Hi all, There is an idea about using small apps that can be created on top of microblog engines[1]. I would like to create that apps in web2py. The specific idea is to enrich a microblogging engine putting metainformation on messages to make it more accurate in educative context in similar way to what philtro[2] does for twitter. The idea is to get statistics, richer tags an even another interface. We tested several open source microblog engines like Jaiku (which runs on top of the restrictive GAE --exclusion by countries, powered by google) and Yonkly (but running asp.net + SQL Express on Linux was the long way to go), so, for the moment, we're using present.ly as a microblogging app, because is the one with most of the features we want, the best user interface and has and API made using OAuth[3], so we can taker care about of things like data portability and other issues of a free/open web. The idea of microapps on top of microblog engines is some kind of cyborg approach. We can build a wrapper on top of any infraestructure and replace with progressive as we progress, so we can, for example, extend django powered jaiku engine with web2py. I previously had made some attempts to start with web2py, but this is the one that seems more interesting to me so any pointer about this idea would be appreciated.
[1] http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/10/openmicroblogger-monetizes-with.html [2] http://philtro.com/ [3] http://hueniverse.com/2007/10/beginners-guide-to-oauth-part-ii-protocol-workflow/ Thanks, Offray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
