Comments on: Automattic Launches Group Twitter-style Platform http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:57:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: I am Matt Thomas » Another Word on Prologue http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-2128201 I am Matt Thomas » Another Word on Prologue Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:29:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-2128201 [...] TechCrunch: Automattic Launches Group Twitter-style Platform [...] [...] TechCrunch: Automattic Launches Group Twitter-style Platform [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1992264 Daniel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:48:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1992264 Not really keeping to its original intention, but Prologue’s clean, white, iPhone friendly creative inspired me to build a Jakarta bar listings & review site: http://www.jakartabar.com/ Innovative use of various WP comments plugins allow users to not just submit their reviews, but also ratings, as well as rate the reviews of other users. Not really keeping to its original intention, but Prologue’s clean, white, iPhone friendly creative inspired me to build a Jakarta bar listings & review site:

http://www.jakartabar.com/

Innovative use of various WP comments plugins allow users to not just submit their reviews, but also ratings, as well as rate the reviews of other users.

]]> By: Sach http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1949332 Sach Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:59:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1949332 Great potential for this to break into the work place http://tinyurl.com/ywujvq Great potential for this to break into the work place

http://tinyurl.com/ywujvq

]]> By: Kevin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1948533 Kevin Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:53:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1948533 # 25 stole my line. THIS IS A THEME, not a Platform. Wordpress is great, but to say this is a platform is just not true. In the WP blog entry they even say it's a theme. # 25 stole my line. THIS IS A THEME, not a Platform. Wordpress is great, but to say this is a platform is just not true. In the WP blog entry they even say it’s a theme.

]]> By: rubu http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1948066 rubu Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:45:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1948066 So Prologue itself isn’t a competing service to Twitter - again, it’s not even a service, it’s a theme. Yes, you can use the theme on your Wordpress.com account but I think the leap from theme to “service” is still exaggerated. So Prologue itself isn’t a competing service to Twitter - again, it’s not even a service, it’s a theme. Yes, you can use the theme on your Wordpress.com account but I think the leap from theme to “service” is still exaggerated.

]]> By: seriesoftubes http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1948053 seriesoftubes Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:42:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1948053 Since when is a WordPress theme a "new platform?" Since when is a WordPress theme a “new platform?”

]]> By: Todd http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1947478 Todd Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:36:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1947478 Twitters value is in its neutrality - SMS from ANY phone, IM from ANY client, tweet from ANY browser. While this plug-in seems cool, and I am add it to my blog for its novelty, it is not and never will be a "Twitter killer". FYI - anytime you see "________ killer" in your RSS you know its click bait. Thanks journalists desperate for clicks! Twitters value is in its neutrality - SMS from ANY phone, IM from ANY client, tweet from ANY browser. While this plug-in seems cool, and I am add it to my blog for its novelty, it is not and never will be a “Twitter killer”.

FYI - anytime you see “________ killer” in your RSS you know its click bait. Thanks journalists desperate for clicks!

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946892 Dennis Howlett Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:55:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946892 @Duncan: not a big deal? vendors like Microsoft have 500 million users of their desktop software, SAP has a developer network of 1 million people, Oracle has 6.5 mill database users. Not a big deal? Think again my friend. This is a very smart move by Automattic for ground up acceptance of their services. @Duncan: not a big deal? vendors like Microsoft have 500 million users of their desktop software, SAP has a developer network of 1 million people, Oracle has 6.5 mill database users. Not a big deal? Think again my friend. This is a very smart move by Automattic for ground up acceptance of their services.

]]> By: Cesar Cardoso http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946888 Cesar Cardoso Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:48:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946888 "Leah Culver from Pownce (who’s not one of my fans)" I would ask why Leah Culver isn't your fan, Duncan, but I remembered I'm not at Valleywag or Gawker :-P “Leah Culver from Pownce (who’s not one of my fans)”

I would ask why Leah Culver isn’t your fan, Duncan, but I remembered I’m not at Valleywag or Gawker :-P

]]> By: Chad http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946765 Chad Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:46:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946765 From the WordPress codebase, all this really does is allow comments to be posted without a parent blog entry and then it reverses the display order. From the WordPress codebase, all this really does is allow comments to be posted without a parent blog entry and then it reverses the display order.

]]> By: Evangelist http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946716 Evangelist Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:28:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946716 I just saw that. Thanks Raanan. This doesn't seem to be packaged and released officially. Any instructions on how to use it? Thanks I just saw that. Thanks Raanan.

This doesn’t seem to be packaged and released officially.
Any instructions on how to use it?

Thanks

]]> By: Raanan Bar-Cohen http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946705 Raanan Bar-Cohen Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:12:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946705 @ Evangelist -- This theme is for WordPress.com and self-installed WordPress. You can download it here: http://svn.automattic.com/wpcom-themes/prologue/ @ Evangelist –

This theme is for WordPress.com and self-installed WordPress.

You can download it here: http://svn.automattic.com/wpcom-themes/prologue/

]]> By: Evangelist http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946676 Evangelist Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:48:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946676 Hmmm... is this theme available only for their hosted wordpress offering? OR can a standalone installed wordpress also download this theme and use it? Where can i download this theme? Anyone has a pointer? Thanks Hmmm… is this theme available only for their hosted wordpress offering?

OR can a standalone installed wordpress also download this theme and use it?

Where can i download this theme? Anyone has a pointer?

Thanks

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946647 Duncan Riley Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:16:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946647 Philip Mullenweg is the one who suggested the distributed Twitter thing....in denying it at least, but I bet that was on a wink wink basis. Philip
Mullenweg is the one who suggested the distributed Twitter thing….in denying it at least, but I bet that was on a wink wink basis.

