Archive for July, 2009

Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02

Friday, July 31st, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• @nickseeber: Happy to add you to the Ribbit fan club. enjoy the service and keep the feedback coming! #
• @brister: Ribbit Mobile in da house…er…I mean your cell phone. Woot. Let us know if you have any questions. #
• Walking down the hallway and see @jobsworth and @kevinmarks. This pleases us. #
• If you are at the OPASTCO show in Colorado Springs, make sure you stop by the Ribbit booth and say hello to Brian, David & Homayoon. #
• SWC 2.6 Feature: Implementing Ribbit YouPhone tokens for Flash, part 1 - http://bit.ly/EBjLQ (via @chuckstar) #
• Yum…smells of freshly baked almond and orange yoghurt cake drifting through the office. <thanks Marie!> #
• Congrats to our own @siaribbit who got herself engaged this past weekend. Woot! #
• Sprint buys Virgin Mobile. http://bit.ly/1qE0j6 #
• @toddbarnard: Think the future *is* in BYON. Absolutely. Of course, we are a little biased. #
• @rachellechong: Wondering if there will ever be a time where texting while driving = fines as great as DUI. http://bit.ly/OVyi6 #
• RT @BradCoy: Updated the sponsors for #rebcsf to include @Ribbit. THANKS! <—you are welcome! #
• RT @spam: If you gave your login and password info to TwitViewer, we strongly suggest you change your password now. #
• Catch Ribbit on the road in San Francisco, New York, Brighton and Miami to name a few places. http://is.gd/1RtC3 #
• @kevinSuttle: And just so you know, we are still working on a trip to Cincy. #
• This is funny: RT @joseeight CSS is AWESOME!!! - http://twitpic.com/by2id (only view if you are a nerd) #
• Interested in the Verizon Developer Conference? Follow @brendanlee who is on site and sharing tid bits from the event. <waves to Brendan> #
• A great series of articles is being updated for AS3 beginners on NTT.cc. http://bit.ly/DY7gc (via @kevinSuttle) #
• RT @Heroesprototype @HamishandAndy: trying to start Ribbit as a Trending Topic #Ribbit #Ribbit #Ribbit <awesome, thanks! Ha> #
• Was great to meet the team from Vivendi last week, and swap stories on new media/telco innovation. http://bit.ly/feuWB #
• RT @chuckstar: Just previewed new Token Calling w/@ribbit & Flex. Really proud of the simplicity of this one! http://tinyurl.com/nnesq3 #
• Hey @tobylilley: Glad to hear you are loving Ribbit’s voice to text feature! #
• @andrewjb44: Existing beta users can friend folks into the service. It looks like you contacted Daniel who had some to share. ++ in reply to andrewjb44 #
• What do you think about this? David Pogue launches all-out war on canned voicemail messages. http://twurl.nl/u5inhq #
• Ribbit News Splash: Users want great experiences, augmenting biz cards, SWC goodness & road tripping. http://bit.ly/B6e1G #
• Ask, and @leebrimelow will tell you. http://theflashblog.com/?p=1254 #

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Vivendi Visits Ribbit on Tour of Silicon Valley Hi-Tech Companies

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit, Visit Ribbit | No Comments »

Loic Sadoulet, a professor from INSEAD, led a group of 30 executives from Vivendi, a world leader in communications and entertainment, on a tour of Silicon Valley hi-tech and media companies that included Ribbit, Google, Facebook, Cisco, Guitar Hero (rawk!), and ALCATEL Lucent.

Ribbit’s CEO, Ted Griggs, provided an update on Ribbit - reviewing the platform capabilities, what it means to carriers and developers alike, and then walked the group through a demo of Ribbit Mobile (coming this Fall).

I asked Loic to share where the tour has taken them, what he has enjoyed most and what he hoped everyone would take home from this trip:

It was great to meet the Vivendi team and we hope to see them again next year!

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When Desiging Websites or Applications, Think About Your User

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | located in Developers, user experience | No Comments »

While at the CaT conference in New York last month, we caught up with Brendan Lee, Loni Peristere and Juan Bonfante for a little chat on tapping into technology (Augmented Reality or otherwise) to create the best user experience on your websites and applications.

I love when creatives and technologists get together. The users win.

Tags: application design, augmented reality, CaT conference, design, Ribbit, roundarch, user experience, website design, zoic studios

Launching an Event Calendar Means There are Events!

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 | located in Conferences/Events | No Comments »

As the Ribbit team prepares for the rash of events coming this Fall, we thought it might be a good idea to have one resource you can check to see where we are headed, and hopefully, find some events that match your schedule so we can spend a little face:face time together.

That resource is the newly launched Ribbit Events Calendar. It is a collection of events we are attending and/or speaking at for the Mobile, Developer, CRM and Carrier markets, and includes goodies like such as:

• ReBarcamp: August 4, 2009 in San Francisco, CA
• Real Estate Connect: August 5-7, 2009 in San Francisco, CA
• Inside RIA: August 23, 2009 in San Jose, CA
• NTCA: September 13-16, 2009 in New York, NY
• Flash on the Beach: September 20-23, 2009 in Brighton, UK
• VON: September 21-23, 2009 in Miami, FL
• LAFlashapaloozastock IV: October 3, 2009 in Venice Beach, CA
• FITC Un-conference at MAX: October 4-7, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA
• FITC Edmonton: October 17-18, 2009 in Edmonton, AB Canada

Check it out, and if you are planning on being at any of these, let us know as we are always in the beer buying mood.

