These facts aren't lame or boring either. For instance, did you know that you spend 40 minutes a day blind? Or that there's actually a word for fear of losing your cell phone? I bet you didn't know that Oprah's real name is actually Orpah. I could go on and on, but you should check it out for yourself: @Uberfacts.

These (some say useless) facts are quite addicting. This is the only Twitter account I find myself going back in time and reading where I last put it down. I've read all ~6800 tweets and I don't plan on stopping. It's actually just as entertaining to watch the @replies, as they challenge, applaud, and criticize his facts.

Sanchez' @Uberfacts account has gained roughly 250,000 followers in the past month.

Some of Sanchez' most outrageous facts are linked to his Tumblr account, where he explains them in more detail.

I had the privilege to sit down with Sanchez recently. Here's a portion of our Q&A:

1.) How did you get the idea for Uberfacts?

Back in September of 2009, on a very boring day up in New Paltz (where I went to college) I ended up searching for useless information to kill time. I had also recently started my personal Twitter account, which had no purpose, so I figured I'd create an account that had one. It was then that, what is now called UberFacts, was "born."

2.) Go through the life of an Uberfact; how does one come about, and when do you know in your brain, "I need to publish this"?

I can be on a train, sitting on my couch or reading an interesting article online. Some start with a random question that I'd ask myself "What's the fear of text messaging?" and some are discovered! If I get a "wow" factor from that piece of information, I choose to share it.

3.) Where do most of your UberFacts come from?

Anywhere I can find information. Books, the news, science articles, etc.

4.) @Uberfacts never replies to anyone, but you reply to people on your personal account, @KrisSanchez. Do you enjoy replying to all those people?

Most of the time I do. It's nice to be able to communicate back! Not many popular accounts do this. However, there are some times when I wished I would have kept myself anonymous, as I did for the first few months.

5.) Will you ever run out of facts?

That's a question that I get all the time. The answer is "no." There will always be new and interesting information for UberFacts.

6.) Uberfacts only recently started getting popular. What did you do in December to make it explode?

I started tweeting at night. Up until the end of last year, UberFacts would only tweet during the day. I figured I switch it up a bit because I did have a few international followers that wouldn't see my tweets as often.

7.) What Twitter client/software do you use to manage all these tweets?

I use a couple of apps. People ask me if I manage the page on my own and I always say with the help of technology. CoTweet and Hootsuite are 2 of the best apps I've discovered.

8.) Do you see a printed book of Uberfacts in your future?

It's a thought that has come across my mind. If UberFacts reaches at least 3,000,000 followers by the end of this year, maybe there will be a book in 2013.

At a glance, I can see everything I need to see about a person. My eyes start at the top, then go down the left column, then go down the right column. The flow is intuitive.

The "Connect" tab, especially the "Interactions" section, is great because it tells me everything that anyone is saying about me, who has added me to a list, or who has favorited my tweets.

The "Discover" tab tells what is being tweeted about most, and gives me a rich preview of that content.

When you click a user's name, the newly designed lightbox emerges. It's a mini view of that person's profile page, and in a snap, it tells me whether or not I should follow them.

I'm really glad they moved "Messages" out of the main nav, and into this little dropdown, along with keyboard shortcuts (which, if you don't use them, you should).

Finally, the "Tweet" page, as I call it, got a great makeover. I love that the "Follow" button was added to this page, and utility dropdown.

I'm not sure how they can improve much further, I am really impressed with this redesign.

Here are a few other things they've added:

• New buttons, notably a hashtag button: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons
• Embedded tweets: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/embedded-tweets
• New iOS, Android and TweetDeck: https://web.tweetdeck.com/
• User tip in iOS app: if you swipe vertically on "Me" button nav, you go straight to DMs

What do you love or hate about the new Twitter design?

I'm an inbox hawk. If an email sits in my inbox too long, I get anxious. I love prompt communication, and so do the people I'm sending emails to.

Here are five Gmail tips that will make you more productive, save you time, and increase the quality of your work life.

1.) Keyboard shortcuts

To enable Gmail shortcuts, click the cog in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and select "Mail Settings". Find "Keyboard shortcuts" and turn them on.

Here are a few of my favorite keyboard shortcuts:

• j, k, Enter - While in the inbox, use j and k to move up and down, and Enter to jump into a message
• g, then i - Go to inbox
• c - Compose new message
• r - Reply to message
• a - Reply to all recipients on a message
• e - Archive message
• Shift + U - Mark as unread
• Tab + Enter - When composing a message, use this keystroke to send the message
• ? - Brings up the keyboard shortcut help screen

Another tip: when pasting, and you only want the text, use Command + Shift + V (and sometimes + Option on a Mac).

2.) Boomerang

For example, I know that sometimes my colleague doesn't always have time to respond to my emails, so I Boomerang them after 2 days. You can set any amount of time, and it also has an option to Boomerang a message back regardless if the recipient responds.

3.) Rapportive

It also shows a small picture of the user. It's nice to know what your email recipients look like, so if you meet them in person one day, you will recognize them.

4.) Tag, Mark Unread, Archive

Tagging is helpful for identifying certain senders and helping them stand out in your inbox. For instance, any email that comes from my boss gets a big red label on it. Tags are very powerful if you use them correctly.

To help me identify emails that need a response, I simply mark them as unread, so they show up as bold in the inbox.

After an email is read, the best option is to archive it (or delete it). I prefer archive because I might need to search for the email in the future.

This method works really well for me, and helps eliminate clutter in the inbox.

If you use keyboard shortcuts, Shift + 8, then r selects every read message. Then simply hit e to archive them.

5.) Undo Send, and Gmail Labs

My favorite is called Undo Send. It adds a little "Undo" button next to the "Message Sent" dialog box when you send an email. Sometimes you notice a misspelling, or realize you've accidentally replied to all, moments after you hit Send. This has saved me so many embarassing errors in the past. I highly recommend trying it.

Other Gmail Labs features that I find useful are: Message translation (if you get a message in a different language, this translates it on the fly), Maps & Docs Previews (if someone links to a Google Map or Doc, you can get a rich preview in your message), and of course the classic Mail Goggles (to prevent you from sending late-night emails after too many beers).

He immediately pulled out his phone and started fidgeting with it. I said, "Who are you texting?"

"Zaarly," he mumbles.

"That's a weird name for someone. Is it a boy or a girl?"

"No dude, Zaarly is amazing. Check it out," he said as he let me see his screen.

