You might have heard the buzz about Microsoft’s Live Mesh software-as-a-service platform launched over the past week and wondered what all the fuss is about. Well you probably didn’t get very far before you were stopped in the registration process to find out it was invite-only. Apparently it’s a necessary to help them scale with demand.
Today, LiveSide reported how existing Live Mesh users can invite other users using the folder sharing dialog and thus it’s beginning spread slowly since each person who accepts the invitation also receive a few invitations of their own to give out.
As soon as I got my own invite, I started thinking of the original “Gmail invite sharing” website and began to build one for Live Mesh. Thus, www.sharemesh.com was born. If you would like a Live Mesh invite or have one to share, I encourage you to check it out.
In case you were wondering, this only took me roughly seven hours from to design, develop, test and deploy using PHP and MySQL. I owe most of it to Dreamweaver and Uniform Server.
63 Comments
Anthony Castanza
Or you could just follow the Microsoft Connect Application process… I did last week and received an invite from MS in about 48 hours.
Long Zheng
@Anthony Castanza: I guess you were just lucky. Lots of people have not.
Imran Hussain
Thank you so so much Long, I was eager for an invite, and got one from you
Long Zheng
@Imran: No worries. Can I ask how many invites do you have to give? 2 or 1?
Philipp Küng
I really like the idea of sharemesh.com because I also tried the MS Connect way to get an invitation, but still didn’t receive any answer. (Suppose it will take a little longer…)
wisher
Thanks
Chris
So, I signed up and received an invite received (Thanks Robert!). Only problem, nothing in the e-mail explains the rest of the signup process. I’ve tried going to the Live Mesh site, signed in with my e-mail used for the invite (a Passport/Win Live one), and it just takes me to the official Live mesh Wait List Page (which then goes to Connect).
Is there is a part of the invite I missed?
Long Zheng
@Chris: I believe that might be a bug because you didn’t use your Live email to register, so the invite was not sent to your Live email. I know it shouldn’t make a big difference in theory but I think they’re doing some weird behind-the-scenes stuff that stops it from working.
Steve
Thanks Long! This is a great idea, now I just have to wait for an invite!
James
Thanks for doing this, Long.
Andrew
Great idea, only one problem…
Sharemesh seems to ignore registrations for non-Hotmail/non-Live email addresses, of which my Live ID is one (as are many peoples I imagine). At least that’s what seems to happen; When I registered with my main Live ID the confirmaton email never arrived. When I registered using a secondary @live.com address it arrived instantly.
Vishal Gupta
Hi
Thats really a great idea and initiative. Thanks for starting it.
Chris
Long: I used my Live e-mail (custom Office Live domain delivered via Hotmail). I’ll try again with a true Hotmail address. Seems like Andrew also saw the problem.
Kieran
“Powered by PHP, MySQL and little hamsters”
Made me laugh XD
+Awesome Idea and ta!
Tom
Now.. just click this link.. http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=205 ;D
bernard
great idea, Long
but why you always gotta use non-MS technologies like PHP instead of ASP? lol jk
Scott
Thanks Long
This site is an awesome idea! (not to mention it looks pretty good for 7 hours development)
Adam
You’re amazing Long. Thanks.
Jason Cox
I have a really stupid question: I’m in the program; where do I go to find my invites so I can give them away?
Chakkaradeep
@Long Zheng, I signed up for an invite and I was surprised to see an invite today morning. I clicked the link provided in the mail, your website told I have been now removed from the waiting list, but still If I go to http://www.mesh.com and login, it says me to sign up and takes me to Microsoft Connect.
Any idea what is happening?
Thanks
Chakkaradeep
@Long Zheng, here is the message,
“Unfortunately, the person who invited you to share this folder has exceeded the number of invitations they can send during our tech preview program”
[ Bummer...Then why send an invite (grrrr) ]
Nicko
Long, will you marry me?
Long Zheng
@Chakkaradeep: I’ve manually reset you in the database. You should be in the waiting list again.
Soum
Hey Long, doesn’t sharemesh.com work with @live.in address. I signed up when there was 22 users, haven’t received one yet.
bruhmbel
Dang. I clicked that link and signed up, all the while thinking it was a Microsoft-created site. Then I realized you’d done it.
You’re kickass designer. That’s not surprising, though, since this site has always looked nice.
Long Zheng
@bruhmbel: Google Ads should have tipped you off.
bruhmbel
Yes … Google ads … yes. I can totally see those. Not being blocked or anything. Cough.
Chakkaradeep
@Long Zheng, thanks a lot!
Steve
I got an invite at 5am (UK time) this morning, but when I clicked the link, it said “Unfortunately, the person who invited you to share this folder has exceeded the number of invitations they can send during our tech preview program.” Long can you reset me in the database too? The user who sent me one must have sent again.
Thanks!
Chakkaradeep
@Long Zheng, Thanks a lot! I got my invite and it worked this time! Hurray!
@Steve, you have the similar problem what I had. Check my comments above. I am sure @Long Zheng will help you
Long Zheng
@Steve: I’ve reset you in the database.
fiji
Great Idea Long,
Now only if I get an invitiation. My (code) name is Abdullah. Find me on the page.
