mbogle Mike Bogle
Jaikus from mbogle
Thursday, 10 July 2008
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I'll keep my feelers out :) Someone pointed out that Twhirl supports posting to both Pownce and Jaiku, but this is only one-directional. Doesn't support incoming response yet - hopefully they'll resolve that soon...
Friday, 27 June 2008
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
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My pleasure :)
Monday, 16 June 2008
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
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It's definitely got a learning curve to it if you've been exclusively a Windows user. In my case I was a Windows user for 20 years before changing roles at work. I was handed a MacBook and said "what am I supposed to do with this." That said the creative aspects (digital media, video production, etcetera) are just awesome on a Mac. Both have their strong points really.
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The benefit of a Mac too [at least in the instance of Leopard (10.5)] is the fact you can run Bootcamp with it. So if you've got a version of Win XP, you could install that as well and run the two OS's in parallel. That's what I do with mine and it works quite effectively.
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Recording State of Origin on two different machines. PC and DVD player. If it turns out well I'll burn you a DVD and send it out :)
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Woah sorry about the IM essay. I was expecting Jaiku to truncate it somewhere rather than sending the whole thing through.
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Yeah Plurk is really uninspiring to me. I don't quite understand what all the fuss is about - IM updates don't work and the interface is hideously not userfriendly.
I'm with you on microblogging services (Jaiku, Twitter, Plurk, etc). I want to decide on one and stick with it. Problem is when others won't follow. Eg if everyone decides to stick with Twitter despite it's downtime dramas we're kind of stuck. I'm still now sure what to do about that. You point about muli-posting services that send a single update to multiple services is interesting. Haven't really thought about that fully yet.
As far as Facebook goes, yeah I deactivated my account 2 years or more ago after hearing about how shocking their moderation procedures, usage policies, and support quality are. It was a protest at the time and I've never regretted it - especially after hearing of the Beacon debacle from the outside. What a mess!
MySpace I keep active only because I've got friends there who aren't anywhere else on the web. Most of the time I avoid it like the plague but I will occasionally give in and visit the site only to run away regretting it quickly thereafter LOL
I wonder what the character limit is on replies to updates? I've written an entire blog post here!
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I've noticed that too actually. I thought it was my connection at the time though. I wonder if it's related to WWDC? That hasn't seem to have been a problem here (on Jaiku) though I suspect Pownce has more users because it's got open registration.
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Yeah Pownce does seem geared towards longer thoughts and file transfer - almost like Tumblr really. It is a really nice app though. Jaiku is ok in most respects but desperately needs direct messaging.
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Have you tried Pownce? Their AIR client is really nice and works on Linux via the AIR Alpha.
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Hell yeah :) Go Blues
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