#hivemined

[weatherford]

@hivemined​ inquires:       ‘ on the moon, if you don’t like something, you can just throw it upwards into space. if you try to do that here, the enemy known as gravity gets in the way. ’ / from isa !!

❛   just one more reason why the moon is a better place to be.    ❜     the idea of living on the moon was always so romantic in the books he read growing up. he wanted to live on the moon. his clothes would look immaculate with no gravity.      ❛   it’d be useful for getting rid of people who you want to be around. if they insult you, exile them to the cold suffocating void of space. how ideal.     ❜

[omniheim]

@hivemined​   /   prompt. “   you   don’t   have   to   be   like   that  .   ”   /   from big sexie !!

cloud   turned   his   head   away   slowly ,   an   unsure   but   yearning   look   in   his   eyes   as   worried   brows   pinched .           ❛   it’s   not   that   simple .   ❜          he   admitted ;     tone   quiet ,   somber .

he   wasn’t   sure   where   to   begin   or   if   he   even   wanted   to   ───   the   less   people   who   knew   the   truth   the   better   and   cloud   wouldn’t   allow   anyone   else   to   be   dragged   into   his   messes .           ❛   listen ...     you’ve   got   enough   on   your   plate   keeping   hollow   bastion   standing .          don’t   worry   about   me .   ❜

he’d   figure   out   a   way   to   banish   sephiroth   forever ,   no   matter   the   cost ,   but   until   then ...     he   had   to   go   it   alone .          it   was   safer   that   way .          ❛   i’ll   come   back .   ❜

[mystiicsm]

@hivemined​ said :  “ heeeeeey, sorry i sorta bailed on that last mission, ” starts demyx, pointing his finest little pout at his friend, “ you don’t mind, right, hotshot? i mean you killed it out there. you really didn’t need lil’ old me. ” despite the integrity of his act, a wide grin spreads across his face, aquamarine sparkling sincerely, but mischievously. “ looks like both of us are off the clock now, though. wanna have some fun? hmmmm? ”

with   an   eye-roll   at   his   friend   -   who’d   chosen   now   to   apparate.   he   shook   his   head   -   spikes   bouncing   with   the   motion.      he   wasn’t   the   most   hard-working   guy   himself   -   he   liked   to   chill.   relax.   take   in   the   scenery,   whatever.   but   demyx   -   how   xemnas   let   him   get   away   with   being   so   slack   he’d   never   know.      and   he   knew   it   pissed   saix   off   to   no   end.   

   “   i’m   off   the   clock   ,   you   know   ,   since   i   did   all   the   work.      but   you      -   wouldn’t   be   surprised   if   xemnas   gave   you   another   mission   to   make   up   for   this   one..“      there’s   little   annoyance   in   his   words   -   clear   by   the   smirk   forming   on   his   face.      he   wasn’t   going   to   snitch   on   his   friend   -   it’s   not   like   he   couldn’t   handle   himself   alone.  going  solo  was  better ,   they   weren’t   compatible   teammates.   their   talents   just   cancelled   each   other   out   anyway,   right   ?      “   what’d   you   have   in   mind?”  

[mystiicsm]

@hivemined​ said:  “ i’ve always been meaning to ask you, ” heavenly blues glance up toward the taller, stars of wonder twinkling in their irises, “ how did you find that spot at the clock tower? i can’t imagine you just sitting there by yourself. ” roxas admits, gaze momentarily wandering off as his imagination beckons it somewhere less engaging than axel’s eyes, stimulating his almost childish ability of focus. “ either way, i’m glad it became our special place. ”

