Brandon Zeuner - Comments

“Does anyone know of an app for beta list, invite and email management. I have a friend launching a beta and needs to easy managmeent tools. she likes the way brightkite, socialthing and ping.fm are managing theirs.”

July 17 at 10:40 am - Link

I think I know of one, but it's still in private beta :D - Rubin Sfadj

the part she likes is the list management, but also the ability to let beta users invite other beta users with a limited number of invites. if there are dashboard capabilities to watch usage, then this would be cool too. sorry, if this is the wrong room for this question. thx. - Brandon Zeuner

are beta services so common now that we need such tools? heh. Not sure i'd trust a service that couldn't code up their own really quick. - Ryan Gallagher

I really like the way that 12Seconds handles the invite process. Some features I hadn't seen before is the ability to view on the site when someone you've invited joins as well as revoking an invitation to someone so you can reuse it. I know 12 Seconds was built on Drupal and I just saw this Invite module which might be what they are using http://drupal.org/project/invi... - Mark Krynsky

Paul Greenberg posted a message on Twitter

“@bzkicks its awesome”

July 16 at 7:38 am - Link

did you go with the new phone or the version upgrade? - Brandon Zeuner

Invites: Brandon Zeuner posted a message

“does anyone have any ping.fm invites? ”

July 9 at 10:26 pm - Link

Mathew A. Koeneker, ♫ Rahsheen™, LouCypher and Hao Chen liked this

'dreamofping' will get you in ;) - Bec Rowe

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thank you very much. i really like ping.fm - Brandon Zeuner

latest invite code is 'pingbewithyou' - Jens Ludwig

Anyone have the latest invite code? - Mathew A. Koeneker

Latest code is "vivalaping" - Bec Rowe

Bec: Thanks! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Jason Calacanis posted a message

“Twitter to buy summize? i'm hearing a bunch of rumors...”

July 7 at 1:49 pm - Link

varun, tomit, Mark Douglass and 40 other people liked this

Hope not, summize works just fine. - "Czar" DJ Peterman

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NO! Then we'll REALLY be screwed! - Hao Chen

Gotta do something with the 15 mill? - Brian Sullivan

This would make a lot of sense - Mike Doeff

That would pretty good actually. I hope they can integrate it into twitter experience, and make it part of their api as well - Shivanand Velmurugan via twhirl

well, they have to get code that works from somewhere. - Slobokan

Interesting. - Clay Newton

They have to do something with that money, seems like a good idea since they could leverage it for replies. - Scott Watermasysk

I can't think of a reason why that doesn't make sense. - Jake Jarvis

I think it is a good move for the twitter gang. a service that works well with twitter...maybe it will rub off on twitter :) - (jeff)isageek

Would make perfect sense. - Francine Hardaway via twhirl

I think it would be a smart move for them. - Alan Le

I hope not... Summize is great as it is. - Chris Thomson

Considering the email I got from Twitter's help dept. promoted Summize, I'm not surprised. - Erin Kotecki Vest

"I for one welcome our Twitter-Summize overlords." - Joe D'Andrea

Did anyone notice that Summize recently added translation links & language filters? Summize is a VERY well done webapp if you ask me. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Buy Summize? Why don't they just integrate the Summize API into Twitter - Just Kidding - Could be a good thing! - Eric Cedo

Twitter would break Summize! - Andrew

One company with no revenue buys another company with no revenue and whose existence depends on the first company? Why couldn't Twitter add the main Summize feature set in a few weeks if they could get their act together? - David Fry

valuations? I'm shorting Summize if this happens... - ryangraves

Summize would be doomed by being bought out... At least right now, they have the option of expanding to other networks such as friend feed, and brightkite, if they really wanted to! - Joel

They have to spend their money on something and they sure as hell aren't spending it on infrastructure at the moment. - Adam Helweh

