Blist

I recently had the opportunity to see a demo of a product coming out in early 2008 called Blist (pronounced like “bliss” with a “t” at the end) that will take on DabbleDB and Trackvia by giving users the tools to easily create and manage databases online.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005

Meanwhile, Team Obama has disclosed who has ponied up a running total of $3.8 million for the presidential transition using a searchable, easily-navigable (though somewhat pokey) tool called Blist.

Daily Digest: Party Hopefuls Vying for Tech Cred 2009

Meanwhile, Team Obama has disclosed who has ponied up a running total of $3.8 million for the presidential transition using a searchable, easily-navigable (though somewhat pokey) tool called Blist.

Daily Digest: Party Hopefuls Vying for Tech Cred Scola, Nancy 2009

Databases in Blist can be easily shared with other Blist users through the standard interface.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005

The company behind Blist seeks to eventually replace traditional databases completely by making its product robust and appealing enough for database application developers as well.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005

From the brief demonstration I saw, Blist does look impressively easy to use and very functional, too.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005

Since Blist is an online application, the company has taken care to integrate features that distribute and share data.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005

Blist will become much more useful, in my mind, when users can also implement lenses to manipulate data.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005

Blist has not accepted any external funding yet but will be looking to raise some soon.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005

As you might be able to tell from the screenshots – which show how Blist could have been used to organize our candidate data for the TechCrunch40 conference – the program looks and feels more like a full-fledged desktop application than DabbleDB.

Blist Prepares Easy Web-Based Database Application Mark Hendrickson 2005