In the spirit of the real time web, we have been posting as frequently as possible during the development of @follow™ our real time web following service. @follow™ lets you follow streams of content in real time on just about any type of information.

We have updated the design and navigation of @follow™ to make it easier to select and view real time information streams. Right now, there are about 16 information streams that are live, hundreds more will be added in the next few weeks.

An ‘information stream’ at this point is a collection of disparate data points that stream into a single real time view. I am including some early preview screenshots of @follow v.1 below…

This is an @follow™ I set up to follow the Real Time Web 09 conference attendees. All the attendees blogs and twitter feeds are updated in real time into this stream…

You will be able to keyword filter on an information stream to uncover specific items…

Basic directory to one click navigate real time information streams…

As you can see, we are intentionally making this a narrower ‘vertical’ type design for use on mobile web devices like the iPhone™ and Gphone™. I will get into more details in the coming days about the icons on the left and deeper functionality of @follow™.