The Progress Bar

The Progress Bar read by people interested in emerging Internet marketing, technology, social media, reputation, virtual environments, blogs, the Boston Internet scene and much more. If you like what you see you should subscribe to my RSS feed or via email in the sidebar. Thanks for visiting!Phil Windley wrote up the notes for our Principles [...]

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ClaimID is now officially Justouttabeta. Congrats to Fred and Terrell, who I got to meet at Identity Mashup last week.
It’s quite clear that microformats for claiming content are starting to come together, and ClaimID is smart to integrate with OpenID, MicroID and keeping an open mind towards working with other initiatives that strengthen and increase [...]

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Flickr: idmashup idmashup06
Phil Windley: photos.
Yes Phil, it’s time to get your photos out of the silo and into Flickr.

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Jonathan Zittrain, Co-Founder, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, moderated a panel named “Code and Law: How Should and Might They Mix?” at IdentityMashup. Jonathan is probably the best moderator I’ve ever heard. Engaging, able to get speakers and the audience to sharpen their points and questions and funny to boot. I bet his greymatter [...]

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Podcasts are here. It has come to my attention that some people are tagging the event idmashup without the 06. Let’s be more consistent people.

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SocialPhysics is an open collaborative project sponsored by Parity Communications. The goal of SocialPhysics is to give people more control over their digital identities: their online identities, personal information and social relationships. The project, affiliated with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School
As part of the Social [...]

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Doc on point. I have to say I’ve come around a bit on the Attention vs. Intention Economy argument although not everyone is like Doc and knows exactly what they want. Sometimes I want a camera lense, but don’t know what kind, type features I’m initially looking for. This is why the “markets not marketing” [...]

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I was thinking so hard I forgot to take decent notes, kudos to Phil for clearly capturing the essence of the session.
Relationship of reputation to identity
Definition of reputation: reputation is a source of trust. Abstract entities.
1/2 of reputation papers are on p2p.
Phil windly: reputation is your story of me. everyone has right to tell their [...]

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Trust, Fairness and Sanctions in Digital Communities
http://www.identitymash-up.org/?page_id=5
Graphing social networks
I asked about: How do false-positive relationship indicators such as Myspace “Friend Trains” affect the perceived value of the network?
Like begging on Helio mobile network.
Bill W calls identifier (login) identity. If you are authorized to log in, you are identified and have a reputation.
MR: applet of social [...]

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What You Need to Know About Identity
http://www.identitymash-up.org/?page_id=5
CV: Contextual identities are key. Liberty lawyer
Ester: too big to address. Accountability requires persistence. The accountable net.
Do ask, don’t lie.
privacy or attention?
Jamie Lewis: changing topology of federation. mashup and bank account, don’t ever want to hear the two in the same sentence.
SB quotes gov’t docs from 1977.
KT: ecology of [...]

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