Commuter Feed Blog http://blog.commuterfeed.com Commuter Feed Blog and Resources Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Announcing Commuter Feed open knowledge spin-offs http://blog.commuterfeed.com/announcing-commuter-feed-open-knowledge-spin-offs/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/announcing-commuter-feed-open-knowledge-spin-offs/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:29:10 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/announcing-commuter-feed-open-knowledge-spin-offs/ Today we’re releasing a set of “open knowledge” projects called “Zenji Open Projects” at http://open.zenjiweb.com . These projects are aimed at solving some “big picture” problems with Commuter Feed, primarily creating an open, distributed Twitter alternative and standardizing transportation alert data into an easily consumable format.

Zenji’s official announcement can be found on our Tumblr here.

If you are a developer and like Commuter Feed, please make sure to check it out and contribute if you can.

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/announcing-commuter-feed-open-knowledge-spin-offs/feed/ Reports not showing up http://blog.commuterfeed.com/reports-not-showing-up/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/reports-not-showing-up/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:09:16 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/reports-not-showing-up/ If you’ve posted some reports to Commuter Feed over the last week or so, you’ll have noticed they either haven’t shown up, or showed up days after they were posted. This issue is a result of the much-publicized Twitter meltdown over the past few months. Apparently Twitter has pulled our ability to collect your “@commuter” replies sporadically over the past week. According to their status blog, it should be fixed this week, but we’ll see. In the mean time, hang in there…

Thanks!

Ron

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/reports-not-showing-up/feed/ Nice Commuter Feed Links Today http://blog.commuterfeed.com/nice-links-5-22-08/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/nice-links-5-22-08/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 21:11:16 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/nice-links-5-22-08/ Thanks to SimpleHelp.net for proving we’re one of the most productive Twitter apps out there, and to ProgrammableWeb for making us Mashup of the Day, a distinction we’ve gotten from more than one site now.

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/nice-links-5-22-08/feed/ Pownce back up http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-back-up/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-back-up/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 20:11:24 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-back-up/ It appears that the problem with the Pownce API has been resolved. Pownce away.

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-back-up/feed/ Pownce Support is Down http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-support-is-down/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-support-is-down/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 22:15:34 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-support-is-down/ Hi,

Just wanted to let you know we’ve become aware of a problem where posts to Commuter Feed from Pownce are not showing. We believe this situation is related to an error at Pownce’s API so we’ll be waiting to see when its fixed. In the mean time you can use Twitter.

Thanks!

Ron

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/pownce-support-is-down/feed/ We’re #1! http://blog.commuterfeed.com/were-1/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/were-1/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 18:24:27 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/were-1/ Yes thats right - we have the most “replied to” Tweet of all time. Check it out: http://twitbuzz.com/conv/alltime/

OK, yes we received this honor on a technicality. Some clever hacker out there plugged us into the Bankok traffic monitoring system a while back, and it looks like the Thai freeways have been giving us hundreds of reports per day. But hey, they’re still replies.

So eat it, FoodFeed!
(Yea I’m sure they get that pun all the time, whatever)

Here is the blog post where I learned of this great achievement: http://en.moraaz.org/twitbuzz-tracking-the-memes-of-twitter/

Ron

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/were-1/feed/ How to Use CF on Pownce http://blog.commuterfeed.com/how-to-use-cf-on-pownce/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/how-to-use-cf-on-pownce/#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 18:37:43 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/how-to-use-cf-on-pownce/ If you didn’t know already, Commuter Feed works with Pownce as well as Twitter.

To use Commuter Feed on Pownce, use it the same as you would Twitter (including the “@commuter” and city code), but be sure to send your update to “The Public” or it won’t show.

If you have any issues, make sure to report them in our Google Group.

Thanks!

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/how-to-use-cf-on-pownce/feed/ One of @veronica’s Favorites… http://blog.commuterfeed.com/one-of-veronicas-favorites/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/one-of-veronicas-favorites/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:46:49 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/one-of-veronicas-favorites/ Just discovered we got a nice little blurb yesterday in a post about Veronica Belmont’s favorite Twitter API sites: http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2008/03/my-favorite-sites-using-the-twitter-api/

]]> http://blog.commuterfeed.com/one-of-veronicas-favorites/feed/ Blog Launch http://blog.commuterfeed.com/new_blog/ http://blog.commuterfeed.com/new_blog/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:58:37 +0000 Ron (CF Admin) http://blog.commuterfeed.com/new_blog/ Commuter Feed now has a blog.

We know that a lot of our users would like to be able to keep up with Commuter Feed, track our progress, and get more involved as we build out the service. We’re also aware that finding documentation is a little tricky.

Today, we announce a new chunk of Commuter Feed, where you can read up on announcements and also more easily access resources such as help documentation and city submissions.

To keep even more up to date, we’re collecting email addresses for a forthcoming mailing list. When we’re about to launch a major new feature, if you subscribe you’ll be the first to know. You can sign up here: http://zenji.wufoo.com/forms/join-our-mailing-list/

As always, feel free to leave feedback in our Community. We love to hear what you think.

So read up and check back. We have lots of stuff in store for Commuter Feed in the months to come…

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