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05 Jan 2007
2007 Wishes
The first week of January is traditionally a week for predictions (widgets, microformats, etc). Most of these predictions are nothing but wishes for the immediate future. So I thought to add some of my thoughts where I would like to see some progress.
- Microformats - I like to see some more progress here. It seems a bit slow going at the moment. I did not see any impact on my personal interaction with Internet. So I start to wonder whether there will be any benefits at all for the end-user. It will take a while;
- RSS - is still going strong and getting better with mRSS. Like to see better adoption though. I still have to visit web-sites for viewing video's, whereas I would like to view them either in a News-browser or a media browser;
- Publishing - MicroContent from the computer onto the net is still a pain. I like approaches such as dot.tunes to publish audio on the Internet. This idea should be extended to other MicroContent Types as well;
- Integration - I like to see improved integration between the local system and the publishing services. One should be able to create a MicroContent Item on a PC and then automatically publish with a service provider. WebnoteHappy does this very well for bookmarks and integrates with del.icio.us. It is a bit different from the publishing approach, but works well;
- Widgets - These should be on this list although I have mixed feelings about them. They are all about mashing MicroContent from multiple sources. Widget break the silo's. But they are only a start. One should be able to make a division between hosting an publishing. I would like to control my own silo, do my own hosting. Then I can federate the data to whom I want: the publishing. Widgets are about the publishing part of this equation;
- Living room - I am starting to get interested in MicroContent in the living room. At first this will be mainly video and audio. I would like to see MicroContent on my PC accessible from the living room. People have been working for ages on this, but there was no adoption. I blame this on the hardware in the living room. Where are the Internet enabled televisions? It seems that the consumer electronics industry does not see it as a priority. But with Youtube and other IPTV initiatives this might change. The Living room should open up to the world;
- Identity - Also a subject that is very slowly evolving. Hope to see some progress here. This is for single sign-on and portability of my social profile;