback. We get ideas from our community and from simply using the site all the time and looking for opportunities to make some part better.

The site has grown a great deal in the past few months and we can't wait to see where we are 3 months from now.

Caleb
Toluu

Comment on July 16, 2008 12:57 pm

Thanks for sharing this Franklin and for the kind words. As you mentioned, I have already found the new feed preview functionality to be super useful, discovering a few new feeds I would never have clicked on otherwise.

We are focused on making the discovery process more fruitful and making the site easier and faster. We are big believers in quick iterations and then making improvements based on feedback. We get ideas from our community and from simply using the site all the time and looking for opportunities to make some part better.

The site has grown a great deal in the past few months and we can't wait to see where we are 3 months from now. Caleb Toluu

Comment on July 16, 2008 01:37 pm

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Pingback on July 29, 2008 07:18 am

I'm a fan of Disqus as well. To me it seems they're right on top of customer service, even to the point of going out to look for problems posted to friendfeed / twitter. Although, I do have a couple of problems that are outstanding with no fix in sight and unknown status. One thing I would like to see Disqus do is to move away from their own product as a problem resolution tool, it doesn't have the feature set to accomplish what's needed in that regard and problems can easily sink into the abyss never to be seen again.

Comment on July 29, 2008 08:57 am

[...] My FriendFeed Stats Top 10 [...]

Pingback on July 29, 2008 04:11 pm

I think we need to understand that our social circles aren't the same. Those who follow you don't necessarily follow me. And while I can rely on Friend of a Friend to bring somebody who follows me your story, there may at times be different reasons to post it directly. Also, much of the activity is done outside of FriendFeed, and imported in. You and I might both see the same post and share it in Google Reader. We might Digg the same item. That in itself will promise duplication. Even if you “solve for” duplication, that likely will only affect direct postings.

Comment on July 29, 2008 04:18 pm
202. Shey

I don't really have a problem with folks letting people know about small preferences and suggestions — but how do you prevent them from becoming hard and fast rules? At which point does etiquette start to infringe on freedom to use the service however you want to.

In the end I would agree with you Franklin, etiquette sucks. I say use the service however you want to, but if you're a jerk about it, you'll suffer the social consequences one way or another.

I feel the same way about Twitter: http://www.sheysmith.com/2008/04/18/its-your-tw...

Comment on July 29, 2008 05:11 pm

To help clarify, the intention from my post was mainly to help highlight and garner the largest visibility to the content originator on FF. That makes it easier for others to discover and subscribe to them as well as involve them in the conversation.

Etiquette was probably not the best word choice and I was by no means trying to force others to adopt this. I still stand by my method and reasoning and will continue to follow it as best I can.

Comment on July 29, 2008 08:07 pm

[...] myself on FriendFeed sticking to and staying close to the herd I follow. While there is nothing wrong with this, it’s coming at an expense which is [...]

Pingback on July 29, 2008 09:42 pm

i follow ideas, not people. i notice in doing so i skip from head to head on many blogs and internet writers. the ones that show up frequently i bookmark in my mind.

friendfeed is great for this, a lot of the minds i like are in one place. it will deteriorate, 2nd law of thermodynamics. enjoy it now.

Comment on July 30, 2008 01:52 am

I hope it does not deteriorate. We shall see.

Comment on July 30, 2008 07:09 am

Shey, thanks for the comment. You are exactly right on and that is my point put simply,
“use the service however you want to, but if you're a jerk about it, you'll
suffer the social consequences one way or another.” That is exactly what I
mean.

Comment on July 30, 2008 07:10 am

Mark, just wanted to reiterate that you were trying to solve the problem of the content originator getting credit for the content. Perhaps the FF devs will help with this in the future.

I suggest some way of linking to the original posting by the author. All the re-shares would point (link) at the original.

Hutch Carpenter suggested the Link centric versus Person centric approaches way back in April. http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/proposal-t...

