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May 12, 2010
Posted by:
 Randall Elliott
 

Can Four Math Geeks Build a Better Facebook?

Four nerdish boys attempt to create a better Facebook. Just like in Weird Science these nerds have a big idea: Diaspora.

A truly "open" social network, the idea for Diaspora is simple — each person is their own node, in that they speak directly to each other and are not funneled through a hub. You own your information. You choose who to share it with. The community discovers problems and seeks solutions. It's like the UNIX of social networks.

The idea is already catching on as The New York Times and Wired have written pieces on Diaspora. The group behind Diaspora has already raised over $37,000 through their Kickstarter project page. Let's just hope Chet doesn't take any of them out with a chokehold or shotgun.

Filed under  //   Diaspora   Facebook   open source   social networking  

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March 9, 2010
Posted by:
 Hawk Thompson
 

First @professorlemeza Takes Manhattan...

...then he takes Berlin. Here's my best guess as to Brett Camper's 5-step plan for world domination, 8-Bit NYC-style:

  1. Come up with awesome idea
  2. Build proof of concept on open source platform
  3. Kickstart project
  4. Build buzz
  5. Rule world

With $3100 raised in 2 days, I'd say he's succeeding so far.

Filed under  //   8-Bit NYC   @professorlemeza   Brett Camper   Kickstarter   open source   social media  

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January 28, 2010
Posted by:
 RPPL
 

Gist: A Place Where Social Coders Git Together

You may not know it yet, but Gits are a key part of your social media experience. Across platforms, a number of high-profile projects — Android, Digg, jQuery, Ruby on Rails...the list goes on — use Gits for revision control.

Now there's a community designed to make it easy for coders to collaborate on Git repositories efficiently and effectively. Part of a freemium social coding service called GitHub (they host heavy-hitters like Facebook, Yahoo and TechCrunch), Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with other developers.

Get the idea? Check out the GitHub blog for more on how social coders roll.

Filed under  //   Android   community   Digg   Facebook   Gist   Git   GitHub   jQuery   open source   Ruby on Rails   social media   TechCrunch   Yahoo  

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January 13, 2010
Posted by:
 RPPL
 

Host Your Own Lifestream with Storytlr

FriendFeed may have brought the lifestream to the mainstream, but Storytlr aims to broaden the stream with open-source software that allows you to make custom lifestreams. Visit the Storytlr blog to learn more and visit their page on Google code to get started.

Filed under  //   aggregators   lifestream   open source   social media   social networking   Storytlr  

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