Cloud Computing on Ulitzer
In late May, Gary Koelling and Steve Bendt came to Enomaly looking for our
help to realize their latest brainchild, called "Connect". We'd previously
worked with Best Buy to develop an internal social networking site called
"Blueshirt Nation" and we were eager for an another opportunity to
collaborate with them.
Inspired by Ben Herington's ConnectTweet, the concept was simple; Connect
BlueShirts directly with customers via twitter. In less than two months,
Enomaly developed a Python application on Google App Engine to syndicate
tweets from Best Buy employees and rebroadcast them. Thereby allowing
customers to ask questions via twitter (@twelpforce) and have the answer
crowdsourced to a vast network of Best Buy employees who are participating in
the service. Now the answer to "looking for a Helmet Cam I can use for
snowboarding and road tri... (more)