don't forget to pack your social network: data portability myths and realities

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

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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 Congiustainteractivemark@gmail.com

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