Comments on: Why We Need an OpenID of Social Networks http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/tech-takes-a-bad-lesson-from-hollywood/ Excel(lent) Stuff Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: D'Arcy Norman http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/tech-takes-a-bad-lesson-from-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-34757 D'Arcy Norman Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:04:25 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/tech-takes-a-bad-lesson-from-hollywood/#comment-34757 Chris, you are 100% dead-on correct here - what's needed isn't Yet Another Monolithic Service Vying For Attention - we need small pieces loosely joined, and that means being able to manage our own online identities and various publishing activities. Chris, you are 100% dead-on correct here – what’s needed isn’t Yet Another Monolithic Service Vying For Attention – we need small pieces loosely joined, and that means being able to manage our own online identities and various publishing activities.

]]> By: Kenny-D http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/tech-takes-a-bad-lesson-from-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-34742 Kenny-D Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:29:02 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/tech-takes-a-bad-lesson-from-hollywood/#comment-34742 You've got a good point, but what about Jabber for IM (I think GTalk is based on this)? I think it is similar to what you are talking about. Also, I know that *formerly known as Passport* is hardly "open", but they have released their APIs now. If developers could swallow their pride and integrate, you have to admit it could possibly be a good thing. Especially with the Live offerings. You’ve got a good point, but what about Jabber for IM (I think GTalk is based on this)? I think it is similar to what you are talking about.

Also, I know that *formerly known as Passport* is hardly “open”, but they have released their APIs now. If developers could swallow their pride and integrate, you have to admit it could possibly be a good thing. Especially with the Live offerings.

]]> By: Scramblejam http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/tech-takes-a-bad-lesson-from-hollywood/comment-page-1/#comment-34729 Scramblejam Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:08:08 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/tech-takes-a-bad-lesson-from-hollywood/#comment-34729 I have to agree, Chris... I have signed up to my share of nascent social sites, and aside from a few blast-from-the-past friends I've contacted through Facebook, I've yet to find a solid reason to continue participating. A shared platform for sharing information between social sites, especially if it were easy to integrate like OpenID, would be nirvana. If this technology could extend to user-created sites like blogs, then social networking could truly become "networking" - a decentralised meta-network of people linked by shared contact relationships and based around the users, not the social site of choice. I can dream... I have to agree, Chris…

I have signed up to my share of nascent social sites, and aside from a few blast-from-the-past friends I’ve contacted through Facebook, I’ve yet to find a solid reason to continue participating.

A shared platform for sharing information between social sites, especially if it were easy to integrate like OpenID, would be nirvana.

If this technology could extend to user-created sites like blogs, then social networking could truly become “networking” – a decentralised meta-network of people linked by shared contact relationships and based around the users, not the social site of choice.

I can dream…

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