I went yesterday to DemoCamp Dallas1 to present DealBurnr. And I had no intention to go live soon. But my friend Giovanni insisted (yelled at me) to go live ASAP.

So I came back home worked until the morning on fixing problems, adding image uploads and doing last minute integration with OpenID.

Here is the video of Giovanni’s interview with both Jim Young and me.

DemoCampDallas1 video

In the upcoming weeks, Ximda will roll out a new website called DealBurnr.com. The website is a web 2.0 approach to bargain shopping.

We took Digg.com concept of story voting and applied it to deal hunting.

Users can submit deals to dealburnr where people can vote on these deals with either Hot or Cold. The hottest deals rise on top of the queue.

dealburnr is built using Ruby On Rails and utilizes a lot of web 2.0 nifty functionalities such as tags, RSS, social networking and AJAX.

The podcast Callie and I did couple weeks ago with Giovanni Gallucci is available now

part 1
and
part 2

The podcast was initially supposed to cover Tag My City But we end up rambling around more topics such as ThingsICanDo.com, Ximda, web2.0 and Dallas on Rails

You can listen to these podcasts at QuesoCompuesto.com (part 1
& part 2)

I am working right now on adding few functionalities to Tag My City

• Add users as party buddies (Social Networking)
• Subscribe to your buddies events. e.g If I subscribe to my buddy’s events, I will be notified (email or SMS) every time she sign up for an event.
• Subscribe to places events. e.g If I subscribe to a certain place events, then I will be notified about every event that will occur in that place.
• Subscribe to places news-letters and specials. This way, you will be the first one to know about VIP passes or special discounts.

If you like to recommend more things to be added, then please feel free to contact

me: kinan [at] tektactic [dot] com

or

Callie: callie [at] tagmycity [dot] com

TagMyCity.com is officially live.

TagMyCity (TMC) gives a unique twist to social networking. Unlike other social networks that focus on people, TMC casts the focus on events and places.
This list highlights some of TMC features:

• Search places such as restaurants, bars, clubs, spas, etc.
• Get place information: address, rating, price range, payment options, dress code, parking, etc
• Create user profile
• Rate and review places
• Upload pictures of places and users
• Create events calendar or attend existig events
• SMS notification of events (coming soon)
• Create groups and social networking (coming soon)

TMC’s calendar shows the event’s name, date, time, and address. It also gives a description and category. And it provides a list of all the users that plan to attend the event.

As of now, TMC services the Dallas (DFW) area. More cities will be available in the near future. Dallas area residents or people planning to visit Dallas can get the scoop on BigD. Users can search Dallas restaurants, clubs, bars, spas, art galleries, shops, hotels, etc. Users are encouraged to upload photos and stories from these locations. TMC lets users share their experiences with the rest of the world.

TMC also provides users with maps and driving directions using Google maps. All the activities are real time which means when a user review a place or add an event, the information will be available on the website right away with no moderation.

More features are in the works, and the TMC crew is always thinking of ways to improve the website. Please sign up and let us know what you like, what you don’t like…let us know anything we can do to maximize your(the user’s) experience.

We are getting closer and closer to launch TMC (Tag My City) website. We’ve been doing a lot of last minute fixes and enhancements before we go live on Sept 1, 2006.

We are also getting ready for BarCamp Texas in Austin.

I guess that’s it for now I gotta go write some code..

If you work in the HR business, you probably know that finding talented and qualified people is not an easy task. Typical job boards such as monster and dice were designed to provide an electronic searchable resumes. But they didn’t introduce innovative ways to find talented people.

The current resume format is outdated and strict. It doesn’t allow candidates to freely represent themselves and showcase their talent.

I tried to find a solution for this problem by creating Things I Can Do, the website uses tagging and weblog-like profiles to provide users with the right tools to express their skills and knowledge.

Users can create profiles, upload pictures, add skills and tag them with keywords.
They can also rate and add comments to each other�s skills.

The website is still in beta version and It’s due to a major makeover release.

Cade and I are planning on taking this website to the next level by creating a better resume structure. The new release will support more functionalities such as Pod-Casting, RSS feed, Skype integration and Microformats support.

Feedback is appreciated…