Digital Web Magazine - Portable Social Networks, The Building Blocks Of A Social Web
Ben has written a superb article outlining the hows and whys of distributed social networks with hCard and XFN, finishing with an inspiring call to arms.
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OAuth support for Google Accounts and Contacts API - OAuth | Google Groups
As promised by Kevin Marks in the Q&A after my panel at South by Southwest, the Google Contacts API now supports OAuth. w00t!
Licence to Roam » BarcampBrighton - Portable Information
Liveblogged notes from a discussion I participated in at BarCamp Brighton 2 about Social Network Portability.
4 Technologies for Portability in Social Networks: A Primer - ReadWriteWeb
A nice summary of the technologies presented at my SXSW panel.
The Existential DiSo Interview on Vimeo
Chris interviews himself about portable social networks and distributed identity.
Giant Global Graph | Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs
TIm Berners-Lee explains what the "graph" part of "social graph" means. I'm still not keen on the term but I really love the idea (although I also disagree about the building blocks required today).
Portable Social Networks: Take Your Friends with You [Content]
Brian's article on portable social networks is a clear and concise introduction to the subject with explanations of the technologies involved.
DataPortability.org - Share and remix data using open standards
A new site to track the building blocks of portable social networks: OpenID, OAuth, hCard, XFN and more.
Web2Summit: Opening Up the Social Graph
David Recordon announces a new developer tool for tracking status changes on social networking sites.
Designing For Hackability » SlideShare
Brian Oberkirch's presentation from Webmaster Jam looks excellent.
Six Apart - News and Events: We Are Opening the Social Graph
Six Apart are getting ready to make portable social networks a reality. Watch this space for code.
Field Notes Brand
Dan is claiming that these notebooks could be moleskin killers. I am intrigued and I do like the nice use of Futura.
The Man in Blue > There are no social networks
Cameron's plea for social network transparency and portability is one of the most lucid and succinct yet.
Open Social Graph @ Plaxo
Try Plaxo's identity consolidator for yourself. Give it a URL that includes rel="me".
Plaxo to ship online identity aggregator based on microformats | ScobleShow: Videoblog about geeks, technology, and developers
The guys at Plaxo have not only implemented social network portability, they're sharing the code.
Portable social networking // James Aylett's diary
James has some quick'n'dirty Python code for extracting relationship data from social networking sites.
Social Network Portability | Google Groups
A mailing list to discuss portable social networks.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Pull down the walled gardens
The need for portable social networks hits the mainstream press: Professor Michael Geist writes an article for the BBC website.
social-network-portability - Microformats
Tantek, Brian, Daniel and others got together in Ritual Roasters to discuss making portable social networks a reality. Here are the notes.
Portable Social Networks at Mashup Camp :: UltraNormal
Kevin Lawver has implemented portable social networks by mashing up OpenID and microformats in Rails. Read the presentation and download the code.
Dopplr Blog » Importing your social network from other sites
Portable social networks are no longer just theory: Dopplr makes it a reality.
Velvet Unravelled » Blog Archive » Portable social networks
Sarah mocks up an interface for importing contacts across social networks.
XFN: Services & Technologies
Identity consolidation with the XFN rel="me" value. RTFM on sharing information across social networks.