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title: "Comment of the Day: Socialthing! Could be SXSW Breakout App"
date: 2008-03-01
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
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# Comment of the Day: Socialthing! Could be SXSW Breakout App

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/sxswlogo.jpg)In our post [SXSW Breakout App of 2008: What Will it Be?](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sxsw_breakout_app_of_2008.php), Marshall Kirkpatrick looks at five possible contenders for SXSW breakout app. Last year it was Twitter, the year before Dodgeball. Commenter Rob [nominated](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sxsw_breakout_app_of_2008.php#comment-48151)[socialthing!](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225/http://socialthing.com/) as a contender: “If socialthing! is able to launch their [iphone interface](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225/http://blog.socialthing.com/2008/02/23/one-ginormous-update/) for SXSW, it could be the huge hit. they are a bit under the radar but they are close enough to strike it big.”

Congratulations Rob, you’ve won a $30 Amazon voucher – courtesy of our competition sponsors AdaptiveBlue and their [Netflix Queue Widget](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225/http://www.adaptiveblue.com/widgets_auto.html?section=nfx&name=Personalized%20Feed).

So what is Socialthing!? It’s described as “a digital life manager that puts what you do online into one place.” In fact it was one of the [35 lifestreaming apps](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/35_lifestreamin_apps.php) that Josh Catone profiled earlier this week. Josh wrote about it:

> “Currently in closed beta, Socialthing! is a promising lifestreaming service that offers a nifty-looking iPhone optimized version. They’re planning to release the service at SXSW.”

Clever marketing move by Socialthing to release their app at SXSW. Right now it looks like a dark horse for SXSW Breakout App. But check out Marshall’s post and [nominate some others!](https://web.archive.org/web/20090104145225/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sxsw_breakout_app_of_2008.php). Some extra incentive: tomorrow’s comments competition winner will also be taken from that post.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/socialthing_sxsw.php))*