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Shift Edit Alpha Release
Posted By mad on March 8th, 2008
ShiftEdit was first developed in 2005 as an experiment to enable a living web page to be edited right in a browsers’ window without the need for administration status like a blog. Once the page was created you simply click on the text you want to edit, made the change, and presto, it appeared. Jonathan was well on his way to creating the foundation of a real-time Content Management System.
In 2006 in response to the increasing need to discover new ways to use this exciting tool, he build whyyoushould.org a site that allows you to instantly create a “live list” in a free form manner. Simply type in the your text, link to image or video and in appears on the page.
I met Jonathan just when WhyYouShould went live at CTV, formally CHUM at Queen and John. Both of us living and working in the area lead to many discussions on our way home about the “next” big thing. Late in 2007, we came up with the idea of combining these two technologies, ShiftEdit CMS and WhyYouShould into a platform for live blogging.
What ShiftEdit has done is enabled friends and colleagues to collaborate live on any subject while posting text, links, pictures, video and files in real time. The simplified and secure login choice of Facebook or Microsoft Live has give hundreds of millions of individuals instant access. Once posted, the contributors can edit the text, live, right on the page and the update appears on all screens of the bloggers as well as any people watch, instantly, without reloading. This allows for rapid posts that you can change later.
Imagine your blogging team is at an event like a Keynote Address, the Music Awards, or a Lecture at school. Livers (Live Bloggers) can write their commentary on their laptop or mobile device, Photogs (Photo Bloggers) can snap shots on their SLR’s or mobiles phone and email (coming soon) them right to the live blog.
You can check the content and make edits as necessary, all within the live page. No JAVA Applets required, only a browser. That’s what makes it so versatile. If you can run a browser or send and email you can post to this live blog from whichever device you choose.
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March 9th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I think it’s absolutely brilliant and would like to (err likely) take it for a spin during Toronto Fashion Week
Michelle