What he showed me was truly awesome. He was filling out a form that offered $10 to anyone who would grab the bag he left on the street, and secure it until he could get back to that area. 15 minutes later, his phone buzzed, and someone had accepted his offer. He payed the user $10 via their online payment system, and picked up his bag a few hours later.

Zaarly lets you buy and sell services, tasks, and goods in real time. What makes Zaarly stand out is that it's location-based, and it's mobile. At any time I can whip out my phone and see which tasks need to be completed near me, and I can make a buck off it.

Do you need an iPhone app built? Need a Hebrew translator for an important meeting? Zaarly has you covered.

I did an experiment with it today. I'm playing golf tomorrow, and it costs $30 to rent a set of clubs from the country club. I posted on Zaarly that I needed to borrow some golf clubs tomorrow, but I'm only willing to pay $15.

Within 10 minutes, I got an email telling me that someone had accepted my offer. I signed in and started asking questions. We agreed upon a time and place to meet, and then I paid him.

I'll let you know if I break 100.

When browsing Zaarly on the web, or your mobile device, you can easily see which offers are near you.

Or you can search by price or time:

There are obvious things that can go wrong in a transaction like this, but I think they have a pretty good process so far. They have established security guidelines.

There are other similar services like TaskRabbit and FancyHands, but I think Zaarly is has a leg up because they have nailed the mobile component and the service is extremely easy to use.

If Zaarly is in your city, give it a shot and let me know what you think. What needs to be improved? What did you love, and what did you hate?

Housefed isn't just about sharing pictures though; you can invite random people over and literally share your meal. Think AirBnb mixed with the home version of Foodspotting.

I got the opportunity to speak with Housefed's creator, Emile Petrone, and he offered insight into what he's building.

How did you come up with the idea for Housefed?

Petrone: The idea for Housefed came from watching too much Anthony Bourdain. After watching an episode, I realized - if I wanted to recreate that experience, it would be incredibly hard. I wouldn't have a fixer or someone locally that I could eat with to get a true sense for what is 'local food.' So I figured there should be a platform for people to find a home-cooked meal no matter where they are. That was the initial idea back in, I think, February, and today I'm finally launching meals so you can do that in the Bay Area.

Have you ever hosted a Housefed meal at your house?

This first meal on Thursday will be the first Housefed meal & my first one too.

What technologies have you used to build Housefed?

Housefed is built on Django/Python/ MySQL/ jQuery/ HTML5. I also use AWS S3 for storing & serving the media files.

Some interesting libraries I'm using - Sorl-thumbnail for displaying the images,and Socialregistration for the Facebook Connect. I am also using Git & South for version control and migrations.

What are your plans for a mobile version of the site?

At some point I plan to get an iPhone app out. Users have been requesting one for a while so they can upload photos of their cooking directly from their phones. But I think when that time comes, it will also include reservation booking so a user can find a meal nearby, and book a seat right from their phone.

What is the most exciting part about building a community from scratch?

The most exciting, and I think most daunting, thing about building a community is seeing how people use your site versus how you thought they would use it. After you get over the hump of people signing up, then it becomes a matter of , "Are they using the features I built? Why or why not? What is necessary and what isn't?"

There is a real difference between your vision, and what ends up working in real life. As the founder, I am really just one voice in a much bigger community. What I think is right, may not ultimately work for the community. I've learned a lot that way which is what makes it exciting.

What is the most delicious meal photo you've seen on Housefed?

With roughly 700 photos on Housefed, that is a tough question. There are a lot of great dessert photos, but I'd have to go with the pho - http://housefed.com/pic/188/ . Gotta love the pho.

You've been constantly changing and iterating Housefed as it evolves. What is the greatest lesson you've learned from creating a startup like this?

The one lesson I've learned in two startups - you must have a technical founder/co-founder. In college, I had a startup that got funding from my university to connect researchers across disciplines. With that company, I outsourced the development which, partially because of development costs, ran out of money. This time around I was going to do it differently. That is why I taught myself how to code - so I could build anything the moment I realized I needed it.

The constant iterations and daily pushes are the result of learning how to code. I think I have a pretty good sense for what the site needs, it's just a matter of being able to build that feature ASAP. With social websites, you really aren't doing any thing new to reinvent the wheel - just putting different parts together in a new configuration. If you can't do that for 0 or little money, then you are at a huge disadvantage.

The main thing that I can't reiterate enough: have a technical founder or cofounder. If you don't, you are dependent upon translating your idea to someone else, and waiting on them to build it. In that time, I've built the feature, gotten data from users, and am already working on the next iteration.

1. Sign up for a Yahoo! Mail account, and import all of your Facebook contacts. Click "Contacts" at the top, and then "Import Contacts". Authorize Facebook access to your Yahoo! address book.
2. Log in to Google Plus (http://plus.google.com) and navigate to your "Circles" (https://plus.google.com/circles).
3. Click "Find and Invite", and then click Yahoo! Import your Facebook friends to the "Suggestions" section.
4. Drag everyone into the appropriate "Circle". See screenshot below.

If you want an invite, please fill out this form: http://goo.gl/tG3I3

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You can create channels and anyone can listen or DJ. You go in order, and people can vote your songs up or down.

You can search Turntable's huge library of tracks or upload your own. You can share songs on social music sites like Last.fm and Spotify.

I'm addicted to it. Especially during the week when everyone's at work. Have you heard of anything like this?

Each team gets 60 seconds to present their idea. Most of these hackers have been up all night, so this is definitely a climactic moment for them. One thing to note is that most people here came to the hackathon with an idea already built. If they were smart, they would have spent the 24 hour period preparing their presentation.

I'm going to summarize all of the hacks with a short blurb (I'll spare you from ideas that have already been created):

Docracy is Github for legal documents.

Freelance Flash Mob is a way to find other freelancers in the town they live in.

WikiPuttPutt is a game that asks you to go from one Wikipedia page to the next. For their example, they were going from Michael Arrington to Quantum Electrodynamics. It's easier than you think.

My Bill Is is a social payment system, like Venmo. This obviously wasn't created in 24 hours. Fail.

WorkAround is Grindr for jobs. It lets you search for nearby people who need jobs. Very cool.

InsideTrck lets you earn money for moving out of your apartment. You can post your apartment, and you somehow get money if it gets sold. Not really sure I understand how it works.

PastPosts delivers a daily email about nostalgic posts on Facebook.

