Comments for Elroy Jetson http://elroyjetson.org All about social software and networks Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:47:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Data belongs in the cloud by Gmail is good, but room for improvment http://elroyjetson.org/2007/10/18/data-belongs-in-the-cloud/#comment-66 Gmail is good, but room for improvment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:21:31 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/10/18/data-belongs-in-the-cloud/#comment-66 [...] am a big fan of Google’s Gmail.  It has lots to like.  First I like that it’s in the cloud.  I have my e-mail on any device from any place.  Light weight but full of features.  Sure the [...]

[…] am a big fan of Google’s Gmail.  It has lots to like.  First I like that it’s in the cloud.  I have my e-mail on any device from any place.  Light weight but full of features.  Sure the […]

]]> Comment on More Notes on Facebook by Tim Kadlec http://elroyjetson.org/2008/04/05/more-notes-on-facebook/#comment-63 Tim Kadlec Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:46:30 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2008/04/05/more-notes-on-facebook/#comment-63 I too use Facebook less and less. I wonder if it has something to do with the whole 80/20 rule. Facebook tries to be and do so many things. But the 20% of features I use I think are done better in other networks and applications. The thing it does have going for it though is an incredibly large user base! I too use Facebook less and less. I wonder if it has something to do with the whole 80/20 rule. Facebook tries to be and do so many things. But the 20% of features I use I think are done better in other networks and applications. The thing it does have going for it though is an incredibly large user base!

]]> Comment on Facebook Notes by More Notes on Facebook http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/17/facebook-notes/#comment-58 More Notes on Facebook Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:04:15 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/17/facebook-notes/#comment-58 [...] that my friends have installed is a big reason.  I had made a post a while back called “Facebook Notes” and stumbled upon a new batch of notes that would be a great [...] […] that my friends have installed is a big reason.  I had made a post a while back called “Facebook Notes” and stumbled upon a new batch of notes that would be a great […]

]]> Comment on Participation Inequality by Social Media’s 4 P’s http://elroyjetson.org/2008/03/10/participation-inequality/#comment-56 Social Media’s 4 P’s Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:49:52 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2008/03/10/participation-inequality/#comment-56 [...] that you want.  You need to be involved, honestly and passionately.  You might want to read about Participation Inequality to help you understand the type of people that get involved in a [...] […] that you want.  You need to be involved, honestly and passionately.  You might want to read about Participation Inequality to help you understand the type of people that get involved in a […]

]]> Comment on Jason Calacanis missed an opportunity by jasoncalacanis http://elroyjetson.org/2007/09/04/jason-calacanis-missed-an-opportunity/#comment-20 jasoncalacanis Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:33:52 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/09/04/jason-calacanis-missed-an-opportunity/#comment-20 Well, I kind of like to think of myself as a technologist... :-( Seriously, the reason I posted each individual link is because I don't think most people are on every service I use, so it would be easier to just post a link to each one. Also, I wanted to make sure that the search indexes had the official pages listed individually so if someone searches for Jason Calacanis Twitter/Pownce/MySpace/etc. they get to that page. best j Well, I kind of like to think of myself as a technologist… :-(

Seriously, the reason I posted each individual link is because I don’t think most people are on every service I use, so it would be easier to just post a link to each one.

Also, I wanted to make sure that the search indexes had the official pages listed individually so if someone searches for Jason Calacanis Twitter/Pownce/MySpace/etc. they get to that page.

best j

]]> Comment on Lifestreaming outside the box by Lifestreaming http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/13/lifestreaming-outside-the-box/#comment-16 Lifestreaming Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:10:25 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/13/lifestreaming-outside-the-box/#comment-16 [...] have blogged about lifestream’s before (see Lifestreaming outside the box). I looked around for a good service to deal with creating and publishing a lifestream but [...] […] have blogged about lifestream’s before (see Lifestreaming outside the box). I looked around for a good service to deal with creating and publishing a lifestream but […]

]]> Comment on Streamy Invites by lazukars0 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-15 lazukars0 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:19:04 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-15 <p>Been trying to get one of these for a week now. You would be a lifesaver if you invite me. </p> <p>I would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>Sincerely,<br /> Ryan</p> --- Sorry Ryan. I am all out. If I get more I will send you one. Been trying to get one of these for a week now. You would be a lifesaver if you invite me.

