{"id":1168,"date":"2008-11-17T04:03:40","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T09:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2008-11-17T04:03:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T09:03:40","slug":"tab-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/11\/17\/tab-sweep","title":{"rendered":"Tab sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>PickupPal<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickuppal.com\/pup\/intro.html\">PickupPal<\/a> is an interesting concept. Its a web tool to connect drivers and passengers, to help carpool, in various towns, all around the world. This is something I wish I&#8217;d known about had I been in Melbourne. I of course only found out about it, thanks to the city of Ontario being silly, and <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20081112\/1845132812.shtml\">fining them for unregulated transportation<\/a>. I say fair game for all &#8211; this is like hitchhiking 2.0? Good way to make new friends, and I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;ll work well, if you already enjoy things like CouchSurfing, for example.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ordering pizza from Facebook?<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/digital\/article?article_id=132322\">Ordering Pizza Hut From Your Facebook Page? It&#8217;s on the Way<\/a> is an interesting read. To know that Pizza Hut crossed $1 billion in online sales in the last 18 months is valuable &#8211; to know that now you&#8217;re going to do it from your possibly favourite website, with a viral widget, is even more valuable. <\/p>\n<p>Imagine you ordering a pizza, it updating your Facebook status, and another bored friend isn&#8217;t sure what to eat in another timezone, and decides to order a pizza. Highly plausible. <\/p>\n<p>Ordering via text\/phone[web] (they seem to focus on the iPhone), also makes a lot of sense. Cuts out the need to speak to a human. Cuts out the waiting time. <\/p>\n<p><b>Artist scatters a thousand of his paintings around London<\/b><br \/>\nA great social experiment? <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/arts_and_culture\/7730285.stm\">Adam Neate left a thousand<\/a> of his paintings around London, for anyone to pick up. Some people are finding them and placing them on eBay, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/arts_and_culture\/7731314.stm\">raking in up to \u00a31,000<\/a>. And Adam is happy about it &#8211; it&#8217;ll help people during the upcoming Christmas season. <\/p>\n<p><b>Radar and Apple<\/b><br \/>\nApple&#8217;s bug tracking system is called Radar. Its been notoriously kept closed, unlike most open source projects have. Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/rentzsch.com\/notes\/openRadar\">Open Radar<\/a>, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/openradar.appspot.com\/\">the Google App<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>As technology enables people to do more, and more, companies previously setting up virtual roadblocks, will face competition from the community. A lesson to learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PickupPal PickupPal is an interesting concept. Its a web tool to connect drivers and passengers, to help carpool, in various towns, all around the world. This is something I wish I&#8217;d known about had I been in Melbourne. 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