New office!
June 2nd, 2008
I’ve been wanting to post this for long but a lot has been going on and just couldn’t find the time to sit down and write. So here we go -
Turning two recently, this is the gift we had in store for ourselves. We just moved to a dedicated workspace, from an apartment cum office one. The new office is actually Ashish’s basement and it has more space than we’ll ever need in the near future. Its also surprisingly cool in the summers so it might cut down on the power bill :)
For those of you who’re wondering where’s all the printing equipment, here’s a look at the top secret printer that powers everything at itasveer. Its the all in one printer that we’ve developed with insane amounts of r&d.
No I’m kidding :P. This is actually one of the first failed attempts at making our own t-shirt printer. We’ve already ruined 4 printers and yet to see success, so the project is stalled till we have more funds to waste. Donations will be welcome, lifetime supply of t-shirts to anyone who finances further development.. no kidding this time :)
Now news on the development front.
We’re getting ready to start photobooks, they’ll take a couple of months to appear on itasveer, but if you’ve got any requests then drop in with an email and you can be the first beta customers to receive and give us some feedback on the product. We’ll offer some real discounted rates till it goes live online to all preview customers :). For those of you wondering what a photobook is, have a look here for photos tagged as photobooks on flickr.
Also, summers are here so we got a few internship requests, and we’re happy to have working with us Sanyam Goyal who’s a second year CS under-grad at IIT-Mumbai. He has a “in-need-of-a-desperate-update” half finished personal webpage here, but he fares much better in programming stuff, so he’s built our first demo integration with the print API we recently finished. And now he’ll be trying to solve the upload problem that many of you face with a better uploader (more on these projects later).
Thats some of the news for the past one and a half months.. and thanks all of you for the wishes! Lots of good stuff coming your way.. so stay tuned. Cheers.
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24 Comments Add your own
1. ashes | June 4th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Congrats for the new office. Now you too are one of those companies-started-in-garage who go a long way. Wish the same for you guys.
The photobooks idea looks quite an interesting one. Looking forward to it…
Also, a very belated happy anniversary :)
2. Priyanka | June 4th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Belated Happy Anniversary…
Good Luck…. I’m sure you guys have a long way to go…. Rock on!!
3. Animesh | June 4th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Ashes, Priyanka.. thanks for the wishes :)
Ashes.. you should be a beta tester for the photobooks then.. don’t wait for it to come out, we need feedback before that!
4. Sidhartha Bhimania | June 5th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Great going guys… i uderstand the travails of printing business. urs is not completely printing per se.. but th process is really a pain in the ass.. Hope you do great in future… by the way how do you get ur printing done..
5. sbs reddy | June 6th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
my failed attempt to online pics:
Hey buddies..for the last two days i have tried and spent 10 hours to order prints and i failed. ultimately i need to go to local vendor for that personal service.
I taseeer: i want to print pics from Picassa album which runs into a 100. i have gone through my hard disk and i have the file nos. but when i connect to ur site i cannot get the picassa album with file names. i have to get out of your site with disbelief..IIT guys with no understanding of customer.
snapfish: this bloody service could not even recongnise half of my files in hard disk. all are JPG but god knows what bug.. i got out of this site too,
GKvale,com: i have selected with picassa-beautiful interface.ordered the prints. excellent..there is a bug. it never went to payment gateway..GOD knows waht happened to my order. alas..
sendmyfoto.com: selecting pics from picassa is just hell. there is no select button. it is URL based. can u imagine..
So in the end : all the sites all the brains still no solution..
i consider my self tecksavvy and i am writing this in disgust..
Jai Local photowala..
6. Animesh | June 7th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
@sbs
Man! you’ve had a hard time! I’ll note this down as a feature request and we’ll have the filenames displayed along. No one ever complained of this before and so this kind of went overlooked. Will update you when we have this online.
