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RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Adam R. <Ad...@Kn...>]

Number one, Meg I wish you were working at KnowNow still!  You are a =
font of great ideas!!!

Number two, Scott this is a fantastic connection.  Please ask Mena and =
Ben to come play with us...

  ;) Adam


-----Original Message-----
From:	Scott Andrew LePera [mailto:sc...@sc...]
Sent:	Fri 12/13/2002 8:28 AM
To:	Adam Rifkin
Cc:	mod...@li...
Subject:	Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable =
Amazon"
Meg has more comments today:

<http://www.megnut.com/archive.asp?which=3D2002_12_01_archive.inc#002348>=


"Another idea for mod_pubsub: real-time updates over at Weblogs.com.=20
 From what I can tell, weblogs.com receives a ping when a weblog=20
updates. It must store that info in a database or text file and then=20
whenever the page loads, writes the list from that. Why not subscribe to =

its own pings and write them as they come in? Seems totally doable to =
me."

I had a similar idea yesterday: Movable Type's home page has a list of=20
"recently updated weblogs" which works essentially in the same way as=20
weblogs.com (MT users send a ping to Moveable Type's server when they=20
update).

It would probably be trivial for Mena and Ben to add a line of code that =

forwards that ping on to a public router (like Joyce's machine or one of =

the upcoming KN machines). Then we could build a demo similar to the one =

Ev came up with for Blogger. Maybe we should ask them to come play with =
us?

-- Scott

RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Adam R. <Ad...@Kn...>]

This is a beautiful thing, Mike.

Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?

   :) Adam


-----Original Message-----
From: Asynch Messaging [mailto:asy...@ho...]
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 8:52 PM
To: Adam Rifkin; Scott Andrew LePera
Cc: mod...@li...; me...@me...
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
Amazon"


I built a sample that periodically polls Amazon for the most popular =
books,
music, movies, software and toys.
It's not working completely... but its a start:

http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/

The data isn't sorted (darn those amazon folks) and I have to do 4 =
requests
that get chunks of 10 entries, and I'm not seeing anything on toys or =
music
and the numbers probably won't change that often and the 'add comment' =
has
the wrong colors and so on...

I'll try checking in some code to sourceforge later tonite

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
To: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable =
Amazon"


Number one, Meg I wish you were working at KnowNow still!  You are a =
font of
great ideas!!!

Number two, Scott this is a fantastic connection.  Please ask Mena and =
Ben
to come play with us...

  ;) Adam


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Andrew LePera [mailto:sc...@sc...]
Sent: Fri 12/13/2002 8:28 AM
To: Adam Rifkin
Cc: mod...@li...
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable =
Amazon"
Meg has more comments today:

<http://www.megnut.com/archive.asp?which=3D2002_12_01_archive.inc#002348>=


"Another idea for mod_pubsub: real-time updates over at Weblogs.com.
 From what I can tell, weblogs.com receives a ping when a weblog
updates. It must store that info in a database or text file and then
whenever the page loads, writes the list from that. Why not subscribe to
its own pings and write them as they come in? Seems totally doable to =
me."

I had a similar idea yesterday: Movable Type's home page has a list of
"recently updated weblogs" which works essentially in the same way as
weblogs.com (MT users send a ping to Moveable Type's server when they
update).

It would probably be trivial for Mena and Ben to add a line of code that
forwards that ping on to a public router (like Joyce's machine or one of
the upcoming KN machines). Then we could build a demo similar to the one
Ev came up with for Blogger. Maybe we should ask them to come play with =
us?

-- Scott






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Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Jeff B. <je...@ve...>]

This is awesome. Sales rank data actually changes very frequently. I have done some regression tests against catalog data, running
the old and new tests just minutes apart. I will frequently see changes in sales rank within this time window.

You do need to fix the URIs:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=webservices-20%26creative=D2W7SBNOI2U2ML%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2%26path=ASIN/B000
05AUGP

Change webservices-20 to your own associate id in order to get credit for purchases.

For extra sizzle, would it be possible to show old and new sales rank, and then indicate with an icon or a color the direction of
the change?

