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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I just read over this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rdfweb-dev/message/102">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rdfweb-dev/message/102</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>……<span class=GramE>which talks about photos and
six degrees of connection.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Have you checked out Fotolog.net?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I like the co-depiction photos <span class=SpellE>thingie</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I noticed that the dim sum shots were
taken behind the Hotel <span class=SpellE>Krasnopolski</span> in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Amsterdam</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. I don’t
have to tell you that my favorite ‘coffee shop’ is right there……<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>=====================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I also wanted to reach out to you about FOAF in
general.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I had a great time with <span
class=SpellE>Morten</span> <span class=SpellE>Fredericksen</span> in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Copenhagen</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> last
weekend and he said you two are REALLY the FOAF folks to talk to.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I
pleaded with him to have you set up a FOAF.org. I know, I know – that
you THINK that rdfweb.org is the same as foaf.org but in fact it’s
not.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’d
make you or Aaron Schwartz my friends – but I have to go <span
class=SpellE>grok</span> the difference between the approach <span
class=SpellE>Morten</span> showed me and the ‘other’ one.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=3 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Which
brings me to MY purpose for being here – which is actually two fold:<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>-
think of me as a marketing guy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>-
I take/look at technology and make it plausible for humans.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So case in point – I tell someone asks
about FOAF. They type in FOAF.org and get nothing. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>They then think “who are these FOAF
people, why don’t they have FOAF.org?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>-
I’m sure you’re bombarded daily (in your role as a W3C nerd) to
make this semantic web stuff – more human friendly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>-
I can help and FOAF is at a juncture (as it’s about to be supported by
TypePad) – so NOW is the time to take this to the next stage…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'> </span>-
So hanging around the mail list, speaking up, pointing out key factors –
will be my role….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>-
I’m an entrepreneur – a <span class=SpellE>toolsmith</span> –
and we’re working on software that has many social implications.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>A new kind of tool.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>A new paradigm of
tools.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'> </span>-
I got a chance to show <span class=SpellE>Morten</span> what we’re up to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'> </span>-
Hopefully we’ll be able to leverage and include FOAF in our plans<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'> </span>-
I’ve been helping get something called ThreadsML going…. (<span
class=GramE>ask</span> Danny Ayers about that….)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'> </span>-
We’re also working on an ‘<span class=SpellE>OpenIdentity</span>’
effort (more later)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>-
So I’m here and ready to rock…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=4 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Not
sure if this letter gets me onto the mail list. Another case in
point.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The way OTHER people do
it – they have a statement which says…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>“Here’s
our mail list” – “Here’s what you have to do to sign
for the mail list.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span><span
class=GramE>It’s</span> little things like that that humans like…….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=5 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anway</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> – don’t wanna
start off this relationship on the negative side. This is exciting
shit!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’m jazzed.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Being a former best friend of Dave
Winer – and being someone who helped change the world –
already – puts me into a unique position to help you and to help me
and to hold hands and sing: “<span class=SpellE>Kum</span> bah yah”<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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