Tag: tootr
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2014 October 23
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Toot = Tiny Outburst of Text
I've been toying with something Twitterish lately, and thought I needed a different word to describe the central social object. So, I started using toot, which means "tiny outburst of text". Of course, I started by making fart jokes to myself before that expansion appeared in my head. But, I think it's fun. [ ... 232 words ... ]
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2014 October 11
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tootr: microblogging app, hosting not included
In my last two posts, I wrote about how I’ve been thinking about building yet another microblogging tool and how I think it might be interesting to separate web publishing apps from web hosting. Well, I started tinkering, and I’ve got a rough prototype working. [ ... 1014 words ... ]
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2014 October 09
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Separating publishing from hosting on the web
Social media like Twitter and Facebook combine web publishing and hosting. You can’t run different software, and you can’t move your stuff. So, if you’re unhappy, your choices are a) deal with it or b) abandon your stuff and your friends. Those are pretty rough options. But, what if you could move your stuff? And what if you could switch apps? [ ... 727 words ... ]
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2014 October 08
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Microblogging like it’s 2002
Every year or so, I (re)join the ranks of hackers who decide they’d like to try building a microblogging tool. It’s sometimes after Twitter or Facebook does something cruddy to remind me that I’m the product. Sometimes, it’s when jerks have the run of the place and no one can do anything about it. Often these things are highly correlated. [ ... 1041 words ... ]