Gilt-ii turns Gilt into an auction site. If two people really want a certain dress for example, they can bid on the item. This could be used for many other platforms besides Gilt though. Imagine scalping tickets on Ticketmaster before they are even out.

Cnvrge is a site that lets you create a speed-dating event anywhere. It's completely built using text messaging.

CrunchGraph is a visual representation of CrunchBase. It's a really cool way to see how companies are connected.

Lunchli.st lets you setup lunch with your friends on Facebook or LinkedIn. I think a lot of people would use this.

magsty lets people connect with Facebook and create a magazine to share with your friends. This site needs a lot of cleanup. It kinda looks like a link farm/phishing site.

ThePick.me lets you create ad-hoc surveys of clothes/outfits for your friends to judge and rate.

Project Sauron is facial recognition software for Facebook. Terrifying, but awesome. Video below.

Granddaddy Why is built on the assumption that everything you tweet will be read by your grandkids.

Chicks For Geeks is an iPhone app that lets you trade your friends for better friends. It's a market place for letting you trade chicks for friends. Their next startup is called Babies for Beers.

Joystic is an open source human controller.

NerdNearby aggregates all of the tweets and Instagram posts of nerds nearby you.

CelebrityTwin.me finds your celebrity look-alike

Kiai means concentration in Japanese. Kiai mode is a 1 hour concentration mode with one click.

MyCRM lets you take notes on contacts in your address book. One cool feature is that it lets you note down where you met someone.

Disrapture lets you see who survived the rapture by seeing who has tweeted since the last rapture.

Joinable.org creates email addresses for homeless people to help get them a job. They can use an 800 number to access their inboxes. Very cool.

FFFollow is a really easy way to follow someone you just met on Twitter. It's sorta like Bump in that you both have your phone out at the same time and you both push the same button at the same time. It automatically follows that person on Twitter.

GrowYa is like Yelp for companies.

In & Out Coffee is an app that lets you customize your coffee order before you get to the coffee shop. You basically just walk into the coffee shop, pick up your mud water, and you're out.

Fourstalk lets you visualize where your foursquare friends are on a map. Passport allows you to see where you've been on foursquare.

Meals4Me is actually a healthy meal planner. You put in your weight and it figures out how many calories you should be eating. It also gives you recipes and lets you track all of your meals. Very cool.

WebRemix takes a song and a URL and remixes them based on k-means clustering. Right now it's just a Python script, but this is one of my favorite hacks of the day.

SlideSync lets you view a presentation on your iPad when you're at a conference. Maybe you are sitting too far away, or you just want to have it locally. You can also annotate and draw on the slides. Very cool.

B1llboard sends you a weekly email about what movies, TV shows, books, and entertainment that your friends are talking about.

ClickCaptcha is way better than filling out a scrambled captcha. Instead of typing jibberish in a box to validate a web form, you just match a picture with its description.

Chatstreams lets you time-shift live chats/tweets. For example, if you're a fan of a TV show, you can view chats or tweets about the show not in real-time, but at your own pace. It's like TiVo for livestreaming.

Peeq is a visual Q&A mobile app. Instagram meets Quora. Take a picture of something you have a question about and people will answer it.

MovieWars is in-movie trivia using the MovieClips API.

Football Verdict helps you choose your fantasy football team each week. You can ask questions about which players to use, and the crowd will answer.

AlphaVision is a way to visualize Craigslist postings in a different way. (I wasn't able to capture a good screenshot)

UIComposer lets you design apps with a drag and drop interface.

Alex MacCaw redesigned Quora:

Baitr is for people who have an idea but will never carry it out. It's what LaunchRock should be. Sign up for early access here: http://baitr.co/

QRViews helps businesses get into the minds of the customers. It's a B2B real-time feedback management system that lets you fill out a quick survey to help the business learn about your experience. The only problem is that it's tied to QR codes, which are a disaster.

Yatr helps you carry comments across sites and topics.

Chatf basically just spent 60 seconds pitching their company. They will be disqualified.

StoryCloud is a beautiful way to create storybooks and magazines using links on the web.

The guys from GroupMe built something called Headphone. I don't really understand what it does.

Venture Crapital allows you to inject capital into CrunchBase. It's kind of a game. If the bubbles get too big, they pop.

PollPlanes lets you create a cartesean plane about any question. This is too advanced for the average person, but it's pretty sweet. Definitely check it out: http://www.pollplanes.com/

B00st is real-time news, but better than Digg and Reddit. http://b00st.com/

Cloud Assass.in lets you play Assassin with anyone online. The way you kill someone is by taking a picture of them when they're not looking.

Facebook Time Machine lets you take your Facebook profile back to any date. It's a cool way to see how much your friends have changed.

GoOutMania is a dating site with the emphasis on actually going out.

Interworld turns your web browser into a real portal. Your character jumps through links and swims around the screen.

Bikometer is a water-resistant bike attachment for tracking progress through the city.

Predict A Ball is a really cool way to see sports stats over time. The guys at ESPN would probably love to talk to these guys.

I'm not sure what the name of this project is, but it's hilarious. It's a robot who tells you how to act on a date:

Ekplore is a real-time pulse of any city.

Teenygram lets you create those sites that display huge random blobs of text.

h3ll0w0rld is a social network for programmers. One of my favorites for sure.

AngryBlackMan is like Dance Dance Revolution. I'll let you guys explore this one on your own.

BuyBy is a geographic index of products at stores. These guys have something really cool.

Whodata? is a way to stalk people using Hunch, Twitter, Klout and other social services.

SoundScape is like Shazzam with places. You can see where songs are on certain jukeboxes. These guys need to talk to Roqbot.

dispatch.io brings all your cloud stuff together with Dropbox. This might be my favorite. They use a browser plugin that lets you put stuff in your Dropbox with one click.

NowStream lets you stream torrents anywhere. Scary, and amazing.

Visual Conductor uses the Nintendo Wii API:

Snatch Me is flash dating. They pick one lucky single guy and girl and feature them on the site.

YoMama Alarm lets you set an alarm on the web. The only catch is that it makes fun of your mom.

How do you measure the social ROI of a YouTube video? LinkCurrent has an algorithm that helps figure this out for you by listening on Twitter, and figuring out how many people have linked to it. Very, very cool.

That's it! I'll update this post again once I find out the winners.

