Oct 7th, 2008
Well, I can’t believe it, but we’ve soft-launched BlueSwarm.com. We’ve been working on this project for a few months now and we’re proud to finally have something that the general public can play with. This is still a relatively early beta, but it’s functional! So what is it? BlueSwarm allows you to track your brand through online social media all in one place. With BlueSwarm you can see what people are saying about your brand on Twitter and blogs (many more services to come) all in one place.
Not only does BlueSwarm collect that information and display it in one easy to use location, we also do sentiment analysis and calculate an authority/popularity score (called a buzz score) for both the author and the item. This way you can see what’s important to you. You can sort by positive or negative items, by how popular the item is or by how much buzz the item has. That way you can get to the information that matters to you most, quickly and easily.
Once you have a chance to see what people are saying about your brand, you’ll want to be able to easily respond to these items to keep the conversation going. BlueSwarm makes it easy to flag items for later follow up or to respond to them via twitter without having to leave the site (and we’re going to be adding even more ways to respond soon).
This is just the start. We will be adding more services in the next few weeks, more ways to respond, display and interact with the data, as well as more ways to collaborate and share that data. We hope that you find BlueSwarm useful, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly or anyone else on the BlueSwarm team if you have any questions, feature requests or bug reports.
Jun 3rd, 2008
Project Description
HowYouEco.com is a new site that is aiming to be the one-stop shop for information on what’s happening in the green space. I was hired to finish up the site before launch and make changes and improvements going forward.
Project Role
- Cleanup code and fix bugs before launch
- Make future enhancements
Project Notes
- Built using open source framework CodeIgniter
- Development: Ryan Waggoner
Jun 2nd, 2008
MightyBrand.com is the project of four guys who are learning about using social media to build brand equity online. We cover tips, tools, and techniques you can leverage today to build a strong brand online, connect with your customers or users, and add value instead of noise.
We’re bloggers, developers, designers, consultants, friends, and explorers. We started this blog to share what we’re learning about building strong brands online, both for ourselves as individuals and for our clients and personal ventures. Please poke around, read some of what we’ve written, and feel free to contact us at mightybrand [at] gmail [dot] com with any questions, comments or suggestions. Thanks!
Mar 2nd, 2008
From Dec 12, 2007 through Feb 26, 2008, my wife and I had the opportunity to travel around Asia. We saw Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Bangkok, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. It was an amazing trip, we had a lot of fun, and we learned a lot. Alexis blogged about our travels at wedontbackpack.com and you can check out pictures and videos from our travels there.
Our favorite place on the trip was Hong Kong. The mix of British and Chinese culture is very odd and very fun, and it was one of the few places that we felt like we could see ourselves living. The other was Singapore. We hope to go back and see some of the places we missed, like Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and more of China. Asia is freaking huge!
Dec 3rd, 2007
Project Description
RonPaulReveres.com is a grassroots community site for supporters of Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign
Project Features
- Content management system to manage content of all pages, including embedded videos
- Phone call, flyer, and neighborhood canvassing tracking and organizational tools, with graphing
- Profiles, blogs, and other community features
Project Notes
- Built using open source framework Drupal
- Launched private beta in July 2007
- Design: not me
- Development: Ryan Waggoner
Nov 3rd, 2007
Project Description
JLFurnishings.com is an online home furnishings catalog
Project Features
- Content management system to manage all product data, images, etc.
- Product search
Project Notes
- Built using open source framework CakePHP
- Development: Ryan Waggoner
Nov 3rd, 2007
Project Description
TurnToTap.com is a content site with community and ecommerce features
Project Features
- Content management system to manage articles, blogs, and links
- Full-featured ecommerce system with advanced admin functionality
Project Notes
- Built using open source framework Drupal
- Logo Design: Ben Lew
- Development: Ryan Waggoner
Oct 3rd, 2007
Project Description
Get A Clue is a Facebook application that allows users to request recommendations for their local area
Project Features
- Users can post questions and answers related to their local area
- Sends notifications when questions are asked and answered
- Allows users to invite their friends to answer questions
Project Notes
- Built using open source framework CakePHP and Facebook API
- Development: Ryan Waggoner
Jul 7th, 2007
Project Description
BlueSwarm.org is a Web 2.0 content aggregator, collecting the latest updates from your friends all over the web
Project Features
- Social network of social networks that allow tracking friends across the web, regardless of network
- Integration with Flickr, Youtube, Digg, and more
- Notifications of friends’ latest activities via RSS, widgets, and more
Project Notes
- Done 100% in-house
- Launched private beta in July 2007
- Design: Ben Lew
- Development: Ben Rasmusen and Ryan Waggoner
- Project Management: Ryan Waggoner