Comment on July 30, 2008 07:16 am

Interesting tip, Franklin. Like you, I like learning and do it every day…

Using Firefox 3, and while I can see the fieldset on your blog – it doesn't come through in my Google Reader.

Comment on July 30, 2008 10:42 am

I do not know for sure but I bet it has something to do with Google Reader's
CSS or how Feedburner creates my feed. The Fieldset isn't a perfect
solution I just like the simplicity of the coding.

Comment on July 30, 2008 10:52 am

[...] about all of this while dialing up and down my RSS feeds last night. FPettit.com has a piece called Down with FriendFeed Etiquette that reminded me that as the popular social media platform-meets-smart people network grows, so [...]

Pingback on July 31, 2008 03:55 am

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Pingback on August 2, 2008 12:15 am

I'll give it a try.

Comment on August 6, 2008 11:26 am

Receiving a plug for doing what I do in my head whenever I read a blog anyway? What could be better. It beats being called a grammar nazi.

Comment on August 6, 2008 11:53 am

I've done this for Franklin plenty of times. good luck to you brave souls that venture forth

Comment on August 6, 2008 12:28 pm
216. Shey

Count me in.

Comment on August 6, 2008 12:42 pm

Franklin – NO, NO NO! You're talking about compensated links. If you care about SEO at all (some don't – I DO), don't take this approach, even with a 'no follow'. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there that enjoy your stuff that would volunteer or accept a few bucks. Just my take. Glad I caught it on the shared feed. There are plenty of ways to market (for others sake) .. Dont buy or swap links! Old school but still applies.

Comment on August 6, 2008 12:50 pm
218. idnan

I'll help! I don't have a proper blog, but I'd still like to offer.

Comment on August 6, 2008 04:39 pm

[...] the expense of others. Now, I know there are a lot of people in the social media community who are against etiquette and I totally understand where they are coming from. The problem is there are some things that you [...]

Pingback on August 10, 2008 07:12 pm

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Pingback on August 11, 2008 07:14 am

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Pingback on August 13, 2008 09:30 am

I'm just starting blogging, but I'm an awesome proofreader! Let me know if you'd still like my help. :)

Comment on August 18, 2008 12:46 pm

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Pingback on August 20, 2008 04:17 pm

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Comment on August 21, 2008 08:44 am

It worked great Thanks.

Comment on August 21, 2008 09:22 am
226. cousin rachel

HaHA! I thought you'd given up on blogging. So glad to see you back on the scene.

Comment on September 12, 2008 12:57 am
227. ley_nar

hi
i would like to proofread for you.
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Comment on September 12, 2008 06:41 am

No certainly not given up. Just busy doing other things.

Comment on September 12, 2008 07:19 am

Like you I am not really an Apple fanboi, but I have recently been tempted in a major way to pick up an iPod touch. Apple apparently “throws one in” on some deals “buy a macbook pro and get a free iPod”, so they can be had on eBay for less than list.

Nintendo threw a wrench into my thinking, however, with the unveiling of the Nintendo DSi. I'm not much on mini-console gaming, but this thing has a 14GB hard drive, an SD card slot, a built in browser, MP3 functionality, and it can even play DS games. Rumor is that it will sell for $180US.

Comment on October 2, 2008 10:49 am

Yeah I am intrigued by the Nintendo DSi. I can not wait till my daughters
are old enough for one.

Comment on October 2, 2008 11:08 am

Here's hoping we're not both wrong. :)

Comment on October 8, 2008 05:43 pm

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Pingback on October 14, 2008 11:52 pm

Welcome to the world of edu. I think you'll like it. I've been doing it for about 6 years now. Much more freedom than in private industry.

Comment on November 1, 2008 06:33 pm

Thanks for the welcome. I am very excited. The atmosphere seems great.

Comment on November 1, 2008 06:55 pm
236. Shey

Good luck on the new direction in your career! Looking forward to more posts

Comment on November 2, 2008 02:31 pm
237. Jocke

Maybe a bit late, but still worth it, got any invites left?

