It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.
– Man Ray
Over the past several weeks, Singly has begun to take shape. Since we’ve been heads down working on product development, I’d like to share some of what we’ve accomplished recently.
Continuing to build on the Locker Project code base, we’ve developed the open source platform to the point where we can demonstrate an exciting range of functionality. It’s capable of syncing, archiving and indexing pictures, tweets, links and social connections across six different services, and provides a unified API to access all of the collected data.
As proof of concept, so far we’ve used it to create:
- A link stream which shows all of the links shared with you through Twitter, Facebook, with embedded previews and full-text search
- A combined address book with all of the people you’re connected with across Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Foursquare, Flickr and Github, which matches up the same people into a single entry and displays their most recent tweet
- A couple of photo viewers which let you browse all of the photos you’ve shared on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare
- A fast global search of all of the above
These basic tools nicely demonstrate the breadth of capabilities available in the platform today. We’ve also built out all of the trimmings, like making it easy to sign up and connect to all of your accounts.
Next, we’re working on opening up the platform for developers to build their own applications. Armed with JavaScript and HTML, you’ll be able to create sophisticated tools, powered by personal data, without the hassle of building a data management backend. If you’re interested, drop us a line with your email address, and we’ll put you on the list for early invitations.
