Mixd Blessing

It's like jazz. If you have to explain the appeal of a service like mixd, you'll never get it.

For those not in the know: take one part IRC, one part Y!Groups, a few dashes of IM, mix and serve chilled on your phone. Very cool for groups of folks to keep in touch without having to constantly remember to send that text to paul.

(Ok, semi-funny true story. One of the engineers who worked on this told me about it about an hour after it launched. I see what it is, get fairly excited because I get how cool this is, and ask if I can blog about it. He tells me "No, it's not quite ready for full time. It's only US right now because they're still working on getting all the wireless folks in line." Not fifteen minutes later, I'm sitting in a meeting scanning blogs and see it show up on Jeremy's linkblog. Cat, meet bag, hey! wait! come back here cat!)

A few things to note:

  • It's still very much in beta, so PLEASE be sure to use that feedback link.
  • There are some things you can only do from SMS (e.g. change your nickname). If you want to be a cheap bugger, here's the help text you get:

    Cmds: New <mixername>: create new Mixer.
    Add <nickname or phone#>: add people to a Mixer.
    Whisper <nickname or phone#> : send private msg.
    Mute: stop messages from the Mixer.
    Leave: leave the Mixer.
    Stop all: stop all messages
    Ignore <nick or phone#>: stop messages from that user
    Friends: list your friends
    Who: list Mixer members
    List: list my Mixers
    Kick <nick or phone#>: Kick user from mixer
    Nick <nickname>: Change ur nickname

    Yes, the use of 133t is justified here. "Nick" is an example of one of the "only available via SMS commands" that has yet to make it onto the web interface.

  • If your carrier isn't working yet, it should be soon. I know it works with Sprint (which surprised some of the folks that are working on it), Cingular Blue, Verison, and a few others. Obviously you also want a plan that's fairly generous with the SMS messages ;). All carriers should be supported (there may be a few minor issues with T*mobile, but they're being worked on.)

A few additional points. The Mixer originator (Mix master?) has to have a Y!ID, but folks in the mixer don't. You simply add them and they show up. One other nice point is that those folks phone numbers aren't exposed to the other folks. Others just see their nickname. VERY COOL PRIVACY!

Ok, hearing more and more from the folks involved with mixd. You need a Y!ID if you want to use the WEB parts of Mixd. You don't need one if you're completely mobile. That includes signing up and creating a Mixer.

Also: the way that you tell the system which mixer you're interested in sending commands to is you reply to the message from that mixer. If you send a brand new message, the system will reply with "Which mixer do you mean?" before it sends the message.

To quote one of the engineers: This is primarily a mobile product, with mobile/web sync (for photos, etc.)

Still damn cool and pretty useful.

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One Response to “Mixd Blessing”

  1. Barron Says:

    So, what am I not getting here? I send a text to 92999 (I’m TMobile) and it goes to my Mixer? What if I have more than one Mixer? How do I identify which Mixer it goes to? I get all the commands, it’s just the actual usage that I’m unclear on.
    The part in the faq that says
    “3 Send a text to the group
    Eg: ‘what r u guys up to 2nite?’”
    is a little less than helpful.

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