Twicecream - a fake service to demonstrate a point about single sign-on…
In web 2.0 there is a determination to screw up potentially great services. It’s my number #1 pet peeve with software development these days. Here’s a fictitious example of a service you might create…
You’ve built a service that automatically Twitters your geo-position and the [...]
Entries from July 2008
How to build a really successful web 2.0 service on top of another service and screw it all up
July 30th, 2008 ·
Tags: Architecture · Etiquette · Flickr · GPS · Life Streaming · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · SnapTweet · Social Networking · Software Development · TwitPic · Twitter · Web Services
How-to: Post Flickr images with iPhone WordPress app
July 24th, 2008 ·
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For WordPress bloggers with iPhones, the iPhone WordPress application is close to the best gift since receiving a Nintendo Entertainment System for Christmas in 1983. The application is solid, allows tags and categories, posts pictures direct from the phone, etc. Awesome!
But what if you want to post pics from your Flickr stream? What [...]
Tags: Blogging · Exposure · Flickr · Photography · Social Networking · WordPress · iPhone · iPhone 3G · iofy
What a great day! (Phillies, software, 12seconds, WCU)
July 24th, 2008 ·
Had an awesome day - time to share!
12seconds.tv/channels/solyoung
First 12second introduction
TechCrunch link
WCU post
Tags: 12seconds · Blogging · Education · Geek Dinner · Ingram Digital · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · Philadelphia · Software Development · Video
iPhone Wordpress
July 24th, 2008 ·
The new WordPress iPhone app is quite nice. Very clean integration. Seamless, but support for post plugins like Flickr images seem to be a problem.
It’s a great new world when we can blog and participate, without limitation, from a pocketable handset.
The pic is a snap of my N82 here at a diner over lunch.
Tags: Blogging · WordPress · iPhone · iPhone 3G
If you’re that important, they’ll find you again
July 23rd, 2008 ·
On Twitter, the numbers for friends (people you follow) and followers (people who follow you) are being misreported. The most common tweet today is about one’s follower count dropping off. This is telling of your personality, and not in a good way.
If you’re complaining about your follower count dropping off without your realizing your friend [...]
Tags: Economics · Etiquette · Flow · Life Streaming · Micro-blogging · Microblogging · Social Networking · Twitter
Facebook Group for Philly Geek Dinner
July 22nd, 2008 ·
Alvin Ashcraft (@alashcraft) put out the idea to create a Facebook group around the geek dinner concept; so I ran with it. The Facebook group is Philly Geek Dinner. Sign up there (or here, here, or just show up here).
A quick additional tidbit. Jason Hill from National Mechanics dropped me a DM and they’re looking [...]
Tags: Eventful · Facebook · Geek Dinner · Philadelphia · Social Networking · Upcoming
Philadelphia Geek Dinner - Venue Selected = National Mechanics
July 21st, 2008 ·
The kick-off Philly Geek Dinner will be at National Mechanics. I haven’t been there before, so looking forward to checking it out. Post on Upcoming or Eventful so we get a feel for the number of people.
National Mechanics - 22 South 3rd Street - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - www.nationalmechanics.com
Tags: Geek Dinner · Philadelphia · Social Networking
