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Oh, wow. Not that I'm a fan of TechCrunch either, but somehow I didn't know about this. The journalism RFS resonated with me -- a lot. A close friend and I are
by thaumaturgy 17y ago
Oh, wow. Not that I'm a fan of TechCrunch either, but somehow I didn't know about this.
The journalism RFS resonated with me -- a lot. A close friend and I are in the middle of very quietly developing a project related to this. He's a successful iPhone developer for AT&T (internal applications). We've gone through the business model extensively, and we can monetize the hell out of it.
I've discussed going to YC with him, but we really wanted a working demo first. This might prompt us to bump schedule a bit.
- knightinblue 17y agoCare to elaborate a little? Is it a mobile app? A niche site?
- thaumaturgy 17y agoI shouldn't. I will say that it's not just one application or site or product. I didn't see anything like it in the "YCRFS 1" thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=766796 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=766796). I think the difference is that we didn't set out to do a journalism app or a publishing site; we set out to solve "the problem" of journalism and publishing, and in the process put an industry on its ear.
- knightinblue 17y agoI see. Sounds interesting. When are you guys planning to launch?
- thaumaturgy 17y agoYikes, I dunno. We started talking seriously about it a few months ago, following up on a conversation from over a year before. Development has just barely begun on two aspects of it. If we apply for Winter 2010, we're gonna have to push hard. I'm currently writing some documents to finalize the business model and development roadmap. Launch to alpha would be not less than 6 months if we busted our asses.
- knightinblue 17y agoGood luck to both of you :)
- thaumaturgy 17y agoThanks!