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | 1 Comment »

• RT @tmcnet: AMI notes 3G, IP Driving Down Wireline Use in Australia, Japan and Korea http://tmcnet.com/11852.1 <no surprise> #
• @chuckstar: Dude, you mean @brendanlee is holding back on us? Think I will cut off his access to the soda fridge until he releases slides. #
• No word from @ribbit team in London, which means they must be having a good time at the pub with the @travelinggeeks. #
• Funny: 10 Business Lessons I Learned from Playing Dungeons & Dragons (from JavaWorld). http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/3156 #
• Ribbit Challenges You to Livestrong! http://bit.ly/mGOWf #
• .@chuckstar brings you another Flex Example: Adding contacts to your Ribbit address book - http://bit.ly/jEl7O #
• RT @MagicSauceMedia: #tg2009 - watching Ribbit for Salesforce.com app at BT in London. Cool stuff…..(more) (via @donthorson) #
• .@KindllMktg: You can get more information on Ribbit for Salesforce at http://www.ribbit.com/salesforce/ (get the 30 day free trial). #
• @BenJam: Link takes me to our Developer sign up page…just testing me? #
• RT @djksar: got my invite to #googlevoice and still think @ribbit is way better in terms of functionality, UI, and overall service. <woot!> #
• @iRomin: Thanks man. Appreciate the love. in reply to iRomin #
• For us West Coasters: Just over 3 hours until consecutive integer day - 12:34:56 7/8/09 #
• @joseeight: Right…East Coast…represent! #
• Archiving voicemail made easy with Salesforce Data Loader - http://bit.ly/1EQTVS #
• RT @jhagel: Information technology becoming relationship technology but most technologists don’t yet understand how profound this shift is #
• Checking out @skyfire - the only mobile browser that does Flash. http://get.skyfire.com #
• @kevinSuttle: Nicely done on the @skyfire review. Great examples to sort through. Thanks for the link. #
• @senagbe: The HTC what? Kidding. iPhones and Blackberrys surround me in the office, should get an HTC and play with it a bit. #
• @lilmar: Last I heard, open standard was killed in HTML5, but no matter what, there are a bunch of developers who will fight adoption. #
• @senagbe: The graphics on that SonyEricsson look great. Will be interesting to see how market responds. #
• @restopi: How are you liking the HTC S620? Would love to take Ribbit API and see what could be done with @skyfire. Hint. Hint. #
• @ooyala: The new space has lots of leg room so it’s nice not 2 be sitting on top of 1 another. Being 1 floor closer to Peets is nice 2. #
• @ooyala: We are still planning on making a visit to your office on the 17th - send details to kristie @ ribbit.com - will get the word out. #
• @barrygee: Hey, let us know when that Ribbit/Flash app is good to go, would love to hear details. #
• Wishing Ribbit[ers] Jason and Time good luck as they take on the Livestrong challenge this Sunday! Ride all 50 miles or don’t come home! #
• Another great Flex example from @chuckstar: Listing & Searching Ribbit contacts with mx:DataGrid. http://bit.ly/NgTJU #
• Ribbit News Splash: HQ on the Move, Traveling with Geeks, Flexing our Coding Chops - http://bit.ly/23qFt #

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Ribbit Challenges You to Livestrong!

Monday, July 6th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

Very proud of two of our Ribbit[ers], Jason Lane and Tim Potranandana who are participating in the Livestrong event this Sunday, July 12th, to further the mission of the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF)*.

Jason and Tim have spent the last month training for the grueling 50 mile loop through San Jose, Saratoga, and Los Gatos, and over the past two weeks they have pedaled over 150 miles, including the entire 50 mile Livestrong San Jose course.

They are still a little short of their $3,000 team goal, and appreciate any support possible. If you would like to support Jason, Tim and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, you may do so on the Team Ribbit page.

Even $1 will be helpful.

* LAF focuses on cancer prevention, access to screening and care, research and quality of life for cancer survivors

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05

Saturday, July 4th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• @joshtynjala: welcome to the @Ribbit family! Happy to have your mad skillz in the house. in reply to joshtynjala #Ribbit for Salesforce Featured in SellingPower.com - http://bit.ly/3p8Ohh #
• Ribbit’s CEO, Ted Griggs, interviewed by fine folks over at O’Reilly & shares a little insight around our ‘tag line’. http://bit.ly/1672Fm #
• Ribbit on the Road: We Loves ‘The Flash’ - http://bit.ly/9osQh #
• @joseeight: You think @kevinSuttle & @chuckstar look alike, wait until you see who we hired to be YOUR doppelganger. #
• @kevinSuttle @chuckstar: A Ribbit Bayou in Cincy would be awesome…trying to make that happen. Keep the faith young grasshopper. #
• Speaking of @chuckstar, he Flashes it up with an example of Ribbit Auth & simple Actionscript 3. Boooya. http://bit.ly/YR1tx #
• @kevinSuttle: If/when time comes we are heading to Concy, I will look to you as our local pub expert to name the place. Deal? #
• @motodot: Looking forward to seeing you all at the Real Estate Connect event. http://bit.ly/6K3UJ #
• @Sharpeshots @FengShuiTips4u: Agree completely. ‘Don’t forget to Ribbit. Follow the FROG, Trust the FROG’. Words to live by. #
• RT @lilmar: Good times w Ribbit mktg crew talking about how awesome Ribbit Mobile is! #ribbitmobilebeta <thanks Lilia!> #
• RT @muratkgirgin: Check this video out - Zugara’s Augmented Reality & Motion Capture Shopping App http://bit.ly/156Tsg <cool implementation> #
• FriendFeed Adds Real-Time Search Results http://tinyurl.com/lrvztg <good implementation> #
• RT @donthorson: @travelinggeeks @ribbit getting excited about Traveling Geeks BT/ Ribbit meet up in London next week. #
• @barrygee @Bricklv: Thanks for the #followfriday love. Much appreciated! #

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