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SlateBox.com – A New Visualization Platform

SlateBox.comSlateBox is a visualization platform built with lightweight Web 2.0 technology that makes for real-time collaboration via embeddable, exportable, and completely customizable “slates”.

Targeting end users and developers alike, SlateBox is built both as a web application for the creation of mindmaps, diagrams, process flows and other visualizations, as well as an abstracted layer upon which developers can leverage the collaborative visualization capabilities on offer.

With the merging trend of physicality and technology (sensory touch via the iPhone, Wii, etc), the technological arc towards kinesthetic learning is no longer a small trend. SlateBox aims to reimagine the way data can be conveyed by providing a lightweight and fast platform for visual mashups. With its collaborative technology, SlateBox marries the visual conveyance of information with real-time collaboration, and it might open the door for a new generation of collaborative online experiences such as brainstorming, visual searching, event planning, team management and education integration. For its part, developers will find the technology used in SlateBox perfect for integrating SlateBox visualizations into existing HTML content.

The service is absolutely free for both end users and developers alike. SlateBox is in beta, and its emphasis on an abstracted platform can detract from the concrete everyday uses it already provides end users; nevertheless, this abstraction is also its greatest strength: it was built and devised to be a platform first, and a web application second. Ultimately, it has a potential of its very own: unlike the intent of search engines that are keen on organizing the world’s information, SlateBox can be used to visualize it.

SlateBox.com In Their Own Words

“The web is due for some change. Hear this much? “I’ll take my data in another round of lists, bullet points, and one really long scrollbar, please.” Grids and lists are necessarily accoutrements to an already bloated web, I grant you that, but sister please. We don’t need many more. Grids and lists soak up information. They get stagnant. Soon, no one can stand the smell. No one lacks information. We have too much already. SlateBox can reappropriate huge swaths of data into collaborative, visual forms. Dump the grid! Embrace the slate! Cut out the noise! Simplify the presentation! (And stop with the exclamation points.) Lightweight, collaborative, simple — SlateBox is designed to make information more palatable, visual, sharable, and consumable.”

Why SlateBox.com It Might Be A Killer

It is a practical (and free) way to share information and convey any message, and the full embeddable capabilities of the slates mean they can be used by anybody, anywhere.

Some Questions About SlateBox.com

How will this project shape itself over time? Will it always be available at no cost? SlateBox.com

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