Don't Forget to Pack Your Social Network: Data Portability Myths and Realities

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/

Don't Forget to Pack Your Social Network: Data Portability Myths and Realities

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