Instead of implementing an idea for a new web application yourself, you could create what I call a [[web skeleton]]: a site which gives visitors the knowledge and the toolset to collaboratively implement a given vision. Wikis are obviously good for knowledge-oriented applications. JotSpot seeks to create application construction kits on top of wiki technology. Ning, on the other hand, focuses specifically on social networking, and also allows users to post “ads” looking for people willing to implement a certain vision.
The combination of a well-defined mission statement with a sandbox and a large number of modules that can easily be tied together could lead to rapid innovation. What feature set will a massively collaborative website construction kit have to provide? [[edit:Web skeleton|Edit the wiki page]] and add your thoughts.
November 10, 2005 at 8:19 am
plexnet ;p
seriously, this is one of the key applications for the plexnet — especially with the language daemon whereby you can code the functionality in a variety of different languages. and you just need the capabilities for different “sandboxed” language “interpreters”.