Comments on: Kiko for sale — on eBay http://geeksinboston.com/2006/08/16/kiko-for-sale-on-ebay/ we're here, we're geeks, get used to it Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: shimon http://geeksinboston.com/2006/08/16/kiko-for-sale-on-ebay/comment-page-1/#comment-97 shimon Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:02:58 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/08/16/kiko-for-sale-on-ebay/#comment-97 That's a good point, Topher. Calendaring might even be worse than to-do lists (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://voo2do.com">I'm biased</a>, of course), where you can squeeze in enough productivity or collaboration stuff to credibly stand apart from the others.  Not that I'd suggesting starting a to-do list site to anyone wanting lots of users or attention. That’s a good point, Topher. Calendaring might even be worse than to-do lists (I’m biased, of course), where you can squeeze in enough productivity or collaboration stuff to credibly stand apart from the others.  Not that I’d suggesting starting a to-do list site to anyone wanting lots of users or attention.

]]> By: Topher Cyll http://geeksinboston.com/2006/08/16/kiko-for-sale-on-ebay/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Topher Cyll Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:18:04 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/08/16/kiko-for-sale-on-ebay/#comment-96 I'll be interested to see if they sell. When Kiko first came out, I was desperately in need of a web calendar. I was thrilled that one of the Y-Combinator startups was tackling the problem. And their software was even decent. But it had some bugs and it stuck everything in a tiny frame. Then they appear to have started working on a rewrite. In the meantime, I got feed up and jumped to 30 Boxes. Which is must say, is also good software. However, not long after that Google Calendar came out and I made the inevitable transition to having my mail and calendar hosted by the same company. It's just easier that way. I checked out Kiko's rewrite when it finally finished. It was much better, but no different than any of the other calendars as far as I could tell. This market doesn't seem to have much in the way of differentiation. I’ll be interested to see if they sell.

When Kiko first came out, I was desperately in need of a web calendar. I was thrilled that one of the Y-Combinator startups was tackling the problem. And their software was even decent. But it had some bugs and it stuck everything in a tiny frame. Then they appear to have started working on a rewrite.

In the meantime, I got feed up and jumped to 30 Boxes. Which is must say, is also good software.

However, not long after that Google Calendar came out and I made the inevitable transition to having my mail and calendar hosted by the same company. It’s just easier that way.

I checked out Kiko’s rewrite when it finally finished. It was much better, but no different than any of the other calendars as far as I could tell.

This market doesn’t seem to have much in the way of differentiation.

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