My understanding of ‘getting naked’ was that tooth extraction was preferable and certainly less painful.

Still, if anyone fancies having better relationships with their close friends on their mobile and the web, please have a look at our offering http://www.weglu.com, which currently works on nokia and sony phones.

While working with the Naked team I felt that were some very practical issues with user interface which unfortunately weren’t being addressed. They would have done better perhaps with a smaller dev team and a full time designer/UI expert to help inform the structure.

Can you please send over a login pass?

Thanks

It got scrambled in my original post and posting the correct URL a moment ago did not seem to work.

- David

I’m not trying to score any points here, but The Next Web covered this story (but held off on the gory details for legal reasons) on the day the first email to private users appeared, May 7th – see http://thenextweb.org/2008/05/07/naked-is-really-nakednaked-is-really-naked/

I have had a personal interest in this project since meeting with Naked at StartupCamp in London in March, and Next Web staff have used the beautiful beta version of Naked, and I personally find it very useful. Indeed, those who have been invited to use it can (and do) still use it, and can (and do) invite others to use it. So when you ask what’s left – well – I have to tell you – Naked is still 100% functional and ‘all there’ – you just need an invite. (You could ask me nicely – david at thenextweb dot org).

The feedback I have had from the associates I have ‘been naked with’ has been very positive – and they like the way that the people you want to share information and updates with don’t need to actually USE the service to benefit from it – they can just get emails from you (or choose not to receive them). People can, if they wish, register their mobile phone to get updates, and switch their contacts on and off and vary contact methods and notifications easily, as they go mobile or are away, or just don’t want updates from somebody.

It’s the way one can have simple, intimate contact with close friends or project teams that sets Naked apart – you can keep close contacts up to date with just what you want to tell them about – rather than updating everyone with one status message or notice that will, by definition, be either relevant, or irrelevant to many of those that know you. It’s relevance that Naked brings, and simplicity – it’s also very nicely designed, and the real-time updates it delivers are great when kicking ideas around.

It’s worth noting that the liquidators cite their primary role as ‘Corporate Rescue, Restructuring & Recovery’ and I think Naked’s future may be rosy if it widgetises its functionality, and adds strategic partners in the mobile sphere – but I think it very definitely ‘has legs’ as you say, and I don’t think it deserves to disappear. Certainly it does not deserve to have all the good work come to nothing simply because its funder (allegedly) had his assets frozen by a bitter wife/ex-wife just at the wrong time for Naked’s cashflow.