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maja — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:47:22 -0000

Hi guys,

I thought you might be interested in checking a GTD-style online productivity tool we have just launched:

http://www.littlehacks.com

You could find it very useful!

Take care!

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jorgeblanco — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:16:01 -0000

That is a very interesting use of twitter. I will give it a try for sure. It is surprising how many different uses people give these services. Who could imagine such a simple idea would have so much depth to it?

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Jeroen de Miranda — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:08:11 -0000

good idea to tag using special tagging symbols ([ and ]): good way to search for these tagged items - might be useful for me also

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opensource — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:54:48 -0000

t can only be a productivity tool if it helps you produce something -- so if it is helping you produce ideas for your blog I guess it qualifies for you!!
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Re: louisgray.com: FriendFeed as a Productivity Tool

patricktrack — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:45:36 -0000

The more I use friendfeed the more I like it. Three weeks ago I created a room to keep a "log" of everything I read on the web. It's great, I use the bookmarklet to simply add articles and I can find them when I think about them again or they come up in conversation.....I've also created a "reading club" room with colleagues of mine to share articles and converse.

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Hutch Carpenter — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:19:00 -0000

Brad - true. Remove steps to improve usage.

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Brad — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:26:00 -0000

Hutch - but... I think if the DM adds more layers to the process, or entails anything more complex than 'writing the message and clicking send' it will be too cumbersome for people not engaged in the social media space as a part of their workflow.

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ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:24:00 -0000

Brad, I would think that is viable and closely matches the twitter hash-tag mechanics. Don't see any problems so long as the process is agreed upon and adhered to.

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Brad — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:22:00 -0000

Hutch - Thanks for pointing out socialDM. I think it is a solution that could work with some of my early adopter friends and probably most users of FriendFeed. But, the group I will be proposing the FF communications scenario to are 12 students : 3rd year architecture school, who, according to my recent experience, do not venture any further than Facebook in the social media space. A- that's one reason I'm imposing this; but...

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Brad — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:15:00 -0000

Ken - I placed the tagging conventions in the groups "Description" for everyone to see. I suggested using the prefix '#' in front of the tag so as to distinguish it from post or comment content -thus, the tag 'link' be '#link' in a search query. Is this a good idea or does anyone see pbs with this? Also, the first link entered leads to FriendFeed advanced search operators. It's imperative that participants master search.

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ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:38:00 -0000

Thanks for the link Hutch... I will definitely give this a look-see.

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Hutch Carpenter — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:37:00 -0000

Brad - internal messaging option for FriendFeed: http://www.socialdm.com/

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ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:36:00 -0000

[cont'd] ... I have found that long term archival of the content is not the primary focus of FriendFeed. For instance, if there is a lot of activity in a given feed eventually this activity will push the content out of reach. This is a minor downside for me, but I have had occasional frustration with not being able to find something I posted a good while back before.

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ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:35:00 -0000

Brad, you hit on one of my biggest concerns in FriendFeed. I need a messaging platform, but I would have to guess the FriendFeed dev team doesn't want to become the replacement for most people's use of e-mail and Twitter. I would have to point them to Facebook's use of this type of service, and it really keeps customers inside the ecosystem. As for finding buried posts and comments - a tagging schema (agreed upon by all) is supremely important. The new advanced searches can be very useful. However, ...

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Janet Fouts — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:01:00 -0000

I hadn't thought of using rooms this way. Thanks!

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Brad — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:26:00 -0000

Timely article, I just set up a FriendFeed room for a small group (12 participants) to exchange (links, ideas) and communicate (replacing e-mail and especially IM) for a 5 month project. Two initial worries concern 1/how to directly contact someone (w/out email, chat); and 2/finding buried posts and comments. For the former, I'll try Twitter DM and for the later I'll definitely try to work out an efficient tagging system. Any thoughts, ideas?

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vcfreak — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:21:29 -0000

Usage of a tagging schema to search and sort comments as an application of FriendFeed rooms is an interesting concept which is definitely worth exploring. Thanks for the tip.

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Susan Beebe — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:09:00 -0000

I also created a room for collecting, organizing and notating recipes! I have about 40 different web sources all dumping in that room and I can try them out, make notes and search....love it

Re: louisgray.com: FriendFeed as a Productivity Tool

ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:32:00 -0000

Curt, it most certainly does. You underscore an important piece of my core belief that FriendFeed can very much be what you want it to be to YOU... there is no crime in not participating in "social hour", and I applaud you for using the tool how it makes sense for you.

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Francine Hardaway — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:22:00 -0000

that's my part of the world:-)

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Curt Mercadante — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:21:00 -0000

This post hit on an important piece of FF for me: I use it less for FriendFeed - and more to help organize other pieces of my network. I use it to bring in all my various pieces - Google Reader, Facebook, Twitter, etc. - and then help organize how I place content on those sites. So, while my conversations are rarely held here on FriendFeed, it helps me organize my conversations elsewhere. Does that make sense?

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Brian Sullivan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:28:00 -0000

FF is one of those things people just want to rationalize as being needed, important, productive ... no problem I can quit any time. ;-)

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Susan Beebe — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:48:00 -0000

I use FF for work and it's awesome! I save my research and current items in a room... great tool for me personally.. YES it has lots of features folks aren't even really using yet

Re: louisgray.com: FriendFeed as a Productivity Tool

ChangeForge | Ken Stewart — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:21:00 -0000

Brian, hahaha :-) I suppose it really depends on who you ask. I have had trouble spending more time here and NOT producing something. Been there, and had to learn just a smidgen of moderation.

Re: louisgray.com: FriendFeed as a Productivity Tool

Brian Sullivan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:17:00 -0000

It can only be a productivity tool if it helps you produce something -- so if it is helping you produce ideas for your blog I guess it qualifies for you. For the rest of us not so much maybe?