tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46632977841481268292024-03-13T19:26:24.784+02:00HypesurferWe live in time of Internet renaissance and it is really exciting to be part of such major shift that is happening.Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-167370447193461862012-08-05T14:34:00.001+03:002012-08-05T14:34:30.359+03:00Moving from blogger to tumblrInternet moves in really fast pace. Last year or two I got impression that Blogger is not that important asset for Google as it should be. At same time people started using blogging platforms in unexpected ways, which made separation line between blogging and tweeting marginal. <br />
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Like early internet pioneers moved from Geocities to Blogger, it is time for me to say good bye to Blogger and move to Tumblr. <br />
You can follow me on: <a href="http://hypesurfer.com/" target="_blank">hypesufer.com</a>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-62741742684397997142012-02-05T14:52:00.000+02:002012-02-05T14:52:28.261+02:00Euthanizing Instaright<div style="text-align: justify;">
I want to start by thanking everyone for supporting Instaright over the 3 past year. I'm extremely proud with how the app turned out, but unfortunately reality has caught up with us. </div>
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Instaright was my first baby and it helped me a lot to understand product and customer development and how it feels like to bootstrap your company. </div>
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At first it looked like I've hit the sweet spot. Users loved Instaright! I've received a lots of praises. As soon as I introduced <b>Donate</b> button on Firefox addon, donations keep pouring in. Those where enough to keep app up and running for months. App was running purely on users donations, but as soon as <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/cloud/appengine/pricing.html">Google Appengine changed pricing model price</a> of hosting such product when sky high. I've considered various pricing models, but none turned out to be good enough to uniquely distinct Instaright from other services in market. On top of that, app was dying for redesign. Time was running out, but I had big plans for Instaright. </div>
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Grand vision for Instaright was to become implicit version <a href="http://ifttt.com/">IFTTT</a> where links, based on user intentions, would be sent to various destinations with just one click and no predefined rules. Upcoming (never shipped) version of Instaright supported Evernote, Picplz, Twitter and Facebook (no Instapaper but Instaright). Ie, if user "Instarights" image - it will be send to PicPlz; if user "Instarights" selected text it will be sent to Evernote as note; or if user "Instarights" article, then based on trends and internal article-souce score, it will be shared on Twitter or Facebook (thus, leveling up your social present and social rating). I still believe that this kind of implicit sharing service is in need by wide range user cohorts, ranging from social media experts to busy office employees. </div>
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<b>NOTE</b>: <i>Unpublished version of Instaright did not include support for Instapaper, since Marco Augment provided no feedback when asked for oAuth key despite dozen of request.</i> </div>
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In the meantime, while struggling to keep Instaright up and running, I've received great job opportunity and was offered to move to Berlin. Which I have accepted and now I'm fully focused on new endeavour.</div>
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Still, I believe that idea behind Instaright can be monetized. If you have some thoughts on subject, I'd be more then happy to share more details with you - just PM me. </div>
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Thanks again for your support, and if you want to be notified when I announce my next app you can follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/bojanbabic" target="_blank">twitter</a>. </div>
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Creator of Instaright</div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-34813326795469610342011-10-14T11:12:00.001+03:002011-10-14T11:12:04.021+03:00Instaright ReLoading<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>It has been very exciting couple of months since last blog post (release of <a href="http://blog.instaright.com/post/5547002061/instaright-extension-for-google-chrome-out-now" title="Instaright Google Chrome extension" target="_blank">Instaright Google Chrome extension</a> ). A lot has been accomplished and still, many features need to be implemented. Ideas are just popping up and it is very hard to distinguish gems from sea of ideas. Basically, I try to stay lean, have clear mind and focus on most important issues and features.</p> <p>Lets get onto lastest Instaright updates:</p> <p>- First you'll notice that this blog is now <a href="http://blog.instaright.com" title="sub domain of instaright.com">sub domain of instaright.com</a> instead of <a href="http://blog.instaright.com" title="Instaright Official Blog">instaright.tumblr.com</a></p> <p>- <a href="http://twitter.com/instaright" title="Instaright Official Twitter handle" target="_blank">Twitter Instaright handle</a> got almost 3K followers and has steady <a href="http://klout.com/instaright">klout score round 50</a></p> <p>- Front end got new sections: <a href="http://www.instaright.com/category" title="Instaright Hot Categories" target="_blank">Categories</a> and <a href="http://www.instaright.com/domain/techcrunch.com" title="Techcrunch articles on Instaright" target="_blank">Domains</a></p> <p>- Embedded information in stream( images, videos, pdfs, books etc) in order to provide more useful link snippet in steam </p> <p>- Ajax support for crawlers (<a href="http://isolani.co.uk/blog/javascript/BreakingTheWebWithHashBangs">notoriously know as hash-bang</a>), which resulted in big increase in number of indexed pages.