…Blowtorch can help.

Blowtorch is an online production company that sponsors short/creative films and produces 6 full-lengths a year from these film combinations. Accepting only the “young and creative,” I’d say that means us. The site also has a Facebook application weirdly entitled, “Blown,” that showcases the short films chosen to be on the site.

So get it out there.

Ever since my class J349T Writing for Online Publication was forced into getting Twitter accounts to attempt new journalistic feets, well, long story short– We all got addicted.

Yet there is something about constant updates that seems tiring–Oh ya, because once you end up on Twitter 24/7 you aren’t doing anything.

twittearth increases the chance that Twitter will leave you a lifeless zombie. Using Flash 9, the site captures all Twitter musings from Twitter users logged in through its server.

I could sit and watch international tweets all day.

First there was Pitchfork.tv. Now comes PluggedIn.com.

Pick what videos you want to watch as this database unfolds into a new music empire. The site takes on a community feel by registering users for free and then providing an on-demand plethora of music videos–allowing a profile in the mix and adding your name to a fanbase.

Internet killed the movie star.

Whenever the homeless people on the drag ask me for money, I’m honest when I say I have less than them. Because sometimes, or most of the time, I suck at keeping track of money. And most people do if they are already broke most of the time.

The point is Xpenser.

Xpenser is a network that lets you keep track of expenses through the phone, email, Twitter, or IM. As soon as the COOP robs you for books, text Xpenser. As soon as someone steals your purse from the Union, email Xpenser (your phone is stolen).

Yet, something tells me that in theory this is a great idea. In reality, the broke feeling will never fade.

Every person has had that boss, and I mean that boss in their life.

When I worked my thankless job as a 16-year-old in the Corpus Christi mall, BossBitching.com could have offered a few laughs and some relief while I ate mall-pizza on my 15-minute lunch break.

The entire online community is anonymous, which means all the comments, stories, and polls one chooses to interact with present no evidence of identity, and no evidence that could lead to… DUN DUN DUN

more boss bitching.

Life has questions. What should I eat? Who was that guy who was in that one movie? Will I be wearing a tank top by 3 p.m.?

Answer:

Mosio is an online social network that registers your digits. Then when life’s little queries appear on the existential plate, a simple text to ask@mosio.com will put your question on the dashboard of the online social network, where other Mosio users will aid your damsel of a curiosity. Answers are texted back–and cynical answers are only allowed for cynical questions (states the Mosio policy).

One person asked if their flight would even be on time.

It was.

1. ANIMOTO

Animoto is a tool for the photo-elite and video-challenged… who like music. Their motto: “Welcome to the end of slideshows.” Thank the gods, for I despise slideshows.

Upload your pictures, find a song you like, and Animoto creates a video out of it. The booth was so crowded, all I got was a measly postcard.

2. UTTERZ

Excuse the grainy less-than-up-to-date-camera-phone photo. It has nothing to do with Utterz and its coolness, mostly based on the fact that its mascot is a cow.

It also has to do with its benefits (I suppose), which lets an avid mobile phone user (one with a better phone than I apparently have) to post to a blog or social network using audio, video, or text.

Ideally, I could use it for this blog, but my quest for a new phone is cut short by the black hole in my pocket.

3. KICKAPPS

When the dude at the KickApps booth tried to explain to me exactly what KickApps does, he told me that it was the “Movable Type of social networking.” I was partly skeptical until I saw an article describing AOL’s potential comeback from desperation was its interest in buying the customizable social network site–pretty impressive for a 2008-launcher. By becoming an “affiliate,” (their word for a registrant…free of course) a complete customizable community rests at the gentle push of fingertips for posting links, videos, blogs, and profiles. It’s a feature that can just be another page to a website. I’ll give it additional street cred for its clients, which include ABC, Vibe magazine and the DIY network.

That stands for Facebook Instant Messaging.

Oh yes, it’s happening. According toTechCrunch, it could be as soon as…this week.

My perspective: it will turn people away from Facebook. How many Facebook friends are actually friends? The anxiety of “real” interactivity, live, could be the end as we know it…

Or the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Ya.