I was formerly the lead engineer for LimeWire, where I worked for 4 years before leaving to work on LittleShoot, a p2p browser plugin and integrated web site that is, well, just really cool. It’s based on open protocols like SIP, STUN, and ICE, but it also seamlessly integrates various disparate parts of the web, giving you access to YouTube, Flickr, and iMeem alongside p2p content sources. It also allows any site to seamlessly integrate p2p, offloading Flash videos to LittleShoot’s P2P CDN without the user ever knowing, for example. It’s like BitTorrent on steroids with a bit of RedSwoosh, YouTube, and Flash thrown in. It’s hard to fully describe the user experience, so you should just take it for a spin.
You might be curious about the origins of the name “Route 183.” I was born in Austin, TX, where my Dad still lives. Our place is in East Austin, which, if you know Austin at all, is on “the bad side of the tracks.” Route 183 is a highway on the eastern side of East Austin – the bad side of the bad side of the tracks. That’s where my parents, Daria Fisk and Pliny Fisk III, started the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, an organization devoted to pushing the limits of sustainable, community-based architecture for the last 30 years. The work at “The Center” tests the limits of what’s possible in sustainable living while literally resting on the edge of the map. This spirit of innovation and experimentation is what the road Route 183 has come to symbolize for me. There’s nothing glamorous about Route 183. In fact, it’s one of the uglier roads you’ll encounter. That’s only fitting, though, as things usually break and are endlessly frustrating when you try new stuff, but that’s part of the fun.
I recently moved to Los Angeles after 8 years in my beloved NYC. It’s warmer here.
September 12, 2006 at 1:19 am |
Hey Adam, thanks for the post on Zapr. I’d love to give you a bit more info on what we’re trying to build if you have tim.
I’m in San Francisco until Friday if you’re around. Otherwise, throw me an email.
Mick
September 12, 2006 at 1:31 am |
Hi Mick- I’d love to talk any time. I actually just started reading your blog yesterday, so I missed our overlap in NYC. Otherwise, I would have tried to meet up. I’m off the grid phone wise these days until my Nokia Internet Tablet comes in the mail in a couple of days, but you can reach me at “a” …a.t… “lastbamboo.org”. I have a Gizmo number I’ll give you as well.
Looking forward.
-Adam
August 18, 2008 at 7:54 pm |
Hey Adam,
I’d love to talk to you about getting a coalition of smaller startups together to pool resources and help promote one one another. We were also an applicant at the Tech 50 and got shot down even though we have a great product. I think if we can pull together we can be a pretty powerful force. Anyone else who is interested should email me also at benny@jumii.com.