Friday 19 January 2007

izimi - the world's first self-publishing site prepares for launch

izimi.com is just about to launch a neat way to self-publish photos, videos, documents, whatever - without the need to upload it anywhere and without the need for anyone to download any client software to see it. All they need is a web browser! This means you can show your friends and family your stuff in their full high-quality glory, directly from your own PC.

izimi.com is just about to launch a neat way to self-publish photos, videos, documents, whatever - without the need to upload it anywhere and without the need for anyone to download any client software to see it. All they need is a web browser! This means you can show your friends and family your stuff in their full high-quality glory, directly from your own PC. 

It actually turns your PC into a personal web server so your content (eg images, video, etc) gets served straight into any website, forum, blog, or in an email. It will also be searchable from within izimi.com. You can even serve an entire website from your own machine. You don't need any tech skills and you don't need to understand FTP or other upload techniques. It's as simple as Click and Save (or in this case - Click and Publish!)

How is izimi different from other social networking and user generated content sites like MySpace, YouTube, Bebo etc?
There are NO restrictions on the file type, size, quality and quantity of media you can publish.
How is Izimi different from other P2P file sharing sites?
P2P requires both people to have the downloaded client on their machines so others can't seethe files you publish unless they have downloaded and installed the P2P client.
How is izimi different from Pando and Dropsend?
These sites require your content to be uploaded to their servers where it is held so so your friends can retrieve it.

How is izimi different from Photobucket, Flickr etc?
Like the SN sites, they place restrictions on storage, file types, file size, etc. Izimi places no such restrictions.
This story first appeared on Mike Butcher's excellent blog - www.vecosys.com.
Also featured on Dave Ingram's blog here.
Disclosure: I am an izimi employee...

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