Well it has been a very long time coming, but this week we’ll be starting the Private Beta test, where we will be inviting certain people to try out the site before we go public, and to help us smooth out any kinks there might be. We’re really excited about this test, and about getting some other people onto the site, and we’re hoping they are as well!

The new server appears to be running well, and is all geared up to handle everyone’s uploads, stories etc. We’ve made a load of improvements just in the last 2 weeks, and things are looking great. As a hint of what’s to come, we’re also working on integrating with the guys at Picnik (hard to spell, easy to use) to give you super-simple online photo editing! Neat.

If you don’t get an invitation this week, don’t fret — we’re keeping this group small, but we’ll be opening things up shortly. Hopefully somewhere around the first week of February, the site will be opened up for registrations from everyone.