(2003-04-08) Accordian Guy

Accordian Guy discovered he was dating a liar through readers of his WebLog. As a programmer who used to work in the P2P world and is about to start developing software to socially connect people, I used to look at issues such as Social Software, trust networks, determining the truth without a trusted third party, Digital Identity and Reputation Management in a rather abstract way, kind of like the way a non-chef watches programs on the Food Network ("Hey, an omelette made with an ostrich egg! Wouldn't that be neat to cook?"). Now that I've experienced the real-life version of all these concepts, I'd like to look a little more seriously into their programmatic equivalents - might as well turn this lemon into lemonade. (Dating Market)