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It's Apple-picking season, and that means time for another feedback forum!
These aren't getting any better, eh? Fortunately, the same cannot be said for our guests, who, we have to admit, are getting better, a little better, all the time.
That applies to guests past and present BTW, the rising tide of feedback forums lifts ALL boats!
Our special guests this month are Nate Westheimer and Kyle Bragger of BricaBox.
BricaBox trying to produce a totally new kind of web publishing platform. Taking lessons from blogs and wikis and creating a dynamic and (hopefully) easy to use community CMS designed for thousands of people to collaborate and mash-up their content on their own websites.
The first version is launching November 8th and will allow anyone (anyone in the beta program, that is) to launch websites around "semi-structured" content. This means that anyone wanting to create their own directory, restaurant or media review website, rich-media archive (hey podcasters!), or community zeitgeist can do that on BricaBox, all while taking advantage of the web's most powerful APIs, like Google Maps, Compete.com's Web Analytics API, the Technorati API, and more.
Issues we want to discuss:
- Usability. This is for the UI/UX/design gurus. We want this to be as usable as the best blogs and wikis. How do we give "normal people" access to APIs and keep it understandable?
- APIs and Features. Okay code-geniuses, which APIs should we be trying to incorporate? What do you think about our use of AJAX? Would you have used Ruby on Rails or PHP (we went with Ruby).
- Market and Demand. Hey "business guys and gals," do you see the same market here that we do? Who can get the most value out of this product? How do you rate our decisions, like having a single user-base and giving away a free version of the product?
We're meeting this month at the Right Media offices. Please RSVP through the link below or you will not be able to get through security, and please bring $5 to cover beer & pizza.
Address:
Right Media
2 Park Ave (32nd St)
Floor 4
New York, NY 10016
Nearest subway stop: 33/32nd St on the 6, one stop south of Grand Central. Easy walk from 34th on the B,D,F,V,N,R,Q,W as well.
I hope you'll join us for a top-down review of BricaBox and some serious give-and-take on their go-to-market strategy.
Jonah Keegan
m: 347-813-0927
Bios:
Nate Westheimer is the CEO. He's been working with National Public Broadcasting as the Technology Strategist for a while. He's been working on the BricaBox concept for about a year, and before that he was an Analyst for InvestorCom, a stock surveillance firm on Wall Street. At Brandeis University, Nate was the President and Station Manager of BrandeisTV, the student-lead TV station. In 2004 he developed a new format for college/community TV which involved early implementation of IPTV and other technologies. His blog is at innonate.com
Kyle Bragger is the CTO. Kyle's experience lies in both design and code. Before joining BricaBox in the Summer of 2007, Kyle worked with a major web publisher located in NYC. There, he worked on a data-mining project, managed the implementation of new community features registering millions of monthly hits, and created a custom caching system designed for high-performance and high-security websites. Kyle has also worked with local design firm MultiPod and ran his own freelance shop, Trndy, LLC. His tumblog is at kylebragger.com
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