FFWD.com just came out of private beta today. A few months ago i attended Under the Radar at the Microsoft campus and saw Patrick Koppula present his online video startup "FFWD.com" and I felt the fire for online video reignited in me. I was truly blown away at how he fully captured the idea i had for MyTV for ManiaTV a year ago.
Patrick and I have never met before that day but i had heard about his prior startup venture iLike.com which he co-founded. I can see how closely the layout looks to what I was working on at ManiaTV early last year! For my friends who are still at ManiaTV will know what i'm talking about:)
Some Positives on FFWD:
1. The User Experience execution is really dead on - lots of white background, short 4 line sign up, pick your interest with thumbnails (limited choices) and bam! start enjoying the pandora of online video!
2. I was able to invite all my 1850 contacts from my Gmail all at once:)
3. Non crowded video search experience, intuitive options to drill down on my interests
Other notes:
1. I can't rewind to prior video that i watched unless i save it
2. I tend to not scroll down to see who else was watching the same channel and wish I could
3. no place to comment or give instant feedback
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