{"id":159,"date":"2010-06-27T22:11:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T20:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/complexitymaze.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2010-06-27T22:11:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T20:11:23","slug":"kkloud-the-simplest-file-sharing-service-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/complexitymaze.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Kkloud – the simplest file sharing service around"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have recently sold a Twitter explanation video to a communication company. Doing that I ran into the problem of sending the really big video file to the people that bought the video. I tried Dropbox<\/a> (another great site) and the receivers could see the video but not download it. Then I found several file sharing services but you had to sign up first and accept their spam afterwards. Not really what I was looking for but I was in a hurry and it solved the problem though not entirely satisfactory.<\/p>\n

Now I know that filesharing can be much simpler. One of my friends at the university made a site that adresses that file sharing need in the most elegant way. The site is called Kkloud<\/a> and works by keywords – you type in a keyword and if someone has shared a file on that keyword you get access to it – if not you can share your own file on that keyword through drag and drop. Now you can share your files with your friends – just share the keyword.<\/p>\n

The really cool thing is: the files are only shared as long as you keep the sharing window open. When you close the window they disappear.<\/p>\n

The team behind Kkloud made a video to explain this – watch it just to convince yourself that it really is that simple:<\/p>\n

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I think there are several lessons for programmers to learn from Kkloud:<\/p>\n

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  1. Simple is better. (\u201cPerfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.\u201d \u2013 Antoine de Saint-Exupery)<\/li>\n
  2. Limitations can make your site stronger. Twitter is another example of this.<\/li>\n
  3. Even if your idea has been done before, you can do it better<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And of course in wishful thinking of any programmer “if you build it they will come” – I surely hope that it turns out to be more important to have built a cool app than it is to have a great business plan. Get the big user base and there is income to be had from that app.<\/p>\n

    Kkloud recently won the Software part of the Venture Cup<\/a> and it earned them a well-deserved 50.000 DKK. Congratulations Kkloud – I wish you great succes with your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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