By Joe on August 24, 2010
Perhaps the most powerful form of asymmetric information is missing from JP Rangaswami’s post addressing whether the web is making us dumber. I agree with the core point of JP’s article, but I think he oversimplifies the argument on asymmetry in a way that misses something important about the power of information.
JP defines four types [...]
Posted in Information Sharing, Personal Data Store, ProjectVRM, Shared Information, User Driven Services, Vendor Relationship Management |
By Joe on April 5, 2010
Steve Blank, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and author of Four Steps to the Epiphany, will be presenting at the Fishbon Event Lab, Wednesday April 14 in Santa Barbara. The Event Lab starts at 7ish with a potluck barbecue, followed by the presentation at around 8:30.
Steve’s startup experiences include E.piphany, Zilog, MIPS Computers, Convergent Technologies, [...]
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By Joe on January 21, 2010
The question of who owns our data on the Internet is a challenging problem. It can also be a red herring, distracting us from building the next generation of online services.
The term “ownership” simply brings too much baggage from the physical world, suggesting a win-lose, us-verses-them mentality that retards the development of rich, powerful services [...]
Posted in Information Sharing, Intention Economy, Personal Data Store, ProjectVRM, Shared Information, User Driven Services, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged CRM, data ownership, Doc Searls, Information Sharing, Personal Data Store, privacy, project VRM, ProjectVRM, User Driven, User Driven Services, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM |
By Joe on January 3, 2010
Several folks (Matt Cutts and John Meyer, among others) have called for a break from our social networking, online everything world.
Sure.
It’s about time.
I sated myself long ago on the digital high of social networking, whether you call it Twitter, Facebook, or something else. We, the Kool-Aid drinkers, will try just about any new technical gadget [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged digital cleanse |
By Joe on January 2, 2010
This last year (2009) was the most challenging ever for me, both personally and professionally. Good times, tough problems, people that transformed my heart, and ideas that changed my perspective. It wasn’t always easy, but each challenge had its own reward.
I’m looking forward to writing a bit more this year, opening the conversation up about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2009, 2010, Azigo, Doc Searls, happy new year, kynetx, project VRM, scanaroo, SwitchBook, the mine!, User Driven Services, VRM |
By Joe on August 14, 2009
Respectfully, Doc, I think you underestimate the value of the permatweet.
I’m still haunted by hearing that users get a maximum number Twitter postings (tweets) before the old ones scroll off. If true, it means Twitter is a whiteboard, made to be erased after awhile. The fact that few know what the deal is, exactly, also makes [...]
Posted in Shared Information | Tagged At-Will, At-will information sharing, Creative Commons, Doc Searls, Facebook, flow-by web, Kantara Initiative, live web, On-the-Record, On-the-record information sharing, Shared Information, UD-VPI, UMA, User Driven & Volunteered Personal Information, User Managed Access, YouTube |
By Joe on May 14, 2009
10. Duty of Care
User Driven Services look out for their users’ well-being.
If a service is truly acting in our best interests, it will take appropriate measures to protect us from dangers resulting from our use of the service. User Driven Services continually work to minimize user exposure to liability, risk, and potential harm.
Minimal identity information [...]
Posted in User Driven, User Driven Services | Tagged duty of care, User Driven, User Driven Services |
By Joe on May 13, 2009
9. Self-managed Identity
User Driven Services let users manage their own online identity.
Unless we control our identity online, we risk unnecessary exposure to identity theft and unwanted correlation of online activity. At the same time, online services increase the risk of attacks when using the same identifier for multiple functions.
User Driven Services allow users to [...]
Posted in Identity, User Driven, User Driven Services | Tagged Identity, information cards, OpenID, User Driven, User Driven Services |
By Joe on May 12, 2009
8. Improvability
User Driven Services can be improved by users.
A closed system can’t predict and satisfy all the needs of all its users, all the time. Sooner or later, someone will eventually desire a new feature or capability beyond the resources or interest of the service provider. User Driven Services take advantage of that motivation, allowing [...]
Posted in User Driven, User Driven Services | Tagged customization, hacking, improvability, open source, User Driven, User Driven Services |
By Joe on May 10, 2009
7. User Generativity
Users contribute to User Driven Services.
User Driven Services build on active, engaged participation in value creation. Users should be empowered to augment, annotate, and contribute to the underlying service as much as possible. By enabling users to pro-actively co-create the service experience—and to share that co-created value with other users—services tap into [...]
Posted in User Driven, User Driven Services | Tagged User Driven, User Driven Services, user generativity |
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