Are you an Action Script 3 Developer ?

Win 1000$ by developing your own real time collaboration Action Script 3 application with the XTWIP service!

Join the XTWIP contest now, come up with an ingenious application, implement it and send it to us before the 7th of May 2010. Create a developer account to take advantage of the full features of our service. See what real time collaboration is all about !

Submitted applications must contain the executable form (SWF) as well as the source code. We will publish all submitted application on our website. The winner will be established by universal vote.

Do you know creative Action Script 3 Developers ?

WIN 500$ by referring the winning developer to the XTWIP competition !

This is your chance to show how many creative Action Script developers you have in your contact list. Just make sure to join the XTWIP competition as a referrer and that all developers who join the competition by your recommendation also confirm your email address.

After all the participants will have submitted their application, we will publish the applications on the XTWIP website. The winner will be established by universal vote.

You should follow us on Twitter @xtwip for news.

Whether you are a developer or a referrer, be sure to check out the terms and conditions for the XTWIP contest before you join.

XTWIP Contest Terms and Conditions

Written in Events - on Monday, April 5, 2010 23:59 - 0 Comments

All participants to the contest, either as developers or as referrers, must agree to the terms and conditions described below.

All participants (developers and referrers) must enrol on the XTWIP before the 6th of May 2010.

Developers must submit their final Flash/Flex applications before 7th of May, 2010, 23:55 CET

All information provided by participants shall be true, accurate and up-to-date at all times, including, but not limited to, information concerning intellectual property ownership and rights thereto.

Terms and Conditions for Developers

Developers can win 1000$ (tax-free) by creating and submitting a Flash/Flex application that is real time collaborative and uses the XTWIP framework and service in order to achieve real time collaboration features.
By real time collaboration features one must understand that several users cansimultaneously edit the same content within the same instance of the application. For example, if the application draws&designs wireframes for user-interfaces, real time collaboration would allow multiple users to edit the same wireframe (drag buttons, change labels, create, delete, group elements and so on) at the same time, all of them seeing the changes being made almost instantaneously.
By submitting, all developers must agree to publish source code and executable form (swf) applications under the Apache 2.0 license. XTWIP will publish all the submitted applications (both source code and executable form), mentioning the author’s name.
The developer can choose to keep his anonymity. In that situation, only the application will be published.
After the submission period deadline (7th of May), all the applications will be published on www.xtwip.com
The winning application will be decided by open vote, in the 7 days following the submission deadline (8 – 15 May). The official winner will be announced on the 16th of May.
The announced Winning Developer will receive a prize of 1000$, tax-free on a credit/debit card or bank account of their choice.
Developers who were referred to by a third party must confirm the identity of that third party by its email address upon the developer’s registration. A developer can only mention one referrer. The referrer confirmed by the winning developer also receives a 500$ prize.
The Developer can include any other technology, framework or source code available to him, as long there are no licensing conflict with the submitted application or that the developer has explicit permission for use. All liability for potential conflict belongs to the Developer.
Developers agree to design the user experience and interface for their application only in English.
In order for the prize to be given by XTWIP to the Winning Developer, a minimum of 10 (ten) eligible applications must be submitted before the specified the deadline. In case fewer applications are submitted, XTWIP retains the right not to give the 1000$ prize to the Winning Developer.
Teams of developers may apply to work together on the same application. However, we only deal with one contact person and there is only one prize

Terms and Conditions for Referrers

Referrers can win 500$ USD (tax free) by recommending the XTWIP Contest to developers who enrol in the contest and send an eligible real time collaboration application before the deadline (7th of May). The only referrer who wins is the one who recommended the only developer who wins.
Referrers must provide the name (first, last) and the email address of the developers they have encouraged to join the XTWIP contest.
There is no limit on how many referrals one referrer can make.
Upon subscription, the Developer must confirm the email address of his referrer in the enrolment form. A referral without the Developer’s confirmation will not be acknowledge.
A Developer may only confirm one referrer (by one valid email address).
If several referrals occur for the same developer, we will only consider the one the developer confirms.
If a developer confirms a referrer that has not listed the developer, the referral is considered valid.
If a developer confirms a referrer that has not joined the contest, the referral is considered invalid.

If you have questions or suggestion, please use our feedback form and we’ll get back to you.

The Exit from the Comfort Zone

Written in Events, Pure Business - on Thursday, March 11, 2010 23:21 - 1 Comment

Hi guys,

We’re on a trip to learning right now. We learn from you, the everyday users. But this is a new approach for us, IT specialists and developers.

Product Development
Since our startup began, we faced a lot of technical challenges and mostly put our efforts on creating a prototype for you guys. We failed with the private alpha release and we continued to improve it until we changed 70% of it. Now we have the SDK ready, the free developer accounts in place, documentations and a demo of a collaborative application, developed on ActionScript, our primary developing language. But it’s not enough.

Customer Development

Now, we’re onto a new trip. We plan to learn. In an disorganized way, investing 70% of our time networking and searching for people that have the need that we’re solving. It’s like most of today’s entrepreneurs called it “the exit from the comfort zone“.

The belief that people don’t like it when you offer to much is a fact. We tried, again and again and again, to contact people in order to attract them in using our technology. We didn’t take into account, that perhaps it’s better to offer little of what’s important to them, not much of unimportant stuff.

If you think we consider ourselves damned by now, think again. We had a vision and we had to concrete it. But now, it’s time for others to speak and to visualize their needs implemented into our service. We’re looking forward to that.

That’s all for now.

Mini Seedcamp Zagreb 2010

Written in Events, Stories - on Friday, February 12, 2010 9:30 - 0 Comments

Taking part in Seedcamp Zagreb was a great experience that left us with a better sense of perspective of our business. Yesterday was a very intense, challenging day. It kept us involved since 9 AM, when we had our first 5 minute pitch, until 6 PM when our last mentoring session ended.

We got great feedback – and by great I mean useful, concrete stuff we can actually get started on. More details to come when we get back to Bucharest.

What was your Seedcamp experience like ?

Later edit: Check out the XTWIP presentation on SlideShare

Mini SeedCamp Zagreb

XTWIP is going to Mini Seedcamp Zagreb

Written in Events, Stories - on Friday, February 5, 2010 0:01 - 0 Comments

XTWIP has been selected for Mini Seedcamp in Zagreb, along with 19 other online projects. Five out of twenty projects are founded by Romanian entrepreneurs – and that really makes us proud. We do realize we’re up against some pretty heavy competitors – we respect that and most of all we look forward to that.

It is going to be a challenging experience and a great opportunity for XTWIP to get international exposure. We’ll get a chance to find out how real time collaboration, our core business, is seen by experienced entrepreneurs and investors.

We’ll keep you posted.

See you in Zagreb !

Follow-up Alpha Release

Written in Events, Our Team, Tech - on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 18:59 - 0 Comments

We presented XTWIP alpha at SeedMoney breakfast today at Cafe Zu.

For those of who missed it, here it is: http://bit.ly/6ccSSw

We want to thank all those present, who gave us feedback regarding the demos, the platform and even regarding our presentation. We promise we will continue to improve our skills as we will continue to upgrade the platform.

Out next step is to prepare the platform for it’s users. Tehnically, we are defining the API for integrating applications into XTWIP. We will sure let you know when that step is ready.

For now, send us requests for invites on XTWIP alpha. Post a comment here, or leave your email in a direct message on twitter @xtwip.

See ya