Joseph Smarr

Plaxo

Joseph Smarr is Chief Platform Architect at Plaxo. He is currently leading Plaxo’s “Open Social Web” initiative to put users back in control of who they know when using socially-enabled sites by using open data-sharing standards. An active participant in the Web 2.0 community, Joseph has built web applications for many years, including Plaxo’s online address book, web widgets, and was architect and lead developer of the Plaxo 3.0 rich AJAX address book, calendar, and sync tool. Joseph has a BS and MS from Stanford University in Artificial Intelligence.

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4:15pm - 5:00pm Monday, 03/03/2008

Privacy Management & Data Portability for Social Networks

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Location: San Diego Ballroom B

Dan Farber (CNET Networks), Joseph Smarr (Plaxo), David Lavenda (WorkLight), Allen Hurff (SoCal Incubator), Ben Metcalfe (Swordfish Corp / DataPortability.org)

Social networks are letting more people connect than ever before. Learn how social networks can help (or hurt?) people trying to control and manage their privacy online, and how to exchange data with friends, applications, and marketers. Read more.

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