openmaru services - Springnote and myID.net
July 29th, 2007 22:54
One of the first things you'd probably like to know when reading a corporate blog is obviously what services the company is offering. Since there wasn't any mention of what services openmaru offers, we thought why don't we go ahead and do it.
Before we start, we'd like to note that these services are not out with their English versions yet, though they're offered in Korean. However, we also want to tell you they're coming real soon.
The first one is called Springnote. It's basically a Web-based personal wiki where anyone can join to jot down notes, diaries, or project org. pages. While there's a good number of wiki services out in the global market, this is the first Korean wiki service. After talking to lots of people, we saw a need for a personalized "webnotes" service rising among various people, including developers, marketers, college students, office workers, bloggers, or even housewives.
However, Springnote is not just "one of those services". With a background of having a different market, seasoned with a little bit of our creativity, we've come up with a different kind of wiki service in Springnote. Given it's more for personal use than pure collaborative ones like Mediawiki, we put lots of emphasis on wordprcoessing functionalities, like editing and adding links. For example, you don't have to press the "save" button to save the content--it gets automatically saved! Naturally, processing speed comes in as one of the primary strengths of Springnote. Of course, that doesn't mean we left out any of the collaborative features. Below is a screencast of what Springnote the Korean version looks like. It was recorded using a keyboard only with no mouse. You'll probably be surprised to see some of the features implemented.
You don't have to wait for too long to see it. The English version is coming out in about a month.
Springnote is only one of the many services we offer. In fact, our strategy is not to create a single portal to aggregate all the services, but rather to create a portfolio of services and provide a platform to loosely connect them altogether. But if you don't have a portal-like site, how are you going to do it?
That's where OpenID comes in. myID.net is an open ID provider service. And it's the biggest one in Korea, too. OpenID is a standard and a movement which allows a user to log into and have multiple accounts across different services. We saw that for the Web to be truly decentralized, ID management was one of the most important things that need to be done more decentralized way and there had to be one in Korean as well. myID.net allows you to register for one ID and use it across many many services. It's called an OpenID provider and we've been working actively with many OpenID services to spread this standard along.
While myID.net isn't the only OpenID provider service in Korea, it's been growing very radpily to be the most popular one here. We truly believe that myID.net will be the cornerstone for many of the upcoming openmaru services. Again, myID.net is offered in Korean only, but we're planning to launch the English version real soon--much sooner than Springnote.
So, these are the two services we're coming up with in the next few weeks. You probably can't get a firm grasp of what they are like just yet, but again, you won't have to wait for too long. :)
Korean versions of these services have been very popular among the users. Also, sticking to our "open platform" beliefs and strategy, we've been able to witness some great things happen with voluntary participation from many users. Hopefully, you guys will love our English services likewise.
We are be more than glad to open our eyes and ears to see and hear what you guys have to tell us.
Before we start, we'd like to note that these services are not out with their English versions yet, though they're offered in Korean. However, we also want to tell you they're coming real soon.
However, Springnote is not just "one of those services". With a background of having a different market, seasoned with a little bit of our creativity, we've come up with a different kind of wiki service in Springnote. Given it's more for personal use than pure collaborative ones like Mediawiki, we put lots of emphasis on wordprcoessing functionalities, like editing and adding links. For example, you don't have to press the "save" button to save the content--it gets automatically saved! Naturally, processing speed comes in as one of the primary strengths of Springnote. Of course, that doesn't mean we left out any of the collaborative features. Below is a screencast of what Springnote the Korean version looks like. It was recorded using a keyboard only with no mouse. You'll probably be surprised to see some of the features implemented.
You don't have to wait for too long to see it. The English version is coming out in about a month.
Springnote is only one of the many services we offer. In fact, our strategy is not to create a single portal to aggregate all the services, but rather to create a portfolio of services and provide a platform to loosely connect them altogether. But if you don't have a portal-like site, how are you going to do it?
While myID.net isn't the only OpenID provider service in Korea, it's been growing very radpily to be the most popular one here. We truly believe that myID.net will be the cornerstone for many of the upcoming openmaru services. Again, myID.net is offered in Korean only, but we're planning to launch the English version real soon--much sooner than Springnote.
So, these are the two services we're coming up with in the next few weeks. You probably can't get a firm grasp of what they are like just yet, but again, you won't have to wait for too long. :)
Korean versions of these services have been very popular among the users. Also, sticking to our "open platform" beliefs and strategy, we've been able to witness some great things happen with voluntary participation from many users. Hopefully, you guys will love our English services likewise.
We are be more than glad to open our eyes and ears to see and hear what you guys have to tell us.
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