Jeff;

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
To: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy Hui" <th...@Kn...>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"


> This is a beautiful thing, Mike.
>
> Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?
>
>    :) Adam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Asynch Messaging [mailto:asy...@ho...]
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 8:52 PM
> To: Adam Rifkin; Scott Andrew LePera
> Cc: mod...@li...; me...@me...
> Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> Amazon"
>
>
> I built a sample that periodically polls Amazon for the most popular books,
> music, movies, software and toys.
> It's not working completely... but its a start:
>
> http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/
>
> The data isn't sorted (darn those amazon folks) and I have to do 4 requests
> that get chunks of 10 entries, and I'm not seeing anything on toys or music
> and the numbers probably won't change that often and the 'add comment' has
> the wrong colors and so on...
>
> I'll try checking in some code to sourceforge later tonite
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
> To: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:13 AM
> Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"
>
>
> Number one, Meg I wish you were working at KnowNow still!  You are a font of
> great ideas!!!
>
> Number two, Scott this is a fantastic connection.  Please ask Mena and Ben
> to come play with us...
>
>   ;) Adam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Andrew LePera [mailto:sc...@sc...]
> Sent: Fri 12/13/2002 8:28 AM
> To: Adam Rifkin
> Cc: mod...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"
> Meg has more comments today:
>
> <http://www.megnut.com/archive.asp?which=2002_12_01_archive.inc#002348>
>
> "Another idea for mod_pubsub: real-time updates over at Weblogs.com.
>  From what I can tell, weblogs.com receives a ping when a weblog
> updates. It must store that info in a database or text file and then
> whenever the page loads, writes the list from that. Why not subscribe to
> its own pings and write them as they come in? Seems totally doable to me."
>
> I had a similar idea yesterday: Movable Type's home page has a list of
> "recently updated weblogs" which works essentially in the same way as
> weblogs.com (MT users send a ping to Moveable Type's server when they
> update).
>
> It would probably be trivial for Mena and Ben to add a line of code that
> forwards that ping on to a public router (like Joyce's machine or one of
> the upcoming KN machines). Then we could build a demo similar to the one
> Ev came up with for Blogger. Maybe we should ask them to come play with us?
>
> -- Scott
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Asynch M. <asy...@ho...>]

Okay - I've updated the app to sort based on SalesRank. Still getting
missing slots from Amazon.
I show the up/down motion via a little graphic.
Updated the background schedule for once a minute. We'll see if the server
running that script pukes or if Amazon shuts me out.
Also... Jeff said the URLs don't incorporate my affiliateID correctly - does
anyone else have examples of this?

http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Barr" <je...@ve...>
To: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>; "Asynch Messaging"
<asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew LePera"
<sc...@sc...>
Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy
Hui" <th...@Kn...>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"


> This is awesome. Sales rank data actually changes very frequently. I have
done some regression tests against catalog data, running
> the old and new tests just minutes apart. I will frequently see changes in
sales rank within this time window.
>
> You do need to fix the URIs:
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=webservices-20%26creative=D2W
7SBNOI2U2ML%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2%26path=ASIN/B000
> 05AUGP
>
> Change webservices-20 to your own associate id in order to get credit for
purchases.
>
> For extra sizzle, would it be possible to show old and new sales rank, and
then indicate with an icon or a color the direction of
> the change?
>
> Jeff;
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
> To: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew
LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy
Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
Amazon"
>
>
> > This is a beautiful thing, Mike.
> >
> > Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?
> >
> >    :) Adam

Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Jeff B. <je...@ve...>]

Neat. This is RAD at its finest - concept to deployment in 24 hours.

1 - What do you mean by missing slots? The Salesrank is global (across all products) so you won't find a monotonically increasing
sequence within a single product line.

2 - To fix the URLs, simply pass _your_ associate ID in the "t=" parameter when you make the REST request to Amazon.

3 - Here's a simple test page that I use for experimentation:

    http://www.syndic8.com/~jeff/b.html

You can enter new values into the various fields at the top, watch the URL change, and then see the data returned from the call at
the bottom. Note that the Amazon REST interface allows for an XSLT transform on the output, and that you can select from some
predefined style sheets by using the Transformation dropdown.

4 - The Amazon server is not going to notice a once-per-minute hit. We ask developers to hit us no more than once per second, but we
don't enforce this (yet). We are processing about 5 million requests every day; a few more isn't going to make much of a difference.

