Welcome to the first episode of the Data Without Border podcast, your weekly show with Trent Adams, Steven Greenberg and Christian Scholz where we talk about data and borders.
In the first episode we talk specifically about facebook connect and Pownce’s end.
This time Elias Bizannes, Trent Adams and Christian Scholz talk about the new DataPortability Project Steering Group, the Facebook Privacy changes and in depth about the ongoing discussions over at the Open Web Foundation.
We talked about more than Pownce and Twitter in this interview. Leah Culver is a developer who launched many projects. Pownce was just the highest profile of them. I asked her about it because I’m insanely curious about why it didn’t crush Twitter.
Here’s what I saw from the outside. In March 2007, when Pownce launched, Twitter didn’t have much of a head start. It only had about 250,000 members, and Twitter’s site was still unstable and often inaccessible. So Pownce launched at a good time. Plus it offered more features. Plus it had a real revenue plan with its premium accounts. Plus it was backed by Kevin Rose a Web celebrity with geek cred. Why didn’t it win?
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The Web is not just about information, it’s about people. In this presentation, Facebook’s Dave Morin will discuss the industry’s efforts to move toward a more social Web, and how openness can create a better experience for users sharing and connecting across the Web.
Dave Morin, Facebook Inc.
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