Comments on: Big In Japan Open Sources RSS Tools, ElfURL

By: Seabstin

Seabstin — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:42:02 +0000

I got my piece of it : http://www.weloo.com (feedvault)

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Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:17:41 +0000

[...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Big In Japan Open Sources RSS Tools, ElfURL - This is big news. Of course so far it is only an announcement with a promise of access to come. If Big in Japan follows through, there will be a lot of great code hitting the streets. [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:57:01 +0000

Yahoo for Big in Japan.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:01:04 +0000

Jarrod, even more interesting is the intense discussion around the nit/tuck wikipedia page those links link to! Who knew?

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:30:37 +0000

Looking at the Big in Japan Blog, this is cool:

http://www.biggu.com/niptuck-fancast/

http://fancast.biggu.com/niptuck

By: Drama 2.0

Drama 2.0 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:16:28 +0000

Very cool. I’ve downloaded the code and I think there’s enough here to build a startup around these tools and raise $1-3 million.

By: Texas Startup Blog: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Texas » Blog Archive » The keys to the kingdom: Biggu Source Code

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:03:16 +0000

[...] Earlier today I announced that Big in Japan would release the source code to several web applications built and hosted by the company. TechCrunch even picked up on the idea. The source code is being released using the GPL.* Each tool was written using Ruby on Rails. If you review the code you will note that each tool was built at a different time. See if you can guess which tool was first and which was last. As promised: [...]

By: Big in Japan Blog

Big in Japan Blog — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:56:47 +0000

[...] Earlier today we announced that we would release the source code to several web applications built and hosted by the company in a post titled, “Opening the Source at Big in Japan.” TechCrunch even picked up on the idea. The source code is being released using the GPL.* Each tool was written using Ruby on Rails. If you review the code you will note that each tool was built at a different time. See if you can guess which tool was first and which was last. As promised: [...]

By: Alexander Muse

Alexander Muse — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:35:02 +0000

Thanks for the mention! Great coverage…

These repositories can be accessed either by browser or via the svn
client:

http://dev.biggu.com/repos/elfurl/
http://dev.biggu.com/repos/feedvault/
http://dev.biggu.com/repos/frankenfeed/
http://dev.biggu.com/repos/instantfeed/
http://dev.biggu.com/repos/qwikping/
http://dev.biggu.com/repos/socialmail/

The svn username is “anonymous” and the password is blank.

By: Marc Nathan

Marc Nathan — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:22:49 +0000

Alexander Muse and his team have done an outstanding job of getting these different, but related tools to market. They are highly focused and obviously talented, not just technically but from a marketing perspective as well. I believe that they have the right blend of proprietary and open source features and the market will reward them richly for their hard work and tenacity. I’m especially happy to see a fellow Texan make good in the Web 2.0 space.

By: Jitendra

Jitendra — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:46:53 +0000

I love their tools and especially their web site design. This is a good move on their part to generate some buzz.

By: Gray

Gray — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:28:39 +0000

The more tools the better!