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When did #posterous start adding their own ads to my blog?

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So I arrive this AM to my blog to find those double red lines under random words – when did that start? It appears random ….

mobile 2 in SFO on 11th Sept with @dickhardt @kevinmarks @mcguireslaw @winemaker @tonyfish

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The event in coming round again http://mobile2event.com/ and I am on at 11.00 and delighted to be hosting the fireside chat where we will focus on sensors, identity and big data. I have an amazing line up including Dick Hardt Pioneer and Entrepreneur, Kevin Marks Vice President of Open Cloud Standards at Salesforce, Andrew Nash Director of Identity Products Google and Michael Neuenschwander Sr. Director, Product Management, Oracle and Russ McGuire VP strategy at Sprint The starting position is that mobile phones are now digital sensors determining and feeding back what your current environment is like, they provide in India and Africa users with a digital identity, and these device just generate an abundance of user specific, context aware, relevant and timely data. But more data does not automatically give meaning, generate better insights or create value for either users or marketers. So what we are going to chat about is how do we make mobile data more meaningful and does it re

Big Data In 2020: More Info, More Problems = research from #PEW

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report download : http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/predictions/expertsurveys/2012survey/PIP_Future_of_Internet_2012_Big_Data_7_20_12.pdf Pew Internet/Elon University survey , 53% of a handpicked group of “Internet experts, observers and stakeholders“ said big data would produce an overall positive effect by the year 2020. Meanwhile, 39% said it would have an overall negative effect (8% didn’t answer). Many who said big data would have a positive influence on the future pointed to its potential to solve diverse problems.

We Know what you are doing. A social experiment by @callumhaywood

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http://www.weknowwhatyouredoing.com/ Plain and simple shock treatment..... Callum Haywood http://callumhaywood.com/  

New Research Paper: Operator's Dilemma (and Opportunity): The 4th Wave @chetansharma

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Operator's Dilemma (And Opportunity): The 4 th   Wave   In 2012, the global mobile industry revenue will hit $1.5 trillion. This revenue has tripled in the last 10 years. Mobile operator’s revenue reached a new milestone at the end of 2011. The total global mobile operator revenue exceeded $1 trillion for the first time. The operator profits have more than doubled in the last 10 years. The trifecta of fast broadband networks, well-designed mobile computing devices, and the insatiable supply of content, applications, and services has unleashed consumer demand for more like never before. If we look at the history of the mobile industry, the first generation was primarily focused on voice and this era persisted for a good 10-15 years before 2G messaging and very basic data services were introduced. A decade later, data services started to become more interesting as 3G networks enabled faster access speeds and new applications. When Apple released iPhone in 2007, followed by Goo

just in case you missed it : Consumer Data, but Not for Consumers

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image: Peter Ryan Source : Consumer Data, but Not for Consumers By NATASHA SINGER. Published: July 21, 2012 in NYT The problem addressed at length in the book - Raw data is useless, Storing data is a liability, Value is from analysis.  You cannot give anyone your analysis and that with RAW data allows you to unpick the IP that makes the analysis which is protected by law.  Read this if your interested .... The more I think about it, the less I think there is value in sharing personal data

Other Tony Fish's -Taiwanese comedian & ex-drug addict Tony Fish dies

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on numerous occasions when starting talks I have referenced other Tony Fish's including this great one. RIP Tony Fish! Taiwanese entertainer Tony Fish, known locally by his nickname “Da Bing”, who starred in the Hollywood film “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo,” has died at the age of 37 after contracting a serious lung infection, his former agent and TV producer Shen Yu-lin confirmed yesterday. Da Bing was suffering from pneumonia and died at a hospital in Beijing on July 20, Shen said. According to the producer, the comedian's body has already been cremated, and his ashes returned to Taiwan late last night.  Da Bing's memorial service is scheduled to be held on July 30, the home of Christian Performing Artists said in a statement released last night.  Da Bing had a small role in the 2005 movie starring Rob Schneider, playing a gigolo's representative in Taiwan.  He was also well-known for impersonating politicians and female celebrities such as former Premier Frank

How great leaders inspire action; What, How, Why From #TED by @SimonSinek

Based on http://www.startwithwhy.com/

Four principles for the open world from #TED by the excellent @dtapscott

Interview: How is the customer taking control in the digital world? #loyalty #bigdata #customers

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Interview with me for Loyalty world http://blogs.terrapinn.com/customers/2012/07/25/interview-customer-control-digital-world/

