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27 Aug 09

Rest in Peace, RSS

Well-written article on the ascendence of Twitter and the obsolescence of RSS.

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Lifestreaming: a ReadWriteWeb Primer | ReadWriteWeb

Interesting commentary on the inexplicable new "lifestreaming" trend. I want to get it; I really do...

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  • I'd argue that Twitter is the most prominent amongst geeks at least. A lot of people use Twitter for lifestreaming.. with their blog posts getting linked in, using Seesmic to do videos, Twittergram to do voice, etc.



    But the "biggest" is probably FaceBook. Okay, it's not really a lifestreaming app all on its own, but in terms of sheer numbers of people constantly posting their updates, places they've been, events they've been to, etc, it's the closest thing to lifestreaming in the mass market so far.

  • what am i missing?



    lifestreaming seems to be willingly opening up one's entire existence to any and all predators from targeted advertisers to the government



    why do it?

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12 Jul 08

Installation: pidgin-twitterstatus

Needed instructions for installing add-on enabling Twitter to sync with Pidgin status.

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10 Jul 08

Comparing the top 4 mini-blog options | Wisdump

Nice summary of the features of various "micro-blogging" sites, with the conclusion that you can just update all of them if you set things up right. Yeah.

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  • Twitter and Tumblr stand out at either end of the spectrum depending on how much you want to “connect” with others. If you’re into public web-based IM, then Twitter is the place to be. It’s already the most popular, and if they would just add a couple of features it would be difficult to compete with, especially if they could address some of the downtime issues that have been plaguing the system. Tumblr is the perfect solution for people who really don’t want to have a blog per se, but want to aggregate all their online activities into one place and share what they’re finding with friends. Can’t decide? Use all of them and update them at the same time.
  • What is missed is that twitter still owns the rest because of it’s ease of use. When you have options like location, icon, other feeds (jaiku); who you’re replying to (jaiku and pownce); what your web face looks like (none of them worry too much about this, thank god) - you can’t just submit “…is heading to the museum”. With twitterrific from the desktop, and SMS messages or the mobile interface to twitter, I can easily keep my status updated to whatever I am currently doing - without any barriers to me doing, such as are added by pownce or jaiku. Hell, half the time I’m typing my latest tweet while standing up, typing with one hand and tying my tie or pulling my cell out of it’s charging cradle with the other before running out the door. Twitter isn’t even really *there* - it’s just me, and my status updates, and my friends’ status updates. Any tool that gets out of your way so much that it’s invisible to you during use, is the very best tool you’re going to find.
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