Joost™ is pronounced ‘juiced’, it’s a software created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the guys who have founded Skype and Kazaa. It uses P2P TV technology to distribute TV shows and other forms of video over the Internet. It started to be developed in 2006 with the code name “The Venice Project” and the team is currently in negotiations with TV networks. The software is in beta-testing stage and they are building a list of testers. If you are interested in being included in the testers program there are two options, the first one is to apply on the Joost™ website to claim a position in a queue for an account; the second is to be invited by someone who is a Beta tester. I have some invitations to offer to the first people who comment this post.
You can read more about Joost™ here.
I was one of the seemingly lucky ones who got a beta invite to Joost, the hyped up media distribution network from the folks who created Skype. I got my invite by begging on Twitter.
I installed it. It took over my entire screen. I couldn’t figure out how to get out. Or get back to Google Reader and Outlook and my other apps.
Well, I’m lying. I know how to get back to other apps. Alt-Tab.
Or Ctrl-Alt-Delete, which pulls up task manager and I can kill that process.
I did that and promptly deleted it.
What a rude app. I don’t care how cool it is. You don’t take over my desktop if you want me to use you.