1/03/2005 06:05:00 PM

January 3rd: The Tenth Day of Christmas
The Future: Part I

Is it bad luck to talk too much about what is in the works? It is always a risk. One definitely loses the element of surprise and one could elevate expectations to an undeliverable level. Without doing either of these things I think I will take the remaining days of Christmas to expound on some of the rough code still laying around the workshop.

I like Flickr. The folks at Ludicorp do what they do very well. They have honed a supremely useful tool for one very specific purpose.

Some low-hanging fruit that will be rolled into the live SmartCommons site soon is adding syndicated image feeds to your Gallery. Taking a couple of steps back for a moment: the Gallery on SmartCommons is a simple way to display a small number of images for your friends and family. It also happens to be the way you set up your main picture that appears in the upper left corner of your Start Page (just upload a picture here and click on it to make it your default image).

Adding syndication to the SmartCommons Gallery allows you to associate your Flickr photostreams with your SmartCommons personas. This means that you will be able to show your family and fishing buddies live feeds of relevant pictures that you are already uploading into Flickr (most RSS or ATOM feeds should work).

It is good to be back on track with this whole 12 Days things.

Only two more. Night.


-------The Twelve Days of SmartCommons Christmas-------
The First Day of Christmas: A Share Something Christmas
The Second Day of Christmas: Cataloging the Christmas Sh*tstorm
The Third Day of Christmas: Social Ownership
The Fourth Day of Christmas: Compatriots
The Fifth Day of Christmas: Selective Disclosure
The Sixth Day of Christmas: Doing Stuff Together
The Seventh Day of Christmas: Happy New Year
The Eighth Day of Christmas: Resolutions
The Ninth Day of Christmas: Presenting Oneself
The Tenth Day of Christmas: The Future: Part I
The Eleventh Day of Christmas: Watch Lists and The Future Deferred
The Twelfth Day of Christmas: Just the beginning - The Future: Part II