This post has been submitted by Sharon Hurley Hall from Get Paid To Write Online.com.

I’ve been using Storytlr for about three months, and it’s become one of my favorite lifestreaming tools. It’s the brainchild of Laurent Eschenauer and Alard Weisscher. Like other lifestreaming sites, Storytlr offers a place to collect all your online activities and republish those in a single stream, which you can then take anywhere. So, why do I like it?

Getting Started

From the start, using Storytlr was easy. I didn’t even have to wait more than a second for the activation email, which meant that I could start setting up my lifestream straight away. Storytlr works with 15 common data sources (Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Google Reader, Identi.ca, Lastfm, Picasa, Qik, Seesmic, StumbleUpon, Tumblr, Twitter, Vimeo and Youtube). It also imports RSS feeds, which means you can add items to your lifestream from almost anywhere. The import process was quick and painless and I soon had a lifestream to look at.

Looking At My Lifestream

My lifestream shows posting dates and times and imports from most sources in real time, so the lifestream is always up to date. Sources are indicated by a small icon to the left of the item. Privacy is automatically enabled for direct messages sent via Twitter, and there are neat icons to show when items are public or private. People can share items from your lifestream using the AddThis icon or can add a comment directly to your lifestream. The right sidebar links to your sources and shows archive links.

Tell Your Story

And there’s more. You can also create your own items (called stories) which draw from different sources. Just write a title and subtitle, choose start and end dates and select the sources. This creates a multipage story. My test of this was less than inspiring, but then, I only used one source. Privacy is enabled for stories by default, though you can choose to share them.

Other Storytlr Features

There’s lots more you can do with Storytlr, such as:

• give your page a theme (several are included or you can start from scratch)
• use CSS for additional customization
• embed stories on your blog
• put a lifestream widget on your blog or site
• use Storytlr with a domain name
• back up your lifestream
• edit items in your lifestream (including the date and time) - great for fixing typos you spot later
• add items to your lifestream with a bookmarklet
• manage comments with Disqus

My Verdict

I love Storytlr’s easy import and clean interface and it’s one of the tools I’m likely to use for a while. Some people might miss the plethora of services supported by other lifestreaming sites (such as Profilactic) but I think that with RSS support, this doesn’t really matter. If you’re looking for an easy lifestreaming tool, then Storytlr is worth considering. If you’re more interested in the conversation, then you will probably find more activity on Friendfeed.

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