Comments on: Profiles In Burnout http://effectivecio.com/2009/06/03/profiles-in-burnout/ ...ruminations on many things, all ultimately related to effective IT leadership... Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Marc Sirkin http://effectivecio.com/2009/06/03/profiles-in-burnout/#comment-397 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:17:36 +0000 http://effectivecio.com/?p=1052#comment-397 I’ve been waiting for portable identities (that includes filtering) since about 2002 after having a conversation with my CTO who was frustrated even back then by the registration process on various web sites.

Initially, I loved the api that would allow you to see who on your gmail/hotmail/yahoo mail lists was already on the system, but after making a mistake and mailing everyone I’ve ever met, I ALWAYS click the skip button.

What about a portable social graph? I guess that’s what the open social thing is, but Jim is right… good luck subverting business models.

Something has to give, that’s for sure, because I can’t keep taking (and rotating) photos!

]]> By: Jim Demitriou http://effectivecio.com/2009/06/03/profiles-in-burnout/#comment-389 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:20:35 +0000 http://effectivecio.com/?p=1052#comment-389 I may be an optimist, but I’m hoping there is a widespread adoption of the Open Social specification, which is attempting to establish a standard API for social sites to share information.

Here’s a list of all the participants, and details about what they’re supporting: http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#Container_Information

Of course, the problem is the “What’s in it for me” space … LinkedIn is proprietary, and may not be interested in allowing developers to leverage their collected data asset, but have no problem adding to the LinkedIn user experience by allowing access to other apps/networks.

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