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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• @e5095: We have a few socnet widgets we are ‘playing with’ right now (put the word ‘beta’ in front of them all) - http://apps.ribbit.com/ #
• @iamdanw: How about ‘iluvribbit’. Seems like a good password to me, and gets you into the service too! #
• @andreitt: regarding –> thinking of integrating ribbit in my task/contact management app <– DO IT! And let us know when it’s available. #
• RT @andrewjb44: My new favorite thing @Ribbit! <—Thank you! That puts a little skip in our step! #
• @iamdanw: Moving to 32 char pw structure upon launch, while in beta, it remains at 10. #
• RT @microformats options explained by @adactio in his new @MIXOnline article on “The Value Class Pattern” - http://tr.im/mxvcp #
• @darraghcurran: Ribbit has a Flash/Flex API out now + REST API in beta. Get APIs + $25 credit to dig into at http://developer.ribbit.com/ #
• .@scobleizer finds an EASTER EGG: Yelp brings iPhone’s First Augmented Reality App for 3GS http://bit.ly/DPuOi (via @mashable) #
• RT @marshallk: The Wall Has Fallen - 3 Augmented Reality Apps Now Live in iPhone App Store http://bit.ly/cZcPk <—will YOU use them? #
• .@jhawkes: DTMF is supported as a beta feature, part of REST. Would love you to sign up for the beta & rip into it. Email kristie@ribbit.com #
• @andrewjb44: Yes, a few hiccups w/ the forum tonight it seems. Sit tight, need to go in the basement and kick the server. Back online soon. #
• RT @chuckstar: following @jeff_lamarche for saying something I’m afraid a lot of devs, worse - users, are thinking. http://bit.ly/5I93U #
• @Em_Bem @GregGALAXY @redheadedeskimo:: All Ribbit, all the time. #justsayin #ribbit #buttingintoconversationsnotaboutyou #
• Thanks @chuckstar for looking at @jhawkes’ profile to see ‘Flex Dev ‘ in bio. My bad. No REST for Jake, though seems REST <needed> for me. #
• @jhawkes: <insert>man hug</insert>. #
• RT @kevinSuttle: Remember how HTML5 was going 2 kill Flash? Where’s the non-Flash YouTube again? This isn’t new. Flash isn’t going anywhere. #
• And btw @kevinSuttle: The #FollowMeFriday is hilarious. Makes me want to unfollow you now to see if we make your list. #
• @toddbarnard: Oh SNAP. in reply to toddbarnard #
• @markheseltine: Seems I am batting 0/2. DTMF collection is possible with REST v1.5.3 (due for release in about 2 weeks). <needs coffee> #
• Live feed of @mashable’s #socialgood conference happening TODAY http://bit.ly/QwaG4 #
• Mac Users: Who is upgrading to Snow Leopard today? #
• @CurtStaubach @FlightLevel600: Would love your feedback on the release. @iotashan: Same here, up in the air if an upgrade is in my future. in reply to CurtStaubach #
• @MattFagioli: You know what this means now, I am going to expect you to respond to my emails 24/7 knowing you are ‘always connected’. in reply to MattFagioli #

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• Love you some @ribbit? Help us bring more voice to SxSW & vote thumbs UP on one+ of our sessions. <pretty please> http://bit.ly/fVjoi #
• @e5095 @gapingvoid: What are we sorting out? @brendanlee says health care, but me thinks you were referencing technology. #
• @kevinSuttle: Twitter Fantasy Football would be ++. Who is taking #favre? #
• Microsoft hires a former Adobe Flash Evangelist to pitch Silverlight. Have some thoughts on that @chuckstar? http://bit.ly/1uJ2Pw #
• @jwilker: Something tells me you cannot go wrong with a restaurant that has Keg + Steak in it’s name. Enjoy. #
• @markys @andrewjb44: Invites should be good to go, please try again and <Andrew> let us know if you don’t get it. #
• .@orenus: Patience young grasshopper *cough* we are doing it all *cough*. FYI - the REST API is in beta now - wanna play with it? #
• Funny —> RT @polyGeek: I vote that we rename RESTful style architecture to WellDUH style architecture. #
• Interesting opinion piece on WSJ Journal: ‘Why AT&T killed Google Voice’. http://bit.ly/wvaII #
• @aswath: Would love to hear your thoughts around that AT&T/GV article and what pieces did not sit right with you. #
• @zkukoff: We are big fans of chocolate chip cookies. Not saying we can be bribed…or wait, am I? #
• Please join us in welcoming @ecspike to team @ribbit. He’ll be working alongside @chuckstar and @brendanlee so wish him luck! #
• @aswath: Thanks for the link to the rebuttal of Andy Kessler’s oped on AT&T / Google Voice in the WSJ - good stuff. http://bit.ly/19N3Ob #

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

Sunday, August 16th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• @nickreynolds: Without giving too much away (still in private beta)…yes. Ha. (http://bit.ly/Eltrv #
• @nickreynolds: We are gearing up for the RM US launch this Fall & will extend UK beta outside of BT once we get this bad boy out the door. #
• Information fire hose squared: Facebook buys FriendFeed. http://bit.ly/MYlBH #
• RT @mswallace: 45 min of answers from @leebrimelow about the flash platform. http://theflashblog.com/JustAskUs.mp3 #
• This is great —> Announcing the redesign of http://openid.net & welcomes the government to the OpenID Community! (via @chrismessina) #
• @aaronliber: From the outside, there are similarities between Ribbit Mobile & GV. Dig into Ribbit and you will see the differences. All ++. #
• @lucamezzalira: Ooooh, do tell us more! Would love to know more about your app. Can we help with anything? #
• Happy birthday to @ribbit’s SWC (and @chuckstar’s brother Nathaniel!). http://bit.ly/4oNdpF #
• .@theflashbum asks: What the Interface! - Asks Adobe to Fix AS 3 (hat tip @joseeight) http://tr.im/wkM5 #
• @joseeight: If you want profanity, go to @kristiewells’ feed. ‘We’ don’t want to give ‘dad’ an excuse to wash our mouths out w/ soap. Ha. #
• Augmented Reality Game Plus Facebook Equals Gaming For The Future? - http://su.pr/3z1ZWi (via @fastcompany with a hat tip @brett ) #
• @kevinSuttle: Will you think ill of me if I admit I want to see that movie? It has Dexter in it!!! ;p #
• @kevinSuttle: I will admit, I was expecting a Rottweiler with that name. Ha. P.S. I swear you and @chuckstar are long lost brothers. #
• Morning. Warm diced apples in whole grain oatmeal with almond slices, dried apricot and a few grapes. #

