Comments on: Wakoopa Launching “Alexa” For Desktop Apps

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MarshalSandler.com » Wakoopa - Discover software & games — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:14:01 +0000

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Startup competition lineup at TheNextWeb conference « Europe 2.0 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:16:04 +0000

[...] : tracks and shares application usage on your desktop, has been compared to Last.fm and Alexa for desktop [...]

By: ChaosKaizer

ChaosKaizer — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:56:51 +0000

wakoopa is great. The ideas seem pathetic at first (same like clutzr) but after few months its seem good to have your own history of software usage for comparisons and latest updates.

Wakoopa has a privacy settings so you wont have to worried about your public stats. In theory it works

By: Herman Munster

Herman Munster — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:26:39 +0000

This is a really great alternative to staring at my naval. Now I can see how much other people are using various software. Armed with this data, I can…. well I can look at this data. Yea. Look at it. That’s what I’ll do!

By: David Petherick

David Petherick — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:59:16 +0000

Great to see use of this app growing, and the extra functions being added.

#2 Jon: As for not seeing the value in knowing what apps are being used – that’s how I discovered gems like Skitch, myNotes and Twitterific which now are almost always active on my desktop.

#11 Marko: The point about the Internet is that you CAN work form anywhere in the world. But the point about Valley is that you get internet people and money moving faster than anywhere else in the world.

BTW: The trackback “Wakoopa запускает Alexa для софта” is the same headline as this blog, but in Russian.

By: Wakoopa запускает Alexa для софта

Wakoopa запускает Alexa для софта — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:49:47 +0000

[...] написавшие о занятном стартапе самыми первыми, теперь рассматривают сервис еще и как «Alexa для [...]

By: Online Invoicing

Online Invoicing — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:46:05 +0000

I’m very happy to see more Dutch web applications going global, and I’m even more happy for Robert and Wouter to see them getting the kind of free publicity they deserve. Wakoopa is awesome and the work these guys did in such a short time is wildly impressive, make me proud to be Dutch. But anyway, why is “the team moving to the valley”? I thought the whole point about the Internet was that you could work from any place in the world.

Cheers, Marko

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:36:19 +0000

The idea of tracking your computer usage is gaining ground. Our start-up hooeey (www.hooeey.com) is a application that allows users to record, retrieve and analyze their web hops seamlessly. Knowing how you spend your time on-line allows a user to manage his or her time better.

By: Balaji Dutt

Balaji Dutt — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:38:52 +0000

While it doesn’t have trend analysis (yet), for tracking time spent on applications/sites I highly recommend RescueTime.com

The graphing is quite gorgeous and there are plenty of ways to slice and dice the data. The team is pretty responsive on the forums as well.

By: Wouter

Wouter — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:14:25 +0000

Thanks for the write-up, Nick! I’ve now enabled the graphs for everybody, so it’s no longer necessary to add the TechCrunch stuff to the URL.

As you and some of the commenters suggested, the (statistical) validity of our userbase may be a bit skewed towards the techies, but it’s still interesting to see the trends and compare between them. So for instance, why is game A rising in popularity while game B is dropping? All this stuff is available now for the everybody to see!

Pretty funny trend to see is Microsoft Word vs WoW, almost completely opposite trends.

@Joshua, if you’d like you can drop us a line with your username so we can try to determine where something goes wrong.

By: Saptarshi

Saptarshi — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:20:51 +0000

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By: Joshua Walters

Joshua Walters — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:46:14 +0000

After you ran the article, I installed it.

I have to say, I dont go to the site other than when Im bored, but its still a great site. I enjoy looking at new programs, and seeing how many people use the same programs.

It also fascinates me how much time I spend with a program, but I find there assessments very inaccurate. For instance, it says I have used Winrar more than Trillian.

I know this isnt the case. I use Trillian on a daily basis to talk to friends. I use winrar maybe 2x a week.

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:46:46 +0000

Alexa, soooo accurate!

By: CAR

CAR — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:31:10 +0000

i hope it is nothing like alexa, alexa is disappointing and totally inaccurate.

By: Eric-Paul Scholten

Eric-Paul Scholten — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:45:43 +0000

Handy that it’s now possible to compare your software with that of your competitor, because the TOP5 @ Wakoopa was never changing (all browsers)

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:42:41 +0000

Alexa I understand, even with it’s flaws but this, I just don’t understand the value, who cares if I use Office 3x a day or if others use it more or less then me?

Jon

By: Tony Wright

Tony Wright — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:31:57 +0000

Congrats to Wakoopa! I’d love to hear more about their userbase. Is it a good cross-section of computer-users?

(Disclosure: I’m from RescueTime, which is kinda using similar technology, but focusing on the productivity/time management angle)