Jeff;

----- Original Message -----
From: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>
To: "Jeff Barr" <je...@ve...>; "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>; "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy Hui" <th...@Kn...>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"


> Okay - I've updated the app to sort based on SalesRank. Still getting
> missing slots from Amazon.
> I show the up/down motion via a little graphic.
> Updated the background schedule for once a minute. We'll see if the server
> running that script pukes or if Amazon shuts me out.
> Also... Jeff said the URLs don't incorporate my affiliateID correctly - does
> anyone else have examples of this?
>
> http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Barr" <je...@ve...>
> To: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>; "Asynch Messaging"
> <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew LePera"
> <sc...@sc...>
> Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy
> Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"
>
>
> > This is awesome. Sales rank data actually changes very frequently. I have
> done some regression tests against catalog data, running
> > the old and new tests just minutes apart. I will frequently see changes in
> sales rank within this time window.
> >
> > You do need to fix the URIs:
> >
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=webservices-20%26creative=D2W
> 7SBNOI2U2ML%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2%26path=ASIN/B000
> > 05AUGP
> >
> > Change webservices-20 to your own associate id in order to get credit for
> purchases.
> >
> > For extra sizzle, would it be possible to show old and new sales rank, and
> then indicate with an icon or a color the direction of
> > the change?
> >
> > Jeff;
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
> > To: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew
> LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> > Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy
> Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:38 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> Amazon"
> >
> >
> > > This is a beautiful thing, Mike.
> > >
> > > Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?
> > >
> > >    :) Adam
>

Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Scott A. L. <sc...@sc...>]

Is the server down? I can't connect to anything at that URI.

-- Scott


Asynch Messaging wrote:
> Okay - I've updated the app to sort based on SalesRank. Still getting
> missing slots from Amazon.
> I show the up/down motion via a little graphic.
> Updated the background schedule for once a minute. We'll see if the server
> running that script pukes or if Amazon shuts me out.
> Also... Jeff said the URLs don't incorporate my affiliateID correctly - does
> anyone else have examples of this?
> 
> http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Barr" <je...@ve...>
> To: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>; "Asynch Messaging"
> <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew LePera"
> <sc...@sc...>
> Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy
> Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"
> 
> 
> 
>>This is awesome. Sales rank data actually changes very frequently. I have
> 
> done some regression tests against catalog data, running
> 
>>the old and new tests just minutes apart. I will frequently see changes in
> 
> sales rank within this time window.
> 
>>You do need to fix the URIs:
>>
>>
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=webservices-20%26creative=D2W
> 7SBNOI2U2ML%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2%26path=ASIN/B000
> 
>>05AUGP
>>
>>Change webservices-20 to your own associate id in order to get credit for
> 
> purchases.
> 
>>For extra sizzle, would it be possible to show old and new sales rank, and
> 
> then indicate with an icon or a color the direction of
> 
>>the change?
>>
>>Jeff;
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
>>To: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew
> 
> LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> 
>>Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>; "Tommy
> 
> Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> 
>>Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:38 AM
>>Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> 
> Amazon"
> 
>>
>>>This is a beautiful thing, Mike.
>>>
>>>Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?
>>>
>>>   :) Adam
>>
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Asynch M. <asy...@ho...>]

Yes the server is down. Don't know why..

I checked in updates to the app though - I am using the correct affiliate
ID,and correctly get the list for other non-book categories (you apparently
need both the BrowseID and the mode= parameter)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
To: <mod...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"


> Is the server down? I can't connect to anything at that URI.
>
> -- Scott
>
>
> Asynch Messaging wrote:
> > Okay - I've updated the app to sort based on SalesRank. Still getting
> > missing slots from Amazon.
> > I show the up/down motion via a little graphic.
> > Updated the background schedule for once a minute. We'll see if the
server
> > running that script pukes or if Amazon shuts me out.
> > Also... Jeff said the URLs don't incorporate my affiliateID correctly -
does
> > anyone else have examples of this?
> >
> > http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Barr" <je...@ve...>
> > To: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>; "Asynch Messaging"
> > <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew LePera"
> > <sc...@sc...>
> > Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>;
"Tommy
> > Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
Amazon"
> >
> >
> >
> >>This is awesome. Sales rank data actually changes very frequently. I
have
> >
> > done some regression tests against catalog data, running
> >
> >>the old and new tests just minutes apart. I will frequently see changes
in
> >
> > sales rank within this time window.
> >
> >>You do need to fix the URIs:
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=webservices-20%26creative=D2W
> > 7SBNOI2U2ML%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2%26path=ASIN/B000
> >
> >>05AUGP
> >>
> >>Change webservices-20 to your own associate id in order to get credit
for
> >
> > purchases.
> >
> >>For extra sizzle, would it be possible to show old and new sales rank,
and
> >
> > then indicate with an icon or a color the direction of
> >
> >>the change?
> >>
> >>Jeff;
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
> >>To: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew
> >
> > LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> >
> >>Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>;
"Tommy
> >
> > Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> >
> >>Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:38 AM
> >>Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> >
> > Amazon"
> >
> >>
> >>>This is a beautiful thing, Mike.
> >>>
> >>>Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?
> >>>
> >>>   :) Adam
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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>
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Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Asynch M. <asy...@ho...>]

