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Identity: the contexts of the future
This TEDx talk by Kaliya is worth watching:
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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
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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.
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The open web is dead. Get over it and do something.
Yesterday, I joined the Post-PC era by upgrading my iPad to iOS 5. Yes, the upgrade process wiped all of my applications and data, but once I'd put everything back together again, the result was a faster, more streamlined device that works much better than it did with
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People in tech: some women who have influenced me
It's Ada Lovelace Day today; an opportunity to "share your story about a woman — whether an engineer, a scientist, a technologist or mathematician — who has inspired you to become who you are today." There are so many technologists who I admire that happen to be women.
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs sold the idea that the computer, formerly just a business machine, is a tool for artists and dreamers. In doing so, he captured the imagination of the world. He didn't personally invent the computer, or (as ReadWriteWeb points out) anything; but he understood that if computers
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Sending video is hard. latakoo will change that.
I'm really excited about this one. Think about how much of a pain it is to upload video. Stop. Now think about dramatically decreasing the upload time. Zoom in. Now think about only having to upload once, but share it with whomever, or wherever, you need. The new
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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
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The Facebook Timeline is the nearest thing I've seen to a digital identity (and it's creepy as hell)
As an application developer, I have advance access to the Facebook Timeline that Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday. Here it is: At first glance, it's a rather beautiful replacement for the social media profiles we've been using since forever. Rather than simply listing your latest content, the
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Does open source exclude high-context cultures?
Something to think about for anyone starting any online community: [...] So if you start a project and send email to a bunch of folks and ask them to just jump in and contribute, which group do you think will get going more quickly? The low context culture folks. Interesting comments,
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Building a responsible online community for pulmonary fibrosis: real names won't cut it here
In my spare time, I'm building an independent community for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) researchers, doctors, sufferers and their families. IPF is a degenerative lung disease which builds up scar tissue over time, restricting the patient's ability to breathe. It's generally fatal and has