TechCrunch reports that Google’s OpenSocial will go live tomorrow. I’ve been waiting for this kind of technology to emerge, and it’s no surprise that it comes from Google.
OpenSocial “is a set of common APIs that application developers can use to create applications that work on any social networks (called “hosts”) that choose to participate.” In […]
Entries from October 2007
Google’s OpenSocial ready for release
October 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Growth of the social software market in the enterprise
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Socialtext notes that “according to Radicati, the business social software market is expected to be $920 million this year and blossom to over $3.3 billion by 2011.”
Here’s a summary of their research.
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Open source gaining traction in the enterprise
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Interesting figures on open source adoption in the enterprise.
There is an inherent connection between open source software, open APIs, etc., and the advance of social computing.
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Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Team Collaboration & Social Software
October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Engineers Without Fears points us to Chieftech’s post on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Team Collaboration & Social Software reported by Socialtext (included on the Quadrant as a Visionary Company, and proud thereof).
This is useful, but its problem lies in a narrow vision of what “social software” is. Roping in the oxymoronic phrase “team collaboration” is […]
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“Can IT 1.0 implement Enterprise 2.0?” — asks Aloof
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Aloof raises an interesting question here, referring to Dion’s article on the current state of e2.0, here, along the way.
I’m not sure he even begins to answer his own question, but it’s an interesting read all the same.
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Google’s Eric Schmidt on “creation in the cloud” and “platformizing” the Web.
October 26th, 2007 · No Comments
In the introduction to Google’s 3d Quarter earnings call, CEO Eric Schmidt says:
…we are now seeing a massive transition to web-based cloud computing at a consumer and enterprise level. … We are really on the cusp of a world where everyone can create, share, collaborate and find their content in the cloud anytime and anywhere.
Virtualization […]
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Web 3.0? — Ajit Jaokar says… (and I agree!)
October 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I am not much of a believer in the semantic web, Sir Tim’s vision of a network of machines that understands content without much input from people.
For one thing, this vision is as old computers — or at least as old as transistor-based computers! it may not have been current in the world of vacuum […]
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Oh, what the heck: here are Lee’s shows on social networking and rss too.
October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
As I mentioned in my previous post, you can also find these shows by Lee Lefever at his Commoncraft site or on blip.tv.
rss in plain english
Click To Play
social networking in plain english
Click To Play
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A Post by Dion that I missed: “11 ideas for SOA architects”
October 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Ordinarily I wouldn’t reach back to January for such an extensive post, but I seem somehow to have missed Dion Hinchcliffe’s important set of ideas for SOA architects in the enterprise. I think I missed the post because linking to the post itself — the last one he made in this blog, which he no […]
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Twine
October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
Just announced by Radar Networks:
Twine is: “A revolutionary new way to share, organize, and find information. Use Twine to better leverage and contribute to the collective intelligence of your friends, colleagues, groups and teams. Twine ties it all together.”
I’ve requested a beta account and will report more when I know more. Here’s the “home” […]
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