After resisting for a while, I have started using twitter. It’s useful to be able to contribute to some of the “conversations” that go on over there, even if I am not particularly fond of the character limit.
Uncategorized twitter 5:46 am
After resisting for a while, I have started using twitter. It’s useful to be able to contribute to some of the “conversations” that go on over there, even if I am not particularly fond of the character limit.
April 15, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Take a look at identi.ca. Unlike Twitter, it can federate with other Open MicroBlogging sites (and more of them are popping up). The community is definitely growing, and already features a lot of people from the software community. Plus, the feature set is constantly expanding – identica already has groups and tags (which are incredibly useful and surprisingly lacking in Twitter) with file sharing, location awareness, and more planning for the next couple months.
April 15, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Hi Craig,
I had heard about identi.ca and it sounds interesting. However, when it comes to this type of service, the people using it are the most important aspect. I take it that there’s no federation with twitter?
Best,
Ismael
April 15, 2009 at 5:42 pm
There is some federation with Twitter – many people use it. However, the goal is to eventually out-microblog twitter, or get Twitter to support OpenMicroBlogging.
Here’s information about the Twitter integration:
http://www.vimeo.com/tag:identica
Also, identi.ca supports the Twitter API, so all existing Twitter clients will work with it.
April 17, 2009 at 10:49 am
Thank you Craig. I’ll take a look when I have some time.
Best,
Ismael