4 Technologies for Portability in Social Networks: A Primer - ReadWriteWeb
A nice summary of the technologies presented at my SXSW panel.
Identify - Firefox entension | Madgex Lab
Okay, I know I said "holy freakin' crap!" the last time I linked to one of Glenn's Social Graph API experiments but now he's gone and created a Firefox plug-in: press alt-i and you can see the social graph for anyone's site. Holy freakin' crap!
Related links
Google Code Blog: URLs are People, Too
This is great news! Brad Fitzpatrick and Kevin Marks have built a new Google API that will spider XFN links.
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.
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.
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.