@iPhone. I’m so so so glad I didn’t buy a first gen now we know that the 3G will be aggressively subsidised. By doing this, Apple just made one of those moves which we always think the big cos should do, but they never seem to have the guts to carry out. I may even put in a pre-order on the O2 site today.

So, hands-up; who on EntreList won’t own an iPhone by the end of this year?

@EntreList - I may have asked a similar question before, but does anyone have any thoughts on this site? E.g. Do you have any suggestions for improving the layout? Is the input box big enough? Too many tags, maybe? Or, do you have any thoughts on the conversation?

Finally, we’ve been using the @SomeDude comment-directing convention on EntreList for a while now. Do you see any synergy with how Twitter handles the conversion to user profiles, and do you think there’s a place for this on EntreList?

The tagging is seriously clunking - it was one area which I completely changed on my first practice Rails app (a Neil C’s ideal version of Prologue, nicknamed Twit Chat).

Have you seen Quotably, the new twitter response handling tool? It’s awesome, but it makes you realise how focused the twitter guys are on their existing interactions on the service. Any changes have to be carefully considered.

I read that Arrington article just after it was posted - he makes those type of posts every so often, and they’re always topical and blasted with responses. TBH, I’d be happy with Seattle or SV; Stratford-Upon-Avon is great for my concentration, but it’s bad for real-world collaboration!

@Everyone - Thursday 7pm CET looks fine for me. Time converter says it’s 9pm GMT, so I’ll make sure I’m high on a venti-sized caffeine-filled beverage, and ready to throw some serious shapes down.

p.s. did some good hacking this weekend. Fixed a few issues with activerecord associations breaking when using acts_as_commentable….ruby is great!