What's Up? Nurph's Up: 22/02/2013

@Nurph said: Hi everyone! Apologies for the radio silence. We've been keeping our heads down and using some elbow grease on our server farming fields!
@Eggdough said: @Nurph no problemo.
@Jestly said: @Nurph next time let me know and I'll write down some of my best jokes! LOL, LOL, LOL?!
@Nurph said: @Eggdough @Jestly Ok. Just a quick blog post this week - but we do have some news :)

What's new in Nurph?

- Those pesky "Application Errors" on the stats pages are nearly gone for good!
- We've fixed a bug when you're ordering your tweets by "ReTweet Count"
- You now have a Nurph.com/UserName/stats shortcut to your stats pages.
- The Stats pages are loading faster and performing better.
- And there's more beta testers: We're happy to announce that @RateMyPlacement have joined the beta! Check out their great Twitter account and their website on http://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/

Have a great weekend!

@Nurph

What's Up? Nurph's Up: 07/02/2013

@Nurph said: Hey Nurphers! Some great news this week. There's a new Nurph team member and lots more official beta tester partners!
@Eggdough said: @Nurph that's ace! Tell me more.
@Nurph said: @Eggdough meet @auxbuss (Marc Cooper). @auxbuss will be providing Systems Engineering expertise and much more.
@Eggdough said: @auxbuss hi there! 
@Jestly said: @Nurph That's great news! I'm looking forward to more Nurph's Up-time! 

What's new in Nurph?

- @auxbuss joins the Nurph team! Meet Nurph's first human team member, @auxbuss (Marc Cooper). @auxbuss is joining Nurph to provide engineering expertise for the all-important databases, background-queues, systems, and architecture (including PostgreSQL, Redis, and Resque, for all you web-technologists out there).

- Many more Beta Testers are in the Nurph. They're helping us to iron out the bugs and to offer Twitter-expert-user advice on the new Statistics features:

- @garry12gg continues to provide great feedback and helping us to spot bugs and errors, including...

- The intermittent "Application Error" that has been occuring on the "@Statistics" dashboard has nearly disappeared for good (thanks @garry12gg and @auxbuss). And the same goes for a similar error that has been occuring across the other Statististics pages. These Statistics features might be in Beta, but they're definitely getting Better by the day!

Top Tip

Visit your "@ReTweets" Statistics page to see your Tweets ordered by ReTweet count. It's a great way to see an all-time popularity list of your Tweets.

Until Next Time

Have you played the new Weldshire video game on the http://Nurph.com home page? Check it out!

 

Nurph's Up, Everybody.

@Nurph said: @Eggdough good news, we've been back online this week.
@Eggdough said: @Nurph Yeh - Nurph's up, everybody!
@Nurph said: @Eggdough we've been working away in the background on lots of exciting developments for the site. We'll have more news on this next week.
@Jestly said: @Nurph we'll stay tuned. You better have enurph news next week!
@Nurph said: @Jestly But I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that @patlaw has been testing out Nurph with her Followers today! I got to meet @stooffi, among others.
@Jestly said: @Nurph Hey, why wasn't I invited?!

This Weeks: What's new in Nurph? 

- We've been working away in the background on several important areas of Nurph. There will be some big news and updates coming over the next week or two…Here's a hint: the number of Beta Testers is growing by the day!
- Several bugs have been fixed.
- And @patlaw tweeted her Nurph Channel to over 11,450 Followers! 

This Weeks: Top Tip

Next you find yourself in a free-flowing conversation on Twitter, tweet a link to http://Nurph.com/[YourTwitterName] to hold your conversation in real-time. It's a much easier way to hold a chat, and it creates greater engagement with your Twitter Followers.

Until Next Time

Make sure log-in to http://Nurph.com to be greeted by @Nurph and @Jestly, and check back for more news over the next few days!

Statistics Dashboard & The Beta Testers

@Nurph said: @Eggdough have you ever wanted a super-clean & tidy interface on which to check your weekly Twitter Stats?
@Eggdough said: @Nurph Sure! Like @Replies, ReTweets, Follower count, Follower reach, etc?
@Nurph said: @Eggdough Yep! That's what Nurph now gives you. Just log-in to http://Nurph.com and visit your @Statistics page for insights every day.
@Nurph said: @Eggdough also, we've got some nice Beta Testers in to help us refine the new Twitter Statistics features! 
@Eggdough said: @Nurph awesome - who are they? I'd like to meet them!
@Nurph said: @Eggdough let me introduce @Autom8, @AudioMo, @Auxbuss, @Ernmander, @garry12gg, @RyanTownsend, and @tomhut.
@Eggdough said: @Autom8, @AudioMo, @Auxbuss, @Ernmander, @garry12gg, @RyanTownsend @tomhut hi all!
@Jestly said: @Eggdough they're in the #NURPH!

This Weeks: What's new in Nurph?

- A super-clean dashboard for viewing the weekly changes in your Twitter Stats!

  • Followers
  • Following
  • Potential reach via Followers
  • Potential reach via Following
  • Tweets, @Replies, @Mentions, Retweets, and more!

