My blogging Marc is a bit like Buses in the UK, none are around for ages and then two come along at once:
Despite the obvious shaping of one's digital identity within a social network context, there are consistent aspects of one's personality that shine through - whether it be you the Dad, you the business guy or you the weekend Paintball warrior.
What we want to provide is a way of not only aggregating your various 'personalities' (or facets as danah calls it) - but also of connecting your various 'accounts' of your digital on-line presence - whether they be MeetUp, Ryze, Tribe, ODDpost or ecademy. It seems to me that one well thought out system, based upon FOAF (and open sourced) is the way to go. We call it the PeopleAggregator.
I'm really interested in seeing how this works. I want to play with it, use it and I think make my life easier. I really perceive that my digital life needs this badly.
I also think its an excellent idea for a product an ISP could offer its customers, and for some, that couldn't come soon enough, especially if it is built for the non-techie person.
Posted by Paul Goodison at October 9, 2003 11:02 PM | TrackBack