We’ve joined Google; now what?
January 10th, 2008
It’s been a while since we’ve given you a decent update on Jaiku, and it looks like more than a few of you are wondering what’s going on and what’s in store for the future. That’s completely our fault — between joining the Google team, the holiday season, and all the new stuff we’ve been working on, it’s been a hectic three months. Here’s a quick update:
First, we know the Jaiku site is currently not as responsive as it should be. The issue is that users (some of them spammers) are starting to add new feeds to their accounts at a more rapid pace, so we’re working on cleaning up the database to get the site back to its normal level of responsiveness. We should have everything sorted out soon; in the meantime, thanks for your patience.
Second, I know you’re all excited to hear what’s next for Jaiku and what we’ve been working on since joining Google. To be honest, a lot of our time in the early going was spent on getting to know Google. And, of course, a little R&R during the holidays. But we’ve also been working hard on the next steps for Jaiku, and are already making progress on what I think are some cool new ways to help you stay connected with the people you care about. We can’t share any of the specifics right now, but stay tuned.
And, as always, don’t be shy about letting us know what you’d like to see from Jaiku, how you think Jaiku might complement the Google products you use, and how you’d like to be involved in all this. We are definitely listening!
bernard Says:
Hi Jyri,
Firstly thanks for the update. You have made about 95% of Jaikuistas very happy.
Some updates regularly updates would really put everyones minds at ease.
I hope you are enjoying SF and all the newness.
Happy New Year too :)
kelaa relaa!
bernard
January 10th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Jonathan Greene Says:
Thanks for the update! It’s good to hear you are listening (as always) and aware of our pain. We really like it here and aside from just wanting it to work, would welcome the enhancements as you are ready to roll them out via the G.
January 10th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Whatleydude Says:
Dude,
Can I be the first to say - thanks for the update and a very Happy New Year to you and the team.
GREAT to hear from you guys.
:)
January 10th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Bram Muller Says:
Good to hear there’s some news from the Jaiku-front!
I hope you get the database cleaned up soon, so the site will respond a lot better. Can you tell us on what period of time we might expect some real changes?
January 10th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Jezlyn Says:
Thanks for the update, Jyri. It’s good to know that Jaiku will be getting new features. Please make them sooner rather than later. :) We Jaiku fans are eager to see what’s coming next.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:02 am
Bram Muller Says:
Have you cached this page? I don’t see my reply yet..
January 10th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Cleaning » Blog Archive » We’ve joined Google; now what? Says:
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January 10th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Martin Dufort Says:
Jyri: Thanks for the corrective information however it is rather sad that the blogosphere is forcing you guys to update the status of development.
The first one since October 2007. As mentioned in my blog:
“In the online world, communication with your clients / users is paramount, never close that channel even if you have nothing to say.”
L8er - Martin
January 10th, 2008 at 3:33 am
Social Networking News » Blog Archive » Jaiku: Question Asked, Question Answered Says:
[…] We’re taking Ars Technica’s word for it, frankly, because none of us here at Mashable are active Jaiku users (and I think Pete may be the only one around here with an actual account). Still, something has to be said for the new caretakers for the service - they apparently pay attention to the blogosphere. They posted just a bit ago on the official blog a response that doesn’t exactly answer everyone’s questions, but does let everyone know that Jaiku survived the merger into Google. First, we know the Jaiku site is currently not as responsive as it should be. The issue is that users (some of them spammers) are starting to add new feeds to their accounts at a more rapid pace, so we’re working on cleaning up the database to get the site back to its normal level of responsiveness. We should have everything sorted out soon; in the meantime, thanks for your patience. […]
January 10th, 2008 at 3:40 am
Robin Blandford Says:
Thanks Jyri.
1/ Drop the feed inputs - my incoming messages are 80% new blog posts notifications, bookmarks and flickr uploads. Normally I’ve already picked these up in my feedreader. I’m clearing all mine.
2/ The IM client is my primary contact with Jaiku. It needs to not require me to click links to read comments, nor repeat what I say back to me. It needs to feel like a smooth group IM session.
Thanks for listening!
