Skribit Finally Launches, Aims to Cure Your Writer’s Block

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/17/skribit-finally-launches/

by dabent • 17 years ago

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aditya• 17 years ago

Congrats, Paul!

andrewhyde• 17 years ago

Congrats Stammy!

subwindow• 17 years ago

Don't forget Calvin!

PStamatiou7• 17 years ago

and our intern @alexcoomans!

pmichaud• 17 years ago

Do bloggers really have this problem? I have more drafts waiting to be finished than I have articles. I have too many ideas to execute them all. Am I alone?

dabent2• 17 years ago

Some bloggers do. I think lots of people have writer's block on occasion. The tool is also a great way to get feedback from visitors on what they want to hear.

PStamatiou7• 17 years ago

I did an "Ask HN" thread about a year and a half ago and found a good number of people with this problem. Skribit came out of that problem I had myself for my own blog http://paulstamatiou.com

volida• 17 years ago

a friend was asking today on twitter what το blog about. I ll go recommend το him skribit.

rjurney• 17 years ago

'Cures Writers Block' is the one liner, but having read a lot of blogs that have it installed in the last year - it also helps you tune your writing to your audience. People request followups, or more detail on topics that you've covered, which helps you connect with your readers.

kingkilr• 17 years ago

It's not so much writers block with me as that I don't necessarily have the best sense of what my writer's want to hear. I write about very technical content, and very between explanations of advanced topics, introductions, and opinion pieces. It's useful to know what my readers want to hear.

dabent2• 17 years ago

I actually use this on one of my blogs. "Stammy" has done a great job of making a clean interface and widget. I wish him all the best.

PStamatiou7• 17 years ago

Thanks guys! You beat me to the HN posting haha.

lliiffee4• 17 years ago

My experience:

* Used "techncrunch" promo code when signing up.

* Supposed free pro account actually costs $1 per year, even using the promo.

* Impossible to switch to "free" account.

* Leave.

PStamatiou7• 17 years ago

Yeah that was a bug i noticed right at the very last minute. Amazon would error if promo was for $0 so I have been working on hacking a fix in - we've never given away free Pro accounts before so we just caught this issue. Ideally should just bypass Amazon completely.

Hit me up with your username and I'll manually bump you up to a year account until we get that resolved.

lliiffee4• 17 years ago

You can't really it a "bug" so much as "you not bothering to implement what you promised". The issue was entirely predicable, and a workaround would be trivial. When you told techcrunch about the promo, you obviously knew it didn't exist. It's hard to call that anything but a lie.

nuba• 17 years ago

I did pay the $1/year, and if that was a mischarge I surely wouldn't mind getting my subscription bumped on to 2011 ;)

Looks good so far, hope to make good use of it :)

tortilla2• 17 years ago

Congrats! Love the design, clean and original. Everything is well laid out and the copy is excellent.

Another plus because it doesn't look like another 37signals web app clone.

PStamatiou7• 17 years ago

Thanks a ton! That means a lot to me as I am a jack-of-all-trades type and never really associated with having good design sense haha.

tortilla2• 17 years ago

That's how I am, it limits the damage I can do by over-designing. :)

jack78902• 17 years ago

Out of curiosity, why was it necessary to be in beta for over two years? Doesn't seem like the technology would take that long to develop.

PStamatiou7• 17 years ago

Necessary, no. Most of the functionality has been around for a while, it's the polishing, redesigns and extra things that took the extra time.

To clarify we have not been in full-time active development for 2 years. I was still a full-time student the first year, so myself and cofounder were only able to work here and there, mostly weekends. This year I became the first full-time employee.

btw - I saw your SeatGeek launch @ TC50, grats!

jack78902• 17 years ago

Makes sense. Congrats on the launch--the widget looks great. Whenever I get around to starting a personal blog, I'll be sure to use it.

Skribit Finally Launches, Aims to Cure Your Writer’s Block

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