DISQUS

Jeremy, funny article! As the co-founder of blippr, I can add my two cents... take it or leave it:

$0.01) It's really hard to secure a good domain name, let alone one with six or less letters, that can be pronounced easily. Of course, as you pointed out, not all of the companies you listed--or made up--are necessarily easily pronounced.

$0.02) More companies are going this routed because Flickr (and all the imitators) proved it can work. We, for one, named our company knowing full well it was a cliche name, but that it actually worked for what we were trying to do.

Okay, those are my two cents. However, if you want a third cent, read on, I say!

$0.03) Most people forget, even "Google" is a misspelling of "googol".

Keep up the great writing! I really did enjoy your article.

At least you're not here: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USAZ0207?f...

It's been brutal. 112 degrees right now, and we're not even in the dead of summer, yet.

Neha, so sorry to hear the bad news and best of luck in your next endeavors. If it's any consolation, the exact same thing happened to me which led me to starting the site you were about to review. In short: much good can come of this if you let it.

All the best to you! Jonathan

Thanks for the write up, rez0! We really appreciate you spreading the word. Look out for more great features and us going public very soon.

@Zia, there may be some overlap with Flixster, but we believe our functionality and recommendation algorithm is much more substantial and easier to operate. And even more importantly: we're not just for movies. We're for books, games, movies, music, and (eventually) TV... think of us as the one place you can consolidate all of your media opinions and recommendations.

Thanks again!

Ditto Vivek's question. What's your email address?

Skykid,

Thanks for the review and promotion of blippr! I'm glad you like it and look forward to keeping up with your blips on the site. We should have a plug in for Wordpress in the future, so stay tuned. I'd love to know exactly what type of format you'd be interested in having for that plug in.

Thanks again!

Co-Founder of blippr

Enjoy the time, Robert. That'll be a blast with the whole family.

Ah, the joy of Clever Hippo: http://www.cleverhippo.org.

But you're absolutely right, FB still needs a better way to sort through applications on Facebook itself.

Robert, thank you for not including us in the "stupider apps" category. We appreciate it and we agree whole-heartedly: there will be a maturing of apps over time. Thank you so much from promoting our Judge-O-Rama app.