Comments on: Passionate Users Jumpstart Creativity http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:18:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Juxtaviews - » Woot! Agent - Interview http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1350565 Juxtaviews - » Woot! Agent - Interview Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:44:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1350565 [...] don’t know what Woot! is then read their FAQ). Michael Arrington, of TechCrunch, summed it up when he featured Woot Agent and noted, “We’ve all seen this before. Passionate users want more or different [...] [...] don’t know what Woot! is then read their FAQ). Michael Arrington, of TechCrunch, summed it up when he featured Woot Agent and noted, “We’ve all seen this before. Passionate users want more or different [...]

]]> By: Curt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1250950 Curt Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:29:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1250950 Hey, I'm just trying to inform people about other options like wootSnoop, which has been around nearly a year - well before Woot Agent arrived. And, what I say about it is true in my opinion. That doesn't mean Woot Agent isn't also a good little program with its own set of positives. It also doesn't benefit me one bit if you decide to use it or not as wootSnoop is a completely free program. I'm just trying to let people know that Woot Agent isn't the only program out there for this and I don't see why that would be a problem for you. I know I like being informed to all the options so I can make my own judgment about which I like better. Hey, I’m just trying to inform people about other options like wootSnoop, which has been around nearly a year - well before Woot Agent arrived. And, what I say about it is true in my opinion. That doesn’t mean Woot Agent isn’t also a good little program with its own set of positives.

It also doesn’t benefit me one bit if you decide to use it or not as wootSnoop is a completely free program. I’m just trying to let people know that Woot Agent isn’t the only program out there for this and I don’t see why that would be a problem for you. I know I like being informed to all the options so I can make my own judgment about which I like better.

]]> By: andy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1149645 andy Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:14:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1149645 Please disregard Curt's comment. I've seen him on the Woot forums doing the same thing in WootAgent's thread. It's cute. Please disregard Curt’s comment. I’ve seen him on the Woot forums doing the same thing in WootAgent’s thread. It’s cute.

]]> By: Curt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1109555 Curt Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:39:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1109555 wootSnoop has a better interface, more features, and is proven! Check it out! <a href='http://www.wootsnoop.com' rel="nofollow">wootSnoop</a> wootSnoop has a better interface, more features, and is proven! Check it out!
wootSnoop

]]> By: sam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1108259 sam Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:26:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1108259 Wooter, WootAgent is an awesome program, have you even tested it? The point of the program is to alert users of changes on woot. If users aren't even using a browser when a wootoff begins, then they won't know about it. Wooter, WootAgent is an awesome program, have you even tested it? The point of the program is to alert users of changes on woot. If users aren’t even using a browser when a wootoff begins, then they won’t know about it.

]]> By: Wooter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1105797 Wooter Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:02:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1105797 It's unfortunate that some of the more inventive Woot Off Trackers were not included in this as opposed to Woot Alert. These trackers were spawned as a way to get through Woot Offs and actually do an ENORMOUS amount of good in diverting non-revenue traffic from the overloaded Woot servers by caching the data. Essentially, it takes 80,000 people who would be spamming F5 every 5 seconds and has them all looking at an offsite page that only hits Woot once every 15-30 seconds. Woot Alert doesn't do this. If any of you are interested in following Woot, I would HIGHLY recommend using a web-based tracker such as the ones found at http://woot.wikia.com It’s unfortunate that some of the more inventive Woot Off Trackers were not included in this as opposed to Woot Alert. These trackers were spawned as a way to get through Woot Offs and actually do an ENORMOUS amount of good in diverting non-revenue traffic from the overloaded Woot servers by caching the data. Essentially, it takes 80,000 people who would be spamming F5 every 5 seconds and has them all looking at an offsite page that only hits Woot once every 15-30 seconds. Woot Alert doesn’t do this. If any of you are interested in following Woot, I would HIGHLY recommend using a web-based tracker such as the ones found at http://woot.wikia.com

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1043801 David Mackey Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:05:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1043801 I like the Woot widget. I like the Woot widget.

