"So, dude will you be sharing your comments and activity from sites where you use FB Connect with your FB News Feed, e.g. if you comment on TechCrunch or CitySearch, will you choose to cross-post it to FB?
Just wondering, since beyond the identity piece, FB's play is about bringing in content (and learning about you) too." - Jake Kuramoto
"Yeah, your view is shared by the majority of people, which is precisely why I think Facebook has the advantage here. It's dead simple and not confusing.
Not that this is good IMO, but it definitely looks like the prevailing trend to me. Facebook looks a lot like the new Microsoft to me, which may not be an accident. Microsoft was an early ad partner and now owns a hefty stake.
Wouldn't that be a fun end game for Google?" - Jake Kuramoto
"Yeah, I'm aware of all that, including su, which I do occasionally on both machines when necessary. Windows started following the same scheme years ago too, i.e. requiring administrator privileges to install.
You probably know what a pain it is to login to XP as "Administrator", at least on the Home Edition, hidden by default and all with a blank password if I remember correctly.
So, the logic is common: abstract the power stuff as much as possible so if need be, troubleshooters can use the uber account. Crappy thing is once default passwords get in the wild and you don't change the uber account's password, you're basically hoping for the best, not preparing for the worst." - Jake Kuramoto
"Thanks for the clarification. I guess either way, it's still a commercial spin-off of an Open Source O/S, right?
Any comments on the UI points?" - Jake Kuramoto
"Be my guest and mess with it. Not everyone feels guilty about making the Turks scurry around to identify products.
I'll probably use it eventually to keep track of stuff I see IRL, and there's a good chance I'll eventually buy too. So, maybe after a year or so, we'll have an answer.
Amazon rules. Did you see AWS launched free public data sets? Sweet.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008......" - Jake Kuramoto
"Read your comment a bit quickly the first time.
I wish I could change my root password without violating the terms. I can't believe there isn't 1) an approved way to do this and 2) a remote wipe app that isn't dependent on Exchange.
Please correct me. Seriously, these are both must haves for me." - Jake Kuramoto
"The iPhone was hacked a couple months after it was released. There were a couple ways to take control of one, and obviously, jailbreaking/unlocking are considered hacks, too.
Your tip about changing the root password is a good one that I've heard before, and thought about doing. Adding to my to do list.
I think you can get an app that does a remote kill on private data, not recalling the name right now, but it's definitely one (of few) for which I'd pay." - Jake Kuramoto
"I had my iPhone for over a year before it dawned on me that I should lock that puppy. Even after I misplaced it and felt the cold panic attack, it still didn't dawn on me to lock it.
Interesting workplace story." - Jake Kuramoto
"That makes sense, and I'm sure there are lots of IT departments out there that do the same. It gets dicey when you carry a smart phone that's not "for work", e.g. an iPhone.
I assume you would do the same for a personal smart phone too?" - Jake Kuramoto
"Excellent point, that probably increases the likelihood of loss too, making the password even more helpful.
I really don't understand why you *wouldn't* use the password lock on a smart phone. Aside from laziness, I haven't seen a good use case yet." - Jake Kuramoto
"I get why people *say* they want email subscriptions, and I happen to think they are mildly useful. Rich and I have been chatting about how to integrate more email and IM interactions into Connect. Why? Because it's obvious that RSS doesn't fit the bill.
At the end of the day, it comes down to interest. If the content isn't interesting, people file the email mentally as spam. If it is interesting, you get 35 emails about how to decide between Macbooks.
This also speaks to why 2.0 will fail in lots of enterprises. Because change management is hard, you can't count on the adoption that's required to see benefit, i.e. network effects. It's not for everyone, knowing which makes me wonder how much development I should spend on drawing traffic vs. making it totally awesome for the diehard users." - Jake Kuramoto
"You sound like my buddy from college who only uses Emacs to read his mail, refusing to use any web mail or rich email client. It is fast and lightweight, but we don't all have the ability to do that.
When I was first here, 96-99, we could access mail from a terminal. I think they shut that off, although I've not tried recently, i.e. since 2001.
Nevertheless, I am a fan of rich and good UI, damn the bandwidth and the newspaper :)" - Jake Kuramoto
"Yeah, good point about replacement. Seems that early adopters are too quick to pronounce X as a replacement for Y, while longtime users of Y want X built into/integrated with Y.
All the while, making it tough to remember what X and Y are really good at doing.
My point about RSS speaks to this. Why do people want email to do things they could do with RSS? This just creates more email. Sandy and TripIt are examples of how web apps leverage what email is good at, i.e. sending and receiving unique data." - Jake Kuramoto
"Thanks for the tip. We don't manage Mix anymore, and I know they have something in place already tracking web metrics. I'll send a note to them with your suggestion.
Re. Connect vs. Mix, there's not as much overlap as you think. Connect is for networking inside the firewall; Mix is for networking with outside parties, e.g. customers, partners, consultants, etc.
Content on Connect tends toward getting work done, information sharing, and collaboration. Content on Mix tends toward knowledge and idea sharing and networking with various people in the Oracle community at large." - Jake Kuramoto
"Interesting point. The key will be what percentage of Google's traffic comes from signed in accounts, and of that, what percent actually uses SearchWiki. My guess is that Google could argue the impact is very small, probably fewer than 5% of its searches. That said, I wonder why they did this in the first place." - Jake Kuramoto
