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Team is GO!

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 14/11/2007 at 07:01 PM
Great news!  I've met a bunch of fantastic developers in Vancouver who are very interested in the project and its potential for social change!   I'm extremely excited as we begin the process of collaboration -- sharing values, exploring different models, and pinpointing exactly what we want to accomplish.  We will be meeting in coffeehouses for the next six weeks as we deploy a new public release.  So, if you're sipping your coffee in Starbucks and see a bunch of guys sitting in the corner scrawling wireframes and talking about saving the world -- that might just be us.  Wait, Starbucks? (Read more)
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Wanted: Firefox Developers to "affect everyday life for millions of people!"

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 07/11/2007 at 09:30 PM

3 Reasons Why I think Rayt Can Win:

1 - Garrett Camp (founder Of StumbleUpon) & Joshua Schachter (founder of Delicious) are two of the judges. Rayt shares a lot of the ideas and approaches behind these sites -- and wraps them around social activism & change. They'll get it.

2 - None of the ideas that are publicly being brainstormed for the contest harness Firefox's potential for social change. See - http://blog.mozilla.com/extendfirefox/2007/11/02/add-on-brainstorm-winners/ and http://wiki.mozilla.org/ExtendFirefox2

3 - 30% of the Contest Criteria relates to User-Experience and another 30% relates to Innovation. Rayt is all about improving our

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Check Out Our Latest Slideshow ...

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 06/11/2007 at 07:31 PM

UPDATE: RAYT'S CALL FOR DEVELOPERS FEATURED ON SLIDESHARE.NET !! (11/07/07)

(click the image to view the slideshow)

I created this slideshow to explore ways in which Rayt warnings can be used to inform the public and encourage companies to be more socially responsible. I also follow-up with an announcement that we're looking for programmers to help realize this vision.

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Vancouver: Developers Wanted!

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 03/11/2007 at 09:47 PM

DemoCampVancouver03 - RaytTheNet on Video.ca

For More Info - Contact:

Joe Solomon

JoSolomon@Gmail.com

604 736 8512

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Taking "Safe Browsing" to the Next Level

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 31/10/2007 at 11:38 PM

(a Rayt feature that's in-the-works - based on Google's 'Safe Browsing' feature for Firefox)

One of the key anti-phishing features of the Google Toolbar for Firefox is that if you land on a site that is known for phishing, your screen turns gray and a large window pops open in your browser -- essentially telling you to run away as fast as you can! See a screenshot here.

The individual and group-generated reports that Google relies on for this service are what really appeal to me as they represent the community's ability to warn their members about

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Rating People in SecondLife

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 28/10/2007 at 05:37 PM

Rayt allows you leave comments on every web page, right? What if you could leave comments on people? Well, you can in SecondLife!

Through a service called RatePoint, you can rate and leave comments about anyone in the virtual world (aka "metaverse") known as SecondLife.

From their site:

"Did someone help you through Orientation Island or help you build some awesome furniture for your house? Did you sit in a chair for an hour and get scammed out of some hard earned Linden? Pay rent to a slumlord? Share your ratings with the rest of the Second Life

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How Rayt Completely Transforms the News Industry

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 17/10/2007 at 09:23 PM
We recently entered Rayt into the Knight News Challenge, for which we had to sit down and really think about how Rayt's ability to disseminate messages across the web could be applied to online news.

Check out this excerpt:

Project Title:
Rayt (RaytTheNet.com) - Turning Every News Web Site Into a Conversation.

Describe your project:
Rayt (RaytTheNet.com) allows users to leave comments on any news web site on the Internet, completely changing how we interact with online news. After installing our free browser-based plug-in, Rayt users can open an interactive banner at the top of any online news

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Try Rayt Alpha Today!

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 09/10/2007 at 02:07 PM

You can now install Rayt on your Internet browser and view and contribute comments on any website on the Internet! Rayt is in Alpha (which means it probably has quirks) but you're getting a sneak peak, so that's pretty cool!

How to Install Rayt on Your Browser:

1) Click the following link to go to http://www.raytthenet.org/bookmark.html .

2) See the link that says "Rayt Bookmarklet"? Good.

3. Drag that link onto your Bookmarks Toolbar (which will create a direct link on the toolbar)

or, if you don't have a Bookmarks Toolbar,

Drag the link onto the word "Bookmarks" on your

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Rayt's Viral Marketing Strategy

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 03/10/2007 at 06:14 PM

 

an explosion of rayt! (credits: Steve Jurvetson)

This is another excerpt from our application for the Global Young Social Entrepeneurs' Competition: (only 17 days left to find out if we're one of the winners!)

"We have designed Rayt to be perfectly compatible with an innovative viral marketing strategy that will recruit new users, build awareness, and ultimately bring in press and revenue-generating customers.

This viral marketing strategy is based on the conclusion that webmasters benefit when their website is rated favorably. Being rated favorably enables webmasters to quickly earn the trust of new users, as well as improve

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Our Revenue-Generating Business Model

Posted by Joe Solomon in Rayt it! on 01/10/2007 at 02:13 PM

As excerpted from our application for the Global Young Social Entrepeneurs' Competition:

"Rayt creates revenue by providing customized services for nonprofits and other activist groups. Rayt gives these groups the ability to engage their constituency in a unique and powerful way by empowering their members to leave relevant and charged messages on the websites of controversial institutions.

Up until now, online activism has largely centered around online petition campaigns. Online petitions, however, are usually sent to just one inbox and are likely deleted or never read. Rayt comments, on the other hand, are read by all and stay up

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