Server seems to be up again.
I've updated the amazonpop sample - replaced images with text (thanks Ben S)
I still need to add an explicit unsubscribe when switching sections - I'm
getting crosstalk between topics (events still delivered on the open
connection)

If anybody likes doing javascript/dhtml work, add some cool stuff if you
like.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>
To: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>;
<mod...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"


> Yes the server is down. Don't know why..
>
> I checked in updates to the app though - I am using the correct affiliate
> ID,and correctly get the list for other non-book categories (you
apparently
> need both the BrowseID and the mode= parameter)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> To: <mod...@li...>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
Amazon"
>
>
> > Is the server down? I can't connect to anything at that URI.
> >
> > -- Scott
> >
> >
> > Asynch Messaging wrote:
> > > Okay - I've updated the app to sort based on SalesRank. Still getting
> > > missing slots from Amazon.
> > > I show the up/down motion via a little graphic.
> > > Updated the background schedule for once a minute. We'll see if the
> server
> > > running that script pukes or if Amazon shuts me out.
> > > Also... Jeff said the URLs don't incorporate my affiliateID
correctly -
> does
> > > anyone else have examples of this?
> > >
> > > http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeff Barr" <je...@ve...>
> > > To: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>; "Asynch Messaging"
> > > <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew LePera"
> > > <sc...@sc...>
> > > Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>;
> "Tommy
> > > Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:06 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> Amazon"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>This is awesome. Sales rank data actually changes very frequently. I
> have
> > >
> > > done some regression tests against catalog data, running
> > >
> > >>the old and new tests just minutes apart. I will frequently see
changes
> in
> > >
> > > sales rank within this time window.
> > >
> > >>You do need to fix the URIs:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=webservices-20%26creative=D2W
> > > 7SBNOI2U2ML%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2%26path=ASIN/B000
> > >
> > >>05AUGP
> > >>
> > >>Change webservices-20 to your own associate id in order to get credit
> for
> > >
> > > purchases.
> > >
> > >>For extra sizzle, would it be possible to show old and new sales rank,
> and
> > >
> > > then indicate with an icon or a color the direction of
> > >
> > >>the change?
> > >>
> > >>Jeff;
> > >>
> > >>----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
> > >>To: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew
> > >
> > > LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> > >
> > >>Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>;
> "Tommy
> > >
> > > Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> > >
> > >>Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:38 AM
> > >>Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> > >
> > > Amazon"
> > >
> > >>
> > >>>This is a beautiful thing, Mike.
> > >>>
> > >>>Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?
> > >>>
> > >>>   :) Adam
> > >>
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Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Asynch M. <asy...@ho...>]

Some more updates...
Added unsubscribe when switching sections (thanks Ben)
Added extraction of more metadata (so you get song artist & lead in movies)

I noticed that The Hobbit/LOTR has moved from #13 to #10.
Top Album is Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) - which I am listening to as I
write... I love it. My sister-in-law even picked that song for her reception
dance when she got married last month.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>
To: <mod...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"


