Welcome
I'm Gavin Bell, I design social software, shaping the “why and what” of web applications, as opposed to the how it works or what it looks like. I've a background in psychology, which enourages me to think in terms of individuals, groups and systems.
I'm writing a book for O'Reilly on creating social software and web communities.
Some things I'm thinking about at the minute: refurbishing my Victorian terrace house; watching my son grow up; building social software; issues around publishing historical documents in context; long term identity on the internet; and green computing.
Have a look at the pictures, projects or presentations or anything else that takes your fancy.
Upcoming speaking engagements
- May, 2008 - XTech 2008, Dublin
- My talk is entitled Data portability for whom? Some psychology behind the tech, it is on the Thursday afternoon. I'm also on the programme committee for XTech again this year.
- May, 2008 - Web Seminar for Society of Scholarly Publishing
- I'm giving a broad overview of social software at this seminar on the 15th. You need to register for the event.
- July, 2008 - Open Tech 2008, London
- A short talk entitled Distributed, Federated, Partial, exploring some of the downsides to url / domain centric identity, see also the main schedule. The event is only £5, so please come along, the other sessions look great.
- October, 2008 -Singularity08
- I'm speaking about a longer term view on dataportability and identity at this web based conference, though probably from a London based get together.
