Closed Beta 1 Released

After nearly a year, the first private beta release of The Nexus has been completed and is currently being run through its paces by a team of book freaks dedicated testers.

The current beta is optimised for books, with full support for DVDs and CDs planned for the next release (hopefully before the end of the year!).

Here's a quick preview of what to expect.

The Nexus History

The Nexus was written during 2005 in a quest to catalogue all my books, CDs, and DVDs before they were boxed, shelved, and stored prior to a move from Australia to London. What started as an experiment with Web APIs for downloading covers, quickly turned into something bigger.

I talked to some friends with collections larger than most state libraries, most of them had written their own home-brewed solutions. The process of combining all their 'must haves' together with my own formed the basis of The Nexus.

Now, after almost a year of development, The Nexus has been released in closed beta to those friends and colleagues who helped shape the project. Once they're done poking holes, we'll release a public version for the masses to enjoy.

Until then, we're very keen to hear your 'must haves' for a book/CD/DVD library system. To find out what's there already check out the website.