Speedle

June 14, 2001 12:37 PM

Speedle It's a little like Yahoo! News - Most-emailed content, Third Voice, and a collaborative blog. The background on the company can be found here. It utilizes Microsoft's Passport technology, e-mail, and instant messaging. The home page has the most popular links updated in real time. Very cool.
posted by grambo (14 comments total)

Hey look, a bouncing sphincter!

I'm sorry, it's really hot in here today...
posted by xiffix at 12:54 PM on June 14, 2001

A site devoted to sending links in email to your friends? Ugh.

* Send links right from your browser
* No more cutting and pasting
* Built-in address book

They might as well call it "Spammle."
posted by fraying at 1:06 PM on June 14, 2001

Speedle is being launched on $500,000, according to this Speedle-munged link. You can tell things are getting tight -- two years ago a goofy idea like this could have blown through $5 million with nary a blink.
posted by rcade at 1:19 PM on June 14, 2001

Speedle. Proving again that all the good names are taken.
posted by kindall at 1:29 PM on June 14, 2001

www.clownpenis.fart?
posted by pnevares at 1:31 PM on June 14, 2001

Mefi, top of the charts.
posted by john at 1:52 PM on June 14, 2001

clownpenis.fart is my startpage!
posted by jcterminal at 2:03 PM on June 14, 2001

My favorite part is the "no more cutting and pasting" tagline. Ugh, if only there were an easier way to send all these funny "last page of the internet" URLs around to Auntie Pat and Uncle Bob. I just can't cut and paste anymore!

Was that really a problem anyone was having?
posted by megnut at 2:35 PM on June 14, 2001

A lot of folks don't know about "cut&paste." It's an assumption that anyone using computers for a while knows this. I found out my Dad didn't know about it a couple of months ago. I ran through a bunch of basic tips. I might to do it again, next time I talk to him. Sometimes things just don't stick. I'm that way with math.
posted by john at 2:59 PM on June 14, 2001

You don't even need cut and paste. In IE, hit File, Send, Link by E-mail. (Don't tell Speedle.)
posted by rcade at 3:07 PM on June 14, 2001

I guess I should trash my idea for smorse.com. "The easiest way to view source of a webpage."
posted by john at 3:27 PM on June 14, 2001

I concur with John. A lot of people still don't get using a browser. I can't tell you how many times I have looked at the http logs for my wife's wine shop, and found that people clicked through to us by typing "www.rivercitycellars.com" into their msn start search engine page and clicking search.
posted by machaus at 4:08 PM on June 14, 2001

Oh look, now they can use mefi's search function to get there instead. Nice to see msn has an indie competitor for that ever growing demographic of browser skill devoid retards wishing to navigate their way towards purchasing some intoxicating grapejuice. Perhaps the word 'Address' next to the glaringly-in-your-face input field in IE should be presented in a bouquet of neon flashing lights with a slightly nutty texture and a shivering, energetically enhanced, marquee effectuated aftertaste. [Burp]
posted by Kino at 8:27 AM on June 16, 2001

They might as well call it "Spammle."

I was thinking about that Derek. But then again, we all have free email services right? Those suckers can just sit there and play nerf basketball all day until they need some cash. One simple select and they've got every email address which has gone in or out of their system.

Oy.
posted by fooljay at 9:19 PM on June 16, 2001