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25 Oct 2010

A while ago, I tried Raptr during the beta and I liked it since it combined gaming with the social web. Here’s my initial review from 2008: It kind of fell off my radar since I was primarily using Xfire to track my gaming. I also had a problem with Adobe Air at the time [...]

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Tags: Community, facebook, game, gaming, raptr, social networks, tracking, twitter, web2.0

Twitter User Streams: Real-Time Is Back?

In: web2.0

14 Apr 2010

At Twitter’s developer conference, Chirp, they announced a new (or old) feature that has caught my interest: User streams. This new API will allow developers to stream twitter activity to end-users in real-time. This was demonstrated at the conference using the web version of Twitter and TweetDeck. As activity occured in the web browser, TweetDeck [...]

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Tags: API, chirp, conference, developer, real-time, social networking, track, twitter, web2.0

Twitter Trending Topics: Are They Useful?

In: web2.0

5 Aug 2009

The usefulness of Twitter trending topics has declined for me personally. All too often, I see people trying to “game” or “manipulate” the system to gain popularity. To me, the whole thing is null and void if it is contrived. Now that Twitter has brought these terms to the forefront, it seems the quest to [...]

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Tags: friendfeed, real-time, search, topics, trending, twitter, value, web2.0

BingTweets Mashes Up Twitter Trends And Search Results

In: web2.0

15 Jul 2009

Microsoft and Federated Media have partnered to create an interesting mashup called BingTweets. This site is in beta and offers a hands free experience on the latest trending topics on the web. After seeing this, I have a bit more respect for the efforts Microsoft is putting behind Bing and can only wonder how and [...]

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Tags: bing, bingtweets, federated media, mashup, microsoft, real-time, search, twitter, web2.0

FriendFeed Still Reigns As Conversation King

In: web2.0

14 Jun 2009

Today, I found yet another reason why I prefer discussing tech topics on FriendFeed over another popular social site, Twitter.

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Tags: conversation, friendfeed, link, opinion, search, social media, threaded, twitter, web2.0

Why Are You Still Following Me?

In: web2.0

1 Jun 2009

It boggles the mind. I use social networks to share what I like. Sometimes people like what they see or hear and they decide to keep up with me. I post news links, blog posts, video posts, podcast posts, general thoughts, rambles, LOL cats, tech deals, and even the newest shiny social network tool. By [...]

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Tags: followers, hashtag, leo laporte, social networking, spymaster, this week in tech, twit, twitter, viral, Web 2.0

The Challenge Of The Realistic Real-Time Web

In: web2.0

7 May 2009

Robert Scoble shared his desktop screens to give us a glimpse of how he consumes much of the information out there. It’s kind of scary: Do you think you could follow that? A lot of people see that and are intimidated. I believe this is going to be obstacle that the “real-time web” is going [...]