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Free Joost Invites!

June 05th, 2007 | Category: Technology | By: Alain Davies

Update 2: I managed to pull a couple of screen shots from Joost. Here’s an episode of that Sweet 16 show from MTV:

mtvjoost.jpg

And here’s a screen shot of the Joost Invites that I’ve sent out. I’m showing this because one of the commenters suggested that people were asking and not receiving. Guess who won’t be receiving an invite from this guy? Your Bad

joost-invites.jpg

Update: The invites are working now. Who wants them? Note: The app still crashes a lot. You’ve been warned.

[[[Update: BUGGY BUGGY BUGGY. After using it for a couple of times it crashed and required a reinstall. The invites feature is not all I hoped to to be either. I should have tested it on my own email account before pimping invites. For those that have already commented, I know who you are and will get the invite when I can fix this sucker.. Apologies!!!]]]

I randomly found someone in the blogosphere that was offering invites to Joost. For those that haven’t heard Joost is the ultimate pc to tv experience (that means you can watch tv on your computer, mom). It took me about 3 seconds to set up and I was browsing shows in about 5 minutes. **Note: the installer did advise me that my video card on my laptop was 1/16 the recommended capacity. This might be a problem over an extended period of time** The interface is really good looking. Unfortunately, my capture tools kept coming up blank, so no pretty pictures with this post.

The big issue that I have with the service and the major stumbling block for general public acceptance of these types of services like these is that you’re still watching tv on your pc/laptop. The company that gets this right will provide an easy way to watch the boob tube AND provide a slick internetting interface to send emails/IMs/surf/etc at the same. Maybe Joost will eventually offer hardware that sits atop your tv and interfaces cleanly with a remote/keyboard. I remember Microsoft gave it a go a couple of years ago and somehow I can’t find a reference to that box-atop-television gadget that they were pushing. Was it Microsoft TV? Anyway, here’s Joost commercial I found on Youtube:

Joost is invite only. Lucky I got free invites. Leave a comment. But leave an email address with your comment and you get an invite. If you leave a fake address, your invite goes there. Pretty simple stuff.

Oh, and for you Mac-Heads, from what I can tell the service is offered on your one-button-mouse systems too.

Joost� the best of tv and the internet

Popularity: 27%


81 comments

81 Comments so far

  1. lauryn May 6th, 2007 6:54 pm

    Please send me an invite. Nice Blog!

  2. Alain Davies May 6th, 2007 6:56 pm

    Jees.. you are fast. Sent….

  3. Steve May 6th, 2007 6:58 pm

    How did you get to be so cool as to get one?? Me wants! me wants!

  4. Ross May 6th, 2007 7:01 pm

    JOOOST ME PLZ =)

  5. Corey May 6th, 2007 7:24 pm

    I would love a Joost invite! You get super karma points for this. Thanks so much!!!

    CorDeMac [at] hotmail [dot] com

  6. wharfrat May 6th, 2007 7:35 pm

    Please send an invite. Thank you.
    You might like to know that after Joost itself, that you’re site popped up first on Google.

  7. notto May 6th, 2007 8:50 pm

    not bad at all i must say, i would love an invite :) .

    Too bad about your video card and well yes it will be buggy as its only beta… i should know ive used plenty of beta products including microsoft “cough”.

  8. Alain Davies May 6th, 2007 9:19 pm

    i give up. I will try again either tomorrow or the day after. too right on microsoft notto

  9. kasamaruti May 6th, 2007 9:37 pm

    please if you have an invite to Joost beta tester
    i will apreciate your atention

    kasamaruti@iol.pt

  10. rick May 7th, 2007 10:12 am

    interested in an invite…mucho thanks in advance – great site.
    ricmak [at] gmail [dot] com

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  12. John Traverson May 9th, 2007 11:24 am

    Hey thanks so much for offering these..some places are selling them for as much as $20 and no one is taking but you are definitely a blogger hero haha..you can send the invite to:

    w0cvwqu5okq1iv9@jetable.net

    Thanks for doing this!

    john

  13. Jeremy Green May 10th, 2007 8:01 pm

    I would really like an invite please.
    Jgreenkc@sbcglobal.net

  14. scott May 11th, 2007 2:33 pm

    hi and thank you very much in advance.

