Last week, StartupSchwag went to Las Vegas to check out all the cool Startups at Blog World Expo 2008. The expo floor was packed with flashy booths and bloggers, vloggers, podcasters and geeky internet folk.

MostlyLisa caught up with StartupSchwag Alums, Mashable, Lijit, and Disqus at the plethora of glitzy Blog World parties. In case you missed the festivities, here’s a video recap… Mostly Lisa stylez.

All in all it was an extravaganza of new media & techy goodness (not to be confused with Trekky goodness, which was happening just next door at the Hilton’s “Star Trek: The Experience.” Actually, I had an angry PC vs Mac debate with a Borg dude that ended up quite violently. You know those eye pieces are actually metal? Yep. My iPod will never look same again.

Stay tuned in because we are working with some great new Startups to get you the most rockin’ schwag tees around!

And remember, you can still get your hot little hands on previous Startup Schwag tees, like the famous Mashable potato tee that everyone always asks me about. No need to ask! Just head to the online store.

I was digging through some old schwag and found some of these. nsfw? maybe? Probably less sfw than the extra shirts shipped in schwag #10 this month, featured on the right (wow, that was fast).

Really exciting changes coming reallysoonnowforreal. Final tweak phase. Finger hovering over launch button.

Disqus – Boost your blog community by installing the Disqus comment system. Disqus makes your comments more interactive for readers and easier to manage for you — all while connecting your community with other blogs.

Ask500People is brought to you by the zesty folks at Wondermill.com. In 2004 James Surowiecki wrote a best-selling book called “The Wisdom of Crowds.”  The book’s premise is that diverse, decentralized people voting independently are better at predicting future events or trends than individuals, small groups or even domain experts. Wondermill built Ask500People to gather input and opinion data in minutes instead of days, and to create a platform that other applications can integrate.

Digsby is a multiprotocol instant messaging application developed by dotSyntax, LLC. Digsby is written in wxPython and uses Webkit for rendering. It currently supports e-mail notifications and alerts from MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.

The Go BIG Network is the world’s largest community of startup companies. Startups use Go BIG to find funding, recruit talent and get expert advice. Go BIG allows you to access a community of investors, employees, freelancers and experts, all of whom are interested in startup companies.

Twiddla – Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make that conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo – it’s all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly, mom-approved. Oh yeah, it does one-click audio chats too.

WujWuj.com brings family and friends together to decide on and purchase gifts. WujWuj.com then buys the gifts and ships them to the designated destination.

Any special requests? Recipes?

I’m going to try to avoid the obvious puns here.

Sometimes all I can say is “wow.”

http://www.nets2go.co.uk/love-isnt-blind.html

We shipped Wednesday – our biggest month yet and I’m really excited about next month because finally, at long last, we’ll be ready to launch something long overdue with a few of the … and there I almost let the cat out of the bag. Soon, July 1stish, maybe the following week, but soon.

We have some shirts in mind for the next few months but nothing is 100% – any suggestions? I think twitter is out, unless someone knows them well or we leverage the fail whale, which turned up on iStockPhoto (along with a number of other tshirt sites). We want legit and clever, I was scolded the last time I suggested we jokingly dupe the “wearing my twitter shirt” design – what do you love? FriendFeed? Plurk? Telstar Logistics? kthx.

And here’s a tour of their offices in Boulder, CO:

Amazee – Have you ever had a goal which required the attention and engagement of more people than just yourself? Amazee is a social collaboration platform that gives you the tools to connect with like-minded people to run and promote projects. Whatever your goal is, pursue it on Amazee!

BookGlutton is a new way to read and discuss books with your friends. Read something from Book Glutton’s online catalog and you can chat with others right inside the book, on a chapter-by-chapter basis. You can also leave comments attached to any paragraph or be bold and upload your own writing.

Pixish is a place where people who want images and people who make images can easily find each other and collaborate on creative projects together.

ReturnMoi is a global proactive recovery service that helps return lost and stolen items to their rightful owners. Security tags help protect Cell phone, ipods, laptops, keys, luggage and even cats and dogs. Finders are motivated to return items because ReturnMoi’s return system is simple, convenient, confidential and rewarding.

SocialBomb – Created by three guys at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program, Socialbomb is a real-world networking game where players are awarded points for social interaction and lose points for being aloof or talking to someone with a lower score. Mingle well to make sure you don’t have the lowest score, because nobody wants to be around the social bomb!

Shoutlet is a complete Web 2.0 marketing tool that allows users to launch campaigns using RSS, text messaging, video, email, podcasts, and widgets. This web-based application combines multiple Web 2.0 formats to give marketers a simple, effective way to reach their target audiences using social media.

Zambino is the first video advertising network geared toward connecting advertisers directly with content producers. Zambino helps companies smartly integrate into social media, in a way that the community will accept and respond to in a positive way.

And we picked up some limited edition Ubuntu Hardy Heron shirts for a small number of subscribers. This link is to the 2nd edition (first set were darker, like the pic):

There are some changes coming in the next month – we’re going to roll out a few features we’ve been hinting at for a little while. Aaand that’s all for now. Happy schwaggin’!

Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more. You can do it all on their web site, or install their lightweight desktop software that lets you get out of the browser.

Answers.com is your free “one-stop shop” with instant information on over 4 million topics. They deliver useful answers in a snap. Look up any word or phrase for the best definition or explanation on the Web. Not lists of links… just the information you’re looking for.

BBGeeks.com helps users make sense of all things Blackberry. In addition to covering industry related news, publishing how to guides, interviews and articles, BBGeeks.com also provides information on Blackberry cell phone services and plans.

CenterNetworks was relaunched in September 2006 to focus on the “new” Internet. The mission is to help industry professionals learn more about topics including: social networking, Web 2.0, and social media. In addition, one of the main goals with CenterNetworks is to help you create better web apps.

Entrecard is your business card 2.0. It’s a 125×125 image which represents you and your blog. Its part advertisement, part business card. It comes with a widget you place on your blog, so that others can leave their Entrecard for you.

A Mikon is a symbol about you. This is a new set of Mikon stickers from SXSW.

SnapFoo is a photo blog or moblog. Easily send images from your cell phone or email and they post to your profile automatically! Friends and family can see what you’re doing while you do it and all you need is a cell phone capable of sending images via text messages and a camera phone!

And there’s a little something extra for a random group of subscribers… We shipped out 20 ipod shuffles to a mostly random selection of subscribers who’ve been with SS since the beginning and had been blogging/tweeting about SS. We’re going to keep that party going as new and interesting random schwag comes in. More surprises next month.

Speaking of which, we’re shipping a little later this month (still around the 15th). We’d planned to ship DataPortability this month (the logo design winner announced on TechCrunch). It was amazing to see how quickly stickers with that logo became available at Web2.0Expo. Turnaround was same day. And then the new logo, created b/c the last one infringed, also infringed. So we have a surprise shirt this month =)

Somebody wants Disqus shirts. Look at this:

As Disco Stu says, “if this trend continues… heeeyyy.” They may just be the first shirt that we first saw as a sticker. In November’s bag. Just before they got all that traffic. Coincidence?

We’ve had some requests for twitter shirts. Those look like this:

I think they’re brilliant shirts. I wish the twitter guys would let us print some shirts for them. If you know someone there maybe you could introduce me.

Come say “Hi” at Web2.0Expo. I’m in SF most of next week for the festivities.