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Rob Cottingham asked a question in Technorati on November 09, 2009 20:03:

How do you report a spam blog?

Has the process for reporting a spam blog changed? The contact form no longer seems to be the way to do it.

Rob Cottingham started following the question "This method requires a GET error" in Twitter.

Rob Cottingham replied on August 07, 2009 20:40 to the update "further update on twitter API issues" in twitterfeed:

Our feeds are coming in now as well. Thanks for keeping us updated - that was teh awesom.

Rob Cottingham started following the problem "Twitter re asking for authentication for its api, when im using twitter.com" in Twitter.

Rob Cottingham started following the problem "Seesmic Desktop lost my accounts" in Seesmic.

Rob Cottingham started following the question "Integration with Slideshare?" in Pointless Corp..

Rob Cottingham replied on February 26, 2009 09:20 to the idea "Allow keyword tagging in reviews" in Pointless Corp.:

Great to hear on all counts, Doug.

Rob Cottingham replied on February 26, 2009 03:10 to the idea "Offer more browsing options" in Pointless Corp.:

Doug and Carolyn, thanks for getting back so quickly. Doug: my browsing needs are going to vary case by case. Sometimes it'll be geographical - what talks are happening near me? who are the well-received speakers in Seattle and Vancouver? Other times, I'd be browsing by topic - which social media talks are happening in the next few months? And I'd want to be able to constrain those, so I'm browsing upcoming talks on social media in the Pacific Northwest.

Similarly, when it comes to search, I'd want to combine dimensions - for example, expertise level, topic and target audience. So I could search for an intermediate-level talk on skills training geared to executives. Or a beginner's talk on peak oil pitched to the general public... and delivered by someone with keywords "engaging", "lively" or "funny."

Carolyn: that would be a great step. I'd find it really handy: as a prospective attendee, and as a speaker looking for conferences to pitch.

Rob Cottingham started following the idea "Potentially suffers from Yet Another Web App (YAWA) syndrome." in Pointless Corp..

Rob Cottingham shared an idea in Pointless Corp. on February 25, 2009 08:01:

Allow video uploads from talks

There are few better ways to assess a speaker than to see them in action... and assessing speakers (should I book her? should I attend his talk?) is the reason most visitors are probably going to be using the site. Conceivably, videos could be provided by the speaker, event organizer or attendees.

Rob Cottingham shared an idea in Pointless Corp. on February 25, 2009 08:00:

Allow keyword tagging in reviews

Presentation styles are often a matter of taste, not numerical rating; for many audience members, "high-energy" and "motivational" would be just as repelling as they would be irresistible to others. That makes those qualitative descriptors at least as important as numbers - and being able to navigate by them would be potentially even more useful.

Instead of forcing users to dive into the individual comments for a speaker, it would be handy if they could see some combination of structured keywords - tagging a talk as "funny", "informative" or "practical", for instance - and free tagging. Those keywords would also arguably be less vulnerable to gaming than raw numbers.

Rob Cottingham started following the idea "Feature request: content syndication" in Pointless Corp..

Rob Cottingham started following the idea "Feature request: API" in Pointless Corp..

Rob Cottingham shared an idea in Pointless Corp. on February 25, 2009 07:50:

Offer more browsing options

While there is a page that lists three well-reviewed and three recently-added speakers, as well as five speakers with upcoming gigs, that's very limited. It would be great to be able to browse rather than have to search events or speakers.

Rob Cottingham started following the idea "Change "signups" of companies by end users to make it distinctive from employee-created companies" in Get Satisfaction.

Rob Cottingham started following the problem "iPhone app is only for jail-broken iPhones" in Qik.

A comment on the idea "Reorder iGoogle tabs" in Google:

Oh, fantastic news! Thanks much, Gavin (and Google!) ...And yes, drag-and-drop would be much nicer. – Rob Cottingham, on May 16, 2008 19:08

Rob Cottingham marked one of Gavin's replies in Google as useful. Gavin replied to the idea "Reorder iGoogle tabs".

Rob Cottingham reported a problem in Twitter on March 26, 2008 07:23:

Twitter status keeps changing to gibberish

My Twitter status keeps reverting to gibberish (Installing an OS update. I'm always just a little

? ???????["raddesignsblaine" help
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?D). Any ideas why?

Rob Cottingham replied on February 27, 2008 19:06 to the idea "Reorder iGoogle tabs" in Google:

It would be a big help!