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Five different germs with hooked tails - there I’m going for a whipworms or tapeworms - that are found in the common man’s bog - hence the toilet seat.
Each social network (green blob) has a different interface (UI, API, etc). The toilet seat knows how to interact with each and every interface, and then provide a well-documented interface as a proxy for each network.
Then a service, which wants to get data from social networks, need only learn how to interact with the toilet seat, rather than interacting with 100 different social network interfaces.
Ok, I assumed the green blobs as SN’s.. and the toilet seat as your single all encompassing SN API (the toilet seat to rule them all) but is this an existing SN or simply an interface someone is making, cos I’d lurv to know more..
I’d love to be able to tell you more Joey, but unfortunately at the moment we don’t even have a good name for it! You’ve helped with that part though
The seat (I’m going to change the graphic…) is the universal API, which makes it easier for other services to consume - they only need to roll authentication for one network in instead of multiple ones.
I take it you’ve seen the likes of 8hands.com ? So you will make a SN Meebo’esque interface then.. nice! I have tons of projects that could benefit from something like this! Can we get involved? I am sure we could add value to the project (outside of name brainstorming..)
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rafiq
28|Mar|2008a skeleton key?
JBagley
28|Mar|2008green speech bubbles - linked to some sort of wierd puzzle piece. So that can only be…..
I haven’t got a freaking clue. It’s probably something so obvious hey?
Norman Rasmussen
28|Mar|2008Social Network (they’re the green blobs) aggregator? Maybe into some magic blue OpenSocial magic?
Uno
28|Mar|2008Norman, you’re almost there
Jayx
28|Mar|2008Or maybe it’s a Babelsfish for Social Networks.
Balla
28|Mar|2008Chernobyl victims copulating?
Henno
29|Mar|2008Five different germs with hooked tails - there I’m going for a whipworms or tapeworms - that are found in the common man’s bog - hence the toilet seat.
Pat
29|Mar|2008Each social network (green blob) has a different interface (UI, API, etc). The toilet seat knows how to interact with each and every interface, and then provide a well-documented interface as a proxy for each network.
Then a service, which wants to get data from social networks, need only learn how to interact with the toilet seat, rather than interacting with 100 different social network interfaces.
Wezz
29|Mar|2008Friendfeed?
Uno
30|Mar|2008spot on Pat
It would make the process of handing over contact details, friends lists etc much easier and secure.
Joey da Silva
31|Mar|2008Which particular (SN) toilet seat are you speaking about?
Uno
31|Mar|2008Joey,
all SN’s
Joey da Silva
31|Mar|2008Ok, I assumed the green blobs as SN’s.. and the toilet seat as your single all encompassing SN API (the toilet seat to rule them all) but is this an existing SN or simply an interface someone is making, cos I’d lurv to know more..
Uno
31|Mar|2008I’d love to be able to tell you more Joey, but unfortunately at the moment we don’t even have a good name for it! You’ve helped with that part though
The seat (I’m going to change the graphic…) is the universal API, which makes it easier for other services to consume - they only need to roll authentication for one network in instead of multiple ones.
Joey da Silva
31|Mar|2008I take it you’ve seen the likes of 8hands.com ? So you will make a SN Meebo’esque interface then.. nice! I have tons of projects that could benefit from something like this! Can we get involved? I am sure we could add value to the project (outside of name brainstorming..)
Chris M
31|Mar|2008Aliens lazer beaming a toilet seat dammit!
Google you bastards
13|May|2008[...] Dammit, why does their Toilet Seat look better than my Toilet Seat? [...]
Tania
29|Jun|2008Aliens? That is sooo far-fetched. The message is very simple: Toilets attract a variety of germs.
Pat
30|Jun|2008“Toilets attract a variety of germs.”
Sounds like a good metaphor for most of the Internet, not just social networking sites.
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