Don’t
Forget
To Pack
Your
Social
Network
Data Portability
Myths and Realities
Podcamp Ireland
September 2008

Source: http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/11/how-to-be-socia.html

Source: http://flickr.com/photos/geekandpoke/2544051171/

Isn’t it my data?
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/odalaigh/2331570645/

…not so much
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/sahadeva/446157843/

“How dare Facebook tell ME
that I cannot give Google
access to this data!”
Michael Arrington
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/traftery/1258094107/

Key elements in digital
social graphs:
•People Identity
•Type of Relationships
•Relationships Identity
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/256540145/

We publicly assert that all users of the social
web are entitled to certain fundamental rights
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/

Ownership of their own personal information
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/

Control over their personal information
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/

Freedom to grant access to their information
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/shoreliner/438027982/

What’re they doing?
Source: Universal McCann, Social Media Wave 3 Research, March 2008

Where they at?
Source: Comscore, August 2008

We are social creatures of habit

Your content is being consumed
outside your web site
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/unaciertamirada/1314582003/

What happens when the whole
Internet is your social network?
Source: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/online_communities.png

How will these relationships
be defined?

Structure yo’ data correct!

Formats we can all agree on: vCard

Formats we can all agree on: XFN
Source: http://gmpg.org/xfn/creator

What are we waiting for?
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/ableman/438307648/

Not everyone can be the
center of the universe
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/iainalexander/2110500399/

Bureaucracy
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/jaredsmith/316892441/

Mobility vs Security
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/dustinq/501791705/

So what is working right now?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyscola/2643729090/

http://getsatisfaction.com

http://secondbrain.com

http://moli.com

http://atomkeep.com

OpenSocial

http://interactivemark.openid.com

Will it happen?

What can I do?
• Use Microformats
• Make data semantic
• Embrace OpenID
• Be creative
• Experiment

Mark Congiusta
interactivemark@gmail.com
http://www.twitter.com/interactivemark
http://www.linkedin.com/in/interactivemark
http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=742381741
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/psd/2086641/