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]
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