Tag Archives: spy

Wow… ‘spy’ Plays a Small Part in Helping Volcano Stranded Travelers

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Ben

Photo: Sverrir Thor It’s so humbling to see simple social networking tools like spy which I created on a whim be discovered and serve purposes on a level I never would have anticipated. I first saw this when people found … Continue reading →

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HP keeping up on their social media “Buzz” powered by spy.appspot.com!

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ben

I just received word from Pam Dearen at HP of some great launch news partially powered by spy.appspot.com! Our new internal Digital Marketing Community Portal launched as planned on January 15. One of its top features is our “HP Buzz” … Continue reading →

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I’m a “Web Development Elf” cool?… Yes cool!

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Ben

Didn’t want to let this pass in the night, blogger and strategist at Undercurrent Mike Arauz picked up on the apps I have been exercising my brain on lately (retweetradar.com and spy.appspot.com) out of the blue and wrote a couple … Continue reading →

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‘spy’ makes “15 Useful Google App Engine Applications” on LouisGray.com!

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Ben

My little Social Media ‘spy’ application http://spy.appspot.com makes “15 Useful Google App Engine Applications” on LouisGray.com written by Mike Fruchter! I just slid in there at 15… hoping to keep plugging along adding useful features and using ‘spy’ to expose … Continue reading →

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‘spy’ing on Mumbai? Floored that my little app can help…

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Ben

As Pete Cashmore of Mashable, Dan Farber of CNet and many others have reported Twitter and social media in general are playing a huge part in receiving accurate and timely information from the crisis in Mumbai. While not in those … Continue reading →

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Best Buy: I Spy Twitter – Social Media Efforts at Best Buy and My App ‘spy’ Featured in the Pioneer Press!

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Ben

Julio Ojeda-Zapata technology writer and columnist at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and author of twitter means business: how microblogging can help or hurt your company wrote a nice piece today in the Sunday Pioneer Press titled “To twit or … Continue reading →

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Can Making Social Media a Spectator Sport Move it to the Mainstream? – Why I Created spy.appspot.com.

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Ben

There is much conversation among bloggers lately about targeting early adopters versus the mainstream, as Scoble would say the passionates versus the non-passionates, should we be excited when the early adopters love our product or service but the masses don’t … Continue reading →

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