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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• @jonmoss: Would love to have you test Ribbit Mobile out. Will give you a holler when we expand the UK beta. Pinky swear. ^kw #
• RT @splashbm: #mostadmiredcompanies #5 @Ribbit 1st s/w company that’s a ‘phone company’. So scary 2 telcos that they bought Ribbit 4 $105M. #
• @nickreynolds: told @jonmoss the BT UK trial on Ribbit Mobile is going well, so YES, expectations are to expand it. TBA <soon>. #
• Sounds like @chuckstar’s Visualizing Voice session at #fotb went well. Viva la microphone! http://www.chuckstar.com/blog/?p=444 #
• @mikeduguid: To be clear, our platform does not support YOUR 2-party request right now. Other developers ARE using the platform & happy. #
• @mikeduguid: Not sure why you feel the need to attack the platform. We are in beta. We are not perfect. We *are* evolving. #
• If you speak German, and you love Flash Catalyst, check out @blauerpunto’s tutorial. http://createordie.de/cod/artikel/2575 #
• Wow –> Facebook and Nielsen to Launch New Product for Brand Advertisers. http://bit.ly/YKiCz (via @mashable) #
• @blauerpunto: Bitte schön! #
• RT @kwerb: Check out http://openinternet.gov/, just announced today. This ain’t your father’s FCC! (via @donthorson) #
• RT @kevinmarks: “the way to improve the tone of the debate in forums or comments is to get involved in them” @mathewi http://bit.ly/19ebrX #
• RT @chuckstar: Ready for the @ribbit party at #FOTB tonight? I’ll have $25 credits to give out! See you there. <wish I was there> #
• Hey look what @san1t1 has been up to: How to create & record phone calls using Ribbit’s nascent Javascript library - http://bit.ly/Ioe0J #
• .@mahemoff: Me thinks @rakugojon should get in touch with @chuckstar to talk text. Good things can happen. http://bit.ly/3lEDbf #
• Slides from #fotb session ‘Advanced Desktop Development with Adobe AIR’ http://bit.ly/WEBhB (via @mesh @harvardflash) #
• .@Scobleizer: I think you should praise @ribbit. I am biased of course, but you asked. #
• Real-Time Web Summit from @rww taking place on 10/15 in Mountain View. http://bit.ly/1OA10k. The Ribbit team will be there! #rtwsummit #
• RT @donthorson: @Ribbit - Back to working half days. “The First 12 Hours”. Love it when the after- burners kick in. <funny, ha ha> #
• At the Google Wave meetup at @citizenspace. Brian Kennish from the Wave team announcing 100k invites going out the week of 9/30. #
• Brian recommends developing in Java & Python for the first few months Wave is open. Add in App Engine and you have happy space. #googlewave #
• The Google Wave meetup live stream is at http://www.justin.tv/richreader #
• Wave demo using GoogleHealth. Ex: patient in hospital - lab results, prescriptions, insurance info all avail - real time results/updates. #
• Nurse can enter in food being given and a bot can pop up and share info on all allergies & possible complications around item immediately. #
• http://wave-samples-gallery.appspot.com for a bunch of Wave sample apps. #
• Bashar Gurkan shared his thoughts on Ribbit capabilities in hotel directory interfaces with @chuckstar at #fotb. http://bit.ly/dvB1J #
• .@andrewjb4: Ha! Thanks Andrew. We love you too! #
• WARNING: Twitter Worm Spreading via Direct Messages - http://bit.ly/Z2ROc (via @mashable) #
• RT @san1t1: those who wanted a preview of Ribbit library, please dm HIM an appropriate email address and he will send #
• Love when folks feel the love of telephony APIs. —> RT @gmadill: inspired by an innovative future http://www.ribbit.com/ #
• @CincyFPUG: just say the word…I hear Cincy is lovely in the Fall. in reply to CincyFPUG #
• Congrats to @kevinmarks who was named 13th most influential Briton in tech by Daily Telegraph. http://bit.ly/3VUzkE #