</p> <p>And many more ... If you are interested in what else is cooking, check out <a href="http://www.instaright.com/user/dashboard">user dashboard</a> in order to get sense of what else is cooking.</p> <p>PS: Also there are many issues that Instaright face. The biggest one is rebranding of instaright.com and getting rid of Instapaper legacy icons ( sorry, Marco still haven't done it ). If you have some idea for new icon or have some manga-type minimalistic monster graphic at your disposal, I'll glad to consider it.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Social Bookmariking and Recommendation App</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-87359767870736332292011-08-25T10:50:00.001+03:002011-08-25T10:50:41.392+03:00Sharks at HP<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mad_man" height="300" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-08-25/EIIwjpvqEahFfDwbjaHhtowFEqklngjJByezlvdBHsoqtbodiJytCxBAtxtr/mad_man.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="200" /> </div> Usually large enterprises are not under my radar. Most of time I'm interested in early stage startups, programming ( or should I say <a href="http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-become-a-brogrammer">brogramming</a> ) and entrepreneurship. All the time the time I try to connect dots between M&A , investors and product, like in case of blog post on <a href="bojanbabic.blogspot.com/2009/05/silicon-valley-sorry-village.html">YouTube acquisition by Google</a> or connection between Thumblr, Vimeo and Union Square Ventures. Gradually I leaned about capital/power flow in deals, but all this seems like child game compared to enterprise size game that is ongoing in HP.<p />It all started by <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/28/hp-palm-deal-webos/">HP acquisition of Palm for $1.2b</a> in April of 2010. All of online news ranted that WebOS is future of HP and that Apple finally got competitor. Behind the scene, whole acquisition was actually bailout for Elevation Partners on their $460m investment in Palm. Initially, Elevation Partners initially invested $325m including preferred stocks and liquidation preference. Afterwards, same VC firm, in successive investing rounds, Elevation Partners invested even more. Whole deal structure you can find <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/28/elevation-partners-makes-25m-on-palm-hp-heres-the-math/">here</a>. Overall, Elevation Partners got $485m on $460m investment and earning $25m.<p />Couple of months later in August of 2010, Mark Hurd, HP CEO, steps down after to sex affair with<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-ceo-mark-hurd-resigns-over-sexual-harrassment-accusations-2010-8"> ex softcore porn actress</a> that has been working as his assistant. How in the world she got access to such high position at HP? Well ... on second thought this scenario can be seen very often, just take a look affair behind main man behind <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2037078,00.html">WikiLeaks - Julian Assange</a> .<p />Successor of Mark Hurd, Leo Apotheker indulged himself into HP adventure on September 2010. Having in mind that Leo's previous position was CEO of SAP, company focused on consulting and support, and fact that Palm acquisition was not Leo's deal - Leo spins off HP's WebOS business. And this is how $1.2b just disappeared from HP.<p />What happened here? Obviously Mark Hurd has been closely monitored and there has been whole network of associates that have been reporting to board directly. My take on this is that Mark has been mislead into Palm deal and as soon as it has been closed, his services at HP where no longer needed. After advent of Leo Apotheker and one shot chance for WebOS, this division on HP business went into hibernation. </p> <p>Maybe, I've made some wrong assumptions here because do not have enough insights on HP situation. Events that happen in last year and half round HP deserve deeper analysis. Sharks are hungry.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-68187328448168413412011-06-17T18:15:00.001+03:002011-06-17T18:15:07.425+03:00This Is Why I L.O.V.E Intrawebs<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-06-17/CobIdsetJwHvatDkBqixJjhkjzjBgDyJxlFpnCddsGsBafnrEvdtmwAxxAvx/P90Bh.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P90bh" height="354" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-06-17/CobIdsetJwHvatDkBqixJjhkjzjBgDyJxlFpnCddsGsBafnrEvdtmwAxxAvx/P90Bh.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p> </p> <p>PS: Thank you Reddit</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-39160244088702876712011-05-16T19:32:00.001+03:002011-05-16T19:32:10.348+03:00Instaright extension for Google Chrome - Out Now<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>I'm very excited to announce that Instaright now has Google Chrome Extension.</p> <p>Instaright extension for Google Chrome can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.instaright.com/tools" title="Instaright Tools">Instaright tools section</a> or get <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mklfjcmekplnempnkclmdclnbedadphf?hl=en#" title="Instaright extension for Google Chrome">Instaright for Google Chrome</a> directly from <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mklfjcmekplnempnkclmdclnbedadphf?hl=en#" title="Instaright Chrome extension">Chrome Web Store</a> .</p> <p> </p> <p>Essentially, if you are <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/instaright-social-bookmarks/" title="Instaright Firefox addon">Instaright user for Firefox</a> transition to Google Chrome extension would be painless. <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mklfjcmekplnempnkclmdclnbedadphf" title="Instaright Google Chrome Extension">Instaright Google Chrome extension</a> has been developed to resemble Instaright for Firefox as much as possible. Chrome extension contextual menu contains additional component that will save current page or link user hovers. Snapshot from below represents contextual menu for Google Chrome extension: </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Instaright_chrome_snapshot_1" height="244" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-05-16/gFCCdzEisyFfcBixACzCJzAzkfmbjDwzrwwczcJAfrsnekJBvgrbyDfabmJC/instaright_chrome_snapshot_1.png.scaled500.png" width="400" /> </div> </p> <p> </p> <p>Additionally, Instaright for Google Chrome has new feature. Adjacent to the address bar there is button that will save current url.