Exciting news. ShopFiber got a runner up position in the Glue API Contest. http://blog.adaptiveblue.com/?p=2616
Glue released their API to the public and we saw a great opportunity for how use it to make shopping together better.
Here’s what they had to say:
Alex and I met Jake and Farhan, the founders of ShopFiber, in Florida while attending [...]
ShopFiber takes runner up position Glue API Contest!
22. June 2009
ShopFiber and Facebook – Social Shopping at its finest
We’ve just added the ability to get input and recommendations on your product comparisons from your Facebook network. Watch the video below to see how you can use ShopFiber and Facebook when shopping for a shiny new _____ (anything).
If you already have a ShopFiber account, go here to link your Facebook account. Make sure you [...]
11. June 2009
Meet the ShopFiber interns!
Farhan and I are very excited to have two awesome interns for the summer, both from our alma mater’s of Michigan State University and University of Wisconsin Madsion. They will be in charge of helping to build the feedback loop with our users as well as making ShopFiber even more social. Stay tuned as you [...]
3. June 2009
ShopFiber Update: A little elbow grease and a lot of feedback from you
Big changes are going on at ShopFiber and we’re excited to have you involved in our growth. You’ve given us some great feedback about how we can make your online shopping experience much better and here’s some of things we’ve been working on to do just that:
ShopFiber Connect – Formerly known as the bookmarklet, ShopFiber [...]
1. May 2009
TechNow09 Presentation Online
Our presentation from TechNow09 is now online. Unfortunately, the quality of the recording isn’t very good, but you get the idea
Watch live video from technow09’s channel on Justin.tv
You can watch recording of the complete event, including the presentations from some of the great companies on justin.tv.
An interesting quotes: “Production values like MacWorld [...]
6. April 2009
ShopFiber appearing in TechNow09
We are excited to announce that we are going to be presenting in the upcoming TechNow09 conference in Royal Oak, MI.
TechNow09 is a one-night event celebrating the transition of Michigan into a “knowledge economy.”
Come meet the new technology companies leading the evolution of Michigan business.
Also listen to an interactive panel of current business visionaries and [...]
20. March 2009
Case-insensitive username login in Django
By default django’s authentication module (django.contrib.auth) does a case-sensitive username look up. This means that a user with username ‘farhan’ will not be able to login as ‘Farhan’. Obviously, this is not the standard behavior that users expect. There was a ticket filed, but, unfortunately, the team doesn’t have time to fix (understandably, it is [...]
22. June 2009
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