This page is a historical perspective of the activity streams specification
"Building on the work of others is the only way to make substantial progress in any field. The programmer working this way becomes a tool builder, and his impact extends far beyond the task he may originally have set out to solve."
P.J. Plauger's proposal (c. 1975) that software tools need to be designed in a standard way so that they can interface with and be combined in a useful way with other tools for a variety of different purposes.
Ideasion
The activity streams standardized method of representing human activity within an online status update was originally formulated by Chris Messina
Where we’re going with Activity Streams
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/12/20/where-were-going-with-activity-streams/
Adding richness to activity streams
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/06/11/adding-richness-to-activity-streams/
The Existential DiSo Interview
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-existential-diso-interview/
Persuasive precedent
Activity streams has its roots in established work
Jyri Engeström
Social Objects (c. 2005)
http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2005/04/why-some-social-network-services-work-and-others-dont-or-the-case-for-object-centered-sociality.html
Prof. David Gelernter
The Yale Lifestreams Project Page (est. 1996)
http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.html
Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean (1992)
http://books.google.com/books?id=jh2U379fq18C
Prof. Yrjö Engeström
Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research (est. 1994)
http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/pages/chatanddwr/activitysystem/
Perspectives on activity theory (1999)
http://books.google.com/books?id=GCVCZy2xHD4C
Learning by expanding: an activity-theoretical approach to developmental research (1987)
http://books.google.com/books?id=lxGXQAAACAAJ
Implementation
Milestones of the activity streams specification
Cliqset
2009-09-30
http://blog.cliqset.com/2009/09/30/it’s-here-cliqset’s-real-time-community-–-join-us-for-a-sneak-peak/
Windows Live
2009-09-14
http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!41443.entry
Myspace
2009-03-14
http://developer.myspace.com/Community/blogs/devteam/archive/2009/03/19/New-Features-for-MySpaceID-Live.aspx
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