Kleiner DotcomTod | Mein Lieblings-Mixtape-Generator für Flash-Music-Widgets namens Mixwit schließt gegen Ende des Jahres die Pforten. Zahlreiche - wenn nicht über tausende - an Widgets gehen dadurch offline und in letzter Konsequenz verloren. Mixwit begeistert mich immer wieder mit seinen Oldskool-Mixtape-Looks. Und auf meinen Seminaren habe ich Mixwit gerne den Musikern vorgestellt und als Flash-Music-Widget für Facebook und MySpace empfohlen. Jetzt gehen die Mixtapes Ende des Jahres verloren, fehlte wohl ein ordentliches Bizniz-Modell. Aber lest selbst, was Radley und Mike schreiben...

Wie Christian Grasse auf Metawelle schreibt: "Um die Idee am Leben zu erhalten, überlegen die Entwickler den Quellcode der Applikation an das Opentape Projekt zu spenden. Mit etwas Glück wird uns der Service also in Zukunft wieder bereitstehen." Das wäre natürlich wirklich eine feine Sache.

We regret to announce that Mixwit will cease to exist at the end of the year.The website and profiles will be turned off around Dec 27th and all embedded widgets will stop playing before the end of December.

We’ve put a year of work into Mixwit so this choice wasn’t taken lightly. I won’t go into the details of our situation but state simply that we boldly marched into in a position best described as “between a rock and a hard place.” We’re very grateful to be have been part of the mixtape revival of ‘08 and are satisfied to be able to to bow out while things are still good.

You guys are all amazing. It’s clear that all of you put a ton of time and effort into your mixes. For me personally, I was looking forward to all of the designs people created for their tapes. There was a lot of basic tapes and many lovely photos, but the designs and artwork - WOW!

We’re very sorry that this has to end. We’re going to try to figure out some way to archive the artwork and playlists, if for nothing at least historic value. As for now, everything needs to be shut down by the end of the year just to make sure we’ve got a clean start for 2009.

We’ll return early next year with a new company and new toys. Until then, enjoy the holidays and please take good care of yourselves, your families, and your friends =)

- Radley & Mike