The web allows us to keep in touch with our friends in so many ways today. When I log into , I am immediately greeted with a news feed of activity.
Users can update their status too. So whether you like it or not, you know what they are doing.
is only status:
A can also see what people are sharing with Pownce:
I can always login to to see new photos uploaded by my contacts:
I can track what music my friends are listening to in real time with Last.fm:
I can even see which bookmarks that 30 or my nerdy friends are saving on del.icio.us:
The cool new product of 2008 is the friend feed aggregator. These are services that pull all of this social data into one feed for you convenience. Socialthing, Friend Feed, and Iminta are just a few of these products. I like em, but I prefer logging in to each individual service to keep up with the hustle and bustle that is my network.
Is Google working on an ?
This is an advancement of web 2.0. We are moving towards the semantic web, where everything will gel into one interface. I am kinda excited about it.
This “data revolution” is fun, but also dangerous. On the other hand, only a select percentage of the population is participating in this social web. Imagine if everybody did.