Comments on: Blown Away by Blogpulse http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: >> mind the __ GAP* ? » on mapping invisibility and ‘bridge bloggers’ http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/comment-page-1/#comment-1619 >> mind the __ GAP* ? » on mapping invisibility and ‘bridge bloggers’ Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:40:46 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1619 [...] d worked abroad, or are expatriates writing about their adopted country. Nevertheless his recent posts on an analysis of links connecting to Global Voices point a bit more spec [...] [...] d worked abroad, or are expatriates writing about their adopted country. Nevertheless his recent posts on an analysis of links connecting to Global Voices point a bit more spec [...]

]]> By: Black River Eagle http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 Black River Eagle Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:39:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1567 I think Spanish will be the next language I attempt to learn (ref: Julio's blog et Al.) I am very interested in what bloggers over in Central and South America are doing for example and figure I can handle the Portuguese (Brazil, Mozambique) if I have good Spanish skills. I've got "auf Deutsch" down pat for the time being for my needs. I knew that the GAP project is your baby, just promoting your work since you didn't. Looks real interesting if I can find the time to check it out. In-Q-Tel is a private, non-profit investment company funded by a very famous U.S. government institution: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) http://www.in-q-tel.com/about/ I believe that Intelliseek Inc. of Cincinatti, Ohio was one of their 1st major investments, but I could be wrong (God forbid!!). There is a good article about In-Q-Tel over at the FCW.com website dated August 04, 2003 titled "CIA funds not-so-secret investment operation" by Michael Hardy. In-Q-Tel has since setup shop out in Silicon Valley (California). Lots of folks are beating a path to their front door tryin' to sell 'em stuff. I hear they pay well too. As I always say, "If you can't beat 'em, Join 'em!" At least the Blogpulse software apps by Intelliseek are dead-on target and useful for the global public. I think Spanish will be the next language I attempt to learn (ref: Julio’s blog et Al.) I am very interested in what bloggers over in Central and South America are doing for example and figure I can handle the Portuguese (Brazil, Mozambique) if I have good Spanish skills. I’ve got “auf Deutsch” down pat for the time being for my needs.

I knew that the GAP project is your baby, just promoting your work since you didn’t. Looks real interesting if I can find the time to check it out.

In-Q-Tel is a private, non-profit investment company funded by a very famous U.S. government institution:
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
http://www.in-q-tel.com/about/

I believe that Intelliseek Inc. of Cincinatti, Ohio was one of their 1st major investments, but I could be wrong (God forbid!!). There is a good article about In-Q-Tel over at the FCW.com website dated August 04, 2003 titled “CIA funds not-so-secret investment operation” by Michael Hardy. In-Q-Tel has since setup shop out in Silicon Valley (California). Lots of folks are beating a path to their front door tryin’ to sell ‘em stuff. I hear they pay well too.

As I always say, “If you can’t beat ‘em, Join ‘em!” At least the Blogpulse software apps by Intelliseek are dead-on target and useful for the global public.

]]> By: Ethan http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Ethan Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:19:20 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1543 Hey BRE - Thanks, as always for the comments. I love Julio's blog - his post on Blogpulse is excellent and a good pointer for the Spanish-language blogosphere to find out about the tool. As for GAP... that's my project. Actually, that's how I got to know the Blogpulse folks. Glad you find it cool... :-) Don't know who In-Q-Tel is... is this a group I should know about? Hey BRE –
Thanks, as always for the comments. I love Julio’s blog – his post on Blogpulse is excellent and a good pointer for the Spanish-language blogosphere to find out about the tool.

As for GAP… that’s my project. Actually, that’s how I got to know the Blogpulse folks. Glad you find it cool… :-)

Don’t know who In-Q-Tel is… is this a group I should know about?

]]> By: Black River Eagle http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Black River Eagle Sat, 13 Aug 2005 15:44:02 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1536 Yet another toolset for bloggers that will definately keep us away from our most important function: creating and publishing stuff that makes trouble for the "Leaders of the World". Blogpulse looks like a feature-packed service with very useful graphs and data. Ditto on that Neighboorhood feature as there are some real surprises for my blog too. Did you checkout Julio Alonso's blog "Merodeando por la enredadera" and his posting about Blogpulse for the 22 de Julio? It would be great to know his angle on Blogpulse's new features but unfortunately my Spanish comprehension is very weak. The Blogpulse Showcase features a project named GAP (Global Attention Profiles) which is pretty cool. Thanks for the compliment (dark-skin blushing) and to be fair it should be pointed out that Blogpulse is a subsidiary of Intelliseek Inc. which is financed by money from In-Q-Tel Investments. Doesn't bother me a bit but it could be an issue for some of your readers who begin to use the service (on your tip) and then find out later who (indirectly) owns it. Yet another toolset for bloggers that will definately keep us away from our most important function: creating and publishing stuff that makes trouble for the “Leaders of the World”. Blogpulse looks like a feature-packed service with very useful graphs and data. Ditto on that Neighboorhood feature as there are some real surprises for my blog too.

Did you checkout Julio Alonso’s blog “Merodeando por la enredadera” and his posting about Blogpulse for the 22 de Julio? It would be great to know his angle on Blogpulse’s new features but unfortunately my Spanish comprehension is very weak. The Blogpulse Showcase features a project named GAP (Global Attention Profiles) which is pretty cool.

Thanks for the compliment (dark-skin blushing) and to be fair it should be pointed out that Blogpulse is a subsidiary of Intelliseek Inc. which is financed by money from In-Q-Tel Investments. Doesn’t bother me a bit but it could be an issue for some of your readers who begin to use the service (on your tip) and then find out later who (indirectly) owns it.

]]> By: Ethan http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 Ethan Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:40:53 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1529 As I mentioned, Conversation Tracker's not the most intuitive piece of software. Make sure you're using a root URL that's been linked to by other blogs. Also make sure that you've chosen an appropriate start date - usually the date of the post. And try not using keywords, to get a more thorough picture of the conversation... As I mentioned, Conversation Tracker’s not the most intuitive piece of software. Make sure you’re using a root URL that’s been linked to by other blogs. Also make sure that you’ve chosen an appropriate start date – usually the date of the post. And try not using keywords, to get a more thorough picture of the conversation…

]]> By: Michael Parekh http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Michael Parekh Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:38:30 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1528 tried the conversation tracker, but doesn't seem to work for some reason...typed in a url link of a post, hit enter and it keeps presenting me with a fresh search window...probably missing something. thanks for the post. tried the conversation tracker, but doesn’t seem to work for some reason…typed in a url link of a post, hit enter and it keeps presenting me with a fresh search window…probably missing something.

thanks for the post.

]]> By: Beth http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/08/11/blown-away-by-blogpulse/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Beth Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:41:45 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-1526 Oops ... didn't see this, looks my questions are answered here. Oops … didn’t see this, looks my questions are answered here.

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