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As its name suggests JammerDirect.com is a social network that hopes to bring actors, artists, musicians, filmmakers, painters, dancers, record labels, studios and venues together all in one place with the intention of acting as a promotional platform for creative works. Joining the site is free and members are able to post the usual array of blogs, videos, pictures whilst… Read more
Intellitrest is a new form of closed social network which is hoping to provide a place on the net where the worlds intellectuals can come and discuss their various interests (such as archealogy, classic music, economics, mythology, etc). Interestingly for a new social start-up, the Intellitrest site has not attempted to recreate the base Facebook or Twitter style functionality that… Read more
Bumped.in is a recently formed social start up that is hoping to become a big hit by bringing travelers together. The site works by users setting up their travel itineraries online, these in turn go on to create the foundation of Bump Walls, on which a member can place comments, pictures and videos relating to their travel experience along that… Read more
Brrwr.com is a site that’s hoping to grow by getting people to help their fellow man by letting them borrow the things they need. As with many recent social start-ups new users are confronted with a single question, in this case “I want to borrow…”, upon filling in the information the website will attempt to help the user find someone… Read more
Geo-location based check-in sites have started to become all the rage recently. Foursquare and Gowalla have shown just how ready some people are to announce their favorite locations to the entire world, with millions have signed up to try out the latest craze in mobile media since its arrival last year. New start-up Neerlife differentiates itself from the crowd by… Read more
MTV has released a new dating game on Facebook helping the unsocial get more sociable. I Woo You is produced by the television network and Stone Creek Entertainment. It is a casual game in the vein of Farmville but more like a game show with MTV reality show tie-ins. Players get to customize their own avatar and cloth them with… Read more
Most modern lives are made up of many complex social bonds to different groups of people. In the real world there are certain social conventions which we uphold, often behaving very differently depending on whether we are talking to our boss, partner, friends or work colleagues. In cyberspace though things have become a little bit more open, with conventions and… Read more
Twudy.com describes itself as a Twitter-style site that is aimed at providing a safe environment for teen girls to meet up and discuss the subjects they love. On the surface this certainly seems like a good idea, but sadly the site currently seems to fall far short of actually achieving such a lofty vision. Instead Twudy currently stands as a… Read more
The growth of social media has provided a plethora of tools that can help us organize our lives in new and interesting ways, which is exactly what Philadelphia based start-up Sqoot is hoping to achieve with its venture to get users to write about their dream activities in the form of social wish lists. Sqoot asks it users to finish… Read more
GroupTabs is an interesting new social networking venture based out of New York City. The basic premise is somewhat similar to Foursquare, in that GroupTabs is orientated around having its users check-in to various locations around a city. Where it differs from Foursquare is that instead of offering virtual points and icons for being well traveled, GroupTabs will offer special… Read more
