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Some time ago, I blogged about how my blog was less of place for thought out editorials, and how it was more a collection of snippets that I was gathering from around the World-Wide-Web. Since then, many more sites support XML or RSS feeds for syndication of interaction, and their integration into software like Flock, has created a more social World-Wide-Web.

So I’m left wondering if WordPress is the correct platform for this web-site. Because ultimately, I’m occasionally posting scraps here, and occasionally actually writing stuff. Then I look at how I use Facebook as a feed aggregator for my friends that glass over at the mention of syndication. Perhaps Facebook is the wrong place for that, and perhaps just by using social sites that have XML/RSS feeds, I’m effortlessly creating content, where posts like this are just occasional seasoning.

This brings us to Lifestreaming, and Sweetcron. Lifestreaming is pretty much automated tumblelogging. By posting a public photograph to Flickr, an entry is created, or by digging an article, or bookmarking a web-site, new entries are also created. If you want to see what I’m waffling about, head over to http://yibble.org/, where I have set up a Lifestream page. I’ve disabled commenting on the items, and changed the item links, so that they take you to source sites, but by default commenting and viewing items is done through the Lifestream site, producing a more blog like environment.

At the moment, I’m only experimenting with Sweetcron and Lifestreaming, but would certainly consider it as a potential replacement for WordPress, if I could import all the posts, and all of my readers comments. What do you think?