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Thursday, July 17, 2008 --- 124 days ago http://www.appscout.com/2008/07/posty_get_the_word_out_to_frie_1.php
 Some of my closest friends use Twitter, some prefer Jaiku for its features, others use FriendFeed because it's trendy, and others prefer Pownce for its simplicity. This means I wind up with accounts at more microblogging services than I'd really like to admit, and it makes it difficult to follow everyone's updates and participate on all of their networks. Enter Posty , an Adobe AIR application that allows you to track friends on Twitter, Pownce, FriendFeed, Jaiku, and Tumblr. You can even push the same update to as many of those services as you choose. You only have to click once to send a message to all of your friends, regardless of the service they prefer to use. Posty uses Adobe's AIR framework, which means that it works exactly the same on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. The app is a tiny download, and once installed allows you to browse all of your microblogging services simultaneously, switch between public posts and friends-only posts, search each one of the services, and post to any number of them (or all of them) if you have something to say. When you're ready to post, simply compose your message and check off the services you want your post delivered to. Posty will then send the post using your account information, and it'll show up in your timeline. Posty even supports replies from others to your posts on services that allow it, like Twitter and Pownce. Posty will also render multimedia that you've embedded into your pos ... |
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