Killer demo? Listen to the keyboards

I have a new way for rating how cool a demo is.

How many keystrokes per second can I count? You know, tap, tap, tap, tap on keyboards.

Virtual Ubiquity is on stage right now showing off a killer Word Processor that works online. Teaches Microsoft quite a few lessons. Will be out in May.

All done in Adobe stuff and it just takes online apps a whole step forward in what I’ll expect to see from now on.

I’m sure there’ll be tons of words written about this shortly.

But. my takeaway is how excited the keyboard tapping is. Sounds like the hail that was hitting our windows last night. Tap, tap, tap.


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41 Comments

  1. Al Pascual Says:

    they are not showing anything!

  2. Robert Scoble Says:

    Al: coming in May. I’m sure you’ll hear a LOT more about this company between now and then.

  3. Calgary CTO :: Engage Says:

    [...] Killer demo? Listen to the keyboards « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger “Virtual Ubiquity is on stage right now showing off a killer Word Processor that works online. Teaches Microsoft quite a few lessons. Will be out in May. [...]

  4. Dan Says:

    All done in Adobe stuff - that’ll be an embedded Flash applet then? Why not use Java? Mind you, ThinkFree released their fully-functional MS Office-rivalling Java suite about six years ago…

    TBH I can’t see how Ajax based online apps (Zoho, D&S etc.) will ever rival desktop or embedded apps. Javascript just isn’t as powerful.

  5. Peter Cranstone Says:

    Hi Robert,

    We have a demo for local search on mobile that only requires you type in the “Find” request. Our client is able to transmit your current your GPS, Address, Zip code and area code up to the server in real time using nothing more than the browser. Checkout our mobile demo page: http://www.5o9inc.com/mobile.html for more info.

    Cheers,

    Peter

  6. watever Says:

    [offtopic]

    http://innerdaemon.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/jobs-predicted-vista-woes/

    luks like some1 predicted..

  7. Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer » Adobe Engage - What a day Says:

    [...] to sit next to her (as my stomach rumbled through the event). People like Tim O’Reilly and Robert Scoble added unique voices that the RIA crowd doesn’t normally hear. In the end, I think Adobe [...]

  8. Gael Says:

    Microsoft needs to have a WPF/e based Office suite. They should even have a verison of Outlook web access running on WPF/e, and make it the default.

  9. Ross Says:

    Dan@4

    It *is* Flash, but it is built with Flex which is worth a day’s worth of research of anyone’s time (assuming you can code). There is a 30 day trial I believe.

  10. Jammy Says:

    Well ive never been a massive fan of microsoft they always make messups but i am forced to use there products… :

  11. Waschstrasse Says:

    All done in Adobe stuff - that’ll be an embedded Flash applet then? Why not use Java? Mind you, ThinkFree released their fully-functional MS Office-rivalling Java suite about six years ago…

    TBH I can’t see how Ajax based online apps (Zoho, D&S etc.) will ever rival desktop or embedded apps. Javascript just isn’t as powerful.

  12. GigaOM » Web Word Processing Gets Upgrade Says:

    [...] Ubiquity got quite a bit of positive feedback after showing off BuzzWord at the private Adobe Engage event [...]

  13. Keith Patrick Says:

    I’m one of those people who does not consider a Flash app to be a “web application”, regardless of whether or not HTML is hosting the runtime (which is basically what Flash is in this context) It can do some very cool stuff, and is rather ubiquitous (although I have to disable it; I use Remote Desktop too much, and Flash-enabled sites tend to go so far overboard that my remote session makes Windows feel like GEOS on an underclocked Commodore64), but it can be (and I’ve run into this issue on several occasions and is a real customer concern) a problem when web users don’t expect to have to install software to start working (and at least at my current org, there are a surprising amount of target PCs without Shockwave)

  14. One By One Media » Scoble Counts Taps While I Play Taps For Adobe Says:

    [...] Robert Scoble says he can judge what the buzz will be in the blogosphere by counting the taps on a keyboard at an event.  Adobe is presenting some very cool things, and the tapping is furious from Robert’s description.  Why is it that I am blowing taps for Adobe?  They are missing the best and most influential of times in the blogosphere for a company and especially in an area of new products or applications.  Here is a cutting edge technology company that is rolling out some exciting stuff and what are they doing to capitalize?  [...]

