May 2009
5 posts
And We're Off!
Last night we sent out our first batch of invites and the response has been *great* so far (thanks to Techcrunch for posting about it! - Our First Taste Of Magma)
As I noted to those who are using it now, we still have a few weeks of buckeling down to get the site to a state where it’s ready for the public. I hope to spend more time writing about our experiences with the site before and...
Question to the Internetz on API usage
For the last couple of weeks with our new Magma site, we have been hitting Digg, Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, and a lot of other sites, with over 30,000 requests per day, each. For every video we track, we go out and see what’s going on on each of these sites and then continue to check back time and time again.
At 30,000 requests per website, per day, so far no one has mentioned anything.
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Lost Views & Tracking Chatter
Just when you thought Google blogs and Twitter search would be a good way to measure engagement for your publications, important, prevalent and significant communities are popping up quicker than they are being discovered & tracked by most people.
This has been one of the joys of discovery with Magma. There is a lot of action out there that no one is seeing or talking about - the kind of...
Magma!
Today we let the cat out of the bag on Magma. Here is a quick rundown of what the site is!
Magma is an entry point for online video. When you first land on the page you are presented with two sections. The top section shows you the most definitive view to date of the most popular videos on the internet. This is based on a variety of factors including, total views across duplicate videos around...
Artists Commandeer Manhattan Billboards
NPA Outdoor operates over 500 street level billboards in NYC ranging in size from approximately 4’x4’ to 50’x12’ all of which are said to be illegal.
NYC artist Jordan Seiler formed The Municipal Landscape Control Committee to improve the offended space.
The group mapped out and targeted locations around New York City.
On Saturday April 26th, 2009, the NYSAT (New York Street Advertising...