TechCrunch50 Day 3

Here are my favorites:

Rich Media: VideoSurf offered a great demo to automatically tag your videos and share with everyone but Bojam stole the session as an AWESOME tool for musicians collaborate from around the world (both recording and learning from experts).  I CANNOT WAIT to see some of the music that comes from this site!

Games: I’m a big proponent of engaging the real world while simply leveraging the internet to do it.  This is difficult, but Akoha is trying to do it to contribute to valuable causes in the real world a la “pay it forward”.  Check them out and get involved!

Vertical Social Networking: A great session which had one of the judges telling Causecast he’d “die” to be investing in it.  At the same time Birdpost and Closet Couture may emerge as great websites.

Research and Recommendations: I thought GoodRec had the best concept.

Wow, so that’s it for TechCrunch.  Go try these companies out (and Mint.com)!

TechCrunch50 Day 2

Day 2:

Collaboration: Popego: great interface to find information that really interests you online.

Finance & Statistics: (all were studs) Emerginvest (ID places to invest in emerging markets) and iCharts (put interactive graphs in pdfs and ppts!) stand out as revolutionary

Mobile: Tonchidot: you are going to be hearing about this company who brought the internet to the real world community through the mobile phone…unless google beats them out…j/k!  Fitbit will revolutionize your life for $99 by this Christmas.

Language & Platform Tools: Get ready to Swype across your mobile keyboard!