Category Archives: Microblogging

Yonkly: Not a Twitter Killer

By Mark Evans | Published: December 19, 2008

When you see an article with the title “Yonkly: The Next Twitter Killer”, you’ve got little choice but to check it out. Well, let me tell you Yonkly is no Twitter killer. Aside from a few administrative bells and whistles such as being able to have a custom domain and installing ads, Yonkly has little [...]

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More Cash for Tumblr

By Mark Evans | Published: December 11, 2008

What is with VCs and their fascination with microblogging services with no business models. In particular, what is it with Union Square Ventures, which has invested $4.5-million – along with Spark Capital – in Tumblr. Union Square also has an investment in Twitter. Tumblr is another interesting platform and it has a growing number of [...]

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Review: BrightKit Promising But Not Fully Baked

By Mark Evans | Published: December 4, 2008

Last week, I looked at five different tools to manage multiple Twitter accounts – something that’s becoming increasingly necessary as Twitter becomes a personal and professional service. There’s a brand new player in the multi-account game called BrightKit, which shows some promise but, unfortunately, lacks many features that would let it go head-to-head with SplitTweet, [...]

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Five Alternatives to Twitter

By Mark Evans | Published: December 3, 2008

With Pownce being acquired and then closed by Six Apart, what are your options if you don’t want to climb on the Twitter bandwagon Here are the five alternatives: 1. Identi.ca: A microblogging service built on a foundation of open-source software and the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Identi.ca has resonated with some people because [...]

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Is Micro-blogging Mean 140 Characters or Less?

By Mark Evans | Published: December 2, 2008

If 2006 was about the blog and 2007 was about Facebook, then’s there no doubt that 2008 has been the year of Twitter. And, to some extent, it’s also been about micro-blogging – at least when it comes to the concept of writing “posts” that are 140 characters or less. But here’s a question: is [...]

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Ciao, Pownce

By Mark Evans | Published: December 1, 2008

It was nice knowing you, Pownce. The end of Pownce has come amid news Six Apart has acquired it, and it has no plans to keep it running. What Six Apart wanted was Pownce’s people so co-founder Leah Culver and developer Mike Malone will be going to Six Apart to work on a new project. [...]

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