Tumblr vs. Posterous: microblogging throwdown
I’ve been auditioning the two heavyweights in the greater-than-140-characters microblogging space for a bit over a week now. I can tell you right off the bat, there is no clear winner here. Both services certainly have a place. In fact,…
The Facebook TOS controversy
Facebook recently updated their terms of service to include language which made users of the service a little uncomfortable. The new terms gave Facebook “perpetual worldwide license” to any content shared on the service. There was an outcry from the…
Jinni invites for your favorite movie
Jinni is a really cool movie suggestion engine. It has developed a movie “genome” that defines certain traits in movies in much the same way Pandora does for music. I have five Jinni invites for the first five commenters who…
Posterous: minimalistic microblogging and sharing
Ready to start a microblog at Posterous? OK. Send an e-mail to post@posterous.com. Now you’re done! They will reply with your Posterous URL, and your blog setup is complete. Of course, you can go to the site and flesh out…
Tumblr: more than a Tweet, less than a blog post
Occasionally, I would like to post a quick thought or idea, but I can’t really fit it into Twitter’s 140 characters. It also doesn’t justify the trouble of making a blog post or it otherwise doesn’t really fit there. Tumblr…
Read Digg’s top stories? Subscribe to Feeddit
Lost In Technology has written a post on a feed I have been using for a while now called Feeddit. I like to track the top stories on Digg. However, Digg’s RSS feed is really a mess if you ask…
Use Backtype to track your and your friends’ comments online
For those of you who are active commenting on lots of blogs, Backtype is a wonderful service that tracks your commenting. Register an account and claim your comments on blogs and a number of other social sites. Backtype itself is…
Receive all your Twitter @replies via SMS
Twitter‘s mobile updates text message you with tweets for your selected followers. It will also text message you with any direct messages you receive. Unfortunately, @replies are left out in the cold. Using the magic of Twitter Search, Yahoo Pipes,…
SocialWhois gives a deeper look at Twitterers/FriendFeeders
Mashable pointed out this new site with a great concept. Both FriendFeed and Twitter have incredibly minimalistic profiles—FriendFeed having none to speak of and Twitter offering only a short bio. SocialWhois allows users to look up potential follows to learn…
Google Reader adds comments for sharing
This is a big deal for social web addicts. One of the first articles posted to this site was about the inadequacies of Google Reader as a sharing platform when compared to FriendFeed. Yesterday, one of FriendFeed‘s advantages over Google’s…