Jun
05
2008

Yet, another microblogging service by fuzz.
Because a lot of people share the music they listen to during the day on Twitter, Blip asks the question ‘What are you listening to?’ instead of ‘What are you doing?’
You can include the song in your post and others (followers) can easily listen to it. You can also link your Blip account to Twitter, Pownce, jaiku, or other services. Extra feature: you can adjust the volume and navigate through the songs by using desktop shortcuts (nice!).
When I first read about Blip I was wondering why I should let go of Last.FM account, because it already collects all the music I play during the day + my friends music.
AND I can listen (for at least 30 sec.) to most songs…
Well, I don’t have to let it go. I can also link Blip to Last.FM, but I’m not sure what it does. If you want to know what I listen to, you should check my Last.FM page, I say.
I’m not Blip-minded (yet?).
Jun
03
2008
Today, I learned a new word: ‘Plurk’.

Plurk is a new service for all you microbloggers out there. You can say it is a twitter/jaiku clone, but this one shows your Plurks(?) on a horizaontal timeline. Unique? Maybe. We find the same functionalities, like fans (followers_you), friends (followers_me), and the same amount of caracters you can use: 140!
New features: Instead of answering by posting a new plurk, you can reply on the post itself. There’s also something about karma. I’m not sure, but it seems you can earn emoticons???
The timeline presentation is nice, but I wonder wat happens if I follow more people (Don’t you, Robert?).
It reminds me of Twistory, a Twitter Mash-up by Tijs Vrolix. Twistory provides an iCalendar feed (think iCal, Google Calendar, …) allowing you to easily browse through your Twitter backlog… I guess Plurk does the same.
Read about on Mashable, and put your life on the line!
Enjoy!
May
13
2008
Read the story of Robert Scoble. Apparently the Earthquake was first reported on Twitter WHILE IT WAS STILL HAPPENING! I don’t think it can be any faster!
Link: Scobeleizer
Link: BBC
Link: Dutch Cowboys
Apr
29
2008
You can follow the Cowboys on Twitter from now on! Everytime we post a blogpost, it will appear on twitter as well, so you don’t have to miss anything.
Feel free to follow us: http://www.twitter.com/contentcowboys