Madison.com Labs - Latest Comments

Re: Google Group user John M. posts script that brings Google spreadsheets and Fusion Tables closer together

Antonin Riou — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:19:02 -0000

Hi Chris,
Thank you, this script is doing the magic perfectly.But i Have a range problem. Only 39 rows are synced when I hit 'Udpate fusion tables'. I selected a lot more rows and I've updated the range with the script, but nothing has changed. Do you think about a reason for that specific problem? Bye

Re: Introducing ‘foanar,’ like sonar for deals on the go

robelroy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:07 -0000

Looks amazing... When is it getting fired up? I see the app is up for ipad, droid and iphone? How many deals you gonna run? Hundreds? Thousands?

Re: About

robelroy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:44:02 -0000

I see that your Foanar app is now up for iPhone. It looks like a real beaut. I hope that Madison.com really shoots for the stars with this app. The great thing about 'Deal' technology is that is addresses and possibly solves one of the oldest problems for business owners- excess inventory. In a service industry, like barber shops, fitness studios, etc, it is most acute. As a business owner in that type of industry, it is hard to watch your employees just be idle for any amount of time, considering any extra revenue has no added cost.
Programs like this have the capacity to make many more markets much more liquid than they currently are. I sincerely hope your technology allows for automated, instant deal posting, so that the manager at a hair salon on a tuesday night can see her employees idle and immediately post a 5 dollar deal. This could truly make your app THE marketplace in your area. I should hope to see you posting 500 or even 1,000 deals per day within the next few months, even if the deals are only 5 units apiece. Groupon made the mistake of making their program customer-centric, and not business-centric. What these programs really are...are inventory management devices. Godspeed.

Re: “Tweeting” shop, holding the door open and @andymboyle’s roadshow “journo” revival

Andy Boyle — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:17:56 -0000

Thanks for linking to my post!

Re: Madison.com Sees Record Traffic

Timothy Nott — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:01:39 -0000

Speaking as someone who has been involved with Madison.com for a decade, I second the sentiment of 'extremely gratifying.' This is probably a good time to thank our hosting platform, TownNews.com, for being able to absorb the load of what has been upwards of 5 times our normal daily traffic.

Re: Blog Network tests OpenX hosted solution

Timothy Nott — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:14:36 -0000

Well, that experiment ended quickly. Back to Yahoo! APT.

The hosted version of OpenX leaves a lot to be desired. I imagine there might be all kinds of perks if we tested the paid version, but the costs don't justify the potential results.

Re: Blog Network tests OpenX hosted solution

Ram Kumar — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:50:14 -0000

Do check www.adservermods.com for more useful addons for OpenX as well.

Re: Blog Network tests OpenX hosted solution

Ram Kumar — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:49:41 -0000

Check with www.openxservices.com and they provide instant answers to OpenX download version.

Re: Madison.com Labs | Snark | It's snow joke: Keep your snow in your yard, buddy

Timothy Nott — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:07:19 -0000

Too bad madcom didn't do a write-up on this one!

Re: Rethinking ad placement for the benefit of all

Timothy Nott — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:06:38 -0000

Insightful as always! ;)

Re: Rethinking ad placement for the benefit of all

dominic dimarco — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:16:18 -0000

I'd like to see z-index: -1...

Re: Blog network development update – WordPress and Blogger ingtegration

Timothy Nott — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:21:07 -0000

Another test, this time in FireFox on the same PC. Headlines rotating. Missed the last ad rotation - there it goes! Very nice.

Re: Blog network development update – WordPress and Blogger ingtegration

Timothy Nott — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:18:20 -0000

Testing, 2.0. On a slower PC using IE. Everything seems to be A-OK. The headlines are rotating and so are the ads. Bonzai!!!!

Re: Blog network development update – WordPress and Blogger ingtegration

Timothy Nott — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:02:08 -0000

Now that the headline feed and ad rotation are in place, testing the viability of other javascript on the page. Right now, I'm getting a huge lag, but I don't know if that's my machine or the code. I'm going to keep typing to see what happens.

Re: Introducing ‘foanar,’ like sonar for deals on the go

Brent Theisen — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:05:44 -0000

Foanar is a mobile phone app that will give you deals offered by local merchants. Think of it as a coupon search engine for your smartphone. You will be able to search for deals by category, merchant or location and view them on a map or a list. When you find a deal you want to use simply go to the merchant location and either give the cashier the pass phrase or have them scan the bar code displayed on your phone. We're hoping to launch initially in the UW-Madison campus area sometime around December 2010.

Re: Introducing ‘foanar,’ like sonar for deals on the go

Dan Roose — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:26:53 -0000

Foanar is an App that will take your mobile location and provide you with a list of Merchants or Deals they offer in order to help you decide where you want to go for lunch, get your oil changed, have drinks, buy flowers etc... Foanar is an app that gives you the best deals on products within a range of categories based on your current location, popularity or most recent.

Once you find a deal you can march into the merchants location and redeem the deal directly from your smart phone during checkout.

Re: Introducing ‘foanar,’ like sonar for deals on the go

disqus_JWQSAlIYxJ — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:41:33 -0000

I don't get it. What does it do?

Re: Pilot

Timothy Nott — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:30:14 -0000

Glad we finally got this up and running. I'm looking forward to contributing to the conversation.