I stumbled upon this viewing an episode of Rocketboom (www.rocketboom.com) about the Business of Social Networks. I had never heard of Google's Open Social before but was intrigued by the prospect of something that would connect the hundreds of social networks out there. That Google, what a smartypants.

Here is the Rocketboom episode I watched:
http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/rb_07_nov_06

Here is an article @ WorldChanging (www.worldchanging.com) about Open Social:
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007521.html

Oh...and while we are at it...check out Shift Space (www.shiftspace.org), a cool project my colleague Heidi Nelson came across at the recent OFFF conference in New York (www.offf.ws).
http://www.shiftspace.org/screencasts/intro/index.html

Enjoy.

- T