A while back, I blogged about Marc Canter's DLA idea and Tom Coates on the sense of strain in weblog-land. Now Marc Canter has reacted just as I did when I started reading about Yahoo!'s new initiative:
Over the coming days people's impressions will be revealed on this hybrid social network/blogging tool. Just to be clear. This is what I call a DLA (digital lifestyle aggregator.) No they didn't get completely right- but it does successfully combine these two latest technology aspects - which each have been hailed as new 'spaces' (marketplaces, trends, what have you.)
But to me - they both were destined to be together. I can remember insinuating that to Joi, Barak and Anil and getting blank stares. I sure hope they realize NOW that all software is about people - and just proving a dinky old "about me" page - ain't gonna cut it.
It's great that SixApart gave LJ a new home - but EVERY 6A product has to have the notion of relationships, personae, meta-data, messages, groups, the commons, etc. But that would come AFTER they provide basic WYSIWYG editing.
Yahoo! 360° Beta is not perfect, as Marc says, but it's an exciting development and I hope 6A is taking notice.
