Russell Beattie ends Mowser

http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/the-end-of-mowser

by raghus • 18 years ago

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jamess• 18 years ago

Well, not entirely a surprise. I wonder what miker will be doing now?

bayareaguy• 18 years ago

What is/was Mowser? There's no obvious link in the article. I'm guessing it had something to do with mobile browsing.

alex_c• 18 years ago

This might be a long shot, but I'm assuming it has something to do with http://mowser.com/

raghus• 18 years ago

Mowser = Mo(bile) + (Bro)wser

http://mowser.com is the right link. From their about page: "Mowser lets you view the Web on your mobile phone."

axod• 18 years ago

"Mowser lets you view the Web on your mobile phone."

Which was relevent back when mobile phones didn't have fully functioning web browsers. Since the iPhone though, there's really no need for such a service :/

aston• 18 years ago

Gotta appreciate the candor here.

ptm• 18 years ago

I use Mowser to browse on a slow connection. It's so much better than the alternatives (google mobile, phonifier) since it scales images as well.

Sorry to see it go.

Mistone• 18 years ago

no comments on the page - just wanted to give russel props for pursuing his dream and then putting himself out there when it didn't materialize. From the sound of it many people would have quit long before he did. @Russel: thanks for sharing your story.

johnrob• 18 years ago

Among other things, this just proves the point: "the day job will be there for if your startup doesn't work out".

Well, at least he took a shot. Most people never get around to taking one.

thingsilearned• 18 years ago

Sounds like you stuck with it as long as you could. Well done. Hope you learned a lot.

jeremiah• 18 years ago

Wow. That was one honest blog post. After reading it I get the feeling that Russ sees the world clearly and will be on his feet again in no time.

jamescoops• 18 years ago

Solid technology, not so good marketing and positioning

paddy_m• 18 years ago

Wow. That site is good. It makes for very fast browsing. I can make sure all text reasonably fits in a narrow area. Great for window management on my laptop.

atog• 18 years ago

Sad story.

Russell Beattie ends Mowser

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