Hi Kieren, I've always been interested in doing some sort of open source deal for social networks.
So yes, I'd be interested in applying for this :-) -Devin On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:59 AM, Kieren Diment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, it's that time again. > > I had a thought about this. I quite like some things about > facebook. It's a useful way for me to be able to communicate with > people I've known since before I left school. But there are two > things that really irritate me about it, these are: > > * Closed single platform with one vendor in control of my data > * They make me visit their website, and have pretty piss poor support > for rss. > > Sooo, I thought that it would be interesting to produce a Simple > Social Network Comminication Protocol. Essentially gluing existing > stuff together like OpenID, FOAF, Various levels of access control, > REST and the like to produce a distributed social networking system. > That is a web or web-service server to provide a social network for a > group, but that can also communicate with other SSNCP servers to > provide a distributed social network system. > > So, I reckon this would be a two year process. Year one would be > writing the spec and getting the bits and pieces gathered together > and functioning properly on the workshop floor. Year two would > involve lots of welding, duct tape and hot glue to get the package > together. In year one, the benifit for catalyst is that lots of our > bits and pieces get a nice oil and polish. In year two we get a > product with a lot of potential to be influential on the applications > scene (rather than the architecture scene). > > Any students out there who are up for applying for this? > > _______________________________________________ > List: [email protected] > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > -- Devin Austin Founder and Head Developer of CodedRight.net http://www.codedright.net - get your web app Coded Right http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?326568/hosting.html - Host with DreamHost!
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