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Entries in OpenSocial (8)
What Comes After Web Sites and Online Social Networks?
Today we use the web in many ways. Traditional web sites — “places we go” on the web to do things — still exist. But increasingly, web based transactions also depend on the nature of our online relationships with other people.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Blogging, Google, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Standards, Tagging, Facebook, Twitter, Identity, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, OpenSocial, Semantic Web, DataPortability, Internet
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Personal Data Portability: What Happened to End Users?
I’ve made some attempt to keep up with public discussions of DataPortability.org. I’ve had a suspicion that the project is experiencing the growing pains that technology industry standards groups sometimes experience when there is no single strong and deep-pocketed voice willing to weigh in, knock heads, and force progress along a single path.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Collaboration, Social Networking, Standards, Social Network Portability, OpenSocial, Definitions, Software, DataPortability
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Social Data Portability, Privacy, and DRM
When Bob Weber published his post-CES DRM 3.0 Has Arrived he made the point that, while DRM for music may be dying, the entertainment industry’s interest in Digital Rights Management is still quite strong. This got me to wondering whether this “next generation DRM” might have some relevance to current interest in social network portability.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Industry Analysis, Social Networking, Standards, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, OpenSocial
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The Growth of Online Social Networks in the Real World
In Tim Berners-Lee on Social Graph: Ok, I Give Stowe Boyd takes Berners-Lee to task for confusing concepts and terminology related to “semantic web,” “social network,” and “social graph.”
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Social Networking, Social Media, Facebook, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, OpenSocial
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More Thoughts on the Social Networking "Make Versus Buy" Decision
In Should You Make or Buy Your Social Network? I wrote about some of the technology-related decisions that are needed when an organization adopts online social networking.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Web 2.0, Collaboration, Social Networking, Standards, Social Media, Fatigue, Facebook, Adoption, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Social Network Portability, OpenSocial
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What I'm Learning About Applying Social Media to Disaster Response
I’ve been researching applications of social media and social networking in local disaster response. Here are some of the things I’ve found.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Google, Social Networking, Expertise Management, Social Media, Facebook, Disaster Response, Adoption, Homeland Security, Mobility, Strategy, Emergency, communications, 700 MHz, Social Network Portability, Cell Phones, OpenSocial
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Google OpenSocial, Collaboration, and Expertise Location
The most interesting statement Forrester’s Charlene Li makes in Google OpenSocial will (hopefully) make social apps more relevant is this:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Google, Collaboration, Linkedin, Social Networking, Expertise Management, Facebook, Identity, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, OpenSocial
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Identity Theft and the Licensing of Personal Information
Updated on Monday, March 14, 2005 at 11:26AM by
Dennis D. McDonald
Many companies benefit from the buying and selling of personal, financial, and medical information about individual US citizens. Usually these companies behave in a responsible, law-abiding fashion.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Copyright, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Social Media, Identity, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, OpenSocial
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