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Ignite Los Angeles on 7/21! Submit a Talk
July 02 2009
Ignite is coming to LA! As always speakers will get 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. We're going to be holding the geek event at Cinespace in Hollywood on 7/21. Submit a talk now. This will be the first Ignite in Los Angeles; it is co-hosted by LA Geek… read moreEveryblock's Code is Open-Sourced
July 01 2009
The code for Adrian Holovaty's Everyblock has been released. The open-sourcing of the site's system were apart of the Knight News Challenge Program. Everyblock is very impressive site that aggregates and geocodes local data -- news, crime, fire, restaraunt inspections and reviews - and then lets users define their interests… read moreBing's Sanaz Ahari on System Feedback (2 of 2)
June 30 2009
A couple of weeks ago Bing had a small search summit for analysts, bloggers, SEO experts, entrepreneurs and advertisers. It was held in Bellevue; they put us up in the hotel and fed us. While there we received demos from Bing project teams. I was able to snag an interview… read moreBing's Sanaz Ahari on Query Level Categorization (1 of 2)
June 29 2009
A couple of weeks ago Bing had a small search summit for analysts, bloggers, SEO experts, entrepreneurs and advertisers. It was held in Bellevue; they put us up in the hotel and fed us. While there we received demos from Bing project teams. I was able to snag an interview… read moreScott Berkun on Why You Should Speak (at Ignite)
June 26 2009
A lot of people feel that Ignite is great training for speakers. The strict format and auto-advancing slides can really solidify your self-confidence. Scott Berkun, the author of Making Things Happen and of an upcoming book on public speaking, did a talk on just that at the last Ignite Seattle.… read moreHow Active is Twitter Now? Tweespeed
June 26 2009
As of Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 1:10PM PST Twitter is pumping out 13,574 tweets per minute. I know from TweeSpeed, The Twitter Instant Speed Meter. The auto-refreshing application averages the last five minutes of Twitter's public timeline to get its figure. The simple app was built using" Java (JSP),… read moreCase Study: Twitter Usage at Wordcamp SF
June 25 2009
One of my many hats is as an events organizer. Twitter has become an invaluable tool for me to gauge the mood of the attendees. Are they excited by the current speaker? Bored or excited at the latest news? Are they having a good time? And most important, are they… read moreBing and Google Agree: Slow Pages Lose Users
June 23 2009
Today representatives of Google Search and Microsoft's Bing teams, Jake Brutlag and Eric Schurman respectively, presented the results of user performance tests at today's Velocity Conference. The talk was entitled The User and Business Impact of Server Delays, Additional Bytes, and HTTP Chunking in Web Search. These are long-term tests… read moreBefore and After Shots of Google's Iran Maps
June 22 2009
There many places in the world where it is not possible for larger companies to map them. These can be for economic reasons as is the case for Black Rock City (the temporary 40,000 person home for Burning Man). Or for political reasons as is the case for Iran and… read moreGeolocating Your iPhone Users via the Browser
June 18 2009
Hallelujah! Geolocation is available in the iPhone's browser. I was thrilled to finally have this app ask to use my location. This is only true for the new 3.0 version of the browser (oddly, geolocation is *not* available in the Mac version of Safari 4). Adding the ability to geolocate… read moreWant a Map of Tehran? Use Open Street Map or Google
June 17 2009
All eyes are on Tehran right now. As the center of the Iranian election protests the city has become increasingly important to websites this week. To keep their site up-to-date with this latest crisis area Flickr switched out the Yahoo road Map with Open Street Map. When I heard about… read moreARhrrrr! : Augmented Reality Zombie and Helicopter Game
June 16 2009
Augmented Reality is going to be coming to a phone near you very shortly. All it takes is a decent processor, a camera, a compass and a GPS -- all of which are becoming increasingly common on smart phones (Android phones and the iPhone 3GS qualify). It's going to be… read moreHands-On with the iPhone 3.0 OS; Search is the Winner
June 15 2009
The iPhone 3.0 OS is going to be released this Wednesday. It will be available to all iPhones (for free) and iPod Touches (for a small cost). The iPhone 3GS will ship with it. The new OS became available last week to those willing and able to try it out… read moreJune 12 2009
This morning's XKCD, Latitude, spells out one of the reasons people will be wary of setting up continuous location trackers: the future self. The future self forgets that they are sharing their location and then act as if no one knows where they are going. In this case Megan's friend… read moreJune 11 2009
Diagnosing Technical Issues With Search Engine OptimizationView more OpenOffice presentations from Jane Robot. Vanessa Fox just posted her slides from her talk Diagnosing Technical Issues With Search Engine Optimization. They are packed with handy SEO/SEM suggestions, checklists and resources. It's worth going through at least once.... read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
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Leaving Sticky Shadows with Michael Sharon
Publish Date: Jun. 9, 2006
Brady Forrest interviews Michael Sharon about leaving notes, pictures, or audio messages about places you've visited from your mobile phone in this Where 2.0 conference preview. (11 minutes, 34 seconds)
Mobile Gaming with Greg Trefry and Kevin Slavin
Publish Date: Jun. 6, 2006
Brady Forrest interviews Greg Trefry and Kevin Slavin about some of the mobile games that they've been working on developing and launching, in this Where 2.0 conference preview. (10 minutes, 48 seconds)
Josh Peterson from the Robot Co-Op
Publish Date: May. 26, 2006
Brady Forrest interviews Josh Peterson, CEO of The Robot Co-op, in this Where 2.0 preview podcast. Josh talks about his "network of networking sites," which includes 43 Things, 43 Places, and 43 People. At Where 2.0, Josh will be presenting 43 Places, where a user can list up to 43 places they'd like to go during their life. The site allows people to share stories about places they've been and read stories about places they'd like to visit. (13 minutes, 38 seconds)
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