Google Takeout:
https://www.google.com/takeout/
You can select a download archive of your data from:
* Buzz -- html files for each entry
* Contacts and Circles -- i didn't do this
* Picasa Web Albums -- i didn't do this
* Profile -- json file (a text file with some mark up, which can be opened in a text editor)
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/download/ (under "Edit Account")
No selection (so no exclusion of photos & videos), but when you do get your archive there is an index.html and you can navigate around your wall, your messages, etc. While this may not be as granular and "remixable" as it stands compared to Google Takeout, it would be easy to write a script to remix it. And it's very useful right now if you want to have a copy of your facebook archive on your own machine.
https://www.google.com/takeout/
You can select a download archive of your data from:
* Buzz -- html files for each entry
* Contacts and Circles -- i didn't do this
* Picasa Web Albums -- i didn't do this
* Profile -- json file (a text file with some mark up, which can be opened in a text editor)
https://www.facebook.com/download/ (under "Edit Account")
No selection (so no exclusion of photos & videos), but when you do get your archive there is an index.html and you can navigate around your wall, your messages, etc. While this may not be as granular and "remixable" as it stands compared to Google Takeout, it would be easy to write a script to remix it. And it's very useful right now if you want to have a copy of your facebook archive on your own machine.