Pakd.net Intro @ Barcamp
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Barcamp, Bangalore (Bengaloooruuu?)
Bangalore Traffic
• 1 hour, each way
• FM sucks (Himessssh!)
• GPRS rocks (use Opera Mini)!
Bangalore Cyber-cafes
• Costly.
• Rat-infested ambience
• “Swalpa adjust maadi!”
Drums roll,
Enter www.pakd.net
What?
• A bookmarklet
• A way to mark “interesting” stuff online, for later reading
• Supports Web, mobile-web, RSS, and bored humans (more in a moment)
How?
• Sign up
• Select text on webpage
• Click “Send to pakd!”
• Read on mobile
• Sign up at Website: www.pakd.net
• Mobile special: www.pakd.net/m
(Aside) For the techies
• Built in Ruby (on Rails)
• Took one developer (me!) around 24 hours
So…
• It is buggy, pre-beta and maybe even useful
• Please use it
One More Thing…
That Bored Human Thing
Yelp!
Yelp!??
• Below each of your clips is a discreet link to Yelp!
• Click it, and we’ll show your pakd clip to all your followers!
Everyone needs a hug!
• Opinions, questions, feedback