Thread: Third discussion topic for co-creation project: CONTENT DISCOVERY
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2009-09-14 , 18:24
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I don't want MY data scattered. By that I mean the core stuff: name, address, etc. Even (especially) my contacts. Sure, some of my preferences can be scattered across the clouds, as it is now-- and it's a total maintenance nightmare. I absolutely hate having so many logins, user names, places to keep up with... grrr...

But let me back up a bit-- I don't mean it necessarily all has to be physically stored in a single location... just give me a management tool that let's me touch it in one place.
Good point. But, I'm not talking about "containing" data in any one form. Scattered or not, my ideas were not based around a requirement that we do anything (retrieve personal data, etc.). I'm talking about the device doing all of this. So, whether information is coming from your Facebook profile or your Flickr stream, or your Vimeo account, it doesn't really matter to you as an end-user.

Now, if we're talking about forming a singular, cohesive profile, then you are probably right. But, I'm just talking about data sources that feed some sort of real-time search algorithm.

Still, I must admit that I absolutely hate all of the logins I have to keep track of (in fact, that's why most of mine are the same). But, even OpenID fails at standardizing this (currently). And, we will never see a reduction of Social services -- only an increase.

Tim
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