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TUAW has 1000 Skitch invites to give away!
[Update 2: The invite window is now closed! Thanks for participating everyone, invites should be sent out soon!
[Update: The plasq folks have informed us that the response to this invite offer has been absolutely amazing; well over 1000 requests. The good news? They have agreed to send invites out to every genuine request they have received so far. Cut off point is 12pm PST today. Your invite should be on its way later today or early tomorrow!]
We've been talking up Skitch - a fantastic and powerful screenshot snapping and sharing app from plasq - for quite some time here on TUAW (if you want to take a peek, watch this video tour of Skitch in action). The only problem is: since its introduction at Macworld '07, it's either been in a private beta or, more recently, a tight invite-only public beta, making it hard to get your hands on a copy. Fortunately, all that finally changes today for 1000 of you - because we have a big ol' batch of invites to give away! Amidst all the time they're spending on polishing Skitch, their MySkitch picture sharing service (for the record: Skitch works with Flickr and even .Mac as well), and a new m.myskitch.com site they launched just in time for the iPhone, the kind crew at plasq were awesome enough to give us 1000 invites to give to you, our dear TUAW readers! As icing on the cake, they made the process about as easy as it can get by putting together an automated invite system: simply email [sorry, invites are now closed] from the address you want tied to your Skitch account, and you're done! Wait a little while for your sweet, sweet Skitch beta invite to arrive, and soon you can be Skitchin' and sharin' with the rest of us.
Please help us make this a great experience for everyone. Companies run beta invites like this not only to help generate buzz for the product, but to ensure that they can sustain their services and provide a solid software experience for everyone. Don't send multiple emails from different addresses or re-send your request. We've never done a beta invite this way before, but the plasq crew know what they're doing and you'll receive your invite soon enough. With that said - go get Skitchin'!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Olivier said 11:40AM on 7-03-2007
thanks for the invite ! ill try it hard ;)
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PeiPei said 11:48AM on 7-03-2007
The email address has "http://" in it, please fix. And thanks :D
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norwin said 11:49AM on 7-03-2007
invite me, love to try it
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Josh H. said 11:53AM on 7-03-2007
If they run out and you want one, I have 5 invites. Just email me at macman012@yahoo.com with your email adress.
Josh www.mntdev.com
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diddyk said 12:09PM on 7-03-2007
I really don't get the hullabaloo over Skitch. The interface looks terrible. It reminds me of Bryce3D and other similarly terrible interfaces that are trying too hard to be cool. The swirly heart logo is obviously trying to make up for the lake of style in the interface. The text that it creates looks horrible as well. I know it needs to been seen in front of backgrounds. But still, it looks terrible. I think I would need to use Skitch's functionality only 2 times a year.
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Dave Chartier said 12:22PM on 7-03-2007
Guys if you want an invite, just click the email address in this post (or copy/paste it) into a new email message and send it off. It's actually *easier* than leaving a comment here, since you'll do less typing than "invite me too please!" and - if you use a desktop email client or a utility that redirects mailto links to services like Yahoo! Mail and Gmail - it only takes two clicks.
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Wythrol said 12:22PM on 7-03-2007
Please employ people that can actually write articles. Its a bloody irritation having to read through 200 words of drivel just to find the one snippet of information that the title suggests.
This is a constant problem with TUAW, while you have good, sometimes bordering great, content your 'bloggers' can't write for shit. Word smiths, you are not. You are technical bloggers, please try and remember that.
Short, succinct informative statements please.
If you want to waffle on and on about how great it was when you first discovered that great app that no one else has found yet, but you have been using for such a long time and find it to be an absolute gem of a utility that you now cannot live with out because it saves you so much time and effort:(did I mention that I've been on private Beta for months now) ... do you see what I did there?
May I suggest an alternative for this article:
"We have been talking up Skitch (link) for quite a while now, we think its great. Plasq (link) has been awesome and offered 1000 invites to TUAW readers that can be claimed by doing "this". This is a great utility/app/game/offer we hope you enjoy it.
Skitch is .... continue reading 500 words of personal drivel ...
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Mystic said 12:28PM on 7-03-2007
Hey Wythrol, if you're so bothered by TUAW's writing, why don't you start your own blog instead of filling up the comments here with your bitching?
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Gunnar said 12:48PM on 7-03-2007
Short while eh? I wonder how long this will actually take to dissappear? Will you be updating once all 1000 are gone?
Regardless, I sent an e-mail and hope to get in on this beta. TYVM!
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Wythrol said 1:36PM on 7-03-2007
I might just do that Mystic.
You seem capable of writing without waffling, you want a gig?
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Jacob Ishee said 12:53PM on 7-03-2007
Has anyone actually received an invite yet? I sent off the email nearly an hour and half ago and have yet to receive the invite.
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Dennis said 12:54PM on 7-03-2007
Its very usefull :) I have been using it and I love it :)
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kuswanto said 1:11PM on 7-03-2007
Please invite me :)
Thanks in advance.
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Rollo said 2:21PM on 7-03-2007
I'll take an invite! Much thanks!
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Mitch said 2:53PM on 7-03-2007
over 2 hours since i sent in my request and nothing in my inbox :(
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bookemdano said 2:56PM on 7-03-2007
"This is a great utility/app/game/offer we hope you enjoy it."
Does the phrase "run-on sentence" mean anything to you Worthy?
I normallyloathe grammer nazi's. However I make an exception to those posts written for the sole purpose of criticizing the skill'z' of others.
You rock TUAW. Last Friday would have been just another day without you.
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Peter said 3:24PM on 7-03-2007
Please invite me too.
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Paul Marino said 4:41PM on 7-03-2007
Would love an invite - Thanks!
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Jonathan said 6:20PM on 7-03-2007
I'd like an invite :D
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Dave Chartier said 6:26PM on 7-03-2007
Everyone: Once again, please read the entire post. You need to send an email to an address I linked in the post; commenting on this post will *not* get you an invite, and I would hate for you to be disappointed if you still have the chance to get one.
Please, go back, read the post and send an email to the address provided. You don't even need to include anything in the email - just send it.
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