FHK SitRep 08.31.07: Notifir - Making Social News Networking FUN, EASY and PRODUCTIVE
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Notifir.com Private Beta Invitation
Welcome to Notifir.com! You have been selected as a private beta participant.
Following is information that will help you understand what the private beta is all about…
Some Notes
We have released Notifir.com early, into your hands, for the purpose of ensuring that by September 1, 2007 we have created the foundation for a tool that is easy, fun and has increased your productivity. Note that unless you are submitting stories, you probably will not find much use of this tool.
The private beta is expected to last until September 1, 2007, when we go into public beta.Our blog has the latest information regarding Notifir.com. You can visit the blog here: http://blog.notifir.com/
You may notice some slow response times during the private data, as we continue to optimize the Digg API calls (the current bottleneck).
Keep in mind that this is a functional prototype. The design will be implemented by September 1, 2007.This website has been tested on Firefox 2.0.0.6.
PLEASE report and bugs and or feature requests by clicking on the big orange button or by e-mailing us at info@notifir.com.
Access InformationProceed to http://www.notifir.com/login/add_user
You can sign up for one account. Be sure to input your Digg.com user name exactly as it appears in your profile (Member Name). The website will not function if you do not provide your Digg.com username.
Brief Guided TourYou will notice that there are some blank areas and non-functional links. Those are upcoming features that are scheduled to be implemented by September 1, 2007. Following is a list of what works:
1. DashboardAfter logging in you will see the dashboard for your Digg.com account. Click the “Who Dugg It?” link to get a list of the friends who dugg a particular article. You can click on any Digg.com user’s Nprofile to get a slimmed down version of the Dashboard for any Digg user (yes, you can replace the username in the URL to obtain a Notifir profile for any Digg.com user). 2. AdminThis will take some time to load (if you have allot of friends at Digg.com). The idea here is to input emails of Digg.com users that you know (this in not functional yet).
About Notifir.com
It is becoming increasingly difficult to manage participation in the many different social networking news websites (e.g. Digg.com, StumbleUpon.com, Reddit.com, Netscape.com, to name a few). This problem will get worse over time as quality social networks proliferate.
These social networks all rely on some type of voting system which determines how much exposure your content receives. With Notifir.com, social networking participants will be able to manage those social networks in one place. Notifir.com provides tools to notify friends of submitted stories (making it easy for them to vote), monitor those stories and provide resources to submit new stories.
Find out more at Notifir.com.
About ATLInnovations, Inc. (Notifir.com Funder)
ATL Innovations Inc. was founded in 2003 by Elmer Thomas and several Alumni of the University of California, Riverside, including Isaac Saldana, Chief Technical Officer and Jose Lopez, Chief Programmer.
ATL Innovations’ clients have included The Magic Johnson Foundation, Subway Development, and University of California Riverside College of Electrical Engineering. ATL Innovations has received numerous awards and honors of distinction, including most recently a letter of congratulations from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Technology Firm of the Year Award from the Inland Empire Minority Business Development Center, and was a finalist for the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award for Technology by the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship.
More Information: http://www.atlinnovations.com/.
About ThemBid.com (Notifir.com Funder)ThemBid.com is an online community where consumers can post their requests and let businesses bid for the work. Consumers save time and money by eliminating the need to call around for quotes with little guidance towards finding value, while businesses get targeted advertising and new customers to help grow their bottom line. ATL Innovations, Inc. began development of ThemBid.com in November of 2006 and quickly generated industry-wide interest on blog web sites before ThemBid.com’s official public release in April 2007. Since that time, ThemBid.com has had over 200,000 unique visitors from all over the globe.
ThemBid.com has been featured in print publications such as The Press Enterprise, the Business Press and UC Riverside’s Engineering Times magazine as well as websites such as LinuxToday.com, KillerStartUps.com and Mashable.com among many others.More information: www.thembid.com
Notifir.com
Elmer Thomas Founder
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Does the politics of hate really work?
August 31, 2007 by Orlando
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The mantra of the left can be categorized in one simple statement, “I hate George W. Bush.” That’s it! “I hate Bush” is the overriding political theme on blogs, social news sites, video sharing sites, and political web sites. But does it have any effect?
Some would argue that it helped get the Democrats to power. But that argument is muted by the fact that Bush was hated by the left for 6 years prior to Democrats taking office. Hate got Democrats nowhere then. Moreover, now that they are in office they are impotent to do anything. They are a lame duck congressional body only left to spew their vomit at Bush. They have accomplished NOTHING.
So, back to the question. What does the politics of hate really do? John Jay Chapman once said, “Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.” Fair enough. Hatred creates unit among the liberal, progressive, and Democratic horde. But their unity of hatred has done nothing to affect the war in Iraq, change social policy, or create legislation of substance.
Here’s what hatred does do to answer the question rhetorically.
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hatred creates a degenerate culture. A quick search on the internet will show the liberal hatred of Bush is manifested in violent “art work” or photography, profane diatribes, and ill-tempered statements. None of these add to the political culture or dialog. In addition, it only makes the hater look decadent and vicious.
In short, hatred fostered by liberals, progressives, and Democrats of George W. Bush will serve them nothing except more hate. Buddha said it best:
”Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
Blog Honor Roll 08/31/07
August 31, 2007 by FHK Links
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