</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Instaright_chrome_snapshot_2" height="275" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-05-16/khudanhkzqhmoawhrkpcxioFbDalqueFAcvdCJlAxvBCwAAysumIIkududgr/instaright_chrome_snapshot_2.png.scaled500.png" width="394" /> </div> </p> <p> </p> <p>With this feature Instaright Chrome Extension is ahead of its Firefox clone. This option will be featured on new version of Instaright addon for Firefox, which will be hopefully confirmed in upcoming week. Additional feature is another reason to dig into Instaright for Google Chrome. </p> <p> </p> <p>Beside Google Chrome extension, there have been many changes on front-end side. One of most crucial improvements was purchasing <a href="http://www.instaright.com" title="Instaright Social Bookmarking and recommendation app">www.instaright.com</a> . If you head to <a href="http://instaright.appspot.com" title="Instaright appspot">instaright.appspot.com</a> you would be redirected (301ed) to <a href="http://www.instaright.com" title="Instaright Social Bookmarking and Recommendation App">www.instaright.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Thats it for now new goodies coming soon!</p> <p> </p> <p>Happy Instarighting </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapaper</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-71845234531678528952011-02-24T14:50:00.002+02:002011-02-25T01:54:03.374+02:00Android activations mapped geographicaly (VIDEO )<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><object height="344" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1zgFlCw8Aw?fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fqFpq9WXbJo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed> </object> <br />
<p>This breathtaking video of android activation around the globe is showcase how to successfully execute marketing campaign. Just watch spikes on launch of Droid and especially Galaxy. Perfect timing and execution around the globe.</p></p><p style="font-size: 10px;"><b>Bojan Babic</b> </p></div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-76694828950426751332011-02-14T12:51:00.002+02:002011-02-14T21:03:56.854+02:00AOL Content Business - will we see merger?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="posterous_autopost"><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"><img height="287" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/titGItmJokjjcfevDqBbdvlwmuyeCznkuuAcwIJIpynmrkaAFwIdbGCDhBan/media_httpitelegraphc_jhyhJ.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="460" /> <br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:AOL">AOL</a> hired <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tim-armstrong" rel="crunchbase" title="Tim Armstrong">Tim Armstrong</a> in 2009 as prominent Google Executive, who became famous for his effort on Google advertising platform, that will point aging company in right direction. <br />
IMHO. By now he has been doing amazing job. He took company public ( NYSE:AOL ) , focused on most valuable assert of company in order to make up declining revenue of its dial-up assets. Based on past AOL acquisitions ( <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/" rel="homepage" title="Weblogs">Weblogs Inc</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://gdgt.com/" rel="homepage" title="Gdgt">GDGT</a> , <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoblog" rel="wikipedia" title="Autoblog">AutoBlog</a>, Engadget ), AOL content business has been the most vivid part on AOL ecosystem, which was enough for AOL's CEO to set longterm strategy. AOL recently bought Techcrunch, as result of this strategy. And now, AOL bought Huffingtont Post for $300m and 5x of gross annual income, which is considered good buy. <br />
Content creation is blooming and also very competitive, AOL has been facing fierce competition among other content creation farms, like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://demandmedia.com/" rel="homepage" title="Demand Media">Demand Media</a> ( filed for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering" rel="wikipedia" title="Initial public offering">IPO</a> ). It would be had to maintain good profit margin unless we see huge merger. For, instance Yahoo has its core business based on content creation, but they have management that has non-web background ( referring to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/carol-bartz" rel="crunchbase" title="Carol Bartz">Carol Bartz</a> ). On the other hand, we have AOL that has to distance itself from dial-up business and focus on strong parts of his business. They still have couple of years of pain until they establish sustainable content business. Way to speed up this process would be AOL - <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.yahoo.com/" rel="homepage" title="Yahoo!">YAHOO</a> merger and Tim Armstrong replacing Carol Barz as CEO of merged company. <br />
