Team Inigral at WordCamp 2009
We are live and front row at WordCamp 2009, the Automattic-sponsored one-day event dedicated to WordPress, the popular blogging platform (and the one that powers our blog!).
The Next Phase of Social Media: Facebook Platform Finally Realized
It wasn’t always the case when a company could execute a business plan that was solely revolved around another company’s platform. And then there was Facebook. With over 225 million members, and over 500,000 registered developers, the platform has become a sustainable ecosystem for garage start-ups with two people (such as Sticky Notes), or companies with over 100 employees (like Zynga). A recent post on VentureBeat showed that these developers could generate over $500M in revenues this year, which puts the platform on an even playing field, if not greater, than Facebook itself.
Inigral/Serious Business Presentation Night
“Hvordan går det?” filled the air Monday night near San Francisco’s Montgomery street Bart Station, as Inigral and Serious Business presented their varying business models to a visiting group of Danish entrepreneurs. Serious Business Founder and CEO Siqi Chen, along with members from Inigral’s founding team including Michael Staton (CEO), Joseph Sofaer, and George Deglin, explained how startups are becoming fully sustainable on top of this emerging platform.
Retention, An Intro
In the higher education arena, retention is a popular topic of discussion. This is primarily because it yields the most return on investment amongst the other stages of the student lifecycle. But also because it’s a common problem amongst all types of colleges and universities.
Mongrel Cluster Charts using god and munin
I wanted a way to get graphical histories of my Rails app’s behavior, and I decided the easiest way to do that was to create a munin-node plugin for god. So I did that in a fork of god here: http://github.com/MikeSofaer/god/tree/master
Arizona State University Launches “ASU on Facebook”
Not often is Tempe, Arizona brought up in conversations about prominent cities for cutting-edge technology. Maybe basketball, as Arizona State University’s James Harden is expected to be a top-five draft pick in this year’s NBA Draft. In higher education however, a conversation about technology can’t be had without them.
Rails on App Engine: A Cold Start
I’m at RailsConf ’09 and I want to get a “Hello World” style Rails app running on Google App Engine, from a totally cold start, without any dependencies. A lot of this is available in various places on the net, including Dan Kubb’s sample Datamapper Rails app, and Ola Bini’s Rails on GAE post.
NACAC on Social Media in Admissions
This week, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) reported it’s findings on the use of social networking in college admission processes. As expected, the report displayed a blanket increase of the use of social media within the college admission process.
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