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Social Apps and (RSS) replication strategy

Let's have a look at these (social) apps/services I use on a day to day basis:

- Facebook
- LinkedIn
- Plaxo
- Twitter
- Identi.ca
- Pownce
- Twhirl
- Flickr
- Picasa
- Soup.io
- Tumblr
- Posterous (Oh I love that one!)
- Stumbleupon
- Mister Wong
- Delicious
- FriendFeed
- Socialthing
- many more

Issue #1
I have that replication problem i.e. posting something somewhere might be replicated somewhere else and finally agregated twice or more.

One example:
I post in Twhirl on to Twitter (and to Pownce as an automated feature in the Twhirl app). FrienFeed is going to list two posts: one for Twitter and another for Pownce.


or
doubleposting
Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!

=> That is useless.

A second example:
Posting on Flickr would also trigger a double posting in Friendfeed thru flickr directly and - why not - thru the Tumblr replication (if my Flickr posts are posted on Tumblr).

Issue #2
Multiposting issuing echo everywhere

One example :
I post thru ping.fm or hellotext or SocialThing to let's say Twitter + Identi.ca + Pownce.
My Friends are likely to read my stuff three times on their SocialThing or FriendFeed or Facebook.
Isn't that useless?

the question is how I am going to get more organized?


Solution
Statuses
I'm going to post in Facebook/LinkedIn/Plaxo. None of these services is going to bounce somewhere else.

Microblogging
I am going to choose the right place according to the delivered message, no replication (like double posting on Twitter+Pownce), but one.
Am I going to use only one microblogging service? I don't know yet. I have not yet determined how I could differenciate my Twitter posts
from my Pownce's . Identi.ca looks redundant any way I look at it.

Blog posts
Manual replication e.g. on Twitter

Photos
Simple post on one of these, no replication anywhere else, but one.

The but one RSS replication I'm going to allow is friendFeed's. As I see it FF is the final agregator which sums up your hectic activity. It's actually in FF where you can read most of the post repetitions.

In a nutshell the idea is to get a domino effect between social apps/services: I post in Posterous with an auto-post in Twitter and a final post in FriendFeed (no Posterous direct injection in FF for instance, that's a choice of mine).



Well. It's a complex web world huh?

What's your opinion on that?

Posted August 11, 2008
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a Moo invasion

Moo stickers are invading work as I just received my order.



Really I love them. Moo's doing a really good work.


Posted August 1, 2008
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there I'm impressed

VentureBeat released the info (ok it was also available on Posterous) Posterous now pushes blog posts to Tumblr and on many more services.
 
 
I can't stopping being impressed by Posterous.
 
I'm going to post much more ofter during my summer holidays for sure!
 
 
Bravo Posterous!
 

 

Posted July 30, 2008
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Thirst

I'm thristy and going to swallow that precious decaf substance!

Posted July 22, 2008
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Beeerrr

Something I do not do often: drinking a beer.



Let me cheer with you!

Have an excellent weekend.

Posted July 12, 2008
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me.com

I had a strange experience earlier today connecting to me.com, the new Apple online service.

mecom
The service reaction was real slow maybe even slower than .mac used to be.

I went back to me Mac around 6PM to note the service was offline again.

Very weird from Apple.

(to be continued)

Posted July 10, 2008
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Tour de France 2008 — Nantes

As mentioned in a previous post Le Tour de France means the holiday season for me and lots of nice memories.

Today at 5PM CET the Tour de France arrived home in Nantes, France.



That was some impressive thing. First a atmosphere of fête. Children are exited waiting for the first bikes. Adult are smiling at the Caravan. Or is it the opposite? I'm quite confused!



Then I was amazed by the really heavy logistic. Tons of trucks, more cars. Lots of colors of sounds.



Competitors are real athletes. They ride real fast indeed. Even after something like 130 miles.

In a nutshell that was quite fantastic. If you want to see more, get to my Tour de France photo album on Flickr.

Posted July 7, 2008
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Why Posterous? A Feedback

Blog and Micro-Blogging sites are not rare. So why use Posterous?


That is the question I've had in mind these last few days. Well, people I've got answers.

What I like
Inputting my posts by email is something new for me. After several posts I find it simple, of course but also relevent:
- I can keep my email/post as a draft as long as I am in the process of writting it. Using Gmail this draft is everywhere I connect.
- inserting images is really childplay. Using Flock and its Webclip Board I can even insert images at a precise place within posts at a desired size.
- the general Posterous lay out is something I like very much.

What is to be improved
- I'd love to get an Insert Image button on the Posterous web site edit bar. I got to write html to insert my stuff here. Not practical.
- I like to personnalize my lay out a tiny bit.
Well that's it!

I'm sure the Posterous Gang is working hard at getting more juicy stuff available soon and that is basically why I am going to use this service more and more.

Tumblr and Soup get ready for some real competition here!

Posted July 7, 2008
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Going to the Discworld

One of me friends had me convinced about starting reading Terry Pratchett Discworld collection.


So here I go reading The Colour Of Magic, first book of this Discworld collection.
 


Did you read his books? Any comments here?

Posted July 6, 2008
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