WHDb

Are you FF’ing? “FF,” short for FriendFeed, has been touted as a replacement for Twitter (it’s not) and as this year’s Twitter (only in the ‘hotness’ factor). FriendFeed isn’t Twitter, as it’s the hottest social network aggregator to hit the Web, whereas Twitter is the hottest way to post quick thoughts and links. Plus, anyone with a FriendFeed account can add Twitter to their FriendFeed feed along with forty other applications such as Digg, Flickr and YouTube.

The problem with FriendFeed is that it was, until March 2008, just one more way to find out what posters were up to in their business and personal lives across the board; and, anyone who has used FriendFeed can tell you that this aggregated feed sometimes can become overwhelming. But, when FriendFeed released their API in March 2008, a frenzy of FriendFeed apps, widgets and plugins appeared to make FriendFeed friendlier. This API is designed to make it possible for anyone to improve FriendFeed or integrate FriendFeed into other applications. Developers can develop a FriendFeed interface for a mobile phone, build a FriendFeed widget for your blog, or develop an application that makes it easy to post photos to your feed from your iPhone. And, they’ve done just that, only not fast enough for non-developers! But, it seems that new developments are being published daily, so be patient and try out the apps listed below while you wait.

The following list was created to update users on over forty developments to date that can be used to refine FriendFeed to your taste. We say, “40+” as you’ll find links to pages in the list below that contain even more lists of apps, so you’re dealing with at least 60+ applications through this article. Some apps demand Firefox, and others are cross-platform downloads. Some widgets and plugins are for Web developers and others are designed for mobile users. Each app, widget and plugin is listed alphabetically under each category, but we don’t favor one application over another. In fact, this list is meant only to be a list and not an endorsement of any of these applications. Read the rest of this entry »