One Man’s Mission to add a Service to His Lifestream
Even in this day and age there are still some web services out there that offer no way of sharing the data created by them from an RSS feed or API. This can be problematic if you want to add…
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Formspring Offers A Simple Way to Share More About Who We Are
Sometimes it’s a simple idea along with an equally simple execution that creates a great user value as a web service. That’s exactly you have in a newly released service called Formspring. You create a profile in a minute and…
The Year in Lifestreaming for 2009
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…
A Reader’s Thoughts on Lifestreaming Open Source Platforms and Hosted Options
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:…
SweetCron Creator Reflects on Lifestreaming and Migration to Posterous
This is slightly old news but I never posted it here so you may not have heard that Yongfook, the creator of SweetCron, has abandoned the project and now is using Posterous. So why the change? Well luckily for us…
Nice Posterous Overview and Why You Should Lifestream
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.…
Progress on the Open Web is Finally Reaching a Tipping Point
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…
University of Edinburgh Students Provide Insightful Thoughts on Lifestreaming for their Course
In October I told you about a course at the University of Edinburgh on “E-learning and Digital Cultures”. The course required students to create Lifestreams using WordPress for the duration of the 12 week course. Well the course has come…
Self Hosted Sites Using Storytlr Now in the Wild
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.
New Pepsi Stream Designed Website for Upcoming Refresh Project to Award Millions
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…