XAuth
http://xauth.org
"XAuth is an open platform for extending authenticated user services across the web."
Is the Internet Warping Our Brains? | LiveScience
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090224-internet-brain.html
Did sharp rocks warp our brains? Did cooking warp our brains? Did speech warp our brains? Did writing warp our brains? The net is the sharpest, hottest, chattiest, wordiest thing to hit since all the above.
Find, Follow and Share Comments — BackType
http://www.backtype.com
"BackType is a conversational search engine. We index and connect millions of conversations from blogs, social networks and other social media so people can find, follow and share comments. BackType was founded in June, 2008 by Christopher Golda and Michael Montano."
Bloggasm » Anti-Starbucks filmmakers hijack the coffee company’s own Twitter marketing campaign
http://bloggasm.com/anti-starbucks-filmmakers-hijack-the-coffee-companys-own-twitter-marketing-campaign
Economist.com - Is lascivious online content, traditionally on top, losing its lustre?
http://www.economist.com/business/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=9040354
"In America, the proportion of site visits that are pornographic is falling and people are flocking to sites categorised “net communities and chat” ... Traffic to such sites is poised to overtake traffic to sex sites in America any day now"
Elgg: the open source social networking platform
http://elgg.org
"Elgg is an open source social networking platform based around choice, flexibility and openness: a system that firmly places individuals at the centre of their activities."
Mircoformats and portable social network
http://www.glennjones.net/Post/820/Mircoformatsandportablesocialnetwork.htm
"What we need is not only a way to prefill social networking information, but also to dynamically and automatically transfer data between systems."