Comment on November 2, 2008 03:09 pm

Thanks Shey. I have 26 drafts in my queue. Time to complete some posts.

Comment on November 2, 2008 07:06 pm

Yes I have invites. I just sent one your way.

Comment on November 2, 2008 07:07 pm
240. Artificial

ipod from apple company is popular porduct
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Comment on November 3, 2008 10:57 am
241. Sheena

I actually am trying to start a second career as a freelance proofreader, so I think that we could be doing each other a favor. I need to bulk up my resume, so I'd be glad to proofread your posts. I realize this particular post is older, so hopefully you're still looking to add to your “squad”.

Comment on November 5, 2008 09:56 pm
242. Sheena

I actually am trying to start a second career as a freelance proofreader, so I think that we could be doing each other a favor. I need to bulk up my resume, so I'd be glad to proofread your posts. I realize this particular post is older, so hopefully you're still looking to add to your “squad”.

Comment on November 6, 2008 02:56 am

Hopefully you have some fans for your new office in the steam pipe distribution venue…and shasta.

Comment on November 7, 2008 06:27 pm

She did drink Shasta didn't she? Who on earth would drink that stuff? Do they still sell it?

Comment on November 28, 2008 04:34 pm
245. Jason Burr

Thanks for recommending the split browser. It's a huge help!!

Comment on December 22, 2008 05:18 pm

I couldn't agree with you more – it wasn't that i didn't want to hear differing political views either. If ff had been a place of conversation I would have been happy to read and engage – but it wasn't. It was one-sided, out of context, politically charged ProBama land. I had a mutual respect for both candidates but that view was held by few others i got tired of blocking people and just gave up for a while, I couldn't stand it (the same reason I don't watch Fox News). I've dipped my foot back in, maybe I'll plunge in with the new year.

Comment on December 22, 2008 05:40 pm

I share your distaste for political zealotry; I don't know that FriendFeed itself can be blamed for that though. Over the past few decades, politics has become more and more divisive – To the point where I only participate in it with trusted people. It's not that the “trusted” ones share my viewpoint – it's much more fun if they don't – it's just that I can trust them to not take my differing viewpoint as a sign of idiocy, or an affront to their intellect. Of course, that courtesy is reciprocated. So, online discussions about political, religious, or “best operating system”? No thanks.

Comment on December 22, 2008 06:01 pm

Franklin – I was turned off to FF (and social networks in general) during this period as well. It was difficult, but I made it pretty well known that I was going 'apolitical' on the web at that time. I respect all of those that fought hard for their candidates and never held it against any of them, but I think, in many cases, it became unnecessarily ugly and I didn't want any part of it. No regrets here. Glad you're back and would love to see you blog more and join us on Frienderati.alltop.com !

Comment on December 22, 2008 08:52 pm

Hey don't expect overnight success it takes time but we are all noticing. Tx

Comment on December 30, 2008 12:35 pm

That's the great thing about blogging – you never can tell when you're going to hit the spot, and it's often from the most surprising sources. ;-)

Comment on December 30, 2008 04:44 pm

how ironic… I did a google search for the words Sean McBride and friendfeed and this is what came up

Comment on January 8, 2009 08:43 pm
252. Mark Williams

Don’t think about your current success.
Do your hard work and one day will come… than you will see lot of traffic on your blog.

Thanks and Best of luck.

Comment on January 19, 2009 02:50 am
253. Lara Patrick

Little bit confusing, but still I think to re read your article
Well thanks for this.

Comment on January 21, 2009 04:04 am
254. Elena

This article is truly a good read for me! Informative and very interesting!

Comment on January 25, 2009 03:34 am
255. Stormbringer studios president

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Comment on January 28, 2009 05:30 pm
256. Stormbringer studios president

Very, very well put together. I am a professional game maker and am currently making a game with nerf guns. Can I use this video in my game? If you want to be paid, just name a price.

