Mobile Identiy Workshop, an Unconference by Doc Searls

Categories: Conference, Events, MobilePosted on January 26th, 2007

I’m live blogging right now. I’m sitting at Cnet with over 50 people discussing the future of Mobile technology, identity, security, contextual marketing, and the impacts of social networking at the first Mobile Identity Workshop hosted by Internet Uncle Doc Searls and Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

I sense a lot of annoyance with traditional telcos, there’s quite a bit of sharing, it’s really more of a think tank, that’s why I love unconferences. An unconference is sort of a workshop where the agenda is determined by the participants, and everyone gets a chance to talk and share. Yes, a bottom up conference.

Windley is taking notes and comments on Doc’s stats at the opening of the day:

“Doc started off the day with a list of statistics, noting that there are 800 million cars in the world, 1.2 billion PCs, 1.3 billion Internet connection points, and nearly 3 billion mobile phones. Mobile phones are nearing ubiquity and are intensely personal, so identity is incredibly important.”

There were a few interesting points such as protecting one’s personal information while giving out preferences, sharing with others, deploying traditional media over mobile devices. In one session it was agreed upon that the password will be dead in a few years, and some other type of technology will be able to determine identity.

We also talked about the next generation of mobile users, Gen Y and somewhat X. The term “digital natives” was used to describe this generation. Mobile technology is more advanced in other cultures outside of North America.

Some folks suggest that one’s online persona will be an accurate reflection of their real life persona.

One of the more interesting sessions, we were throwing out ‘dream features’ for the ideal podcasting device, Dave Winer took notes. I suggested, easy to publish, on board real time mixer, ability to create audio ‘conversations’, and ability for multiple people to contribute to the podcast.

I had lunch with two cnet employees. What a cool company to host this event, they even provided lunch.

There were some other interesting conversations about the future of mobile technology, will be become so small that it’s pervasive. eTelepathy I like to call it.

Unconference: The attendees determine the agenda by placing the topics on the board, you can attend any of the tracks you want

Healthy conversations in every track

Deep thinking

Our gracious hosts, CNET

Technorati tag = miw2007

Share This Post:

This entry was posted on Friday, January 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pm and is filed under Conference, Events, Mobile. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Thanks for the kind words, Jeremiah, and a great report.

One small note: I *believe* the lunch and other refreshments were provided by the Berkman Center, which also organized it. Though maybe I’m wrong about the lunch. Being a reporter, I should check. I’ll get back to you.

Anyway, it was a Berkman production, and I want to make sure they get credit where due.
Doc

Posted by Doc Searls on January 30th, 2007 at 1:00 am

Thanks Doc, let us know. I’ll be happy to update to give the right folks credit for the wonderful event.

Posted by jeremiah_owyang on January 30th, 2007 at 4:57 am

[...] Jeremiah’s notes from the event can be found at Web Strategy. [...]

Posted by Doc Searls Hosts Mobile Identity Workshop | PodTech.net: Technology, Business, Media, and News Podcasts on February 26th, 2007 at 5:03 pm

[...] Some of the footage from the unconference that Doc Searls invited me to is finally up. Check out the text and picture capture of this Mobile Identity Workshop. I’ve been hearing a lot of Doc, recently hosted a great talk with podcasts, the one with Dave Winer on this NPR podcast both of which provide some very important messages. [...]

Posted by Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Chatting with Doc Searls at the Mobile Identity Workshop on February 27th, 2007 at 4:04 am

Posted by Technology Jobs » HP Introduces Groundbreaking Edgeline Printing Technology (HardwareZone) on April 17th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

Helps that beyonce knowles naked trish tried to, it�s nice to the lights and a well.