Eluma Launches
Mike O’Connell has just brought Eluma to my attention. It’s a Windows based (possibly productivity related) product, so I can’t speak from experience, but if it does half of what it claims it looks as though it could become a really useful piece of software.
With Eluma you keep all your Web favorites in a single place - whether it’s Web sites, blogs or news feeds that you read everyday, or it’s a set of bookmarks you want to keep for further reference. You can share any or all of your favorite items or collections with anyone or discover favorites that others have shared.
It looks like this is del.icio.us meets your desktop PIM and RSS reader, with the added twist of that buzzword of the moment: Web 2.0 thrown in courtesy of the ability to share. However, I’m not sure that collaboration is in there, so does that make it kind of Web 1.5?
There’s a pretty comprehensive Demo video available on YouTube:
I can see a use for this product (remember I am speaking from the perspective of someone who hasn’t actually used it yet), but I can also see many people asking why they should move away from their current “separates” solution. However, I shall certainly give the product a trial when I am next at a Windows PC.
Have you tried it out? Any thoughts? Improvements that could be made? Will you continue to use it? Please leave any comments below
I am not associated with Eluma or any of their staff.
5 Comments, Comment or Ping
Laura
I’ve had a look into Eluma and it doesn’t appeal to me. I tend to go for web based applications as I am not always at the same computer/laptop. If I were using the same computer then I would consider using it but being a University student I can never gaurantee which computer I would be at. I’ve just started using del.icio.us and I think for the time being I will stick with it.
Mar 18th, 2008
Mark
Laura
I have to say I did give it a go earlier today and it didn’t inspire me to change me working practice. Like you, i need to know where “my stuff” is so I can get to it from various locations - and in my case various operating systems: at home it’s Mac, in the office it’s PC or Linux and on the road it could be Blackberry, Macbook Pro or Internet Cafe. So, as much as it look s like a good product I’m inclined to stick with the services I currently use: del.icio.us, GR, etc…
Mar 19th, 2008
Neal Goldman
If you use register to use Eluma, Eluma will synchronize your items, subscriptions, etc. between machines that have Eluma installed and are logged in. That doesn’t solve ubiquitous access on any machine with a browser, but that’s on our roadmap. The big advantage a desktop app gives you is the speed, performance and offline access of the UI compared to pure Web apps. Admittedly, it’s a tradeoff. Over the long run, we’re hoping to allow people to have access to the best of both worlds.
Mar 20th, 2008
Mark
Thanks for the update Neal. Always nice to get dialogue going with the development company. Much appreciated.
Mar 20th, 2008
matt
where is the mac version?
May 30th, 2008
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