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Tech, Life, & Stuff…

A Blog by Franklin Pettit

August 18, 2009

Arrington Interviews Paul Buchheit

Posted by : Franklin Pettit
Filed under : Facebook, FriendFeed

Michael Arrington has interviewed Paul Buchheit the FriendFeed co-founder.   This video gives some insight into the fate of FriendFeed.   FriendFeed was purchased recently by Facebook and the status of the small social network has been uncertain. The FriendFeed community has been shocked and worried at first but seems to have rebounded with more optimism as [...]


August 11, 2009

The Rise and Fall of FriendFeed

Posted by : Franklin Pettit
Filed under : Facebook, FriendFeed

FriendFeed may you rest in peace.   You rose as a startup during a time when others rose as well but quickly fell away.  You gave us features, innovation, and friends interested in the same things.  You showed us what the real-time web will be like.  You showed us real time search.  You kept all of [...]


January 22, 2009

Embed FriendFeed Real-Time on Your Blog

Posted by : Franklin Pettit
Filed under : FriendFeed

Did you know you could embed your Real-Time FriendFeed view on your blog? I didn’t but this has been available for some time. The following is my real-time FriendFeed view. This will become a integrated part of my FriendFeed page. Here’s how to do it. This is done by embedding an iFrame. I am still [...]


December 30, 2008

Hey Joe Blogger, Diversify!

Posted by : Franklin Pettit

You may have heard of Joe the plumber and Joe Sixpack.  I want to speak directly to Joe Blogger.  This post is for the average Joe or Jane Blogger.  It pays to diversify. There are plenty of life streaming venues around.  FriendFeed and other lifestreaming services allow submission of your blogs RSS feed.  When I [...]


December 22, 2008

Rinsing My Bad Taste for FriendFeed

Posted by : Franklin Pettit
Filed under : FriendFeed

I love FriendFeed do not get me wrong.   I mean it is the premier life-streaming service.  I have tried others and found them all lacking.  FriendFeed is a great place of news, research, and generally friendly smart ideas. But, over the last few months I found myself participating less and less.  The bad taste I [...]


August 20, 2008

FriendFeed on My Blog

Posted by : Franklin Pettit
Filed under : Blogging, FriendFeed

It has been a while since I have posted. I have been working on several projects in my spare time. Most of my free time has been spent lately working on a WordPress theme from scratch and watching the Olympics. Michael Phelps is the man! But, I have still been feed reading and staying up [...]


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I coined this blog "Tech, Life, & Stuff" for lack of a better description. This blog is primarily about my view on tech from South Carolina. I am a South Carolina software developer. More>

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