Brightkite

Brightkite is a location-aware based social network that allows you to share photos and notes based on your location at a particular time. You check-in when you arrive somewhere, and Brightkite updates your friends as to your location.

Additionally, the service builds upon user-generated content to allow you to see who else has been to a particular place, any photos they took there and what they may have thought about it. It can even tag your Tweets with your current location. (There are plenty of built-in privacy features for those of you wondering.)

So why the uptick today? TechCrunch has a preview of the long-awaited Brightkite for iPhone application.

See what others are saying about Brightkite on Twitter.

PS I’m on Brightkite. And I have invites. Feel free to add me or email me for an invite, though I only tend to go to the kiddie park and the library so it’s not very exciting to follow me.

#nms / #nms08

We’ve mentioned @chrisbrogan here before. So it shouldn’t be much of a surprise when the New Marketing Summit he and others put together would start trending.

Some of the agenda highlights from the New Marketing Summit site:

• Niches, Microniches, and Social Networks
• Videoblogs, Podcasts, New Media, and the Impact on Marketing
• Search Engine Secrets
• Brands and Reputation in an All Media World
• Unlocking the Puzzle of Marketing Within GamesI
• Interactive Digital: Beyond Flashy-Shiny-Fast

Follow what the gang at @nms / #nms08 is up to today and tomorrow on Twitter.

(And if you’re there be sure to say hi to my friends @batchblue, tell ‘em TJ sent you.)