THE NEXT BIG THINGS

Thought that it might be useful to keep track of possible "next big things" for those who might be interested ...

In geek world, Pownce seems to be soaking up a lot of attention, Twitter continues to grow apace, but Jaiku is making ground amongst committed tech watchers. CyWorld, the SK Telecom owned social network, is planning a UK launch imminently, apparently. BlockSavvy is taking on a bit of a life of its own in the US and could drift over to UK trendsetters.

Other useful bits and bobs include ... BlogPoll, which allows you to run polls; HipCast, which enables making and hosting podcasts; BackNetwork, which I haven't really figured out at all; CollectiveX is a bit the same; SlideShare enables you to make slide shows and embed them into websites or blogs (think PowerPoint YouTube; Vox does blogging and more; JumpCut makes making movies from video clips and photos easy; Revver sort of does the same thing.

Anyone got any other tips for the next big things?