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Drop.io Twitter Integration

Cale Bruckner — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:48:57 +0000

Drop.io, a nicely implemented file transfer service, just added support for Twitter. Now Drop.io users can set up a drop to update tweet when it changes. Pretty cool. The cool guys at Drop.io are calling it Tweet.io. You add just about anything to a drop, even a voice mail, so the use cases are pretty endless.

Lists of Twittering journalists – good people to Follow

Cale — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:24:16 +0000

Thanks to my-creativeteam.com for lists of Twittering journalists part 1 and part 2. I’m following a few of these now.

Applause: Blaine Cook

Cale Bruckner — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:10:00 +0000

I’m clapping for Blaine Cook, x lead architect for Twitter, and I’d like to thank Blaine for all the hard work he put into making Twitter what it is today. Twitter may be experiencing some growing pains but I think Blaine is catching more flack for the problems this week than he deserves. Throw out a Tweet for Blain and thank him for all of his hard work – attach the hash tag #thankyoublainecook. Blain’s website – includes phone number and email address if you’re looking for his contact info.

Related: Silicon Alley Insider: Lead Architect Blaine Cook Out at Twitter

twhirl

Cale Bruckner — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:43:09 +0000

Noah pointed me towards twhirl - an Adobe Air Twitter client. Pretty cool implementation. I’m still a big fan of the Firefox Twitterbar add-on for its’ simplicity.

Scoble Inside Twitter Headquarters

Cale Bruckner — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:10:37 +0000

Scoble gets inside Twitter headquarters. Scoble posted An inside look at Twitter yesterday, a video interview on the scene at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, featuring pretty close to the entire staff. There’s a lot of good stuff in this interview. Scoble covers everything from their recent round of funding to the technology under the hood at Twitter. Worth watching if you’re at all interested in Twitter and services like it – or Web 2.0 bubble companies for that matter ; )
My Twitter Profile. My take on Twitter and services like it – there’s a future in the micro-blogging format but I don’t really have a use for it in my life or work today. My Friendverse doesn’t Tweet so that makes the service pretty useless as far as I’m concerned. Following events or popular people using the service just isn’t my thing. Connecting it to SMS just makes my Q really annoying.

Friendverse Weakens

Cale Bruckner — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:43:23 +0000

There’s a rift forming in your Friendverse and you need to close it before it destroys the social fabric that holds your Friendverse together. The Friendverse is the invisible bond that connects you with your friends – the people you really know, like, and trust.

friend n. – A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

Yesterday, I was part of a blog conversation about the need for a standard that makes "Friend" lists more portable. Moving from one social network to another, Twitter to Pownce for example, can be a frustrating experience because you have to re-build your "Friend" list every time you move. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could take your "Friend" list with you when you move to, or start ,a new social network? The experience is especially frustrating for the socialites that have thousands of supposed friends – people like Robert Scoble who boast "Friend" lists numbering in the thousands. Yes, a standard that makes these lists more portable would be nice but maybe we should be looking at the way we’re "Friending" before we start developing a system to support meaningless "Friend" lists.

I’ve received multiple "Friend" requests from Twitter users that have "Friend" lists numbering in the thousands. The same thing happens to me on Facebook. I completely ignore most of these requests because I don’t like the idea of "Friending" people I don’t know, like, or trust. I should be able to invite a "Friend" over for dinner. A "Friend" would come to my funeral. Don’t you want to know someone, at least a little, before you add them to your "Friend" list? I guarantee you this, Robert Scoble has people on his "Friend" lists that he wouldn’t associate with in the real world.

I believe my Friendverse should be based on real relationships, a true reflection of my real world social network. I think people with "Friend" lists numbering in the thousands aren’t respecting their Friendverse. Not respecting your Friendverse, letting that rift form, can have real world consequences. Your real world friends, that crucial support network, will weaken as your expanding and meaningless "Friend" lists consume your time, weakening your social network. Your real world friends will begin to question their value in your social network as they become one of thousands that call you a "Friend." If you have thousands of "Friends," what does that make them? A "special" friend, a "best" friend, a "real" friend? If you don’t give your Friendverse the respect it deserves you’ll end up with a very weak social network and few real world friends.

So perhaps we should stop looking for ways to expand and transport meaningless "Friend" lists and instead focus on building a meaningful and rich Friendverse. People we like, know, and trust.