My Digital FootPrint

Every now and again I am surprised with some of the digital footprint ideals.  Here is one.  You start to build your babies digital footprint before they are born by blogging about them and what you are going through.  I am not sure if this is "baby" marketing companies trying to find and sell you more or just a bad idea.  Anyway here's to the new generation of bloggers who cannot write.

Every now and again I am surprised with some of the digital footprint ideals.  Here is one.  You start to build your babies digital footprint before they are born by blogging about them and what you are going through.  I am not sure if this is "baby" marketing companies trying to find and sell you more or just a bad idea.  Anyway here's to the new generation of bloggers who cannot write.

Every now and again I am surprised with some of the digital footprint ideals.  Here is one.  You start to build your babies digital footprint before they are born by blogging about them and what you are going through.  I am not sure if this is "baby" marketing companies trying to find and sell you more or just a bad idea.  Anyway here's to the new generation of bloggers who cannot write.

Every now and again I am surprised with some of the digital footprint ideals.  Here is one.  You start to build your babies digital footprint before they are born by blogging about them and what you are going through.  I am not sure if this is "baby" marketing companies trying to find and sell you more or just a bad idea.  Anyway here's to the new generation of bloggers who cannot write.

  There have been several stories recently blaming the ease and ability to track digital footprints that lead to some who are less wise about their comments losing out….. CNN Mideast Affairs editor Octavia Nasr lost her post after tweeting her respect for a militant cleric. Helen Thomas was pressured to retire after she made a comment at Jewish American Heritage Month celebration that was later posted online by the rabbi’s son that many considered to be anti-Semitic. Australia 's Queensland Liberal-National Party (LNP) expelled 22-year-old Nick Sowden , a Young Liberals member, after he tweeted racist remarks about President Obama. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=2191&tag=content;leftCol   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/DavidWyld/fired-over-twitter-tweets_n_645884_53765606.html   The Huffington post lists 14 examples – the first is after an interview at Cisco Systems, Connor Riley (aka @theconnor ) confessed in a tweet that she would hate the job but relish th...

  There have been several stories recently blaming the ease and ability to track digital footprints that lead to some who are less wise about their comments losing out….. CNN Mideast Affairs editor Octavia Nasr lost her post after tweeting her respect for a militant cleric. Helen Thomas was pressured to retire after she made a comment at Jewish American Heritage Month celebration that was later posted online by the rabbi’s son that many considered to be anti-Semitic. Australia 's Queensland Liberal-National Party (LNP) expelled 22-year-old Nick Sowden , a Young Liberals member, after he tweeted racist remarks about President Obama. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=2191&tag=content;leftCol   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/DavidWyld/fired-over-twitter-tweets_n_645884_53765606.html   The Huffington post lists 14 examples – the first is after an interview at Cisco Systems, Connor Riley (aka @theconnor ) confessed in a tweet that she would hate the job but relish th...

Do you want your web browsing (digital footprint at a stretch) with you?  Mozilla’s new Firefox Home app aims to give users all your bookmarks, tabs and browsing history, on your mobile, it is not the web, but it is a move in the right direction. Firefox Sync manages to store a digital footprint of all the things you do on your browser up in the cloud, pinging it down to your iPhone to pick up just where you left off. Firefox Sync application when fired up on your home computer, and the Firefox Home app will pull all of your personalised browser data and chuck it onto your iPhone. Whilst you’ll still be using the Apple Safari browser to do the surfing, it’s now a lot easier to get all of your settings just so when on your phone. Firefox Sync http://www.mozilla.com/en-GB/firefox/sync/

Do you want your web browsing (digital footprint at a stretch) with you?  Mozilla’s new Firefox Home app aims to give users all your bookmarks, tabs and browsing history, on your mobile, it is not the web, but it is a move in the right direction. Firefox Sync manages to store a digital footprint of all the things you do on your browser up in the cloud, pinging it down to your iPhone to pick up just where you left off. Firefox Sync application when fired up on your home computer, and the Firefox Home app will pull all of your personalised browser data and chuck it onto your iPhone. Whilst you’ll still be using the Apple Safari browser to do the surfing, it’s now a lot easier to get all of your settings just so when on your phone. Firefox Sync http://www.mozilla.com/en-GB/firefox/sync/

Do you want your web browsing (digital footprint at a stretch) with you?  Mozilla’s new Firefox Home app aims to give users all your bookmarks, tabs and browsing history, on your mobile, it is not the web, but it is a move in the right direction. Firefox Sync manages to store a digital footprint of all the things you do on your browser up in the cloud, pinging it down to your iPhone to pick up just where you left off. Firefox Sync application when fired up on your home computer, and the Firefox Home app will pull all of your personalised browser data and chuck it onto your iPhone. Whilst you’ll still be using the Apple Safari browser to do the surfing, it’s now a lot easier to get all of your settings just so when on your phone. Firefox Sync http://www.mozilla.com/en-GB/firefox/sync/

