Commentary
It appears that in recent days with the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica story breaking, Dave Morin has been “overwhelmed with requests to rebuild a better Path”. Yesterday he sent out this tweet: Overwhelmed by requests to rebuild a better @Path. Considering doing it. If you are interested in working on such an idea, DM …
Dave Morin Teases New Social Networking Successor App to Path Read More »
Today I read on TechCrunch about the $11.75 Million Basis raised to build what they are calling a “health data hub”. It states that Basis is working to create a central repository for our data from other devices to flow into so it can glean insights by analyzing all of the data in one location. …
Basis Announces an Open Data Aggregation and Insights Platform Read More »
2012 was a year where I began covering some broader areas. While I continue to follow services that do social aggregation as well as services that leverage social data, I continue to focus quite a bit more on personal data as well. I’ve been following sensing devices that focus on gathering data to help improve …
On Friday there was a good discussion on Branch created by Josh Miller titled “Owning Your Own Words – Is It Important“. The basic premise was to ask people if they’re concerned that we’re all free workers to generate content for web services. I don’t have a problem with this as I feel there is …
Today’s news uncovered by Arun Thampi that Path has been uploading users entire address book to their servers does not bode well for them. You can read coverage around this issue on ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, and Venture Beat. But none of that coverage discussed the future implications as Path has already announced future support for health …
Path’s Trust Misstep May Hurt Upcoming Health Data Features Read More »
I followed this Poll on Mashable that asked if people planned to go back to fill in the gaps of their Facebook timeline. There were 3,101 votes at the time of this posting with ~11% stating they will and ~60% saying they won’t. I find that 11% to be a pretty small number and surely not …
Facebook Built the Timeline, but Will They Come? Read More »
Last week Adam Ostrow had a live chat based around his TED talk (see below) on what should happen to our digital identities after we die. The discussion focused a bit on what we want to happen with all the digital content we create after we die including the ability to possibly have an AI …
On the Preparation and Future of Your Digital Legacy After You Die Read More »
This month’s Wired magazine has a feature called “Ask a Flowchart: Where Should I Post My Photos Online“. It’s a funky workflow that’s done in jest but the reality is that many of us have a very similar and convoluted approach when it comes to determining what services to post our photos to and it …
Posting Photos Online Requires a Mad Scientist Flowchart Read More »
Today I came across the Fjord Digital Trends for 2011 which were published in January. Fjord is an international “leading digital service design consultancy”. Some of their trends for 2011 include “liquid experiences”, smart objects, mobile payments, and digital magazines. I’ve embedded the Slideshare document below which is worth a look and has some pretty …
Fjord Names Lifestreaming a Digital Trend for 2011 and I Dissect Their Prediction Read More »
At the recent DLD conference Johannes Kuhn conducted an interview with creator of the Lifestream concept David Galernter. The topic of the discussion was the future of interfaces and the lack of ambition in the use of our current technologies. This is a pretty long interview that goes on for over 30 minutes. It covers …
Interview with David Galernter on the Future of Lifestreaming and My Thoughts Read More »