…Why not make friends where you are? With Brightkite you can.
Some years don’t take up much space in my mind (1983,1988,1993) while other years instantly bring back rich memories (1995, 2001, 2007). This year — in all it’s stress and beauty — will be remembered clearly forever. That’s something special. Even letting my imagination muse freely on the worst of the worsts and the best of the bests, I’d have a hard time picturing a year with more of both in it. The team at Brightkite is grateful to all of you who have helped us over the past year bring Brightkite from vision to working product.
We acknowledge it’s been a while since our last post. The reason is we have been working so feverously that the blog has suffered some neglect. So for an update, work on the product continues unabated and we are nearing a public release. Additionally we have some exciting developments that we will be able to announce at the beginning of the year.
In the mean time check out my Brightkite GeoRSS, or view my feed chronologically. GeoRSS is one small feature of Brightkite. You can see where I am and what I’m doing as we roll into 2008. Have a wonderful New Year whatever location you are at.
If you haven’t been keeping up on the previous posts below is a quick recap of what Brightkite is.
During 2007 we finally saw some real value in having lots of “friends” thru online services (as summarized here). During the course of 2008 Brightkite is aiming to create real value among your “real world friends”. Brightkite is a next-generation location-based social network. In real-time it lets people see where their friends are, share their experiences and make new friends based on the places that they frequent. Businesses and venues can capture and syndicate the activity around them via their website, in venue screens and RSS. Brightkite can be used via the web, text messaging, e-mail, WAP, and the iPhone, giving users a truly immersive experience.
Presently Brightkite is open to a small community of users. We are finalizing all the moving parts and anticipate a public release early in the year. We expect 2008 to be great year for “real world friends”. Sign up for our beta here.