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  • Storylr Platform Now Released as Open Source

    Storylr Platform Now Released as Open Source

    I mentioned in October that Storytlr was shutting down and would be releasing their software as open source. In a blog post on Sunday they announced the initial release with plans to continue working towards a stable 1.0 release over the next few weeks.  Of note is that they released it under an Apache 2 [...]

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  • Multifeatured Lifestream App Skimmer Launches

    Multifeatured Lifestream App Skimmer Launches

    A new Air app for Lifestreaming was launched today called Skimmer. I’ve only played with it for a short while but it has a pretty diverse set of features. It can import your feeds from several services including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and blog. It will import status updates and allow you to reply and post [...]

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  • The Year in Lifestreaming for 2008

    The Year in Lifestreaming for 2008

    2008 has been a tremendous year for Lifestreaming. When I first began researching Lifestraming back in February of 2007 and then started this blog a month after there were only a few scripts available to create a Lifestream and not a single web service dedicated to them. Since then I have found over 50 services [...]

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  • Lifestreaming Services Need Better Filtering Mechanisms

    Lifestreaming Services Need Better Filtering Mechanisms

    Finding ways to limit the firehose of information has become a common theme lately. I recently read this interesting post on TechCrunch highlighting the need to filter the noise. Then I read on Mashable about how Twitter can be such a time sink. Sarah Perez then goes into more detail stating that Real People Don’t [...]

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  • Lifestream Posts & Pages for October 20th 2007

    Lifestream Posts & Pages for October 20th 2007

    Tumblr Takes 750K Series A – More proof that investors are now funding Lifestreaming. Tumblr gets funding Breaking: Google Acquires Jaiku, Why Not Twitter? – Mashable’s news on the Google purchase of Jaiku. Lifestreaming finally hits the big time in the form of a major acquisition Share Personal Memes on Meemi – Mashable info on another Tumblr [...]

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