Bits exist along a gradient from private to public. But in practice they only move in one direction. Thus, there are two destinies for information: public or oblivion. Information wants to be copied. This is not the same as information wanting to be free (or expensive), or information wanting *you* to be free. Information probably [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Privacy'
The Myth of Selective Sharing: Why all bits will eventually be public (or be destroyed)
July 25th, 2011 · 5 Comments
Tags: Data Mining · Ecology · Location · Measuring social media · Medical sensors · Metrics · Politics · Privacy · Sensors · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Theories and concepts · Sociology · Technology · Visualization
Mapping the connections among the #wikileaks, #pdfleaks and #cablegate mentioning twitter populations with #NodeXL
December 12th, 2010 · No Comments
On Saturday 11 December 2010 A Symposium on Wikileaks and Internet Freedom (http://personaldemocracy.com/pdfleaks) was held in New York City. I did not attend in person, but the event was streamed live. A colleague of mine, Zeynep Tufekci (@techsoc), a sociologist from the University of Maryland ebiquity group, did attend and spoke on the second panel of [...]
Tags: Collective Action · Foundation · Measuring social media · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · PDF · Politics · Privacy · Research · SMRF · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Visualization
Mobile Web Africa – October 13-14, 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Next week I will be attending and discussing mobile social media and social networks at the Mobile Web Africa conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is my first time to Africa and I am excited to both visit and to discuss how mobile networked devices can change social organizations. Mobile devices are in many ways more [...]
Tags: Conference · Data Mining · Ecology · Industry · Location · Measuring social media · Medical sensors · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · NodeXL · Privacy · Sensors · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social network · Social Roles · Sociology · Talks
