It’s the easiest way to post quoted text to your blog, no matter where you find it on the Web. Just select text to quote, add your comments, then publish it instantly to your blog. It’s that simple!
So, the new service everyone’s talking about is Plurk. It’s kind of like twitter, as it’s a microblogging service. But, unlike twitter, you can only use plurk on the plurk website. You can’t use it via sms. There are no plurk clients available yet. Oh yeah, and when I try to see the timeline using firefox, here’s what I get:
To be fair, it works in IE. Here’s what it looks like when it’s working:
Ping.fm is a service that lets you update your social networks from one place. You can update from anywhere using AIM, GTalk, iGoogle, WAP, iPhone, SMS and E-mail. Currently ping.fm lets you udpate facebook, twitter, hi5, bebo, jaiku, plurk (that was fast), xanga, tumblr, blogger, myspace, linkedin, mashable, livejournal, and pownce.
Just add your text in the box and hit ping it, then you’re done. Everything gets updated.
I complain when twitter’s down, but just can’t get comfortable with any of the alternatives to twitter. I want a service that lets me update all my services from one place, but using it is unsatisfying, as it’s only a post technology and I can’t see my friends’ posts.
Nathan Burke, blogstring.com, Jun 2008Note: The final appearance of your post may be different, depending upon your blog’s style sheets.