Winners announced

• Joystic - Honorable mention from Google (Bradley Horowitz)
• Venture Crapital - Honorable mention from MessageParty (Amanda Peyton)
• Dispatch.io - Award from ADstruc
• Docracy - Award from First Round Capital
• Gilt-ii - Judge's award, overall winner

Cabana is basically an app maker, built for designers, not coders. At the Launch conference in SF, they built a clone of Instagram in 5 minutes:

They are in the process of adding tons of partner APIs that you could drag and drop components from services like Twitter and Twilio.

If you're interested in getting into the private beta, sign up here and mention this ZDNet post: http://cabanaapp.com

If you can't see the slideshow above, click through to Flickr.

Users have been submitting their best photos to Instagram with the hashtag #briskpic, hoping to get their creation featured on a limited-edition ice tea can. Here's my submission.

Here is a picture of the can you'll see in Austin:

I had a chance to chat with Jamal Henderson from the Brisk team. Here's our commentary:

Why did you decide to use Instagram for this promotion?

Brisk is always looking for new ways to connect with consumers and the digital space provides a lot of great opportunities. Earlier this year we had great success with programs with Foursquare and Stickybits.

Instagram has struck a chord with consumers; we were fans and we knew it would be a great platform to engage with Brisk fans. We wanted to invite all of our consumers into that collaboration and we also wanted to do something innovative around SxSW Interactive; Instagram's new hashtag functionality was the perfect solution.

We are able to invite Brisk fans to share their vision and then see the results of their collaboration come to life at SxSWi. We could never have implemented a program like this without a technology like Instagram. We also wanted to pay tribute to South by Southwest, which is all about cutting-edge technology. PepsiCo views SxSW as a strategic event and many of our brands, including Brisk, participate.

What criteria did the judges use to pick the winner?

Basically, we are looking for pictures that illustrate the Brisk ethos of living a bold, brisk life.

How have you spread the word about the contest?

Check out http://briskpic.com, and if you're in Austin next weekend, look for the actual cans in the wild.

I was lucky enough to meet one of the co-founders, Brooke Moreland. The following is eight quick questions about Fashism. Enjoy!

The Web Life: How did Fashism come about?

Moreland: I came up with the idea for Fashism in a dressing room. I thought that it would be cool, if I could just poll a bunch of people at once, I could come up with an unbiased solution about whether or not something looked good. I couldn't really find an app or site that did exactly what I wanted it to, so I got together with my friend Chris France and we built Fashism.

How many users do you have, and what type of crowd uses Fashism?

We have about 40,000 registered users, but we draw a crowd of about 100k a month. We have people from all over the world, but women and girls in their teens and 20s are our biggest demographic.

What is the most outrageous outfit you've ever seen?

Well, there have been tons. Most recently, this Care Bear Snowboarding outfit. It is crazy, but also adorable!

Have you guys thought about doing video too?

We have discussed having video integrated. Right now it's not really on our roadmap, but the next version of the site will have more editorial content including how-to videos.

What is the most exciting thing about starting a company?

Making something that people love and interact with everyday is the best feeling in the world. People are having fun, getting advice and making connections in a space that we created. It's awesome!

What is the greatest lesson you've learned so far?

To not be afraid to ask for things. Advice, help, partnerships, money- anything. You can't get anything unless you ask, and usually there is no harm in trying. I have found that for the most part, people want to help, and want to see entrepreneurs succeed.

In the next 6 months, what are your plans for the site?

We have a new app coming out in early February and a relaunch of the site with a new design and new features in March. We are so excited, the next iteration of the site is much more robust and customizable, but with the same basic concept/

Has Fashism made you more fashionable? :)

Um, YES. Seriously, I have learned to take others' advice and since I look at pics of people's outfits every day, I have constant inspiration. I look at some of my first posts on the site and cringe!

Follow Brooke on Twitter, and check out Fashism.com.

Best Internet Application

Best Mobile App

Best Social App

Best Social Commerce App

Interview: Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter

Arrington spoke to Costolo candidly, "You just lost to DailyBooth in 'Best Social App'".

"So far, Twitter has been too cool for revenue. Are you thinking, 2010, for that?," said Arrington. Costolo said, he's not worried about it. When asked when he does worry about, he said international, scaling, and organization is an operational challenge.

Best Location Based Service

Best New Device

Best Technology Achievement

Best Design

Best Touch Interface

Best Bootstrapped Startup

Best Enterprise

Best Clean Tech

Best Time Sink Application

Angel of the Year

VC of the Year (individual)

Best International

Founder of the Year

CEO of the Year

Best New StartUp or Product of 2010

Best Overall Startup or Product of 2010

Enter fflick.com.

It's really cut and dry: any time your Twitter friends tweet about a movie, it gathers that data on their page. You can visit a movie page, and see all of the comments that your friends have said about that movie.

Click through to the actual movie page and see valuable reviews from everyone. You can filter by latest, interesting, positive, and negative reviews.

Below is a Q&A with Wilms. Enjoy the conversation, and let me know if you have any questions about the site. If you've tried it out, I'd love to hear what you think of it.

The Web Life: Tell me how you came up with the idea of fflick.

Wilms: I have always been interested in recommenders. I spent some time at the University of Minnesota working on a movie recommender called movielens. I was experimenting with different recommendation techniques using movie data from Twitter, and what eventually came out of that experimentation was fflick.

How many people do you work with? What is everybody working on?

Currently there are four of us working on fflick. I was extremely lucky to recruit a really world class team to help me get fflick off the ground. Marc Hemeon did all the design and user experience, Ron Gorodetzky handles all of our infrastructure and scaling, and Dav Zimak works on data analysis.

How do you classify someone's content as "interesting"?

When I was first starting with fflick I wanted a way to display what "interesting" people thought about films. This is sort of a funny idea, but the goal is to show what celebrities, actors, directors, etc. think about movies instead of professional "critics". The original algorithm to figure this out uses the ratio of friends to followers and it has worked out pretty well. We have some great ideas on how to expand on this in the future.

Most of the content on your site is casual social commentary. People don't actively write reviews of movies on fflick, it pulls from the social graph. Why did you decide to go that route?

One of the great things about Twitter is that there is so much content generated by such a wide variety of users across the world. Most of the major movie review sites on the web right now require a user to sign up, log in, and create a review. That process is so heavy handed.

I thought the simple approach of taking what people were saying on Twitter naturally would lead not only to better, more interesting, and more accurate reviews, but it would also be great for surfacing other interesting content about the movie such as pictures, links, and interesting film news.