Internet Freedom event in London - 22nd Aug sign up here http://act.freepress.net/event/internet_freedom_summer_attend/109

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Not sure if you have already signed up to http://act.freepress.net/sign/internetdeclaration but it is " I Stand for a free and open Internet"   Register for the event HERE We support transparent and participatory processes for making Internet policy and the establishment of five basic principles: Expression : Don't censor the Internet. Access : Promote universal access to fast and affordable networks. Openness : Keep the Internet an open network where everyone is free to connect, communicate, write, read, watch, speak, listen, learn, create and innovate. Innovation : Protect the freedom to innovate and create without permission. Don’t block new technologies, and don’t punish innovators for their users' actions. Privacy : Protect privacy and defend everyone’s ability to control how their data and devices are used.   anyway there is a Summer of Internet Freedom - http://www.savetheinternet.com/internet-summer = and there is a London event @ IW  Sign up here http://act.

Pan-European Survey of Practices, Attitudes and Policy Preferences as Regards Personal Identity Data Management

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June 2012.  A new report.  Pan-European Survey of Practices, Attitudes and Policy Preferences as Regards Personal Identity Data Management. Wainer Lusoli, Margherita Bacigalupo, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Norberto Nuno Gomes de Andrade, Shara Monteleone, Ioannis Maghiros.  Download Full pdf Paper Abstract:        This study presents the results of the largest survey ever conducted in Europe and elsewhere about people’s behaviours, attitudes and regulatory preferences concerning data protection, privacy and electronic identity, both on the Internet and otherwise in their daily lives.  The report draws conclusions in direct relation to four key Digital Agenda areas: Authentication and Identification, e-Commerce, Social Networking Sites, and Medical Information as Personal Data. The survey was conducted in the 27 Member States of the EU between the 25 November and 17 December 2010. 26,574 Europeans aged 15 and over resident in each EU Member States were interviewed. The methodol

Evidence That Klout Doesn't Make Sense, Visualized via @gizmodo

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Source : http://gizmodo.com/5926939/evidence-that-klout-doesnt-make-sense-visualized “Are you kidding me? Even Graham, an academic who spends his days studying digital trends across the world, is shocked, pointing out that the US "normally excels in all metrics of online visibility/power/reach". All of which points to the fact that either the folks behind Klout know something that the rest of us don't, or their algorithm sucks. [ Mark Graham ]”

Can Digital Footprints Lead to Greater Financial Access? via @thetenthkabir @CGAP

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Kabir Kumar write a great blog here Can Digital Footprints Lead to Greater Financial Access? on CGAP, advancing financial access for the worlds poor.  It is about a full report which is here “ ..cell phone users generates data – from basic call data records , to mobile money transactional data , to data from social media usage and so on — that leaves what can be called a ‘digital footprint.’ Whether we call it digital footprint or something else, the truth is that the existence of this data is quite extraordinary for those of us interested in developing services for the poor and people with little or no formal financial access. In fact, in a number of countries, basic cell phone usage data may be the only source of information on vast sections of the low-income population that is both electronic and available in aggregate form in one or two data warehouses. In other words, it is available in a way that can be analyzed.” There is so much great material in this report you have to

The more I think about it, the less I think there is value in sharing personal data

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Image: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lyrical-abstraction-dawn-siler.html Sharing PII data is something that I have been thinking about for some time and reading this Blog by Nick Crown Personal Data - Is It Truly An Asset?  - I decided it was time to put it out there. Don't worry I am not about to trash personal data ecosystem and value from digital footprints, I want to explore thinking about why we share the actual data ..... when we could do the same but at a different level of abstraction ( hence the image above…) the base line is more data = more targeting ( explored this here recently ) which leads to more efficient advertising, more branding messaging but appears no overall change in real marketing spending ( data ) assuming you know what to look for! More data about me would include, say: my driving speed, time, routes, frequency and style. ( view point ) heath, diet, food intake, exercise, pedometer, pleasure, life style ( data ) specific medical condi

The more I think about it, the less I think there is value in sharing personal data

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Image: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lyrical-abstraction-dawn-siler.html Sharing PII data is something that I have been thinking about for some time and reading this Blog by Nick Crown Personal Data - Is It Truly An Asset?  - I decided it was time to put it out there. Don't worry I am not about to trash personal data ecosystem and value from digital footprints, I want to explore thinking about why we share the actual data ..... when we could do the same but at a different level of abstraction ( hence the image above…) the base line is more data = more targeting ( explored this here recently ) which leads to more efficient advertising, more branding messaging but appears no overall change in real marketing spending ( data ) assuming you know what to look for! More data about me would include, say: my driving speed, time, routes, frequency and style. ( view point ) heath, diet, food intake, exercise, pedometer, pleasure, life style ( data ) specific medical condi

