Hey, I've got Pownce invites too
Sun 15 Jul 07 15:33 | Tags: Internet
Well, I'm not the first blogger to do this, and I surely won't be the last. But I've got these things and I've exhausted trying to give them away to friends, so total strangers may have their turn.
I'm giving away seven invites to Pownce. Pownce is a service inspired by Twitter, but with a few improvements. What's Twitter? It's like a combination of an instant messaging service and a blog; it basically allows you to send short messages to your friends and the public. Pownce follows the same formula, but lets you send files, links and calendar dates as well as messages. Check out my public page to get the idea. You can use it either through the web or through a client program. It's in public beta, but you need an invite from a current user to sign up. It could use some improvements, but I think it's on its way to becoming something quite interesting.
If you use the "Alpha" desktop client, be prepared to see this error a lot.
Want to try it? Then just either leave a comment to this post, or contact me privately. Just remember to give me your email address! All I ask is that you please at least try the service after you get the invite. Of the five people that I've invited so far, only one is actually using it regularly at this point; heck, even the guy that invited me has never posted anything so far as I can tell.
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I like that this is very small and currently closed to the masses. Makes me feel kinda special. Although, I haven't invited anyone either. My family and friends would never use this.
Also, I thought you'd write more of a lengthier review of the service. It certainly has more cons than pros, right now.
#3 | Lyle Johnson | 16 Jul 07 10:29
Because I'm a sucker for these kinds of things, I signed up for a Pownce account about a week ago, and immediately sent out invitations to friends and family. A couple of them signed up, but none of us (including me) have actually used it for anything. As my brother put it, "I already have e-mail for sending messages, and Flickr for sharing photos. What good is this to me?"
And I still haven't come up with an answer for his question. ;)
#4 | Alan | 22 Jul 07 09:57
can you send me one invite :(
hoheyt at gmail dot com
#5 | Garrett Albright | 22 Jul 07 16:31
It's saying an account with that email address already exists. I guess you got an invite from someone else…?
#2 | Garrett Albright | 15 Jul 07 21:42
Also, I thought you'd write more of a lengthier review of the service.
Maybe I will at some point, though it's already sort of at the point where the blawg-oh-sfeer is saturated with such reviews and explanations of it. Still, I feel like I haven't really used it much, because, well, I haven't really used it much, thanks to not having very many people to use it with.