Comments on: Open Social Media of the People, by the People, for the People http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/ Nourishment for the Soul. The current focus is inspiration and life path seeking. As my views evolve, so will my message. Latest topics include the marketing of ideas by social networking, and their role in the shaping of the future of internet commerce and society. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:01:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Iter8r: Organic Crowd Shared Startup http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 Iter8r: Organic Crowd Shared Startup Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:18:06 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-1046 [...] I read some of your articles with interest: Open Social Media Of the People, By the People, For the People The Creation of Value Early Exclusivity Fosters Later Empires I think the ideas mentioned in those [...] [...] I read some of your articles with interest: Open Social Media Of the People, By the People, For the People The Creation of Value Early Exclusivity Fosters Later Empires I think the ideas mentioned in those [...]

]]> By: You Define Open Social Media http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-908 You Define Open Social Media Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:48:48 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-908 [...] Here’s an earlier post I put together capture some ideas: Open Social Media, of the People, by the People, for the People. [...] [...] Here’s an earlier post I put together capture some ideas: Open Social Media, of the People, by the People, for the People. [...]

]]> By: The Message > the media http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-805 The Message > the media Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:50:59 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-805 [...] my take on open social media, please check out this popular post from late July. Share and [...] [...] my take on open social media, please check out this popular post from late July. Share and [...]

]]> By: Friendfeed Is Fading http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Friendfeed Is Fading Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:01:51 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-526 [...] mentioned not long ago that I’d like to see completely user owned open social media. Now more than ever I understand the need for such a service. All the connections and more [...] [...] mentioned not long ago that I’d like to see completely user owned open social media. Now more than ever I understand the need for such a service. All the connections and more [...]

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 Mark Essel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:21:10 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-2277 Although I'm partial to friendfeed's conversational UI, I enjoyed the demo of twiggler, especially dragging an icon to it's own box to see it's stream. <br><br>Is there a different demo you have planned for the data/software block technology? Looking forward to it. Although I'm partial to friendfeed's conversational UI, I enjoyed the demo of twiggler, especially dragging an icon to it's own box to see it's stream.

Is there a different demo you have planned for the data/software block technology? Looking forward to it.

]]> By: David Semeria http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 David Semeria Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:38:59 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-2276 Thanks for the kind words Mark.<br><br>The system I'm working on essentially puts code and content on the same level, and allows applications to be assembled from blocks made up of both. There's nothing clever about that. The tricky part is making the blocks compatible with each other, which is where we've focused most of our efforts. Obviously, once you get to a point where you can mash everything up, the logical extension is to allow all the pieces to 'flow' around the ecosystem in a controlled (access privileges) manner. We're nearly there.<br><br>As regards Twiggler, unfortunately it will never see the light of day. We just built it to test and demonstrate the technology. Twiggler is composed of hundreds of tiny blocks which are assembled in real time in the browser. That's not obvious when you see the system working - which is the whole point. Thanks for the kind words Mark.

The system I'm working on essentially puts code and content on the same level, and allows applications to be assembled from blocks made up of both. There's nothing clever about that. The tricky part is making the blocks compatible with each other, which is where we've focused most of our efforts. Obviously, once you get to a point where you can mash everything up, the logical extension is to allow all the pieces to 'flow' around the ecosystem in a controlled (access privileges) manner. We're nearly there.

As regards Twiggler, unfortunately it will never see the light of day. We just built it to test and demonstrate the technology. Twiggler is composed of hundreds of tiny blocks which are assembled in real time in the browser. That's not obvious when you see the system working – which is the whole point.

]]> By: David Semeria http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-284 David Semeria Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:34:12 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-284 Well, there is a second and much shorter demo <a href='http://www.lmframework.com/page.php?id=vd_twig_short_2' rel="nofollow">video</a> of Twiggler which shows the same data structures that are used to manage contacts being used to manage images. The key is to have generic data structures in combination with generic library functions to manipulate them. This is the basic foundation of our idea of interoperability.<br><br>That said, I wouldn't want this thread to turn into a promo for LM, and detract from the excellent ideas contained in your video. <br><br>Feel free to email me at david-lmframework-com and I'll be more than happy to pick-up the conversation.<br><br>Cheers. Well, there is a second and much shorter demo video of Twiggler which shows the same data structures that are used to manage contacts being used to manage images. The key is to have generic data structures in combination with generic library functions to manipulate them. This is the basic foundation of our idea of interoperability.

That said, I wouldn't want this thread to turn into a promo for LM, and detract from the excellent ideas contained in your video.

Feel free to email me at david-lmframework-com and I'll be more than happy to pick-up the conversation.

Cheers.

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Mark Essel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:21:10 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-283 Although I'm partial to friendfeed's conversational UI, I enjoyed the demo of twiggler, especially dragging an icon to it's own box to see it's stream. <br><br>Is there a different demo you have planned for the data/software block technology? Looking forward to it. Although I'm partial to friendfeed's conversational UI, I enjoyed the demo of twiggler, especially dragging an icon to it's own box to see it's stream.

Is there a different demo you have planned for the data/software block technology? Looking forward to it.

]]> By: David Semeria http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-280 David Semeria Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:38:59 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-280 Thanks for the kind words Mark.<br><br>The system I'm working on essentially puts code and content on the same level, and allows applications to be assembled from blocks made up of both. There's nothing clever about that. The tricky part is making the blocks compatible with each other, which is where we've focused most of our efforts. Obviously, once you get to a point where you can mash everything up, the logical extension is to allow all the pieces to 'flow' around the ecosystem in a controlled (access privileges) manner. We're nearly there.<br><br>As regards Twiggler, unfortunately it will never see the light of day. We just built it to test and demonstrate the technology. Twiggler is composed of hundreds of tiny blocks which are assembled in real time in the browser. That's not obvious when you see the system working - which is the whole point. Thanks for the kind words Mark.

The system I'm working on essentially puts code and content on the same level, and allows applications to be assembled from blocks made up of both. There's nothing clever about that. The tricky part is making the blocks compatible with each other, which is where we've focused most of our efforts. Obviously, once you get to a point where you can mash everything up, the logical extension is to allow all the pieces to 'flow' around the ecosystem in a controlled (access privileges) manner. We're nearly there.

As regards Twiggler, unfortunately it will never see the light of day. We just built it to test and demonstrate the technology. Twiggler is composed of hundreds of tiny blocks which are assembled in real time in the browser. That's not obvious when you see the system working – which is the whole point.

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2009/07/27/open-social-media-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Mark Essel Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:27:53 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/?p=1184#comment-279 Brilliant Dave, glad to hear you are working the problem. Heartily agree that folks should be able to retain their privacy but engage in a more limited way.<br><br>I just recently grabbed some code to setup an open source, social app on the Google App Engine, although I think Google Wave dabbling may come first. I also heard about some protocol concepts from Brian Hendrickson, and Dave Winer, so that various hubs can all communicate. Brilliant Dave, glad to hear you are working the problem. Heartily agree that folks should be able to retain their privacy but engage in a more limited way.

I just recently grabbed some code to setup an open source, social app on the Google App Engine, although I think Google Wave dabbling may come first. I also heard about some protocol concepts from Brian Hendrickson, and Dave Winer, so that various hubs can all communicate.

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