mike arrington n i had sumtimez violent disagreement on today gilmor gang.

reason we wuz arguin??! coz we both wuz arguin different thing.

mike arrington wuz arguin that furbook wuz in wrong 4 blockin gurgl friend connect (n therefor i wuz wrong).

i wuz arguin that if u 1. friend me n 2. giv me ur address that i should b able 2 put that address in2 whateva system i so please... just like when u hand me ur business card (n therefor that arrington wuz wrong).

problem iz... that it took bit uv yellin n screamin 4 us 2 realize we wuz arguin bout different thing. durin show i put my fone on mute n took showa (actualli true) n when i came on i took different tactic n agreed wit mike on first issue.

on second issue he stil wrong... but we’ll get 2 argue that 1 out again sum otha day.

truth b told i thought that gurgl pulled addressez in2 friend connect. i wuz wrong. gurgl don’t.

so... furbook iz totalli ova top wrong 2 blok gurgl.

but... lateli... furbook haz been on wrong side uv blok button. whoeva runz that button iz realli hurtin furbook brand n not doin furbook any favor.

so... let up n split thiz argument in2 few piecez n argue bout those separateli in three group=

1. ur soshl graph (ie... map uv who ur friend r).
2. ur friend’ info (ie... their addressez... their burfdays... their relationship status... their political leaning... their genda... their favoriet music n activitiez... n otha stuff u’ll find on... say... furbook profile).
3. ur actual data. say ur photos... ur videos... ur status updatez... n ur wall post.

if u goin 2 talk bout soshl netwurk portabilitee u must keep these three thing separate.

why??! coz uv usa expectationz.

so... wtf r our usa expectationz around soshl graph??! well... furbook alreddy makez those almost totalli public. i can see soshl graphs uv people who haven’t even friended me. that sed... there r few people who blocked me frm seein who their friend r... but onli handful uv people has done that.

how bout usa expectationz around ur friend’ info??! well... if u friend me n giv me access 2 ur data... u should expect me 2 use that data... even outside uv furbook. but there r sum usa who don’t want u 2 take that data outside uv furbook. arrington 1 uv those.

how bout ur actual data??! usa expectationz here r far different. we want 2 has control uv our own data... n we don’t expect otha usa 2 b able 2 copy our photos or videos 2 otha placez.

so... basicalli... mike arrington n i agree on soshl graph. u should b able 2 take ur list uv friend... their avatar... n their namez 2 any otha soshl netwurk.

we disagree on our info like addressez n such. i don’t think we’ll eva agree there.

i believe we agree on control uv our actual data.

how bout u??! do u agree wit thiz assessment??! do u get as passionate bout thiz stuff as mike n i did??!

= marc canta sez “i do not compromise” n postd bunch uv picturez uv hiz backyard fence which iz most interestin.

tag= furbook... gurgl friend connect
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may 15th... 2008

my ex-boss... john furrier... goez afta furbook afta furbook blocked gurgl friend connect frm usin it api 2 inport friend frm furbook in2 gurgl friend connect.

i saw dave morin... who runz furbook developa platform... at gurgl event monday nite. u can see him at end uv event where i shoved my cell fone in hiz face n tried 2 get him 2 comment. he refused.

afta camera iz off he sed it wuz “interestin” that gurgl had used furbook as 1 uv examplez durin it launch uv friend connect.

i guess it wuz lot more than “interestin.”

they blocked gurgl coz they didn’t want gurgl 2 populate it friend netwurk wit data collectd frm furbook.

o... i know... that not real reason they told techcrunch n otha. here offishl statement frm furbook.

furbook iz bein consistent here. dave morin told me few months ago all bout furbook concernz. such as... wtf happenz if u change ur address... wil it change everywhere that ur address got copied 2??!

clearli wit gurgl friend connect answa iz “no.” why??! coz it wuz 1-tiem action n there wuz no liv connection 2 furbook n gurgl friend connect data would get olda n olda (n more n more out uv date). want 2 delete ur address off uv web??! sorry... thankz 2 otha systemz furbook not ensure that’ll happen.

now... i been on both sidez uv thiz story. few months ago i tried usin sum unreleased technology frm plaxo 2 do exactli wtf gurgl did on monday nite. i not onli got kicked off uv api (which iz wtf should has happened) but my account wuz hidden n i wuz locked out 4 bout 20 hour.

