A blogwall where everybody can blogtag anything (aka a Shoutblog)

Posted: May 8th, 2003 | No Comments »

Today, the world’s first Shoutblog (as checked on Google, there is 0 entry for “shoutblog“) was installed on this blog. I developped it last night with the slim Perl knowledge I have left in direct brain memory access. The Shoutblog was inspired by the Andrew Ooi’s PostNuke Shoutbox and from the experience of its use on the Tecfaseed portal. A Shoutblog is shared among members of a weblog community. It allows webblog writers and readers to post little blurbs. “It is a blogwall where everybody can blogtag anything”. It is great to bring members of a blog community together. The Shoutblog can be the first of a set of awerness/collaborative tools for weblogs. Improvements still need to be done:

  • Layout
  • Automatic hyperlinks to open in a new window
  • Shouter’s identification or authentication
  • Limited number of lines
  • Private/public shouts
  • Shoutblog – MOO’s paging system bridge? ;-)
  • More…