Techcrunch Disrupt Hackfest 2011

May 23, 2011 by Jeff Boulet

A bunch of friends and I entered the Techcrunch Hackathon this year for 20 straight hours of hacking. We created Link Current which is a tool that measures the current and future social value of your content. You simply enter a link and our system begins to aggregate data from across the web to give you a “Social Score”. The Social Score is based on the virality of the content, how old it is and many other components. We also have a realtime geolocation of Tweets and Facebook likes so you can see where your content is being consumed and spread. This is all bundled up with a pretty cool looking techy interface that I put together. It was a fun and exhausting weekend. I had the opportunity to work with a rockstar team which included people from MovableInk, SimpleReach and Opani. I can’t explain how excited I was to be working with these guys. After a solid night of sleep and recovery, I can honestly say that what we created was a lot more than a hack. We created, what could be, a viable business that should appeal to any content provider – anyone looking to measure the impact … Continue reading →

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