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I'm still working through my backlog of Latest Links posts. First up, the OpenSocial links. I'm following OpenSocial closely because OpenSocial support is one of the key features of the new project I'm working on (Project SocialSite).

There were a bunch of OpenSocial related sessions at Google's I/O conference and they're all online. I especially like this one, OpenSocial: A Standard for the Social Web, which includes Google's Pat Chanezon discussing Project SocialSite, starting at 43:07 and on slides 70 and 71:

Here are the links:

• Google I/O Sessions
  Speaker videos and slides for each. Lots of OpenSocial sessions
• OpenSocial Summit Presentations, Notes, & Videos
  Very nice summary of summit via links
• AOL Joins OpenSocial
  "AOL’s first steps will be to implement Gadgets on myAOL.com."

I'm also following Google's FriendConnect pretty closely, which is a model similar to Project SocialSite -- but, and this is my opinion, for smaller sites that do not want to build and manage their own social graph. It's conceivable that Project SocialSite could one day implement FriendConnect, thereby allowing folks from a Project SocialSite-backed site to join into FriendConnect based sites. At any rate, here's what I've read about Friend Connect so far:

• Google Code Blog: How Google Friend Connect Works
  "how it works on the Friend Connect side with respect to users' information."
• Marc Cantor on Friend Connect, et. al. - I do not compromise
  "They’re all keeping their member’s data on their servers, while sending out tentacles to mesh in with as many outside sites as they can."
• Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Some Thoughts on Facebook Connect, Google Friend Connect and...
  "Recently there were three vaporware announcements by Facebook, Google and MySpace"
• A Few Thoughts on How to Improve Google Friend Connect
  "Once people begin using it, gain the ability to add gadgets from other networks or build gadgets based on friend connect, and it catches on — then the show will begin."
• Gigya Socialize Goes Up Against Google Friend Connect
  "a startup known for distributing widgets across social networks, blogs and other social media platforms, is getting into the mix"