Comment on January 28, 2009 10:30 pm

I think the most exciting part about fieldsets is that they make web forms much more user-friendly. This is especially important if you care about people with disabilities who browse your site. Fieldsets make your site easier to work with and therefore must be used in any form that has more than 6-8 elements.

Comment on January 30, 2009 06:23 am
258. Valentin Perez

nice article! nice site. you're in my rss feed now ;-)
keep it up

Comment on February 1, 2009 01:32 pm
259. ram

Hi Frank, if you still have invites to toluu could you please send me one? Thanks :)

Comment on February 1, 2009 01:35 pm
260. William A Iuchs

nice article! nice site. you're in my rss feed now ;-)
keep it up

Comment on February 2, 2009 02:55 am

Invite Sent.

Comment on February 2, 2009 08:41 am

Friendfeed is not main stream yet. Still a long way to go for them.

Comment on February 2, 2009 10:05 am

Disqus rocks! I love their commenting system …

Comment on February 2, 2009 01:14 pm
264. Alisha D Herron

nice article! nice site. you're in my rss feed now ;-)
keep it up

Comment on February 2, 2009 02:08 pm
265. Bethany K Ford

nice article! nice site. you're in my rss feed now ;-)
keep it up

Comment on February 2, 2009 10:32 pm
266. muskan

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Comment on February 3, 2009 03:30 pm
267. Ameda

Friend feed is truly amazing, I have been using it from quite a long time, it's been a great experience so far.

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Comment on February 6, 2009 12:20 pm

I could not find any other blog like this . I am sure the owner of this blog has make a lot of effort in order to make this useful post for visitor reading. Indeed this is a good effort and i really appreciate that. I will be coming here again in a while to look more info and to find out more news. This actually will earn some respect to the visitor when they read such a good info.

Comment on February 7, 2009 05:26 am
270. Jean J Abts

you are on my rss reader now

Comment on February 16, 2009 02:04 am
271. Kallow

Hi Franklin,

We were down for about a week, but are back and at it again now. Also, please check out our brand new shiny blog and add us on Twitter!
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Comment on February 18, 2009 10:30 am

Friend feed is the talk of the town along with disqus! I am sure most of the people would agree.

Comment on February 22, 2009 04:07 am
273. promo

It is a good one actually. But I was not aware of it until I read this post. Thanks.

Comment on February 22, 2009 05:19 am

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Comment on February 25, 2009 05:43 pm

I'm using FFd to keep up with twitter friends, learn from the SM gurus, and follow the news on Obama. I'm really having fun with FFd and NoiseRiver, a different way to experience FFd. Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit social networking or blogging sites. So i think it would be powerful site to build relation with their friends.

Comment on March 11, 2009 04:37 pm
276. Shower Thinker

Franklin- My wife and I are consumate shower thinkers. We agree the shower is a great environment to generate thoughts and brainstorm. We began using a waterproof notepad to remember all of those shower generated thoughts. You can get them at http://www.myaquanotes.com if you're interested.

Comment on March 25, 2009 04:18 pm
277. jaampool

I thankful that I have found this place it is meaning to me.

Comment on March 27, 2009 10:32 am

Kallow seems very simple and easy to use. Thank you so much for sharing, I'm sure I will use this a lot.

Comment on March 28, 2009 12:04 pm

Thank you also for recommending the Web Developer extension. I've just installed it and it works well.

Comment on March 28, 2009 12:06 pm

I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving!

Comment on March 28, 2009 12:07 pm

thank you for your post, it was useful for me

Comment on March 28, 2009 12:30 pm
282. Medela in style

This is quite informative stuff, just keep stuff like this posted!

Comment on March 30, 2009 02:59 am
283. Jhonez

I admit Friend Feed is the place to be in my opinion too…………………. : )

Comment on March 31, 2009 12:26 pm

thank you for your post, It is really informative and useful

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Comment on April 8, 2009 09:17 am

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Comment on April 8, 2009 09:18 am
287. ywam

Interesting !!!!
FF………. : )

Comment on April 8, 2009 09:50 am

Yup!
Friendfeed may be the destination for thoughts, ideas and research. … : )

Comment on April 15, 2009 05:07 am
289. ofyavs

Do you still have any invites? Thanks.

