Category Archives: identity

Privacy is not dead, get over it

Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2010 by Rex Hammock

As typical, when danah boyd (it is she who uses the lower case) writes, it’s worth reading. In this post, she explains why it may be in Facebook’s interest to wish that “privacy is dead,” but why Facebook’s interests are … Continue reading →

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How the internet sees me

Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Rex Hammock

(Click for larger view.) That bar you see above (larger view) is a “visual representation of how the internet sees me.” It was generated by a project called Personas, part of an exhibit currently on display by the MIT Media … Continue reading →

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Is there such a thing as a Google Profile widget?

Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2009 by Rex Hammock

Rex HammockCreate Your Badge I guess you could say this post is literally a Google search query. Ironically, it’s a question about Google that I can’t locate via Google — perhaps because I don’t know how to word it. It’s … Continue reading →

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I’m not vain, I’m just forgetful: Why I grabbed facebook.com/rexhammock

Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Rex Hammock

For the same reason Marshall Kirkpatrick and Chris Messina and many others who wrote on the topic don’t need a Facebook vanity URL, neither do I. However, that didn’t stop me from registering facebook.com/rexhammock (facebook.com/rex.hammock also works) when the service … Continue reading →

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Here’s my card, Google me

Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by Rex Hammock

Recently, Google and iPrint.com gave away sets of 25 “business” cards to promote Google’s integration of Google Profiles into its search results. According to Matt McGee at SearchEngineLand.com, the card sets were given to the first 10,000 people who requested … Continue reading →

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