The nice thing about this approach is it also lets people share their opinions and thoughts about movies with their friends easily and seamlessly without signing up for a new service. To see what your friends are saying about movies check out http://fflick.com/.

What is the most exciting feature of fflick that you guys are workin on?

There has been no shortage of really great ideas. We've been working on a lot of great things and I think you'll see some really great stuff in 2011 :)

Do you see yourselves pulling other types of content like music, TV shows, or video games?

This is certainly something that we've been asked about by a lot of people. Twitter is a gold mine full of interesting content, and I do think the vertical applications space for things to be built off of Twitter is huge. I think the approach of using our technology to pull video games, music, TV, etc. is something we will consider in the future, but there are other great ideas we have too.

How did you learn to start a company? And did you ever think you would have your own company?

I spent the last four years working at Digg. I was one of the earlier employees there so I was able to get a pretty good look into a lot of the issues companies deal with as they grow. I think this really prepared me, and gave me a strong desire to try starting a company on my own. I learned a ton from both Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose. They both have been really great mentors and have been absolutely wonderful in giving me advice and help along the way.

What is the greatest lesson you've learned building fflick?

I think the greatest lesson I've learned is that trying something on your own isn't as hard as it seems, and it provides such a great lifestyle. I've never been the type of guy to blindly follow society’s status quo, and being an entrepreneur really helped to solidify that feeling. I don’t have to report to a boss, deal with bureaucratic nonsense, and abide by life’s template.

Life is supposed to be something that you create and enjoy. When I talk to people who are working full-time jobs and hate it I feel a sense of sadness. No one should be spending the good years of their life working a job they dislike. That’s no way to live. So, my biggest lesson learned from building fflick would have to be that trying something on your own is a lot of work, but it leads to an exciting and fulling lifestyle.

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It looks pretty accurate to me.

1am PST is about the time ZDNet editor Larry Dignan wakes up. He follows me on Twitter, so maybe he would retweet or promote a blog post I tweeted about at that hour.

5am PST is when most of the east coast is waking up. 3pm PST is when most people are travelling home on the east coast (skimming Twitter on their mobile devices). On the west coast, 3pm is when most people stop working for the day and start reading Twitter. And 5pm PST is a perfect time for me to tweet because most of the east coast is checking Twitter for the last time for the day, and my west coast friends are just leaving work.

You can also schedule tweets during those hot timeframes:

This is a pretty cool app, and I think I'll give it a try next time I write an interesting blog post that I want a lot of my followers to read and repost.

There is a popup black modal that the photo sits on.

It's also super fast. Arrowing through a slideshow is like flipping through a book, and there are no pages that have a spinning wait symbol anymore.

Photos is probably the most used app. I wish they would have just built this functionality into the regular design of the site. Do you have the new photo viewer?

Every time you login to Facebook, they try to estimate where you logged in, from using your IP address. In my case, the router is in Walnut Creek, Ca., but it's not too far away from where I am right now (San Francisco).

When I logged into Facebook this morning, I was greeted with this message, asking me to add my computer to the "trusted devices" list:

The best feature of this update is that you can get notified by SMS or email if a new computer or mobile device logs into your account.

But the real question is, when someone else accesses your Facebook account, will you have enough time to login and change your password? Facebook should not let any devices login to your account unless you verify them.

I'm really glad they've added this feature though; it's a big step in their privacy efforts, and makes the web more secure in general.

Matt Hunter developed TextSlide in a weekend (a really intense one). It's a new application that lets people randomly text each other, anonymously, like Chatroulette but without the obscenities.

To use TextSlide, you simply type "#start" and it will match you up with someone. To move on to the next person, you type "#next".

I had a chance to interview Hunter today, who had a few minutes to chat in between text messages.

Hunter: Driving back from a trip with my friend Kyle just talking about ideas that would be cool, this idea came up. I decided to create it because I don't have internet or and my phone service sucked. The only thing I could do is text. Being from the east coast, everyone was sleeping. I needed a way to be social. That was it.

No, it was the desire to communicate. My iPhone and iPad had no service, the only phone that worked was a dumb pre-paid phone I bought to combat SF's service issues.

Yeah, I had to tweak it to scale. Also, my friends advised me to simplify it. The original code actually had a lot more features.

Some are still there, we just don't talk about them.

Soon... I'm trying to find the sweet spot between anonymity and community.

Is this easily scalable because you are using SMS text as your platform, basically each person’s cell phone company would shoulder the load?

Yes and no. Even text has its limitations.

No, I prefer emoticons :)

Yes, I actually got rid of my blackberry because I texted while I was driving.

Ha! I'm actually a lot faster on my T9 than my iPhone.

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On a completely different note from what I normally write, I would like to point out how the web and social networking is changing how we work together.

The first example happened Monday.

After Digg announced it was laying off 37 percent of its workforce, ex-Digg employees used their superior social networking skills and reached out to the newly laid off via Twitter and Facebook, spreading the word to all their friends and business contacts. Merely hours after the news dropped about the layoffs, people were posting about how they had job openings at companies like Groupon, Styleseat, IGN and even First Round Capital chimed in passing along the word to its entire portfolio of companies.

Whether all 25 employees will find jobs at other companies is another question, but it is encouraging to see social networking changing how business is done.

Another example of how the web can change opinions: a very disturbing video turned up from outside a Kentucky Senatorial Debate between Republican Rand Paul and Democrat Jack Conway.

Rand Paul supporters tackled MoveOn.org volunteer Lauren Valle, knocked her to the curb, and while two people held her down a man callously stomped on her head and neck. It was all captured on video, uploaded to to YouTube, and now the video is being posted to Facebook pages, Twitter pages, and is being picked up by The Huffington Post, The Daily Kos, Andrew Sullivan, and it made Fox News and MSNBC’s prime time shows Countdown with Keith Olberman and the Rachel Maddow Show.

Warning: this video contains violence:

Both Republican Rand Paul and Democrat Jack Conway issued a statement denouncing the incident, and the Paul campaign fired Profitt and is distancing themselves from him. A spokesman for the Lexington Police Department said on Tuesday afternoon that he being served with a criminal summons ordering him to appear before a Fayette County District Court Judge. Profitt apologized for the incident but says the video makes it look worse that it really was, because you know video often does that.

If it wasn’t for the viral nature of videos and social networking, would this video even have made it to the national airwaves?

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The primary feature of Hashable is the ability to tweet an introduction between two people.

Once you've connected two people, you earn points and reputation.

