Slashdotted. That was interesting.
I was planning for a rolling launch for Boxxet. Talk to a few people, get them in the system, see what they thought. Talk to more people; have them talk to their friends. Nice gradual launch.
Then a story by Celeste Biever from New Scientist on Boxxet was posted on Slashdot. I’ve heard that the slashdot effect brings joy and fear. I will confirm that here.
The comments at Slashdot were mostly skeptical. That’s probably right. Lots of promises are made in the tech world and most are not kept. Without giving access to Boxxet so people can decide for sure, what else can we expect?
We will need some time to work through the new users brought in today, but we will get it done.
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Yikes! Sounds like a good idea to me, you just got to go through with it.
By Jared on 03.08.06 10:46 pm
In which language you’ve wrote Boxxet if I could ask…
By Marek on 03.09.06 4:34 am
Your RSS feed appears to require proprietary subscriptions. I would appreciate a straightforward XML (rss, atom, etc.) so that I can control the display. Thanks, nJ
By neuraljazz on 03.09.06 8:32 am
nJ:
I am going thru Feedburner for the RSS feed on this blog (http://feeds.feedburner.com/seedround). I am pretty sure they are smart about formats. Please try it again.
By You Mon Tsang on 03.09.06 10:11 pm
Punctuated Slashdotilibrium!
By Matthew Clapp on 03.11.06 8:10 pm
matthew:
emphasis on punctuated!
By You Mon Tsang on 03.11.06 8:31 pm
All the best with your venture. Intelligent software will soon merge with advancements in robotics to create intelligent machines which will liberate the working class - as long as we determine how to fund consumer spending. Emerging Technologies are where its at.
Ted Stalets
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By Ted Stalets on 03.13.06 6:30 am
This feels like a revolution!
Good Luck. Tell me, is there anywhere an average Dudette can see how Boxxet has been applied? I’m ready to start playin’, and my ideas are bursting out of my brain.
By Celeste Blackwell on 03.13.06 10:14 am
Good feel so far. I can’t see how to vote on the featured story in a boxxet, though.
By Dan Kramer on 03.14.06 7:41 am
Bloxxet révolution ? Want and wait to see.
By Hubert Guillaud on 03.14.06 8:14 am
[...] we announced Boxxet was going into beta, we got slashdotted. We estimate that approximately 40% of the people who came to our front page signed up for the [...]
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