Supernova kicked off this morning half past eight with a very speedy workshop format (demo of 5 companies, 6 minutes each), and I didn´t have a coffee yet. Geez!
Jeff Clavier is moderating this early morning session and has a sharp look on his watch. He just stopped Plaxos Ben Golub from presenting.
The companies here, like imeem, eSnips, Plum, Netvibes and Plaxo, are offering services taming the torrent of information, converge it and mostly manage all the aspects of our digital life.
Well, every company is coming up with a different solution and understanding of information overload and how to deal with.
I am actually wondering again, if I upload all my information to one of these tools, at the end of the day do I still own this information? Or is this the price I have to pay for “The Wisdom of Crowds”?
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Daniela,
>I am actually wondering again, if I upload >all my information to one of these tools, at >The end of the day do I still own this >information? Or is this the price I have to >pay for “The Wisdom of Crowds”?
In fact, this is probably one of the most fundamental questions of the new web.
If you’re interested in this topic, you should check out AttentionTrust (http://attentiontrust.org), the first non-profit dedicated to promote the rights of “attention owners” within the attention economy (-> the net)
I’ve blogged about this here: http://fabianstelzer.com/?p=39
Cheers,
-Fabian
Thanks for pointing to us, Fabian. I’m the Executive Director of AttentionTrust, http://www.attentiontrust.org, and I think Danela’s question is tremendously important.
I also think the answer is clear: WE own OUR data. That’s the principle that AttentionTrust was founded upon. (See http://www.attentiontrust.org/about#principles )
We’re working to 1) educate people about the value of our attention and the resulting data that’s created anytime we pay attention to something (from our clickstream to our tags to our purchase histories), 2) empower people to exert control over our individual data–our primary effort in this area is an Attention Recorder, a Firefox extension that allows you to save, store and share aspects of your browsing history (see http://www.attentiontrust.org/services ), and 3) build a community that supports the principle that individuals have rights over their data.
I hope you’ll check us out and get involved.
Ed