Comments on: The office of the privacy commissioner of Canada nails social network's business model http://www.goland.org/canadiansgetprivacy/ Technology, Politics, Food, Finance, etc. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jamie Thomson http://www.goland.org/canadiansgetprivacy/comment-page-1/#comment-184141 Jamie Thomson Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:45:03 +0000 #comment-184141 Yaron, Something for you to think about. I want to make my own personal FOAF file available and the best place to do that is on my homepage. However, my homepage is my Live Spaces page and what I'm NOT able to is make the file available at http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com/foaf.rdf which is what I would like to do. For the time being I have hosted it on Skydrive but that's not ideal because I can't direct a FOAF reader to http://cid-550f681dad532637.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Misc/foaf.rdf I *could* direct a FOAF reader to http://opdatw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pyElUA8fOW9pGQeu2z0wzT1j312FTAdH5xxNlshyI8jDMxpWT6GiaG5CG4yN6r1-1g2i8gSOXtw7guKvaLCc6cw/foaf.rdf but I'm sure that there's no guarantee that that URI will always work (at the time of writing, it does). So, how can I reliably host my FOAF file on the Windows Live infrastructure? Currently I don't think I can. Something for you to think about. -Jamie Yaron,
Something for you to think about. I want to make my own personal FOAF file available and the best place to do that is on my homepage. However, my homepage is my Live Spaces page and what I’m NOT able to is make the file available at http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com/foaf.rdf which is what I would like to do.

For the time being I have hosted it on Skydrive but that’s not ideal because I can’t direct a FOAF reader to http://cid-550f681dad532637.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Misc/foaf.rdf

I *could* direct a FOAF reader to http://opdatw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pyElUA8fOW9pGQeu2z0wzT1j312FTAdH5xxNlshyI8jDMxpWT6GiaG5CG4yN6r1-1g2i8gSOXtw7guKvaLCc6cw/foaf.rdf but I’m sure that there’s no guarantee that that URI will always work (at the time of writing, it does).

So, how can I reliably host my FOAF file on the Windows Live infrastructure? Currently I don’t think I can.

Something for you to think about.

-Jamie

]]> By: Jamie Thomson http://www.goland.org/canadiansgetprivacy/comment-page-1/#comment-184026 Jamie Thomson Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:35:23 +0000 #comment-184026 Yeah I know what you mean. I'm not worried about the users revolting - that will happen eventually. As a certain colleague of yours is fond of saying, "the web always wins". The only thing that does worry me is that RDF is too technical for your average joe to grok. Facebook et al is self-explanatory! Thanks for the video. I'm going to circulate it as much as possible! -Jamie Yeah I know what you mean. I’m not worried about the users revolting – that will happen eventually. As a certain colleague of yours is fond of saying, “the web always wins”.

The only thing that does worry me is that RDF is too technical for your average joe to grok. Facebook et al is self-explanatory!

Thanks for the video. I’m going to circulate it as much as possible!

-Jamie

]]> By: Administrator http://www.goland.org/canadiansgetprivacy/comment-page-1/#comment-183998 Administrator Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:34:11 +0000 #comment-183998 Yup, I think FOAF could help out a lot. I've certainly been thinking about it in the context of Live. I think what's missing is a user revolt. People tend to like their prisons until offered something genuinely better. If history is any guide it will take several years of the 'open' folks wandering in the wildness before everything works. It reminds me of the old Hollywood joke that you had to work hard for a decade before you could become an overnight success. Yup, I think FOAF could help out a lot. I’ve certainly been thinking about it in the context of Live. I think what’s missing is a user revolt. People tend to like their prisons until offered something genuinely better. If history is any guide it will take several years of the ‘open’ folks wandering in the wildness before everything works. It reminds me of the old Hollywood joke that you had to work hard for a decade before you could become an overnight success.

]]> By: Jamie T http://www.goland.org/canadiansgetprivacy/comment-page-1/#comment-183979 Jamie T Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:53:24 +0000 #comment-183979 Hey Yaron, Do you think RDF might have a part to play here (i.e. in the business of people hosting their own data)? I remember 2 or 3 years back FOAF (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOAF_%28software%29) was gaining some traction but I haven't heard anthing about it for a long time. OpenID-supporting-FOAF would basically constitute "a dollop of standardized data schemas, a side of REST and a sprinkle of OpenID" would it not? -Jamie jamie[AT]jamie-thomson[DOT]net http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com Hey Yaron,
Do you think RDF might have a part to play here (i.e. in the business of people hosting their own data)?

I remember 2 or 3 years back FOAF (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOAF_%28software%29) was gaining some traction but I haven’t heard anthing about it for a long time. OpenID-supporting-FOAF would basically constitute “a dollop of standardized data schemas, a side of REST and a sprinkle of OpenID” would it not?

-Jamie
jamie[AT]jamie-thomson[DOT]net
http://jamiethomson.spaces.live.com

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