A presentation I did at InfoCamp 2008 about shared data within social network sites and file sharing sites.

1. Brainstorm:
Solving the Online Identity Crisis
Nick Finck, September 28, 2008

2. Me

3. Me and all of my friends
Me

4. All my groups of friends
Me

5. All my groups of friends people I know
Me

6. Social networks I use
Me

7. Social networks tools I use
Me

8. The headache I have
Me

9. I am armed and dangerous!
Me

10. What I am really managing
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Me
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

11. These databases don’t talk to each other!
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

12. What if they could talk to each other via a negotiator?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Negotiator
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

13. What if the negotiator wasn’t a person but a gateway?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Gateway
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Event Database Business Contact Database

14. What if the gateway was managed by me?
Icon Database Video Database
Message Database
Slide Database
Gateway
Friend Database
Alumni Database
Photo Database
Account Database
Me
Event Database Business Contact Database

15. What if I could control and define the data?
Family
Business Contacts
Friends I hang with
Colleagues I have met Coworkers
People who like my work Gateway Nemesis
Colleagues I have not met Competitors
Friends I know online
Business Partners
Me
Mentors

16. What if this gateway was created by the community?
Gateway
Me

17. What if this gateway was Open Source?
Gateway
Me

18. Thank You!
Lets Make This Happen!!
Nick Finck, nick@blueflavor.com