Magical Pork

Many Flyers launching soon!

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:01:18 +0000

Many Flyers, an Imprint of Magical Pork, is preparing to launch soon. Many Flyers will help take the hassle out of group travel. The first version, set to launch this summer, will help you coordinate flights from many origins to a single destination.

Remember when you and the girls wanted to spend a weekend in Napa? Many Flyers will make it easy to get everyone from New York, Chicago, where ever, to the airport in San Francisco at the same time – making it easy to rent a car and get to Napa together.

Visit the Many Flyers site to sign up to be notified when we launch.

Tweeteorology named in “Top 100 Tools for Twittering Teachers” List

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:26:46 +0000

The bloggers at BestCollegesOnline have included Tweeteorology on their lists of the Top 100 Tools for Twittering Teachers. Tweeteorology is included under “Classroom Tools.” We’d love to hear from any teachers who do use Tweeteorology in their classrooms, especially if you have recommendations for how the tool could be more useful.

Why such a crazy name?

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:32:20 +0000

Of course you’re wondering why we’re called Magical Pork. Who wouldn’t wonder?

Our name comes from

magic – “In the context of computer programming, magic is an informal term for abstraction – it is used to describe code that handles complex tasks while hiding that complexity to present a simple interface. …” and
pork barrel – “appropriation of … spending for projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular constituents.”

Magical Pork undertakes projects aimed at benefiting a specific group by writing code that handles complex tasks through simple interfaces.

Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Libby Hemphill, the founder, makes a mean carnitas.

Magical Pork gets some press

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:21:38 +0000

See Jeffrey MacKie-Mason’s post about start ups in Ann Arbor on metromode. metromode has daily posts about job growth and development in Southeast Michigan.

From MacKie-Mason’s post:

When we talk about the economic climate in Michigan, we have to talk about entrepreneurial excitement. Innovative information technology startups are crucial. Startups help us lure the young and hip to southeast Michigan, and they are the ones figuring out how to build the future, today.

Also in his post are

MP in the Share & Win Contest

libbyh — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:24:05 +0000

Intuit is holding a “Share Your Story and Win” contest for small businesses, and Magical Pork just entered. Community ratings account for part of the judging, and we’d appreciate your support. You can read our story and rate it here. To learn more about Intuit’s contest, visit their contest page.

Introducing Magical Pork

libbyh — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:47:47 +0000

Photo by jslander

Magical Pork mashes up for fun and profit. By “mashup,” we mean we take data from multiple sources and combine it in one integrated tool to make your work and play easier, more interesting, and less time consuming. For instance, our first imprint, Tweeteorology, mashes up social media reports, geography, and live weather information to give you accurate and entertaining weather information.

Yes, mash ups are cool. Programmable Web can show you all kinds of cool mashups. We don’t build them because they’re cool, though; we build tools to solve problems.

The Magical Pork team is hard at work on a new line of mashup-based web tools that will change the way you plan vacations, how you know what people are saying about your business online, and how to reach your potential customers more directly. If you’re interested in having a custom mashup tool built for your company, contact us and let us know what problem we can help you solve.