Garden & Gun

StarMedia

CitySearch

TimeOut

Metrobeat

Solution

Software & Design was contracted by Metrobeat in 1995 for database systems design, application development and technology consulting.

's task was to architect and develop the means of publication from the editor's desktop through to the World Wide Web.

The team worked closely with Metrobeat's editors to fully understand the issues that faced them. We also worked with Metrobeat's captian and visionary, Mark Davies, to ensure that his objectives were met.

In the end the public got what it wanted: a personal online arts-and-entertainment guide rich in local content. Editors got what they wanted: powerful tools to enter, categorize, schedule, and publish events. And Metrobeat got what it needed: a means of publication that enabled it to be a leader in the emerging market of online arts and entertainment guides.

In the early days of Sidewalk.com, Microsoft editors were required to have Metrobeat configured as their browser's default home page, thereby providing them a daily example of just how good their competition was!