About Rick Turoczy
Rick Turoczy is a Writer for ReadWriteWeb. Rick has helped Portland, Oregon, USA startups with traditional and Web-based communications activities for more than a dozen years. You can contact Rick at rickturoczy@readwriteweb.com.
Recent Articles by Rick Turoczy
While it used to be a bit of a media darling, it's not often that we write about MySpace anymore, but they continue to plug along - as one of the most popular sites on the Web. And, they continue to roll out new features for their user base. For many, these features may fall...
We continue to be impressed with the direction The New York Times is taking with their Times Open strategy - exposing more and more data from the Gray Lady via a number of APIs. The level of access that the venerable publication has continued to provide has been laudable. There's just been one thing missing:...
The online world is an imperfect place. Gmail goes down, chunks of blog posts disappear, and users are deceived on a regular basis. Most of us who spend time online are aware of - and have come to expect - these foibles and hiccups. But now, throngs of mainstream media outlets are entering the fray...
Three years ago Google launched Google.org, an attempt to "use the power of information and technology to address the global challenges of our age." And they've been very successful in that regard, providing more than $100 million in grants, creating tools like Google Flu Trends, and leveraging technology like the recently launched Google PowerMeter. But...
Times Open: Developers Gather to Discuss NYT APIs
Rick Turoczy Story Archive
- OpenID Foundation Introduces New Executive Director February 20, 2009 1:47 AM
- ReadWriteWeb France Catches Up with Matt Mullenweg February 19, 2009 2:30 AM
- Is This Thing On? SpeakerRate Helps Speakers Get Honest Feedback February 18, 2009 11:00 PM
- What Are People Reading in The New York Times? Ask the TimesPeople API February 18, 2009 2:30 AM
- Facebook Launches Facebook Bill of Rights, Reverts to Previous Terms of Use February 17, 2009 11:00 PM
- Kiva Alerts Make Microlending Information More Accessible February 17, 2009 2:30 AM
- Social Media Saves Lives: Salmonella Outbreak Pushes HHS, FDA, CDC to Get Social February 16, 2009 11:00 PM
- Would You Pay $200 for an Android App? Android Market Preps Priced Applications February 16, 2009 12:30 AM
- Flickit: Gracefully Add iPhone Photos to Flickr February 13, 2009 7:30 PM
- Bespin: Could Your Favorite HTML Editor Live in the Cloud? February 12, 2009 11:00 PM
- MySpace's Former Owner: Facebook Will Win - for Now February 12, 2009 1:00 AM
- Twitter OAuth Spotted in the Wild February 11, 2009 9:00 PM
- Onehub Makes FTP Simple, Straightforward, and Sexy February 11, 2009 2:00 AM
- Now Where Was I? Gmail Labs Adds Location to Signatures February 11, 2009 1:00 AM
- Lovely Charts: When Any Old Flowchart Simply Won't Do February 10, 2009 2:30 AM
- Ka-Boom! Marvel Plans to Release Motion Comics via iTunes February 10, 2009 12:30 AM
- Embedr: Embed Videos from Multiple Services in a Single Player February 9, 2009 12:15 AM
- ReadWriteWeb Guide to Following The Grammys February 6, 2009 5:26 PM
- Domain Pigeon: Your Unintelligible Five Letter Domain Name Awaits February 6, 2009 12:30 AM
- 30 Google Doodles We Love: Could Your Kid's Be Next? February 5, 2009 2:30 PM
- SocialWhois: Whois Lookups for the Social Web February 4, 2009 11:45 PM
