Internet Communication of the Future

As if Google Wave hasn’t created enough of a complexity buzz, Mozilla Labs had to go and introduce Raindrop, which is:

an exploration in messaging innovation being led by the team responsible for Thunderbird, to explore new ways to use Open Web technologies to create useful, compelling messaging experiences.

Though I’m now a bit wary of these so-called technological advancements; an information system that lets me keep track of all types of conversations I’m having on the world wide web would be a welcome luxury. Like many of you out there, I dislike having to log on to this website, that messenger and that other desktop client just so I know what’s happening within my immediate social circle and elsewhere.

What we need is a system where e-mail, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, StumbleUpon, etc.), blogs, RSS feeds and all other interactive content from the Internet can be accessed within a single application that has a sophisticated enough user interface to know what is more important than the other and display it to us accordingly. Add to this heady mix, an integration of IM (Instant Messaging) and Skype-like Internet telephony and you have an efficient system that really lets you save time and focus on communicating with the people that truly matter. To make it even better, a protocol for a single, universal user-name and password could be devised and implemented across all services making logging in, less of a burden on our already over-taxed memory reserves.

Do you think developing such an application will help us save time on our daily reading and responding? Are you a programmer with the kind of experience required to take such an idea forward? If you are, write to me@parasg.com and let’s get talking!