Subtitle this post ‘everything old is new, again’: Rashmi Sinha, Jon Batelle, Amit Ranjan just launched their new (new) social document sharing service Jaunt.  I was an early Slideshare user – still am, given the lack of alternatives until two days ago… – and it’s exciting to see a relevant, experienced team looking at this space.

The overview:

Jaunt is a social platform for sharing and discovering documents & presentations. Our mission is to spark the sharing of ideas and expertise, bringing people together through meaningful content.

Our Vision

In today’s landscape, creators have dedicated platforms for every medium – videos flourish on YouTube and TikTok, photos shine on Instagram. Yet creators of documents and presentations lack a space to share their work and find their audience.

Recognizable gap in the tool chain / missing infrastructure  = check.

Documents are the backbone of professional communication – they’re how we share groundbreaking research, articulate business strategies, and present innovative ideas. Whether you’re publishing a scientific paper, outlining a business plan, crafting a startup pitch, or sharing a creative manifesto, your work deserves a dynamic platform where it can reach and resonate with others.

Generalized social behavior obstructed by pervasive platform decay (*cough* enshittification) means new era = check

Reimagining Documents in for Today’s Social Web

We knew that bringing documents into the social era meant solving the mobile challenge. So we rebuilt the document experience from the ground up. On Jaunt, you can seamlessly scroll through documents and presentations, and swipe right to discover related content. An intuitive, web-based experience that works on any device.

And… Experience-based value proposition suited for evolving media = check.

I think the early days of a new service can be especially interesting, rewarding, and exciting for everyone involved – but then, I like to see new things evolve in real time.  If a product is successful, it inspires new language: long before tweet turned into a digital noun and verb: Hoovering became how people identified vacuuming (at least in the UK).  My first Jaunt is embedded below.  Let’s wish them good luck with naming a new behavior.

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