Comments on: Swurl ~ the good news and not so good http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/07/06/swurl-the-good-news-and-not-so-good/ Thoughts on teaching, technology, learning and life in an era of change. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Swurl developers respond to earlier post http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/07/06/swurl-the-good-news-and-not-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Swurl developers respond to earlier post Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:50:03 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=697#comment-587 [...] morning I blogged about Swurl. I praised the tool. It has a clean, uncluttered interface and the timeline is stunning. The manner [...] [...] morning I blogged about Swurl. I praised the tool. It has a clean, uncluttered interface and the timeline is stunning. The manner [...]

]]> By: John Larkin http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/07/06/swurl-the-good-news-and-not-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-586 John Larkin Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:37:34 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=697#comment-586 Ryan, Thank you so much for your comment. I hope I have not stirred the pot too much. Please let me know. That is an interesting idea that Swurl could be your main blog. In my case I do not think I could switch over to Swurl entirely and allow it to become my main blog or gateway. Like many bloggers I have invested a lot of energy in my blog and its associated site. I have set up a self hosted Wordpress blog and obtained a domain name, etc. If Swurl was to become my main blog I would like to be able to post to it directly, just like a blog. Self hosting would need to be a consideration as well. I never considered Swurl as a replacement for my blog. I was hoping it could augment my blog and act as a junction point for all my activity on my site and blog, much in the same way as the Jaiku badge. Personally, I am impressed with the Swurl interface and the the timeline. The manner in which blog posts, tweets and the like update is impressive. Your design is clean and uncluttered. Swurl would be great for new bloggers, but they would need to be able to post to the Swurl blog directly. Yet, most users with Twitter, Flickr, and similar feeds probably already have a blog. There lies a conundrum. How to attract new users and existing bloggers to direct all their readers to their Swurl account as their main gateway on the net? Many probably will but not all. Cheers, John. Ryan, Thank you so much for your comment. I hope I have not stirred the pot too much. Please let me know.

That is an interesting idea that Swurl could be your main blog. In my case I do not think I could switch over to Swurl entirely and allow it to become my main blog or gateway. Like many bloggers I have invested a lot of energy in my blog and its associated site. I have set up a self hosted Wordpress blog and obtained a domain name, etc.

If Swurl was to become my main blog I would like to be able to post to it directly, just like a blog. Self hosting would need to be a consideration as well. I never considered Swurl as a replacement for my blog. I was hoping it could augment my blog and act as a junction point for all my activity on my site and blog, much in the same way as the Jaiku badge.

Personally, I am impressed with the Swurl interface and the the timeline. The manner in which blog posts, tweets and the like update is impressive. Your design is clean and uncluttered.

Swurl would be great for new bloggers, but they would need to be able to post to the Swurl blog directly. Yet, most users with Twitter, Flickr, and similar feeds probably already have a blog. There lies a conundrum. How to attract new users and existing bloggers to direct all their readers to their Swurl account as their main gateway on the net? Many probably will but not all.

Cheers, John.

]]> By: Ryan http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/07/06/swurl-the-good-news-and-not-so-good/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Ryan Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:48:20 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=697#comment-585 A badge would be cool, but right now we designed Swurl to become your main blog. You should try it out, Swurl is actually a pretty cool blogging system. If you totally wouldn't do that, let us know why, we would love the learn how to make Swurl good enough to become your blogging engine. If that turns out to be unpopular we could always try another direction. A badge would be cool, but right now we designed Swurl to become your main blog. You should try it out, Swurl is actually a pretty cool blogging system. If you totally wouldn’t do that, let us know why, we would love the learn how to make Swurl good enough to become your blogging engine. If that turns out to be unpopular we could always try another direction.

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