BetaKit: a new online publication covering emerging tech trends and startups

by vduquette • 14 years ago

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sycren2• 14 years ago

Interesting, how often can we expect to see new articles?

erin_bury9• 14 years ago

Hey, we're aiming to post several new articles every day. We have an in-house editorial staff (I'm managing editor, former GigaOM writer & editor Darrell Etherington is senior writer) and a group of global contributors.

But we're more focused on quality analytical pieces that press release rewrites - quality over quantity. Thanks for checking it out!

chrishenn• 14 years ago

If you can stay true to the quality over quantity goal, BetaKit could very well become one of my most read sites. But I suspect it would be very hard to do so — everything I've experienced with online journalism suggests that quantity of posts is what pays the bills.

Best of luck to you though!

jimparkins• 14 years ago

There does not seem to be a working RSS feed for this website. Apart from a couple of websites like HN that I directly navigate too on a daily basis - If I cant add it into my google reader I will never remember to come back to your website.

erin_bury9• 14 years ago

Totally agree, and we'll be adding RSS ASAP. It's on the launch day list of to-dos. Thanks for checking it out!

derekja• 14 years ago

great. hope you post again when you do. That's what's also limiting my interest in your site.

ashamedlion• 14 years ago

Lots of TechCrunch competitors launching recently, but I do like this one. It's sort of like a simplified Verge for startups. Hopefully they remain objective.

erin_bury9• 14 years ago

Trust me, objectivity will remain.

Thanks for checking it out!

ianterrell• 14 years ago

Nothing like a subjective "Trust me" to inspire trust in objectivity.

brackin• 14 years ago

There are advantages and disadvantages to this but as they aren't based in San Francisco they will probably remain more objective.

callil• 14 years ago

Wow, I clicked it expecting something half-baked.

Not so, it's a bit The Verge like but cleaner. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

erin_bury9• 14 years ago

Thanks - feel free to email any feedback to erin[at]betakit.com.

RyanTylerThomas• 14 years ago

The team running BetaKit is sharp and really plugged in. Can't wait to see what happens.

erin_bury9• 14 years ago

Thanks Ryan, glad we're in the same building :)

boopsie2• 14 years ago

I wish it said on the site who the team is. If you're running an editorial site, somewhere it should at least say who the editor in chief is, no? That's part of the site's credibility.

(But overall I do like what they are doing.)

erin_bury9• 14 years ago

Hey, the About page is being updated right now. The site is an initiative of Sprouter.com.

@SarahPrevette - Editor-in-chief @erinbury (me) - Managing Editor @drizzled - Senior Writer

(Plus a team of global contributors)

erin_bury9• 14 years ago

Hey, just an update - our about page is up with a list of all staff & contributors at betakit.com/about

coryl• 14 years ago

Beautifully visuals, but unfortunately very very rough UX. Sooo much text and moving graphics on the page, my eyes don't know where to focus.

mvkel• 14 years ago

The logo looks pretty "heavily inspired" by this: http://www.betascape.org/

Hmmm...

ryanwaggoner• 14 years ago

Those look nothing alike.

sycren2• 14 years ago

..how? Betascapes logo offers an optical illusion showing a third dimension. Betakit uses colour as an indicator to the different news sections that they offer.

If anything, EGEA cosmetics has a similar logo to betascape http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/65824

fallenhitokiri• 14 years ago

I always welcome another news site bringing a new touch to the scene.

Using colors for categories is nice and I enjoy the visuals but white on yellow is IMHO not the best choice. (partnerships)

Beside that I can only second what others said. - RSS feed or chances that I visit the site more often is nearly non existing - Showing who is writing those stories is IMO essential

I wish you luck and success.

tdr• 14 years ago

http://betakit.com/feed

garethsprice• 14 years ago

Needs a link to your Twitter feed from the homepage. Had to guess that it was http://twitter.com/betakit. That's my preferred method of subscribing to new sites these days.

Good luck! Looking forward to reading.

BetaKit: a new online publication covering emerging tech trends and startups

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