Having a dreadful handwriting, up to a certain age, is a curse. Then, when you grow up just a little bit more, it becomes a sign of rebellion against formal authority. It's so common a pattern, that I really don't think that one's handwriting can tell anything about one's personality. [...]
Following my considerations around virtual money and social networks (especially Facebook), I've come across an interesting question (is Facebook a virtual world?) and a meaningful thought about a way to measure engagement: the quantity of uproar from users over interface updates and changes and, [...]
Verify identity by checking things that have been done by a user, just like "aren't you the one who were waiting in line with me for a taxi yesterday at the station? we discussed the NBA season, didn't we?" - wouldn't that be much better than an endless list of usernames, keycodes, [...]
Some time ago, I linked a nice tool that provided custom-made demographic reports about Facebook users, updated in real time. I discovered that the tool does not work anymore, so here is a link to a site where you can find Country-by-Country data, grouped by genre and age group.Apparently, the leading [...]
Nokia bought Dopplr, so what? I didn't even spend much time updating my dopplr profile with dates and destinations of my travels, so why bother? Yet, I feel there's something relevant in it - but it took me a while to understand why. Every time I'm on the move, especially when on business, [...]
Use a section of your online identity to obtain a personalized artwork, centered around the way the web sees you (or, to be more precise, your name and surname): have a look at Personas, a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit by the MIT Media Lab. The first temptation might be to focus [...]
According to the third annual Deloitte LLP Ethics & Workplace survey, 60 percent of business executives believe they have a right to know how employees portray themselves and their organizations in online social networks.As long as it concerns the organizations, I really think it is amazing [...]
So what if we'll be able to login to Facebook with an OpenId account?Facebook potentially makes a huge step backwards: the whole authentication and verification process can be delegated to indipendent, widely recognized, issuers - one that adopts the OpenID standard (see: OpenID Foundation). By adhering [...]
One of the eight scenarios outlined in "The Future of Internet - 3" (Elon University/Pew Internet Project) survey is about identity - namely, The Evolution of Privacy, Identity, and Forgiveness: Transparency heightens individual integrity and forgiveness. In 2020, people are even more open [...]
Does the whole concept of online identity make any sense after its owner is passed out? Well, of course - as long as we consider authored content, as it's always been with analogic cultural and artistic manufacts (such as books). But what about all the medium-is-the-message or ephemeral chatter that [...]
Fabio Turel
Mi occupo di innovazione da quando ho iniziato a occuparmi di qualcosa.
L'ho identificata a lungo con la tecnologia, quando ho scelto un istituto tecnico al posto del liceo.
Ho smesso di cercarla [...]
