Project Reclaim update. I love that Boone is doing this. Now that I’ve fully switched from iTunes to Rdio, I’m tempted to try out a Linux machine. Most of the software I use is cross-platform or web-based anyway.
Tag Archives: data portability
What Facebook knows about you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJvAUqs3Ofg
What Facebook knows about you. I’d love to see the full extent of the data set.
Facebook To Launch A Subscribe Button For Websites. “It’s like RSS, except Facebook gets to own you and your subscribers.” — Les Orchard. For publishers, please see exhibit A, exhibit B, and exhibit C.
Status
Facebook is crack to journalists and pushers like Nieman Lab aren’t helping their addiction. Publishers: own your technology, user experience, and data. Quit sharecropping on others’. Previously.
Corporate blogging silos. I agree with Dave Winer; it’s quite nice to have access to your history.
5 reasons news organisations prefer in-house web publishing tools. Greater assurance it integrates with the rest of your stack, you ensure the content lives on permanently, aren’t subject to everchanging third-party terms of service, opportunity to build a better workflow around the tool, and, most importantly, building in-house can give you a competitive advantage.
I’m back on Facebook and Twitter
Yes, you can call me a hypocrite. Yes, I’m still a firm believer in portable data and identity. Pragmatism won out over idealism. One, an increasing number of sites now use Facebook and/or Twitter exclusively for their user authentication. In this context, having a corporate-controlled… Continue reading →
Smoke signals. “ZOMFG 574LLm4N W45 r19H7!”
What if Flickr fails? Doc Searls describes the disadvantages of centralization. The pendulum starts to swing the other way.
The Case Against Data Lock-in. Data portability fosters greater trust with your users and pushes your engineering team to innovate with the product faster than competitors. Fabulous article by Brad Fitzpatrick and JJ Leuck.