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

Sunday, September 20th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• RT #WhyMAX? To finally see @chuckstar & @kevinSuttle in the same room & same time. Like Batman/Bruce Wayne. <hilarious> #
• If you are in the Boston area, head to Harvard this Thursday to see @chuckstar chat about The Future of Flash. http://bit.ly/bMf9e #
• RT @HarvardFlash: Listening to @chuckstar talk on the future of the Flash platform and how @ribbit leverages the platform #
• RT @newfront: If anyone is interested in #voIP in Flash check out Adobe Stratus http://bit.ly/HNZEL or @Ribbit http://bit.ly/CvTVW. #
• So true –> RT @anildash: Nobody ever says “You win some, you lose some” after they win something. #
• Celebrate OneWebDay next Tuesday — shout out to Mozilla! http://bit.ly/fj_owd09 http://bit.ly/GbCxM #owd09 (via @chrismessina) #
• .@bioRex21 @joseeight: You guys are so many ways of awesome for that RT. <thank you!> #
• Looks like @chuckstar is getting ready to kick off a mini world tour [Flash groups, FOTB & FITC): http://www.chuckstar.com/blog/?p=437 #
• @kevinsuttle: You still working on this? –> #sendSuttleToMax #
• Ha! <golf clap> Nice work from @theFlashBum. </golf clap>. http://bit.ly/ultSJ (raising pint in honor of @kevinSuttle) #
• .@honeypot_mkting: Love to see what you do with http://www.votewithvoice.com/ - what is the topic you are going to go out with? #
• .@honeypot_mkting @dannomatic: DM on its way. Looking forward to your votewithvoice.com integration and know where we can help. ^kw #
• RT @marshallk: just had the best conversation with @kevinmarks I’ve ever had, about real-time web <Kevin rawks. Big time.> ^kw #
• Good post from @Scobleizer on why Twitter matters. http://bit.ly/k9KIG ^kw #
• .@aswath: You could have just stopped with @ribbit. ^kw #
• The visualizing voice tour with @chuckstar. <I love that Chuck bleeds Flash>. http://bit.ly/1RsCeW ^kw #
• @j3schwartz: Oh hai! Welcome into the Ribbit family! ^kw #
• This sounds awesome –> RT @csumm: Let the weekend begin! Fried chicken & ice cold beer tonight. Shorts and flip flops STAT! #
• Loooovvveee this stuff. RT @tmcnet: Telesurgical Software Helps Biomedical Robots Operate from Different Locations http://tmcnet.com/16869.1 #
• Twitter making me confirm the deletion of a DM 3 times before they process. ::le sigh:: ^kw #
• Looks like AT&T was NOT involved in Apple’s rejection of the Google Voice iPhone app. Interesting. http://bit.ly/gETZ6 #
• @jonmoss: The BT UK trial on Ribbit Mobile is going well, so YES, expectations are to expand it. TBA . o_O #

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13

Sunday, September 13th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• .@chuckstar giving us a little sneak peek into the Ribbit for PHP library. http://bit.ly/9aNeh #
• RT @ecspike: Reading - The next big thing in mobile is… voice? http://bit.ly/2kmARt #
• Tonight @brendanlee is going to show off his Augmented Reality foo at the SD Forum SIG in Palo Alto. Join us! http://www.sdforum.org/ETsig #
• At the SD Forum Emerging Tech SIG, getting ready to geek out around augmented reality. #
• Clark Dodsworth quoting Alfred North Whitehead: ‘We think in generalities, but we live in detail’. #
• Good augmented reality (’AR’) enhances personal awareness (as needed). #
• Value of well evolved AR has significant parallels to the value of conciousness. http://yfrog.com/0ctsfxj #
• Smartphone AR = low hanging fruit, with games following close behind. #
• Old scool AR alert: VideoCart, mobile location-aware touchscreen for retail (circa 1992). http://yfrog.com/1665756925j #
• Mobilizy’s original product, Wikitude AR Travel Guide, has been out for over a year and a great example of bridging worlds. #
• Maribeth Back diving into ‘cross reality’, a mix of real-time 3D, 2D and mobile layers of information. Discussing her project at TCHO in SF. #
• For TCHO Chocolate Factory, they started building a 3D virtual factory in a multi-user world, and an iPhone/VR lab application. #
• .@brendanlee getting ready to take the ’stage’. Told him to draw ooohs and ahhhhs or don’t come to the office tomorrow. #
• Several of us at the @gigaom Mobilize event today - focus on innovation around wireless, voice and location based services. #
• Adam from Zannel ‘voice and text is amazing bridge into the web’. #
• Q: How do developers monetize native apps? Some of the panelists feel we are 3-5 years away from REAL money to be made…(cont) #
• (cont) as they need carriers to open up revenue share. Wondering if it will really take that long… #
• RT @donthorson: #mobilizeconf “telcos are not good at tech innovation, they are good at billing customers”. #
• About 4000 apps in App Store(s) have some kind of location based service inside of them. #mobilizeconf #
• Push increases engagement that then leads to monetization. #mobilizeconf #
• RT @om: Mobilize - User Researchers Peer Into the Future of the Mobile Web. http://om.bit.ly/1WvxbH #mobilizeconf #
• Wow! RT @donthorson: PhoneTag joins Ditech for $17 million - congratulations Jamie and Mark. You rock. http://bit.ly/wxcUQ #
• RT @om: Skype Kills Extras and it’s Developer Ecosystem. http://om.bit.ly/zaCWP #
• Friday funnies (or not) - Q: How do frogs die? A: They Kermit suicide. #
• To the person who ran the software that put 500+ casino comments on our blog. Stop. All caught in spam folder. We are not worth your time. #
• @joseeight: News in your tweet was finding out @brendanlee’s affiliation with West Coast UIXers was nationally known. Interesting. #
• Ribbit community, meet James. James, meet the Ribbit community. http://bit.ly/11aNw9 #
• Ribbit gives something ‘extra’ to Skype developers. http://bit.ly/9u5mQ #
• .@joseeight: Oh there is no way James can have a Twitter account. Giving our developers a platform to speak could be dangerous…oh wait… #
• @joseeight: <takes a bow> As for James, you can stalk him at @ecspike, and no worries, we have not warned him about you <yet>. LOL #

