Author: briantroy

Why Twitter Search Does Not Mean Twitter is a Search Engine

Arrington is back. And he dropped a nice post today over at TechCrunch indicating that he believes it is time to start thinking of Twitter as a Search Engine. In general terms I agree… but as always the devil is in the details. There is one major hole in Arrington’s theory, but that hole is… Continue reading Why Twitter Search Does Not Mean Twitter is a Search Engine

justSignal Demo 09 Demo – Have your data and eat it too!

On February 25th I put up a justSignal Tracker for Demo 09. I had fun today watching the tracker (you can find it here) reel off all the tweets about Demo and the presentations as they happened. With all due respect to Demo and Facebook the experience with the Facebook Connect widget was, by comparison,… Continue reading justSignal Demo 09 Demo – Have your data and eat it too!

Follow Friday – a justSignal Experiment

UPDATE 5:11PM AZ Time – I added a list of frequent Follow Friday tweeters. You can find it after the jump/at the bottom of the post. Yesterday a little birdie told me that Jeremiah Owyang of Forrester Research (@jowyang on Twitter) was looking for a way to figure out who gets recommended the most on… Continue reading Follow Friday – a justSignal Experiment

Demo 09 – Track the Event on Twitter

As you all may (or may not) know justSignal creates creates solutions that allow you to track specific contexts (subjects, events or topics) on Social Media. Our current widget is focused on Twitter (and why not), with FriendFeed, Google Blog Search and Blog Comments (via Backtype and Disqus) coming after SXSW. With Demo coming up… Continue reading Demo 09 – Track the Event on Twitter

justSignal Widgets now Offer iPhone Optimized Page

Mobility matters. I know that there are times when we are not at our computers and still want to be able to connect with others about topics that matter to us. In order to make the justSignal service even more valuable for those who want to provide their subscribers, fans or readers a way to… Continue reading justSignal Widgets now Offer iPhone Optimized Page

What the Hell is a Wombat – and Why Are We Tracking Them?

My interest in Twitter/FriendFeed and all things social media is so like my interest and involvement with VoIP it sometimes keeps me up at night. VoIP for me was never about the technology – and it certainly wasn’t about “making a phone call”, we could already do that. It was about the possibly. The possibility… Continue reading What the Hell is a Wombat – and Why Are We Tracking Them?

What is Interesting to me… right now.

One of my favorite things about social media is getting to know people not just by what they say, but also by following along to see what interests them. The things that interest you make you interesting to me. Some people will tell you to grow your social graph (people you follow/friend/subscribe to) because if… Continue reading What is Interesting to me… right now.

My Sorry Sick Self…

So today I’m supposed to appear on Furious World – Peter Himmelman’s weekly live music and technology show. So of course I wake up this morning and my annoying low grade cold has blossomed into full on body achin’, voice losin’, head throbbin’, racking coughin’, sick as a dog-ness. I know, you are all disappointed…… Continue reading My Sorry Sick Self…

An Open Letter to the Arizona State Legistature and Gov. Brewer

Shame on you. Shame on each and every one of you. You are not accountants… your job is NOT to balance the state’s checkbook. Your job is to use the tax revenue you collect to provide the services that make Arizona better… every day, every year, for us and our children. You de-funded environmental protections.… Continue reading An Open Letter to the Arizona State Legistature and Gov. Brewer