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Bokardo: Apple moving deeper into social software?

Bokardo » Apple Making Huge Social Software Push?

Via Andy, here’s a thought-provoking post that draws from a mosaic of current and forthcoming features (including Wiki Server, iCal Calendar Sharing and the nifty-sounding Teams) to suggest that Apple’s moving toward some interesting directions in social software and enhanced functionality for teams.

Joshua writes:

Notice that all of these features are about enabling communication as much as they are about creating content. It’s about getting the right information to the right person at the right time through interaction with their friends and associates. That’s how we do things out here in meatspace, so that’s how we’ll do things in cyberspace as well.

I think this is good news for Apple. As the proliferation of telephones, cellphones, chat software, blogs, and social networking sites have shown, there seems to be a market for this social software stuff…


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KaBlog / Connecting the Dots with Delegation's picture

[...] Three recent blog entries...

[…] Three recent blog entries covering GTD, Apple, and Social Software are worth mentioning. First, PigPog mentioned the practice of “processing whilst collecting” (which is of course an option in my forthcoming GTD app). One important item was surprisingly missing from his GTD workflow list — delegation. This wasn’t quite enough to trigger a blog post, but then I saw the 43 Folders entry regarding Apple’s move toward social software and decided to connect some dots for those interested. […]

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One day we will get...

One day we will get to the point that scientists input microchip in our brain that will function like a PC, an IPOD, a Cellphone and maybe telepatie. That will Be Fun

 
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