Re: [IxDA Discuss] Profile picture for multiple social networks

2008-12-31 Thread Will Evans
For complete discussion, research, see "Faceted Id/entity: Managing representation in a digital world" http://smg.media.mit.edu/people/danah/thesis/thesis/abstract.html As well as what I wrote on this list about managing/creation of identity on social networks on this list over a year ago: http://

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Profile picture for multiple social networks

2008-12-31 Thread Joshua Porter
It also depends on how you present yourself to your various networks. Personally, I show the same avatar everywhere, but many people choose to show a different visual representation of themselves to each network. In the same way that I show my interface designer side to you all, I would talk comple

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Profile picture for multiple social networks

2008-12-30 Thread jason z
For the most part, yes, though there's an extensive list of how to incorporate Gravatars on various platforms here: http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement Like you said, it's a good step, though not a complete solution. On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: > Hi Jason, > > Thank

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Profile picture for multiple social networks

2008-12-30 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
Hi Jason, Thanks, this looks like a good step, however nothing about the giants I mentioned - it only seems to work on blogs. Is that right? Sebi On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:40 PM, jason z wrote: > Check out Gravatar: > http://en.gravatar.com/ > > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Sebi Tauciu

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Profile picture for multiple social networks

2008-12-30 Thread jason z
Check out Gravatar: http://en.gravatar.com/ On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: > Hi all, > > This may be obvious to others, but it's not clear to me: > > Is there a good enough reason why when I want to change my profile picture > for Google, Yahoo!, Skype, LinkedIn and all t

[IxDA Discuss] Profile picture for multiple social networks

2008-12-30 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
Hi all, This may be obvious to others, but it's not clear to me: Is there a good enough reason why when I want to change my profile picture for Google, Yahoo!, Skype, LinkedIn and all the other social networks I'm a part of (i.e. IxDA :) ), I have to go to all these places and upload the new pict