http://webmaster1.stanford.edu/logs/events/: let me know if you find any interesting patterns.

Ok, there’s not much more I can say about this…Wavemarket…it’s epic, it uses cell phones to both recommend things to you and to allow you to rate and recommend things to others. It’s a company based in Emeryville, and we should use them. Or beat them. Something…
Oh, and they use maps…

Business 2.0 has a feature on the rise of Coolsign into an effective advertising tool. It includes some statistics and pricing that should be able to help us determine the value of EventsAtStanford.
A study funded by AdSpace and Macy’s compared results at a Macy’s store outfitted with CoolSign ads with those at the chain’s other […]

Google has introduced a wireless version of their shopping service, Froogle. The interface is clean, the functionality simple. It is a perfect example of a service that is more useful once made mobile. Perhaps events@stanford will be the same way…
The question then stands: how long will it take us to beat them? Steve?

Though he calls it being “snared by a gimmick“, Adam Greenfield, a prominent web designer and critic, found a location-aware LCD screen “compelling”:
Drawing, no doubt, on the cab’s current GPS coordinates, cross-referenced against the advertiser’s database, the message was “Stop by the nearest BankBrand ATM @ 35th and Madison!”…And you know what? I found it […]

Hey guys, a looooooong time ago, we had discussed putting in a white plaza cam, and I know we put in a cam for the isis space, but here’s Cornell’s cam, and I think it’s a pretty neat idea.
http://www.cornell.edu/CUHomePage/CornellStream.html
Quote from webpage:
“This camera is located outside and is thus subject to current weather conditions. We […]

WhatsUpNYC, a new service that SMSs or emails you when something you’d be interested in is happening. Currently only available in NYC, and still in beta. They also post all the events on their events blog. WhatsUpStanford, anyone?
What’s Up New York (WUNY) alerts you to select smart events in New York City. We are a […]

We’ve made a lot of fancy statements about how “personalization” is the next step for E@S, but have yet to implement it. Much of the problem is that web-based personalization is pretty advanced technology. But “personalization” is really quite similar to “studentization”, another goal of ours, and that is a goal within reach. All it […]

Another evolution of customization is demonstrated in Apple’s Celebrity Playlists. Something about having the music chosen by an artist you respect or enjoy makes it more attractive to purchase than the music on its own.
Celebrity iCal files, anyone? Could they be the killer app for a rich database of events? I picture a John Hennessy-chosen […]

Kyle’s hero Ben Fry has come up with another interesting and useful visualization: type in digits of a zip code and the map narrows its focus to the area covered by your partial entry.
By doing this, I found out that 99403 (clarkston, wa) is the biggest US zip code; and that 01001 (agawam, ma) is […]