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… no, I don’t know what Ookles is. Scott won’t tell me, I have no affiliation with them (other than being friends with Scott), and I have no insider’s track. I’ve offered to help him test it or whatever when he gets that far, but that was a friendly offer not a professional one. I have no idea if he’ll take me up on it.

So I’m as much in the dark as the next guy. I have a guess, based on what I know about Scott, what he’s interested in, and what he’s said on his blog, but that could be really wrong too. I told him what it was via IM and he won’t comment. No, I don’t want to tell you what I think it is now, because if I’m right, that might hurt Scott’s business. He’s staying quiet for a reason, and I have no interest in mucking that up.

When it gets closer to launch time, I’ll reveal my guess.

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