Newsbites
Here’s a post from reader John Eckman where he discusses his journey researching and choosing a platform to host his Lifestream. It’s a good read where he provides information on several different options along with insightful details. From the post:…
Today Len Kendall did a great write-up outlining the features and value of Posterous. He did this from a PR standpoint but I think it applies to everyone. If you still haven’t tried the service, this is a great overview.…
I’ve seen a few folks talking about having setup the newly released open source version of Storytlr on their own servers. Pretty cool to start seeing what is surely the beginning of many more of these popping up.
I read over at GigaOM about the Pepsi Refresh Project which plans to award millions of dollars to individuals and organizations that turn good ideas into projects that make a difference. From the post Pepsi is seeking ideas that make…
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…
2009 was a great year for designers creating custom Lifestreaming themes for WordPress. I now list 15 such themes that are available. Nythemes.com has selected their top 3 Lifestreaming themes for 2009. From the post: As every serious blogger is…
First off I want to give credit to the title which I got from this tweet by Keith Crawford. If you follow the tech world you most probably saw the flurry of news that came from the LeWeb conference in…
I have a custom search I use to monitor mentions of Lifestreaming on Twitter. Over the last few days I’ve seen an avalanche of automated tweets coming from users that have forced me to modify my search. See the stream…
AOL has really been pushing their Lifestreaming efforts and has now upped the ante by tempting users with a free trip. They’ve created a custom domain and landing page for users to enter the sweepstakes. The download and installation of…
Twitpic used to be my primary method for posting photos from my iPhone. Several months ago I began researching ways that I could automatically post my iPhone images to multiple sites including Facebook, Flickr, FriendFeed and Twitter. I looked into…