Socialight, the project that I have been working on for a while now with some great people is now fully live.
Socialight is a website which is also accessible via WAP and SMS/MMS as well as a java application (which will be released shortly). It allows you to view virtual geolocated “sticky notes” which you can leave tagged on a spot on the map so that others can come along and find them, comment on them, etc.. They can be organized into channels, which are collections of similar notes and can be private or ‘contact’ only. The site is a social network, but taken out into the real world, where you are connected through your phone in the physical place you are at. For instance, here is my socialight badge, it will show the latest sticky note I have created:
This is my latest note on the site, if you were my contact, and happen to be in the area of union square, the site would have sent you a message with this note content the moment I posted it and also if you later came along, you could browse on your phone and find this when you are in that location.
It is a step into the future, it is bleeding edge, this is the future of social networks and mobile communications. Normal social networks are very abstract and exist only on the web and are similar to bulletin boards of the old days. We have taken this concept and moved it into the real world, where you are physically located.
Some people say, “it is like myspace for my phone” I like to think of it more as something totally new, a new concept, a new way to communicate.