Comments on: Five Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mashups på webben ger möjligheter för dig som inte är programmerare | BirdRay Creatives http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-2208559 Mashups på webben ger möjligheter för dig som inte är programmerare | BirdRay Creatives Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:21:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-2208559 [...] ger en överblick av de olika mashups på webben som numera finns för oss som vill skapa våra egna applikationer, men som ej har programmerarkunskaper. Yahoo Pipes har tidigare fått mycket täckning i media men [...] [...] ger en överblick av de olika mashups på webben som numera finns för oss som vill skapa våra egna applikationer, men som ej har programmerarkunskaper. Yahoo Pipes har tidigare fått mycket täckning i media men [...]

]]> By: links for 2008-03-29 « 浮梦欢居 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-2062916 links for 2008-03-29 « 浮梦欢居 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:37:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-2062916 [...] Five Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data mashup [...] [...] Five Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data mashup [...]

]]> By: Mashups - Popular « Mashuphowto’s Weblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-2048986 Mashups - Popular « Mashuphowto’s Weblog Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:31:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-2048986 [...] techcrunch: 5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data [...] [...] techcrunch: 5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data [...]

]]> By: Deadpool: Teqlo Finds Out That Mashups Don’t Make Money http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1740197 Deadpool: Teqlo Finds Out That Mashups Don’t Make Money Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:56:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1740197 [...] plug on Teqlo. The startup, backed by Peter Rip, was originally focussed on being a widget-based tool for creating mashups, competing with Yahoo Pipes, Dapper, and OpenKapow. Then it tried to morph into a vague [...] [...] plug on Teqlo. The startup, backed by Peter Rip, was originally focussed on being a widget-based tool for creating mashups, competing with Yahoo Pipes, Dapper, and OpenKapow. Then it tried to morph into a vague [...]

]]> By: Yahoo Design Week: Orgasming Flowers and Space Invaders http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1514440 Yahoo Design Week: Orgasming Flowers and Space Invaders Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:42:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1514440 [...] in spades on the net, from single installation development platforms to the latest easy-as-pie mashup platforms. New tools are empowering users and designers to fix problems they used to have to seek specialized [...] [...] in spades on the net, from single installation development platforms to the latest easy-as-pie mashup platforms. New tools are empowering users and designers to fix problems they used to have to seek specialized [...]

]]> By: Alix http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1300243 Alix Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:24:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1300243 #7 Josh, There is already an application called Tubes and the name is trademarked. So obviously they were beaten to the punch. www.tubesnow.com #7 Josh, There is already an application called Tubes and the name is trademarked. So obviously they were beaten to the punch. http://www.tubesnow.com

]]> By: Ajax Girl http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1290449 Ajax Girl Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:15:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1290449 [...] to Microsoft Access) including Dabble DB, Zoho Creator and WyaWorks. Also see our related post, Five Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data. The premise of these web applications is that they allow non-programmers to easily build [...] [...] to Microsoft Access) including Dabble DB, Zoho Creator and WyaWorks. Also see our related post, Five Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data. The premise of these web applications is that they allow non-programmers to easily build [...]

]]> By: Coghead Raises $8 Million http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1290267 Coghead Raises $8 Million Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:04:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1290267 [...] to Microsoft Access) including Dabble DB, Zoho Creator and WyaWorks. Also see our related post, Five Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data. The premise of these web applications is that they allow non-programmers to easily build [...] [...] to Microsoft Access) including Dabble DB, Zoho Creator and WyaWorks. Also see our related post, Five Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data. The premise of these web applications is that they allow non-programmers to easily build [...]

