Tuesday, February 24, 2004Tracking Anil's Daily Links
Here's two juicy morsels from Anil today.......
the Internet is bigger than cable TV. i hasten to reiterate that video games didn't have a real presence until they were bigger than the entire film industry [anil dash's daily links]
LiveJournal supports FOAF. i wonder if there's any intersection between the FOAF networks of TypePad users and LiveJournal users [anil dash's daily links]
It can be more than just intersection Anil. It can be true interchange, hot linking and auto-updating.
All yah have to do is get your FOAF to support the PPD (PersonalProfileDocument) extensions and use foaf:maker and/or foaf:topic in there - as well. Those extensions are now part of the 'official' FOAF spec - and should clear up some earlier 'challenges' we found - last fall.
Eric Sigler has been instrumental on working on the PPD stuff, as has Julian Bond. Together they've sussed out the FOAF spec for practical everyday usage, and have worked with Tribe, Plaxo and others to get their FOAF acts together. Working with Dan Brickley (danbri) we've all made sure that FOAF is ready for primetime.
This train is leaving the station and TypePad was the first. Congrats! @%&#$&#&%^#$&!!!
Now it's time to make sure we can 'mesh' all these FOAF files together. It works with the PeopleAggregator - that's for sure!
Hey Seb,
I decided to submit my photo to you publicly - via my blog.
So here it is. BTW Use my proxy blog address - and point to me forever.
Seeing more of each other here. I like Ross White's idea of asking visitors to his blog to send in a picture and posting them so much that I can't help but steal it. So please send me a picture (along with an URL if you want a link), and I'll post it!
[Seb's Open Research]
FindaFreek.com…
Posted Feb 23, 2004, 11:34 PM ET by Judith Meskill
It makes sense for existing communities of interest to create their own ‘social networking services’ for their users:
Within Fetischmusic.com is FindaFreek.com (also accessible at this separate URL). Says Angel, “Websites like Friendster.com, Myspace.com and LiveJournal.com have opened the door to the huge potential of online community. We have our own Friendster-type engine built into our website, so users can establish personal profiles and search for others by types of tattoos, piercings, hair color/style (Mohawk, etc.) and shared interests. The idea was to build something for the fans. Too many artists build a website to say ‘Hey, look at me!’ Our approach was to say, ‘Hey, look at you!’ But this isn’t just a fan forum; it’s a place on the Internet where anyone who feels like an outcast or is anything other than ‘normal’ can find solace. It’s a home base for anyone looking for a place to feel that he or she truly belongs. This website is for you to express your uniqueness — a celebration of individuality — not a High School clique you must conform to.” [The Social Software Weblog]
It's great to see Dan Farber paying attention. He's an old friend. Our kids go to the same school (different campuses though.....)
Dan Farber on what's up with blogging. [Scripting News]
MySQL Profits From Open Source. Linux is still the most famous open-source app, but database software using the same model is getting some play. MySQL is giving established software firms a run for their money. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
MySQL is one of the products that helped me get my "Ah hah!" about open source software.
They are a commercial software vendor - which sells over $10M a year of software - while 'portending' to be an open soruce player. Yet their commercial license is as commercial as anybody elses - albeit allot cheaper.
But they also offer the code free to non-commercial users and that's the trick - dual-licenses.
Laszlo Systems also has a policy like that. Non-commercial developers can download the Laszlo LPS and do what their heart leads them to. Laszlo also has a cheapie 'express' version as well.
Posted by: Julian
Gentlemen, start your scutters. Livejournal have just gone live with FOAF output for all their users. The URL format is http://www.livejournal.com/users/USERNAME/data/foaf eg http://www.livejournal.com/users/brad/data/foaf I think the floodgates just opened! It's not great FOAF yet but I'm sure it'll improve. [Tribe.net: FOAF]
I wonder if Julian knows there's a line next to his body?
Congrats to Ross Rader and Elliot Noss on the continued success of Blogware.
At least SOMEBODY is giving SixApart a run for the money!
GTABloggers is moving over to Blogware. Their pre-re-release (?huh?) blog is really starting to smoke.
It really shows off where Blogware shines the best - group blogging, reviews, photo's (they've even included my favorite feature in their site template...yay!) - GTABloggers uses it all and blends them together amazingly well.
Go T.O.!
[Random Bytes]Thank you Michael Fagan for the kind words and clear grokkedness.
Puzzlepieces
I interupt my syndication war abstinence briefly. Syndication is great. The format doesn’t really matter. For the moment, everyone who can, should both read and write all the formats that people want. Mark is right when he says the magic is in syndication, not RSS. Dave is right when he says Google should offer RSS to all Blogger users. John is right when he asks what the big deal is. And Marc is right about everything.
(Link created 1 hour 8 minutes ago) [Puzzlepieces]
My good friend Scott Mize is offering a great deal on his 2nd Edition Nanotechnology Opportunity Report.
Even YOU can get into this burgeoning hot new field!
Scott has been focusing and nerding out on this stuff for over 5 years now - and the 1st Edition was sold out.
Here's the pitch:
The NOR is the leading and most comprehensive global report on the near-term commercial opportunities in nanotechnology. You can find out more about the NOR, and download a free executive summary.
Contact Scott for more details. Tell um Marc sent yah.
Despite being jailed 7 times, I'm leading in the Orkut sweepstakes. Now was that it an SUV or a trip to Paris as the grand prize?
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