skydeck

Hey Jason!

Just figured I should at least stop by and check out the site. My initial impression is that I really like the design, but its too crowded. Everything above "Why youll love Skydeck" is great. You should get rid of everything else. If you really need to do that much explaining on the home page something is wrong. The idea should be obvious and very simple to grasp within at least 5 to 10 seconds. Making the user read too much show s that either you are truly building something monumental, or don't know how to be concise.

Ohh, and you definitely need to show a phone somewhere on your layout. The connected people bubbles are great, but no quick understanding that this connection is done by phone. Considering that the phone/text function is the core of your site's service. Its worth giving it a though!

You should include the News and Reviews here in your blog exclusively. Other wise it looks like you are trying to hard to say "Hey look at us, these other people did!"

Also, the "Love your phone bill!" is not good enough for what you are doing here. It sounds like an off shoot of a Pay as You phone service. Obviously, after some amount of reading a user can tell what is going on, but still that statement is confusing. You are the next evolution in social networking, the next obvious step in bringing real world networking online. Not a phone records statistics company.

Anyway, if I think of anything else, I'll come back.

Still, looks great! =)

Just wanted to let you know that I love what you guys are doing and I can't wait for you to bring your product here to Canada. I wrote a blog posting earlier today about collaborative mediocrity in the banking and wireless industries, and mentioned your startup with a link. You can check it out here if you like.

Keep up the great work,

Daniel Smith
[Smithereens Blog]