EagleFeed

Planning on some new Features

2008-11-04T10:51:00.000-08:00

I'm planning on releasing some more EagleFeed features in the next weeks until christmas.

I got some ideas on different badges and even implemented a simple static map yet.

Maybe you got something that you want to have done? If this is the case please don't hesitate on writing via a comment or the brandnew feedback badge on the left. Or tweet it to me.

Have fun!

This is the link to the static map: http://eaglefeed.me/map/{your_key}

You can use it in an <img>-tag on a website like this:

Right now it's fixed size and it lacks a lot of features, but if you need some more features just write.

Fire Eagle App Gallery launched

2008-10-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Fire Eagle launched the new Application Gallery and I was more than surprised to see a big EagleFeed logo displayed at the most prominent spot.

Congrats to all the other great applications which made it into the Application Gallery!

GeoRSS support added

2008-08-24T11:01:00.000-07:00

I just added GeoRSS to the Atom feeds. If you check out your EagleFeed you will see a new <georss:point> element (for most detailed read level) or <georss:box> element (for every other level).

Good news!

2008-08-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

It took a while but now http://www.eaglefeed.com is up again. And I' glad I can say it wasn't my fault, though I must admit that I could have found the reason a little bit faster.

Like I mentioned before, EagleFeed.me is running on Google AppEngine. There were some issues with receiving the OAuth response from Yahoo's FireEagle and this request response cycle exceeded the time limit Google AppEngine sets for http requests. (Something you won't see on a local test system.)

But the good folks at FireEagle were very fast on helping me once I found out what the problem was. I will try to stabilize EagleFeed in the next days and hope there are no more bugs. Cross Fingers!

Problems

2008-08-17T06:24:00.000-07:00

EagleFeed.me got some problems when trying to authenticate a FireEagle user. I'm working on it, but I can't say when this will be fixed.

Sorry for inconvenience.

The FireEagle has landed

2008-08-14T14:31:00.000-07:00

Since today the FireEagle Website is official open and free for everyone. FireEagle enables location-aware programms and web apps to communicate and exchange the user's location.

http://EagleFeed.me is one of these "location aware" websites. EagleFeed is trying to enable the user to do more with his very valuable own location data than typical social networks.

Check out the blog about FireEagle to learn more about FireEagle and leave a comment if you request a feature for EagleFeed.me.

Thank you.

debugging EagleFeed.me

2008-07-31T15:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my first user hit the EagleFeed.me site ( Hi Jeannie! ) and pointed me towards a bug. My code had some problems when getting not the exact position from FireEagle but a not so detailed position. Including "user sees stacktrace" and all of that kind of stuff you don't really want on a production site. But since she was my first user I think this is might be ok. ;-)

The second failure I came over at Nokia's new social community and fellow FireEagle integration site Plazes. I was wondering if I got a similar problem on my site and found out that I had:
When a user delete an app from FireEagle's "My Apps" site, the application must create a new OAuth secret user_auth token. Of course I tried to use the same old one.

EagleFeed.me can now haz JSON

2008-07-28T13:02:00.000-07:00

Since yesterday EagleFeed can answer a request with some JSON-data. Instead of receiving the Atom-Feed (see http://www.eaglefeed.me/feed/zo8QyRGJEWC5 ) you can get the full RAW JSON from FireEagle at http://www.eaglefeed.me/json/zo8QyRGJEWC5

This is my current geo-data by the way. But don't track me, I may fake it!! Seriously, there will be functions to make your feed private. But this isn't implemented yet.

EagleFeed.me is online

2008-07-25T16:19:00.000-07:00

EagleFeed.me is online since a few days. It's not too fancy, but I think the basics are covered.

EagleFeed is running on Google AppEngine and it was the easiest to implement their user authorization. That's why you need a Google account to log into the website. (EagleFeed can't see your password though - it's private and secure.) I would have used OpenId for users to log in, but it was easier this way.

You might ask, what is EagleFeed at all? EagleFeed is latest little project and the easiest way to integrate your geo location from FireEagle into any website or application. It's just turns your FireEagle-position into an Atom 1.0 or RSS feed and your friends know where you are. I will add JSON or whatever you like (just write me an email or a comment) and you can use this to build maps and mashups.

EagleFeed does not need your FireEagle password. You authenticate EagleFeed over the OAuth-protocol. You can grant and stop access to your geo location data whenever you like.

I got a few ideas to improve EagleFeed.me. I scetched out some ideas on the first page, but I would be happy if you would suggest some more.