Comments on: Farewell Sweetcron http://caramboo.com/2009/11/farewell-sweetcron/ The Web Log (b-log) of Dave Naylor Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave http://caramboo.com/2009/11/farewell-sweetcron/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Dave Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:51:20 +0000 http://caramboo.com/?p=530#comment-204 I almost dropped Wordpress to use Sweetcron alone. I just thought that a better solution for me would be to use Wordpress with a Sweetcronesque lifestream plugin rather than use Sweetcron with a Wordpressesque blogging ability. It's unusual for me as I usual go with the lesser known tool since that's the way I think. I hasten to add however that my Sweetcron site is still lurking under the surface. The Database and site are still there. just not linked to a domain at the moment. I could always bring it back at a moments notice! I almost dropped WordPress to use Sweetcron alone. I just thought that a better solution for me would be to use WordPress with a Sweetcronesque lifestream plugin rather than use Sweetcron with a WordPressesque blogging ability. It’s unusual for me as I usual go with the lesser known tool since that’s the way I think.

I hasten to add however that my Sweetcron site is still lurking under the surface. The Database and site are still there. just not linked to a domain at the moment. I could always bring it back at a moments notice!

]]> By: Mitchell McKenna http://caramboo.com/2009/11/farewell-sweetcron/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Mitchell McKenna Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:40:16 +0000 http://caramboo.com/?p=530#comment-202 I read Yong Fook's post on why he switched over to posterous. He, like you, wanted a blog, Sweetcron's not a blog platform, so the move makes sense. If you posting a lot of unique content, a blog's the way to go. Just as you've decided to use the wordpress lifestream plug-in, I still think there's a place for lifestreaming and sweetcron in this social networking world though. For me, Sweetcron is a collection of my involvement across all the sites I use. For people who don't use those networks, but still find my posts useful, it's a central location they can come to check out or just subscribe to a particular RSS feed. For me in particular it usually breaks down into... Latest tech news (Friendfeed & Twitter), viral videos (Youtube), artsy videos (Vimeo), new songs (Blip.fm) and latest web dev/design links (Mento.info). I've recently just started to blog a bit more, so I have a wordpress install running along side my sweetcron at http://mitchmckenna.com/blog . When I post a video on facebook or twitter, I'll often post the link to the video on my site instead of the youtube or vimeo link. Bringing more hits to my site and people end up exploring more of my site such as my blog. With little dev from Yong Fook and all this commotion of him "switching to posterous" it will be interesting to see where the platform goes, lots of people are still deving on it and I hear several people talk of creating a fork. I read Yong Fook’s post on why he switched over to posterous. He, like you, wanted a blog, Sweetcron’s not a blog platform, so the move makes sense. If you posting a lot of unique content, a blog’s the way to go. Just as you’ve decided to use the wordpress lifestream plug-in, I still think there’s a place for lifestreaming and sweetcron in this social networking world though.

For me, Sweetcron is a collection of my involvement across all the sites I use. For people who don’t use those networks, but still find my posts useful, it’s a central location they can come to check out or just subscribe to a particular RSS feed. For me in particular it usually breaks down into…
Latest tech news (Friendfeed & Twitter), viral videos (Youtube), artsy videos (Vimeo), new songs (Blip.fm) and latest web dev/design links (Mento.info).

I’ve recently just started to blog a bit more, so I have a wordpress install running along side my sweetcron at http://mitchmckenna.com/blog . When I post a video on facebook or twitter, I’ll often post the link to the video on my site instead of the youtube or vimeo link. Bringing more hits to my site and people end up exploring more of my site such as my blog. With little dev from Yong Fook and all this commotion of him “switching to posterous” it will be interesting to see where the platform goes, lots of people are still deving on it and I hear several people talk of creating a fork.

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