Brian Roy's Blog Archive

There Are Practical Limitations on Real-Time

No one is a bigger fan of real-time than I am. I’ve been working on real-time communications for 10 years, and I intend to continue to work in that space for the foreseeable future. That being said, let me be clear about one thing: There are practical limitations on real-time. FriendFeed launched their new UI… Continue reading There Are Practical Limitations on Real-Time

Another justSignal upgrade. Twitter real-time upgrade.

We had a list of items we wanted improved and added to the justSignal Twitter real-time widget. And since I have no ability to procrastinate we are launching those changes over the weekend. Here is a rundown of the changes: Allow for variable length hash tags to be inserted in the tweets (used to be… Continue reading Another justSignal upgrade. Twitter real-time upgrade.

justSignal Adds More Signal

I’ve been awfully quiet for the last week or so. And there is a reason for that. I’ve been busily working away to fulfill the vision of justSignal. It was never about (just) Twitter – it was about finding your signal wherever someone chooses to talk about it. We launched with Twitter and the real-time… Continue reading justSignal Adds More Signal

Follow Friday – March 27th 2009 – How big will this get?

You’ve got to wonder – how big is this thing going to get? As always, all this information is based on midnight to midnight Pacific time. There were a total of 67,134 Follow Friday Tweets this week. That is a 9% increase from last week. Here is the chart of Tweets per Hour: The peak… Continue reading Follow Friday – March 27th 2009 – How big will this get?

Follow Friday – March 20th 2009 – The Meme Keeps Growing

Astonishingly, the Meme that is Follow Friday keeps growing. As always, all this information is based on midnight to midnight Pacific time. There were a total of 61,739 Follow Friday Tweets this week. That is a 12% increase from last week. Here is the chart of Tweets per Hour: The peak hour was from 10-11AM… Continue reading Follow Friday – March 20th 2009 – The Meme Keeps Growing

Follow Friday – March 13th 2009 – Follow Friday the 13th?

Good Saturday morning to everyone. These posts track the meme that is Follow Friday. Today I’m in Austin Texas for Ustream Studios at the Belmont during SXSW (that is South by Southwest). I was on last night live discussing how technology and the real-time web enables Government 2.0 with Francine Hardaway and Tom Serres, C.E.O,… Continue reading Follow Friday – March 13th 2009 – Follow Friday the 13th?

How to Use Twitter and Asterisk for Call Notification

I’m still old school enough to think that voice conversations still matter. So I call people, and they call me. When I’m out and about I like to know who has called me back at my office (no I don’t want my cell to ring EVERY TIME someone calls my home number, my cosinity number… Continue reading How to Use Twitter and Asterisk for Call Notification

Follow Friday – March 6th, 2009 – Tracking the Meme

Well this appears to be my new Saturday morning ritual. Pulling together data from Follow Friday for your viewing pleasure. I want to thank Mashable and Micah for the post on Mashable yesterday featuring a screenshot of the justSignal Follow Friday Tracker. Well lets get on with it, shall we? There were a total of… Continue reading Follow Friday – March 6th, 2009 – Tracking the Meme