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Plurk!, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

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Does www.plurk.com still exist? Let's check the site...Yeah it's still there. Soooo, I haven't been there since I signed up. Micro-bogging is very much alive with so many programs co-existing together. Honestly www.friendfeed.com was cool but quiet until www.twitter.com came back. I dropped twitter for a while thinking it wasn't needed, but articles are still popping up about the value of twitter in a business space. Is Twitter paying these guys to say that?*Checking Email* Do you think twittering still matters? Will PLURK last? Let me know...

friendupdate, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

Not at all! The Stats have changed also. With the resurgence of www.twitter.com ,tweet love is still the majority of traffic. The friend feed bookmarklet has picked up speed too. I've been trying to use it like twitter with some success.

Of course the biggest change has been the use of "rooms" and now the ability to add feeds to the rooms. I've read many discussions on this and the consensus seems to be a little automation with a lot of conversation.

Back to the rooms. Members have found a wide range of uses for it from Social Media arguments to baby announcements. My secret favorite room is the Problogger room. I won't go into detail because rarely does a paid blogger discuss their how-to's....

So is the www.friendfeed.com party over? Not even close. These guys created a platform with no presets or bondaries. You can do what ever you want to do here. It reminds me of a machine originally made to just add. Remember that one?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/05/friendfeed-v-twitter-half-the-follo...

It's game six and the Lakers have NOT dominated the first quarter. I think the Celtics figured it out finally. Now all we need is for Ray Allen to Go LAVA hot in the second half! I know, I'm in Philly cheering for the Celtics, but when was the last time a Northeastern NBA Team won the Title? Here's the Chat link: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/nba-finals

nba, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

I'm not really into the online chatting thing. Not being face to face is something I'm still getting use to. Nevertheless, http://friendfeed.com/rooms/nba-finals is really jumping right now with good NBA talk! For some reason Friendfeed makes it easier to talk to each other and about a topic. It's easier than leaving comments on a blog(grrr)! So hurry up and sign up. If you miss tonight, there's still Sunday....

ff revolt, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

Very interesting situation today! The creator of a public room at http://friendfeed.com/rooms/social-media decided to add two moderators for the room. This caused an uproar from one member asking for democracy. He suggested a vote should be made to elect moderators. The latest post from the Admin sidestepped the issue and basically said "Deal with it".
If a room is public, how Democratic should things be? Of course if you make a PRIVATE room, you call the shots. How though does the phrase: "He who has the gold makes the rules" apply to FriendFeed? Should Paul/others intervene? Also earlier I saw a post claiming Robert Scoble was Paid to Promo Friend Feed...Really? Has the trolls officially arrived? You Tell me.

Cooking with web 2.0, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

Quickly skimming ff today,i noticed one person wrote how he wishes he was a programmer right now. WHY? Well looking at twitter Bill gates' mantra comes to mind, "developers, developers, developers." i had a coworker when i was in retail tell me about her xml and database classes. She saw my face and mentioned it would be cool to use a database to itemize my poetry. I told her i don't like being holed up at a desk in the dark all day typing code. Neither does anyone else apparently... The flip side is that jobs in the it field is still in high demand. Even though salaries have dropped after the first bubble, today's it pay rate is way better than retail jobs... So all that to say this, can you code? Better learn...

feedego, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

While doing research for www.feedzz.com , directeur on www.friendfeed.com said www.feedego.com was way better. Really? Ok, I bit and signed up. It's very different in that it uses APML...AP-what? Just like OPML(a file listing every blog you've read on Google reader and others), APML allows one to save certain Keywords in one file. Uploading this file to Feedego and others will make the service deliver blogs that match your keywords. Cool? Eh, it's unique for the moment, but soon it will be the "future"! The premise is that keywords describe our likes, dislikes and personalities better. Soon tags will deliver us our content. Soon we won't have to manually add blogs to our favorite list. SOON- Well, you get it...

mojipage, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

That's right. Here's another mobile option for submitting things to Friend feed. Http://mojipage.com/ allows you to use instant messaging. I haven't tried in the mobile environment, I just tried on Pidgin/Googletalk. It works well and I can even direct a post to a certain room,that's cool. Thanx to http://friendfeed.com/mojipage for showing me this cool tool...

rooms+stats, originally uploaded by Solacetech.

This might be a little too early but I wanted to a least put it on paper. After www.friendfeed.com fragmented itself into rooms, I wondered if the stats would change any. It doesn't look like it did too much. Twitter is still the number #1sorce of flowing info and Scoble is still the most interesting person on the web(heh heh, to me anyway). What has changed is the Blog stats. There is a lot more blogs to read(yea!). Friendfeed posts has increased dramatically also, the bookmarklet has to be one of the best Web 2.0 tools this year! So on this lazy Monday, I'm off from PC work ,but still hitting the blog bricks...What does your stats say?

Now I'm not bitting the hand that feeds me,I do still love www.twitter.com , but it's starting to get real defensive in here. ReadWriteWeb(see link below) after a complaint about NOT showcasing twitter alternatives, decided to list other choices like www.friendfeed.com ...So what was the result? People complained that they were now giving Twitter too much bad press. Really? So are they Twitter fan boys or detractors? I love it! Our online newspapers have such a diverse audience, it's impossible to please everyone. Some worried about http://arstechnica.com/ losing it's touch when www.wired.com 's parent company bought them. No worries, Wired will still be for the consumer and Ars will still be for the developers...FANBOYS!!!!!

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/alternatives_to_twitter.php

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/4045