Comments on: The open, social web

By: Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:24:01 +0000

I’ve been starting to use social media, in all its various forms, in the role of amateur blogger. This is an extremely comprehensive view of the field, so for a beginner like me it’s been a helpful read.

By: Kenneth Stein

Kenneth Stein — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:33:37 +0000

I've been developing a "personhood" model for the past several years, and have written generally on the benefits of such a model and the need for a means of securing such. You can begin to explore some of these ideas here.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:18:33 +0000

Hi, nice posts there thank’s for the interesting information

By: Yishay Mor

Yishay Mor — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:48:19 +0000

give me a buzz next time you’re coming to Europe. Would like to do something together.
Great stuff, sorry I don’t have time to post a proper response. A lot to talk about here.
Just a quick one – I happened to come across this, seems very related:
http://www.slideshare.net/CameronNeylon/oh-youre-that-cameron-neylon

By: Almar van der Krogt

Almar van der Krogt — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:01:58 +0000

Thank you for this very insightful piece. It puts in perspective a small discussion I started about usernames (http://virvie.posterous.com/username-over-domain-name). And in reference to your previous post (‘my name is not a URL’): what would you have done if @chrismessina wasn’t available anymore?
I’m also glad to hear that the DiSo-project is still going on. I’ve been thinking of a possible application once it is in place: a means of hosting a virtual party on your own domain (see http://www.slideshare.net/avanderkrogt/party-at-my-place-for-web-and-beyond-subtitled ). I’m curious to hear what you think about that.

By: liza sabater

liza sabater — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:09:10 +0000

much to chew on and as usually greatly worked out. this particularly reverberated :

It is my contention that the individual is the basic atomic unit of society, and without society you can’t get to acting on the “social” layer.

because in my technology advocacy --and in my struggles to articulate why we need to rethink blogging as a tool for identity aggregation and management-- i would have written this slightly different:

It is my contention that the individual is the basic atomic unit of society, and without the individual you can’t get to acting on the “social” layer.

this to me is key. we not only need tools that empower the individual in this new digital economy but we need use tech solutions like OpenID or VRM to create a new political paradigm that protects our rights as individuals who are now being compiled, mined, aggregated and distributed as data as well.