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web2.0 conference: twitter, jaiku, dodgeball

April 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments · information security

Social networks have been exploding during the past two years.  I think 2007 will be the year that social networking went mainstream.Here are a few topics worth exploring if you are a geek:

Social presence sites:

  • Twitter - answers the question “what are you doing right now?” and is accessible via web and SMS
  • Jaiku - Twitter plus a bunch more functionality (and an XML-RPC API)
  • Dodgeball - SMS messages when you are near your friends.

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3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Dan Usher // Apr 22, 2007 at 8:52 am

    Jaiku is pretty sweet. Interesting how there are so many different social networking sites in existence - those for social activities, those for dating and relationships and then those for the travelers, the techies, well you get the point… :)

  • 2 Steve Habib Rose // Apr 29, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    Thanks, Abe. I didn’t know about twitter or jaiku — sound very interesting.

    I agree that social networking is about to hit the mainstream. And, as you indirectly point out, one essential factor will be the integration with cell phones. This will occur through voice and images, not only text messaging — for example see http://www.snapvine.com/

    Some of the major cell carriers are starting to position themselves to enter this arena. Some companies have launched MySpace mobile. T-Mobile has just hired a director for social networking. Sprint already has a number of offerings.

    Looking forward to learning more about your work, and seeing how all this stuff evolves!

    in community,

    Habib

  • 3 Steve Holly // May 3, 2007 at 9:35 am

    Tying into Steve’s comments above, for sure another step in the development of social networking will be mobile services. But offering MySpace or other social network access from a mobile is just the beginning. When you add presence and location awareness, things could get real interesting.

    Imagine walking by a bar, your GPS enabled mobile with you. As you pass, you look at your buddy list and see that a few of your friends from your network are at the bar because their GPS enabled mobiles constantly update their whereabouts.

    Or a more interesting example would be that you’re at a large gathering (say a customer conference). You get an SMS saying there are 2 other people in the room that enjoy the same music you do, or the same author, would you like to message them? The real life connections that could be made by uniting social networking, location and presence are endless.

    Just my 2 cents.

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