I have just been invited to join Pownce, the new social networking phenomenon which is beginning to replace Twitter. I absolutely love it! When I first discovered Twitter I thought that it was a good idea, but this just takes it to the extreme. Instead of just being able to send messages, like Twitter, you can send files, events and links. Pownce also has it's very own desktop application created for Adobe's brand new Integrated Runtime (AIR) platform.

Pownce is very similar to Twitter but has some features that improve the overall concept.Pownce desktop application. There is currently no public timeline though, so that can be a downfall because your messages can only be viewed by people who know your Pownce URL (so that would be your friends and anyone you have advertised it to).

You can reply to individual messages to add your own views and comments on a message someone else has written, which makes it a little like having your own blog whereby you can post messages, links and events to your profile as if it were a blog. You can also use it as a messaging feature by sending private messages to a friend.

The website has a sleek design integrating the FamFamFam silk images and some beautiful background illustrations by artists at iStockphoto making it simple, clean and easy-to-use. The desktop application is also very nice, again using the FamFamFam silk images and colours that compliment each other, it makes it that little bit nicer to use than Twitter.

Anyway, I currently have 10 invitations to give away to anyone who wants them, so post a comment here and I will guarantee the first 10 commenters an invite, limited to one per person. Anyway, visit my Pownce profile here: http://www.pownce.com/bull3t/.