Author Archives: Drummond Reed

About Drummond Reed

Internet entrepreneur in identity, personal data, and trust frameworks

T.Rob Wyatt Explains the Respect Trust Framework (and May Not Even Know It)

Posted on 3/27/2013

How to explain how we got here? I wrote a blog post called Please Send Wicked Simple Email inspired by the jaw-dropping great messages T.Rob Wyatt was sending to the VRM (Vendor Relationship Management) and personal cloud mailing lists. I lobbied for T.Rob’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Digital rights, Events, Identity Rights Agreements, Respect Network, Respect Trust Framework, VRM | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Please Send Wicked Simple Email

Posted on 3/17/2013

My day job right now involves developing newer, smarter forms of Internet messaging. But until that’s available (stay tuned), we’re still stuck with email. After 20 years of averaging a third of every working day doing email, I realized I … Continue reading →

Posted in Email, Messaging | 10 Comments

The Second Personal Cloud Meetup

Posted on 2/21/2013

[UPDATE: See the detailed writeup on this meetup (including highlights from all 7 talks) posted to the Respect Network website.] The first Personal Cloud Meetup in San Francisco last month was so successful that the second one is upon us already. Hosted by … Continue reading →

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The Real Killer App for Personal Clouds

Posted on 2/20/2013

I’ve been working for several years now on building infrastructure for personal clouds (that’s the entire goal of the Respect Network based on the Respect Trust Framework). I’ve helped design, discuss, and debate dozens of powerful new apps for personal clouds (see several that were … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Portability, Digital rights, Personal Cloud, Privacy, Respect Network, Respect Trust Framework | 2 Comments

Book as API: A Perfect Job for XDI

Posted on 2/19/2013

When we first started working on XDI at OASIS in 2004, the goal was a standard format and protocol for data sharing. We were thinking mostly about the data that was already in databases and other conventional data sources. But now … Continue reading →

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Trillions – The Video

Posted on 1/19/2013

(Update 2013-02-12: I’m halfway through the book now and it’s only getting better.) Setting a new precedent here – blogging about a book even before I’ve finished reading the first chapter. But I’m reading Trillions at the recommendation of several … Continue reading →

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Anil John’s Crystal Clear Thinking about Identities, Attributes, Tokens, and Credentials

Posted on 1/6/2013

After a decade in digital identity, one of my overwhelming takeaways is that the subjects at the very heart of the field — identities, attributes, tokens, credentials — are an order of magnitude (at least) more complex than they appear … Continue reading →

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KRL and XDI: Digital Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Posted on 1/2/2013

I’ve been working with Phil Windley on key issues in digital identity and trust networks for a long time now, and particularly closely in the past year since Kynetx became one of the first Founding Partners of the Respect Network. But rarely have I … Continue reading →

Posted in KRL, Personal Cloud, Respect Network, Rules, XDI | 4 Comments

The Difference Between a Personal Cloud and a Personal Data Vault

Posted on 12/11/2012

In August I did a short post sharing an insight about what cleanly distinguishes a personal cloud from what the VRM (Vendor Relationship Management) community has long called a personal data store or PDS. A few years ago it appeared the popular … Continue reading →

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Filiberto Selvas on Personal Clouds

Posted on 12/10/2012

Following on the heels of Jeff Kramer’s vision for personal clouds, Filiberto Selvas, author of the SocialCRM blog, shares his view of the potential of personal clouds. Filiberto was introduced to me by Respect Network advisor Chris Carfi, so unlike Jeff, Filiberto and … Continue reading →

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Jeff Kramer on Personal Clouds

Posted on 12/3/2012

You know a meme’s time has come when it starts appearing independently across multiple points in the industry. Such is the case with personal clouds. Just last week, while attending a Respect Network planning meeting at Kynetx in Utah, Jeff Kramer published a … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Cloud, Personal Data Service, Personal Data Store, Respect Network | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Silver Linings Playbook

Posted on 11/21/2012

When you have a cast bringing together Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, and Jacki Weaver, you can’t help but start out skeptical that they can reach the full potential of what all that enormous talent is capable of … Continue reading →

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Markus Sabadello’s XDI Personal Cloud Demo

Posted on 11/5/2012

I sure wish I had more time to blog, but with about 110% of my time is going into building the Respect Network these days, most of my posts are on the Respect Network and Connect.Me blogs. But if you’ve been using this blog … Continue reading →

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Want to See a Company That Really Listens to its Customers?

Posted on 8/18/2012

This is the second rave I’ve posted about Smile Software and it’s killer  typing utility, TextExpander, which auto-expands “snippets” that you type. For example, I only need to type =D and press the spacebar to have it automatically expanded into =Drummond. I … Continue reading →

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United: Are You Listening?

Posted on 8/16/2012

I was stunned not only by the story United Airlines Lost My Friend’s 10 Year Old Daughter And Didn’t Care, but mostly by the number and antipathy of the comments. Honestly, after reading it you will wonder if you ever want … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between a Personal Cloud and a Personal Data Store

Posted on 8/8/2012

I’ve written  about personal clouds and personal data stores (PDS – also called personal data vaults or lockers) for several years now, but in a conversation with Craig Burton last week the distinction between the two snapped into sharp focus. See this illustration: In short, … Continue reading →

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It’s This Simple: Vote for Kaliya on August 15

Posted on 8/7/2012

You may never have heard of NSTIC (the U.S. National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace) or the personal data ecosystem (but then, you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog). But it matters not — if you care at all about the … Continue reading →

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Social, Local, Mobile, Personal

Posted on 7/28/2012

“The gleam has come off the word ‘social’,” said Internet analyst Ben Schachter in today’s NYTimes article about the recent slide in the stock prices of Facebook, Zynga, and Groupon. “The ground is now shifting underneath these companies feet at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Connect.Me, Personal Cloud, Personal Data Ecosystem, Respect Network, Respect Trust Framework, Social Web | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Jennifer Cobb on the Promise of Personal Clouds

Posted on 5/25/2012

On my last post, I said one of my five key takeaways from the last IIW was that “personal clouds have arrived”. One of the IIW attendees I quoted in that post was Jennifer Cobb of Spruce Advisors. She’s now … Continue reading →

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My Five Key Takeaways from the Best IIW Yet

Posted on 5/24/2012

I’ve done very few blog posts this year due to the speed at which I’ve been running with Connect.Me and Respect Network (more about that at the end of this post). But three weeks after it ended, I’m doing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Connect.Me, Identity Commons, Open Identity Exchange, OpenID, Personal Cloud, Personal Data Ecosystem, Respect Trust Framework, Social Web, XDI | 2 Comments