]]> By: Hornswaggled http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1021071 Hornswaggled Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:40:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1021071 Hey Mike, Speaking of creativity it would be nice if you could incorporate some sort of comment voting like Digg (don't forget to duck) or even Engadget. I used to read the comments just as much as the posts but lately the comments have been lacking a bit. I'm not saying my comments have been good but if you incorporated something like that then people would think twice before submitting a crap comment just to be first or whatever they decide to do it for. I understand that if the comment actually gets bumped up or down based on the votes it could cause some issues with people commenting on other comments, however I would rather read the comments that the reader base have voted as the best and not waist time reading through the rubbish. As your blog gets more and more popular I'm sure the comments will increase and this is a great thing, however I think some sort of accountability is in order. Hey if i'm way off base here, sorry. Ill still read your blog :) Hey Mike,

Speaking of creativity it would be nice if you could incorporate some sort of comment voting like Digg (don’t forget to duck) or even Engadget.

I used to read the comments just as much as the posts but lately the comments have been lacking a bit. I’m not saying my comments have been good but if you incorporated something like that then people would think twice before submitting a crap comment just to be first or whatever they decide to do it for.

I understand that if the comment actually gets bumped up or down based on the votes it could cause some issues with people commenting on other comments, however I would rather read the comments that the reader base have voted as the best and not waist time reading through the rubbish.

As your blog gets more and more popular I’m sure the comments will increase and this is a great thing, however I think some sort of accountability is in order.

Hey if i’m way off base here, sorry. Ill still read your blog :)

]]> By: manitou http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1019994 manitou Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:02:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1019994 great piece of software! great piece of software!

]]> By: cbriggs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1017077 cbriggs Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:09:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1017077 To add a little bit of history/context to this phenomenon, check out Eric Von Hippel's book Democratizing Innovation (http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm), where he goes into some more depth on why he thinks that passionate users - what he terms "lead users" innovate like this. Interesting fact: according to a study he did in 1998, he found that %80 of the most important scientific instrument innovations were developed by the users, not the manufacturer. To add a little bit of history/context to this phenomenon, check out Eric Von Hippel’s book Democratizing Innovation (http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm), where he goes into some more depth on why he thinks that passionate users - what he terms “lead users” innovate like this.

Interesting fact: according to a study he did in 1998, he found that %80 of the most important scientific instrument innovations were developed by the users, not the manufacturer.

]]> By: manfmnantucket http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013890 manfmnantucket Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:10:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013890 there seems to be quite a proliferation in this category... other fun ones you can find lots of homebrew mashups on programmableweb.com have you seen plotornot (flikr + trulia) http://www.plotornot.com/ grüvr - myspace + googmaps (black site) http://www.gruvr.com/ what's the diff between a "passionate" user trying to fix a problem or make something better and a hobbyist experimenting with mashing their favorite services to make something new? I suppose this also overlaps the user-made firefox extension category too, and things like pandora's box... broad topic! there seems to be quite a proliferation in this category… other fun ones

you can find lots of homebrew mashups on programmableweb.com

have you seen plotornot (flikr + trulia)
http://www.plotornot.com/

grüvr - myspace + googmaps (black site)
http://www.gruvr.com/

what’s the diff between a “passionate” user trying to fix a problem or make something better and a hobbyist experimenting with mashing their favorite services to make something new?

I suppose this also overlaps the user-made firefox extension category too, and things like pandora’s box… broad topic!

]]> By: Ray/ MillionReturn.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013567 Ray/ MillionReturn.com Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:25:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013567 I think the best passionate user’s DIY product is CS for Half life :) --------------------------- www.MillionReturn.Com -- Return $1m from 1 page! How? I think the best passionate user’s DIY product is CS for Half life :)

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http://www.MillionReturn.Com — Return $1m from 1 page! How?

