give me one! Thanks!
On Nov 26, 10:37 am, Tom Locke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > Thanks very much to the first bunch of people that have been trying out the > new Bambuu service for us. You've helped us track down and fix a whole load > of small problems. Things are much more robust now so we'd like to invite > some more people in. > > This coupon > > thehobos2 > > is good for 20 sign-ups. > > Those of you who have emailed and asked for an invite - we're just about to > send you personal coupons so you don't need to use this one. > > For those of you that no idea what I'm talking about, here's the previous > announcement again (below). > > Tom > > ---- > > OK folks - there's some news for you today. > > Right back at the start, in 2006 when we first released Hobo, quite a few > people suggested we should create a graphical tool to kick off a Hobo app. > The fact that you get a real working app just from your model declarations > made people think how easy it would be to put a nice GU in front of that, and > you've got yourself a web-app creator. But we never did it. Because we wanted > to do it right. > > Replacing the model and controller generators with a GUI is basically a > gimmick that doesn't really change a thing. If we're going to build a > graphical tool -- and I wanted to from day one -- we should build one that's > powerful enough to get you all the way to a finished app. > > So, three years later, that's what we've done. Bambuu is a hosted service > that runs in the browser, and today we're quietly announcing the private beta > to the great crowd that follow this group. > > So what is it? Basically Hobo/Rails development in the cloud (every user gets > their own personal cloud server for their dev work), except, um, without the > programming. I suppose that's a bit like saying "fishing without the water", > or something : ) The other way to describe it is that it's a graphical > website builder, of which there are many, but not like this one. > > I guess you're just going to have to try it! Well, 20 of you are : ) We're > letting the first users in really slowly because it's very early days. We'll > be inviting more in all the time so hopefully those that miss this first > invite won't have to wait long. And the blog is up now, so please subscribe! > > There's so much to talk about that I find myself a bit lost for words. I > think I'll pick it up on the Bambuu blog. > > Oh and seeing as you guys are the open-source crowd, I'll mention that > although Bambuu is a commercial service, there is some very exciting new > technology under the hood, in addition to Hobo itself, which will eventually > become open source. You're going to like it : ) > > We really, really want to get your reactions and keep in touch with you all, > so please follow and comment on the blog, and give your feedback > athelp.bambuu.net/discussions. > > OK, so without further ado (drumroll....), the first twenty to get enter this > token > > thehobos > > athttp://bambuu.net, will get themseles a free beta account. > > Be warned things are still very rough around the edges, to the exent that you > might even find some lorem ipsum here and there : ), and publishing apps > (i.e. deploying them into production) is not quite ready. > > Wahooo! > > Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
