My Digital FootPrint

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

So data can tell us what we know     <p> </p><p> Help for Depression </p>

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, in a sim

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 commentato

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