Google wants to create an easy way for developers to create an application that works on all social networks. And if they pull it off, they’ll be in the center, controlling the network.
Great comment by Alex to the post:
On the other hand ALL the social networking sites will now have to open up otherwise they will lose members.
What Google proposed is, I guess since the details will be revealed tomorrow, a simple API with a minimal set of methods, something that thousands of entities (programmers, startups, companies) could have done in a similar way. The challenge is not too much technical. The challenge is social: if Google proposes an OpenSocial API, it will get adopted in seconds, if some unknown entity propose the very same API, nobody will notice it. What is happening is that Google is quickly becoming the globally recognized entity in charge or defining the evolution of the Web: Google is quickly taking the role of W3C that, according to Wikipedia, is “the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3).”
I’ll be in Minneapolis for the Recommender Systems 2007 from October 18th until October 22nd presenting a paper titled Trust-aware Recommender Systems which is a summary of a part of my PhD thesis. I’ll be hosted by Renee, couchsurfing as usual. If you are around and would like to discuss anything, let me know, k? See you soon, on the other side of the pond!
TagMindr - Feed yourself your delicious future
I hope Tagmindr will remind me to check Tagmindr. That’s procrastination on steroids! Tag something as "tagmindr" and "remind:YYYY-MM-DD" and Tagmindr will send it to you at that date, via RSS, SMS, Email or IM.
A Brief Message: Arrogance and Humility
Clay Shirky is a genious as well: "figuring out when to watch users and when to ignore them for this particular problem, for these users, today, is the problem of the designer."
SwarmSketch
Collective drawing! Everything is the instrument made available to users. Based on this you can get wisdom or disaster, and everything in between.
NOSO
ABOUT NOSO NOSO is a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from social networking environments. The NOSO experience offers a unique opportunity to create NO Connections by scheduling NO Events with other NO Friends.
Bouillon project - Is wikipedia declining/saturating?
Is wikipedia declining/saturating? The rate at which edits were being made to Wikipedia articles appears to have peaked in February to April 2007 and declined since.
1-800-GOOG-411
Now you can phone Google and Google will understand your queries on the phone. Presented in the usual casual way, this time with a funny video by an employee.
Lawrence Lessig is a genious. He decided to dedicate the next 10 years on ending corruption (after spending the past 10 years on reframing copyright issues), there is really an hope that a vast movement will self-aggregate around him and got an unstoppable momentum. After watching his tv interview (embedded below), I’m really optimistic a solution to this plague can be found.
UC Berkeley Puts Courses On YouTube
The University of California Berkeley has started uploading video recordings of course lectures on to YouTube. The initial round of lectures covers 300 hours of video on subjects including Chemistry, Physics and Non-Violence, with more content to come.
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