Rick Tait's dashboard

Sean replied on August 22, 2008 02:37 to the idea "Wordpress?" in Ping.fm:

Nice work on this. I've seen a lot of positive feedback.

jon replied on August 21, 2008 17:28 to the idea "Automatic Check-ins == You Win" in Brightkite:

i want to be able to go to my Windows Mobile Brightkite app (a native app), and have it guess the vicinity for me.

if it's near a placemark, ask me--"you're close to [placemark name]", want to check in?

if it's not, give a general area name, and ask to check in

if that's not what we want, fall back to a normal search (however you want to implement)

i haven't messed with the Google API, let alone know if there's one for the mobile app, but the hoi polloi may be able to come up with this, now that i think about it--but i'd appreciate it more if it came from brightkite ;-)

j.

mterenzio replied on August 21, 2008 01:29 to the question "Track Attack" in Twitter:

cool except I'm using xmpp as the input for my client and that's broke, but I'll still try it out, thanks.

RyanK replied on August 20, 2008 21:36 to the question "Track Attack" in Twitter:

They are probably two different systems within Twitter.

I have created a bot that will provide the same tracking functionality that you can use in the meantime.

1. Follow Tweettrak
2. Send a direct message to tweettrak: 'track @RyanK' (substituting your username, or any other search term)
3. enjoy track functionality!
4. Tweet about it and tell your friends!

Website coming soon which will let you filter out people you already have device notifications on for, among some other features. It should scale really well as long as I don't hit any artifical limits for sending messages... in which case twitter should be able to whitelist it... assuming they aren't as slow as they are to turn on auto-following.

Happy to take feedback and suggestions.. I'm tracking both tweettrak and @RyanK... So, I'll see your tweets

A comment on the idea "Update Twitter's profile location attribute instead of tweeting" in Brightkite:

We are considering adding the customization options to set your Twitter location, like we do with checkins, notes, and photos. In the meantime, if you check in while in private mode and have your "everyone else" settings at city level, only your city/state will be sent to Twitter. I just tested this by checking into Brightkite HQ while in private mode and it set my location to "Denver, CO" instead of "Brightkite HQ". – Lesley, on August 20, 2008 20:13

Chris replied on August 20, 2008 15:50 to the idea "Update Twitter's profile location attribute instead of tweeting" in Brightkite:

I like the fact that the Twitter location attribute gets updated by Brightkite, but is there a way to make it set just the city, rather than the exact location? For example, right now my location on Twitter is "Starbucks," which isn't too useful, given that someone looking at my Twitter profile has no idea where on the planet I am. I'd rather it just set the city/state/country.

separatethis replied on August 19, 2008 03:19 to the idea "Photo Uploads" in Ping.fm:

This would be awesome....

Rick Tait started following the question "last.fm status updates?" in Ping.fm.

Rick Tait started following the idea "Photo Uploads" in Ping.fm.

Rick Tait started following the idea "Add Last.fm to the list of supported sites..." in Ping.fm.

livejamie replied on August 17, 2008 08:55 to the problem "Facebook doesn't look right." in Ping.fm:

While I'd like to be able to choose the word myself, "says" "tweets" "mumbles" etc. this is a step in the right direction.

I don't think being able to set our own word would be difficult, would it?

Kelly Atkinson replied on August 17, 2008 08:28 to the problem "Facebook doesn't look right." in Ping.fm:

This has been fixed! Thank you, Ping.fm folks, for adding the "adjust grammar" option. Now my Facebook updates are prefaced with "Kelly said:". Just perfect! Thank you for listening and doing something about this.

A comment on the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Yes, that's true. It's not the most ideal, given that both services support varying degrees of precision and should be able to work out a way to share them more accurately and transparently, but it's not a bad work-around and isn't without its own benefits. I'll definitely try it out (while waiting for a better solution down the road) :-) . – Thom Watson, on August 16, 2008 00:04

A comment on the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

One thing you can try, which is actually what I do, is to set the accuracy level of your location yourself when you check in. I'm always in public mode, so whenever I need to check in to a sensitive location, I simply don't check into an exact address. I will check in at street level or using an intersection, then I placemark these locations. I am always in control of what information is shared with FE and Twitter and don't have to rely on the privacy controls. I realize that this is not a desirable option for everyone, so it is only a suggestion, but it could help keep the Brightkite/FE combination useful for you. :) – Lesley, on August 15, 2008 23:59

Thom Watson replied on August 15, 2008 23:41 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Lesley, I'm glad at least that you're going to make what you do clearer, but it actually means that Brightkite and FE together just isn't useful for me. If I need to go into FE and change my privacy setting there each time I check into an always-private location in Brightkite, when otherwise I want my location in FE to be public, then why should I even use Brightkite? The alternative is that I set FE to show everything at an imprecise level, which also is less than desirable.

Lesley replied on August 15, 2008 23:16 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

We apologize for any confusion. If you have FE sharing enabled, we will send your exact location to them and then within FE you can modify your privacy settings for what information gets sent out to any other sites. We realize that this is not made very clear in Brightkite, so we will go in and revise it so people know their exact location will be shared when they update.

cruciformity replied on August 15, 2008 18:44 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

This is back to there simply not being enough options. And maybe its an issue of options on Fire Eagle's end, but the two options it gives when syncing with Fire Eagle are exact location or zipcode (there are more options, but less specific). On the one hand, for Fire Eagle to be useful, they need my exact location, but on the other hand, since I have told BrightKite not to give that information out, they shouldn't give it out. It should look as if I checked in at a zip code or city, not an address. It doesn't seem like that should be to hard.

thomwatson replied on August 15, 2008 17:40 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

I've noticed that when checking into a location that's marked "Always Private," like my home address, Bkite appears to send the exact location to Fire Eagle, not the inexact one that it's providing to other Bkite users. FE then displays information about my exact location, and provides it to other apps that poll FE. When I twittered about this last night:

@brightkite If I have a place set to always be private, what info does it provide to Fire Eagle? Looks like it's sending the full location.

Bkite's response was:

@thomwatson FE does not have the granularity of privacy controls available in Bkite. We share the publicly available location with FE.

Wouldn't the "publicly available location" for a location marked as always private be the inexact version? This seems to be what they say they're sending in response to my inquiry. However, my personal experience suggests the opposite, that they are sending -- at least as recently as last night -- my exact location even for a private location.

A comment on the idea "One more "zone" of privacy between "City" and "Exact"" in Brightkite:

I'd like something between city and hidden too. My "city" is pretty small, and by using that I'm giving out more info than many US neighbourhood names would. – notsheep, on August 15, 2008 12:51

Matt Jacob replied on August 15, 2008 05:42 to the idea "Wordpress?" in Ping.fm:

Version 0.9.4 is locked and loaded!

Improvements include:

• Better resiliency when moving the plugin files around to different directories under /wp-content/plugins


• The ability to edit the widget's CSS text colors (Edit link on activated widget panel = widget settings)


• A couple minor fixes and speed enhancements

All in all, we're rolling right along towards 1.0.0. Expect it around the end of this month. In the meantime, keep pointing out bugs (which are actually features) and suggestions!

Thanks to everyone who has tried out the plugin so far. :-)