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I've actually been thinking a lot about this kind of stuff lately. In fact, I think when you start to think about a person's email address as more than just "an
by lzimm 16y ago
I've actually been thinking a lot about this kind of stuff lately. In fact, I think when you start to think about a person's email address as more than just "an address where you send them email", and rather, as a globally unique, completely ubiquitous address to connect with them in general, there are a lot of really interesting applications you can build around it that completely supplant existing protocols.
Given that they're explicitly about people in particular, personal web pages, social networks and distributed code reviews are kind of the tip of the ice berg. How nice would it be to have a structured project management protocol that operates over email, but allows people to hook up whatever client they want to interpret it, allowing them to work in a way that best suits them?
- sfard 16y agoYou know at the end of Kanye's runaway track where there's two minutes of heavily distorted vocals. I think that's a strong analog for what you're seeing here. Essentially he's using his globally-identified voice in that track to send messages beyond just lyrics. If project management protocols are his passion, then this distortion effect is email.
- srccode 16y agoI've really been thinking about this a lot, and maybe if they had something called "wofin" and pitch it then we can sit back and enjoy the margin.