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Mullenweg Speaks Out on Twitter, WordPress and the Question of Competition

Posted by ridertech on Sunday November 29, 2009 @08:53PM
from the readwriteweb.com dept.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mullenweg_comscore_twitter_wordpress.php

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Re:Poll: Do you have an OpenID? on Friday November 27, 2009 @12:08PM (#964086)

Yes for personal use (really just Basecamp). No for app development...

I always use Facebook Connect (via Facebooker plugin) over OpenID authentication. The adoption rate and viral advantages of Facebook are unmatched.

Seattle Startup Sampa Pulls the Plug

Posted by ridertech on Saturday July 18, 2009 @07:12PM
from the techflash.com dept.

http://www.techflash.com/venture/Sampa_pulls_the_plug_51040077.html

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Re:China's Google Maps (zoom out for best effect) on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @11:12PM (#584480)

Awesome - I'm going to Shanghai in the fall and this is very fun to pan around. Now if only I could read Chinese.

Re:TechCrunch Rumor: Facebook First Big Site To Really Embrace OpenID on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @12:29AM (#582690)

Yeah, TechCrunch got the "big sites" wrong as well as the importance of being an issuing party. Being a relying party is useless to FB's 200+ million users.

Re:Ask HN: What kind of CPMs are you getting for your ad-supported site? on Monday April 27, 2009 @06:31PM (#582240)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581085

TechCrunch Rumor: Facebook First Big Site To Really Embrace OpenID

Posted by ridertech on Monday April 27, 2009 @06:12PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/facebook-first-big-site-to-really-embrace-openid/

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Facebook Asks Users If They’ll Pay For Vanity URLs

Posted by ridertech on Thursday April 23, 2009 @01:34AM
from the allfacebook.com dept.

http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/04/facebook-vanity-urls

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Why would Facebook users leave? They’d have to have a reason.

Posted by ridertech on Sunday March 22, 2009 @08:55PM
from the techcrunchit.com dept.

http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/03/22/please-stand-by/

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Re:WeFollow.com: Kevin Rose creates Twitter Directory on Sunday March 15, 2009 @02:02PM (#517016)

currently, it doesn't seem to check back if your followers have increased.

Re:It’s all about utility: Social media apps grow up (for advertisers,... on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @08:47PM (#493921)

appssavvy is great to work with! (disclaimer: i developed the snow reports app mentioned)

It’s all about utility: Social media apps grow up (for advertisers, too)

Posted by ridertech on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @08:46PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/its-all-about-utility-social-media-apps-grow-up-for-advertisers-too/

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Re:Successful Developer Platforms Have 3 Things: Features, Users, Money. on Sunday November 09, 2008 @02:39PM (#358449)

go long, stay open (beware proprietary platforms)

Re:Ask YC: How to Build an RSS Aggregator? on Friday October 31, 2008 @01:17PM (#350114)

rfeedparser looks perfect, but i'm in dependency hell...

Gem::Exception (can't activate hpricot (= 0.6), already activated hpricot-0.6.164])

Re:Ask YC: How to Build an RSS Aggregator? on Friday October 31, 2008 @12:15PM (#350041)

I've used Drupal's aggregator module in the past, and it often has issue with the publish dates and/or whether a link already exists.

Re:Ask YC: How to Build an RSS Aggregator? on Thursday October 30, 2008 @07:24PM (#349388)

Thanks Peter! I was looking into FeedTools... http://sporkmonger.com/2008/2/1/feedtools-0-2-27

But I'll probably just build something custom w/ Ruby. I was hoping someone else had already done the work and open sourced it ;)

Re:Ask YC: How to Build an RSS Aggregator? on Thursday October 30, 2008 @06:50PM (#349354)

Sorry, I'm looking to build an app that aggregates feeds, not a normal "consumer app"

Ask YC: How to Build an RSS Aggregator?

Posted by ridertech on Thursday October 30, 2008 @06:42PM
from the self-post dept.

What do you recommend for reading and parsing 100s of RSS/Atom feeds on an hourly basis?I'm able to write a custom script in PHP or preferably Rails, but wondering if there is a sweet app or tutorial that others have used and liked.

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Re:Facebook Connect Launch Scheduled For November 30 on Tuesday October 28, 2008 @05:17PM (#346786)

I wish Facebook Connect would be compatible with OpenID.

US Army warns of Twitter dangers

Posted by ridertech on Sunday October 26, 2008 @03:10AM
from the breitbart.com dept.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081025182242.js2g2op8&show_article=1

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Re:The Well That Twitter Built on Saturday September 20, 2008 @06:50PM (#310115)

Perfect of example of "entrepreneurs solving bigger problems" (recent theme of O'Reilly).

The Well That Twitter Built

Posted by ridertech on Saturday September 20, 2008 @06:47PM
from the mashable.com dept.

http://mashable.com/2008/09/19/the-well-that-twitter-built/

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Consumer engagement that matters

Posted by ridertech on Tuesday September 16, 2008 @12:53PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/guest-editorial-consumer-engagement-that-matters/

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We Need Platform Plays That Don’t Wobble

Posted by ridertech on Tuesday September 16, 2008 @12:29PM
from the gigaom.com dept.

http://gigaom.com/2008/09/16/we-need-platform-plays-that-dont-wobble/

"The flip side of this is for application developers to realize that unless a platform has set rules in place, then they’re building their products not on firm ground, but on quicksand."+1 Open Web

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Microsoft’s Real Problem: Facebook is the New Outlook, and- not Listening to Generation Y

Posted by ridertech on Saturday September 13, 2008 @04:12PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/13/microsofts-real-problem-facebook-is-the-new-outlook-and-other-ways-that-remond-is-not-listening-to-generation-y/

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Re:I Want Your .com For New Startup on Wednesday September 03, 2008 @06:17PM (#294304)

vidpath.com (.net|.org)

Re:What to do in Seattle? on Saturday August 23, 2008 @11:30PM (#285005)

check out upcoming... http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=events&rt=1&q...

Maybe the 2008 International Aerospace Art Exhibition? http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1024661/