Almost immediately after Twitter started picking up steam, URL-shortening services that already existed (and many more specifically for Twitter) started gaining in popularity as well. Here are some thoughts about this.
This weekend Twitter has been more reliable than Identi.ca. Steve Gillmor ‘dented a threat about returning to Twitter. And Dave Winer tweeted that he was thinking of mirroring his tweets to Identi.ca.
During the conventions, and up to and including this weekend, Identi.ca has found out what Twitter already knows: the Jabber chat protocol “firehose” can [...]
Ok, for today’s rant, I’m going to pick on those folks that signed up for FriendFeed, added a few services, and then never logged back in. More specifically, I am going to pick on Steve Gillmor.
You may ask yourself, this sounds like a grind, what’s the point? Why should I keep doing this on one service after another? And the answer is: There is no good reason to do it.
I just caught a post by Benjamin Golub, the developer of RSSmeme, in which he reveals some upcoming changes to his popular service:
RSSmeme is about to be faster than ever at finding the hot news of the day. Everyone knows that FriendFeed is fast; and I’m not talking about the speed at which the site [...]
I know what you are thinking… This is the 35th FriendFeed post I have read in the past week! And you are absolutely correct.
I was just reading an article from Louis Gray about how to use the very cool and capable FriendFeed bookmarklet.
That got me thinking about just how many bookmarklets I have gathered in the past couple of months, and what they all do. You can see them in the screenshot over there.
Social Media Bookmarklets
Ok, be careful [...]
If you like to catch up on your favorite sites using a feed reader, you are most likely using Google Reader or Bloglines. If you prefer an offline (installable app-based) feed reader, you may be using Newsgator’s FeedDemon or some other standalone app. However, in this article I will introduce you to 5 ways of reading your favorite feeds that you may not have thought about!
You’re on AIM, MSN and Yahoo! Messenger. You think you have it covered with Trillian or Pidgin. Perhaps you think you are a step ahead of your coworkers because you are using Meebo. Think again.
Anybody out there a fan of the webcomic Penny Arcade? It’s a webcomic that’s had consistently funny strips 3 times a week. It is very video game-oriented, but today’s strip is much closer to home!
I’d republish it here but it is mildly NSFW (swear words), so head on over if you have a [...]
Is TwitKit the perfect Firefox sidebar companion? Maybe!
In this article I revew two Firefox addons, Tweetbar and TwitterFox.
A good review of Flock 1.1 on this site, including some functionality that I overlooked:
Version 1.1 really shines in its enhancements to the MyWorld page, including the Friend Activity Feed. Once you’ve logged into all your social networking services, you can drag and drop messages from one friend to another. For example, if Sally makes [...]
So, why switch to a new browser? Isn’t it possible to do everything you want to do with the one you are using, via plugins or mods? Well, perhaps. But maybe you will find a browser that works just as well as the one you are using, and provides a level of integration and convenience with services and sites you already use. Maybe that web browser is Flock.