January 10th, 2008 at 4:55 am
Jaiku: Question Asked, Question Answered | moraaz.org - feed all tech! Says:
[…] We’re taking Ars Technica’s word for it, frankly, because none of us here at Mashable are active Jaiku users (and I think Pete may be the only one around here with an actual account). Still, something has to be said for the new caretakers for the service - they apparently pay attention to the blogosphere. They posted just a bit ago on the official blog a response that doesn’t exactly answer everyone’s questions, but does let everyone know that Jaiku survived the merger into Google. First, we know the Jaiku site is currently not as responsive as it should be. The issue is that users (some of them spammers) are starting to add new feeds to their accounts at a more rapid pace, so we’re working on cleaning up the database to get the site back to its normal level of responsiveness. We should have everything sorted out soon; in the meantime, thanks for your patience. […]
January 10th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Bram Muller Says:
Testing comment
January 10th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Larry Says:
I can’t wait to see what happens next :)
January 10th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Jaiku: Question Asked, Question Answered teasered @ Feed UP !! Says:
[…] We’re taking Ars Technica’s word for it, frankly, because none of us here at Mashable are active Jaiku users (and I think Pete may be the only one around here with an actual account). Still, something has to be said for the new caretakers for the service - they apparently pay attention to the blogosphere. They posted just a bit ago on the official blog a response that doesn’t exactly answer everyone’s questions, but does let everyone know that Jaiku survived the merger into Google. First, we know the Jaiku site is currently not as responsive as it should be. The issue is that users (some of them spammers) are starting to add new feeds to their accounts at a more rapid pace, so we’re working on cleaning up the database to get the site back to its normal level of responsiveness. We should have everything sorted out soon; in the meantime, thanks for your patience. […]
January 10th, 2008 at 8:37 am
sudip Says:
Badly need hidden channel support :( that is not listed in contacts. so that we can talk privately with our some firends privately. but not without password ofcourse, the beauty of jaiku.
January 10th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Jyri Says:
Some folks are reportedly having trouble posting comments here; I’m posting this one just as a demo comment. Feel free to fire away here on on the support channel at http:/jaiku/com/channel/jaiku and if you experience hiccups with the site, you can always email us at support [at] jaiku dot com. Thanks!
January 10th, 2008 at 9:45 am
NetWebApp - Web 2.0 Blog » Blog Archive » Jaiku: Question Asked, Question Answered Says:
[…] Just a scant seventeen hours ago, Ars Technica leveled a number of accusations at the new caretakers for the Twitter-like service Jaiku. They alleged that “Google has allowed Jaiku to languish” and described a “backlash from frustrated users who are beginning to mass-migrate to Twitter.” There have also been other reports of many third-party Jaiku client applications that haven’t been able to access Jaiku at all during the past week, and for the brief periods when the servers don’t return 504 gateway errors, the access to the servers are so slow as to be unusable.We’re taking Ars Technica’s word for it, frankly, because none of us here at Mashable are active Jaiku users (and I think Pete may be the only one around here with an actual account). Still, something has to be said for the new caretakers for the service - they apparently pay attention to the blogosphere. They posted just a bit ago on the official blog a response that doesn’t exactly answer everyone’s questions, but does let everyone know that Jaiku survived the merger into Google. […]
January 10th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Ulo Says:
Please add i18n!
Let the users translate Jaiku. ;-)
January 10th, 2008 at 10:39 am
dc crowley Says:
My lifestream which I generate from Jaiku has been down for a few days. It work again now. But that being down for days is a bad sign and damages user confidence. Servers are slow/ service sometimes flakey. On twitter that happens a lot, don’t expect that from jaiku to be honest. Anyway good luck!
