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Clue To Safer Obesity Drugs: Mechanism Links Serotonin With Regulation Of Food IntakeOnce hailed as a miracle weight-loss drug, Fen-phen was removed from the market more than a decade ago for inducing life-threatening side effects, including heart valve lesions. Scientists are trying to understand how Fen-phen behaves in the brain in order to develop safer anti-obesity drugs with fewer side effects....
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December 6, 2008 6:26 AM - Sign in to comment - Link
OK, over on Twitter they have this feature. It’s called “Direct Messages.” It means you can send me a Tweet that no one else can see. A LOT of people try to use this feature with me and I really, really, hate it. How many people? I have 4,388 direct messages. Twitter isn’t the only one that sucks, either. Facebook has a Messaging feature too. 1,249 messages are waiting for me there. I do NOT answer in either place most of the time. Why? Here’s 10 reasons why they suck and why I’d much rather you email me at scobleizer@gmail.com...
What I would like to see is an auto reply that directed the sender to your preferred method of communication. I also REALLY like what BlackBerry does on their OS where all Instant Messages and all emails (from up to 10 accounts) come to one in box so I don't have to jump from IM client to IM client. I hope BlackBerry greatly expands that concept to include Twitter and FaceBook. It's the only mobile OS that I've seen that consolidates messages in the default (ie not 3rd party) inbox. - Wayne Schulz
I agree with most of the reasons - but, sometimes I like when people make it short and to the point. if they had the ability to write more than 140 characters, they probably would have sent loooong, bothersome email instead. - Orli Yakuel
If you hate DM's like I do http://tinyurl.com/55kxn2 send a message to @ev saying so. He thinks my use of Twitter is outlier. He needs you. - Robert Scoble
Actually, there is this great solution to the problem. I think it is called "e-mail". It is really fascinating stuff. I am not sure why people insist on DMs. - Rob Diana
Rob: most people are lazy and aren't willing to look for an email link if one isn't provided. - Robert Scoble
@Rob - posting your email address as-is on the internet is just inviting a ton of spam. It's hard enough dealing with my daily influx of mail as it is. - Lindsay Donaghe
Lindsay: my email has been on my blog for eight years and I don't get that much spam. That's what Gmail is good at: blocking it. - Robert Scoble
I had commented on the blog directly, but why is it so hard for Twitter/FriendFeed/etc to provide an email user link? That seems like a simple solution to the problem. - Rob Diana
the way I see it, Twitter's DM isn't a replacement of email, altough Facebook's messaging might. - gabo
Maybe an option to accept or not DMs (account-wide) will do the work for all who like them or not imho :) - george tziralis
I'm working on an extended profile on http://twitwall.com as a way to try to steer people towards communicating with me more efficiently. I'm always trying to figure out a way to do things the most productive way possible. - Jannifer Stoddard
can't send @ev a DM - he's not following me! lol - Jannifer Stoddard
Totally agree on DMs. btw, +1 on Jannifer's comment...! - karen2
i think DM's have their place. sometimes i need to talk about something private and twitter dm is the quickest way to reach someone. - sixbit
I think we found this weekend's bitchmeme! - Rob Diana
The worst thing? People that automatically send you a DM after you follow them ...just to unfollow you a second later. Usually DM has only their blog URL. No way to answer them and engage in a conversation. Are they humans? - Paul Papadimitriou
If Twitter added RSS to the direct messages page, you would be able to read them on your Google Reader and add tags over there the same way you do on gMail in order to priotize. Responding would require you to click to the Twitter page and respond, even with a longer text because you installed the Twitzer firefox plugin first that enables you to have longer twitter messages on Twitter. Only one downturn: you need to be following each other to send dm's. But that's something that might be changed easily, right Twitter? ;-) - Bart Muskala
If people were trying to use DMs as email to reach me... yeah I'd hate them too! I think all of your points are very valid ones. But as the feature is called 'direct message', which could also be 'instant message', it's for something quick that requires a response that is as equally short and sweet. I don't hate the feature. But in your shoes, I would hate how people are using it. - Wendy Peters
DM's were not intended to replace email but its usage is currently very similar to it. - Jay
wow! when you put it like that, 'why DM sucks' makes sense. i have less that 100 DMs on TT so i've never had to consider the issue of scaling up to deal with 1000s of messages. - .LAG
dm's for me are a hitelisted SMS that doesn't leak my phone number. Extremely useful. Scoble following the entire universe spoils the whitelist. Twitter dropping SMS support for DMs outside the US made this less useful, as getting DMs on my UK phone was very handy - Kevin Marks
My wife and I often use Twitter DM's when she's at work. She doesn't always hear text messages to her cellphone, and she runs Tweetdeck on her desktop there in any case. More to the point, as Twitter is seamless between desktop and cellphone, it doesn't matter if she's in or out of the office. She also points out that she prefers Twitter when she's in the office to SMS, as it's easier to type on her PC keyboard. - Ian May
The solution seems simple to me... Twitter DM, Facebook Messages, LinkedIn messages, etc should be sent to my email.. I should be able to reply to the message from email and have the service treat it as a DM / Message. This way I can still treat it as I do my email while the sender can protect their email address. - Sean Reiser
