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Re: Outside.in launches Radar

Jonathan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:54:15 -0000

very cool - I look forward to seeing that in action

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

benton.yetman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:01:54 -0000

Fred, this is where i think the 3G iPhone stands to make a huge LBS paradigm shift... There are plenty of GPS and/or triangulation enabled phones that can tell you where you are, and plenty of location-centric mobile apps that hinge on place, but the missing piece has always been seamless usability. If spatial context is elegantly handled behind the scenes, then these mobile apps become truly usable (unlike those where you have to manually enter place: whrll, brightkite, etc..). i'm really hoping outside.in can harness the potential.

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

fredwilson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:22:04 -0000

If your phone knows where you are, then there are some great things coming
on the front from outside.in

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

JPersch — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:53:06 -0000

Hi John,

I am looking forward to the continuing increase in content that is applied to the site, but I find it hard to use the site for anything useful at the present time. I don't know what is possible in this space for aggregating nearby towns, but would love to see stuff posted from surrounding towns. Try looking at my zip code to see what I mean. 03054.

If I could list nearby towns to syndicate that would be perfect since we don't have a newspaper based in my zip code.

Just a thought.

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

Jonathan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:31:41 -0000

What about Mobile access? Does it just know, or do you tell it as you go?

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

Jacob Bijani — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:21:10 -0000

Assuming you use a Mac, check out Paparazzi for full page screen grabs.

http://www.derailer.org/pap...

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

John Geraci — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:54:01 -0000

Hi Tim,

Radar (and outside.in in general) is not dependent on the volume of users *on the site* for its content - if there's anything being said online about a particular location, we're tracking it, or doing our best to. So ostensibly you could live in a city with zero outside.in users and still have a very rich and informative reading experience, provided there was online content being produced in that city.

Of course, outside.in also has lots of users, and they contribute to the site every day in meaningful ways. But we're not just about on-site contribution - we're about picking up on conversations about place across the entire web.

As for the question of content in smaller cities and towns, we're confident that the content is there, or will be soon, and we can figure out how to get it and present it to you in a way that is useful and compelling to you...

John Geraci
co-founder, outside.in

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

Austin Bryan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:47:54 -0000

Fred - Looking forward to checking out Radar later. Per your screenshot quandry, check out the "Screengrab!" Firefox extension. Already 3.0 compatible and has an option to save entire pages/frames as .png or .jpg (that said, ignore the copy option - it's quirky to the point of useless).

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

tim — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:56:08 -0000

How is this useful outside of NYC or SF or LA where the volume of users isn't that high? I sometimes wonder about those that develop these tools have ever lived anywhere with a metro area population of less than 5 million.