Last Friday I created a FriendFeed Real-Time bridge to XMPP. Over the weekend I’ve had several people receiving their home feed in real time over XMPP (GTalk to be specific). I also wrote a post about what I had done and what I intend to do with this going forward. One thing I heard from… Continue reading XMPP, Track and the Social Media Command Line
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FriendFeed to XMPP Bridge – Why, how and the plan.
Yesterday I took about and hour and created a FriendFeed to XMPP bridge. The advantage I had was that I was already running a XMPP server and had a working XMPP bot – these existed for my own personal use as well as for cosinity. Why? Primarily this is about information discovery. The ability to… Continue reading FriendFeed to XMPP Bridge – Why, how and the plan.
Social Media is about Aggregation – Not Publishing/Networks
I’ve been using FriendFeed for several months now. As a matter of fact, with the addition of real-time FriendFeed is now my primary Social Media interface. Why? Because the critical attribute which makes Social Media useful (yep, I’m banging on the adding value drum again) is aggregation, not publishing or networks. Publishing and networks are… Continue reading Social Media is about Aggregation – Not Publishing/Networks
Follow the Presidential Debate right here using FriendFeed’s new Real-Time view
FriendFeed just launched it’s new Real-Time view – check out the details in the FriendFeed blog. UPDATE: To not be a traffic hound I’m posting the direct link to the Debate 2008 Real-Time feed. Watch it there if you prefer. You can check it out right here and follow the debate in real time. http://friendfeed.com/rooms/2008-debates/realtime?embed=1&title=Debate%202008%20LIVE… Continue reading Follow the Presidential Debate right here using FriendFeed’s new Real-Time view
Can we please stop talking about monetization?
I can’t take it anymore – I just can’t. NOTE – this post was triggered by a fine post (and subsequent FriendFeed discussion) by Mark Evans – which you can find here. The idea that you can create a “cool” service, attract massive numbers of subscribers, and then monetize the subscriber base is insane. Always… Continue reading Can we please stop talking about monetization?
Quotes from Bret Taylor – FriendFeed
Louis Gray was kind enough to share what he heard at a MIT/Standford Venture lab panel on lifestreaming. You can find Louis’ full entry here. Here are the parts I found the most interesting… both in terms of FriendFeed’s strategy and the lessons they teach us about creating a startup. Bret’s presentation stated that FriendFeed,… Continue reading Quotes from Bret Taylor – FriendFeed