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I always thought that Trillian was too hard to use and if I remember correctly it sorta messes up your system. If Trillian was the only piece of software out there I would use it but it is not so I use Pidgin.

Pidgin is a terrific piece of software. Supports multiple IM protocols and is extremely light weight. Or you can use the traditional AIM client. I don't recommend Trillian.

I would honestly just like the meta data so I could go get the song later.

Picasa seems a lot like webshots except with the google name and desktop application.

The flickr community in my mind is more aimed towards a photography enthusiasts. You see a lot of scenic photos or sceenshots.

I think what bugs people like you, Tyme, about Facebook is that there's nothing that revolutionary about Facebook. In fact one could argue that Mark there just got lucky and gained all the users. And that wouldn't be far off.

As for how we use Facebook. I think the simplest argument is the best. The people who are your friends are either frequent users of facebook or they are not.

I think you guys are being too kind. Facebook represents a part of our culture that is nosy. A rat race. We always want to know what our friends/enemies are up too and then laugh at them in private...too hash?

We put cool pictures of ourselves up to promote ourselves. Ask any college student and they'll tell you this. The point of facebook isn't to be online and be cool but rather to brag about your offline life.

I think that people make the mistake of thinking that Facebook is a tool for making new friends. Facebook simply enhances what you already have.

This reminds me a lot of when Google made that 1% investment in AOL. Everyone thought that it was a bad idea but look at AOL now. Successful and using Google Search.

Perhaps Microsoft is trying to wrestle away control from Mark and divert Facebook on a path to profitability and less of what Mark thinks is cool.

Hey Matt I will participate this year.

Yeah that is weird. What gives?

Tyme: Most people aren't even aware that programs automatically phone home. And if Silverlight is a Microsoft product so...I guess in theory they could get the program to bypass the Windows Firewall.

No firewall alerts no nothing. Normal people would never know.

It seems to me as if Microsoft is just trying to experiment with Silverlight. We shall see.

Yeah that will probably be the case for most people. I know I won't get Vista until I get myself a new computer. Which could be ages.

But Ozone42, do dual booters represent the majority of the population. I think the major tech people will always be resistant to change whenever Microsoft releases a new operating system.

I always thought Paul Thurrott's explanation of Vista's criticism was the best.

http://www.twit.tv/ww8

Oh yeah now that you mention it, the other Mac OS X's had parental controls but you should really see the stuff they have in Leopard. Sick stuff. Website restrictions and everything.

I think that Vista is quickly becoming (weird sentence) adopted among the home consumer population. Businesses will take a while to make the upgrade but most of the people I hang out with already have Vista. A few bought it preinstalled but I know a few people who bought the upgrade package.

Well the 7th is rolling around. Place your bets. I personally hope that they have that new touch screen technology for the ipods. That would be swell.

I want a new iPod Nano.

If you have 1.5, the auto updater is encouraging you to upgrade to version 2.

I saw this one of Facebook. Hilarious.

In my brief experience, philosophy can be one of those subjects that are easily messed with. Very people "get it" and out of those people, there are very few people who practice what they preach.

But aside from that I think it is a pretty cool concept.

This probably has to do something with the release of the iPhone. They probably want to sync your bookmarks on Safari with iTunes and then with the iPhone.

Seems like a pretty smart idea to me.

I sometimes wonder about how many computers Bill Gates has, or how many Google Contacts that Larry Page has or how many items of expensive food that the Iron Chef has. Life's a mystery.

Hey this post got submitted to digg and the comments are kind of interesting.

So what's the deal?

I think it comes down to time management and motivation. Most people aren't motivated enough to switch their webmail service. Sure I love gmail but let's say that Microsoft's Live Mail comes takes the lead in features.

Do I then switch over to Live Mail? Most people don't have enough time to make the switch and are used to using it.

OMG so random. Hey I love Wordpress but...actually I have the shirt.

I would definitely buy a 9rules sticker.

Aww Microsoft isn't so bad.

So how does that work? If I remember correctly, the size of the memory footprint is proportional to the size of the music library. It must work well for me because I have a small iTunes library.

Right On: I know what you mean about the bird graphics. The people at Songbird are probably a bit eccentric. But that's okay.

Umm I'm just really surprised to see an application other than iTunes sync with the iPod. I thought they had that stuff locked down pretty tight. Is Apple going to sit still for this?

About the library playlist delete. I had no idea what happened there to be honest. I was just using it as an excuse to uninstall iTunes.

This sounds like what Facebook does with it's profile pages. When a piece of someone's profile is update, that part of the profile is highlighted in Yellow.

It's actually quite cool.

When I get the chance I've really got to rebuild my old desktop back home. Custom computer building is so much fun.

I don't think it occurs to most bloggers to sell their blogs in the same way that most people who write journals don't consider selling them as books.

I remember that Vista was having trouble with the Java Runtime environment that is used to run Open Office. I suspect that it is one of those things that Microsoft has on it's "low priority" list of things to do.