PostSecret. Lifestreaming: a ReadWriteWeb Primer - ReadWriteWeb. Lifestreaming, according to Wordspy, is "an online record of a person's daily activities, either via direct video feed or via aggregating the person's online content such as blog posts, social network updates, and online photos. " In this post we review some of the top lifestreaming web apps: Onaswarm, Lifestrea.ms, Soup, Jaiku (the service Google bought), and perhaps the most popular of them all, Tumblr.
There's even a niche blog devoted to lifestreaming, called The Lifestream Blog. It recently noted that Wired magazine named lifestreaming a "wired" technology (as opposed to 'tired' or 'expired'). So it seems lifestreaming is the new black. Let's check out some of the leading lifestreaming apps... Tumblr For a recent episode of Read/WriteTalk Sean Ammirati sat down with David Karp, the founder of Tumblr. A variation of a blog, that favors short-form, mixed-media posts over the longer editorial posts frequently associated with blogging. Read more... Onaswarm Read more...
Lifestrea.ms Soup Jaiku. Kwout, A Simple Quote Tool For Bloggers. People who do a lot of copying of quotes from other sites are going to like Kwout, which launched yesterday. Use it to grab a quick quotation or other screen shot from a web site and embed it into a blog or other website (one click to Flickr and Tumblr). To grab a quote, just type a URL into the Kwout home page, or use the bookmarklet when on a web page. A new window pops up that allows you to make a selection, resize the window, and grab it. Others can then easily grab the quote and embed it as well by clicking on the link below the image. The tool isn’t perfect yet – resizing is clumsy, for example. Google Reader (8) OUseful Info.