Sounds good Adam. All the best :)
Nick On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Adam Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nicholas, > Thanks for checking it out (and for pointing out the problem with the help > video!) > > As you say, we're trying to capture the dynamics of small groups -- the > space between inboxes on the one hand (email, facebook) and bigger groups > on > the other (email lists, facebook, google groups, etc.) The comparison to > google wave is apt, though we're trying to be the much-simpler consumer > alternative. > > A > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Nicholas Orr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Ok I've used it and now I'm not seeing the point of this.... > > > > Yes if my friend is not in Facebook then I can use email... > > However isn't that what email groups are for? > > > > What is the end goal here that make sense for someone who all ready uses > > facebook and can have private discussions with friends in facebook? > > > > Also looking at the UI - conversations could get out of control and then > > I'd > > have to scroll scroll scroll - at least with Google Wave they you have to > > click on a discussion to view its contents. > > > > Nick > > > > 2010/1/8 Adam Wolff <[email protected]> > > > > > We've been working on a group communication app which uses CouchDB as > the > > > backend. It's called Sharegrove http://sharegrove.com and we couldn't > > have > > > done it without couch! > > > > > > In addition to the CouchDB back-end, we've built a custom framework in > > Java > > > and server-side Javascript (using Rhino) to handle authentication, > > > application logic, and comet-y messaging. The unique thing about our > > > framework is that the app is written almost entirely in Javascript, and > > > portions of it are delivered directly to the browser. So couch is a > > perfect > > > fit: in some cases we run the same function in our app that we do in > the > > > database! > > > > > > The biggest challenge we've faced with couch is the trouble it has with > > 2nd > > > order relations. For instance, in order to figure out which of a user's > > > groups have the most recent comments, we first fetch all the groups > that > > > the > > > user belongs to, and then we get the update times via a POST request to > a > > > different view. > > > > > > But overall couch is awesome, and I also want to say thanks for all the > > > help > > > we've gotten from this list. We're starting to see traffic pick up on > our > > > site, but our CPU utilization remains almost nil. I'll hope to see some > > of > > > you on http://sharegrove.com! > > > > > > Best, > > > Adam Wolff > > > > > >
