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So Jason “no comments” Calacanis answers me, and others, back about his increasing dislike of Facebook and other social networks. First of all, for the record, Jason is right. Facebook sucks. Twitter sucks. Pownce sucks. Jaiku sucks. Kyte sucks. Etc and etc. Why? Because they take time. But then…

Today I'm declaring Facebook Bankruptcy in addition to comment bankruptcy.I can't keep up with the friend requests, the requests to confirm how we know each other, the requests to tell you I like you, the requests to tell you I want your to tell me what movies you want to tell me about, etc.I've got…

Interesting. Someone just told me that I was on Pownce - which is odd, because I never signed up for an account. Lo and behold, here “I” am. I’m not terribly upset about it at this point, but that’s pretty much my identity - and the people following “me” may not know that that’s…

Today's the 25th of July, the iPhone shipped on June 29, that's the day I got mine, so we're getting pretty close to the end of a month with the iPhone. The tech press usually doesn't review products after a month of use, but that's when you really find out if it was worth the initial hype.…

The laptop as guest - and sometimes the centerpiece - at dinner parties gets the Observer treatment today. We're all too familiar with friends staring at their Blackberry/iPhone/ Sidekick devices during social situations, but some might tell those toting a Macbook to a dinner party to just stay at…

I know I recently railed against copycat sites -- I assure you that the irony of this post isn't lost on me. But as they say, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." As I said in my post 3 weeks ago, "if you do feel the need to borrow an idea, you should definitely make changes and try to…

CNBC is going to be here in a few minutes to interview Patrick about his iPhone, a month later, to see if he still likes it. Dave Winer writes about his iPhone. You might be surprised by his review because he is pretty brutal about the iPhone. Me? I agree with Dave Winer. if you are a hard-core…

Időről időre kifakadtunk eddig is azon, hogy az oldalletöltés-alapú teljesítménymérés mennyire elavult, fals, és ideje lenne reformot hirdetni: máshogyan mérni a weboldalak teljesítményét. Úgy tűnik, nem vagyunk teljesen egyedül PI-ellenességünkkel. A mai hírek szerint…

Saturday's post about Feedburner was much-discussed, and that's good. The most common rebuttal was the user's ability to opt out. If you don't like it you don't have to use Feedburner. But that's not any kind of a rebuttal. Let me illustrate. First, I don't use Feedburner, never have, never…

I resisted the headline 'Desktop RSS Readers Are Dead', but our latest poll of which methods people use to read RSS feeds is showing a clear trend - more people are using browser-based RSS Readers and less are using desktop Readers. This week's poll is almost identical to a poll we did 6 months ago,…

Maxthon 2.0 is out of beta, and I still feel that it has a long row to hoe before it’s anywhere near as stable or configurable as Maxthon 1.x was for me. There are a few frustrations that keep me from recommending it over earlier versions. I’m confident these issues can be addressed quickly, but…

After having my iPhone for a little over two weeks it is clear that it is the best gadget that I ever owned. I am not a gadget guy, but I certainly appreciate elegant design and useful tools. iPhone's ease of use, intuitive interface and great set of built-in applications amount to a device that is…

Richard MacManus asks an interesting question about Pageflakes and Netvibes: what chance do they have? Facebook is becoming the home page for many of us. Why? Because our friends are a lot more interesting than anything over on Yahoo News or TechMeme or other places. And because Facebook has become…