We recently presented Spitter.com to a crowd of investors and entrepreneurs at Startup Atlanta #onstage, along with a number of other startups.
By the vote of the audience, Spitter won “Crowd Favorite”.
David Eckoff presents Spitter at Startup Atlanta
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Thanks to great work by our new lead developer, Mike, Spitter.com is now much (MUCH!) faster.
With millions of news stories, blog posts and fan discussions that we aggregate, and a growing number of members, the site had come to a screeching halt.
Now, we’ve fixed major issues with the beta code, optimized databases – and upgraded to much more powerful hardware.
If you haven’t been on the site for a while, now is a great time to check it out.
Let us know how you like the new and improved speed! (And thank you to Mike!)
Photo credit: Thomas Hawk
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Update: migration to new servers is complete.
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We’ve quickly outgrown our current server capacity!
Jan 28: Our engineering team is moving the service to new higher performance servers.
Spitter.com will be unavailable for a period of time while the DNS propagates, and we thank you for your patience. Once that has completed, you’ll see the site on the new server.
Then over the next week, our engineers have some database tuning to do to work on optimizing site speed.
Watch the System Status page for most up to date details.
Photo credit: Prasad – Happiness
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TechFlash, (Puget Sound Business Journal) has a great feature on Spitter.com, reported by Todd Bishop. From the article:
The site’s founding team includes Peter Gruman and David Eckoff, both of whom worked before at companies including RealNetworks and Rivals.com. Spitter was designed for an era when the immediacy of information is critical, Gruman said.
“With Scout and Rivals, we were very proud of the dwell time, the amount of time that a person spent on the site,” Gruman said. “That was a criteria that was relevant in that particular era. This is simply the opposite. It’s a utility function for people to learn what’s going on.”
Read the full article here.
If you like Spitter, and want to help spread the word about the service, please consider passing the link along to your friends, or Tweeting about it!
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Like all die hard football fans, each week I anxiously watch to see if/when the Indianapolis Colts will finally lose a game.
I love my football team, I really do, I am a die hard Baltimore Ravens fan and while I wish they had a better record this season, I would not trade their 8-6 record for 14-0. The Ravens are in wild card contention, with a shot of winning the division if certain cards fall into place. And making the post season gets the Ravens a shot of heading to Miami to play in another Super Bowl.
Two years ago the world was shocked and stunned that the undefeated New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants in the 2007 Super Bowl . What good were all the wins if they didn’t win the game that meant the most?
This season brings another undefeated team. Well there were two undefeated teams until last Saturday night. But this week I heard rumblings about how the San Diego Chargers are better than the undefeated Indianapolis Colts. Both teams are quite good and there is real potential for a knock down drag out fight to the AFC Championship game. While Peyton Manning is the better quarterback, the Chargers turned it around this season from a shaky start to winning the AFC West and stand a legitimate chance of knocking off the Colts.
If you’re undefeated this late in the season, the pressure is on to stay undefeated. So an undefeated team is less likely to rest its starters. But gambling on the health of your team is a bet that should not be entered into lightly. As a fan, I would not want to risk injury or fatigue to any of my players; I’d want them healthy and well rested for the games that mean the most, the playoffs.
This season I’ve witnessed many painful losses by the Baltimore Ravens and yet they still have a shot at the playoffs. While having a better record gives you a shot at a first round bye and/or home field advantage, I’d still prefer to have the losses along the way so that the pressure of losing is off. Winning every game does not necessarily make you a better team; sometimes the wins are lucky…
What do you think? Is there too much emphasis on being undefeated or is it a worthy goal to pursue? Post YOUR comments below.
Melissa Rubin is a Ravens fan, fantasy football fanatic and sports blogger. Follow her on Spitter at BmoreSportsFan
Photo: Steve Rhodes
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