I planned a tool to combine both timeline and map to be a tool for history exploration. With geography layer and time together, history can be shown in a clearer and impressive way. If one set of those by one user can be called a set. When grouping multiple related sets from different users, it must be amazing. It could be a game changer tool for history research and education. Moving those "meta" data to layers we can easily understand is a dream. Hopefully, I'm able to see it happens soon:)
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#12Looks like this has been developed using the famo.us framework? I only say this because the parallax effect in the video is very reminiscent of a famo.us demo that was there yesterday but gone today.
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#13That would not have been a cheap domain name to acquire, especially after Facebook rebranding 'the wall' as 'the timeline'.
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#14_Absolutely_ love the insight of news being "the short tail of a very long string of events".
Along with the promising execution this could well be one of those tremendously successful ideas that look trivially logical in hindsight.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://m.timeline.com/
https://m.timeline.com/bower_components/angular-facebook/lib... Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT app.js:4 Uncaught Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module timeline due to: Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module facebook due to: Error: [$injector:nomod] Module 'faceboo…
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#16Looks like this has been developed using the famo.us framework? I only say this because the parallax effect in the video is very reminiscent of a famo.us demo that was there yesterday but gone today.
Their about page lists the licenses for several native iOS libraries (AFNetworking, etc) which suggests it is mostly native.
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#17That would not have been a cheap domain name to acquire, especially after Facebook rebranding 'the wall' as 'the timeline'.
And then there's the neighbours, Timelines Inc., who aren't shy at all: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-07/facebook-timelines-...
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#18Wow. Thank you so much for the positive outpour of support, we are near the point of tears of joy with today's launch!
I'd like to take a minute and get back to all your questions and comments:
* Bugs and glitches: please keep the feedback coming! This is a version 1.0 product, so we're standing ready to fix issues ASAP as they come up.
* Technology choice: the iOS app is entirely native, written in Swift. The API is written in GO, and the web app is Angular.JS. Very shiny new tech all-around!
* Native vs. Web: We have a native iOS app on the AppStore right now, all other platforms can access full functionality via our web app http://m.timeline.com
* Maps and geographical exploration: Can't say much except "coming soon". If you have an interest, experience, or actual technology in this area we'd love to work with you.
* Contributing: We'd love to hear from you, and we'd love your help. Shoot us an email: beta@timeline.com
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#19This is beautiful. It really shows that a lot of thought has been put into it. Have you guys thought about using CartoDB's Oddysey.js[0] to integrate maps in your timelines? It seems both projects are very related to each other.
(Full disclosure, I'm a CartoDB employee, although not involved in Oddysey's development)
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#20Very small thing, but there is a space missing after the period in the tagline:
"..string of events.Timeline weaves those.."
Otherwise looks awesome!