ConvoTrack, 用backtype API实现的类似SRCBack服务


ConvoTrack, 用backtype API实现的类似SRCBack服务

Published on Tue 21 Apr 2009 10:04 ( 1 year, 4 months ago)
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貌似这个月刚刚发布的:

Apr 10th ConvoTrack

Yesterday, using the BackType Connect API Wesley from ImprovingTheWeb (who also created the My Comments Elsewhere Wordpress plugin) released a new web application called, ConvoTrack.

ConvoTrack lets you view all the conversation surrounding a particular page as you browse it, through the service or a bookmarklet that’s offered. It also lets you shorten URLs that preload the accompanying conversation so you can post them to Twitter. Additionally, bloggers can place a small button on their websites that, when clicked, will show related comments from other blogs, Twitter, FriendFeed, Digg, Reddit, and more.

我测试了下,他有两个做法一个是产生一个侧栏,另一个是可以嵌入JS. 不过我试验了几个页面后突然convotrack的整个站点挂了。 :P  难道我下手太猛了? :) 其实这简介说明这种服务看似简单但一旦做好了需要非常强劲的服务计算资源,想象一下如果techcrunch, scoblizer, mashable都给挂上了,在happy的同时就得担忧下能否接住的问题了。

backtype的确貌似很好很强大,但我认为问题是其服务不易发现,不易理解,我知道他们干了什么已及能干什么,但是怎样才能用起来,我至少琢磨了片刻没明白。他们自己的blog上的comments back实现得不错,但我如何弄到自己这里来呢?不知道。 如果backtype不变得更简单 - 容易发现,容易理解,容易使用,即使其非常强大,提供丰富的API出来,我也怀疑其潜力。

Deadly simple, 这个词是在看到别人形容Posterous的用的,不过考虑到Backtype也是Y Combinator的同门兄弟,他们一定知道简单的价值的 -- 也许他们有更高的招数? 让我们拭目以待。


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