It could be win-win solution for both companies. Yahoo will get firm executive and visionary, and AOL would establish its presence on Interwebs.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><b>Bojan Babic</b> </div></div></div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-70206295124784142042011-01-24T18:23:00.001+02:002011-01-24T18:23:23.180+02:00Foursquare grew 3400% last year<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/ptlvtFweolpoqFHzHinJGkxlAElJBHfDenwuipweiEyCwHqrmozhislsfbul/media_httpplayfoursqu_tuyln.png.scaled1000.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/ptlvtFweolpoqFHzHinJGkxlAElJBHfDenwuipweiEyCwHqrmozhislsfbul/media_httpplayfoursqu_tuyln.png.scaled500.png" width="500" height="348"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://blog.foursquare.com/2011/01/24/2010infographic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thefoursquareblog+%28Foursquare+Blog%29&utm_content=FriendFeed+Bot">blog.foursquare.com</a></div> <p>Speechless</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-87872529062488376712011-01-19T12:53:00.002+02:002011-03-31T00:43:34.180+03:00Quora has changed<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/EAuuDECcgfJCAxpFfhoEJcmFkDkvqecydnHtACfGypDxoFyenltJuEsoyube/media_httptheantisoci_pxfkx.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/EAuuDECcgfJCAxpFfhoEJcmFkDkvqecydnHtACfGypDxoFyenltJuEsoyube/media_httptheantisoci_pxfkx.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="364"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://theantisocialmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Quora-Vs-Yahoo-Answers.jpg">theantisocialmedia.com</a></div><p>In early days <a href="http://www.quora.com">Quora</a> was place where smart people ask smart questions and it has been place where you could reach people of great importance and ask them questions. I really enjoyed service until demographic change in last few months, when quality of service declined. We have seen this before, as you expand and get on ubiquity, you loose on quality of service. <br />
In early days, <a href="http://www.quora.com">Quora</a> superstar investors ( like <a href="http://www.benchmark.com/people/general-partner/matt-cohler/">Matt Cohler from Benchmark Capital</a>) introduced service to important Valley people. And they loved it. Important people attracted more insightful users and so on. Those where days of Quora "renesance". <br />
Current state of Quora is best described with "Veine" diagram from above. Reaching out more and more people, Quora will gradually shift towards right and closer to quality of Yahoo answers. It is price of success. But, we can learn important lesson here of success of startups. Invetors and early adopters CAN make huge difference. <br />
If you are user of service you can find me on if you serch for <a href="http://www.quora.com/Bojan-Babic">Bojan Babic</a>.</p></div><p style="font-size: 10px;"><b>Bojan Babic</b> </p></div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-88337651604241629702011-01-17T09:16:00.001+02:002011-01-17T09:16:22.954+02:00100 Things to Watch in 2011<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <object height="417" width="500"> <param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=2f100thingstowatchin2011-101222142649-phpapp02&stripped_title=2f-100-things-to-watch-in-2011-6306251" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=2f100thingstowatchin2011-101222142649-phpapp02&stripped_title=2f-100-things-to-watch-in-2011-6306251" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="417" width="500"></embed> </object> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jwtintelligence/2f-100-things-to-watch-in-2011-6306251">slideshare.net</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-81609754909794041112010-12-21T17:23:00.001+02:002010-12-21T17:24:00.094+02:00Google App engine overview 2008 - 2010<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/oEytmyymcIHcuDyqGegJBtAnsftxfpCirAssiqddtrasoyinawqoovrFcrwC/media_http4bpblogspot_ADoHD.png.scaled1000.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/oEytmyymcIHcuDyqGegJBtAnsftxfpCirAssiqddtrasoyinawqoovrFcrwC/media_http4bpblogspot_ADoHD.png.scaled500.png" width="500" height="329"/></a> <p>I've been using app engine for more then a year and got kinda hooked on it. My advice to all planing to move to app engine is: " Be ready for mental shift :) " <br />On glance, it could look kinda awkward with its limitations and hooks for every action imagined, but it make so much sense. <br />I'd like give shoutout to my favorite features on <a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/" title="Google App Engine">Google App Engine</a> backed with example of feature that supports it on <a href="http://instaright.appspot.com" title="Instaright on Google application Engine">Instaright</a>: <br /></p><ul> </ul><br /><li>out of box <a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/xmpp/">XMPP integration</a> - I've used it to deliver <a href="http://instaright.posterous.com/incentives-for-building-instaright-2-pivoting" title="deliver Instapaper articles via XMPP and Google App engine"> Instapaper articles to user to users favorite chat client (i.e. gtalk)</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/channel/overview.html">Google Channel Api</a> - use to deliver <a href="http://instaright.posterous.com/tag/channelapi" title="Instaright realtile stream using Channel API and Google App Engine">real time feed on Instaright article stream</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/">Offline processing</a> - all heavy data processing cron tasks, data aggregations and consolidations.</li> <br /><li>...</li> <p /> Note: All of these libraries are available for both Python and Java. <p>If you are still wondering what would be your next platform and if you are still evaluating upsides and downsides of platforms, I'd heartily recommend . <br />Let me finish in Dave Mcclure style: stop BITCHIN' bout it and start working on it!</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-43496761102243449532010-12-18T02:01:00.001+02:002010-12-18T02:01:17.312+02:00Delicious is dead - long live Instapaper<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Yahoo has announced that it is closing its popular bookmarking service - delicious. </p> <p>It is really sad news. Even dough I have not been frequent user of service for personal usage, I've been using it extensively while building instaright system. I could compare delicious like ancient library of Alexandria. You can find very useful things about urls using delicious api. Some of those features I've implemented while creating recommendation system that tweets most engaging articles on @instaright feed.