“   hmm   “   the   taller   of   the   two   takes   a   moment   to   ponder   the   off-handed   question   ,   paying   for   the   ice   cream   ,   handing   it   down   to   his   friend   before   responding.      “   i   guess   ,   it’s   just   a   place   i   stumbled   across,   you   know   ?   sometimes      the   castle   gets   a   bit   “         a   nonsensical   gesture   is   made.   hoping   to   express   his   feelings   towards   the   castle   in   the   past   -   especially   early   on   in   his   creation.      “   -   hard   to   find   some   peace.   “         it   had   become   his   own   personal   getaway   of   sort   -   the   castle   had   a   way   of   making   one   feel   smothered.   and      not   that   he   would   admit   it   -   but   something   about   twilight   town.   the   clock-tower   reminded   him   of   a   past   life   ,   the   way   the   town   always   seemed   to   be   stuck.   suspended   in   time.   much   like   -   being   a   nobody.   or   maybe   that   was   just   because   he   could   also   find   the   ice-cream   there.      not   that   he   had   prompted   anyone   to   share   it   with   him   until   roxas   came   along   ,   even   if   he   had   been   a   zombie.      a   smile   -   who’d   have   thought   ,   he’d   find   such   friendship   ,   a   willingness   to   share   such   a   place   with   ,      in   someone   speaking   to   once   felt   like   drawing   blood   from   a   stone.         “   it’s   more   fun   now,   roxas.   just   don’t   go   falling   off   -   “      a   chuckle   -   some  genuine   laughter  from  the  nobody.      

[knargavin]

we wake into dreams of you as the bees do hoping it's not true

W. S. Merwin’s “To Smoke” in Present Company (Copper Canyon, 2007)

[hiveminedblog]

Hive Launch!

The time has come. Hive is ready (mostly) for you, the awesome people, to use it. All the core features are in: subscribing to sites, reading those sites, sharing stories, commenting, liking, staring and xml import from google reader. The UI/UX is awesome and getting better. There are still some features I am adding/fixing and I will be doing that forever. Really excited to put this in your hands right away and get feedback. Announcing the closed beta of HiveReader ** web 3.0 viral rss social synergy network website.***

**not a real logo

*** not a real tagline

Wait a minute. I’m new here. What’s Hive? Hive is the best place on the internet to read the internet. At it’s core it’s a reader app. You subscribe to your favorite sites and read them all in one simple interface. It’s also so much more. What happened to Hivemined? Why the name switch? This was a much discussed topic. After explaining to the 100th person. "no, HiveminEd, with an e. Like miners" Something had to change. We've all been calling it Hive anyway. So why not call a horse a horse and a reader a reader? And horse.com is taken. Hivemined has become the default user we all follow (ala tom) also the blog title is still hivemined. How do the keys work? When you get a key it has N number of uses. So you can bring your friends in and get down to business or just post it wherever you want. I suggest you hire a plane to skywrite it. What does it look like on the inside? Like this: (yeah, I liked my own post)

Other Common Questions:

I need a key right now. I am dying with google reader shutting down. Sign up on Hivereader.com. Bug me on twitter. Send me an email Francis[at]hivereader.com I will be slowly sending keys out for others to send to their friends. Starting with people who are alright with using something that might be a little messy or missing something. Still working on the experience for people new to readers who don’t have an import file to start with. I hope to have a better ‘getting started’ flow setup soon. OMGZ!!1! THIS IS THE WORST. ____ IS MISSING AND ____ IS BROKEN!!1 YOU SUCK!! I'M OUT, PEACE! Pushing code and fixes nearly all day everyday. Keeping my eye on twitter, email, and bug reports. #hivebug PS: You are amazing. Thanks for sticking around and helping build the best thing on the internet. Again. Huge thanks to Tivix (especially Andy, Adam, Rex, Bret, Sumit and the rest of the Tivix team) for creating the opportunity to make the reader we all want and need (I hope it becomes everything you’ve ever dreamed of).

