http://nicholasjon.com/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:50:20 GMT nicholasjon.com :: an rss feed http://www.nicholasjon.com/images/n_ficon.gif http://nicholasjon.com/ http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/10/2/jellyfish_has_been_acquired_by_microsoft <p>Everything is finally public &mdash; Microsoft has purchased <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/">Jellyfish.com</a>, the site I&#8217;ve spent most of the last eighteen months building as a member of one of the most amazing teams I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of working with.</p> <p>Straight from the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2007/10/01/microsoft-acquires-jellyfish-com.aspx">source</a>:</p> <blockquote cite="http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2007/10/01/microsoft-acquires-jellyfish-com.aspx">Jellyfish has done some really innovative work in comparative shopping engines. We think the technology has some interesting potential applications as we continue to invest heavily in shopping and commerce as a key component of Live Search. Stay tuned for more great stuff from our new colleagues in Madison!</blockquote> <p>This is the start of a whole new chapter for us here at Jellyfish, and we&#8217;re looking forward to the new challenges. If you&#8217;d like to read more, <a href="http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&#38;p=jellyfish+acquisition&#38;type=user">I&#8217;ve got a whole list of mentions ready for you</a>. If you prefer, there&#8217;s always <a href="http://feeds.technorati.com/search/jellyfish.com">this search feed</a>.</p> <p>I think my favorite part so far is that I no longer have to respond with &#8220;just fine thanks, and how are things going where you work?&#8221; when asked about my job.</p> <p>Turns out hard work pays off after all.</p> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:50:20 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/10/2/jellyfish_has_been_acquired_by_microsoft nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/8/2/scientists_create_12headed_jellyfish <p>But can it code?</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20074726/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20074726/</a></p> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:49:05 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/8/2/scientists_create_12headed_jellyfish nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/25/jellyfish_is_one_year_old_at_midnight <p>One year ago we threw the switch and opened all our hard work up to the public. Tomorrow, we&#8217;re <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/smacktv/">turning the deals over to our users</a>. From <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/products/search?q=apple+ipod+video&#38;c=0&#38;x=0&#38;y=0">shopping search</a>, to <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/smacktv">live game show</a>, to <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/shoppers/search">social shopping</a> &mdash; it&#8217;s safe to say there&#8217;s never been a dull moment.</p> Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:53:10 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/6/25/jellyfish_is_one_year_old_at_midnight nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/5/3/happy_birthday_to_me <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/71235231@N00/482708532"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/482708532_f1834baa20.jpg" alt="Happy birthday to me" /></a></p><p>Today&#8217;s my 30th birthday. Thanks coworkers. Thank you very much for remembering. ;)</p> Thu, 03 May 2007 08:11:30 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/5/3/happy_birthday_to_me nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/1/31/smackathon <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholasjon/376108490/"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/376108490_69b7a2bfef.jpg?v=0" alt="Smack-A-Thon" /></a></p><p>As the <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/sotd">show</a> wound down Tuesday night, we broke out the Wii and watched the last few deals tick away on its browser.</p> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:12:34 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/1/31/smackathon nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/12/12/cbss_list_of_great_online_shopping <p>Jellyfish is on it&#8212;but the part I like best is that there are two Madison companies in there (ShopBop being the other).</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/09/holiday/main2243808.shtml">http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/09/holiday/main2243808.shtml</a></p> Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:42:09 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/12/12/cbss_list_of_great_online_shopping nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/12/4/jellyfish_in_the_nyt <p>A few mentions in their comparison shopping round-up.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/technology/04ecom.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;ref=business&amp;adxnnlx=1165208964-MYORYs1QLNgBfGn/Jb1npg&amp;oref=slogin">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/technology/04ecom.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;ref=business&amp;adxnnlx=1165208964-MYORYs1QLNgBfGn/Jb1npg&amp;oref=slogin</a></p> Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:20:57 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/12/4/jellyfish_in_the_nyt nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/11/24/smack_friday <p>Come get your deals.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/sotd/archive">http://www.jellyfish.com/sotd/archive</a></p> Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:16:01 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/11/24/smack_friday nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/20/jellyfish_on_tv_in_boston <p>Hi Boston!</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/theclick/9550046/detail.html">http://www.thebostonchannel.com/theclick/9550046/detail.html</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/20/jellyfish_on_tv_in_boston nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/19/resume_dreams <p>Over here at Jellyfish, Keith&#8217;s been reading resumes</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/blog/2006/07/19/resume-dreams/">http://www.jellyfish.com/blog/2006/07/19/resume-dreams/</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:16 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/7/19/resume_dreams nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/6/27/jellyfishcom <p>We&#8217;re live!</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/">http://www.jellyfish.com/</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:22 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/6/27/jellyfishcom nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/19/jellyfish_write_up <p>ComparisonEngines.com discusses a few nuggets about us Jellyfish</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.comparisonengines.com/2006/05/18/jellyfish-transparent-comparison-shopping/">http://www.comparisonengines.com/2006/05/18/jellyfish-transparent-comparison-shopping/</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/19/jellyfish_write_up nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/10/jellyfish_makes_the_register <p>It&#8217;s a &#8220;page two&#8221; mention &mdash; but it does quote our blog extensively</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/10/google_microsoft_redux/page2.html">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/10/google_microsoft_redux/page2.html</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:09 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/10/jellyfish_makes_the_register nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/9/explosive_sting_of_jellyfish_captured_on_film <p>No, not us.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9131&feedId=online-news_rss20">http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9131&feedId=online-news_rss20</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:06 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/5/9/explosive_sting_of_jellyfish_captured_on_film nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/4/26/jellyfish_blog <p>The first product officially produced by the Jellyfish team &mdash; our blog</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.jellyfish.com/blog/">http://www.jellyfish.com/blog/</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:25 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/4/26/jellyfish_blog nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/3/28/jellyfish <p>More (much more) to come</p><p>Link: <a href="http://jellyfish.com/">http://jellyfish.com/</a></p> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:34 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2006/3/28/jellyfish nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick)