John Montgomery is an old friend who is currently at Microsoft. He has alluded to working on a project codenamed "Tuscany" in his blog, but has been quiet about what it actually is, until this morning.
Welcome to Popfly demonstrates the technology.
The Genesis of Popfly or What I've Been Doing for the Last Year explains what Popfly is and how it came about.
Why I Think Popfly is Cool gives John's top-ten list.
And, the Popfly Alpha is at http://www.popfly.ms/.
The short summary is that Popfly is an easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, Web pages, and applications. It requires Microsoft SIlverlight 1.0 Beta, which is available to anyone, but Popfly itself is currently in private alpha. I have sent my request to join in through the normal mechanism (by trying to log in at the Popfly home page), but haven't yet gotten access.
I'll let you know more when I have gotten my hands on it.
Posted by Martin Heller on May 18, 2007 11:56 AM
