Granted, Strands is a bit south of Portland, but we still like to keep an eye on what they're doing. And with good reason. They're among the leaders in recommender technologies. And now they've taken that expertise and incorporated it into lifestreaming. Meaning? Meaning that your lifestream---and the lifestreams of those you follow---could be the key to you finding some new things to like. Sound interesting? Well, you'll find more details here. And a couple of those posts include codes which will get you into the private BETA, while supplies last:
Strands develops technologies to better understand people's taste and help them discover things they like and didn't know about. Strands has... [more]
Rick Turoczy
Rick Turoczy has helped Portland-area startups with traditional and Web-based communications activities for more than a dozen years–from spectacular dotcom IPOs to working with some of the best and brightest Web companies in Portland, today. A blogger for nearly a decade, Rick currently covers the startup tech scene throughout the Silicon Forest on his blog, Silicon Florist.