</p> <p>Shutting down delicious I'd compare with burning down the ancient library of Alexandria. Delicious metaphorically represent lighthouse of web 2.0 and all revolutionary set of features that has defined as standards. Like <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/gaberivera/status/15529108238770176">Gabe Rivera noticed</a>, service should be run, just for sake of internet or give it to Smithsonian museum to keep it running.</p> <p>But what can we do about it? We can move to new services, services that do <a href="http://instaright.posterous.com/incenives-for-building-instaright" title="Incentives for building instaright">benefit from spin-out of delicious</a>. Apps that have presence on both desktop and mobile platforms are pointers of what path we should take. Also, we should save our gems from Alexandria library from merciless y! earthquake for future.</p> <p>Instaright modest contribution towards your bookmark consistency is that it should enable you to easily import bookmarks from Delicious to Instapaper. Introducing, <a href="http://bit.ly/delicious2instapaper" title="Importer from Delicious bookmarks to Instapaper ">Delicious to Instapaper importer</a>. Importer saves your Delicious bookmarks as article in your Instapaper feed. </p> <h3>How to Use it</h3> <p>Delicious to Instapaper importer is very simple tool. It requires your delicious screen name and Instapaper credentials. If you don't use password for your Instapaper account ( something like <a href="http://instaright.posterous.com/how-to-use-instaright-revisited" title="How to use Instaright - Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright usage tutorial</a> ) our Instapaper account, skip this field.</p> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-17/BhkfxmBBIrkAuCnjvBcFJExgaBdidxqqBqiDzomnIwfzDJsqrnwetIEBdGEn/tools_import.png.scaled1000.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-17/BhkfxmBBIrkAuCnjvBcFJExgaBdidxqqBqiDzomnIwfzDJsqrnwetIEBdGEn/tools_import.png.scaled500.png" width="500" height="308"/></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>On successful import initialization user will receive notification like in image bellow.</p> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-17/mgIfzjfoGwhteBtEIEvymnfdrcqahClcDzGjqeeoboopFjvvyGfdHquudafv/import_initialized.png.scaled1000.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-17/mgIfzjfoGwhteBtEIEvymnfdrcqahClcDzGjqeeoboopFjvvyGfdHquudafv/import_initialized.png.scaled500.png" width="500" height="51"/></a> </p> <p>I'd like to remind you that execution of import will vary depending on number of public bookmarks on delicious and instaright quota. Once you start receiving Delicious links on Unread Instapaper artcles, you'll notice them with prefix: </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px;">{Instaright-Importer}</span></p> <p> </p> <p>Some import are shown in snapshot bellow:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-17/lArAEapIsgcvorgueGIgmtwrIJixcyddxqgwypzuxHCIhnhdDDErrqnknGyh/importer_screen.png.scaled1000.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-17/lArAEapIsgcvorgueGIgmtwrIJixcyddxqgwypzuxHCIhnhdDDErrqnknGyh/importer_screen.png.scaled500.png" width="500" height="234"/></a> </p> <p>I hope you enjoy u</p> <p>sing importer so you can protect yourself and your precious bookmarks from rush decisions of Y! upper management.</p> <p> </p> <p>B.</p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapaper</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-39241396136527402182010-12-16T22:46:00.001+02:002010-12-16T22:46:29.896+02:00Instaright new version 0.3.5.6<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>I'm proud present new version on <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/developers" title="Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright</a> which leads this addon to new era.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/developers" title="Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright</a> is used all over the world from Europe, North America to Asia and South America. Most of <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/developers" title="Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright</a> users are English speaking including US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. But recently I've noticed great traction from non English speaking world. Order of coutries by <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/developers" title="Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright</a> usage can be depicted in bar graph bellow.</p> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-16/kmkbckttwBrdxCpgFCfCsyzerzwzEyuvAxzBhbmmBtoDJzvitjiofJHBpCCk/chart.png.scaled500.png" width="400" height="400"/> </p> <p> </p> <p>Note: Data on graph present logarithmic scale for presentation purpose. Vertical axis represent <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=country+codes+list&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" target="_blank">country codes .</a></p> <p>Due to great international traction of <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/developers" title="Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright</a>, this made me think that <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/developers" title="Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright</a> must go l10n path ( localization path , l + 10 letters + n) . Based on data from different speaking language cohorts, I've decided to introduce 12 different localizations for <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/developers" title="Instapaper Firefox addon">Instaright</a>, including: Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Franch, Czech, Serbian, Russian and German. Some of languages would also deserve localisation in first round like Korean, Swedish or Norwegian, are left for next updates. If you like that your language appears in following releases of addon propose it <a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/instaright">request here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapaper</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-62993146604917173542010-11-29T20:36:00.000+02:002010-11-29T20:36:20.024+02:00Hacking Xbox Kinect<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17180651" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17180651">DepthJS</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/fluidinterfaces">Fluid Interfaces</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Microsoft Xbox Kinect came out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect#cite_note-releasedate-0">less then a month ago</a> and we can see first hacks and hunches of hacks. This hack is so cool, but it is just scratch on the surface. Amount of development going on round Kinect can be only compared to early iPhone development. I'd like encourage all developers that want to start something, but actual idea - start playing with Kinect. One year from now we'll have appliance of these hacks in many areas. For this hack you'd only need Kinect, Computer Vision and knowledge of Javascript. Just dive into it. <br />
