The Interclue Team
Founder: Seth Wagoner
In the early 90s, Seth was the sysop of the best little dial-up BBS in Christchurch, a hub of crazed intellectualism that was alive well before the internet really got going.
Seth has been addicted to the internet ever since he wrote his first homepage. During the late 90s, mostly while working for SPIS (now Webcenter), he built:
- One of the earliest desktop linkblogging tools, which still powers SciTechDaily.
- A hugely flexible multi-vendor enterprise level web-based catalogue system for a large commercial client.
- A "better web-forum system", a "better issue tracking system", and a "better content management system" - most serious web developers seem to try building at least one of these, Seth went for the trifecta.
In 2001 Seth thought up something quite novel - browser-based instant messaging. There really wasn't much of that going on until 2005, when startups like Meebo began to appear. That was his first try at an Internet startup. There were a couple others while he was doing consulting and web development under the Apposite brand. Interclue was the idea that eventually snowballed until it overtook everything else.
You might want to read Seth's blog.
Advisor: Gary Franklin
Gary is a co-founder of Eurekster, Inc., the pioneer in social search technologies, where he served as Director and GM, New Zealand. He is the co-founder, Director and COO of RealContacts Ltd. He previously served as Director of Product and Services in London and Amsterdam for Nerve Wireless. From 1999 to 2001 he was with Scient Corporation as Managing Director of the Telecom & Utilities Business Unit in Europe. He also founded Telecraft, Inc., a telecoms consultancy with clients in Europe, South Africa and Asia-Pacific. Gary began his career as a software engineer, architect and consultant with IBM in the US and France, and with NASA at Kennedy Space Center. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences with High Honors from the University of Florida. Gary has been quoted in Management Consultancy Magazine, Tornado Insider, and Esther Dyson’s Release 1.0.
Lead Developer: Karl Dearden
Karl has worked with Seth for many years across various projects. Primarily a Javascript expert, he also has skills in PHP, SQL, XUL, Delphi and, of course, CSS and HTML. A family man, he has an uncanny ability to work a sensible 9-5 work week. Karl is responsible for 99% of the code within the Interclue browser plug-ins. He finds cross-browser Javascript development painful — almost as painful as it was having to re-implement for IE every feature Seth got him to build for Firefox back when Interclue had two separate codebases.
Lead Sysadmin: Nic Scott
Nic is Interclue's most recent recruit, having recently left safe and well-paid employment for the excitement and challenges of an underfunded, bleeding-edge web startup. With a wide variety of skills across many operating systems, Nic loves to learn new tools and technologies and has a passion for finding the best solution to any tech problem Seth decides to throw his way.
Incubator: CII
Interclue is housed in the Canterbury Innovation Incubator, 200 Armagh St, Christchurch, New Zealand.
And everyone else!
We would like to thank all these people for helping make Interclue possible.