WebAppropriate

http://Nurphy.com has just been announced and the co-founding team (@Paul and @Neil) are incredibly keen to start a conversation with you to a) see if the app works for you, and b) hear your ideas for improving the Nurphy:

Nurphy is the easiest way to send a message to someone and to turn it in to a conversation with multiple participants. It just works, it isn’t a tool that has to be used in certain social contexts (it works for anyone), and it certainly doesn’t come with University hangovers or ‘tech-geek’ associations. Nurphy is just about conversations, which, funnily enough, people naturally participate in. Nurphy gets you involved in conversations in the simplest way possible.

Read More here, and follow the public conversation on the announcement here: http://Nurphy.com/*Nurphy

It’s over a year old, but this video of the MyBlogLog founders speaking at TechStars 07 is just fantastic. There’s a huge amount of proven advice packed-in, and as such the video hits over an hour in length. But if you’re doing a startup, and your still open to taking advice from experienced entrepreneurs in your valuable time away from frantic coding, this is one hour of you life that you won’t mind sacrificing (I’m pretty sure they covering everything you need to know - it’s fascinating):

A quick introduction to Web Appropriate and the blog (you’ll find this on the ‘About’ page):

Web Appropriate is the working title of a UK-based social Web application targeting the movement of a core social networking demographic (twenty-something Facebook users), and their transition in to the working environment. This isn’t an enterprise technology - we’ll be looking to consumer focused social Web services like Facebook, Twitter, and Jaiku, to create a service that people will find compelling.

The application is already being coded in XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript - but additional Web development expertise is required to get the service out there and to start getting some traction.

If social networking, Facebook platform, APIs, and addictive Web apps all make sense to you - and if you also believe there are still many upcoming opportunities on the Web, social network platforms, iPhone, and other channels - Web Appropriate is looking for more team members. Please check the team requirements page for more info!

The Blog

The blog will cover the usual startup activities, i.e. the service, problems, successes, favourite technologies, the Web industry, and a few posts on Web entrepreneurship and meetups, all with a focus on the UK. There’s life outside of SV, and we’ll be promoting that here!