> Server seems to be up again.
> I've updated the amazonpop sample - replaced images with text (thanks Ben
S)
> I still need to add an explicit unsubscribe when switching sections - I'm
> getting crosstalk between topics (events still delivered on the open
> connection)
>
> If anybody likes doing javascript/dhtml work, add some cool stuff if you
> like.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>
> To: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>;
> <mod...@li...>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
Amazon"
>
>
> > Yes the server is down. Don't know why..
> >
> > I checked in updates to the app though - I am using the correct
affiliate
> > ID,and correctly get the list for other non-book categories (you
> apparently
> > need both the BrowseID and the mode= parameter)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> > To: <mod...@li...>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> Amazon"
> >
> >
> > > Is the server down? I can't connect to anything at that URI.
> > >
> > > -- Scott
> > >
> > >
> > > Asynch Messaging wrote:
> > > > Okay - I've updated the app to sort based on SalesRank. Still
getting
> > > > missing slots from Amazon.
> > > > I show the up/down motion via a little graphic.
> > > > Updated the background schedule for once a minute. We'll see if the
> > server
> > > > running that script pukes or if Amazon shuts me out.
> > > > Also... Jeff said the URLs don't incorporate my affiliateID
> correctly -
> > does
> > > > anyone else have examples of this?
> > > >
> > > > http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jeff Barr" <je...@ve...>
> > > > To: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>; "Asynch Messaging"
> > > > <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew LePera"
> > > > <sc...@sc...>
> > > > Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>;
> > "Tommy
> > > > Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:06 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> > Amazon"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>This is awesome. Sales rank data actually changes very frequently. I
> > have
> > > >
> > > > done some regression tests against catalog data, running
> > > >
> > > >>the old and new tests just minutes apart. I will frequently see
> changes
> > in
> > > >
> > > > sales rank within this time window.
> > > >
> > > >>You do need to fix the URIs:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=webservices-20%26creative=D2W
> > > > 7SBNOI2U2ML%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2%26path=ASIN/B000
> > > >
> > > >>05AUGP
> > > >>
> > > >>Change webservices-20 to your own associate id in order to get
credit
> > for
> > > >
> > > > purchases.
> > > >
> > > >>For extra sizzle, would it be possible to show old and new sales
rank,
> > and
> > > >
> > > > then indicate with an icon or a color the direction of
> > > >
> > > >>the change?
> > > >>
> > > >>Jeff;
> > > >>
> > > >>----- Original Message -----
> > > >>From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
> > > >>To: "Asynch Messaging" <asy...@ho...>; "Scott Andrew
> > > >
> > > > LePera" <sc...@sc...>
> > > >
> > > >>Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>;
> > "Tommy
> > > >
> > > > Hui" <th...@Kn...>
> > > >
> > > >>Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:38 AM
> > > >>Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable
> > > >
> > > > Amazon"
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>>This is a beautiful thing, Mike.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Now, how can we give it some extra sizzle?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>   :) Adam
> > > >>
> > > >
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Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"

[Asynch M. <asy...@ho...>]

I built a sample that periodically polls Amazon for the most popular books,
music, movies, software and toys.
It's not working completely... but its a start:

http://www.topiczero.com:8000/kn_apps/amazonpop/

The data isn't sorted (darn those amazon folks) and I have to do 4 requests
that get chunks of 10 entries, and I'm not seeing anything on toys or music
and the numbers probably won't change that often and the 'add comment' has
the wrong colors and so on...

I'll try checking in some code to sourceforge later tonite

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Rifkin" <Ad...@Kn...>
To: "Scott Andrew LePera" <sc...@sc...>
Cc: <mod...@li...>; <me...@me...>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"


Number one, Meg I wish you were working at KnowNow still!  You are a font of
great ideas!!!

Number two, Scott this is a fantastic connection.  Please ask Mena and Ben
to come play with us...

  ;) Adam


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Andrew LePera [mailto:sc...@sc...]
Sent: Fri 12/13/2002 8:28 AM
To: Adam Rifkin
Cc: mod...@li...
Subject: Re: [Mod-pubsub-developer] Meg Hourihan: "mod_pubsub-enable Amazon"
Meg has more comments today:

<http://www.megnut.com/archive.asp?which=2002_12_01_archive.inc#002348>

"Another idea for mod_pubsub: real-time updates over at Weblogs.com.
 From what I can tell, weblogs.com receives a ping when a weblog
updates. It must store that info in a database or text file and then
whenever the page loads, writes the list from that. Why not subscribe to
its own pings and write them as they come in? Seems totally doable to me."

I had a similar idea yesterday: Movable Type's home page has a list of
"recently updated weblogs" which works essentially in the same way as
weblogs.com (MT users send a ping to Moveable Type's server when they
update).

It would probably be trivial for Mena and Ben to add a line of code that
forwards that ping on to a public router (like Joyce's machine or one of
the upcoming KN machines). Then we could build a demo similar to the one
Ev came up with for Blogger. Maybe we should ask them to come play with us?

-- Scott






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