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<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bojbabdaibizu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B002BSA298&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bojbabdaibizu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1848829345&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bojbabdaibizu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0596517742&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-87006059471154050682010-11-15T15:56:00.001+02:002010-11-15T15:56:17.923+02:00Social Network Usage Growth 2005 - 2009<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/znnwpsekyxrvBwvJroqklsBzExyIhpjiAJzxofEqEBplrxIwwswzgDwquGdF/media_https3amazonaws_pBqpF.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/znnwpsekyxrvBwvJroqklsBzExyIhpjiAJzxofEqEBplrxIwwswzgDwquGdF/media_https3amazonaws_pBqpF.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="418"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbuadg17b01qzvxs2o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1289915350&Signature=oVffZb2RFvsblXOoqzsGHMxZX0I%3D">s3.amazonaws.com</a></div> <p>It is amazing growth in just 4 years. In 2005 only 8% of adults 18 and older have been using social networks like MySpace, Facebook or Linkedin. In 2009 is was 46%. Can't wait for 2010 data, I'd estimate over 55% use of this demographic group.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-13245916613612971942010-11-08T15:11:00.001+02:002010-11-08T15:11:14.529+02:00Instaright - new features on 0.3.5.x versions<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Due to latest user feedback and feature requests, Instaright 0.3.5.x introduces some changes that change, but enhance, user experience.</p> <p>There was not need for alerts on every article save, that caused browser to stall. Now Instaright started to use build-in Firefox mechanism for user notifications.Whether for successful article save or addon upgrade, all now use Firefox notifications.</p> <p>Another change is, advanced article title handling. Instead of relying on Instapaper to provide article title, Instaright addon tries to provide article when ever possible. Hence, lowering possibility of wrong article title.</p> <p> </p> <p>Some other changes could occur in next 0.3.5.x version and if any problem or issue pop-up please be free to provide feedback.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapaper</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-32225879639720071062010-11-08T14:53:00.001+02:002010-11-08T14:53:35.068+02:00Instaright new milestone reached - 20K downloads<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Last week Instaright reached another milestone of 20K downloads and 5K daily users. As it can be seen from picture from below:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-11-08/lqbBHHxmcjEiGxAhIFDjwqyfeImiDxFAiusIpAAgnAIwIlfelyedyaClFxAu/instaright_20k_download.png.scaled1000.png'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-11-08/lqbBHHxmcjEiGxAhIFDjwqyfeImiDxFAiusIpAAgnAIwIlfelyedyaClFxAu/instaright_20k_download.png.scaled500.png" width="500" height="371"/></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Backend of Instaright is running on average on 2 instances supporting round 1.5K daily article saves.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-11-08/xFnzvmDrxHIbwbcgHwovJChjAlivHydGbDinctvhdjFufpvtacJfjvktvEeG/instaright_backend_instances.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-11-08/xFnzvmDrxHIbwbcgHwovJChjAlivHydGbDinctvhdjFufpvtacJfjvktvEeG/instaright_backend_instances.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="32"/></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>This seems to be fun ride, stay tuned for more cool stuff coming out</p> <p>Thanks for all using Instaright!</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapaper</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-73850892490347171562010-11-01T11:02:00.001+02:002010-11-01T11:02:33.487+02:00We are constantly being interrupted<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/trkybeGfHIwBCiwFFwaDCpdrkxvjEpiiFjcmlzgejovHjqnHEopqzwGdsnBI/media_http4bpblogspot_EIxFo.png.scaled500.png" width="377" height="297"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjZmFhS0LSw/TMC609OWPCI/AAAAAAAABHw/fK9QYy6cY9U/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-21+at+3.13.04+PM.png">4.bp.blogspot.com</a></div> <p>If you are overwhelmed with amount of information you consume on daily basis - take it east, it will just get WORSE ! <br /></p><blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote"> <br />Simply put, the total number of personally relevant pieces of content to consume each day is much higher than it was 1 year or 2 years ago, and will likely be 5 to 10 times higher 2 years down the road <br /></blockquote> <br />Social media, mails, rss feeds or mobile are distracting us and push us towards ADD. Someone ought to be working on solution for this problem</div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-65260735262438649442010-10-26T11:21:00.001+03:002010-10-26T11:21:30.343+03:00First business card of Google CEO<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/DqscleDpjuCAtpvwGjlqiGtzgJreDdjIcopnHklJcBccDzylvatauoeDwdql/media_http27mediatumb_ikGec.