Breaking news! We have removed the invitation system from Connect-A-Sketch. The application — in all its alpha glory — is now open to the public! Here are three key points to keep in mind:

1. While C-A-S is dear to us and we think it’s a valuable tool, we want to be very clear that at this point, it is not guaranteed to be fully operational and bug-free all the time.  You have been warned!
2. New features have been added, including the ability to share your project with others. When you share with a friend, she will receive an email with a URL to your project. She will be able to click through (but not edit) your project.
3. The future of C-A-S is promising and bright. Seriously, we see a ton of potential with this app. But you can help shape how the future unfolds by using C-A-S and sharing your feedback and feature requests.

If you’re new to the application, you might want to read our first post about it. If you’re new to Pointless Corp, here’s a little history. If you want to know who is behind all this genius, the answer rhymes with “dig it.”

Happy sketching!

This is not your typical MBA internship.  Know someone who should apply?  Please tell them about the opportunity or apply yourself!

After a brief discussion, an idea was fully born into our hearts. We’d let users upload their design docs and quickly turn them into clickable prototypes! It would be just like paper prototyping… Without the paper, the scissors, or the glue sticks. Ok, so it wouldn’t be all that much like paper prototyping. We liked the idea anyways. Also, we thought it would be easy.

It wasn’t quite as easy as we thought it would be, turns out we’ve got high standards for this kind of thing. So, our talented team has been putting in extra hours ever since to breathe life into the idea, polish it up, and test it out. We just couldn’t wait any longer to share our baby with the world. Behold: Connect-A-Sketch.

Here at Pointless Corp (which, we remind you, is neither Pointless nor a Corporation), we have a soft spot for fun and games (a round of Tweets of Fury, anyone?), but nothing compares to our love of usefulness. We hope you’ll find the utility of this little gem as endless and satisfying as we do.

Here is the gist:

1. Load up some sketches (drawings, wireframes, comps, whatever you’ve got).
2. Create links to connect them together.
3. BOOM. Click around, test your design, share it, edit it, go nuts.

It could not be more simple, but if you are confused, then you should watch the intro.

Like its namesake, Etch-A-Sketch, we wanted Connect-A-Sketch to be highly satisfying to use. It does a very simple thing, but it does it well and using it to make something come together is pleasurable and — dare we say — fun.

Connect-A-Sketch is brought to you by people who build complex web stuff every day, all day long, and know the value of a simple sketch. We also know that being able to connect that sketch to another one is freaking awesome.

Use it. Love it. Tell us how to make it better.

We’re still working out the kinks, but if you want to give Connect-A-Sketch a spin, you can request an invitation. You can also follow us on Twitter if you want to see what we’re up to.

“Simple but useful — just how we like ‘em.”

Good thing, since that’s how we like to build them.

We owe a great deal of our early success to FeedStitch’s fantastic visual design. What you see today was no small feat for Owen, our designer, who subsisted on nothing but Tab and Run DMC records while we pelted him in the head with box after box of Adidas. When he finally emerged from the haze, we were treated to this:

While it has been a boost to our collective egos to see the design featured on numerous CSS and design galleries across the web, we were really flattered when we saw this gem:

I’m happy that the folks behind Clinical Reader (clinicalreader.com) thought so highly of our design that they decided to pay tribute to our original (thanks to Chris Martin for the head’s up).

We exchanged emails, identified the problem, and pushed out a fix:

We live to serve our customers, even if it’s during the weekend.

Well, not anymore!

We’re pleased to announce that people living in the following countries will now be able to enjoy HeyCraig: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Germany, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Russia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, Venezuela, and Vietnam!

If your country is not listed, and you know you have craiglist cities, send us an email and let us know.  Also, feel free to leave any comments and/or suggestions.

Have fun!

The latest Pointless Corp project is by far our most destructive and menacing endeavor. Tweets of Fury lets you battle your Twitter nemesis in a Rock-Scissors-Paper duel. You and your opponent will face off in a best-2-out-of-3 match and we predict your hands will be sweating by Round 2.  Your initial challenge to your enemy is tweeted publicly. The battle happens privately on the TOF site.  And the next thing the twitter-sphere will see is a tweet from the loser … a tweet that was written by the WINNER (cue ominous music). To the world it looks like any other tweet.

Do you use twitter to promote your personal brand? Is it a big part of your professional networking strategy? THEN DON’T PLAY TWEETS OF FURY. We can attest that the thrill of the battle will tempt you. But this application is best suited to daredevil fun-lovers who have little to lose.

We had a great time building TOF, but we did it pretty quickly and so, it’s still a little rough around the edges. We are going go to be cleaning up the design/codes over the next couple of weeks and hopefully adding a couple new features.  Meanwhile, we’d love to hear from anyone playing the game about their experience. Send your comments, suggestions, and/or hate mail to support@tweetsoffury.com. We’ll take all ideas under advisement. Then we will CRUSH YOU in a TOF battle. Look out!