The Philosopher’s Attic

I have been a tweeter (= user of the twitter service to post quick messages of your everyday life about what you are doing, listening to, writing, reading etc.) for quite a while now and while the micro blogging idea is still fresh and a good thing from where I am standing, twitter has failed to live up to it’s own success. After the first hype about a year ago, the people still kept coming. With right, the service was simplistic and easy to use even through text message from a mobile phone or your IM service. The service however always had notorious bandwidth problems that made you lose tweets, replies etc. and resulted in nasty downtimes. A problem that still isn’t solved yet. (How hard can it be with the exposition they have?) And lately tech bloggers have complained about their complete refusal to open the API for more extensive use. And as usual when someone refuses to evolve, someone else will pick up the job.
For the more extensive use such as quickly sharing your latest pictures on flickr or the latest bookmarks you made on delicious. a new site and service called friendfeed quickly gained a lot of members and switchers from twitter. Again the service is simple, straightforward and does what people would like the most. Quickly offer a look at what their up to during the day for their friends to comment on or simply follow from a distance. (I won’t go into the philosophical side of that phenomenon yet.)

The newest and actually nicest playing kid on the block however is Plurk. And even if the name is slightly odd sounding to Francophone ears (we have an expression in familiar language: ‘to feel blurgh or blerg’ for not feeling too well) , it is without any doubt the funniest way to microblog. The comments are organised, the building of a small community with you at the centre is quick and easy, bringing RL communities together in a fun way.

So join me and plurk away