What I don't get is why people respond to my public tweets with DMs, thus forcing a conversation that I WANTED public into being private. And 99% of the time this happens to me, it's not anything that needs to be private. I'd just respond back with an @ reply, but the public conversation is already broken. - faithx5
Sean, that is what I have been trying to say. I do not understand why it is such a problem. - Rob Diana
Rob: the problem is one of revenue, I'm sure. If facebook (for example) sent messages to my email and let me reply there, I wouldn't log into facebook, see their ads, etc. It's a standard Walled Garden problem driving traffic is more important then the service - Sean Reiser
Sean: I understand that, but if Facebook, etc. made the ability to respond via email something you had to opt-into (not the ability to be responded to in this way, mind, since the email will be transformed back into whatever service it originated from) with the understanding that the email notifications would have their ads in them I'd be fine with that. - Jason Penney
I don't understand: Twitter DM, Facebook Messages, LinkedIn Messages, all end up in my email Inbox. That doesn't happen with you? - Glen Campbell
Glen: the issue is that you either can't read the whole message or you can't reply to them via email. Twitter would be the one I'd see difficulty responding to via email due to the 140 character limit. As a user of Basecamp, I've seen what happens with reply-by-email: 90% of the time, the signature gets added to the reply because reply-by-email parsers are pretty bad. - Mark Trapp
And there are limited options as to what goes to your inbox. - Chris Baskind
10 reasons why Twitter Direct Messages suck (and so do Facebook’s) - (jeff)isageek
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Is 'worm' clue to Mars life CNN In Search of AliensScientists wonder whether a spiral shape in a Mars photo could be a fossil. Did worms live there? Miles O'Brien reports:...
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Golfballs.com CouponsYour Name: Austin Kent Email: Nickbubba@charter.net Message: Chris do you have any coupons for golf besides golfsmith? And finally there’s Golfballs.com. (Don’t worry I’ll come up with some more stores in the next few days): Golfballs.com - Free Embroidery on Online Cap Order using coupon code MYCAP Posted on 12/3/08 and Expires on 12/8/08 Golfballs.com - Free Shipping w/ $75 Purchase using coupon code GIFTIDEA Posted on 12/3/08 and Expires on 12/14/08 Golfballs.com - Best Deals Posted on 11/28/08 and Expires on 12/31/09 Find More Coupons Random Posts The Web Site Idea Generator Jim Pitkow @ SES (Moreover) pic0140 Vanishing...
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HowToSayThatName.com - Name Pronunciation GuideWhat it doesThis portal is a database that includes audio files showcasing how to pronounce a name the way a native speaker would. Such a contribution is actually far from insignificant, as any person who has to deal with foreigners on a daily basis will tell you. Just imagine the impression a PR officer causes if he gets a name completely wrong and you will quickly realize a service like this will attract more than a fair share of users the world over. The actual database spans territories ranging far and wide, and you can always request that names which...
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Pepsi, are you listening? Yes, you PepsiCo, are you listening? There are many of us out that blog and use social networks that are fans. Sure, we may not be the top five in the A list, but is our thirst and opinion any less important? It has recently come to my attention that Pepsi has a room on FriendFeed. This room is purportedly for Pepsi fans.  It’s a bit odd of an arrangement though.  It seems in this room only a few select individuals can actually post. Pepsi hand picked four guys to make all of the posts.  The rest of us...
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No clue what they're doingUgh. Those of us who argued against the $700 billion based that argument on that facts that 1) we didn't have a good handle on what the problem was, so 2) it was stupid to rush to a solution that might not solve the actual problem. Throw in the additional fact that $700 billion is a whole fucking lot of money, and it seemed all so absurd. And of course, we skeptics were right. The head of a new Congressional panel set up to monitor the gigantic federal bailout says the government still does not seem to have a coherent...
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myBoxTone Expert announces General Availability this week; BGR gets down and dirty with a review After an extensive series of betas and intense testing for bugs, stability and security, BoxTone is ready to announce the general availability of its self-service BlackBerry app, myBoxTone Expert. MyBoxTone Expert can be considered a silent “guardian angel,” if you will, for your BlackBerry smartphone. The application runs in the background and will notify you of any problems with your device before they become serious issues. When myBoxTone Expert finds a problem, it will help you to resolve the issue with a clear, simple, step-by-step process that will allow practically any user to remedy the problem on his or...
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Daily Fail: People Who Live In Glass HousesIn another scandal to rock the world outside of the Daily Mail, indignation about inept Photoshoping has spilled over into an ugly battle between [please fill in details, I have no idea what this is about].In a torrent of cliches, Photoshop has become a cruel bagel of opportunity for editors who all too frequently want to have their cake and not face the consequences. Albatross."I have no clue how Photoshop works but I use it anyway" said Daily Fail graphic designer Nigel Bottomly, who asked not to be named for fear of retribution.Thanks to Alexandra, original is here....