Here is the wordle image of My Digital Footprint (the book)     And this one links to the site

    For sometime now I have been advocating that there is more value in knowing who you are doing stuff with than you on your own.  Orange at Glastonbury have done something special.  With a very high res photo of the crowd you can confirm you were really there and start to link up with who else was with you. This is also a foundation of digital reputation, I said I was there and now can prove it, using "open technology"  Yes the ticket sellers know who you are and could sell you next years concert and other interesting gigs, but now the world knows who you are and what you like ( assuming you want to tag yourself in)  eHarmony wants to match by preference,  this allows you to find that match after the event.  http://glastonbury.orange.co.uk/glastotag/ It also looks like some where not there - but are tagging themselves into the photo in odd places and dual tagging.  Cool just to have the "badge" Not so great if you happened to tread on someone's toes, who is no...

Given that I write about digital footprints - I have a Google alert on Tony Fish.  Most days I get Fish restaurants run by an owner called Tony, sometimes I get a flickr photo of Tony holding his Fish (as in a catch), sometimes one of the many Tony Fish's and something they have done, most days something from my blog but today I got " Big Tony - Fish With Attitude - Cool Wall Art!"  it's on eBay    

Given that I write about digital footprints - I have a Google alert on Tony Fish.  Most days I get Fish restaurants run by an owner called Tony, sometimes I get a flickr photo of Tony holding his Fish (as in a catch), sometimes one of the many Tony Fish's and something they have done, most days something from my blog but today I got " Big Tony - Fish With Attitude - Cool Wall Art!"  it's on eBay    

Given that I write about digital footprints - I have a Google alert on Tony Fish.  Most days I get Fish restaurants run by an owner called Tony, sometimes I get a flickr photo of Tony holding his Fish (as in a catch), sometimes one of the many Tony Fish's and something they have done, most days something from my blog but today I got " Big Tony - Fish With Attitude - Cool Wall Art!"  it's on eBay    

Given that I write about digital footprints I have a Google alert on for "Tony Fish" Most days I get alerts as a Fish restaurants run by an owner called Tony has a special friday offer on. Ocassionally I get a Pinterest, instagram or flickr photo of someone called Tony who is holding his Fish (as in a catch)  sometimes one of the many other Tony Fish's (over 400 I know of) have done something in their local market and are being recognised, there is even the odd death.  I love this "Big Tony - Fish With Attitude - Cool Wall Art!" it was on eBay However if you want to find out more about me  Personal site  Tony Fish Personal site   Tony Fish Company site   AMF Ventures

FT - Orange weighs dropping 'all-you-can-eat' mobile data plans (Source TelecomPaper)   Orange is thinking about changing its pricing approach for mobile internet services because 'all-you-can eat' plans were 'unsustainable', France Telecom-Orange CEO Stephane Richard told the Financial Times. If it starts charging heavy mobile data users more, the operator would be following AT&T and O2 UK in this direction. Richard explained that Orange thinks, as do its peers, "that the explosion of data traffic on mobile networks cannot be managed with unlimited pricing plans". The operator "must consider different approaches combining limited access and quality of service", he added. The CEO also revealed that France Telecom could spend as much as EUR 7 billion on acquisitions to meet its stated objective of doubling emerging market revenues over five years. While stressing that there were no ongoing talks, he said France Telecom was 'potentiall...

  Article today in SF Gate  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/05/BU4V1E8D9V.DTL What would it take for an individual to erase his digital footprint? Is it even possible to exit the Internet? The short answer is no.  

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Summary Virtually unlimited mobile usage tariffs means that advertising is perceived as free from the users perspective, as there is no additional cost of bandwidth to the user.  These tariffs have lead to an unprecedented growth in mobile applications and the emergence of  a new eco-system. However,  "all you can eat" pricing models for mobile have become increasingly risky with the advent of new devices and operating systems from Apple and Google.  With the prospect of a return to a pay per something, users may change their view of "free" advertising and this could lead to a change in behaviour, as they will be un-willing to pay for the bandwidth for the advert.  Whilst this may seam ridiculous to anyone who understands, explaining to the user they have the wrong perception or that this is not the reason for a significant monthly bill, could be difficult.  This viewpoint therefore opens the debate; "Could some selfish business...

Summary Virtually unlimited mobile usage tariffs means that advertising is perceived as free from the users perspective, as there is no additional cost of bandwidth to the user.  These tariffs have lead to an unprecedented growth in mobile applications and the emergence of  a new eco-system. However,  "all you can eat" pricing models for mobile have become increasingly risky with the advent of new devices and operating systems from Apple and Google.  With the prospect of a return to a pay per something, users may change their view of "free" advertising and this could lead to a change in behaviour, as they will be un-willing to pay for the bandwidth for the advert.  Whilst this may seam ridiculous to anyone who understands, explaining to the user they have the wrong perception or that this is not the reason for a significant monthly bill, could be difficult.  This viewpoint therefore opens the debate; "Could some selfish business...