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N800 Internet Tablet: Don’t worry, be crappy no more

Published on January 2, 2008 in Gleemy and Mobile. 1 Comment

I traveled to Melbourne over the Christmas break and had a fantastic time catching up with family and friends.

While taking time out, Eugene and I still wanted to keep an eye on the Gleemy server logs, and so before leaving for Melbourne I configured my Nokia N800 Internet tablet for the task.

Firstly, I upgraded my data plan with Three from $5 for 10Mb/Month to $12 for 100MB/Month. Pairing the N800 with my 6288 for an Internet connection Just Works.

I set up secure SMTP for sending mail and installed ssh for access to a shell on the Gleemy server.

Finally, I wrote a few shell scripts to notify us of important events on the server, which were delivered promptly to my N800, paired with the 6288 and usually kept in my pocket.

This set up worked great for monitoring the server and writing short emails. A bluetooth keyboard (or even, gasp, a laptop computer) would still be needed for non-trivial development, or writing long emails.

After arriving home, my use for the N800 wasn’t critical and so I promptly upgraded to OS2008. Man, is this thing slick. The UI is so much faster and snappier, the browser rocks, the on-screen keyboard feels so much better and affords fewer mistakes.

OS2007 was great last year, but was made crappy by OS2008 - a great example of Guy Kawasaki’s “Don’t worry be crappy” principle.

An innovator doesn’t worry about shipping an innovative product with elements of crappiness if it’s truly innovative. The first permutation of a innovation is seldom perfect–Macintosh, for example, didn’t have software (thanks to me), a hard disk (it wouldn’t matter with no software anyway), slots, and color. If a company waits–for example, the engineers convince management to add more features–until everything is perfect, it will never ship, and the market will pass it by.

Photo walk in Melbourne Oh, and here’s a Gleemy Slide Show I made of a photo walk I took in Melbourne. Most of these were taken with a Nokia 6120 Classic. You can download it straight to your mobile by visiting http://gleemy.com/zqy8 with your phone - or - Preview on your PC with mpowerplayer. Or do both :) 23/2/08 UPDATE: Check out the new Slide Show Profile page to preview it on your PC: http://gleemy.com/#profile/0gva

Up and running

Published on January 1, 2008 in Gleemy. 0 Comments

Gleemy has been up and running for over a week now. It’s been awesome seeing early users pick it up and try it out.

The experience for most users has been glitch free so far. The biggest issue we found (and fixed!) was that some email wasn’t being sent properly. Mainly invite emails were affected by this one.

We’re now making room for more accounts - if you want to play with a new way of making Slide Shows for your mobile, request an invite at gleemy.com

The Gleemy private BETA is now open

Published on December 22, 2007 in Gleemy and Mobile. 0 Comments

I’m super excited to be sending the first round of invites to the Gleemy BETA.

We hope those who sign up will find the site fun - by both making Slide Shows and downloading Slide Shows made by others.

After creating your account, you’ll notice the public content is presently scarce. That’s where I hope you’ll come in. I hope you won’t be shy creating public Slide Shows - of wacky holidays, people you admire, places you love, and everything fun.

For those pictures that are more personal, you can keep your Slide Show from appearing on the Gleemy Most Popular - useful for sending pictures of family and friends.

Haven’t signed up yet? Wondering what the fuss is about?

If the idea of your own pictures neatly packaged in a mobile Java app; with a title menu, widescreen viewing support, and phone-to-phone sharing sounds good to you, then head on over to http://gleemy.com and sign up for an invite code.

Let us know how you go

This is a BETA and we’ll be doing our best to fix the issues as they come up. Let us know how you go, email any thoughts you have to feedback@gleemy.com.

Welcome to The Gleemy Blog

Published on November 6, 2007 in Gleemy. 0 Comments

We’ve been busy developing Gleemy for most of 2007, and in a few weeks, we’ll be inviting interested folk to begin using the BETA. If you’ve signed up already, then you’re on the list for the first round.

So, what is Gleemy?

Gleemy is an easy way to create, share, and find interactive media for mobile phones. Gleemy offers you online tools to customize and create your own unique piece of interactive media. We’ve made it easy for you to share your creations with friends. Browsing and installing content made by others is pretty simple too.

We’ll be blogging a lot more about Gleemy in the coming weeks, especially as the BETA approaches. Aside from Gleemy talk, expect us to chime in on mobile & web happenings, J2ME development, entrepreneurship, and anything else that blips the radar.