a preview of the Crowetic Cloud with built in BURST wallet integration...
doing more customization and theming now.
Pretty clever. I like the design. So is this going to be like a BURST cloud platform if I am correct? I loved the part that you could access the BURST wallet in there right from the cloud. Now if it could be added the ability to mine BURST via the cloud (like cloud mining) then it would be pretty cool. You can then rent some HDD space to mine some BURST.
This is a pretty fantastic plan, could definitely be the direction I could go with it. The only issue being the same that has been since the beginning, the fact that BURST cloud mining doesn't make sense monetarily over just buying BURST.
As of right now, I'm developing the service, and giving out beta test accounts for people to mess with. It will be a very very awesome service when I'm done with it, and it is already functional for quite a bit... including...
1. Auto sync between multiple devices, and secure cloud backup storage of whatever you'd like. Sync can do all or part of data.
2. Mail client that can connect to almost any mail service (similar to a cloud based Outlook, except much more simple, doesn't have tons of extra features, but works great.)
3. Auto-uploading of pictures from mobile devices via free app, and there's a paid app (not developed by me, but the developers of the ownCloud platform) that I think will sync more than just pics automatically from mobile devices. I will be purchasing the app soon and will verify, but I'm also probably going to develop my own app for the service with the help of my very experienced C++ developer partner.
4. The platform is open source, thus many many unlimited options for additions are possible, sky is the limit.
5. You can tie in various other external data sources, and apply the sync to them as well. Thus this can be a fully centralized location even if you're a dropbox or google user.
6. Off-site backup solutions are very important for business clients, and I will be giving this to a couple of my business clients as a trial as well.
7. You can use it to send files to people via secure https links with encrypted names, share single files or entire folders and even allow for uploading of files by public users (this may be removed later on, all depends.)
8. Auto sync calendar, contacts, bookmarks, etc. (I have yet to try attaching external sources for these, but I am sure I can get that working too if it isn't by default.)
9. Built-in quick note taking application that can be used for whatever purpose.
10. Document collaboration and sharing will soon be possible, as well as encrypted text chat, video chat, and voice communications. There will also be a built in availability for screen sharing and remote support from Crowetic Computers, or one of my partner companies should it get too large for me and my team to support.
11. Built in sharable photo gallery you can show to your grandma
12. Announcements application that can be setup to be allowed through permission-capable groups inside the cloud. For business purposes or whatever you'd like.
13. (activity notifications are currenlty only available inside the cloud, as I have yet to setup email notifications, and honestly I'm not sure I really want to because I think email notifications are annoying. lol.)
14. Built in BURST wallet connectivity and more to come on that front, including embedded BURST instructional videos and collaborative BURST information documents, as well as collaborative assistance documents written by myself and added to by anyone in the community who obtains an account. I am not sure yet what the pricing will be, but I'm determined to keep the price lower than competitors, and offer services they can't even dream about. This is something that started as me basically just wanting to host my own dropbox server, but when I came across the awesome owncloud platform, my imagination started to run wild and I thought of all the things that could be done with something like this. I hope to eventually have something truly amazing going on here, that people will remember not only my company, but BURST, as the founding structure creators. I hope to get contact from people asking for beta accounts for either sync or simply access accounts so that they can gain access to the features that are currently and will continue to be available and growing. I hope that my hypervisor eats its hardware usage to hell really fast so that I can justify getting another added to the cluster. I think it is possible for all of this.
I could also integrate other BURST websites, and products that are released, possibilities are literally endless.
My next goals are
-theme the site, with crowetic logo and BURST related logos. (there's already 1 burst logo there you can see by wallet link.)
-start working on doc sharing integration, and communications/screen sharing integration server, and get that started as well.
-get advice from beta testers and general community as far as features they like/don't like/hate and what they'd like to see next.
-get help from haitch with existing structure improvements, and expandability options, and look into how quickly something could be added that is needed when the time comes.
-get more beta testers
-setup options for ... options... in the setup of accounts, and give the availability of little data or big data limit accounts, little ones would simply be used to access the system and save non-large items, or make use of calendar, etc.
-draft a legal agreement explaining that I will neither look at files stored within other user accounts, nor modify anything in or part of user account, in exchange the user is to not store illegally obtained or illegal in general data there, nor are they to use the services in malicious ways. Also, cannot destroy or attempt to destroy existing functions should a bug be found, and instead report said bug to admin team, namely crowetic. Services are to be used in the manner with which someone of upstanding moral character would use them, and no more. The integrated functions are for user enlightenment, not for negative attacks or degradation of morale. Something along those lines. Basically, I won't break your trust and secrecy, if you don't be an asshole doing asshole things with my services I'm so kind to offer in a secure and private manner. Any shared materials are not property of crowetic, and thus cannot be listed as such nor sold. All shared property that is editable by community, is property of community, and cannot be sold.
----------------------------------------------------------further down the line...
-get bigger and integrate more amazing services.
-develop custom BURST integrated cloud applications and other applications that make use of the BURST blockchain and carry out (insert here) amazingness.
-offer mooooooooore to the people, power to the people!
What my goal is here, is to have a single location that you can go to that contains all of your useful information, not only data, but pretty much everything you use online. This can then be setup with permissions and customized per user needs. The ability to add in custom applications is a huge bonus I have over other providers, as well as much, much more. The ability to have all of the above things, as well as so much more that isn't listed yet, I believe will draw in clientele, but I've also got a base of clients I can draw upon once I deem the service worthy of moving from beta into production.
