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Let the Mad Science Experiments Begin, Muhahahaha!
On August 22, 2008 in Community building, Future of the J-web, JapanLabs, On the J-web
Announcing….
“The Mad Science Laboratory of the Japan-related Web!”
I promise you nothing. But I am VERY excited.
JapanLabs is a place where people interested in the “J-web 2.0″ can brainstorm new Japan-related projects and experiment.
It is built on an excellent Social Networking Platform that makes collaboration simple.
Benefits To You:
- Get feedback about your website from people who know J-websites
- Find people to help with that new project
- Interact with like-minded people and stimulate your creative juices!
How those benefits are delivered:
- Groups - start a group for your project or interest. Then you and other interested people can discuss it in the group forum.
- MyPages - see what your lab-mates are up to, their latest comments/contributions.
- Events - share and stay aware of important dates on the J-web (like the JapanBlogMatsuri deadline)
- MainPage - keep up with the latest activity of the JapanLab community.
- Forums - forums focused just on J-web development and brainstorming! A first as far as I know.
Well I’ve hyped it up too much already,
After working with Elgg for a few days, I’ve come to appreciate just how solid Ning is as a social networking platform. I think I’ll be bug fixing for ages before I can launch JapanSoc Groups. In the meantime, I’ll rant about it in the Japan Labs, muhahahaha!
I’ve never used Elgg but I know managing an SNS system is like wrestling with sumo.
PhpIzabi *may* be easier, but I’m not sure. It is know to be a server resource hog, at least the early versions where. Also I think they have had some trouble within their community (the founders split), so future development might be in trouble.
Some phpizabi deserters have recommended Dolphin CMS.
I looked at Dolphin and think it would make a nice fall-back if I can’t get Elgg working as it should.
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