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Spanking New: 43 Places from the Robot Co-op

leelefever — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:35:50 -0400

I'll be talking a lot more about this soon, but I wanted to post a quick link to 43 Places, the latest from my homies here in Seattle, the Robot Coop, of 43 Things fame.

Update: At the time of this writing (6/26/05), 43 Places is not yet public, but should be soon.

It's all about where you've been and where you want to go. I'm digging the cool mapping features and the other 43 things-style goodness. Like 43 Things, it's a blog for people who aren't necessarily "bloggers".

Instead of the "Zeitgeist" for 43 Things, they are using "Wanderlust" (to be pronounced with your best German accent) for the same thing on 43 Places.

Big ups to the Robots for getting more of their master plan out into the world.

Tags: 43places, robotcoop, travel, travelblog

Spanking New: 43 Places from the Robot Co-op

leelefever — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:35:50 -0400

I'll be talking a lot more about this soon, but I wanted to post a quick link to 43 Places, the latest from my homies here in Seattle, the Robot Coop, of 43 Things fame.

Update: At the time of this writing (6/26/05), 43 Places is not yet public, but should be soon.

Instead of the "Zeitgeist" for 43 Things, they are using "Wanderlust" (to be pronounced with your best German accent) for the same thing on 43 Places.

Big ups to the Robots for getting more of their master plan out into the world.

Tags: 43places, robotcoop, travel, travelblog

Spanking New: 43 Places from the Robot Co-op

leelefever — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:35:50 -0400

I'll be talking a lot more about this soon, but I wanted to post a quick link to 43 Places, the latest from my homies here in Seattle, the Robot Coop, of 43 Things fame.

Update: At the time of this writing (6/26/05), 43 Places is not yet public, but should be soon.

Instead of the "Zeitgeist" for 43 Things, they are using "Wanderlust" (to be pronounced with your best German accent) for the same thing on 43 Places.

Big ups to the Robots for getting more of their master plan out into the world.

Tags: 43places, robotcoop, travel, travelblog

Spanking New: 43 Places from the Robot Co-op

leelefever — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:35:50 -0400

I'll be talking a lot more about this soon, but I wanted to post a quick link to 43 Places, the latest from my homies here in Seattle, the Robot Coop, of 43 Things fame.

Update: At the time of this writing (6/26/05), 43 Places is not yet public, but should be soon.

Instead of the "Zeitgeist" for 43 Things, they are using "Wanderlust" (to be pronounced with your best German accent) for the same thing on 43 Places.

Big ups to the Robots for getting more of their master plan out into the world.

Tags: 43places, robotcoop, travel, travelblog

43 RipOffs

leelefever — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:02:03 -0400

I suppose imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but there are some shameless 43 Things copy-cat sites popping up internationally.

Check out Aimido, which is not bashful about adopting almost the exact same look and functionality as 43 Things. Wow, they even have management and advisors. To me, this says: “Here are the people who couldn’t find anything better to do than rip off an existing site”. They look so respectable too, except maybe Harald. I’d like to know exactly what kind of advice the advisors are giving?

“We think you should look for an existing site and then basically copy it exactly. Oh, and make sure it’s in German.”

Also, check out Aimi.cn (in Chinese)

Related: Have I told you I love the Babel Fish Translation Tool?

43 RipOffs

leelefever — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:02:03 -0400

I suppose imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but there are some shameless 43 Things copy-cat sites popping up internationally.

“We think you should look for an existing site and then basically copy it exactly. Oh, and make sure it’s in German.”

Also, check out Aimi.cn (in Chinese)

Related: Have I told you I love the Babel Fish Translation Tool?

43 RipOffs

leelefever — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:02:03 -0400

I suppose imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but there are some shameless 43 Things copy-cat sites popping up internationally.

“We think you should look for an existing site and then basically copy it exactly. Oh, and make sure it’s in German.”

Also, check out Aimi.cn (in Chinese)

Related: Have I told you I love the Babel Fish Translation Tool?

43 RipOffs

leelefever — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:02:03 -0400

I suppose imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but there are some shameless 43 Things copy-cat sites popping up internationally.

“We think you should look for an existing site and then basically copy it exactly. Oh, and make sure it’s in German.”

Also, check out Aimi.cn (in Chinese)

Related: Have I told you I love the Babel Fish Translation Tool?

43 Things Wins a Webby

leelefever — Tue, 3 May 2005 18:57:00 -0400

This is a great big shout out to the Robot Co-op for their Webby in the Social Networking category. The great guys/robots with big brains who created 43 Things deserve it and and I say more power to 'em. It blows my mind to think that just 4.5 months ago there were 139 people doing 411 things. Now, it's 21,500 doing nearly 83,000 things. Go Robots Go!

Eating Their Dog Food

leelefever — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:21:54 -0400

That phrase always makes me laugh, but I think it's accurate. If you're not familiar, it means that a company that produces a product should use the product themselves.

In the online community world, I've been suspicious of companies that purport to understand all things "community" but don't have a community that supports their customers using their platform. It's one of the things I do like about Web Crossing, they have WebXHarbor.

I haven't seen a more productive example of eating their dogfood than how the Robot Co-op is using with their new site at ideas.43things.com.

The site is using the 43 Things format to collect ideas from users about what they should develop next. From talking to the guys, it's working -- the users have come up with ideas that had never occurred to them.