or private databases for organizing personal or business data online
PALM DESERT, Calif., Jan. 28 // -- DEMO 08 -- Blist today unveiled a new chapter in the database market with the company's official launch of its new online social database. Unlike traditional spreadsheets and databases, Blist provides everyday users with a strikingly intuitive and flexible way to design simple or sophisticated databases that meet their specific needs. Using Blist, non-technical users can structure and catalogue all types of information and then create communities around the public data they share. Blist is an optimal solution for creating anything from party or wedding guest lists, fantasy football statistics, and personal finances to professional information such as sales contacts, project milestones, campaign tracking, status reports, and more.
"Blist re-defines the database space for individual and workgroup information management applications," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO 08 conference, where Blist launched its database product. "Blist is easier to use than a spreadsheet and is far more accessible than a traditional relational database -- all rolled into a clean, cool package."
A formal demonstration of Blist will take place on the DEMO 08 stage on January 29 at 2:38 p.m. PT, and throughout the conference at pavilion station number 44.
Blist: The World's Easiest Database
The visually rich and intuitive Blist user interface combined with a robust set of advanced features makes it easy for non-technical people to create collaborative database without the support of an IT staff. Only Blist offers the following combined benefits in one simple solution:
Get started in minutes with "Best of Blist" templates.
Blist offers a set of data templates as well as pre-populated lists,
checklists, tables, and database templates that are shared by the
community of Blist users. This makes it easy for anyone to get up and
running immediately and prevents users from having to reinvent the wheel
or duplicate tedious data entry work.
Build a database beyond text and numbers.
With Blist, saving data to cells is not limited to text, numbers, and
dates -- single or sets of photos, videos and documents, visual ratings,
custom pick lists, and other user-defined data types can also be easily
added. If it's appropriate to have a whole list or table of information in
one cell, for instance if one person listed in a Blist has multiple phone
numbers, Blist can do that, too. For the first time, users don't have to
shoehorn their ideas into a spreadsheet.
Collaborate with others or keep your data private.
As a social database, users have the flexibility to share templates or
full data sets with individuals, groups, or the entire Blist community.
The Blist community of data helps users know where to start and minimizes
the redundant data entry wherever possible. Users can also mark databases
as private, in order to keep information confidential.
Easily query information on multiple parameters.
With simple navigation as well as a straightforward and flexible
interface, users can construct the perfect query without having to learn
SQL or a complex programming language.
View data in multiple formats.
Blist users can work with their data in the way that makes sense to them
-- in a table, a single page view, or laid out in a calendar either on
blist.com or in a widget format.
"Organizing and analyzing data should be as easy as creating an electronic document, spreadsheet, or presentation," said Blist's founder and CEO, Kevin Merritt. "Our intent is to offer the world's easiest database, then encourage people to create databases that work for them instead of trying to tailor information within the parameters and constraints of a spreadsheet. We are particularly excited about building a vibrant online community of worldwide users who are actively capturing and sharing valuable knowledge with each other."
Pricing and Availability
Blist is currently in private beta. People who are interested in participating can visit http://www.blist.com to request an invitation. The company will expand the availability of its free social database service to a wider audience at the end of Q108.
About DEMO
Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the semiannual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies. For more information, visit http://www.demo.com.
About Blist
Blist is revolutionizing how consumers create, share, and utilize the information that's important to them with the industry's first online social database service for consumers and small businesses. Blist delivers unprecedented ease of use through a new visual and intuitive user interface that outshines others in the database market. Only Blist makes it easy for anyone to create private or collaborative databases for anything ranging from the personal to the professional. For more information, visit http://www.blist.com.
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