David Herrold

Open social

Posted by Dave | Filed under Communication, Productivity, Software, Web design

Here’s a great post on SixApart’s website on the subject of Open Social:

Take a spreadsheet, for example: Imagine if a simple spreadsheet could be shared on one of the services you use, but limited so only your friends could see it, for a fantasy sports league; or only your family could see it, for a Christmas wishlist; or only your coworkers could see it, for sensitive business information. You’ve probably already set up groups or buddy lists for those people on the various social networking sites that you use, but there hasn’t been an easy way yet for a developer to let you access those networks right from within an application. Now, there will be. And if your work network is on LinkedIn, but your friends are on MySpace, and your family’s on Vox, it can all Just Work.

You can read the whole article here.

Tags: Google, linkedin, myspace, open social, Social Networking