When you intro two people, Hashable sets up a "Ice Breaker" page for the two parties to visit and see a few quick facts about each other, including followers in common.

Since you connect to Hashable with Twitter's API, you can track any interactions with people you have on Twitter. Even Foursquare checkins work too.

I think this is a pretty cool site, and whenever I want to introduce two people, I'll definitely use this. Every intro should be a quick as a tweet. Anything longer will lose someone's attention.

The key feature that makes this app different from many other photo-sharing sites is the ability to apply an artistic filter on your photos (which basically just makes them look cooler).

After taking a photo and filtering it, Instagram asks "what" and "where" to describe the photo. Then it shows up in your stream:

The app launches an hour ago, and the "Popular Photos" page on Instagram already looks better than Flickr's Explore page.

I think this is a really cool app, and I will consider using it as my main photo "sending" app. I can cross-post to Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, Facebook, and Tumblr if I want as well, so I'm not neglecting any of my current social networks.

The app is beautiful, and I suggest you try it. Here's a direct link to download it.

More on TechCrunch.

It's super simple to setup: you login with either your Github or Dribbble account and then choose which neighborhood you live in.

You can also see the most popular neighborhood, which is useful if you're a startup new in town, looking for a venue for your office.

As this site grows, I bet you will see more developer-related social sites integrated, like Forrst.

Sounds great, right? And the bigger the better, right? No. The best conferences are small (100-300 people), brief (no longer than one day), and rich with good quality speakers.

Two conferences come to mind right away: Big Omaha, hosted by Jeff Slobotski, and Tahoe Tech Talk, hosted by Gary Vaynerchuk. Carsonified also does a good job with this with their "Future Of" conferences.

By hosting a small conference, everyone has a chance to network with each other. The speakers don't feel overwhelmed by the fact that they might have to meet 500 people, and they don't feel bad about ignoring someone.

Last night at the mixer for Tahoe Tech Talk, there were about 100 people there, and everyone could meet each other.

Also, by having a one-track conference that lasts a whole day, you have everyone's undivided attention. You can engage the audience.

One trick that makes a conference feel more intimate is having it in a small town. Omaha is comfortably small, and today's conference is in Stateline, Nv. If someone has to travel a long way to get somewhere, it's gonna be a more meaningful experience for that person.

Outside of Silicon Valley and New York, everyone is using computers to do things on the internet. These communities need to get together and talk about what their doing. They need to learn from each other instead of spending a couple thousand dollars to goto Web 2.0 Expo.

Someone in Tuscaloosa should take 3 months off from his day job and throw an intimate tech meetup.

I no longer have the urge to attend huge tech conferences. The unique, intimate conferences with really good speakers are the ones I want to attend.

Am I completely off base? What are your thoughts on this?

How many 14-year-olds do you know? They sent 3000 text messages and made two phone calls last month. I wanna figure out how to get their eyeballs.

Billboards: nobody reads them. The metrics used to create them are false too.

I'm trying to humanize a conference.

The day that businesses have real relationships with their consumers is today. This is the greatest opportunity for every marketing company ever. But here's where it gets really real: it's difficult. "Stack it high and let it fly" doesn't work anymore.

Humans are grossly underestimated. We have pretty good bullsh*t detectors.

Some guy bought 10,000 horses the day before Henry Ford created the assembly line. That guy lost.

Business does not give a f**k about you. Everybody wants to know how to scale. Everyone wants to know the ROI.

The companies that understand small town rules are gonna win.

Pull out your phone with purpose: if you're at a restaurant and they tell you that you have to wait for 35 extra minutes, threaten to tweet about it or give them a negative Yelp review.

The perception of your brand isn't going to be written by TechCrunch, NY Times, ESPN, or Wall Street Journal because those gatekeepers are losing their keys to all of you guys.

The customer is now in our face. We can touch them. We can shake their hand, give them two hugs if you want. Reach out!!

Don't hire someone to tweet for you. You're a human being.

Put your heart and soul into your audience.

People are filtering their kindness. They see somebody say something (with little followers) and they are ignoring it. Terrible decision.

In 15 years, Zappos is gonna seem mean. And if that happens, I'm gonna be pumped.

1.) Go build it. If you really believe in something, you should just build it. If you love it, it won't feel like work. It's okay to drop out of college if you have an awesome idea.

2.) Build & release. List out your features for six months, sort them by importance, and go build three to five of them. Stop thinking you understand your users. Learn from what they're actually doing on your site, not what you think they'll do. It's okay to kill features, but prove to your users that you have something better.

3.) Hire your boss. Senior positions: only hire people you'd personally work for. Make sure they can help build your vision. Junior positions: hire hustlers, people that will run circles around you.

4.) Don't raise money. Beg borrow and steal for as long as possible. If someone gives you cash, ask yourself, "how will they add value to my company?". If you don't need the money, don't take it. The more you go without taking funding, the more valuable your startup becomes. Don't let investors take board seats.

5.) Go cheap. Use Amazon for storage and data. Work from home for as long as possible. Shared cell phone plans. Shared apartments. Get some contractors for smaller projects instead of hiring people full time.

6.) Connect with your audience. Start a podcast, even if you have a small audience. It has to start somewhere, right? Throw a launch party. Invite press and influencers to the party.

7.) Hack the press. Invite only system at the beginning. It will get people excited about your product and also make them curious. Talk to junior bloggers: if they get the scoop on a cool, new site, they could blow up and you could blow up. Attend parties you can't afford. Network with influencers and bring a demo.

8.) Advisors. What technical problems are you going to have? Ask Joe Stump for advice. If there are people you trust out there, give them 1% of your company for them to be on call for any issues you might need advice for. Solid advisors can help you raise cash.

9.) Leverage your user base to spread the word. Think Farmville and Facebook notifications: "so and so, and 2 others have blah blah blah". Who are those two others? Wefollow.com asks you to define yourself with three hashtags. If your friends see it, they will want to be a part of that community since you're using it.

10.) Analyze your traffic. Tons of analytics. Make sure that you act on your feedback.

I had a chance to speak with Craig Dalton, who has been working with Dodocase. These guys have built a beautiful iPad case that looks like a book.

Each Dodocase is handmade with a local bookbinder in San Francisco. If you want to buy one now, it will take between 4-6 weeks to get one, because they are so backed up on orders. One of the bottlenecks is the bamboo... they want to use the highest quality products to build these cases.

