So I’m sincerely sorry for the lack of updates on this blog. We promise we’ll start writing a lot more…but in the meantime, we’ve been super busy. There’s been so much that we’ve accomplished, so much being talked about, etc…and I figure maybe it’s time for a big update.

We’ve been in beta now for about over month and it’s going so well. We’re getting tons of compliments, advice, and of course, bugs. We’ve been cranking day and night to really nail our vision, and I think it’s finally getting there. While not everyone that’s on our mailing list is in the beta yet, we’ve got quite a few people trying it out and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. There’s a learning experience, obviously, that comes along with opening up a beta…and we’re definitely in the middle of that learning experience right now.

One thing that we’ve learned is that our product is really solving a problem for some people, and the direction of our app seems to be veering every day more into the realm of what we call a “digital life manager”. For me, when we integrated Vimeo and Pownce, and I was immediately able to tap into those friends’ activities that have been going on there without me, I finally started interacting. I’ve been all but absent from quite a few services, but only because it was hard to keep up with the litany of sites I was on as it was. Now, I’ve got a few of my social networks integrated into my Socialthing! Lifestream and am now able to keep up with it all. As soon as we finish our “interaction” with those networks, it’s going to get a lot more interesting. I’m already able to reply to Tweets from the interface, and soon I’ll be able to Digg stories, comment on Flickr photos and a ton more…

From when we added Pownce support…

So besides all of the cool stuff we’re doing on the desktop version of Socialthing! we’re also hard at work on the mobile version. As soon as I got the design done for the iPhone version, we immediately realized this is going to be a really big thing for us. Just think about it: When we release it to the world here in a few weeks at SXSW, you’ll be able to walk around the streets of Austin, TX and keep up with what your friends are doing, all on the fly. You’ll be able to see the pictures they’re uploading to Flickr or Facebook, the events they’re attending with Pownce or Upcoming, the statuses they’re posing from Twitter, etc. It’ll be the ultimate tool for keeping up with your friends while on the go. Here’s some teaser screenshots:

Here’s what the home screen looks like

Here’s an example of a profile (mine, subsequently)

You can send a status message or blog to multiple places at once from the mobile interface

You can set entire services or individual kinds of updates to display on your home screen

We’re about to go on our world tour, as well call it here in a few days.

Next week I am presenting at Venture Capital in the Rockies, which we got chosen for…you can check out the other chosen companies Here.

Next weekend, the Socialthing! developers (Ben, Joel and Wade) along with Brian and I venture down to Miami for the Future of Web Apps conference.

March 4th, we’re presenting at the Boulder New Tech Meetup

March 6th, get your drink on with us at TECH cocktail: Boulder …we’ll be showing off our stuff there too…

Oh yeah, and last, but definitely not least is our presence at SXSW this year. We’ll be at booths 612/614 so be sure to give us a visit. We’re also hosting a party with PureVolume on Sunday, March 9th from 8pm-4am. It’s at the PureVolume Ranch (323 E 2nd St, Austin, TX) and to get in, you’ll need to rsvp by emailing us at rsvp at socialthing dot com. Tell us your name and email address and we’ll get you in on the VIP list…

There’s also been some mentions about us across the blogosphere as of late…here are the links:

Lifestream Blog seems pretty excited about our mobile version in “Socialthing! to Bring Lifestreaming to your iPhone”.

Alex Rainert, one of the founders of the now Google owned Dodgeball, talks about us in “Just got my Socialthing! beta invite. So far: well-executed friendstream” and again in “Web 2.0 and the devleoper dialogue”.

David Beach of Yahoo Brickhouse writes in “Socialthing!: “Digital Life Manager”.

Expect more posts to come later, but I’m pretty tuckered out for now…this has been a big update…ginormous, if you will…

- Matt