By Joe on May 7, 2009
5. Service Endpoint Portability
People can painlessly switch between User Driven Service providers.
High switching costs create a barrier to choice and freedom; we should be able to move our services seamlessly from one provider to another without unnecessary interruptions, hassle, or frustration. Transitions between service providers should occur without significant downtime or loss of capability.
While [...]
Posted in User Driven, User Driven Services | Tagged interoperability, mail forwarding, number portability, open standards, portability, service endpoint portability, service portability, undeliverable, united states postal service, user dirven services, USPS |
By Joe on May 4, 2009
4. Data Portability
User Driven Services let people take their data wherever they go.
To exercise choice, we need to be able to move our stuff when we leave, taking it from one provider to another. Users must have the ability to easily move data into and out of the system, on their own terms. [...]
Posted in User Driven Services | Tagged choice, data, data portability, open standards, portability, standards, User Driven Services |
By Joe on February 8, 2009
Doc Searls recently brought my attention to a White Paper by Phil Windley, about his company, Kynetx. It does a good job explaining the thinking behind their architecture, and raises some questions that, for me, challenge some underlying assumptions and business choices.
Problem Domain
The distributed nature of the web is a big part of its [...]
Posted in Identity, Intention Economy, Personal Datastore, ProjectVRM, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged ad blockers, Adaptive Blue, data rights management, Doc Searls, Glue, information cards, kynetx, MyDex, open source, open standards, OpenID, Personal Datastore, Phil Windley, privacy, r-button, rbutton, relationship services, search map, Skype, structured browsing, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, User Driven Services, VRM, web augmentation, Yahoo Toolbar |
Recent Comments