We are in a cultural shift in reading. We are going from ink on paper to pixels on a screen. There is an emotional element to it. Having a case like this kinda brings back the nostalgia of reading an actual book.

"We are taking the software model to hardware. We want to have a passionate community of followers, and let our customers be our advocates," said Dalton.

Dalton says their inventory will increase in the coming months. They are also working on a website redesign with more community elements. Later in the year, there will be more colors.

If you don't like putting away your iPad on the plane, get a Dodocase so the flight attendant thinks you are reading a book.

You can buy a Dodocase at http://www.dodocase.com. Follow them on Twitter at @dodosays.

The service is way simpler than flagging down a regular taxicab, and only a small percentage more expensive.

From the iPhone app, you simply click the "Pick Me Up" button. The phone geo-locates you and tells you how long until your driver will be there. For us, it was a quick 2 minutes.

The driver pulled up in an all-black Mercedes and asked where I wanted to go. He has an iPhone app that talks to the Ubercab servers to determine how much your ride will cost. When we arrived, there was no exchange of funds, he simply said "have a nice day".

Less than 5 minutes later, I got an email for the receipt, which was just slightly more expensive than it would have been to ride in a regular taxi.

Ubercab is currently only in San Francisco, but expect other cities to pop up on the map in the next 30 days. If you are in the bay area, they are doing 50% off rides on Saturday.

Would you use this service? I think it's awesome because it's so convenient. You get what you pay for... you don't have to worry about talking to that creepy taxi driver, or worry about if the driver takes cards or not.

I will definitely use Ubercab in the future.

Wave was an awesome platform, but I just never found it useful in the workplace. It was fun to watch other people as they type messages and upload photos, but it was not a productive tool.

Google should seriously reconsider releasing products to the public without letting other people outside the Googleplex test them.

I was actually rooting for Google; I wanted to see Wave make it into the enterprise, but I knew in the back of my mind that it would fail.

One good thing to come from wave though...

Here's how you can figure out if your information was in that file:

From your Facebook profile dashboard click on 'Account' in the upper right hand side of your dashboard. Select 'Privacy Settings,' and then on the next page under 'Basic Directory Information' click on 'View Settings.' You should see a page similar to the image above. If the first listing called "Search for me on Facebook" is set to "Everyone." Then chances are, your name and profile URL are in the torrent file.

(via PC World)

It speaks for itself: you can now query your social graph for answers to things that interest you. You can answer questions, tag them with categories, and vote on the answers. Reminds me a little bit of Quora (and formerly Aardvark, now owned by Google).

Here are the reasons Facebook is better than Quora, and why it will eventually destroy Quora:

• You spend a ton of time on Facebook every day. You are on there all day at work, I know you are. Don't try to hide it. Answering and browsing questions will make the Facebook experience more fun.
• More engagement. When people ask questions in their status updates, there is usually more feedback and comments. Facebook will become less boring because people will be engaging with each other more.

• What do you like? Remember all of those time you clicked "Like" on a brand you support, or a product you want? Facebook has been collecting that data and will try to surface it when you ask/answer questions. If they can integrate Pages, and your personal data from the rest of the web (Graph API), they are gonna have better advertising opportunities.
• Way more social. I think people have more incentive to answer a question than comment on a status.
• Facebook users who have never seen a question and answer site before might become addicts, and feel the Wikipedian-urge to make the web smarter.
• Facebook developers/product designers have been using Quora; they've mimiced its features, and they can launch from the start with a higher quality. If I worked at Quora, I would demand that Facebook pay me for stealing my idea. Another reason why Facebook will come out on top.

But here is why Quora is not dead (yet):

• Some people don't like Facebook. Quora is purely a question and answer community, so the quality of the answers might be higher.

• Quora leveraged Facebook Connect (ha) to get tons of users and personal data, and have created an interesting product that people are addicted to.
• Marc Andreessen spends a lot more time on Quora than he does on Facebook.

What's your take? Have you had a chance to try Quora or Facebook Questions? I love them both and I won't stop using Quora now because Facebook is playing the Q&A game. And Formspring is starting to really get my attention these days too...

Today you can connect your Facebook account with your Amazon account. You can see a list of your friends' birthdays, with gift suggestions.

You can also see relavent products related to your friends' interests.

Every one of your friends now has a "Facebook profile" on Amazon too, which lists their favorite books, movies and TV shows. There are no interactive links with Facebook's graph API, or any new sharing features on Amazon.

Amazon also states it's terms of use front and center when you connect your accounts:

• Amazon will not share information from your account with Facebook.
• Amazon will not share your purchase history with Facebook.
• Amazon will not attempt to contact your Facebook friends.
• Amazon will never post anything to your Facebook Wall without your consent.

I think this is a cool feature, but it's not complete. There are many more ways Amazon can build social features from Facebook into it's website. They should challenge Blippy or Swipely and do social shopping the right way, by adding everyone's purchases into a combined social feed.

Twimbow is cool though.

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I had a chance to try the pre-alpha version of the site, and it's appealing.

The left column is all of my recent activity, the middle is my tweet stream, and the right column is a search query of "@mager". You can customize the middle column to show a Twitter list too.

I don't think I'll switch away from Tweetie, but this is definitely a cool way to interact with Twitter.

Forrst does just that. I had a chance to interview Kyle Bragger, Forrst's founder. The responses are below:

How did Forrst get started?

Forrst got started because I wanted to share development related things with other developers and didn't know where to do that. Tumblr and Twitter, while great platforms, were too general purpose and I didn't feel like it was the right place to share purely dev and design related stuff. I also didn't know anywhere I could go hang out and talk shop with other devs.

Forrst is about the community, so it's kinda hard to get an invite. How do you decide on whether or not someone gets an invite?

Every developer and designer who apply will eventually be able to join the community. My goal in keeping things private and invite only is twofold: first, I aim to foster a space where people are not afraid to share what they think might not be their best work, in the interest of gaining valuable feedback and constructive criticism.

I think when things are public, there is more reticence to share and say what's really on someone's mind. Secondly, by only letting in a handful of people every day, new users are able to get their bearings and start to feel at home with the community. I think letting in a ton of people all at once would destroy that.

What is your favorite part of building a startup?

For me, I love the hands-on stuff: writing code, solving problems, talking to people. I love that stuff.

The best part though, is probably getting to listen to users and immediately being able to react to their feedback, iterate, and push a solution that day. No bureaucracy involved.

Explain how a Ranger works.

