I just found about about a new start-up on the social media scene (in beta) , called Hurox.
Normally, what should follow is a description of this web 2.0 ’service’ website, but I’m still deciding what to say. Roughly said, Hurox wants to be everything.
The sheer wealth of information and apps, which Hurox provides, is a bit overwhelming for the newbie user, and that’s why I think it won’t be as appealing to such Internet users. Instant messaging, listening to music, selling art, they even managed to integrate a friggin’ online desktop environment!
Upon signing up, Hurox asks you a few questions to learn about your interests. This enables you to customize Hurox to some degree (I still see a lot of ‘coming soon’ labels on the site).
I’m still getting used to the interface (waaay to much information), I’ll probably post an update later and we’ll see if Hurox will avoid the dreaded Dead-pool.
And no matter what others are saying about it, I think the guys at Hurox made a brave step towards creating the ultimate entrance to the Internet. Props for that.
P.S. I don’t know why, but I find the site to be extremely amusing, reminds me of the “999,999 games in 1!” cartridges for the Sega Mega Drive 
February 12th, 2008 at 22:14
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Tom Humes
February 13th, 2008 at 00:13
Think of Hurox like this…
If you are a small local garage band trying to sell your music online, you are probably faced with quite a few obstacles.
- How do I create a website?
- How do I accept credit cards?
- How do I get people to buy my music?
Hurox is an attempt by 5 people working on their own free time to solve all of the above.
This is why we created a drag and drop website building tool, a desktop to manage all of your content (upload some stuff and give it a try, it is actually pretty easy to manage). A shopping cart system built in to accept credit cards, and a recommendation system to help you get the word out for your music.
Now Hurox is at a point where we need funding to really polish up the site and to address alot of the issues you have pointed out. The interface needs to be simplified and everything basically needed to be made easier.
Keep checking back on us, we will work hard to listen to your feedbacks and improve the site.
Thanks for the review!
Zhoubobby
www.hurox.com
February 14th, 2008 at 05:22
An interesting site there and good review
February 21st, 2008 at 20:51
Can the world not have enough social networks .. they seem to be going to the dogs (dogster), to the alarm clock (Sleep.FM) and to the toilet (mycrap.com) . Ok i made the last one up, but maybe it’s not far behind, as the digital toilet is something that will save our lives; sends your specimen data over the net to ur doc’s computer system for analysis.