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/> <p>Larry Page's first business card printed on inkjet printer. <br />thanks reddit</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-3990966159909343752010-10-15T16:44:00.001+03:002010-10-15T16:44:20.511+03:00Similarities between Marco Arment and Steve Jobs<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>I woke up this morning and had bunch of news regarding Instapaper and got feeling that it is getting form of hype.</p> <p>Being developer of <a href="http://instaright.appspot.com">Instaright</a>, <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317">Instapaper Firefox Addon</a>, could not resist not reading all those news. And reaching for addon download stats:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-10-15/kivfnrjlvveGGFwocaytCwjFiExsrmwerdEHwbeIFjkwCkqytEaikrpHmfvj/instaright_growth.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-10-15/kivfnrjlvveGGFwocaytCwjFiExsrmwerdEHwbeIFjkwCkqytEaikrpHmfvj/instaright_growth.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="222"/></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>There is steady growth in usage and total number of downloads. When I look back when I was excited to reach <a href="http://bojanbabic.posterous.com/instaright-instapaper-firefox-addon-reaches-2">7K Instaright downloads</a> back in May.</p> <p>Now, back to articles. I've noticed two photos that got me amuzed. One of them is Steve Jobs picture back from 80s.</p> <p><img src="http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/steve_jobs_drinking_tea.jpg" height="252" alt="" width="400" /></p> <blockquote> <p>I remember going into Steve’s house and he had almost no furniture in it. He just had a picture of Einstein, whom he admired greatly, and he had a <span class="aptureLink "><span class="aptureLinkIcon" style=""> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany%20lamp" class="aptureLink snap_noshots">Tiffany lamp</a></span> and a chair and a bed. He just didn’t believe in having lots of things around but he was incredibly careful in what he selected.</p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p>And, then latest picture of <a href="http://twitter.com/marcoarment">Marco Arment</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.wareground.com/images/400/instapaper_inventor_links_inattentive_reading_to_information_obesity.jpg" height="252" alt="" width="400" /></p> <p>Similarities in putures are more then obvious.It is obvious that Marco has great asspiration for Steve.</p> <p>Both of those pictures perfectly depict both Marco's and Steve's minimalistic approach towards product design. Instapaper is incredibly slick, with out too many features and very addictive, just like apple products ... well we all know Apple products :)</p> <p>Just wanted to share this with you all, before kick of into Friday.</p> <p>Cheers.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapaper</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-80654604958515816712010-10-14T23:23:00.001+03:002010-10-14T23:23:28.161+03:00How to download Your Information from Facebook ?<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8r0egO0x07g&hl=en&fs=1" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8r0egO0x07g&hl=en&fs=1" wmode="window" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="417" width="500"></embed></object> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r0egO0x07g">youtube.com</a></div> <p>Feature came out late after all the fuss about Facebook privacy and after <a href="http://bojanbabic.blogspot.com/2010/05/history-of-facebook-default-privacy.html">Facebook opened all of your data to public</a>.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-77568657629640131712010-10-11T15:34:00.001+03:002010-10-11T15:34:35.735+03:00Incentives for building Instaright 2 - pivoting<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Many of today successful startup stories are totally different from first iterations. <a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com">Facebook</a> are most popular examples and we can name more recent stories like <a href="http://flowtown.com">Flowtown</a>, <a href="http://seesmic.com">Seesmic</a> or others. These startups have been listening to user behavior, have stripped all unnecessary feartures and kept on iterating.</p> <p>Lesson, here : <a href="http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/06/pivot-dont-jump-to-new-vision.html">It's all about pivoting</a>.</p> <p>Goal: Today we all live in time of "near" realtime data. Web is entering towards 3.0. Informations keep flowing thowards us at fast pace and was asking myself: Can I push instaright thowards realtime? Can I eliminate messaging latency and get closer to user?</p> <p>As I've created instaright backend on top of the Google App Engine, I've been noticing that Google has tactics of creating APIs but not exposing it to public. Ie, Channel API has been available on GAE 1.3.7, but it has not been pushed to public. This effecient way of letting users test ready product and discover possible hickups. One can fully test Channel API localy, but can push app to public. It is pretty neat and ubber smart move by Google. This topic deserves separate blog post. </p> <p>Channel API creates comet channel between sever and client and pushes messages from server to client, providing realtime message updates. This API is complement with Pubsubhubbub, which notifes callback url of latest feed updates.</p> <p>Enough of Geeky stuff. Overall result is <a href="http://instaright.appspot.com">instaright.appspot.com - Instaright Stream Updates</a>. <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317">Instaright</a> bookmarks of <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317">Instaright</a> Users presented as stream of articles. Something, like <a href="http://instaright.appspot.com">Twitter for Bookmarks</a>.</p> <p>On right side, If you are interested in certain topic or domain , you can subscribe to them by sending invite to your jabber account by providing jid and pressing enter.