Idea: up-to-date business card

[Peter A Trotter]

It would be ideal trying to tie this in with OpenID authentication. I've not
really had time to think this through fully but basically you would be
replacing the one big store (Plaxo) with a distributed model.

I was about to flesh that out a little but I think everyone can see where I
am going. PIM app on phone updates contact info when required / when cheap
connection is available.

I need to research OpenID a bit more but I'm thinking this may be a no go
because you'd probably need to re authenticate to update information.

Seems my brain is not really working yet this morning. I think I need more
information and less speculation. I leave this as food for thought...

-Pete

On 15/03/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <mhamrick at cryptonomicon.net> wrote:
>
> Yeah... it's easy to sound snarky on mailing lists. I too was not
> trying to be sarcastic, but rereading my post, it looks like I was
> trying to dis Plaxo. Nothing of the sort. I too have friends who use
> it and love it. But for the reasons I listed, it's not really for me.
>
> There's absolutely no reason why there shouldn't be a Meishi client
> for WinCE, Symbian or even J2ME/iTron.
>
> Or even some way to import/export to/from Plaxo/Exchange/Mac Address
> Book/etc.
>
> With respect to the vCard bursting... yeah... but it's got to start
> somewhere. I was planning on releasing my code and specs as open
> source, so I would think that if enough people thought it was a good
> idea, some of the major handset vendors would start integrating it.
>
> -Cheers
> -Matt H.
>
> On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Jonathon Suggs wrote:
>
> > Matthew S. Hamrick wrote:
> >> Yes... if you have a Blackberry, Treo or HTC phone, run Windows
> >> and don't mind keeping your data on Plaxo's servers, Plaxo is
> >> indeed a good solution.
> >>
> >> Still... I'm fairly certain that most GSM phones can't make the
> >> data call to the Plaxo servers _while_ they are on a voice call
> >> with someone else.
> >>
> >> The "vCard bursting" concept moves data directly from one phone to
> >> another without third party involvement. And it does is as part of
> >> the "session" created when you're talking with someone else. i.e.
> >> - you don't have to hang up the phone to receive burst vCards.
> > Couple of thoughts.  First, this is an open platform for you to
> > create whatever you want.  So go ahead and knock yourself out
> > making this (actually not mean to be as sarcastic as it sounds).
> > Second, this is an open platform so you can either port the
> > Blackberry, Treo, WinMo app to OpenMoko.
> >
> > I don't use Plaxo, but I know people who do and like it (thought/
> > thinking about trying it).  For ideas/apps that are a closed loop
> > between you and your data feel free to come up with brand new
> > protocols for the communication.  However, don't expect it to have
> > wide adoption.  Even if OpenMoko takes off, it isn't going to
> > become prevalent overnight.  So to have the ability to interoperate
> > with Blackberrys, Tres, WinMo PPCs (which make up a decent
> > percentage of the [smart]phone population) you are going to have to
> > be able to speak a common language.  vCards are pretty standard, so
> > the idea does have some merit (not that my blessing is a
> > requirement).  But unless most people are able to support "vCard
> > Bursting" then you target audience is only as large as the OpenMoko
> > install base.  I for one am not really interested in using a
> > protocol with such a limited user base, although it is an
> > interesting concept.
> >
> > Plaxo does what it does well.  I *somewhat* understand your not
> > wanting your personal data to be stored on someone elses servers,
> > but creating new protocols for data transmission is probably not
> > the best way to go about obtaining privacy/whatever.
> >
> > This isn't meant to be a derogatory post, but I would prefer to be
> > able to communicate with a broad range of people running a broad
> > range of devices.
> >
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