Recently I’ve seen signs that are promising in the pursuit of returning focus to a decentralized web / internet. There are still many hurdles to get us there, but we have a good foundation to overcome the technical obstacles. There has been a surge of many prominent people working towards this goal. However I feel …
If you had been watching me as I watched Mark Zuckerberg present the new Facebook Timeline you would have seen a smirk on my face. It was also interesting to see how many other people picked up on how Timeline was Facebook’s migration from Newsfeed to Lifestream. I’ve been writing about Lifestreaming here since 2007. …
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 …
We Need an Open and Federated Social Network. Even Facebook’s Paul Buchheit Said So. Read More »
Today provided several serendipitous stories which is what led me to write this post along with its headline. I’ll start with some of my own observations. One of the biggest barriers towards allowing a simpler and more fluid Lifestreaming experience is the lack of open standards. While creating a Lifestream has become a fairly simple …
Progress on the Open Web is Finally Reaching a Tipping Point Read More »
Image courtesy of Flickr user Colin Purrington Several events as of late have cause many folks to celebrate a resurgence in blogs. The events of FriendFeed being purchased by Facebook and the demise of Tr.im (although it was resurected) have everyone questioning their trust in storing data on services controlled by others. Chris Saad shouts …
On the Evolution of Blogging and the Role of Lifestreaming Read More »
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 the user community on the FriendFeed site itself. It’s been a pretty surreal two days …
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 it. First off it will initially be a downloadable app which you will need to …
New Open Source App AmpliFeeder Brings Beautiful Visualizations for Your Lifestream Read More »
Last Friday was the first Dataportability meetup to take place in Los Angeles at the super cool new co-working location Blank Spaces. For those of you not familiar with the Dataportability movement here is the mission in their own words: “To put all existing technologies and initiatives in context to create a reference design for …
I’ve noticed some intersting stuff about Lifestreaming out there and wanted to point out the people and posts for you. Jeremy Wagstaff is a columnist for the WSJ. He wrote a story titled Directory of Lifestreaming which he chose to break out from his Diretory of Attention. Both give good overviews and I’m hoping he …
Lifestreaming Posts and Pages from around the Web Read More »