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Gnip 2.0 Launches, With A Business Model

14 points by jasonlbaptiste 18y ago

jasonlbaptiste 18y ago
Does anyone else here think GNIP has SERIOUS potential. The way to go for web services is real time updates. If GNIP is the central hub for that, the API producers (ie- twitter) win big time and the consumers (ie- startups who want to use twitter api) win. I'd easily pay for this.
- tdavis 18y ago
  I completely agree. The biggest hole I've found so far is they don't have a list of current providers... am I missing something?
  - jasonlbaptiste 18y ago
    it should be listed on their site, front page actually. if not try to reach out to Eric, he will probably let you know.
  - geuis 18y ago
    Here ya go. Its under the API link on the top of the homepage. http://groups.google.com/group/gnip-community/web/publishers http://groups.google.com/group/gnip-community/web/publishers
    - tdavis 18y ago
      Ah, cheers.
- thomaspaine 18y ago
  Definitely, I'm super excited about what these guys are doing and where this might go. I think even more important than real time updates will be the ability to aggregate massive amounts of user data across different APIs, and mine it.
- whacked_new 18y ago
  Looks like they are doing what the whole "semantic web" was supposed to do but failed to do. It's not just a business; it might as well become the standard.
geuis 18y ago
I fraking LOVE gnip. This is the first solid new biz that I've seen really enter the market in a while. A core, solid kind of business that just fundamentally makes sense. They have made the process of getting data for web apps SO easy its just crazy. Love it, love it.
steveplace 18y ago
Concepts/Frameworks/Components used at Gnip (pulled from job posting) * Network Attached Memory (TerraCotta) * Clusters * Load Balancers (nginx) * Queuing Frameworks (SQS, ActiveMQ) * Amazon Web Services (Ec2, S3) * Polling * Publish/Subscribe communication models
nick5768 18y ago
Agreed with all of the above comments completely. When I first was linked to it, it flattened me with how much sense it makes. Thinking about the amount of hours saved worldwide if gnip fulfills it's potential is mind boggling.
sireat 18y ago
I wonder how long will their current mainpage title stay intact... that's got to turn off some people, while I assume attract some others.
bkudria 18y ago
Gnip sounds like it could enable some cool things for the near future, but it's single-point-of-failure nature makes me nervous.

Does anyone else here think GNIP has SERIOUS potential. The way to go for web services is real time updates. If GNIP is the central hub for that, the API producers (ie- twitter) win big time and the consumers (ie- startups who want to use twitter api) win. I'd easily pay for this.

tdavis 18y ago
I completely agree. The biggest hole I've found so far is they don't have a list of current providers... am I missing something?
- jasonlbaptiste 18y ago
  it should be listed on their site, front page actually. if not try to reach out to Eric, he will probably let you know.
- geuis 18y ago
  Here ya go. Its under the API link on the top of the homepage. http://groups.google.com/group/gnip-community/web/publishers http://groups.google.com/group/gnip-community/web/publishers
  - tdavis 18y ago
    Ah, cheers.
thomaspaine 18y ago
Definitely, I'm super excited about what these guys are doing and where this might go. I think even more important than real time updates will be the ability to aggregate massive amounts of user data across different APIs, and mine it.
whacked_new 18y ago
Looks like they are doing what the whole "semantic web" was supposed to do but failed to do. It's not just a business; it might as well become the standard.

geuis 18y ago

I fraking LOVE gnip. This is the first solid new biz that I've seen really enter the market in a while. A core, solid kind of business that just fundamentally makes sense. They have made the process of getting data for web apps SO easy its just crazy. Love it, love it.

steveplace 18y ago

Concepts/Frameworks/Components used at Gnip (pulled from job posting) * Network Attached Memory (TerraCotta) * Clusters * Load Balancers (nginx) * Queuing Frameworks (SQS, ActiveMQ) * Amazon Web Services (Ec2, S3) * Polling * Publish/Subscribe communication models

nick5768 18y ago

Agreed with all of the above comments completely. When I first was linked to it, it flattened me with how much sense it makes. Thinking about the amount of hours saved worldwide if gnip fulfills it's potential is mind boggling.

sireat 18y ago

I wonder how long will their current mainpage title stay intact... that's got to turn off some people, while I assume attract some others.

bkudria 18y ago

Gnip sounds like it could enable some cool things for the near future, but it's single-point-of-failure nature makes me nervous.