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A Kevin Marshall Named Orange
February 28, 2009 by Kyle BradyTags: Data-Identity Relationship, Internet, Web 2.0, Web 3.0
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Alot of this revolves around my arch nemesis of literati, Twitter.
However, using Twitter as an example source is something that's rather intelligent. Creating a service, or services, that uses pipelines of data is very difficult, and since Twitter has such a large, and *ahem* varied data stream, using it as a base source of data is nothing short of brilliant.
As long as you look at this data as source-agnostic, there's a multitude of things you can do with them that can ultimately expand out in ever-widening circles, which has been largely ignored up until now (as far asI know).
Kevin Marshall and I have been talking on and off for awhile now, and I'm starting to understand where he's going. I think.
From the conversations we've had, the blog post I've linked to, and my ponderings on his excitement for this, I've come to the conclusion that he's not really interested in Twitter. He's interested in the Internet.
By connecting the dots of alot of his different projects, you find an interesting result: a way to sort, sift, analyze, backtrack, and categorize a whole bunch of pretty random data coming through. And as the idea of a "reputation" or "rank" of individuality grows on those of the bleeding edge, this will likely become (if assembled correctly) one of the cornerstones of such a service.
Check it out, talk to Kevin, read his stuff. Sometimes he's really boring *wink*, but other nights like tonight... he might just surprise you.
Kyle can be found on Twitter and MySpace, or reached via email.