Comment on April 19, 2009 11:56 am
290. Rob

That’s some interesting points you have raised. I wonder if its going to stick. Anyways I learnt something new all the same.

Comment on April 23, 2009 12:03 pm

Thanks for the info! Now I can hide the div with the edit post functionality in it completely when I'm not logged in.

Comment on May 10, 2009 04:43 pm

It is indeed a great read, I completely agree with you Elena.

Emma

Comment on May 15, 2009 02:27 am

hmmmm, it is intersting thing to have on my blog as well, Thanks for sharing it with us, Regards

Comment on May 15, 2009 03:39 pm
294. mcgirl2008

Am I crazy or have they removed this functionality? The widget just isn't the same thing.

Also, how did you style your feed?

Thanks!

Comment on May 28, 2009 03:08 pm
295. venkat20

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Comment on June 6, 2009 02:42 am
296. sam

Shower thought is amazing — you brain is free work and doesn't have to focus on task at hand (cleaning your body) because it's automatic. If i just had a whiteboard in there.

-http://twitter.com/sapatel

Comment on July 8, 2009 11:34 am

Researches said human mind generates 60,000 thoughts a day. Most of them just pops up in our mind, get blur and it disappear after somehow. It is a good practice to keep a pen and a note pad with you all the time, so that you can write down any thought, not definitely during shower, and it gives you great idea sometimes for your blog.

Let check this out at http://www.zimliu.com/home/?p=473

Comment on August 12, 2009 10:11 am

[...] on the Facebook-Friendfeed deal, check out Social Media Today’s Paul Chaney. As well, Franklin Petitt has a good post looking at how Friendfeed introducing a lot of interesting features during its [...]

Pingback on August 12, 2009 10:48 am

Franklin,

You're right, Friendfeed did a lot of innovative things over a relatively short period of time. It will be interesting to see how Facebook integrates all the Friendfeed good-ness. Nice post!

Comment on August 12, 2009 11:55 am

For what it's worth, I found this on Jesse Stay's Facebook page. And therein lies the point. While some disagree with my admittedly minority view, I believe that just a few tech changes on Facebook's side could result in a re-creation of the FriendFeed experience with a much larger user base. (FYI, my three sugggested changes are the ability to incorporate multiple RSS feeds into a fan page, the bumping of items with recent comments/likes to the top of a Facebook page, and an allowance for pseudonyms on Facebook.)

Comment on August 13, 2009 12:27 am
330. JohnM

Sounds interesting, I never really have thought of this. It's like doing 3 things at the same time…I wonder why you're mind hasn't gone crazy by now :P

Comment on September 9, 2009 11:40 pm
331. JohnM

Sounds interesting, I never really have thought of this. It's like doing 3 things at the same time…I wonder why you're mind hasn't gone crazy by now :P

Comment on September 10, 2009 03:40 am
332. frettelop

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334. CL PVA

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Comment on November 10, 2009 12:25 am
335. João Pedro

Do you still have invites for toluu?

Comment on November 12, 2009 06:50 pm

Invite sent. Enjoy.

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Comment on December 23, 2009 05:46 pm
342. manishfusion

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343. manishfusion

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344. manishfusion

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345. manishfusion

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Comment on December 30, 2009 08:29 am

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I have an important question. You mentioned that you chose to ignore ring settings in this paper enigma machine. I have been trying to get the ring settings working by cutting each paper strip in half and shifting the right side by the appropriate ring offset..eg to the 2nd position if the ring is B offset. If all the examples have a GAAA and RAAA setting, I get the paper enigma to match the enigma simulators, but if I try any ring offset, the results don't match. I went to the rotor details in Wikipedia and tried to replicate their results with GAAA and RBBB to get EWTYX to no avail. Could you please help tell me how you would get this to work right if I cut your strips in half and rotate 6 different rings instead of 3?

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