Comments on: Buzka: Social Bookmarking With a Business Function http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:33:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: jeremy liew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1386632 jeremy liew Mon, 21 May 2007 06:16:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1386632 As a guy that grew up in Perth, its great to see some Sandgroper companies getting coverage in TC. I felt like I had to move to the US to pursue a career in technology (I'm a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners now) but that was back in '96 - its great to see that times have changed! As a guy that grew up in Perth, its great to see some Sandgroper companies getting coverage in TC. I felt like I had to move to the US to pursue a career in technology (I’m a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners now) but that was back in ‘96 - its great to see that times have changed!

]]> By: Jinnan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1386486 Jinnan Mon, 21 May 2007 03:24:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1386486 Hi everyone, A unique difference between Buzka and existing social bookmarking services is that we use a hierarchical organization model. Not only are links "tagged" within a Spot, they are also ranked in importance by a user and given a specific context. This becomes especially useful when you want to construct, share and present more complex structures of information. This, combined with our frame-based presentation method enables many creative (personal and business) applications to be created beyond organization of links which is what most services do today. With Buzka, you can use Google docs to publish pages, share your photos on Flickr, upload videos to YouTube, and then organize and share all of this content in a very user-friendly way. And here's a Spot from me: http://jinnan.buzka.com/Cute_Cats Cheers, Jinnan (Technical Director) Hi everyone,

A unique difference between Buzka and existing social bookmarking services is that we use a hierarchical organization model. Not only are links “tagged” within a Spot, they are also ranked in importance by a user and given a specific context. This becomes especially useful when you want to construct, share and present more complex structures of information.

This, combined with our frame-based presentation method enables many creative (personal and business) applications to be created beyond organization of links which is what most services do today. With Buzka, you can use Google docs to publish pages, share your photos on Flickr, upload videos to YouTube, and then organize and share all of this content in a very user-friendly way.

And here’s a Spot from me:
http://jinnan.buzka.com/Cute_Cats

Cheers,
Jinnan (Technical Director)

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1386149 TechCrunch Japanese Sun, 20 May 2007 19:36:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1386149 <strong>Buzka―企業もPRに利用できる多機能ソーシャルブックマーク...</strong> ウエスタンオーストラリア州パースに本拠を置くBuzkaはソーシャルブックマークに企業向けの機能をプラスしたサービスだ。私は今週Buzkaのチームに説明を聞いたが、彼らがまず言ったの..... Buzka―企業もPRに利用できる多機能ソーシャルブックマーク…

ウエスタンオーストラリア州パースに本拠を置くBuzkaはソーシャルブックマークに企業向けの機能をプラスしたサービスだ。私は今週Buzkaのチームに説明を聞いたが、彼らがまず言ったの…..

]]> By: Gerry http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385831 Gerry Sun, 20 May 2007 12:26:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385831 Hi guys, I'm one of the developers on Buzka, just though I'd point out that Buzka isn't just about buziness.... ummm business, we also like to have fun: http://gerry.buzka.com/Interesting (incredible net videos and stuff) http://gerry.buzka.com/Convulsive_Laughter (hilarious net videos and stuff) http://gerry.buzka.com/The_Alba (the hottest Jessica alba images and videos) Hi guys,

I’m one of the developers on Buzka, just though I’d point out that Buzka isn’t just about buziness…. ummm business, we also like to have fun:

http://gerry.buzka.com/Interesting (incredible net videos and stuff)
http://gerry.buzka.com/Convulsive_Laughter (hilarious net videos and stuff)
http://gerry.buzka.com/The_Alba (the hottest Jessica alba images and videos)

]]> By: Warren Duff http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385684 Warren Duff Sun, 20 May 2007 07:27:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385684 Great to see another local company doing well - Perth has a pretty good history of inovation. There are a number of web business (1.0 and 2.0) that have hailed from Perth. Seems that being the most isolated city in the world is good for creative thinking! (Disclaimer: I work for www.ineedhits.com, which is owned by Clay and Rachel Cook, who are some of the founders of Minti) Great to see another local company doing well - Perth has a pretty good history of inovation. There are a number of web business (1.0 and 2.0) that have hailed from Perth.

