MSN Spaces
Another star in MSN’s space.
Yesterday a new MSN service has been released. I take the time to talk about it because it opens many new possibilities for every body. Don't worry, I'll also talk about some security and privacy features of the new service (Is not the purpose of this blog?)!
Yeah, you are right, me too I'm talking about MSN Spaces. It's the frenzy on Microsoft's weblogs; everybody is writing posts about it. I didn't take the time to check on the rest of the blogsphere but it's probably the same frenzy there.
What is MSN Spaces? Basically it's just another blog editing and publishing tool. What make it interesting? His interface and his simplicity. What make it really interesting? His integration with other MSN services like MSN search (eventually the beta version will be released), Hotmail and MSN Messenger (7 Beta).
MSN Spaces is a place where 140millions MSN messenger users can share their thoughts to their close circle of friends and/or the rest of the world. They can easily publish their posts on their blog with the MSN Space's web interface or by email. There are pretty cool features like integrated photo albums and integrated music list. It’s a fully working blog system with permalinks, trackbacks and comments.
Now that you have an average view of what’s MSN Space, I’ll write some thoughts that come up in my mind at the moment.
It can seem crazy but I think that this is a good test to check if blogs can be a spam free communication system that will eventually replace emails. This idea was already discussed on the blogsphere before but I think that this new innovation will be a good testing zone for the idea. The integration with MSN Messenger makes it an elegant replacement to mass IM messaging or mass emailing. It's permanent and you have the possibility to change your entries anytime. Your friends will be alerted that you have changed your blog and they will have the possibility, not the obligation, to read your new mass message. You’ll have the whole control of the information that other people will read. It’s a really interesting possibility of the system. You’ll tell me that blogs already do it, etc, etc, etc… But there is why this system different from other blog publishing tools... Read the full story...
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