Category Archives: open protocols

The Next "Facebook Platform" for the Modern Web, and Why Twitter’s Running the Wrong Way

I’ve talked previously about “the web with no login button”, a vision of the Building Block Web that follows the user where they go, knowing who they are and adapting as they move.  With the advent of mobile, entire operating … Continue reading

Posted in building block web, Facebook, facebook connect, facebook platform, federation, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open, open data, open protocols, open web, revolution, social network, social web, Technology, Twitter | 28 Comments

You Don’t Own Your Data on Social Networks

I get asked often by clients, reporters and media folk and others about Facebook’s recent Terms of Service updates, essentially saying they own their users data and have a right to do as they wish with their data. They’ve turned … Continue reading

Posted in automattic, Facebook, FriendFeed, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, laconi.ca, open protocols, open social, open source, open web, sixapart, social networks, Technology, Twitter | 11 Comments