Blaine welcome to the show. Glad you could make it. More seriously if folks don't know you they will certainly know Twitter! For folks who don't know Blaine, you may wish to take a look at the slides he gave at eComm a month back:
http://ecommmedia.com/2008/downloads/slides/day1/6_Blaine_Cook_eComm2008.ppt Hopefully some "qualified" person will step in to answer your two questions, or at least have a first stab at it. Regards Lee On 12/04/2008, Blaine Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just returned from a vacation on a desert island, hence joining > late to this group :-) > > For those who I haven't met, I built much of Twitter, and in > particular the messaging / im infrastructure. I'm deeply interested in > basically two things as far as XMPP is concerned: > > 1. What do web APIs look like when translated to XMPP, and what new > interaction models does that enable? > 2. Federated social networks over XMPP > > I expect that these two points will be just about my sole focus for > the next six months, and I'm very glad to return and see old and new > names alike on the list ;-) > > > b. >
