05.02.2008

Brightkite

I’m not sure that there are many unexplored boundaries left within the social networking space on the internet.  Most apps which appear to be p2p for people are getting into the mature part of the business cycle and old hat even for the old folks like me.  One of the more intersting areas that hasn’t been fully explored is mobile social networking.

I was pleasantly surprised at what I saw with a new service called Brightkite.  I like the fact that it doesn’t actively track it’s users but still allows enough detail for somebody to be found if they want to be.  An interesting concept to be sure.  One small hiccup that was easily solved: Verizon hasn’t approved them for their network, so poor souls like me too lazy to do some searching will only eventually find out that sending SMS to the provided photo e-mail link works just as well as the SMS address.  Lesson learned (yet again), check the support forums before complaining about lack of functionality.

I could see Brightkite being very useful as more people start to use it.  If you want an invite (it’s still in private beta), contact me with an e-mail address and I’ll send you one.

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