Ontiveros @ Textdriven

Ok. I am not quite finished with the MBA just yet, but I couldn’t resist putting out the list now.
Anyhow…without further adieu…The top ten reasons I want to work at Joyent.

10. I want to be the twentieth person on this list: (*)

* I know that there are 20 employees at Joyent, but only 19 are listed on the site.

9. I want a Textdrive.com email address.

8. I enjoy working for smaller companies where you can make a difference.

7. Joyent is helping to shape what profitable web service companies will become.

6. Family is important

5. I feel at home working virtually

4. I am planning on relocating out west, why not to the Bay?

3. I like beer

2. My career as a blogger didn’t take off

And the number one reason why I want to work for Joyent is….

1. I already have mailroom experience!

Combines recognized innovators in Web 2.0 team collaboration software and advanced hosting services to lead the industry shift to network-based applications.
San Anselmo CA — Joyent, a provider of web-based team collaboration software, has acquired TextDrive, an advanced application hosting solutions provider. The combination creates a company poised to lead the market in the shift to network-based applications.
“Joyent’s innovative, network-based collaboration software combined with TextDrive’s proven expertise in building high performance hosted solutions, creates a company delivering compelling network-based applications over a 100% reliable and scalable infrastructure,” said David Young, CEO of Joyent. “Joyent’s combined software and hosting capabilities now deliver a complete network-based application and infrastructure platform to our ISP, VAR, developer, and end-user customers.”
“We are thrilled with this strategic combination, a perfect fit that forges a company with the talent to deliver our customers elegant and powerful network-based applications,” said Dean Allen, former CEO of TextDrive and now President […]

Original post by Jason Hoffman and software by Elliott Back

There’s “just enough software” which is often only a “super wizard” that lets users do one thing really well. Step A, Step B, Step C, Repeat. A simple calculator is like this. Then there’s “everything anybody could ever want software” which often must resort to a boatload of “wizards” just to expose functionality to the user. Hmmm….how do I do that again with this enormous software package? Example: Windows XP.
The philosophy behind Joyent Connector is to provide a collection of tools which customers can use to create their own “applications”. We offer email, calendar, contacts, files, backup and more applications coming soon such as voice. But we’re most proud of our efforts to help customers transcend these “silos” so that they can work with data in the connected way it exists in real life. This post from Tom Webster shows Connector doing just that.

Original post by David Young and software by Elliott Back