  15. petra May 12th, 2007 7:39 am

    hey, i’m not yet “joost-”ing, can you send me an invite to : petral@yahoo.com
    thx,
    pe

  16. regbox May 13th, 2007 5:27 am

    Invation PLEASE! Thanks! regbox@azet.sk

  17. Dom May 13th, 2007 3:05 pm

    Hey, nice blog, JOOOST me plz you’d make someone happy sending me an invite

    dombelanger@gmail.com

  18. Alex Black May 14th, 2007 12:31 pm

    Hey, send me an invite for Joost, thx a lot.

  19. Carlo Micieli May 15th, 2007 1:33 pm

    Hello,

    please, can you send me an invite?

    piovarolo@yahoo.it

    many thanks

  20. Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff May 15th, 2007 2:34 pm

    Hey, I am a Mac-head and i would love to try Joost. Please be so kind to invite me!
    Thank you in advance!

  21. chuckles May 15th, 2007 11:15 pm

    Pleease oh please oh please oh pleasePleease oh please oh please oh pleasePleease oh please oh please oh pleasePleease oh please oh please oh pleasePleease oh please oh please oh please!!!

  22. Alain Davies May 15th, 2007 11:18 pm

    Umm. Done.

  23. mike May 19th, 2007 1:57 pm

    Nice review,

    Will you please send me an invite to Joost. Thanks

    My email is skater151986@yahoo.com

  24. Umran Kadir May 19th, 2007 3:44 pm

    Would really appreciate a Joost invite if you have any left.

    Name = Umran Kadir
    Email = umrankadir at yahoo dot com

    Thanks a bunch!

  25. Joost Invite May 24th, 2007 12:20 am

    If still available …thanks

  26. GN May 25th, 2007 10:10 pm

    I would like an invitation to Joost. Please send me an invite.
    Thanks,
    candybuyer@gmail.com

  27. Christopher May 27th, 2007 2:25 pm

    Would love an invite!

    Cheers,

    Christopher

  28. mark fisher May 27th, 2007 3:33 pm

    very interested
    thanks

  29. mark fisher May 27th, 2007 3:34 pm

    very interested thanks
    mark

  30. Christopher May 27th, 2007 7:52 pm

    Would appreciate it a lot if you had any invites left to get one.

    buddyplease@yahoo.com

    Cheers,

    Christopher

  31. laurent May 27th, 2007 11:58 pm

    Hello,

    I just heard about joost… Sounds like a lot of fun. I’d really like to try it. I might arrive a little bit late on your blog… Do you still have some invitations left? I would love one.
    Thanks a lot

    Laurent

  32. laurent May 28th, 2007 4:41 pm

    THANKS YOU SO MUCH for the invite!
    I really appreciate!

  33. Alain Davies May 28th, 2007 9:08 pm

    I do what i can to make the world a better place…

  34. Garey May 30th, 2007 2:49 pm

    I want it like everyone else. …I just want it more than they do. I just know that this it true.

    If you are identified via IP address, then we can get rid of statistical ratings. And the real truth will be revealed regarding who watches what and when. What will advertisers do with all that “real” information?

    GK

  35. sk May 30th, 2007 2:56 pm

    This looks like a cool deal. The first major attempt at the “convergence” problem, I think, was something called WebTV (back in the late 1990’s). It included a thin client settop – a lot of hotels installed it. Microsoft bought WebTV and re-dubbed it “MSN TV”. As far as I know, it’s still a going deal : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webtv.

    I agree, whoever makes it so couch potatoes can stay on their couch, as they have done for years, and not have to haul their huge hineys over to the computer in order to take advantage of convergence, will be way ahead in the game.

    I would love a Joost invite… skirkby@gmail.com.

    Thanks!

    –sk.

  36. Mike Hanson May 30th, 2007 2:57 pm

    Re: MS TV – I seem to remember it as an early incarnation of the Microsoft Network which morphed into MSNBC – but I could be wrong. I do know the bandwidth was not available.