January 10th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Sauli Tiitta Says:
Hi! Next feature would be nice to have in Jaiku: possibility to see where you (or your Jaiku fellows) have been during the last day (or some other time). There could be a list saying when you arrived and left places.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Itkovian Says:
Well, tying this thing into the google calendar would rock. Of course, appointment should then only show up as jaikus for jaikonauts that are having access to that particular calendar. I would not want my appointments to show up on the public timeline. But it would be awesome if I got notified through Jaiku of new appointments my family members made, so I’d have a general idea of what’s going on without having to browse the calendar each day. The other way around would be neat too; i.e., if I could make an appointment by posting a jaiku in some format or with some tag or whatever.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Alexia Golez » Blog Archive » Jaiku - It’s All He Says, She Says Says:
[…] Interestingly, Jyri Engeström, Jaiku’s guru responded to recent complaints about the service saying that: .. we’re working on cleaning up the database to get the site back to its normal level of responsiveness. We should have everything sorted out soon; in the meantime, thanks for your patience. […]
January 10th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Ben Borges Says:
Great to see some news from you guys ! don’t loose yourself in the infinite land of Google, you might never come back, hehe :)
January 10th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
jonmul Says:
Well this is what I think you and Google have up your sleeve…am I close?
http://jonathanmulholland.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/what-google-has-planned-for-jaiku/
January 10th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Esben Thomsen Says:
What about making the users content Creative Commens?
Why do you own our words?
January 10th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
» Jaiku: Question Asked, Question Answered Tech Web Daily: Just another Tech News Blog Says:
[…] We’re taking Ars Technica’s word for it, frankly, because none of us here at Mashable are active Jaiku users (and I think Pete may be the only one around here with an actual account). Still, something has to be said for the new caretakers for the service - they apparently pay attention to the blogosphere. They posted just a bit ago on the official blog a response that doesn’t exactly answer everyone’s questions, but does let everyone know that Jaiku survived the merger into Google. First, we know the Jaiku site is currently not as responsive as it should be. The issue is that users (some of them spammers) are starting to add new feeds to their accounts at a more rapid pace, so we’re working on cleaning up the database to get the site back to its normal level of responsiveness. We should have everything sorted out soon; in the meantime, thanks for your patience. […]
January 10th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Kevin Says:
When should we expect something interesting on jaiku….??
“We can’t share any of the specifics right now, but stay tuned.” then why did this post here ?
January 10th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Jyri Says:
Looks like our blog’s spam filter was running amok and some of your comments didn’t show up right away. I just went through the logs and de-spammed all legit comments. We really appreciate you guys taking the time to respond here! Sorry about the delay.
January 10th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Jyri Says:
@Kevin we’ve been keeping quiet while we work on product development because we haven’t had anything new to announce.
I think that was a mistake, because when you don’t hear from someone in a while, you start wondering if they’re still there.
Well, we are still here and working away as hard as ever, and we benefit from an ongoing conversation with our users because they have insights into what we should be developing.
If you follow the conversations (for instance, have a look at the thread at http://whatleydude.jaiku.com/presence/22633414), you’ll notice many of the people active on Jaiku are Web and mobile-savvy and have really given some thought to what features and functionality they would like to see. Any developer would be grateful for their attention.
January 10th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Jef Says:
Now please get us a North American number to use!! My ATT cellphone will still not work with a European international number.
Good luck.
January 10th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Jaiku’s not as Dead-pool as I Thought : The All New Musings of Ewan Spence Says:
[…] Yesterday I wrote about the lack of noise (or updates, or anything!) around Jaiku since its purchase by Google. Turns out that Jyri made a post today on the Jaiku Blog addressing some of the points. First, we know the Jaiku site is currently not as responsive as it should be… Second, I know you’re all excited to hear what’s next for Jaiku and what we’ve been working on since joining Google. To be honest, a lot of our time in the early going was spent on getting to know Google […]
January 10th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Tonio Says:
Esben, where did you get the idea that Jaiku claims to own your words? If you bothered to check the terms of use at http://jaiku.com/terms before assuming you would know better.
“We claim no ownership of any intellectual property rights over the Content that you upload to the Service. Any intellectual property rights in the uploaded Content belong solely to you (or your licensors).”
