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It would be a cold day in hell before I decided to engage the services of a company called "Woobius". Seriously, am I the only person on earth who thinks all these new startup names are just utterly stupid ? What are these people thinking? "Woobius"!
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if modding down my (polite, reasonable) comments Your initial comment said it would be a "cold day in hell" before you used Woobius and that the name was "utterly stupid." That's an interesting interpretation of polite and reasonable.
I don't see what's impolite or unreasonable about that. I really do think the name is stupid, and I really would be prejudiced against a company with a name like that. I suppose I could have said the name is "suboptimal" or something but why beat about the bush?
First of all, congrats on your TC coverage. I'm interested in your approach for the pricing of the service. I have to agree with joel_feather that 12$/gb/month seems a little too low for a niche market. Do you have any estimates about the average storage needed by your targeted users?
I won't go into all the detail of the lengthy, lengthy conversations we had about pricing over the course of a year before finally implementing it, but you're right that the price is low. However, that's intentional.
There are already products serving really big projects (the ones with costs in the hundreds of millions), but those tools are all far too expensive (and complex, slow, cumbersome, etc) to be used by smaller projects. We chose to make Woobius affordable to smaller projects too.
With respect to average size of projects, many of the tinier projects (e.g. a small house) will probably just about get away with the free version (but if they need a bit more storage, £10/m - or equivalent in other currencies - won't break the bank). Small-ish commercial developments will probably use around 1-3 gigabytes. Very large or very active projects are probably looking at 5-10 gigabytes.
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Niche market? The construction related part of the economy is huge! I think their pricing is just right. By charging more for additional storage space, they have an ideal "try before you buy" situation. Mobile clients might be very useful. Missed collaboration in construction often results in stuff that cost money to put there and more money to correct. The ability for those in the field to get clarification quickly…
We are looking at the mobile market, but rather than simply adding another interface to access Woobius we are looking at how we can really make mobile technology work for us and our customers. With the inclusion of technology such as GPS receivers, compasses and high speed internet now as standard, we can do much more than mobile voice communication.
Were any of you guys trying to do this in Cincinnati, OH 10 years ago?
Also, I think you already have the idea, but don't forget that you can also make money selling disk space. Those who need a lot more of it may well be willing to pay for that at premium rates!
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Mobile is a waste of time. Mobile apps are too cheap, people can just call each other. And the construction industry is a niche, because we're talking about the intersect of construction and web apps here. The web designer industry is a niche in the overall economy, but it's one of the largest in the web based economiy. The reverse is true for the construction industry. I have experience in selling B2B. Their pricing…
By the same token you could argue that burning CDs and printing out reams of paper to send via couriers is adequate, and that a system of distribution via the internet is a waste of time. Mobile applications aren't necessarily a replacement for voice communication, but rather an enhancement to. For example, what better way to communicate information that pertains to a particular geographical location than providing a…
Trying to make some large mobile app would bog down the business, and it will not pay.
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By the same token you could argue that burning CDs and printing out reams of paper to send via couriers is adequate, and that a system of distribution via the internet is a waste of time. Mobile applications aren't necessarily a replacement for voice communication, but rather an enhancement to. For example, what better way to communicate information that pertains to a particular geographical location than providing a…
Without a doubt, mobile applications make sense. But the amount of time you would put into this at this fledgling stage of the business would be a big mistake - one should first focus on the web based part of things, iterate till it matches the needs perfectly, then make a simple mobile app and expand from there. Trying to make some large mobile app would bog down the business, and it will not pay.
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By the same token you could argue that burning CDs and printing out reams of paper to send via couriers is adequate, and that a system of distribution via the internet is a waste of time. Mobile applications aren't necessarily a replacement for voice communication, but rather an enhancement to. For example, what better way to communicate information that pertains to a particular geographical location than providing a…
Without a doubt, mobile applications make sense. But the amount of time you would put into this at this fledgling stage of the business would be a big mistake - one should first focus on the web based part of things, iterate till it matches the needs perfectly, then make a simple mobile app and expand from there. Trying to make some large mobile app would bog down the business, and it will not pay.
But that doesn't stop us planning, theorizing and experimenting. How else is innovation manifested? :-)
I think the title (and article) is a little over the top. The audit trail is a nice feature but the rest is just sharing files? The real problems are in annotating these drawings collaboratively, merging separate parts and layers of buildings and in general managing the actual flow of information in a design process instead of merely the drawings. Solutions with versioning IFC files, IFD libraries and solving the pro…
Hi, I'm the founder of Woobius. Firstly, thanks for your kind words on the user interface. We are fortunate to have Cliff Rowley who been a key driving force behind it. With respect to the body of your comment. The reason Woobius is useful to architects and engineers is that it fits into their existing workflow - e.g. they produce a 2D drawing that forms part of their legal documentation. While this process is (for a…