introducing kinverge

So what have I been doing with my time now that I'm a fancy-pants "Independent Technology Consultant"? In addition to working for some great startups and nonprofits -- and, oh right, that whole procreating thing (which I did in my off hours, I promise) -- I've teamed up with two sharp partners to build Kinverge, a free family intranet service.

In a nutshell, our goal with Kinverge is to make it super easy to set up a private Web site where your family can share and store family photo albums; set up birthday, anniversary, and other event reminders; post announcements and group messages; create gift lists; ...and you get the picture. We built it with the philosophy that photo sharing and blogging and other technologies don't have to be complicated and just for the tech-savvy. We think using a private family Web site can be easy enough to allow everyone in the family to participate.

We're still refining the site and adding new features, but if it sounds like something your family might be interested in or you're just curious, definitely head on over and get yourself set up. It takes all of a minute -- and did I mention it's free? Plus, it'd make me very happy.

(And if you perhaps felt compelled to tell others about it, or post about it on your own blog, I'll tell everyone you're the greatest.)