The Social Networking Bubble

Social media is overhyped, overcooked, and overvalued

We are now in a social networking bubble. Social networking is useful, but it’s overvalued. We’ve overstated and overemphasized the utility of social networking and are now in a marketer’…

Declarative References to Data

The following blog post by Phil Windley of Kynetx describes the concept of declarative references to data:
http://www.windley.com/archives/2010/08/beyond_apis_declarative_references_to_data.shtml
Basically, the idea is that with XRI and XDI, it is poss…

The Personal Data Story

Yesterday MyDex launched its Community Prototype at IIW. Coverage —

Big long list of #mydex tweets
NewMediaAge: DMA and government departments trial data privacy platform
Civil Society: Consumers can control their data in new data store

The whole r…

For Businesses

The Personal Data Ecosystem supports businesses supporting user’s need to control, manage, and direct the way they want to share and allows for the emergence of new data markets and services. Businesses that aggregate data also face an increasingly tough regulatory environment. B2B clients are constantly seeking accurate data about existing and potential customers to provide better services or products. We are at the intersection of these activities.