What Calacanis's Launch Team thinks of Receivd

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No. Stacking a new paradigm (iphoto/whatever) on top of an existing one (file folders) is not simplifying, it's complicating.

I get your point, but why does Apple then stack photos and mp3s?

its the old PARC UI/UX concept..ever see a Lisa Apple computer JC? I know you have seen at least one right? It borrowed some concepts from PARC and that was one of them..

to me even creating proprietary client and apis for synching files and folders seems like making things needlessly complicated, when you can use rsync ad sftp (and fuse and sshfs) all of which rely on rock solid open standards. but I understand that Dropbox became so popular because it made files and folders synching accessible to everyone who could already use files and folders. as simple as that. in this perspective Receivd (I too think that the name sucks) could be a winner

While I understand that the file system is the single greatest source of confusion for casual computer users, I definitely do not think iPhoto is the best alternative paradigm. Most casual users that I know hate iPhoto and iTunes with a passion. It's one of those areas (like the file system!) that Apple does really poorly.

I've never used Receivd (hate the name), but it might be able to get over the file system hump. I don't understand why they would encourage comparison to iPhoto for OS X though. Maybe something was lost in translation there.

- "AND ONE MORE THING: We would steer these guys into TechStars or Y Combinator, but they're way too far along. If you're a VC playing catch-up in the cloud space, ship these kids $1.5M and do monthly board meetings."

I don't think they are too far along for Ycombinator.

I still prefer dropbox but that could be 1) because its what I already use 2) the design is too much like Itunes on Receivd

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