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We are in Alpha!

Posted by Mary on 08/31/2007 at 08:29 PM

We finally have a rough - but testable - version of Rayt. We'll be putting it up on the site in the next few days. Until then, feast your eyes on this life-size screen shot. Click here and be dazzled or click on image below.

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Semiotic Democracy and Rayt

Posted by Mary on 08/30/2007 at 10:40 AM

The theory of semiotic democracy states that ordinary people can re-define and create culture. We are not merely the passive receptacles of judgements, beliefs, and traditions. We can re-work these semiotics (signs) and in so doing re-work culture.

screenshot of Rayt comments at the top of www.whitehouse.gov: One thousand comments

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Friends of Rayt

Posted by Mary on 08/14/2007 at 12:44 AM

This section is to thank the wonderful people whose work is turning Rayt into a reality. They are not only extremely smart and creative individuals, they are also incredibly generous with their time and talents. We couldn't do it without them.

Dossy Shiobara

Background: Software Engineer, Founder of Panoptic, and

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Hanging at the North Jersey Hackfest

Posted by Mary on 08/13/2007 at 09:03 PM

Here I am (seated far right) working on our user interface at the Northern NJ Weekly Hackfest at a Panera (free wifi!) in Paramus.

Dossy Shiobara, fearless leader of the Northern NJ MySQL Meetup, has offered to do a proof-of-technology bookmarklet for us (yay!) and we met up at the

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2 Ways to Rayt the Net!

Posted by Mary on 08/11/2007 at 02:04 PM

more like this?

In my original vision, Rayt would only allow you to comment on a website as well as rayt the comments of other users. Joe recently met with Brian O'Neill, and using the successful review site, yelp, as a model, they explored the possibility of rayting

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Tags: comments yelp likertscale raytings stars

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Rayting Jutitsu

Posted by Mary on 08/10/2007 at 03:24 PM

Rayting Jujitsu: (n) using one of the strengths of corporations - their mass visibility via their web site - against them by using Rayt to alter those web sites so they work against the corporation, revealing truths the corporation would prefer you didn't know. (see also: jujitsu)

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Different Kinds of Comments

Posted by Mary on 07/30/2007 at 10:54 AM

Joe came up with the idea of commenting on comments and I think it's a good one. Basically, commenting on comments (comm/comm) allows people to discuss and debate, as in a blog commentary section, with one comment building on the next.

The way comm/comm will work on Rayt is that

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Possibilities for the Rayt Website

Posted by Mary on 07/30/2007 at 10:27 AM

like this?

In addition to the plugin we are also going to have a Rayt website. Visually, we think it will look something like del.icio.us, though we are of too minds as to the Del.icio.us lay-out. Joe thinks that the design is cool and intentionally simple while I think it

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Tags: design website delicious searchengine

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Dreaming of Rayt

Posted by Mary on 07/27/2007 at 11:10 AM

You know you've reached a certain point of commitment when you pitch in your sleep. Well, that's what happened to me last night. I dreamt that I pitched Rayt to a former boss of mine, Ricken Patel, who was asking why I had been missing work lately (because I am

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