Strands Blog

Last week we launched in private beta our new baby, an early version of the discovery site / life streaming service Strands.com.

As with any new beta site we needed your feedback, and yes we got it! And we thank you for that. Now it is our turn not only to improve in those areas where you all told us to do a better job, but also to work hard to bring new features to the service.

Rick Turoczy of SiliconFlorist wrote an excellent treatise on life-streaming and said I’m going to use it [Strands] because it gives my lifestream value—and it gives me more valuable resources through participation.

Portland-based Marshall Kirkpatrick also wrote a thoughtful post on ReadWriteWeb with very good feedback. What we probably most enjoyed was the reference to the hot posts: hotness is hotness – right now you can view what the hottest items are in your whole circle of friends, in a particular group of friends or in the lifestream of one particular friend.

Jason Harris, the Salem-based blogger who writes for GigaOm, also took the time to review Strands.com. He let readers in on how we will be adding the ability to build a “taste profile” based on your social media usage patterns.

Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian also covered the launch. He explained how the company’s technology will direct people to new things that fit their tastes, and take their taste profiles to other sites.

There is no doubt that the best part of our launch week was the meet-up we held with the Portland tech community. We had the opportunity to meet many interesting people, and the chance to hear their thoughts on Strands.com We thank everyone who attended the meet-up and has contributed their feedback: brampitoyo, TheInfovore, ahockley, turoczy, ThisKat, gwalter, xolotl, thattalldude and many, many others.

We are very excited to continue to hear all of your feedback on Strands. Keep the suggestions coming!