Technically Speaking

Socializr and Evite look to be ready for round 2. The picture that is posted on the article is quite amusing. This is almost like a “nyah, nyah, nyah” event in the making.

Jonathan Abrams has now posted this on his site, a diatribe against Evite, and it’s quite humorous. I can see the funny, but let me tell you all something that you already know. There are better services out there.

The only reason Socializr is receiving half the coverage is due to the fact of their site being run out of the land of golden eggs. Silicon Valley. What about a service that already does all this, and more? What about a service not being scrutinized for snowflake stealing? What about a service that has a really cool mascot?

You know which one I’m talking about. Well if you are a regular reader here, I already know you know of the guys from Chicago. The guys that have taken a simple animal and turned him into the champion of good vs terrible send ups of event planning. Who am I talking about?

Planypus of course! Can you get any cooler then their mascot? I bet they never even considered using any snowflake on their site, period. Why is it that they are ignored by the blogosphere? I think that when the day is done and you have had your fill of fun seeing the above funny pictures over on Abrams’ web site, you need to really head over to Planypus to make your real event plans.

Technically Speaking, the only reason sites like Renkoo (that is just plain UGLY!) and Socializr have any press at all is due to their location. Location that costs a ton of money to live actually. Chicago’s Planypus is riding the new generation of “you don’t need to be in the SV” to have a great service. Original is good. In fact originality rides higher on my list of must use or must see sites.

Renkoo social network - I thought Renkoo was going to be an event planning site? Now they are a social network also? I guess, if you really need good event planning, get on Planypus. Maybe that is why Renkoo received $3 million? To create another social network. Great, we needed another one.

Viacom stomps the life out of YouTube - They just signed that deal with Joost. This should prove to be interesting to see if YouTube can re-corner a market they had easily.

zpeech.com - Now this sounds like a very useful tool. Comments on your web site, any web site just by putting the zpeech.com in front of the URL.

SplashCast announces improvements - These guys are working hard to get your business. If you haven’t checked them out, you really need to do so if you are moving media across the internet.

Yaplet - Kind of like zpeech.com above, this site puts chat on any site.

Mike Arrington Live! - This should be a very interesting interview that Mike Arrington is going to conduct live on stage at Mix07.

Odeo - If you have the money, you have yourself a very high traffic generating site. Yes, Odeo is now up for sale.