Brainstorm:
Solving the Online Identity Crisis
Nick Finck, September 28, 2008

Me

Me and all of my friends
Me

All my groups of friends
Me

All my groups of friends people I know
Me

Social networks I use
Me

Social networks tools I use
Me

The headache I have
Me

I am armed and dangerous!
Me

What I am really managing
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Me
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

These databases don’t talk to each other!
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

What if they could talk to each other via a negotiator?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Negotiator
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

What if the negotiator wasn’t a person but a gateway?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Gateway
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

What if the gateway was managed by me?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Gateway
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Me
Event Database Business Contact Database

What if I could control and define the data?
Family
Business Contacts
Friends I hang with
Colleagues I have met Coworkers
People who like my work Gateway Nemesis
Colleagues I have not met Competitors
Friends I know online
Business Partners
Me
Mentors

What if this gateway was created by the community?
Gateway
Me

What if this gateway was Open Source?
Gateway
Me

Thank You!
Lets Make This Happen!!
Nick Finck, nick@blueflavor.com