BBC Post

Posted on June 30, 2007
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I must admit I’ve got a bit of “poster’s remorse” regarding the BBC blurb here.

I’ve got some lame excuses about why I didn’t do a better job with this, which I’ll spare you (ok, I can’t resist… Two r/t flights to Europe and back in the course of 9 days was part of the problem.) I tried to be non-partisan, favorably invoking Yahoo competitors like Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc. I was told that the audience would be the “non-techy intelligent layperson.” I didn’t mean to come off as if I’d invented ubiquitous computing, didn’t care about privacy, or .

I’ll be more careful next time, and/or correct some of these sins on this blog.

Maybe I’m being too sensitive. Some folks said they liked it. ;-)

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4 Responses to “BBC Post”

  1. Darren Waters on July 1st, 2007 3:22 am

    I really enjoyed the piece. :) Thanks again for talking with us. I’ll drop you a mail this week once I’m back in the office.

  2. An Insightful Look at One Perspective of a Lifestreaming Future | Lifestream Blog on July 2nd, 2007 11:04 pm

    […] Now let me return to Bradley Horowitz for a little while. Ian linked to his blog which in turn linked to this article on the BBC. I’m not sure why he felt remorseful about the blurb because it was one of the most insightful pieces about some very exciting possibilities coming in the near future that I have read in a while. Apparently I wasn’t the only one. […]

  3. Mark Krynsky on July 6th, 2007 9:04 am

    Dave,

    Tin foil hat aside…I think you could have managed your email elusiveness with simply 2 addresses. I mean, would it be a big deal to use the same address for spammers and flame war respondents? Which email address did you use to send that message above?

  4. Bradley Horowitz on July 6th, 2007 10:33 am

    Dave, one of my regrets is that I didn’t have space or time to get into the privacy implications therein.

    ABSOLUTELY THE USER NEEDS CONTROL.

    Lets make damn sure a user can be anonymous (or even use a different identity) when they choose to…

    But… users also ought to be able to unify their identities when they choose to…

    It’s not about all-or-nothing. Give the users control so they can make informed decisions that serve them.

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