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@michaelschade that's my point exactly: $45 was removed and $4 was left on the card: http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10035604975584460...

So someone either bought exactly $45 worth of Starbucks on the card within minutes of me putting $49 on it, or someone is hacking it.

Jonathan, re: not hacked -- do you think people are really spending exactly $45 at Starbucks in one shot?

OK I'm going to go nuclear to determine if this is some automated script or a manual hack: @Socialize just put $300 (!!!) on the card (remember... this is to promote the SDK Speed Challenge... so maybe click the link so I can claim some kind of ROI! http://go.GetSocialize.com/SDK-Challenge)

I figure if it's a script, the $300 will disappear instantly. But if it's manual, it's unlikely that someone could manually xfer that at a Starbucks counter w/o getting questioned.

Confirmations (max was $100 at a time):

http://drod.io/0G391o170o1e1V0Y400H http://drod.io/1t362M3B1a0t421I1Q0b http://drod.io/2O1R052m0g0q1g1P1x1V

Someone is DEFINITELY messing with it -- nobody buys exactly $45 in Starbucks: http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10035604975584460...

the $49 is on there! Someone go buy a latte, quick! http://drod.io/3F0U1n340W1c0H1H0F29

OK I just tried a test: @Socialize put $49 on the card -- let's see if a smaller amount still tips off the hacker: http://drod.io/2E071F3T0C0V0G1w0f39

I'll be willing to put another $100 on the card on behalf of @Socialize's SDK Speed Challenge ( http://go.GetSocialize.com/SDK-Challenge) if someone can come up with a way to track who's hacking it. Any ideas?

I heard that! Looks like Jonathan's social experiment is clashing w/ eBay's "people are good" philosophy... either that or there are a LOT of thirsty people all at the same time.

Regardless, I'm glad we tried it; anyone have any theories of how it's being hacked?

@Socialize just loaded $100 on the card: http://twitter.com/#!/Socialize/status/100347389134643200

Here's the conf: http://drod.io/2R3o0I2a3R3n3S2L1J2N

$1,000 for creating a Javascript library on Github based on the Socialize social API, and then another $500 for the first iOS app to go live using the Socialize SDK, and another $500 for the first SDK app to go live using the Socialize SDK.

Also, here's the recent press from our launch:

TechCrunch: http://go.GetSocialize.com/TechCrunch

ReadWriteWeb: http://go.GetSocialize.com/RWW

If you'd like to check it out, just make a comment on my blog and I'll make an intro.

Tell me about it! - DROdio

If you want to play the video faster, say at 1.5x speed, you can download it from the vimeo site, http://vimeo.com/21495452 . Here’s where you download it from: http://drod.io/1k3e1n470M1g3O013L2S

The slides are embedded; transcript is coming.

Yep, transcript will be posted on the URL early next week.

What browser & OS are you using? When you say "never show", a cookie should be placed in your browser called "swoopshow" (like this one http://drod.io/272U3B1v200k2z1a1v0u ). Could you check to see if you have the cookie? I'm wondering if the cookie's not being placed correctly, or if it's being placed but not read correctly. FYI it does work for me on Firefox & Mac OS 10.6.

Here's what I wrote in the comments section of the blog post:

I embedded the slides in addition to the video, so you could just scroll through them, but so you have it in text here are the 7 points I go through in the video. These are the things I'm arguing we'll see largely integrated by 2015, and will have a massive impact on the way we interact as a species:

1. Data Mashups = Magic 2. Location Layer Grows Up 3. Peripherals Get Smart & Connected 4. Software Rules the Cutting Edge 5. Information: Pull to Push 6. Android + Commoditized Tablets 7. Social + Mobile = Killer Combo

Sounds good James

Yep, it's very bulletproof. AppMakr has been used to make thousands of iPhone apps over the past year. Give it a shot and let me know what you think!

Try making an app next week; every app made by AppMakr will have Socialize built in. PBS & Seth Godin will be among 150 launch partners. Here's an app made by a 14 year old w/ AppMakr that has Socialize (was part of the beta group): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/celeb-news/id381893266?mt=8

Yah we just counted; AppMakr's made over 4,500 iOS apps, live in iTunes. Android and WP7 are in beta; will be released this week.

Also check out the 2 minute sped-up video of a guy in our office making the SXSW Guide app in 14 minutes: http://vimeo.com/20814861

Thx Avery for the support; u should make a GetAround app using AppMakr! :)

Dave, what do you like about it? Would like to get more details on what does & doesn't work in your (and others') opinion(s).

Thanks man! Launching for all apps made by AppMakr on 3/15. The Seth Godin app will have it before then (I'll post link here when live.)

Maybe it's moot - Android apps on Blackberrys soon, it seems.

Here's a commemorative new logo for RIM: http://go.danielodio.com/blackberry

DROdio

Thanks - would love comments & feedback. We'll be launching with hundreds of AppMakr-made apps running Socialize soon.

Feel free to ask questions and I'll do a followup w/ George if there are any

BTW if anyone has any tips on how to do this "always on" video concept, I'd love to hear them!

Which company is it?

Thanks Alain, yours is surely better than mine! I had some guy with a big head of hair sitting right in front of me ;)

Great event, BTW. Dave & Adeo were phenomenal. Adeo has this ability to tear people down but do it in a really constructive and funny way so nobody feels bad about it, and everyone learns a lot.

DROdio