http://theequitykicker.disqus.com/Nic Brisbourne’s view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and mediaenMon, 31 Mar 2008 05:41:13 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/03/26/the-death-of-the-destination-site/#comment-4456020<p>JC - I think we will need data portability as well, then we have walled gardens with paths between them, if you see what I mean...</p><p>Adam - tks for the comment. That all sounds pretty cool, and it would be great to understand more about how you plan to co-ordinate your existence in multiple places.</p>nicMon, 31 Mar 2008 05:41:13 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/03/26/the-death-of-the-destination-site/#comment-4456019<p>Adam L here from Hungry Machine Inc, the developers behind the Visual Bookshelf. First off, I want to say: great post. The recent upswing in widespread use of widgets and applications has definitely contributed to the atomisation on the web, as you phrased it.</p><p>We actually supported a shelf export from our application (it exported a working rolodex) but we have temporarily removed the feature as we've transitioned into version 2.0 of our suite (which includes the pre-launch of our external site, <a href="http://livingsocial.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="livingsocial.com">livingsocial.com</a>).</p><p>Regards,<br>Adam L<br>Hungry Machine Inc</p>Adam LFri, 28 Mar 2008 11:33:42 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/03/26/the-death-of-the-destination-site/#comment-4456018<p>This would be a move back to Walled Gardens - pre Search, whereby one must exist within spheres in order to bubble up on the SERPS, and to me this is not progress. That said, the internet consolidates rather than expands what we crave (note your two sites paradigm).</p>JCWed, 26 Mar 2008 13:56:34 -0000