Flook Sends Open Letter to Editors of Wikipedia
Flook welcomes departing Wikipedia editors
San Francisco, CA, and London, U. K. (PRWeb UK) November 30, 2009
Ambient Industries today sent an open letter to the editors of Wikipedia, who are reported to be leaving that site in record numbers. The letter invites the editors to find a new outlet for their talents in documenting the world using flook, the location browser. The letter reads:
Dear Wikipedia Editors,
We hear from the BBC today that you're leaving Wikipedia in record numbers. That saddens us, because we love Wikipedia, but also gives us hope that you might find a good home with us here at flook.
Flook is all about discovering and sharing the world around you. It's about capturing the essence of a place with a great photo and some pithy, authoritative text – something we know you'll excel at. We're new to the scene and we'd love you to join us and be at the forefront of a new way of seeing and recording the world. We currently have an iPhone client, which can be downloaded from http://flook. it (http://flook. it).
We believe that you'll love flook's collaborative wiki-like focus on documenting the world's secret places.
Please contact us at info@ambientindustries. com for more information.
the flook team.
"Flook is seeing record numbers of users, even though it is only a week old," says Jane Sales, founder. "But the world is a big place, and we pride ourselves on our ambition to document every little quirky corner of it. We hope that the editors of Wikipedia will think of us as citizens of the United States used to think of the Wild West - full of unexplored places in which to make their mark."
Flook is currently available on iPhone and on the web at http://flook. it (http://flook. it).
The story of Ambient Industries (www. ambientindustries. com):
Ambient Industries’s history is firmly rooted in a deep technology, yet creative, background. Flook was founded by Roger Nolan, Jane Sales, Tristan Brotherton and Dave Jennings, who all collaborated to create flook. All founders have vast background in a myriad of types of technical business – Nolan and Sales both worked together at Psion, where they were responsible for the communications and the kernel, respectively. Their code was the foundation for the larger codebase that became Symbian OS. Great portions of their code run in millions of phones all over the planet today. Dave Jennings worked in Fortran at the Parkes Radio-Telescope in Australia, writing assembler code to drive a 1500 ton dish, was the first technical hire at Play. com and chief architect for Tigerex. Afterwards, Jennings worked with Nolan at Sonopia. Tristan Brotherton’s background includes the founding of FluidHR, which produced the U. K.’s first online staff screen software platform and building software. Clients ranged from the World Health Organization to International Investment Funds. Brotherton later joined ROO Media/KIT Digital.
Ambient Industries is based in London and San Francisco. The company is funded by Eden Ventures and Amadeus Capital.
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