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From Tate Modern in London. True words.

"...a new paradigm..."

It's very exciting to see that Nearbie is getting some attention. Pete Cashmore's review over at Mashable - Social Networking News is really insightful, he really gets what we're trying to do.

"[...] it creates a new paradigm for thinking about social networks."

(Disclaimer: I'm one of the co-founder's of Nearbie.)

QC3 - micro review

This is one of the best purchases I've made in a long time.



The Bose QC3 does a brilliant job of canceling out white noise (the main reason I bought them), and delivers good if not flawless sound from my iPod. (It's crisp, but sometimes the base tends to be a bit over powering.)

The headphones also come with a case that's actually useful. It's small enough to slip in to my already jam packed Timbuk2 bag, yet it holds the charger, an airline plug converter and some other goodies.

The foam insert (where the charger sits) can be pulled out, leaving enough space for the iPod and the aforementioned airplane plug. With 20 hour's of juice the converter can safely stay at home.

The flimsy cord can be unplugged from the headset, but when it's plugged in it sits at an angle away from the back of the left phone. A small but brilliant design decision as this helps keep the cord away from what ever your hands are doing.

The QC3 is the on ear version of the bigger QC2 over ear model. The lesser bulk of the former more than makes up for the slight difference in noise reduction.

Proudly announcing Nearbie

It's a very big day when a project launches, when it moves out of the preview phase and actually enters the real world.

This is the case with Nearbie, a project I am very proud to be involved with. My fellow partners in this venture are Dean Heckler and Casey Helbling - two brilliant, talented people.

(Ok, so we didn't go live today, fact is it's been crazy busy so this post is a little late...)

So what's Nearbie? Quoting myself...

"With Nearbie ("NearBEE") you can explore how you connect to people, places and events around you. Invite the people you share history with in real life, and see how they connect to everything else around you through place and time. With Nearbie, when you record history about yourself, you literally become part of the history of your friends, the places you visit, and the events you attend.

Unlike blogging or photo sharing everything you contribute will benefit future visitors regardless of when you added it. Everyone can learn from Nearbie History.

History connects you to it all!"

The real world means real users with real feedback, real questions and luckily real praise. Oh boy, it's such an excilerating feeling to hear what our users think of the project we have worked so hard on.

If you’re already using Nearbie - Thank you! If you're not, take a look when you have a moment. I'd love it if you become part of Nearbie.

PS. We got listed on Emily Chang's eHub a few hours ago.

PS2. Here's the Nearbie blog.