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

Sunday, August 9th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• Make a call with a Ribbit YouPhone token using our Flash SDK and Adobe Flash IDE (via @brendanlee). http://bit.ly/4XYNx #
• More @brendanlee goodness: Visualizing ideas to better explain abstract concepts. http://bit.ly/cBCnI #
• @nickseeber: You can shoot an email with details via http://www.ribbitmobile.com/supportrequest/ or give us a ring #0800 028 1150. #
• Trying to capture sunrise run photo. iPhone camera just won’t get it done. Dear Apple: full camera controls? Please? #
• Kicking things off at Real Estate Connect show in San Francisco. If you are here, stop by the @ribbit booth and say hello! #icsf #
• In the Agent 2.0 session: what it means to be a wired agent. #icsf #
• Ian Watt doesn’t want anyone to call him - drives all contact via his site. Outsources all activities, even sending thank you cards. #icsf #
• Amanda McMillian focuses on engaging clients on Twitter and Facebook. Does not use anything else. #icsf #
• Eric Stevenson stopped trying to keep up with all the Social Media tools. Still loves his phone. :). #icsf #
• @markheseltine: Twitter and Facebook do seem to rule the day at #icsf. No love for #foursquare. in reply to markheseltine #
• The @Ribbit team getting some love today. #icsf http://yfrog.com/0mhyerj #
• Getting ready to do an interview with CMC Media. #icsf #
• Thanks to @regator, @mattfagioli and everyone else that came by to say hi at #icsf today! We’ll see you all again tomorrow! in reply to regator #
• @theMetz: Great meeting you & chatting all things CRM. Be sure to kick our tires via free Ribbit for Salesforce trial. http://is.gd/24iKi #
• Join us in officially welcoming @kevinmarks to the BT/Ribbit team. Open standards + communications = win win! http://bit.ly/1ZppLU #
• Hey @chuckstar - nice work on your first iPhone app “Rock The Rim”. http://tinyurl.com/legpb6 #
• If @joseeight has a turntable, I would like dibs on that please. I have some 45’s that would be cool to break out again. #savejose #
• Developers in the Bay Area wanting to help govt open up, get yourself to TransparencyCamp West THIS WEEKEND http://transparencycamp.org #

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Welcome Kevin Marks to BT/Ribbit!

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 | located in BT, Inside Ribbit | 2 Comments »

BT is pleased to announce that Kevin Marks has joined as Vice President of Web Services, reporting to JP Rangaswami, Managing Director of Service Design. Kevin will be focused on open communications and the “open web”, working with the Ribbit team at our headquarters here in Mountain View. Awesome.

Before joining BT, Kevin was Developer Advocate for OpenSocial at Google, bringing external developers and internal engineers together to make a better web. He promoted OAuth and OpenID, helped converge Portable Contacts with OpenSocial, and explained how the Open Stack fits together. Over the last 20 years, he has alternated between giant companies and founding start-ups - BBC, The UK MultiMedia Corporation, Apple QuickTime, Technorati, Google and now BT. The common thread has been working out how people, computers and media can complement each other, and solving the engineering and social problems where they meet. He is one of the driving forces behind microformats.org and an advisor to the Open Rights Group.

Quotes:

• JP Rangaswami, Managing Director of Service Design at BT: “To date, telecommunications have typically been walled off, limiting the possibilities for innovation and choice for consumers and the enterprise. Kevin has a long history of pursuing open standards and an open approach to communications. With the innovative Ribbit platform, BT shares this approach and the goal to fundamentally change communications through web and telephony services. We’re honored to bring Kevin on to help BT further build on its vision for the open global telecommunications company.
• Kevin Marks, Vice President of Web Services at BT: Working with BT is an opportunity to connect the solid engineering culture of BT with the open web standards culture of Silicon Valley, and Ribbit is a great place to do that. Connecting the mobile and web worlds through an open platform, and making sense of them through social software and open initiatives is an exciting prospect. I look forward to working with BT and Ribbit to help further their vision of open global communications.
• Ted Griggs, CEO at Ribbit: ”From the beginning, our goal at Ribbit was to enable people to completely rethink the way they communicate - bridging their mobile and online lives. We’re growing a vibrant developer community that is harnessing the power of the platform in ways never before seen, and in ways not possible on other platforms - but the surface has only just been scratched. We expect that Kevin’s vision for the Open Web and deep connection with developer communities through his work with Apple, Google, and Technorati will play a great part in realizing our goal.”

The Ribbit communications platform supports a global community of 15,000-plus application developers designing voiceware applications for consumers and enterprise. Through the Ribbit-BT partnership, developers gain unprecedented access to a global telecom infrastructure. And, unlike platforms such as Apple or Google Android, applications built on Ribbit are not locked to a specific carrier, device, protocol or operating system - an industry first.

Join us in welcoming Kevin to the team!

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