Zvi Band

Category: Tech

  • DC Startup Weekend Going Really Well, It Seems

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    Background: Startup Weekend is an idea where area developers/entrepreneurs/geeks gather and, from idea selection to launch, develop a web application, and hopefully start a bona fide company out of it. DC’s Startup Weekend is this weekend. I never signed up because of various other commitments going on, but I am proud to be a cosponsor…

  • Hosted Source Control, Bug, Issue Tracking

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    I’ve been using Freepository to host my current projects, but Unfuddle looks good enough to switch to, and their plans seem pretty decent. I had been getting pretty sick of the current issue trackers I’ve been using, which always seem to be butt ugly.

  • Geek Cred: The Lowest Number

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    I was playing around with FriendCSV, which exports data on your Facebook friends into a format that can be imported into any number of applications. It’s cool, but the only worthwhile information are birthdays (Facebook, taking the black-hole approach to data retention, doesn’t let out essential contact information)… and the user IDs of all your…

  • Google Rankings be damned, I will win!

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    I’m still only on page 3 of Google searches for “zvi” I will win.

  • LinkedIn Will Open Up… and I Am Happy

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    I like the idea of LinkedIn developing their own API. I think a lot of good application ideas that initially were developed for the Facebook platform will be a lot better suited to the professional attitude of LinkedIn. I have a few myself, which would be wasted on Facebook, but I believe would thrive on…

  • Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, and CrazyCaptions!

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    I love when the gov’t prevents you from working for them. So instead of actually doing anything productive, I made a fun Facebook application, from start to finish! CrazyCaptions lets your friends add funny captions to your Facebook photos! Create caption contests that show up on your profile in one step! Developing on the Facebook…

  • Marketing Using a Facebook Application

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    Since the Facebook Platform has been launched a number of months ago, allowing anyone to write an application that can interact with Facebook users in any number of ways, thousands of such applications have been released. While many startups are forming (and existing ones) focusing solely on Facebook applications, a viable business model for a…

  • Programming Fonts

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    Programmers spend all day looking at fixed-width text. The least we could do is make the text something other than Courier New.

  • No More Avatars

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    I’ve noticed something over the past couple years. The old status quo of internet usage was to hide behind nicknames, and to divulge as little personal information as possible. Instant messaging, web sites, and chat never demanded much more than a pseudonym, and with no way to form relationships, there was no expectation of telling…

  • Three (and more) causes of Facebook’s Death

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    Wired has a good article on the three potential ways in which Facebook might die. It’s common to see these predictions on big sites, as they often come true (how often do you do a search on Yahoo! or log into your Friendster account?). I would add on a few more: Lawsuits – Privacy is…