I'm bored of social websites. I'm sick of any new social web service. I'm amazed of any new mobile app.
With iphone, Android, HPalm, Wmobile 7... and all this race to create apps that sell to the masses, don't you think we are really in the middle of a mobile (smartphone) bubble?
With rare exceptions, Hacker News comments are not about the people, they're about the content. I read HN because it has a generally excellent signal to noise ratio. If "social websites" encompass anything that allows a viewer to post a comment then even the guestbooks of ages past would be considered social.
Yes, but different is some ways. There are valuable discussions that happens here and that are improving my experience. This is why I log here and spend around 2-3 hours a day.
I really don't feel that productive when using Twitter and Facebook.
Agree with your first statement. I disagree with the second. The phone will revolutionize everything because it is portable, is constantly running, GPS, camera, video, etc. These are massive advances that are just starting to take off. Why does the tech community forget there are billions of people out there who have never heard of Twitter? This is the start, and I'm not missing it for the world. That's why I moved to San Francisco, and that's why I'm learning to code. (Sorry if I got a little Braveheart in this comment haha)
