1. Open Micro Blogging
Mike Cochrane
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2. Open Micro Blogging
● What is Micro Blogging?
● Current Sites
● User created features
● Current Issues
● Laconica (Open Source Micro Blogging)
● The Future
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

3. What is Micro Blogging?
“... is a form of blogging that allows users to write
brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and
publish them...”
- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

4. What is Micro Blogging
Video Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
- CommonCraft http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
Mike Cochrane
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5. Current Sites
● Twitter
● Twitter Clones
● Social Networks
● Aggregators
Mike Cochrane
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6. Twitter
Mike Cochrane
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7. Twitter
● Started July 2006
● March 2008
– Total Users: 1+ million
– Total Active Users: 200,000 per week
– Total Twitter Messages: 3 million/day
● Free SMS Updating and updates of friends statuses
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8. Plurk
Mike Cochrane
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9. Pownce
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10. BrightKite
Mike Cochrane
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11. Identi.ca
Mike Cochrane
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12. Facebook
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13. MySpace
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14. Bebo
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15. Hi5
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16. LinkedIn
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17. Plaxo
Mike Cochrane
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18. FriendFeed
Mike Cochrane
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19. HelloTxt
Mike Cochrane
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20. Ping.fm
Mike Cochrane
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21. HelloTxt
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22. User created features / standards
● @username
● T username
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23. User created features / standards
● @username
● T username
● #hashtags
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24. User created features / standards
● @username
● T username
● #hashtags
● L: location
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25. User created features / standards
● @username
● T username
● #hashtags
● L: location
● track keyword
● URL Shortening
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26. Current Issues
● Scaling
– Everyone relying on one site
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27. Current Issues
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28. Current Issues
● Scaling
– Everyone relying on one site
– Spikes in load (natural disasters, conferences, product
releases)
Mike Cochrane
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29. Current Issues
● Scaling
– Everyone relying on one site
– Spikes in load (natural disasters, conferences, product
releases)
– CMS vs Mailbox model
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

30. Current Issues
● Scaling
● Interoperability
– How many sites do I need to join?
Mike Cochrane
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31. Current Issues
● Scaling
● Interoperability
– How many sites do I need to join?
– Why can't I follow someone on Twitter from Pownce?
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

32. Current Issues
● Scaling
● Interoperability
– How many sites do I need to join?
– Why can't I follow someone on Twitter from Pownce?
– How do I find all my friends on all the sites?
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

33. Current Issues
● Scaling
● Interoperability
● Open Data
– Give me back my social graph
– Give me back all my messages
– I'm moving to another service, can I take everything with
me?
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

34. Laconica
http://laconi.ca
● Open Source Microblogging
● Apache / PHP5 / Mysql
● Affero GPL (AGPL)
● Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence on
notices
● Federation
Mike Cochrane
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35. Laconica O-stuff
● OpenID login
● OAuth
● OpenMicroblogging
Mike Cochrane
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36. Laconica Stuff that didn't start with O
● RSS Feeds
● FoaF
● MicroID
● XFN
● XMPP
● Hashtags
● Search
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37. Laconica Stuff that didn't start with O
● Email Update
● SMS via Email Update
● Twitter API
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38. Laconica Installations
● http://Identi.ca (the most popular)
● http://smid.gen.nz (mine)
http://analyti.cc http://pawwer.com
http://laconica.kamleitner.com http://teleprintr.com
http://decafbad.com/laconica http://foaf2foaf.org
http://bartle.doomicile.de http://www.gargargar.info
http://zeitgeisty.net http://micro.orient-lodge.com
http://menti.name/laconica http://www.aoortic.com
http://downlode.org/Laconica http://sportstwit.com
http://georgology.com/laconica http://baratin.filyb.info
http://omb.kshep.net http://nbrightside.com/laconica
http://janene.de http://micro.dajobe.org
http://ningo.de http://ublog.davromaniak.eu
http://mb.byzero.de http://laconica.superuser.com.au
http://opensourcefaith.org http://waka.me
http://laconica.svenbilt.com http://lastminute.telematicsfreedom.org
http://portvangelists.org http://wigw.ag
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39. Laconica Federation
Mike Cochrane
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40. Laconica Federation
Mike Cochrane
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41. Laconica Federation
Mike Cochrane
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42. Laconica Federation
Mike Cochrane
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43. Laconica Future
● Always be able to install on Apache/PHP/MySQL
● Message Queuing, Mailbox Structure?, Caching
● Blocking
● Twitter (and clones) Updater
● Image/Audio/Video notices
● Geolocation
● XMPP Federation
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

44. The future (Web 3.0?)
● Microblogging sites will be connected
● Following people across sites will be the norm
● You'll be able to move sites and take everything with
you
Mike Cochrane
http://mikenz.geek.nz

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