furbook “penaltee” 4 that behavior wuz way 2 harsh. n... sum... like john furrier... believe that furbook iz on wrong side uv line tonite again.

me??! i think furbook haz point... but i think horse iz out uv barn alreddy n furbook not b able 2 shove it in.

why??! u should chek in2 minggl. it toolbar that do far more than wtf gurgl friend connect do.

but it do it in way that furbook wil neva b able 2 blok. why??! coz it ur browsa that scrapez all ur friend info in2 minggl browsa bar. that bar then upload all that information up 2 minggl. there no way that furbook wil b able 2 blok minggl. if gurgl want 2 push issue they should do exactli wtf minggl iz doin.

2 get geeky 4 moment... minngl iz collectin that data wit separate ip address each tiem same 1 ur browsa iz usin. if furbook want 2 blok minngl it’ll has 2 blok u frm browsin 2 furbook. furbook not do that 2 everyone... so minggl haz picked architecture that makez it impossible 4 furbook 2 blok. at least usin technical method. i wouldn’t b surprised if furbook tried 2 sue minggl or otha companiez that use similar method 2 collect data.

privacy iz dead.

anyone who put anythin on computa screen that they want hidden frm public view should think again. i don’t think it can b stopped n walled gardenz that has built around furbook n otha soshl netwurkz r temporarili walled at bes. that data wil leak out uv wallz n alreddy iz. furbook attempt 2 keep wallz up wil prove unsuccessful.

just ask forma kgo radio talk show host bernie ward. he wuz convictd uv sendin child pornography through 2 sumone else. if not private medium then sureli furbook not. ( person he wuz emailin those photos 2 emailed them 2 authoritiez).

wtf do u think??! do furbook has point or iz horse alreddy out uv barn??!

= thiz iz bein discussed at much fasta rate ova on friendfeed than ova here.

update2= gurgl employee kevin markz sez i’m wrong in comment here. here hiz correction 2 thiz post= “robert... u wrong bout friend connect data gettin stale. it fetched directli frm ur linked friend data sourcez... includin otha soshl netwurkz... wit short-term cachin on friend connect serva. there iz liv two-way connection - friend connect post event 2 soshl netwurkz’ activitee streamz when usa chosez 2 do so.”

update3= mike arrington ova on techcrunch thinkz i’m wrong on thiz post. but... if u read comment ova on hiz bl0g u’ll see we not that far apart.

tag= furbook... gurgl... gurgl friend connect... privacy
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may 15th... 2008

friendfeed takez up slak... res uv us go 2 wurk n say “meh.”

twitta sure knows how 2 grab defeat out uv jaws uv success. twitta wuz featured on businessweek today.

we talkin bout thiz on gilmor gang rite now... audio wil b up lata.

tag= friendfeed... twitta
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may 15th... 2008

thiz iz my favoriet thin that i filmed on my trip 2 israel few weekz 4 fastcompany.tv.

wtf iz it??! it session at kinnernet event (which iz yossi vardi famous annual event that attract geekz n entrepreneur frm around world 2 spend weekend hearin ideas n creativ approachez 2 livin life). thank u yossi vardi 4 invitin me 2 participate in thiz remarkable event — how remarkable wuz it??! well thiz iz event where craig newmark wuz my roommate (founda uv craig list).

who gave thiz talk??! itay talgam... internationalli-renowned conductor. now... it not every day that i get 2 meet musical conductor... not 2 mention talkin bout him on my bl0g. “but i thought u onli talked bout tech... scoble...” i can hear many uv u sayin. well... that true... but... hek... gotta change rulez sumtimez otherwise thing get 2 borin n predictable.

anyway... thiz got most ravez uv sessionz i heard bout (several people has seen thiz talk several timez in audience).

wtf do he do??! he studiez managerial stylez uv several uv world top orchestral conductor n let u draw conclusionz uv wtf kind uv managerial style wurkz bes 4 them.

durin talk i saw in myself stupid thing i wuz doin as managa... which iz prettee much hiz point n why he asked 2 giv thiz talk around world.

coz it iz so long we split it up in2 three piecez ( whole thin iz more than hour). part i n ii r up now... but part iii wil come lata today. hope u enjoy sumthin little different today.

here videos= part i n part ii