How about something for the "tinkers"? Something like one of those "super malls" but for social networking. A place as varied in its members as it is in content? For example, assuming that life is more than just being about sharing pictures and one-liners on somebody's wall (not that there's anything bad about that because it is always fun), the tinker may like to make use of tools (or mini-apps or usable plug-ins) to do things like hosting an amateur seminar on... well, hopefully on something interesting (what ever the field of interest may be), or have his/her own "how-to-pages" within their space, or some place to host an online withe-boarding session with friends, etc...
Maybe something like this can get a few more folks involved in web2py? I don't know how or of this is something possible (or may even be a silly idea), but would certainly grab my attention, and if it were doable, the tinker may enjoy making use web2py built (pre-built) widgets and go a little beyond the usual "Hi, this is me, and this is my picture, and I read books, and that's me 20 years ago, etc...", maybe place where he/she can announce "Next wednesday, I will be hosting a talk followed by a Q&A on how to turn an old swing set into a collapsable bed-frame" :) So, something that looks like content sharing, ownership and creation... Maybe a scaffolding app that has an api that easily (relatively speaking) integrates to a web2py-ish widgets? ANyways, just thinking, what would be a little more hands on and still offer the thrill of networking socially... and who knows, maybe the really smart guy/girls out there makes a widget to enable real time web conferencing for this app? then maybe folks out there are asking "where's web2py and how do I get some?" or disregard this post if wacky (and no, I do not sleep a lot) :) Mart :) On Jan 17, 4:13 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree this does not address your issue. > > On Jan 17, 2:44 pm, mart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am mostly thinking of the kids and parents' paranoia (like > > mine ;) ), where they need to start with something that is like what > > everyone else is doing, but safely and securely... I still think that > > the younger crowd are overlooked and excluded from the good stuff (and > > they do get the "good stuff" on their own...) but that's just my > > humble opinion :) > > > Your social networking idea is great BTW! > > > Mart ) > > > On Jan 17, 3:01 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > True. But now we have that. We need to think of something different > > > and better, not copy it. > > > > On Jan 17, 1:55 pm, Albert Abril <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > IMHO, I think that the best feature of facebook is that you can share > > > > things > > > > (links, video, music), with a subgroup of friends. > > > > In example, you if you have a group of friends that you know that they > > > > love > > > > music, you share music videos with them. (and only with them). > > > > Another example, the familiar christhmas photos, you'll share only with > > > > members of your family (another subgroup of friends). > > > > > Albert > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Massimo Di Pierro < > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Most social network assue you know who your friends are and allow you > > > > > to share info with your friends. How about the opposite? Something > > > > > like a bookmarking app that tells me who my friends should be based on > > > > > physical distance and recent common bookmarks? > > > > > > It seems to me the main problem to me is that a lot of people are > > > > > alone they because do not necessarily share interests with their > > > > > colleagues and family members. Facebook is popular because it allows > > > > > people to connect with people that they knew and therefore assume had > > > > > something in common. Until people find out time has passed by and > > > > > there is not really much to talk about. You can be a scientist and > > > > > soon find your page polluted with somebody's horoscope. > > > > > > - a bookmarking system likehttp://radbox.me/ > > > > > - when you bookmark something you tag with fixed categories > > > > > - a way to sort/organize and rate own bookmarks using mouse drag and > > > > > drop. > > > > > - you have a profile and public pages showing your bookmarks only (can > > > > > be used by a prof to share links with students for example) > > > > > - Once logged in you can see other users nearby that bookmarked - > > > > > independently - the same links, and filter then by location, gender, > > > > > age, bookmark category (could compete with match.com too) > > > > > - You can then choose to be notified when a given person bookmarks > > > > > something new (like twitter) > > > > > - You can check who is following your bookmarks. > > > > > > Massimo