]]> By: Miro http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1258665 Miro Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:37:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1258665 John Doe wrote: "I am still looking for a really good general consumer orietend data mashing/feed scraping product, so if anyone has come across one that is not going to cost me a kidney, please post ……" => Have a look at http://www.iopus.com/imacros/ and http://forum.iopus.com/ iMacros Scripting Edition offers full-blown visual website extraction features. What makes iMacros different is the Scripting Interface. It allows the integration with any Windows scripting or programming language. This makes it very powerful. Also, it works with more AJAX websites than any of the tools in this review. It even works with Flash- or Java applets. IMHO iMacros can easily compete with Dapper and Kapow for a tiny fraction of the price. And their support is very responsive! John Doe wrote: “I am still looking for a really good general consumer orietend data mashing/feed scraping product, so if anyone has come across one that is not going to cost me a kidney, please post ……” => Have a look at http://www.iopus.com/imacros/ and http://forum.iopus.com/

iMacros Scripting Edition offers full-blown visual website extraction features. What makes iMacros different is the Scripting Interface. It allows the integration with any Windows scripting or programming language. This makes it very powerful. Also, it works with more AJAX websites than any of the tools in this review. It even works with Flash- or Java applets. IMHO iMacros can easily compete with Dapper and Kapow for a tiny fraction of the price. And their support is very responsive!

]]> By: Steven http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1240113 Steven Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:44:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1240113 The site is really slow right now, especially with the player constantly trying to load itself.http://www.allvideotools.com The site is really slow right now, especially with the player constantly trying to load itself.http://www.allvideotools.com

]]> By: Xavier Belanche http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1236820 Xavier Belanche Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:47:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1236820 Nobody talks about 'macro.scopia', http://macro.scopia.es, ?? I think it's a great web mash-up and not appears! :! You can create tree-maps or gmaps by gcalendars, feeds, or gspreadsheet, features I not see in the apps you mentioned... Examples: http://macro.scopia.es/html/cpanel/exec.html?230 And the way it was made http://macro.scopia.es/html/cpanel/blockview.html?230 Nobody talks about ‘macro.scopia’, http://macro.scopia.es, ?? I think it’s a great web mash-up and not appears! :! You can create tree-maps or gmaps by gcalendars, feeds, or gspreadsheet, features I not see in the apps you mentioned…

Examples:
http://macro.scopia.es/html/cpanel/exec.html?230
And the way it was made
http://macro.scopia.es/html/cp.....w.html?230

]]> By: Sandro http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1227254 Sandro Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:09:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1227254 Isn't <a href="http://ponyfish.com" rel="nofollow">ponyfish.com</a> missing here? Its a great tool to create and filter RSS feeds. Isn’t ponyfish.com missing here? Its a great tool to create and filter RSS feeds.

]]> By: Tony http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1179567 Tony Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:57:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1179567 You guys should know this new product Nenest (<a href="http://www.nenest.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.nenest.com</a>), which makes it easy to host your data online, then your visitors are able to get RSS feeds, Digg, del.icio.us, Sphere, etc. You do not need do programming and database design. Also you can import an existing database on the fly. You guys should know this new product Nenest (http://www.nenest.com), which makes it easy to host your data online, then your visitors are able to get RSS feeds, Digg, del.icio.us, Sphere, etc. You do not need do programming and database design. Also you can import an existing database on the fly.

]]> By: Terinea Tech Tips http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1143449 Terinea Tech Tips Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:19:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1143449 Great! I'd been looking for a way of mixing RSS feeds for ages npw. I used Yahoo Pipes over the weekend, it looks rather powerful. I also like Ning.com because that lets you pipe together feeds and produce a kind of MySpace page so to speak. Great! I’d been looking for a way of mixing RSS feeds for ages npw. I used Yahoo Pipes over the weekend, it looks rather powerful. I also like Ning.com because that lets you pipe together feeds and produce a kind of MySpace page so to speak.

]]> By: ventureblogalist http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1138035 ventureblogalist Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:54:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1138035 re: feedDigest I tried an ebay feed (sent exact rss to your customer support) and I got an error message. re: feedDigest

I tried an ebay feed (sent exact rss to your customer support) and I got an error message.

]]> By: choonkeat http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1137002 choonkeat Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:18:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1137002 Who supports microformats on a HTML page? Who supports microformats on a HTML page?

]]> By: Hasan Jafri http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1126114 Hasan Jafri Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:00:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1126114 Hi Nick, Since Kent Brewster mentioned converting RSS feeds into JSON and rendering directly into a browser, how about an article on JSON? It seems like the future perfect language for these apps. I'm sudying Chinese in Hong Kong right now and have been bowled over by the number of Chinese programmers who're learning JSON. Douglas Crockford, the off-the-charts genius who wrote JSON, is a Chinese chess enthusiast. He has a very funny site with dual text explainers in English and Chinese. http://www.crockford.com/ Hi Nick,

Since Kent Brewster mentioned converting RSS feeds into JSON and rendering directly into a browser, how about an article on JSON? It seems like the future perfect language for these apps. I’m sudying Chinese in Hong Kong right now and have been bowled over by the number of Chinese programmers who’re learning JSON.