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-10-11/FgbGxzqtGyvpeCaEmfvInrhGgpkBijBfFBBksdhnhiEevvDwJiJbxGIxBGdw/instaright_xmpp_updates.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="412" height="416"/> </p> <p>More info on using XMPP updates in upcoming post, which will be entirely dedicates to Instaright XMPP updates.</p> <p> </p> <p>In order to get picture of what is going on Instaright, check <a href="http://instaright.appspot.com/stats">Instaright stats</a> page, including daily, weekly, stats per city and per country (thanks to all Japan users :), daily article volume. Check out more info in blog post regarded to <a href="http://instaright.posterous.com/2010/06/instaright-instapaper-firefox-addon.html">Instaright Domain Stats</a>.</p> <p>Let's repeat once more it is all about pivoting and listening users, which means that this is not final version and that both instaright.appspot.com and instaright addon will keep on iterating.</p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapaper</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-65508478273287603442010-10-07T11:09:00.001+03:002010-10-07T11:09:26.523+03:00Internet Speeds across the World<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/vljlozuyEJqjIqkvmmDgEwBCndwpdkauoJIjhbljvharaEoeGfAzhfflBGEp/media_httplivedoor2bl_ftaJr.jpg.scaled1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/bojanbabic/vljlozuyEJqjIqkvmmDgEwBCndwpdkauoJIjhbljvharaEoeGfAzhfflBGEp/media_httplivedoor2bl_ftaJr.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="562"/></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://livedoor.2.blogimg.jp/himasoku123/imgs/f/5/f58f49dd.jpg">livedoor.2.blogimg.jp</a></div> <p>For price of one month of broadband in Mexico, in Japan you can get more 100 months with average speed 100 higher!</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Bojan Babic</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663297784148126829.post-90636802540012522142010-10-05T13:49:00.001+03:002010-10-05T13:49:55.923+03:00How to use Instaright ? (revisited)<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>In order to use Instaright you need to have <a href="http://instapaper.com">Instapaper</a> account.</p> <p>After Instapaper account has been set, one has to download <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/">Instaright from AMO</a> site and install it.</p> <p>On sucessful install, visit 'Tools' and then 'Options' from Firefox menu and find Instaright among installed addons.</p> <p><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 14pt;"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-10-05/giBmfoiHbmgqHxwAwmopjqxmervgBclkBrJkoplrbjIAGCgqlcmqHmtdaqJg/screen.png.scaled500.png" width="227" height="290"/> <br /></span></p> <p>Enter username from your Instapaper account. Instapaper allows you to set password optionally . So if you have set password for Instapaper account enter it. otherwise leave it empty.</p> <p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-10-05/qnmfcokfcfFdcfAFqabJivBFzleJpzpDlJbtaAsAujtbHBikhqDvaddHkDwx/screen1.png.scaled500.png" width="351" height="177"/> </p> <p> </p> <p>Good. <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/">Instaright</a> is set and ready for use.</p> <p> </p> <p>Before you start, quick tip on Instaright modes. Instaright operates in three modes. Quotes from <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/">Instaright</a> - <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/">Instapaper addon for Firefox</a> page:</p> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;">In first mode, helps you to bookmark links on page without visiting them. Just place your mouse over link and from contextual menu select Instapaper it. This mode makes your browsing experience better. Instaright decreases number of clicks, since existing bookmarklet misses possibility to Instapaper' links without opening.</p> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: left;">Ilistrated example found be from this img:</p> <p><img src="https://addons.mozilla.org/img/uploads/previews/full/48/48662.png?modified=1283273330" alt="" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <blockquote> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Second mode maps Instapaper bookmarklet functionality. In this mode Instaright bookmarks current page by selecting 'Instapaper it' option from contextual menu. Make sure that mouse point on area that is not link, otherwise addon will act in fist mode.</p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <p>Example that describes second mode:</p> <p><img src="https://addons.mozilla.org/img/uploads/previews/full/48/48663.png?modified=1283273330" alt="" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <blockquote> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Third mode give you possibility to bookmark text selection and associate it with current page. This mode is very useful, for huge articles or blog post where user interested in specific areas of article.</p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <p>Example that describes third mode:</p> <p><img src="https://addons.mozilla.org/img/uploads/previews/full/48/48664.png?modified=1283273330" alt="" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p> <p style="text-align: left;">After this briefe introduction, you can have wider picture how to use <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/">Instaright</a> <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13317/">Instapaper addon for Firefox</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">PS: If you have feature requests or bug reports please follow <a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/instaright">Get satisfaction for Instaright</a> link.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://getsatisfaction.com/instaright"><img src="http://getsatisfaction.com/images/badges/badge_logo_small.png" alt="Badge_logo_small" /></a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <b>Instaright Firefox addon for Instapapaer</b> </p> </div>Bojan Babichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04246212404014246711noreply@blogger.com2