RE: [syndication] Moving Forward...

["Jeff Barr" <jeff@vertexdev.com>]

Yes, there is definitely a good idea here. Perhaps the "buddy lists"
of an instant messaging client could be used as a starting point.

On a less pleasant note, my father asked me recently if there was
a way to make sure that one's email correspondents received some
kind of notice in the event of an untimely death. He was thinking
of this as a business proposition. It would be kind of decent to
have some kind of "trigger event" which would send a death notice 
to one's personal correspondents and mailing lists.

Good to hear about your Dad. I've found that the net in all of 
its forms (web pages, IM, and email) seem more reliable in the 
midst of these kinds of events. During the last big event (the Seattle
earthquake) I was in LA
and could not reach my family in Seattle by phone. However, IM 
came through and it was a great relief to chat with my wife and
kids.

Jeff;

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Winer [mailto:dave@userland.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:45 PM
To: syndication@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [syndication] Moving Forward...


Alis and Jeff, I had an idea coming from Jeff's post.

It's not about RSS, but it is about aggregation.

If we had lists of all the people we care about, then we could automate
notification that they survived some catastrophe. People quickly put up
web
apps for people to register their survival. A lot more can be done here.

Living in California with our earthquakes, and having parents in NY gave
me
this idea as we went a few hours today knowing that my father was in
Manhattan, and not knowing if he survived.

He did, btw, thankfully!

Dave


 

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