It’s not a perfect solution (I don’t think there is one). But at least it’s a way to set up a cafe for specific topics/threads that can’t be explored well in Twitter. Twitter’s great for ambient intimacy, but not so much for lenghthy conversation.

I actually shot it with Jing (screencast) but had problems with sizing the embed code. I used ScreenToast – easy and simple to use. As I do more of these, I’ll have to invest in something more heavy duty. Thanks for the recommendations.

PHil

Can’t wait to collaborate with you further re: FriendFeed and it’s application for all of health care…especially the general workforce population. There’s a lot of voices not being heard because they do not know how and are likely intimidated by the learning curve.

Also, nice work on your screencast. Two other tools to consider for screencasting:

My favorite: http://jingproject.com – (by TechSmith..makers of Camtasia Studio).. free, very robust, free hosting with playlists, screen capture built in, etc. (pro version, very inexpensive, auto push to YouTube for vids and flickr for screen shots. Very cool. And, no, I am not paid to say that.

Another is http://screencast-o-matic.com/ .. worth a look. I’d consider it under-rated.

Thanks. As FF add more features, especially to its search, the options for extending the conversations will expand.

Whether FF is here in few years or not, it’s the social interface that will probably be around.

Phil

Great questions.

No, not all users need a FF account – the point here is to offer the *option* to those who have accounts to extend the conversations and help to organzie them into topics. If everybody had FF accounts, the entire chat could just be held on FF

You can import a Search.Twitter feed for the hashtag (in fact I’ve done it for:

#hcmktg – http://friendfeed.com/hcmktg-on-friendfeed

#hcsm – http://friendfeed.com/hcsm-friendfeed

Currently, I don’t think FF supports time period search. That would extend how to organize even farther. I’ll see if I can crowdsource that question.

Here’s the point:

We’re not looking for a substitute to Twitter for these chats – only an enhancement and a way to bring *some* order.

Phil

Nice presentation. Sparked some thinking for me.

To capture the entire tweet stream for a Tweetchat using FriendFeed, wouldn’t the participants in the chat all need to have a FriendFeed account (or, minmally have FF accts linked bi-directionally to their Twitter accounts if they chose to participate via Twitter?)

Also, do you think FriendFeed could handle the velocity of a #hcsm or a #journchat, both of which often operate at 1 tweet every 6 seconds (average) to more than 1 tweet every 3 seconds for popular topics?

Any ideas on how long FriendFeed maintains search archives? I saw the link/embed options but those are tied to a FF database. Are there export options where one can export a hashtag conversation for a specific time range/date?

Cheers,

Tom