My Digital FootPrint

Interview with James @jamesparton and Chris @bookmeister on HashBang.TV which is a new web TV show covering the exploding UK software development and startup scene. In their own words .... "HashBang.TVs mission is simple; Highlight the amazing talent the UK has to offer, and comment on major industry topics. But all done in the HashBang.TV style." [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxh0_91rRU]

A long standing professional friend is Alan Moore and his new book is, like previous books, excellent. .... We have arrived at the edge of the adaptive range of our industrial world. At the edge, because that world, our world is being overwhelmed by a trilemma of social, organisational and economic complexity. We are in transit from a linear world to a non-linear one. Non-linear because it is for all of us socially, organisationally and economically ambiguous, confusing and worrying. Consequently we are faced with an increasingly pressing and urgent problem, WHAT COMES NEXT? And also we are therefore presented with a design challenge: HOW do we create better societies, more able organisations and, more vibrant and equitable economies relevant to the world we live in today? No Straight Lines presents a new logic and inspiring plea for a more human centric world that argues we now have the possibility to truly transform our world, to be more resilient, to be more relevant to us bot...

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Original article is on Read/Write Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/study_why_do_people_use_facebook.php A new study entitled "Why do people use Facebook?" from Boston University's Ashwini Nadkarni and Stefan G. Hofmann proposes that the social network meets two primary human needs: (1) the need to belong and (2) the need for self-presentation. The study also acknowledges demographic and cultural factors as they relate to the belonging need, and the variation of personality types on Facebook usage. Comment : Neither of these are new or revolutionary and continue to show that our digital self is just us – warts and all Abstract The social networking site, Facebook, has gained an enormous amount of popularity. In this article, we review the literature on the factors contributing to Facebook use. We propose a model suggesting that Facebook use is motivated by two primary needs: (1) the need to belong and (2) the need for self-presentation. Demographic and c...

The Department of Psychology at the  University of Texas published a study that found that Facebook users are no different online than they are offline . "Manifestations of Personality in Online Social Networks: Self-Reported Facebook-Related Behaviors and Observable Profile Information" published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Unsurprisingly the study revealed strong connections between real personality and online-related behaviour. Professor Samuel D. Gosling  and his colleagues found that self-reported personality traits are accurately reflected in online social networks such as Facebook by looking at the  big five personality traits  - openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. There are two studies covered in the paper Study 1 Researchers examined personality and self-reported Facebook-related behaviors. The study drew 159 participants from a psychology student study pool at Washington Unive...

Tomorrow (Wednesday 18 th Jan 2012)   Wikipedia will black out , friends will not Tweet and I am sure other activities will occur to protest for Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the US. This post is not about why I support but more of a reflection about action.  I have never been able to strike or stop work as I have been self employed or in growth companies for just about my entire working career. But I now have the choice to make my view known.  Many of us watched in awe as several counties used the Internet to bring about regime change and have enjoyed free services in exchange for our data and advertising. It feels good that we can now raise a peaceful protest and have a voice, but how did we get to this point?  I am left wondering how it is that the US even got as far as they did with the proposals and who’s voice is the true voice Government listens to until we protest.  Why is it that we protest late and not early? Within the EU we are facing ...

Panel discussion at Loyalty world: Analyzing how Mobile-Social is changing the way you connect with your customers Overcoming the fear: how can you effectively manage digital and social media to generate returns and maximize profitability? Understanding how to close the capabilities gap within your business How should you restructure your business to support these new initiatives? What’s the key to managing, creating and executing social programmes? How can you collate the content and information from a multi-channel campaign strategy?

