A website/service claims to automate the process of getting your life back and junking your online friends.
http://www.suicidemachine.org/#movie
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
SPARC workshop on 'Digital Identities'
I plan to attend tomorrow's SPARC workshop on digital identities at the University of Reading.
"Through a series of presentations from both experts in the field of Digital Identity, as well as representatives from user organisations, the morning session will explore issues around having an online presence, from the positive impact of belonging to online communities to safeguarding your identity and information.
The afternoon session will comprise a series of activities designed to stimulate further thought and discussion about the potential benefits and pitfalls of having a Digital Identity for older people, as well as an introduction to current technologies for those with no or limited experience of them."
Here's the program.
"Through a series of presentations from both experts in the field of Digital Identity, as well as representatives from user organisations, the morning session will explore issues around having an online presence, from the positive impact of belonging to online communities to safeguarding your identity and information.
The afternoon session will comprise a series of activities designed to stimulate further thought and discussion about the potential benefits and pitfalls of having a Digital Identity for older people, as well as an introduction to current technologies for those with no or limited experience of them."
Here's the program.
Another conference: ICT, Society and Human Beings 2010
IADIS International Conference
ICT, Society and Human Beings 2010
Freiburg, Germany
29 - 31 July 2010
[link]
ICT, Society and Human Beings 2010
Freiburg, Germany
29 - 31 July 2010
[link]
EIAA: Digital families report
Extract from the report published by the European Interactive Advertising Association: "Substantially more people who live with children log on to the internet each week than those who do not live with children (73% vs. 52%) and the amount of time these digital parents spend online is increasing (11.6 hours online each week, a 36% increase
since 2004 – outpacing the growth of those living without children)"
I can imagine the same is true for older people who have grandchildren or not i.e. grandchildren may help the older person to stay digitally connected.
read report
since 2004 – outpacing the growth of those living without children)"
I can imagine the same is true for older people who have grandchildren or not i.e. grandchildren may help the older person to stay digitally connected.
read report
Friday, April 9, 2010
Ocfom latest report on social networking
From the latest Ofcom qualitative and quantitative research report on social networking: "The rapid growth of social networking sites in recent years indicates that they are now a
mainstream communications technology for many people."
On page 6 they also have labeled groups by attitudes of 'social networkers' (see also page 28)
Also interesting is the awareness around the term 'social networking' page 16.
Only just 1/5th of the report audience has set up their 'profile' and of those 65+ only 3% set up their profile (p17 - 19).
Facebook, MySpace and Bebo are the most popular sites (p 21)
Section 7 on Privacy and Safety (p51) looks at how younger users are underestimating the publicity of their profile.
The last part of the report is a literature review of harm and offence in
social networking p57.
Read the full report
mainstream communications technology for many people."
On page 6 they also have labeled groups by attitudes of 'social networkers' (see also page 28)
Also interesting is the awareness around the term 'social networking' page 16.
Only just 1/5th of the report audience has set up their 'profile' and of those 65+ only 3% set up their profile (p17 - 19).
Facebook, MySpace and Bebo are the most popular sites (p 21)
Section 7 on Privacy and Safety (p51) looks at how younger users are underestimating the publicity of their profile.
The last part of the report is a literature review of harm and offence in
social networking p57.
Read the full report
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
AOL plans to sell or shut down Bebo
AOL said it was not in position to fund Bebo any more
Internet company AOL has announced plans to sell or shut down the social networking site Bebo. The company said it was unable to provide the "significant investment" Bebo needed to compete with its social networking rivals. The news comes just two years after AOL bought the site for $850m (£417m at the time).
Internet company AOL has announced plans to sell or shut down the social networking site Bebo. The company said it was unable to provide the "significant investment" Bebo needed to compete with its social networking rivals. The news comes just two years after AOL bought the site for $850m (£417m at the time).
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