It’s as simple as that. Identity is not corporate. That means no company is going to “win” at personal identity, any more than any company can win at being you or me. It makes no sense. But meanwhile, there’s this big war going on over identity, that Mike Elgan of CultOfMac covers (from the Apple [Read More →]
Prepping for #VRM Day and #IIW
April 20, 2013 — Doc SearlsThe 16th IIW (Internet Identity Workshop) is coming up, Tuesday to Thursday, 7-9 May, will be tat the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. As usual, VRM will be a main topic, with lots of developers and other interested folk participating. Also as usual, we will have a VRM planning day on the Monday preceding: 6 May, [Read More →]
The right frame for relationship is personal, not social
February 13, 2013 — Doc SearlsThe short answer to Brian Solis‘s headline question — Are Businesses Becoming the New Big Brother in Social Media? — is no, because they’re not that smart. In the body copy and graphics of his excellent post, Brian explains why. Here’s one sample: There are several other images like that, each of which says something we — [Read More →]
Toward a matrix of APIs
December 16, 2012 — Doc SearlsAt the 2006 O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference, Cal Henderson, then of Flickr, gave a long session called “Launching and scaling new Web services.” As I recall, among the many things he explained well were some principles behind the Flickr API. One of those principles was user access to data. The API should be one that [Read More →]
Driving VRM with car data and APIs
November 26, 2012 — Doc SearlsGo read OnStar gives Volt owners what they want: their data, in the cloud, by Sean Gallagher, in Ars Technica. It’s a VRM story. The vendor is Chevrolet, the vended product is the Volt, and the relationship management is a DIY hack by one customer. The story begins, You probably don’t think of your car as a developer [Read More →]
VRM happenings in the U.K.
November 20, 2012 — Doc SearlsThe tweets have been rolling in… @Ctrl-Shift Identity Assurance: Mydex’s unique contribution. An interview with @dejalexander @MydexCIC http://www.ctrl-shift.co.uk/news/2012/11/15/identity-assurance-mydexs-unique-contribution/ … @williamheath @321CtrlShift interview with my colleague @dejalexander on @MydexCIC and #IDAssurance http://is.gd/7yyiZk #VRM @Mydex CIC Very thoughtful @SimonTucker blog post about today’s DWP announcement http://is.gd/zRslHa #IDAssurance #VRM @williamheath For those who wondered how #VRM would first break in the popular press: http://bit.ly/107SqT9 #DailyMirror #Midata #CtrlShift So let’s unpack those. First, the DWP (Department [Read More →]
IIW XV
October 10, 2012 — Doc SearlsThe XVth IIW is coming up on October 23-25 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, and VRM will be, as usual, a big topic — or collection of topics — there. IIW stands for Internet Identity Workshop, but the topical range is much wider than identity alone. Front and center for the last [Read More →]
Scaling business in parallel
June 28, 2012 — Doc SearlsCompanies and customers need to be able to deal with each other in two ways: as individuals and as groups. As of today companies can deal with customers both ways. They can get personal with customers, and they can deal with customers en masse. Without the latter capability, mass marketing would not be possible. Customers, [Read More →]
#vrm on twitter- @pandemia ehilà il sabato ci sarò, troppo interessante tra #personalopendata #vrm finalmente se ne parla anche in Italia .) #opendataitaly
- Je connais trop bien l'histoire #vrm
- #vrm in the making with a service dominant mindset: "Personal data warehouse for the HAT" http://t.co/HdnSwhVMca
- Personal Data can be monetized, believe me, I've tried… but is that really going to happen? http://t.co/mKY2g4xxXr #VRM #PersonalData
- RT @corkewallis: Intel Fuels a Rebellion around Your Data http://t.co/e0ysQmwKgv >@TechReview #vrm