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This is a tip for our users - a little thing we just implemented!

As you know, you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate around your scene.

But, did you know that if you hold the SHIFT key down, and press the arrow keys, you’ll change the way you move!

In particular:

- By pressing SHIFT and the up arrow, the camera appears to look upward.

- By pressing SHIFT and the down arrow, the camera appears to look downward.

-  By pressing SHIFT and the right arrow, the camera will pan to the right.

-  By pressing SHIFT and the left arrow, the camera will pan to the left.

Try it on one of the many favorite scenes that you might find at kickfly.com/explore/  !

June was a nice month for us.

Everybody, a lot of new stuff is coming out from kickfly. We’ll have the small updates (maintenance, bug fixes, etc.) and then things like more themes (your suggestions please!) and finally, more features that you’re asking for.

Simply put, kickfly 2.0 is coming.. (or maybe more like 1.1 : )

We read every single email that comes in, and it takes some time to figure out priorities, but we *will* get to everything.

Thanks for visiting. Please send your feedback to us (to info@kickfly.com, in case you’re wondering)!

We’re posting updates to the site.

One of my favorite updates is that our Explore page now lets you view scenes created by users from more than the last two days.

So, for example, check out:

http://www.kickfly.com/embed/460

by user  Gradefourc ..

BTW if you enjoy what we do then be sure to link to us from your blog or website!

more later…

One of our fans just pointed out this review they saw yesterday about kickfly..

http://www.howtobemobile.com/index.php/how-2s/52-cloud/390-kick-start-with-kickfly

Something I wanted to add: We are working on the next release. We’re fixing bugs, and cleaning/speeding things up. Your comments will be very helpful to us! Add them to this blog, join our forum (forum.kickfly.com), or email it to us at info@kickfly.com.

We also know that the view counter on the Explore page (www.kickfly.com/explore/) is down; hold on and we’ll get it back up.

thanks again for visiting and stay in touch!

Joel

Look at this list of fun web apps.. we made it to No. 1 : )

 http://www.bashbosh.com/top-ten-fun-web-services/

I can’t emphasize this enough - we need your feedback to improve this site. please write me with your thoughts (joel@kickfly.com).

And here are two more reviews: speaking of which Jen has provided some feedback that we can discuss here..

http://farroutlinks.net/blog/creative-clicks/create-a-virtual-gallery-with-kickfly/

and here’s one from Italy!

http://www.geekissimo.com/2009/06/17/kickfly-gallerie-online-in-3d-per-le-nostre-foto/

I should also mention Petit who was one of our early supporters (back in January -that counts as early for us!)

http://petitpub.com/blog/2009/01/14/304/

We were looking at our server logs and there was a nice bump up in traffic (and a bunch of tweets too). If you like our service please write to joel@kickfly.com with your comments - we are working on next steps! thanks for visiting.

Look at:

http://www.go2web20.net/app/?a=Kickfly

It’s been a while since we posted. Here are the latest details:

-  We’re working on a new business model- though the economicalypse in March (and subsequent comeback) did affect us.

-  Check out our search engine at http://search.kickfly.com, it’s the focus of some of our new efforts.

- If you have ideas for partnering with us- please email joel@kickfly.com. We’re open to all ideas!

- more in a bit!

Hi everyone. It’s been a busy week - we had a good reception at the web 2.0. We were pleased at our very first public ‘test’. We certainly learned a lot and we’re going to apply what we learned to the next release - addressing the biggest issues that we observed. We think it will make for a better application once we’ve finished our updates in a couple of weeks.

Along the way ran into some old friends… Elliott at Uptake, Albert at Union Square Ventures, Matt Thomas at I-forgot-what-name-your-company-is (but always nice to see you), and had a insightful conversation with a very smart guy named David from his firm (VisionVP) - to just name a few interactions.

People have asked us when we’re going to launch. This test period is going to have to last a while longer. So the answer is, later this fall. Still plenty more kinks to work out so we’re happy with any feedback you have.

Thanks again.

Hi everybody,

We’re at Booth #6, showing off our new beta version. Tomorrow and Thursday, September 17 and 18.

This is really our first public beta, a demo of some of what we’re capable of doing. Still a lot of little usability issues that need to be fixed, and that we’re aware of. But, we’re going to show what we have right now, learn from it, and hopefully get better. Sign up when you get a chance or link to us!

This is a soft launch, at best… certainly not a ‘launch’ in any traditional sense of the word.. It’s more for us than it is for the press - a way to kick the tires and see where we are.. We appreciate all your feedback.
Anyway, stop by if you are in town. We’d love to see you.

We were reading Xobni’s great article about how they started off with a different idea, and converged to an idea that seems to be getting traction.

Here’s the article:

http://gigaom.com/2008/05/11/xobni-our-path-from-wrong-product-to-killer-app/

What’s most interesting is the negative commentary by the peanut gallery at the end of the article. C’mon- it’s hard and a lot of work to build something compelling. Give the Xobni guys a break.