Blue
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
From the Cowboy Bebop Anime soundrack.
Mibbit: the IRC web interface
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
A friend was looking through Ajaxian and found Mibbit, a recent IRC web application in the world of AJAX. Remarkable things: /whois command, the smilies, tab completion for nicknames, typing notification, auto-away feature, and more.
The idea is nothing original, what is interesting is the execution of the idea. In my opinion, Mibbit is a lot more attractive to the common Java chat interface, and it seems an embedded version of the client will be available in alpha soon! You can read more about Mibbit, in the blog.
I wonder if the developer of Mibbit will provide some way to customize the interface, and extend the standard functionality of IRC beyond chat, and private messages. I can imagine a plugin that allows file transfers from 1 user to all, or between users; for example.
How important is being original for a Startup
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Lately, I find myself asking why would anyone want to duplicate, copy, or imitate an existing startup; to form their own startup. So far, I think it could be summarized as just one reason:
Easy Money.
Easy money, or easy success, or easy “something”. Due to world segmentation, one spectacular original idea might not reach every part of the world simultaneously. Besides, there’s always the language barrier. So present the same idea, service, or product localized, and you have considerable hopes of achieving the same success in your location, city, country, etc., right?