Top Ten Tips for Writing Plumtree Crawlers that Actually Work
Just in time for Halloween, I've decided to publish my Top Ten Tips for Writing Plumtree Crawlers that Actually Work. This post may scare you a…
2008
bdg welcomes Michael Buckbee!
We're very pleased to announce that industry veteran, entrepreneur and Rails developer Michael Buckbee joined the bdg team today as CTO and Lead…
I Don't Even Like Radiohead, But. . . .
I wouldn't consider myself a Radiohead fan. But what they just did is about to turn the music industry on its head . . . again. Check out this…
Chris Bucchere's Oracle Open World Schedule
I'm headed to Oracle Open World on Saturday, 9/20. Here's my proposed schedule. Like I said earlier, I'm probably going to spend most of my time in…
SXSW to Use The Social Collective for SXSW 2009!
I am very pleased to announce that today bdg and SXSW have decided to partner to use The Social Collective to create a new registrant community for…
Sneak Preview of Chris Bucchere's SXSW RSS Preso at the Oracle Open World...
For anyone attending Oracle Open World, I'm planning to give a preview of my SXSW 2009 talk entitled "Not So Simple Any More: RSS's Bleeding Edge" in…
Conference Social Networking Made Simple
Three and a half months have transpired since our stellar debut at BEA Participate. (In internet time, that's a lifetime.) But better late than…
Friday Fun: Rails, Django and Caprese Salad
I had this Twitter argument today with former coworker, fellow web developer and friend Bryan Hughes: / bucchere: The Spring Framework is driving me…
Shameless Self-Promotion
At last year's SXSW I said to myself: "Self, you need to be speaking at this conference next year." / Help me fulfill my self-fulfilling prophecy and…
Middleware for the REST of us
I'm sitting in my third Oracle Fusion Middleware briefing, this one at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. Thomas Kurian has been going through all…
How the New Facebook Utterly Destroyed my Favorite Application (and Why That...
I used to love Feedheads. It's a simple, elegant and beautiful application that does one thing really well: help you share your Google reader shared…
Nobody's Gonna Read This (and Why That Makes Me Happy)
Boy do I love the fact that no one reads this blog. And to the few people who are exceptions to that general rule -- thank you for being so…
Are Twitter Replies Fundamentally Broken?
Has anyone noticed that Twitter replies are fundamentally broken? Or, I should say, at least the "Replies" *tab* is jacked. / This isn't another…
New Video: Demo of Conference Social Application
This is a 30-minute clip from the general session at BEA Participate from back in May. Jay Simons and I demo the social application that bdg built…
RubyNation Community Site Accepting Registrations!
bdg is very proud to be a RubyNation sponsor! The sold-out conference is just two weeks away. However, whether you're registered or not, if you want…
Our Web 2.0 Strategy
Here at bdg 2.0, we plan to capture long-tail ecologies by disintermediating citizen-media value while we integrate Cluetrain life-hacks to aggregate…
Shakin' My Money Maker
I just can't get enough of the "new and improved" Black Crowes lineup featuring my favorite living guitarist, Luther Dickinson (of the North…
Chris Bucchere Speaking at the NovaRUG on June 18th, 2008
Calling all local Rubyists! I'm speaking about modular page design in Ruby on Rails at tomorrow night's NovaRUG. The title of my talk is "To Portal…
Modular Page Assembly in Rails (Part 2)
In Part 1, I explained how you can develop clean, DRY and encapsulated MVC code that allows for completely modular page assembly in Ruby on Rails. /…
Nominate Chris Bucchere for an Oracle OpenWorld Session
I've presented at seven Plumtree Odysseys, one BEA World and two BEA Participates. Help keep the streak alive by voting up my Oracle OpenWorld…
The Social Collective Debuts at RubyNation
We're very pleased to announce that, together with the organizers of RubyNation, we debuted our social application "The Social Collective" today as a…
Modular Page Assembly in Rails (Part 1)
Recently I was faced with an interesting problem: I wanted to create a modular, portal-like page layout natively in Ruby on Rails without using…
This Just In -- BEA Participate Social App Stats
I find this a little hard to believe, but the numbers don't lie. We had a whopping 75,000 page views the week of the conference! / That's more than…
First Week Numbers Are In
There's nothing better than reviewing usage data for an application you just launched, especially when those data show that people are loving it! /…
Announcing the Launch of the Social Applications for BEA Participate '08
You've heard the phrase "social applications" being kicked around by BEA and bdg. But what exactly does that mean? / In a nutshell, it means that…
BEA Participate is Only Two Weeks Away
There's still time to register for this great conference and take part in a one-of-a-kind social computing experiment. / Register now! / Comments /…
Countdown to BEA Participate
Here at bdg, we're working tirelessly to bring you a revolutionary social networking application that will drive your interactions with BEA…
Removing iTunes DRM Using Tools from Apple
The other day I was creating a Keynote presentation that needed a soundtrack. I wanted to use some regular (non-iTunes Plus) songs that I had legally…
Guess who's playing with The Black Crowes
Luther Dickinson, the guitar virtuoso from the North Mississippi All Stars, is playing lead guitar on The Black Crowes' latest tour! / On Sunday…
Time is Running Out
Voting closes for the SXSW People's Choice award tomorrow. Don't forget to cast your final votes for Feedhaus and keep your fingers crossed! / If…
Not resting on our laurels
Team Feedhaus put out a new release tonight. This was primarily a bug-fix release. Here's a run-down: / 1) Speed up history detail pages -- we've got…
Feedhaus Featured on AltSearchEngines.com
Charles Knight of AltSearchEngines.com had this to say about Feedhaus. Thanks, Charles, we think it's cool too!