I was thinking about that ever since I started using Summize... it makes perfect sense... - Manos Matsakis

constantly suggesting it, great idea - Patphelan

Through a little more weight on the sinking boat why don't you. - David Jacobs

Make it be true. - Andrew Ruess via twhirl

They'd better buy Oracle technology for scalability! - Eric Sausse

I hope they buy up a few of the best apps that have been developed over the last year. They need to innovate, and it's people outside of Twitter who are developing the coolest stuff. Hopefully those people can help them integrate functionality into the site and bring new ideas! - Hillary Hartley

this is smart for twitter, but generally bad for summize -- although I don't think any of those guys are really high profile and a win like this would work in their favor if they were sick of swinging for the fences. Interesting to see how it plays out. - Tyler Willis

Oh noez... *hears Summize breaking* - Brandice

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008... - Nik Cubrilovic

ok, we got confirmation they were talking, but no confirmation of a deal yet. - michael arrington

"Summize is over capacity". - Daniel Rowley

We'll need to think up new animals/concepts to signify the eventual 'Fail' *I'm thinking of photoshopping up a chalkboard with an incorrect calculation* - CannonGod

They should just buy friendfeed instead... - Colin Brumelle

they'll buy a service that does what they claim to be able to do... smart.. - Absalon Isaac Prieto

this makes it interesting and open for someone else to potentially come in a build a summize-like search across the other networks like brightkite, plurk, friendfeed etc. - Brandon Zeuner

Brandon Zeuner wrote a review on Yelp

Sol Y Sombra (5)/5)

July 5 at 5:17 pm - Link

"By far the best tapas in AZ. Perhaps the best tapas i have ever had. Great Spanish wine list. Wifey can eat veggie (which I can sample) but the meat dishes are out of this world. The Pollo Colonial is…" - Brandon Zeuner

Invites: Brandon Zeuner posted a message

“hello all, anyone have a ping.fm invite? also, i have brightkite and jaiku if you need it.”

June 29 at 12:23 am - Link

if you do have a ping.fm then please send to bzkicks[@]gmail[dot]com. thx - Brandon Zeuner

"pingofpings" it's like a universal code :) - Mona N.

Invites: Melissa Goetsch posted a message

“I have Jaiku invites.”

June 12 at 7:57 am - Link

I'd like one: hydroxide [at] gmail [dot] com - Jillian

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Sent. - Melissa Goetsch

Hey Melissa, can i get a jaiku invite? you can send to bzkicks[@]gmail[dot]com. thx - Brandon Zeuner

Hello Melissa, would love 1 also =) mannymarrero[@]gmail[dot]com - Steaprok

Would like one too Melissa, cheers - jmwsamuelson (at) gmail.com - John Samuelson

Hi Melissa... thanks for the offer. If you have any left, david [at] 4tm-services.com. Best wishes. - David Sim

Invites Sent to Brandon, Steaprok, John, and David. - Melissa Goetsch

If you have any more, I'd love one. patrick[at]veverka.net - Patrick Veverka

thx you rock melissa, got it and joined.. - Steaprok

Thanks Melissa. How do people find this vs twitter/pownce? - John Samuelson

give me one , please: 6630nokia [at] gmail [dot] com - 6630nokia

Sent. 6630nokia John. I like Jaiku. As compared to twitter it is nice, but not as widely used. Really don't see all that much difference though. - Melissa Goetsch

My I have an invite to take a stab at this? If so, mkoeneker@gmail.com Thanks! - Mathew A. Koeneker

please share me one at palinn@gmail.com - Palin Ningthoujam

Mathew and Palin your invites have been sent - Melissa Goetsch

Invites: Jérôme posted a message

“10 Evernote invites. Comment here...”

