Comments for Nathan Howell http://nathanhowell.net Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Time for shiny new Ubuntu. And 64 bit. by Carl Symons http://nathanhowell.net/2008/03/30/time-for-shiny-new-ubuntu-and-64-bit/#comment-17 Carl Symons Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:22:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/03/30/time-for-shiny-new-ubuntu-and-64-bit#comment-17 Thank you for the Freemind instructions. Had to change sun suffix to 1.5.0.15 as that is what apt-get provided. I use Freemind for a few things, but they are important. So this is a big help. Thanks for the advice. Freemind is working great. Carl Thank you for the Freemind instructions. Had to change sun suffix to 1.5.0.15 as that is what apt-get provided.

I use Freemind for a few things, but they are important. So this is a big help.

Thanks for the advice. Freemind is working great.

Carl

]]> Comment on XFN and relationships to things by David Kramer http://nathanhowell.net/2008/02/06/xfn-and-relationships-to-things/#comment-15 David Kramer Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:59:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/02/06/xfn-and-relationships-to-things#comment-15 If you're looking at recording, representing, and sharing the relationships between people, RDF might be your answer. There are several FOSS RDF repositories out there. There are already ontological entries for specifically what you want to do, like http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/ I realize this is an older post so this might no longer be an issue, but I would be curious to see what you think of the idea. If you’re looking at recording, representing, and sharing the relationships between people, RDF might be your answer. There are several FOSS RDF repositories out there. There are already ontological entries for specifically what you want to do, like http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/

I realize this is an older post so this might no longer be an issue, but I would be curious to see what you think of the idea.

]]> Comment on Distributing social sites by David Kramer http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites/#comment-14 David Kramer Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:02:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites#comment-14 I've never thought about this kind of solution, but I've had the same kind of concerns for a long time. That's why I run my own mail/web/Tomcat/MythTV/Subversion/etc servers. I want to maintain control of my data. Having a social network site that's more of a content aggregator for other, personal sources is a great idea. My one concern is the very small percentage of people who have their own servers. Because if you're going to aggregate posts/data from a third-party site, then you've lost the mission of total control over your data. I’ve never thought about this kind of solution, but I’ve had the same kind of concerns for a long time. That’s why I run my own mail/web/Tomcat/MythTV/Subversion/etc servers. I want to maintain control of my data. Having a social network site that’s more of a content aggregator for other, personal sources is a great idea.

My one concern is the very small percentage of people who have their own servers. Because if you’re going to aggregate posts/data from a third-party site, then you’ve lost the mission of total control over your data.

]]> Comment on Distributing social sites by Nathan http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites/#comment-13 Nathan Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:02:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites#comment-13 Thanks, Chris. I haven't set up OpenID here because there doesn't seem to be a nice, easy OpenID plugin for Mephisto. Since I don't plan to stick with Mephisto for long anyway, I'm not inclined to put a lot of effort into it. (As you can see from the rest of the site...) Thanks, Chris. I haven’t set up OpenID here because there doesn’t seem to be a nice, easy OpenID plugin for Mephisto. Since I don’t plan to stick with Mephisto for long anyway, I’m not inclined to put a lot of effort into it. (As you can see from the rest of the site…)

]]> Comment on Distributing social sites by Chris Messina http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites/#comment-12 Chris Messina Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:02:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites#comment-12 Great post — clearly we're thinking along the same lines! Now you just need to implement OpenID on this blog and you'll have one of the first steps to portability completed! ;) Great post — clearly we’re thinking along the same lines!

Now you just need to implement OpenID on this blog and you’ll have one of the first steps to portability completed! ;)

]]> Comment on Why would I lifestream without caching? by Nathan http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/21/why-would-i-lifestream-without-caching/#comment-9 Nathan Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:11:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/21/why-would-i-lifestream-without-caching#comment-9 I look forward to reading your thoughts... I'll be putting some tools out there myself as I get working on them and make them useful. I look forward to reading your thoughts… I’ll be putting some tools out there myself as I get working on them and make them useful.