]]> By: How to start a clothing line from scratch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013494 How to start a clothing line from scratch Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:10:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013494 I like the aootagent idea! I like the aootagent idea!

]]> By: Tom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013447 Tom Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:03:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013447 Linked in a box..... not to be confused with dick in a box. Linked in a box….. not to be confused with dick in a box.

]]> By: Ashish Mohta http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013348 Ashish Mohta Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:46:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013348 linked...looks like a great idea but it will depend how extensively u use it.Just to get signed coz you have read here wont work.Thats what happens most of the time.Before i say i would like to try i say if i can continue i will try for sure. linked…looks like a great idea but it will depend how extensively u use it.Just to get signed coz you have read here wont work.Thats what happens most of the time.Before i say i would like to try i say if i can continue i will try for sure.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013341 Jonathan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:45:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013341 There are tons of Woot widgets out there for both mac and pc. OSX Dashboard Widget: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Dashboard-Widgets/Shopping/Woot-com-Widget.shtml Another windows plugin: http://pertelian.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=49 And there are some other OSX pluins / widgets as well as some for Windows. There are tons of Woot widgets out there for both mac and pc.

OSX Dashboard Widget:
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/D.....dget.shtml

Another windows plugin:
http://pertelian.com/index.php.....;Itemid=49

And there are some other OSX pluins / widgets as well as some for Windows.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013234 Zoli Erdos Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:29:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013234 The LinkedIn widget is an interesting idea, certainly a good one to post on a resume-blog.... but for most other blogs it takes up too much space. I'm staying with a simple (and small) LinkedIn button on my blog. The LinkedIn widget is an interesting idea, certainly a good one to post on a resume-blog…. but for most other blogs it takes up too much space. I’m staying with a simple (and small) LinkedIn button on my blog.

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013225 Michael Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:29:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013225 There is also a last.fm Firefox extension that allows your Pandora radio to talk to last.fm <a href="http://code.yerblog.com/lastfm/" rel="nofollow">found here</a>. It is much much less bulky than the one you mention above and doesn't require you to send your log-in info to anyone else. There is also a last.fm Firefox extension that allows your Pandora radio to talk to last.fm found here. It is much much less bulky than the one you mention above and doesn’t require you to send your log-in info to anyone else.

]]> By: Bill Minton http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013075 Bill Minton Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:07:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013075 I like this article, in part because it relates to something I've been working on myself. I'm a big fan of ACDSee, and also of Fotki. The trouble is, there's no easy or automated way of transferring my ACDSee categorizing (tagging) work to Fotki...until now. I've been working on making this possible, and actually had a successful go of it earlier today with over 500 images and tags successfully transferred. I've written a little about it on a blog I started at http://frozenpixels.wordpress.com/upload-your-acdsee-photos-to-fotki-with-tags/ I like this article, in part because it relates to something I’ve been working on myself.

I’m a big fan of ACDSee, and also of Fotki. The trouble is, there’s no easy or automated way of transferring my ACDSee categorizing (tagging) work to Fotki…until now.

I’ve been working on making this possible, and actually had a successful go of it earlier today with over 500 images and tags successfully transferred. I’ve written a little about it on a blog I started at http://frozenpixels.wordpress......with-tags/

]]> By: Ryan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013022 Ryan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:57:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1013022 One of the most creative instances I've seen of this is Xfire plus...adds cross-IM functionality, music detection, and custom miniprofiles to the Xfire service...all created by users.. One of the most creative instances I’ve seen of this is Xfire plus…adds cross-IM functionality, music detection, and custom miniprofiles to the Xfire service…all created by users..

]]> By: ...some Drifter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1012962 ...some Drifter Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:48:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/passionate-users-jumpstart-creativity/#comment-1012962 this is one of the dryer articles a generic pro-creativity/entrepreneur prep rally this is one of the dryer articles

a generic pro-creativity/entrepreneur prep rally

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