Bright IDEAs
Every summer the design leaders of the world declare the greatest advances in their field and honor them in the International Design Excellence Awards, called IDEA for short.
This year’s winners ranged from a Nike sneaker made entirely of manufacturing waste to a ski jacket with an inflatable vest that creates a layer of warmth. Among the many bright IDEAs, our humble Peek stands out as a winner in the Communication Tools category and will be featured in an upcoming BusinessWeek spread.
Ink Party
As Peekster-In-Chief Amol says, there’s no use in crying over spilled ink… party over it instead!
We at Peek took a moment last night to celebrate a few recent media accolades from an article about us in last week’s Wall Street Journal to a really cool product design award from International Design magazine.
We corralled at our design partner IDEO’s swanky SOHO office for the casual evening affair.
Three cheers to our humble little email gadget. The world is finally starting to take notice!
What Would I Do Without…?
There are a few innovations of this modern age that I can’t imagine doing without, because they fit my day-to-day needs so perfectly.
One innovation is, of course, the Internet.
Another is – the Peek.
Part of my daily wake-up process involves turning on my Peek – the new emails I get then give me an idea of what my day will be like.
During the workday, the Peek is indispensable in keeping me in touch with Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue for which I am Development Director and CFO. The rescue group’s membership is physically dispersed – everyone is a volunteer working at their own pace using their own internet connections, and these connection points are spread out over ~12,000 square miles. Email is the most cost-effective, feasible way to coordinate our activities.
The employer for my paid day-time job blocks access to personal email sites such as Yahoo or Gmail. So the Peek is the only way I have to monitor and respond on a timely basis to the rescue’s needs. Without it, I could not organize fundraising events during business hours, and birds could needlessly suffer before someone could authorize paying for their veterinary care.
Additionally, the Peek allows me to be unchained to a computer during my off-hours. I can be grocery shopping, taking a walk, gardening – or just lazing around the house – and be alerted when there’s something new in my email box, without having to push a button. This is especially useful if I’m waiting for answers before finalizing an event.
Obviously the Peek is an important part of my daily activities. So much so, in fact, that I have backups in case my primary Peek ever goes on the blitz!
Contributed by guest blogger & Peekster, pambudgie. You can reach Pam at pambudgie@mypeekmail.com
Peek in Today’s WSJ
In today’s WSJ, you’ll see an article in Marketplace about our very own Peek, “Peek Takes On Gadget Market.”
That’s right folks, we’ve STUNNED the gadget world by offering an affordable way to get email on-the-go. Look out expensive Palm Pre! Stand back spotty service iPhone!
Some are even saying the Peek offers recession relief to those most in need (i.e. all Americans). At $20 a pop for Peek Classic and $14.95/month for service, it’s no wonder we’re the buzz on the streets today.
What do you want? You tell us!
We’ve been thinking a lot about what features to add and improve in the evolution of Peek. Our little gizmo is focused on making email and texting a snap. We have a pretty good idea of what users want from all the great feedback we receive from our customer care, Peek discussion boards, twitter and facebook. The feature list is long! We created http://youtellus.getpeek.com powered by our friends at slinkset to let you drive what’s going into Peek. We want you to add your feature request or vote on an existing feature. Check it out and inspire us!
July 4th memories
The long holiday weekend may be over and bbq leftovers eaten, but memories of July 4th, 2009 are still alive and well. Friends are beginning to post photos on Facebook of the kiddies on their backyard slip-n-slide and Uncle Jay glazing his prized rack of ribs.
We were curious about how Peeksters across the nation were celebrating their Independence Day. We asked everyone to share their stories via email that posted live to the Peekinc Twitter feed.
We were astounded by the dozens of responses we received — so many Peeksters celebrating the 4th in super unique and amazing ways! Here are a few of these stories we just had to share. To read all of the stories, visit our Peekinc Twitter page.
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“I was recently ordained as a minister. One of my good friends planned a block party for the 4th and said she was going to have her wedding ceremony during the party, and asked me to be the officiant! So I’m partying with friends AND hitching them up! Talk about fireworks!”
“Sitting on a dock on the hudson river near West Point, Cornwall on Hudson is the town…a wind surfer just went out..later the town has a craft fair with tons of good bad all american food. At 5 there is a parade and at dark fireworks. A beautiful glorious-Independence day, peeking on a very rocking dock!!!” - Bob R. Sent on the go from my Peek
“I’m at my cabin in Alaska…..stripping the deck today. Too much daylight for fireworks!”
“Today was our annual family reunion. It was nice 2 see relatives not often seen. I took my peek pronto with me and was able to pass special email messages from those there to those who could not make it…great fun for all.” - J. Spencer, WV
“Spending the 4th in the mountains of NH with friends I haven’t seen in 20 years! The crowd of 100 plus all tech savy’ but without a signal…..except for me & my peek! Expect an influx of curiosity from future peeksters.”
“Sometimes my family like my grandma, grandpa, mom , dad , my sister, and me go to my other grandpas on his porch and watch fire works. Sometimes we will have m&ms!”
“A couple months ago, my wife lost her job. Then I got cut back to 4 days a week at mine. Since then, it’s been rushing about doing odd jobs to pay the bills. How are we celbrating the 4th? We are working. We are working outside in the awful heat and mugginess of Puerto Rico, cutting and hauling brush in a rich man’s jungle estate. That’s our Fourth this year - celebrating the good old American spirit of hard work and sweat.”
“We are in Madison, WI with the 2009 International Airstream Rally….No where except for the millions of U.S. Veteran’s will you find more dedicated Americans than this group of RVer’s. Wally Byan, creater of the Airstream Travel Trailer, was born on July 4th, therefore, each yesr this rally is scheduled over the 4th of July. For the over 2000 Airstreamer’s here in Madison WI…. …young & old…we wish you a great 4th of July and thank all of servicemen and women for their fight for our freedom to enjoy this day.” - Msgt. Kenneth H. Luhrs(Retired) and Dolores Luhrs
“Travling to Baltimore with family and friends viewing fireworks and visiting the Declaration of Independence in D.C.”
“I’m sitting on the deck of friends home at Lake of the Ozarks looking out at the lake. Listening to the sounds of the water gently rolling in and hitting the docks and shoreline. I’m also listening to the birds sing, duck quack, and an occasional larger bird off in the distance. A little slice of paradise here on earth. Hope you all have a safe Happy 4th of July.”
“Staying home, where I can watch fireworks from my window! I’ll comfort my cat, who doesn’t like the explosions. And I’m listening to a baseball game on radio. The Yankees just tied the Blue Jays, yipee!” - Ann M.
“Hey, Patriots! I’m boikin’ peanuts, marinatin” River Tom’s Drunken shrimp, blowin’ giant bubbles in the yard, watchin’ the Revolutionary War on the History Channel, and generally bein’ grateful for our freedom! Have a grand & glorious 4rh, you all!” - J
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