Give your gmail friends the finger

DeWitt Clinton wants you to finger your gmail friends.  Webfinger that is.

They’ve published a service, much like the old finger protocol, for you to ping your friends. Webfinger is not yet as much funs as the older finger command.  It used to be you could post a message or bio or whatever in to your .project or .plan file.

Webfinger gives you something different:

WebFinger client screenshot

It’s basically your Google profile information. What I’d like to see is it to strip off and display your bio from the profile. Heck, why not even encourage Google to implement a .plan file setup?

I’d like you to do something, finger yourself -> Webfinger. Feel free to post your results in the comments below. I’d love to hear what you would like to see in this new tool as well.

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Tags: dewitt clinton, finger, fingered, gmail, Google, protocol, webfinger