Sam Harrelson

I’ve been having conversations with folks about why Identi.ca (or Laconica, the mothership code base of which Identi.ca is the flagship derivation, but there are many possibilities available such as Leo Laporte’s TWiT Army) matters so much for the present and future and why Twitter has failed to keep the great commission by hampering its [...]

Keeping track of Twitter conversations can be a pain since the platform doesn’t lend itself to keeping track of threaded comments. Users have developed the “@” form of replying, but unless you are constantly observing your Twitter stream and following everyone, you’re going to miss out on comments.
So, here are two great ways to [...]

Just got this in my inbox. Nice way to wake up
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I’ve said over and over that I hope Twitter doesn’t go down the route of being acquired by Micro/Hoo/Goo. Even an ad deal with one of them seems a little troublesome to me (but it’s a business, so they’ve got to pay the bills).
I think Twitter has the potential to become a [...]

Twitter is like an indie band that did well and now is selling out stadiums across the world.
It’s interesting to me that when I first started using Twitter in 2006, the amount of “in-twitter” replies using the @ sign were low. If I came across someone using the @ sign more than a few times [...]

Jim Kukral wants to know why Seesmic is great or why it is important.
Here’s my reply:

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We should be listening to what the kids are saying and watching what they are doing as we endeavor to create a better web. Otherwise, we’ll continue to fill the role of typical adults and muck the web up:
Rather than a teacher creating class blogs, and registering all the students one by one, and creating [...]

Looks like Twitter is figuring out a new way to monetize by including relevant social networking tools.  
Personally, I like this one:

Foamee is a free service that helps track who you owe beers to (and vice versa) using the popular messaging service, Twitter.
Foamee | How-to
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Seesmic is basically a “video Twitter.” I got an invite today from Jeff Pulver (it’s in very private pre-alpha release) and have to say that I’m liking the service…

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Chris Messina nails the importance of the coming “Open Web” as ushered in by Google’s imminent OpenSocial platform:
The future is in non-siloed living man! The future is in portable, independent identities valid, like Visa, everywhere that you want to be. It’s not just about social network fatigue and getting fed up with filling out profiles [...]