Comments on: Build your own social apps? http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps/ Political, Techno, Pop Culture ramblings of a news junkie. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:04:33 +0000 By: Blackbeltjones/Work: » MUDning http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps/#comment-614 Blackbeltjones/Work: » MUDning Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:11:56 +0000 http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps#comment-614 [...] Thursday October 06th 2005, 7:09 pm Filed under: Uncategorized Following through a link from Andrew Otwell’s post on Ning, to see [...] [...] Thursday October 06th 2005, 7:09 pm
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]]> By: Andrew http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps/#comment-612 Andrew Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:05:59 +0000 http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps#comment-612 Thanks for clarifying the credit issue, I fixed that on my site where'd I'd pointed to this post. I totally missed the "via" line and even now it's a little hard to tell where the quoting starts and stops. What about setting those blockquotes off with a different background color or something? Thanks for clarifying the credit issue, I fixed that on my site where’d I’d pointed to this post. I totally missed the “via” line and even now it’s a little hard to tell where the quoting starts and stops. What about setting those blockquotes off with a different background color or something?

]]> By: Scott http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps/#comment-610 Scott Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:15:29 +0000 http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps#comment-610 Personally I think Technorati is crap, I hope someone can build an app similar but that blows them out of the water, their product blows, their support blows and they just don't deliver. Personally I think Technorati is crap, I hope someone can build an app similar but that blows them out of the water, their product blows, their support blows and they just don’t deliver.

]]> By: Dav http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps/#comment-609 Dav Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:05:54 +0000 http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps#comment-609 Absolutely, exactly what I'm talking about! Established sites with trivial but popular applications (like the ones you mentioned) will never be able to keep up. Absolutely, exactly what I’m talking about! Established sites with trivial but popular applications (like the ones you mentioned) will never be able to keep up.

]]> By: Scott http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps/#comment-608 Scott Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:10:07 +0000 http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps#comment-608 What I'm really excited about, and to state the obvious, is what folks are going to do, which has already been done, but better. A better Friendster or Del.icio.us, taking these apps to the next level. What is even more exciting is doing what hasn't or couldn't be done until now, this will open a whole new realm of possibilities, mashups of apps, mixing, matching, all kinds of stuff. This is fantastic. What I’m really excited about, and to state the obvious, is what folks are going to do, which has already been done, but better. A better Friendster or Del.icio.us, taking these apps to the next level. What is even more exciting is doing what hasn’t or couldn’t be done until now, this will open a whole new realm of possibilities, mashups of apps, mixing, matching, all kinds of stuff. This is fantastic.

]]> By: Dav http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps/#comment-607 Dav Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:51:10 +0000 http://brokekid.net/2005/10/04/build-your-own-social-apps#comment-607 One things to note is that these days almost any application is a social application. Modern users want their apps to be aware of their social network, to have 'tags', etc.. <a href="http://akuaku.org/archives/2005/09/blank_white_ser.shtml" rel="nofollow">Blank White Servers</a> allow the concept of your social network (and tags, and login credentials, and photo album, and so on) to be shared across all of the available applications. These applications will tap into the creativity of the crowds, practically guaranteeing that the features and functionality that are needed most will be made to exist. Blank White Servers like Ning are also a precursor to a 'metaverse' (they're a bit like descendants of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-User_Dungeon" rel="nofollow">MUDs</a> when you think about it; I'm also keeping my eye on <a href="http://www.opencroquet.org/" rel="nofollow">Croquet</a>.) One things to note is that these days almost any application is a social application. Modern users want their apps to be aware of their social network, to have ‘tags’, etc.. Blank White Servers allow the concept of your social network (and tags, and login credentials, and photo album, and so on) to be shared across all of the available applications. These applications will tap into the creativity of the crowds, practically guaranteeing that the features and functionality that are needed most will be made to exist. Blank White Servers like Ning are also a precursor to a ‘metaverse’ (they’re a bit like descendants of MUDs when you think about it; I’m also keeping my eye on Croquet.)

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