Comments on: Twitter, Digital Footprints, Digital Shadows, Tagging and the Age of Transparency http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/2008/06/30/twitter-digital-footprints-digital-shadows-tagging-and-the-age-of-transparency/ Church technology news. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:29:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Walker http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/2008/06/30/twitter-digital-footprints-digital-shadows-tagging-and-the-age-of-transparency/#comment-3278 Paul Walker Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:45:15 +0000 http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/?p=752#comment-3278 To be honest, I have mixed feelings on this. The immediate 'kneejerk' reaction is to be appalled - but when I think more deeply, it seems to me that increasingly we are going to be living our lives streamed online. I suspect in ten years we'll look back and laugh that we were ever really bothered by issues like these. Thanks for raising this Cynthia, and for the link to a very interesting piece of work To be honest, I have mixed feelings on this. The immediate ‘kneejerk’ reaction is to be appalled – but when I think more deeply, it seems to me that increasingly we are going to be living our lives streamed online. I suspect in ten years we’ll look back and laugh that we were ever really bothered by issues like these.

Thanks for raising this Cynthia, and for the link to a very interesting piece of work

]]> By: Paul Kuzma http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/2008/06/30/twitter-digital-footprints-digital-shadows-tagging-and-the-age-of-transparency/#comment-3276 Paul Kuzma Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:41:32 +0000 http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/?p=752#comment-3276 Somebody, somewhere, is about to make a boatload of money creating a "digital ghost busters" field of work! Somebody, somewhere, is about to make a boatload of money creating a “digital ghost busters” field of work!

]]> By: Cynthia http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/2008/06/30/twitter-digital-footprints-digital-shadows-tagging-and-the-age-of-transparency/#comment-3275 Cynthia Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:26:53 +0000 http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/?p=752#comment-3275 Paul - yes, the good thing is the accountability inherent in transparency. In the next many months our lives will continue to be streamed online and that alone creates an accountability we've never experienced before. Youth, in particular, find status updates normative. On the other hand, those who twitter their lives including personal info - medical conditions (ie - had my CAT scan today), financial information (ie - finished my taxes on time), job & co-worker details (ie - here's a photo of my boss during a meeting), children's names (ie - full names), etc. may want to "undo" their stream in the future. Oops!! The ability to erase our digital shadows, esp. medical info, may become increasingly important in the seasons ahead. Paul – yes, the good thing is the accountability inherent in transparency. In the next many months our lives will continue to be streamed online and that alone creates an accountability we’ve never experienced before. Youth, in particular, find status updates normative.

On the other hand, those who twitter their lives including personal info – medical conditions (ie – had my CAT scan today), financial information (ie – finished my taxes on time), job & co-worker details (ie – here’s a photo of my boss during a meeting), children’s names (ie – full names), etc. may want to “undo” their stream in the future. Oops!!

The ability to erase our digital shadows, esp. medical info, may become increasingly important in the seasons ahead.

]]> By: Paul Kuzma http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/2008/06/30/twitter-digital-footprints-digital-shadows-tagging-and-the-age-of-transparency/#comment-3274 Paul Kuzma Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:47:50 +0000 http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/?p=752#comment-3274 WOW! That's quite a lot to consider when we have all been so used to getting to choose how private we want our lives to be. One way I think this might not be an altogether bad thing is that it may hopefully realize the importance of being the same person on the inside as we are on the outside! Even though we may think we are alone and nobody is watching, we really are not alone and lots of people are watching. Scary in one way, maybe a good thing in another. Just my thoughts. WOW! That’s quite a lot to consider when we have all been so used to getting to choose how private we want our lives to be.

One way I think this might not be an altogether bad thing is that it may hopefully realize the importance of being the same person on the inside as we are on the outside! Even though we may think we are alone and nobody is watching, we really are not alone and lots of people are watching.

Scary in one way, maybe a good thing in another.

Just my thoughts.

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