{"id":488,"date":"2008-07-05T00:38:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T15:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/05\/flowgram-and-my-adventures-in-microblogging\/"},"modified":"2008-07-05T00:38:01","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T15:38:01","slug":"flowgram-and-my-adventures-in-microblogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/05\/flowgram-and-my-adventures-in-microblogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowgram and my “Adventures in Microblogging”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m experimenting with a beta screencasting site called Flowgram<\/a> . Thanks to Greg Schwartz<\/a> for the heads up and the beta invite.<\/p>\n

I’ve used the very simple web-based editing tools to create a little screencast called\u00a0 Adventures in Microblogging<\/a> . The embed code, which I’ve inserted below, seems only to be a link to the site, but it’s beta and – who knows? – it may be a full screencast by morning.<\/p>\n

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I can see great potential for this to be used to answer user enquiries in our libraries. If Jing<\/a> is a simple woman’s version of Camtasia Studio<\/a>, then the editing side of Flowgram<\/a> feels like a simple woman’s version of Captivate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the screencast, I explain why I am oh so sad that we keep seeing this when we try to use twitter:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"failwhale.png\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I outline the main alternatives that have sprung up in the last couple of years, their pros and cons and why they don’t work so well for me. I finish with a look at Open Source microblogging site identi.ca<\/a> . I explain why – if it can scale – it may well be the place wher my twitter network migrates, if they need to become microblogging refugees. I *hope* however that twitter comes through this because, as I explain, it does the few simple things it tries to do with great ease of use. (when it works).<\/p>\n

Tools I discuss are:<\/p>\n