MySpace Talk on the Future of the Lifestream at 140Conf
I was surprised when I looked at the online schedule of day 2 of the 140Conf because I saw a talk on there for MySpace on “The Future of the Lifestream”. I hadn’t seen it before so my guess is…
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My Thoughts on the Current State of FriendFeed
Image courtesy of Louis Gray Its now been well over 24 hours since the initial shock that FriendFeed has been acquired by Facebook. I’ve been watching all the reactions originating both by the coverage surrounding the deal as well as…
How to Edit Your Facebook Privacy Settings to Share Your Profile with Everyone
Today marked a huge day at Facebook as they have decided to open up their data stream via API to developers. Another major development and a step to an open standard for Lifestreaming was the simultaneous announcement that Facebook was…
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,…
First College Course on Lifestreaming Taught at IUPUI
Everyone in the college world is focused on basketball so I thought it would be a good time to tell you about a course on Lifestreaming currently being taught by Dr Thomas Ho at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.…
Choose your Lifestreaming Service Carefully. Swurl.com is No More
I found out yesterday that Swurl.com has shut down. Swurl isn’t the first Lifestreaming service to go the way of go dark. They join several others which I update on my Lifestreaming services listing page. But in this case it…
New Open Source App AmpliFeeder Brings Beautiful Visualizations for Your Lifestream
I was recently contacted by Jon Paul Davies about a new open source Lifestreaming app called AmpliFeeder which he’s working on. He’s a longtime reader of the site and was nice enough to provide me with an early look at…
Retaggr adds Lifestreaming to their Ultimate Profile Service
I began using Retaggr last year primarily for the signature widget for my personal email account. I really liked the features they had to help build an online profile. Their offering makes all the top services pale in comparison. First…