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To provide even more context, let's assume that we're might want to use the social bookmarking within an institution in the following ways (this list is not necessarily complete): By registering all the students on a particular course to the system so they can use it in course related exercises; By registering every student who joins the institution so they can use it as a resource throughout their registration period, and even beyond (i.e. when they graduate); To allow the system to integrate with pre-existing authentication systems; To allow students to share knowledge between cohorts (e.g. so one year's coohrt can leave a legacy to the next cohort); To provide an environment where student project teams or tutor groups can share bookmarks and comments privately amongst themselves; To provide a bookmarking component in an e-portfolio system; To maintain a needs-serving link with graduates/alumni by continuing to host their bookmarks (perhaps supporting this service by advertising relevant courses or fundraising initiatives to such alumni at a future date;-);

Paul Buchheit, the man who built the first versions of both Gmail and Adsense, says the real time web is going to be the next big thing.

But what's the point? What's in it for us, as users? We offer below three models of value that we suspect will be found in the Real Time Web. They are the concepts that underly the vision described above at the top of this post. Those concepts are Ambiance, Automation and Emergence. This is just an initial exploration of ideas, reality will undoubtedly be more complicated shortly. We welcome your participation in thinking about this part of the fast-approaching future of the web.