]]> Comment on Why would I lifestream without caching? by Creeva http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/21/why-would-i-lifestream-without-caching/#comment-8 Creeva Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:11:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/21/why-would-i-lifestream-without-caching#comment-8 I'm glad you enjoyed my article - I have a few follow-ups to that article that I need to pound out - such as different ways of actually caching the data. I can say reading a couple of your earlier that you are not late to the life streaming party. While I agree life streaming is useful, important, and mostly neat. Life caching is the evolutionary transition that will need to occur as the data portability movement takes place. Tools unfortunately to do any type of life caching are terrible at this time. I have some wordpress plugins that I 'm cutting my PHP learning teeth on that have lots of bugs that I need to streamline - if the object of most of these plugins came from the lifestreaming design instead of spam blog design (repurposing RSS feeds can go both ways) then this small faction of belief in saving our own data can grow. Dang - sometimes I'm just too long winded. P.S. Lifestreaming is becoming a verb maybe in a few more years it will be up there with w00t and in the dictionary. I’m glad you enjoyed my article - I have a few follow-ups to that article that I need to pound out - such as different ways of actually caching the data.

I can say reading a couple of your earlier that you are not late to the life streaming party. While I agree life streaming is useful, important, and mostly neat. Life caching is the evolutionary transition that will need to occur as the data portability movement takes place.

Tools unfortunately to do any type of life caching are terrible at this time. I have some wordpress plugins that I ‘m cutting my PHP learning teeth on that have lots of bugs that I need to streamline - if the object of most of these plugins came from the lifestreaming design instead of spam blog design (repurposing RSS feeds can go both ways) then this small faction of belief in saving our own data can grow.

Dang - sometimes I’m just too long winded.

P.S. Lifestreaming is becoming a verb maybe in a few more years it will be up there with w00t and in the dictionary.

]]> Comment on Turns out it’s called lifestreaming by Nathan http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/20/turns-out-its-called-lifestreaming/#comment-7 Nathan Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:54:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/20/turns-out-its-called-lifestreaming#comment-7 Thanks for your comments, Creeva. I actually agree with you completely. Having all my data in a nice explorable place opens up all kinds of really interesting possibilities. Controlling what gets into my public lifestream (or other streams for friends, family, etc.) is just part of it. Thanks for your comments, Creeva. I actually agree with you completely. Having all my data in a nice explorable place opens up all kinds of really interesting possibilities. Controlling what gets into my public lifestream (or other streams for friends, family, etc.) is just part of it.

]]> Comment on Turns out it’s called lifestreaming by Creeva http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/20/turns-out-its-called-lifestreaming/#comment-6 Creeva Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:54:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/20/turns-out-its-called-lifestreaming#comment-6 I'll give you the fact that your earlier thoughts on life streaming is correct - it is too much information. That being said - you need to look at who this is for. Most people don't care about everything I do and I've pruned my RSS feeds that I give to the public down so they only get the useful information. I archive and save this data for myself - and like the pictures people take of their children growing up, there is never a thing as too much information. It may be too much information at this point in time - but when personal data mining takes place in a few years as the next hot trend - and archive of this data will be very useful to find trends of different points of your life that you may otherwise forget (or wished you would have forgotten but google reminds everyone anyways). I’ll give you the fact that your earlier thoughts on life streaming is correct - it is too much information.

That being said - you need to look at who this is for. Most people don’t care about everything I do and I’ve pruned my RSS feeds that I give to the public down so they only get the useful information.

I archive and save this data for myself - and like the pictures people take of their children growing up, there is never a thing as too much information.

It may be too much information at this point in time - but when personal data mining takes place in a few years as the next hot trend - and archive of this data will be very useful to find trends of different points of your life that you may otherwise forget (or wished you would have forgotten but google reminds everyone anyways).

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