Just a quick update on my FriendFeed Deep Dig - I’ll have more later today:
The first places I dropped into online when I woke up this morning? My Inbox, then Twitter, then Facebook. All before I even thought about FriendFeed. Why? It has nothing to do with the value of the service, but everything to do with the fact that I’m stubborn. Maybe a little dense. A creature of habit.
Just like you.
Then I also realized this. I like using different tools. I like jumping around from Tweetdeck to FB then over to email. Maybe it gives me the perception I’m doing more.
And that’s the FriendFeed challenge far and above anything it offers: how to get people to plug in while they sip their morning coffee. It’s not impossible, tons of companies have been able to work their way into our daily patterns, but it does take time. And time is money, especially for a start-up. How does FriendFeed drive revenue again?
But that’s a different question. The real question is, can it be made part of the routine. Is there a value ‘tipping point’ to make that happen? Not yet. Not for me.
Keep in mind I can be very slow on the uptake. For the record, I didn’t absorb Twitter for almost a year. Now it never leaves my back pocket.
