“ Despite the downturn, there’s a tangible optimism in the start-up community. One of the most powerful technology trends of 2008 was the shift from sites as destinations to open, sharing platforms. Rivals including Google, Yahoo and MySpace all partner on the OpenSocial initiative, a shared set of standards for developing social networking applications across their sites. The benefits are more applications, as it is less work for developers to build for multiple sites, and crucially a more uniform experience for users.
— What’s yours and mine is ours, The Guardian. (via kripy)
