Comments on: A Lifestreaming Push Client is the Killer App http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/ News, reviews, & tips for creating a Lifestream Fri, 11 May 2012 22:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: name http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-2060 name Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:14:49 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-2060 This is basically what Gwibber (<a href="http://launchpad.net/gwibber" rel="nofollow">http://launchpad.net/gwibber</a>) does, though it doesn't support FF directly yet. This is basically what Gwibber (http://launchpad.net/gwibber) does, though it doesn't support FF directly yet.

]]> By: Non è (ancora) questo il servizio di lifestream che ho in mente | Microblogging.it http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-1081 Non è (ancora) questo il servizio di lifestream che ho in mente | Microblogging.it Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:10:31 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-1081 [...] moda per proporsi e raramente come strumento per seguire gli amici. Il problema non è solo di un client efficiente (come l’ottimo twhirl per Twitter) a mio avviso è che la maggior parte delle volte non [...] [...] moda per proporsi e raramente come strumento per seguire gli amici. Il problema non è solo di un client efficiente (come l’ottimo twhirl per Twitter) a mio avviso è che la maggior parte delle volte non [...]

]]> By: Stephen Paul Weber http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-1024 Stephen Paul Weber Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:05:13 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-1024 I always used the Jabber integration in Twitter -- just as good as a native client, but using a program I /already/ have running! No need to run YAN (Yet Another Notifier) I always used the Jabber integration in Twitter — just as good as a native client, but using a program I /already/ have running! No need to run YAN (Yet Another Notifier)

]]> By: Tony Berkman http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-1002 Tony Berkman Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:50:42 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-1002 Hey Mark, You have something similar on your blogcatalog profile, http://www.blogcatalog.com/user/Krynsky/activity which is also made portable using the new lifestream widget Comments are coming out in the next few days. Tony Hey Mark,

You have something similar on your blogcatalog profile, http://www.blogcatalog.com/user/Krynsky/activity

which is also made portable using the new lifestream widget

Comments are coming out in the next few days.

Tony

]]> By: Alex Rainert http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-988 Alex Rainert Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:10:10 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-988 As for pushing content, the stuff the guys at Socialthing have been <a href="http://blog.socialthing.com/2008/02/23/one-ginormous-update/" rel="nofollow">talking about</a> seems really exciting. Someone else on my post about <a href="http://www.everydayux.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-use-it-friendfeed/" rel="nofollow">how people are using FriendFeed</a> also suggested the need for a desktop-style application and I couldn't agree more. Once someone gets the two-way right from the Web, I think it'll be a matter of time before someone whips one up. At least I hope so :) As for pushing content, the stuff the guys at Socialthing have been talking about seems really exciting.

Someone else on my post about how people are using FriendFeed also suggested the need for a desktop-style application and I couldn’t agree more. Once someone gets the two-way right from the Web, I think it’ll be a matter of time before someone whips one up. At least I hope so :)

]]> By: sull http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-918 sull Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:25:45 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-918 forgot to link also to comet programming - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_%28programming%29 forgot to link also to comet programming -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_%28programming%29

]]> By: sull http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-917 sull Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:44:49 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-917 i've never used 8hands since it is windows only. So i dont know how well it performs and what usability issues may exist. But my interpretation of the core proposition here is on push technology. The UI and User Experience can always be conceptualized in different ways. So i cannot speak to that. But regarding push technology, their is a fairly new shift in focus on it so maybe we should shed some light on it here. Here is what 8hands sais: "Real time notifications. Forget all those tabs and refresh buttons. 8hands lets you know exactly what is happening on all of your social networks in real time!" It could be marketing, but it sounds like they are using push technology and not polling every x minutes. 8hands website is all about marketing the product and i cannot find anything technical that explains how it really works. With that said, here is an interesting javascript related programming language that is capable of pushing content to the client in real-time: http://www.flapjax-lang.org/ It came out last year but I have not seen much activity around it... unless their are strealthy projects that are using it. To go back to the early days.... when pushing content actually was a focus (~late nineties), you would look at java related tech... this site has always been around to provide information and tools regarding java based pushlets: http://www.pushlets.com/ and this is also worth mentioning: http://getahead.org/dwr/ Googling for puhslets, servlets, server push, reverse ajax, http streaming and other terms should yield you accurate results for research. sull i’ve never used 8hands since it is windows only. So i dont know how well it performs and what usability issues may exist. But my interpretation of the core proposition here is on push technology. The UI and User Experience can always be conceptualized in different ways. So i cannot speak to that. But regarding push technology, their is a fairly new shift in focus on it so maybe we should shed some light on it here.

Here is what 8hands sais:
“Real time notifications. Forget all those tabs and refresh buttons. 8hands lets you know exactly what is happening on all of your social networks in real time!”

It could be marketing, but it sounds like they are using push technology and not polling every x minutes. 8hands website is all about marketing the product and i cannot find anything technical that explains how it really works.

With that said, here is an interesting javascript related programming language that is capable of pushing content to the client in real-time:

http://www.flapjax-lang.org/

It came out last year but I have not seen much activity around it… unless their are strealthy projects that are using it.

To go back to the early days…. when pushing content actually was a focus (~late nineties), you would look at java related tech… this site has always been around to provide information and tools regarding java based pushlets:

http://www.pushlets.com/

and this is also worth mentioning:

http://getahead.org/dwr/

Googling for puhslets, servlets, server push, reverse ajax, http streaming and other terms should yield you accurate results for research.

sull

]]> By: Mark http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-915 Mark Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:45:14 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-915 @Sull & @Pascal I'm familiar with and use 8hands but it doesn't provide the updates in the client the way I have them shown. It also doesn't seem to support update notifications on some of the services I've setup such as Twitter. That said it's the only application I know that even comes close to this. @Pascal...yea, I meant "push" from the client application to me the user. There are however a few services that are coming out that do support what you mention. @Sull & @Pascal
I’m familiar with and use 8hands but it doesn’t provide the updates in the client the way I have them shown. It also doesn’t seem to support update notifications on some of the services I’ve setup such as Twitter. That said it’s the only application I know that even comes close to this.

@Pascal…yea, I meant “push” from the client application to me the user. There are however a few services that are coming out that do support what you mention.

]]> By: Pascal Van Hecke http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-913 Pascal Van Hecke Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:48:18 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-913 With "push" I thought you meant you could as well "push" content from the client into the network i.e. post messages, upload pictures etc. 8hands does indeed seem to do the trick: http://www.8hands.com/blog/_The_8hands_Video_Tour With “push” I thought you meant you could as well “push” content from the client into the network i.e. post messages, upload pictures etc.

8hands does indeed seem to do the trick:
http://www.8hands.com/blog/_The_8hands_Video_Tour

]]> By: beach http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-912 beach Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:53:23 +0000 http://lifestreamblog.com/a-lifestreaming-push-client-is-the-killer-app/#comment-912 Hey Mark, I'm totally on the same page. We should talk. -b Hey Mark,

I’m totally on the same page. We should talk.

-b

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