Well, I’ve spent so much time here at the Podcast Expo bumping into people that remember the show and want to know when it’s coming back.  Looking back now, I dread just how tired I was during the Tour days… but being in San Francisco now is giving me a renewed interest in getting the show up and running again.

So, to get the ball rolling again, we’ll be doing the first Beercast in ages at noon - right here at the Expo.  We’ll be the guys with plastic cups and microphones.  Stop by if you’re there.

While we continued our inebriation tour here in Ontario, CA.. the hackers were rocking out to Beck in Sunnyvale - that just sucks.

I caught a glimpse today of some video on Jeremy Zawodny’s blog that, well, just made my stomach burst. Here’s the video - watch it and you’ll understand the tagline.

eSnips lets you share content online - whatever kind of content it is. There’s a number of disparate places that we’re sharing content now and each one has it’s own social network.

eSnips targets mainstream users that would be frustrated with too many places to share their content. You can upload any type of file to eSnips and create as many separate sharing environments that you want. You can even sell some of the content you put into the system.

There are close to 1M users and about 3M visitors per month.

eSnips uses a folder metaphor that allows you to organize your content. Folders can be shared or private and are tagged to make them discoverable. eSnips automatically suggests other folders that might be interesting based on the content in your folder.

eSnips is free and you get 1GB of storage.

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“Personalized discovery tag that learns what you want and delivers it when you want it”

The product is a plugin that you install for the browser. I had a brief demonstration on how the system works and it is interesting. The process starts by defining some areas of interest. Behind the scenes, the application goes out and searches its index.

As you use the application, you are able to give items a Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down. Based on your feedback the system adjusts automatically and refines its search technique to bring you increasingly relevent content.

It returns News & Blogs, Websites, Books sorted out into an accordion interface. There is also a social component to the application. Users can share their finds with their contacts - it seems to be based on Skype. From there, you are able to see what your group of friends thinks as well.

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They want to help us make real connections with real people. They’re combining a local event guide with social networking.

I had a chance to see a demo up close before the presentation and it is an impressive solution to a real problem. HeyLetsGo allows you to find not just interesting events but also to learn more about who’s going and what you might expect.

They have a BuzzLevel measure (patent pending) that is like Page Rank for events. The range of events is very broad and covers much more than tech events. One nice feature is that I can see what my friends are planning on doing - a pivot I find missing from something like Upcoming.

The site also can recommend people that have a lot in common with you and potentially help you find new places and people to hang out with.

Another nice feature is real-time integration that enables you to report back on an event WHILE it’s happening. That’s having your finger on the pulse of an event.

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Cuts is a really interesting system that enables you to edit the video you have in a truly innovative way. In essence, Cuts allows you add in some metadata to your own media files that handles skipping, muting and commenting on the media as it plays throughout various points in the playback.

This is entirely legal since you are required to have the media on your own machine. They’ve built a community around this

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“People want to create like pros”

iBloks allows you to remix your own media. The system has an interesting 3D interface that allows you to animate and paint onto a moving palette. iBloks has a unique integration with Windows Vista.

iBloks lets you publish to cell phone, video ipod, PSP, and the web. They make money by letting people buy digital content and mods from them. They sell from 99 cents to $9.99. “We’re moving from user-generated content to community-generated content”.

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“People don’t think they’re creative.. give them a great place to start and then let them customize”.

PhotoShow allows you to automatically pull your pictures into the application. Once you’ve chosen a theme and possibly associated a music soundtrack (choose from 500 licensed songs).

Once the show is ready, you can send it to your MySpace show. A partnership with Time Warner Cable allows you to now directly broadcast your PhotoShow to TV. PhotoShow TV has sub-channels that allows you to choose the type of programming you’re looking for.

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“They wanted to go beyond sharing photos and video online.” I had a chance to see the product in action and demoed by the CEO and it’s really quite impressive what is possible inside this application.

Photos can be sourced from Flickr, Photobucket, or your desktop. In addition, you can also include videos from YouTube and other services. A collection of “stickers” enable you to customize things further. There are some very nice looking themes that will allow you to get a jump start. Unlike other themes, these are fully editable.

Soon podcast integration is planned - for now, you can put music into the background.

You can ultimately publish your ScrapBlog to the web and choose the level of security you want to have. From there, you can quickly embed the ScrapBlog into your blog or MySpace profile. In addition, Wordpress and Typepad integration is supported. If you’re a Flickr user, you can even export the ScrapBlog as a photo set.

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Americans spend Trillions on self-expression every year (think clothing, music, etc.). I’ve had a chance earlier today to see a demo of the product. There’s been tons of coverage in the blogosphere over the last couple of days so I won’t belabour it.

The interesting point that was made during the presentation is the meshing of our online and offline personas. What struck me the most about Wallop was the interface (co-designed by the Frog Design team). There really is no metaphor that nicely describes the site. Movement throughout the application is very organic. The most “forced feature” if there is any, is the method of creating conversations around things.

One of the most interesting features is the Radar. This is the visual map of your network. They are abandoning the friend of a friend model. The system uses an affinity model that brings people closer to you based on your level of interaction with the individual - either direct or indirect (through your network).

Some controversy seems to have dusted up over the Mods. These are small flash movies that can be created by the 2M+ flash developers in the world. Wallop is literally a marketplace for flash applets. They take a 30% commission for the sale and all pricing is dictated by the creator.

I give it a thumbs up.

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