Rangers are our way of highlighting folks that are awesome at tracking down content in specific areas. For example, if you post a bunch of python related posts, and they get a lot of love from other members, you'll likely unlock Ranger status for Python. While you're a Ranger (it's possible to lose it as well), any python posts you contribute will have a special badge. It's a neat way to reward people for finding and sharing awesome content.

Are there any upcoming features that you are working on?

Yes, a few. One is a big refresh for code posts. Right now, they're not as functional or good-looking as I'd like, so I'm heads down focusing on making them better. They definitely could use some love.

Also rolling out next week are Post Replies. A ton of people have been posting multiple iterations of code and design stuff, but until now there was no easy way to logically link two related posts together; Post Replies is a way to do exactly that. You're able to reply to your own posts, but also to others' posts as well.

If you want an invite, send me an email or tweet with a link to some of your work.

I thought this feature was new, but TechCrunch wrote about it in April.

I think the real story here is that nobody really notices this because they don't spend more than a few milliseconds hovering over a person's name before they click it.

Have you ever noticed this?

I think this is a really cool feature and will make Twitter more discoverable. They have all of this valuable social data under the hood, but now they are starting to surface it.

What are your thoughts on this?

Just by checking in at Internet Week HQ, I get a special badge that saves me from waiting in long lines at parties.

CNN just launched a new page on Foursquare that gives World Cup attendees and fans the ability to connect with each other and learn about a foreign land together.

"Follow CNN and check in on Foursquare from stadiums and landmarks in South Africa and viewing parties in the 32 World Cup countries to unlock special badges."

A lot of people dismiss the whole location-based gaming platforms, but they aren't going anywhere. It's almost how Facebook engulfed everyone that they felt obligated to participate. Now we are talking about real world rewards. And it's getting easier for businesses to participate too.

"Every type of business that you can think of is pinging us about rewards and badge opportunities. It's really exciting," said Tristan Walker, head of biz dev for Foursquare.

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley spent some time on stage today at Mashable Media Summit talking about the product he wants to build. His main goal is to make a product that organizes people and lets them interact better.

Basically, Foursquare isn't your typical check-in app anymore. It's a lot richer, with much greater opportunity now.

What are your thoughts? Are you addicted, or are you a hater? Tell me why.

It's a social music streaming service, with desktop and mobile environments. You pay $5 a month to get access to a lot of music. If you have a song in your iTunes, then it's in your "collection" on Rdio, once you sync the two.

I'm also sharing this with my friends, so they can see what I'm listening to at any time. It's fun to see what your friends are listening to. It takes Last.fm to another level.

Rdio's desktop app is really compact and stays in sync with the website. If you pause your song, you can reboot your computer or close your browser, and it will remember your place.

You can collaborate on playlists with friends.

There is a cool visualization to see what you have been listening to most in your collection.

I can see myself using this all day at work. Especially when all of my friends join and add their music.

For $10 a month, you can sync music to your mobile device, which could be very nice.

Some downsides are that not all songs are available. I guess it has to do with licensing deals in the states. They do have some pretty big content partners already though.

You can link Facebook and Twitter accounts, but they haven't activated any of the sharing or "liking" capabilities. Last.fm scroblling is on though.

Rdio is in private beta right now, but I have a handful of invites. Send me an email or a tweet and I will try to hook you up!

The Rdio team is 20 strong right now, so these guys are building something that could definitely compete with Spotify when it launches in the US.

Seat Geek fixes all that.

The idea is simple: aggregate all of the tickets for events and visualize their value on the stadium's seating chart.

It gives you a percentage off face-value, which is very useful.

You can set your price range, and sort by section. Seat Geek gives you a forecast on whether or not it's a good time to buy.

The interface is clean and easy.

Check out Seat Geek next time you want good seats.

I rarely have something negative to say about a product or service, but today I woke up ashamed and embarrassed for Loopt.

They launched a new product called "Loopt Star" (which, as of the time of publish, I still can't access). If you want to learn more, the NY Times has a detailed look at the service.

Loopt Star claims to be the "leading location-based social mapping service" and a "first-of-its-kind mobile rewards game"...

Have they ever used Foursquare? They must have because they copied the interface almost exactly.

Photo by dpstyles

Instead of becoming the mayor of a venue, you can become the "Boss" for checking in the most.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's cool they are trying to create coupons and deals around checkins, but they need to do something that is unique and different from their competition.

Quoted directly from the NY Times article:

Starbucks will use Loopt Star to give frequent customers an honorary barista badge, symbolized by a green apron. Starbucks also offers a barista badge on Foursquare, where people compete to become “mayors” of places, and the coffee chain is giving mayors $1 off Frappuccinos.

C'mon guys, show me something new.

Loopt Star does claim to let businesses and retailers customize their own deals, which is a cool feature. Another thing I like is that they are using Facebook to encourage other users to checkin by offering specials right in the news feed.

These features are great, but not revolutionary. If they want to keep up with Foursquare and Gowalla, they need to do something earth-shattering.

You are probably asking, "Why do I need a website to download torrents for me when I can just save them on my computer?"

The answer is simple, everything is moving to the cloud, especially media. I want a place where I can see my videos and listen to my music anywhere. You can convert your videos to MP4's and view them on your iPhone too.

You can subscribe to people and content too. I just setup my subscription for CNET's Buzz Out Loud:

They are even working on a Boxee app, which should be pretty cool.

Put.io isn't free, you pay about $10 a month for 50 gigs of storage and bandwidth, and they have plans above and below that.

There have been some free 30-day trials floating around on the web, but I haven't been able to get my hands on one just yet, but please send me a note if you are interested and I can hook you up.

Follow Put.io on Twitter too, for more news and info.

UPDATE: I have 100 trial invites for Put.io if you click this link.

Now I think it's redefining personal and social music. Their latest iteration of their desktop application integrates beautifully with Facebook. You can see a friend's profile, which includes their favorites artists and saved playlists.

If you subscribe to a playlist, it links back to Spotify on Facebook.

There is a new "Library" tab in the left hand navigation now.

If I can store all of my music here, stream new music and find cool artists, and interact with my friends on Facebook, I don't think I'll ever use iTunes again. And Songbird doesn't have a chance unless they really start following Spotify's lead.

Send me an email if you are interested in Spotify or tweet at me, and I will see if I can get you an invite.

Charlie Rose and John Doerr

The third wave of disruption is social and mobile. We could be on the verge of reinventing the web. Instead of the web being documents and websites, it can be people, education, and relationships.