Why Twitter Is Better Than FriendFeed

This special post comes to us from new occasional contributor Fake Steve Gillmor As the space program tries to recapture the spirit of the 60's by digging for Martians, a tiny speck messages earth through the psychedelic goodness ... continue

Interesting Things Learned From Google Trends

Now that Google has entered the Alexa space with Google Trends for Websites, the general public has some access to hidden traffic data from Google's vaults. The service get its numbers from a combination of sources including ... continue

Swurl Is Content Aggregation Meets Tumblr

New comer to the blogging 2.0 space Swurl aggregates online activity to deliver a Tumblr like experience with a unique timeline view as well. The Swurl platform automatically brings a user's web life together into a rich Tumblr-like ... continue

Five Reasons FriendFeed Is Better Than Digg

Kevin Rose's Digg may be the golden child of the social sharing space, but it's FriendFeed that is getting all the attention lately. I've always enjoyed Digg (and Kevin Rose is a good bloke as well which ... continue

Twhirl Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint

Twitter and FriendFeed client Twhirl has release an updated version (0.8.2) that finally tackles the applications biggest flaw: looks. The biggest change is how Twhirl renders FriendFeed entries. Gone are the days of Twhirl generating hard to read ... continue

FriendFeed Greasemonkey Scripts Round Two. Smaller Tabs, More Choices

The response to yesterdays release of a range of greasemonkey scripts to add tabs to FriendFeed has been great. Not everyone gets the appeal, and I fully get that (it's not for everyone), but others do, and ... continue

FriendFeed Adds Personal Recommendations

FriendFeed has rolled out a new personal recommendations feature that allows users to view the best content from their friends. The new feature is located underneath the search box on the FriendFeed homepage and offers links to see ... continue

Turn FriendFeed Into Your Start Page With These Greasemonkey Scripts

When I wrote my FriendFeed wishlist May 29 my number one wish was for FriendFeed to support custom tabs. This isn't happening yet, and even if it did it would likely be for content currently supported by ... continue

Switching To Blogging 2.0

The business of blogging is changing. A movement that arguably spawned social media and widespread user generated content is no longer ignoring the web 2.0 changes that have followed its rise. Open and sharing have replaced closed ... continue

The Race To Social Network 2.0

October 2009: Matthew logs onto his social aggregation service. In front of him appears everything his friends have been doing across every different social networking service. He decides that he needs to write a few blog posts, ... continue

My FriendFeed Wishlist

If you've missed the phenomena, FriendFeed is taking the first adopter world by storm. I wasn't initially convinced, but after asking Louis Gray to convince me, I gave it another shot, and now I'm completely hooked. I've touched ... continue

Considering Shyftr

There's been a lot of talk around the way Shyftr deals with full feeds, so I thought I might add my two cents worth via video. Note towards the middle when I'm referring to monetizing feeds from ... continue