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title: 'Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for May 28'
date: '2008-05-29T23:00:41-07:00'
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# Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for May 28

#### [Work Session Challenge: Can we replace Twitter with our blogs? at Beer and Blog](http://www.beerandblog.com/work-session-challenge-can-we-replace-twitter-with-our-blogs/)

Justin Kistner asks “Does Twitter really offer any special service? Have we been duped into using their clogged tubes for no good reason?”

#### [Strands Lifestreaming: What They’re Doing and Invites for Readers](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/strands_lifestreaming.php#comments)

Marshall Kirkpatrick writes “The first release of the product tackles usability issues that other services have faced and offers a sophisticated feature set that other competing services will likely learn from quickly. The next release from Strands will include an application of the company’s recommendation technology to the aggregated user data and allow export of users’ standards based ‘taste data.’ Before it can succeed in those next challenges, though, there are some key areas in which the Strands user experience will need to improve.”

#### [Thank you everyone, Ignite Portland 3 submissions are closed and we’re selecting the talks now](http://www.igniteportland.com/2008/05/thank-you-everyone-submissions-are-closed-and-were-selecting-the-talks-now/)

Aaron Hockley Justin Kistner writes “Thanks for the submissions everyone! There are some really great ideas here and we’ll be mulling them over this weekend. We will announce our selections early next week right here on our blog.”

#### [N2Y3Con Video: Isaac Holeman and John Wagner of Squarepeg](http://www.netsquared.org/blog/ross-chapman/n2y3con-video-isaac-holeman-and-john-wagner)

Good quick overview of Portland’s Squarepeg and what they’re hoping to accomplish. Take a few minutes to watch.

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