Archive for the “Data Portability” category
Wo ist das Böse in Google?
by Christian Scholz on December 9, 2009
Google, das ist ja dieser ganz böse Konzern in den USA, der nur aus einer Manie heraus all unsere Daten sammelt und damit ganz böse Dinge anstellt oder anstellen wird oder aber sie zumindest den US-Behörden zur Verfügung stellt, so (…)
Nominate yourself for the DataPortability Project Steering Group!
by Christian Scholz on November 20, 2009
The end of 2009 is quickly approaching and this means that election time is coming up. The Steering Group of the DataPortability Project (DPP) is going to be elected and you can nominate yourself. If you think you can help (…)
Data Without Borders is back: The Internet Identity Workshop
by Christian Scholz on November 10, 2009
It took a while before we restarted our podcast “Data Without Borders” but we are back on track with the third episode after the break where we talk about what happened at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) which happened last (…)
Introducing WebFinger and a python client
by Christian Scholz on October 12, 2009
One repeatedly upcoming problem is what identifier a normal user would use for identifying his or her own user account. One approach is apparently OpenID in which case it is a HTTP URL. For the one or other reason though (…)
Der neue OpenWeb-Podcast zum Thema Google Wave ist online
by Christian Scholz on October 7, 2009
Google Wave ist ziemlich neu und die Diskussionen darüber sind noch voll von vielen Missverständnissen. Auch sieht man dem Client nicht unbedingt an, was technisch dahinter steckt, was aber IMHO viel interessanter ist als dieser Client. Daher haben Matthias und (…)
Auch Deutschland begrüßt Google Wave mit Innovationsphobie
by Christian Scholz on October 6, 2009
So tut es zumindest der Spiegel in diesem Artikel, bei dem es u.a. zm Google Wave geht. Das Thema des Artikels ist die Zeit, die uns (wie wir alle wissen) auch oder gerade wegen der neuen Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten zwischen den Fingern (…)
Folge 18 des OpenWeb-Podcasts ist online! Thema: Wie offen ist Deutschland?
by Christian Scholz on September 30, 2009
Episode 18 of the german openweb-podcast is now online. We discuss how open social networks in germany are or might become. Eine neue Folge des OpenWeb-Podcasts ist online und diesmal widmen Matthias, Sebastian und ich uns der Frage wie offen (…)
My Open Platforms Panel Presentation from the Community & Marketing Summit Hamburg (Video)
by Christian Scholz on September 28, 2009
On September 17th I was invited to moderate a panel titled “Walled Gardens vs. Open Platform” at the Community & Marketing Summit in Hamburg. With me on the panel have been representatives from german social networks studivz and Xing. Here (…)
How open is Open Social anyway?
by Christian Scholz on September 25, 2009
Last week I was moderating a panel about open platforms at the Community Summit in Hamburg with member from german social networks studivz and Xing. One question discussed was of course Open Social as both networks either have an implementation (…)
URL-shortener tr.im to be community-owned
by Christian Scholz on August 17, 2009
There has been lots of talk recently about the URL shortening service tr.im. First it was supposed to simply be shutdown until the end of the year, then – because of the overwhelming feedback – it was reactivated again and (…)