- The @Replies graphs are upgraded from 2 months to 12 months of data
- The ReTweets graphs are upgraded 2 months to 12 months of data
- Your tweet tables have vastly improved "created at" time ordering
- There are new Plotlines to the graphs for easy viewing of data on each day
- A bug was fixed which included @Mentions inside your Channel #Mentions
- A new caching approach has vastly speeded up the loading of Stats pages
- Retina-ready logos have been added http://Nurph.com/site/nurph_center

- Meet our new Twitter Statistics Beta Testers!

- Nurph was featured on the RedisToGo company blog! http://goo.gl/43lPu Redis is an in-memory, key-value data store that it used in several areas of the Nurph architecture. RedisToGo are one of the top dogs in Redis hosting. Check out the post http://goo.gl/43lPu!

- Finally, we would like to apologise for the downtime that we experienced late on Thursday and most of Friday. This It was due to a database platform issue, and was resolved by our hosting provider. This is also the reason for the delay in publishing this weekly blog post.

This Weeks: Top Tip

Check your Nurph Twitter Stats daily to see your changes in Followers/Following, Follower Reach, Following Reach, etc, and make sure you adjusting your Twitter activity and outgoing messages in response to the data.

Until Next Time

Fancy joining our Twitter Statistics Beta Testers? Tweet @Nurph.

Mo' Statistics: Search, Filter, & Order Your Tweets!

@Nurph said: We've got some awesome new features this week, including fantastic tweet search & filtering, and your tweets ordered by Retweet count!

@Eggdough said: @Nurph Wow! Now I can filter/search my tweets by keywords, and see which are my most popular tweets! Anything else? 

@Nurph said: @Eggdough Sure. For example, you can see which days of the week and hours of the day you're most likely to be responded to. And there's tons more.

@Jestly said: @Nurph This sounds sweet. Sweet for the tweet!


This Weeks: What's new in Nurph?

Got a Twitter account? You're going to love these new features:

@Tweets (Statistics)

Get a whole new level of insights in to your Tweets:

  • Order your Tweets by Retweet count, sender, time, content, and more
  • Search through your Tweets using a fast new tweet search tool
  • Filter your Tweets using keywords
  • See which days of the week you Tweet the most on
  • See which hour of the day you Tweet the most on
  • See your Tweets counted and plotted on a graph timeline
  • See how many times you Tweet on a daily basis
  • See how many times you Tweeted between specific dates
  • And more!

@Replies (Statistics)

Dig deeper in to your @Replies:

  • See your @Replies counted and plotted on a graph timeline
  • See how many times you're @Replied on a daily basis
  • See how many times you're @Replied between specific dates
  • Search through your @Replies using a fast new search tool
  • Order your @Replies by Retweet count, sender, time, content, and more
  • Filter your @Replies using keywords
  • See which days of the week you're @Replied the most on
  • See which hour of the day your @Replied the most on
  • See a table of the people who @Reply you the most
  • Search through your Top @Repliers by keyword, e.g. name and location

@Mentions (Statistics)

Get the same powerful features for your @Mentions too!

  • Search your @Mentions with keyword filtering
  • See Top @Mentioners
  • See days/hours when you are @Mentioned

@ReTweets (Statistics)

Get the same powerful features for your ReTweets too!

  • See a list of your most retweeted tweets
  • See who Retweets you the most
  • See which hour of the day you're retweeted the most on
  • See which day of the week you're retweeted the most on

#Mentions (Hashtag Statistics)

Nurph gives you #Hashtag Stats too!

  • Note: #Hashtag = Nurph #Channel
  • See your Hashtag/Channel #Mentions counted and plotted on a graph timeline
  • See a list of the most retweeted #Mention tweets 
  • Search #Mentions tweets using a fast new search tool
  • See who #Mentions the most
  • See which day of the week the Hashtag/Channel receives the most #Mentions
  • See which hour of the day the Hashtag/Channel receives the most #Mentions
  • See the top URLs referenced in #Mentions
  • See who is @Mentioned the most in #Mention tweets
  • See the most retweeted #Mentions
  • See which days of the week your Hashtag/Channel gets the most #Mentions
  • See which hours in the day your Hashtag/Channel gets the most #Mentions
  • And there's more!

@Followers & Following

  • See the percentages of your Followers/Following languages
  • See the percentages of your Followers/Following locations

Now those are some powerful new features! At present the tweet statistics are based on a profile of 1000 of your recent tweets but we're currently optimising our systems to handle your entire tweet history.

This Weeks: Top Tip

Trying to find a tweet? Try the new Tweet "Search" box above your Tweets, @Replies, @Mentions, @ReTweets and #Mentions tables - it's the best way to search through, filter, and order your tweets. Just type in a keyword and the search box filters the tweets for you. 

This Weeks: Until Next Time

The new Nurph & Twitter Statistics are being rolled out to beta testers upon request. If you would like to join the beta, tweet @Nurph.

Happy New Year! @Nurph's New Year's Resolution is 2880 x 1800.

