Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Micro-blogging

Sometimes blogging applications like wordpress, blogger, typead etc. are too much for a post. Just imagine if we start updating our status or sharing a link to a friend on wordpress or blogger then what would happen. There will be thousands of posts on a single page without any comments or there even won’t be any followers. Its horrible to imagine such a thing.

Micro-blogging is the solution to all this. Micro-blogging refers to publishing very short status messages or updates generally would be of two or three sentences. There are several emerging startups in this area, most famous being twitter. Also a few big social networking players like Facebook and bebo have converted themselves into this area.

Lets start with definition of Micro-blogging from Wikipedia. Micro-blogging is a form of multimedia-blogging that allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, digital audio or the web.


Let’s see some famous Micro-Blogging tools and the features and services they are offering to users.

Twitter: this famous Micro-blogging tool was launched publicly in August of 2006. The idea behind twitter was very simple; the co-founder (Jack Dorsey) was interested in the simple idea of being able to know what his friends were doing. Simplicity has played an important role in Twitter's success. Twitter asks one question, "What are you doing?" Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web. Twitter accepts messages from sms, web, mobile web, instant message, or from third party, API projects like Tweetie, twitterfeed, DestroyTwitter etc. and makes it easy for folks to stay connected. You can also make money through twitter. Follow me on Twitter.


Mood Mill: While surfing different Micro-Blogging websites, Mood Mill impressed me the most. Mood Mill is a social mood management website. It's a personal mood management, a log, a quick 'n easy website for managing and sharing your short logs with your contacts.

Tumblr: The things here attracted me after signing in were it’s simplicity and elegance. Tumblr lets you share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be. You can customize everything, from colors, to your theme's HTML. Even use your own domain name. We can say that Tumblr is a combination of blogspot and twitter but in simpler form.

I Rate My Day: This site tries to understand one of the greatest mysteries of human being: feelings. IRateMyDay allows you to share your feelings with the rest of the World in total simplicity! Each time you rate your day, you bring your salt grain to a global vision of the human feeling.

There are many more micro-blogging websites like Emotionr, Hictu (video microblogging), Pacmee, Twingr, Socialtext, Blellow, Plinky … etc. This list will never end. That’s all for now. Very soon I will come with the comparisons and services provided by different Micro-Blogging websites as I have done in past.

10 comments:

Sid,  May 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM  

Nice article.. waiting for next one :)

JIMMIE May 13, 2009 at 10:44 PM  

Very helpful...I was just looking out for someone to tell me about the various sites which offer this facility.Thanks GeekOnNet

Viyoma May 15, 2009 at 11:26 AM  

Wow...thanks a ton...i have just started a new blog and twitter seems an application to be adventured!
looking up for more updates here..

The legend killer May 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM  

good article,a must read for bloggers.also a well maintained blog.

The legend killer May 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM  

good article,a must read for bloggers.Also a well maintained blog.Keep it up.

Anonymous,  May 15, 2009 at 1:24 PM  

nice article, u have done a good research about the micro-blogging site, keep posting about other recent developments too. I was never exposed to other sites than twitter.

The Vitruvian Boy May 15, 2009 at 3:51 PM  

wow...
The information is very handy...
keep posting... :)

Mythreya May 17, 2009 at 3:16 AM  

gr8 work..
nice write ups..very informative

FillUs.in May 28, 2009 at 10:12 PM  

Newly launched microblogging service with a unique twist:
http://fillus.in

Gaurav October 7, 2009 at 9:56 PM  

twitter and others are no doubt nice, but I always wanted to bring in a concept to microblogging !

I hereby post a Review-Request for www.emote.in ,

A microblogging service; which is a platform to -
1. Make yourself heard, comment on news, stories and current affair.
2. Share your experiences, memories and events with your friends and family.
3. Connect with different people with similar emotional attributes as yours.
(eg: if attrocities on animals make you sad, connect with others who share the same feeling)
4. Jot-down your experiences. You usually have so many things to say - a constant stream of thoughts, comments and observations running through your head continuously.
5. Last but not the least, has everything (and much more) that twiiter has.

6. A wonderful timeline coming shortly (in few weeks)

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