Lights That Blink » twitter http://lightsthatblink.com blogging on stuff with lights that blink Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:41:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Jaiku, a twitter alternative http://lightsthatblink.com/jaiku-twitter-alternative/ http://lightsthatblink.com/jaiku-twitter-alternative/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:18:48 +0000 Doug http://lightsthatblink.com/jaiku-twitter-alternative/ Continue reading →]]> Jaiku seems to be a much more polished and well thought out product.  It certainly is a lot quicker than Twitter was when I first tried it.

We’ll see if I update my “jaikus” as often as my Twitter page (not likely, but who knows?).

]]> http://lightsthatblink.com/jaiku-twitter-alternative/feed/ 0 The Twitter Tax http://lightsthatblink.com/the-twitter-tax/ http://lightsthatblink.com/the-twitter-tax/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:51:06 +0000 Doug http://lightsthatblink.com/the-twitter-tax/ The Twitter Tax and how to avoid it.  Muhammad Saleem explains all (and coins a new phrase to boot).

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]]> http://lightsthatblink.com/twitter-imified/feed/ 0 Twitter, problems from the get-go http://lightsthatblink.com/twitter-problems-from-the-get-go/ http://lightsthatblink.com/twitter-problems-from-the-get-go/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:50:05 +0000 Doug http://lightsthatblink.com/twitter-problems-from-the-get-go/ Continue reading →]]> Is the much hailed Twitter just IM on steroids?

In order to test the webapp I setup an account, douglights, and tried to get the ballyhooed AIM integration working.

Bzzzt! Try again.

Apparently my new AIM buddy “TwitterIM” is offline and sending IMs to update my Twitter page is a no-go right now. :(

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