Microsoft Joining DataPortability.org
readwriteweb.com — Chris Saad, Chairman of the Data Portability Working Group, confirmed this morning that Microsoft's David Treadwell, a VP at Windows Live , will be joining the organization. Microsoft is expected to make a formal announcement in the coming days. (Submitted by webtech) More...
Chris Saad Inteview watch!
revver.com — Chris talks about data portability in layman's terms. (Submitted by JolieODell) More...
Comments Are Dead
nerdstalker.com — Nerd Stalker (6mins) interview with Chris Saad, VP Product/Community Strategy for JS-Kit at a recent SF New Tech. We spoke about comments being dead, the prevalence of Facebook Connect, JS-Kit's innovative web app ECHO, the fact they actually charge for what they offer, and more. (Submitted by aforonda) More...
Google vs The World
touchstonelive.com — Chris Saad from Touchstone writes that he thinks the next frontier for search, specifically is not finding better pages, but better structured data in the form of microformats or other forms of structured data from inside pages. (Submitted by fairknight) More...
Marc Canter on DataPortability.org: Beef or Hype?
blog.broadbandmechanics.com — Chris Saad was asked “show us the beef” and his response is a timeline of blog posts about blog posts. I really like the idea of displaying a living breathing story of the evolution of this effort. But that’s not called beef Chris - that’s called hype. (Submitted by daveman692) More...
Announcing the Media 2.0 Workgroup
touchstonelive.com — Chris Saad Announces the MEdia 2.0 Workgroup. The Media 2.0 Workgroup is a group of industry commentators, agitators and innovators who believe that the phenomena of democratic participation will change the face of Media Creation, Distribution and Consumption. (Submitted by fairknight) More...
Creating passionate crowds
touchstonelive.com — Chris Saad writes: Recently came across a wonderful article from called 'Dumbness of Crowds' where it rightly states that the term 'Wisdom of Crowds' was actually meant in sarcasm. Real intelligence comes when measuring individual actions in aggregate ... rather than giving individuals collective and visible control over a process. (Submitted by fairknight) More...
How to Decentralize Twitter
techcrunch.com — Over the last few days a number of popular bloggers have complained, loudly, that it’s time to ditch Twitter and move to a decentralized version of the service that won’t go down every time usage spikes...Chris Saad, co-founder of DataPortability and founder of startup Faraday Media, thinks he knows one way Twitter can be decentralized effectively. (Submitted by melmyfinger) More...
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