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It's in closed beta. I need to add a few features that allow people to locate others, find hotspots, etc before the main release (otherwise you only bump into people on facebook and google)
Probably mid-Jan will open it up entirely as the holidays are almost here :)
Yep.. and if you can't find anyone, you can hire someone from eastern europe to do it for under $1K.
I've always had horrible results outsourcing dev work, but outsourcing design seems to work just fine.
My feelings mirror yours... I'm actually building a product that I hope can help re-introduce some spontaneity in people's online interactions, as they journey through the web. Still very early stage though: [redacted]
Here's a 60 second concept video: [redacted]