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Grapevine gives groups of people a place to get together and talk. Conversations can be made open or kept private, and are heard by all who participate.
See how conversations workTell Grapevine which conversations matter, then hear them live as they happen. If you miss them, catch up at any time.
Make conversations flow to youGive your group its very own private Grapevine. Discuss, share ideas, increase spontaneity and trust, bridge geographies. Let collaboration flow!
More about Grapevine spacesIs Grapevine a bit like Twitter / Skype / IM?
"A really amazing tool and service!"
Ralf Rottmann, The Next Web
"Inspiring Online Application"
Grapevine is a full-blown platform, upon which you can build your very own Grapevine-powered applications, using the same tools that we use.
Not only can you build your own Grapevine powered applications, but we can offer you your very own Grapevine, tailor-made to your specific requirements.
Hold tight...
Check your email, click on the confirmation link,
and you'll be all signuped up!
The app is designed to run 'in the background' and relay activity from followed conversations to you in real time, as it happens. It works on Windows, Mac or Linux.
To install the Grapevine app, you will need to install a recent version of Flash Player.
Problems? Download the app and install manually (requires Adobe Air)
Grapevine conversations happen in vines. A vine simply has a name - usually its topic - and a set of participants.
Vines can be private, public, or open, so you can choose the right level of privacy and group participation for each of your conversations.
You follow vines that are of most interest to you. You can follow any vine accessible to you.
Whenever you talk, all vine followers who are online will hear you straight away. Others can catch up later.
Grapevine shines at making participation in many conversations easy, unobtrusive and fun!
Whenever someone so much as whispers something on a vine that you have chosen to follow, you'll be sure to hear it almost immediately.
No need to stop what you were doing - playback is automatic, and happens in the background.
And as always, you're in full control. Mute any or all vines with one click, easily start or stop following any vine, and catch up with any posts you may have missed in your own time.
A Grapevine space is the best way to bring your distributed group, team or organisation closer together, and keep them that way.
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Rest assured that we'll have our yin and our yang playing nicely with each other again in no time.
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The Grapevine browser app has been verified to work well with the following browsers on Windows, Mac and Linux (where applicable):
Our aim is to have Grapevine work well across all modern browsers. If your browser is not listed, please let us know.
Got a great idea for a new app? Want to add Grapevine-like features to an existing one?
Then look no further!
Grapevine has been built as a platform from the ground up. Everything our apps do is done by accessing services through Web-friendly APIs.
Documenting and publishing these APIs is burning a hole in our backlog, but we haven't got to it just yet.
But fear not. If there is something specifc you'd like to achieve, we'd be delighted to help you develop your idea using Grapevine as a platform.
Anything you can do through our apps, you can do with our APIs. For example:
Drop us a line, and let's wow 'em together!
Would you like the power of Grapevine brought to bear within your organisation?
Looking to leverage voice interactions to make your product or service really stand out, or bring you closer to your customers?
No problem!
Whether you're after a custom application for your specific needs and domain, or would simply like Grapevine with your logo and colour scheme, we are here to help.
As an incredibly versatile voice platform, Grapevine can be moulded in a variety of ways. For instance:
Whatever your needs, please get in touch and let us help you reach your goals.
This document was last updated on May 23rd, 2010.
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Grapevine is the platform that is reinventing how voice communication happens.
Grapevine has been designed to keep you within earshot of people and conversations that matter to you, at any time, wherever you may find yourself.
Whenever someone says something on a 'vine' you are following, you will hear it immediately.
An important part of this is giving you control. You get to choose which conversations are important, how open or closed they are, and who gets to hear and participate.
Grapevine comes as an app that you can install on your computer or launch within your browser. We're working on a mobile version too.
You can then follow existing vines, or create your own and invite people you know. The app will then relay conversations happening on any of those vines. You too can talk at any time, of course.
If you miss something, you can always catch up later.
This means you can go about your life & work whilst being 'tuned into' your very own, personalised audio channel - a place where you may hear your colleagues discuss a new idea one moment, and your buddies planning a night out the next.
A vine is simply a conversation with a topic and one or more participants.
You can make your vines private, public or open. Private ones are just for the participants. Public ones can be heard by anyone, but only participants can talk. And open vines allow anyone to talk or listen.
Pretty much anyone who regularly communicates with groups of people. In other words, pretty much anyone.
