His project at the Berkman Center is about empowering us as individuals to have the tools to manage “our network, our conversations and our media” without having to rely on other networks. It is interesting to see the chase for networks offering the latest and greatest only to try and “capture us”. Soon we will be the ones capturing.

The average user is more likely to stick with a small number of services. Facebook is trying to exploit this phenomenon and become the destination site for social communication, but as it adds features and applications that creates opportunities for simpler, more targeted services. Indeed I’ve found my own use of Facebook has dropped significantly when I started using Twitter. I still like Loic’s idea of managing everything from a place I own, like my blog. The first blog engine to allow me to do that in a painless manner will get my business.