Seems that being the most isolated city in the world is good for creative thinking!

(Disclaimer: I work for http://www.ineedhits.com, which is owned by Clay and Rachel Cook, who are some of the founders of Minti)

]]> By: ronL http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385389 ronL Sat, 19 May 2007 23:33:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385389 The Delicious firefox plugin lets you view your BM's in a side panel view. Did I miss something? The Delicious firefox plugin lets you view your BM’s in a side panel view.
Did I miss something?

]]> By: VM http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385331 VM Sat, 19 May 2007 22:57:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385331 bdb - I can speak better engllish than you :-) but was in a rush and did not read what I was writing, anyway which company do you think the tag lines are from? Also we are not trying to get reviewed right now as we are not quite ready just wanted to comment on what Mike liked is something that iyoype already offers so take a chill pill buddy... bdb - I can speak better engllish than you :-) but was in a rush and did not read what I was writing, anyway which company do you think the tag lines are from?

Also we are not trying to get reviewed right now as we are not quite ready just wanted to comment on what Mike liked is something that iyoype already offers so take a chill pill buddy…

]]> By: bdb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385307 bdb Sat, 19 May 2007 22:13:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385307 VM, you have to be kidding. There is a method for submission here for a company to be considered for coverage. If you want native english users....learn english, quit ripping-off tag lines from well known US companies, and provide something useful. Specifically, get rid of: "iYOYPE - We'll take you there." "It`s EASY, it`s FAST, and it`s FREE!!!!!" VM, you have to be kidding. There is a method for submission here for a company to be considered for coverage. If you want native english users….learn english, quit ripping-off tag lines from well known US companies, and provide something useful. Specifically, get rid of:

“iYOYPE - We’ll take you there.”
“It`s EASY, it`s FAST, and it`s FREE!!!!!”

]]> By: VM http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385282 VM Sat, 19 May 2007 21:24:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385282 Mike - Check out iyoype they have had the right side panel browsing out where Buzka and we are coming out with some cool features in the next month that will enhance the user experience in browsing even further. Also note zero downloads is our Mantra. Mike - Check out iyoype they have had the right side panel browsing out where Buzka and we are coming out with some cool features in the next month that will enhance the user experience in browsing even further. Also note zero downloads is our Mantra.

]]> By: spy phone http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385227 spy phone Sat, 19 May 2007 19:29:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385227 I'd with the abobe comment.. yet another social service.. in my opinion they are too late.. I’d with the abobe comment.. yet another social service.. in my opinion they are too late..

]]> By: Otis Gospodnetic http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385181 Otis Gospodnetic Sat, 19 May 2007 18:18:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/buzka-social-bookmarking-with-a-business-function/#comment-1385181 When I see "... social bookmarking..." I typically think "oh man, another social bookmarking service that is a million years late to the show". del.icio.us is .... 5 years old? Simpy just celebrated its 3rd birthday a few weeks ago. For more, see a nice post by Philipp Keller at http://www.pui.ch/phred/archives/2007/05/tag-history-and-gartners-hype-cycles.html I'll go from Buzka, but from yoru description of the sidebar with drag/drop bookmarks and the site opening in the main window of the browser, this does not sound any different than a Simpy + Smarky combination (Smarky is a great Firefox extension that keeps your bookmarks in FF in sync with Simpy, offers drag and drop and tag-based folder hierarchies, good search, and a TON more). So, I'm not sure this is a lot better/different. I'll go check out the service now. When I see “… social bookmarking…” I typically think “oh man, another social bookmarking service that is a million years late to the show”.
del.icio.us is …. 5 years old? Simpy just celebrated its 3rd birthday a few weeks ago. For more, see a nice post by Philipp Keller at http://www.pui.ch/phred/archiv.....ycles.html

I’ll go from Buzka, but from yoru description of the sidebar with drag/drop bookmarks and the site opening in the main window of the browser, this does not sound any different than a Simpy + Smarky combination (Smarky is a great Firefox extension that keeps your bookmarks in FF in sync with Simpy, offers drag and drop and tag-based folder hierarchies, good search, and a TON more). So, I’m not sure this is a lot better/different. I’ll go check out the service now.

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