[hiveminedblog]

Google is Shutting down google reader

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html I have been working on hivemined it has been slow recently (due to job work) but with this new byebye reader news. I am going to try to shift into overdrive. I'll post news and updates. Also follow on twitter @hivemined

[hiveminedblog]

1 year ago. (OK, it's a bit more then that)

On Oct 21, 2011 I said this. About a week later Google shut down the share feature and got rid of your followers. I wrote code and had a replacement sloppily built shortly after. Which I then tried to refine, over the course of the last year (with some interruptions due to anxiety and job work keeping me busy). Realized It wasn't going so hot, and started over. Hivemined.org is now on it's 3rd rewrite. I have been calling it Return of the Jedi(v3). The 1st version was just as fast as I could type it, that frantic weekend and couple days last Oct and Nov. Then v2, ( where the infamous 81% came from ) a front end speed up and redesign. After beating my head trying to make it better for quite a while it then dawned on me that I was approaching this the wrong way from a architecture stand point and the code was never gonna get better. That brings us to v3. Return of the Jedi(v3) is a complete rewrite. All new code written from the ground up with all the knowledge I have now from v1 and v2. It's super fast, and robust. The feeds updates in real time (pubhubsubbub). It can handle nearly all feeds, whatever error they might have or other weirdness. Works on nearly any language. My testing feeds have 50'ish Arabic(left to right text), 20'ish Chinese / Japanese / Korean, and a dozen in other languages (not to mention 1000's of other feeds in English ). The feed engine and 'reader' side are done'ish ( backend:99%, frontend: 50% ). Sharing/Social is the next thing after that gets all finished. ( Backend: 30%, fronend: 0%) I'm invested in hivemined.org a 100%. It will be done or I think I might go mad, lol. I want it to be real, complete and to use it. Nearly every day I am checking my reader and there is at least one story I still move the mouse to click share :( I am slowly pushing my way to a finished, at least base line of features done, product. As soon as I have something worth users, I plan on sending out a ton of invites and letting everyone know. It's gonna be awesome. Here some stats and other cool info. Lines of python: Hive-v2:                     6099 Return of the Jedi:  11085 These are numbers without extra libraries. This is the code that powers the site currently. Lines of Javascript: Hive-v2:          a lot Return of the Jedi:   even more Both have too many Javascript lines to count with the all the libraries. I had a hard time getting counts without jquery/backbone/etc.. getting in the way. Let's just say there is a lot of javascript going on. Site and Followers: 1,224 visitors to the lander page last month. (avg 40ish a day) 1,855 followers on twitter (awesome) 5,544 people on the email list. (awesome!!) I get 3 to 5 emails a week about hive and its status I may not respond to them all, but I read them and it makes me feel awesome.

Closing

You guys and girls are awesome. Keeps me going that other people want and need this everyday. When Hive comes it's gonna be awesome! Built for sharing, community and content. The same community who has stuck by me and this project. For those who still know the best way to share and comment on things and wish for it back. For the 1000+ (someone made this and I found it, lol)

Some extra Francis info:

In the last year. I have:

Worked on hive, and when not working on it I thought about it every day.

Reconnected with lady college friend.

Convinced mentioned lady to move across the country and move in with me

Did tons of work for my real job. (work for consulting company)

Finished 2 projects for a $4 billion public traded company

Had a work related site featured on techcrunch, mashable and a ton of other tech blogs

Went on some business trips.

Made some mobile apps.

A bunch of other web apps.

Woke up one day and rented a car and drove 13 hours to the Grand Canyon. (Never seen it before. It's amazing)

Drove down the amazing California coast from SF to LA

Drove from Seattle to SF. Through the amazing mountains of Washington and Central Oregon.

Got a button machine and have been making buttons for friends and people on the Internet. (with the help of my lovely lady friend)

Tons of bands live.

Bunches of other stuff.

Lived and enjoyed my life and friends. No one wants to look back at there late 20's and say I wish I worked more.

Also, I learned a ton. I am a much stronger programmer, designer, UX/UI, server admin, information architect, etc.. Allowing me to now build the best possible hivemined I can, for the best possible people on the planet. PS: You're beautiful. Thanks for reading all that.