- From: Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:00:36 +0100
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-webid@w3.org
On 9 Feb 2012, at 13:34, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 2/9/12 5:57 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: >> Had a chat with Henry lately and we were wondering about what steps >> would help gain wider adoption. >> >> Of course everyone is doing their little bit, some people working on >> identity providers, some working on apps, some working on the spec, >> some working on integration, some on frameworks, some working on >> outreach. All of this is really positive in taking the WebID >> ecosystem forward. >> >> Some of us have been doing WebID for quite a while now, and naturally >> we all have a subjective perspective on the best ways to make WebID >> more popular >> >> But maybe we are at the point where we can, as a group, brainstorm >> possible concrete strategies for how WebID can gain wider adoption. >> >> Does any one strategy stand out? >> >> > > Give everyone a reason to do the following: > > 1. Get a WebID > 2. Tell their friends and family to do the same. > > It's got to be dead simple and non distracting if "going viral" is the goal. No RDF religion whatsoever. > > Easy win (IMHO) goes back to RWW and the publication and sharing of: > > 1. Calendars > 2. AddressBooks > 3. Social Networks -- via profile docs > 4. File Sharing. > > Remember, we were here two years ago re. SWAT0 and it all stalled as everyone seemed to stop performing WebID based ACL demos. > > I can already demonstrate all of the above, just as I could 2 years ago :-) yes, very much so. I am working on this just now, which is why I have been a bit quiet recently. Henry > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder& CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen > Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > > > > Social Web Architect http://bblfish.net/
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