Really Simple Social Action (RSSA)

Google is set to announce a set of standards called OpenSocial:

OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, defined by Google with
input from partners, that allow developers to access core functions and
information at social networks:

Peter Dietz has done some interesting work around the notion of syndicating donor activity for micro philanthropy. Here is an image of what he envisions, and here is a working mockup.

Here is an interesting post by Dennis Whittle of Global Giving about a class at Stanford called Creating Infectious Action, Kindling Gregarious Behavior

These is in an interesting case study for simple social action.

Tails and Operator as Firefox addons for microformats.

Mogulus as tool for interactive TV, allow folks to collaborate TV development.

I am playing with Adaptive Blue smart linking.  The entry below has a blue box after it that can be clicked to bring in more info. 

Frederick Turner's closing presentation at the Good Ancestors Principle Workshop | Uplift Academy

One of my early lessons learned during my involvement with the Veterans Administration's Decentralized Computer Program was the power of networking people together. (see George Timson's view of the History of the Hardhats) I had been using a computer system called Confer II designed by Bob Parnes in the early 1980's and rewrote much of the functionality into a DHCP module called MailMan allowing threaded conversations between users.

This page will describe some examples of how RSSA might be used for supporting Social Action Networks.

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