Category: Data control

Identity: the contexts of the future

This TEDx talk by Kaliya is worth watching:

November 26, 2011
Identity, contact management and federated social networks

Last week, Doc Searls reflected that everything being worked on at the Internet Identity Workshop is meaningful to CRM: It just occurred to me that everything being worked on at IIW is meaningful to CRM. I had been thinking that only the VRM stuff was meaningful, but I realize now that all the IIW stuff […]

October 24, 2011
Identity progressives and identity conservatives

4chan‘s moot, aka Chris Poole, stood up at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday and painted a more complex picture of identity: “The portrait of identity online is often painted in black and white,” Poole said. “Who you are online is who you are offline.” […] But human identity doesn’t work like that online or offline. […]

October 18, 2011
Is it time to revive the Bill of Rights for Users of the Social Web?

In some ways, the web industry seems to have lost its way. From empowering users and smashing incumbent gatekeepers, the emphasis is now on how to raise the next round of funding and convert active users into their maximum possible value.. My piece about Facebook, contextual identity and radical transparency continues to get a lot […]

September 25, 2011