Re: Gaining WebID Adoption

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

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