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I'm Ingrid Alongi, a developer in Boulder, Colorado. I'm currently a software engineer at Gnip. My world is now all about API integration. Diving into Google's data visualization API now. Previously, at OneRiot, I wrote web applications using Java/Wicket/CSS. I've also got a side project where I use CodeIgniter for PHP and absolutely love it. Diving into JQuery next.

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I'm an electronic music snob, ex national level cyclist, I play violin and cello, and have an MA in Women's Studies. You can contact me at ialongi at yahoo . com.

Me.dium launches Social Search

July 14, 2008, 9:17am by electromute

Me.dium launched its social search alpha last week amongst some very positive and exciting press. I’ve had the privilege of working on this product for the past few months and it was great to see it launch so nicely.

It’s not hard to see why we’ve gotten so much positive feedback–the search results are both interesting, relevant and useful to me as a surfer. For instance, one of the biggest problems I have is when I am trying to find Javascript or CSS help on the web is that I get the feeling the solutions are dated. While these results still may be relevant, I really want to know what the new and latest tricks are. I don’t need an IE5 CSS hack, I’m looking to make sure IE7 is working properly.

Me.dium will continue to refine its search algorithm. Although the standard search results are combined with Yahoo! Search BOSS, I find the “I feel social” searches most interesting and relevant. Give it a try and enjoy!

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