I've made the decision to start featuring interesting people I meet online, and I guess there's no better day than today. Robert Scoble is a self-proclaimed Tech geek blogger, and he's probably the biggest celebrity blogger around. I'm not going to spend a lot of time talking about him when you could just read about him elsewhere, read his blog, or follow him on Twitter.
The reason I feel the need to bring Scoble up today is an interesting list he started on Friendfeed. I "borrowed" the title of his list for the title of this post - hope you don't mind Robert.
Here's what's going on. Robert is building a list in the comments section, and other readers are adding their own tips. It's a great idea, fantastic topic, and the list has become a nice resource.....so I've added it to Listropolis (where ALL great lists belong), all nice and tidy.
Related Reading:
Facebook Marketing: Designing Your Next Marketing Campaign (2nd Edition) (Que Biz-Tech)
Getting Started with Twitter For Dummies
Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994: Edited by Debra Burchett-Lere with featured essay by William C. Agee
I'm a huge fan of FriendFeed. Recently, FriendFeed introduced Rooms, allowing people to discuss very specific topics of interest. I thought it was worth listing 3 of these rooms that might have a little action come Monday during Apple's WWDC where we might see the release of the iPhone 2 (or iPhone 3G if you prefer).
If you aren't already a FriendFeed member, why not join? It takes seconds to setup, and is a great way to pull your social madness into one place.
Here are the three rooms to watch on Monday:
The official WWDC 2008 Room
The Unofficial Apple Weblog Room
The Stevenote Room
If you know of any other rooms, please add them in the comments. These rooms are a great way to continue the conversation during and after the event.
Related Reading:
Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro
The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success
If you use FriendFeed, your wait for a desktop client is finally over. If you also use Twitter, you're going to love Alert Thingy! Alert Thingy runs on the Adobe Air platform, and I just installed it, and already, it's become my favorite desktop client.
It's a piece of cake to install, and it's beautiful. You can "Comment" and "Like" right from the app, and as of today, you can also tweet. It doesn't get much better than this.
So, can a list really be only one item long? Probably not, but alert thingy is too cool not to share. Download and enjoy.
Feel free to join me on either:
My FriendFeed Profile
My Twitter Profile
Related Reading:
Twitter API: Up and Running: Learn How to Build Applications with the Twitter API
The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success
Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro
They say, the first step to recovering from an addiction is admitting you have the addiction, so here goes....
I'm addicted to Friendfeed!
I've been using Friendfeed for just over a month now, and it's grown on me so much, that it's become my homepage (take that iGoogle). Friendfeed is definitely this year's Twitter in terms of buzz, but unlike the one-trick-pony that is twitter (don't get me wrong, I'm addicted to that too), Friendfeed seems to have some major legs.
To me, one of the best tools in Friendfeed is the "recommended" friends list. I'll admit, I had never heard of Robert Scoble until Friendfeed insisted we meet each other. Now, I find myself drowning in social info overload catching up on Scoble, and my other very active friends.
It seems like there is at least one article written daily about Friendfeed, and most of them are very interesting, so I wanted to bring all of the buzz, articles, tools, and everything else into one list - the Ultimate Friendfeed List. I'm positive I'll miss a few items, but I've spent two days scouring the web for things related to friendfeed, so I feel comfortable that this list is the best around - at least until tomorrow.
Here's a great explanation of FriendFeed from G4
Friendfeed Articles/Posts:
FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability - TechCrunch
Facebook Marketing: Designing Your Next Marketing Campaign (2nd Edition) (Que Biz-Tech)
Getting Started with Twitter For Dummies