The more I think about it, the less I think there is value in sharing personal data

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Image: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lyrical-abstraction-dawn-siler.html Sharing PII data is something that I have been thinking about for some time and reading this Blog by Nick Crown Personal Data - Is It Truly An Asset?  - I decided it was time to put it out there. Don't worry I am not about to trash personal data ecosystem and value from digital footprints, I want to explore thinking about why we share the actual data ..... when we could do the same but at a different level of abstraction ( hence the image above…) the base line is more data = more targeting ( explored this here recently ) which leads to more efficient advertising, more branding messaging but appears no overall change in real marketing spending ( data ) assuming you know what to look for! More data about me would include, say: my driving speed, time, routes, frequency and style. ( view point ) heath, diet, food intake, exercise, pedometer, pleasure, life style ( data ) specific medical condi

The more I think about it, the less I think there is value in sharing personal data

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Image: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lyrical-abstraction-dawn-siler.html Sharing PII data is something that I have been thinking about for some time and reading this Blog by Nick Crown Personal Data - Is It Truly An Asset?  - I decided it was time to put it out there. Don't worry I am not about to trash personal data ecosystem and value from digital footprints, I want to explore thinking about why we share the actual data ..... when we could do the same but at a different level of abstraction ( hence the image above…) the base line is more data = more targeting ( explored this here recently ) which leads to more efficient advertising, more branding messaging but appears no overall change in real marketing spending ( data ) assuming you know what to look for! More data about me would include, say: my driving speed, time, routes, frequency and style. ( view point ) heath, diet, food intake, exercise, pedometer, pleasure, life style ( data ) specific medical condi

The more I think about it, the less I think there is value in sharing personal data

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Image: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lyrical-abstraction-dawn-siler.html Sharing PII data is something that I have been thinking about for some time and reading this Blog by Nick Crown Personal Data - Is It Truly An Asset?  - I decided it was time to put it out there. Don't worry I am not about to trash personal data ecosystem and value from digital footprints, I want to explore thinking about why we share the actual data ..... when we could do the same but at a different level of abstraction ( hence the image above…) the base line is more data = more targeting ( explored this here recently ) which leads to more efficient advertising, more branding messaging but appears no overall change in real marketing spending ( data ) assuming you know what to look for! More data about me would include, say: my driving speed, time, routes, frequency and style. ( view point ) heath, diet, food intake, exercise, pedometer, pleasure, life style ( data ) specific medical condi

Respect Network Brings Together Neustar and Swisscom as Founding Partners --Congratulations @drummondreed

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            Source: Respect Network Brings Together Neustar and Swisscom as Founding Partners Respect Network adds new evidence of the emergence of a new personal data ecosystem ….by announcing that it has formed a global network for the trusted exchange of personal data and has secured Neustar (NSR) and Swisscom (SCMN.VX) as founding partners.  The founder and entrepreneur Drummond Reed and others, has also started the peer-to-peer Connect.me service. Specifically, the Respect Network is the first network being built from the ground up to give people control of their personal data and the ability to realize that data’s value. Unlike centralized social networks, the Respect Network is a decentralized, multi-provider network much like today’s email or banking networks. Additional partners in the network include Kynetx, Gluu, The OpenXDI Project, Project Danube, The Customer’s Voice, Planetwork, and Bitworld.  Ctrl-Shift and the Searls Group have also joined as lead consulting part

The State Of Mobile App Privacy Policies via @JulesPolonetsky

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The Washington, D.C.-based think tank Future of Privacy Forum (“FPF”) released a study detailing the current state of mobile app privacy policies as of this past month, June 2012. The report found that many app developers are now responding to the increased pressure from U.S. regulators on this issue, and have now introduced privacy policies for their applications as well as new policies surrounding the use of customers’ private data. Study results  full pdf Table 1 sets forth the total percentage of all 150 and paid apps across three platforms:     The following tables reflect the % of total apps that provide some form of access to a privacy policy…   But more importantly, the FPF also looked into whether the privacy policy was linked to from the app store listing page and whether it was accessible from within the app itself. (See charts below). After all, what good is a privacy policy, if no one can find it? According to the report’s findings, 48% of the free apps and 28% of paid a