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Just got word earlier today a workgroup for Data Portablility has formed in an attempt to create an “open standards stack” for ubiquitous remixing and sharing data. Here’s more information: “..A new workgroup says the social networking-Web 2.0 boom has created a conundrum: How to securely deliver sets of personal data across the ever-growing flock of such applications and Web sites with a minimum of pain and complexity. The group is attempting to create an “open standards stack for

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[IMG ] The VirtualHosting blog just announced their list of the Top 100 Social Media and Social Networking Blogs for 2007. The list is divided into nine categories including Most Popular Social Media, Most Popular Social Networking, Web 2.0, Industry News, and Social Media and Marketing. The list includes both obvious choices such as JD Lasica’s Social Media, Social Media Club, Mashable, The Web 2.0 Weblog, TechCrunch, BL Ochman’s What’s Next Blog, and Paul Gillin’s Social Media and the Open En

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When you get into a blogging groove, you can hit it everyday. But when other activities start to occupy your brain power, blogging can tend to take a back seat. Here’s what’s been going on since I’ve blogged last: -That Stirr event. Man this thing had some drama around it. Gee, was it something I said?;) -We put a strategic partnership together with Jajah. Good guys, good stuff all around. Win for them, for us, and ultimately for those that want to make their phone a part of their social w

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Facebook applications anti-social not Open Social! Posted November 23rd, 2007 by agentbleu applications | Facebook | Open Social There is a backlash circulating against all the spammy new FB applications that are being released. There are over 200 groups (I stopped counting after that) specifically dedicated to campaigning that FB somehow limit the number of spammy requests people receive from these so-called ‘applications’. [IMG facebook] [IMG facebook] [IMG facebook] [IMG facebook

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[IMG Whuffie] Last week, I introduced the term Whuffie in a presentation and went onto explain it as a concept that captures lots of the ideas about reputation-as-currency (also see Egoboo) that apply today’s social web. I also pointed out this rather splendid Whuffie ring that popped up recently. The aspect that appeals to me about Cory Doctorow’s post-scarcity currency, where people’s worth is measured on an ongoing basis, is that the validation system used is public opinion. (It made me s

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6 Essential Things to Know About Google’s OpenSocial 22 Nov 2007 (Thu) GOOGLE’S RECENTLY UNVEILED OpenSocial, “a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites”, has been adopted rapidly by social networks such as Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING. Here’s a summary of a post with a similar title by Dion Hinchcliffe: OpenSocial offers the lowest common denomina

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Some may know that Urban Vancouver is run by Bryght and that I am one of the founders of Bryght. I am happy to announce that Bryght was acquired by Raincity Studios who we have partnered closely with over many years. What does this mean for Urban Vancouver? Nothing! Business as usual. What does this mean for Gastown? Well we’re hiring ! From the official Raincity Acquires Bryght Announcement: With great enthusiasm, we are pleased to announce that Raincity Studios has acquired the (alm

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Playing With AIR - No Im Not Going Mad November 21st, 2007 No its not madness, im playing around with AIR, Adobe AIR which is a framework they released a while back and its what some very cool apps are being built on lately Pownce for one which is a social app thingy that everyone wanted invites too then found out oh….not that great (granted i still use it sometimes). Well im playing around with Adobe’s AIR framework for an application im currently working on as part of a university assignme

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[IMG Join Us Tonight] That’s Right, We’re Talking Turkeys and Millionaires We might talk about people we’ve met and read about; people we may have dated; times that we ourselves have acted like either turkeys or millionaires, and then, of course there’s which one our family thinks we’re most likely to be? Oh, and bring links to share! The rules are simple — be nice. –ME “Liz” Strauss Related article What is Tuesday Open Comment Night? Share This [IMG]

Original post by Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You\\\â??re only a stranger once.

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different [IMG The Mic Is On] Here’s how it works. It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME. The rules are simple — be nice. There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it. That’s Right We’re Talking Turkeys and Millionaires We

Original post by Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You\\\â??re only a stranger once.