<rant> Allen Stern wrote a nice, concise rant about Friendfeed today, where he argues that FF still has to fix a lot of usability issues before it can ever go mainstream. I mostly agree with Allen, but I think that FF’s real issue goes far deeper than just usability. Sadly, being a big fan of Friendfeed [...]

Bret Taylor from FriendFeed announced a new FF feature tonight: personalized recommendations. That’s why I’m happy to announce we just launched a feature that helps you find the best stuff your friends have shared recently without sifting through your entire feed. Underneath the search box on your FriendFeed homepage, you now have links to see [...]

At the beginning of the year, it looked like Shared Items from Google Reader or other RSS readers were going to become a major force. Products like Linkriver, ReadBurner, RSSMeme and others were innovating quickly. So where are we now? In his latest column, Steve Gillmor says the following: Just as Google Reader reached a [...]