Re: [BLUG] open-source twitter workalike

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 03:07:31AM GMT, Ben Shewmaker [ben@shewbox.org] said the following:
> I think it's great to see open source alternatives to these types of web
> apps. Services like twitter and facebook are immensely popular but I don't
> always like to have these communication tools locked down in a proprietary
> system. Of course the main problem with the alternatives is that if none of
> your friends use them you still end up on twitter and/or facebook to be able
> to communicate with them.
>

I think the problem is that they are thought of as alternatives
instead of something new.

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Re: [BLUG] open-source twitter workalike

I think it's great to see open source alternatives to these types of web apps.  Services like twitter and facebook are immensely popular but I don't always like to have these communication tools locked down in a proprietary system.  Of course the main problem with the alternatives is that if none of your friends use them you still end up on twitter and/or facebook to be able to communicate with them. 

Ben

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Barry Schatz <sorbetninja@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are benefits of using something like Twitter?
>

You'd be surprised what you can get out of "crowd-sourcing."

> I thought it simply existed to distract people from the fact that
> they don't really have a life and that they're generally miserable.
> Wait, it sounds like it is ideal for business purposes now that I
> think about it...
>

Depending on how you use it, it's a great communication tool. I don't
post what I'm eating for lunch or when I'm taking a poop, but I do try
to reply to people asking questions. You generally get out what you put in.

I mainly mentioned Identica because I heard a lot of people at the geek
dinner saying they use Twitter. I figured I should tell who I can about
open-source alternatives.

-Barry
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Re: [BLUG] open-source twitter workalike

> There are benefits of using something like Twitter?
>
You'd be surprised what you can get out of "crowd-sourcing."
> I thought it simply existed to distract people from the fact that
> they don't really have a life and that they're generally miserable.
> Wait, it sounds like it is ideal for business purposes now that I
> think about it...
>
Depending on how you use it, it's a great communication tool. I don't
post what I'm eating for lunch or when I'm taking a poop, but I do try
to reply to people asking questions. You generally get out what you put in.

I mainly mentioned Identica because I heard a lot of people at the geek
dinner saying they use Twitter. I figured I should tell who I can about
open-source alternatives.

-Barry
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Re: [BLUG] January meeting? February Meeting?

I don't thinks so. Go for it. Pick your favourite date. This evening is to soon I think. Just let us know.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Barry Schatz <sorbetninja@gmail.com> wrote:

Has the library been reserved yet? I'll do the reserving if need be; I
just need to know when to reserve for. January 22nd and 29th both look
good to me. If Thursday doesn't work, please say so.

-Barry

Steven Black wrote:
> The library is easy to reserve, we just need to do it on time.
> Preferably as early as possible.
>
> http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/general_info/meeting_rooms.html
>
> If you do it early enough, it gets added to the proper lists of Library
> activities. Otherwise (IIRC) they'll just end up writing something on
> the paper for the door.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 05:46:07PM -0500, James K. Muncy wrote:
>
>> On 1/12/09, Paul Purdom <pwp@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>>
>>     Barry Schatz wrote:
>>
>>         I assume the holiday season is to blame for December, but I think it's
>>         time we got everyone together in meatspace again (IRL, for those who
>>         use
>>         acronyms).
>>
>>         I've been putting off making a proper presentation on GnuPG for a
>>         while,
>>         and a meeting (with a projector and such) would be a good reason to get
>>         it done.
>>
>>         Not that I'm opposed to meeting at Yogi's again. I might show off my
>>         refurb Dell laptop that runs KDE4 in that case. Or the latest build of
>>         Mozilla's Fennec browser.
>>
>>         How about it? What you you all think?
>>
>>         -Barry
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>>     In Feb. I could talk about using computers for political activities (mainly
>>     targeting voters).
>>     I think that the library might be a better location for the kind of talk I
>>     would tend to give. If I give the talk, I have a few political friends that
>>     might want to join us for that meeting.
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Re: [BLUG] open-source twitter workalike

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:19:17PM -0500, Barry Schatz wrote:
> The creator of Laconica also wrote up the Open Microblogging
> specification, so you can write your own implementation in a different
> language if you like. I know there's already one implementation using a
> microsoft stack, but I haven't heard much about it. There are Laconica
> installations at http://army.twit.tv/ and http://linuxoutlaws.net/. Fog
> Creek uses Laconica internally because they want the benefits of Twitter
> for business use without sending sensitive information out to a third
> party.

There are benefits of using something like Twitter?

I thought it simply existed to distract people from the fact that
they don't really have a life and that they're generally miserable.
Wait, it sounds like it is ideal for business purposes now that I
think about it...

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Re: [BLUG] January meeting? February Meeting?

Has the library been reserved yet? I'll do the reserving if need be; I
just need to know when to reserve for. January 22nd and 29th both look
good to me. If Thursday doesn't work, please say so.

-Barry

Steven Black wrote:
> The library is easy to reserve, we just need to do it on time.
> Preferably as early as possible.
>
> http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/general_info/meeting_rooms.html
>
> If you do it early enough, it gets added to the proper lists of Library
> activities. Otherwise (IIRC) they'll just end up writing something on
> the paper for the door.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 05:46:07PM -0500, James K. Muncy wrote:
>
>> On 1/12/09, Paul Purdom <pwp@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Barry Schatz wrote:
>>
>> I assume the holiday season is to blame for December, but I think it's
>> time we got everyone together in meatspace again (IRL, for those who
>> use
>> acronyms).
>>
>> I've been putting off making a proper presentation on GnuPG for a
>> while,
>> and a meeting (with a projector and such) would be a good reason to get
>> it done.
>>
>> Not that I'm opposed to meeting at Yogi's again. I might show off my
>> refurb Dell laptop that runs KDE4 in that case. Or the latest build of
>> Mozilla's Fennec browser.
>>
>> How about it? What you you all think?
>>
>> -Barry
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>>
>> In Feb. I could talk about using computers for political activities (mainly
>> targeting voters).
>> I think that the library might be a better location for the kind of talk I
>> would tend to give. If I give the talk, I have a few political friends that
>> might want to join us for that meeting.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> On the Library, I vote Yes
>>
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[BLUG] open-source twitter workalike

Check out Identica. (http://identi.ca/)

The software (called Laconica) is open-source (AGPL) and you can
cross-subscribe to users on other instances of the same software. You
can also use XMPP (aka Jabber and Gtalk) to follow your subscriptions
and post to your feed, a service which Twitter discontinued a while ago.
Laconica also has a Twitter-compatible API, so you can use
Twitter-oriented applications on Identica with little modification.

The creator of Laconica also wrote up the Open Microblogging
specification, so you can write your own implementation in a different
language if you like. I know there's already one implementation using a
microsoft stack, but I haven't heard much about it. There are Laconica
installations at http://army.twit.tv/ and http://linuxoutlaws.net/. Fog
Creek uses Laconica internally because they want the benefits of Twitter
for business use without sending sensitive information out to a third
party.

So take a look at Identica and tell me what you think.

-Barry
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