Posts Tagged with ‘alpha’

Here at Profy, we keep a running tab of which authors are going to write about which topics so that we don't all end up writing the same article. Most of the topics clear out rather quickly, but sometimes we end up waiting for months for a beta invite to review a new application.
I have several I've been waiting on since the beginning of the year, and like any early adopter magpie, when I see the shiny new invitation in [...]

It may seem like I'm awfully negative about Web 2.0, which isn't the case. I'm generally very excited about a lot of apps and a lot of companies, but lately, it's been the dumb things that really bother me enough to write about. Today, it's the realization that the entire set-up is killing the software development process.
Sure, it's been almost 10 years since I did any serious development other than poking around in things, but I know that the main [...]

I read Marshall Kirkpatrick's Twine review as well as Nova Spivack's response today, and realized that there is often a huge disconnect between what developers feel is a product's readiness state, and the general public's, even when it comes to those writing about tech.
I'm still a software developer at heart, and the ubiquitous Web 2.0 Beta sticker seems to have dulled the perception of what state an application is really in, resulting in a lot of disappointed users [...]

Wuala, an upcoming online file sharing network, is coming to us from Switzerland. Wuala’s plans are to change the way file sharing works by using both online storage space plus your computer's storage for file sharing. Wuala will use high-grade security for protection, which apparently other services do not offer to the same level, for one reason or another, according to Wuala.
Dominik Grolimund, Wuala Founder/CEO had this to say in an interview with Allen Stern on centernetworks.com:
“I am 27 [...]

On a slow news day I stumbled across a great find at the Museum of modern betas (MOMB). Tubecaset.tv is an Internet video/TV startup in alpha testing. This sexy little development essentially grabs content from other sites like YouTube and my old buddy Dmitry at Veoh and layers an user interface atop the content. The simplicity and elegance of the site are quite grabbing, and best of all anyone can enjoy it now.
From a writer's perspective I was excited [...]