Morten
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=39
Thanks in advance guys. Forgot to validate my signing up, so I’m 24 hour late for what I could’ve been.
Paulius
Maybe someone could send me, thanks in advance.:
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=940
fiji
Here’s my link. Someone please invite me. I’m so excited.
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=871
Eltawil
I love the Mesh idea in general. Still waiting to be approved from the Live Dev team through Microsoft Connect. Hopefully I can start testing it out next week.
Michael
PHP, MySQL, Dreamweaver… all industrial strength Microsoft products. Oh, wait a minute…
Glen
I signed up via ShareMesh and Connect but I’ve only received two “registration verified” emails from ShareMesh
(strange as I only signed up once)
Niels Janssen
Please give me an invite ^^. I’ve signed up for the beta ages ago but i’m not allowed in because i’m not from the US. This is my link: http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=86
Andy Simpson
I’ve signed up on ShareMesh but I haven’t got my registration email. I’m using my Live ID address, but it’s my own domain, not a live.com or hotmail.com address, is there a way to get this to work for me?
Long Zheng
@Andy Simpson: You should still receive a verification email even if you don’t use a Live ID, check your spam. But if you do get an invite, it may not work with Live Mesh.
Ben Murray-Robertson
Nice website, live mesh looks interesting indeed. Especially the synchronising of folders, do all machines with synced folders need to be online at the same time or does it store it online?
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=1101
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Long,
I signed up at sharemesh using lituuslimacon attttt hotmail dottttt com
but never got any verification mail from it, not even in my junk folder
I have three linked accounts with Live, does that make any difference?
Mick Cindric
I applied and never received a verification email. What do I do now? I cannot apply for another one as it tells me I already have one…
Anthares
the idea to help together with RECEIVING and OFFERING invitations is really great! i like this kind of initiative =)
if anyone can offer me an invitation, i give soon the two ones to the community of sharemesh.com
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=2760
I can’t wait to test Live Mesh Tech Preview!
Kishore Kalidindi
Long,
I signed up on the waiting list on Sharemesh.com with the email address I used for this post (I guess YOU can see it, as this site’s admin).
I never received an invite, but I got an email from Sharemesh saying that “an anonymous donor has sent me an invite” and that I should click on a link to unregister from the wait list. Now, I did not receive the invite (not even in my junk folder), and I cannot sign up again on Sharemesh using this email. Can you please reset me in your waiting list so that I can receive an invite from someone else?
Alternatively, I have another Yahoo-based Live account. Can I get on the waiting list using that email? Please advise.
Thanks for the service.
Long Zheng
@Kishore Kalidindi: If you did not click the “confirm” button which you will find if you click the link in the email from Sharemesh, then you are not removed from he waiting list. You will still receive invitations from others.
Martin
Hello Long,
I’m in the same case as Kishore, I received a mail saying that I received an invitation, but I did not receive it yet (and I unregistered myself before I understand I should ‘t have do it).
I contacted the people inviting me on Mesh, but no answer … :/
GuyWithDogs
I’ve put my address into sharemesh.com, but never got the email to confirm my registration. And it won’t let me try again. Could you add a “resend confirmation email” option?
Adam
Thanks in advance!
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=542
Jamie Marshall
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=3399
Would really appreciate an invite.
Kind regards and thanks
Jamie
Andreww
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=3597
Could someone please get me an invite?
Thank you very very much
Andrew
frank
I too seem to be having a problem with the sharemesh site; more specifically, I haven’t yet received a confirmation e-mail, but I am unable to resubmit my information to get another confirmation sent. My e-mail is lacronicus (at) aim.com
if you could re-send my confirmation, that’d be great. Thanks.
Long Zheng
I’ve approved you GuyWithDogs and frank.
I’ve reset you Martin.
Kjell
Oh, great site, to bad i didnt fin it until now.
Might as well post it here like the others
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=3681
Thanks in advance
JFLavidalle
Could you please invite me ?
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=3685
By the way the mail of registration from sharemesh was automaticaly redirected to my trash folder (under hotmail)., quite stange …
Best regards,
JF
Adam
Can you please reset me Long?
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=542
Thanks!
A April
[ ----- I need an invitation ----- ]
I just need to be seen to be invite and then to have fun. Make me happy; I’m looking for an invitation since few weeks now.
Thanks
philo (at) live [.] com
Nicolas
ALways idiots posting comments on the blog saying ” I want an invite please send me an invite here’s my email thanks”.. HOW ABOUT READING THE DAMN BLOG and going to the website.
Michael Wachholz
I went through the process on sharemesh but never received the invite. Any suggestions?
Michael Wachholz
A little more info…. I went to the sharemesh site, put in the required info with email of michaelwachholz@live.com but have not received an invite. What do i do? Is there a solution to this?
(Sorry about what is essentially a double post on the same thing)
Kjell
@Michael: Now you wait, maybe you will get one eventually.
BlueSky
Hi , Brothers ,
Could any one send me A Invite
THANKS THANKS THANKS a lot and more
http://www.sharemesh.com/share2.php?id=7856
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