Notes:

• location information/search is useful
• keeping info up to date
• know people in common
• see communication stats - as a mgmt tool, as personal interest
• sync is hard
• strength of connection is useful
• market yourself - self promotion (twitter, blogs)
• stay informed - recommendation of content
• classmates.com - “get back in touch” - structured data search
• categories - hard to manage
• want to be able to protect levels of privacy for links/photos/media
• important to be able to control “my identity” and what I show to various people
• would like to know relationships between people in address books - e.g. spouses
• suggest contacts based on how frequently contacted
• findability isn't a big problem
• “who is in my network that I should know” or “who likes what I likes”
• nuances are hard to capture - bottom up is better than top down
• but can't be simplistic - e.g. best friend you contact once a year, or client that you see on a daily basis for 2 months
• need easy feedback mechanism - add in some top down compared to bottom up only
• snarf microsoft email application