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JonTheNiceGuy shared an idea in Gowalla on November 09, 2009 23:27:

Support StatusNet in Gowalla

I see you recently added support for Twitter, can I ask that you let us also be able to pick the Base URL of the API? I only ask because StatusNet (the software behind the site identi.ca) has the same API, but with a different root URL.

Many of us on Identi.ca want to see more support for StatusNet, and by using the Twitter API, you're nearly there :)

JonTheNiceGuy shared an idea in foursquare on November 09, 2009 15:53:

Supporting other Microblogging Services - like identi.ca

I'd like you to support StatusNet, which is a distributed twitter-like service, which has the same API as Twitter. The primary site for StatusNet is identi.ca.

JonTheNiceGuy replied on October 12, 2009 12:52 to the idea "Identi.ca" in Thing Labs:

To be fair as well, supporting "identi.ca" alone isn't really enough, it should be "Support anything which has a twitter-like API"... which is a point - does Brizzly already support multiple twitter accounts (I think it does) and if so, it should be pretty straightforward to add StatusNet (the software which drives identi.ca) sites, as they nearly all use the Twitter API, from a different URL, thus, if you make it so that the "Add your twitter account" box has another option which says "Base URL for the API" (that defaults to Twitter's), those of us who use identi.ca, army.twit.tv, birdbrain etc. can add our StatusNet servers to the Brizzly feeds with very little impact to your already impressive site!

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A comment on the problem "We want all @ replies reinstated" in Twitter:

Twitteruser: Why not have a look at http://identi.ca - they still have @replies switched on and has more features than Twitter. It's developed in the open, and is Open Source Software, which means that you can influence decisions which are made! – JonTheNiceGuy, on August 20, 2009 10:09

A comment on the problem "We want all @ replies reinstated" in Twitter:

Marie: Why not have a look at http://identi.ca - it doesn't have so many of the celebrities yet, but they still have @replies switched on and has more features than Twitter. – JonTheNiceGuy, on August 20, 2009 10:08

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JonTheNiceGuy replied on June 02, 2009 11:57 to the problem "We want all @ replies reinstated" in Twitter:

This issue serves only to highlight the problem of Closed Source Software and Cloud Computing issues. My solution? Start trying to encourage your friends to look at identi.ca - an open source project with an open standard driving it. This is the Open Micro Blogging standard, and is used to allow federated conversations between two servers. Don't like the way identi.ca does things? Take all your data and the website's source code and put it on your own server.

Identi.ca, and the software which drives it (laconica) has a bridge to twitter, so your updates can still be seen by the people who haven't moved to a more open platform (although, you still can't see what they are saying directly through that bridge yet) and a large number of the Twitter clients can also be re-configured to work with Laconica based systems - especially identi.ca.

I hope to see some of you there!

JonTheNiceGuy replied on March 31, 2009 20:41 to the idea "identi.ca sharing" in Brightkite:

Hi Guys,

I'm just wondering if there's any plans to do anything with this suggestion? The Twitter-like API for Laconica based sites is complete, and the two main laconica based sites (http://identi.ca and http://army.twit.tv) each have hundreds, if not thousands of Internet literate people on them.

I use identi.ca as my microblogging hub, and I'd love to see Brightkite give this system some love!

As well as being feature complete with Twitter's API, Laconica sites also have the benefit of being in active, public development, with the intention that Laconica sites should be able to run on nearly any PHP based webhosting... so the potential for tie-ins is pretty huge!

To implement this, you could amend your existing twitter-link, asking people to state the API base - whereas Twitter uses http://twitter.com/, identi.ca (in common with all Laconica systems) have their API base at http://identi.ca/api/

The guys at ControlYourself (who run identi.ca and do most of the code development within the Laconica code) have made it quite clear that they're more than happy to work with anyone who's looking for support using the API within Laconica, and the developer community are pretty good to work with as well.

Feel free to drop me a note if you want someone to alpha-or-beta test your Laconica integration :)

Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs

A comment on the idea "Posterous could be the TwitPic for Laconica based systems with very little work!" in Posterous:

YEY! :) – JonTheNiceGuy, on March 02, 2009 11:04

JonTheNiceGuy shared an idea in Posterous on March 02, 2009 10:44:

Posterous could be the TwitPic for Laconica based systems with very little work!

I'm a user of the Microblogging Platform called Laconica, which is a distributed, run-nearly-anywhere, open source, microblogging system. It has a twitter-like API, so your back-end code for posting to twitter could be reused, with very little work.

If you use http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml, the equivalent for Laconica is http://laconica_platform/api/statuses.... Laconica API calls require the base URL (for example, the reference implementation of Laconica is http://identi.ca), the username (e.g. jontheniceguy) and password.

I'd be really glad to help out or beta test this!

A comment on the idea "I'd like to see Mr.Tweet on Laconi.ca as well." in Mr. Tweet:

I'm afraid I don't know, but it might be worth talking to Evan Prodromu (evan at controlyourself.ca) who developed the software and runs the reference implementation at identi.ca for an idea of numbers. – JonTheNiceGuy, on February 19, 2009 08:32

JonTheNiceGuy shared an idea in Mr. Tweet on January 19, 2009 10:17:

I'd like to see Mr.Tweet on Laconi.ca as well.

As well as Twitter, I also use http://Identi.ca, which is the reference implementation of the Laconi.ca Software. Laconi.ca (http://laconi.ca) uses the same APIs and basic structure as Twitter, but is federated (which would mean Mr. Tweet could set up your own Laconi.ca site, should you so desire, or use the identi.ca site, or one of the 20 or so other implementations).

I'd love to see the features you've implemented on Twitter being accommodated on Laconi.ca, and I think that it might result in more take-up of your services. I'd certainly be using it!

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JonTheNiceGuy shared an idea in 83 Degrees on January 05, 2009 15:43:

Support for Laconica

Hi there! I'd love to see the fantastic functionality you've built for Twitter into an add-on for other Microblogging sites - my particular interest is for Laconica based sites, like Identi.ca and army.twit.tv?

What do you think?

The API for Laconica is based on the Twitter API (http://laconi.ca/trac/wiki/API). Because Laconica is an open source project, it may be possible to integrate some of the features you've written into T3 directly into the Laconica code base... which would be great!

JonTheNiceGuy shared an idea in Last.fm on December 24, 2008 12:28:

Is there anyway to buy tracks for systems other than iTunes?

I love last.fm, but I don't have an iPod, and don't use iTunes. I'd love to be able to select where to buy my tracks from by selecting an option in my account settings that picks which store to direct me to.

Some good alternatives would be Amazon's MP3 store and 7digital.

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