Category: Innovation

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.

What Happened to the Value of Being Well Read?

There was a time, and it doesn’t seem all that long ago, that people valued the company of those who were well read. We used to seek out those who were more than knowledgeable, more than conversant in this topic or that, but those who had the ability to discuss a wide variety of topics… Continue reading What Happened to the Value of Being Well Read?

Why is the Real-Time Web Community Shooting Itself in the Foot?

2008 was supposed to be the year we began to see real-time web take shape. And while Twitter and FriendFeed have begun to show us some bits of what a real-time web might look like mostly it has been a year of discontent. While I hate year end/beginning “predictions” (what am I Nostradamus?) I’m predicting… Continue reading Why is the Real-Time Web Community Shooting Itself in the Foot?

Video: VMware Fusion Developer Tips and Apple after Steve Jobs

Another day another video blog post. And I’ll say it again… however Vimeo selects the static frame… not working for me… what am I catching flies!!! UPDATE: Well great, my first complaint with Vimeo – they totally hosed this when they encoded it… video/sound way out of sync. Sorry about that folks – this is… Continue reading Video: VMware Fusion Developer Tips and Apple after Steve Jobs