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March 15, 2005 by Matthew
Funny stories come back to me from my university career about the ides of March. A couple years of great stunts on a friend of mine who was petrified of the idea of not knowing what was going on. Oh ambiguity, how I've learned to cope with thee over the years.
There's lots of things going here at StikiPad and I'm only reluctant to start talking about them because I simply don't know what to talk about first. Aye, there's the rub.
But, on a completely un-related note - and the reason why I'm popping my head up at this time - is to wish a good friend of mine a Happy 22nd Birthday. He means a lot to me, and I'm grateful to call him a friend.
Happy Birthday, Jonathan!
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March 12, 2005 by Jonathan
Matt and I first met on IRC in late 1998, early 1999 while we were both still in high school. At the time we were young and full of idealism. Okay, so maybe we still are. Anyways, both of us seemed to pick up on the idea that we were actually going to do something with our lives, and from that point forward we've been pretty good friends. We have a unique relationship in that we've never met in "real life", have only spoken on the phone a handful of times, yet we've cultivated a close friendship and professional relationship.
Since we first met, we've always pitched ideas back and forth to each other. One of the best parts about our friendship is that we're not afraid to let the other person know when they've come up with a dumb idea. Over the years we've both shot down a number of various entrepreneurial ventures, but I believe we've finally hit on one that has more potential than any of our previous ones.
On February 2nd, between 2 and 3 A.M. I came up with the idea for StikiPad. I scrambled to find my wallet, pulled out my credit card and registered the domain about 30 seconds after that initial flash of inspiration. I couldn't wait for Matt to wake up so I could pitch the idea and didn't even go to bed that morning out of pure excitement. Matt finally woke up and popped online, I quickly pitched the idea and got a thumbs up... then I went and promptly fell asleep.
You know you've got a good chance at succeeding when each morning you wake up and you're more excited than the day before about what you're creating. Since the private beta started, the feedback we've received has simply been amazing. It's absolutely awesome to learn how each of our clients are using StikiPad, because everyone seems to use it differently. The notion of building a tool with as little structure as possible opens up a world of creativity for anyone that uses it.
So from the idea on February 2nd, to the first private beta on February 23rd, we've finally opened up Everything! StikiPad (now known as The Buzz. Hopefully we'll both look back on this post someday to see where we started from, and wonder where we'll go next.
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