Monday, August 25, 2003

Attributes that are a must for weblog P2P Here are some attributes that are a must for weblog P2P: The complete "active" network must be visible to all users.  This means that a single copy of a file on a single active node is an available resource to all users. Each file should be uniquely named and sourced. Each file must be verified for authenticity.  The P2P client software must be able to communicate with the weblog tool software using XML-RPC.  The P2P software should be invisible. The classic search feature of P2P systems should be disabled or unavailable.  The only way to access the files on the network is via a link on a weblog or via RSS subscriptions. Placing a file in a P2P folder should generate a unique URL that points to the location of the file on the P2P system.  This URL can be published in your weblog.  When someone clicks on it they will either begin the download (which is done immediately or delayed via preferences) or they are prompted to download the software. Files on the P2P network can be delivered as part of RSS enclosures. Multiple source downloads is a must. The P2P client should be cross platform. Optional:  Individual nodes can be turned off and specific files can be filtered.  If you have more requirements or disagree with the above, post them below. [John Robb's Weblog] 1:36:01 PM  comment []    trackback []     John Robb wants an easy-to-use P2P system John Robb wants an easy-to-use P2P system for Windows. [Robert Scoble: Scobleizer Weblog] I want one too!! ... and it must be web based and available from anywhere using a browser. 8:58:46 AM  comment []    trackback []     Citytv invents live television blogging Citytv invents live television blogging. Citytv is Toronto's groundbreaking, rule-breaking homegrown TV phenom. They've come up with some very innovative bits of programming over the years, but my favorite to date is Bob Hunter's daily editorial on the Breakfast Television morning show. Bob Hunter is the co-founder of Greenpeace, and he's been a fixture in Canadian political commentary for years now -- indeed, he's the environmental reporter on Citytv's 24-hour news-channel. On Breakfast Television we get a very different Bob Hunter. What the network does is send a camera crew to Hunter's home every morning at about 7AM, where he is sat at his kitchen table in his bathrobe, with all the day's newspapers spread out before him. Hunter's been up long genough to have gone through the Star, the Goble, the Post -- possibly even the Sun -- and he's marked up the interesting bits wiht a highlighter. When the news-anchor cuts to the remote feed from Hunter's kitchen, he takes us on a guided tour of the day's news, taking apart and contrasting the reportage from the different news-organs. This is blogging, plain and simple, but it's on live television. And it's interesting as hell. If you're coming to Toronto for the WorldCon, switch on your hotel-room TV one morning and give it a watch. It's pretty hot stuff. Link Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 8:48:35 AM  comment []    trackback []

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