Laconica (pronounced “luh-KAWN-ih-kuh”) is a
microblogging platform. It helps people in a
community, company, or group to exchange short
(140 character) messages over the Web. Users can
choose which people to “follow” and receive only
their friends’ or colleagues’ status messages. It
provides a similar service to sites like Twitter,
Jaiku, Pownce, and Plurk.