The quickest way to explain QuikPub in a way everyone should get is to describe it as “Imgur for text.”
I’ve felt for a long time that there was no easy way to quickly publish short or long form rich text without going down the blog route. Blogging -- by design — comes with a history of posts and comments. Too much information when all you want to do is post about something that has nothing to do with your blogging persona or area of expertise.
QuikPub lets you post anonymously (or add your name) and share a short URL to that content anywhere you want (just like Imgur). It comes with a slightly longer edit URL so that you can change or delete the post later.
There’s no link or connection to other posts you make. There’s no public list of “new posts.” Your QuikPub post is invisible to Google and to casual browsers until you choose to share it.
There was a Show HN yesterday about a new product called Haven that seems to be targeting a similar user base, though their solution was very different. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26013715) While reading the comments I felt that many of those commenting would benefit from a simple publishing app like QuikPub.
Feedback is very welcome. I’m not a UI designer, and I’m aware that the UI is a bit on the weak side, but that’s something I hope to improve over time.
Here’s a few examples of posts I made myself earlier:
Thanks