Building Feedly

I have been using FriendFeed for a few days and I have been really impressed:

a) It is super easy to use (specially if you start using it by adding the facebook application because it will automatically discover and add all your friends).

b) It has a very simple user interface.

c) The ability to comment/have a conversation around the items makes for a more connected experience.

d) I also like how like twitter, everyone’s friendfeed is different despite the fact that they are based on the same slices/they all intersect.

I think that the end result is that I have less incentive to go to facebook when I want to determine what my friends are up to.

We are going to have to think about if and how feeddo can integrate with friendfeed.

Also, Cyril has been working for a few months on a new project called Yokway which has elements of friendfeed in it. Looking forward to Yokway getting launched in the next couple of weeks. (Updated: Louis Gray has a review of Yokway - based on the pre-launch UI)

Here is the link to my friendfeed account: http://www.friendfeed.com/edwink

GigaOm is one of my favorite blogs: thoughtful commentaries, minimum hype, no bulls**t. Here is a link to a recent article on the transition from the knowledge work to the web work. Accurate? Do you feel that the criteria for framing the discussion are the right one? Intriguing.

Table from “Connect! Web Worker Daily’s Guide to a New Way of Working”

Interesting work. A tool to find French speaking blogs.

Here is the high-definition PDF version with links (5.3MB)

Here is a reference to a talk from Danah Boyd about Generation My Space. It is a deep dive into the fundamentals of social networking. Danah explains from multiple angles what social networks are, why they are reaching their tipping point and what their impact can be on education and educators. Very insightful. More on Danah’s blog.

Notes: social networks are fun, public, context-ware places/environments where teenagers like to hang out and talk. They represent an evolution of the internet from organizing content using topics (comp.lang.perl) to using a more ego-centrical organization scheme (example: my friends). Although they are similarities with traditional public place (bar, park and others), social networks are different and entail different rules of engagement and different notions of control.

I love Danah Boyd. She is just so smart!