1) It is a web-based environment for creating interactive content. It is designed in such a way that it is useful and to the average computer user. The interactive content can be anything from a game to a slide show, to a database.
2) It is a collection of interactive content that can be viewed, modified, and embedded on a personal blog, website, or profile page.
What platforms does TileStack run on?
TileStack runs on the web. This makes the computer platform irrelevant. The only requirement to run TileStack is a modern web browser. We have confirmed that TileStack works on Safari 3, Firefox 2 and 3, Opera 9, and Internet Explorer 7. So whether you're on a Mac or a PC, Windows or Linux, computer or mobile phone, TileStack should work.
How much does TileStack Cost?
TileStack.com is an advertiser supported site, and is therefore free for all use.
Why on earth would you resurrect HyperCard?
Although some have jokingly suggested we're like a bunch of mad scientists bringing back HyperCard with a jolt of electricity, we promise there are a number of great reasons for doing this... besides that fact that almost everyone who used HyperCard, loved it :-)
In it's day, HyperCard was the most approachable way for people from all backgrounds to quickly create neat things and it's never really been matched.
The HyperTalk language that HyperCard uses is by far the most English like to be widely used. It enabled tens of thousands of people who had no programming experience to write logic without knowing that's what they were doing.
HyperCard made it feasible for anyone to create applications that showcase their varied ideas and tastes. Keep in mind that your idea of a neat thing may only be neat to you and your friends, or to a group of people in your field. Before HyperCard it was too prohibitive to create niche applications catered to your liking.
And ever since HyperCard was sunset, no one has stepped up to the plate to create a true equivalent. With TileStack, we are working toward filling that void and bringing back the power for anyone to build anything. Web 2.0 style!
We also made the typical "It'll be out in a couple months" promise... which of course didn't happen, but not from lack of trying. We just realized after the show that we needed to rebuild certain things in order to provide a better user experience... and we should have known better, because in software, the simpler something seems, the more difficult it usually is to build... and HyperCard seemed fairly user-friendly and simple :-)
I want to write a story on this. Who should I contact?
Awesome. We'd love to hear directly from anyone interested in talking with us about the mad hacking we're doing here. You can contact our CEO Joshua Gertzen via one of the following:
email: josh at tilestack dot com
phone: +1 972.636.5115
mobile: +1 214.212.3618
fax: +1 972.516.8914
twitter: gertzen
This is a great idea! Can I invest?
We're glad you like it... we think it's a great idea as well and has the potential to reshape user-created content. As for investing, we're actually backed by a couple private investors who have helped us get this far and we are financially sound for the foreseeable future. With that said, we always like to hear from people who are interested in what we are doing. If your one of those people, please contact our CEO Joshua Gertzen:
email: josh at tilestack dot com
phone: +1 972.636.5115
mobile: +1 214.212.3618
fax: +1 972.516.8914
twitter: gertzen
What is TileStack?
1) It is a web-based environment for creating interactive content. It is designed in such a way that it is useful and to the average computer user. The interactive content can be anything from a game to a slide show, to a database.
2) It is a collection of interactive content that can be viewed, modified, and embedded on a personal blog, website, or profile page.
What platforms does TileStack run on?
How much does TileStack Cost?
Why on earth would you resurrect HyperCard?
In it's day, HyperCard was the most approachable way for people from all backgrounds to quickly create neat things and it's never really been matched.
The HyperTalk language that HyperCard uses is by far the most English like to be widely used. It enabled tens of thousands of people who had no programming experience to write logic without knowing that's what they were doing.
HyperCard made it feasible for anyone to create applications that showcase their varied ideas and tastes. Keep in mind that your idea of a neat thing may only be neat to you and your friends, or to a group of people in your field. Before HyperCard it was too prohibitive to create niche applications catered to your liking.
And ever since HyperCard was sunset, no one has stepped up to the plate to create a true equivalent. With TileStack, we are working toward filling that void and bringing back the power for anyone to build anything. Web 2.0 style!
How long have you been working on this?
We also made the typical "It'll be out in a couple months" promise... which of course didn't happen, but not from lack of trying. We just realized after the show that we needed to rebuild certain things in order to provide a better user experience... and we should have known better, because in software, the simpler something seems, the more difficult it usually is to build... and HyperCard seemed fairly user-friendly and simple :-)
I want to write a story on this. Who should I contact?
email: josh at tilestack dot com
phone: +1 972.636.5115
mobile: +1 214.212.3618
fax: +1 972.516.8914
twitter: gertzen
This is a great idea! Can I invest?
email: josh at tilestack dot com
phone: +1 972.636.5115
mobile: +1 214.212.3618
fax: +1 972.516.8914
twitter: gertzen