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Entries Tagged ‘plurk’

Guest Post: An In-Depth Look at Plurk

This is a Guest Post by Keith Hanson.
Most of my Plurk buddies know that I’ve been working furiously on a desktop client for Plurk.com. The UI of Plurk is absolutely amazing, and much thought has obviously gone into making the Plurk micro-blogging experience a better one, as well as providing more of a community feel.
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Guest Post: Thoughts from the Plurkiverse

This is a guest post by Rob, the admin of the Bloggeries blog directory. He is Bloggeries at Plurk.
I absolutely love Plurk. The only reason I’m actually writing this now is because the service is down and I don’t feel like doing other arguably more important stuff; at least not in the short run. Can [...]

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Why does Plurk Work? (Part One, sort of)

A lot of what makes Plurk work is usability. The designers of the system seem to have understood exactly what GUI elements would enhance the interactivity of Plurk users. The division of posts into conversations is brilliant, and is so much more engaging than the stodgy in-line style of chief rival Twitter. When you are [...]

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What the Plurk!

That is precisely what I said when I was just a very few minutes into plurking: “What the Plurk!” It was the first time that I used the word “plurk” as a verb and the exact moment at which I realized how truly cool Plurk was. It is very difficult for me to express the [...]

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