Douglas Crockford, the off-the-charts genius who wrote JSON, is a Chinese chess enthusiast. He has a very funny site with dual text explainers in English and Chinese.

http://www.crockford.com/

]]> By: Brij Singh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1125194 Brij Singh Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:06:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1125194 Nick. Thanks for putting together a very useful summary. This kind of summary does a great service in communicating the value proposition of these emerging applications. Though its in an early stage but Ajuby (http://ajuby.openapp.org/ ) is positioned as an open source mash-up builder. Though not as sexy as some of the examples you mentioned but some of our current users are using this in an enterprise IT integration context (old-fashion mashups :) ). Thanks again for posting this summary. I am sure this list will grow with more interesting ideas. Brij Nick.

Thanks for putting together a very useful summary. This kind of summary does a great service in communicating the value proposition of these emerging applications.

Though its in an early stage but Ajuby (http://ajuby.openapp.org/ ) is positioned as an open source mash-up builder. Though not as sexy as some of the examples you mentioned but some of our current users are using this in an enterprise IT integration context (old-fashion mashups :) ).

Thanks again for posting this summary. I am sure this list will grow with more interesting ideas.

Brij

]]> By: Stefan Andreasen http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1123470 Stefan Andreasen Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:25:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1123470 Thanks for the nice write up on openkapow. You will see further improvements coming to openkapow going forward. Enjoy. Thanks for the nice write up on openkapow. You will see further improvements coming to openkapow going forward. Enjoy.

]]> By: finn http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1121347 finn Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:03:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1121347 Note that the first link to Proto should be to http://www.protosw.com/ not http://www.proto.com/ Yes, we do actually have content on the front page of our website. Note that the first link to Proto should be to http://www.protosw.com/ not http://www.proto.com/

Yes, we do actually have content on the front page of our website.

]]> By: Steven Ickman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1120394 Steven Ickman Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:42:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1120394 As everyone else has said, great story... For several months now I've been playing around with my own set of tools for manipulating RSS & Atom data and there's certainly a lot that can be done there. The question that's been burning in the back of my mind though is "just how legal is it to re-mix data from a source?" Most sources have pretty stiff Terms Of Use statements that it seems would be violated by a lot of these re-mixers. The Yahoo! Pipes project really suprised me when I saw it because it seems like they directly violate their own TOU statement. But I guess if it's your data you can do whatever you want with it. In future posts, I'd love to see more investigation into the legality of all of this. -Steve As everyone else has said, great story…

For several months now I’ve been playing around with my own set of tools for manipulating RSS & Atom data and there’s certainly a lot that can be done there. The question that’s been burning in the back of my mind though is “just how legal is it to re-mix data from a source?” Most sources have pretty stiff Terms Of Use statements that it seems would be violated by a lot of these re-mixers.

The Yahoo! Pipes project really suprised me when I saw it because it seems like they directly violate their own TOU statement. But I guess if it’s your data you can do whatever you want with it.

In future posts, I’d love to see more investigation into the legality of all of this.

-Steve

]]> By: Byron Binkley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1119114 Byron Binkley Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:01:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1119114 Nick - Nicely done. It is great to see so much interest in "re-mixing" data and services. I’m the CEO at Proto, and we think in the past year or so that the pieces of the mashup puzzle have fallen into place to put fast, practical, commercial mashup building squarely within the reach of power users. The availability of data and services as well as tools to create new services and feeds are outstanding. Thanks for the post, Byron Nick -
Nicely done. It is great to see so much interest in “re-mixing” data and services.

I’m the CEO at Proto, and we think in the past year or so that the pieces of the mashup puzzle have fallen into place to put fast, practical, commercial mashup building squarely within the reach of power users. The availability of data and services as well as tools to create new services and feeds are outstanding.