- Google Latitude: Ready to Tell Your Friends (and Google) Where You Are? February 4, 2009 12:10 AM
- GOP, RSS, and API! Oh My! US Congress Republicans' New Site February 4, 2009 12:09 AM
- If Woot Went Green: EcoSteal February 3, 2009 2:30 AM
- Beaming Like It's 1999: Easycontact Simplifies iPhone Contact Sharing February 2, 2009 11:47 PM
- Image Spark Moodboards Share Inspiring Collections of Images February 1, 2009 11:49 PM
- ReadWriteWeb Guide to Super Bowl XLIII: Geeking Out on the Big Game January 31, 2009 6:00 AM
- Do We Need Another Web Survey Tool? Survs May Have You Checking "Yes" (Invites) January 30, 2009 1:30 AM
- Google and Plaxo Combine OpenID and OAuth for Improved Usability January 29, 2009 5:45 PM
- Collaborative Whiteboard Turns iPhones into Linked Sketchpads January 29, 2009 2:33 AM
- Synop.it: A Different Take on Cataloguing the Web January 29, 2009 12:05 AM
- PayPal Joins OpenID Foundation Board as Sustaining Member January 28, 2009 8:00 AM
- iClipper: iPhone Copy and Paste without Jailbreaking January 28, 2009 12:35 AM
- Sqworl: A Lightbox for Shared Links January 27, 2009 4:30 AM
- iPlotz: Goofy Name Belies Powerful Wireframe Tool January 26, 2009 11:30 PM
- Reveal Yourself: Versionista Exposes Edits for Any Site January 25, 2009 10:57 PM
- CoolFlick: Flickr Embedding Cooliris Style January 23, 2009 4:30 PM
- Nothing Interesting to Say? Plinky Hopes to Change That January 23, 2009 12:13 AM
- Understand Your Electronica: Mugasha Makes Sense of Long DJ Sets (Invites) January 22, 2009 1:00 AM
- Who Is Syndicating Your Content? CopyGator Knows January 21, 2009 11:19 PM
- Whitehouse.gov: Looking Back at 12 Years of the US President's Web Presence January 20, 2009 11:50 PM
- Need a Little More Personality in That Presentation? SlideShare's YouTube Embed Can Help January 20, 2009 11:31 PM
- Public Sentiment: Taking the True Pulse of the Public with Farewell W, Aloha Obama January 20, 2009 2:30 AM
- Dipity: Visualizing the Passage of Time January 19, 2009 11:45 PM
- The Road More Traveled: Dopplr Compiles Personal Travel Histories for 2008 January 19, 2009 2:00 AM
- Obama in 3D: Photosynth to Crowdsource Synth of the 44th Presidential Inauguration January 16, 2009 11:08 AM
- LifestreamBackup: Keeping a Copy of Your Posts, Tweets, Photos, and More January 16, 2009 12:45 AM
- Odds Are, You Now Have a TypePad Connect Login January 15, 2009 2:30 AM
- Too Lazy to Click that StumbleUpon Button? Playericious May Be for You January 14, 2009 11:56 PM
- SMS to Kwiry: TiVo Flight of the Conchords kthxbai! January 14, 2009 9:00 AM
- Art Historians Rejoice: Google Earth and The Prado Bring Masterpieces Up Close - Really Close January 13, 2009 11:00 PM
- What Do You Think? RateItAll Rolls Out Additional Social Features January 13, 2009 9:00 AM
- Userfly: Get Usability Insights with One Line of Code January 13, 2009 12:00 AM
- Searching for Random Tracks? Just Hear It May Let You Do Just That January 12, 2009 2:30 AM
- Hiring? Two New Apps Simplify Job Postings and Resume Review January 11, 2009 11:00 PM
- Banking on the Wiki Way: AboutUs Secures $5 Million in Funding January 9, 2009 10:10 AM
- WhosTalkin: Social Media Search for a Moment in Time January 9, 2009 12:04 AM
- Mr. Microphone 2.0: Microsoft Songsmith Puts Even the Worst Lyrics to Music January 8, 2009 12:17 AM
- Cramming for Your Next Exam? Try Cramberry January 7, 2009 11:00 PM
