The Birth of Lifestreams I created Lifestream Blog on March 17, 2007. The initial purpose of the site was to be a resource for people who wanted to aggregate personal content onto their own page. This included original content (blog posts, videos, photos), social media (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc.) along with activity on sites (listens, likes, …
A Retrospective on the 10th Anniversary of Lifestream Blog Read More »
A common thread I’ve heard by people who use social media services are the concerns of how to access their archived data or what could happen if the service ceased to exist. In the case of photos and videos I personally always have local versions that are usually much higher resolution than the versions I …
4 Ways to Backup Your Twitter, Facebook, and other Social Media Accounts Data Read More »
Last night Louis Gray gave me a call to talk about some recent topics I have been writing about and my thoughts on the current state of Lifestreaming and where it’s going. I discussed how I want to see a content reader developed based on LIfestream data and my thoughts on the value of the …
I’ve always thought there could be some interesting analysis that could be gleaned from the content we publish to our Lifestreams. This is definitely a market that hasn’t been successfully tapped just yet. FriendFeed used to provide a graph that showed your personal breakdown of items by service as well as those from the people …
Lifestreaming Statistics Module for SweetCron Built Using Google Charts Read More »
photo by soapylovedeb I just returned from SXSW and had a really good time. There’s been some negative feedback from the event this year which I feel revolves mainly around the parties. I’ll cover that in a wrap-up post later but that’s not what I wanted to talk about here. It’s amazing to think that …
The FFundercats Podcast is a show run by FriendFeeders Josh Haley and Johnny Worthington where every week they discuss the service often with various users from FriendFeed as their guests. They’ll discuss the service itself but also delve into the users of the community and what interesting things they shared or discovered over the course …
When I first started this blog in March of ’07 there were only a handful of custom scripts that allowed you to aggregate your social services. Over the months thereafter a large number of services launched to do this for you. In November of ’08 I wrote about how Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google were all …
Google Buzz Tries to Put Chocolate in Your Peanut Butter Read More »
In 2009 FriendFeed continued their dominance as the clear leader in the social streaming* space. But in the middle of the year when they were acquired by Facebook, their future path was largely in question and many users began seeking alternative services. FriendFeed has a pretty devoted community and while many continue to still use …
Cliqset Continues Path Aiming to Become the Social Streaming King Read More »
Image courtesy of Flickr user r9M I’ll start this off by saying that I had high hopes at the beginning of the year for technical advancements in Lifestreaming. I really thought we would see some new innovations from service providers and unique ways of processing data and create better filters to view it. Unfortunately I …
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 »