[backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews
You may find this amusing I happened to look at my IM bot logs this afternoon, and was more than a little surprised that since last night, the MSN bot had been in use non-stop. Between yesterday evening and this afternoon, more than 1,100 individual new users had spoken to it... A Technorati search found the likely source of this sudden interest, a rather misleadingly titled post on BetaNews: http://www.betanews.com/article/MSN_Messenger_Adds_Two_New_IM_Bots/1133551249 The good thing (apart from the fact that it actually stayed up without any problems during this relatively - for me - intensive use) is that I now have plenty of logs to comb through, which may encourage me to improve the interface (the logs are interesting now there's sufficient data to see where people tend to trip up), which is something I meant to do for a while, but have always put on the backburner due to having more important things to do.. Cheers, Mario.
Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews
I'd get them to edit the article to credit you and not msn for providing the service.On 03/12/05, Mario Menti <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:You may find this amusing I happened to look at my IM bot logs this afternoon, and was more than a little surprised that since last night, the MSN bot had been in use non-stop. Between yesterday evening and this afternoon, more than 1,100 individual new users had spoken to it... A Technorati search found the likely source of this sudden interest, a rather misleadingly titled post on BetaNews: http://www.betanews.com/article/MSN_Messenger_Adds_Two_New_IM_Bots/1133551249 The good thing (apart from the fact that it actually stayed up without any problems during this relatively - for me - intensive use) is that I now have plenty of logs to comb through, which may encourage me to improve the interface (the logs are interesting now there's sufficient data to see where people tend to trip up), which is something I meant to do for a while, but have always put on the backburner due to having more important things to do.. Cheers, Mario. -- --Michael PritchardWeb :: http://www.blueghost.co.uk GMail:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--
RE: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews
Title: Message your bot was mentioned on Microsoft Watch! http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1895724,00.asp Ian Forrester | BBC World Service [New Media Software Engineer] -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mario MentiSent: 03 December 2005 17:44To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.ukSubject: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNewsYou may find this amusingI happened to look at my IM bot logs this afternoon, and was more than a little surprised that since last night, the MSN bot had been in use non-stop. Between yesterday evening and this afternoon, more than 1,100 individual new users had spoken to it... A Technorati search found the likely source of this sudden interest, a rather misleadingly titled post on BetaNews:http://www.betanews.com/article/MSN_Messenger_Adds_Two_New_IM_Bots/1133551249The good thing (apart from the fact that it actually stayed up without any problems during this relatively - for me - intensive use) is that I now have plenty of logs to comb through, which may encourage me to improve the interface (the logs are interesting now there's sufficient data to see where people tend to trip up), which is something I meant to do for a while, but have always put on the backburner due to having more important things to do..Cheers,Mario.
Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews
On 12/5/05, Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: your bot was mentioned on Microsoft Watch! http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1895724,00.asp Thanks Ian - I didn't find this on Saturday when I was trying to figure out where all the visitors came from (unfortunately, because there is no link to a website and they all contacted the bot directly, there were no web logs to check referrers, so I was reduced to the blog search engines).
Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews
Hi, > I happened to look at my IM bot logs this afternoon, and was more than a > little surprised that since last night, the MSN bot had been in use > non-stop. Between yesterday evening and this afternoon, more than 1,100 > individual new users had spoken to it... I haven't seen your bot online for a while...can you confirm the address is still [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andy - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews
On 12/5/05, Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,> I happened to look at my IM bot logs this afternoon, and was more than a> little surprised that since last night, the MSN bot had been in use> non-stop. Between yesterday evening and this afternoon, more than 1,100 > individual new users had spoken to it...I haven't seen your bot online for a while...can you confirm theaddress is still [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?Andy, I think you've confused this with a MSN bot that James has created, see his archived post here http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg00983.html
Re: [backstage] backstage IM bot posted on BetaNews
Hi, > Andy, I think you've confused this with a MSN bot that James has created, > see his archived post here > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg00983.html Doh, good point. Must read more carefully :) Andy - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
