Thursday Bullets: KickApps, Widgetbox, Twitter Widget, Sproutbuilder, and Outside.in

• KickApps has a new, build your own hosted social network service available, that seems to be very similar to Ning (review).  I played around with it a bit, and true to its promise, I was able to get a social network live with blogging, media upload, WYSIWYG feature configurator, message boards, etc in just a few minutes.  I got a little bit derailed when I couldn't embed a Flash widget into my blog post.
• Widgetbox has raised $8M more in funding.
• Widgetslab has found an amusing Twitter widget.
• SproutBuilder is as fun and as cool as advertised.  Check out my Obama widget.  At first blush, Sproutbuilder seems a bit easier to use than MixerCast (review).
• Outside.In (review) is going after Topix with hyperlocal discussion boards.  I think it's a good call.  Features without community are just that - features.  It's community that protects you against the new, super funded startup that is able to replicate your features.  Yet another argument for Hub and Spoke, versus just Spoke.  Says me:

"As much as I like the idea of a fully distributed, widget powered network that only exists at the edge, I believe that widgets backed by a sturdy home base community have a better chance for success than those that exist solely on a distributed basis."

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