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I see you recently added support for Twitter, can I ask that you let us also be able to pick the Base URL of the API? I only ask because StatusNet (the software behind the site identi.ca) has the same API, but with a different root URL. Many of us on Identi.ca want to see more support for StatusNet, and by using the Twitter API, you're nearly there :) - Jon Spriggs

I'd like you to support StatusNet, which is a distributed twitter-like service, which has the same API as Twitter. The primary site for StatusNet is identi.ca. - Jon Spriggs

To be fair as well, supporting "identi.ca" alone isn't really enough, it should be "Support anything which has a twitter-like API"... which is a point - does Brizzly already support multiple twitter accounts (I think it does) and if so, it should be pretty straightforward to add StatusNet (the software which drives identi.ca) sites, as they nearly all use the Twitter API, from a different URL, thus, if you make it so that the "Add your twitter account" box has another option which says "Base URL for the API" (that defaults to Twitter's), those of us who use identi.ca, army.twit.tv, birdbrain etc. can add our StatusNet servers to the Brizzly feeds with very little impact to your already impressive site! - Jon Spriggs

Twitteruser: Why not have a look at http://identi.ca - they still have @replies switched on and has more features than Twitter. It's developed in the open, and is Open Source Software, which means that you can influence decisions which are made! — JonTheNiceGuy 3 minutes - Jon Spriggs

Marie: Why not have a look at http://identi.ca - it doesn't have so many of the celebrities yet, but they still have @replies switched on and has more features than Twitter. — JonTheNiceGuy 4 minutes - Jon Spriggs

Google's own version of FreeNX. Nice. - Jon Spriggs

Oh my. Rickrolling for Metal Fans :) - Jon Spriggs

Sweet. How to beat SIP? Use XMPP+Jingle. :) - Jon Spriggs

Hmmmm very interesting :) - Jon Spriggs

Oh my! This is impressive! Well done! - Jon Spriggs

My problem with hash tags is that they are grafted on to Twitter, they're not an organic part of using Twitter. - Eoghann Irving

They move to Friendfeed. - Matthew DeVries

Posting as an image would be better because it is stored at amazonws site. :-) - NaHi from f2p

So bret was monitoring us for fear of building yet another attachment feature? :-) - NaHi from f2p

This issue serves only to highlight the problem of Closed Source Software and Cloud Computing issues. My solution? Start trying to encourage your friends to look at identi.ca - an open source project with an open standard driving it. This is the Open Micro Blogging standard, and is used to allow federated conversations between two servers. Don't like the way identi.ca does things? Take all your data and the website's source code and put it on your own server. Identi.ca, and the software which drives it (laconica) has a bridge to twitter, so your updates can still be seen by the people who haven't moved to a more open platform (although, you still can't see what they are saying directly through that bridge yet) and a large number of the Twitter clients can also be re-configured to work with Laconica based systems - especially identi.ca. I hope to see some of you there! - Jon Spriggs

If you've got an Android based phone - like the T-Mobile G1, and you're looking for instructions on how to convert your video files to view them on the device, here's the page for you. There's one glitch, which is that the WinFF preset doesn't exist any more, but the command line is right :) - Jon Spriggs

OK, this is REALLY geeky, but if you want to do more with the SUDO command than just tell someone to make a sandwich^W^W^W^W^W^W run everything as root, then this file gives you some pointers on what you can get away with. - Jon Spriggs

If like me you manage LogMeIn connected computers from a Linux Machine, you'll be interested in the fact that there's a beta of the Linux Firefox plugin available, which means you won't need to use the image-mode interface. - Jon Spriggs

This is an excellent idea - write a comic to explain how Ubuntu GUI and Shell works! Definitely being sent to those who are interested :) - Jon Spriggs

Hi Guys, I'm just wondering if there's any plans to do anything with this suggestion? The Twitter-like API for Laconica based sites is complete, and the two main laconica based sites (http://identi.ca and http://army.twit.tv) each have hundreds, if not thousands of Internet literate people on them. I use identi.ca as my microblogging hub, and I'd love to see Brightkite give this system some love! As well as being feature complete with Twitter's API, Laconica sites also have the benefit of being in active, public development, with the intention that Laconica sites should be able to run on nearly any PHP based webhosting... so the potential for tie-ins is pretty huge! To implement this, you could amend your existing twitter-link, asking people to state the API base - whereas Twitter uses http://twitter.com/, identi.ca (in common with all Laconica systems) have their API base at http://identi.ca/api/ The guys at ControlYourself (who run identi.ca and do most of the code development... - Jon Spriggs

YEY! :) — JonTheNiceGuy 29 minutes - Jon Spriggs

I'm a user of the Microblogging Platform called Laconica, which is a distributed, run-nearly-anywhere, open source, microblogging system. It has a twitter-like API, so your back-end code for posting to twitter could be reused, with very little work. If you use http://twitter.com/statuse..., the equivalent for Laconica is http://laconica_platform/api....... Laconica API calls require the base URL (for example, the reference implementation of Laconica is http://identi.ca), the username (e.g. jontheniceguy) and password. I'd be really glad to help out or beta test this! - Jon Spriggs

I'm afraid I don't know, but it might be worth talking to Evan Prodromu (evan at controlyourself.ca) who developed the software and runs the reference implementation at identi.ca for an idea of numbers. — JonTheNiceGuy 33 minutes - Jon Spriggs

A great overview of what makes Identi.ca (and the software behind it - Laconica) better than Twitter. - Jon Spriggs

A nice couple of tricks to improve your TortoiseSVN performance. - Jon Spriggs

If it lives up to it's promise, then it might be a great product. But, given the number of Firewall devices that are out there, I can't see how it could possibly do it. I'm hopeful though! - Jon Spriggs

As well as Twitter, I also use http://Identi.ca, which is the reference implementation of the Laconi.ca Software. Laconi.ca (http://laconi.ca) uses the same APIs and basic structure as Twitter, but is federated (which would mean Mr. Tweet could set up your own Laconi.ca site, should you so desire, or use the identi.ca site, or one of the 20 or so other implementations). I'd love to see the features you've implemented on Twitter being accommodated on Laconi.ca, and I think that it might result in more take-up of your services. I'd certainly be using it! - Jon Spriggs

This looks very impressive, but it's a shame there's not much detail on which platforms are supported, or access to a demo site. - Jon Spriggs

XMPP, the Internet Standard eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is being widely adopted for Instant Messaging (IM), Group Chat and Presence services in military networks. This paper starts by looking at the military tactical requirements for IM, Group Chat and Presence. It discusses briefly why XMPP is ideal for these services, and also as a building block for situational awareness systems and in support of voice and video communication. - Jon Spriggs

Hi there! I'd love to see the fantastic functionality you've built for Twitter into an add-on for other Microblogging sites - my particular interest is for Laconica based sites, like Identi.ca and army.twit.tv? What do you think? The API for Laconica is based on the Twitter API (http://laconi.ca/trac/wiki/API). Because Laconica is an open source project, it may be possible to integrate some of the features you've written into T3 directly into the Laconica code base... which would be great! - Jon Spriggs

I love last.fm, but I don't have an iPod, and don't use iTunes. I'd love to be able to select where to buy my tracks from by selecting an option in my account settings that picks which store to direct me to. Some good alternatives would be Amazon's MP3 store and 7digital. - Jon Spriggs

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