Jun
10
ShopSavvy on TechCrunch
MG Siegler over at TechCrunch wrote a nice post on ShopSavvy titled, “The New ShopSavvy: Faster, Bigger, Stronger!“ Thanks MG.
Jul
25
Damages Premiere (FanPodCast)
FX premiered their newest series, Damages, last night. Tom Shales of the Washington Post suggests,
“Damages,” making a sensational premiere tonight on the FX network, thoroughly justifies adding yet another high-powered law firm to the prime-time population. The firm is not only high-powered but it’s also “high-stakes,” we keep being told — and so is the show. “Damages” is also emphatically, and almost tortuously, high-tension, and the pilot script is one of the most artfully crafted since the debut back in the 20th century of “The Sopranos.”
FX decided to include our social podcasting application, FanPodCast (via API, design by Big Interactive), for the launch. Check it out here.
Jul
5
World Series of Video Games 2007
The Big in Japan team was out in force at the World Series of Video Games at the Gaylord Texan. Our involvement with gaming really started this year with our work with the LEGO MMOG (massively multiplayer online game). It took us a while to figure out the how social communication and gaming could intersect, but very quickly it clicked. Since then we have really ‘amp’d-up’ our involvement in the gaming arena. If you are in the Dallas area we recommend stopping by the WSVG if you get a chance. Check out the photos from the Flickr Stream or see a few below:
Jun
11
iPhone will be open to developers!
The Big in Japan team let out a cheer today when Apple announced that we will get access to the iPhone via web applications. Development for typical phones require complex SDK development, but Apple has decided to open the platform and allow firms like Big in Japan access the phone’s functions such as ‘making calls, sending emails while connecting to Google Maps. It is not clear how the iPhone’s browser will expose the Domain Object Model to allow phone-specific functionality. In a related move, Apple released Safari for Windows. Presumably this will allow non-Mac developers to build applications for the iPhone without using an emulator. Nice work Apple! [via]
May
18
Final logo design for ServiceGuy!
Less than a week after we decided to build and launch ServiceGuy, the final logo has arrived. Thank you for your comments, suggestions and ideas. What do you think:
Hopefully ServiceGuy grows on you. It is not certain that ServiceGuy will catch on outside of Dallas, but the team is excited enough to invest a week of their lives to see. The guys are in Portland for RailsConf and should start in earnest next week.
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