]]> By: Wes http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946640 Wes Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:11:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946640 I just think this is something that can be worked on to produce an even better product. Only time will tell. I just think this is something that can be worked on to produce an even better product. Only time will tell.

]]> By: Philip http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946636 Philip Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:08:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946636 Prologue is a Wordpress theme you can use on Wordpress.com or your own self-installed Wordpress. I don't see how they've (Automattic) presented it as anything else. From what I see, it arranges posts in a way that emulates Twitter functionality. It's basically authors on a blog making short posts about what they're doing. Every "feature" in the theme is something that's already provided via Wordpress. Anyone familiar with Wordpress theming can put this together VERY easily. They've just done this as a value-add (pre-built theme) for their Wordpress.com users. So Prologue itself isn't a competing service to Twitter - again, it's not even a service, it's a theme. Yes, you can use the theme on your Wordpress.com account but I think the leap from theme to "service" is still exaggerated. This talk now about whether it will "change the game" or take on Twitter doesn't make any sense to me, considering Prologue doesn't offer anything new on top of Wordpress itself. P.S. I'm a huge fan/user of Wordpress so don't get me wrong, I love the extensibility and flexibility of the software. Prologue is a Wordpress theme you can use on Wordpress.com or your own self-installed Wordpress. I don’t see how they’ve (Automattic) presented it as anything else. From what I see, it arranges posts in a way that emulates Twitter functionality. It’s basically authors on a blog making short posts about what they’re doing. Every “feature” in the theme is something that’s already provided via Wordpress. Anyone familiar with Wordpress theming can put this together VERY easily. They’ve just done this as a value-add (pre-built theme) for their Wordpress.com users.

So Prologue itself isn’t a competing service to Twitter - again, it’s not even a service, it’s a theme. Yes, you can use the theme on your Wordpress.com account but I think the leap from theme to “service” is still exaggerated. This talk now about whether it will “change the game” or take on Twitter doesn’t make any sense to me, considering Prologue doesn’t offer anything new on top of Wordpress itself.

P.S. I’m a huge fan/user of Wordpress so don’t get me wrong, I love the extensibility and flexibility of the software.

]]> By: Tweetpress http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946631 Tweetpress Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:04:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946631 >That said, next very worthwhile undertaking would be to pick up from this ..., next very worthwhile undertaking would be <i>for WordPress</i> to pick up from this >That said, next very worthwhile undertaking would be to pick up from this
…, next very worthwhile undertaking would be for WordPress to pick up from this

]]> By: Tweetpress http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946627 Tweetpress Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:02:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946627 We can testify that it is a new feature from Wordpress... for we at TweetPress share the same (obvious) direction and moniters similar offerings (decentralizing tweets).. 8-) That said, next very worthwhile undertaking would be to pick up from this www.buddypress.com (adding social features to WordPress MU).. then the world will have some decentralized and open-sourced facebook (equivalent).. We can testify that it is a new feature from Wordpress… for we at TweetPress share the same (obvious) direction and moniters similar offerings (decentralizing tweets).. 8-)

That said, next very worthwhile undertaking would be to pick up from this http://www.buddypress.com (adding social features to WordPress MU).. then the world will have some decentralized and open-sourced facebook (equivalent)..

]]> By: Aditya Mukherjee http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946618 Aditya Mukherjee Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:55:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946618 "Automattic has released Prologue, a Twitter style service" I believe this is not a new service, but a hacked-out-of-it's-skin theme for Wordpress that adds the required functionality. Correct me if I'm wrong :) “Automattic has released Prologue, a Twitter style service”

I believe this is not a new service, but a hacked-out-of-it’s-skin theme for Wordpress that adds the required functionality.

Correct me if I’m wrong :)

]]> By: Tech For Novices http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946615 Tech For Novices Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:52:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946615 Dear Duncan Everything you write tickles our fancy we probably access your site 100 times a day Tech For Novices Dear Duncan

Everything you write tickles our fancy

we probably access your site 100 times a day

Tech For Novices

]]> By: John McCrea http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946602 John McCrea Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:38:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946602 And we're big fans of Twitter's open approach. We used the API to enable two-way status sync between Twitter and Plaxo Pulse. The blogpost with more details is here: http://blog.plaxo.com/archives/2008/01/announcing_twow.html And we’re big fans of Twitter’s open approach. We used the API to enable two-way status sync between Twitter and Plaxo Pulse. The blogpost with more details is here: http://blog.plaxo.com/archives....._twow.html

]]> By: Don Jones http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946584 Don Jones Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:17:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946584 But will it encourage others to start their own distributed services, thus siphoning users away from Twitter? But will it encourage others to start their own distributed services, thus siphoning users away from Twitter?

]]> By: Angle http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946576 Angle Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:03:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946576 Can't someone just write an IRC bot that forwards whatever is received to their mobile device or something (and goes the other way too)? Can’t someone just write an IRC bot that forwards whatever is received to their mobile device or something (and goes the other way too)?

]]> By: allen stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946570 allen stern Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:59:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946570 duncan - what if you could tie wp's together - so i could tie into the techcrunch wp for Prologue. I will have more on this tomorrow but I am sleepy now and I want to play with my new iphone! my job is to dream, whatever the dream is, we can make it happen. duncan - what if you could tie wp’s together - so i could tie into the techcrunch wp for Prologue. I will have more on this tomorrow but I am sleepy now and I want to play with my new iphone!

my job is to dream, whatever the dream is, we can make it happen.

]]> By: Kyle Dylan Conner http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946562 Kyle Dylan Conner Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:52:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/28/automattic-launches-group-twitter-style-platform/#comment-1946562 Seems like a good program, but I'm not sure if I would ever use it. I think Twitter and Pownce really have this covered. Seems like a good program, but I’m not sure if I would ever use it. I think Twitter and Pownce really have this covered.

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