Google OpenSocial a Facebook Killer?

November 1, 2007 by Jonathan 

Alright, I’m not the first one to report this but the Revolution has begun! I mean this is big, bigger than any other tech I’ve talked about in a LONG time.

’s API is going to let developers like myself create one widget or web application and have a potential user-base of 150-250 million users, far more than anyone could reach with any one tool just 3 hours before now.

’s ultimate goal here is to create a layer on top of the traditional Web 2.0 world that we’re all used to that allows us to share and socialize just about anything.

Now, most of our web is already highly commoditized, but this social layer adds to that.

No longer can you ignore the people and users that you didn’t even know existed, they can find you, your site, and manipulate your beloved however they wish.

I’ve been wanting this for a long time, and I hope can live up to my expectations. In the meantime, I’m going to be garbling up all the information and rumblings I can in the next few days and report back again. Right now, the blogosphere is abuzz with theories that will now have to join the alliance just to stay in the game.

If I was and my boss had told me that we weren’t joining, I would be -hunting. This just isn’t something you can ignore or take on.

I already have a list of about 15 quick and easy uses for my friends and clients to build and use immediately. Just give me a few hours and see what I can come up with!

I’ve already been evangelizing GoogleGadgets, and I’m thinking that using the APIs are going to be just as easy and just as useful as those were.

It’s my early understanding that these tools will be just a few lines of code away from making any web site or RIA (Rich Application) compatible and loadable into over 150 million (my personal guess on actual users of the big social sites that signed on as of this post) profiles.

For more information, be sure to visit my feed which is linked in the right hand column or at http://www..com/jdcoffman As always please check out my site and portfolio for more information about me and what I can bring to your company! -Jonathan

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