January 11th, 2008 at 1:00 am
In Anchor » SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 10, 2008 Says:
[…] We’ve joined Google; now what?, Jaikido Blog […]
January 11th, 2008 at 3:14 am
The future of Jaiku — Social Platform Journal Says:
[…] You may not have heard of Jaiku, it is a microblogging platform similar to Twitter that was bought by Google. Lately a lot of folks have been crying because it’s been sitting there like a dead piece of wood rotting. This is somewhat typical of a Google purchase. They take awhile to get things moving along at a good pace. I remember back to when they purchased Measuremap and Writely both of those services were absorbed into the Google Cloud and we questioned them all the way. MeasureMap because part of Analytics essentially and Writely became the core of Google Docs. I can only assume this is a similar path that Jaiku will take and the Jaiku team hints at a possible evolution over on their blog. […]
January 11th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Kerry Says:
I’m hoping you speed up sending out invites — I requested one about a month ago. So I’m stuck using a similar service. Would love to keep it all in the family — I’m a GAFYD user.
January 11th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Think Jaiku is loosing to Twitter? Wait till Android Devices Start Shipping « Jonathan Mulholland Says:
[…] A post by Jaiku co-founder Jyri Engeström apologising for the apparent lack of activity since the Google purchase, and follow up criticism from Ars Technica and ReadWriteWeb have sparked a micro debate! […]
January 11th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Bernie Goldbach Says:
As much as I would like to see Jaiku roll open the invitations and superscale the service, I also appreciate the down time and how it’s helped shake out the excess noise in the conversation. I’m used to handling Jaiku as a never-ending stream of text messages directly to my phone and continue to be impressed by the helpful community here. I would be disappointed if it deflated like Dodgeball.
January 12th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Chris Says:
Personally, I’d like to join in on the fun and leave Twitter! Can’t I be like all you cool kids and receive an invite? ;)
January 13th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Marsh Says:
Is soon > 4 days?
I’m still not able to add feeds…
January 14th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Daniel Appelquist Says:
Hi Jyri — I’d like to see a more sophisticated mobile Web site and more mobile clients. Also, you should somehow leverage the google location to cellid database that they are using for google maps to create a more seamless experience around location (though this should still allow personal labels for location). Finally - get on more phones. Write an iPhone client! Blackberry integration!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Sulla context awareness a partire dal futuro di Jaiku | Microblogging.it Says:
[…] L’ultima volta che l’applicazione finlandese era salita alla ribalta era a causa dell’inaspettata acquisizione della startup ad opera di Google, suscitando non poche perplessità da chi si aspettava Twitter in pole-position. Dalla notizia della vendita del 9 Ottobre 2007 però le notizie riguardo gli sviluppi del servizio sono uscite con bassa frequenza, invertendo il trend che vedeva gli sviluppatori Petteri ed Engeström molto vicini alla loro comunità, anche per quanto riguarda consigli e feedback. […]
January 15th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Damien Saunders Says:
Any changes on jaiku will be welcomed of course for now that probably means you can’t just add a new feature and see if it works …
Would be great to see Jaiku take on Dodgeball in the international arena and Google maps / geotagging is a great suggestion
January 16th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Marketinginnovatie.org » Blog Archive » Wat gaat Google doen met Jaiku? Says:
[…] Jyri zelf is zijn nieuwjaars blog 2008 nog erg vaag over de plannen. […]
January 24th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Max Milion Says:
Any chance that I will be able to become a Jaiku USER soon ???
February 27th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Jonathan Mulholland » Blog Archive » Think Jaiku is loosing to Twitter? Wait till Android Devices Start Shipping Says:
[…] What Jaiku’s fans lack in numbers to Twitter, they certainly make up for in passion. A post by Jaiku co-founder Jyri Engeström apologising for the apparent lack of activity since the Google purchase, and follow up criticism from Ars Technica and ReadWriteWeb have sparked a micro debate! […]
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Sarvesh Says:
Hi
Can anyone please tell me the acquisition amount has paid Jaiku???Have they revealed it as yet?
April 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
My name is Erik and I am an addict « ReachCards - the blog Says:
[…] Bloglines, Google, Jaiku, Twitter, email, Twine, even good old fashioned books… they are the ones feeding me so that I can satisfy the addiction but they are not the producers, only the middle man. […]
May 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pm