Comments on: Flickr for genealogy http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/07/flickr-for-genealogy/ The personal website of Ben Crowder Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:09:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/07/flickr-for-genealogy/#comment-5950 Ben Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:37:49 +0000 http://www.beyondproject.org/2006/07/01/flickr-for-genealogy/#comment-5950 Thinking about this (a lot) over the weekend has produced a handful of pretty good ideas which I hadn't considered before, especially now that I'm in a connection mindset. I'll blog about them later. This'll be good. It blows my mind that it hasn't been done before, but that's about to change. In fact, I'm more excited about it now than I ever was before. :) I've got a clear vision of what this could be (<i>will</i> be), and I'm going to make it happen. Nor does it seem too immense. Maybe I'm just young and too inexperienced to know better ;), but I really think I can pull this off within the next couple of months. Anyway, I've subscribed to your blog and look forward to seeing more of your ideas. :) Thinking about this (a lot) over the weekend has produced a handful of pretty good ideas which I hadn’t considered before, especially now that I’m in a connection mindset. I’ll blog about them later.

This’ll be good. It blows my mind that it hasn’t been done before, but that’s about to change. In fact, I’m more excited about it now than I ever was before. :) I’ve got a clear vision of what this could be (will be), and I’m going to make it happen. Nor does it seem too immense. Maybe I’m just young and too inexperienced to know better ;), but I really think I can pull this off within the next couple of months.

Anyway, I’ve subscribed to your blog and look forward to seeing more of your ideas. :)

]]> By: Tim Shortt http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/07/flickr-for-genealogy/#comment-5949 Tim Shortt Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:37:15 +0000 http://www.beyondproject.org/2006/07/01/flickr-for-genealogy/#comment-5949 It would be an immense job for whomever takes it on, but I know if I was a software engineer or a student, or a business person wanting to be involved on the net, this is the sort of project I would be looking at. Social networking is about using the reach of the Internet to make connections, and genealogy is a search for connections. I think the two fit. I think you're right to think of ancestors as individuals rather than as pedigree lines. Everyone is a node on a path to others. There's no uniquely contained Smith line or Jones line. Maybe there are already groups way ahead on this. But I've been looking around the last couple weeks and haven't found any sign of it yet. I don't want to barge onto someone else's blog and start campaigning for my ideas, so I set up one <a href="http://begat.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Anyone who sees the possibility of building this could take a look from time to time and see if I suggest anything worthwhile that they haven't yet considered. It would be an immense job for whomever takes it on, but I know if I was a software engineer or a student, or a business person wanting to be involved on the net, this is the sort of project I would be looking at. Social networking is about using the reach of the Internet to make connections, and genealogy is a search for connections. I think the two fit.

I think you’re right to think of ancestors as individuals rather than as pedigree lines. Everyone is a node on a path to others. There’s no uniquely contained Smith line or Jones line.

Maybe there are already groups way ahead on this. But I’ve been looking around the last couple weeks and haven’t found any sign of it yet.

I don’t want to barge onto someone else’s blog and start campaigning for my ideas, so I set up one here. Anyone who sees the possibility of building this could take a look from time to time and see if I suggest anything worthwhile that they haven’t yet considered.

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