
The Real-Time Brand
As I write this, it is kickoff time for the Super Bowl, an event that galvanizes people as much as Bill O’Reilly does on a day to day basis. The Super Bowl is a brand, and while millions watch it, millions refuse to watch it, and hundreds of thousands are forced to watch it because […]

When Real-time is Too Much – Can You Handle the Firehose?
This morning I’ve been testing TweetDeck’s new super-fast version, based on the new Twitter User Streams API. TweetDeck provides fair warning: This is a VERY experimental version of TweetDeck I saw a few small glitches, but nothing major. Yet I am in trouble, and it’s not because of the product. It’s me. My brain… The […]

Google Real-Time Tweet Search Identifies the Tech Elite
Want to know if you’re truly in the technology elite? Let Google tell you! Try this: Go to Google Type in your name and the word ‘twitter’ (e.g. hutch carpenter twitter) Look at the results If you see real-time search results at the top of the page, congratulations! You’re a VIP! If not, well, sorry […]

How Many Times Can We Bury Bloglines? Google Reader Rules. But How Good is That?
Image by cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr TechCrunch put Bloglines in their Deadpool today. I think it’s long been there. I wrote my R.I.P Bloglines piece months ago, when Bloglines represented a whopping 4% of our feed readers, down from 25% 3 years ago. I declared: There is Only One Feed Reader – Google and I’m afraid […]
EventVue Chatter – Sometimes the Simplest Ideas are the Best
By Ben Kepes on December 9, 2009
At the defrag conference in Denver in November, many attendees were intrigued, excited and committed users of a product from Colorado company EventVue. EventVue was founded in 2007 by Josh Fraser & Rob Johnson. And they’re alumni of the inaugural class of TechStars. Originally the EventVue offering focused on attendee list functionality, giving conference attendees […]
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