February 22, 2013
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I can’t believe Stowe Boyd doesn’t get a single mention in this article about streams… So although the web has changed out of all recognition in two decades, our underlying metaphor for it probably hasn’t changed that much. And this … Continue reading
January 20, 2013
by ianforrester
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Finally got the ability to download my tweets… Over 6 years of tweets in 6.8 meg of files. It comes in a zip file not a tar file which is interesting because Facebook uses Tars for its data dumps. Structures … Continue reading
December 29, 2012
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Tony Tweets a piece following my blog about what cinema could learn from TV. The theater may seem like the least appropriate place to check your Twitter feed, but that’s exactly the kind of behavior a Minnesota venue is encouraging … Continue reading
September 26, 2012
by ianforrester
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Tent.is just launched yesterday… Unlike twitter, its a distributed service which means you can run your own or jump on someone else’s. Its not just Microblogging either, its more than just that. Tent.is is a Tent host. Tent is a protocol for distributed … Continue reading
August 24, 2012
by ianforrester
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I’m wondering if I should bite the bullet and install these alpha and beta plugins under Cubicgarden.com? In my mind it seems what you need for a federated/distributed blogging system is just a few plugins away? OStatus for WordPress turns … Continue reading
July 14, 2012
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Its been a good load of years since I visited a promising startup in South Park, San Francisco called Twitter. Oh have they changed… There has been a whole number of stories and posts about how Twitter is locking down … Continue reading
October 21, 2011
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The concept is simple… Imagine if your Twitter client was crossed with your mail client? Tweetdig is exactly that. Currently in private beta although it feels slightly more like a alpha. I was lucky to gain a activation code when … Continue reading
April 28, 2011
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I switched over to Tweetdeck a while ago… I use to use Gwibber on my laptop/desktop machines and Peep on my Android phone but recently switched… HTC Peep was ok but honestly it use to wind me up when it … Continue reading
December 6, 2010
by ianforrester
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Dirty Si sent me a message to say go check out remcloud.com. From there About page… REMcloud is a social and information network that connects people all over the world around the most universally shared human experience; our dreams. REMcloud … Continue reading
November 8, 2010
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The consistently talented Derek Powazek wrote a great guide for Twitter called Twitter for Adults. If you don’t know Derek, you should get to know him. For me, his book Design for Communities isn’t just the best on the subject … Continue reading
February 14, 2010
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Evan Prodromou who I finally met at FOSDEM recently, has been running a poll to find out whats the best character limit for microblogging. For our flagship site, Identi.ca, which runs on the status.net cloud service and uses the 0.9.0 … Continue reading