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  • And also testing gnip. Wondering how I can make it do... something. Not sure what yet exactly.
    thepatrick (thepatrick)
  • high probability of Gnip completing the build-out of its core developer team this coming week. fingers crossed!
    jvaleski (Jud)
  • Visited @SantaClaus site, post on your old favorite toys. Brought bck gr8t memories, Chrissy Dolls, Gnip-Gnop, Easy Bake Ovens. Whats yours?
    Maggie5565 (Maggie)
  • is gnip a bus-as-a-service?
    pcalcado (Phillip Calcado)
  • @howardlindzon Life is gooood, amigo. Gnip is on the precipice of some major feature releases and Zentact is about to make a big splash.
    bpm140 (Eric Marcoullier)

Gnip, Mahalo, and L.A.

August 16, 2008, 3:11pm by jud

Eric and I just spent the past few days in Los Angeles. We were lucky enough to be invited as one of two presenters to Mahalo’s first hosted tech meetup; Google (Chris Schalk and Kevin Marks) represented the other slot with Open Social. Attendance of 175 left standing room only, and Jason Calacanis, Mark Jeffrey, and crew were great hosts; thanks for having us guys! You can view the event here. Lots of great business ideas in the LA area, but focus seems to be around media (no surprise) rather than technology. 75% of the attendees I talked to after the meetup were heavy technologists however, so clearly folks want more tech representation; hopefully Mahalo’s regular tech meetups can help facilitate.

While we were out there, we spent time with a dozen or so companies/people about Gnip. The discussions ranged from revenue opportunities, and integration details, to our product roadmap, and how folks want it to look. We left with renewed focus on our coming feature set, and the need to hire more great people.

Everyone wants full data (aka activity/message payload) in activities, extended meta-data (beyond the current “type”, “guid”, “uid”, and “at” fields), and meta-data normalization. On the activity normalization front, checkout the work going on at DiSo, and contribute where you can. Data Consumers obviously want a broader range of Data Producers as well, and that’s where Gnip’s polling infrastructure will come into play. We’re cranking to get as much of this done by end of this calendar quarter as we can. If you think you can help us, please send us a note!


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