If you spend a lot of time researching online, then Eluma might be the tool for you. It is a stand alone piece of software that lets you download and organize “clips” you find on the Internet. And much like other social websites like Digg and Reddit, you can share your favorites with friends.
I’d say the biggest difference between Eluma and the others is you can view your favs offline if you don’t have an Internet connection.
People can use it to organize their web stuff, and then they can share their stuff with others in “collections.” (It’s anonymous; no Facebook-like transparency. It’s all about the content – not the networking.) Eluma 2.0 mashes together features of bookmark managers, RSS readers, desktop alert managers, and social sharing and discovery services. Kind of like “iTunes for your Web stuff.“
If you’d like to download, I’ve got some invitations left. You can download it here until those invites are gone.
Let me know what you think!
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I don’t think it’s time for a stand alone app that does just that. It will either be substituted by things like Flock, or other web-based apps. Poeple don’t need to be ofline so much anymore and moving web stuff out of the web just doesn’t make sense…
Oh, but the concept of “collections” and being info (not socially) centered is very interesting. Being info centered is a lot more web2.0 in my opinion than more common social centering. It leverages information to create networks.
Offline access is nice, but I think that a bigger advantage to being on the desktop would be speed and more UI options.
Google (gears) and Adobe (air) are moving to the desktop for a reason.
Hi,
Just wanted to let you know that based on the feedback we received during private beta, Eluma is now publicly available (public beta) from our website at http://www.eluma.com.
Thanks,
Joe.