Friday, February 19, 2010

Ping.fm, Blogger.com, GTalk, and Buzz

I've been using ping.fm for a while now and it works well for combining twitter and facebook updates into one post. With the release of Google Buzz, folks have tried to figure out the best way to get messages on there at the same time.

There have been two suggestions on how to update Buzz while updating other statuses: link ping.fm to GTalk status (which requires you to reset your password) or post to your blog on blogger.com. Too bad ping.fm (now Seesmic) doesn't have a direct link into Google Buzz.

My guess is they are holding off until Buzz settles down. The API is going to change, presumably due to the tweaks going on with privacy and user accounts. Once that happens I hope to see full ping.fm integration.