Re: Most Web users will not write code

Le 25 juin 2009 à 17:37, Adrian Walker a écrit :
> Pat Hayes wrote, in connection with .htaccess problems
>
>     ....Most Web users do not, and will not, write code...

which is right and not right depending on the context, the motivation,  
etc, but we understand the essence of it.

> Perhaps a useful extension to TIMBL's recent paper [2] might be a  
> list of such platforms, and other design approaches?  (Tim does  
> mention the Tabulator in passing).

There are two folds:

The technology itself as expressed in the workshop article [Digital Me  
Management][1] which is an attempt at drafting what is wrong, weak,  
not very helpful for managing one's own data.

And the policy itself as expressed in the document about [Data  
Independence][2]. I started by creating a small framework to really  
think about your data independence.

For example, there are Web services such as [Tumblr][3], which  
proposes people to have their content public but not indexed in search  
engines (adding a layer opacity to slow down the process of discovery,  
long possible on that. I use the same policy for 3 years for my own  
web site.)

So indeed tools can help you to define the granularity of sharing, but  
it's just the beginning.


[1]: http://www.la-grange.net/2009/02/01/digital-me-management
[2]: http://bit.ly/freedata
[3]: http://tumblr.com/

-- 
Karl Dubost
Montréal, QC, Canada