no comments on the page - just wanted to give russel props for pursuing his dream and then putting himself out there when it didn't materialize. From the sound of it many people would have quit long before he did. @Russel: thanks for sharing your story.

Among other things, this just proves the point: "the day job will be there for if your startup doesn't work out".

Well, at least he took a shot. Most people never get around to taking one.

I use Mowser to browse on a slow connection. It's so much better than the alternatives (google mobile, phonifier) since it scales images as well.

Sorry to see it go.

Wow. That was one honest blog post. After reading it I get the feeling that Russ sees the world clearly and will be on his feet again in no time.

Solid technology, not so good marketing and positioning

Sounds like you stuck with it as long as you could. Well done. Hope you learned a lot.

Wow. That site is good. It makes for very fast browsing. I can make sure all text reasonably fits in a narrow area. Great for window management on my laptop.

What is/was Mowser? There's no obvious link in the article. I'm guessing it had something to do with mobile browsing.

Mowser = Mo(bile) + (Bro)wser

http://mowser.com is the right link. From their about page: "Mowser lets you view the Web on your mobile phone."

"Mowser lets you view the Web on your mobile phone."

Which was relevent back when mobile phones didn't have fully functioning web browsers. Since the iPhone though, there's really no need for such a service :/

This might be a long shot, but I'm assuming it has something to do with http://mowser.com/

Gotta appreciate the candor here.

Well, not entirely a surprise. I wonder what miker will be doing now?

Sad story.