Response to Peter Caputa
Peter Caputa asks: “Is this an open source Evite” and suggests that his service WhizSpark might be perfect to tie into such a beast (as I was explaining - reearch we did in 2001.)
Well dude - let me bring back some context, sprinkle some juju visionary dust in it, roll it all up and light a fuse.
a) The example activity outline - WAS OPML code, editable by humans in an on-line outliner we built called WebOutliner. When micro-content like that is in such a structure editor - “sure you can call it eVite - but that’s JUST the event and web site aspect of this actitity.”
b) Instead of thinking of mimicing an already stodgy Web 1.0 model like eVite - think about it as just one instantiation of a new kind of tool - which spits out ’situated’ scenarios faster than Professor Shirky can dream up his homework assingments.
c) Esther Dyson suggested a spreadsheet like tool for social software interaction and here’s the beginnings of a tool which can fabricate complex series of interactions - utilzing standards, modules and oft understood principles (don’t we all have music on and play slides on oiur PCs during parties we throw?) I do.
d) So instead of thinking ’bout JUST the eVite aspects - and point us backwards - think about what a shared Events server means - when it’s coupled with on-line communities, shared Reviews, open (our) media, an identity standard to unite systems together and a tags standard as a ricohet between live vibrant agents.
Oh yah and a customizable dashboard which uses a container metaphor to aggregate just about anything in an integrated environment.
Just to clarify things a bit.