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August 9, 2007

Roundup : profilebuilder, Tangler Intergrated Discussion Forum, Operator11 net jockey, Groops, Hipcast

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profilebuilder - an identity page as well as a lifestream. There are sections like: About (interests), Resume (create using a WYSISYG), Photos (upload an album), Links (enter some links), Blogs (this is better, you can enter a feed), Contact List.
Until I got to the Channels feature, I thought this was just an identity page, but Channels allows you to create your own sections…all that’s left is output by RSS or APML.
The problem here is I can’t view my lifestream in one mixed stream, or at least on one categorised page like Ziki and Blueswarm.
So is it profilebuilder or profil.es?

Tangler Intergrated Discussion Forum - Tangler is a topic discussion service with real-time text chat (like Meebo Rooms), and regular messages…see Chinswing for audio byte discussions, what about VOIP topic rooms, kind of like YackPack with topic rooms.
Anyway Tangler givers you a user space, so you can be added as a friend and chat to other Tangler users, so it’s kind of a social chat network.
Now Tangler is on the move, you can add any Tangler topic channel to your blog, the discussion you see here could be happening on the Tangler site, or someone could be adding messages via your widget, whilst someone else is on another blog with the same widget discussing back.
Better still create a topic that is a discussion forum for your blog, not sure what sets it apart from Meebo rooms.
Not only do the widgets show discussions, but they also enable them…this reminds me of Geesee in a way.

Operator11 net jockey - this live streaming service as it all, not only do you have your own internet live TV channel, you can also get a live widget for your blog, just like blogTV (this link lists similar streaming services). Another thing is to be able to insert other media into your live show, like cutting to a video clip…while this is all going own guests are able to text chat, and after the show is over, it’s not really over…people can comment, rate, etc.
But what really takes the cake is that a netjockey can have guests that they can cut to, these guests take are in control in addressing the camera, or even sharing some media.
It’s kind of like web conferencing to the extreme, but what’s important is that this now can do what mainstream TV or news does, that is an anchor person being able to cut to their interviewee or field correspondent…but it’s more social as the interviewee can take control, and viewers can interact, and the show is available afterwards, even take it away as a widget.
Robin Good has more on his grassroots experiment using this new newscasting media. [via R/WW]

Groops - create your own community, similar to GROU.PS and Ning…Groops is a network of lots of Groups, a user has their own space and they can belong to many groups. When a user publishes a post it has to belong to a group, their user space will show all their posts they have made to all groups, I don’t think you can filter this by group. Each group has members, events, messages, etc…you can find groups and content by search, location, tags, etc…

I guess this is a network of groups, but it’s not really individual centric, unlike clearspace which is more of a closed enterprise tool (where you create several groups/communities on your server), you can have your own blog space and choose to send those posts to a group, only if you want to. In this respect it’s a social network and community site at the same time, ie. you can be part of the network without having to be a member of a group…not sure how Aroundme compares to clearspace. [via m]

Hipcast - record audio online, by phone (dialing a number), upload file…record video online, upload file (even record on your video phone and use email upload)…create podcasts…post audio, video, podcasts to your blog.

BONUS LINK
Wetpaint wiki network now has private wikis…Wetpaint wiki are just as much a group sharing communal website as much as it is a wiki.

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  1. Profilebuilder: A solution in search of a problem

    A solution in search of a problem

    I ran across a post that mentioned profilebuilder this evening. I didn’t remember checking that site out so I went over there. I remembered the site nearly immediately. It received a lot of talk not to long a…

    Trackback by Elroy Jetson — August 22, 2007 @ 4:29 am

  2. I’ve used profilebuilder, but canceled my Hipcast account and started using Utterz.com, why would I pay for an inferior service?

    Comment by gordo — September 26, 2007 @ 12:32 am

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