Evan’s latest initiative is identi.ca. Edd Dumbill describes the importance of the new twitter clone: it’s open source, open data and federated.
Another advantage of being good is that it makes other people want to help you.
Paul Graham, Be Good
Identi.ca’s design philosophy could not be better designed to appeal to its early adopters. A project so open only makes geeks want to help, sign up and spread the word. The idea of federation alone is so long-overdue and powerful that it is probably unstoppable.
Like wikitravel and librivox, Identi.ca is going to be yet another local success story.
It may be too early and too few actors, but it seems Montreal could become a magnet for idealistic startups. Every new idealistic startup helps inspire us, and creates real, sustainable value.
Mulling Patrick’s proposed “bunsen burner fund” and the answer it provoked, it’s clear that there’s a core of community-minded people that would like to make that kind of thing happen.
If you haven’t done so yet, go sign up on identi.ca with either openid or a regular username / password. I can be your first friend: http://identi.ca/daniel.
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And add me second! http://identi.ca/evan . Anyone ready to set up a “montreal” user?
Hmmm… what would that do?
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