Last weekend, a group of entrepreneurs and programmers got together for Rails Rumble. The goal? To build the best web app possible in only 48 hours based on the Ruby on Rails programming framework.
The result? 168 teams completed functional apps that do everything from aggregate your social media profiles to turning your Twitter (Twitter) account into a de-facto visual voicemail. Now the field has been whittled down to 22 applications where a popular vote will determine which one wins the Rails Rumble.
RAILS RUMBLE: 11 New Apps We Love
Monday, September 14, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
TV facing 'iTunes moment' warns Microsoft's Ashley Highfield | Media | guardian.co.uk
The TV industry has as little as two years to create viable digital businesses or face a version of the 'iTunes moment' that saw the music business cede the online future to Apple, according to Ashley Highfield.
Highfield, the the managing director of consumer and online at Microsoft UK, said he believed the reluctance advertisers feel to advertise on sites such as Facebook will soon be a 'non-issue', putting more pressure on broadcasters' advertising revenues.
TV facing 'iTunes moment' warns Microsoft's Ashley Highfield | Media | guardian.co.uk
Highfield, the the managing director of consumer and online at Microsoft UK, said he believed the reluctance advertisers feel to advertise on sites such as Facebook will soon be a 'non-issue', putting more pressure on broadcasters' advertising revenues.
TV facing 'iTunes moment' warns Microsoft's Ashley Highfield | Media | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tweeting By Numbers: 7 Ways to Become a Twitter Analyst
There are plenty of Twitter tools out there designed to help you understand Twitter (Twitter) metrics. These tools come in handy for measuring change in tweet fluctuations, charting follower count numbers, finding out hashtag frequency, and quantifying Twitter activity.
Most of us, however, will find ourselves wanting to know more about the tweets themselves, and to really understand the context and content of a tweet. It’s easy to take a look at a single tweet and dissect its content, but how do you go about doing so on a grand scale? When it comes to individual Twitterers, the same logic holds true. It’s easy to take a look at someone’s Twitter bio and most recent tweet, and make an assumption about what kind of Twitterer they are, but how can you go about understanding the totality of that Twitterer’s behaviors?
Tweeting By Numbers: 7 Ways to Become a Twitter Analyst
Most of us, however, will find ourselves wanting to know more about the tweets themselves, and to really understand the context and content of a tweet. It’s easy to take a look at a single tweet and dissect its content, but how do you go about doing so on a grand scale? When it comes to individual Twitterers, the same logic holds true. It’s easy to take a look at someone’s Twitter bio and most recent tweet, and make an assumption about what kind of Twitterer they are, but how can you go about understanding the totality of that Twitterer’s behaviors?
Tweeting By Numbers: 7 Ways to Become a Twitter Analyst
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wikipedia: Time for a reality check -- DailyFinance
The egalitarian ideal of an online repository of human knowledge that is exclusively written and edited by volunteers has come face-to-face with an unpleasant reality. The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that governs the sprawling Wikipedia, admitted a defeat of sorts yesterday when it announced that soon all changes to articles about living people must be reviewed by experienced volunteer editors before the changes are released to the public Web site.
The reason? Too many errors, too much unreliable information, and a growing realization that the position of the Wikipedia as a trusted information source could be placed at risk unless more controls are placed over its freewheeling editorial process. In a nutshell, this announcement affirms the limitation of serious user generated content on the Web and reaffirms the necessity for professional or dedicated curators to ensure quality of information and lack of self-dealing or self-interested postings.
Wikipedia: Time for a reality check -- DailyFinance
The reason? Too many errors, too much unreliable information, and a growing realization that the position of the Wikipedia as a trusted information source could be placed at risk unless more controls are placed over its freewheeling editorial process. In a nutshell, this announcement affirms the limitation of serious user generated content on the Web and reaffirms the necessity for professional or dedicated curators to ensure quality of information and lack of self-dealing or self-interested postings.
Wikipedia: Time for a reality check -- DailyFinance
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