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SXSWi 2008: Freshbooks

by Christina Warren Mar 30th 2008


SXSWi 2008: Freshbooks talks to Download Squad from Download Squad on Vimeo.

We've written about Freshbooks -- the online invoicing system -- before and have been big fans of their approach and service. We were even more impressed upon meeting Saul and Sunir, two of Freshbook's team members, at SXSWi 2008.

Grant talked to Saul and Sunir about the service, the importance of community and traveling from Miami to Austin in an RV and stopping along the way to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with customers.

Tags: freshbooks, online communities, OnlineCommunities, sxsw2008

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Filed under: Business, Internet, Utilities, Web services, P2P, Social Software

Userplane is now part of AOL

by Chris Gilmer Aug 14th 2006

userplane bought by aolAOL has announced that they have acquired Userplane, a company that builds communication software for online communities. Userplane applications are primarily developed in Flash, using the Flash Communication server. This makes it extremely easy for developers to plug it into their websites.

The Userplane suite of software includes:
  • Webchat - a multi-user Flash-based chat interface, that can be easily plugged into any website
  • Webmessenger - a Flash text, voice, and video instant messaging application
  • Webrecorder - a Flash-based audio and video recording app for recording and playing audio and video messages
  • Sitesearch - a user search engine
  • Presence - live user tracking, enabling you to see who is on your site right now.
The best part about Userplane's software is that there is no installation needed. It fits extremely easy into existing websites. It should be really interesting to see how AOL plans to align and integrate these tools into community sites, and how they will get these products in the market more. Userplane is currently used on Friendster, Date.com, and MySpace, and many others.

Update: Read Download Squad's exclusive interview with Userplane CEO Michael Jones.

Tags: aol, communication, flash, online communities, OnlineCommunities, presence, sitesearch, social software, SocialSoftware, userplane, webchat, webmessenger, webrecorder

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Build the highest tower with 99 Bricks - Time Waster

Wrapping your mind around a simple game like 99 Bricks is harder than you might imagine. The object of the game is to build the highest possible tower using only 99 pieces. Sounds easy enough, but you're playing with Tetris pieces and distinctly non-Tetris physics. If you screw up, you don't just leave gaps that you could have used to score points, you cause your whole tower to wobble and collapse.

Pieces also don't lock to a grid in 99 Bricks, the way they do in Tetris. You can wind up with pieces slanted diagonally, and there's an edge of the board that your toppled bricks can fall off of. 99 Bricks is kind of like Jenga, in that it's almost as satisfying to watch your tower crumble as it is to play seriously. Once you get the hang of the way the pieces behave, it's an addictive little game.

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