Comments on: The social agent, part 2: Connect http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2010/03/12/the-social-agent-part-2-connect/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: FactoryCity » The social agent, part 5: Narrated Video http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2010/03/12/the-social-agent-part-2-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-117814 FactoryCity » The social agent, part 5: Narrated Video Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:27:37 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1868#comment-117814 [...] weeks ago, I published the first four parts (1, 2, 3, and 4) of The Social Agent, my addition to the Mozilla Concept Series focused on online [...]

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]]> By: Nat http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2010/03/12/the-social-agent-part-2-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-117716 Nat Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:31:45 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1868#comment-117716 In response to Dmitry, I use six different computers on a regular basis. The reason I use certain tools generally follows three basic guidelines: 1) “How easy is it to get the data I create on this device to all of my other devices” 2) “How well can the data I create be read by the software on other devices (Mac at Work, Linux on Laptop, Windows at Home)” and 3) “How easy is it to use the software”.

Most solutions to data syncing (such as Dropbox, Firefox Weave, Git) that I enjoy follow a distributed mind set. There is an online master server, but all of my clients are kept up to date, and if the server is down, I can use another client as a server until it comes back up.

As for providers syncing, I do hope we come up with a format that all providers are willing to read and write. Data portability is so important this day and age.

]]> By: Dmitry Risenberg http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2010/03/12/the-social-agent-part-2-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-117679 Dmitry Risenberg Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:39:16 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1868#comment-117679 Hi, Chris. Thanks for the interesting blog.
Do we really need to rely on account providers to store all our online social data? Wouldn’t it be a better solution to have it all stored on user’s computer? The browser will communicate with a service whenever it is necessary and transfer all the necessary data. What if your identity provider suddenly stops working? You should have an account on another provider for such case, and they have to synchronize from time to time, so you can’t just have one account/password. May be social data should be stored both locally and online, the former being the main storage and the latter being used whenever some emergency happens?

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