KCLUG Microblog
Greg Mischel Smith
gregms at gmail.com
Wed Mar 4 08:31:49 CST 2009
If your wanting to check for new posts using your iPhone or iPod Touch, you
can add the hostname:
micro.kclug.com/api
to any of the application programs that support the laconica network. I use
Nambu on my iTouch and it seems to work well.
GregMS
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> The KCLUG Microblog just got a major upgrade to version 0.7.1, a
> facelift, and a shiny new host at Linode, a Free Software Day 2008
> sponsor.
>
> Features:
> - Send and receive notices using any XMPP/Jabber Client.
> - Send and receive notices from your email client or cell phone.
> - Send and receive private messages between users.
> - No sign up required. Bring your OpenID and pick a nickname.
> - If you have a GMail account, or a Yubikey, you already have OpenID.
> - Cleaner, less noisy interface.
> - Automatically echo your posts to twitter if you have a twitter account.
> - Implements twitter API so twitter clients should work with it.
> - Subscribe to people on OTHER SITES and vice versa. Federated
> network. No single point of failure.
> - Export your posts and social network data at any time. No lock-in.
> - Start, join, or subscribe to groups of like-minded people.
> - Subscribe to all, just a group, or just a person with your RSS reader.
> - Instantly keep in touch with all other Members.
> - Client software available for most smart phones and OSes.
> - IPv6 accessible. (I wonder if that will ever be used.)
> - All Creative Commons 3.0 content, and AGPL 3.0 software.
>
> Why Microblog?:
> - Heck if I know, but people seem to like it.
> - Share how lunch tasted, or what you just stepped in.
> - Annoy your friends in 140 characters or less!
>
> What existing users should know:
> - The URL has changed from Laconica.KCLUG.com<http://laconica.kclug.com/>to
> Micro.KCLUG.com <http://micro.kclug.com/>.
> - The Email bot has changed from Bot at Laconica.KCLUG.com to
> Micro.KCLUG.com <http://micro.kclug.com/>
> - The Jabber bot has changed from Bot at Laconica.KCLUG.com to
> Micro at KCLUG.com
> - Your same logon still works, and the XX's in the
> XXXXXXXXXXX at KCLUG.com of your private posting alias have not changed.
> - Your profile data should have transferred over correctly, but there
> are now more fields to fill out if you choose.
> - Groups are a new feature.
> - These changes were made so you can save some keystrokes on your
> mobile devices.
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