Leo Laporte has launched an instance of Laconi.ca, the open source microblogging platform that powers Identi.ca. Given that Leo has 53,810 followers on Twitter at the moment, the TWiT Army could have a pretty significant impact on the microblogging landscape.
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August 24, 2008
July 5, 2008
Simple Microblogging Transport Protocol
If you’re reading this post, then you’re probably familiar with Twitter, FriendFeed, Plurk, Identi.ca, Pownce, Jaiku, Kwippy, and perhaps three or four other “microblogging platforms”. I apply the term somewhat loosely here. One reason for that is I don’t exactly know what it’s supposed to mean. Another is that many would argue these services can’t all be lumped into the same category because Twitter is in no way like FriendFeed, or that one of the others doesn’t deserve to be on the list, or that Jaiku is dead, or that we’re all on crack. I’m not here to argue those points.
July 3, 2008
Twitter Clones — Deja Vu All Over Again
With all the talk of identi.ca, Plurk, Jaiku, FriendFeed, Twitter down time and the chatter from folks looking for a stable, full-featured social messaging service, I thought I might recycle an article from the archives. Please forgive me for the re-post, and the slight license taken in the translation. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 28, 2008
Summize is your Imaginary Friend
If anybody’s keeping score, I’m one of those folks who thinks that IM, SMS, email, Twitter, FriendFeed, and perhaps another two or three other services we haven’t seen yet each have their place and that no one service is likely to crush another, let alone all the others. I do find myself spending more and more time on FriendFeed, however, and for information flow that’s not time sensitive, FriendFeed and Feedly make up my dashboard.
One very handy but somewhat hidden feature of FriendFeed is the "Imaginary Friend".
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June 27, 2008
FriendFeed Target Window Script
Here’s a quick little Greasemonkey script that addresses one of the little quirks in my FriendFeed workflow. I’ve set FriendFeed as my home page and always have it open in a Firefox window. It updates automatically, with new items appearing at the top of the page. About 95% of the time I right-click on the links in items and open them in a new window so I still have the FriendFeed home page open.
After installing several of the FriendFeed Greasemonkey scripts over at Internet Duct Tape, I finally broke down and wrote my own. This script updates all the links in the body of the page so that they open in a “content” window, rather than window where the FriendFeed page appears.
Rather than duplicate a full tutorial on Greasemonkey and FriendFeed, I’d suggest you check out the tutorial on Internet Duct Tape. Once you’ve done that, you should be able to follow the link below to install the “Target Window” script.
[ FriendFeed Target Window Script ]
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