10. What I am really managing
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Me
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database
11. These databases don’t talk to each other!
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database
12. What if they could talk to each other via a negotiator?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Negotiator
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database
13. What if the negotiator wasn’t a person but a gateway?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Gateway
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database
14. What if the gateway was managed by me?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Gateway
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Me
Event Database Business Contact Database
15. What if I could control and define the data?
Family
Business Contacts
Friends I hang with
Colleagues I have met Coworkers
People who like my work Gateway Nemesis
Colleagues I have not met Competitors
Friends I know online
Business Partners
Me
Mentors
16. What if this gateway was created by the community?
Gateway
Me
17. What if this gateway was Open Source?
Gateway
Me