don't forget to pack your social network: data portability myths and realities
DESCRIPTION
As social networks become an ever increasing part of our online lives what happens to all of the data that we create as we leave comments on friends profiles, upload pictures and make online purchases? It SHOULD be your data too bad that's not always the case. This presentation discusses what data privacy and identity ownership mean in a networked world. Presented to Podcamp Kilkenny September 2008.TRANSCRIPT
Don’tForget
To PackYour
SocialNetwork
Data PortabilityMyths and Realities
Podcamp IrelandSeptember 2008
Source: http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/11/how-to-be-socia.html
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/geekandpoke/2544051171/
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/odalaigh/2331570645/
Isn’t it my data?
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/sahadeva/446157843/
…not so much
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/traftery/1258094107/
“How dare Facebook tell MEthat I cannot give Googleaccess to this data!”
Michael Arrington
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/256540145/
Key elements in digitalsocial graphs:•People Identity•Type of Relationships•Relationships Identity
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/
We publicly assert that all users of the socialweb are entitled to certain fundamental rights
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/
Ownership of their own personal information
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/
Control over their personal information
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/
Freedom to grant access to their information
Source: Universal McCann, Social Media Wave 3 Research, March 2008
What’re they doing?
Where they at?
Source: Comscore, August 2008
We are social creatures of habit
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/unaciertamirada/1314582003/
Your content is being consumedoutside your web site
What happens when the wholeInternet is your social network?
Source: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/online_communities.png
How will these relationshipsbe defined?
Structure yo’ data correct!
Formats we can all agree on: vCard
Source: http://gmpg.org/xfn/creator
Formats we can all agree on: XFN
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/ableman/438307648/
What are we waiting for?
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/iainalexander/2110500399/
Not everyone can be thecenter of the universe
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/jaredsmith/316892441/
Bureaucracy
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/dustinq/501791705/
Mobility vs Security
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyscola/2643729090/
So what is working right now?
http://getsatisfaction.com
http://secondbrain.com
http://moli.com
http://atomkeep.com
OpenSocial
http://interactivemark.openid.com
Will it happen?
What can I do?
• Use Microformats
• Make data semantic
• Embrace OpenID
• Be creative
• Experiment
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/psd/2086641/
Mark [email protected]
http://www.twitter.com/interactivemarkhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/interactivemark
http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=742381741