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A Clue to the Evolutionary Riddle of How the Turtle Got Its ShellThree prehistoric turtle fossils dating from 220 million years ago have ......
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Tiny Sony Laptop Hits FCC--Is This A Sony Netbook? [Sony Netbook]The computer rear-end in this photo is a Sony machine that's just hit the FCC. There're a couple of things that make it interesting: it's labeled with PCG-1P1L, making it synonymous with Vaio numbering. It was tested for 802.11 Wi-Fi in b, g and n flavors, with Bluetooth and both EVDO and HSPA. Its label reveals it'll run a Windows OS, and the label size gives a clue to the size of the machine: about 9.7 by 4.7 inches. And that's tiny. Sure, Sony's made small Vaios before, but this is in the 3G-toting HP Mini 1000 size range. Which...
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We’re at Nokia World this week: Here’s hoping Scobleizer and our own Scott Merrill are both in Barcelona this week to see the latest from Nokia in the upcoming year. The promise, according to Scoble, is a device that will be a game changer for Nokia. Here’s what he heard: When we got here a Nokia executive met me and bragged that the Internet has no clue what they will announce this week. I asked “what about the touch screen cell phone that I’ve seen rumors about?” He said that no one had gotten it right yet. The announcements are on Wednesday morning (it’s early Monday morning...
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We’re at Nokia World this week: Here’s hoping Scobleizer and our own Scott Merrill are both in Barcelona this week to see the latest from Nokia in the upcoming year. The promise, according to Scoble, is a device that will be a game changer for Nokia. Here’s what he heard: When we got here a Nokia executive met me and bragged that the Internet has no clue what they will announce this week. I asked “what about the touch screen cell phone that I’ve seen rumors about?” He said that no one had gotten it right yet. The announcements are on Wednesday morning (it’s early Monday morning...
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IT survivor: 8 signs it's time for new employmentIf your company is headed for a fall, it's usually better to jump than to be pushed. Don't let yourself be blindsided by quickly dwindling company prospects. These eight signs are surefire indications that it is high time to update your r?sum? and start networking.Sign No. 1: Closed-door meetings If all the conference rooms are booked or doors keep closing, the tide may be shifting toward cuts at your organization."Pay attention to what your gut is telling you," says John Baschab, senior vice president at Technisource. "A lot of the time it knows what's going on, even if your brain...
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November 30, 2008 9:45 PM - Sign in to comment - Link
We’ve arrived in Barcelona, Spain for Nokia World, a week where Nokia talks to its top customers. When we got here a Nokia executive met me and bragged that the Internet has no clue what they will announce this week. I asked “what about the touch screen cell phone that I’ve seen rumors about?” He said that no one had gotten it right yet. The announcements are on Wednesday morning (it’s early Monday morning as I post this) so we’ll have to wait to see what they announce. He told me this is one of the only times he...
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Image via Wikipedia I can’t stand Facebook. It’s not really anything they did. It’s nothing personal. I just don’t really like going there. It wasn’t as bad before the site redesign, but they managed to do exactly what was necessary to make the interface more annoying and confusing. The redesign does have some redeeming qualities, but mostly it makes my head hurt. My friends over on FriendFeed actually got me interested in using Facebook again. Not that they all love it or anything, but some of them do use it. After adding them as friends, I found I was...
I hate that the comments here are not showing up on my blog via ID... - Rahsheen Porter
Oh...it does work. Nevermind. - Rahsheen Porter
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Big business working like small business in Social Media Image via Wikipedia I was lucky enough to meet Beth Harte at PodCamp Philly this year. I sat in on a couple of Beth’s sessions and have been following her blog ever since. Beth wrote an interesting article on Social Media In Action on her blog that piqued my interest and really got me to thinking. She noted how she had a couple of problems with Best Buy after a purchase and through Twitter she was able to get it all figured out. Stories like Beth’s are becoming increasingly common much to the delight of the companies using the...
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Sharpen Your Chess Game [Gaming] Whether you'd like to increase your mental health or just relax after a stressful holiday visit, there aren't many games more classic than chess. Over at tips and tricks blog MakeUseOf, they have rounded up a variety of ways you can both play and sharpen your chess game. The screenshot above is from FlashChessIII, a beautifully rendered flash-based and free for download chess game. If you're concerned that all the playing in the world won't make you any better, they have a variety of resources listed for helping you not just play but increase your grasp of the game....
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The Astonishing Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak KarstThere is a very valid reason why we have been able to land a man on the moon and send space shuttles as far as Saturn and beyond, but still have no clue about the many mysteries that lay right here beneath our own feet hidden deep in the heart of the earth. There are [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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Real Housewives of Atlanta pulls in ratings ... really?Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, RatingsLet me preface this post by saying that I recently covered Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta for another site. But it was never any secret that I thought the housewives were self-serving rich girls who had no clue about what's really going on in the world. Example: NeNe dissed her best friend, Kim, to the other housewives, but I will say NeNe had a better singing voice than Kim, who thought she could secure a record contract just because her sugar daddy, Big Poppa, forked over the cash. Out of all of...
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