Identity 2.Open
John Panzer
AOL
Online Identity Is
- Distributed
- Contextual
- User Centric
- Reputational
- Multi Faceted
Who Am I?
- panzerjohn@aol.com
- jpanzer@aol.net
- jpanzer@acm.org
- http://abstractioneer.org
- http://aimpages.com/panzerjohn
- http://johnpanzer.com
- =john.panzer
- http://google.com/search?q=%22John+Pa...
- Daddy
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Why is Identity Important to Us?
- Communication
- Community
- Relationships
Long Shadow of the Future
- Prisoner's Dilemma
- Evolution of Cooperation
- Identity is key to cooperation
Why Open Identity?
- We do not own users
- Portable identity is more valuable
- Networks provide value (see AIM)
- Need to be able to interoperate
- (Imagine if you could only email AOL users)
- Web services
