Introducing SlideShare: Power Point + YouTube

October 4th, 2006 at 4:19 am

Looks like slideshare.com has been hacked !? URL forwards to http://01computersoftwar.net/?rid=1141066

Patrick

October 4th, 2006 at 5:07 am

Looks like the they’re not ready for primetime yet; the presentation link goes to a login page.

October 4th, 2006 at 5:25 am

Hey Jayen,

That’s right. ;-> Slideshare.net is behind a login right now. You can request a login to the system on this page:
http://slideshare.net/request-invite?class=hd_link

You can also get an invite from anyone who has an invite:

And yeah, Mike linked to slideshare.com in the logo at the top of his story. That site belongs to someone else, not us. We are slideshare.net.

(I’m the CTO of Uzanto, the company behind slideshare)

October 4th, 2006 at 5:49 am

If it doesn’t have the features similar to desktop to create kick ass presentations then I wouldn’t look for the site as an alternative especially when presentations make or break your career.

If you don’t have a laptop for presentations that doesn’t speak well of what your pitching.

Though, the site can be useful for marketing purposes especially when great content is being uploaded.

October 4th, 2006 at 7:17 am

Very cool. Nice work guys.

Anyone that wants to see my presentation for OMMA last week on Optimizing Content Pages hit my blog!

October 4th, 2006 at 7:42 am

Private uploads would be a great feature IMO.
BC I’ve some erotic (porn?) ppts that my friends sent me and I don’t want to upload those for all.

October 4th, 2006 at 7:53 am

I always wondered if there was powerpoint porn. Now I know. ;->

There are no private groups for now: we are looking at adding this in the future…

October 4th, 2006 at 8:19 am

Is it possible to make larger presentations ?

As the presentations are very small and can not see it being useful for projector demonstartions or things like that.

Can i collaborate with other users, as i can with Zohoshow and others ?

October 4th, 2006 at 8:41 am

I HOPE EVERYONE IS READING THE USER TERMS!!!!

“By submitting the Submissions to SlideShare, however, you hereby grant SlideShare a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Submissions in connection with the Site and SlideShare’s (and its successor’s) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels (except to the extent limited by, and expressly stated in the applicable additional terms and conditions for, Premium Services offered by SlideShare). You also hereby grant each user of the Site (subject to such limitations, if any, that may apply with respect to Premium Services) a non-exclusive license to access your Submissions through the Site, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the Site and under these Terms of Service. The foregoing license granted by you terminates once you remove or delete a Submission from the Site. Certain Submissions may be provided with, and subject to, other licenses, such as the Creative Commons license, which may affect how you use those Submissions. Users of such Submissions may see the specific licenses referred to, and included via links included, in any such Submission. Submitters who make their Submissions available subject to any such third-party licenses hereby agree to comply with all policies and conditions associated with such use and distribution. For more information about Creative Commons, please check creativecommons.org.”

Imagine taking your proprietary company documentation and making it available for derivative works in a “a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works”.

And to boot a service like this being offered by someone people trust to do consulting work for enterprises….Uzanto Consulting LLC - like to see their clients use this solution!!!!

October 4th, 2006 at 10:22 am

Adobe Connect does this better–and securely, too.
http://www.adobe.com/products/.....es/#item23

October 4th, 2006 at 11:33 am

I tested the system and uploaded my company’s PPT file (test version) and slideshow was unable to:

1) Show Tiff images. Not sure what other image formats it is unable to display
2) No animations… but I try to make it a policy to build slides for each animation rather than use the PPT animation feature

Other than those two issues so far, the system looks easy to use and display. I would like to have a privacy setting. I can already see ways for our chipin users to embed slideshare files on their pages when collecting money as a way to make a pitch.

I think of this service as more of a way to share content that was created in PPT than really a business way to present slides online as there seems to be other more business oriented tools.

October 4th, 2006 at 11:48 am

this web2.0 stuff is getting really boring…how many photo/image bucket/share website do we need or even care about….

October 4th, 2006 at 1:28 pm

Interesting technology / hard work to get it right. Kudos!

From our experience (I am with teamslide.com), in the area we are focusing on = sales, the slidesets don’t convey the story. They are supporting collaterals.

Face to face is always best to close a deal but in cases where this is too expensive or time consuming, simple phone calls/telcos and a *live* web presentation solution are second best. For initial calls or to check a prospects interest level, anyway.

October 4th, 2006 at 2:29 pm

it’s sounds like http://www.wisetrainer.com that people can share learning movies

October 4th, 2006 at 8:24 pm

Great take at a free service for personal or possibly SOHO use.

For corporate users - in Marketing/Sales and e-learning roles in particular - the permissions issue is just the tip of the iceberg. Editing features, security, the license terms for proprietary content, and even SLA on the hosted platform will be critical. Add to that the ability to add/edit a voice track to the presentation using a standard phone line (or other audio resources if you prefer), and the ability to include video, documents and web resources - and you get Brainshark. http://www.brainshark.com

October 5th, 2006 at 10:40 am

Bd,

No man, we ain’t that stupid.

Of course the site will be public and without any logins. Thats the only way it can work. The login is simply to allow us to achieve stability.

I think it should take a couple of weeks for that.

amit ranjan
the slideshare team

October 6th, 2006 at 3:36 pm

Very interesting site - We have been working on a similar site ( http://www.pptexchange.com ) which we just launched in alpha release with lots of features in the works… It is more of a marketplace,as it allows for authors/publishers to post PowerPoint for free decide, charge a dollar amount or accept an email in exchange for the presentation… the site acccepts large files (up to 250Mgs) and buyers can download the original file if desired…

October 22nd, 2006 at 5:59 pm

Great service, great app.

January 9th, 2007 at 2:45 pm

I can’t be bothered with anything recently. I’ve just been sitting around doing nothing. Today was a loss. I just don’t have much to say. Nothing seems worth thinking about.

February 25th, 2007 at 5:37 pm

Mark,

Our terms of service include only what our lawyers felt was legally necessary for us to be able to display, allow embedding and sharing of slides. If there are specific clauses you are concerned about, please let me know - I can get more specific answers. (I am sending you a personal email as well).

Rashmi
the SlideShare team