I would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Ryan

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Sorry Ryan.

I am all out. If I get more I will send you one.

]]> Comment on Streamy Invites by Ghostwheel http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-14 Ghostwheel Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:37:49 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-14 Sent you a pownce invite just in case you need one. Sent you a pownce invite just in case you need one.

]]> Comment on Microformats - converting to hAtom by Ghostwheel http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/19/microformats-converting-to-hatom/#comment-13 Ghostwheel Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:30:07 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/19/microformats-converting-to-hatom/#comment-13 Thanks for the video link. Interesting. Thanks for the video link. Interesting.

]]> Comment on Streamy Invites by Ghostwheel http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-12 Ghostwheel Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:28:07 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-12 I'd love an invite. Thanks! I’d love an invite. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Streamy Invites by ozten http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-11 ozten Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:23:22 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-11 <p>Hey I want to play too.<br /> Thanks James!</p> <p>Invite on its way! Sorry it took so long but I was stuck in team leadership training today. The sadistically sick things people dream up!</p> Hey I want to play too.
Thanks James!

Invite on its way! Sorry it took so long but I was stuck in team leadership training today. The sadistically sick things people dream up!

]]> Comment on Streamy Invites by udi http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-10 udi Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:42:07 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-10 <p>I'd love to check it out, thanks.</p> <p>Invite on it's way.</p> I’d love to check it out, thanks.

Invite on it’s way.

]]> Comment on Streamy Invites by zachhale http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-9 zachhale Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:55:23 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/22/streamy-invites/#comment-9 <p>I'll take one if you have one!</p> <p>Should be on it's way shortly.</p> I’ll take one if you have one!

Should be on it’s way shortly.

]]> Comment on Social Networks have a Big Problem by Sérgio Santos http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/11/social-networks-have-a-big-problem/#comment-8 Sérgio Santos Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:55:37 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/11/social-networks-have-a-big-problem/#comment-8 I agree that OpenId usability still needs improving, but the possible solution doesn't require anyone to learn XFN. It would just be integrated in the social network page X/HTML. If you want to join another social platform, just point it to your old page, and it would get the XFN underneath it. The user doesn't even need to know how it's done. I agree that OpenId usability still needs improving, but the possible solution doesn’t require anyone to learn XFN. It would just be integrated in the social network page X/HTML.

If you want to join another social platform, just point it to your old page, and it would get the XFN underneath it. The user doesn’t even need to know how it’s done.

]]> Comment on Profile Builder and What the ultimate aggregator might be by Elroy http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/09/profile-builder-and-what-the-ultimate-aggregator-might-be/#comment-7 Elroy Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:47:34 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/09/profile-builder-and-what-the-ultimate-aggregator-might-be/#comment-7 Ray, Thank you for your comment on the blog. I think you are right that its a complicated app and the goal has to be simplicity. I disagree that it is just too complicated. I think it is an engineering problem that has to be dealt with and the time may just not be right yet. I think its a community effort that needs to be bought into by the niche social sites like Flickr and YouTube as well as the blogging sites like Blogger and Wordpress. The community needs to lose the MySpace and Facebook mentality of being all things to all people. It doesn't work which is why so many people were ready to jump from MySpace when a cleaned up version arrived in the form of Flickr. Ray,

Thank you for your comment on the blog.

I think you are right that its a complicated app and the goal has to be simplicity. I disagree that it is just too complicated. I think it is an engineering problem that has to be dealt with and the time may just not be right yet.

I think its a community effort that needs to be bought into by the niche social sites like Flickr and YouTube as well as the blogging sites like Blogger and Wordpress.

The community needs to lose the MySpace and Facebook mentality of being all things to all people. It doesn’t work which is why so many people were ready to jump from MySpace when a cleaned up version arrived in the form of Flickr.

