Pownce. About 14 hours ago, news of Kevin Rose's new startup (partnering with, according to the Digg, Leah Culver, Daniel Burka, and Shawn Allen) hit Digg and the rest of the internet. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check the website out for the basic details. In summary, it's like the recent Web 2.0 darling, Twitter, but with some solid additions and improvements.

Lucky for you guys, unlike most other current Pownce members, I was able to rip myself away to write up some first impressions. Without further ado...

The Initial, Initial Impressions

I think a lot of other people shared my knee-jerk response:

I mean, the thing is, Twitter's a pretty awesome idea. I actually first heard of that little gem reading some article on Digg about how Twitter was going to fail, and my reaction was immediately signing up and diving right into a several weeks long addiction of voyeurism and friend/fan gathering. (That's one of the great parts about social networks, right? You feel great creating friendships, and a lot of times, recreating friendships, with a click of a button.) Continue reading...

Guess what? Things are stirring again. Actually, they've been stirring for a while, but I've had to keep quiet about most of them. I'm planning some huge updates to the site though in the upcoming week or two.

For any MDA fans out there, if you missed it, we're running a developer competition now to select the right developers for Season 2. And if you're a developer, you'll definitely want to check it out.

MacThemes 2... is out! Huge props to Ricky, Johnny and Dave for pulling it off, and kudos to David Lanham and Renn of Atacama Design for the great design refresh. The front page is now active again with a reallly excited news staff, so while I'm taking things pretty hands off, I'll be looking forward to reading all the new content.

MacHeist? Well... it's over, I guess. But it's a long break between now and the next one. Maybe we'll think of something to fill that hiatus up.

There's other stuff coming up, and I'll be making efforts soon to get some more discussion going between me and you guys. But for now, the blog is definitely continuing in hibernation. (I have over 10,000 comments in moderation, mostly spam. I don't even know where to begin.) Stick with the twitter feed for updates.