Friday, March 9, 2012

Integrating online identity



I set this article aside to digest it. The whole idea of digital identity requires a lot of thought. I'm still trying to decide which parts of me belong in which online social arenas. Vickie the librarian lives in a blog; Vickie the technologist and information sharer is in Google Circles; Vickie the information omnivore surfaces in Google+; Vickie the curator pops up in Pinterest.... I feel like I'm playing Twister with myself.
Facebook's social graph of you isn't you. It's an approximation and an extrapolation based on little clues you've left lying around the Web. Using your Facebook or Google identity gives those services...

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