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posted by Rebecca Hedreen @ 3:41 PM
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I'm really enjoying this presentation, I’ve heard of most of the tools, and even use some, but I like the way you are discussing them.
However (you knew there was going to be one, right?) One of my big concerns with all of these 2.0 technologies is privacy. And while you made a nod to privacy by mentioning that del.ico.us is wholly public, there's was no discussion of personal identity safety when discussing Writerly being bought by Google.
Google will: know all your digital communication (if you use gmail); know the contents of your hard drive (if you use Desktop); know your personal thoughts and longing and politics (if you Blogger); know your personal health, shopping and research desires (if you use google); and with their purchase of writerly, they also gain access to the actual contents of your research.
And, since all are linked through our username, gmail can tie all of these things together. I'm not really sure what more else google can know. And I think it does deserve a warning.
Good point. One of the problems with all of this is having your data in someone else's hands (I allude to this in a later slide). Privacy and confidentiality is one problem; having your data disappear is another. Chatzy's hosting company got bought by anther company and the previously existing permanent chatrooms (with histories) are floating on some backup servers somewhere, and no one seems to know what will happen to them or who will end up with access.
My feeling is that you should assume that everything you publish online (and most of these things are online publishing of some sort) is public. Even email is less private (in some cases a lot less private) than we generally think. I believe that IM and txt logs have been supoenaed in court cases, too. Not to mention phone companies selling records to the government.
Oh and you forgot Google Calendar--so Google knows what we are doing in "real" life, too.
So . . . is the biggest advantage of using an online word processor that you can collaborate with others more easily? And the flexibility of formats?
Melissa, personally I find the most useful feature to be access--I can view and work on my documents anywhere that I have web access. Collaboration is a great benefit, when you need to collaborate. I don't that often, but Writely, now Google Documents, is very useful for collaboration. And I really appreciate the cross platform formats available, though I suspect that I could deal without them.
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