Several different discussions on the nature of digital identity have emerged recently that have brought me to question my previous views – in particular how representative our digital identities really are of the true reality. This post was an exploration for me during which I worked through these ideas. I ultimately decided to start with what I knew, and work through the logic before re-evaluating everything. In plain English that means this post takes ages to get to the point.
The inspirations for this post

Jenny Mackness raised the …

Jim Groom (2008) threw out an interesting idea yesterday regarding the notion of digital identity and how it relates to student blogs, suggesting that a university might buy each student a one year domain license for a personal URL, rather than forcing student blogs under the umbrella of the institution’s domain.  I find this to be a fascinating idea and think it bears a great deal of merit.
Hosting a blog or website within a university domain typically means your URL references the institution – such as myschool.edu/community/people/~jdoe in Groom’s example.  …