    I hope Joost handles it better. An invite would be nice.

    Thanks and regards

  37. Jan May 30th, 2007 3:24 pm

    I´d be very glad, if I got an invite from you. Thank you in advance.

  38. Alain Davies May 30th, 2007 3:29 pm

    Granted. Granted. Granted. And Granted. Enjoy!

  39. Marla May 30th, 2007 5:16 pm

    Interesting comments…Im a Mac user, and hope it works for me…It is just to interesting to not try…Thank you and please send me an invite…
    Marla

  40. Sri May 30th, 2007 5:17 pm

    Need a joost invite..in return u need any help in san jose,ca u can email me.

  41. Garey May 30th, 2007 6:38 pm

    You are a credible, and swift My IP has been logged. I am on the Joost grid. I will indeed remember who hooked me up (or corrupted me) …many thanks to you.
    GK

  42. ryan May 30th, 2007 9:40 pm

    I wouldlove to try out Joost and see if they are going to be as successful with this as the were with their previous innovations

  43. Robert Hegyes May 30th, 2007 11:49 pm

    Hi Alan, Thanks in advance for taking a moment to stream the Trailer from THE VENICE WALK Website:click “Webisodes”. Feel free to email and let me know if it pleases you. And thanks for the invite to Joost. I’ll send you your “e-vite” to the Premiere Party in Venice, CA on June 14th. at Danny’s Deli on Windward & Speedway.

    Our first mini webisode streams on June 15th.

    Warmest regards,
    Robert Hegyes
    Executive Producer

    also check out:
    http://www.myspace.com/thevenicewalk (MySpace)

  44. gary May 31st, 2007 7:14 am

    I would very much appreciate an invitation to Joost…been looking for [a respectable] Internet TV solution for months. It would also be interesting to learn about similar services as Joost if you are aware any.
    Thanks,
    Gary

  45. mikedub May 31st, 2007 11:58 am

    T.V. on your computer? What a craaaazzzzyyyy idea (I thought that was a Slingbox?) Well without the hardware, Joost seems like a pretty cool idea…it would be even cooler if I could check it out for myself!!!

    Mike

  46. Tripp May 31st, 2007 6:52 pm

    Thanks for the overview. Any chance to get an invite so I can test drive it myself? PS- why couldn’t you throw it to the TV screen with MSFT Windows Media Edition or AppleTV?

  47. Tim June 1st, 2007 4:31 am

    I would like to request an invitation to Joost. I’ve been beta testing other sites in Windows Vista (Ultimate) and would like an opportunity to do so with Joost. Thank you.

    You can also check out my MySpace pages and video blogs at http://www.myspace.com/timbrunkconsults

  48. Mike June 1st, 2007 4:20 pm

    I would really like an invite to Joost. I have heard good things about it and I appreciate you making it more easily available.

    Thank You

  49. Andrew June 1st, 2007 9:59 pm

    i would very much apericate an invite.

  50. jason June 1st, 2007 10:04 pm

    I would like some of that joost! Nice blog.

  51. jcg June 2nd, 2007 2:46 am

    I would like to request an invite to Joost.

    Thanks,
    jcg

  52. Chris June 2nd, 2007 7:46 am

    What an awesome thing to do! Does joost have a linux client? I noticed that their whole back end is linux-based, so my fingers are crossed… Thank you!

  53. Ben June 2nd, 2007 8:34 am

    Any chance of getting an invitation? In turn you are invited to Montreal if you are travelling this way. Thank you.

  54. Dale Graham June 4th, 2007 3:42 pm

    Wow, you must be overwhelmed. Can I pile on?

  55. Ken June 4th, 2007 4:31 pm

    Your introduction attract me very much deep. Would you please send me an invitation of joost, so I can also enjoy it?
    Thank you.
    email: dayuku@hotmail.com

  56. Bonnie June 4th, 2007 5:56 pm

    I would be grateful for a joost invite. Please and thank you

  57. Ben June 4th, 2007 6:25 pm

    I just read about Joost in Time Magazine and would be interested in checking it out. Your review was interesting. Thanks.

