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[Part 5 of a series on Patterns. Developing a quality system.] Once you have a collection of patterns they should be reviewed by the team or designated representatives. A review process is good for catching missing issues or considerations as well as refining the problem statement and context of use.
I get what Jesse's saying, but I'm okay with our approach benefitting Google. I'm okay with that because the data we create our graph from is available for anyone else to use — from Microsoft to Yahoo to some upstart in college that wants to take on the world. I mean, crawling the whole web and keeping a copy or three around isn't an easy task, but for those who have the desire, they can do so. In fact, there have been several XFN crawlers that have been built in the past, but few that have been able to offer much of an exciting user experience... largely because the social graph (or A social graph) is not enough. You have to go beyond that and really solve people's problems, or make their experience better, more satisfying, easier, or less alienating.
Buzz by DeWitt Clinton
Brad's Thoughts on the Social Graph
I've been thinking a lot about the social graph for awhile now: aggregating the graph, decentralization, social network portability, etc. If you've seen me at any conference recently, I probably talked your ear off about it. I've gotten good at my verbal/visual presentations, showing my slides , pictures of graphs, and adapting my delivery to you based on your background, facial expressions, questions, etc. This is all a lot harder to do in a blog post where the audience is so diverse, so I've been lazily putting it off. I was also afraid that if I left anything out, I'd get flooded with comments like But what about __________?
Many are talking about the Social Graph at the technical level, leaving many business folks with many questions. The following, using clear business language (void of tech speak), will explain what is the Social Graph, why it matters, and what you should do. The Social Graph is the representation of our relationships. Today, these graphs define our personal, family, or business communities on social websites. Unfortunately, we’re duplicating our same Social Graph on multiple websites, resulting in inaccurate data and time spent managing it. Despite many challenges, our Social Graphs should be self-managed from a single trusted source, replicated to websites of our choosing, thus resulting in accurate, efficient, relationship management.
Explaining what the “Social Graph” is to your Executives « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
George Stephanopoulos. Wolf Blitzer. Ana Marie Cox. Three powerful people that you might want to get in touch with, especially if you're in D.C. One man who has the ear of all three of those powerful people is Tony Fratto, known as @TonyFratto on Twitter.
Meet The First Miners of the New Social Graph
danah boyd
My name is danah boyd and I am a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research , a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School , a Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center , and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales . I am an academic and a scholar and my research examines social media, youth practices, tensions between public and private, social network sites, and other intersections between technology and society. My research focuses on how young people use social media aspart of their everyday practices. In recent years, I have studied Twitter, blogging, social network sites (e.g. Friendster, MySpace, Facebook...), tagging, and other forms of social media.