Last week, I was skimming my feeds at lunchtime and BA-BING… Google Friend Connect, the projected answer to our univerity’s social networking prayers and user authentication nightmares. Social networking for dummies. With a bit of research, I found that others out there, like Facebook, also have do-it-on-your-own-webpage networking doohickeys, but nothing that seems as seamless and easy to use as the upcoming Friend Connect.

Moreover, the cliqueless Google gadget promises communication with other social networks. In the same vein, Google is allowing open source development for additional social gadges by other developers. When will everyone else get a clue? It’s a mystery to me.

So Google, gimme the preview pass to use this bad boy on my campus department sites. It’s for the children. They will buy things from your Google advertisements in the future, I can almost guarantee it. It’s a win win. Really.