Jambo

Quick…When you think of Web 2.0, what’s the first city that pops in your mind? Ok, time’s up. That’s right, you guessed it - Dallas, Texas. Yep, Dallas! And if Dallas is the glittery, neon, honkytonkin’ “city of web apps”, then one Mr. Kinan Sweidan is the J.R. Ewing of Web 2.0. You heard it here first.

Last night, after 1 week of development, dealburnr went live. Yet another app in Ximda’s stable. And let’s not forget other notable Dallas apps like DayTripr, Bambora, isportif and many, many more on the way. Yeee haw.

There has been some noise from behind the doors at Jambo. To start, we have a fresh new look at Jambo.net. [A long time coming...I know.] This is the direct result of feedback we’ve received from you, our devoted and unconditionally-loving (ok ok…taking a bit of creative liberty here) community.

The great thing here is that this is just one of MANY fancy-schmancy new things to to come in the weeks ahead…

So I’ll keep this one short, but for those of you that haven’t noticed (which, I’ll assume is due to your newly-formed habit of surfing the Internet sans contacts or glasses), please go see it now! And if you haven’t already…go ahead and create your Jambo profile today…it only takes a minute…really!

Finally - and most importantly - please let me (or Jim, Charles, et. al.) know what it is you like or dislike about the new look and give us any relevant, constructive feedback you can think of. We’d really appreciate it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Dennis

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Jambo Networks was featured on The Kim Komando Show Cool Site of the Day ! Kim Komando hosts the largest talk radio show about computers and the Internet and is heard on over 450 stations throughout the U.S.

Kim Komando says “Jambo is a different type of social networking site. You can add your networks from sites such as Classmates.com or LinkedIn, a business networking site. Then, you can find members in your area and meet face to face.”

Thank you Kim for featuring us! We got a ton of new members that signed up! For all of you who heard about us from Kim Komando, thank you for joining! We hope you all discover some great connections nearby to meet up face-to-face.

We were on TV last week in San Francisco, as one of NBC’s TechNow:Websites of the week. Check it out.

Jambo Networks was featured in the New York Times Small Business section on May 1st.

“Chance encounters are the lifeblood of small companies. . . . . Now Jambo Networks is trying to increase the odds of serendipity. Its offering a kind of WiFi radar that helps people find and communicate with potential customers and business partners who are closeby.”

It was a great writeup by David Joachim, so check out the whole story at NY Times .

Jambo breaks out w/ new colors at SXSW

Our friend Tom Rielly helped us out by distributing Jambo to TED attendees last week. He did a splendid job of introducing Jambo in the TED brochure:

“This software tells you if people with whom you have something in common (same college, high school, initerested in pets, single, etc.) are nearby. At a conference, an airport, or a coffee shop. Then you can meet, flirt, and bed them - a true enabling technology”

Thanks Tom!

For those of you who aren’t tired of the whole Web2.0 hype yet, here’s a funny little graphic from the DiggWatchBlog. It’s a collage of Web 2.0 company logos and we’re certainly a colorful lot.

A shameless plug for our DEMO-coach-extrordinaire’s (Shel Israel) new book “Naked Conversations”. It’s a deep analysis into how blogs are really opening up a new line of communication that allows corporations to communicate directly with their customers. The book analyzes both the perils and success stories of this new world of the “open” corporation. Way to go Shel!