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First look at Docstoc online document database
If you'd asked us a few months ago whether we thought there was room for two Youtube-for-documents style sites, we probably would have laughed. But then Scribd came along and showed that people really are interested in perusing interesting documents online and embedding them in blogs and other websites. And then Docstoc decided to tease us with a similar site geared more toward professionals.
While you can find pretty much any sort of document at Scribd, Docstoc has a focus on documents that can help with work. For example, users have uploaded forms for calendars, budgets, leases, invoices, and tax preparation.
We first got a sneak peek at Docstoc a few months back. But now that we've had a chance to peruse the site ourselves, we have to say, it's incredibly useful for anyone who needs a ready made form or two. Need to send an invoice for work you've performed, but don't have a template handy? Docstoc users have already uploaded dozens.
There's also a social aspect to the site. Users can create profiles and leave comments on documents uploaded by others. You can browse through the most popular documents overall or within various subcategories.
Update: Congratulations to our 5 quickest commentors! We're all out of invitations. But stay tuned, we'll be giving away invitations to a few more cool services in the coming days.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tiger said 5:22PM on 9-25-2007
Looks good, might help with some school projects, term papers, and my folk's taxes. Mind setting me up with an invite? Thanks, great stuff as always.
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Martin said 5:21PM on 9-25-2007
Yes please!
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Mark said 5:15PM on 9-25-2007
Sounds like an interesting idea. I'll take an invite.
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Scot said 5:21PM on 9-25-2007
Wow, this sounds like something really really useful. Looking forward to it.
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Spencer Rosengarten said 5:24PM on 9-25-2007
Am I number 5? :-)
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Jason Nazar said 8:35AM on 9-26-2007
Brad, thanks for the post, this is Jason the founder of docstoc. I'm happy to get more invitations for your readers.
Also I could have saved you some time, we have a ready made tutorial with voice over posted on youtube that was just redone, as well as some new viral videos (yeah we're for professionals but we don't take ourselves too serious).
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=docstoc&search=Search
your readers can send me questions or comments at jason at docstoc.com - thanks, jason
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dominicneagle said 8:36AM on 9-26-2007
Hey,
This site looks great. The new wave of Web 2.0 sites are really changing the way people see productivity and the internet.
I'd be happy to take an invite off of your hands.
:D
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