Archive for September, 2009

Posted on September 30, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

A Google Wave screencast – If you had an account, how would you use Google Wave?

Here’s a lite Google Wave screencast. I may not be the best person for a screencast on Google Wave but since it’s like “Wave” day I figured why not to show everyone what they’re missing or assuming what Google Wave is and can do. Regardless take a look at the screencast and let me know in the comments if you had a Google Wave account how would you use it?

Update: If or when you gain access to Google Wave, I can be reached at : waynesutton@googlewave.com

Posted on September 30, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

TweetHook: Real Time Twitter Search results Delivered to you (PR) by @jazzychad

TweetHook launches, provides Twitter Search push service

TweetHook.com, a new service from JazzyChad Network, eliminates the need to poll Twitter for data by pushing results to them automatically.

Press Release
The new service delivers fresh Twitter Search results to
customers using web callback URLs, also known as a “ping” service. The
site went live today after several months of testing and development.
Users can sign up for a free 30 day trial on the site. TweetHook is
the second major Twitter service from JazzyChad Network. The first is
TweetGrid.com, a popular online real-time Twitter Search dashboard.

“Many people have asked if Twitter has a way to send data to a
callback URL. Currently they do not, and after gaining experience
writing TweetGrid, this was something I thought I could provide as a
service using Twitter’s API,” said Chad Etzel, creator of TweetGrid
and now TweetHook. “There seems to be a demand for this type of
delivery mechanism. I have designed TweetHook to be as robust and
scalable as possible. There are plans that are affordable for
consumers, researchers, startups, and enterprise level customers.”

When a user creates an account, they can register different queries
using the advanced Twitter Search syntax and assign them to separate
callback URLs. When new results are available for the user’s queries,
TweetHook’s servers will automatically push the data to the specified
URLs and the user can write a script to further process the data. The
key here is that the user does not need to contantly poll Twitter for
new search results. Instead, TweetHook delivers it to them as the new
results are available. The user does not need to worry about the
Twitter Search API rate-limit as this is handled by TweetHook itself.
TweetHook can save customers time, money, and resources by eliminating
the need to create their own Twitter Search polling infrastructure
which can become a complicated task. As Twitter is still growing in
popularity, there is real value in being able to continuously search
for tweets with keywords, phrases, or hashtags. TweetHook makes this
process simple and automatic.

About JazzyChad Network:
Currently, Chad Etzel is the sole founder and employee of JazzyChad
Network. Chad is addicted to programming and can’t kick the habit. He
has been developing with the Twitter API for over 2 years, especially
in the search space. Previous to starting his own company in mid 2009,
Chad worked in the computer networking industry building the next
generation of internet routers. Chad graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in
Computer Science from Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The official website
for JazzyChad Network can be found at http://jazzychad.net.

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Disclaimer:

I have no investment with the creators of this site. @JazzyChad is fellow NC resident and friend. I wish him much success on his new product.

Posted on September 29, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

Mobile Podcast #8: Have we lost our minds? Wayne vs gpsAssassin & Mafia Wars

If you’re spending hours a day playing a game trying to kill someone what do you think is going to happen next?

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Posted on September 28, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

20 news, sports & technology iPhone apps to keep you updated with the rest of the world

Let’s face it, if you’re like me you have very little time to watch TV, sports and to keep up with the latest technology trends on the social web, except for those times when you unplug and enjoy your favorite team on TV. But what about the rest of your busy life? Well if you’re an iPhone owner you know there’s an app for just about anything. So here are my top 20 iPhone apps to keep you updated with local / national news, sports and technology.

For news from the blogosphere:
Regator

my6sense

Technology news:
Tech Fuse

AllThingsD

App Gems

Notifications (must configure your feeds)

Apple Mac News:
Mac Daily News:

Breaking news:
BNO News

Huffington Post

Local News (for me in Raleigh, NC)

Main stream media news:
AP Mobile

NYTimes

TIME Mobile

NPR News

USA Today

Community News apps:
Fluent News

MeeHive

Reddit

Sports News and scores:
Sportacular

SportsTap

These are my 20 news, sports and technology apps:

What apps do you use or suggest I use to stay current with the rest of the world?

– Posted from my iPhone

Posted on September 27, 2009 - by Wayne Sutton

Mobile podcast #7: How to setup your WordPress blog for mobile podcasting with your iPhone & Posterous

Over the past two days I recorded six podcast from my iPhone that went to posterous. This recording talks about what iPhone app and wordpress plugin I’m using to have the audio media player to work on my main blog SocialWayne.com.

Thanks for listening and let me know what you think.

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