I came across this great script that allows you to add a dynamic Lifestream to your existing website. When I say dynamic I mean it queries the stream for all the services you add to it and displays them on the page but does not archive them to a database. You can define how many …
Create a Dynamic Activity Stream with the Jquery Lifestream Script Read More »
The Lifestream Plugin for WordPress is one of the best, and clocking in over 160,000 downloads, most popular options for hosting a Lifestream on your own website . I’ve personally been using it for long time. The problem is that it hasn’t been updated since June of 2010 and appears that support for the plugin has …
Twitter Authentication Fix for WordPress Lifestream Plugin Read More »
Compartmentalized Lifestreams are all the rage right now. As well they should be, it’s a great way to get all your activity to be displayed in an attractive manner without some great content getting pushed down by Twitter updates. (You know you do it!) I stumbled across a nice little open source project called Pubwich, …
Mark Philpot spent quite a bit of time testing several different Lifestreaming apps including Sweetcron, Kakuteru, and a few other custom scripts. He ended up being fairly happy with the Lifestream plugin for WordPress but wanted to create a more customizable view. So he decided to write some custom PHP code to do just that. …
Custom PHP Lifestream Script Built Atop WordPress Plugin Read More »
I discovered a new open source Lifestreaming platform written in Django that comes to us from Krzysztof Klinikowski of Poland. He describes it as Lifestreaming Platform, multilanguage and multiuser. Written in Django, using modern technologies, microformats friendly. Clean and beautiful. Here is a screenshot of a user profile (click to visit) This is an alpha …
Lifepress – an Open Source Multi-User Lifestreaming Platform Written in Django Read More »
If you’re not familiar with SweetCron, it’s a very popular opensource web app that was allows you to self-host your own Lifestream. Released just over a year ago, and developed by web designer Yongfook, it was designed with beautiful aesthetics in mind. It has become one of the most popular Lifestreaming apps out there for …
Pimp Your SweetCron with Multi-User Functionality, an iPhone Compatible Theme, and more Read More »
Tanzim Saqib has an impressive record as a developer. He has worked for several companies including Pageflakes and is currently at BT. Tanzim has released an open source framework to create a fully customizeable, themeable and easy to configure Lifestreaming app built on ASP.NET 4. This is only the second .NET based open source Lifestreaming …
MyStream Open Source Lifestreaming App Released Written for ASP.NET 4 Read More »
Chris Myles embarked on a sailing trip that lasted 5 1/2 years, spanning 32,800+ miles, where he visited 24 countries, and spent 160 nights at sea. He wanted a way to be able to share his adventure including maps, photos, videos, and blogging easier, so he decided to develop his own app. Blurbits is the result …
Lifestreaming App Developed During a 5 Year Sailing Journey Read More »
Life Collage is a new Lifesteaming theme for WordPress that is actually a child theme built on the Hybrid framework. What is a WordPress theme framework you ask? Well these are Themes built with flexibility in mind, designed so that you can tweak them to fit your needs. This can usually be done in a …
Puddle is a self hosted lifestreaming script created as a side project from mobile game developer, OrangePascal. Puddle is simple to setup with no need for a database and can get you quickly up and running with it’s easy to use interface. This script—being young—still has a few hurdles to get over, but it’s promising feature-set could lead to an excellent self-hosted lifestreaming solution.