My Digital FootPrint

Book by Douglas Rushkoff "ScreenAgers Lessons in Chaos from Digital Kids" and a word now famous thanks to Lady Gaga Not what I expected - somehow I thought the book was going to be about how kids interact with screens and how having been bought digital what their psychology was.  Well it was a lot about kids and trying to understand them, but was about their entire lifestyle and not just digital. He also offers a controversial view that attention is not about concentration on one thing (classical old thinking) but putting things together from dragging them together from many sources at the same time. The book describes the end of linearity, how the youth are not evolving but jumping (innovating) discovering what we are capable of, but are doing with chaos, more than searching, discovering, not breaking the rules but recreating them..... they are time rich and therefore have that one precious resource Given that evolution is loosely based on survival of the fittest -

It’s official: Google wants to own your online identity is the article is from GigaOm http://gigaom.com/2011/08/29/its-official-google-wants-to-own-your-online-identity/ using the same Image from Kat B Photography So Schmidt told it like it is at Edinburgh that an “identity service” unlocks the ability to do the trade and everyone goes into melt down. Why are you somewhat shocked that Google + plus  > than competing with Facebook.  As covered in numerous posts here previously, (social) signals are a critical part of Big Data but signals from real, authenticated, trusted real people with an identity means that you undertake a real "trade". Now lets not get sidelined by Real Name policy issues and the wider political implications;  lets just focus on the "trade or barter."  You give up data for access to FREE services, but the data cannot be identified means the value is smaller than knowing who you are. If they know who you are, the balance of value is f

http://www.peterhinssen.com/books/the-new-normal/   Good book - quick read for anyone who is already thinking digital.   The book, describes the idea of "The New Normal", a concept that states we are now halfway to somewhere which is a digital revolution. Although we have already gone through a lot of change, what lies ahead of us involves you and I; and our data. The past 25 years were about technology getting into the hands of consumers. The next 25 years will see those who engage get some value from the trade of personal data. Digital has become the New Normal, and this will have an enormous impact on the way companies organise data, their communications with customers and the way they have to be organised internally. Peter presents digital without limits, pointing out that organisations are increasingly faced with customers and consumers who no longer tolerate limitations in terms of pricing, timing, patience, depth, privacy, convenience, intelligence   A number of new

https://www.worldwithoutme.com/ WorldWithoutMe.com is currently running Invite Only Beta and purports to be a platform that gives tools to Live Digitally Forever. Start and participate in Private Discussions, Create Dispatches for future, Store Digital Assets and Archive Digital Footprint (Facebook updates, Tweets, Documents, Emails) to create an Autobiography on the go at World Without Me. This is topic we come round to a lot here, what happens when you die and the same questions/ observations come up every time….. anyway I’ll send them to the founder Bhaskar Thakur (Pune, India) and see what he has to say.    Short video   ; 

    L2 research has published a study  (it is big and very good) measuring the online impacts of 87 magazine brands according to the quality and integration of their respective websites, digital marketing, social media and mobile presences.  TIME  was in top position and the only rated as Genius and was cited for a "Twitter feed with personality", subscriptions that bundle print with digital access on the iPad and online, a "robust" Facebook page, a range of apps for various devices and a drive to try new things.  Among all magazine brands studied, Time was the only one to achieve "genius" level.  “Many brands have pet projects on one social media outlet or mobile device – in stark contrast, Time manages a consistent, robust presence across multiple touch points”, says L2 researcher Colin Gilbert.  NYU professor Scott Galloway (founder of L2) remarked, “We believe that the Digital IQ is a proxy for a brand’s ability to survive and prosper."

The changing face of mobile Surprised at the latest Google deal to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5Bn , you should not be; Eric Schmidt was very clear back at MWC in FEB 2007 " Mobile Mobile Mobile " and since then Google has focussed both time and effort to deliver andriod (which was itself acquired).  When Schmidt stepped down in saying " adult supervision no longer required " this left open the matured Larry Page to step up from being great at maths and a world leading entrepreneur, to take on the mantel of "world leading strategist and deal doer." This deal will be the discussion point for the next 3 months and already there are a lot of views circulating about what it means but there is no doubt that depending on your stance you can argue for change. However at Mobile 2 on 1st Sept in SFO - we get the first bite, why not join in .  The Deal Google purchased Motorola’s mobile business for $12.5 billion. In doing so, Google brought patents, hardwa

Original article and reporting at Computer Weekly by Karl Flinders   Banks could become the guardians of their customers' digital identity if a pilot being run by the SWIFT  is accepted by its members. A group within Swift has already agreed the basic architecture and business model for a service that banks could offer customers that will protect their digital identities against fraudulent activity. The service would be like a digital vault which the bank would sell to customers. Swift would host the services and be the gatekeeper. The service would mean that when a customer pays for something online using their bank card, for example, they would not have to enter their card number. Rather the merchant would be redirected to the digital vault where, after approval, it would receive confirmation that the payment will be made. No details change hands. "We are running an incubation project to see what is next in the concept of digital identity management," Kosta Pe