Pixelapse is joining Dropbox(blog.pixelapse.com)
blog.pixelapse.com
Pixelapse is joining Dropbox
http://blog.pixelapse.com/post/109225261685/pixelapse-dropbox
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Props, but this should've been the lead sentence in the post:
Pixelapse looks similar to what Drew described in his YC application, responding to the question "If you had any other ideas you considered applying with, feel free to list them. One may be something we've been waiting for.":
His response: ..."a wiki with version-controlled drawing canvases that let you draw diagrams or mock up UIs (Thinkature is kind of related, but this is more text with canvases interspersed than a shared whiteboard) to help teams get on the same page and spec things out better (we use Visio and Powerpoint at Bit9, which sucks)"
His response: ..."a wiki with version-controlled drawing canvases that let you draw diagrams or mock up UIs (Thinkature is kind of related, but this is more text with canvases interspersed than a shared whiteboard) to help teams get on the same page and spec things out better (we use Visio and Powerpoint at Bit9, which sucks)"
It's worth noting that Pixelapse is YC W12, and has only raised a little seed money since then. (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pixelapse)
Seems like a little bit of Y Combinator vertical integration.
Seems like a little bit of Y Combinator vertical integration.
I had never even heard of them, but seems like a pretty cool product.
Does anyone know if any open source alternatives exist, hosted or self-hosted? We were planning on moving away from Subversion for tracking changes to design related PDFs and PSDs and this seemed appealing due to the extra metadata that could be displayed with revisions but now we're back to square one.
github supports psd
One of the worst things at my previous job was when the designers forced pixelapse onto developers' workflow. It was so clumsy and there just wasn't any benefit over Google Drive.
Not even close to decent source control.
>We started Pixelapse with the mission of building the definitive version control and collaboration platform for creatives.
Ugh, stop calling them that.
Ugh, stop calling them that.
I'm with you on that. I seriously hate the term "creatives", I've only seen it used in a derogatory way (either by or against). I just can't take anyone seriously when they use that word to describe themselves or their clients.
Could also be a trigger for me, I word with a lot of designers, artists, and videos guys/gals. Most are pretty good, but all the ones that call themselves "a creative" are guaranteed to be pretty elitist about it.
Could also be a trigger for me, I word with a lot of designers, artists, and videos guys/gals. Most are pretty good, but all the ones that call themselves "a creative" are guaranteed to be pretty elitist about it.
Our Incredible Journey claims another.
Interesting though, Dropbox appears to be on a buying spree. They just claimed Cloudon last week, now this.
Interesting though, Dropbox appears to be on a buying spree. They just claimed Cloudon last week, now this.
I'm pretty sure Dropbox has been buying a company every few weeks for the last few years. You just haven't heard about most of them.
Heh, I was actually looking for those very words. While similar in style, this lacked them, which I found unsatisfying. Maybe people are more careful now to stay away from some specific keywords...