Check out our feature on Thrillist! Here’s a little snippet:

Nothing beats having someone else do all the legwork, like your sister inviting her sorority friends home for the holidays, or accepting Michael Flatley’s lifetime achievement award for him, and keeping it. Get all the online content you’re seeking sans effort, with Parse.ly.

Don’t forget to check out Thrillist Philadelphia!  And if you’re just signing up for http://parse.ly read our feature, and use the promo code “thrillist” to jump to the top of the beta accounts we’re handing out!

Check out our quick mention in Marketplace on NPR!  The transcript is there, but if you want to listen to the actual program (and hear some Parse.ly voices), you can jump to the 16:40 mark.

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We’re proud to announce that we’re entering the Private Beta stage of Parse.ly!

We’re happy with the interest our little garnish has gathered and are excited to hear some feedback.  Accounts are being rolled out today, over the weekend and in to next week.  Bear with us while we work out some of the kinks.

For now though, you can still sign up for access to our service and setup your interests using the Interests Setup Wizard.  The wizard should be working for most browsers, but let us know if you have any problems with it.  You’ll get an e-mail from us soon (hours, perhaps days) giving you your account credentials, so you can start saving time.

Oh yeah, if you’re reading this post you should get a little treat.  Enter “parselyegg” into the invitation box when you sign up and we’ll move you to the top of the list.

Grow Parse.ly, Grow!

Wow, it is hard to believe that this summer is almost over.  It seems like Cog Tree just moved to Philadelphia for the summer last week!  But a lot has happened and we’re really proud of what we created.  Let me try and breakdown the summer to give you an idea of how quickly we moved:

May 23rd – Moved to Philadelphia to participate in DreamIt Ventures’ second program for the summer.

June 1st – We knew that information overload was a serious problem, and that innovative technologies could be applied to help manage content online.  Though we had an idea of WHO it was affecting the most, we weren’t quite sure about HOW this was specifically affecting companies and people.  So, with the problem simmering in our heads, we went straight to the market to figure out what pain points existed and what solutions were available.  On the technology end, we had to bring a team together and start building out the prototype.

July 1st – Had an initial wireframe that was constructed directly from market feedback and major infrastructure work complete.

July 1st to August 1st – We went back to the market to ask questions about how our free tool could solve problems beyond any other free tool available.  And also asked about what demand there was for specific features that would be built on top of Parse.ly.  From this user feedback, we built Parse.ly.

August 13th – DemoDay 2009.

DreamIt Ventures was an outstanding program that allowed us to really dig deep into a problem that has persisted for the past few years.  We know that we have a solution that will save our users time and money.

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