signed up over here - http://ping.fm/mXk2Q open source and potentially well distributed as well.
2 months ago.
6 comments so far
indenti.ca is a small but very important evolution of
twitteresque services. By turning the microblogging into a
distributed (and federated) service it opens up all sorts of
goodies, such as far better privacy controls and scalability.
Awesome stuff and hopefully it gains traction and attention from
the open source community to help move it forward quickly
@bogart don't see that
happening any time soon, it just isn't a move that would make
sense. What indenti.ca does (or at least has the potential to do)
is become the driver behind proper data portability in the
micro-blogging world.
IMHO it's a little bit like when personal webservers became
available and no longer was everyone reliant upon say a Compuserve
or AOL page. Or when Radio Userland was released allowing anyone to
publish their own blog rather than only having journalistic media
opinion.
Identi.ca has the potential to break down some of the funny wee
walls that have appeared by freeing the user to create, maintain
and federate out their own life without being reliant upon the Web
2.0 fraternity. And for that I am grateful.
What is this likely to mean for Jaiku, Twitter et al. Well
hopefully they will learn to play nicely and accept federation.
@atmasphere maybe just
maybe here is that social quaterback I've been on about!
Identi.ca isn't the very first of these open services, but I'm
seeing that it's gaining traction with you guys. If you, the users,
push it forward, it will succeed! *takes a
bow* Thank you folks, you're wonderful! ;D
It is certainly interesting. Been playing around with it a
little bit to see how it works. It doesn't seem to be working with
my Google apps username/IM account and it is going pretty slow.
Adding a couple OpenIDs has been interesting, and I salute their
liberal use of GPL and Creative Commons for copyright. Definitely
going to keep my eye on this.
6 comments so far
indenti.ca is a small but very important evolution of twitteresque services. By turning the microblogging into a distributed (and federated) service it opens up all sorts of goodies, such as far better privacy controls and scalability.
Awesome stuff and hopefully it gains traction and attention from the open source community to help move it forward quickly
2 months ago by barneyc.
I agree - wish my OpenID would stay logged in though...
2 months ago by atmasphere.
interesting. Signing up. Is this where we all go when Google throws Jaiku in the trash bin?
2 months ago by bogart.
@bogart don't see that happening any time soon, it just isn't a move that would make sense. What indenti.ca does (or at least has the potential to do) is become the driver behind proper data portability in the micro-blogging world.
IMHO it's a little bit like when personal webservers became available and no longer was everyone reliant upon say a Compuserve or AOL page. Or when Radio Userland was released allowing anyone to publish their own blog rather than only having journalistic media opinion.
Identi.ca has the potential to break down some of the funny wee walls that have appeared by freeing the user to create, maintain and federate out their own life without being reliant upon the Web 2.0 fraternity. And for that I am grateful.
What is this likely to mean for Jaiku, Twitter et al. Well hopefully they will learn to play nicely and accept federation.
@atmasphere maybe just maybe here is that social quaterback I've been on about!
2 months ago by barneyc.
Identi.ca isn't the very first of these open services, but I'm seeing that it's gaining traction with you guys. If you, the users, push it forward, it will succeed! *takes a bow* Thank you folks, you're wonderful! ;D
2 months ago by edythemighty.
It is certainly interesting. Been playing around with it a little bit to see how it works. It doesn't seem to be working with my Google apps username/IM account and it is going pretty slow.
Adding a couple OpenIDs has been interesting, and I salute their liberal use of GPL and Creative Commons for copyright. Definitely going to keep my eye on this.
2 months ago by bogart.