Acme Ideas

Over the last year or so I've resisted the temptation to pester folk for invitations to every new web service/social media site/twitter tool and I think that for the most part my life has been better for it.

Strangely though, this weekend three applications for early access that I had applied for a while back were finally approved and now I've got to remember why I wanted to test them in the first place. In the case of Glitch this is pretty easy - in this series of articles this game, from flickr founder Stewart Butterfield, looks like it might be exactly my kind of thing. Quirky and social works for me.

Gamestar Mechanic is for my son - if he is so keen on gaming, let him try and make one himself. I have no illusions about him becoming a soccer player and eventually buying me a mock-tudor mansion in Hertfordshire and a car with a vanity Dad1 number plate. Perhaps he could become a game designer and buy me an apartment in Brasilia instead. This beta should open up in the next few weeks, just in time for the summer holidays.

And lastly there is Empire Avenue, the most curious of the three sites. Describing itself as "a revolutionary online influence stock exchange combined with an advertising platform that allows individuals and organizations to convert their online influence and reach into revenue" it seems to be a stock market for social media mavens. 

As can be seen, Acme Ideas now has a presence on the avenue of dreams and gratifyingly people seem to be taking a chance on us. While Acme has never been and never will be a social media consultant we shall see whether Acme Ideas gains any traction in the market of influence.