From 0 to 1 Million in 6 Hours

http://bendyworks.com/news/from-0-to-1-million-in-6-hours

by devin • 15 years ago

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raster• 15 years ago

Great work guys!

TimothyBurgess• 15 years ago

That is a very cool and well-done app for 6 hours.

I'm not a big twitterer (sp? lol) but this makes me wonder if there are similar apps that do pretty much the same thing but allow you to specify your focus (e.g., #wiunion)... I mean I'm sure there are but how well-done are they? And what's the proper terminology?

jremsikjr• 15 years ago

There may well be similar apps but, we didn't find anything in the amount of time it took to bootstrap a new rails app. Something we have discussed is to do just what you say and provide a lens for whatever hashtags others want to keep an eye on for themselves.

nhangen2• 15 years ago

http://www.twitterfall.com/

devin2• 15 years ago

I really dig a lot of the ideas in this app but find the UI to be a bit confusing.

I'll take a step back and say that many of the ideas in twitterfall are ideas we've considered adding to VoiceRally.

Twitterfall is a great app and I'm elated to see what other people are doing in this area, but I wish the commenter would have added more to the discussion than a link. (Please add some context if you get the opportunity!)

The main reason we're putting a post out there about this app is three-fold: We're looking to give back to the community by sharing our experience with these technologies, draw out feedback from potential users, and if necessary, pivot to meet those needs.

On that note I'd like to suggest that anyone who has read through the article and has seen the resulting app to give us some feedback on what they would improve about the existing functionality, and what they envision being a logical and realistic end for an application like this one.

Thanks in advance, Devin

jasonmccay• 15 years ago

Great job...really interesting and timely project and an example of, to borrow a phrase, "just-in-time" apps that help document an event in a meaningful way.

Love the MongoHQ shout-out as well. Glad that we could be a part of the solution!

winescout• 15 years ago

VoiceRally has been my goto app to see what is happening between brain cycles on work. Thanks for adding the pause button. I can't read that fast!

That pause button is a great example of iterative development. You guys got the first cut out there, saw that the next step was the pause button, and added it. Nice work. Bendyworks FTW.

From 0 to 1 Million in 6 Hours

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