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Microblogging

Twitter. The big daddy of microblogging, cocreated by blogger Evan Williams, who also helped launch what is now Google’s Blogger. While plagued by erratic service because of huge growth, Twitter remains the standard bearer here. Plurk. This service centered on “conversations” in a time line view has created a very loyal following, but also makes it hard to read except in a Web browser. Jaiku. Bought by Google over a year ago and currently closed to new users, Jaiku is worth watching because Google’s so darn good at making applications work well for the masses. Utterli. Allowing users to post audio, video, pictures, or text, Utterli is microblogging on steroids and confusing for all its feature richness. It is billed as a “group messaging service,” in which all these services should be moving. Shout’em. The new kid on the block, but with an intriguing twist: Shout’em lets you create your own microblogging community service. Young but promising. Identi.ca. Built on the open source platform Laconica, Identi.ca will allow different microblogging services to talk to each other. Can be installed on your own server. --from Steve Hargadon in School Library Journal - Gadgets News