7. Animesh | June 7th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
@Siddharth
Hey..how’re you doing. Well as of now we do not own our printing equipment. So we’re in partnership with a couple of existing printers. This also has its own advantages in the sense that we can find the best printers around India and work with them and learn from them as well :)
8. Amit Ranjan | June 9th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Great office… reminds me of our first office which was 275 sq ft.
wish you all the best on you second b’day
9. Animesh | June 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Hey Amit.. thanks for dropping by. Well we’re lucky to have a reasonably big space at our disposal, but we’re small so we’re just occupying a corner area :)
10. Shalini | June 10th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Congratulations!!! guys, you are doing a great job.
I have yet to see the results but my parents and in-laws love it.
Ever since you integrated your photo upload with Picasa, sharing pictures has become a breeze.
I love the idea of digital photobooks, I have made few for myself but the fact that I can now share these with my parents in India is so cool…
And a proof to your good service is that my cousins in Inidia have stopped taking pictures to the local labs, they send it to you directly, they say its faster and better…
Thanks again guys, keep up the good work.
11. Sidhartha | June 12th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Hi guys!
I have a query!. What would it take to print the photographs taken from the mobile phones. Does one have to download it to the computer and then upload on your site, or is there a easier way. Can someone send u an MMS and through that it gets into your system and then u can do the rest..
There may be issues with regard to payment stuff.. but whats ur take.
Bhimania
12. Anand | June 13th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Hi Guys:
Congratulations on your new office and it looks quite inspirational to me. I am sure you feel the same way and that makes you determined to go miles….
all luck from my side..
13. Nishant | June 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Hey Anand, Yes we are in fact quite charged up and you can expect more neat stuff coming out soon.
Hey Siddharth, mobile uploads is definitely on the cards. Payment as you said is an issue nevertheless. But we still want to have that feature up for the convenience value.
One question for all mobile enthusiasts, will you be willing to buy prepaid credits beforehand online to be able to pay instantly on the phone later?
14. Manish | June 15th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
I love the photobook idea. How can I try it?
15. Saurabh Awasthi | June 15th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
I am sorry guys, couldn’t come from the US to inaugurate the new office :). Will definitely try to come when you get to a new, even bigger space. Best of luck
16. Sandeep Pagey | June 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
Count me in for Photobook beta.
17. Kavita manchanda | March 24th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Hi Guys,
I think I need to share this with all the readers………….Few days back I have posted a complain on itasveer’s blog that my delivery was not in accordance to my order and I feel as if I have been cheated… On checking I realized that I it was my mistake….. Firstly I would like to apologies for posting such a wicked comment, after my chat with Anumesh I thought what the heck I will place the order again… and to my surprise I received my order the very next day… I would personally like to apologies and thank both Anumesh and Ankit for their help….
Guys great work… keep it up!!!
You can count on me for lot many orders in future
Cheers
Kavita
18. suneet | May 24th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
hi guys great work ,i have order many products from your website and recommended many to my friends,i have a suggestion for you,i think you have your vender in gurgaon for products why you guys dont try for the venders in delhi so to reduce your cost..
cheers…
Suneet
19. Alex Long | May 9th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I use both Picassa and Flickr for sharing photos over the internet but i use Flickr more often than Picassa.`:*
20. krishna gawade | September 20th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Digital Printing Machine with following specifications : 1600mm and 2200 mm printing width True 1440 dpt resolution suitable for all types of fabric (woven, knitted and non-woven) Obtained several patent right. Send details regarding cost and other related machines that will be needed to process.
21. ABC | December 13th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
“Let’s get talking” is of One97 Communications ..how can you right it???
22. arul | April 5th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
hi,
i need to make a printer similar to that.
can u plz help me
thank u
23. bablu | September 12th, 2011 at 10:00 pm
i am interested flat bade making printer
pls send me any pro sass
24. bablu | September 12th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
i am interested flat bade making printer
pls send me any pro sass can u plz help me
thank u
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