  15. shel israel Says:

    Those keyboard clicks may be telling you how many people are ignoring the demo and doing email.

  16. Robert Scoble Says:

    Shel: nah, I’m filtering for those. Why? Cause that causes a consistent level of clicking. When a killer demo (or something controversial) comes on stage the clicking dramatically increases as people twitter and blog away.

  17. James Governor Says:

    you need to watch out for peoples head nods too - its a sure fire sign. i love it when you even hear them when talking to clients on the phone. head nods and hammering on keys - those are the signs.

  18. NY NJ Computer Repair » Blog Archive » No New News Yet About Next Windows Says:

    [...] Killer demo? Listen to the keyboards I have a new way for rating how cool a demo is. How many keystrokes per second can I count? You know, tap, tap, tap, tap on keyboards. Virtual Ubiquity is on stage right now showing off a killer Word Processor that works online. Teaches Microsoft quite a few lessons. Will be out in May. All done in […] [...]

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  20. Flexing it...More Seriously « A rake thinks… Says:

    [...] Robert Scoble had a few good things to say about a demo of VU he sat in on a while back -I usually agree with his point of view but he sometimes gets a little too excited about shiny new things - an ailment I am guilty of too. [...]

  21. The Joy of Flex » Virtual Ubiquity at Adobe Engage Says:

    [...] said it looks like an awesome application and posted some nice screen shots. Robert Scoble said it takes online apps a whole step forward. Tim O’Reilly said it may be the slickest word processor he’s seen anywhere. Thanks to [...]

  22. catbyte Says:

    I think this is a great idea. But it is a microsoft product, so keep cool and wait for an stable release! ;-)

  23. Datenschutz Says:

    OK, talking about word processing, why is this the first one? What about Google Docs?

    And I really think, that data protection is an important topic on SaaS-Applications.

  24. Robert Scoble Says:

    Datenschutz: this isn’t the first Word processor. It’s just the coolest online one I’ve seen so far.

    Catbyte: it’s not a Microsoft product.

  25. Linkaufbau Says:

    Hi Robert, i share your opinion totally. It’s a very cool application!

  26. Knopf Says:

    Killer demo? I think this is a great idea.

  27. Buddha Says:

    It is a microsoft product they are not showing anything!

  28. VentureBeat » Buzzword buzzes closer to Google Docs Says:

    [...] Google, but Buzzword has made an impression on the tech crowd. Here’s Robert Scoble’s take after a demo at a conference last winter: “I have a new way for rating how cool a demo is. [...]

  29. TIMBaER Says:

    I try so far it me possible am the products from Microsoft to to be avoided. However this attempt is not to be seized always possible and one again times in a forced manner on it back.

  30. Cell Phone Reviews Says:

    MS would be insane if they didn’t follow suite. It is a very cool demo.

  31. Tomasz Gorski Says:

    They are missing the best and most influential of times in the blogosphere for a company and especially in an area of new products or applications. Here is a cutting edge technology company that is rolling out some exciting stuff and what are they doing to capitalize?

  32. VentureBeat » Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of advanced word processor Says:

    [...] that we’ve heard about; a demo earlier this year made a big impression on the tech crowd (see here and here), although Buzzword is still only available in private [...]

  33. sohbet Says:

    It is a microsoft product they are not showing anything
    thanks :)

  34. Nutten Says:

    Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.

  35. Comment on Killer demo? Listen to the keyboards by Nutten Says:

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  36. Schaukelsitz Says:

    I will now testing the Killer Demo.
    I lioke adobe stuff.

    Greats

  37. tercüme bürosu Says:

    Well ive never been a massive fan of microsoft they always make messups but i am forced to use there products..

  38. kladionica Says:

    Those keyboard clicks may be telling you how many people are ignoring the demo and doing email.

  39. Tageshoroskop Says:

    I´d like great software, from ms too.
    But why it´s called Killer Demo??

  40. apokalipsa Says:

    Those keyboard clicks may be telling you how many people are ignoring the demo and doing email.

  41. Udo Says:

    I got an error ‘Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)’.
    Is this demo down?

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