Congratulations to Sphere
by Ryan FreitasTony Conrad announced today that the Sphere team have been acquired by AOL. Sphere approached Adaptive Path in their “early days as a fledgling blog search engine,” looking for assistance in translating their technology and vision into a compelling product. As the interaction designer who lead the engagement, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the co-founders, working to refine their vision for Sphere into the first iteration of the product.
Since our work together, the evolution of that vision has seen the launch (and rapid success) of the Sphere Related Content Widget, the piling up of premier media partnerships, and a great amount of buzz. With this latest announcement, I’m delighted to see how far the product and team have come since our first sessions around the whiteboard. Adaptive Path is happy to extend our congratulations to the entire Sphere team on this accomplishment.
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April 15th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Thanks Ryan! AP played a big role in getting us going. I remember when AP agreed to work with us and then adapted to the needs of a raw start-up, truly exceptional. Your group made a big difference for us and helped get us on our way. THANK YOU.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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June 27th, 2008 at 9:14 am
[...] gets acquired, providing nice validation for the work my team and I did. That acquisition plus AOL’s recent purchase of Sphere (another NV client I had the good fortune to work with) clearly demonstrate the value of the New [...]