Comments on: Flash Data Mob #2: Spinoffs http://blog.freebase.com/2007/04/23/flash-data-mob-2-spinoffs/ A blog for data geeks, application developers and interested civilians Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: alecf http://blog.freebase.com/2007/04/23/flash-data-mob-2-spinoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-33 alecf Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:46:24 +0000 http://blog.freebase.com/?p=21#comment-33 I'll contact you privately... but FYI, we're not looking to be so exclusive that you can only invite "smart, influential, geeky types" The main reason we're in invite-only mode is to be able to scale gracefully - to learn lessons when we have 300 users, 3000 users, 30000 users, etc... if we opened up to the world we'd likely be slammed pretty hard right out of the gate and then nobody would be happy... I’ll contact you privately… but FYI, we’re not looking to be so exclusive that you can only invite “smart, influential, geeky types”

The main reason we’re in invite-only mode is to be able to scale gracefully – to learn lessons when we have 300 users, 3000 users, 30000 users, etc… if we opened up to the world we’d likely be slammed pretty hard right out of the gate and then nobody would be happy…

]]> By: vaspers the grate aka steven e. streight http://blog.freebase.com/2007/04/23/flash-data-mob-2-spinoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-32 vaspers the grate aka steven e. streight Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:30:02 +0000 http://blog.freebase.com/?p=21#comment-32 Sorry for the OT comment, but I am trying to get some invites to Freebase. I have many A Lister and influential blogger friends, including Jason Calacanis, Doc Searls, Chris Brogan, Evan Williams, etc. who might love climbing on board Freebase. Spock sent me 50 invites, and that's how many I could use for Freebase, if you've got them. I will invite only smart, influential, geeky types. http://twitter.com/vaspers http://vaspers.jaiku.com http://www.garageband.com/artist/str8sounds Sorry for the OT comment, but I am trying to get some invites to Freebase. I have many A Lister and influential blogger friends, including Jason Calacanis, Doc Searls, Chris Brogan, Evan Williams, etc. who might love climbing on board Freebase.

Spock sent me 50 invites, and that’s how many I could use for Freebase, if you’ve got them.

I will invite only smart, influential, geeky types.

http://twitter.com/vaspers
http://vaspers.jaiku.com
http://www.garageband.com/artist/str8sounds

]]> By: alecf http://blog.freebase.com/2007/04/23/flash-data-mob-2-spinoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-24 alecf Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:20:24 +0000 http://blog.freebase.com/?p=21#comment-24 We have a winner! Well, two really. Colin (of metaweb) wrote a script that scraped the Wikipedia page and entered all the 'right' information into Metaweb. Will Moffat over at Hamster Soup used MJT and reproduced the page almost exactly. Will's page even shows when spinoffs are self-referring, exposing a bug in Colin's scripts :) Brilliant work guys. Check out Will's page here: http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/04/24/playing-with-freebase-list-of-television-spin-offs/ We have a winner! Well, two really. Colin (of metaweb) wrote a script that scraped the Wikipedia page and entered all the ‘right’ information into Metaweb. Will Moffat over at Hamster Soup used MJT and reproduced the page almost exactly.

Will’s page even shows when spinoffs are self-referring, exposing a bug in Colin’s scripts :)

Brilliant work guys.

Check out Will’s page here:
http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/04/24/playing-with-freebase-list-of-television-spin-offs/

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