I just signed up for a new forum service on building the Herreshoff boat Rozinante. Wouldn’t it be cool if when you signed up for something like this, you could tell it to figure out who you are from all your other social network memberships? Glen Jones has an article on A List Apart, showcasing a new javascript library he’s created that does exactly that? It might feel a little creepy when you see what it can get – try it out here — but it is all available to someone via Google anyhow. And it seems to me that this ability to be recognized as an option, utilizing all your existing social capital would be an attractive option for users — maybe students using a university-based social network system (like buddypress?) Some interesting possibilities here…
A List Apart: Articles: Discovering Magic
Ident Engine discovers and retrieves distributed identities and user-generated content to help you build a little magic into your user interfaces.
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