What Calacanis's Launch Team thinks of Receivd

No. Stacking a new paradigm (iphoto/whatever) on top of an existing one (file folders) is not simplifying, it's complicating.

While I understand that the file system is the single greatest source of confusion for casual computer users, I definitely do not think iPhoto is the best alternative paradigm. Most casual users that I know hate iPhoto and iTunes with a passion. It's one of those areas (like the file system!) that Apple does really poorly.<p>I've never used Receivd (hate the name), but it might be able to get over the file system hump. I don't understand why they would encourage comparison to iPhoto for OS X though. Maybe something was lost in translation there.

- "AND ONE MORE THING: We would steer these guys into TechStars or Y Combinator, but they're way too far along. If you're a VC playing catch-up in the cloud space, ship these kids $1.5M and do monthly board meetings."<p>I don't think they are too far along for Ycombinator.<p>I still prefer dropbox but that could be 1) because its what I already use 2) the design is too much like Itunes on Receivd