:Title:    Blogging from Identity Mashup in Boston
:Author:   Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)
:Date:     Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:55:57 PDT
:Modified: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:31:58 PDT
:URL:      http://www.omidyar.net/user/u720884578/news/39/

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 - `Identity Mashup`_
 - `tagged blogs`_

Back in Boston, for the `Identity Mashup Conference`_ this time.

Thankfully, it's not as miserably rainy as last time I was here for the `Beyond Broadcast`_ conference in May. Whoever's ordering the weather around these parts exchanged the raindrops of May for heat and humidity instead (90s + high humidity today). Since we're indoors, no real impact. Like the rain, it keeps people focused within the walls instead of wandering outside (at least physically).

I'm interested in today's conference for a couple reasons. One is a better understanding of how the notion of persistent identity is being tackled on a technical level. The other is the social/psychological aspect of managing multiple identities across various contexts and what happens if/when those segregated identities are aggregated (voluntarily or not).

The *Cool Conference Tool* (so far) is Attendr_. Great to see how folks are connected and to signal who it is you want to meet.

.. _`Beyond Broadcast` : http://www.omidyar.net/user/u720884578/news/38/
.. _`Identity Mashup` : 
.. _`Identity Mashup Conference` : http://idmashup.org
.. _Attendr : http://attendr.com/idmashup
.. _`tagged blogs` : http://idmashup.org/blogs