Commentary Archive

  • The Value Proposition and Migration from Lifestream to Likestream

    The Value Proposition and Migration from Lifestream to Likestream

    On Friday I came across this tweet from Brian Frank stating he had switched his Lifestream to a Likestream. Lifestreams normally contain a mashup of both personal content we create as well as content we find interesting that we “like” and share. I found his decision to basically remove his personal content from the equation pretty [...]

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  • We Need an Open and Federated Social Network. Even Facebook’s Paul Buchheit Said So.

    We Need an Open and Federated Social Network. Even Facebook’s Paul Buchheit Said So.

    I’ve been somewhat following the whole Facebook privacy debacle over the last few weeks with some interest. The very passioned outcry I’ve seen from so many is something I didn’t expect. I agree that any social network that offer layers of both public and private sharing needs to adhere to some basic principles. They need [...]

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  • Why the Checkin Has Gotten a Bad Rap and Its Importance to Lifestreaming

    Why the Checkin Has Gotten a Bad Rap and Its Importance to Lifestreaming

    I have been seeing quite a bit of negative feedback or confusion lately regarding the usage of checkin services. Two blog posts I read recently from Louis Gray and John Battelle offer great details describing their usage and experience with Foursquare. Louis stated: For me, as I’ve watched this phenomenon, expecting to be dragged into it kicking [...]

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  • How to Design the Perfect Lifestreaming Content Reader

    How to Design the Perfect Lifestreaming Content Reader

    Over the last 3 years I have spent the majority of my time covering the tools and services that provide ways for us to record and distribute our Lifestreams across the web. Over that timeframe we’ve seen the adoption rate of such services increase exponentially. The problem that began to surface pretty quickly is how [...]

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  • Lifestream Blog Turns 3 Years Old Thanks to You

    Lifestream Blog Turns 3 Years Old Thanks to You

    photo by soapylovedeb I just returned from SXSW and had a really good time. There’s been some negative feedback from the event this year which I feel revolves mainly around the parties. I’ll cover that in a wrap-up post later but that’s not what I wanted to talk about here. It’s amazing to think that I first [...]

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