Thanks for the post,
Byron

]]> By: Tracy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1119043 Tracy Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:49:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1119043 ditto everyone else -- this type of analysis (rather than simple reporting or regurgitation) is what the blogosphere needs more of (lo and behold! a blog post with a summary table!). good work, Nick. ditto everyone else — this type of analysis (rather than simple reporting or regurgitation) is what the blogosphere needs more of (lo and behold! a blog post with a summary table!). good work, Nick.

]]> By: John Doe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1118818 John Doe Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:26:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1118818 Nick: I was actually dissappointed with this article, especially with the lack of indepth information. This was a very basic summary comparison and to be honest I got more information from the comments. In fact, I read TechCrunch.com more for its commetns recently than its articles. I would also appreciate a basic non disclosure statement from the author and one from techcrunch indicating any conflicts of intererst, given TechCrunch.com's reputation. Back to the article, I know this is a startup blog with more than one author, but you forgot to include 10 other startups that are in beta working on feed scraping or data mashing. You could have also posted a brief summary of feed scraping or data mashing history on how the concept of data mashing has existed for years already with the enterprises. The enterprises would create their own custom data mashups, specifically financial related companies. Granted most of these new feed scraping, data mashing, etc websites are consumer oriented, but you could have gone the distance for more information. For example, openkapow.com has been in this business for years now and they have really simplified the process of data mashing for enterprises or larger companies. The RoboSuite by Kapow technologies is six figures, while openkapow.com is free for everyone to see your work and with limited controls. Rumor has it that Kapow Technologies is working on additional consumer oriented data mashing prodcuts for the general consumer. You could have also mentioned some of the obstacles in this industry like data copyright violations, hence the scraping. I am still looking for a really good general consumer orietend data mashing/feed scraping product, so if anyone has come across one that is not going to cost me a kidney, please post ...... Nick keep up the good work and you are really the only author I read on TechCrunch.com. Nick:

I was actually dissappointed with this article, especially with the lack of indepth information. This was a very basic summary comparison and to be honest I got more information from the comments. In fact, I read TechCrunch.com more for its commetns recently than its articles.

I would also appreciate a basic non disclosure statement from the author and one from techcrunch indicating any conflicts of intererst, given TechCrunch.com’s reputation.

Back to the article, I know this is a startup blog with more than one author, but you forgot to include 10 other startups that are in beta working on feed scraping or data mashing.

You could have also posted a brief summary of feed scraping or data mashing history on how the concept of data mashing has existed for years already with the enterprises. The enterprises would create their own custom data mashups, specifically financial related companies.

Granted most of these new feed scraping, data mashing, etc websites are consumer oriented, but you could have gone the distance for more information.

For example, openkapow.com has been in this business for years now and they have really simplified the process of data mashing for enterprises or larger companies. The RoboSuite by Kapow technologies is six figures, while openkapow.com is free for everyone to see your work and with limited controls. Rumor has it that Kapow Technologies is working on additional consumer oriented data mashing prodcuts for the general consumer.

You could have also mentioned some of the obstacles in this industry like data copyright violations, hence the scraping.

I am still looking for a really good general consumer orietend data mashing/feed scraping product, so if anyone has come across one that is not going to cost me a kidney, please post ……

Nick keep up the good work and you are really the only author I read on TechCrunch.com.

]]> By: Bill Patrick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1117858 Bill Patrick Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:32:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/5-ways-to-mix-rip-and-mash-your-data/#comment-1117858 <a href="http://blog.orch8.net" rel="nofollow">Orchestr8 AlchemyPoint</a> is another mashup development platform currently in development, probably most similar to OpenKapow. Users can mash up web content with RSS/ATOM feeds and enterprise data sources (SOAP, etc.) There's a neat video <a href="http://blog.orch8.net/alchemypoint-capture.php" rel="nofollow">here</a> that shows users mashing up Internet content with AlchemyPoint. Neat stuff. Orchestr8 AlchemyPoint is another mashup development platform currently in development, probably most similar to OpenKapow. Users can mash up web content with RSS/ATOM feeds and enterprise data sources (SOAP, etc.) There’s a neat video here that shows users mashing up Internet content with AlchemyPoint. Neat stuff.

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