Posted by Dave Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:38:00 GMT
Apparently, there is a town in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences... someone should lose their city naming privileges over this one.Posted by Cole Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:54:00 GMT
This is where we think. Anyone recognize the prison in the background?
Posted by Dave Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:57:00 GMT
Just wanted to give a shout out to a few star Flagrs...some of my favorites:
stowawayhome - Beautiful places, wonderful pictures, short yet meaningful descriptions. But he/she has no friends. Come on... let 'em know we care!
denimnews - This guy is on fire with the mobile flags. Him and his buddies own NYC, apparently. According to his profile, he likes women with long dark hair. If you find yourself with such traits, you may be interested... he seems like he frequents some fancy (expensive) places.
Altzgamer - He shows us how beautiful Russia really is. Although he made a comment that disturbs me.
dlin - Dan's been all sorts of places, mostly in the US. He also has a hefty amount of amigos.
jeffremer - Jeff knows San Francisco pretty well, but has some interesting flags in Hawaii and Brazil.
Posted by Cole Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:21:00 GMT
Posted by Matt Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:34:00 GMT
So a number of people have been asking for a Firefox extension. I had a little spare time tonight and thus Flagrfox was born.
It's not finished, it's not polished but it is functional. So try it out and tell us what you think.
Download it, open it with FireFox and finally restart Firefox. Then any time you highlight an address on the web just right click and Flag it.
Posted by Cole Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:38:00 GMT
We re-worked a lot of the javascript to make the flag loading experience... well.. less of an experience. Hopefully it's zippy in your browser too. If not, be sure to let us know.Posted by Dave Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:26:00 GMT
So almost everyone refers to Flagr as a mashup, but I beg to differ... A mashup, by definition, is a service that combines at least two services...diggdot.us is a good example. So why do people call flagr a mashup? Is it because we use a google map? If so, Google maps API use has become synomymous with a mashup, no matter what the case. In other words, the word "mashup" has lost it's original meaning. It's simply a loose buzzword, like web 2.0 and ajax. I'd like to hear it from you. Do you think Flagr is a mashup?Posted by Cole Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:52:00 GMT
We just pushed an update to the maps that allows you to see ALL the information in any area. Zoom in, take a poke around, and discover someplace new. For real this time.Posted by Cole Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:38:00 GMT
Yep, it's possible. And before it was even announced (count this as the un-official announcement) we woke to a special surprise. It seems one adventurous user decided to just try it.Posted by Matt Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:12:00 GMT
It's our first major update and we are totally pumped.Now you can add information to other people's flags that you think are cool.
Addicted to Flagr? Check out the RSS feed on your summary page (right above your flags list). Now you can see what your friends are flagging all the time.
Wanted to blog about that really sweet place you found on Flagr? Just use the permalink available in the sidebar.
Posted by Cole Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:30:00 GMT
Yep, It's a blog post. Three days... yikes. I'll just say we've been a little busy in the kitchen. In a way, we rarely leave that metaphorical kitchen, although we're always happy to take more orders.Posted by Cole Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:30:00 GMT
Recently we've noticed problems with Geocoding addresses - if you've tried to add a flag by address, either online or from your phone in the last day, you might have noticed this issue. Strange how these things pop-up, but it seemed to be a problem with one of the geocoding services, not our code.Posted by Cole Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:34:00 GMT
What excites me is not so much the number than it is the speed at which we've hit the thousand mark. It's day 4. Yeesh.Posted by Cole Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:09:00 GMT
Yesterday was a really heavy day, and our first thus far. We had people coming in drones of thousands from sites like Reddit, Digg, Del.icio.us, and PaulGraham.com. So we decided to buy another server.Posted by Cole Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:08:00 GMT
Awesome.. it works! Now it's time to make Flagr even better. Remember, this is Flagr at it's most basic of levels. Use it and abuse it (in a good way.) Then tell us what you'd like to see, or what you think could be better. We read everything.Posted by Cole Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:06:00 GMT
We're working really hard to make the question of "Where?" easier to answer. This first full day has been quite exciting... being that it's the first and all.Posted by Matt Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:32:00 GMT
And we're live ... as of 3am last night. Now just to finish up the odds and ends.
