Ok, I know a bunch of people are waiting for me to comment on Opera Unite and what it does (or does not) have to do with oponia. That and the embarrassing last post from January promising to post more. So, yeah, yeah, yeah, I fail. What can I say? I’m job hunting. If you [...]
I Love Our Alpha Users
posted by vanessa on August 23rd, 2007 under oponia
Coming up with an idea for a software product and trying to make it a reality are scary, difficult, and above all lonely undertakings. It’s easy to become discouraged. I’d like to say that the early users of oponia’s ucaster have been a pleasure and an inspiration and have made it all worthwhile. They’ve come [...]
Move your mouse pointer away from that “Attach” button! There’s a better way….
Lowering the Barriers to Web Citizenship
posted by vanessa on June 5th, 2007 under oponia
Leigh will have plenty to say later on about why we’re so stoked about our new product, ucaster. But first I want to say a little bit about why we built the tecnhnology behind the product in the first place. In a nutshell, it just bugged me that every computer and every device was not [...]
oponia ucaster Intro Video
posted by vanessa on May 17th, 2007 under oponia
Though it’s not 100% finished, our fantastic film director pontagious has released our intro video on YouTube. Update: here’s a newer one. Enjoy…
Face Time with JXTA and Shoal Engineers
posted by vanessa on May 10th, 2007 under Java, JXTA, oponia
The second day at the show was a little more of a grind than the first. Aching feet and all that. But the reaction was still overwhelmingly positive. I had more of a chance to have some chats with the JXTA team and also with one of the people responsible for the Shoal project. It [...]
We heard a fair bit of that yesterday here at the oponia “pod” in the Java Playground @ JavaOne 07. We’ve all become pretty slick at giving the demo and Leigh is mastering the art of snagging total strangers and forcing them to watch it. Most of them end up being glad they did. Another [...]
oponia at JavaOne
posted by vanessa on April 9th, 2007 under Java, JXTA, oponia
I’m thrilled to announce that we (oponia networks) will be premiering our “hyper-simple” sharing and collaboration platform at JavaOne this year. You’ll find us in the Java Playground in the Pavilion from May 8 to 10. More info on the product will be available before the show (our team is working frantically on the material [...]
Women Taking Risks
posted by vanessa on November 17th, 2006 under oponia, Women in Technology
Apparently my oponia co-founder Leigh Himel and I have been added to a list of female “Risk Takers” by marketing blog HorsePigCow. I’m not sure whether our company qualifies as Web 2.0, strictly speaking, but I’m sure many people will see it that way. It certainly builds on those trends. Anyway, it’s nice to see [...]
oponia networks
posted by vanessa on March 7th, 2006 under Distributed Computing, JXTA, oponia
Since “What are you up to these days?” is becoming a FAQ, here’s the short answer: I co-founded a technology company called oponia networks. We’ve got some money, some super-smart people, and a cool project on the go. Our lawyers won’t let me say much about what we’re doing just yet, but I can say [...]