Comments on: Semantic Web as the "killer app", Part 3 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/09/semantic-web-as-the-killer-app-part-3.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/09/semantic-web-as-the-killer-app-part-3.html#comment-650 Wayne Smallman Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:06:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/09/27/semantic-web-as-the-killer-app-part-3/#comment-650 "While it would be nice to keep track of everyone's activity, do I want everyone keeping track of mine? It's a bit of a double-edged sword."<br/><br/>What you share is subject to the rules I outlined in part 2. So you only share what you want to share.<br/><br/>Having such a fine-grained approach to personal information means a great deal more flexibility, enough to satisfy the privacy conscious.<br/><br/>But this is all theory, of course.<br/><br/>"Also wondering if the browser will remain central or if some other piece of software will become the social focus. Might browsers take on so many roles that they reach a point where they split apart into separate pieces?"<br/><br/>We could argue that the opposite is a better idea, and that Microsoft were ahead of the game when trying to knit Internet Explorer into Windows.<br/><br/>A topic for discussion in its own right, I imagine... “While it would be nice to keep track of everyone’s activity, do I want everyone keeping track of mine? It’s a bit of a double-edged sword.”

What you share is subject to the rules I outlined in part 2. So you only share what you want to share.

Having such a fine-grained approach to personal information means a great deal more flexibility, enough to satisfy the privacy conscious.

But this is all theory, of course.

“Also wondering if the browser will remain central or if some other piece of software will become the social focus. Might browsers take on so many roles that they reach a point where they split apart into separate pieces?”

We could argue that the opposite is a better idea, and that Microsoft were ahead of the game when trying to knit Internet Explorer into Windows.

A topic for discussion in its own right, I imagine…

]]> By: Heidi http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/09/semantic-web-as-the-killer-app-part-3.html#comment-648 Heidi Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:14:00 +0000 http://sv2.mhlists.net/~wwwblah/index.php/2007/09/27/semantic-web-as-the-killer-app-part-3/#comment-648 While it would be nice to keep track of everyone's activity, do I want everyone keeping track of mine? It's a bit of a double-edged sword.<br/><br/>Also wondering if the browser will remain central or if some other piece of software will become the social focus. Might browsers take on so many roles that they reach a point where they split apart into separate pieces? While it would be nice to keep track of everyone’s activity, do I want everyone keeping track of mine? It’s a bit of a double-edged sword.

Also wondering if the browser will remain central or if some other piece of software will become the social focus. Might browsers take on so many roles that they reach a point where they split apart into separate pieces?

]]>