Comments on: Mashing Twitter and Identi.ca: Following the conversation

By: Cutler

Cutler — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:49:05 +0000

i will need much more followers!!!

By: Byte Into It - 15 Apr 09 « Byte Into It - Computing and new technology

Byte Into It - 15 Apr 09 « Byte Into It - Computing and new technology — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:56:52 +0000

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By: fadithoughtpick (Fadi Zaghmout)

fadithoughtpick (Fadi Zaghmout) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:35:56 +0000

Combining Twitter and Identi.ca into one feed?
http://tinyurl.com/5aaejo

By: Gary Walter

Gary Walter — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:41:09 +0000

FYI, today I unsubscribed to my own mashup hack Twitter/identica feed. I haven’t seen the Fail Whale in awhile and most of my tweeps are on Twitter.

I’m thinking that if identica did anything right (and they did much!), they at least awoke the sleeping whale!

By: friarminor

friarminor — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:58:58 +0000

So much for hacks and oh please no more feeds for me (very un-twitter…) Give me a service for Twitter and Identi.ca conversations packaged in a nice Tumblr-like form. And call it tinnitus or something..

Oh and honestly, you’re a genius, Gary. But I’m so lame I can’t get that to work.

Best.
alain

By: Gary Walter

Gary Walter — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:45:13 +0000

Interestingly, G-Reader uses the terms “folder” and “tag” synonymously. When you subscribe to a feed, there is a drop down in G-Reader that allows you to select what “folder” to put your new feed in. If you haven’t already, I suggest you create a new folder for your microblogging aggregate (something catchy, like “Aggregate” :)

Once you have put your FriendFeed/Twitter-filtered feed into this folder, you can add your identi.ca feed, and any others you’d like to follow (e.g. Jaiku, Plurk, Pownce, etc.).

Now, click on “settings” (top right corner) or “Manage Subscriptions” (bottom left corner) – they both do the same thing. In that screen, click on “Tags” (why they didn’t name this “folders” is pretty obvious, but stupid: they want to follow the whole Web2.0 tagging craze, but they haven’t revamped their database to be tag friendly. It is more folder friendly. Tables vs. columns and all that, but I digress).

Once you’ve entered the “Tags” screen, select your new folder and “change sharing” via the drop down (top-center). Once you’ve done that, you’ll have the option to view the public website you’ve just created with your microblogging aggregate.

Also, with all of your microblogging feeds in one place, you’ll want to view these from the folder, not the individual site feed. Most people underestimate, or are unaware of the power of viewing their feeds by “folder” and not by individual feed.

By grouping similar feeds into various folders, I’m able to maximize my reads. For instance, I have Portland news agency’s “breaking news” feeds in one folder. I sort this folder by “auto” and read the entire folder as one – this way, regardless of news agency, all my breaking news is listed in chronological order.

You’ll want to do the same thing with your Twitter, identica feed. That way, the posts come in chronological order, not by service.

Someday, according to my really smart tech friends, all these services will have XMPP and will be able to communicate with one another via some tool like Twhirl. Until then, here’s hoping that Twitter is able to get their RSS feeds back up and running and this post will become obsolete.

If you have anymore questions, (or my instructions aren’t clear enough) please contact me via Twitter or identica @gwalter.

By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Blogging on July 11, 2008

Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Blogging on July 11, 2008 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:43:40 +0000

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By: dd

dd — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:54:53 +0000

i simply don’t know how to put both of feeds in a new folder/tag and then make that folder public. in another word how to that folder/tag make shared item, as i can see, no place to do such thing unless i choose feed item click to share.

By: Control Yourself » Blog Archive » Round-up #2

Control Yourself » Blog Archive » Round-up #2 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:42:06 +0000

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By: Gary Walter

Gary Walter — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:59:46 +0000

PS: As you may have figured out by now, one can add RSS feeds from Jaiku, Pownce, Brightkite, and Plurk (if youmust to your Feed Reader also.

But you already knew that, ‘cuz you’re one of the cool kids!