Oct 30, 2008
Here's a quick tip if you've ever wanted to publish your blog entries on Twitter automagically. There's always been services like TwitterFeed but they are slow to update and requires that you share login credentials with yet another 3rd party site.
Enter FriendFeed. With the launch of their new feed publishing feature, you can post to Twitter any or all services that are linked to your account. Here are ...
Mar 20, 2008
There I said it. Is it true? You tell me.
Comparing FriendFeed to SocialThing is not like comparing gelato to ice cream (regular, fatty kind). Rather, they are really two sides of the same coin. FriendFeed aggregates your activities. SocialThing aggregates your friends' activities.
Why people get into flame wars over this is beyond me. But clearly, people feel strongly either way.
Unfortunately, during this heated school yard brawl, I fear ...
Mar 9, 2008
Stephen Paul Weber released a new Actionstreams Wordpress Plugin today at the DiSo forums. You can see a live version powering the "My Lifestream" section to the right. Inspired largely by the MovableType Actionstreams plugin, this one is really fast, extensible and supports a wide range of services (I'm working with Stephen to add support for Tumblr, Google Reader and others that aren't supported just yet)
Download:
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Mar 7, 2008
I just got back from Graphing Social Patterns conference earlier this week in San Diego, where Dave McClure of 500Hats put together a fun and informative 2-day event. The events were littered with people you expect to see in this space. David Recordon was on the "Need for Feeds" panel. Chris Messina did a quick trip to present on DiSo. Charlene Li had an insightful ...
Feb 28, 2008
If you hadn't already heard, FriendFeed opened up to everyone a couple of days ago after securing $5 million in funding. FriendFeed competes in the highly crowded lifestream space with others like LinkRiver, ImInta, SocialThing, lifestrea.ms (and catchup attempts by Facebook too). But most would agree that FriendFeed is leading the pack in features, usability and stability. And now it would seem that their business model is ...