bdg welcomes Rémy Miralles!
I'm very pleased to announce our first hire of the year, Rémy Miralles! / Rémy hails from just outside Paris, France, so this marks the first time…
How to Build your own Temple of Ego in Five Minutes
My wife is arguably my biggest fan, although my mom probably deserves "honorable mention." / If you too are a fanboy or fangirl of someone, like, say…
Feedhaus Eligible for SXSW "People's Choice" Award
As a finalist in the "Technical Achievement" category, we're also eligible to win a "People Choice" award. / But to do that, we need your votes! Vote…
Feedhaus Selected as a SXSW Web Award Finalist
We're very pleased to announce that Feedhaus has been selected as a finalist for a prestigious SXSW (South by Southwest) 2008 Web Award! / We've been…
St. Croix, USVI
In early February, 2008, we took a long weekend vacation on St. Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands. The trip was very spur-of-the-moment and it only…
Running ALI on SQL Server 2005 Express
Download and install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express. As with SQL Server 2000, make sure you select "mixed" authentication mode instead of Windows…
Twitter down again?
With the amount of downtime that twitter experiences, it makes me wonder whether or not Ruby on Rails is a viable alternative to PHP, Java, etc. / Is…
Enterprise Relevance of Web 2.0 (in six parts)
Back in November of 2007 I gave a one-hour talk in Tyson's Corner, VA entitled "The Enterprise Relevance of Web 2.0." There were probably about…
An International Phenomenon
Feedhaus is making quite a splash internationally. Lately, we've gotten news coverage in German (of course), Spanish, French (again), Portuguese,…
Write an ALUI IDS in Under 15 Lines Using Ruby on Rails
Not only is it possible to write an ALUI Identity Service in Ruby on Rails, it's remarkably easy. I was able to do the entire authentication part in…
Feedhaus Featured on The Web 2.0 Show
Josh Owens and Chris Saylor of The Web 2.0 Show interviewed me for their podcast. Give it a listen.
One Portal to Rule Them All
I won't rehash what's already been said by everyone in the press and the blogosphere -- Oracle is buying BEA. I wrote almost three years ago that…
2007
Getting Social at BEA Participate 2008
This week BEA launched the Participate 2008 blog and revealed more about their plans for what is shaping up to be a great event. Perhaps the most…
Why I. . . .
A couple weeks ago I teamed up with college buddy, recent Kellogg grad and former PayPal/eBay product manager Chris Gregory to design and write a fun…
Introducing the Feedhaus Newsroom
Team Feedhaus is very pleased to announce the launch of the Feedhaus Newsroom. Powered by feedhaus but integrated seamlessly with meebo, the newsroom…
My Love Affair with Instant Messaging
Do you love instant messaging? I do. / In fact, I remember the first time I used a chat room when my parents signed us up for AppleLink, a BBS…
feedhaus sponsors MashMeet Chicago
We're pleased to announce that we're sponsoring Chicago's first MashMeet, an event designed to bring Chicago's best Web 2.0 startups together for a…
meebo launches games!
meebo, the multi-band, web-based instant messaging site, just rolled out a host of games that you can play with your IM buddies on any network: AOL,…