My post earlier today regarding my initial impressions of the CaspioVote election guide has unfortunately caused a little stir.
I have emailed Caspio asking for clarification and a demo of the product. I will wait to respond further until I have some documentation from them to either counter or confirm the information I was able to find regarding their latest web application.
It has come to my attention that they are unhappy with what was written and feel that it was an unfair assessment of their application.
All I can say at this point is that I took what information was available in the publicly accessible portions of their website, including links, their press release published today, and a quick 5-minute review of the source page of the one example I was able to find on a live site and my observations were made from that research.
Obviously there is not much out there at this point, which I think is why it’s important to take an early look for an initial evaluation and it very well may change my outlook once we’ve setup a time for a demo.
One of my primary interest areas is new-media and content delivery. Web applications that make that delivery easier and more accessible to more people are constantly on my radar. Fortunately for me, I’m in a position where I can try out and sample many applications and share the knowledge gained in a conversation with a community.
CaspioVote is something that interests me personally and professionally which is why I took the time to look at how it can be used and how it works.
If you’re interested in more information about Caspio in general and other conversations that have taken place check out these links:
http://www.customerthink.com/news/caspio_named_finalist_in_cnet_webware_100
http://commonsensej.blogspot.com/2007/10/caspio-dustup.html
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/06/10/hyper-local-apps-to-save-the-newspaper-biz/
http://www.jacobian.org/writing/2007/sep/12/db-journalism/
http://www.thescoop.org/archives/2007/09/07/outsourcing-database-development-or-the-caspio-issue
http://www.thescoop.org/archives/2007/09/12/on-trials-software-and-otherwise/
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