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SUMMARY:Personal Containers: Yurts for Digital Nomads - Anil Madhavapeddy 
 ( University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Derek Gordon Murray
DESCRIPTION:In the youthful days of the Internet\, there was a clear divis
 ion between public data (web homepages\, FTP sites\, etc.) and private (e-
 mail\, personal documents\, etc.). Many people archived their personal e-m
 ail and home directories and thus were able to keep a simple history of al
 l their digital activities. The pace of change in recent years has been tr
 emendous\, not only in the variety of personal data\, but where that data 
 is held. It has moved from the confines of desktop computers over to data 
 centres hosted by third-parties such as Google\, Yahoo or Facebook\, who t
 ypically provide ``free'' hosting in return for mining information from ac
 ross millions of users to power advertising platforms.\n\nIt is not a pana
 cea though\; we have lost much control over the privacy of our data by han
 ding it over\, as well as  becoming somewhat nomadic by having to use vari
 ous hosted sites to get a complete view on our information. Why it is so d
 ifficult to go back to managing our own information\, using our own resour
 ces? Can we keep the ``good bits'' of existing shared systems\, such as ea
 se-of-use\, serendipity and aggregation?\n\nThis is a WIP progress talk on
  the personal container project\; more at http://perscon.net\n
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Room FW11
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