@Nurph said: Happy New Year Everyone! My New Year's Resolution is 2880 x 1800. What's yours? 
@Eggdough said: @Nurph LOL. So you're going Retina-ready?
@Nurph said: @Eggdough that's right! Some of the imagery on the Nurph home page and elsewhere has already been upgraded to Retina-resolution.
@Jestly said: @Nurph Cool! Which ones?
@Nurph said: @Jestly see if you can figure out which ones have been upgraded - and there's more on the way.

This Weeks: What's new in Nurph?

Retina images

Do you have an iPhone 4 (or newer), an iPad 3 (or newer), or one of the fancy new Retina Macbook Pros? You're in luck! There's new Retina imagery around Nurph.com (with much more on the way - we're upgrading bit by bit).

Bugs

We've also fixed and improved the background mechanisms that power the new Statistics features. You might not notice these fixes, but they're very important.

The Christmas and holiday season means that we'll have much more news for you next week. Stay tuned.

This Weeks: Top Tip

Fancy holding a free-flowing group chat with your Twitter friends & followers? Just tweet a link to your http://Nurph.com Channel and let the conversation flow. Maybe you could hold a chat to find out about their New Year's Resolutions…

This Weeks: Until Next Time

The new Nurph & Twitter Statistics are receiving even more significant upgrades - and thanks to some 'highly Followed' Twitter accounts signing up to find out more about their Twitter stats, we're already have to tackle scaling issues on Nurph. Luckily we're making great improvements every day - so keep checking back.

Nurph & Twitter Statistics - There's More!


@Nurph said: We recently announced the new Nurph & Twitter Statistics. People seem very interested in getting their Twitter stats.
@Eggdough said: Yes, we've already activated some of the beta testers!
@Jestly said: Well I hope they're 'better' testers than you guys.
@Eggdough said: @Jestly funny guy.
@Nurph said: /play comedyhorn

The new Nurph & Twitter Statistics have only just launched, but we're already gaining new Twitter community insights, improving the features, and fixing the bugs.

This Weeks: What's new in Nurph?

There's brand new features in the Statistics package:

Sources: See the "Sources" from which your Twitter community & network are publishing:

  • #Conversation Sources
  • #Mentions Sources
  • @Replies Sources
  • @Mentions Sources
  • e.g. Web, Tweetdeck, iPhone, etc

URLs: See the top URLs that are being shared across your #Channel and #Hashtag.

#Hashtags: See the top hashtags being used around your #Channel and #Hashtag.

@UserMentions: Learn about the users that are being @Mentioned the most around your Twitter Community.

This Weeks: Top Tip

Have you tried using the "Search" box above your Follower, Followings, and Participants lists? It's the best way to sort or search through usernames, names, locations, follower counts and profile info. Just type in a keyword or character and the results are filtered for you instantly.

Until Next Time

The new Nurph & Twitter Statistics are being rolled out to beta testers upon request. If you would like to join the beta, tweet @Nurph now. And you can log-in to http://Nurph.com to get your Nurph Channel right away.

Announcing Nurph & Twitter Statistics

@Nurph said: Today we're excited to announce the launch of Nurph & Twitter Statistics! 
@Jestly said: @Nurph we need these…Stat! 
@Nurph said: /play rimshot

@Statistics

For your Twitter @User:

  • Order your Followers/Followings by their Follower count
  • Plot your Followers/Followings count on a timeline graph
  • See who @Replies you the most
  • See who @Mentions you the most
  • See statistics on the locations & languages of your Followers
  • Order your tweets by Retweet count
  • ...get lots of other insights and facts in to your Twitter @User Network

#Statistics

For your Twitter #Hashtag (a.k.a Nurph #Channel):

  • Order your Hashtag Participants by Follower count
  • Search through your Hashtag Participants by name, location, etc
  • Plot your Hashtag activity on a timeline
  • See statistics on the locations & languages of your Participants
  • Plot your Hashtag Participants count on a timeline
  • Search through the profiles of your Participants
  • See who contributes the most
  • See how the activity is spread across the days of the week
  • See top URLs
  • See top #Hashtags mentioned
  • See top @Users mentioned
  • ...get lots of other insights and facts in to your Twitter #Hashtag Community

The new Nurph & Twitter Statistics features will give you all of the above, and that's just for starters. It all integrates right in to the interface surrounding your Nurph #Channel (the home for your Twitter Followers and Hashtag Participants), so there's statistics on the activity and conversations in your Nurph #Channel too.

Join the Beta

Limited spaces are available for beta testers of the new Nurph & Twitter Statistics features. If you would you like a whole new level of insights in to your Twitter Community, tweet @Nurph now for a chance to join the beta testers.

Nurph in New Business Magazine

The Founder of Nurph, Neil Cauldwell, was interviewed by New Business Magazine for a two-page Q&A feature in the Spring 2012 issue. The interview includes questions about using Nurph Channels as a home for your Twitter Followers, customer support on Twitter, raising investment for startups, and the journey to Nurph.com. If you're interested in Nurph, startups, entrepreneurship, or tech investments, pick up a copy of New Business asap.

 

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