So we know where you have been, we know where you are, now Forecast is where you will be (an intention) Where you have been may indicate what you want but there is nothing as good as telling me what you want and giving me time to market to you before you get there.  Intention (in the widest meaning) is an untapped market.  Really looking forward to Doc Searls new book on this “ The Intention Economy ” “Personalisation before you even need it”

So we know where you have been, we know where you are, now Forecast is where you will be (an intention) Where you have been may indicate what you want but there is nothing as good as telling me what you want and giving me time to market to you before you get there.  Intention (in the widest meaning) is an untapped market.  Really looking forward to Doc Searls new book on this “ The Intention Economy ” “Personalisation before you even need it”

So we know where you have been, we know where you are, now Forecast is where you will be (an intention) Where you have been may indicate what you want but there is nothing as good as telling me what you want and giving me time to market to you before you get there.  Intention (in the widest meaning) is an untapped market.  Really looking forward to Doc Searls new book on this “ The Intention Economy ” “Personalisation before you even need it”

So we know where you have been, we know where you are, now Forecast is where you will be (an intention) Where you have been may indicate what you want but there is nothing as good as telling me what you want and giving me time to market to you before you get there.  Intention (in the widest meaning) is an untapped market.  Really looking forward to Doc Searls new book on this “ The Intention Economy ” “Personalisation before you even need it”

So we know where you have been, we know where you are, now Forecast is where you will be (an intention) Where you have been may indicate what you want but there is nothing as good as telling me what you want and giving me time to market to you before you get there.  Intention (in the widest meaning) is an untapped market.  Really looking forward to Doc Searls new book on this “ The Intention Economy ” “Personalisation before you even need it”

Guilt through association is a well written about topic and there are well published errors in analysis that have caused many outcomes to be misguided.  danah boyd wrote an article here on “Guilt through algorithmic association”  It is well worth reading and which picks up on several blogs on My Digital Footprint When Big Data says "Happy Christmas", what is the sentiment? Google changes the algorithm; nothing new but what about the bias of coders? It is well reasoned (opens a debate) with some great comments, the critical point here is how does the fact become fact, is it content or is it because we searched for it.  Content is a source and can be tracked (or should be) this is why pagerank works: Authority.  However, as we give way to “search terms” as a source we are in danger of rumour, gossip and prejudice becoming fact based on an algorithm. Algorithms can be gammed for benefit aka “ Google Bombing ” so the...

Image source http://indigo-moogle.deviantart.com/art/Digital-Identity-127846683 Deloitte’s pick: rather a narrow definition by using ID for authentication is only one aspect of Digital Identity….. (Re)Emerging Enablers: Geo-spatial Visualization : Within the world of visualization, geospatial takes advantage of an explosion of geographical, location-aware data. Sources feeding this growth include new semi-structured data from mobile devices, geo-tagging of existing enterprise structured data and tapping into new streams of location-aware unstructured data. Digital Identities : The digital expression of identity is growing more complex every day. Digital identities should be unique, verifiable, able to be federated and non-repudiable. As individuals take a more active hand in managing their own digital identities, organizations are attempting to create single digital identities that retain the appropriate context across the range of credentials that an individual carrie...

Irrespective of the wrong motivations, we don’t need more security. We do need to talk to our kids more and to be more open. Kids like to be in a place where adults don’t have control so they can explore – we have all done it. We also need to wake up and understand that we cannot control the future or bring our fears to stop the next gernation taking over from us.  But we love to think we are in control!

Now does this occur because this is when it happens, or because you believe it should happen then and we did it then?  Does measurement confirm a belief that we all already had and acted on …..  what does the data really tell us? Source KISSmetrics .

Playing with TweetLevel , a Twitter measurement tool created by  @jonnybentwood  at  Edelman "Even though we believe that it goes a great way to understand and quantify the varying importance of different people's usage of Twitter, by no means whatsoever do we believe we have fully solved the 'influence' problem."

