We saw Yong Fook’s Sweetcron, and decided to add a SignalFive Stream (http://blog.signalfive.com/stream/). Basically, Sweetcron is an RSS feed aggregator with a social networking bent. You add the feeds you want to track, such as your Twitter, blog, Vimeo account etc., and Sweetcron puts them all on a single page, called a Lifestream. When you log in to the admin panel, you see a Dashboard, showing the most recent items in your stream:

The sweet thing about Sweetcron is that it’s written in CodeIgniter, so it’s easy to maintain and customize. It uses a MySQL database with 6 tables (to store feeds, options, tags, users, items and tag_relationships, or tag-to-item mappings). The application is straightforward and simple, just the way we like it. Here’s a screenshot of the Options page:

With Ping.fm on the one hand, and Sweetcron on the other, you can cover a lot of your social networking generation and aggregation needs. If you like Sweetcron and need help installing and configuring it, take a look at Chris Coyier’s tutorial.