June 2009
1 post
On Ice
One year of feedback and usage data shows that Zipiko is being used mainly for group activities – even though it was not primarily designed for groups. Therefore we have put it on ice while we redevelop it into a dedicated “group activity organizer”.
Ideally we would have like to run the previously version in the background while we undertake the change, however, the current SMS usage...
May 2009
1 post
Zipiko stays online
You might have noticed that we did no actually take Zipiko offline at the end of April. This was because we had some last minute plees not to do so.
We have noticed that the service is not really working for personal social life organizing, however, people seem to be using it successfully for group sport/hobby activities.
It appears that it is useful when there is a need to coordinate activities...
April 2009
1 post
Zipiko entering chrysalis stage
At the end of this month (April) we will be taking Zipko offline and wrapping it up in a cocoon for redevelopment. When it comes out it will have hopefully metamorphised into something radically different and beautiful.
We look forward to your continued support in the future and apologies for any inconvenience this might cause.
January 2009
1 post
Rethinking Zipiko
We are currently rethinking the best way to take Zipiko forward and will not be doing any ‘development’ work on it for a while. We would love to hear how you think it might be best improved. In the meantime here are some of the improvements on the current wish list (please note that it is in no particular order):
IMPROVEMENTS:
Public Events: An option to make your plan visible to...
November 2008
1 post
Zipipopin mobiilisovellus Zipiko lupaa säästää... →
October 2008
1 post
Contact upload, group administration, new...
This week’s update to Zipiko brings you a new background. Zipi the fish now feels much more happy and at home in his natural habitat. To celebrate this, Zipi now talks! Look for him at the top of the main page. He will bless you with hints or news or random chit-chat, depending on his mood.
We also added the first set of group administration features: if you create a group you can now...
September 2008
9 posts
An Intention Broadcasting Model: Preliminary... →
I have recently been developing our Intention Broadcasting (IB) concept into something approaching a more fully-fledged theory. My first objective was to come up with a model of how an intention…
Startup Ideas and Painting →
During the first year at Zipipop we constantly debated how open we should be with our ideas. At the very beginning we even made people sign NDA’s and this had some benefits: people…
Organizing Get-togethers: Zipiko vs Micro-blogging →
The screen shot above shows Jyri Engström talking about how to use micro-blogging to get your friends together for a last-minute beer. However, the likes of Jaiku/Twitter are not …
You can now add comments to events. No more wondering what your friends are thinking!
Stefano interviewed about Zipiko by Josh Chandler...
August 2008
2 posts
We’ve added experimental support for groups. Go to settings to join or create a group, or test the Zipiko group: http://zipiko.com/g/zipiko
Groups and Channels
By the end of the month we will be adding Zipiko Groups and Channels.
The groups function in a stardard way and will be both public and private.
The channels, however, will be created using 4 search categories (groups, activity, location, and city); so that you can tune into the events that are most interesting to you and then you can save the search results as a fixed channel to see later.
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July 2008
5 posts
Zipiko now speaks many languages… today we have English, Finnish, French, Italian, German and Spanish!
You can now import your Gmail contacts into Zipiko. If you have an iPhone, you can sync your phone contacts with Gmail too!
“It’s better to be clear than clever.”
– One of our mantras these days… News.com: Google takes the pun out of shopping
We won Mobile 2.0!
We won the Mobile 2.0 award for best early-stage startup. See you at the next Mobile 2.0 in San Francisco!
June 2008
4 posts
JeffCroft.com: Why we don't skip Photoshop →
Technical Background
The first prototype of Zipiko was developed in Python with Django and Sqlite, and was hosted on SliceHost.
Shortly after we presented Zipiko at the Media Lab Helsinki Demo Day, Google announced the Google App Engine.
As we were debating strategies for scaling, I decided it was worth a shot to port Zipiko to App Engine. A few days later, Zipiko was happily running on the Google...
Stefano J. Attardi
Hi, I’m Stefano. I’m an interface designer and web developer. I joined Zipipop recently to work on Zipiko. From now on I will use this blog to tell more about myself, Zipiko, and the team and methods behind it.
“Narrow the focus. Your “use case” should be, there’s a 22 year...”
– Jeremy Zawinski, Groupware Bad