This is a picture of the world, as connected by Twitter created by Eric Fischer   @enf and shows people's virtual and physical networks It shows where people travel--and, what's more, who they communicate with all around the world. Thus, in one map, you can see where people's physical communities are, and their virtual ones as well. There are a load more of this here with some explanation http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665780/infographic-of-the-day-mapping-the-worlds-tweet-networks

Nielsen's   2011 State of USA Media: Consumer Usage Report   Why interesting - Who controls who in a multi-screen world? Now that we have (probably!) arrived in a multi-screen world  with TV, Mobile, Tablet, PC, notebook and screens in the home, car, elevator and plane there are new issues we face: Who has our attention and for how long?  What screen is prime and what is the slave? Are all screens just companions? Who wants control you and you experience? Should control be from your device or in the cloud? The debate is now who wants to control you, where they can exercise control from and what does the business model look like? See the full gallery on Posterous

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Pew Report download http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2011/PIP_Teens_Kindness_Cruelty_SNS_Report_Nov_2011_FINAL_110711.pdf Comment : This is a US report but based on work I have seen from the EU - I would say that there is a high degree of alignment - I still worry that we believe we can teach the screenagers where in fact they are teaching us.  We are observing and they are changing faster than we can monitor..... The majority of social media-using teens say their peers are mostly kind to one another on social network sites. Their views are less positive than those of social media-using adults.  Most American teens who use social media say that in their experience, people their age are mostly kind to one another on social network sites. Overall, 69% of social media-using teens think that peers are mostly kind to each other on social network sites. Another 20% say that peers are mostly unkind, while 11% volunteered that “it depends.” At the same time,...

These are US facts....and the data is about discovery, recommendation, influence, programs, experience and who you share with in real time and on the back channel....

On SSRN: The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information by Paul Schwartz University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, and Daniel Solove , George Washington University Law School Abstract: Personally identifiable information (PII) is one of the most central concepts in information privacy regulation. The scope of privacy laws typically turns on whether PII is involved. The basic assumption behind the applicable laws is that if PII is not involved, then there can be no privacy harm. At the same time, there is no uniform definition of PII in information privacy law. Moreover, computer science has shown that in many circumstances non-PII can be linked to individuals, and that de-identified data can be re-identified. PII and non-PII are thus not immutable categories, and there is a risk that information deemed non-PII at one time can be transformed into PII at a later juncture. Due to the malleable nature of what constitutes PII, some ...

I've recently agreed to serve as a judge for the 2012 Innotribe Startup Challenge, an extraordinary opportunity for startups and innovators serving the Financial Industry to meet potential investors, customers and partners from the world's leading financial institutions and FinTech investors. Organized by SWIFT ( www.swift.com ), the Innotribe Startup Challenge ( http://www.innotribestartup.com ) fosters collaborative between emerging FinTech and Financial Service innovators and SWIFT's member community of over 9,700 banking organizations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 209 countries. Applicants to the Challenge enjoy online exposure and introductions to hundreds of potential partners and customers from SWIFT's member community, as well as investors and other members of the startup ecosystem. Semi-finalists, selected by a panel of expert judges, are invited to one of three regional Challenge Showcases (New York - Feb 8, Bangkok - Apr 25/6, and B...

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A survey carried out by MyMemory  in Oct 2011 involved 1,781 Facebook users from all over the UK and suggests that the presence of alcohol is in 76% of British Facebook photos which may or may not determine a certain level of inebriation.  Further the study found that the UK's adult Facebook users were drunk in three out of every four images that they were tagged in. Of the users who were polled, only 12% of them don’t let anyone see their photos, while 58% allow their friends to look at their pictures. However, over a quarter say that their photos are viewable by anyone on Facebook. 8% went as far as saying that their photos might lead to “serious trouble at work”. Another fact that came to light was that 93 per cent of UK Facebook users admitted to deleting tags on those images considered as compromising and "embarrassing." In a separate study my MyMemory , it appears that ex-lovers aren’t always consigned to the past amongst Britons...

