At the 3rd Sydney BarCamp, we've got quite a good turnout here and the venue (UNSW) is working out really well!
In a data portability talk now - talking about integrating the data between each online app - facebook, google, etc. Why can't we agree on one data standard?
To me I'd say that it's partly because these app developers don't want to have a standard because it makes their platforms more competitive with each other? (Apparently this isn't so because most companies realise that being competitive means providing better functionality than competitors, rather than locking people in using proprietary formats. This will especially be the case once market expectation makes this a mandatory requirement).
Copying flickr photos from myspace to facebook etc. is a pain in the butt, it's ridiculous that we should have to copy photos from one app to another.
Have photos in a central place?
dataportability.org
scoble
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