I still remember September 16, 2003. It was the day MessageRite, my first company, archived its first email message on behalf of its first customer. I remember all 5 of us huddled around my monitor, watching the output of tail -f on our application’s log file. We watched and watched and finally a message came in. It archived successfully. We cheered; high fives all around. Then a few more came and we cheered some more. It was a great day. But I actually don’t even remember if that first email was archived in the morning or afternoon. I only remember the day, not the time of day.

My sense is that many years from now I’ll remember not only the day, but the exact moment when blist went live. January 29, 2008 at 2:38. That’s when we’ll be on the DEMO stage, unveiling blist for the first time. The excitement is building.