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Ribbit Tweets: Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

Sunday, September 6th, 2009 | located in Inside Ribbit | No Comments »

• @andreitt: Awesome. Looking forward to seeing your work and how you integrate @ribbit into the application. #
• @chuckstar talks about the tasty goodness coming this Fall for developer community. http://bit.ly/V68Lq #
• Our friend @andrewjb44 wants to know about your cell coverage - please take this two question survey http://ow.ly/nzDH #
• RT @chuckstar: Tell us how you like to learn @Ribbit APIs - http://bit.ly/2JN1kc #
• eBay is selling Skype. Interesting, but not surprising, news indeed. http://bit.ly/13YGUb #
• Ribbit SWC 2.6 Flex Sample: Listening for New Message Event. http://bit.ly/10bT8q (via @chuckstar) #
• @sprockers: Glad it got sorted out for you. Would love to know your thoughts once you dig in. What do you like? What needs tweaking? #
• What do you guys think about these ribbit headbands? Thinking Xmas gifts possibly for our dev community. Ha. http://www.ribbitgirl.com #
• Ribbit wants to rawk SxSW. Would love your THUMBS UP vote on one or more please. http://bit.ly/fVjoi #
• And just to be clear: a Ribbit panel selected for SxSW means *we* get to go. If *we* get to go, there will be a pub crawl in Austin. Woot! #
• .@GeraldineGray: Those are not shoes. Those are weapons. Holy moly. #
• RT @samcharrington: Great round up of analyst/media data-points on cloud computing. http://bit.ly/3TVoJn (via @the_spinmd) #
• .@kevinSuttle: Best hashtag evah #votethecrapoutofthese, and he means these –> http://bit.ly/fVjoi #
• @kevinSuttle: Hey, speaking of SxSW - you going? If we don’t get to Cincy (yes, I am still trying), we can easily buy beers in Austin. #
• .@kevinSuttle: Don’t plan. Just do. SxSW is my (@kristiewells) favorite event of the year. People from all over the world come together. #
• AT&T Bringing MMS To iPhones September 25th. http://bit.ly/3DeMjh (via @iPhoneMatters) #
• Flash developer/designer? Follow @gangofflash - Where all the cool kids are. #GoF (via @fabianv) #
• RT @hchamp: “Open-source camera could revolutionize digital photography” http://moourl.com/eb921 (via @stevebridger) #
• .@donthorson: You must be heading into San Francisco with your iPhone in hand. <ha!> #
• .@mswallace: Click your heels, twice. Slowly. #
• .@GeraldineGray: That is so many ways of awesome. Must think about getting a pair as well. #

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