June 4 at 9:37 am - Link

Please, send me one! tommarques(at)gmail(dot)com - Tom Marques

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please send me one ! fitz_92/at\yahoo.fr - arnet

I just sent you the invites. Maybe a little late, but I was busy - sorry. - Jérôme

please send me one! bzkicks[at]gmail[dot]com . thx - Brandon Zeuner

thanks! - arnet

thank you for the invite - Brandon Zeuner

vulpesg at gmail dot com please! Thanks in advance. - Stepan Mazurov

Invites: Nir Ben Yona posted a message

“I have invitations for SocialThing, BrightKite and Mento if anyone is interested”

June 14 at 4:25 am - Link

Wil liked this

Could I have SocialThing one? - Richard Bradshaw

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Wow! That was quick! Thanks a lot! - Richard Bradshaw

Invitation was sent...Enjoy! - Nir Ben Yona

Hmm SocialThing seems pretty cool - kind of like friendfeed but with you real friends, even if they don't have an account... - Richard Bradshaw

Yeah, they have changed the UI recently so it really updates you with your friends activities. Hopefully they will add more services soon. - Nir Ben Yona via twhirl

I'm surprised that it looks useful even in conjunction with FriendFeed, not as much of a direct competitor as I thought. - Richard Bradshaw

My thoughts exactly !!! - Nir Ben Yona

Yeah we (at ST!) have been saying that all along...we don't believe FF to be a competitor, but rather, a complimentary service. - Matt Galligan

@Matt Thanks for the new 2.0 version, it's awesome! - Nir Ben Yona via twhirl

besides the fact that there are not many services supported at ST- i don't get the difference to ff? am i missing something? - Dieter Schwarz

@Dieter Personally, i like both services, but as FF streams info from FF friends, ST streams from all services friends (and it's not necessarily the same lists), so it's a different concept. I guess better way to find out is to try yourself ! - Nir Ben Yona

hello, can you spare a socialthing and brightkite invite? - Brandon Zeuner

@Brandon: you forgot to mention your email. - Nir Ben Yona

Would love a Social thing invite Justifyleo[at]gmail[dot]com - Justin

A socialThing invite would be great. Thanks! jerlang[at]gmail[dot]com - Jérôme

@Justin and @Jerome - invitations sent, Enjoy! - Nir Ben Yona

thanks! - Jérôme

@Brandon SocialThing and BrightKite invitations sent, Enjoy! - Nir Ben Yona

Would love a Mento invitation if anyone has it. Thanks! Email: wil -AT- mojipage.com - Wil

I'd like a Mento invite please ... smbeebe {at} gmail dot com - Susan Beebe

@Susan and @Wil - Mento invitations sent, Enjoy! - Nir Ben Yona

@niron Thanks for the invite! - Wil

thank you for the invite - Brandon Zeuner

thank you for the Mento invite Nir ...got it...installing FF extns now...thx! - Susan Beebe

Would love a SocialThing invite jmwsamuelson (at) gmail.com thanks! - John Samuelson

Hey, would LOVE SocialThing and BrightKite if you have any left.....?:):):):) - Jill Hanson

@John and @Jill - do you still need any invitations? - Nir Ben Yona

Yes please! Actually, if you have both SocialThing AND BrightKite that would be marvelous, as BK looks pretty nifty too. - John Samuelson

@John SocialThing and BrightKite invitations sent, Enjoy! - Nir Ben Yona

You're a superstar thank you very much. - John Samuelson

With pleasure! - Nir Ben Yona via twhirl

More SocialThing and BrightKite invitations left if you need one. - Nir Ben Yona

Hey if you wouldn't mind inviting me (to both) that would be awesome. dary.merckens {[at]} gmail ((dot)) com - Dary Michael Merckens

Brandon Zeuner wrote a review on Yelp

Mastro's Ocean Club (3/5)

June 8 at 9:02 am - Link

"Overrated and expensive. When Oceanaire opens at the Biltmore, I'd gladly drive down there versus Ocean Club." - Brandon Zeuner

Brandon Zeuner wrote a review on Yelp

Houston's Restaurants (5/5)

June 8 at 8:59 am - Link

"Hands down the best restaurant around. If I were to take one place to a desert island, it would be Houstons. BridgetZ gives me a hard time because it's a chain, but she was also spoiled by living in…" - Brandon Zeuner