… getting the Startup Bug. It’s currently 1AM PST (as of the beginning of the writing of this post). It’s also about 30hrs till our self imposed goal of releasing what we expect to be a viral facebook app, and, eventually, a platform outside of facebook. It’s also bed-time, to get those precious 4-6 hrs of sleep that will enable me to actually meet that deadline. But, of course, sleep is not an option, because my head is suddenly spinning with ideas that I haven’t thought of prior to the impending release. I come out of my room, and surely my co-founder Jessica, who has just finished reading Citizen Marketers, is not sleeping either! I tell her what is going on through my head, and she responds with a resounding rant of both approval and constructive criticism. She tells me about the power of people, the power of groups, and the power of ideas. And that is really what our latest stuff is all about — bringing people into tight-knit communities, which generate powerful ideas (collective intelligence, that works). Since this blog is not meant for self-promotional posts, I will leave the readers with that and a promise of something groundbreaking in the coming months.

But, I think it’s time to get some shut-eye. Why? I have answered this before, and I will answer it again: no matter how much we brainstorm, it will ultimately be the users who will decide how groundbreaking our stuff truly is.

I might lose some sleep over that thought too… but that’s why I have the Startup Bug!

Alex Notov has been writing code since the age 10. He is a web application developer since the age of 17. Now 23, he is managing editor at Startupism.com, and Chief Geek (he isn’t a fan of formal titles) and co-founder of a Silicon Valley startup.