The KCLUG Microblog just got a major upgrade to version 0.7.1, a facelift, and a shiny new host at Linode, a Free Software Day 2008 sponsor.
Features: - Send and receive notices using any XMPP/Jabber Client. - Send and receive notices from your email client or cell phone. - Send and receive private messages between users. - No sign up required. Bring your OpenID and pick a nickname. - If you have a GMail account, or a Yubikey, you already have OpenID. - Cleaner, less noisy interface. - Automatically echo your posts to twitter if you have a twitter account. - Implements twitter API so twitter clients should work with it. - Subscribe to people on OTHER SITES and vice versa. Federated network. No single point of failure. - Export your posts and social network data at any time. No lock-in. - Start, join, or subscribe to groups of like-minded people. - Subscribe to all, just a group, or just a person with your RSS reader. - Instantly keep in touch with all other Members. - Client software available for most smart phones and OSes. - IPv6 accessible. (I wonder if that will ever be used.) - All Creative Commons 3.0 content, and AGPL 3.0 software.
Why Microblog?: - Heck if I know, but people seem to like it. - Share how lunch tasted, or what you just stepped in. - Annoy your friends in 140 characters or less!
What existing users should know: - The URL has changed from Laconica.KCLUG.com to Micro.KCLUG.com. - The Email bot has changed from [email protected] to Micro.KCLUG.com - The Jabber bot has changed from [email protected] to [email protected] - Your same logon still works, and the XX's in the [email protected] of your private posting alias have not changed. - Your profile data should have transferred over correctly, but there are now more fields to fill out if you choose. - Groups are a new feature. - These changes were made so you can save some keystrokes on your mobile devices.