My Digital FootPrint

On the point that data isn’t self-explanatory and it needs to be interpreted ….h ere are three well written blogs “ The Ethnographer’s Complete Guide to Big Data” by Jenna Burrell follow @jennaburrell The Ethnographer’s Complete Guide to Big Data: Small Data People in a Big Data World (part 1 of 3) The Ethnographer’s Complete Guide to Big Data: Answers  (part 2 of 3) The Ethnographer’s Complete Guide to Big Data: Conclusions  (part 3 of 3) The conclusion/ insight/ value I feel is in the second piece – highlighted in Red So where do we stand in relation to this phenomenon as ethnographers, or more generally, as researchers with a bent towards qualitative and interpretivist approaches? There’s something that ethnographers have in common with big data enthusiasts though neither group perhaps realizes this. Though ethnography has sometimes inaptly been equated out in the wider world with interview studies, it is the immersion of the ethnographer in a social world and the attempt t

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gvjwgGJuHA] Long Talk by Arvind Narayanan at Mozilla July 2012. It picks up on so themes that are current thinking from Kim Cameron to Jeff Jarvis to Doc Searls

UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and the YEC have teamed up to compile research and create this infographic, which details the who, how and why of managing millennials.

Image source : http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2844-a-cartoon-by-hugh-macleod-the-idea   Two recent articles of note on data collection The Most Important Tech Company You've Never Heard Of Describes a Delaware-based company that has quietly become one of the major players in surveillance infrastructure — but they've been so under the radar. Meet Neustar, one of the most important companies you've never heard of. Here is their SEC filing   Cellphone Companies Will Share Your Location Data – Just Not With You As they note in their privacy policies, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile all analyze your information to send you targeted ads for their own services or from outside companies. At least tens of thousands of times a year, they also hand cellphone location information to the FBI or police officers who have a court order. In the article they ask Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile two questions about releasing data, worth a read.

The source of this is David Birch and the original article is here – please go there and read in full as it is thought provoking. This picks up on the complexity that I can only be me, in a world where facial recognition works and becomes prevalent. Ignoring body doubles and Identical Twins. In simple terms [all persona = me if real face recognition works] They question is about value for me and value for others….. I can only see value for others at it allows process and procedure to be followed. Not sure where my value is as of yet.

The Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | JUNE 25, 2012 with Walter Isaacson http://stream.krm.com/Mediasite5/Viewer/?peid=8e925ff86f5e4cc19fe8d46aff6e8e1b

Source : http://www.childprotectionineducation.co.uk/blog/?p=933 Ceop plans to ramp up efforts to target child sex offenders who share indecent images of children and try to hide their “digital footprints” online In so many ways this highlights the nub of a dilemma… ·          illegal and morally wrong – ability to track/ trace and bring to justice. Versus ·          freedom of expression and free speech – if anyone can be tracked, how about those speaking out who need some level of anonymity Versus ·          access management and ability to identify – rightful control and controls Versus ·          wrongfully blamed, accused or judged and need ability to correct/ delete/ modify Versus ·          human rights protection – ability to provide some level of protection Versus ·          PII, privacy rights, data protection, laws, regulation and directives – compliance Versus ·          the right to be forgotten