2 email accts/ 7 email aliases/ 4 IM accts/ SMS/ this blog/ Bloglines (238 feeds)/ BlogRovR (480 feeds)/ LinkedIn/ Facebook/ Myspace/ Twitter/ 23 other "social" networks/ 3 PSTN accts/ 2 mobile accts/ Skype/ FWD/ ...
...accessed via 3 different PCs and 2 different mobile handsets, at least on most days.
These are not just information flows — most have associated directories of friends, business associates and other acquaintances.
One year ago I wrote:
... I already run four instant messaging clients on my laptop. A single client would be nice, but it's not that important. Once we finally learn how availability should work from an existing player like Skype or from an entirely new overlay network (as Skype was a few years ago), then we can worry about consolidation.
Now I'm not so sure.
Who will aggregate this flood for me, in some convenient and semantically meaningful way?
Where is the tool that lets me organize my diverse connections?
There's an opportunity here for a new class of solutions...
I would check out http://www.socialthing.com/
I think eventually it will be what you are looking for :)
Posted by: Stephanie | December 10, 2007 at 06:39 PM
Stephanie, thank you! Now that you point out SocialThing I vaguely remember seeing their name (after their TechStars presentations in August), but it was lost in the info flow. :-)
I don't suppose you have a way to get me an invitation to their private beta??
Posted by: | December 11, 2007 at 08:09 AM
All you have to do is register on that front page with your name and email - anyone who is registered should be able to get in.
If that doesn't work, let me know - I'm internet bff's with one of the founders, so I can hook ya up :)
Posted by: Stephanie | December 11, 2007 at 05:52 PM