Our users constantly delight us with new uses and ideas for Grapevine. Here are but a few:
If you've found a cool or unusual use for Grapevine, we'd LOVE to hear about it... Or just hear it :)
Did you know that over 90% of conversations in a typical office happen spontaneously? Have you ever experienced the difficult process of building trust on a virtual team? Or wished you could hear the tone of that terse or ambiguously worded email?
Then you'll know that voice interactions just 'do' certain things better than text or visuals. Things like spontaneity, trust, expressiveness, immediacy. Vital ingredients of successful online collaboration and communication.
Fact is, phone calls and conference calls just don't work too well. They require your full attention, both when participating and when setting them up (phone tag, anyone?). And they offer no context, history or spontaneity.
In an age where communications with your team, friends, customers and even family are often more virtual than real, there HAS to be a better way. That's what Grapevine brings to you.
In a nutshell, the desktop app gives you a richer, always-on experience.
It runs in the dock or taskbar on your computer, so it's always handy.
It can be made to start automatically every time you switch your computer on.
It can show you popup / 'toast'-style windows whenever someone is talking, when people you know come online, or when someone sends you a text message.
We publish a list of supported browsers.
In addition, Grapevine may well work just fine with other recent browsers not listed here. You can always try it out - and be sure to let us know how you get on.
We love what we do, and we're caffeine junkies too - a pretty potent mix, right? We have a whole bunch of stuff in the pipeline at any given time. But above all, our users are everything to us, and we take feedback as seriously as Jimi and Sonic Youth.
So let us ask you, dear user - what would you like to see and hear? Drop us a line and let us know!
The basic version of Grapevine is free to all users. It is our intention to always have a free offering.
We also offer an enhanced version for individuals and businesses.
Yes. Grapevine is about voice and sound, speaking and hearing.
Today virtually all computers and mobile devices come with one or more speakers and a microphone. If yours did not, and you need to buy some, don't worry! You can usually pick them up for less than a night at the pub might cost!
Grapevine is a product wholly owned and developed by Open Air Innovation, a self-funded micro-ISV. Please also visit our about page to get more information.
Great! We love to hear feedback.
Please drop us an email at feedback@openairinnovation.com, or check out other ways of getting in touch with us.
Where did you last see it? It couldn't have gotten far.
Please go to our password reset page, where you can do the honours.
Please send an email to help@openairinnovation.com, or select one of these options for getting in touch with us.
Grapevine is a product of Open Air Innovation, a bootstrapped company founded in 2008. The award-winning core team consists of dedicated professionals with many years of experience in internet technologies, software and communications.
The Grapevine team started with two, and we currently have five very talented people on the team. After a successful private beta program, Grapevine is now available to anyone.
Grapevine development started for a simple reason. Finding ourselves in a world where interpersonal communication - both personal and professional - is increasingly virtual and group-based, we kept wishing voice communication tools would grow up and keep up.
Games of phone tag, rambly voicemails, broadcast conference calls and badly timed phone calls lost their charm long ago.
Yet all those broken virtual teams, ambiguous emails and self-indulgent status updates made us certain voice - done right - still had a huge part to play.
Grapevine represents our take on 'voice done right'.
If you would like to know more about us, drop us an email at ceo@openairinnovation.com
One of the great things about Grapevine is its versatility. It can do private or public, online or offline, interactive or broadcast. Check out the table below and see how you can not only unify your communications, but simplify them too.
Grapevine |
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Skype |
IM |
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Conf call |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice comms | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes |
| Interact in real time | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Interact in own time | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no |
| Always reachable | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no |
| Designed for groups | yes | no | no | no | no | yes |
| Conversation-based | yes | no | no | no | yes | no |
| Public content | yes | yes | no | no | no | no |
| Customizable privacy | yes | no | no | no | yes | no |
| Own space for groups | yes | no | no | no | no | no |
| Share your knowledge | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no |
| Store conversations | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no |
There are three simple ways to get in touch with us here at Grapevine. We would particularly love to hear your feedback. Why not spin up a vine and leave your feedback on there. See just how easy it is to reach out with Grapevine!
Drop us a line - we aim to get back to all emails faster than you can say lickerdy splicks.
or
Crack open a new vine, invite the "Grapevine" user, and talk!
We're always happy to chat.
Another of our helpful hangouts:
Grapevine page on GetSatisfaction
Drop us a line and we'll be right on it.
For press enquiries, please drop us a line at ceo@grapevinetalk.com.