About
3jam was created by Andy Jagoe and Enlai Chu because they were frustrated by not being able to do the things they wanted to do with text messages. Like easily send them to a group of people, have everyone in the group know who else got the message and be able to reply to everyone else. Basic things that enable real conversations. Basic things that you can’t do on cell phones today.
We spent 2005 building a new way to text message we call 3jamming. Normal text messaging is between two people, but, as everyone knows, in a band it takes at least three people to really get a jam going. And so we chose the name 3jam for this and many other reasons…it’s easy to say, easy to spell, easy to remember and it is easy to enter on a mobile phone.
As we watched our friends use 3jam, we discovered two things. The first is that people really love the service. The second is that 3jamming is an entirely new way to communicate…and nothing else available today is a good substitute (this includes voice calls, email, mobile email, IM, mobile IM, and push to talk).
3jamr is a blog for testing these ideas and discussing how to take text messaging to the next level. Don’t get us wrong…we love text messaging…but we think it can be 100 times better than it is today. Imagine how much less you would email if you could only send emails to one person at a time!
To get on our mailing list and find out when 3jam launches, email andy [at] 3jam [dot] com or add 3jam to your MySpace friend’s list. We’ll make sure you’re in the know about the cool new things we’re doing with text messaging!