Congrats on the blog launch! It’s a funny coincidence of topics, as just yesterday I joined in a Citizen Garden podcast (hosted by Larry Halff and Chris Messina) along with Cindy Li to talk about online identity. Almost all of the issues you highlight here are ones we touched on in the conversation. We didn’t solve much in the 20-odd minutes of chit-chat

I’m looking forward to reading what you guys come up with.

The Web site is CRAZY slow to load. Having server issues?

Thanks, Todd. Going to check out your podcast. Let us know what you’re finding interesting in the identity space…there is so much to cover!

@Justin Hosting provider apparently been under attack from spammers, we’re working on changing servers. Sorry if it was frustrating, it has been equally so for us!

@Justin…yes, we are. We’re working to find a new server asap.

This looks great. Subscribing now. Self branding and online identity seem to be hot topics lately, no? If you think so too, any thoughts why?

What does this all mean when people aren’t even putting their real identities into social networking apps?

Still very slow connection to ownyouridentity.com.
ddos attack?

If you use a different name on a forum..etc, i think this can itself take on its own virtual identity.. actually thinking about it, there are whole identities and marriges..etc on second life 2..etc

Loads fine from NC. Great blog start, RSS added.
I’ll be back there regularly.

this post has been my thesis for the past 1.5 years as a graphic designer / everything else you’d like to label me.

I’d like internetoflife to speak for itself and I’d like you to speak for yourself too.

How online identity is perceived by different generations interests me. I just read a piece in New York magazine about the impact of students expressing animosity towards faculty on Facebook groups. (Horace Mann is the name of the private school.) Interestingly, both parents and students felt that faculty had invaded their privacy by going onto facebook to read what were pretty vicious attacks. I was surprised that the parents & students would think that something with the volume of traffic like facebook would be considered a “private diary.” Since I am in my 30’s I grew up in a cohort that finds placing personal content online uncomfortable, so this situation begs a lot of questions. Are some parts of your online identity private, some public? While you can limit access to your personal profiles on many sites, is it really safe to assume that it is “private”? Compounding the situation at this school was a work of fiction written the previous year by a faculty member; it portrayed the antics at a fictitious private school. Students were confused by the fact that faculty could write such a book, but that they were criticized/reprimanded for their antics on facebook (the facebook page did name names of faculty students were targeting.). Will an “identity” or “right to privacy” protocol ever be developed? Is it necessary? While these kids and parents are upset with their school, what happens to them when they try to get a job?

I’ve worked with several companies to implement features like you have mentioned, left you a note via contact form let’s get it touch.