AwesomeHighlighter is kicking A**

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I’ve been slow on the draw and have been meaning to write the guys from AwesomeHighlighter.com up since FOWA in Miami, and in the short three weeks since I met them they managed to amass more than 10,000 users.

Yep, thats right, three weeks ago they showed me a prelaunch version of their app that they were using to share awesome stuff with each other, and now they are top ranked on del.icio.us and growing like a weed. Speaking of del.icio.us, there hasn’t been too much innovation in their camp since the Yahoo acquisition, I think AwesomeHighlighter could have a real chance to add new value here and become a prefered bookmarking tool.

I met Joel & Luke at BarCamp Miami when I accidentally took Joel’s slot on the preso grid (you snooze you lose buddy;). But it was serendipidous because we ended up in some of the same sessions through out the day and decided to go to Cuban food for dinner.

These guys are everything that is cool about what is going on right now. Over a great ropa vieja, we rapped about Y Combinator, business models, funding needs and the lack thereof, and why building something that you would use yourself is the way to start. By solving problems you face every day:

Like, sending stuff to your friends, but not making them read the whole blog post or page to figure out what you wanted to share. What you think is cool is highlighted for them on the page. An idea so simple, it works.

Luke and Joel just applied to Y Combinator. I wish them them best of luck. I wish we had our funding strategy in place here in NOLA. Well, maybe we will.

In the meantime, check it out. It is awesome. (See this post Awesomely Highlighted).

Off to SXSW aka Geek Spring Break

sxsw.pngThis time every year something very strange happens. As the snow melts up north, the allergies start kicking in down south, and people shake off the winter blahs all over, techies and web folks from all over the country flock to Austin, Texas for the annual rite of spring known as South by Southwest.

Last year was a great one, and I made many new friends and reconnected with old ones. I made a prediction before SXSW last year that Twitter would be the social communication tool of choice, but who could have known the breakout it saw from SXSW last year. I wonder what the breakout web app will be this year?

  • I was asked just that yesterday in an interview with Austin’s Geek News hosted by Paul Terry Walhus. Go check out the video interview at AustinCast to see my response.
  • My schedule for SXSW is online so we can meet up in the sessions.
  • I’m really looking forward to BarCamp Austin on Saturday. I hope to lead a session and connect with a lot of old friends there.
  • Want to hook up for coffee, dinner or a beer? Hit me up on Twitter or on my cell at 504-931-6099.

See you in Austin!

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