]]> Comment on Profile Builder and What the ultimate aggregator might be by ray http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/09/profile-builder-and-what-the-ultimate-aggregator-might-be/#comment-6 ray Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:55:44 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/08/09/profile-builder-and-what-the-ultimate-aggregator-might-be/#comment-6 Your ultimate application idea is pretty cool. In fact that's the first app we strived for before trimming it way down to just address the reading side. We think that a secondary piggy-backing app, easy of use is the number one priority. We just couldn't make that ultimate app user-friendly enough. Social networks are complicated enough. A social network that also aggregates other social network is even more complicated. I see other sites going for this ultimate app, but none are easy enough for me. I suppose their mentality is that eventually they will get usability down. Our mentality is that perhaps the app is just too fundamentally complicated. You have the best third-party blog on aggregation trends. All other sites (including ours) play to their own marketing a bit. Keep up the good work. Your ultimate application idea is pretty cool. In fact that’s the first app we strived for before trimming it way down to just address the reading side.

We think that a secondary piggy-backing app, easy of use is the number one priority. We just couldn’t make that ultimate app user-friendly enough. Social networks are complicated enough. A social network that also aggregates other social network is even more complicated.

I see other sites going for this ultimate app, but none are easy enough for me. I suppose their mentality is that eventually they will get usability down. Our mentality is that perhaps the app is just too fundamentally complicated.

You have the best third-party blog on aggregation trends. All other sites (including ours) play to their own marketing a bit. Keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on Next Generation Social Networks by Library clips :: Roundup : Blueswarm, RSS Mixer, Siphs, HTML to WIKI converter, Yoomba :: August :: 2007 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/21/next-generation-social-networks/#comment-5 Library clips :: Roundup : Blueswarm, RSS Mixer, Siphs, HTML to WIKI converter, Yoomba :: August :: 2007 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:57:31 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/21/next-generation-social-networks/#comment-5 [...] Blueswarm - a simple and effective lifestream and friendstream service, invite only at the moment, but it’s easy to get going. Join up, enter your email accounts, user names and it will search a handful of social networks and fetch these for you, also a choice to enter these in manually…do the same for your friends. Only issue at the moment is I can’t upload my blog feed, or a feed of my choice…I’m told soon they will have blog section. If your friends happen to join I wonder if it will ask if you want to overwrite with their lifestream, see Socialstream. [...] […] Blueswarm - a simple and effective lifestream and friendstream service, invite only at the moment, but it’s easy to get going. Join up, enter your email accounts, user names and it will search a handful of social networks and fetch these for you, also a choice to enter these in manually…do the same for your friends. Only issue at the moment is I can’t upload my blog feed, or a feed of my choice…I’m told soon they will have blog section. If your friends happen to join I wonder if it will ask if you want to overwrite with their lifestream, see Socialstream. […]

]]> Comment on Next Generation Social Networks by twhman http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/21/next-generation-social-networks/#comment-4 twhman Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:42:27 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/21/next-generation-social-networks/#comment-4 I totally agree with your point. Just like how people now go to specialty shops as opposed to department stores, I think people will use Youtube for video, Flickr for photos, Myspace for music, ... A generic site that does everything cannot be the best in everything, and this is why a simple aggregator that connects the dots make sense. Contrary to what most people think, this aggregator cannot be another social network. The value of aggregator lies in simplicity and convenience. And if the aggregator has all the social features, it's no longer simple, and people would rather go to the original sites. More of my thoughts here: http://blog.spokeo.com/?p=7 I totally agree with your point. Just like how people now go to specialty shops as opposed to department stores, I think people will use Youtube for video, Flickr for photos, Myspace for music, … A generic site that does everything cannot be the best in everything, and this is why a simple aggregator that connects the dots make sense.

Contrary to what most people think, this aggregator cannot be another social network. The value of aggregator lies in simplicity and convenience. And if the aggregator has all the social features, it’s no longer simple, and people would rather go to the original sites. More of my thoughts here: http://blog.spokeo.com/?p=7

]]> Comment on About your reputation by jitendra http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/22/about-your-reputation/#comment-3 jitendra Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:09:45 +0000 http://elroyjetson.org/2007/07/22/about-your-reputation/#comment-3 Thanks Elroy, Nice blog... All in all we have been increasing the community engagement quite a bit by well over 25% in some cases.... The real issue is the the 90-9-1 rule of participation and we are looking to change that with SezWho. Thanks, Jitendra Thanks Elroy, Nice blog…

All in all we have been increasing the community engagement quite a bit by well over 25% in some cases….

The real issue is the the 90-9-1 rule of participation and we are looking to change that with SezWho.

Thanks,
Jitendra

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