[theTechnaddict]

I think this may be my favourite approach (though not excluding mobile friendly themes):

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ostatus-for-wordpress/

I seem to have plenty of options to chose from, but I am not ready to test them yet – once I do I’ll write up a little of the experience…

[theTechnaddict]

There are a number of SMS plugins to wordpress – once I’ve moved off the local environment onto the server I’ll start to play with some… though I guess most of these go through SMS gateways, so this can be an expensive option which has implications for users of free sites.

[theTechnaddict]

@Chris Clayton – thanks for pointing out future possibilities… It’s opened up lots of reading on responsive css…

http://speckyboy.com/2011/11/17/15-responsive-css-frameworks-worth-considering/

Agh, so much!!!

[theTechnaddict]

@modemlooper – Me too – happy to read that BP mobile is alive and well!

[theTechnaddict]

re: buddystream – brilliant, that should enable members of a BuddyPress use a phone to update stuff.

Many thanks Chris for your fulsome and prompt answer to my questions.

[theTechnaddict]

Re statusNet license – don’t think it is an issue – any more than using twitter to update your expenses (see Xpenser) is an issue.

[theTechnaddict]

re: Jason API – As a non-developer this is a little beyond me, but I do understand it enough to know it says no…

Shame – I do like the idea of a federated social web – there’s an article somewhere that points out the parallels between AOL and Facebook.

[theTechnaddict]

re sms – here’s how gnu-social talks about it (gnu-social being a fork? of SocialNet)

http://social.gnu.org/doc/sms