  58. Ben June 4th, 2007 6:26 pm

    Sorry. Forgot to ask for an invitation.

    Much appreciated.

  59. jon brown June 4th, 2007 7:40 pm

    Greetz!

    Looking for that video fix known as a joost invite. Please set a brother up!

    jon brown

  60. dane wilson June 4th, 2007 7:42 pm

    please sir, more joost.
    thanks in advance for hooking people up

  61. Brian June 4th, 2007 8:27 pm

    I just heard today about joost and I would like to have an invite. Can anyone help me out!!!!!

  62. Jeri June 4th, 2007 9:24 pm

    Please send me an invite to JOOST – I love new innovations on the net!!! Thank You!!!

  63. bob June 4th, 2007 9:29 pm

    Solid. Nice site. Do you have any more invites?

  64. Joey D June 4th, 2007 10:17 pm

    Cool blog. I had to go looking for joost invites. Noone I know has joost. I gutta see what it does. i wanna watch. I wanna comment. want it to be cool.
    please oh please can I have an invite?

    Did I beg enough? their intro video on their website was very creative. Lets mix up tv with internet.

    love to see it work. If your ever in Beanywood (Boston filmmakers) give me a yelp.

  65. Tracy June 4th, 2007 10:18 pm

    I can’t wait to check it out. Thanks in advance.

  66. Alain Davies June 4th, 2007 10:21 pm

    All of a sudden everyone and their mother came over for an invite. Hope you guys are enjoying!

  67. macmommy June 5th, 2007 12:34 am

    Anyone actually get an invite from this guy. I don’t see any posts saying such. According to joost there are only 5 invites available to be sent by each invited person. Any have an invite for me?

    Thanks,

    5I6METVB1wAEBeDj@spambox.us

  68. Pauli June 5th, 2007 7:01 am

    Could I please get an invute to Joost-Thanxs in advance…

  69. Sandy June 5th, 2007 8:41 am

    Hi there -
    Very cool site. It’s really great of you to be offering these invites – terrific karma. I would love to get one too if you’ve got any left.
    Cheers,
    Sandy

  70. Michael Jahn June 5th, 2007 8:53 am

    Hook me up. As a PDF Evangelist, I need to spread the word ! People are too busy to fight with a file format, and I want to help.

  71. milind June 5th, 2007 12:54 pm

    I would be grateful to u for sending me the Joost invitation.

  72. yannick June 5th, 2007 3:37 pm

    Hi – sent a request earlier, but I think I used the wrong blog. Sorry in advance if I am repeating myself, but I’d love trying out this Joost TV. Thanks and say hello when in Miami. Ciao,

  73. inhale13 June 6th, 2007 12:24 am

    Yes, I to am part of the wave of requests.
    I would surely enjoy an invite if you have any left. Thanks!

  74. Lewis June 6th, 2007 2:42 am

    Hey there, could I get a free invite please. This is something I’m really interested in trying out.

  75. Riaz June 6th, 2007 2:56 am

    Can some body please send me a invite to joost.

  76. Kris Rajan June 6th, 2007 6:28 am

    Thanks in advance for the Joost Invite.

  77. jls1934 June 6th, 2007 7:45 am

    I am really interested in the ability of tv to ameliorate some of the terrible animosity and hatred that seem to be pervade the world. Please send me a Joost invite.
    Thx jls

  78. Herbert June 6th, 2007 9:08 am

    I would appreciate if you could send me a joost invite. Thanks in advance -

  79. stever June 6th, 2007 9:11 am

    nice article! joost sounds cool. i’d love to be invited to the joost party!

  80. Scott Anderson June 6th, 2007 2:16 pm

    Hi. Well I guess this is pretty much one way…I would like a Joost evite and basically have nothing to give in return except my thanks.

    So, a big THANKS!
    Scott from Seattle.

  81. tomasa June 10th, 2007 7:20 pm

    please send me an invite

    arnost3@pobox.sk

    THX

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