[Catalyst] Google Summer of Code

[Paul Makepeace]

Be sure to know about,

http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/

"OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications
across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML,
developers can create apps that access a social network's friends and
update feeds."

On 2/26/08, Kieren Diment <diment at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, it's that time again.
>
>  I had a thought about this.  I quite like some things about
>  facebook.   It's a useful way for me to be able to communicate with
>  people I've known since before I left school. But there are two
>  things that really irritate me about it, these are:
>
>  * Closed single platform with one vendor in control of my data
>  * They make me visit their website, and have pretty piss poor support
>  for rss.
>
>  Sooo, I thought that it would be interesting to produce a Simple
>  Social Network Comminication Protocol.  Essentially gluing existing
>  stuff together like OpenID, FOAF, Various levels of access control,
>  REST and the like to produce a distributed social networking system.
>  That is a web or web-service server to provide a social network for a
>  group, but that can also communicate with other SSNCP servers to
>  provide a distributed social network system.
>
>  So, I reckon this would be a two year process.  Year one would be
>  writing the spec and getting the bits and pieces gathered together
>  and functioning properly on the workshop floor.  Year two would
>  involve lots of welding, duct tape and hot glue to get the package
>  together.  In year one, the benifit for catalyst is that lots of our
>  bits and pieces get a nice oil and polish.  In year two we get a
>  product with a lot of potential to be influential on the applications
>  scene (rather than the architecture scene).
>
>  Any students out there who are up for applying for this?
>
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