http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246216 Data portability, the Potter parable, 21st century demand mechanics, and zombie attacks « The Restless Mind Wed, 21 May 2008 01:01:12 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246216 [...] been thinking about that quote in relation to the recent noise about data portability and the fuss between Facebook’s closed view in contrast to Google’s [...] [...] been thinking about that quote in relation to the recent noise about data portability and the fuss between Facebook’s closed view in contrast to Google’s [...]

]]> http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246163 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » @Facebook @Shark: jump? Mon, 19 May 2008 13:57:04 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246163 [...] More from Fred Wilson, Mark Canter, Robert [...] [...] More from Fred Wilson, Mark Canter, Robert [...]

]]> http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246143 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Some conversatons is better than none Sun, 18 May 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246143 [...] « The people united will never be defeated [...] [...] « The people united will never be defeated [...]

]]> http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246138 Feedonomics » Blog Archive » Is this about data or money? Sun, 18 May 2008 13:21:57 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/05/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated#comment-246138 [...] Marc Canter does a great job of framing the data portability debate as a power to the people struggle. I agree that the data is already out there, but after we “take it to the streets” who will provide the solution? Is he looking for data portability legislation? Does he want a government Data Security Administration to provide a data safety net for the masses? Will he form a free data party? The data problem isn’t political, it is economic. It will take a viable, free-market economic model that allows for a true data economy where thousands of companies can afford to offer data services. If the current economic model makes sure that only a few companies can afford to manage our data for us, then we are guaranteed to have a data oligopoly. [...] [...] Marc Canter does a great job of framing the data portability debate as a power to the people struggle. I agree that the data is already out there, but after we “take it to the streets” who will provide the solution? Is he looking for data portability legislation? Does he want a government Data Security Administration to provide a data safety net for the masses? Will he form a free data party? The data problem isn’t political, it is economic. It will take a viable, free-market economic model that allows for a true data economy where thousands of companies can afford to offer data services. If the current economic model makes sure that only a few companies can afford to manage our data for us, then we are guaranteed to have a data oligopoly. [...]

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