A "COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT IN THE US" study has found that we appeared to be prepared to pay for online content ...... The American Assemble survey , a respected think-tank, shows that illegal file sharing among family and friends is relatively common – but that people would prefer to use a legal alternative if one was available at the right price and usage point. Preliminary Conclusions “P IRACY ” IS COMMON . S OME 46% OF ADULTS HAVE BOUGHT , COPIED , OR DOWNLOADED UNAUTHORIZED MUSIC , TV SHOWS OR MOVIES . T HESE PRACTICES CORRELATE STRONGLY WITH YOUTH AND MODERATELY WITH HIGHER INCOMES . A MONG 18-29 YEAR OLDS , 70% HAVE ACQUIRED MUSIC OR VIDEO FILES THIS WAY . · L ARGE - SCALE DIGITAL PIRACY IS RARE , LIMITED TO 2% OF ADULTS FOR MUSIC (>1000 MUSIC FILES IN COLLECTION AND MOST OR ALL COPIED OR DOWNLOADED FOR FREE ) AND 1% FOR FILM (>100 FILES , MOST OR ALL FROM COPYING OR DOWNLOADING ). · L EGAL MEDIA SERVICES CAN ...

If a trust framework for an digital identity systems is a “certification” program that enables a party who accepts a digital identity credential (relying party) to trust the identity, security, and privacy policies of the party who issues the credential (identity provider) and vice versa. Then the purpose of the Trust Framework is to define a simple set of principles and rules to which all members of a digital trust network agree so that they may then share identity and personal data with a high degree of confidence that it will be safe and only used as authorized. Using the Five Principles of the Respect Trust Framework from http://connect.me/c/trust member should be able to agree to uphold these 5 principles when they use services: Promise Members promise to respect the right of every other member to control their identity and personal data. Permission Members agree that all sharing of identity and personal data and sending of communications will be by p...

So I have read a lot about the shortage of data scientists…well on a scan of my LinkedIn 1st and 2nd connections I can see that outside of SFO there are not many ….. here is a selection worth watching. Andreas Weigend Stanford and x Chief Scientist at Amazon.com Dale Lord - Data Scientist at Moneysupermarket.com Bob Rapp - Center of Excellence Data Center Transformation and Private Cloud at Microsoft Christian Posse - Principal Data Scientist at LinkedIn Hugo Gävert - Senior Data Scientist Jim Porzak - Senior Data Scientist at Viadeo Petri Kärkäs -  Data Scientist at Nokia Bryan Gumm  -Senior Data Scientist @ Netflix Jeff Hammerbacher - Chief Scientist, Cloudera Pat Hanrahan - chief scientist and co-founder, Tableau Software Monica Rogati - Senior Data Scientist, LinkedIn Peter Skomoroch - Principal Data Scientist at LinkedIn DJ Patil , Data Scientist in Residence Greaylock Ventures Sebastian Thrun - Professor, Stanford University Peter Norvig -...

http://www.chetansharma.com/2012_Mobile_Industry_Predictions_Survey.pdf 2011 was a terrific year for the mobile industry. With all its ups and down, consumers embraced devices, applications, services, and technology with more gusto than ever before. In the waning hours of 2011, we crossed the 6 billion subscriptions milestone . While the first billion took 19 years, this last billion only took 15 months. Smartphones are selling like hot cakes. We estimate that by the end of Q4 2011, over 60% of the devices sold in the US were smartphones and over 30% of the global sales were for the evolved brethren of the primordial featurephones. Sparked by insatiable consumer demand for mobile data, LTE and HSPA+ networks are sprouting all over the planet with US leading the charge for broadband deployment.

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This was a project I worked on for SWIFT*, lead internally by Peter Van Auwera   along with the Identity Gang: Gary Thompson , Doc Searls , Kaliya Hamlin , Drummond Reed , Andreas Weigend , Craig Burton , Mary Hodder , Don Thibeau , Scott David , and Peter Hinssen . *SWIFT is the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications and is a global organization that each day handles financial transactions such as wire transfers for more than 9,000 banks, is preparing an expansion into data banking – helping to secure all types of digital exchanges. The question: Can SWIFT succeed in doing what Microsoft and other tech titans famously failed to achieve and build something that is useful in the identity space? Microsoft tried to introduce something similar 10 years ago with its Passport and Hailstorm initiatives; Intel, Sun, Oracle and AOL attempted to develop such a service through a group called The Liberty Alliance Background: Data is becoming a new type of raw mater...