- Wibe7.tv: Visually Oriented Search for YouTube January 7, 2009 3:30 AM
- Encouraged Commentary: Bringing Natural Conversational Dynamics to Commenting January 6, 2009 10:00 PM
- TripSay: Tell Your Friends Where to Go January 6, 2009 2:30 AM
- Skype 2.8 for Mac: Your Online Demo Is Calling January 5, 2009 10:27 PM
- Google Product Ideas: In 2009, You Could Be Working with Google R&D December 31, 2008 12:30 AM
- OpenID Foundation Board Election Results Announced December 30, 2008 12:30 AM
- Following the Big Man: Google and NORAD Team Up Again to Track Santa Claus December 24, 2008 12:30 AM
- Second Life Finds Gaining Residents as Simple as Redesigning Home Page December 23, 2008 10:27 PM
- Three New Music Services to Try in the New Year December 23, 2008 11:15 AM
- Even More IM at Meebo: Facebook and MySpace IM Added December 23, 2008 1:02 AM
- "Twitter of Korea" Acquired by "Google of Korea" for $2 Million December 21, 2008 11:47 PM
- Krunchd: Another URL Shortener... with an Interesting Twist December 21, 2008 10:59 PM
- Google Image Search Gets More Specific December 19, 2008 11:15 PM
- Dataopedia: Quick Snapshot of Quantitative and Qualitative Site Metrics December 19, 2008 4:30 PM
- XING Acquires Socialmedian December 19, 2008 1:00 AM
- Now It's Gmail, Now It's a Doc with New Labs Offering December 18, 2008 11:04 PM
- Ski Lodge: Your Newest Ski Accessory Is Your iPhone December 18, 2008 6:00 AM
- Snackr Opens Beta Program December 18, 2008 12:31 AM
- OpenID Foundation Board of Directors: 17 Candidates Vie For Seven Spots December 16, 2008 2:00 AM
- SlideShare Presents Your Newest Social App: PowerPoint December 15, 2008 9:00 PM
- Gmail Enables SMS Messages from Chat for US Phones. No, Really. December 15, 2008 3:00 AM
- First Microsoft iPhone App? Seadragon Mobile December 14, 2008 11:04 PM
- Remindr: Ruthlessly Hassle Yourself to Get Things Done December 12, 2008 4:00 PM
- Ocarina: This Contest Blows December 12, 2008 2:30 AM
- JanRain Offers Distributed Social Options Galore, Interscope Geffen A&M Bites December 11, 2008 5:00 AM
- WordPress 2.7: If You Don't Like It, Change It December 11, 2008 1:00 AM
- Embed Whole Seasons of Hulu Shows with SplashCast December 10, 2008 5:00 AM
- WebNotes: Not Just Another Annotation Service (500 Invites Available) December 10, 2008 3:00 AM
- Top 10 Consumer Web Apps of 2008 December 9, 2008 7:45 PM
- Clerk Dogs Promises to Find Better Flicks For You December 9, 2008 7:00 AM
- MySpaceID: MySpace Sides with the Open Stack December 8, 2008 10:50 PM
- Share Your Keynote: SlideShare Finally Accepts Native Apple Presentation Files December 8, 2008 6:30 AM
- Sifter: Straightforward Bug and Issue Tracking December 8, 2008 3:00 AM
- Freckle: Feel Good Time Tracking December 5, 2008 4:00 PM
- YouTube Search Bar: Now You See It, Now You Don't December 4, 2008 9:33 PM
- Times Extra: The New York Times Opens Web Front Page to Outside Content December 4, 2008 4:00 AM
- Cooliris Release Features Personalization, New Ad Format December 3, 2008 9:05 PM
- Dopplr City Pages Offer Interesting View of Techie Travel Patterns December 3, 2008 1:00 AM
- Deadline: Simple, Intuitive Task Management December 2, 2008 10:25 PM
- I Want Sandy Back, Says Open Source Project December 2, 2008 12:14 AM
- Join the YouTube Global Symphony, Play Carnegie Hall December 1, 2008 8:39 PM
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