Image via CrunchBase My previous twitter policy stated that I would follow anyone who follows me. That has worked well for me over the past few months, since I use Twalala to filter my tweets down to a workable level. People like Guy Kawasaki (@guykawasaki) approve of this follow-back practice, while others like Daniel Tunkelang [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Revised Twitter Policy
Posted: 25 April 2009 in UncategorizedTags: adobe air, attention, daniel tunkelang, iphone, iphone apps, nambu, ponzi, twalala, tweetdeck, tweetie, twitter, twitter policy
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@mrcrawly: Legway: A Pedal-Powered Steampunk Segway: http://bit.ly/fcQ0D (via @roundtrip) Me: @mrcrawly I wish i could say i’d like to see that kid try to ride it, but he really needs a helmet first.. :) @cyc_ai: @ealdent Riding is a type of sexual intercourse. http://bit.ly/VCTgg Me: RT @cyc_ai Riding is a type of sexual intercourse. http://bit.ly/VCTgg [...]
Cyc Randomness
Posted: 5 April 2009 in UncategorizedTags: artificial intelligence, bots, cyc, cyc_ai bot, insanity, knowledge engineering, random, twitter
The Cyc project has been going on for some 15 years. I first heard of it when I took a class on Artificial Intelligence (surprise!). People in the knowledge engineering community that I have had the chance to talk to seem to have the opinion that the Cyc project is good intentioned, and going about [...]
First steps towards an API for TunkRank
Posted: 4 April 2009 in UncategorizedTags: api, in treatment, influence, merb, restful, tunkrank, twitter
Earlier today, I was checking out the suggested connections provided by re-searchr (by James Ostheimer, @jostheim). A discussion arose around ranking suggested users and potentially using a measure like TunkRank as a part of that ranking. The prospect of James having to reimplement TunkRank encouraged me to implement a part of the TunkRank API I [...]
Million dollar startup idea
Posted: 1 April 2009 in UncategorizedTags: million dollar ideas, startups, twitter
Guaranteed to make you rich*: Create a bevy of stupidly obvious twitter bots Follow random users Make a catalog of those who follow you back Sell the catalog to people who want to build their followers quickly * No warranty given or implied. Use at your own risk. May cause you to become a douchebag.
