Ask HN: Review my startup: http://sparkwall.me

#1

Post by JohanE » Tue, May 24, 2011, 3:38 AM UTC

Hi All,

Just released our private beta of Sparkwall and we would love to hear your feedback!

Sparkwall is a visual collaboration tool that helps remote dev and creative teams communicate by sharing designs in real time. The app is built on node.js, socket.io and MongoDB using Amazon EC2 and S3 for hosting and storage.

Some of our features: - Upload files through drag-and-drop - Support for 300 different image formats - Write text and draw freely. - 16000x9000px work space - Point with your mouse, and ppl can see it in real-time We are currently running on Firefox 4 and Chrome 8+ (Other browsers will be supported shortly)

Invitation Code: HACKERNEWS Sign up: http://sparkwall.me

Thanks

Johan Ekhager Co-founder / CTO

http://sparkwall.me

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#2

Post by JohanE » Tue, May 24, 2011, 3:39 AM UTC

Link: http://sparkwall.me

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#3

Post by joezhou » Tue, May 24, 2011, 3:43 AM UTC

amazing! Google docs watch out this is way cooler

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#4

Post by dangrossman » Tue, May 24, 2011, 4:12 AM UTC

I recall something exactly like this on HN a few weeks ago, public with a unique URL for each wall, except it didn't have shared mouse pointers. What was that post?

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#5

Post by JohanE » Tue, May 24, 2011, 4:19 AM UTC

joezhou wrote: post #3

amazing! Google docs watch out this is way cooler

Thanks! :) Any other thoughts about the funtionality?

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#6

Post by oberglof » Tue, May 24, 2011, 4:29 AM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #4

I recall something exactly like this on HN a few weeks ago, public with a unique URL for each wall, except it didn't have shared mouse pointers. What was that post?

would be really interesting to find out

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#7

Post by JohanE » Tue, May 24, 2011, 4:29 AM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #4

I recall something exactly like this on HN a few weeks ago, public with a unique URL for each wall, except it didn't have shared mouse pointers. What was that post?

Interesting. Couldn't find any post of it. If someone remember the name or post, please reply here. Good to know about similar products. :)

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#8

Post by instakill » Tue, May 24, 2011, 12:21 PM UTC

Looks good. The creative team at our digital agency love it.

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#9

Post by JohanE » Tue, May 24, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

instakill wrote: post #8

Looks good. The creative team at our digital agency love it.

Thanks! Would be great to hear their thoughts aswell, if you don't mind.

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#10

Post by swanson » Tue, May 24, 2011, 3:32 PM UTC

Are you using node.js for the whole stack? Or is there a Rails app running alongside for doing user accounts, payments, the marketing site/landing page etc?