I just did the initial commit of the ruby on rails wiki engine I built – here and here for Wiki.Cullect.com – into the collaborative source-code site github.
If you’re interested in helping out – or just need a Rails-based Wiki – you can grab it here:
http://github.com/garrickvanburen/culwiki/tree/master
While, I wasn’t kind to Pownce a year ago, twice even. There are many unfortunate things about the shuttering of Pownce.
Halfway down the list is making the mistaken assumption that the same shuttering couldn’t happen to Twitter (or any other centralized, free, web service). Remember Evan sold Blogger to Google 6 years ago – before Blogger had a sustained, cash flow positive, revenue model.
Something about leopards and spots.
If Pownce was a publicly traded company that just closed up shop – the price of Twitter, Facebook, and Friendfeed would have just tanked (then again, I’ve been shorting ‘social networks’ for a year).
Perhaps Pownce’s greatest success was simply all the press and publicity it got. For a service around for maaaaayyybe 24 months – much enk was spilled.
So congrats to Leah – on a successful exit.
Oh, and Leah, perhaps you could join us for a MinneDemo or MinneBar?
This Thursday night, Dec 4th, I’ll be giving a brief talk on using online communities & publications – weblogs, Twitter, etc – to position yourself professionally.
Word is, I’ll be on after the panel and before the beer.
Wait, that can’t be right.
More info here: IDSAmn’s Design Your Career IDSAmn + PDMA Co-Panel Event
Update: Dec 4.
Well, that didn’t work out. My apologies to all.
Jen and I start our 12th year of marriage this week. We’ve been together for 15 years. There’s a good chance – Murphy willing – we’ll see our odometers flip together, that’d make 75 years of marriage.
Assuming we get there, we’ve got 2 more entire lifetimes in front of us.
A decade ago, my profession didn’t exist. Nearly all the companies I’ve worked for since, gone.
Assuming I’ve only really got 1 more ‘productive member of society’ lifetime left in me: