On the Identity Trail

An excellent interview by CBC's Anna Maria Tremonti with Ian Kerr who co-authored the newly released book

LESSONS FROM THE IDENTITY TRAIL

Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society

Ian co-authored this work with Valerie Steeves and Carol Lucock. Ian discusses issues related to privacy with respect to technology, the internet, social networking and national legal and social structures on CBC Radio - The Current on April 17th, 2009. You should listen to the Podcast and go to the freely download version of the book here. You an also purchase the printed version from here.

To learn more about Ian's work in the areas of privacy, copyright and concerns of all us in this connected age, head to his site.

TED - High-tech Wing Suit

We have been following the wonderful presentations of innovative and challenging ideas by the speakers that meet at the annual TED conferences. Here is one of those purely for fun and thrilling presentations on the extreme sport of skydiving in a wing suit. The suit permits the diver to come as close to flying as is humanly possible without mechanical aids. Check it out and other fascinating presentations at TED.

Sun Identity User Summit - Toronto - May 12, 2009

Sun Microsystems Canada is hosting their 2nd Identity User Summit in Toronto, Ontario Canada (Eh?) on May 12, 2009. This conference sounds pretty interesting since it is based on user presentations and papers and not presentations by vendors. For you techie types you can attend the OpenSSO Lab being run by Sun on May 13th. Here is a link to the conference website for more details and agenda.