Jason co-founded Basecamp back in 1999. He also co-authored REWORK, the New York Times bestselling book on running a "right-sized" business. Co-founded, co-authored... Can he do anything on his own?
My cousin (and his crew) just launched a new online storage and backup service called SpiderOak.
One of the especially friendly features includes the automated invisible backup feature:
SpiderOak automatically recognizes any new and/or edited document, photo, song, or movie and backs it up in real time without you ever having to think, wonder or worry. This automated system works quietly in the background – never slowing down applications or Internet connections.
They also have versioning so you can roll back to any previous version of a backed-up file. They have desktop client software for Mac, Windows, Linux 32 bit, and Linux 64 bit. They’ve also open sourced some of their code.
There’s a growing number of online file storage and backup services out there, but if you’re in the market you may want to add SpiderOak to your consideration list. They have pay plans and a free plan that includes 2GB of space.
Want someone from 37signals to speak at your conference?
We’re interested in speaking on entrepreneurship, design, programming, a combination of biz/design/programming, and our Getting Real methods. Get in touch by emailing jason at 37signals dot com.
Today, February 5th, is Basecamp’s Birthday. She turns four today. Four years old. Wow. Time sure flies.
Here’s the original blog post from Feb 5, 2004 that started it all. Be sure to browse the comments — they’re especially interesting looking back. Time puts things in perspective.
From the vault, here’s the original marketing site
Here’s the original to-do section
Here’s the original milestones section
Here’s the original messages/comments section
(You’ll notice each message category had its own tab)
Here’s the original files section
Wait, there was no files section in the original Basecamp! Yup, when we launched you couldn’t upload files to Basecamp.
A great four years
Overall, we’re really happy four years later to have maintained the UI clarity, simplicity, and spirit of the original design and vision. Some sections have gotten even simpler. And yes, some sections have grown a bit too. But all in all, looking back, we’re very proud of where Basecamp started and how it’s grown.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible. Our incredible crew, our amazing customers, the press, the pundits, the lovers and the haters. Its been a wild ride. We’re looking forward to what’s next.
Voters don’t choose the 842 unpledged “super-delegates” who comprise nearly 40 percent of the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination.
Even though it’s likely that the Super-delegates will ultimately support the nominee the public chose during the primary and caucus process, the whole Super-delegate thing seems a bit undemocratic, doesn’t it?
The Polling Place Photo Project is a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that encourages voters to capture, post and share photographs of this year’s primaries, caucuses and general election. It was originally a joint effort of AIGA and Design Observer, but now it lives at The New York Times.
The Wonderful Audi R8 Superbowl Ad (bigger version). Click though to Truth in Engineering, click on “Truth in the Godfather” and then click “Behind the Scenes” to get a look at the how and why of the ad.
We’re happy to have added web-designer and author Dan Cederholm’s freshly redesigned and popular SimpleBits to the list of places carrying ads from The Deck, our advertising network targeting web, design and creative professionals.
Dan is a perfect addition to the group. His territory is the area between practical, technical design issues and those defined more often by talent and taste. As far as we’re concerned, that’s a pretty sweet place to be.
Seems like a shrewd move by Garmin. Garmin owns the small GPS market, and their Nuvi line is wonderfully executed and designed. But with GPS coming to more and more cell phones Garmin had to do something. Instead of running away or ignoring an encroaching reality, they ran head on into the smartphone space. To me this signals great management and leadership at Garmin.
Technically it has a few things the iPhone doesn’t have (yet). True GPS, 3G, and geotagging of photos taken with the camera. It also has Garmin’s million points of interest database built in which is great for finding local businesses, phone numbers, and addresses.
No details on size, weight, battery life, or price. And who knows how well the web browser works or how well the different pieces are integrated into the overall flow and experience. There are so many intangibles that it’s impossible to know if it’s good or bad before trying it, but from what little I see I like what I see.
Aside from Apple, Garmin is the only company I’ve seen that understands UI design for small devices. The Nuvi is dead simple to use. If they can translate their GPS UI chops into a phone UI, they may be on to something big. Someone is going to make a product that is considered the official alternative to the iPhone, and Garmin is well positioned to claim that title.
A few days ago we introduced a couple new features to the Job Board and Gig Board.
Attach your logo to a job
You can now upload your logo when you post a job. Adding your logo is entirely optional, but it’s a nice touch if you have one handy.
Highlight your job post
Highlighted job posts have a yellow background and green border. Depending on demand we may have to increase the price, but as of today it’s $25 extra to highlight your job.
Linebreaks!
Job postings uses to be single paragraphs but now you can enter multiple paragraphs. We’ve also relaxed the 1000 character limit so you can post longer job ads if you’d like (although we believe concise, to-the-point job ads are more effective).
Today we officially announce that Campfire has been optimized for the iPhone. Just visit your Campfire site with Safari on the iPhone and you’ll automatically see the iPhone optimized version.
Note: To scroll back through the transcript you’ll need to use the two-finger scroll technique as illustrated below:
We hope you find Campfire for iPhone useful! Special thanks to Sam for taking on this project and making it happen.
